The New York Herald Newspaper, May 3, 1876, Page 3

WASHINGTON. Another Statement from Miles in the Safe Burglary Conspiracy. BABCOCK THE INSTIGATOR. - Evidences of General Schenck’s Specula- C tions in Emma Mine Stock. INTERESTING LETTERS FROM LONDON. Probable Abrogation of the Extradition Treaty With Great Britain. & BG INDIAN «FIGHT = ANTICIPATED. “FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. Wasursaton, May 2, 1876, RATRADITION WITH ENGLAND—MR. FISH'S AB- GUMENT TO BE SENT TO THE HOUSE—PROB- ABLE ABROGATION OF. THE TBEATY. The closing note of Secretary Fish in regard te the extradition question, which was received in London last Friday or Saturday, will probably be sent to the ‘House to-morrow. Mr, Faulkner, of the Foreign Affairs Committee, says it is a remarkably able argu- ment, showing that the true construction of the ex- tradition clause of the treaty of 1842 warrants entirely ‘the position of the United States in refusing to make the’ agreement required by the British government, ‘add that the demand of the British authorities 1s con- ‘brary to precedent and to the practice under the Ireaty heretofore, and would, in fact, work a change in the treaty which one party toa treaty has no right to ask ofthe other. Mr. Faulkner thinks that when the correspondence on this subject is submitted to Con- frees tho position of the State Department will be fecognized as justand well sustained, and that no pourse will be left except # joint resolution declaring She extradition clause of the present treaty abrogated. The treaty itselfdeciares that this article “shall continue 1m force until one or the other of the parties shall signify its wish to terminate it, and no longer. Hence there is no trouble about an immediate abrogation. 1t will be difficult to arrange another extradition treaty with England if sho insists that its terms shall con- form with the act of Parliament of 1870, as this would involve a guarantee as to trials held in State courts which might impede the course of justice in this country. 4X APPEAL TO BE TAKEN FROM JUDGE CARTTER’S DECISION IN THE KILBOURK CaSE—A BILL TO AMEND THE PRESENT LAW BEGARDING RECU- SANT WITNESSES, ‘The Judiciary Committee of the House to-day took ‘up the Ballets Xubourn matter, and it was decided ‘that the chairman should to-morrow report a resolution Girecting tho Sergeant-at-Arms to take immediate steps \o appeal from the decision of Judge Cartter, who wan BitSing as presiding judge of the Criminal Court, to the Bupreme Court of the District in banc. Messrs, Knott, Lynde and Lawrence were appointed @ Sub-committee to report to-morrow to the tull com- mittee a bill to moet the various features of this taza = Mr. Lawrenco has proposed a bill of which the first section provides, that whenever any person shail be dotained or imprisoned by order of the Senate of the’ United States or of the House of Representatives be shall be entitled to the privileges of whe writ of habeas corpus, and the Sergeant-at-Ai ® other officer or person having the custody ¢f any Person so detained or imprisoned shall, in obedience toa writ of habeas corpus, produce vo the court, judge or Justice who issued the writ the body of the person po detained, without any order for that purpose from said Senate or House ot Representatives, The applica- tion for such writ by or in behalf of said person so im- prisoned or detained shall be made, in the first in- Stance, to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ef the United States, or any justice of the So- preme Coart of the United States, or in the absence bf these from the city of Washington, or in case of dis- pbility the application shall be made to the Supreme Bourt ofthe District of Columbia or to the Chief Jus- Nee or any associate justice thereof. The second section provides in all cases for an ap- peal from the Supreme Court of the District to the United States Supreme Court, and the third section ‘meets the difticulty waich tho House has found incon, timatog the punishment of Kilbourn by providing thatthe Speaker of the House shall not certify the tase of a recusant witness to the District Attorney until the close of tbe session | or until the House orders him to doj| #0, The second section is believed by lawyers who | have looked into the matter to be necessary because | there is no way now provided by which the Kilbourn base could be appealed to the United States Supreme Court. 1t is probable that inére will be a debate in the House upon the whole question of the right of a branch i of Congress to hold a witness under the present law, | for al-hough the deciston of Judge Cartier bas the as- | -ent of the larger number of members, there are some who believe him entrely in the wrong, | ———-—_ FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. | Wasamarox, May 2, 1876, MILES, THE CONVICT, SUPPLEMENTS mI sTORT OF TRE SAVE BURGLARY—NAMES OMITTED 1x TRE BRBALD INTERVIEW NOW YURNISHXD— THE SCHEMR—A LETTER FROM WINDSOR, VT. It will be remembered that in the revelations which | ‘Miles, the bank robber now confined im the Vermont | Bate Prison, made concerning the sale burglary to the ‘Hxnatp correspondent wuo interviewed him, there was @concealment by Miles of the numes of several per- sons of promiuence whom he charged with being im- | plicated in the conspiracy, and whom he saw or con- versed with during his connection with the burglary. These portions of the HxRaup article were carefully fut out of the paper by persons here in Washington Anxious to get at the extent of what Miles could tell, and were sent to bim by mail, with au urgent request for a disclosure by bum of all the nawes and circum- Btapous withheld trom the Hexa.o correspondent, In Teaponse Miles bas written tue following, afer appa- Fently a good deal of hesitation and probably a con- | ference with a lawyer, the lover giving evidence of | Deing in the handwriting of « man of the tegal pro- fevsron:— Wirpsox, Vt, April 22, 1376. Dear Sin—Yours of the 18th inst. is athaod In Quswer to inquiries therein coutaiued | have to say :— Hirst—1 tirst met Harringvon at bis ottice three days | Previous to the burglary. Second—The mun | met at the Metropolitan Hotel on the evening of the burglary was Babcock. |The contractor in the sual! room im the rear Of Harrington's vitico wax John vans. Fourta—t stopped at Willard’s Hotel « portion of the Sime'l was in Wastiington, and was also at Harrington's | house; left tor New York the morning atier the burg- ary on limsted express, A. H. Williams did not | Sccoumpany me to the depot + Fyt—Narrington had several interviews = with Benton Wile he was in jail, and he promised him | $5,009 it he would suck to tue original programme— | hawely, Wat Coumbua Alexander employed tim to | commit the vargtary, | Stath—by the terms of my agreement I was not to | be xcrested. Cuarvoe, Chiot of beiwctives at Wasting: ton, and A.B. Williams were parties to this agre: ment. It Was understuod that L should get out of the | building, alter the papers were obtained and the jov | completed, by the rear, When Lundertook to leave | the baying 2 this Way found a guard there. Har- | Tingtun bas since toll ine tuat this conid not be heiped, as Major Kichard# gave the oruer to cover the whole premises. | then went wut the other dour in company with Benton, and as n was then ng quite darn We crossed to the other side vl the etrect, ev ng tu be in the light As touch ax pomsidie, im orucr that Kenton wight be rendily recognized.’ We waiked to the corner; Benton turoed ty the right and wen up Fiftu wircet, keeping his bag While im igi, Lkept straigne ahead cown Lhe sircet aut U walked away from this Jynow ing him, lu pursaanee of a request made by Marrington I de- Stroyed ali letters and wlegrems between ua with, | think, ove exception. Tthink | have ony letter, weit- | three columns about to stars, SEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET. Lyon, im his testimony im the Emma Mine tnvesti- gation, asserted that General Schenck sent « draft of his letter resigning the directorship in the company to ‘Trenor Park for revision; that Park returned it with emendations or with » new draft, and that General Schenck thereupon used Park’s draft. Certain letters were produced to-day which seemed to confirm Lyon's testimony, but both Schenck and Park sworv they were otherwise explainable. Some other letters, telegrams ‘and documents were produced, however, which seom to show that General Schenck did, as bas been charged against bim, speculate in the shares of the Emma Mine, and that ne used the officers of his legation to help him in these specalations. The Fisher whose name figures in the following let- ters was lost on the Atlantic, and his papers seem to have fallen into the bands of some one in London, who has sent a selection of them to the Foreign Affairs Com- mitttee, Fisher wase friena of the people most con- cerned im the Emma Mine manipulations General Schenck wrote him in October, 1872, as follows:— Wapwaspay, Oot. 2, 1872. a‘Samday. Liwill spect to ses you by twelve o'clock, 8 wee you Ive 0’ protien ma ll the certificates ‘of the 0 and all closed. Tam ender promise to settle with Guger. Ifyou wero at home this week you might close out with good profit; shares were twenty -sevet rday. Perhaps re here. ifin Loasge handy pio back to realize, Hime eo realian Fourh NMROBT. O, SCHENCK. The following letters and telegrams passed in Decem- ber of the same year:— Lowpnes Er Paris, Dec, 15, 1872 No, 37 Threadneedle street, London :— Close out Emma at best; this is right, (Private. } Granv Horsc, Paris, Dec, 16, 1872. Daas Di UNCAN :— I telegraphed last night to close out Emma, &c. ‘This is strictly private—namely, the reason was that I met General ck about half-past seven o'clock in the evening and he told me he got a cable from Park that morning telling him to well out at once at the best rice he could get, and he, the General, sent Cheese- rough to London the same evening with tnstructions to consult Gager, who, you and I know, isin New York, and if he thought best to sell at once, &c., &c; That al) means, as I Jook at it, that Park will not ad- vance the £12,000 asked for that I told you ail about, and that dividend will stop; don’t you think so? I sball De at your office early Wednesday morning and Emma may be a good bear. Iam, | ho; doing good here. Tenclose a note to Took, which send by one of my Dboys and see what he says. 7 Cc. M, FISHER, ou ee k's fetter inanenvelope. Let Davis, or Wall- i ‘oF some one else superacribe it, ti Lonpaes xt Panis, Dec, 17, 1872. Dewoax, Threadneediec street, London :— - Sell one thousand more. Dividend will be Vee Gnaxp Hi Deo."17, 1872, ~ Dear Deuxcan:—I can’t get home before Saturday. I hope to do some good by staying. Stanley can keep you posted as to Kmma, and eo can Took, and he will it you go orsend to him. Private—General telegraphed Cheeseborough to-day to sell 2,000 as Park had wiegraphed. Hence I telegrap! In haste for the mails, Truly yours, C, M. It Is odd that on the 17th General Schenck appears to have boen very averse to have the stock go down. He telegraphed :— Loxprxs xr Panis, Dec. 17, 1872. Anpersox, Chairmag Emma Silver Mining Company, Queen Victoria street, London :— As snareholder 1 implore board not to suspend divi- dend. Scuenck. The next day he evea offered to lend tho company bis dividend:— Lospres er Paris, Dec. 18, 1872. Anversox, Chairman Emma Silver Mining Company, Queen Victoria street, London % Ifaividend is declared will willingly loan mine to company. SCHENCK, To which this answer was returnea:— Loxpox, Ded. 18, 1872. rasa! Somencx, Westminster Hotel, Rue de la Paix, 18:— Thanks for offer, Wingfield, a director, crossing to see you Friday morning to arrange. ANDERSON. The following account current was also produced, Coates & Hankey being brokers:— [{Indorsement. Coates & Hankey, Sept. 30, 1! inclosing account General Schenck and Mr. Fisher, No, 24, Gresham Street Bank. B. C. Corner Co.eman Srazzr, Lonpoy, Sept, 30, 1872. Cc. M, Fisuxr, Ex Duar Sin—We inclose you memorandum of accounts for this settlement, i. yourself £197 Os. 11d.; Cr. General Schenck £171 17s. 6d. Total, £368 183. id. yourself £230 10s, 8d. ; check herewith £128 7s. 9d. We dear sir, yours trul sa dt ”* COATES & HANKEY, (Private, ) No, 46 ALBEMARLE STREET, Loxpon, Dev. 15, 1871. My Dax Mr, Fisnki In a conversation with Grant to-day he said he had given Coates a check for $10,000, and thut he (Coates) claimed a large sum for commissions on subscriptions. I thought beat to give you this information that you | might get your portion betore the thing got ‘‘cold.’’ You will not mention my name, Very es yours, T. W. PARK. General Schenck was before the Committee on For- eign Affairs to-day, Representative Hewitt placed in the hands of General Schenck the original letter sent to the Chairman of the Emma Mining Company, resign- Ing his position as a director, and also a copy of it in the handwriting of Mr. Park. Mr, Hewitt said he was going to ask Mr, Park whother this was in his hand- writing, but did not do so because the gentleman ad- mitted i, Mr. Hewitt examined General Schenck, ‘who said he did not think that much explanation was required, bat he expressed his sutisfaction that these papers wero retained. Since the 1st ot December, 1871, before his resignation, which took place on the 6th of December, he had uot beos in commuaication with the directors and shareholdera of the Emma Mining Company as such, and bad no access to their papers, His letter of resignation sent to the company was all in his own handwriting—date, boiy, signature and all. It was his own composition, Written at his own suggestion, without anybody's help. In writing out his resignation trom the original draft it seemed that be interpolated the words, ‘In con. senting to become a director I knew that I but exer- cised @ private and individual right, in no way incom- patible with public or official duty, but I prefer to take away from some, who bave criticised ine, even a pre- text for their comments oF attacks.’’ General Schenck eaid the paper submitted by Mr. Hewitt seemed to be a copy of bis resignation in Mr. Park’shanawriting. He knew it was not bis signaturo; it was but a copy of what ho wrote. . General Schenck then exhibited the original aratt itself, repeating that what sicDougal sent was merely a copy, with the exception of the two words interlined, ‘The original drat of bis letter was altogether in his own handwriting, and corresponded with the leter be seat in, with the excoption of ttx beng extended by tho | Musertion of a sentence aad some slight modification of | | language. Tho drait and lettor were bis own composi- | tion, for which be was responsible. GENERAL CUSTER TO RETUEN TO HIS coM- | MAND—HARD FIGHTING WITH TRE sIoUxX ANTICIPATED, General Custer will leave here at once to take com- mand of his column, which is to take the field for operations against the hostile Sioux, He says that the jer the plan of opera. tions directed by Lieutenant General Sheridan, will | aggregate in numbers about 8,000 inen, while it is said that the Sioax cam put 8,000 warriors agamst them. Some very bard fighting is expected, if not the bardest known, SMALL CHANGE--& MEASURE TO RELIEVE THE PRESENT SCARCITY—TR&N MILLIONS TO BE EXCHANGED POR GREENBACKS, The complaints of a shrinkage and seareity of small change, couvequent upon the substitution of silver | evin tor the fractional paper currency, bas led toan in genious measure in Congress to remedy the evil and obviate trouble daring the exchange of the one me- dium tor the other, This measure isa jomt resolution, sotrodaced by Mr. Rates 8. Frost, of Massacharetts, allowing the Treasury to pay out coin’ for greenbacks, which greenbacks are to be rotamed jn the Tressary snd pani ont at leisure in exchange for fractional ¢.r- Treacy, ‘Tue resviution was reported back to-day trom ten irom the derropolitan iow) ia New York i Sep- Aember or Vetuver, 1874, requesiimg on merview, As to curroborativg lence, ean iurmish i iu abun- Twill Bere siete that ou the night before the barg- the Banking and Currency Committee, and reads us | follows :— The Secretary of aud regwativus os Treasury, under such limits jt secure & just aud fair de the country, maj the. "Treas. ‘$10,000,000 tender shall be rei ‘The resolution will be cailed up for adoption the frst Opportunity, and will be hastened to the Senate and then to the President. It will be seen that this plan ‘will immoditateiy free the stream of the present ob- Stacles to a rapid outflow of the silver coinage. Al- though the bill for tbe substitution of silver was Passed two weeks ugo, the Treasury bas paid out only about $200,000 daily. This amount 1s just the rate at which tae Mint is now turniog the bullion into com daily, a0 that the bulk of coin on hand at the start has remained undiminished, The joint resolutiqn, when Signed by the Prosident, will allow $10,000,000 of this original fund to come out of the Treasury at once, and make money plenty in every man’s pocket, THE TAX ON FRRMENTKD OR MALT LIQUORS— PROVISIONS OF THE BILL AWAITING THR PRESIDENT’S SIGNATURE, The bill to define the tax on fermented or malt Nquors went to tife President to-day for his signature, It provides that nothing in section 3,337 of the Revised Statutes shall be construed to authorize an assessment upon the quantity of material used ip producing or purchased for the purpose of producing fermented or malt liquors; nor shall the quantity of the material so used or purchased be evidence for the purpose. of taxation of tho quantity of liquor Produced, bat the tax on all lager beer, all porter or other similar fermented liquors, brewed or manufac: | tured and sold or removed for consumption or sale, | shail be paid as provided in section 3,339 Revised Stat- utes and not otherwise provided; that the act shail not apply to cases of fraud, and provided that nothing in thigact shall have the effect to change the present rales of law respecting evidence in any prosecation or suit, THE NAVAL INVESTIGATION—A WITNESS WANTED FYROM EUROPE. The Nava! Committee to-day sent a letter to Secre- tary Robeson, asking for the immediate recall of Pay- master Bradford, now in Europe, in order that ne may testify before them concerning the relations of Con- tractor Matthews and F. G. Cattell. It is said that Bradford told Matthews that Cattell was going into bus- iness and would cut him out, and that Matthews had better “‘see’’ the Cattells, which hé proceeded to do, and he is, therefore, an important witness, He can be summoned home by cable. THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD TO BE DNVESTI- GATED, ,, Messrs, Hunton and Lawrence, of the Judiciary vommittse, havo been appointed a sub-committee to investigate the transactions of thé'Union Pacific Rail- read with the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad bonds, All the government directors and many of thb 1 rinerpal officers of the Union Pacitic Company will be .mmoned at once, as well as several persons {rom Boe on, A NEW NAVY CaP, 4 .ew cap bas been adopted for tho officers of the pavy, and those who have seen the sample at the Navy | Department suy it will make a great commotion in the Serytu) On account of its extraordinary shape. It re- sembivs the Scotch bonnet or Glengarry cap, with cape and eyolet holes behind, and differs from it only in | being of regulation blue cloth. As one irreverent ward- | room joker styled it, “it looks like the headgear of a | Nmejuicer” on the coast of Great Britain. EX-CONGRESSMAN WALLS, OF FLORIDA, TO BE MADE POSTMASTER. President Grant