The New York Herald Newspaper, May 24, 1876, Page 3

© for'One’s Own Household. IMMUNITY EXTENDED £0 COLLECTOR CASEY Becretary Robeson in Response to the Charges and Insinuations Against Him. The Slow Length of the Juris- . diction Question. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. ft Wasmixorox, May 23, 1876 MWCOURAGEMENT OF WITNESSES—REFUSAL TO GRANT IMMUNITY IN THE CASE OF THE WIT- , NESS SEELYZ—COLLECTOR CASEY SAVED FROM INVESTIGATION. © Aman who does not take care of his own household $8 worse than a heathen, and it would be shameful if the President of a Christian country sbould stand in ‘that category. The House of Representatives has ap- Pointed a committee to investigate tho New Orleans Custom House and other Louisiana matters, and this Committee has already taken some testimony showing eorruption in the Custom House. One of the wit- ‘Resses (Seclye) declines to give further evidence, on the ground that if he does ho must criminate himself, ‘and the chairman of the committee was instructed to ask the Attorney General to promise him immunity ‘trom prosecution tf, at the conclusion of his testimony, it shall appear that he is entitled tothe same. In his application to the Attorney General Mr. Gibson, the ‘chairman of the committee, recites that Seelye is now ‘an employé in the New York Custom House; that he ‘was for several years a special agent of the Post Office Department in Louisiana and a deputy United States marshal jn that State, and that the questions he de- tines to answer without a promiso of im- munity rolate to fraudulent payrolls in the a ‘New Orleans Custom House, to the robbery of | the United States mails and the cutting of telograph wires, Mr. Gibson adds in this official letter that Beelye is the only witness trom whom the testimony ean be got'and that he has doclarod, under oath, that ho has been offered bribes not to appoar as a witness and that he has also been threatened with prosecutions "In the event that he should do #0, For these reasons ‘Attorvey General Pierrepont is asked to grant im- tmunity to the witness, upon the condition that when ‘he has testified it shall appear that his evidence is so important and valuable as to warrant it, To this Moderate request the following answor was mado to-day :— - hasaisengrtd ie a ‘ASHINGTON, May 23, 1876. Hon. R. L isso, Chairman, &c., House of Repre- sentatives :— Sik—Your request in relation to immunity to Mr. Beclye was before the President and Cubinet to-day. The President had been notified that several members of your committee are not in favor of the immubity. Tt ia not doomed-best to grant it. Yours respectfully, EDWARDS PIERREPONT, Attorney General. . The President’s brother-law, General Casey, 1s Col- lector of Customs at New Orleans, It is the manuge- ment of the Custom House which he controls which tho committee is appointed by the House to investi- gate; so onco more, as in the case of Goneral Babcock, there 1s what Judgo Black called ‘discouragement of witnesses.”’ To tho average mind it would scem that, under the peculiar circumstances, nothing would with- bold the President from doing whatever he could to facilitate the committeo’s work, but Mr. Casey’s case does not apparently admit of tho exercise of delicate ‘craples, FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. ‘Wasurnotox, May 23, 1876, ®EORETARY ROBESON ON THE CHARGES AND IN- BINUATIONS AGAINST HIM—A LETTER TO THE \6NAIRMAN OF THE COMMITITEE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS DEMANDING A HEARING. The Secretary of the Navy says that he can explain All tho trangactions which have a bad look in the test!- mony of the Navy Committce, and he has sent the fol- lowing letter to the Chairman of the Naval Committee to-day -— : Navy Department, May 23, 1876. ‘Hon. W. C. Wimrrrorxr, Chairman Committee on Naval Affairs, House of Kepresentutives :— Sin—For more than three months the Committee on Naval Affairs of the House of Representatives has been \nveatigating the Navy Department and baval establish- ment, To this investigation, conducted in various and fistant parts of tho country and extending over the whole time of the present administration and into the detatis of all its ti na, every person ‘npposed to have any complaint against the depart- ment has been pubiicly invited. The examinations have been conducted in secret session, without notice fo und, of course, without opportunity for cross- *xatmtnation, cxplanation or suggestion by any person vomplaioed of, During all this time, in the absence of any specific sharge made against cither myself or any officer of the Jepartment, 1 have remained quiet, with the idea that jhe testimony, when finished, would be published asa whole, and that when it was complete in allits parts | false charge would be xccompa We refutation, confident that whe ho wrong really existed none could be made finally to ap- ir, But the publication of portions of {he un- hed testimony in detached parts has, as was to bo ‘pected, afforded the opportunity for charges avd in- sinuations made in the public newspapers utterly false in fact, and founded upon false interences trom ‘the testimony as publishoa, which will tall at once to the ground when the whole facts are known, Under these circumstances I demanil,’as a matter of Ppablic right, not only for myself, but for any oficer in my department against whom anything ig supposed to appear, a full and speedy opportunity to be weard in justification of every matter charged and in refutation of every false inference that can possibly be made, and ‘Falso demand that this hearing be had in open session of the committee, to tho end that the public Justifica- tion may follow jpeedily as possible the charges and insinuations, Awaiting th 410n of the committee, Lremain, your obedient servant, GEORGE M. ROBESON, Sccrotary of the Navy. THE WINSLOW EXTRADITION CASE—THE ULTI- MATUM OF SECRETARY FISH TO THE BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE. The reply of Earl Derby tothe note of Mr. Fish on tho subject of the delay in the extradition of Winslow how beon carefully answered in turn by Mr. Fish, whose Official note conveying his rojoinder will probably go by tho European mail steamer leaving New York next Thursday or vext Saturday. As long as Winslow is not released trom custody no overt act will have been committed justifying an appeal to Congress to declare the Ashburton Treaty abrogated. It is quite cortain, howover, Mr. Fish’s note, now receiving its fimwhing touch, will be his ultimatum to tho British Foreign Ofice, THE JURISDICTION QUESTION—SENATORS WEARY OF THE PROLONGED DISCUSSION—THE sUB- JROT ASSUMING A POLITICAL ASPECT. + | The result of the dovate on the question of jurisdic. tion In the Belknap case in the Senate 1s growing more @oubtful each day it is protructed. For a long imo ‘thw evening, owing to the chamber having been » @mptied several times