to Jota wilii tin celebrating *he centennial of me na
tion, and 1 strongly recommend that a more national
importance be given to this exhibition by such legisla
tion and by such appropriation a* will insure it* suc
cess. lta value In bringing to oar shores innumerable
useful works of art and skill, the commingling of the
citizens of foreign countries and our own. and the in
terchange of Ideas and manufactures will far exceed
any pecuniary outlay we may make.
RKPOKTH OP COMMISKIO.VKKS.
1 transmit herewith the roport of the Commissioner
of Agriculture, together with the reports of tbo Com
missioners of the Board of Audit and the Hoard of
Health of the District of Columbia, to all of which I In
vite your attention The Board of Agriculture have
accomplished much in desf-emioaiinic useful knowledge
to the agriculturist and also In Introducing new and
uaeful productions adapted to our soil and climate, and
is worthy ol' the continued encouragement of the gov
ernment.
"'be report of the Commissioner of Education, which
accompanies the report of tho Secretary ol the I nterior,
. tAiows a gratifying progress In educational matters.
the rwi* KSI.IO.
In nearly every annual Message that 1 have had the
honor of transmitting to Congress I have called ?'ten
4lon to the anomalous, not to say scandalous, condi
tion of alfairs ensiling in the Territory of tub, and
haveasked for definite legislation to correct It. That
polygamy should exisit in a lree, enlightened and
?Christian country without the power to punish so
flagrant a crime against decency and morality seems
preposterous. True, there is no Iruv to sustain this
unnatural vice, but what is needed Is a law to punish it
as a crime and at the same time to fix the status of the
innocent children, the offspring of this system, and of
the possibly innocent plural wives. But, as an institu
tion, polygamy should be banished from the land.
IMSHKTATIO.1 or CHINKS! WOXKX.
While this is lieing done 1 invite the attention of
Congress to another, though perhaps no less an evil?
the importaion of Chinese women, out Jew of whom
arc brought to our shores to pursue honorable or
useful occupations.
III! IN rKMK9TS or TftK TKKItlTOIMBS.
Obser\ atious ? hile visiting the territories of Wyoming,
Vtah and Colorado during the past autumn, convinced
tne that existing laws, regulating tbe disposition of
public lands, timber, Ac , and probably tho mining
laws themselves, afo very detective and should be cure
fully amended at an early day. A territory, where cul
tivation of the soil can only be followed by Irrigation,
and whero it Is not practicable the lands can only bo
used as pasturage, and this only where stock
con reach water to quench Its thirst, cannot bu
governed by the same laws as to entries ns tho lands
?very acre of whi' h is an lndepeiidunt oftato by itself
i*nds must be held in larger quantities to jiutify tho
expense of conducting water uj>on It to inaKe ^t fruit
ful or to justify utlliung it as pasturage. The timber
in most ol the Territories is principally eonlined to tho
mountain regions, which are held lor entry in small
quantities only, and as mineral lands. The timber is
the property ol the l ulled State*, tor the disposal of
wbi< h there Is now no adequate law. The Settlor must
become a consumer of this limber whether he
liver upi n tho plains or engages in working
the mine Henoe, every man becomes either a tres
passer hunseil or knowingly a patron of trespassers.
My opportunities for observing were not sufficient to
justify me in recommending s pacific legislation on these
subjects, but 1 do recommend that a joint committee of
the two houses of Congress, sufficiently large to bo
(l.vnted into sub-committees, be organi/.ed, to vtsW all
of the mining States and Territories during the coming
summer, anil that the committee shall report to Con
gress, at the next session, such laws or umcndincnts to
law* as It may deem necessary to serure the best In
terests of tbe government and the people
of these Territories who are doing so much
for their development. I am sure the citizens
occupying the territory described do not wish to be
trespassers, nor will they be if legal ways are provided
for them to become owners of these aotuol necessities
of their position
As this will be the Inst annual Message which I shall
have the honor of iraueuntting to Congress before my
successor Is chosen. I will repeat or recapitulate tho
questions which 1 decin of nul importance which
should be legislated upon and settled at this session.
amurm-i-ATioN.
Firtt? That tbe Htaies shall be required to afford the
opportunity of a good common sobool education to
every cinid within their limits
.V. i rnid?No sectarian tenets shall ever be I aught in
an> school supported id whole or in part by tbo State,
nation, or by the protends of any tax levied upon any
community. Make education compulsory so fur as to
deprive all persons who cannot read and write frotn be
coming voters after the year 1890. disfranchising none,
however, on grounds of illiteracy who may be voters at
the time this amendrnetu takes effnet.
rktrti?Declare Church anil State forewr separate and
distinct, but each free within its proper sphere; and
that all church property shall bear it* own proportion
of taxation.
Fourth.? Drive oat licensed Immorality, such as polyg
amy and ihc importation of wonMn for illegitimate pur
poses.
To recur again to the centennial year. It would seem
as though, now as wc are about u> begin the second cen
tury of our national existence, would bc a tnoi i titling
time for these reforms
Fifth?Knaet su< h laws as will Insure a tpnedy return
to a sound currency, such as will eoinoi.io<! the' respect
of tbe world.
Believing that these views will eommond themselves
to the great majority of the right thinking and patriotic
citizens of tho United States, 1 submit tl. e rest to Con
gress l. 8. UK ANT.
Kxkcutivie M a5hiov, Dee, 7, 1875
THE DI8TRICT OF COLUMBIA.
FIBBT ANNUAL BKPQRT OF Tit* BOAP.D OF COM
MIHKIONER8?BSSTCTIOM OF Til* DISTRICT
DEBT?ASSETS AND TAXATION.
Wasbihovoh Dec 7, 1875
The Comjnisslonerc who rule the District of Columbia
have made a report of their stewardnhip lor the year
ending November 30, 1876.
The total revenue* of the government of Uie District
of Columbia for the year were $3,041,470. The expen
ditures during the same period, not Including certifi
cates of indebtedness convertible Itita 8.45 bonds Is
sued by the Board of Audit for payments under con
tracts made by the Board of l'ublic Works, htid modifi
cations therof. were $2,802 4fi2.
The balance on bund December 1 was |170^Qlfl. sub
ject to check for tbe full amount, $ Hit,01(5. Appro
priations subject to requisition (uol yet drawn*
amount to $U10.fi;il over the above balance The bal
ance is subject to further reduction on account of
bills already accrued, but not presented and audited,
for Kire Department, new engine, hose and repairs to
engines, water mains (Including main to new jail),
building for colored schools, Georgetown staler supply,
Berret school building and furniture, repairs to Asy
lum building. Ac., amounting to $90,886.
Tbe total old funded debt of the District of Columbia
and the otties of Washington and Georgetown Is
$*.441,11% Add to this the 3.(IS bonds. {rj.0&t.300.
and the certificates not yet converted, issued by tho
Board of Audit, the total indebtedness is $21.1446.019.
During the year the Commissioners bate reduced the
debt by $442,S21, and have appropriated $12,ft'j0 tc the
sinking fund, making the entire reduction $4.'>.V027.
The annual interest payable on tbe old funded debt is
$618,300; on the 3.66 bonds and the Board of Audit
certificates, $470,810? lb*- total interest being $089,130
The Commissioners of the Sinking Fuud give a detailed
exhibit of tbe public debt ju it It at this date, show the
reduction during the past year aud explain the r.ircutn
sUncus under which $13.'',(JOO of funding loan
bonds, Issued under act of A.""embly approve!