has signified his intention of appoint. ing the recently ousted colored ex-Congressman Walls, of Florida, to the Posmastership of Key West, which will be done on the recommendation of Senater Cono- ver from that State. When Mr. Walls left here for Florida he said that he was resolved to go home and be elected again. + GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCH. Wasainoton, May 2, 1876, COLONEL STEINBERGER'S MISSION TO THE sA- MOAN ISLANDS—THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS SENT TO THE HOUSE BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE. The Secretary of State to-day transmitted to the House a response to the resolution of that body inquir- ing into the extent and character of the power cop- ferred by the United States upon A. B, Steinberger as Spectal Agent or Commissioner to the Samoan or Navi- gators’ Islands. The documents are volum! is, and snow that Colonel Steinberger first went to the Samoan Islands in 1873 m the capacity of Special Agent of the United States government to make observations and report upon the character and con- dition of the islands and theirinbabitants. After some mouths spent on the islands he returned to thiscountry and made his report, In December, 1874, he was directed 10 proceed to the islands again in the capacity Of spectal agent, for the purpose of presenting a letter from the President and a number of presents from this | government to the Taimua of Samoa, He fulfilled his mission, made his report and tendered his resignation us special agent, which was accepted. His visit on neither occasion had any diplo- ; Matic or poiitical significance, and he was | not authorized ‘or employed by the United States to form a government in Samoa, or to pledge the United | States to sustam in any way, directly or indirectly, | any government that he might assist in forming. The | United States Consul 1 the only representative of the | United States in the Samoan Islands. There is nothing in the docament regarding receat events in the islands. ALABAMA CLAIMS, JUDGMENTS ANNOUNCED BY THE COURT OF COM- | MISSIONERS, ; Wasurxatoy, D. C., May 2, 1876, ‘The Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims met to-day, pursuant toadjournment, All the Judges were | present, and the following judgments were announced by Judge Wells, who presided :— Cave 208— William H. Haskins, Fair Haven, IIL, for | loss of personal effects, expenses, &s., by the destruc. | tion of the Louisiava by the Shenandoah, July 11, | 1865; dismissed. Case 747—Joseph Brooks, San Fran- | cisco, for loss of merchandise on the same vessel; dis- | | missed. Case 905—Aibert H. Bassett, Charlestown, Muse., for loss of merchandise, &c., on the same; dis- , | missed, Case 1,174—Joshua T. Snow, Acushnet, Mass, | tor loss of personal effects, &e., on the same; dis. missed, Case 1,084--Rdward Habech, Boston, Masa, | tor lows of vessel, cargo and freight by the destruction | of the Parker Cook by the Alabama, November 30, | 1862; dismissed, | in cases 736, Eliza A. Pike, administratrix, &c, Newburyport, Masa; No. 737, Samuel Stevens et al., New York, and No. ‘atancl Steveus ct ul,, for loss of the Martaban, freight, personal effects, &e., de- | mroyed by the Alabama Decomber 24, 1863, the Judg- | ment and opinion of the Court was announced by Jadgo Rayer, Judges Porter and Jewell concurring, and the | presiding Judge (Weila) and Judge Baldwin dissenting. | Thiscase embraced questions of great importance to | ali shipping interests. The Martaban Was trans. ferred to the British tag under a mortgage, really as a | cover from capture, but Captain Semmes, neverthe- | lewé, burned the vessel The case was argued by | Charles EB. Beaman, of New York, and Fraok W. Hacket for the Clatanaty sod by Jobn A. J. Creswett for the United States. The opinion of Judge Rayner | denies the validity of the mortgage and takes the gen- eral ground that tho transior was foreed by toe Gangers imedeut (o the reported presence of the Alabama, and | that, in faet, i was a sham resurted to to deceive Cap- | tain Semmes of the Confederate cruiser, The amounts awardea are as tollows:—Case Eliza A. Pike, administratrix, & ge due Captain Pike, th Samuel Stevens, trustee, §.0,000; Eliza ; Rod, +#10,000; “Jobn Atkinson, tee, i a Sainuel Stevens, trastee, $4,000; 000; Lydia Rodgers $2,000 and Jonn 736, then took ap the new cases, commencing with case 1,383, George H. Farrtleld, which was sub- | ed, wim Ne. 14478 Homan 144, Thomas kh. 1.462, Francisco de 10. Daniet Higgins o KE, Burwell te. ied | tates ; | i Lbs, | Thompson vs, The the U Gargo vs The United States; 1.487, Frank Anderson vs, Tho United States; 1,460, Manuel & Antoine va ‘be United stares, | were cleared and the doors were locked. | of citice of the Judges horeatter to 1 | clerks to be chosen, | biy. ef THE STATE CAPITAL of the Woodin Charter Amendments. TAMUANY HALL —WREPNG AND WAILING. | The Apportionment Bill Lost by | “a Close Vote. \ HUSTED'S «RAPID §=— TRANS? = BULL DEPBATRD. Aunany, May 2, 1876. At twelvo minutes past twelve o'clock, just after the Apportionment bill was declared lost, the Husted Rapid Transit bill came up in its regular order. Mr. Husted, the moment the title was read by the Clerk, | got the floor and moved to strike out the enacting | clause. Ho did this so as to make a few remarks in favor of the measure, Ho suid that the bili was a righteous ono; that it was demanded by the press and the people of New York, and that it met with the favor of tho Governor and every person in New York who was really in favor of rapid transit, Ho loaned by moving the previous question on the motion, ‘The yeas and nays were called for by Mr. Fallon, and the Previous question was ordered by a vote of 61 to 25. ‘The foal vote on tho dill was taken and resulted in the defeat of tho bill, The New Yorkers who voted in tho affirmative wero Messrs, Carty, Fallon, Galvin, Graff, Hayes, Peabody, Strahan and Engichart. ‘The New Yorkers who voted in the negative were Messrs. Gugel, Killian, King, Muller, O'Hare, Patten, Slevin, Watts and Whitson. It ts aszerted that the sum of $25,000 was sent up | here by property owners*and city norse companies | to defeat the bill, and that it was sufficient to convince mor) than the country members that to vote for it wuld not be profitable, ‘The knowledge of tho fact that the Woodin Charter bill, the two bills relative 6 the district courts of New York city and the suspicivn prevalent among the demo- rats yesterday tnat the Green Extension bill as well ‘would be put upon