The New York Herald Newspaper, February 20, 1877, Page 7

WASHINGTON. | Speculations About the Cabinet of | President Hayes, THE SOUTH TO BE REPRESENTED. —— ee Some Indications of the Probable < Personnel. POLICY OF THE NEW ADMINISTRATION, | Sir Edward Thornton and the Mexican Commission. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, Wasaincrox Feb, 19, 1877, ERE GOSSIP IN POLITICAL CIRCLES IN WASH- INGTON LAST NIGHT—DINNEB TABLE TALK ABOUT THE CABINET OF PRESIDENT HATES— INDICATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN POLICY OF ‘THE NEW PRESIDENT. ‘The great agony ts over, and the talk of dinner tables and hotel lobbies already this evening concerns Mteelf mainly with guesses at President Hayes’ Cabinet. the democrats in the House delayed the count of votes til to-morrow for several reasons, There were ru- mors, improbable, but more or less credited, of « pos- tbie bolt from the republican side Ip the Senate euflictently strong to overturn the Lovistana de- “ Gision, which led to # motion to adjourn, in order to givo the Senate achance. It is said also that Mr, Frank Hurd backed out of the Oregon case, in which he was one of the democratic objectors, and that Mr a who 1s to take his place, needed time to pre- pare himself, Bet there was a more important reason than these. Many of the democrats, principally Western and Northwestern men, are very sore, and inclined to stubbornly devised ways to delay the count, Jt ts thought desirable by tho managers to placate these men and prevent an outburst in the House by them. Such an outbreak, if it comes, will Split the democratic majority at once and openly, and may cause feuds which would have results al] over the country. If any attempt is made at dilatory motioi it 18 certain that a considerable number of democrats will vote them down with the aid of tne republicans. \t 16 well known that most of the Southern democrats \nd many of the Kastern men mean to stand by the result of the arbitration. Senator Stevenson, of Ken- tucky, spoke their minds, this afternoon, in the Benate, when ne said that he had voted for the elec. toral law. He bad agreed to submit the dispute to the arbitration of the cominission, and \t concerned bis honor and that of mon of both parties now to abide by the decision, This will be done undoubtedly, but leading democrats hope in this evening’s caucus to bring everybody to an agree- ment so as to leavo no chance foran open and angry division in the party to-morrow, The Oregon case in all its aspects disgusts the better class of democrats, ‘They say they would think it a calamity and a discreditabie thing to have the com- mission decide Oregon in such a way as to cause Mr. Tilden’s election, aud many of them would not have it argued at all it, they can prevent it. PRESIDENT HAYES AND HIS SOUTHERN POLICY, The determination of the President to have nothing Im Louisiana but peace gives great satistaction here, where it 1s considered a settled question that President Hayes will, on an understanding with Governors Nicholls and Hampton that no disorders or injustice shall be allowed, remove the troops and let those States govern themselves according to the will of their people. When this is done, a Southern democrat said on Sunday, ‘There will cease to be any Southern ques- tion,” and it is the opinion of the best informed men here that the new President will find bimselt cordially supported in the South by a respectable and numerous class in all proper measures of policy, and that he will find no difficulty in procuring the help 0° iniuential nen in all these States, natives and old residents. It is already reported by persons’ who protend to be woll informed that tho new Cabinet will contain two Southern men, and the names of Senator Hamilton, of Texas, and General Gibson, of Louisiana; Governor Hampton, of South Carolina; ex-Governor Browne, of Tennessee, and others aro mentioned, It is possible, however, that President Hayes will find no Southern men whom he wants willing at this timo to enter his Cabinet, and that they will say to him that they prefer to give him for the present an independent support, and let further and closer alli- ances of the Cabinet kind wait until his general policy and his course toward the Southorn States have had time to declare themselves and to be understood by the Southern people, This decision would be a wise ono, and jt would, no doubt, be agreeable to the incoming Prosident, who could, at a subsequent period, make foom in his Cabinet tor such Southern mon as he should then see would give more strength to his ad- ministration. SPECULATIONS ABOUT THE NEW CABINET. Cabinet rumors abound to-night, Besides Mr. Evarts, Mr. Bon Harrison, of Indiana, and Senator Edmunds are spoken of for Secretary of State, Senator Conkling is understood to desire no place in the new Cabinet; he wishos, it is said, to serve out his torm in the Senate, Mr, Eugene Hale, ot Maine, us Mr, Blaine’s intimate (riend and Secretary Chandlor’s son-in-law, and as familiar with navy affairs, is generally accepted as the probabie Secretary of the Navy. New Yorkers speak of bir. T. C. Platt, member of the present Congress, as the probable Postmaster Genetal, He is known to be on porsonal good terms with the new President, Senator Sherman, General Garfield aud Mr. Charics Foster, member of Congress from Obio, aro named for tho War Department, and this afternoon an improbable ruinor gave this place to General Logan. Both Sonator Alcorn, of Mississippi, and Judge Little, of North Carolina, are mamed for Cabinet positions by admiring friends, and one of them may be offered a piace. The Secrctary of tho Treas- ury, it is generally understood, will be sought fin New York or one of the Eastern