June 20, 1872, ratified and cool)ruied by ?nt of
Congress approved June 20, 18J4, were Issued In
the redemption of other bonsta of the District. aad a
statement of the dt.structiou l.y burnjug of tho fecurilsv
in their bands, under act of Congress of March. 187.1.
They show also that they have exchanged i12.054 iot>
of the fifty year 3.66 bonds for certificates of
indebtedness of tbe Hoard of Audit, as required t>y act of
Congress approved June 20. 1874 and wJl attention to
the matter of the interest due on said bonds the 1st of
February, J87G, and thereafter, as also for the eatablitn
ment of a sinking fuud, as provided In sail1 act, for tt?
payment of the principal of baid bonA> wis o tl*y shall
become due.
The total amount of {undeo debt and tempornrylotins
of the late District government paid since July I, 1H74,
is $1,064,843, $376,209 el w Inch was derived from-Con
gressional appropriations and the remainder from ifUt'H
anil other District revenue* The value of ail the ap
praised real property ir. the District is $116,4^7,602, of
which $21,976,008 is cxeui, t from taxation.
JUDGE VAN BRUNT.
Judge Van Bmnt was elected Judge of tbe Corrt of
Common Picas In the fail of 1870. For some unex
plained reason his assignment was subsequently made
to the term of tho Supreme Court by Governor ilofT
man. A similar assignment was made hy Governor
ltix, so that Judge Van Brunt has never presided on the
bencb of the court to which he was elected, and for
which be is supposed to have nine years iorger, be
ginning with the 1st of January, to serve.
owing to tbe late revelations concerning Judge Van
Brunt's marital reiatlonn, and the divorco whicJb it tc
alleged be urged his wife to obtain in order that
be might be at liberty to marry another lady, hie
resignation of the position he holds was thought a
iBi-st likely occurrence. A Hiium reporter, who un
dertook to find out yesterday what course Judge Tan
Brunt bad aotually taken, discovered that he has so
far made no communication to Governor Tilden of bis
purpose to resign, but tbiU a letter, dated Paris wan
received from him two week* ago by Judge Noah Da
vis. in which he said be expected to be back before
Christmas and taJte his place, at usual, on the Bench
ol the Supreme Court.
He stated in tb? letter that, owing to a relapse of
sickness, be was detaiued from returning a? soon as he
expected, but be should certainly be home
in time to have* hut name assigned on (
the business of the Puprecie Court term.
,11 will be Governor Tllden's duty to make the
assignment, and as nothing tias been turnished him iq
the shape or chart s against lbeJudg? his course to
ward him will b? ibe same ns toward the rest. The
feeling for the most part In judicial circles is deckU dly
Intolerant of Judge Van Brunt s retaining his position
?>n the Bench m the Supreme Court. A formal reslfna
?ion of his post is deemed ibeonlv wise and satisfactory
method of getting out of tbe difficulty lo which be is
11 laced.
ABANDONED HER CHILD.
A child, eighteen months old, was found In a pitiable
?onditii n m a vacnnt room at No. 9 Mulberry street,
bat evening lis back was raw, its eyes were *woll?n
tml sore, and it appeared to be starving. It was sub
tequently ascertained that the infant hud been aban
juueU by ite mother, kate Norton, who was arrested.
THE INTERIOR.
Progress Toward Civiliz
ing the Indians.
THE BLACK HILLS PROBLEM.
The Rrmoval of tlie White River Sioux to
the Missouri lr?rd.
Seizure of tta Gold Country by the Gov
ernment Hinted.
PENSIONS AND SUBSIDIES.
WaHHIJIOTOK, Pec. 7, 1875.
The annual report of the Secretary of the interior
gives lb* following interesting statements of facts.?
Pt'MUC LANKS.
During the year endsng June 30, 1875, 7,071,271.^
acres of public lands were sold or otherwise disposed
of; 28,077,531 acres wsre surveyed, leaving yet un
surveved 1,154,471,762 acres.
1WUN ASPA1K9.
In relation to the Indians the Secretary snjs:?
The general situation of the Indian service may be
regarded as encouraging, and progress lias been made
duriug the yoar In pertectliig and extending tho Indian
policy. Wherever all the elements of success have
been' available, the result has dearly vindicated
the propriety amd efficiency of that policy in
trio increased Interest taken by both agents
and Indians in the acquisition or industrial pursuits,
and in the increase of peaceful disposition toward the
whites Schools are increasing In number and interest;
tanning, wherever Hie soil is suitable, is being prose
cuted morn vigorously and intelligently, and the dosiro
of the Indians to prepare lor themselves more comlort
able and tixed abodes is becoming more general. At
the important agencies of Rod Cloud and Spotted Tail, in
tho Dakota, or Sioux Nation, however, one of the princi
pal elements of success? a productive soil?Is wauting,
and no progress has been made, and none can be ex
pected, while the present conditions by which they are
surrounded shall remain. The problem of how to deal
with these Indians seems as lar lrom solution as evei^
and, In fact, it has been still further complicated tho
present year by the discovery of gold in the Black Hills
and the emigration of largo numbers of miners thither.
The suggestions of the Commissioner In regard to this
numerous people are practical and worthy of consider
ation. There can be no doubt whatever that so long
as the greet bulk of the Sioux are encouraged to oc
cupy their present locations near the Red Cloud and
Whetstone, or Spotted Tail agencies, and to roam at will
over their vast reservation and west and northwest to
the Big Horn Mountains and to 1'owder River
and the Yellowstone, they can make no
progress whatever, and must be fed year alter year by
the government. The recommendation by the Com
' missioner that the two agencies above mentioned be re
| moved to the Missouri River meets with my unquali
fied approval.
1 J ?
The removal of these agencics to the Missouri River,
at some point or points between the mouth of tho
Cheyenne River and Kort Randall, to be hereafter de
termined upon, will result In greater economy and con
vcnieuce or supply, and greater facility to restrain and
coerce refractory Indians whenever tho necessity
arise8. It will also locate them where there aro
arable lands, good water and abundance of timber
and grass. I therefore suggest that the appropria
tions In future shall be made conditional upon this
removal, and that none of the supplies or
auuuitics hereafter granted by Congress shall be issued
to these Indians, excepting at some point or points on
the Missouri River, where those agencies shall be per
manently located. If this suggestion shall receive the
favorable action of Congress,.a proper location will bo
selected, and those agencies removed prior to the be
ginning of the next fiscal year.
TUX BLACK HILLS PROBLEM.
Tbe failure of the negotiations lor the relinquishment
of tbo Biuck llllls necessitates the adoption of soma
measures to relieve tbe department ol the great em
barrassment resulting from the evident determination
of a large number of citizens to enter upon that portion
of the Sionx reservation to obtain the precious metals
which the official report of the geologist seut out
by the department shows to exist therein.
