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I THE SUN, ymiRSDAY MARCH 27, 1873. 1
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i I Look at the Ilecotd t
At the close of the Inst session of Oon
rrcen nt letist five mfcs of corruption. In
tlm Betmlc, koiuo of them of u lliutrunt
tjinractcr, tcituilncd to be disposed of. TIio
guilty flcnutors were IIaiilan, Comeiiov,
Patteuson of New I lampplitrc, Camiwklx,
and l'iJivTor.
What was done In regard to them by tlio
IswtHonntc? llAitt.i: und I'ovcnoY wero
whitewash! il, nml rATTCiisoM, Cai-dweli,
and Clayton were sent over to tlio new
Heunte,
Wlmt has tlio new Semite donef Of
orntrse tlio old Heunte well knew I lint tlio
, now Somite could not take jurisdiction In
PArrrnsos'fl ense, lioenuso ho would not
( bo a member. Though u committee of Iho
i old Senate had uiituilmously recommended
tlio expulsion of Patthiuon for tlio
ffrftvo offences of bribery nnd perjury, the
flcnfito nevertheless, In order toshleld hlrn,
ref-ortert to Iho trlek of allowing his enso
, to bo sent to their successors for llnnl
action, they nil the tlmo bring nwitro that
& , the tribunal to which they lnul turned It
ft " ' over hTKl Tlo jitnviT ti tttl rrpvn rt. Ho
H I'atteiipon wns ullowed to escnpo by means
of thin contemptible dodso.
H In the lust Peiuito CAt.nwfcl.1. wns proven
D to have cibluined hU sent by bribery. Ills
I case enmo up In the now Sennto, ho being
H ' u member of Hint body. After spending
Eu three weeks In delivering nrxuimmf and
ft uzamiuliiK precedent to determine wlicth-
M er bribery wus one of tho 'uuulilientlons"
K for Henntorliil honors spcclllod In the Con-
tltutlon, tho Senate allowed Caldwell to
m resign, and go home to Kansas and try It
m osnlu.
I ease wns In some respects
worse than any of the other?. To obtain
hln scut lio bud not only been Kullly of cor
ruption, but of stupendous frauds which
truck at tho very foundations of orderly
'.. government. The testimony was volumi
nous, and on tlio plen that they had not
j hnd tlmo to examine it, Senators passed n
! resolution Riving the culprit a certificate
of good ehnrneter, nnd let him go I
Bo much for tlio old mi-mlsers. Throe
, new ones iHimo In stained from lieud to
foot. PATTnn.-os of South Carolina and
Jones of evndn nro charged with having
bought their way Into tho Senate, whllo
Alusox of Iowa wns proven beforo the
( A I'ouxd committee to have been as deeply
m involved In the Credit Milliliter corruptions
us uny other member of Congress. What
I, doe tho now Sennto propose to do with
jj these three gentlemen? Nothing!
V Such ltliorecorilmadoupbythesnato
of ttie Untied States within one mouth in
' regard to these eight memlxTs! If Sena
m f tors do not blush n the y contemplate it,
I ; 'Jielr constituents do.
I, The Ilroolilyn Chnrter.
Tor ninny years the local government of
Brooklyn lias been n corrupt as that of
. New York. Its system Is u hurlesquo
'. on common sense, and Its prncticiil work-
ing a disgrace to tlio country. Its Mayor
1 , l.i n political phnutom without power.
; It has two legislative boards tho Aldcr-
imcn and Supervisors. IliUf of each aro
elected every year. Ilcslilcs this dual gov
ernment there have been a number of irrn
spouslhlc commie-Ions that have fiiuan
dured tho publlo money In nil direction.
An nctivo Illng In Urooklyn has worked
tho lobby at Albany, nnd every species of
peculation has been cnnU d on undrr tho
cover of special leglslnt Ion.
As oiio half of each board went out of
' ofllce nt n time, nnd the other half held
i over until the next election, tho citizen?
) had no power to turn out of olllco u eor-
' runt majority titat had betrayed its trust.
They could only light corruption by piece
meal. Tliu portion that held over retained
control of tho city treasury, nnd elected
colleagues us bad as themselves. Tlio com
missionsthat product of Illng lutlucuco
nnd dishonest legislation united their
powers with tho SupurvUors and Alder
men who held over to corrupt the ballot.
Kleetions had become a faiec. The King
ruled nominating convention?. Candi
dates for ofllc.es of tho highest trust wcro
', In most Instances the mero tools of tho
I vilest politician?. Prolllguiy atid crime
I seemed to carry off everything lu the
shupo of political honors.
Homo years siuco sixty perrons, mostly
oftleersof election, were Indicted for clee
I tlon frauds. So potent wus thu King that
i not one was punUhed, though 11 number
j wcro convicted. Tho year beforo last It
ti was estimated that fifteen per cent, of the
;jp whole volo was spurious. Kvur sluco tho
1 Ilonrd of Aldermen were elected lu the
!JP way wo have dosciilwd and legislative
aj comiursrlons were luti odueed things hao
I'm continued to glow from bad to worse, un-
M 111 they have culminated in general eor-
ruptlou.
A year ago lael fatl, a number of gcntlc-
M men, iiiiiong whom were such names as A.
,1 A. LOW, A. 11. ItAVMH, Wm. Maiohali,
fF John W. Hl-mkii, Fiiaxklin WooDin-rr.
) V I'. A. HCIIItOGMKII, S.1.MU III, Ml'IjKAN, C. It.
m XlAtiviN, I.vihiviu DKNNinT, and others,
I detrmlued to do their hut to redeem
M llrooklyn from tho llltig. An election law
l wns passed, of such wife and stringent
T provisions that not one finudulciit vote
f( wns oust at tho Inst election. They also
'ri flraftet 11 charier which was ileslmied to
iil restore felf-goveninieiit to tho people and
M abolish tho commissions; yet, strange to
It .! lay, that Instrument wasdefeated last win-
l ler In the Legislature. Instead of being
IE " iliscouragcd tliey have tried again, and
It this tliiui their chaHer U reported tavoiu-
a b,y v
f Tho theory these geiitUmeu have pro
Si eeeded on is that tho dangerous classes uro
.ft but the mercHt fiuetton of tho population ;
j f ttuit If rcsiieelnblo peisous take Uttlo In
I "E torest lu local elections, It Is hcciiuso
k hi tliey loo tliat their votes would amount tu
uothlug toward changing a government
' that Is el'icted In fmctlonnl parts; and
:; that the deendeueo of tho Doard of
Aldermen is because It has been
itrlpped of Its powers for tho benefit
ef trrcapotiHlhln commissions. They also
bold that in u. legislative body, to securo
suiUouest majority thero (hould bo n vlg
urou. minority j nnd that thle can only
occur when all Its members aro elected nt
tho sumo tlmo. Then tho majority will
be tho dlrcot representatives of popular
opinion, and the people will noYor fll
at tho next election to hold them ropon
slblo for their nets.
With the present system of electing tho
Aldermen by halvts, there Is Uttlo if any
upposiliuu; both parties unltu lu plunder
ing tho publlo. Abolish that system, nml
tho majority and minority become scpn
nl by Impiitsablo party lines. Tho
minority will critioiso every act of thn
majority; they will question their mo
tives, nnd attack their measures. A
! party thus ofsulled canuot ultord to
', b repiesonted by criminals or rutlliuis;
uor will tho people readily penult
1 themselves to be plunderel n seconil
term by u. oorrupt majority. UlvothoiMio
plo linl power and they will o-xerelso 11 for
their own protection. Uut If 011 tho other
hand their votes inn effect no substantial
change, If all they can do Is to elect 11
fragment of a rotten body, they will enro
Uttlo about an elective franchise that Is
nt tended with no practical results.
Tho proposed charter nbollshes all com
missions and tho Supervisors. Tho Mayor
mid Aldermen go out of ofllco together.
Tho Mayor is vested with suMlelcnt power,
lie appoints f-iid tho Aldermen confirm
nil heads of departments. Ho enn sus
pend any of them nud appoint a successor
id Interim. Uut the Aldermen after hear
ing theelmrges can reinstate. KaohAlder
mnn district is reduced to 1-,000 Inhabi
tants, and each district elect ono Alder
man. Under such a charter It will bo as
great nn honor to be an Alderman as it Is
now to bo the Mayor.
Canadian Controversy.
Mr. Anson 1. Pi.r.LM Donor, the Yankee
member of tho Cnnadlnn Parliament from
tho riding of North York, must find his
ofllclnl seat anything but comfortable.
Tho most widely circulated journals In
Canada denounce him us a liar, a hypo
crite, and u foiger; using terms of 10
proach in connection with his naino
enough to make one'a blood run cold If ho
Is not nceustomeil to the vehement meth
ods of expression which pervade political
controveisy in Canada.