on account of an apparent want of Interest in the debate, necessitating a call of the Senate for want of a quorum, it was supposed ® conclusion would be reached betore adjournment to-day or some decision provided for the taking a vote | atan early date. This, however, has not been veritied. At is roported that Senator Christiancy is preparing Anothor speech, and other Senators are also going to apeak. Senator Logan occupied tbe whole day finishing the address begun yesterday, and his friends were severe in their conjectures as to what made several of the Jeading Senators absent themselves trom the chamber while ho was speaking. The Senators have grown Y tired of the prolonged debate, and want to vote on it + This they will reach by Saturday at farthest, ‘The whole subject is acknowledged now to have as- gamed a largely political aspect, THE BLAINE SCANDAL—A LONG DESIRED WIT- NESS APPEARS AT LAST—HIS STATEMENT ON THE SUBJECT OF THE LITTLE ROCK RAILROAD BONDS. ‘The witness Robinson, whose testimony had been Bought so Industriously for tho Durpose of clearing up “# Ghargo that ex Speaker Blaine bad been the recipient Wrough bim (Robinson) of some $20,000 in bonds of by y. ee the Little Rock Railroad, has arrived in Washington and will be heard by the Judiciary Committee to-mor- row, He was interviewed to-night at his hotel by tho Heratp representative as to what the mature of bis testimony would be, and he said, im answer to a specific inquiry, that he knew no more about the alleged delivery, of bonds to Mr. Blaine ‘than the man in the moon,”” He went on_ to explain the matier of his connection with the story as follows:— He had been at Boston and intendiag to come to Washington, learning which, Caldwell, the contractor | of the Little Rock Railroad, gave bim a package to take to Mr. Blaine, The package was abeat two [eet in Jength and in the shape of a roll two inches thick. He took it to the House of Representatives, sent in his card and Mr Blaine came out to the Speaker's room. Ho gave him the roll and was iovited ta upon the floor by Mr. Blaine, who resumed his seat and care- lesaly threw the roll on an adjoining chair, This was all there was of the bond delivery. But here Robinson admitted, and he said at the same time he greatly regretted, having said ina careless way to some friends, at his bouse tn Little Rock, something | ‘about bonds and the occurrence in the Speaker's room, which had been repeated, and thus occasioned all this trouble to himself and Mr. Blaine, He would not have | been called away from his home and brought hero as a | witness for $1,000. He never thought that the story | would be repeated, and he afirmod that there was no foundation for the scandal which had been raised against Mr. Blaine in consequence. THE EMMA MINE INVESTIGATION—THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO BE MADE ON THURS- Dax. The Committee on Foreign Affairs, having asked and been accorded a special tino for the reception of the report on General Schenck’s case, namely, next Thure- day, after morning hour, they found themselves under | the necossity of expediting their communication | with General Schenck on the subject of } the Cheesebrough letter, and that opistie was | therefore telegraphed im full to him at Dayton, Ohio, this morning. His answer, by mail or | telegraph, will get back hore in time to allow of acom. | pletion of the whole caso as it affects the ex-Minister to | | England, and tho report and accompanying documents ‘will, consequently, be laid before the House on Thurs- day. According to the programme the reyort has been | perfected, with tho exception of afew sentences which | are in suspense as to their final phraseology, and will | j be signed by all the members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Mr. Howitt, of New York, will pre- sent the report and accompany its presentation with an | address advocating its adoption. THE INTERNAL REVENUE—REPRESENTATIVES OF | VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS BEFORE THE CoM- | MITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS—DECREASE OF BEVENUZ UNDER EXISTING RATES OF TAXA- TION—NECESSIIY FOR DEFINITE LEGISLA- ‘TION. The Ways and Means Committee to-day took up the internal revenue eubject and considered especially the spirit tax and the official organization of the internal revenue force. The committee heara the views of the New York Produce Exchange, the Wine and Spirit | Trades Society and the Morchants’ Exchan;e of St. Louis in reference to the five propositions before it— the Meade bill, the New York Produce Exchange amendment, the Wells bill, the Whiting bill and Com- missioner Pratt’s bill. Colonel Tracy, of New York, made an argument designed to show the necessity of immediate action, und comparing the different propo- | sitions before the committee, all of which have some features in common. Statistics were presented to prove that under the ninety cent spirit tax revenue has not increased; that extensive frauds still prevail in | all sections, and that the present system of collection 1s unnecessarily extravagant, It seems that the gov- ernment will this yearj derive less revenue from | the ninety cent tax’ than was collected in| 1870 under the fifty cent rate, which, with | | 1 i against a possible maximum of $50,000,000 this year, the ninety cent gailon tax having paid only $38,000,000 | up to April 1, and the last quarter of the fiseal year being the least productive. Figures wore produced to Prove that ata fifty cont tax the unlicensed “istiller would havea margim of only ten cents per gallon, while at ninoty cents, in the same ratio, his margin is filty cents per gallon. i Conflicting decisions of various United States judges | recently rendered were. .eximino?, especially those of Judge Gries, of Maryland, and” Judge Blatchford, of New York, ono deciding that the innocent purchaser of | government stamped goods should be protected in his | | property and the other exactly the reverse, and the | | necessity of definite legislation to settle such questions | ‘was strongly urged. The pressure for some action is { very strong. The petitidners for the Meade bill num- | | Der about 1,000 strong. The committee will next week report an internal revenue bill, which will probably H embody some features of all the schemes presented, { THE ADJOURNMENT PROBLEM—HOW TO TIDE | OVER THE CONVENTIONS AND THE FOURTH | OF JULY HOLIDAY, i | The question of a recess of Congross to allow the | {| members to attond the national conventions has been | unnecessarily complicated with the facts of tho Cincin- | nati Convention, Inthe first plico republican delo- | gates m Congress are not very many, and these | distillers’ special taxcs, then yielded $55,000,000, | » | vat Regina” wiil be shouted with all tho power of Brit- , NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, VICTORIA REGINA. VIRGINIAN «CELEBRATION OF THE BOYAL BIRTHDAY—ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING or BRITISH SETTLERS AND CITIZENS AT PETERSBURG—ADDRESS OF CONGRATULATION SENT TO LORD DELBY. Patersucne, Va, May 13, 1876, Victoria L, by the Grace of God Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Defender of the Faith and Em. Press of India, is a popular personage in Vid Virginia The native Virginians, after o century of independence, preserve many ancient cus- foms and forms of speech derived from the old country. They are still essentially English tn thought, feeiing and sympathy, and the majority of the educated classes look upon the British government as the true mode! of all good governments, There bas always been a close bond of union betweon Old Eng- land and Old Virginia, Spenser, in bis “Faerie addressed Queen; Elizabeth as “Em- Presse” of Virginia, among other realms, and Charles IL was styled ‘King of England, Ireland, Scotland, France and Virginia” This was, | Indeed, the only one of the American colonies which can be said to have ever had a king of its own or been a kingdom to itself, Alter the Revolution the chival- ric cavaliers of Virginia were republicans in name and theory, but aristocrats and royalists in fact and prae- tice. They blamed King George for toreing them to rovolt, but they loved him none the less, and jealously | Preserved their own prerogatives ag lords of the 801 and nobles among the Commonaity. : The short lived Confederacy brought many changes, | but it did pot alter the love Virginians bore to Eng- land, Then after the war there came to Virginia a crowd of English gentlemen, who bought estates, founded colonies, built churches and generally made | taemselves at home We have now thousands of such British settlers scattercd all over the State, who. agree in sentiment .with Virginians far better than with auy other class of Americans, They are mostly men of education and refnement, moderate fortune and conservative {!doas, and thoy apparently choose Virginia to locate in, because ia this State they never hear England spoken of with disre- spect or England’s royal family sneered at, For several ycars it has been the castom of the British settlers to celebrate the birthday of Queen Vic- toria with great magnificence Féfes, banquets, bails and races have marked the natal week of the Queen | Tognant of tho British Empire, and the | leading statesmen of the South have cordially given their couptenance and support to the testivities. This year the annual British celebration was fixed to take placo in Petersburg, a city which was the theatre of the hottest conflicts during the “late un- pleasantuess.’? There are many scones of interest around this ‘‘cockade city,” so denominated from an incident which occurred during the Mexican war jn relauon to the “cockades?’® ot the Petersburg volunteers. Old Blandiord charch, a mile from town, Is an ivy-covenod ruin of colomal days, second only in interest to the castle of St. Augustine, in Florida The celebrated “crater’’ Is only two miles away, and localities famous | during the war abound in every direction. *The British Association of Virginia fixed on Peteors- burg for the British celebration of 1876 in response to a special invitation from the Mayor of the city and numerous prominent citizens, and the arrangements have been gotten up by a mixed committee of citizens and settlers, comprising the most solid and substan- tial of the imbapiants. The Committee of Invitation issued the following address a fortnight ago:— To THe Barrisn Serreers or Virctxta axp ro Bairisu Resi- DENTS IN Oriten STATES — The undersigned, representing the citizens of Petersburg, and the orgaumation of British settlers, formed pose of arranging for a grand celebration of Qui birthday; In our city. on May 24. 1870, hereby extend a c dial invitation to the British settlers ‘throughout the Stat and to British residents in otber 8ti Hie celebration: ( tad oer aoe e contennial ¥ affords a splen portunity for eal sinh colobration in, Pe- international courtesiex, and the B: tersburg will historically and bay at Absereng irk the ous brotherhood, which In the nineteenth century established among the English speaking ni Virginia welcomes British settlors wit secs inthe work of colonization since the wi lori- ir ® great und en- during means of recuperation. Virginians love the old coun- try ax the deur oli home of thelr ancestors, he birth place of civil and religious liberty, the mother of free nations and deeply revere those voble viriuey and womanly graces which ‘9 made the relyn of Quoen Vietoria so conspicuous. The will undoobtedly, be characterised by the heartiness enthusiasm which spring from warm sympathies, : ‘The British celebrations heretofore held in Vircinia have boon invariably successful, and we feol warranted in stating, on behalf of our native and adopted citizens, that the cele: bration of 1876, will Inck nothing that is necessary to ite full and complete suecess. We; therefore, ask you one and all to join us in honoring the birthday of H sty Queon Victoria, and in addin |, one more link to tl den chain of affection which bin togother tne citizens of the United States and she British ‘ople. Miilgned at Petersburg, Va. thia 11th day of May, 1876. W. F.C, GREGORY, Mayor of Potorsburg. D. B. TENNANT, President of the Celebration. Tho Britwh ‘settlers aro now arriving by every-train, and the scene 1 one that could not be equalled any: where else outside of Englana. Along the strects see burly specimens of the fox hunting squire, the magisterial country gentleman, the city merchant, tho farmer, the cockney and a huodred other variety of British character, Quite a number of charming Jadios are also among the arrivals. To-night there 1s to bo a welcome meoting and to-morrow a grand banquet. ‘+ Vi- celebration to which we. invite y ish lungs, and orm ge will fow in a continuous gtream down British throats to the glory of Her Royal Majest Britien sottlers to-nigh! D. B. Tennant, a wealthy merchant, presided, and’ eloquent addresses were delivered by Hon. W. F.C. Gregory, Mayor of Petersburg; the Rev, Giles £ ooke (Jepiscopal): the Rev. John Bayley (Methodist); Dr. hitehead and others, Responses on bebalf of the British Association ot Virginia were made by Messrs. Charles Bugg, Presi- dent of the Euglish and American Bank, Farmville; Henry Jacob, E. Allan and others. Major Gregory, in his speceh referring to Americans and Englishmen, said, ‘We are all British.” His Honor said this celebration was “a glorious event in would readily be granted leave of absence for say the five days from June 13 | to June 18 In the second place Cincinnati ; is only twenty hours’ ride from Washington. By | eliminating this difficulty the Houso could arrange for | either a tina! adjournment by the 26th of Jone ora re- | cexs from that day to the Sth of July. Tho trouble has | | been that