States; and general rumor points to Judge Stanley Matthews, of Cincinnati, as the next Attorney General, General consent reserves the Interior Department for a Southern man, ! These are bat a fow of the more probabio rumors and | reports concerning tho next Cabinet in circulation here this evening, There is no jack of gentlemen ambitious to serve their country in such positions, but the jeul- ousies and rivalries which exist in all part especially in one which has been long in power, and ; which makes one man’s meat another man’s poison, begin already to show themselves, Pennsylvania wants @ place in the Cabinet, and the present Secro- tary of War, Mr. Dou Cameron, and bis brother- in-law, Mr, Wayno McVeigh, a politician vf quite a diflerent kind, are both named as desiravie men. Therois a good deal of speculation about the manner in which Senator Morton's ‘'clains’’ will bo recognized. Some people pretend that a Cabinet posi. Yon for Mr, Ben Harrison, the republican candidate for Governor last fall, would gratify Mr. Morton, om it would the reat ol repudlican Indiana; but otbers laugh at this suggestion. There are rumors that Mr. Morton 18 bomself desirous to be Secretary of State; but they are only rumors, tis generally assumed that the new Cabiflet will be so constructed as not to revive or per- petuato any of the old quarreis in the party ; that it will bo whig in tts tendencies; that it will not be offensive toward Southern prejudices while strictly republican, endthat the new President's distinct aim, politi | cal'y, will be to re-establish harmony in the party in | tho North, and to draw to him a jollowing of influen- | Wal men ih those Soutbera States wherein in old | times the whigs were the strongest. These are Loui- siana, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Arkansas and perbaps Texas. The nomination of Mr, Evarts is said to cenote, it it | should be made, a recognition of those liveral republicans who came back tothe trae fold, The exclusion of Mr. Bristow would mean a disinclination to carry into the next four sears one of the groat quarrels of last yeur, | Whether Mr, Schurz will receive the offer of a Cabinet position {8 not known, but his namo is not mentioned here, Tho War and Navy Departments | sss eanerally wuderatood to be reserved lor republicans | ! earuggie whicd bas just ciosed. thie w | trom NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY of the biuest and trvest blood—strct party men. if | the new Cabinet 18 to be conciliatory toward the South, and uot meediess!y reviving memories of the id, exelade from tt, by general consent, men !tke Senator Sher- man, who gave » character to the New Orleans Re turning Board; Attorney Genera! Taf, whe managed ‘the troops and the republican polities tz South Care ina; Senator Morton, Genera: Garfield, an¢ probably even men ike Judge Setsie, who 1» remembered tor nis officiousness in South Carolina dering the Returning Board scandals there. CONGRESS TOC “ERT (9 MaY. An extra session of Congress is probably tnevitabdle, bus It need put assemble vefore the last of May, and may not be called until then. SOUTHERN INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS. An important pert of the ceWadminisiration policy wili, 18 18 belheved, be the granting of appropriations by Congress tor levee and other interna! !mprovements im the Southern States, and lt may be thooght advis- able by the party leaders to show their good disposition toward the South in these ways as early as possible In this case tye new Congress would be calied together ataneariier day. Theoex: House of Representatives will have so smalls democratic majority that some re- | Poblicane think it would be usetul to make the attempt at once in the new Congress, to make a break 1m the Soutnerm democratic ronks, by tntroduc ‘ng internal improvement dills, which would, ; undoubtedly, receive the support of Louisiana, | Arkansas ana even some Aississipp! democrats, aa welt | as of members with whig antecedents or constituencies | 1p Tennessee, North Carolina and other States. Unless | ‘this consideration produces an early catl for an extra 8088100 It 18 likely to be delayed, because « new Pres. {dent usually finds himself more comfortable and better able to frame bis policy without the neip of Congress, 4 EXTRA SESSION OF THK SENATE. There must, of course, be an extra session of the Senate, and the sewly elected Senators are nearly all here already. amen FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. Wasnisetos, Feb. 19, 1877. SIB EDWARD THORNTON AND HIS DEFENCE OF THE PRCCEEDINGS IN THE MEXICAN COM- MISSION—-HE MAKES A DENIAL OF ALL CHARGES OF FAVORITISM. There is no truth whatever in the report thata diplomatic complication prejudicial to Sir Edward Thornton ‘s likely to ariso out of his decision, as umpire of the Mexican commussien, in the matter of the claim of senjamin Weil for nearly $500,000, which be awarded ip favor of tho claimant according to the testimony which had been submitted to the com- mission, On the contrary Sir Edward expresses the hope that the claim which he was conrtrained by the testimony to award to Weil, may be set aside eventually, because he is convinced by evidence sub- mitted subsequent to the session of the commission, that the claim was improper, if not frau. dulont, This secondary testimony he could not, howevor, take into consileration, He was bound to render bis decision as umpire only upon the original festimony, which was strongly in the claimant's favor. ‘Sir Edward baving bad his attention called this evening to this matter and to the caso of Alired A. Greon, be protested against the imputation which had been put upon his decisions and action in connec- tion therewith. So far