The New York Herald Newspaper, January 10, 1877, Page 3

des sat ees . laws of Louisiana passed in’ 187 CONGRESS. -————+4 Debate in the Senate on the Louisi- ana Election. ELE IN DEFENCE OF THE BOARD, Wholesale Murder and Intimidation - Charged on the People. (LEER I EES SENATOR BOGY IN REPLY. eee The Investigating Committces’ Dragnet for Fraud. RECUSANY WITNESSES ORDERED ARRESTED, enn SENATE, Wasuineroy, Jan. 9, 1877. The House bill to abolish the Commissiouers of the Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia and to transfer its duties to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, was laid bofore the Senate and passed by a unanimous vote, without discussion. THE RECUSANT WITNKSS RUNYON. Mr, Morrtoy, (rep.) of Ind., called up the resolution reported by the Committee on Privileges and Elections yesterday, instructing the President pro tem, of the Senate to issue his warrant for the arrest of Enos Runyon, of the tirm of Martin & Runyon, bankers, of Wall street, New York city, and have him brought to the bar of the Senate to show cause why he shouid not be punished for contempt in refusing to an- ewer the questions propounded to him by the commit. tee as to who ordered the check for $8,000 to be drawn in favor of Messrs, Ladd & Bush, of Salem, Ore- . gon. Mr. Wuyrs, (dem.) of Md, said he would vote for any resvlution to enforce an answor to avy legitimate question; but, if he understood tho testimony betore the committee, tbe sum, of money sent {rom New York to Oregon was returned, and not used. Unless some Senator could state there was good reason to believe +that this money was corruptly used, the Senate had no right to inquire into tbe pri- vate business of New York bankers, There was not the slightest evidence to show that the money was obtained {or an improper purpose, and certainly it was not used. If there was any charge that the $8,000 was improperly used it should be made, and he would vote to ferret it out, Why, he asked, should the Senate give authority to its committee to investigate the private affairs of this New York banker? Mr. Mircuxut, of Oregon, said he was surprised bat the honorable Senator trom Maryland should oppose the adoption of this resolution. 1t bad appeared be. fore the committee that a large amount of money was pad to Cronin at or about the time le was appointed messenger to carry the electoral vote to the President of the Senate, and that $5,000 was transterred to Ladd & Bush in Oregon trom New York on the very day that the votes were | of a commissioner for the equitable distribution of the sagt for President and Vice President, It was evident (rom this whole transaction that there was a species of jugglory carriedon, and if this witness (Runyon) tould be made to tell who his customer was every honest and candid man would be satistied that this $8,000 was sent to Oregon on tho 6th of December last tor the purpose of being used in some way in con- nection with the controversy then pending belore the Governor of that Suute. As to how the money was used or who received it, that was another brauch of the case, Mr. Maxky, (dem.) of Toxus, suid he for one, believ- ing that fraud should be terreted out to the very bot- tom, would vote for the resulution, If there wa any traud in Oregon or elsewhere in regard tw this Presi- dential contest he wantea it probed to the bottom. Mr. Warr said he was anxious to ferret out fraud, Dut he proposed to ferret it out decently and in order. daving been educated at the Bar he felt to be his duty to interpose an objection when he saw such lat. sude allowed in the production of testimony as would ye allowed im no court of justice in this country Jronin testified that he was paid to come to Wasting: ton out of money collected of gentiemen in Oregon, but the testimony bad in no way connected Cronin with this New York er, Mr. Morton said Cronin was paid $2,000 in Orogon by a dratt on Charles Dimon, in New York, Dimon himself swore that he paid Cronin $2,000, Mr. Wiyrx said then he withurew ali objection, It was the first time he had heard of it Mr. Monroy said Cronin taiked about a subscription baving been taken up to pay him for bringing the roto of Washington, but there was no eviuence to show that there was avy such subscription, and he {Mr. Morton) did not believe there was. ‘The evidence showed that the chairman of tne democratic commit tee in Oregon took Cronin to the bank ot Ladd & Bush, nd there he got a drat: on Dimon, mm New York tor 000, and another on San Francisco, That dratt on New York was paid by Dimon in the city of New | York. Mr. Wnyts said he understood that Cronin drew a drait upon Dimon and that invuced him to withdraw | his objection, Now itappears that Ladd & Bush, the bankers in Oregon, drew ibe drait ou Dimon, Mr. Monon replied that Bellinger took Cronin to the bauking house of Ladd & Bush and bad the drate drawn tor Cronin’s benetit, Mr. Wnyre said he did not see what this transaction with Ladd & Bash had todo with the $8,000 check ordered in New York of Martin & Runyon, Mr. Morton replied that there was « connection there, and a very delicate one., The resolution was then agreed to withou: a di- vision. ‘TK ELECTORAL vorr. The Senate then resumed consideration ot the un- | Hnished business, being the resolutions subinitted by Mr. Wallace, of Pennsylvania, yesterday, in regard to counting the electoral vote, SPEKCH OF MR, SHERMAN, Mr. SHERMAN, (rep.) Of ULIO, Who wus entitled to the Qoor, raid the constant reference to Lonisinua when- ever the Presidential contest was discussed showed the importance of the vote of that stale, He was tired of having the action of the revurning officers ot Louisiana charged as being false, and Le proposed now to discuss the question us to Whether te evidence | betore the Rewurning Board was sutlicient to | justify honest men im throwing out tne votes of poiliiig places on account of intimidation and vio Vhe eveciors of Louisiana had met anc recorded tweir | vote lor Governor Hayes for Prestdent und Wheeler for Vice President, ‘Their vote was duly wt then icated and delivered to the President of the Seu- | ate, und was entitled to credit, He argued tbat Hayes | and Wheeler were legally entitled to the vote of Loui- | giana tor President aud Vice President, and said he admitted that at ad it must be show «OF PUBLIC OPINION that the uct which gave them the vote of the State not oniy jegaily done, but was rightly done. If Governor Hayes had beon’ returned | ws elected wrongtully he couid gain no honor irom | such @ high ollice a5 that of President It was known that Govcrnor Hayes had not struggled for the oflice, neither bad he purchased it, Yotitit bad been conferred upon bim ih pursuance of the constutution | be would exercise his He was not to be tricked out of the oflic (Mr. Sherman) would accept any plan forthe fair and honest count of the Voto, and {eli sure that Governor Hayes rightrully re- ceived the voto of the State, Ho then read from the requiring the Re- turning Board to brow out the votes trom precincts OF parishes where the election was carried by FRAUD Ol VIOLENCK, and arguod that there was not one scrap of evidence to show that tho Returning Board acted in disregard of the rigits of otuers, Wealth, sovial influence, the personal eaicty of the members ‘of the Bourd, all had Atendency to muke the Board decide in invert ot the democratic party. There was nothing to lead the | members of the Board to decide in lavor of the repubs | lican eleciors execpt the plain mandates o! tae iaw, | He then telerred to the troubles in Louisiana during q he Know Notuing party, aud said | aimed at persons of ioe: birth Now it Was aimed at negrocs, the testimony belore the Ke- turning Hourd, and — said such = seenes of Violence as depicted ly many of these witnesses could not occur many one of the Northern States without bringing about wholesale biovdshed and he law was periectiy clear tat if these returaing oflicers foit that there had been intimidation sullicient to dever relerred to men from voting ay they desired to they were 1m duty | bound Lo throw out the vole of precincts where suca | intimidation was practised. Mr. Sverman thea at great length from the testimony of L Colonel Brooks, of the army; Charies © Many others to show that intimidation, ¥ bloodshed prevaiied in Louisiana, and said this violence way to compel men to vote the democratic Neket and clect samuel J. Tiiden President of the United states, | \ | commissione INTIMIDATION LSE WHER. | ‘This intimidation exicnded Wo Mississippt also, where the democratic yotcs were made by such means, ‘The | Votes thus made were to be opehed and counted ior | Samuel J, Tideu, He argued tuut colored meu voted | the democratic ticket im very lew tustanees. tn forty | parishes in Louisiana the election was fair; butin | others there was intimidauon. fle read extensively Jrom the testimony before the Keturaing Board to Bhow that there had been violence tn Baton Rouge, Bast and West ina, Ouaciita and Morehouse arishes, and, wiluding (0 the cuse of Pinkston, ead he owed bis death to bi 4 approval ola re- publican speech ata republjcan meeting He (Mr slerman) was dssured tae the testimony | | sible, I the facts related by theSenator from Ohio were } mittee had just been printed and he had not had time | Mr. Boutwoil the House bill to periect the revision ot NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESD before the Senate Committee now in Louisiaua would show this fact. Crimes had been committed all over but no one punished. Tne worst elements Y wore the leading actors in the apd to Count the votes cast in pursuance of such violence would be a shametu: burlesque upon republican insti- tutions, Probably the five parishes in Louisiana which he had referred to would hereafter be free from mntimt dation, Lt they submitted to it a second time they would not deserve to be tree, The very moment this sysiom of intimidstion extended to other parts of the country and poisoned the elections in the Northern and Western States our government would be at an end, because law-abiding men and property- hoiders would rather submit to a despotic govern- ment than have our clectious controlled by the worst men in society. It was because such men controlled the clection in Louisiana that he regarded the inaug- uration of Mr, Tilden as the greatest misfortune whi could befall the country, He did not fear Mr. Trid or his four years of power, but he did fear such means have the blood of hundreds of men upon bis gar- menta, because the instraments of his election wero rite clubs and violence. Had the election throughout Louisiana been fair Governor Hayes would have had a majority of 10,000, In Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia aixo influences had been exerted to prevent republican votes from being cast, He arzued that | Congress could not deprive the republican candidates of the vote of Louisiana without deleating the will of the people of that state, i REPLY OF MR. BOGY, Mr. BoGy, (dem.) of Mo, said he bad just heard the most painful and humiliating effort ever made upon the floor of the Senute ot the United States, Ho was amazed at the speech of the Senator trom Olio (Mr, Sherman), A speech of that kind was incomprehen- true, f the social condition of Louisiana was as repre- sented by him, then the country bad retrograded to the darkest ages of barbarism. It the people of Louisiana were murderers and assassins, it Was uot only a disgrace to the peoplo of that State, but a dis- grace tothe whole nation. Tho testimony quoted by the Senator from Ohio consisted of affidavits taken in New Orleans longatter the election. They were affidavits made by villains and perjurers, He (Mr. Bogy) would hot reply tothe speech of Mr. Sherman to-day, be- cause the testimony taken by the democratic com- toexamine It, but atsome future time be would ask permission of the Senate to express bis views, Most of the crimes in Louisiana could be explained. Many of them were brought about by the fact thata large number ot colored people recently emancipated trom bondage Were not in a condition to enjoy the privileges given them by the constitution, Messrs, Packurd, Kellogg and such men, who bad no interest in the State, were responsible for the bad condition of things in Louisiana to-day, The white people of that State were as peaceabie and law-ubiding as the people of any other State. He had no doubt that he could show that the alfidavits quoted by the Senator from Ohio were nearly all fabricated by bad men to impress upon the people of the United States that the result of | the olection in Louisiana was brought about by in- | timidation and fraud, In nine cases out: of ten theso aflidayits were made by colored men woo made their marks and could not read a word, Lf 1 be true that the democratic party elected Mr. Tilden by the means detailed by the Senator from Ohio, of course he should not be inaugurated, but be was fairly and honestly elected. The effort made in Louisiana, the effort made here, was to wrench from tho people of Louisiana the free vote which they gave for Mr, Tilden, A running debate followed, in which Senators Bout- well, Sherman, Bogy and Whyte took part, alter which the resolution of Mr. Wailace, upon which the dis- cussion took place, wus laid aside, and on motion of the statutes of the United States was taken up $0 as to come up as uDfinisbed business to-morrow. The Senate then, at tour o'clock, weut into executive Session, and alter ashort me, when the doors were roopened, adjourned, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, | Wasuxaros, Jan, 9, 1877. By unanimous consent the States wero called for Dills ag it inthe morning hour ot Monday, when the following bills, among others, were introduced and re- ferred :—— By Me. Seetre, (ind.) of Mass,, for the free impor- tation of books. By Mr, Freeaas, (rep.) of Pa., for the appgintment unexpended balance of the Geneva award tund, By Mr. Carn, (dem.) of Ind., providing a method of counting the electoral vote and declaring the result. Mr. Mintex, (rep.) of N. Y., offered a resoiution ine structing the Committee on Ways and Means to inquire into the expediency of abolisning the two cents stamp tax on checks and drafts. Relerred, MEXICAN OUTRAGES. Mr. Scuneicuxs, (dem.) of Tex2s, offered a resolu. tion calling on the President for copies of papers in possession of the State and War departments relative | to the imprisonment of Jobn J, Smith, an American | citizen,by Mexicans, and also to the wounding and robbing by Mexiean soldiers of Samael Arggina, | Adopted, | THB CASE OF MR, ORTON, The Srgaxnx laid beiore the House a communication from Me. Morrison, Chairman ot the New Orieans In- vestigating Committee, transmitting extracts from tbe proceeuings of the committee in regurd to the refusal | of Mr. Urtuu, President