Tho Toronto Ulultc, undoubtedly the
most lntlueiitlul newspaper lu tho Domin
ion, continues toiucrt thut it Is prepared
to prove nil Its charges ngulnst Mr. Dodge,
and does not hesitate to o.xpresd tlio belier
that 11 rencgndo who turns nptlnst tho
lnnd ol his birth and holds Its Institutions
up to tho ridicule and contempt of thoso
with whom he has dwelt but A fow months
In order to Ingratiate himself in their eyes,
would bctmy his now country for .1 timber
limit or any other sufllcient bribe. If, as
the Qlolic alleges, Mr. Dodcik did forgo n
letter In which ho was recommended to
tho electors of North York Tor his eminent
Christian virtues nnd pious life, It was cer
tainly very foolish tu linn to address the
letter to tho Itev. Dr. IUmpey as coming
from a mutual friend, when Dr. IUmsev,
ns ho nvers, never saw any such letter, nor
know even of tho existence of tho person
whoso limn wm slgniHl to the document.
nils Is evidently a bad year for Phari
sees It all parts of North America.
Und Philanthropy.
So far a PresldentfJitAXT'Indlnn policy
means justice to tho Indian nud the pr
tcctlon of peaceably disposed tribes against
the lawless aggressions of racally whites,
it mu.-t meet 1 1 1 - approbation of all just
men. Uut If under a false pretence of phi
lanthropy tho management of tho abori
gines is made nn excuse for continual ne
gotiations with real or Imaginary bamUof
friendly and hotilo Indian', Involving
enormous appropriations for tho pureha-e
of worthless goods at extravagant prices
for the heueltt of the Indian Hlug, the case
becomes changed.
From all accounts the frauds In the ad
ministration of Indian nfiali-s wcro never
more tlngraut than they have been dining
the past four years, under tho worklug of
tho President's wonderful peueo policy,
which is professedly founded on tho liasls
of pure philanthropy. Uluukcts weighing
two and a (pjurter pounds each, costing tho
Government 11 pair, while single blan
kets, such as are issued to tho troops, weigh
Ilvo nnd 11 half pounds, and cost only W.O,
furnish an example of tho way lu which
both the Indians nud tho United States uro
swindled by tlio harpies who nro feathering
their nests from tho moneys appropriated
by Congress for currying out tho Presi
dent's policy. Isulng half blankets for
whole ones was one of the causes which led
to tho dUgruceful Modoo war; and from
nil tpiertcrs where there nro expenditures
on Indian account wo hear thesnmcstories
of fraud and dl.-honosty.
The Piochu Ihconl of Jan. SO describes a
train of annuity goods which had just ar
rived at that point, and which it says would
not bv accepted by any onobut a wretched
naked Indian us n free gift. Tltu blankets
were made from the very refuse of tho
woollen factory, nud were scarcely elo-e
enough In textuie to hold oats. And with
such trash It Is proposed to swindle tho
Indians lu payment for their lauds, while
tho publlo nro culled on to applaud tho
benevolent policy of President ( uant lu
deallm: with tho original owners of our
toll.
The President's Son.
Tho published orders lu relation to the
appointment of Lieut. (Iuant to serve
with tho rank and pay of a lieutenant
colonel upon tho staff of Lieut. -Gen.
Snr.iimAN ait) us follows:
- IlrAIXJUAVlHH )
"JtiuTABV wivmtuH 01 1111 Mtsorni,
"Liiitiuii, III.. JIjicIi li, im. )
"General Order 2. lite IoIIomIiiv i.a .! often
re aci.oui.c'it Iho pvrsoual ttair of Ike Lkulruul.
lulu rl ci'iuu.aiidlm: :
" l.icut ( ol..imk W. Fomttii. Mil.t .rr SurcUry,
" 1 1' ul I' ll. M. V. Xiei.iin, Aw l'ei't.
' I l.-Ul. ( .'1. I" 1.1 CKl'lrK I. 1 1 1! AST, Al(l".-'-.l'in,
" K njor (iioiiur. A. Konniiii, Nmlii UialeU SUtre
i ,!rv. I i Mllu AiU lit -i Jllip.
' Ivj 1 1 inn 4t.U f l.l ut. ucu, S.iKnimv.
"Jmu t. 1 Kl, Aillilnnl AilJuuulUcucral."
According to thU It appears that Major
(iuouuL A. r'oiisvTit has not been ordered
back to his regiment, as was reported, but
Is retained in Chicago us an acting nld-de-
canip. This retention, however, must bo
temporary, us tho law only allows two
ulds-de-camp to tho Lleutcnuut-Geucrnl,
Tho Inaocuraey In tho published report,
howe er, makes iiodlffereuuiiu thoiiaturo
of tho transaction so fur an tho President
is concerned. Young (Ihant Is u second
lieutenant in n regiment of cavalry. Ills
placo is with hla company wherever they
inoy be. There Is nothing either in tho
young man's chumetei or in Ins nutcce-
ilei'ts to Justify any favoritism towaid
him; but his lather being President, ho is
put upon Sii mil dan's staff, und lutteud ot
lighting Indians, attends balls und dinner
parties In Chicago, mid Instead ofdrnwlni;
a lieutenant's pay of M.coo a year, drawn
that of a lli'utennnt-eolonel, about iZ,WO.
This act of favoritism to his own son Is
crnevally regarded us dlxrediUiblo to
I'rcnidcnt (litAfrr, bgenuso It flnvf"hlsboy
from tho fatigues and exposuics to whloh
other young men, his. vomrndes, nro sub
JeeteoX nud shows- n disposition to gnup
after more of theiubllc money for one ot
his family.
It is a misfortune that tho Prmldent of
the United Htntes should bo so 111 advised,
und should ulluw himself tu be led Into
courses that briilg dishonor upon his high
ofllce.
At almot every sifslon of tho Ilrltlsh
I'nrllnnicr.t n Mil tor teirsMtlnirtho mitnlnir of
n Mower with the Bisters ot thrlr ilecc.-veil wives
Is inssoil by Urn Home of Commons, nnd Just as
rcuulatty It Is defeated In tlio Houso of Lords.
Tlio present scs.-lou of Pat lUuiint tins furuiod no
ex. eptlou to tlio usiinl rule. On tho l lth Inst,
tho bill eamo up hi tlio llouso of bonis fur n
seeonil rcullnu, after tiavtmr iacd tho llouso
of Coiiiniotis, which In different elons hns
Blvennolrss than forty divisions hilts favor,
and was defeated by a vote- of sefcntffour to
forty-nlnn. SniB of thn "farts" nJdili'ed liy
the opponents of tlio bill In support of thslr iir
Kiimriits wero as eurlmis ns the awiiue-nts
themselves. Uirl IIiulciiaup thought that If
this lilll was passed It wouM lead to further In
roads upon tho tahlo of prohibited drirreos, and
nilsht be mado astepplnit stonototho lcuallia
tlonof polygamy, and pi a the ATeio VurH Ttmeit
as authority for t tut stnlement that inarrlaKos
between men and their mothers-in-law wrro
tiecomhiK common In tho United States. Tho
Lord Chancellor, too, In tho eourso of a bitter
ns'ittilt upon the principle rmlmdlcd In tho bill,
held up the United states us a horrible examplo
of the evil etfects rrstiltlnir from lax innrtlnso
laws, Irntnnrln? the ese of n marrlnire perform
ed the other day by a dltlnculhed mlnlter,
whose name ho failed to Rive, between a crimi
nal who was about to be eiecuted and tho wife
of somebody else. Thore Is no doubt that
the country desires tho paMnco of such a
bill, as tho exNtlna law Is In conflict with
publlo opinion, and, It Is claimed, Is the
canto of a crcat deal ot Immorality. Until
the year ltd tho forking cIakih-s had always
beon free to contract theao inarrtaues. They
were only lllciral when an ecclesiastical court
had pronounced nitalnst them, and this formali
ty wm never eierchod except whero proporty
was Involved. Amonc tho masses custom had
saiirtloucd the practice, and I.itl-o numbers nt
audi nmrrlocca, whlcli by the proent law aro
void, am still contracted evrryyenr. Tilts fact
accounts for the pertinacity with which the
niea'tiro for permitting a iiinii to marry bis
deuoased wife's sister. If ho cluv, Is uracil
upon Parliament session after session; but tho
(ibKtlnacy with which the Lortls oppose It Is not
so easily explained. In tho end the Lords will
be obllirod to yield to the force of publlo opinion
In spite of all their prejudices.