as the case of Green is con- cerned, he says that there is nothing in it and that he has notified the olaimant of this. There is nothing in it whatever, and he thinks it 1s not worth while to say anything about it. Speaking generally about the character of the busi- ness which he has had to perform in the discharge of his duty as referee, Sir Edward added that in the vast amount of papers and evidence which he had to go over it was impossible, of course, to guard against frauds, and more particularly perjury. He used the utmost care and precagtion in going over the maltiplicity of de- tails and facts, together with the questions of law, poor chirography and bad way of putting the cases— all of which were in Spanish. It mast be remembered that he took the cases just as they were made up by the commissioners, and investigated them according tothe standara of equity, justico and common sense uring three years past be has ex- amined 464 cases, and as umpire from an ofiginal ag- gregate of claims amounting in money to ove $400,000,000. Hoe bas reduced the eum total to about $3,600,000. The task had been no slight one, He bad gone over every case himself from the papers. He had beard’ no oral argament but had required parties to sdbmit them in writing. So far as any Jeeling on his part against American citi- zens is concerned he pronounced such an allegation simply absurd, because in the settlement of claims he has beon obliged to decide against Mc@icans. But with all the care, caution and conscientiousness which he has been able to oxercise he has no doubt there have been perjury and mis. representation, which, of course, he cocld not guard against, as that was a department of the subject which wasto be passed upon by the Commissioners, As to the case of Well, claiming nearly $500,000, he should be glad to seo it reopened, reconsidered or defeated, because it bears on its face in the additional subsequent proot submitted to bim the evidences of great fraud, if not perjury, and ho thinks aud he hopes steps will be taken by the Proper authoritics against it accordingly. He has not been in a position by s mero examination and judicial investigation of the papers before him to decide where perjury has existed until it Was subsequently brought to his notice, but in the ‘Weil case, if 1t is as, he bas reason to believe, a traudu- lent case, he hopes it will be upset, So fur as any taint of corruption or bribery is concerned the insinu- ation is rejected with the utmost indignation. ie refused to receive anything from either the Mexican or American governments in consideration of his services, although he has bad an untola amount of labor which he wouldgnot on any account under. take again of his own {roe will. Ho has even used bis own stationery, which 1s something, to say nothing of bis services. Ia reference to the aspersions made upon his clerk’s integrity he repels the allusion as utterly unfounded and impossible, for the reason that it was one of his secretaries of the Legation, tho Hon. Henry Le Poer Trench, who copled all his aecisions, about which no one knew anything but himself unul they were all made out, when they were simply copied by the Secretary. No one but the British Mine ister bad access to,them to know what they would be, and hence there could be no connivanco at fraud or bribery. The assertion 1s simply preposterous Be. sides being one of tho most exalted of men in his in- tegrity Mr. Le Poer Trench 1s of a distinguished family in Ireland, and of great wealth, to which reference sir | Edward Thoraton added that he would depend upon him to the very Jast degree and put bis hand in the fire for him. It is only proper to say in this connection that Sir Edward Thornton, as the dean of the diplomatic corps, has always hold the most agreeable relations with our government and the American people, officially aud soclally here, The case to be submitted to the Judiciary Com. mittee of the Senate in opposition to the clatin of Ben- jamin Weil, will be argued by General James Slaughter, of Mobile, who says that he wili make the | following showing of fnets:t- The cla:maut is a Frenchman who resided in Loussi- ana before and during the war in the yonr 1864 Weil | claims to have bought in Texas and transported across the Rio Grande for shipmeut at Matamoros a convoy of 300 wagonloads of cotton, On the Mexican side the cotton was captured and taken from him by Cortina’s bana of gueritiag The loss he suffered by this robbery, including interest to 1876, amounted to nearly $500,000. He proved the claim to the satis. faction of the American Commissioner and Sir 5 ward Thornton, and was awarded its amount, and un- | der the provisions of the bill ponding in Congress, would receive bis pro rata of the $:00,000 which Mexico sentto Washington a fow weeks ago as the first instalment of her settlement of all claims ad- verse to her, General Slaughter will oppoge au allowance to Weil on the several grounds following:—Ho charges that | Weil was not a loyal citizen of the United states, and that tho suipment uf cotton in tie time of the war was in contravention of law. Therotore Weil had no stand. ing before the commission, He says that he will show the books and papers of Weil that no such transaction as the purchase and trans portation of #0 immense av amount of cotton is recorded by bim, Ho wiil cite bankruptcy proveeds ings, involving the business partners of Weil to show from affidavits of these partnors that they knew of no sucd trausac! and that the terms of copartuership, | | | adm: which covered the time of the transaction, expressly ‘orbade any independent cperation or speculation on wl part of individuals of the firm Eo will also endeavor to make it evident, from the geographical ature of tho country said to he been waversed by the convoy, that " would b. Deep imposrible for such an expedition to Dave taken the route op which tho robbery is said to have deen effected. The ctaim will be stout!y detenaed by the :awyers of Mrs Wri who are here tn force. ‘The origina: claimant is $010 to be now a lunatic iB con- finementin France His ‘nterest is prosecuted by bia wite DON PIAT? TO PE PROSECUTED FOR LIBEL AND SEDITIOUS WLITING. 