Congress, in planning for its future, has becu j endeavoring to span the subject of final adjournment with the Cincinnati Convention, the St. Louls Conven- | tion and the Fourth of July holiday. The above plan | has boen submitted as.romoving every objection to an i early solution of tho problem, GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES, Wasutxcrox, May 23, 1876, REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON DISTRICT AF- YAIRS—LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ADVISED AGAINST THE COMMISSIONERS. The report of the Committee on the District of Colambia, charged with an investigation into the af- fairs of the District, bas been prepared, | #0 far as a portion of the committee is con- | cerned, by Chairman Buckner. It specitically charges { : the Commissioners with violations of law in the | expenditures of money, by which $3,091,046 13 has | been added to the debt of the District, not only without , warrant of Iaw, but agatnst.their own construction of | their powers, as shown by their own report of Decem- ber, 1874. It algo soverely criticises the action of the Board of Health, and closes with a resvlution that the Attorney General of tho United States bo directed to cause proceedings at law to be instituted against Will- | tam Dennison, John H. Ketcham and Seth L. Phelps, on their several bonds, as Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia, for malfeasance and uniaithfulness in tho discharge of their dutiés as said Commissioners, THE LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL APPROPRIATION BILL BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE. The Senate Committee on Appropriations to-day considered the Legislative, Kxeoutive and Judicial Ap- propriation bill, and acted on the portions which re- late to the Senate and House of Representatives. The committee will pass upon the remaining items of the bill separately and with regard to the Individual merits of the various items of fe. | duction im salaries and clerical force pro- posed by the House, but will: rofueo concurrence m any reduction of salaries fixed by law unless the a Propriate committee of the Senaie charged with. subject affected shall recommend concurrence. 1! | committee takes the general ground that their duty 19 confined to reporting uppropriations in accordance with the oxisting law, and that new legisiation, if en- grafted at all upon an appropriation bill, shoula be the Tesult of deliberate special examination by the respec- tive committees of Congress which are constituted with reference to the questi rolved. SEVENTH REGIMENT. At a meeting of Company F, Soventh Regiment, N.@. 3.N.Y., held at the armory last evening, Colgnel Clark presiding, an election took piace to fill the va- by the resignation of Captain £. 0. Bird, peualting im the choice ot First Liouteuant H. i. Turner for in, Seoond Licutenant George W. Rand for First Lieutenant, and First Sergeant David Appleton Jor Second Lieutenant, The newly elected officrs gave an entertaimment to the members of tho company at Deimouico’s, which was greatly enjoyed by all present, H { tho Centennial year.”? | On motion of the Chair the following message to the | Earl of Derby for presentation to Queén Victoria was | adopted. } To Tur Eant or Deroy, Foreiex Orricx, Loxvox :— In the centennial year of American Tndepondence, the native citizens and British colonists of Virxinia, assembled Car burg, unite to congratulate | contary which opened | stivities ot peace. Vir- nin consummated the Revolution, and now Great Britain as crowned. the Centennial Kxhibltion with success. | America und iingland this year join hands torevor, and to- gether, with hesrty enthusiasm, pray Viout Regina. FREGORY, Mayor of Petersbs * 4 NNANT, President of British bration. “Tho banquet to-morrow will be on an unprecedented scale of magnificence, Letters of sympathy have been recetved from the Governor. General of ada, the ; British Ambassador at Wasbington, Consul General | Archibald, Govornor Kemper and other eminent per- sonages. British flags are flying, and ther general enthusi- agin. Itis hoped that Lord Derby’s reply may bo re- ceived before the banquet. SUNDAY SCHOOL PARADE, The annual parade of the Sunday school children of Brooklyn will take place to-day, The signal for prepa- | ration will he given, should the weather prove favorable, at eleven o'clock, when the bell in the City Hall tower and on the Prospect Park Observatory will be rung. By one o'clock the littic ones will assemble in their re- ipective echool roome, and thence they will pro- ceed,at twp o'clock, to their rexpective gentrul churches, where ivisions will bo formed in iine. The 50,000 scholars and teachers will be formed in seven divisions, ‘The parade promises to be one of the finest over hold. QUEEN VICTORIA'S BIRTHDAY. To-day being the filty-seveuth anniversary of tho | birth of Queen Victoria, the office of the British Con- | sul and the British shipping in the harbor will be | decorated with the national flags in honor of the event. There will be a grand celebration of the eveut at Petersburg, Va. . MASS MEETINGS WANTED. »To ra Eprror oy rz Heravo:— The time has now arrived lor the public to demand rapid transit, Mass meotings should be called at tue Bawery, City Hall Park, Washington, Union, Madison, Tompkins, Reservoir, Broadway, Thirty-third and Thirty-eighth strect squares, on Saturday, May 27, at five clock P. M., a committee of twenty to be appointed fur each park, and furnished with tables, stationery, &e, to receive signatares of all citizens | who demand rapid transit, Ono hundred thousand signatures coald ve obtained in two hours; the same to be presented to the Judges uf the courts. A commit. tee for Brow and Fhirty-third street park are ready for action, Wili the Henatp, the “right arm’ of rapid transit, take the matter in band and thereby insare iCCESS ? NINTH REGIMENT. This regiment will parade in fall dress uniform Sat- urday, May 27, for reviow on the Plaza, Union square, by the bri commander, The review will take place at bull-past fo LAYING OF A CORNER STONE. On Saturday, 27th ist, at balf-past three o'clock P.M., the corner stone of the Contral Presbyterian church, Fitty-seventh stroet, between Broadway Seventh avenue, will be lau. The Rev. Dra. Jono Hall, Armitage, Stephen Tyng, Jr., and others will take part im the services, It will be remembered that this iw the church caitice remover irom tlie corner of Fifth avenue and Ni and now being ‘ab this point, % pen arms, and |, THE EXHIBITION. Increased Attendance in the Grounds and Buildings Yesterday. . + MEETING OF THE JUDGES. The Celebration of Queen Victoria’s Birthday. ——--+——_. GOSSIP AND HINTS ABOUT THE PAIR rs Puntaprueuia, May 23, 1876. The cool, delightful weathor of today attracted to the Centennial grounds another large throng of visitors and among these wero noticed an increased répresen- tation