their final passage, served to crowd | the Assembly Chamber to repletion during the three seasions which were held. The ladies’ gallery in the rear of the Chamber, the galleries up stairs, the lobbies, and even the vestibules, were thronged by politicians and lobbyists, most of whom were irom New York. The Tammany Gencral Committee bad not less than twenty Tepresentatives in tho crowd, some of them men who have ostensiblc means of support in New York, but the majority of whom have not. The place holders, too, were numerous and tbe quota of ex-Assembly- men and ex-Aldermen who were to be met with on all sides showed very clearly that the leaders in New Yerk had kindly invited them, after their usual fashion in casea that require desperate remedies, to pay | a Visit to Albany for the benoft of their health as well | as forthe benefit of other peop'e. Some of them were in the Senate iobby whon the Park bill was passed, The announcement of the vote hud anything but an agreeable effect upon them, and they burried down to the Assembly Chamber, hoping thus to get some little comfort, as their friends on the floor had gent up word that they thought the situation was pot so blue as the repuplicang would have them believe, ‘The passage of the two civil justices’ bills and tho ‘Woodin Charter in the evoning awakened them to the fact that there were some things that even summary influ- ence could not bring about, and a more melancholy ooking crowd than that which stood in the lobby of tho Assembly Chamber about that time was never scen at Albany. PASSAGE OF THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS, ‘The Woodin Charter Amendment bill was to-day re- committed to the Committee on the Judiciary for the parpose of amendment, the democrats making no op- position to the motion after they were informed ,that | the amendments to bo made to the bill were simply to ‘perfect. it so as to render it more suitable to tax- payers generally. There was but little fight over it when it came up on its final passage, as the republican Unes were drawn ¢o closely that the democrats saw there was no hope even in filibustering to defeat tho ‘bill, and it was passed by a vote of 67 t0 49, Geer, of | ‘Tioga, and Hoffman, of New York, republicans, voting | with the democrats, and Maxfield, of Ontario, and Whitson, of New York, democrats, voting with there- publicans. The following are the amendments made to the bill by the Judiciary Committee this afternoon and in the House in the evening session The amendments were to strike out the provision re- quiring officials to be residents of the city, and by ex- copting Riverside Park from the provisions of the act, Also to strike out the provision requiring that all pay- ments shall be made at the Comptroller's office. Mr. Straban secured the insertion of a provision au- | thorizing and directing the Police Commissioners to | donate from the Excise moneys such sum as will be | just to the hfe insurance tuad of the Police Depart- ment, } THE PARK BILL. | The Park bill, which legislates out of office all the | Commissioners ex Mr. Stebbins, passed the Senate to-day by a vote of 17 to 10, THE DEFORITORIES POR CITY MONRYS, After a lively tussie between its trends and op- | ponents, the bill which authorizes the Mayor, Comp- | troller and City Chamberlain to designate what banks shall be selected as depositories ior city moneys, | the Senate. Mr. Gerard succeeded in having mserted 1m it before it a clause which takes | away from the Comptroller the exclusive control he | ‘wauted over the moneys raisea for the use of the Board of Education, The amendment compels him to pay at ght the drafts made upon him by the Board tor | +hvol purposes, CITY MARSHALS. The bili giving the civil justices power to suspend | and remove city marshals for cause failed in the Senate | w-day to get the necessary constitutional vote. A | motion to reconsider the vote by which it was lost pre- vailed, and it is said that it will be taken from the table | o-morrow and that the bill wil! be finally passed. CIVIL JUSTICES MILI. The Peabody bill, relating to civil justices, which leaves the nuinber of ts as the} inber of employ stenographer do the work of two courts, passed the Senate and As- | sembly to-day, ulier being so amended that the stenographer of the Tenth, instead of the stenographer he Niath, is retained in oitice, The A. J. Campbell ting to the game subject, came up right on the | heels of the Peabody bill, on a motion to reconsider | the vote by which the bill was lost some weeks ayo. It was nearly two o’ciock when the motion to take from the table was made Campbell talked against time, and, 48 @ result, pending the vote to re- consider, the House jouroed On the re. assembiing of the Assembly the vote to re- consiaer Was taken up. The opponents of the bill flibusered im every way their ingenuity could suggest The previous question was called for, the yeas and nays were call on the motion, and, on its being lost, acall ofthe House was asked for vy Mr. Campveill, This was refused by the House, when agai hattempt was made 10 go along peacetuily with the , calling of the roll. But the absentees, to use a Hiberut- cism, who wore called for and who were present, | poe not vote. A second demand for the call of the House was more successful, and the galleries One bundred aud twenty members were then found to be present, when the operation of tho call was suspended. Finally | the vote to reconsider was carried by a vote of 66 vo 63, and a motion to order the previous question ou the final paragraph of the bill prevailed by a vote of Gi to 48 The bill was then passed by a vote of 66 to 63 and was at once sent to the Senate, where 3t will be concurred in to-worrow. | ‘The masu feavure of the bi!l is that it consolidates the | ten distriet coarts into seven, of course the ten justices | being retained, ne they would not under the constitu. | tion be legislated out of oitice. Campbell | claims the measuro will bring about @ saving | of $60,000 to the city. The bill, i may be mentioned, | provides that after the expiration of the terins of | preseDt justices there shall be bur seven district Justices, who ure to be elected alter the same manner | and for the same term aa the present justicus, THE MARINE COURT. The Strahan bill, in relation to this court, which spec!. fes what time and how the election vf the successors of the present jadges shall take piace, and Hixing theterins | ected, as Weil as the at 91x years, bas passed the Assem troduced by Mr. Sloan ai day. It