of the Western Union Teie- grapo Company, to appear and testily betore the com- Mittee or to produce tue telegrams called for in a sub- porna served upon him, . Tue procecdings baying been read Mr. Huxtox, of Virginia, olfered the following resolution: Resolved, That the Speaker of the House issne a writ under his hand and seal, attested by the Clerk, command ing ut Dergeunt-at-Arms, eituer vy himself or his special deputies or messengers, tO arrest William Orton aud bring’ him without delay to the bur of the Honge of Kepresenta- tives to answer for a breach of ity privileges und a con- tempt of its authority in tailing to appear and t stily asa witness belore said committes, of which & Wiliam i. Morrisou is chairman, in obedien ‘ow subpans command. | Ing him so to do, served upon him on the 19tu or December, Init: and, also,in refusing to bring beiore said eorumittos certain papers, 0s by suid subpana he commanded, aud to be dealt with as the law, under the tacts, may require. CHARACTER OF THE SUBPOENA. Mr, Garrtin, (rep.) of Obiv, inquired whether Mr, Orton bad been’ culied upon to produce specitic grams on all telegrams sent to or by certain persons. Mr, Huxrox—Not certain telezram pena is restricted, ag 1t everywhere is in co tice, to the production of papers the extsten has been suiliciently pomted out, so that specific papers may be identilied, or 18 Mr. Orton commanded to produce generally tn a group papers the exisience of which has not been proved. ls the subpasua in the form of a drag net’ 1 ulso want to know whether the subpceda is in Lhe same form as that served upon Mr Barnes, w directed, nothim, but the Sergeant-at- Arms by name, to produce the telezraas. Mr. Huyron replied that in the first place the main contempt of Mr. Orton was his failure to appear betore the committee in obedience to the mundate of the House, That fact was sufficient on which to base a warrant for his arrest. Aso tho description of the telegrams in the subpana, he reterred Mr, Garileld to the case of General Babcock in St. Louis, when that juentical question Was raised, and when the Court de- cided in lavor of the validity ol the telegram, Mr, Kasson, (rep.) of lowa, remarked that there | were éwo points in Mr. Orton's statement to the com- mittee-—oue that he was til and the other that be had sion or knowledge of the existence of the vs called for, ‘The pending resoluuion was prac. ly asking the House to adjudge Mr, Urton in con- tempt tor somneihing of which he had no knowledge, He (Mr, Kasson) was clear that Mr. Orton should not be chargea with contempt for the non-production of | papers which Were not in his possession, but the charge should be limited to contempt for his noo appearance. Mr. Hunrow thought that nothing stated by Mr. Kasson sivould change the resolution, Ifa witness were ullowed Lo write to a court of committee that he | had not the papers called for 1} would be inaking the witness and oot the court or committee the judge of what papers were material, Mr. Orion’s duiy was to have gone belore the committee aud submitied to an examinavion on that poit. 1t was a fact, too, that Mr. Orton bad beer in Washington two weeks’ ago, and transacced business here, so that he might certainly have deen able to appear before the committee im New Orleans. On call of Mr. Witsox, of Iowa, the sabperna was read, showing that it was addressed to J. G. Thomp- son, Sergeaut-at-Arms, or his special messenger, aud thal it commanded him to summon Mr, Orion to ap- pear and bring with lim (“you ’) ail telograms tn his (“your”) possession, &c. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 158 yeas to 33 nays, THE RECUSANT ERTURNING BOARD, The Sreakke then laid elore the House extracts Irom the proceedings of the same committee in the case of J, Madison Wells and other members of the Louisiana Returning Board for refusing to produce the returng, &e., on Which that Board acted, rhe papers having bapa read, Mr. Huyvos, of Virgina, tnoved that they be re- ferred to the Judiciry Commitiee, With instructions to report to the House ib the earliest day practicable What action sbould be taken thereon, dir, Kawsox suggested to instruct the committee to Muke a careful report on the extent and the limitation of he power of tue House to order the attenvance of aNd (hy production cf official papers and documents he ol¥cers of tho SI { Lousiana execuung the jelious Ot the Sia! vernment, Mr. HosTon considered that that question was em- braced in'tuo original motior The motion was agreed Lo. GOLD AND SILVER, Mr, O'ButeN, (dem, ) ., rom the Committee on Mines and Mining, reported back tue Senate joint reso- Jution to authorize the President to appoint three sto atteud an ‘uternational conference on the subject of the reiauive Vanes of gold and silver, Wie an amendment authorizing the President to pro- pose such & Conterence (o loreiga governments. Mr nin.) Of Toxas, Opposed the joint reso- lation, arguing that the silver question Was one which Vitully iuvolyed the mtcrests of the country, aud which shouid, theretore, be exclusively controlled by | tue. American Cong | The morning bour expired, and the joint resolution | went over without action, | Mr, Reagan, of Texas, from the Committee on Com- merce, reported back the bill repealing so much of the | acto; December 17, 1872, as provides for a pivot draw | in Quy Uriugo $0 be erected over the Ohio Kiver be- tween Covington and Cjnoinnati. Alter discussion by Mr, REAGAN, of Texas, in favor of the bill, and by Mosare, Keun, of Missouri, and Say- of Olio, ogainst it, the matter went over, and the of electing him. The onty satety of this government | Citizens’ Bank, who fled this city on the 30th was in atuir election and an honest acquiescence in | of Decer 7 ho is charged with the the result, If Mr, Tilden should. be deviared elected | 1 Decembers and who | is charg * by the vote of Louisians, his term of office | ‘heft of nearly $17,000 belonging to e would be dishonored trom the beginning, He would | Bunk of Petersburg, and also with conspiring | | vived at the Fifth Avenue T THE PETERSBURG BANK ROBBERY. RETURN OF THORBURN—HE GIVES HIMSELF UP 70 THE AUTHORITJES, DECLARING HIS INNO- CENCE—NOTHING ASCERTAINED OF THE SEV- ENTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS—-HOW THE HERALD ACCOMPLISHED MORE THAN DETEC- TIVES AND SPECIAL AGENTS. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.1 Perenasura, Va, Jan. 9, 1877, To-day ushered another startling sevsation for tho community and records another triumph forthe un- ceasing enterprise of the HrenaLp, At one o'clock this morning Samuel H. Thorburn, a former clerk in the with Richard Bagby to defraud, vy false entries, the Citizens’ Bank of $10,000 more, arrived and surren- derea himself to the authoriti His appeurance at the station house was as surprising as it was unex. perted, yet he was a weicome caller, for the local ponce have been straining their every energy to dis- cover his whereabouts for the past ten day Not. withstanding their vigilance Thorburn made his way through the city from the depot, a distance of a quar- ter of w mile, uarecognized, and could not effect the object of his return until he bad optained the asaist- ance of citizens, to whom he made himself known, to pilot him to the station house, GIVES MIMSELY UP TO TAX PoLicR, As soon as he was taken info custody 4 search of his person and effects was made He had with bima small black gripsack, containing a tow articles of wouring apparel and’a vial of solution of morphine, aod in his pocket was found a wallet im whicu there was €2 801n money and the remnant of a New York Central Railroad weket, witb coupons attached, tor a trip trom Sunbury, N. ¥., to Suspension Briage. The slalion house was suon besicged by reporters, aud Thorburn seemed willing Lo be interviewed. WHAT HE LEARNED PROM THE HERALD, He said that be first learned of the charges of robbery and conspiracy preierred aguinst him aud the arrest of Richard Bagby from the Hekao, baving seen that paper in Harrisburg, Pa., on Sunday, with a (ull telegraphic report of the affair. This report, he says, induced him to retrace his steps homeward, tor he asserted bis innocence of the charges and Ws deter- mination to come and controut bis accusers. Thor burn, walle denying his guilt, said he would be enabled tothrow agreat Wal of ight on the overchecking transactions 61 Bagby, but lirinly declined to stue where he had been, or why he ictt the ety, and on these two points depended important disclosures, COMMITTED TO PRISON, When in Richmond he went to the railroad office to buy a ticket to etersburg and there met, tace to face, un ex-Mayor of tis city, who, strange to say, did nob recognize hin, This morning at ten o'clock he was carried betore tue Mayor, when, he preferring a request by counsel, bis examimation was postponed until to- morrow, when probably 16 will take pitce. Tuorburn ‘Was committed to jail and soon alter Was visited by the HkRALD correspondent, Whom he willingly admitted, Nothing further of imterest than already stated was learned irom him, save luis repeated assertions that the Hixwanp firet furnished bim with information trem home and inducea his return to this city, [tis also stated that he advised certain officials by letter of his | intention to return among them, but the letters have hot as yet come to hand, WHERE HAS HE BERN? When Thorburn’s flight was discovered the most un- tiring efforts were made to discover his route of travel, ail of which proved unavailing uptil some few days since, Itis now believed, und with corrooorating facts, that he went tirst to Burkeville, thence to Dane ville, Where, striking the trunk line nogth, he went to Baitimore or New York and, it is supposed, remained a day or two iD one of those cities. awaiting develop- sion Was that he went South, aod this would seem to account for bis escupe rom arrest during that ume, Some people here ussert that he was never out of the Monday; that he was hid in the Eagle Mills Yates & Co., and that he went to Kicumond ott, release his Iriends from the suspicion of having bar Vored him, ‘This 1s simply theory and nothing more, REPORTED CONVERS ‘This evening it was surrently reported that Thor- burn has made a confession, and the funds of the bank would be returned. Your correspondent immediately waited on a prominent official of gthe Bank of Peters. | mission and of the Auditor of the Canal Department ments and maturing Mis plans, The general impres- | on Monday night, to return and surrender himseit to | burg, and learned from bim there was no authority | AY, JANUARY 10, 1877.-WITH SUPPLEME THE STATE CAPITAL. Doings in the Senate and Assom- bly Yesterday, } ALVOR] SALTS SPINOLA. The Ridgewood Reservoir and Morningside Park Improvements, GOSSIP ABOUT THE COMMITTEES. i [p¥ TEHLEZGRAPH TO THE HERALD. ] Hl i Aupany, Jan. 9, 1877, | Both houses reassembled at three o'clock this after- noon, 1.88 than the usual number of loaters were on tho staircases and corridors, and the proceedings as a | whole were quiet. Spinola, of New York, fired off | half a dozen small speeches made up of a pleasant sort | of impudence and gravity, aud the new Speaker fleshed tis maiden sword asa ruler of parliamentary | debate, Before the House set to work there wasa lively ehirruping of voices all over tho floor, ana the | one leading top: was “who shall be who” on the | committees.” A swarm of small boys, all anxious | to be appointed paxes, wiggled in and out among the throngs of mon, Sloan kept his counsel close and careful, and there was no getting anything out oi bim, | even with the most powertul of force pumps After the presentation of the reports of the Capitol Com. introduction of bills began and Brooklyn went to the front, BILLS, WILLS, BILLS. three in succession; the first providing for the pay- ment by the State of its just share in the cost of the New York bridge, the next providing for the issue by the eity of Brooklyn of $200,000 in bonds for tho enlargement of the Ridgewood Reservoir, That,” chielly designed to give empioyment to the poo! Brooklyn swarms with that kind of pooplo.” nd The vhree to one each. SPINOLA ON NUISANCES. Thero were other bills from Brooklyn of minor in- torest, and when the.deluge ceased from that quarter | Genoral Spinola drew himself up and sent torwara a bill to provide for the abatement of nuisances by bourds of health, which he said he wished the assembled wise dom to understand was not his bill, either by espousal or inspiration, “GIVE HM A CHANCE’? the spirit of an act passed in the reign of George IIL, expressing the intense love ot justice characteristic of the English people, and that prohibits bringing before a jury in a trial for felony the mention by way of proju dice of any previous conviction and imprigominent the used purty may have undergone. TAX BANK STOCK. Mr. Elliot C, Cowdip, a genueman who threatens todo his share of taiking during the sesion, intro- duced un old time bill aathorizing the taxation of swekholders of bauks and the surplus of suvings banks, 1t was referred to the Committee on Ways avd Means, but subsequently Mr, Cowdin arose and ob. jected to we reference, preferring that the bil should go to the Commitiee on Bunks. The new 5; showed his grit by promptly insisting that his de as Lo the reerence was irreversible | SOCIETY!S CHAMPION, Mr. Fish, a8 usual, vad a bill tur the better comfort for the statement in regard to Thorburn’s contessivn, through injormation by bim_ received, that the bank would recover nearly the whole amount betore Friday next, ‘ WHAT HAS BRCOMA OF TH: MONEY, Tho Inference 18 thut Thorburn has deposited the money in some Northern banking insticuuon, aud that draits for it wre now en route Lo that point, the name of which 18 at present withheld. The vank officials seem positively certuin bat little, itany, of the auount has! been squandered, The official referred to was very active in his eflorts to effect 'uorburn’s arrest, OUTWITTING THE DETECTIVES, He says that they got on his track on Friday last, when be Was iu Elinira, On saturday they lost bin ayuin, but afterward learned he was inaking tor New York. Pinserton’s detective agency was at once culled inty service, but the information proved to be erroneous aud again he evaded arrest, The bank ollicer sent his photograph on postai cards to all poliwe headquarters North, South, Hast aud West; were in direct communication with the Cauada police and sent special oflicers atier him. He passed them ull and made bis way home without recoguition or chal lenge. Lt was reserved for the Hkxaty to coniront im with the charge preterred and the eflurts making tor bis appreheusion, and torerd hauion, iL innocent, to return and meet his accusers, or, if guiity, to make such reparation as Jay in bis power. TUR MILLER AND 11S MAN. ‘The joint aflair