The very measures now taken by the government to
prevent the inllux of miners into the Black Bills, by
means of the display of military force in that neighbor
hood, operate as the surest safeguard of the miners
against the attacks of lndiaus. The army expels the
miners, and, while doing so, protects them from In
dians. The miners return as soon as tho military sur
voillance is withdrawn, and the same steps
are taken ags'ti and again. Some of tho
maters havo brought suits against the mili
tary officers fo> laJse imprisonment, and much
embarrassment to both the Army and tho Interior De
partment is the result. The preliminary report ot Pro
fessor Jenney, which accompanies the report of the In
dian Commissioner, inregard to the geological and agri
cultural wealth of the Black Hills, indicates clearly the
great temptation held out to emigrants and miners to
occupy that country, and will greatly enhance the difli
I < ulUes which have already surrounded the question of
protecting the Sioux in their treaty rights to that terri
tory. The opening of the next summer season will un
doubtedly witness a ?reat increase of emigration
thither, and the question urges itself upon the atten
t ion of the department and of Congress for early solu
tion. It is true that tbe Indians occupy that reserva
tion under the provisions ol a treaty with the United
Slates. It is also true, as a general proposition, that
treaties should be maintained inviolate, and the Indians
protected in tbeir rights tlioreundor. But lor two years
tbe govommeut has been appropriating about $1,260,000
lor tlie subsistence of tbe Sioux of various tribes, which
amount is a gratuity that the government Is under no
legal obligation to give them, and for which it receives
no compensating advantage. The amount thus ap
propriated is tlvo per cent per annum of $25,000,000,
which tlio government is giving without an equivalent.
This amount must be annually given them lor somo
years te come, or they will starve. It is submitted,
therefore, under these circumstances, for the considera
tion of Congress, whether it would net be justifiable
and proper to make future appropriations lor supplies
to this people contingent on their relinquishment of the
gold fields in the Black Hills and th4 right of way
thereto.
jrKlSPHt DKJCC* OVER l.XDUSO.
The suggestions of the Commissioner In regard to
Indian rn ilixatlon, tlie modification of the homestead
laws for tbe beuetlt of the Indians, and turning over
the Indians In the States of New York, Michigan,
Wisconsin, and a portion of those in Minnesota to the
| control or the States in which they live, are deserv
I ui0 of tho careful attention of Congress, as being steps
in advance upon tho question of Indian mauagemont.
His remarks upon tho necessity of'luw for the pun
ishment and protection of the Indians art also of im
portance, as tending iu tho tame direction. The condi
tion of the Indian Territory south of Knncas has not
changed during the year, and will not materially
chanpe for tho better until some steps are taken
to give its inbabitants a more efficient government.
The necessity for the establishment of court* of justice
therein lor I he trial of all cflences against persons or
property becotuoa tnore pressing year by year, and tho
whole (jnestion of legislating for that Territory is re
xpectfully but urgently pressed tpon the attention of
Congress.
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It would be beneficial to the Indian service, in my
opinion, and woald tend to promote its efficiency, if the
laws preventing tbe detail of arny officers for civil
service were so ur modified as to allow their employ
ment in the Indiau service at the discretion
of the President, in case of emergency. Such a
change would j-lacc at tbe d s|>OBilion of the
Executive a corps of disciplined, it telligent officers,
whose familiarity with the entire Indian country snd
the ii""ds of the service would render then, mvaluable
in an emergency suot as has trlsen during the preeent
ytsar. and such as is liable M arise at any time la tbe
trculuxr.il of large Uc'iei of wild Indiai s.
IfttrtAM rt SDS.
The Secretary of tbe luterior now hold* in his posses
slon in trust for various Indian tribes, bonds of tbe
t inted SU tes and of several ol tbe Sutter the par value
of which ic about |,''.00t,'Ai0 Authority fas been con
ferred upon the Secretary of the Interior, from time to
time by In llan treaties and aits of Congross, to invest
the proceeds of tbe saJos of lands ceoed to the
Initeil Staus by Indian tribe*. The authority so
gtven to invest, as trust-.*, soeius to have been con
strued asimt'lyme sl-o tl>e authority to hold sn<h se
curities in pes<essioti by tbe Secretary of tbe Interior
in iru?t and be now holds such stocks and bonds to
the amocnt of $5,107,614 Whether the rigM to hold
those securities is conferred by the laws aut.' treaties
referred to or int I recoitJi^nd tlist the Accessary
legislatioa be nine anthorivuig their transfer to tlie
Treasurer tbe L'niteC States, by whom tlie interest
tbereon, as it accrues, slisll be placed to the credit of
tbe proper tribe, to be drasrt on requisition of tbe
Secretary of the Ulterior, as in lb* ca?e of apprcpria
lions. Such * disposition of these securities will re
lieve the S?icrutary of the laterior of ? disagreeable
responsibility and dcty not in any way homogeneous
to; he general duties of tho office and placo the botds
where ail such valuables should be kept
The co-opcr*lion of the religious bodies having In
charge the duty of nominating Indian a?? nts has be?i
harmonious and satisfactory, and tbey have evidently
been carcrul in tbeir selection ot proper men (or those
positions.
T?S AOIJK'V SHAIKH
The commission- which wa? appointed dor-ng the year
to Investigate tbe management of affairs at the Red
Cloud and Spotted Tail agcncies made some valuable
suggestions in tbelr report, in which I cannot refrain
from oonc.urr.'ng. Ia regard to the necessity or laws
for the protection and punisLment of Indians they
say
The crlmioal laws or the f nited State* should be extended
over the KaervaUunv ami whrci an Lwdian nuuidn ul a rr*
erratum tliall commit an offence he ?tnnilil be made subject
to the police and criminal laws of the Stat* In which audi
,,(Truer is committed. Some form of territorial policy tbotild
be e?tabli?bed for their government when the number and
compactness of their jpopuUtion would render such an or
?ruination proper. The Individuality of tb* Indian a* a
Iiietnb?r of the community should be raiefnlted, and the
wbsiird fiction of tribal ?everalgmy in winch that In
dividuality Is now merged ?h*nl4 be abolished
Courts shonld be organmed for the tdmlnUtratton
of juntlcs over smh territory. The individual owuer
?hip of properly shoo Id he encouraged under
teniporiirv r??irlclion? en alienation, and the privilege! of
Ciliiunabio inane ?> uiMlhle muu ?uth terrnt aa soud policy
may prescribe. The evils that remit from tbe >bwnn of
provisions lift* Ibis are apparent. Couunuuiiy of property is
r?i i? ,u1"u,trT. enterprise and civilisation. aud eaenption
from legal responsibility for crime hat stimulated deproda
lions, rubbery, murders ami assassination.
In regard to the inspection and delivery of supplies
they remark'
We nave already recommended that officers be detailed
ror the inspection of beef and beet rattle at the Indian
agencies, a in J, for reasons ainiilar to those already mentioued
in that connection. we recommend that all inspections of In
Uiau goods i?xi ?pl annuity gooda, the inspection of whlcb is
1 provided for by treaty) and supplies at the points of pur
I chase and shipment, at terminal points of railroad trans
! I'ortation, and at Uie agencies, before the articles paaa
into the poifcclsiou of ibe ugenta, be under toe exclusive
charge of the ( ouimissary (reneral of the Army. We oelieve
tout aach a system wouki not merely serve as a salutary
check 011 contractors, freighters and agents, hot would be of
v'reM use in satisfying the public mind that tbe service was
luily nnd faithfully performed. It would seeui desirable that
a copy of the reports of all suc h inspections should be Iran*
knitted, through the proper channels, to tbe Indian Ofhce.
Tncy also recommend:?
,Jhat In accordance with the provisions of the treaty of
IN*1*' army ?fficers be detailed to iuapect all issues of auttuity
goods, and that all inspections or Indian supplies and
beel he aiade under the direction of the Commissary
l?eneral of the Army. That a careftilly devised svatciu
of accounts, uniform for all agencies, be established,
with the mode of issuing and accounting for all articles defi
nitely prescribed. That the ageucies, dilTering greatly as
they do in the amount of Intelligence and capacity required
to conduct them, be so graded as to establish for the most
Important ones salaries sufficient to secure the services of
thoroughly trained and competent men. That all future
legislation for the Indiana, and all dealings with then, be
I ased upon the policy of bringing them as rapidly as possible
under the same law which governs all otter inhabitants of
the United States.