Tlio Vienna Commissioners nro nlrendy
quarrelling over theConaresidonal appropriation
of JM'.WO. Tho law under which CoinmlHoner
Vax Ilt iikN and his aatlstanta were appointed
provided that tho Government should be In
volved In no expense on their account. With
thut uodcrstandlui: they accertcd. The law
mukhur tho appropriation ueiilectrd to clvo
them any pay.but provided for tho appointment
of (killed artisans, who wero to have only their
actual expends. An amuudment made In the
Senate has hern so construed, however, as to
allow tho use of .",0.000 for expense. While the
artisans aro to cet only 1,000 each, Van III hen
and his altunls propnac to divide tlio re
mainder amomr themselves. The artisans claim
that tho ."O.roo i for them, and that Van lli'itr.N
and company nro entitled to nothing. Thus tho
dbpute stands.
Those ngrlnilturi''ts who religiously be
lieve thai New York Is the worst and wealthiest
Place hi the world, may be astonished to learn
that Paris Is a crest deal worse otr In the way of
crime. A cane of boy bandits has been discovered
In the Krenrh metropolis, anil sixty rolibcrlea
and nssas'lnatloM traced homo to them. I'.vcry
fowda)M ImhIIih aro found floatlnv In the Helno
bearing wounds which Indicate violent death.
Btranscrs arc not safe, and go around at nUlit
In parties of three or more. If the pictures
drawn by Paris correspondent uro not too
hlchlv colored, that city must Le r.danceroiu
place for rldturs.
In the Canadian Parliament Mr .Tons A.
Maciion.U.D lias submitted anew election law
which provide that rleclloiu shall be held lu
all parts ot tho Dominion on the same.day, an
Innovation on the established practice there. It
also dellucs tho iiiallflcatlons for voters. In
cities n, person to vote, nccordlntr to this law,
must cither hold $00ln real estate, or part:u
per uuimm rent, or be n lesldent with (100 In
come. In towns tlio property quantisation Is
either In rest estate, 20 rental, or an In
come of $100. Outside ot cities und towns, to
vnto In a county a man must own a farm worth
tOO, or elso bo a tenant on a five years' leae ut
an annual rental of not leas than t-D, or hold a
homestead permit, or have an Income of $100.
The provisions against fraudulent voting aro
carefully drawn. A rcvlslne oflloer is to prepare
the voters' lists, which are to be open to public
examination. Objections to any of thn names
are to be sent to a Superior Court, after exami
nation, torn final decision. The old ienultv for
fraudulent practices Is maintained, and a fine of
am Is Imposed for treating a voter for elertlon
cerlng purposes. All expenses of election must
be paid by means of airents, who shall be bound
to hand In to the rcturuln: oftlcer a statement
In detail of the candidate's expenses, failles In
which they will be liable to a flno of t-M for
every day of delay. So provision Is made for
the use of the ballot, but It Is announced that If
Parliament should choose to I use it a c.lauso pris.
vldlnu for the ballot lu voting no nppotltlon will
be nude to such an itincuduuint.
The Cincinnati Comnirrenl speaks of
Mr. Li.iui' It. WASiiriuiiXE, of (Salens, now
illnliterto Purls, as the next President of the
United Stutesl Wo don't believe It. Wuuat
IlALSTnAli Is a creat deulmoro likely to be Presi
dent than Hum) II. Vafiiiiuhni", nud would
make u irreat deal better one. Under II siteaii's
administration the claims of Deacon lticiiAiiu
BuiTH, that truly cood mun, would be suitably
recognized. We aie for Sumi ; and as n means
of sccuilns Justice for him, we are willing to
upport HatjiTkaii.
Since that Union League banquet In Phil
adelphia, at which ten kinds of nine were so
liuirtlstlcally Jumbled together on the bill of
faro, President tl uant has been detained within
doors a Kood portion of tliu tlmo by Indisposi
tion rcsulthiE from tho frequent c!uii.' lu thu
weather.
If an American politician should be
urired as it sultnhlo candidate for (.'oncress ou
the Rroiind thai he was an expert In exccutlue
nlusHUdowu or u Vlrclnla reel, It can riully be
li'ialued howtho Unullsh papers would chuckle
oer Mich an evidence of republican Imbecility,
Hut ut a political mcrtlnic at Altrlucham, Vn-'-land,
ruccutly, Its chalruiau, In ndiocutluu' the
causo ut Col. LaiciuoN Lr.mil, una of tho can
didates for n seat In Parliament from Mid
Chcshlro.suld ho was told by a jounir lady who
appeurcd to luivo Kic.it practical experience that
there wns not In all tlio ball room a better
waltzcr than Col, Lkioii. Such n consideration
uddrcssod to voters muy not seem so unaccount
able, however, iif.cr woman suffruse Is cstali.
llshed In r.nfluiol.
Mr. Iln.Miv Uiuion Is offended ul Iho
mutilation which his bill, tlvlin: uibltrury
powers of arrest to the Society for the Pruven
tlon of Cruelty to Animals, haa received ut thu
huuds of tho Assembly' Judiciary Committee,
The act as Introduced would huve Klvcn the
society supreme control over all tho cuttla and
small children In tho SPite, und It hiw been very
properly hiiisiiiIimI by HtrikliiK out the moro
aibltiary provisions.
Will tho decree or tho Spanish Cortes
abolishing slavery In Porto lll. o bs rcirwcted
und executed In that Island? Kor years pot
the hIuvo trador.s of Cuba have been able, while
urof Maine o nominal ulloul&uce to Spanish an.
thorlty, to prcrent tho execution of provtou
luwnaml orders of tlso Bpanlah Oovcrnnvnf,
and It remains to bo eecn whether they have
not sull'irlcnt power In Porto Illoo to bid de
fiance to tho homo Rovernmont even there.
We yesterday received fho following let
ter from a gonlleman who has becomo conspicu
ous In oonneellon with the revelations respett
hni the clmiiKO In tho Erie Hallway Company,
consummated last year under the ostcimlblo
management of Major-Osn. 1). M. Hicki.bsi
To Hit nuiorof llif Hn.
"siat onthasih lam. yon rntUl"' a psrspsph In
your iilitorl.il eolnmm plrlnn Me. H. I U. llsiw
rtnlii for havliiK tcuucuT tl.o amount to be palil lo sir.
basic anil myeelt. for control f the erle itallrr.tii.
Inini a uilllluo and a half to three hundred I hum sod
douses. . , . .
" Tisday yon print Mr. Dasio. e version of Its affair,
haelni; iircvlotiely atven mine
n II jmi he cihxI enmi-h to tell your rrai er wlielher
yonr orlnlnn ol Mr, 11a mow's conduct remains un.
cBaosed t 1 remain, air, f althfnlly jours,
" w. Ar.cuDALL O Delimit! .
" Xw Voss, 55th March."
As tho evidence stands, Mr. Link otTcrcd to
sell nud deliver J at loui.n to tlio Kiillali stock
holders for tl,uO0,O00 ; but beforo tlio stockhold
er:! woulil trade they rotatned Mr. IIaiu.ow as
their lcirnl adviser. In that capacity ho drew up
a memorandum or contract spoclfvlne what was
to bo dono by Mr. I.VNr! and his friends, but
leavhur blank the sum to bo paid thorn; and
this blank Lssr. himself filled up with ,100,000,
Instead ot 1.100,000. This cliatigo In LANU'S
views nnd exactions from tUMftM down to
(010,000 was brought about after Sir. IlAlilxjW
was employed, whether by his direct advlcoor
by his loading Lank to tho conclusion that If ho
Insisted on more the schemo would fall to tho
irround, does not appo.ir. Hut hi either case It
seems plain that Mr. llAlluro sorved his clients
faithfully and well In an affair in which they bad
millions at etako.
Tho bill Introduced Into the Assembly
by Mr. IIi.ickik, providing for tho erection of a
now city prison In either tho Seventh, Klevcnth,
or Thlrtoenth Ward, should be acted upon
promptly. I'-ach day's delay may bo death to
some unconvicted prisoner.
Ask the Institute ot Architects how It
happens that Church street, narrow and onceun
sluhtly, has become a street of palaces, and you
will- Innrn that the credit of tho gratifying
transformation Is due to a sIukIo Intelligent
builder. Ills name Is unkown, but ho may bo
styled tho CouiMUUH of tho Fifth Wnrd-for his
discovery of land there mado tho word tho
stateliest In tho city. It was tho discovery, In
tho renl.-n between Chambers street and Walker,
of n deep bed of dry sand, so dry and so deep
that tho builder felt himself ablo to dig to any
required depth for cellars and sub-cellars.
Forthwith Church street Ix ran to riso In cream
stone, raarblo, and Iron. Tho levelling up of tho
Btyglan purlieus of the Tombs to the elevation
of Ilroailway and Omham square offers an
other fine field for builders. For If they fill tho
existing sewers, ana, makiuz new sowers on ino
present street surface, fill In with fresh earth and
build tho new pavements' at tho height required
to carry a straight lino acroa from Leonard
street to Chatham square, they will get prartl
cully the unsurpassed cellar room of the Fifth
Ward, without the deadly miasms of the pres
ent Sixth,
Well, Ci.avtow of Arkansas Istoesrnpe,
He will bo a fit companion for Paitkiison of
South Carolina and Jonls nt Nevada. What
would these recently clocted Christian states
men do without sonic one to Inltlato them Into
Hie mjsterics o" Senatorial llfo?
avjo vnxiinxr or nn: nkxatj:.