of fkorburn and Bixvy creates the Greatest excitement here, aud itis hinted and sure inised that astounding developments are yet. coine, It Was stated to your correspondent this evening that a full exposé of the affair wili react in Thorburn’s favor and may show that be 18 more sinned against than sinning, The banks and banking institutions are seemingly disposed to profit by the experience of the past (wo Weeks and 9 general overhauling of matters Jinanctal appears to be the order of the day, MUSICAL AD AND DRAMATIC NOTES, Miss Eytinge is playing in ‘Roso Michel” at the Arch, Philadelphia, To-morrow ovening there will be a mule race at Gilmore’s Garden, in which the last mulo will be the | winner, “Dan’l Druce” was produced at the Walnut, Phila. delphia, on Monday night with much success, and Mr. E. L. Davenport’s performance of the title rdle has | been highly commended, | Miss Mary Anderson is spoken of in the West and | | South as one of the rising stars of the tragic stage, She has been on the stage only a year, but hor Lady Macbeth, Pauline and other important characters are | highly praisea. | ‘Tho cast of the “Lady of Lyons,” which will be re- atro on Saturday alter- | noon and evening, will include Mr, Coghlan as Claude | Melnotte, Mr, Hardenberg as Colonel Dumas aud Miss Davenport as Pauline, The other réles are distributed | among tho best members of tho company, The scenery will be new. Forbidden Fruit,” at Wallack’s, will make the next two weeks fall of amusement for the visitors of that theatre, The comedy is so bright and spirited that every one is glad to welcome it again, with Misses | Ktlie Germon and Ada Dyas, Mme. Vonisi and Mewsrs, | Montague, Beckett, Arnott and Holland in thelr orig- inal tunny characters OBITUARY. 1 REV. ROBERT ALEXANDER MALLAM, D.D, Tie above named venerable clergyman died on the 4th inst, at his pastoral residence, New London, Conn, He was an eminent and weil known divine, Mr. Hallam was born in New London, September 80, 1807 He | graduated from Yule College in the class of 1827, and | entered the General Theological Seminary, New York, jn 1829, He was ordained deacon by sishop Brownall jo Hartford, Conn., in June, 15% and was vent by him to tuke charge of St. Andrew's parish, Meriden, Here he was ordained priest in 18U3, After a winistry of two years and a half he was called to the reetorship of St. James’ parish, New Lonaon. and en- tered upon his davies Sunday, J Fortys two years from tuat day, Jun he was called toa higher minisiry, He was for ny yours | secretary of the Standing Committee of ‘Con- necticut, delegate to the General Convention from 1850 to 1868, In that coanection he i re- | membered for his reports as chairman of the Cowmitiee on the State of the Church, He wos a clear, original thinker and elegant writer, Pertectly | conversant with Holy scripture, of whieh he was a constant and thorough student, he was fond of choos: ing quaint, peculiar texts from which to discourse, bringiug out Almost barren words, sensILIV inary be always avoided speaking in public, b Attempt being after his ordination and ex necessitate, His manner as « preacher was peculiarly his own, earnest and sympathewe, His language was that of a thoroughly Well read man, every word being fluy chosen, as bis few published voiimes testily. ‘These are lectures on “The Morning Prayer’ and on **Moses, and a volume of selected sermons, Ol aw mind, wise and prudent in counsel, ms judgment was sought tor by many, both clerical and lay brethren, For the jast six years of his lije be was disabled trom performing the active duties of his office, bat alter that period of quiet Waiting he has at jast been called to bis rest, JOUN + STUART. The death of Jolin M. Stuart, well known in in- surance circles, was announced yesterday evening. He was second vice presivent of the Matuat Lie Insurance Company. House, at a quarter-past tour o'cluck, adjourned, 77 seventh your of his age, but he stated, however, be was perfectly satistied, | uch from what at first sight might seem | He was patoraily diffigent and | 80 Much So that wt College aud at the sem- | pis first | Mr, Stuart was in the sixty- | of society, Une to provide for tho custody and reformation of vagrant and disorderly persons, | TH GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE, On motion of Husted the Governor's Message Was referred to the Cominittee of the Whole, where one | part of 1 at least will be pretty badly mauled. | 0 AXSINTANTS WANTED, | | | About this time the ‘avle Sage of Onondaga, Mr, | Alvord, opened his mouth and offered a resolutio | “That owing to the — extra lavor | on the Superintendent of Mail Matter he be ai- | lowed two assistants,” He sad be had no interest whatever in the matter and the House might do with it a8 itpleased, Here was Spinoia’s great | | opportunity aud ue iuproved it after this tashion:— “dir, Speaker,’ stid he, this resolution is designed to provide soft places tor a few gentle: come down trom the Western part of the S Tam bere in the interest of reiorm (In devolving pardon, I should say there are bull a dozea of ou here for reform (more laughter), and we want to see reform and — we ' inust have it, and Lam opposed to the resolution.” Tho | Onondaga giant frowned Hiercely, he sivod up, stroked bis hoary beard and said:—Verhaps the gentleman | has forgotten the Limo when one Billy fitchman was Speaker of the House aud a memver of the gentioman’s In five minutes Bradley the Sold alono shot off | explained Bradley afterward in a private way, “is | third was to cut down the Brooklyn comusissions from | | ages ol 1 Mr, Peter Mitchell followed with a bill that embodies | | THE TRE ASHTABULA WRECK. A REPORT FROM THE PosT OFFICE DEPART- MENT—SALVAGE OF MAIL MATTER—A LIST OF SAVED LETTERS. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. Wasitxeros, Jan. 7, 187% A graphic picture of the sceue of tne Asbtabula wreck is given inthe official reports returned to the Post OMlce Department at Washington by tts agents gent to examine and ascertain what losses and iujury = were suflered vy the United States mails in the dreadful disuster. Su- perintendent W. B. Thompson writes that the Poat- wreck lifty-tive letiers from Hosvon, tor Minnesota, 100 from the same pince tor Wisconsin, eleven packages for Illinois, one for Chicago, one package of Jetters trom Boston and New York for Springtield, 1 one ior Jucksonville, Til, and one tor Quincy, I, There were 195 letters from New York for Litwots; five pack» ges of foreign and two of domestic letiers for sun Francisco, Ail the above are damaged to a greater or jess extent, but most of them are in condition to read. Of the paper mall there is not to exceed two tie sackfuls saved, and that 1m so bad @ condition by tire and water us to make it ot the Postmaster, at Asbtabnia, who it, 80 a8 to Llorward It to Its destination, UALF A CAR LOAD STROVED, There was ubout haifa car load of matt inthe train, all of which was totally destroyed, except the abuve. ‘rhe mati was loaded in New York aud remained tn bye car in whieh it was placed till the disaster. he two locomotives attached to the train at the time the rear locomotive charged ends as it went th) the bridge and strack on its side on top of (ue baggage aud express cars, which were burned. The about threo feet deep under the bridge, aud the tee was about twenty-two inchos thick. RAKING POM TILK MAIe The company have been working