PKN810.1KRS jtJW PENSIONS.
On June 30, 1876, there were 234,821 nan ion on the
pension roll of the depart incut, wliow pensions annu
ally aggregate the sum of $26,289,519. Of these 21(1,363
were urmv pensioners, 106.478 of whom were invalids
and 1(14,885 widows and dependent relatives; 3,420 were
navy pensioners, of whom 1,636 w>ere Invalids nnd 1,784
widow*, Ac., and 21,038 were pensioners of the wnr of
1812. 16,875 of whom were survivors and 6,163 widows?
a total of 234,821 pensioners.
**???**
On the 30th of June last there were on file 66.107 tin
adjudicated pension claims, of which 32,228 wore for
invalid pensions, 33,138 those of widows, depoodent
relatives, 4c., and 741 of survivors and widows of sol
diers of tbe war of 1812, and 7,778 pending claims for
increased pension, 6,772 of which were those of in
valids. and 1,006 ol widows nnd dependent relatives; in
ali, 73,885 claims undisposed of at that dale.
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It is estimated that tbe sura of $20,635,000 will be re
quired lor the pension service during the next fiscal
year, which iimount Is less by $905,000 than the esti
mate submitted lor the current fiscal yoar.
SUUSIOIZKU RAILWAYS.
The facts and tiguros herein set forth are complied
from the annual reports of the companies.
Stock of the Union Pacific Railroad Com pan v to the
amount of $36,783.000 has been subscribed, of which
$36,702,300 h.*s been paid. The receipts tor the year
ending June 30, 1875, Irom the transportation of pas
sengers, wero $4,408,966; of freight, $6,064,637, and
from miscellaneous sources, $1,048,417. Total
$11,522,021. These figures include "the amounts
earned from, but withheld by, the United Stales for
transportation of its passengers, freight and mails."
The expense of operating the road lor the yoar was
$5,373,056, leaving net earnings $6,148,365. The omiro
cost of the road and fixtures to June 30, 1875, was
$112,506,252. The construction account or the Omaha
bridge shows 11s cost to have been $2,866,468. The
total bonded indebtedness of the company is shown to
be $79,457,912, of which $27,236,512 is due to the
United States.
The amount of stock of the Central Pacific Railroad
Company subscribed is $62,608,800, of which $54,276,600
has been paid. The receipts for the year ending 3oth
June, 1875, from transportation of passengers, were
$5,330,326, and of freight, $8,602,534; total $13,932,861
The operating expenses of the road for the year were
$6,901,303, leaving net earnings to the amount of
$8,031,496. At the close of said year, the indebteduesss
of the company amounted lo $86,168,688, of which
$27,866,680 Is due to the Unitod Stales. This company
embraces, by consolidation (besides tho original Central
Pacific Company), the Western Pacific the California
and Oregon, the San Kranclsco, Oakland and Alameda,
and the San Joaquin Valley companies.
Stock of the Central Itranch Union Pacific Railroad
Company to the amount of $1,000,000 was subscribed,
of which $980,600 has been paid. The receipts for
transudation ol passengers lor the year ending tho
30th ol June, 1876, were $30,496, and lor freight $77,024;
total, $113,519. The actual amount expended for said
year, "running expenses and repairs." w;is $123,188.
The cost of the rood and fixtures has been $3,763,700.
The total amount of the indebtedness, in addition to
the government loans and first mortgage of $1,600,000
and interest unpaid is $303,902, which indebtedness is
made up of the following kinds?money borrowed lo
lake up cotipons and pay internal revenue claims and
debts and liabilities of the company.
The Amount of stock of the Kansas Pacific Railway
Company subscribed Is $9,992,500, and the amount paid
In Is $9,689,960. Total amount ol slock allowed bylaw
$10,000,00a Tho receipts for the transportation of
passengers for the year ending June 30, 1875, were
$1,272,175; for freight, $1,994,411: miscellaneous earn
ings, $42,809, total, $3,309,396. Expense ol operaliug
the road for the year, $2,096,674, leaving net earnings,
$1,212,722. Tho cost of construction atid equipment of
672 mllos (main and branch line) has been $34,359,640.
The tout funded debtof tho company is $27,242,600, of
which $0,303,000 is due tho United Suites; other liabili
ties a?d indebtednefs, $3,723,375: total debt, $30,965,975.
Stock of the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company
to the amount of $4,478,600 has been itebscribod, of
which $1,791,400 has been paid in. The receipts'for
the year onding 30th June, 1875, from the transporta
tion or passengers, were $75,850; or freight, $181,604;
Irom express $3,618, and Irom miscellaneous sources'
$7,103?total, $268,077. The expenses of the road and
fixtures during that f^riod were $217,917, leaving net
earnings $50,16a iuterest paid on first mortgage bonds
during tho year, $97,C8a The bonded indebtedness of
the company is $3,260,320, of which $1,628,320 is due to
the United States. The floating debt is $60 571
The stock subscription of ihe Southern Pacific Rail
road Company of California is $23,770,300, of which
$22,412.2'10 bos been paid in. Tlio amount received for
transmutation of passengers for the year ending June
30, 1875, was $761,637; of freight, $998,869. Total,
$1,760,606. The expenses of the road and Its fixtures
lor the year were $773,486; leaving net earnings,
$987,021. The mdcbtedm ss of the company is
$14,346,000. On the 23d day of August last you ac
ccpled a suction of this company's road, twenty miles,
making 130.26 miles of the main line. By the twenty
third section of tho act or 3d March, 1871, incorporating
the Texas Pacific, Railroad Company, the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company or Colllomi'a was authorized
to construct u line ol' railroad rrom u point at or neur
Tehachapa Pass, by way of I,os Angeles, to the Texas
Pacific Railroad, at or near tho Colorado River. One
hundred miles of this line have been completed and
accepted, fifty miles ol which were accepted by you on
the 11th lust.
Northern Pacific Railroad stock to the amount of
$100,000,000 has been subscribed, mid certificates for
202.326 sharos of $100 each have been issued. No new
surveys and no change of '.ine or road have been made.
The amount received Irom passengers during the last
fiscal year 011 the Pacific, Jiakota and Minu"6olu divi
sions was $178.391; the amount received from freight
transportation on thosu divisions ror that period was
$371,903; earnings, $605,041. The operating expenses
Tor the year were $501,489; net earnings, inclusive or
mail carntiiga on the liakola division, $103,552. Tho
indebtedness of ihe company is as follows:?First mort
gage bonds, $:i0,207,600; land warrant bonds and script
issued lor Interest, $".'>3,000; floating debt, mainly
notes of the company, $683,000; total, f31,643,500.
No report of the Atlantic aud Pacilic Company has
been received.