1s te mentioned this evening, upon the highest offi- cial autbority, that the Presicent hae determined upon the prosecution of Don Piatt, editor of the Capital, tor Nbel and also for seditious writing, \ou:ctable under Doth com:nop an¢ statutory Ja District. Ate torney Wells was thie afternoon directed to Yexe the necessary steps in thes matter, and) thes arrest w be made to-morrow, The articie tm yesterd: Capual principally incited the official action Just determined upon, but it t@ en- derstood that previous articles in the same paper re- garded ag libellous upon tbe President wit! be oMcially noticed !n acrimina} prosecut:or for lide! on the Pre: dent MR HEWITT AND CIPHER DE- SPATCHES. TESTIMOXY OF MR. HEWITT BEFORE THE BEN- ATE COMMITTEE—HE NEVER SENT A CIPHER DESPATCH. Wasu:xctos, Feb. 29, 1877, Hop. A. S, Hewitt, Chairman of the Nationai Demo- cratic Committee, gave the following testimony before the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections this morning:— 93 In reply to a series of questions of Senator Mitchell he said that he had charge of the national campaign and the organization of the democratic party iu sho different Stat Mr. Cooper was treasurer of the Executive Committee, and kept bis account at the Seventh Ward Bank of New York city in his own name; witness directed how the money in the hands of the treasurer should be spent, Colonel Pelton having uothirg to do with it; he never made any attempt to raise funds’ beyond asking certain parties whom he thought would be willing to contribute; he knew nothing whatever about the tele. grams which Pelton sent to Oregon; witness never senta ctpher telegram during the whole campaign; did, howevor, send three or four regular telograms to Oregon during the contest, in one of which, dated November 18, 1876, he, after receiving a legal decision to that effect from Judge Hoadley, of Cincinnati, told Senator Kelly that no person holding an office under the federal government was cligivie us an elector, and | ng oficer should sodecide, Reterring ne suid he had never used it, but Pelton use it; he has a copy of the key to it, and will turm it over to the committ to-morrow if they desire it; he had never seen any of the cipher telegrams sent to or received from Oregon at the democratic headquarters in New York. Hv also stated that Colonel Pelton lived jn the satne house with Samuol J. Tilden and ate at the same table with him, This concluded Mr. Hewitt’s testimony, but in open conversution aiterward he said that ho saw that there wat enire among politicians to doa good deal of mud jag, of which he was heartily tired, and ho was Wi that the committeo should know exactly bow and w every dollar used by him in connection with the late election was spent. MOLLY MAGUIRE MURDER TRIAL, EVIDENCE FOB THE DEFENCE-—-BREAKING DOWN KELLY'S TESTIMONY—WHY ESTER BAN AWAY-—THE PRISONERS HOPEFUL. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. | Bioomsnvne, Pa, Feb. 19, 1877, An array of witnes: have been summoned here from Schuylkill, Carbon, Northumberland snd Lu- zerne counties to bear testimony to the fearful chi acter of ‘Kelly the Bum,” the principal proof of the Prosecution in the trial of Hester, Tully and McHugh for the murder of Alexander itea, nnd to-day no fewer than twenty of thom occupied the stand. The majority of those called upon to speak of Kelly's reputation painted it in black and repelling colors enough, but not une-half as black as he him- self has already admitted it tobe upon’ the witness stand, so that their statements thus far merely go to corroborate the Molly Maguire informer's own admis- sion, About a dozen men swore to-day that they would not believe Kelly under oath; and if their stato. ments bo true he must be une of the most consummate perjurers that ever kissed a book. hacl Grabam, who was ar- rested asan accessory after the fast of ea’s murder, but was released jor want of evidence. He owen 1m direct contradiction to Kelly, aud one of them must be guilty of perjury. It will bo remomberea that Kelly stated that ho gave Graham Rea’s gold watch tor safe. keeping on the day of the murder. ‘This Graham pos- tively denies, and swears that Kelly never gave bin a watch of any description. Graham says the prisoners, ‘Tully ana McHugh, boaded with nna the tme of tho murder and had dinnet at his houso the day Rea was killed, AN ALIDI FOR HxSTER, Peter Laby swore that he saw Hester the night be- foro Rea was killed; Hester was drunk and went to Luby’s house at qpe o’clock and remained there until six next morning, RAD FOR KELLY. John B, Coliban, an old member of the Stato Senate, swore that he was acquainted with Kelly and would pot believe him under oath, Patrick Kieran, Ja Mackey, Officer Toole, William Kirk and Fred Meyers, allof Wilkesbarre, where Kelly went by the name of “Cull,” testified to the same effect, Reaben Klinger, of Mount Carmel, swore that he saw Hester collecting taxes on tho day Kea was murdered, WHY HESTER DECAMPED, Mary Hestor, the Vi aggraal daughter, testified that the reason her father ran away to Lasalle, Ill,, us proved by the prosecution, was for fear ho would’ be arrested for making illicit whiskey, as he kept a secret distillery In the woods, and ho ‘heard it fh n found out by the police. Her mother hud also threat- ened to have him arrested for keeping company with another woman, Luby, one of the witnesses for the di ce, admitted to being a momber of the Molly Moguires bentiag com- mittees. THE PRISONERS HOPEFUL. The prisoners scemed more buoyant this evening than they have done before since the trial opened. ‘They are hopeful that the army of witnesses in atten auce will be able to prove an alibi. if uumbers could succeed in a case like this they would surely escape. “GOBBLE” PATRICK. SOMETHING ABOUT HIS INTERESTING PAST—A MINING SHARP WHO UNDEKSTANDS HOW TO MAKE, A MARKET. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) San Francisco, Feb. 19, 1877. The Chronicle, ot this city, publishes some intorest- | ing developments to-day regarding tho reiat Patrick, the domocratic emiss to arrange a contusion of the electoral ©. Vutrick is the “man Friday’ of Erwin Davis, voc of the original stuck sharps of California Davis engineered the crash in Turkish bonds in the London market, and is reported to have acted ty agent for tho Russian government in fomenting the Herzegovina insurrection, Vatrick was assucjated with bim in letting the English speculators into the Fiagstaf Mine swindle, It was not su@Pa huge afvur as the Kinma Mine game, but deeper and more udroitly el, A suit by English stockboiders to get pos- n'of the nine wus decided In favor of the piain- tifs by the Supreme Court of Utah jast Saturday, Davis’ last venture was to get Confedurate bonds gait. on the London inarkot, and in the event of Mr, Til ‘8 eicction a large deal was projected, Davis and Patric: have also gigantic mine and land gravuing schemes i Utan, depending upon the faciity of the democratic tration; heuce they mado eurnest efiorts, sof 'Y Who went to Oregon bucked with col, to secure Tilieu’s election by hook or by crook, Patrick was despatched to Oregon under direct orders from Davis, Who 18 accredited with hav. ing Manager of the Oregon businuss juthe Tilden interest, and the ouly way in wh Davis Was hitherto implicated was ina despaten un earthed by the Gougressional Coninittee, addressed to utrick at Sulem, Oregon, und signed by Da’ im these word! ut at alt hazards commuoteate with me immedia A PINK SCHES ‘The ciroumstances of the Fiagetalt Mine bus veloped sn the suit just termina’ Salt 1 presents the most egregious swindle yet iuilicted on the gullible Britishers. Davis organized the compauy in London in IST1L; transterred the tithe for $1,500,000, one-third jn cash and the remainder in stock; fad him sell electod President of the Bourd, and appoiwted Patrick permasent mavager of the mine, ata moni eur de. cy salary of $400, Dividends were regulariy deciared, but were paid out of the capital stock, whied was advanced by Davis, aud tor which he was to rece of the o The stock was carried to par by 1 Davis untoaded at the hich agsumed fall nat ement of t They have since extracted und appro- value of $2,000,000, MRITANNIA, A yoar ago the English: stockholders sued, Having an agent woo joand that Davis and Patriek had uiken wil the profits and put the company over $110,000 tn debt, suit was brought against the pair; apa while Patrick was away on the Oregon business the English trustees got possession. ‘Ibe suit just terminated wat to enjoin Davis and Patrick from interfering with the Now arrangement, aud both District and Sapreme courts have ruled jn favor of the plaints M < poople of Utah ‘ally rejoice in the ousting of Davis nd Patrick. " te’ ane he THE STATE CAPITAL, INSURANCE COMPANIES TO EE INVESTIGATED BY THE ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEE— DISTRICT TELEGRAPH PATROLMEN TO BE UN- DEB CONTROL OF POLICE BOARDS, (BY TELEGRAPR 1o THE BEBALD.) Aunasy, N. ¥., Feb. 19 1877. The question of appointing a specia: committee to investigate the insurance compauies, as proposed in Mr. Puray’s resolution, cesupied the whole time of the Assemb!v this evening from the time of meeting, at eight o'clock, wotil adjournment, alter ten o'clock, Mr. Graham, chairman of tho Committee on Insur- ance, opposed the resojution, and said it was imposst- ble that anything like an adequate Investigation could be mace Ly a special committes within the time permitted. Mr. Mutchell, of New Yorks dargued in favor of it, Mr. Welsh, of Delaware, took the other side, Mr, Rockwell, of Chemung, favored the resolution, and Mr. Alvord, of Onondaga, declared againat the appointment of any special com- mittee, There were thus about three democrats favor and three republicans opposed to the resolu. uoa Then Mr Giibert, republican, of Franklin, pro- posedethat the question of the investigation be re- lerred lo the Standing Committee on Insurance, and that they be allowed thirty daye in which report, aud have leavo to send for perso! Papers. Mr. Weiant, o! Rockland, moved an amendment that in place of the five members called for as a special committee that five members of the Insurance Committee be substi. tuted. Mr. Fish ridiculed the idea that any commitice could report within thirty daye on a subject ro vast, Mr, be ae threw suspicion on all select commitiees of the kind proposed, On a cail for the previous question # vote wus taken on Weiant’s amendment, and it was lost. Then the question was taken on Gilbert's substi- tute fo leave the matter of tnvestigation in the hands of the Insurance Committee, and 1% was carried by of G3 to 42, and the agony of th ig was ANOTHER XEW CHARTER. eral Husted introduced a charter for the govern- meat of New York city nearly similar to the Husted charter of 1875, DISTRICT TELEGRAPH PATROL Senator Prince is responsible tor an extraordinary bill introduced this evening, providing that the Board i Polico of any city in the State may appoint, in addition to the present