with garden to get vut everything thy cau gave, and wuat mal beon saved has been recovered through these means. In a later lever ifr. Thompson writes that on Friday last he raked up out of the Wreek One package of lor is drying akes also one large letter two photographs. ‘Tho water under ihe brid clear, and by this fact watches, Knives, chains, &c., are raked up, Which shows the strong probubility that nearly everything Hot destroved by the fire will be re- covered that 1 18 possible to find. The bridge wept down ou the lower side and now forms a network of tren so that nothing can go through, ‘The train went over on the upper side of | the bridge, except the rear car, whieh did vot go ini she river, but was burned. The locomotive is sill in the river It is possible that when tt mailinay be jound, though Mr. Thompson thinks ail the maiPthat leit New York and Boston on the express lust Phursday was lost, be comp save any baggage, and litle, if any, exp! were suved, There 1s now at Toledo one are worthless, There wa (dato of Thompson's lev 18 quite 58 goods k of newspapers which ab Ashtabula on tue Tih r), Lwo water soaked pa vapers, which he spread out to ary in the engine hous BETING A NEW HRIDGE READY, The weather is very cold, A new bridge will bo ready for use the first of next week, and sooner il the weather moderutes so the men can Work. THE INQUEST. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan, 9, 1877, Tho Leader's Ashtabula special say: The Coroner's jury convened at nine o'clock this morning, “George M, Reid sword Am superintendent of bridges for the cotire length of the 1, road; ha¥e becn in the employ of the road tive year provious to that was employed by the McNairy & Claf- hn Manufacturing Company, of Cleveland; am fectly familiar with the coustruction of both iroa wooden bridges; ail inspection and repairs of brid are ander my uirection; Mr. A. 1. Rogers 18 inspector of thedivision in Which the Asntabula bridge is lo- cated; considered myself perfectiy familiar wih the Asbtabula bridge; thought it was a very strong bridge, heavy in ail its parts; have never received uny report that anything serious Was the matter wiih & it never oveded anything but trifling repairs; went through the bridge last September for the purpose of inspecting it, and while so doing two trains p. over, examined it for two hours; have made bri study for the past twenty-five years; the bridge was put up in 1860; was considered nbove the ordinary run of bridges; don’t know that there was any ovjec- Nonabie feature in it; 1 had every confidence in tho bridge, “a. L. Rogers sworn :—Havo charge of all the carpen- tor Work of the company vet ween Cleveland and brie. Witness corroborated the testimony of Mr, Ret. He considered the ridge perfectly safe?” A LEGISLATIVE INQUIRY, CoLumBus, Jan, 9, 187 In the Legislature to-day a joint resolation provid. she for the tnvestigation of the disaster at Ashtabula was adopted. A committee was appointed under the resolution and will begin their work next week, THE RUILAND RAILROAD ACCIDENT. PERSONS INJURED AND THEIR INJUL Ret THE EXTENT or 8. p, Vt, Jan, 9, 187 pariy, and that hen on the pay roll | of the Assembly. ¢ has forgotten when he | ‘ax here himself, Perhaps he has forggjten one Mr. | weed; but 1 forbewr.” ‘Tien mola litted himself above his great shirt collar und | brought the House down, fo a mild | way, by replying be lad not forgotten whon Tweed was there Hor the fact that the genUeman from Onondag: | was there as well, and yet (hings were no better, The bald eagle of W eter took a hand tn and there | Were strong fears that the flood gates of “Colly Wash” were about being lifted, but bappiy things took a more auspicious turn apd Alvord’s resolution was adopted by | 70 to 10, Spinola, amid wack derisive laughter, chang- tug his vote trom the negative to the aifirmative, RRDISTRICTING THE STATE. Mr. Hogeboom, the most learned man in Columbia county, who looks so like Wait Whitman, oflered a resolution, which wos adopted, that a committee of eleven ve appointed on the redistricting of the State, IN THE SENATE, Unlike the proceedings in the Hou corum characterized the work in tho Senate, EK dently, bowever, the honorable gentiemen are in no | haste to legislate for their constituents, as the session ouly lasted a very short time, Senator Morrissey was 1n his seat and was tho re- cipient of the most cordial ngs, in whic sympathy with Lim in bis recent ailliction was every- | Where munilest, At one time it looked ug though there would not be a quorum, but when’ the roll was called a sufiicient number answered to their names, Senators Wagstall and Woodin were among th sentees. There was a flood of reports, those of the State Superintendent of Vabite Instruciion and Deaf and Dumb Asylum lending of. i The eighth annual report of the New York Institu@ for the Blind was presented, also the report of the State Treasurer. ‘The Board of Pilot Commissioners also sent in their report, Then came the annual report of the Capitol Commissioners. CARELESSNESS REBUKED, A message from (he Governor was received caling attention to the inpertect manner in which bills trom the Legistature were often presented to tim for signa- ture, Many times they are careiessiy written, badly | punctuated nnd erasures made in order to subsuitue | words which at sume future Ute would warrant the belief that they had been tampered with. The Gov- ernor also slated that he would decline to affix his signature inthe future to any document presented to him im such a condition, which gave rise to the re- mark that it was a pity that the House, with its repab- lican_ majority, had not been able to find a competent | engrossing clerk. THR MORNING SIDR PARK. { Several bills were introduced to authorize towns to jasue bonds, and just belore the adjournment Senator Hixby presented a vill relatives to streets and avenues nt to Morning Side Park, Lt provides tor the Goimpietion of the drive around Morning Side Park. There has alwaye been more or tess of a question as to which department this improvement beonged, it was claimed by both the Department of Public | Works and the Department of Public Parks. Senator | Bixby places this work mine Park Department, and | claims thatthe city must eventually complete this | work and that in the depressed state of labor tt can be | accomplished now athait the price it would coat at | any other time. ¢ GOssY AnOLT THE COMMTTERS. Again to-night the Delavan is alive with people walt. | ing to r about these everlasting committees of whieh there has been little else talked of for the past three days, [tia really of very eunuli interest to any- body except those immediately concerned whether | Mr, Hogeboom is atthe bead of Mr. Alvord atthe til | of a committee, still inen talk very earnestly over tho greatest de- ab. matter and go whispering around Conghtas i t man is | held the secret of the Spuynx, that this Appointed on one part of a combALes and that man on another, 1 rurat jolks ure — deepiy interested in Lhe two Committees of villages and inter- | nal wifairs, City people creat these obscure bat ase {ul committees With diedaiy and say there is nothing | in them; but, then, #1 toa man. in Schoharie county | couuts lor as much ae $10 in New York. Alvord is | reported a8 baviug declined the Commitee on Appor- | tionment, tor which he was sluted last night. ¢ 1, Franklin, t© said to stand the best chance