Texas and Pacific Railway stock to tho amount of
$ti0,000,000 Is authorized by law, of which $1,600 000
has been issued. Its indebtedness is as follows:?Cap
ilal Stock issued, $1,600,000; six percent gold construc
tion bonds Iscued. $10,093,000; seven por cent cur
rency land grant bond* issued, $9,252,000. l>ebt of the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company to the State of
Texas, assumed try the Texas and Pacific Railway Com
pany, $200,886; floating debl, $333,200; entire indebt
edness, $21,479,086. The receipts or the company for
the year ending 30th June, 1875, were from passengers,
$823,681; freight, $741,791; express service, $11,407;
mall, $29,749. telegraph, $7,073; rentuls. $71,134, mis
cellaneous, $2,243; total, $1,360,962. The expenses
for the same pericd were, for conducting
transportation, $239,719; motive power, $204,976;
maintenance of way, $224,671; maintenance of cars,'
$79,253; general expense, $14 309; totul, $792,889,
leaving net earnings, $568,073. There are 326 miles of
this road In operaliou, 6 miles thereof having been
completed sinco last re|??rt; 100 miles are graded,
bridged and tied, ready lor the Iron. On the 9th of
August last you accepted those portions of this road
extending (rom Marshall to the boundary lino dividing
Texas and Louisiana, from Marshall to Texarkana,
Ark., and from Sherman to Iirookston, Texas; the act
of 23d June, 1874(18 Stat , 197), having declared said
portions to "be deemed and taken to be a part of the
said Tsxas and Pacific Railway and shall hereafter be
subject to all the provisions and limitations of the act
of Congress Incorporating raid company and or
the supplements thereto." The company's assets
are as follows:?126 miles of constructed and equipped
rood; 100 mile* ofpartly constructed and equipped road;
360 miles of telegraph line, $21,319,228; bills and
accounts receivable, $64,284; cash on hand $12 411;
material on hand, $83,161: total, $21,479,086.
I leaver Pacific Railroad stock to tbe amount of
$4,000,000 has been authorised by law, subscribed and
paid In. Moneys received for transportation of pas
sengers. for the year ending 80th June, 1876, $193,481;
for freight, $ 134,329 : miscellaneous earnings
$5.0#4. total. $332,895. Expenses for tho above
year, $1^2,676; leaving net earnings, $210,220. Cost
and equipment of r .ad, $6,493,800 The indebtedness
of tbo company to that date was $2,612,830.
UKUUHilCAt. SCRVEY.
The results of the gtologn a) and geographlcnl surrey
of tbe Territories conducted during the past season by
Messrs. Hay den and Powell, under the direction of this
department, will, It Is believed, equal in Interest and
importance those of any previous year. In addition to
Ibe practical knowledgo thus obtained of the character
ise* and resources of extensive sections of our terrl
?orial domain, the survey has porlormod timely scrvicc
In making selections of fossils, Indian curiosttics, pre
historic relics ftn., for a mors complete representation
of such objects, in connection with the collection now
In tho Smithsonian Institution, at the Centennial Kx
hibaion of 1876.
POISONED UY A TEAPOT.
Dr. C. L Froith, of No. 123 Kast 118th street.com
munlcatMl to the Twelfth precinct station house Isst
night that a family named Kahcy, consisting of a
mother and seven children, living at No. 437 East 113tb
street, hsd been poisoned. Police Snrgeon Thomas
virtimi tbe bouse of the Knheys and ascertained that
the poiaoning had been occasioned bv boiling tea in a
copper bottomed teapot, which had not been properly
cleaned. Antidotes were administered and the
k.ilionta are now mil of dahvoe.
THE BROKEN BANKS.
THJE CEKMAN UPTOWN HAVINOb BANK SUS
PENSION?A BECEIVEB APPOINTED JOB THE
THIKD AVENUE BANS.
The announcement mule, ticlusively In yesterday's
IIkbalu, of the sudden collapse of the German I'p
town Savings Bank fell like a thunderbolt on depositors
who still had money in the bank. It appeals, how.
ever, that there has been all the year a feel
ing of doubt as to the solvency of the in
stitution. Since laM January over $1,000,000 have
bt-'ua drawn out of the bank by depositors. The
counts, as furnished in January in the sworn statement
scut to the Bank Department, showed the liabilities to
depositors to be then about $2,000,000. Now the
amount stands at $836,000, a* stated yesterday. At the
time of the election of Mr. Henry Clausseri, Jr., as
president, a report was submitted to the Trustees by a
committee of seven, consisting of Henry Claussen, Jr ,
John I). Crimmins, Anton Heln. A. Michebacher, S O
A. Murphy, A. J. Kapp and Adolf Ltvinger, to the
effect thai they had made a thorough and exhaustive
examination, with the result stated below:?
AMHKTH.
New York city bonds, market value $170,705
Westchester county bonds, market value 17,51(1
Youkers city bonds, market value 46,150
Alabama eight per cent bonds, market value. 32.900
Town bonds .State of New York, market value. 121,165
Call loan*, secured by United States and New
York town bonds, he 71,244
Real estate, yielding an annual rental of
$10,300, exclusive of banking rooms 180,000
Ollice furniture, sales and fixtures 15.000
Bonds and mortgages 473 031
Cash on hand 20,973
Cash on deposit in bank 54,302
Accrued interest aud rents 35,718
Total $1,237,790
uahiutikh.
Due depositors, interest, 4cc $1,212,366
Surplus $25,423
THAT TtUS STATKMENT WAN HIMI'LY C'OOKKP UP
for the occasion Is now proved beyond question, for
there is uo mention whatever made of the North and
South Carolina bonds or of the bonds of the Selma,
Marion and Memphis Railroad, while at the same
time the bank building was put down at a valuation of
$180,000, a price which could not be obtained for it.
The policy, too, which allowed such a building to be put
up at the extraordinarily high price ol $'J06,000, at
which it is charged on the bank books, is a doubtful
one. The depositors are inclined to press, it is said,
for some further light on this matter. The bank can
scarcely have paid out $400,000 since October
27, which is the difference between the above state
ment and the value of the securities and assets now on
hand. There has been no depreciation in the value of
the securities now hold, so that, from any point of
view, the publication of such a statement cannot be
looked upon as other than a gross fraud upon the tin
fortunate and innocent depositors. At the very time
that this Committoe of Trustees certified to their
brethren in tho Board and the depositors Ihat
there was a surplus there existed an actual
and palpablu deficiency which they must
have discovered if they haa made the
examination of the assets they purjiort to have made
It they did not examine them, and knew nothing of
the deficiency, then they failed in their duty and arc
none the less guilty. The following are
Tim liOAKIl OK TBI HTKKS: ?
Christian Schwartz, Henry Clausen, Jr ; Charles E.
Kugler, Charles Schaflner, ? A. Micholbacber, Charles
Huber, Louis Jordan, Adolf I^vinger, Anton Helm,
Francis Ueiger, K. l> L Died'eubach. A. Joseph Kapp,
S. O. A Murphy, llenry J. Burchcll and John D. Crim
mios.
The Bank Superintendent, Mr. Dewitt C. Ellis, was
at the bank office yesterday, but Mr. Clausen was not
In, and no action was taken. They w ill meet to-day
anddetermino what shall be done. There lis but little
doubt that a receiver will be at once put :n.
In addition to the other doubtlul assets with which
the bank has been saddled is the item, charged above,
of $15,000 for furniture ana fixtures. This includes
two immense iron safes built into tho wall. One of
these is in the office occupied by the Pha-nix Fire In
surance Company, of which Mr. Christian Schwartz, the
ex-President ol the bank, is 1 "resident. The actual de
tails of tho present assets have not yet been obtained,
but it is believed that it will only be by most careful
management of the securities that the depositors can
hope to gut a dividend of about eighty cents on the
dollar.
THE THIltU AVENUE BANK.