police force which they ure now authorized by Iaw to appoint, 200 persous who may be designated by any company which may bo operating tem of signalling by telegraph to a central office tor p NCO, to act us special atroliuen in connection with such telegraphic sys- im, and the person so appointed shall bave the pow. ers possessed by tho members of the regular force, ex cept as they ba limited by and subject to the su- Pervision and control of the Polico Board. Tho.pay of baits special policemen shall bo defrayed by the com- panics, AROLISHING THE SUPERIOR AND COMMON PLEAS COURTS, The reeviution amending the constitution, offered some weeks ago by Mr. Gerard, abolishifg the Supertor and Common Pleas courts of tho city of New York and Vesting their powers and duties in tho Supreme Court, was ordered to a third reading. ‘THE OHIO DEMOCRACY, A DESIRE TO DELAY THE COUNT, ! (DY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. } Couusaus, Feb. 19, 1877, Forty-two out of sixty-three democratic members of tho General Assembly held a caucus hero to-night to consult about the political situation. A resolution was offered instructing the Obio delegation in Congress to opposo and by all lawful means to prevent the counting of the electoral vote until after March 4, A motion to strike out ° tho word ‘lawful’ was defeated, only nine votes being cast for the motion. A stormy discussion then arose; some of the most prominent men present de- cluriog that while they were greatly outraged at the action of the commission, still, the democratic Ieaders and democrats generally had agreed to abide by the decision of that body, they did not see how honor. able men could reise to abide by It. Other members declared that the commission had become a partisan tribunal and was not worthy of the eonfidence of any democrat. After a tengtby discus. sion the resolution, as offered, was adopted by a vote ol 26 yeas to lt nays. After the adjournment of the general caucus tne sixteen gentlemen who voted noon the resolution beld » caucus und unanimously adopted @ resolution to send a telegram to the Ohio delegation declaring that the uction of the caucus should not be considered ax an expression of the democratic meme bers of the Assembly and objecting to any unnecessary | delay in making the count. Democratic inembers, some ot them leading men, although urged, refused to attend the caucus to con- sider this question, holding that tho business of the country demanded a settlement of the Presidential question as soon ay possible. There is consiaerabie eling here over this caucus. i POLITICAL PERSECUTION, [BY TEREGRAPH To THE HERALD. } , Perunssura, Va., Feb. 19, 1877, The most infamous persecution for political eptuion that the Presidential campaign has developed occurred in this city on yesterday. Rov. J. Dungee, colored, who figured prominently asa democratic speaker during the canvass, attended the Giifleld Baptist church, Rev. Henry Williams, Jr., colored, pastor. During tho services Williams prayed for all colored democrats, denouucing them as traitors, and then for Dungeo personally, whom, he said, was a traitor to God, his country, his raco aud humanity, and asked the blessing of Providence ‘for the commirsion which its now counting Hayes in.” His congregation were greatly excited by the harangue, and when Dungeo issued from the church he was followed by a crowd of ignorant negroes who jeered, hooted at and threatened him with violence. To his frm bearing and courage he is indebted for safety. The conduct of Willams gonerally denounced by the whites, and it is not im- probable that he will be called to account for bis in- cendiary language by the next Grand Jury. NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE. [bY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD, ] Trentow, Feb, 19, 1877, There is considerable wrangling over the office of State Comptroller, which is to be filled by joint meet. ing to-morrow, Kreager, 2 democratic member from Newark, still refuses to vote for the regular demo- cratic nomince, Robort F. Stockton, and is determined to vote again for Samuel Morrow, Jr., the republican nomiuee. Great efforts are being made by the demo- crats to induce Stecktou to withdraw, but be refuses to yield, The democrats will hold a caucus in tho morning to try and conciliate matters, In the Se: Mr. Hill offered a concurrent jolu- tion reciting it depression in business and the hardsbips resulting from high taxes, He made a feeling specch replete with facts and figures, showing the extravagance of the executive, legislative and all other departments of the State government during | the past twelve years, adding that the starving peopio demanded and must have relief. Memorials wero pre- sented to the House requesting tho Legisiature to pro- ceed without deluy to adopt measures to oflect sub- stantial retrenchment in public expenditure, and that Legislature do pot adjourn until practical steps are 1 to relieve the thousands of distressed peopio, In the House Mr. Ka; introduced a bill limiting fares on all horse railronds, in all cities and towns, to four cents for exch passenger; ulso another that tho expenses of the State Coraptroiler’s ofice, including salaries, &e., be limited to $5,000 per year; another | making it @ inisdemeanor for any member ot ‘any pub. | he board or municlpal body to be directly or indirectly concerned jn apy contract for the constructionjo! public works in or furnishing goods, supplics, &c., to tho counties or cities wherein he holds such office, HE OIL TRADE Loxpos, Ont., Feb. 19, 1877, The oi) combination hero has collapsed, and the re- sult will be a practically unlimited supply of oil, MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT. | v Orrick