for enair- man of the Committee on Insurance, as be 18 opr Sir. Slown has distin announ ntion te pat no man at ie head a miniitee Who is urged by any corporation or wealthy | interest, To thi high aud heroic purpose ot bis may | be attributed the siow progress of his work in making up the committee®, for just after he had settled on man (or chairman he dis ed that be was | backed up by some Interested party or ring. The strug! to get on the Committes — of | Gives tw eotly nwa = Tharlow Weed has written a r up here urging toe puting on Of Geuoral Spivola among the democratic members, Ma. rocder, of Brooklyn, and General Siecum have sent up word to put Dav Bradiey aboard. Peer Mitenell wants to get in the steerage too, tor i 18 there where all (ue democrats are put on he repabhean com. mitwes. Fish will bein command, with Cowdin tor | sailing master. The Speaker Will give out tie come | ploted het 6-morrow; to-night he is hid away from observation and only allows @ man tu see him every | halt hour, soven persons were injured, namely Mr. Nichols and son, of Ludlow, Vt., badly cat in the head and f Hdward Crosby, of Brattleboro, braised in the chest and head; P. A. Brown, Westfela, Mass, ankle sprained; J. W. Snow, Somerville, Mass., route agent, injured in the stomach and. back by be.og thrown against the stove; Mrs. F. > ph of Boston, severely jarred; Mrs. Julia Conant, Of Brandon, injured in- ternally. The lirst two were sent to East Wallingford the rest, with the excspuion of Miss Conant, who went | home, wre at the Burdwell House in this city. ‘There were about thirty persons in the pussenger cars, | many of whom were scratched and bruised, Among thein were Lieutenant Governor Proctor, who had his hand slightly injured, Itappears hat the engine, in making a sharp curve, must have broken a piece trom arail ax it passed ove: senger car to leavo'tl with It. ausing the truck of the pas- track, dragging THE RAHWAY TRAGEDY, | OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF THK DENTIST'S PATIENT'S DEATH, Walter E, Lewis, who died in the office of Dr. West lake, the dentist, at Rabway, ou Friday evening, was | buried yesterday, and an inquest was begun in the case by Justice Prentice. The father of the deceased and the latter’s young brother, Jou L, Lewis, were the first witnesses examined, The former knew vothing of his own knowledge about the cause of Walter's death, and the testimony of the little brother was pre- cisely the same his statement dn yesterday’s lirkano, Dr. Ralph Mars tes. (fied that about eight o'clock on Friday evening Dr. Warren Westlake entered his oflice and asked tor Dr. Daly; he said he had a bad cuse over at the office and thought the patient was dead; witness asked 1) had tried the battery, and he suid be had not; he wanted witness to take & battery over; it Was Gone aud the boy was taken from the chair and piaved on the fluor; he appeared to be dead, as there Was no respira tion, 'no action of the heart or pulse; Dr. Westiake ap. peared to be sober, but very much excited; hoe wld witness that he had given oe-third culoroform and two-thirds ether, bul subsequently said it was pure | ether, Dr. W. W. Selover testified that Weslake was acting very strangely, but (hougut fis excitement was the F sult of hws pecaiiar position; be believed death was caused by chloroform; he assisted in the pos examination and believed that death was primarily caused by asphyxia, which irritated the sympathetic nerve and caused paralysis of the heart; the cause of this was the administering of an overdo: form in an Upriedt position on a full stomach, Dr. Drake testified that Dr. Westlake bad drawn teeth from him, and that he had taken ehlorojorm | from the doctor, but had prepared it Limsell; be pres {erred chicrolorm to gas; did not notice liquor on Dr, Westlake on that night doctor Lo be drunk op several ocousio: ny signs ot had kuown (ue 3 be would not swear that Dr, Westlake was not drunk that pigut. Charles Wright a sergeant of police, testified that he wus called by Dr. Westlake, Jr, on Friday ight, about pine o'clock, and found the boy lying ou cho sofa dead; ho thought that Dr. West) tr, Was ine toxicated, but could nol swear to the statement, be- cavse he did not smell the Liquor, and thought it nth ut might possioly bave be Charles Moore testit vflect of excitement. tho was present when tho boys entered the « at haifpast seven, He wos | Closely Cross-oXamined in relation to the times as ail the witnesses testified that the boys Went im at ten minutes to even o'clock, and was dead twenty-fi minutes later, He tostitied that be for gas, and When the doctor said ho asked for ether, and when the dé With lim he insisved on Waving it AL this point the inqu wijourned until to-day, Dr. Westlake, Sr, sat beside the Corouer and suggested questions willeh ‘indicate that the line of detence wall Ve that the voy was subject to Heure disc ad that death was vot caused by chloroform, I take, Jr, Was present, Out did not eke part In the y ruceud. ings, peard the be hat he had wo gas A SOCIAL RECEPTION, ‘The second social reeeption of the winter of Row. 0. | B, Frotbingham's Society was held iast evoutng in tho | halt of the Union League Club building, corner of | Twenty-#ixth sirect and Madison avenue, The chief object of these receptions isto oflet a betier oppor | tanity for the memvers of the sogiety to become Acquainted With their pastor, to reaew old frrondsuips | and weicome new memb way to be attained, Lastever from eight oe | until ten was passed 4 se betweea pastor aud people, and nt Ms enjoy meat, Music was furnished by A. Giesemann, The Next reception of this soctety will take pisee on | Fevroary 13, when the original dramatization of | Dickens’ “Cricket ou the Hearth’! will be presented, master at Ashtabula bas mansged to seeure from the | valueiess. All the above deserived mail is in the Dands | were | water is | has | eign letters aud one postal card for San Francisco; | for Cleveiand. Ouio, containing | is moved more |) Shore Rail. | In the aceident on tho Ratland Railroad yesterday | the mail car | published | orten | of chloro: | tor remoustrated | THE BEECHER AUCTIO A SPIRITED CONTEST FOR THE FIRST CHOICE— H. 2B. CLAFLIN THE VICTOR—TOTAL Ble | cerprs, $45,421 50—xrexct oF BARD | Totes, | Vlymouth church was last night converted into am | auction room, E. P. Hoyt occupying the place from wich Mr. Beecher has so often electrified his congre- Ho was assisted by a clerk, and upon the ‘© the pulpit usually stands, were lead- gation, platiorm, w! | ing lights of the church as eager watchers of a scene | ouly witnessed there once ayeur. It is almost needless to | occasion was the annual » of pews, which invariably attracts a large and fashionable audience. At seven o’clock Mr, Beecher arose aud stated that be lad great pleasure in address iny “the outs’? as since last Sunday all the pew-hold. ers’? had been “out im the cold’? To-might they all | say that the | | | | haa an opportunity to “get in?” It was not isir, he | wid, to disguise the fact—by way of bridging over a possible aiappomtinent m the general resal | of the suction—that these are bard = mes | with all, and un way not fair to | endeavor (o carry up the rents to potats reached in years When the tines Were more “Hush.” It the remus jvil below previous years be suid that he should pot be | disuppotuted, Mr. Beecher concluded by calling the alichtion of