imposés for the 6, gon the Teal and por- property in State subject to taxation, the general fund and for the payment of and demands whieh shall constite Upon that fund, melating the com of $800,000 appropriated fer the New (: he tisent Year commencing Vetover 1, 1876, one mili und seven ehths of one mull; for the f tund, for the | of Is, one rill abd one. | ment of the interest and non of the stat if 325 04 the Laws ot Ist day of Uctober, 1! sonal jor = Jor the New Capito! above mentioned is in lew of ine same amount levied io pPropriating th The total tax imposed ix 11-24 mille, the total amount texabie bemg §2,305,000,000, The amount of $5 thas Will be raised Will be about $6,370,000, | | Im conclusion Mr, Jacobs said that New York ai } he could have instructed them would have been that | in 1864, Mtr. Wood: | greedy enough to follow the example of the fow. There | an earnest discussion. Mr. | make money from the impulses of the peopl This is uearly a reduction ef one-half from lest years tax, which is apd one-tenth. tions to strike out the enact the bill was distinctively a republican measure, drafted with tho sole view of furthering party interests, The minority members of the commitiee had been ignored ever since the Apportionment Committee was formed, The republican members of the committee, aided by sbarp and scheming politicians, had divided up the State without so much as consulting democratic Sena. tora in regard to their own districts. Passing to eriti- | cise tho bill as tt affected his own locality, the Senator said that the Second district was a remarkable com- pound of bay, ocean, sea, town and country. ‘Phe Third aud Fourth districts were wade solely tor partisan rea- sous and otherwise could not be explained or excuse. Brooklyn, which paid botween them two-thirds of all the taxes of the State, had aright 10 expect, but bad hot received, fair play from those who wade the appor- tionment. ‘The effect of the bill was such that if the State weat democratic by 75,000 it would be imposetblc to elect a democratic Senator in Kings county. Mr. Gerard said that under the apportionment as reported | ig the bill 43,000 voters would go uprepresented as far as | the Senate districts tu New York were concerned, ‘his j being so, the justice of giving New York seven instead Of six Senators would be conceded. Mr. Kenoaday said that if he had been consulted by the Apportionment Committee in regard to the apportionment of Kings county he thought he could have given them som valuable information, Among other points on which regarding he republican sentiment of 8 county in | regard to the subject under consideration, The vote | was then taken on Mr. Jacobs’ motion to strike out the | enacting clause, and the motion was lost. {n reply to a remark of Mr. Jacobs, that the number of meu liable for military duty from New York in the service of the United States bad been incorrect said that the allusion w tunate, —1t recalled the riots which had occurred in New York arising out of the democratic idea as to the basis of the drait which led to the riots, The bill was finally passed by a strict party vote. ‘The bill, as passed by the Senate, came up imtaedi- he Woodin bill had been disposed of. An nade by Mr. Hogeboot at the start to have the question of giving Monroe county four members voted on, un er the operation of the previous question, robbing Broome of one, His motion tor the previous question was defeated by the close vote of 60 yeas; 61 nays. THE EXHIBITION. THE RAILROAD RATES AND THE HOTEL CHARGES—-THE BONIFACES NOT 80 EXORBI- TANT AS ALLEGED—MERTING OF THE CEN- TEMNIAL COMMISSIONERS, Parcapeupma, May 2, 1876 | The two obstacles that threaten to injure in some de- gree the success of the Centennial Exhivition are the railroad fares and the Philadelphia hotel rates, As to the charges of the hotels, it {s true that the highest Priced houses, like the Continental, bave raised their | prices from $4 50 per day to $5, and that wnon they are overcrowded, as thoy certainly will be, the luckloss visitor will be compelled to pay an exorbitant price for very uncomfortable and inferior accommodations, But the extent of this increase in prices has boen exagger- ated. There aro several hotels where as good accom- modations as are furnished at tho Continental can be had at aless price, Tho Girard Houso, for instance, will only charge $4aday, and there are other hotels where a good table, a neat room and attendance can be had as low as $2 50 per day. Itis a mistake to sup- pose that all the Philadelphia bonifaces have been $s no danger of visitors tu Philadelphia being swindled as they were at Vienna if they will only exercise rea- sonable care, Those who go to what are called tho first class hotels will bave to pay very hign | prices, while visitors of more modest desires or slen- | derer purses can always find board and lodging in Phil- | adelphia ut $14 per week or $2 60 per day. In brief, the actual truth regarding the cost of living in Pnila- delphia is that it is no higher than in Now York, except | ata jew hotels, ‘he other question, that of RAILKOAD FARES to and from Philadelphia, is a fie more serious one, although there ts now a prospect that a greater redui tion for excursion tickets may possibly be obtained through the instrumental'ty of a special committee of | tha Contednial Commiseioners, The pabiic already | know that with the exception of the Central Pacific Road and several others of less importauce, the railroads of the country have resolved to consent to reduction of twenty five per cent on the round trip to Philadelphia. Itjs well known that | upon the occasions of State airs and other large gather- ings return tickets are often scold by the r: the price of a single fare, and the people h aright to expect an equal concession durin; tnuance of the great Exbibiuon, The Centenpial Commissioners, now in this city, xpress the dissatis- | faction of their constituents at the cost of avisit to Philadelphia, especially trom the Far West, the prico of aretarn tic! to San Francisco, for instance, being $275, Unless the railroads make further conces- sions the number of visitors froma distance will be much less than anticipated. Within 200 miles of Phila- delphia there is less cause for,complaint at the rates of transportation, The Pennsylv Raitroad, for iustance, carries Centennial tou: from New York at # tub greater reduction than twenty-five per cent. They will sell tickets trom New York to Phila- | delphia and retura, to be used tho same day, for $2. | This is as