Aa invrailmlloa Ordered on the Mnulcct of
Transportation lletiircn the lulrrlar nud
Ihe raloaril-sriint.ir railrraeu'a lie
frnee Ordered on Flic.
Wamiinhton, Mnri'li 20. Mr. Carpenter
was selected as President pro dm. of tho Senate
dur'.iu the absence of the Vice-President.
On motion of Mr. Morton (Hop.. Ind.) It was
resolved that the Committee on Privileges and
Flections, heietofore Instructed to Inquire Into
thr most practicable mode of electing President
nud Vice-President, have leave to hold their
aeslons lu Washington or ebewherc.
Mr. Anthony (Hep., It. I.) offered n resolution
calling on tho Socretury ot tho Interior to report
to tho Senate at the nest session the rea'on
why tho pneumatic tube to connect the Capitol
with the Government Printing Ofllce has not
been completed; how much money has been
expended on the same, nnd all the facta con
nected therewith. Mr. Anthony said that there
was onlv a hole nn the north of tho C.ipltol to
to show anything of thn tube, and It was not
known whether there was money rnouglt to 111)
It up. The resolution was adopted.
TUB IIA1MIOAIIS AMI TUB POSTAL RKRVICE.
Mr. Wlndoin (Hep., Minn.) called up the fol
lowing resolution bvretntore affered by hbn :
AV-orA', Tliat tlie f eleet Committee on Transport,
tlrvu Itoules to the Hrnboarit tw anttinrliuHl to alt at inch
ptseea a tl.ey may ilcstiraate Uurluir th reeesa, an4 to
Inve.tU-ate ami report uroi the tubjetof transports
ili.n letwern the Interior ami Ihe m aboard i thai they
ha' poner In eiai.Uiy a ilerK anil ateuecranhiT aud to
seiiit lt.r tH.A'itshu.t pipers, bud that luc actual and
neeessary e spei ses aiti nrfmu .cell Investigation he psid
nul or Hi" eimllevent fund or the tleoate. uiKin voiMti.
era apr-nivi-U h) Ui hairiusii ut asld coinmiltee.
After debate the resolution was iinanlmously
adopted.
Mr. Morton referred to the fact that at the
commencement of this session Itev. Dr. New.
man wa elected Chaplain; that Senator Camer
on afterward moved to reconsider tho vote, but
promised tu withdraw his motion. The Senator
not now being In Washington, boaskud the t-'-en-ale
to dispose of the question.
The Senate then voted, refusing to reconsider
the vote.
mi: crs.THAi. PAriric iioxps.
Mr. Casstrly (Ilciu., Cal.) offered the following
resolution, which wot adopted i
r.fnlrrtl, Tlul the Si cntsrr of tlie Treamry ana f erre.
tary of llin Int. tier report hely be, and Ihey sredlrret.
edlotr.irur.ill tutlie Stnjte any lnIor.i.a(lu:i In their
respective drpntinienis a lo the amount of bonds la.
su-'d h) or on the credit of ll,e i entrsl pacific ltsttroad
Louiimtiy, foruiiCR a arm morlKuce or nu on Ihe corn,
psny resit asd property, and en ilist property eptil
r.esllyt and also tlie ainotilits of aald lHMids b-ued froni
lliue lo lime, at.it at aim dates tliey a'crc bsueil t und
als-i to ascertain and report tinder ahat general deitg.
liatlon surh bends are commonly necnilaledor klionn,
and to IraiiStrlt all the raid Information, br tuirtt uoivn
to the I. .ten nte. to I ic senate at Iho to:nmcactu.eul
ot Uie nritacMlou ot Lammas,
lLi-SIUAT01t J'AITrjlSO.N'S fAUI'UI.rT.
Mr. Morrill (Maine) offered an amendment to
the pending resolution J Mr. Anthony, relative
to rx-rtvliator Patterson, ss follows !
That tho pamphlet entitled "(llitervatlnaa on the He.
rottof ll-e Conuiutlee of the heaate Kisnecllo Ihu
redit Miih'.ller of Amtrita, ny J. IV. I'auersoo," be
rreelted, Dltd, and printed a iUi Ihe r lvort uf aald coin
imtlte. The resolution us thus amended va pr.ssed.
riXAt, aiijoi'ixmi:nt.
On motion of Mr, Anthony (II. I.' It was re
solved that the President of the Henale. ut I
o clock to-uat, ueciuie tau muiuo luijoiirneu
fine iffe, and on lib motion a commlttc ut three
was appointed to wait on l'resiilent Unmt ai.d
inform him that unless ho bad further commu
nications to make they ere ready to rtdjouni.
'I ho Chair appointed Mrsrrs. Anthony, Morton,
anil Chsseilysiieb committee.
Ihehin.uc nt 1:10 o'clock went Into executive
session.
ciisiNO scrNrs.
At ,'l:'-'5 P. M. the doors wcro opened, and the
commuto iippolntea to wait upon the l'lesidetii I
leiHUled the) had iwrformrd that iluly.nndthut
tho l'resliient Informed tlivm Im had no lurthcr
commiinicutloiis to miike to tho bcnale. I
Tho Chulr nppnlnted MrHsrs, Mitchell and '
Davis ns tho uudltlotml members of the Felctt
Lotiiuilttee on Transportation.
On motion of Mr. Muektoii (Kew Jerse)) It
wus resolved thut the thanks of the Senate were i
uuiuiiuiously tendcrud to Vice-President Wilson
for, I"; ubilll). courtesy, and luumrtliibtv with
which ho hud presided over Its dolllicralloiis.
1 ho Hinalu then adjourned sine ifli.
The l'liipnieil Ansuiniuloii of Stole Ilrbla br
Iho l eileiul (ioveruiiieul,
lIlCIIHOM), March 21. A Joint roiolullon en- '
dorslng C.ov, Walkcr'a plan for Ihe axumpllou by the
Federal lluvernnient of tliu debts of Hie Statin hai
pi.nped bnlh llimnesor ll.fl (lenerul Absellilily, and llif
tlovernoi has lieeu Instructed lo teraMrd copies ol tlv
r soluituu and hla messsiia uu the aubject to Uie beul
laturis uf Uie several fclap s.
Mil pci v l.ola l:iei tei! In Wvalrbealr'.
llidfonl, Moses 7. Fish, Hsp, Coiirtljnd,
Cofflu H. Ilroa u, Drill, nstcbcUr, l'.llai lluaunbcrry,
Dviii. Urienburg, A. O, Wlhea, Hem. Harrison, lid
Whirls, beni. KlussbrK'ee, Aug. Mcl'.wen.Di in. beats,
boro, luukl Huut, Ih'p. MotiUauia, Willis, n Cauld
well, Dcui. Ml, 1'luuunl, Jwpli brgiitst, lino.
Mauiaroueck, Clui. nieraey, llep. Kewraslle, Frank
M, Carpenter, Itep. Nose ltocbelte, tied. W. Davids,
Dun. North Castle, Jj. Ilopklus. Pep. North Sal, ill,
Odje floaii. Kep. (Htslning, John ltoa, Hem. Pelluin,
II. Ileifi tnnn, .n, t'onnilriillte, Ilsnlel lloekwell, Ken
Ityr, lieu. VVesiley.liep. HcarsiUlo, Srank I ecor. D' l'i,
ho.nera, , Jubu (.arniutrr. Itrn. MeHcliavter, lluiili
la liiiv.neni Ve-it Wnm, John flcastuz. Hem. Vhflu
jl.dua. K, li, fcutlrl.iad. Itep, Yoiiaera, t;has. li,
Puarnuirry. Ilea, urktown, John II. Toinr llm.llem.
Ttnibo.u-d will stand eleven i;epub.U;ai. lo louituu
DeuiocraUi
5KCKETS OK PACIFIC MAIL.
V H JiSIH I! XT Al.niiXJl.HTQOKWlil-Vli
11,140,000 UQltiaAUU.
Tho IlossnSetlnic fllnehlne WotUaln rtrlilue
isart t'ledvenl lolhe l'uclflu .Hall HtcumsUlp
'ompan-Vlml the IHreclore' srerrt
.Sleellas Mnant-A Quit Claim Deed,
Mr. Aldcn II. Stockwcll Is Trcsldent of
the I'aolOc Mall Steamship Company. II Is
likewise tho principal stockholder In tho Howe
Hewing Machine Company, nnd controls tho
policy of that corporation. Ito and his brother
own upward of tin co-fourths of the stock, and
thus wield an Immense power over the fortunes
of tho company.