of Philadelphians. The preponderance of lady sitors has, Irom the first, been very marked, and | yestorday it seemed us though every gentleman who entered the international city had brought with him all the temalo relatives and triends he could discover im an extended scarch, The ladies predominated ever, ‘where; some in calicoes, some in silks and some in velvot, and the effect of the bright colors and rich fabrics of feminine attire flitting hither and thither tn every aislc of the spacious structures, and blooming like animated flowers in every portion of the Deuutiful enclosure, 13 more readily fancied than de- picted either with brush or pen. As on the previous day, 0 large proportion of the visitors from a distance, evidently frightoned by the exaggerated and erroneous reports of high prices at the restaurants, brougbt their dinners with them, and Ugtween the hours of one and three o'clock the Ravino was again enlivened by putmberioss little picnic parties. Of the thousands who yesterday entered the gates for the first time, it Was very apparent that only a fraction of the whole succeeded in getting be- yond the marvellous displays of art and industry ex- | hibited in tho inain building and Memorial Hall, The | machinery department succeeded in giduing its aver- Ago quota of visitors, The atterdgoce ut Agricultural Hall, however, was much larger than on any of the ‘previous days, and now that the varied attractions of this section of the World’s Fair are becoming better understood it ts probable that = this attendance will show « daily increase. The Woman’s Pavilion was well filled during the day, but most of those present were ladies who had | beon more or less active in bringing thie department | to its consummation, As the weather was exception: | aily cool for this season, and consequently pleasunt and exbiliarating, the rolling chairs were mueh less liberally patronized, and the narrow gauge railway carried fewer passengers, Neither of these means of transportation, however, wero quite forgotten, and during the afternoon when the san’s rays became somewhat more potent, both did a fair business, Soveral of the foreign commissioners haviag suggested sundry modifications of the rules for the government of jutiges and department of awards, the Executive Committee of the Commission at their session yester- Gay afternoon gave tho matter a careful consideration. | It soemed to them that the suggestions were partly due to misapprehension, and they returned answer that the system agreed upon having been adopted by the Centennial Commission after a long and thoughifai examination, they failod to seo any sufficient reason ior @ change. bd MIRTUDAY OF THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND, In honor of the birthday of Her Majesty of Groat Britain and Ireland Professor Widdows will, imme- diately after the opening piece of the programme to- | morrow «lternoon at five o'clock, give the English Dational salute. The remainder of the programme, ar- Tanged expressly forthe McShane Centennial chimes, will bo as follows:— 1, The Oxford Chimes, 2. Norwegi ational Hymn. & The Centannial Ode. + al il Destine (Le Fille du Regiment). rh, 6 lasobn's Wedding March. 7. As I View These Scencs oe ve Morning Sunshint 10, Carnival of Veniee, with variations, 11, Home, Sweet Home. $2, God Save the Queen. The day will be appropriately obeerved by the mom- bers of the Brisish Commission. A banquet will take acd at St. George’s Halland the buildings of Great ritain and bred ron the Centenpml grounds will be appropriat rated in honor of the event. THK STATE BUILDINGS. Of the State buildings, where the Msc activity is displayed in pushing work to a conclusion, the Peun- syivapia building presents a comparatively finished ap nee. The Goveruor’s rooms have been up- bolstered and carpeted, and the carpenter expects to bave the building in roadiness tor the reception of guests this morning, when a mauo by members of tho State Centennial Board and Joint Legislative Committee, ‘The display in the Colorado wing of the Kansas building yesterday comprised several dine paintings illustrating Colorado art. These consisted 1m purt of representations of Rocky Mountain scenery, This building, with its remarkcble and extensive collection | srom the present political aud religious fate of of State products, will be im complete order next wee! The Ohio State building opened its register yeste: day. Among the visitors were State Senator J. C. Schenck. A post office is a feature of the place. It is expected that Governor Hayes will give a reception here on the Fourth ot Juty. In the lodiana building the different counties of the State are reproscuted by inane prepared panels covoring the walls of the Reception Hall, showing the date of settlement of cach, with their or- ganizat.on, population, products, industries and special characteristics, tho populat with a list of churches and schoolhouses. cities such a8 Indianapolis aud the rest special tablets turaish items of commercial news. ‘The Illinois State Building will open on Monday or Tuesday. A superb register, bound in Russta leather, capable of containing 25,000 names (the number of visi- tors expected to be contributed to the Exhibition from that State) has been provided, and among the initial names alt eutered 39 that of ex-Governor Bross, President of the Tritune Company, and those of other leading citizens of Cnicago. Over $4,000 worth of furniture bas been provided for this building by the merchants of Chicago as their contribution to tho Ex- hibition. THE MEDICAL DKPARTMENT, In regard to unfounded appreheusions of malaria, cholera or other contagious diseuses likely to be disseminated by the congregation of large multitudes of poopie on the grounds, the physicians of the medical department state that the urrangements of that department have beon so weil periccted and xystematized that efficient remedies can ve mado ‘ustantly available for any emergency. ‘The building of this departinent, locat: upon the avenue imme- diately im the rear and to the cast of the Judge pavilion, will to-morrow display the medical flag, cor sisting of a Greek cross in red with a white back ground, The treatment at the institution 1s gratuitous dn all cases, CENTENNIAL NOTES. An exceptionally bright day, the most favorable the | Exposition has yet been granted, filled tho grounds to- day with « Uright and an mated crowd that added to the effect of nature's smiling as; roeno that has not been equalled since the opening. The turn stiles are in better condition now, and ther record may bo regarded as comparatively reliable. The figures they announce for yesterday aro:. h rs admitted, 7,928; complimentary admissions, 640; cash admissions, 12,396; total, 20,864—a fur ex- hibit, but which has certainly been ‘at least doubled to- day. The cash receipts are put at $6,198, which is not a factory