cheap as could be expected and will afford | many of the working classes at. opportunity to visit Philadelpbii &@ moderato cost. THE QUESTION WKFORK THE COMMIASIONERS. ‘This question of the insufficient reduction of prices | ot railroad tckets to Philadelphia came up at the moeting of tho Centennial Commissioners to-day tor | Froneb, of Misaissipp:, from the Special Committeo on Transportation, ro- ported that the commitsee had not been able to obtain as great a reduction in the prico of railroad tickets as they had hoped. President Hawley also reported Gp the same matter. | Ho had visited Vice President Cassatt and Colonel | Scott, of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. They ‘were out $2,000,000 lor expenditures incidental to the Centennial for tracks on the grounds, new depots, &c., which the road was expected to make up. A reduction of fifty per cent on their rates would imply a reduction | of $2,000,000 in their receipts. To Justify a reduction of nifty per cent there must be two aud a half times as many persons travelling over their road as before. Mt. Wasson, of Arizona, desired to make an explana. | tion of the reasons why the Central Pacific Railroad has relused to make eveu tho twenty-five per cent reduc- | tion, He had investigated the matter and Velicved that their reasops were legitimate. They claimed that if they made a reduction im railroad fares to Philadelphia everybody would take advantage of it, whether they were coming t Philadelpbia oF not, so that it would amount to # reduction on all their passenger receipts. Mr. Crawford, of Kansug, said that it the railroad rates trom his section were reduced one-halt 25,000 people would come to Piiladelpbia trom Kansasx, At the present charges there will not be 2.000 There is widespread leeliug that the companies are trying to ‘he people of tge West would not come if they were not sven lair raves. | Otuer gentlemen spoke, expressing disappointment at the action of the railroad companies and the fear that it would result in keoping many people at home, The report of the committee ob this subject will be read , to-morrow, CENTENSIAL POLICE, { Tho Commission hau an excited debate over a reso- lution, introuuced by Mr. Donaldson, of Idaho, giving ‘the command of the 1,000 men who comprise the Cen- tennial polive force to & committee, consisting of Messrs. McNeil, Loring and Nye, President Hawley to | i | be ex officio the chairman of the committee and Direc- | tor General Goshorn its executive oiticer, As the Board of Finance have always claimed and exercised the appoimtment aud control of this torce there was an anitoated discussion upon the resolution, Several | members denounced the Finance Board as attemping . te imierlere too much im duties for which the Commission was appointed. The resvlution was finally passed. A committees to whom Was reierred the diflerences between the Commission and the Board of Finance was sul ly appotated by tne Presi. | dent. lt consists of Messrs, McCormack, Cleveland, Boteiar and Wilson. A letter addressed by Commissioner Simith to Secre- tary Chandler, giving ls reasons lor refusing permis- sion to private persons to exhibit Indians at she | Centennial, was submitted by Mr. Goshora, together with an enclosure from Secretary Chandier, as fol- | “L concur entirely in the views of the Commis. | sioner with regard to the impropriety of allowing any Indians wo be exbivited at the Centennial, excepting under the exclusive direction and control of this de- paruineut..” It is now estimated that nine-tenths of all the ox- hibits ior tho Centennial Exhibition are in place in the | different departments, and that the seheduie will ve completed in the next few days. Tae Corliss engine in Machinery Hali bas been in succes=iul operation for the past two days, be THE OPENING. The Centennial Board of Finance have tesued the | foliowing :— IxteRxaTIONAL Exarmnrtion, 1 | PubapeLrita, May 2, 1676, | The opening ceremonies of the exhibition will take place ow the luth of May, The pubic will be admitted te the ground at nine v’ciock A. M., and at twelve o’clock M. ceremonies | | will take place, after which the buildings will be thrown open. A tity cent wove oF silver halt dollar gains ad- mittance to the grounds, and no further fee ts required atthe baildngs. After the 10th of May the grounds ‘will bo open at pine o'clock A. M. JOHN WELSH, President. HENRY C. BOWEN’S CASE. The special committee of Piymouth church whieh has been investigating the charges preterred by Mr. 3. met last might to Vidence aud agree upon a report for tothe chureb. chive evening was tuumbing over verbatim reports of testimony nts. The mative floaily ‘uesday nig! xt, without fuisiing the consideration of tue testimony oF arriving Bb any conclusive, spea vt | the national convention shall have assembled, | Clab wok | over the Battery to Soutn ferry, ‘rains by the | after the 14th inst. from Will | Harlem and Yorkville, paswing through 8 SEYMOUR AND TILDEN. The Ex-Governor Declares Himself Out f of the Presidential Race. Does He Contro! the Majority of the St. Louis Delegation ? Ursa, May 2, 1076. The Utien Observer this afternoon publishes the tol- lowing letter from Governor Seymour in reference te the democratic nomination for the Presidency :— Utica, May 2, 1876. ‘To rux Eprton ov ray Utica OBS¥RVRE = I have not felt that a few complimentary notices have placed me in the histof those seriously thought of ay acanaidate for the Presideney, While, there fore, I have constantly answered to all those whe have spoken to ma on the subject that. could no Recept a nominetion, even in the improbable event that one shout be tendered, I have not thought that | there was enough im the suggestion of my name te | make ita matter of good taste to say anything over my signature, bat an article in yesterday’s Utica Heraid may embarrass others and place them im false positions. It assumes that certain delegates that 16 hames are in favor of my nomination and against thes of Mr. Tilden; | know that many of them are bie earnest supporters. While some of them would not be fn my favor if L was a candidate, I feel that tt is due ta the delegates named, many of whom are warm personal friends, to eave thein the embarrassment of denying the statement that they go to the National Demoeratie OC ‘ention with any view of betngins, forward my pame or opposing the nomination of Mr. Tilden, [ aw truly yours, &c. HORATIO SEYMOUB, SRYMOOR PLANXING TILDEN, (From the Utica (N. ¥.) Herald.] ‘There is great oxcitemont in the inner circles