It being rumored that tho manufactories of
tho llowofcwlng Marhlno Company had been
mortgaged by Mr. Htockwell to the Pacific Mall
Company for $1,1(0,000. n reporter was despatch
ed to Investigate. Tho magnates In Wall street
wcro axcoodtuKly reticent. Some of them de
nied that tho rumor had any foundation, others
had never heard of It, und a few hinted that tho
rumor was true, but refused to give tto report
er any clue by which ho might gain tho whole
story. What he learned In Wall atrset was that
m mortgage of tho llowo Company was given to
tho Pacific Mall on or about tho 4th ot March,
and that It was executed to socuro tho company
for stock advanced to pay Uould by President
Btockwell.
It may bo remembered that on Tuesday, tho
4th of March, a special and so ere t meeting ot tho
Directors of Pacific Mall was held lu their ofllces
lu Wall street. Ilrokers and rcMjrtcra tried to
gain Information about tho proceedings of tho
meeting, but tho Directors refused to give any
bint. It was said that tho object ot the meeting
was to Investigate certain official acts of Presi
dent Btockwoll. and tho stock ot tho company
roso about 3 per cent, lu the Kxchange on tho
strength of this rumor. It now turns out that
Mr. Stockwcll at that meeting gave tho corpora
tion twelve ritOMissony Norr.s.
for from ono to twelve montlts, drawn by thn
Howo Sowing Macblnu Company, to tho amount
offl,H0J), nud a mortgage to tint amount of
tho cntlro property ot the company as collateral
security.
" You see," said Ihe only broker who was at
all rommunlratlve, Mr. Utockwell has been a
great loser lu his late slock speculations. Ito
became Indebted over a million dollars to Jay
Gould, and to settle this account ho turned over
to (lotitd stock in tho Pacific Mill and tho rona
nia llallro.vl. Then to secure the company of
n hlch ho Is President he executed this mortgage
on tl.o Howe Machine Company, and It was ac
cepted by tho directors at the famous secret
meeting. This transaction Is balng kept quiet,
as I lieliove. In order that a pool may be formed
In Pacific Mall. You will find that the next pinle
In the Uxchange will lie created by the rapid
rlsoof this stock; audit I am not greatly mis
taken Stockwell will make all he has lost In this
glgantlo Job."
Having sifted Wrll street to his utmost power,
tho reporter went to 11 ridge port to verify or dis
prove tho story of the mortgage. The property
of tho Howo Bowing Machine Company Is situ
ated near tho railroad In Urldgc port, and con
sists of three large brick manufactories nnd
nbouttwonty dwelling houses. The land, build
ings, machinery, and fixtures aro valued at nearly
two million dollars. Kmployiucnt Is given to
two thousand iersons, and the company's as
sets nn pantr arc estimated In Ilrldgcport at
tc.oon.mi.
In thu Town Clerk's ofllce the reporter found
A ni.aiiii) or TIIK MOIlinAOK.
It was executed on tho 1st of March and sent to
Itrldgeport tor record on tho 4th of the snnie
mouth. Tho following are the salient points In
the document :
To all people lo whom these presents abalt come,
tKnoaye.that the llowo Sewlnir Machine Company, a
rsdy eorporato under the laa-s of thn Mate of Connec
ticut, located In tho city uf llrldzeport. In Falrfl'M
rouiiiy, in t aid state, for theeoniluerstloti of 1 1,1 Ua 0,
received to Its full tatittsetlon from Aldenll. Sloes
well, ef Ihe cllyof New York, doth glvr, grant, sell,
bsnrsln, an I ronflrni unto the Pacific Mail Me insiap
CoiunsnT.a le,ly eorporato under the taa of lie' State
ut New Voik, duLig business In the said city of New
York ;
All ihose certain parrels ft I ml situated In laidelty
of Pridceport, sail the uianulsetoriea and da lUng
hrnii, Handing tacreou, bouuiid and described a.
fol.oai: . ,
A full description of the property and Its
b viindarlea Is hne Inserted.
Together alth aald manufactories and btilldlns. ami
the icinrs. boilers, and all the shaltluirs, han '-r,
pullrja, belting, ntrnni.es, and aater plpa,and o her
l-TMui i nl futures, and all lie machinery, tools, anil
luipliiuruli of iverr description situated aud u.ed la
each uf said manufattorie and btuldiufrs.
And alo all the rights and privileges of the said Ilna-e
Michtae company, nnuer ufl ana any ratents, natiut
r'.iihta. and licenses, and however acquired, to manufac
ture aald sewing machinca.
ro have and to hold lb- above muted aud iMiyalned
premises, v, ilh the apparleiisecs thereto, unto Ihe an Id
granter, lis aaeeiisora and as-lgua forever, to lis and
their proper use and tKhoof,
s s
And fnrthermorr. th aald rrsntnr.tlis Howe Machine
Compnny, rtolti, by these presents, bind Itself and Us
nrvr.ura futevrr to warrant and defend tho above
J ranted and bargained premise to the said grantee Ihe
settle Mtl Steamship LVmpaar, Us ocerseors and as
signs, against all claims and demands whatsoever.
ihe condition of Una deed la ouch that, whereas the
said lloao staehlne (Vwicany Is Justly Indebted lo tlie
ssld Allen II. Sloekwell in the sum of tt.lf.yui. aa e.
tcnrid by their twelse prompsory notes of even date
herea 1th, and payable to order of said Aldcn !!. stock.
aril, nt the ufilceof ttr Howe Machine Company, o
llrojdway. New Vork i eleven of such notes b-luir for
the sum of IIOVvO each, pa)sble lu one, two. Iliree,
fonr. Of e, sis. aoveu, right, nine, teu, and eleven inorati
afterdate reefM-ctlvt lj. ntdnneof said notes lelng for
tfesiunof leVI", pstalib twelvn loonths afterdate.
Kow, II wlJ notes shafl bepaldaccorllugto Ihelr tenor,
then this deed shsli be veld t otherwise to remain of
full force aud effect.
In uih'ltlnii to the above document, and toglve
It full effect, Mr. btockwtll executed the follow
ing Ql'lT 11.A1U iu:i;ii
of all his Interest In the premises described.
This was done under tho laws of Connecticut,
where n deed of this kind Is equivalent tu a
transfer ot the mortgnge :
Know all men by these presen's fast t.Aldsu II. Stock
wrll of the cur of Ncsr lotk, count) and Mate of M a
Vork, for thr ronslderst'on of fl.ll 'Jie, received to my
full sUsfaetlrn.ot Ihe racier VallMcaiiihliifoiipany,
a corporation organised tind-e the laas of the Stale of
)ew York, and having U- oWcea and rrlncpal plaie of
business in tta; city ot New York, do by mean presents
Ieuitse. release. and forever quit rlaliu unto the. aslu
'acinc Mall SleaLiihlp Company, Its sucesacrs and
assigns foiever, all right, title. Interest, rlsfn. and
demand whatrvrr, which 1, the suld rrleasi r. have ur
ought tu have In the following diserlhcd rt rates, lo
alt
to l.are and lo l,o',d thr premises, w th all the appiir
tt-immc. unto thr said releasee, Ita inrcesots a,d
ass'gus lurev er. an tnat neillu r thu said reles-or nor bis
beln, nor any person under haa ur thein, shall hrn nfter
have any clalnMicht, or title In or to the prenilsea or
anv part tnrrrnf.but Iserefrom I am end they are by
these present f orert-r birred and secluded.
In wllnei s whereof 1 base hereunto tet my baud aad
seal the id day of March, A. D. IfS.
A I urn II. Etockwili. stuu ,
Staneil, sealed, ami d( lire red lathe presence of
t It's, N C1TLKTOX,
si II. Cscoozo.
Tho conditions of this deed are the same as
those attached to the one ubuve, Ktltl further
to secure tho Pacific Mnll Company, an nssl'.'n-
ment of the mortgage undrr the laws of the
State of New YorK was executed by Mr. Stock
well, and theao three documents, with the
twelve promissory notes of the Howe Sewing
Mnchluu Company, me In po'csslon ot the Pu
rine Mnll Stcaiuslilti Company.
Tho feeling In Ilrldgcport over this extraor
dinar)' ninrteteiu Is vt-r) marked nud expresses
Itself In Imll'.tiant protests. Mr. storkwrll bus
never been a ftporlte with his employee, and It
Is said that lnt month the company, of which
be Is v I n null) tho head, paid thu men oul) half
their wajes. Thoso who wero
Mir SAT.M'irn
with the motuly vvern luld In full and Imtusdl
ulcly illsehaiued. Tho men suv that since Mr.