ov van Cr Wasuinatox, Heb, 20—1 A. A, Indications, For Tuesday in the South Atlantic and Gulf States, rising barometer, colder northeast to northwest winds and clear or cloaring woather, For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley and tho lower | lakes north to west winds, rising barometer und cooler, clear or partly clondy weather. Yor the uppor lakes aud northwost cooler, northerly, shifting to warmer southerly winds, rising, followed by falling barometer und generally clear weather, For the Middie and Eastern States, rising barometer, | cooler north avd west winds, Increasing to brisk or | high fora ehort time, and clear or partly cloudy Wonther, Cautionary signals continus on the Texas and South | oliua coaste, . | ‘The rivers will continuo to (all slowly. THE WEATHER YESTERDAY. The fotlowing record will show the changes in tho temperature for ihe past twenty-four hours, incom. | parison with the corresponding dato of last year, as eel by the thermometer at Hudnut’s ph DEPARTMENT, © 20, 1877.-TRIPLE SHEET. | seat CANADIAN FINANCES. A PANIC IN THE MONTREAL STOCK EXCHANGR— TBE BANKS IN TROUBLE— CONDITION OF THE MERCHANTS’ DANE, (py TELEGaAPH To Tar uELaLD.) Mowreeat, Feb, 19, 1877. ‘The Cnancial situation here tas astuined an oxcoed- ingly serious aspect within the past few days—ia fuck, there bas been a regular panic on the Stock Ixchange, | and prices of Jeading securities have been subjocted toa | very beavy depreciation. The largest institutions which | are supposed to be on a perfectly substantial basis bave even suffered, and the air is full of ail sorts ot | Tumors. Where there is ‘smoke there must be fire,” | and it woula not bevery surprising if some very start | ling disclosures were made during the present week. | ‘The banks have recently sustained heavy losses by failures iu different paris of the country and their Profits cannot have been large for some timo back as | trade isin ry depressed condition and great dim. : culty is experienced in obtaining legitimate employ- | ment for funds at remunerati rates, DEPRECIATION OF RANK STOCK. The stock of the Merchants’ Bank, which ranks | Bext tothe Bank of Montreal as far us capital is con- | corned among the banking institutions of Canada, bas depreciated within the past week to an alarming ex- tent, Indeed, so very serious did the position of the | bank become that the directors deemed It necossary to | call together the principal sharebolder# at noon to-day | to devise means to remove tho suspicions which pre- vailin regard to its affairs, . THE MERCHANTS? DANK, Statements were submitted purporting to show that | the bank Is solvent, It was statod that since the Inst | apnual meeting a loss of $400,000 was sustained. To thie was added $100,000 for contingencies. In addition to theso sums it was resolved to wipe out the Milwau- kee and Votroit Railway bonds, amounting to $210,000, thus making a total loss of $710,000, ‘The contingent fund at the last annual meeting was $1,108,000, After deducting the loss of $710,000 thero , B. 7 LIEUTENANT M’INTYRE’S MURDER, ARREST OF FOUR PERSONS SUSPECTED OF PAR TICIPATING IN Ir, Nasuvintx, Tenn., Feb. 39, 187% Four persons named Holt were arrested here to-day by United States Marshal Wheat, on the strength of despatches received from Chattanooga oud Atlanta charging them with having participated in the murder of Lieutenant Melptyre, in Northern Georgia, wh the latter was in comtnind of « force of svidiers and revenuo oficials engaged in breaking up distileries recentiy, ° IGLESIAS’: PARTY. Sax Fraxcrseo, Feb. 19, 1877. ‘The following of iglesias’ party remain here:—José M. s, Francisco G. del Palacio, G. P, Prieto, A. Ramon Alcalde and A. C. Lumillas. Iglesiag the visit of the party which went Kast has any political significance. HOT ARRIVALS, Vrofeasor Aiexander siz, of Cambridge, Moss., arrived from Europe in the steamship Britannic and is atthe Everett, Alexander Mitchell, President of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St, Pau! Railway Company, is at the Hoffman, Erastus Corning and Genera) 5. F. Marvin, of Albany, are at the Gilsey, Captain James cade, of St. Louis, and ex-Congressman William H. Annstrong, of Pennsylvania, are at the St. Nicholas, CGoneral Anson Stager, of Chicago, and Captain W. H. Thompson, of the steamship Britannic, aro at the Fifth Avenue. Robert Lenox Banks, of Albany, is at the Clarendon. W, A. H. Loveland, President of the Colorado Contval Ratlroad Company, and Robert Gar- rett, of Baltimore, are at the Windsor, Judge Charies 5. Lester, of Saratoga, is at the St, James. General J, B, Stonehouse and General Ruius H. King, of Albany, are at the Brunswick. : . MAILS FOR EUROPE, Tho steamship China will leave this port on Wednesday for Queenstown and Livorpook The wails for Europe will elose at the Post Office at half-past seven o'clock A. M. Tue New York Hxnauo—Mdition for Europe—will be reniy at half-past s!x o'clock tn tho morning, in wrappors for mailing, six conte, ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, POSTAGE FREB would, according to the statements furnished, bea surplus of nearly $400,000 over and above tho cup- ital, The directors’ liabilities amount to nearly $1,000,000, THR MANAGER RESIGNS. . The general manager, Mr. Rue, has tendered his resignation, but it has not yet been accepted. Tho price of the stock is now 83. It was down to 80 on Saturday, THE ENGINEERS’ STRIKE. ALMOST AN ACCIDENT—-CHARACTER OF THE SEW ENGINRERS AS DESCRIBED BY AN OFFICER OF THE BROTHERHOOD, (BY TELEGRAPH 10 THE HERALD. ] Bostox, Fob, 19, 1877. The Boston and Maino Railroad narrowly escaped a serious accident Saturday evening on account of the inexperience of one of the new engince: Conductor Smart's