Judge Westbrook, on Friday last, appointed Mr S. H.
Hurd to be Kcceiver of the Third Avenue Savings
Bank, vice Carman, removed. On the same day Mr.
Hurd filed his bond foV $150,000 as a security that bo
will properly administer the duties of his office. His
bondsmen are Messrs. Nathan Seeley, Edward Z. Law
rence and B. H. Nichol. The order lor bis installation
was forwarded to the Sheriff's olhco yesterday morning,
and, in accordance with its terms, Deputy
Sheriff Mctionegal accompanied Mr. Hurd to
the bank, formally served the judge's order on Mr.
Carman, and installed Mr. Hurd in olhco. A short con
sultation was hold between the outgoing and ingoing
receiver, and It was finally arranged that Mr. Carman
should hand over the assets, books and other cOccta to
Mr. Hurd to-day at twelve o'clock.
&,Mr. S. II. Hurd, it ib generally acknowledged, is emi
nently filled for the position to which he has been
appointed. He ? a good accountant, and hits been ac
customed to the handling ol large sums of money. He
was until lately the manager and treasurer of Bar
num's Hippodrome Company, and is a son-in law of P.
T. Barnurn.
TttR CRUHlNAI. ntOCKKDINOft.
The examination in the Third Avenue Bank case was
continued at the Fifty-seventh Street Police Court be
fore Judge Duffy. Only one witness was examined,
James T. McClelland, a cashier in a broker's oflice in
Wall street. He testified that he look a memorandum
of sales in January, 1874, of Louisiana levee bonds to
the amount ol $100,000. They brought twenty cents on
the dollar. In the same year 6,000 Alabama eight per
cent bonds brought forty five cents on the 'dollar.
Louisiana State bouds in the same year brought thirty
five cents. The last interest on the levee bonds was paid
in September, 1873. The Alabama bonds paid interest in
November of the same year. The sales referred to were
all private. The examination was again adjourned until
next Thursday.
BUSINESS FAILURES.
Herman A. Curiel, importor of wines t' No. 95 Beaver
street, who assigned to Morris Gcrshel about three
weeks ago. has liabilities amounting to $8,435 13. The
nominal value of his assets is $15,322 87, but their
real worth is stated to be only $l,0oo
William E. Shults, fruit dealer, of No. 263 Washington
street, who assigned last week to Alouzo Morrison, has
$8,148 13 of liabilities, assets, $12,268 60, actual value
thereof, $3,275 si
William Muller, who recently assigned to Henry
Walsh, ha8 liabilities amounting to $3,903 01. His as
set* are not much over $2,600. Bonds have been filed
by tho assignee to the amount of $;;,ooo.
Following close upon the failure of Kranskopf A Gun
sea, announced in yesterday's HbkaLD, comes that of
J Scligmitn .V Son. also a large hosiery firm, of No. 342
Broadway. They have made an assignment to Louis
Felnelmer.
Morns Levy has also made an assignment to Bernard
Pozuanski.
BANK CLERKS' ASSOCIATION.
The seventh anniversary of this society was cele
brated at Association Hall last evening. The attend
ance was very large and of a most respectable charac
ter. Mr. K. H. Pullen, of the National Bank of the Re
public, presided, and delivered an addrcsB h'glily
eulogistic of the society and Its aims. Mr. 0. D. Baldwin,
president of tho association, read the annual report,
from which it appears that the total number of members
is 1,047, an increase of twenty-nine since lost year;
dues and assessments received for tbe year, $12,051;
paid on account of deceused members, 1875,
$9,716. There Is in trust for disabled mem
bers $3,200; expenses lor tho twelve months,
$1,174 4ft. 'ihe permanent lund has reached $51,070,
while the total revenues are $67,952 63. Donations re
ceived since last report, $1,556. Ttie Rev. John Hall,
D. D., addressed the assembled clerks at length. He
gave them his notion of the right ideal ol lilc. and forci
bly and characteristically commended Industry and
integrity, personal goodness and personal religion to
them, saying that w ith them as their guides they might
not be rich, but thoir lives would be most satislactory
and successful.
DOCK LABORERS' STRIKE.
Yesterday forenoon a squad of police officers from
the First precinct, Brooklyn, were called upon to quell
a threatened disturbance among laborers on Woodruff
k Robinson's docks, fool of Joralemon street. It ap
pears that a few days ago tome of the men who work
along tho river front went "on strike"?men who had
been employed at the warehouses about the Atlantic
Docks. Tho strikers demanded an increase of pay from
twenty to twerity-llvc cents per hour. The employers
refused to accede to their demand. On Woodruff k
Robinson's docks the workmen refused to go out on
strike, which so enraged their fellew laborers that the
latter threaded to beat them, and were about to carry
out tbew threat when the police appeared and saved
the steady workers. The strikers were driven off, and
a guard was left to protect tho men at work.
WORK FOR THE CORONERS.
The deaths of the following persons wore reported at
tho Coroners' office yesterday:?Henry Baestmann,
aged twenty-nine, of No. 103 Washington street, of de
lirium tremens, at Bellevtio Hospital, George Atkins,
three months old, at 270 Eighth avenue; Edgar Shoars,
of Oriental avenue, East New York, who was crushed
between two trucks In a marble yard In Twentieth
street, between Tenth and Eleventh avenues; Otto
Hoffmeister, at No. 413 West Thirty-sixth street; an
unknown man, who leil from ht? truck on the corner
of Ninetieth street and the Boulevard, died at Bellevtio
Hospital; Catharine Kirk, of No. 82 Park street, who
wa<- run over by a stage at the corner of Canal street
anil Broadway, on Moudav nmht
GERMAN Y.
The Intended Journey of the Crown
Prince to Philadelphia.
"DNSER FRITZ" OR HIS SON PROBABLY COMING.
A German Bquadron to Accom
pany a Hohenzollern.
DIPLOMATIC AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS.
Rkhun, Nov. 21, 1875.
Alter the report of the intended voyage of the Crown
I'rinoe of Germany to America baa been for some weeks
spread about the whole world, meeting with no contra
diction, a telegram of Reuter's Agency from Potsdam
announced the other day "on good authority" mat the
Crown Prince had never had any intention of visiting
the fniied States. 1 have reason not to attach too
much belief to this assertion, for I know
from persons in constant attendance on His Impe
rial Highness that he has repeatedly expressed his ]
wish to visit the International Exhibition in Philadel
phia, after having seen those of London, Paris and V i
enna. This desire was first sen.i officially uttered by tho
Princo at the dinner given by him in Potsdam last sum
mer in honor of the officers belonging to the Ameri
can squadron visiting the German waters. In his
usual amiable manner the Crown Prince Inquired about
the progress of the works and displayed great interest
in tho details of the enterprise, not forgetting
at the time to mention tho Importance ol
a worthy representation of Germany at the
Exhibition. He certainly also did not leave unnoticed
the great difficulties that would attend his putting into
execution his visit to the United States next summer.
Above everything, the greatage of the Emperor, whoso
notwithstanding his apparent vigor, might be
suddenly approaching their end, rendered a visit beyond
the ocean a matter of grave consideration for tho heir
to the German crowa These reflections will be found
most natural, especially as the constitution of tho Ger
man Empire does not sufficiently provide for
TUB APPOINTMENT OP A KECJBJICY
in tho event of the sudden death of the sovereign and
the impossibility of his successor to ascend tho throne
immediately.