showing, and every such record is tho stroagest of arguments tor the opening of the gates ou Sunday as tho only means of mak! we the inevitable 06 ency of the average run of the Exhibition, orrow the list of Jud Ii be announced, and Gen ary has an announcement to-day that all the judges of exhibition will mect to-morrow {or orgautzation in the Judges’ Pavilion at wrelve o'clock M. The United States Commissioners will assemble at thorooms of the President uf the Commissior the Pavilion at a-quarter vo twelve A. M. can and foreign judges will assemble in rior im the rear of the main hall of vilion betweer ren A. M. and twelve M. At twelve M. the Cot jssioners will proceed to the hall. ‘The judges will be conducted thither and the President and Director General will open the procoedings with brief addresses of welcome. parison of the ex- bibits will at once be Menced, and there is enough material to keep the gentlemen busily employed to do Justice to the subject tor the full term of period of ser- vice. Workmen have been busily engaged in the hall day, Urpin iy tbe matting, bringing in chairs, and the piace hus lost somewhat of ite barn-like up- pearance im consequence. A large American tla spread acrous the wall behind the President's desi helps to break the monotony, and the ball can scarcely be recognized by who visited it alew days #ince. The newspaper peopic hive beeu turned out of their snug quarters in the Pavilion, but have scarcely jont by it, us they ara now Comin | rituated in @ large, ary and weil lighted hall to wh! thoy have Been removed in the adjoining bailding, styled the Department of Public Comiort. in looking over the records of the Poleo Depart ment of the teumial since the opening, | dod an ex- hibit ‘which’ ts assuredly remarkeble, “Adjutant Hoye shows me that there have Leen just sixicen arrests on the grounds by the Centenmal force siace opening, Le tho ipaogural day. Of oe soa wae oad surrept ng | obtaining ndmiesion ig the fence, three for drunkenaess or disurderly conduct, and sit of Inspection will bo | et, und produced a | ion of the larger villages, | From | i | rick said there are twenty counties in Kentucky wher "4 MAY 24, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET. twelve for larceny or suspicious conduct, ever a similar exbibition wit! ie {3 be possible to any other op: ‘The good order maintained to all visitors, foreigners as well a8 Americuns. Accustonied 4s we are to the orderly conduct of American crowds, -it ix a continual surprise to those who observe it the most frequently, and thus far hay been # most complete reversal of the anticipations of thoxe who eutertamed visions of frixhtint scenes of disorder and pillage in connection with the Exposition. A noteworthy tmprovemont in the way of public com- fort has been effected this week in the placing of @ number of benebes in and about the buildings and through the grounda Five thousand benches in all will ve thus distributed. Hitherto the public bave Leen chielly dependent upon their own resourves mthis respect, and $00 persons bave been accuste U to sap. ply themselves, among other artic with easily portue ble camp stools and chairs before starting for the grounds, Seftor Eonique Arautave, Inspector General of Tele- graphs at Havana, has been appointed by the King President of the Commissiva of Ultramar at the Pile delplia Exhibition. PAILURE OF THE EXPOSITION. (From the Philade!phia Item.) The papers generally predict the failure of the Expo- | sition unless a wise and resolute man is immediately placed at the head of affairs. The New York Hera says that what, iu its incep- tion, tn the energy of its projectors and the enthusiasm of the good people of Philadelphia, was to be an exposi- tion worthy of the Republic aud worthy of the centen- nial existence, 1s becoming littie more thun @ country fair. We agree with ali that our correspondent says of the hospitatity of Philadelphia, of the desire of its people to make all welcome whe come, of their pi is Exhibition and in their effurts for its suce tBat how 1g the time to insure success, of bwting opened an international expos city but New York. Such an undertaking metropolis to give it success and men with tmectropoli- tan ideas to handle it. As it is it needs a head. Culess some stron: wie man takes hold of it and roots out abuses, unless the national and international character ol the tair is appreciated aud respected, the Centennial Exposition of our uational greatness will become a Centennial Exposition of national meanness and folly. PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, DISCUSSION ON THE HOME MIKSION WORK OF THR CHURCH*-PROTESTS AGAINST ENTERING THE SOUTH—IDOLATRY IN NEW MEXICO— SPIRITUAL DESTITUTION. After the devotional exercises yesterday morning | and the approval of the minutes, Dr. Morris reported ou an overtu,e from the Synod of Philadelphia asking for tho appointment of a day of thanksgiving through - out the whole Church, but the lust Assembly bad al- ready appointed the firat Sabbath in July for such ser- Vice, and this one was not necessary. An overture on Romish baptism was made the second order for to- morrow, whon Dr, Breckenridge wil speak on the question, Last year tho Assembly appointed a committee of five laymen to inquire into the benevolent operations of the Church and sce Where any moneys can bo saved, vania, reported on this matter, dutios of secretary, treasurer and clerk of the Board of Church Erection to the Homo Mission Board. By this tranaior a large sum will bo savod and the Board ot Church Erection will have sub- stantially the same duties to porfurm as they buve now. The amount of the permanent fund is $126,074; the disbursements of 1874 umounted to $69,200, to dis- tribute which cost $9,835, or about fourteen per cont. ‘The next year the distribution of $59,000 cost $10,579, or about eighteen per cent of tho whole. At the close of the yeur 1874 this Board bad $57,890 in cash in its treasury, In 1874 the sum thus lying idlé was $64,000, in 1875 tt ‘was $61,000 and at tho end of April, 1876, the sum was $34, The Board's gross rucoipts lust year wore $125,016 42, which with the balauce on hand and the rmanent lund gives it a total capital of $275,216 1. The number of churcues erocted during the year 1s 136, located in 20 States and Territorics, and under the cure of 580 presbyteries, and the amount thus spent wus $70,500. 