Hti.ukvrell tissuined the reins the hushics bus
been gulng to ruin, and now this luoittni.-e ot
the propeily, whloh U well known lu Ilrldgc
port, ulthoiigh strenuous efforts huve U'cn made
to keep it scrrtt.h is druvvn n hovvlnf ilbcontent
from tlie workmen. With tho nioncji'd men of
Ilrldgcport the ciimnany Is still erv popular and
considered a coimI Investment. Several enpltal
l.ta last m .nth otTcrcd to buy up all the debt ut
u fair Interest, but the c.Tor Was peremptorily
declined.
The prerlse way In which this mortgage was
engineered the reporter found it impo.sllile tu
discover. It Is snld lu Ilrldgcport that Stockwell
controlled the stuck and voted himself the
inortgnve for over a million dollars, However
tlila rjuy be, it la certain that thu Howe Machine
Company Is pledged to pav fl.ltO.dul on Mr.
Stoekweir uciount to thu Purine Mall Hteaiu
ship Ciiiniuuiy beforo tho 1st uf April, IK7I.
A new mortgage, embracing the iilinvn points,
hut couched lu more cxtenddd phrnicologv, vrus
forwariled to llridgeport for reooid )Cstorduy.
A Mm on Debate In the 1'rrncli .ariiitilr,
l'Aiiw, March 2d. Thero was u etoriny debate
In tlie National Asstiuuly this sltenioon, gniwlug uut
of a proposal to tlx Mnnds) next as tho ilsy for dUeuv.
slon upon Iho l.y:us Municipality hill, iho Lett
strongly pr'tct'ed agmust the a loptiou ot tliu piorio .
l.ou. nud upuu iho (tight lusUlln.', vvllhdrsa from the
ihauibcr.
Aliolher Alluiilic Cable.
LtHIKiN, Mnrch St). The Minister of Publlo
Wf rahss sikrd the Tories lo ratify a icneeslon for a
cable between Portia.-. land the United BUIes, tauclilng
tlgued lod'jj' Tb1 C1";,rtM, 'J'ult IbesabUwa!
1H Tit II I!XI AVVHQAVllIXO t
ITorgery Added lo oilier Crlinta-WaKblng-louC'crilflciiles
of Indebtedness- Iteport of
Ileuvv I'nrgcrlesof tlieec Cerllllealea.
Correipoudence of The Pnn.
AVasihnotok, Mnrch 2T. Tlio bwl exutn
ample set tho criminal papers ot this city by
President Orant's Hoard of Publlo Works, of
plundering tho people wlthlmpunltynnd setting
law at defiance, Is already beginning to bear lbs
natural fruit, forgery, aa Is now currently re
ported, Is to Iss added to the crimes which haw
under (IranCs Administration, given this dis
trict an unenviable notoriety abroad. Itsccms
to have been the ambition ot this board, com
posod Itself of dosporato men, to draw around It
all tho knaves aud fools Washington has been In
fested with for the last twenty years. The object
of this was painfully obvious to any honest and ,
rlght-thlnklng man. If then this report, which
has been In circulation for sovoraldajs, that for
geries ot "cortlflcalesof Indebtedness" to a very
considerable utuoulit have been discovered,
should turn nut to he true, It will only ben fit
ting senuel Ut the crimes whU'h , hove hern per
petrated by the board Itself ngnlnat tho people
of this city.
IIOni'R CKIlTirlCATtS.
The vory largo number of these "cer
tlflcates ot Indebtedness," Issued by tho
board lo contractors aud others, has for soino
time past attracted the nttcntlon of bankers nnd
brokers, mnliv of whom have been doing n largo
mid nctivo business In these securities. It Issnld
that moro than two millions of dollars worth of
theso securities have been put afloat ill tills city
within tlio last three months, a considerable
number of which nre bogus. A very latgc,
amount of thee certificates have been putchaed
by middlemen at fifteen, twentr, nnd as high its
thlrtv per rrnt. discount, nnd aro now held by
the .Metropolitan nnd Pirst .National banks, and
the Freedtiitin's Savings mid Trust Company.
The peculiar conditions and rato of discount
under which they came Into tho possession of
theso bunks Is not publicly known. The moro
cautious bankers, such ns Lewis Johnson & Co.
and Hlggs & Co., have always distrusted these
serurlllts, and Indeed would not touch theni
with a ten-foot polo. These bunkers hnvo eon
tended that they wero Irregular, and Issued tn
drllance of Inw. Hut It must bo remembered
that nearly everything tho Hoard of Public
Works li.n dono has beon lu defiance of law. In
truth. It has been the boast of Shephard. tho
Vlcr-Prrsblent of the bonnl. that he "could do
as ho d d pleased," antl that bo has done as hr
"dd pleased." and with the sanction of Iho
President of the Culled States, who has looked
on and smnkml his cigar, has been too painfully
apparent lo tho people who hava to pay for It.
liisnumi.NO tiik rum.ic rvsn.
In regard to theso eertlflratcs of Indebtedness
It seems tliey nro not certified to by eltlicr of tho
regularly authoilzcd accounting utile jrs of the
District (liivcnunent- tho Auditor 'nd Comp
troller. These officers, both gentlemen of wall
known Integrity, seeing how recklessly accounts
for work und material were being brought In nnd
tho public funds disbursed, refused positively to
certify many uf tlio accounts, mid for Just and
sufficient reasons. They were In several rasci
railed to pass upon accounts for work which
they had proof lu their possession had not been
done. Thereupon the tiourd appointed on
auditor and romptrollrrof Its onu. Just as it had
brfore apjKilnted ono of Its own members
treasurer. Kow all theso ofllces are Illegal and
unknown to the law. Tho men selected
tor these important ouiccs ny tuo uoaru
wrro Its most subservient tools, obscure
persons, unknown to the people of this
District. In tilts way, tlio tmard set Itself
above and lndeiendentof all legalized authority,
held Itself responsible to no ono, and udontlng
the principle of the highwaymen who had se
cured the plunder, claimed the right to do
with It as they pleased. Having plundered and
oppressed the people of this District until there
was nothing more lo plunder: nud having plun
dered the Trrasurv of Ihe United States of more
than four millions of dollars, and that with tho
aid of the Porty-sccond Congress, they stub
bornly refuse to glvo an account of what tbey
have done with tho money. Tncy have set up
n system of thnlr own, on the highwaymen's
model, and set Justice and public opinion at do
llanco. If tills is not u personal, frresponitlilo
government, a monar by of the very worst ktnd,
under the vrn shadow of Iho dome of tn Capi
tol, I should lll.o to know what It is.
LOOSE ASD HL'CKLESS.
If theso things can ho done, ami the President
looks on and sanctions them. Is It any wondor
that forgeries should lie committed, and that
the criminal claused should Slid an excuse for
their acts In the Immunity given tn those III
authority to commit crimen of much greater
magnitude? In speaking to one of our leading
bankers this morning about tho repeated forge
ries of these certificates of Indebtedness, he
said nothing was more easy, and be had only
been surprised that It bnitnot been done before,
considering ibo lore and very reckless manner
in which the Hoard uf Publlo Works had eon
dueled all Its liusinens. Thai eiiminsls short er
than themselves should luko advantage of It
was not surprising. It Is Usu rcporlcil that n
considerable number of theao certificates have
been negotiated lu New Yotk and Philadelphia.
If this lie true the holders haU better look to
their genuineness.
A YVhltr Itllfliltn.
)wu Me Ihmtr yvi.iet.
Mr. .1. T. Morgan ubout a week ugo,
wl.lla out hunting on the head of thn Itepuli
llcan, killed a white bulTalo. the hUle uf wliich
he brought tu Denver, and Is having It stuffed
and mounted by Rudolph llorcherdt, taxider
mist. This Ik tho tint Instance of a will to
buffalo having been shot by n white man, so far
ox we have ever heard, though the Indians havo
occasionally found one. Mr. Morgan has boen
constantly engaged lu bunting for several years,
and this Is the first white butfido he ever saw or
ever hei'-rd ot during that lime. The buff :lo Is u
yearling, and perfectly white-no colored spota
appealing upon blm. Mr. Morgan has been of
fend tuufor It (tnco he ainvcd here.
Dissolving the Diuiocrarr.
n''iAn'7to i f 'T.'ripo.'i'feri -eofAe Chh-ago TVis'iie.
Turtles who huve conversed with Ror,
Hendricks nud other leading Democratic poli
ticians from Indiana now In tills city, say that
the leaders of the Democracy tn thai State have
concluded lo abandon the ancient oiganlzullon,
and to form a new liberal party bated on tun
living Usues oi the day.
!rii. ('iiiib)'a Uniiltatnrtoi r Interview with
I'epl. Jueb.