THE 1M PKD1NC1 OBSTACLES,
nevertheless, did not seem insurmountable to the
Crown Prince, so that the above mentioned despatch
caused some surprise in generally well-inlorraed circles.
Even leading German papers, as, for instance, the
H'aer Zeitung, &c., doubt the validity of the contradic
tion, and beliovo it only to have been published to af
ford' the Crown Princo liberty of action, nnd
to prepare tho American people for disappoint
ment in case at tho last moment, for
reasons of state, the expedition must be abandoned.
The sympathetic welcome signified by the American
press as in store ior tho Crown Prince in case of his
arrival produced general satisfaction here. Especially
your article of the 27th of October to the "Coming
Prince," was extensively reproduced by the German
press as a proof or the slncoro friendship which for a
century has hound together the German and the Ameri
can people. If the Crown Prince should be really pre
vented from inspecting the Exhibition it seems at least
probable that he will send his eldest son,
PRINCK KR1KKK1CB W1LHKLM,
now studying at the gymnasium in Cassei, accom
panied by his tutor, to Philadelphia. Tho Priuco, con
firmed last year, will be seventeen in January, there
fore about the same age as the Prince of Wales when
he visited the United States for the first timo. The
young Princo is said to devote himself to his studies
with great ardor and justify the greatest hopes.
His appearance, of tho purely German type,
is very winning. Unfortunately his left
arm, which, In spite of all medical skill,
was paralyzed at his birth, is entirely
unfit for use. In ordor to place the representatives of
the imperial family in Philadelphia In especial relief, a
squadron is being prepared lor the purpose. As Ameri
can men-of-war have frequently visited German har
bors?viz., the monitor Miantonomah and the tender
Augusta in 18C6, and the frigatoa Franklin and Alaska,
under Rear-Admiral Worden, last summer, It seems
advisable to the Imperial Admiralty to ofTor a
similar courtesy to the American Republic. The
squadron will therefore, proceed to America, even
though the Crown Prince or his son should relinquish
the project. The names of the vessels chosen for the
purposo arc not yet known. In navy circles, very en
thusiastic for America, great Joy is expressed at the
proposed Journey.
TRK OKKKAN PARLIAMENT,
after a short adjournment, owing to the want of bills
prepared by the government, began yesterday the dis
cussion of the imperial budgoL The estimates calcu
lated by the government have, on the whole, received
the consent of leading parties. Dissatisfaction is only
expressed at tho introduction of two new
tax laws proposed by the government, to cover
the deficit of $4,000,000, a rather small sum in com
parison with tho large amounts of revenues and expen
ditures estimated. There is but little prospect of the
new government impositions on beer and 'Change
operations being adopted by the Reichstag. Tho majority
have agreed the deficit can be balanced by a reduction
of expenses, especially in the navy department, which
has still $11,000,000 granted in former years at its dis
posal. In tho course of to-day the supplement to the
penal oode will bo laid before the Reichstag. The Dill, in
> spite of considerable ameliorations introduced by tho
Federal Council, >s nevertheless so full of reactionary
tendencies that liberal parties, without disavowal of
their principles, cannot possibly give thoir consent.
Prince Bismarck, who took a prominent part in
the preparation of the bill, will personally under
Uike its defence in the Reichstag. His arrival
from Varzin, his Pomeranian Tusculum, where ho has
spent the entire summer, is expected this evening. His
health, in spite or absence from State duties, is said to
have improved but little; indeed, his nervous irrita
bility has increased, and even tho gout is so aggravated
in hit right leg that the free use of the limb is materi
ally impaired. Under such circumstancos It Is feared
the Imperial Chancellor will be )mt little able to check
the opposition of the RcichsUg to the proposed revis
ion of the penal code. A great affliction has alro been
lately sustained by Prince Bismarck in his family.
COUNT WKNP SU KULKNBOKO,
a young promising member of the Foreign Office, who
for some time has been In close Intercourse with tho
Chancellor, and in whom was placed such confidence
that ho is now engaged to Prince Bismarck's only
daughter, Countess Marie Bismarck, was takon ill of
typhoid fover during his stay in Varzin. After the Hl-^
ness had somewhat abated a relapse ensued, which
leads to the entertainment of fears of serious con
sequences. The young countess, with her two brothers,
immediately hurried to the bedside of her
betrothed, and has affectionately devoted herself to his
caro. Prince Bismarck is anxiously concerned at the
severe illness of his future son In law, and receives
daily despatches on his condition. Nearly simultaneous
wltti the return of Bismarck to Berlin Prince Gortscha
koff is expected for a few days on his Journey back to
St. Petersburg. It is asserted this meeting was already
previously arranged, the two statesmen feeling the ne
cessity of personally Interchanging thalr Ideas
on the complications In Turkey. The policy of
Germany has been till now directed toward roa.ntain
Ing tho friendly understanding between Austria
and Russia, and promoting a combined proce
dure of tho leading European governments.
Tho apprehensions of war manlfestod, especially in
England, are considered here as highly exaggerated.
Till now all Powers have been unanimous in upholding
the ttatui qw> in Turkey and demanding from the
Sublime Porto reforms for her Christian popu
lations. The separation of Bosnia and the
Herzegovina from Turkey has not yet been touched
upon from any quarter, and no intention of so doing
seemi. to be really entertained. Prussia, part icularly,
has given positive assurance that she can by no moans,
under the present circumstances, promole the Inde
pendence of the insurrectionary territories.
TITS AMKR1GAK M1K1STKR,
Mr Bancroft Davis, who some time ago took a long
leave of absence, has proceeded with his family by way
of Italy to Egypt, and he will In alt likelihood have
I already landed at Alexandria. Mr. Bancroft Davis.
baring paused tbe whole cummer In Berlin or the chtrit
Ing seandu place, Heringsdorf, on the Baltic, will. It if
expected, only return to his post at the commencement
of January. During hie absence the First Secretary of
Legation, Mr. Hamilton Fish, Jr., son of the Secreurj
of State, officiates as Charge d'Affaires. Snortly befori
bis departure Mr. Bancroft Davis gave a musical solrc<
to which the (tilt of Berlin were invited. OB
this occasion Mr. Pratt, a young Ameri
can composer. appeared for the first
time before a German public, whose undivided ap
plause be speedily gained by bis compositions and mas
terly play on Hie piano. Mr. Pratt is a native oi
Chicago, is scarcely thirty years of age, and baa already
studied some time in the Statesand at theconservatonum
of Professor KulUk in Berlin. His compositions doiiol
exactly belong to the German school, but more to the
French one represented by Mi'-hul, Auber and
Meyerbeer. It is to be hop?d Mr. l'ratt will
during the season give more extended circles the
opportunity of appreciating his talent. In the soiree
at the American M Ulster's, Fraulein Brandt, one ol
onr must prominent artists in the Royal Opera, was
also a performer us well as your countrywoman, Miss
Minnie Hauck, already a favorite of the German pub
lic. M ss Hauk, whose failure in Paris some years ago
was chiefly owing to the toolish "puffing" of her
manager, has made wonderful progress and when
playing last siring at the Opera in Berlin
she received a brilliant offer for an engagement
at the Royal Theatro. Dunn? her sojourn
in Moscow and Vienna Miss Minnie HaucK studied so
zealously and has so completely overcome her former
faults, that she may be reckoned among the most
eminent arlistej in Europe and has probably a brilliant
career in prospect. At the Opera hero she has under
taken the manifold rOle-t of Paulino Luoca, certainly not
without some difficulties with Mma. Mallinger, wl.o
seems not unreasonably - to die id the ascending
star. The soiree at the Legation was the firsl
great reunion of the American colony. As
the Americans do not appear to be very numerous
here this season nothing hus yet been heard of tlis
preparations for > elebrating Thanksgiving I>ay. Per
haps on account of Mr. Bancroft Davis' absence tin
customary festival will not take place or will only be ob
served privately. On the2Sth inst. divine service til1
be held in the American chapel. Tho Thanksgiving
address will be delivered by Dr. Joseph Thompson,
who has chosen as his subject "The Materialism
of I.ncretlus and tho Theism of Paul;-' which Miits tl.s
nature of man as a being of grateful atl m-llons, id
patriotic devotion and of humanitary aims und hopes 1
Dr. Thompson, who has lately returned from G.as
gow, where he took a leading part in tho snti-Vatic;ui
meeting, intends giving a course of lectures tliia wiutei
on the history and development of the United States,
in order to increase the sympathy of Germans inter
ested In the Centennial Exhibition and place in J
proper light the American people, so frequently mis
judged.