1 hirty-n! burches that were not com- pleted at the close of the last ecclesiastical year, which havo since been tinished, udded to the foregoing, will | make a grand total of 175, And yet there uro more than 500 organized societies that have no house of wor- ship of thelr own, The Board holds insurance policies ‘on those churches, amounting 'o $545,200, During the transierrmg tho ear 22 churches were destroyed, and mapy of them haa no insurance. Their cost was $174,500, This Board holus mortgages on’ this property nghout the land to the extent ot $1 adopted. ‘rho order of the day, tho report of tho Standing Committee on Hone Missions, was called, and Dr. Dickey read the report, which showed that the year be- fore the separation of the Old and New schools the number of missionaries was 66, while tho salary was only $159 per year. But sinco the union of the two bodies, 1370-74, the number of mis- sionaries had increared to 1,088, and tho averago salury per appam to $282, This is an increase of neveutoonfold of missionarics and thirtytold sulary. The The report was amount raised for this cause last year was $217,721, ay decrease.ot $10,000, Dr. Cyrus Dickson, the Secretary of the Home Mis- sion Board, was then heard on the question. A large map of the United States hung in front of the organ, and Dr. Dickson made this tow grout extent the text und basis of his address. The Doctor gave a brit skotch of geographical and ecclesiastical history, not mercly of this country and the Presbyterian Church, but of the world apd Ubristianity, He kept the house in a roar of laughtor almost from the beginning to the end of his remarks as bo cn- deavored to show how the discovery of America by Uo- lumbus was related very cloarly and directly with home missions, The littie bird that perched on Colum- bus’ ship in that early October day of 1492 and which Ted the discoverers to New Spath instead of to Florida, the Doctor showed, bad saved this norshern conunent Mexico and South America and bas given to Presbyte- F anism and Protestantism the work of converting this | great continent to Christ. The Doctor's address showed also What homo missions hud done for this country, not ouly tor the West but fur the East, AFTERNOON SESSION, Attho opening of the afternoon session Dr, Mus- rave, the former Sceretary of the Home Mission Coa, took the floor to speak on this topic. He touched briefly upon the separation of the Northern and Southern Presbyterian Church aud protested against calling ths Assembly the Northern Asvembly, It ts not sectional, it is pational, as their fathers de- signed that it should become. They might spoak of the ‘‘Southern” Asseinbly, for that body is purely sec- tional We, bo said, have doue what we could to bring about union, und now we sbould wait until the Southern | Church shall come to us seeking for umon. But until that day comes we are not to stand still, We must at once into the Southern field and ptant churches all over the land, Give me, said the Doctor, $100,000 and men enough and | will plant a Synod in every Stave in the South within eighteen months. This 16 a part of our mmission and our relation to jouthero Church and the people demands that we do this, And wo must do it also to save this land from the gra: of the man of sin, tne son of perdition, This, too, is the bost way to bring about tho fraternal union which we all long for, and which may the good Lord hasten in bis time. Dre, Hendy, of Kentucky; Wills, of Washing- ton, D. G.; Hendrick, ot Keutucky; Kuox, of the Chemung Presbytery; Rev. Mr. Murkland, of south Carolina, and others, spoke on this question, most of them taking position against this Assembly sending it: missionaries into the Southern country, Dr. Hi there 18 neither a Presbyterian church nor a ministi ot the Church, and that within his own Goce from six to ten men could be immediately employed. De. Knox, looking over the report, suid he perceived that the Home Mission established its missions in sevon Sout and he could not seo why the other States should be more sacred than those. But his brethi tucky had just invited them to go mto that State, und that 18 just what this Assembly proposes to do and to doatonce, Dr. Fowler could not seo by what right or authority ‘THE SOUTURRYN CHURCH claimed exclusive jurisdiction over th: Moderator, Dr. Van Dyke, made a fer Minds of Commissioners right oo this point and to call Y attention to the devotion of this day to the con- sideration of the whole home mission Geld and not to this ono phase Of it. First the Moderator claimed, that this Church is neither sectional nor national. It 4s a Church of the Lord Jesus Curist, whose field is the world, and it bas a rightto go whorever dhe claims of Christian charity sha:l call its ministers.’ They enter this Southern field as they would epter any other ficld to cultivate it for Christ und for the Church. “ut they don't go there in any spirit of rivalry or usurpation Dut as of their right to go anywhere for Christ. ‘And he disclaimed for Dr. Musgrave and for every othor | momber of the Assembiy any desire to intertere with tue work of their Southern brethren, but merely to go where bw A are invited and where there ts room for é discussion arose upon & recommendation Ju the report that the Board of Home Missions shall make no sections! distinction tn its appropriations to mission folds. An application came from Eastern Florida, which led the committee to make this recom- Mendation, Siz thousand four hundred and ninety souls have been added tw the Church last year through these missions, nearly 1,000 more 1 rot che Lae bed new pe Car wore bo chure! dings erect more biel into being, 63 churches have eo fh taining he done at tinued in the evening, and comvly will adjours ‘at nose! when s forego mission mass We see the mistake | | | | | Judge Williams, of the Suporior Court of Pennsyl- | | | i | i | j CENTRAL AMERICA. —--.———— Proclamation of Peace Between Guate- mala and Salvador. The Army of Salvador Surrenders at Discretion. Rafael Zaldivar Proclaimed Presidenf of Salvador. The following important cable dispatch has been re ceived in tunis city from Mavama, by Mr. Bais, Consul at Guatemala and Salvador, which show! that peace has been proclaimed between these two re publics. The readers of the Hekaup will doubtless ro- member that full details of the said wartrom the Henatp's special correspondent, at the headquarters of the Guatemalan army, dated Chalehuapa, San Sal> vador, the 12th of April, were recently published is those coluinns, Below will also be found the terma ot peace:— THE TRLKGRAM, Guatemala is victorious. The urmy of Salvador bas surrendered at discretion, Valle, late President of Salvador, has embarked for Sau Franciseo. General Santugo Goozalez, Commander-in-Ciief ot the Salvae dorian army, has left for N aua, Doctor Rafael Zaldivar has been proclaimed President of Salvador, A CONDENSKD SKETCH OF THE WAR, ‘The following is a description of the war, told in the ‘briefest terms, Early this year Leiba was elected Presi dent of Honduras, contrary to the wishes of the govern ment of Guatemala, which accused the Republi of Sak vador of using ber influence to cause his election, The | candidate whom the Guatemalan governmont wished to see elocted in Honduras was Medina. Salvador re sented the interference, and complications spoedily fob lowed. TRYING TO PREVENT WAR. On the 15th of February a