WASlilxriTOX, March 8. Tlie following de
spatch has Wen received from tlen. Canny, dated Van
Preiner's IUnrh, Modor county, Msrrb 21 1
Arrornpanled by Col. tJIUrui, 1 had su unsatisfactory
Interview wlttil'apl. .lack )et,rdi) uflirnoon, lu tl.u
iitlghhuihood of las caiap. 'the result conDrtaed the
lintreslon previously reported thai the war fiction Is
still predoue'iaut. Cspt, Jack's deiaeuor lstbatof a
111..U under duress aud afraid to eihlntt Ids real teillnxs.
Impertunt questions aire evaded or not arsaircdal
all. The aubstance of all thst could lie. elk Ited from
blm was, that lie did Mit vcunl lo bvht t tvat the lava
bedaaau bad place, and last bqwantid tocotulits
home uo Iaist river. Ho wanted nil ot the soldiers
moved out ot the country. If an) body wanted Uitslk
loliuti, tluy must route to the riiup, and it anything
was to be done for Mat. It must be done ther.
The mrcllugof )csterde) ass aril) aieiaentsl. as I
hid not Intend, d to r.Htiniuutcatc ivltb Cspt. Jack until
Inr troops were in itulr new po.liluu. I, tit the confer
ciue mi invited bv the Indian, and aaa ncc ptcd. As
brat arranged. ( spt. Jatk end scnnthln John, the
securd claer, aai to have met Col. tililcm and in) self,
but when ac reached the place we lound that the a ar
faction had snbuitutrd (fiitr leader for sconchln, no
runht for the purpose ef wsletlu t apt. Jack and seeing
thai be. did not reiuiiiil lilinsell tnit.eir prejudice. 'Ihe
tmopsarci.ua moving tutu Ihelr p sliious, und alieu
they nave rcsrhcl them, co.anranlcjlloti may agutn be
opined with ll.c Mudevs, wllh thu bopi ol bet. rivsulit.
Cotitrssliig ilir Murder ofhl Mmlirr.
Ciiicaoo, March at. William I.. l.anj.ton, ram
of the tged womsn alio, wtlh the little glil, Mury I. a I
era. living with lur, was found murdered lu her bed
rcceutiy near raradiir, t'o'et (outity, III., has confessed
to I llling both of Uu :n. nud accuses hlsvvlfe nianac
irssorv. banotonlsln Jul awaiting trial. Tlie only
tnolive be aM,rua lor the crane u hn iutliitlou nnd
persuasion ul Ids wile. v,liu i.evcr li id plcaiant ft clings
iuaard the old l-ilt. In addllluii tu thu, it li probaule
that Lahiisieu st.d hp. v. Ili arr.' soiiieiibat ovir
snxlotisto git iA.aNi,lun of llulr mother's propert) .
There Is a vi r) strung lie'hv ag.,trat Iho murder nn
llie iicUlihorhoud, aud, lad la not I u liiuotid b)
er.i'is, he irobsbly amid havo uc Hid suiuinsry
JlKllll.
Itiihrsoii nn Acting r-i-rremry of Wiir,
Wabiiimi'ion, March L'J.-'ll.u iue.tiuti ns to
whether, under li e eslstlag laws, (leu. Shrruian could
Im Aclhig fctcw tary of W sr during i'iu ubseuce of bee
retary llelkitsp, who 1-aves to.eiuirou In coitipuiy
with t.en. Shi-rldau t' ln-tc'l the t.r.ltary po-ls of the
Department of the Missouri. I as life snimuttcd to
Atttirni'v-lieiii rsl William, and l.c dicldes nut tinder
an act oi IH'l to ofl'.cer nt the .lriny cm h.dii sity civil
pi.iin,i, sod inst In es,e he ones so, h torihalili
eMi lo Pi an oilleer of the ar.uy. (.en. sucniian a ili
coiiCMUeial not seiveusMeieluryof v sr dm ,ug the
nPi iiieor i.eti. Uclutup, sud the Pr ..U i,l l,s in ,i
nuiiu b crttsr) 1,'ubcson lu uct In that cap-city.
Three Children lliii'oeil to llenth.
DltuiiIT, March at). The houe of Henry Pr
trr,at lirsas Point, six inllet trior, here, uatburntd
last nluhl whllr Peters and his wife u crc abseut, Kour
ch l heu aire hi Ihe bouse. The oMrst, iif-d II, e.
CJ'il, but r in hick lo thr burning house to rescue le r
)Mtiuger s"is. Mi sdsed them, und am nuiii d to
till) li. mii oul, hut was overcome by tliv und suiokr,
nud was i ll .lived In rtelf by the rflnrttut u. la' burs
vvliii were railed lo Ihe spot bv Inr siT"ania. All II
i lo.dri ii I ui Uu old-at perl. licit. ud I'm litter Is uaiilv
b.irn.d 'l i e f.re Is supiuued lo have bvi.ii tuurcd I )
Ihe buisilug ot a Ucroseno lamp.
Auolher Illlorl lu llii'ciit (M.iil-toiie,
I.OMHIX, March Jii. Another etrorl In defeat
tlicUuvcnmient was tnido In tholfi.uveof (.omnium
llils atternoon on (lie pasnjte lo Us second rending of
the Itiirlsls lull, Tho allemiit, however, proved iinstie.
cesslul.aud the s.rouil reading aa carried by a vo.e
ol ;MJ against -il.
l'or wire screens for doors and vv nil.'W- go In
I., jt, ami. I. lorrcy's, 164 Pultun street, near Pr idw y
Tlie Mutual IlcneBt Savings llsnli In the Run
eluding oners msay advsutsgi i tu slrpesllora. Jde.
SAYING Tllli BOLL'S II HAD. I
xitKiu: it t'X intuit ritovsAyn not,.
unH ix xr.r uracil.
The llnnk In be ltcorg liiWed tituter n Ciimnili
tee) of SteM-kholdrrfs-Tlia Old (lluell-to
be Kicked Out.
ThositlMiOininittoootstoeltlioltlerj of tho
Hull's Head Hank met yesterday In President
Williams's private room. Tho depositors' com
inltteomouwaltedanxlouslywlthoutuntll about j
half past 12. Then bulb bodies conferred, and
It was evident from tho oxptc-lons on thei
faces of thoso Interested In tho bunk that thero
was a prospect of saving It.
At ,1 o'clock tlio stockholders tact In the Aali
lantl Hotioe. Marshal Sharpo said that United
States Hank llxainlner C. A. Mclvs had a state-, i
incut to rend. Mr. Meigs had almot flal-hed
his examination of Iho vaults, and had asccr- 1
tallied that tho deficit was about $0,00) less than
tho ctBhlcr's exhibit hcrctofoio published had,
made tl. All tho bills receivable uro good, and
many hnvo already boen paid. Tho boxes which
had been placed tn the vaults fur s.tfo keeping
had not been disturbed. He would asrrrtaln
the correct ntnouut of the llolillltlos lu a day oi
two.
Mr. Williams. Chairman of tho stiirkliolders'
commlttre, unfolded the plnn whlrh had been
agreed on for the revival of tho bank ! First that
the pro-cat stockholders be requested to trails
frr their stork, In tltitt, to a committee mil i.
eeedlng live persons lo be appointed to reorcan
lie the bunk. Second, thai a ;
iMinrEiiitKii CArtTAi, (
of ;iOO,000 bei raised, which capital shall be n. .
titled to soiul-auuiiul dlvlduuus when a rned by
the bank, at the rate or ten per rrnt permintim,
snd ns soon as the earnings of the Institution
shall bo sufllcient over and sbovo such ten per
cent, to pav dividends on both ol.i.ins ot stork
which shall thenccfurth share alike. Third, that
nnn-bnlf ot tho pniposud profrrrril rnpltnl (any
tl.V)XsUI be ottered lo tho iiruseut slochliohlers,
and a like amount to tho depositor.
Tho above plan wns unnulmnualv adopted, and
It was resolved that full power be given tu
Mnsers. V. K. Mntthotvs, A. b. Cameron, Jan. M.
Puller, P. L. Halstead, and Hubert Moot lo re
organize tho bonk. The stockholders thru
ngrred tsi transfor tholr pro sent tliarcs, In trust,
to tho body mentioned, which are to lie iclurnrd
to til cm ns soon as Iho reorganization la perfect
ed, hut In any event within two )car from the
1st of April, UT!l. Tlioi e lo whom the work of
reorganization had Liecn Intrusted worn rcoiest
etl to Like means nt unco to lucre thr capita!
stock to an miount not exceeding S."il,0uj. A
crvttfisd-ropyof this resolution was signed bv
tho Chairmen nud Secretary of tlio meeting, and
will bo presented to tho present Hoard of III. I
rectors, who will Issue the slock under tbo
direction of tho Committee of llenryaulzutloa.
WATCIIINO OU AN Ol'POUrCXlX IT.