Alter long
DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS
the Imperial Chancellor has just issued an enactment ol
particular importance for Germans residing in the
United States. According to the imperial military laws
put into force last year, Germans who, after becoming
American citizens had again taken up their abode tn
Germany were liable to military service. As
this decision induced frequent recriminations the
Chancellor has acceded to the wishes of the
United States, and signified that such persons
as by reason of the convention concluded with Germany
in January, 1866, are considered American citizens, but
who, nevertheless, by a iwo years' stay in Germany,
have renounced again their naturalization in tho States,
shall, before being drawn Into military service, be ques
tioned whether they intend remaining in Germany ami
subjecting themselves to military duties or leaving the
country in a short period.
THE THIRD TERM QUESTION.
GENERAL GRANT RENOMINATED BT THE METHO
DIST PREACHERS?SIGNIFICANT REMARKS OP
BIBHOP HATEN.
The Methodist preachers and the Methodist Sunday
School Union held a Joint mooting on Monday last ia
the Temple street Methodist Episcopal church. Boston,
the Rev. L. B. Bates presiding. After devotional ex
ercises, Professor William Wells, of Union College, was
introduced to address the meeting. Ho spoke on the
subject of "Bismarck and the Papacy," reviewing at
length the train of circumstances which loJ to the rup
ture which exists between the German government ami
the Papacy. He declared that to the school system of
Germany more than to any other earthly thing be
longs the honor of tbe German success. In concluding
he warned the people of the United States of the danger
which is threatening them and their free institutions
from the Papacy.
snr.cn or wsnor bavkv.
Bishop Gilbert Haven, in accordance with an Invita
tion extended by the preachers' meeting a ioruiight ago,
addressed tho audience on thacondition of the South.
He said that there was ono class of people In the Soutii
who bad been recognized us a nationality bv the I'ope,
and they would welcome his tollow.-rs to these shores;
but the race freed by the people of the North will never
strike a blew agam?t constitutional liberty. Bishop
Haven said that there is to be a
TRKMKNDOCS 1'OLITICAL BATTLE
this year, beginning with the election ol a democratic
Speaker of the national House of Represcntu'ives. H>>
said that the ministers o( Boston are in the ticid of bat
tie; their words are reported and the Southern papers
comment on them. Tho questiun Is. "Shall tho North
ern poople rule tho nation?" "Shall thcl'untun or tho
cavalier be the ruler?" "Shall Boeton or Charles
ton be the centre f" Tho Methodist Kpisco
Sal Church is the only Institution in tho
ontb to-day that represents the American nation.
You must, he said, stand by your Church. Thcro
are in tho South nearly 300,000 members ol the Metho
dist Episcopal Church who know what they believo
just as well as the people of New England, and better.
Thoy appreciate liberty and those who gave it to them ;
they never will be betrayers, and let tho people of tho
North never betray them. The malcontents of tho
South know that they were defeated by one man; that
man is President Grant, and if the people throw blm
over at the command of politicians they will ruo it.
Pray, brethre^ that if - ,,
FRF.RIDKNT (ftujfT VAT n* RB KLKCTEn.
Pray for the true people of the South, und you will find
thai thus you will bo able to keop down the kindred
threatening powers, the siavo power and Uio power cf
the Papaoy.
The Rev. Dr. Sherman, of Brooklyn, moved that the
meeting vote that they had heard tho sentiments ad
vanced by Bishop Haven with great pleasure and hearty
approval. This motion was unanimously adopted. .Ail
opposed wore invited to rise, but npt one person rose.
There was great applause.
STRANGE EFFECT OF TRUE LOVE.
A TOUNQ MAN THO IS DEPRIVED OF HIS LADY
LOVE ENDANGERS THE LIVZ8 OF HIS AS
SOCIATES.
A lively young gentleman rejoicing In tne name of
William F. Crolt fell In love some time ago. It was
deemed prudent by tbe parents of tho younir lady to
protest against any matrimonial alliance with this
dashing gallant The young lady, who is tbe beautiful
and accomplished daughter of a highly rospcctable citi
zen, was sent abroad, and Mr. Croft, on learning the
sad news, Indulged in some of that beverage
which Inebriates but seldom cheers. Naturally
imaginary wrongs arose In bis mind, and
what between blighted hopes, and, doubt
less, Indifferent whiskey, he formed resolutions
which unfortunately assumed a somewhat serions as
pect. On Saturday night last, or, more properly speak
ing, on Sunday morning, wben Mr. Croft, who had, as
is alleged, an ancient grudge against a Mr. De Courcv,
proceeded to tbe rooms of a Jovial association known
us the Concord Club, though tbe surrounding neighbori
will henceforth be apt to believe that harmony is not s
feature of the institution. Three o'clock In the morn
ing was the h"ur at wluc.h tho would be bride
groom sought his adversary In the elegant and
refreshing apartments of tho "Concord," and
discovering a crowd o( acquaintances Indulging
in a modest game of "draw," as the saying
goes, mode his bow in a somewhat belligerent style.
A moment before lie had met Mr. De Oourcy on the
stairs and pointed a pistol at his head, but one of the
members of the club who chanced to come in at the
time fortunately stsyed his arm. Mr. De Courcv left,
and \flr. Crolt, as already stated, proceeded up stairs in
no pleasant frame of miud. There again
KiTiiK.it aaur or iad whiskkt
got the better of blm. His remarks to his fellow mem
hers at play were not at all rational, and IVom ail ac
counts bis absence, just then, would have been
a relief Unhappily Mr. Croft was tn possession ol
a dangerous weapon, which he took occasion to
flourish, and ono ol the young gontlemen present, who,
It is said, had a full hand at the tune, came near to
passing In his "chips." Matters were so arranged,
however, that Mr. Croft was removod, yet not before
the assistance of the police was called. Mr. Croft then
exercised his limbs and escaped arrest, but heroicallv
surrendered himself on Monday morning to the police
authorities. Justice .Murray allowed him to go on pa
role, to appear yesterday afternoon for examination.
Judge Murray, being engaged at Special Sessions, was
unable to attend, aud his place was supplied bv .1 n - ti. e
Duffy, who called lbe case promptly at four o'clock.
The complainant, Mr. De Courey, was in attendant,
hut the defendant did not appear, whereupon orders
were issued for his arre-t The hearing ol the case was
adjourned until to dav at three o'clock.