the congeegation to the tact that be would | be absent some Sabbaths during the winter tuldiling his ecturing engagements, but be proposed to make up for these ne; ed Sabbaths by more Savbath sere | Vicvs next suminer, | THY BIDDING. All the pews were offered a: an upset price, accords ing to location. The bidder who advanced apon the | upset price had the choice. For the first choice | spirited contest took pluce between Brothers Hy C, | Clailin, s. VY, White and Moses 5. Beach, Mr. Clafin won the contest and selected pew 89 at 8525, for | which be paid lust year $600. RK. Corneil Waite boughs | the second choice and selected pew 56 at $525, waicty | was the price he paid last yeur, 3. V.' White | secured pew 67 for $500, lor which last year ). J. U, Soutuwick secured pew r which he paid lust year $53). Brother Hooch, Woo was beaten On the first eboice by Brother Juin, pocketed bis morulication and so.ected tor pew No, 90, for wien H, W, Sage paid $625 last year. Acthis juncture the bidders remembered Mr. Bevcher’s admonition anent the bird tines, and alter | that the bidding was not ab all spire ‘The following | choiens were sold very rapidiy:—-McDowell & Hatca | for $475, J. B. Hutchison lor $326, 5. H. Smith for | $ul0, B. Babcock for $300, A. Storrs for $800, | Caarles Dennis tor $500, HB. Clattin for $305, H.W, | J.C, Wemple tor $270, F. W. Vark iot | jor 7290, C. L, Benedict tor $27 i Aravux for $270, C. ‘inan tor $269, Jacob 00, rs. 5, Dorlan . BH. Van Tagen for Anerson & Pratt tor $260, 0, Dr. Conklin atio C. King for ut reduced rates were OM Locumb, RT, Busker, H. Hodges, H.W. Whevier, S. Belcner, B.A. Van Eidensten, HH. G, Reeve, KR. Raymond, Joseph Tuney, ti. 1. Richardso Southe W. Mason for $200, Al wick, © Mo Howard, W. H. Thomas, LM. Pettengitl, | LW. Wine vorge I. a, BE, Hate, Loren Paliner, r We A. Howard, J. A, Siuiton j and Dr. E h. | the avout hall-past ten. ‘Thore was @ | marked reduction on nearly ail Cho pews as compared Wito just year, and ib ts estimated that on “high pricod choices”? the Calling off was tully forty per cent «don the others au average of about twenty-five por cenl, TUR RBCELTS, Je was as lollow: The result of the From rentals. | From premiums. 845,421 50 + $63,680 00 + 48,421 50 | Total income from pews,,.. The receipts last year were, This year Hing off from Inst yeas ia Mr, Beecher exprossed his graufication | at the close of (he sale, at the result nd stated that he had not ans ticipated that the receipts this year would execed | g40,000, THE SHL NECOCK INDIANS. funeral of the six Shinnecock Indians recovered fre wreck of the Ciycassian took place yesterday at the Indiau reservation, Shinnevock, The fanerat was largely attended by the residents of Sag Harvor, Bridgehampton and Southampton, by whoin the dead men were held in bigh esteem, Thus far twenty-two | bodies Lave been ‘recovered from the wreck, tour | having beea washed ashore at Montauk Point: on Mond fhe bodies hive not yet been recognized, and ap inquest will be held to-day, A subserypuon baw | been startet at the east end of the tsland for the ree | Het of tho families of tue drowned men, | A RELIEF MOVEMENT. To THe Eprtor or THe Henan: | Will you piease tnsert tue enclosed letter, Just ree ceived from a trustworthy women who has been ia \ my service, It shows the terrible sorrow brought | upon the Shinnecock Indians by the loss of the Circam sian, whiev they were trying to save. 1 will be happy to take charge of auy coutr:butions for their benef, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. No, 32 Pixe Street, New You, Jan, 9, 1877, THE MERKATED TRINE ‘ Jasvany 2, 1877. | | Mrs, Raosevevt:— Ip accordance with your request I write to you cons | cerning the jossia tiny family, 1 arrived home Mons duy hoon and found It trae that my two brotoers were | lust on Ute Circassian, U ovher tives, “his Very sna indeed at our Little settlement, Almost every vuinily bas losta member, Somebave | jose their only support, One of my brothers leaves » wie wud) seven children, tue other a wile and four childreu, | [shall be unable to come to New York again th as any mother (Sophia Bunn) is very miseravig ali, anu they are all depeuding on me, Among’ the number lost all were meu of family exe hd many of their witows. are very destie We have learned that three bodies have been ree ered ofl Joutwuk, and one they think is my | brother, but up to my writing we are not sure, The | weather has heen rough and the traveiling very bad, | Montauk is forty miles (rom bere, and ove has to go | with horse and Wagon to get there, besides we have | hardly any men leit to send to look for the bodies, We are hoping to find more bodies, but are tearful | that the rest went down with the mast | With es ‘A BUNN, A SMAN FIELD'S ELECTION, ‘Tho Aldermen met as county canvassers at the City | Hall yesterday for the purposo uf counting tho vote atthe special election recently held in the Seventh | nistrict for Congressman, tn place of Smith Ely, Jr, The three Assombly districts Im the Congressional dite Kigbth, Tenth and Fourteenth, were ca isned ly by Aldermen Guntzer, Pinkney and Hall, presided. the whole number of as jollo . 64 lo No further lormality remains ag to certifying the | election of Mr. Field, | CONGRES a Watson Goetz HORSE NOTES. Colonel D. McDaniel says that be sold Virgintus te Mr. Hubbard, and not to Mr. Bernard, a8 has been pubs lished, and that he has not sold the mare Mauge to any one. The Colonel boasts of having eighteen of Barry | | * | Bassett's progeny, and is anxious for us to call over at . | Princeton and examine them, | T. B. Puryear, of Ratberturd Park, N. J., has bought ofS, A. Grinstead, of Wainut Hill Stud Farm, Lexinge | ton, Ky., the bay colt, two years old, by Gilroy, dam r of Rurie, by imported Sovereig he stakes of the Kentucky Association have closed, and we find that there are 149 entries of fashionably bred horses and youngsters in the eight stakes to ba run, J. Heury Miller, of Lexington, Ky,, lost a bay weane ling colt by distemper on the 26th of last month, Tho colt, was by Waverly, dam Cordova by Lightning, and avery promising voungster, | ATALANVA BOAT CLUB, | Phe anv election of toe Atalanta Boat Club of the city of New York was bold at the Vilage House last evening, The following named gentiomen were vds—President, Geor, Firat Viee esidont, Bred. © Present, Bi |, ; Socreury, Financial Secretary, W. ©. niand; HOS Sproai; Capiniy, &. Mills, , Lieutenant, J. Hust; Crise teen, © Dovoo, AB. Cross, Re Parker, de; 8 He Noyeg and Jobn King. AMATEUR ATHL The progromme last evening at the Metropolitan | Riding Academy, Third avenue and Sixty-third street, | included a series ef athletic exercises, interiarded with | equestrian te: wich proved) very eutertine | ing to tho ‘rather oited = audience, Tho | buitding wa not well heated, a drawback thet cecidediy dampened the enthasiasm wit whieh ihe leading features of the Lerten te harles Conners wi the Winner of tae Ko “ toile walk for ainateura, We My Watson taking tue suvscription ticket, ‘Time of Cons of Watson, ie Tbe bali-mile rum was Woo by DennettGreig in 2144. The quarter-mite hurdie race was Wou bY tue same competitor in 1:00 4. | A. Jug, oF tne ety, Wow the gold medal for vaulting With pole, and George MeNteol the subseription Hehe | These exercises wero interspersed with e MT Caria, feats by Henri de Bussigny, J. Merkien and riding Wusters 1a the institution,