train, going cast, was rapidly approacbinga branch train from Great Falls on the same track, but the former was switched off on a side track just in time to avert a serious catastrdphe, It is said that the promptuess and coolness of the switchmen alone avoided an accident, The Railroad Commissioners, through their Chair- man, Charles Francis Adams, Jr., baving declared tho road to be safe under the new men, Grand Chiet Arthur, of the Brotherhood, has seen fit to make statement to the contrary. RAD RECORD OF THE NEw MEN, } Mr, Arthur, in conversation with the Hera.p cor- respondent, sald:—*‘I have no doubt that he actually believes such to be the fact, but when such an indorse- ment je made public it is for the Interest of the com- munity to know something of the character and record of the men pronounced to be trustworthy, Among the engineers now in the omploy of the Boston and Main pot ®& man who was put to.ved drunk ° urday ulternoon, and at wx o’olock tho. sa was diecharged trom the d Ogdensburg railroads for incom- tency, while another was discharged trom the Banter road Tecently tor a too {reo use of intoxicants, Ono man was discharged from the Jor stealing, abotber was discharged irom the Boston and Albany road for incompetency, and a third wag expelied {rom the Brotherhood tor being drunk while on duty. “The | ames of each of the #bove engineers have been former engineers of tho Boston and ne road, who say they are prepared to sub- stantiate all of the above charges. Such are some of the men in whose hands tho life and property of the public are belag 1ntruated.”” BOTH SIDKS FIRM. The situation is unchanged, both the strikers and the railroad company remaining unmoved in their de- termination not to yield. Unless the diMculty is settied ina few days it 1s not impossible there ma: bo trouble on some of the other roads running out of Boston. Gi THE SAG HARBOR FIRE, HEAVY AGGREGATE OF LOSSES SUSTAINED. Sac Hannon, L. 1, Feb. 19, 1877. The losses by the fire here on Sunday morning, so far as can be ascertained, are as follows:—-M. Il, Grog- ory, $3,000; 8. 8. Crowell, $1,000; 1b. $30,000; J. Fordham, $2,000; Nickerson & Vail, $ Hand 8. French, $40,000; & G, at. Cooper, $3,000; U.S, Stilwell, $1,109; Nassaa House, $10,000; G. B, Brown, $3,000; Mrs, Kelly, ; Mrs, Grabam, $1,500; Peter Hughes, N. Matthews, §: Frank 'Cercoran, $1,000; 5. Rogers, $4, Conkhn, $900; Conkling, machinist, $1,100 tro, $3,000, and a numbe aggregate of over $140,000. AFTER THE CENTENNIAL. DISSATISFACTION OF MEDALS AND REPORTS HELD THE OFYICIALS SAY. Pitaorertia, Feb, 19, 1877. Altbough neariy five mouths have elapsed since the BACK—WuAT Official announcement of the awards to exhibitors atthe ; Contonnint Exhibition and over three months bave pansed since the closing of the world’s fair, not a singlo exhibitor las yet received either bis diploma or his medal, and but very few have been favored even with tho reports upon their edbiviis. This is no favit of the judges, who prepared tho reports and fimsied their | labors—-with a few exceptions—imonths and months ago, bat of tho Ceatennial Cottissioners and ofiicials, who, when the papers were turned over to them, spent so long o time in Unkoring al, rewriting, altering, printing and iinkering agaia that exhibitors have had GOOD KRARON TO COMPLAL cspeciaiiy as the manipulation ot the Commissioners not only did Hot Improve the reports, but, ow the vou. | trary, Dangled and spotled them, wntit their value was almost takep from tem. ‘Inis Was necesearily +0, lor thy reason that a body of men, constituted ag tho Cen. tennial Commission was, could uot inteiligently tamper with reports that had been caretully written by seientitly exports, Kut even these emasculated reports aro gladly wel- fo precure them, which the large proportion of the exhibitors buve not yet been ably to do, alter | | nearly five montha’ waiting, So mauy complaints have boen received from exhibi- b Ret HO avSWor Lo tueiF leiters vm the Direct that tho at the Centennial ral interest, there ueral, over 12,000 rosull of narters inay prove ot ory x ing. Acoording to toe Director exhibitors, THE REPORTA READY, HoT ~~, Inuoswer to the question as to when the reports upon exhibits would be ready (the inquirer Was told Hl that they were all ready; but wht them upon a table, he asked if tho Sent Out NO Was adswered, “Oh, we back to vend the diplomas with When the diplomas would bo likely tw. be out the Director — General's secretary that those awarded to sveing a pile of ports bad all been © holding those them.” “As to stated ou the American diplowas in about a mou, how long i would take to get through with the busi ness he couldn't say. A gon called & few days betore to inquire wos told t ve reason that they mado such siow prouress with the diplomas Hknacy Ballding:— 3AM 3 | M 9 23 | 12M. ai E ah | Average tomperature youterday. 30% | Averngo temperature lor corresponding date lat wax because th rican Bank Note Company of New nek, who hi Aract tor print im, could | Print but eighty impressions a day, whieh struck him as & remarkable state of alfwirs iu mime of steain presses and rapid: workmanship, As to the medaia, they are not expected by tho Director Goneral-—per vis clerk—for at least three mouths, because ‘making medals 18 such slow work, you kuow,” These mevals are supposed to accom- every exhibit, ox- ‘and Trunk road | . Hunting, | a of smulier losses, making an | EXHIBITORS--DIPLoMAs, | é by tho exhibitors, whenever they are fortunate | loreiga extibiters | had beeu trausmitied, and they were going ty begin | Aste | ALL THE SNEWS OF THE WEEK, ' —_ | CABLE NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD, THE WEEKLY MERALD. 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