convention of representa: tives of the two Republics was held at Chirigo, on the frontiers of the two Ropublies, to try and restore | friendiy relations and prevent the threatened war, The upshot of the convention was that Marco.A Soto (whe hus been surnamed the Bismarck of Central America), Minister of Foroign Relations of Guatemala, anda Hon. durian by birth, was accepted by both sides as the mas who should oust Leiba from the Presidential chair of Honduras and fill his place, and both Republics pledged themselves to support him in power. Both sides also agreed to disarm, with the exception of sending 1,000 mea each to keep Soto in power, Guatemala sent her 1,000 men, but Salvador did not, Soto went to Honduras; but being, comparatively speaking, unproteuted, soon took to flight and came back to.the city of Guatemala, War was doclared, or, rather, accopted by Guatemala | om tho 22d of Murch against San Salvador, owing te tho latter having ignored her troaty stipulations, ‘The army of Salvador was about 12,000 and Guatemala 16,000 men. From the first the coutlict went aguinat Sal- vador, and Guatemala soon captured “La Union,” a port on the Pacific coast in Salvador, and likewise the enty of San Miguol, thus leaving the capital city of San Saf Salvador at the mercy of the Guatemalians, The dab vadorians Wero also defeated at Sant Anna, and a sun render was inevitable. TAX TERMS OF PEACE, The following 1s the order of the Guatemalian gow ernment concerning the treaty of peace:— WAR BULLETIN No. 8 Guatemaua, April 26, 1876, End of the war. Peacv signed at Chaicnuapa, By the following telegrams, rays the government Bulletin of Guatemala, our readers will seo that aftor variout triumphs obtained by our army the euemy bus asked jor peace, which bas been conceded to avoid unneces sary disasters :— Cnavcuvara, April 25, 1876, To THE MixieTeR ov Wak, IX CHARGH OF THE GOVERN- MENT :— Tho fullowing treaty has been celebrated to-day with the commissioners of the government of Salvador:— ‘The undersigned José Valle, J.cento Castellanos and Encarnacion Meyia, Envoys E’xtravrdinary of the Pres- ident of the Republic of Salvador, Don Andres Vall for the first part, and José Maria Lopes Uraga, Gen of Division and Major General of the Republicot Guate mala, commissioned expressly by the Presideut thit Republic* Don J. Rufloo Barnos, desiring to put an end to the calamities of the war now vrevuiliuz between both Republics, alter examiving reciprocally their tull agree aod Godiog them ave. torin, buvowgreed to feUFate pouce under thé lollowitig cou.ditions:— - THE THRMS OF PRACK First—The Presidont of this Kepublic, Don Andres Valle, will resign his supreme power, and in terms which are expressed below, | Second—General Santiago Gonzalez will immodiately | resign the position of Vice President of the Republic, | Inkewise his post of Commandor-in-Chiof of the army | favor of the commander general, President Don An- | dreas Valle, smimunity bemg guaranteed to both sa | their persons aud property. Third—Tho torces that oeenpy the city of Sant Apna will be withdrawn immediately to the etty of San Salva- dor, and such evacuation shall taxe place by nvon of the 27th of April, Ali tnunitions of war can be transported to San Salvador will be delivered under in- ventory to the commander of the forces of Guatemala or his delegates. Fourth—I‘he city of Sant Anna within a radius of al3 miles will be occupied by the forces of President Barrios, and during the occupation the civil authorities will cootinue im the exercise of their functions, Gen- eral Barrios giving guxrantee of protection and satay to the inhabitants of sms city. The forces of Gua- temala, in the tastern Fo of this Republic, will oo- cupy the city of San Miguel, with a radius of three miless, offering the same guarantees to the inbabitante of thatcity. To this effect General Barrios will corresponding orders, | #ifth—Gencral Valle will call a moeting of the most | nowble persons of the Republic, to be held four dayt irom the present date and assembiing at the ity of | Sant Auna, with the object of electing (in wecordanct | with the views. of General Barrios) the persons | whom suid Valle must resign his be thers power, Sizth—Tho persons designated will invite, Within tes days, ail tho inbabitauts of the Republic to olest freely and without hindrance, their President, who 1s to aa sume his functions at tue end of a month. | _ Seventh—When tue persons designated by the com- | Mittce and in accordance with the views of General Barrios havoorganfeed their government and | the decree of assembly of the Legislature, forces of Guateimula wil immediately evacuate the territory of | Salvador, Eighth—General Barrios will make, with the persous appointed by the representative of the Saivadoriag toe atinal treaty to insure peace botwees oth Republics. " inth—The present agreemert will bo ratified imme diately by the President of the Republic of Guate | mala und by telegraph within twenty-four hours by the President of San Salvador, and the ratifications aball v@ | exchanged six hours afterward, Tn faith of which wo sign th asco in daplicate, JOSE VALLE. JAOINTO CASTELLANOS, E. MIGLA., JUSE L, URAGA I ratify tho present agreement, J. RUFINO BARRIOS, Cuavouvara, April 25—4:30 P. M, ADDITIONAL ARTICLE, It ig agreed from the moment of the ratification of this agrocment transit Is open in and out of the Re- Public, J. RUFINO BARRIO’, AMUSEMENTS. HOWE & CUSHING'S CIRCUA, Encouraged by their recent suecoss in this city, the above company have returned and located their canvas at the foot of East Houston street, whore they will re- main during the rest of the week, The house was crowded last night, and the audience well entertained with every varicty of gymnastic and acrobatic feats, nding Juggling, &c. The card, or rather cards, on the bill are the Grieco-Roraun wreatlin; itch between Pro-, fessor Miller and Jobnn: Dever and tbe ho cheering tween Jem Mace and Joe Goss They divi honors ovonly betweon them in the form of and applause, DRAMATIC NOTE, ‘This alternoon Miss Fanny Davenport will receives benefit atthe Fifth Avenue Theatre. This admirable "actress will make ber first appearance ai Rosalind it “As You Like It,” and will be assisted by Mr. Lawrene: Barrett, Mr. William Castle, Mr. Charlos Fisher, Mr Davidge and Mr. E. L. Davenport, her father, who wil play Jaquos, as no other actor can play that dimeatt and intellectual pirt. Mr. Davenport’s reading of the Passage “All the world stage” is a marvel of eloeu- tion, Wo trust the lady will give the public a Rosalind ‘even better than that of Mra, Seott-Siddons or of Muss Neilson, SALE OF PAINTINGS, A sale begins to-day st noon of a sumber of Anert, ean and forcign oil paintings and wator colors, at the rooms of Derker, & Beaks, Mee. a oored street. Several of our some by the Iatcet works from thelr easels, will be concluded to-morrow. Ge. Se