of the democracy of the State on account of a whispered theory that, appearances to the contrary, Governor Seymour captured the Utica Convention and carried off 4 inajority of tho St. Louis delegates. There is ground | for this suspicion, Indeed, it has become more than a suspicion, almost a certainty, that the Sago of Deer tie! oven now has a “working’’ majority of the dele. gates chosen on Thursday. Two months hence, whea se will be stronger still and will be the choice of at least forty of the seventy New York delegates. Only last autumn the Democratic State Centra; Committee was packed in the Tilden inter- est, and when the committee met at Utica it was by the greatest effort and the employment of other argu- monts than mere words that it was kept to the support of Tilden and Magone by the uncomfortably close vote ofi7tol& Whon the committee acts thus what may we not expéct from the delegates, who are men of more thought, ability and standing in the party than the members of the committee? Thoughtful men hke there are not apt to continue doing a foolish thing after they get their eyes open to the true situation and the weakners of Governor Tilden before the people. The New York Evening Post, one of Tilden’s warmest champions up to this time, falls in with the universal tendency to desert him which prevails even among the Governor's warmest adherents and apologists. In sum- ming up the results of the Utica gathering the Post suys:— It would not be surp themselves of the liberty con a first favorable, opportunity. | ¥rom's body a0 mani: foxtly Insincere it would be folly to expect 1 fidelity to per- tory promises. Who shall be the St. Louis candidate iq Yon ua opatt now as it was before the Convention ‘Wednesday. But the proof of the statement that Governor Sey- mour has 4 majority of the delegates is furmshed by the (oliowing classification, given us by the best demo- cratic authority in the State, and to be relied upon as correct, in so far ns it gives the majority to Mr. Sey- mour. ‘It 13 incorrect in that it does not make thas aq on | majority as largo as it will prove to be at St. Louis; for we have oo doubt that Francis Kernan, Edward L, Dounetly, of New York; James Mackin, of Dutchess: James E. Pierce, of Kings, aud John’ J. Taylor, of ‘Tioga (all classed as Tilden men), will vote for Governor Seymour on the first ballot taken in the National Cone vention. ‘The analysis is as follows:— vou skyMoUR. Pon TILDEN. i-James M. Uakley, of At peed eng Kernan, Queens, of Owelda; | William Dory? S-Johu Kelly and Wm. heimer, of Erie; byt ag R. Koberts, of New York Murphy, of Kinge; Abraham @—Samuel 8. Cox andJobn 8, Hewitt, ot New York. Fox, of New York. 1—Gilbert C. Dean, of 7—August Belmont Richmond Oswald Ottendorfor, 2—Thowas Kinsella and ‘ork. Roger A. Prior, v—William ©, Whitney aad of S "William "C. — Kingaley ea Smythe, of New and Pierce, of q cy Schell and khaw, of Kew and sow James E. Yo 12—-George W. Davids and Casper C. Childs, Jr., of ¥ Westchestor. 14—George M. Beebe, of Balliven. 15—William F. Russell, of ster. 17—8. W. Russel, of Wash- tagton. Ts—Smith M. Weed, of Clinton, and ‘Artemas B. Waldo, of Kesex 20— James Rute W. Pecktam, of Ab any. J. Rassell Parsons, of Rensselaer. 19—Daniel Magone, Jr., He Sawyers ob ‘Oneida. ‘Willian Youmans, of 0 iilaiche, 3 hapa ey Gilbert H. a Christ jan nin; ti, of Madison,” 2h—fienton B. Jones, of tte tharles, No Host, of Cortland, and Alfred Wilkin- Da; jeorge W, Cay- son, of Onondaga. ers of Wayne. ecg italliday, of —( Lapham, of Tompkius, aud John J, Tay- . i. ‘and 6 Ht. Hammond, lor, of Togs. rio. 20—David B. Hill, of Che- rick Cook and mung, and Williem B. Kage Willlam Purcell, of Monroe. gles, of steuben. BI—H. L Glowacki, of Gen- — 31—W. 8 Farwell, of Nb agara, s2—Albert P, Laning and Cyrenus C. Torrance, of TotAhesee..srereeeve: Erie. 3 Cary, of and William f Chautanqui Majority for Seymour... 4 There are some who will not believe this classifies tion 1s a correct one. To these we say, wait aud see, In any event the a 5, delegates (seven in number, including Henry C, Murphy) boid the bulance of power. Governor Tilden has been them for the past few months from deserved punishment for their ring corruptious, because they agreed in return to give him the deiegates (rom Kings county. They have now reversed the situation 44 hold the Governor 4 pocket. Hoss McLaughlin Billy”? Fowler—the latter under indictment—are kind of men to help the Governor out of bie present difficulty without usurious interest on the capi- tal expended, or a price commensurate with the nitude of the interests involved, It 18 clear from points of view that the old politicians who assembled ut Utica last week skiltally andcertainty got “Goafalom Sammy” in chancery, and will remorselessly hold hice thero until they puiverize bim into Lis native nothing ness, DELEGATES TO ST. LOUIS. Last night a meeting of the Brooklyn Democratic General Committee was held, when considerable tlk feeling was manitested in regard to the appommtment of Archibald M. Bliss and William C, Kingsley as delegaeg totne National Convention. After some discussion resolutions disapproving the former's appointment were laid on the tavie, YOUNG MEN'S DEMOCRATIO CLUB The members of the Young Men’s Union Democratie. of their rooms, No, 6 Union square, last evening. The walls of the parlors were hang with banners, the most conspicuous tbat presented to the organization wy ox Uoveruer Macatie Seymour ia 1866. RAPID TRANSIT. No serious delay ts expected to result from the tn- Junction served upon tho Elevated Railroad Company last week, in reference to the extension of the track All the excavations aving already been made beiore the order forbidding digging, the company proceeded to set their founda- tion m and will, if the imjunction is not made uce complete the erection of the track. Harlem road are announced to rua at mopping at nue tannel with locomotives to bret fgg bee whence horses will baul the same cars to the Post tice, Fare trom Hariem, six cents. OPPOSITION TO RAPID TRANSIT. A poorly attended meeung of Fifth avenue property owners wax held last evening at Harvard Rooms, Sixth avenue und Forty-second streot, for the purpose | of opposing the Gilbert Klevated Railroad. In fact, from the tone of the mecting, it seemed that the pur- was to any rapid transit scheme whieh Should Taelnde. neth bow. Satter the route, Mr. Edward A, Morrisou, who road at some length bis vaews as to what -holders by the construction of dwoit upon what he deemed to | a iacituarssnan seat