It was thought best not to apply for a dlsecn
tlnuniico of tho bankruptcy procoedlngs ,on
Saturday, but un rrprojcntltiii tho furctolmi ,
stole, of facts to apply for an adjoiinimcnl, and,
the stockholders hope that the Court will sen
sent. Otherwise Uie bank would be lumplntl ,
out of tho friing pan Into tho tire, for Uecelter
llalloy uwalts only the removal ot tho United
Stalos officers to pounce uiion tho Institution. 1
A commlthemnti Informed a Hex reporter thai li
wllhlu ten Uajs the bank will probably be oveq a
for business, Vesterdav over a srors of the ld II
stockholders agreed lo purrliase the new stork, II
ono stockholder pulllnr down his name lol I
flO.uXl. It Is proposed lo dismiss Iho old Uoard 1
of Directors nnd nil Uie old bank officers, ajij
ctnplojecs. One of the Committee of lloorgan
Uatlon told is Sun reporter that all thn old offi
cers would be retained, tholr salaries Increased,
and the general credit book and sllverrtenosJtetl
on thr bauk'a steps at night. The choirs and,
spittoons will be deposited In the sufc.
avxitVAim.
The ox-rebel mlderGen. Forrest lucpl
a livery stable.
A vlgiltuice conimltteo lu l'ioehe, Cul.,
recently ordered all habitual water drinkers toksvn
the dir.
They now speak of Culdwcll n thu
"weak-eyed, red-w liltkervd cslld ot cuiruptioa flam 1
Ksnsas."
Mr. Frottdo will reply, In it prefnee tn
the second vjminc of "The Kngllih lu Ireland, 'Mths ;
critics ot U.c Orit volume.
Hubert Id. Leo, Jr., sou of the lute Cue
frdtrsle General. Is likely to be Iho n 'li iKuioerstla
candid.Ur for (lovenior of Virginia.
MM. Mcilliuc und Unlet y me enpii(,'rd
In the composltli n of s nra- drsraailc a oik. to he en
titled" Jonathan," the stery of which Isko plitela
America.
It Is said Hint lifter tho i ppioudiln
opera sejmn In I.on-ltn Madame Add ha I'attl all!
make amnilcal tout In the Cubed Slatir. It Istatlvs
jeurs since she lett this country.
It will beprutlfyiiiK to nil pi-rxnn who
like short and pointed articles lo l"arti tha i the Hon.
A. t. Stephens has cot wllbdrsan froai the Aliaata
Hun, and Las no Intention of llt'drauiiY.
Tho dcrcendtuits ot fini'lcltb c, the In
venter of litl.ozru; h) , su art second unly In unportanca j
lo thr invention uf typography, aro row In actual di ill
tutlon, and a suhicrlptlou has been opt r.id Pi Ccraisny j
for ihelr relief.
Tlio prc-ent coul fainiiii' in l'ngl'.iinV
baa led to the discovery that dulk isn te utd lor fad, '
Chalk and roal In allernatr larrra lu an open cr.le
di e nearly as much heat aa pure roal, at a I tile n.ora
than halt Ibc eipruir. I
The will of Kupoleon III, bus been I
rroved In Fniland, Ills personal profriy Is iwim
at nnder foJOvv). sad this bo leaves lo the Kmpreis
a ubout reserve. To the Prince luiprrial lliers la vuly
one l'G,uet-lhr Imperial crown. ,
"tilt still, that Is tho devil!" lviniuked i
the Her. Mr. Ilsii'.mond at a Council lllti.1v iiirdlug Ihs I
other night, as sonic one cried "f.ro" oattlde. "N'o.ll J
sla'I'i It's .Inn Chair," cried a little boy near the win-
Uu, who saw the "Are alarm" ruiiulug olong the
strc-l.
Astiu illustruttoti ot the coinpurut vo
InrSlcleur) ut Irregular troops whtn pilled against reg
ulars. It Is officially shown that la tbo second ssrrs of
P.rlsln Ivi, the hrslcgers lost but TU men tilled sit
told, while the loss uf Ibc Communists Is estimated si
col leu than 10,'XlJ killed and ViSXU pnsuhers,
A Ho-'ton pciitleiiuiu wiites to tho
papers n grit tally t "Tliltty jrors i.ot h, ifsteak,oji
ti r.snd thlrkcn svipper, with enam loa,t androtlte,
and 'dun's' cenerslly, rntt but twrnt) five , rats a
head, and 'dstknal' brand), or sn) oilier brand, ail .
onl) six cents a glasi and Urge bulioiucd.cut glut m
luinblirsaltlut," R
A Western musical critic thus speaks
of a prima donna t "She I. ad, anj we tuppote still re
lates, a magnificent voice fur a In; vti.iilb. In cam.
pass aas perfectly surprising. Hie would shale lbs
il.aumller a lib a wild whoop that made every msa it
stlnct'vely feel for tils scalp, and follow ed it up with I
roar (bat a oul 1 shame a baavoou,"
Joseph I'owell, who died ut (liceiivlllr,
Tei.u., lately, served many ) ears ago II. li e keulh taris n
Una I.eglslati.rcnnil aasthe onl) lain who vn'ed"Mo"
at a public meeting tint parsed thr nulla eaiten rrsclu-
lions. A gold.lir.drd rane was pruinted I' hun is- I
arrthrd "The Immortal No," During the rehelllont.a I
served 'u Hi. rnldi ' arm), and va lii.pil. iied at Ilka. S
uiotid. I
TheTrcfiiry Deptirtinent In 17iD ninti- 11
liil-il In, tilrlM . Ir. II , .ft.l i,t cm.,, ,1'n.f seictt'll L
family in Wasliaigton, end theeetlnuler mhoI pla'id
the amount at s.'.sts.l-, for the )csrs IT", sud r.fl,
rising tutUOuM lu HU mil IV.. Anion,. l!o lt-n.i la-
cluaid, si owing Ihe t)1 ot living on Hen Un: etb IK
iiiule was UcJ, were tin kr.p.nof tan holers sal 19
t) r wages ot luur servanti. M
A Hnncor In itlesrontu ref u-cil to ro up I
lo ll.c olt.ir bcraii.e II..' bride pas m uti-d the nes
wi.iki.essor pjiiiTigbvrli.lroti i la i l Aslurpisi
el wxrds f'Utoneij, which ri'ulled In a ditUrstlvn "
tiiepr:of Ihe angry )uulh thai l.e had liken a nr R
tn nil iii.d t'j .t llu Im'r lau.t lc mini. id oi he woo d y
ui vi r look tipuii II sgaln. To thl, Ihe mrl r oil' J ': at K
he noght teute us scan as he pleased i i I'e.ve lit did. ft
mt.ch lo the dlsgi'it of the people alio . inr lo j. iia W
of ike a Hiding sup) er. f
A iant exliaordiiiiiry v,,iinui wns ,
pairlliger oil a hore cir III (li vi bill Mjon), Ul'- ii
Mil hid with him pit t. odle, and si e had -"U.i tlur
else v,llli her, us wr shall see pn.nnij. ihe k-ei.ll'' ,
liuuly cotidi.il r slated lo her In Uu mo a.t u-su1'
that days wire not pirmlliid to ride in Hi il ear. std ,
(list lur's moat be put out. The dam-el sti .ildwsl i ,
oric. or, w a nvolvtr lrm lirr r--' kit. and sud, " 1 "' '
bss ton drive un althoul molntlnu my dog 1 uniskt .(
)eu est thtssttavv." There u as a scene 1. .lies let! Il i
csr. Put the wom.ui with Ihe plitoi 1 0i 'i d lis I'
dogdidnt. I
--.Mieh Lllton, the muilll i' "f Id'' I
tlon tlieutrc where Ihe buiiiuu ut" H II .ills1"1''
was irudiired,U uullln.' I.crti If lu tin I ' l ileo'
110 oipurnililln s saoided by (lu U.d ' iui..iiii it'
liiterb retire ftr ginluiluuvly aritrrtlslr,- le r c-tilH11-inent.
And she n k .1 lillluglilt ai Hi ' " ru(
tlunaiy lu nn civkitiatP.u v.'di.li she s. n 'oile pies'. ' ;
blio a)i thai ihe U-k tho .b,auiiou o. .. ii. I'4 S
Chaiiilcrialu's la, uvc iKfole the pirci mi M..d.atl" W
gricti loom, ntih'iuh the Itiiiuiiierah'e I '-' ouie 10 M
wl.l.'h SlrCurlr. D.lkcand Ur. nd-.r h.v 1, He1'1 11
up t prthups loch -'Tud ridnii'e in .. ul' II
111 .Hits, Ulth lie jr.Clloil ill lllil 'ill.. .uad"' W
10 belli VI lll.o the priticipi- of pi r- i nf'lUl '" I
ui.uniail ir chir ! 'i hsd P -n ge. - r ' .' 1 ' ' '
Ms ! ibh p 'i '., uuv r 'i ' "'' I
( j inr' a and Mm. ci .' , w i, e i 1"'
cl htritsjo.
