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WASHINGTON
jjo Bustle Attendant Upon
the Session of Now Con
gressmen,
Certainly that Mr. Kerr Will Sit
Down on Tom Scott’s Subsidy
Danilins,
Ho President's Message to Be Un
usually Long, and of Deep
Interest.
It Is Thought that tho Docu
ment Will Go to Con
gress Tuesday.
flu Work of the Army Corps of En(ji
neers During tho Past Year.
jlcmnrkablo Exhibition of Fra
ternal Feeling lu tho
South.
{ho Era of Bcoonciliation and Claim*
About to Be luaucruiatod.
THE EVE
CAtCCS-SJIOKK CLK.UtINO AWAT.
ffjwetal DitraL-h to The CMentn- Tribune.
Washington,D. C., Doc. C.—ThaSoutberoora.
Iporiog the grateful offers of uaj>porb nude by
{beta to Mr. Randall after bo engineered (bo
defeat of tho Force bill, bav»j nominated a
Kortbom Speaker who will carry out tbeir pro
ptmmo, and bavo secured tho positions of
Clerk, Doorkeeper, and Postmaster, with tho
Urge attendant patronage. The uoroiuoo for
Doorkeeper was Scrgeant-at-Arms of the Con
federate O&ngroas, and tbo Chaplain war selected
because be was obliged to vacate a Connoc
ticai pulpit during tho War because
«{ his sympathy with Hocnuulon,
(Jeo. John M. Corse, of Chicago, would have
t««a a candidate for Sorgoact-at-Anna if it bad
cot become evident Id tbo drat ballot that
Thompson, of Ohio, was cortniu of election.
Ibe friends of Corco thought that if some
Boathora Rebel General bad nominated him bis
election would bavo boon carrlnd by tlio outhu
taitn, but tbo Confodorato Generate bad other
tmbiUon than to honor tbo hero of Alotooua
fin. They wore too bus> la seeking to secure
flnt places for Rebel Quarter masters, sutlers,
tod guerrillas, and, now that tbo contest Ik end
sd, bitterly denounce tbo Norl hern men because
(border State Union man, although a Dcmo
nt, bos been made Clerk; of the House.
It baa come out that tbo Clnrkaud Sergeant
it Anns nominated by the D emocratio caucus
cooperated, and that the log-rolling oombiuo
too waa managed bv Thomp* on, Chairman of
lbs Ohio Democratic Commit toe, the succoso
fal candidate for Sorgoaut-at-ilrms, assisted by
Bill, full Allen’s Secretary of State, and by Bar
ium., Allen’s adjutant.
Tbs Democratic House is net yet organized,
hi Southern claimmto have tljeadj organized
mid on tbo Treasury. The papers this morn
b? contain tho specious plea of tbo autl-bcllum
Gtil*contraotora for relief, Tbe total amount
(kittled to be doe is @93£,907. All claim to have
two loyal.
nix nmmmoAK rasAtons _
ml moot In cauous ou Sloudny u> choose a com
tiitoo to rooonoiruiH tbu list o! committees.
Tbero aro no indications that any Attempt will
Umade to go Into an election for officers of tb<v
B<cito, and It is very certain that Mr. Ferry will
ttmiln nudistnrbod as President pro tem ,ia
Keortlooco with tho csiablisbod usego.
Kerr has been vlosctud all duty preparing tlio
idlrcas which bo will deliver upon being elected
fpeikcr to-monow. Although overwhelmed
with visitors, ho bus seen but a very few of his
Doit intimate fnonlH. His ad< Irons will bo
(boat ou long as Lamar’s speech.
mu naisrow’s oi'nciAL oosEnviTioKs.
The report of tlio tfocrotary of tbo Treasury
bu been carefully kept. Nothing beyond the
petals in regard to resumption tele graphed aomo
bae since is known. A considerable portion of
tb«report is devoted to tbu indication to Con
pass of various hues of economy which con be
tduotageoußly followed without lianu to tbo
faille service. The Democratic ll'uuao cannot
vail so beyond the recommendations for re
tnoebment, which avo sweeping uud radical.
Tbirevmw of the whisky frauds fo.uua an in-
Uraiting foaturo of tbo report.
AUoexaUA I*rtU.]
OOMIIKNUATION,
VtiirntOTOH, D. C„ Deo. s.—Representative
<trr received many of bis friends to-day, who
Mkdto congiatalato him op bis nonriustlou for
ttoßpjaKoisbip. All parties concodit his illness
forthi, position. The remarks of Jaoprescuta
*ta I.UedaU in tbo caucus, and bib motion to
mb the nomination unanimous, are every-
Jb«H> spoken of In terms of commendation.
Burpdas Is expressed that tbo West and tioutii
•ati ad all tho offices.
TUX MUSSES. BABKIfI,
the 200 or 000 subordinate pi ices there ore
* (rut 1,000 appbeatious. Bomo oC tbo defeated
twdulates complain that certain members who
tn mined them support were guilty of broach of
forth, bating deserted them on tbo ballot. Ac
fo< it a dozen of the defeated oiiidldatos came
bliiet with high expectations.
Uf» BECOUD.
The Bey. J. I*. Townsend, who baa charge of
t* l Episcopal Church in Washington, and who
jiMlved tbo majority of tbo votes of tbo caucus
for Chaplain of tbo House, was nominated by
“•Hoa. W. EL Baruum. who stated tbac Towu
k M U*d boon driven out of tbo Convention by
*■* Republicans of that State for bis political
COMMITTEES.
Anoroui or gossip aud fooscastx.
dpectai Ditpalch to TKt Chicago Tnlunt.
WABIUKQTOM, D. 0., Deo. o.—Eden, of Wl--
*■*•> U suggested for tho Claims Committee,
Uorruou, of Illinois, for War Claims. The
delegation deserves well of Kerr. Gaul*
■•W U nailed an old member, and will doubtless
I* eOhalrmauablp, aa all great commercial
***• aire generally accorded oim. Carter Harri
** bati been about the Qooae nearly aa long ns
~*b|flrdd, but be eat In the Inst Congrees in a
seat, and cannot be celled an old mem-
Holman, of Indiana, wants the Approjtrta
• Oa V bat U opposed by many Democrats, The
Ration of the profesaloual watobdogs of
r* Treaaory Is gone In the majority, but Kerr
7* act yet mads up bis mind, and his best
?• ads cannot apeak for him. The Congrese
*■4 whp voted for Korr hoping to eeoure;Cbair
oabipe have been boa/ this dreary, rainy day
£ •Sorts to discover whether their bopca are to
' MaiUed. Their efforts have proved unauc
ry Kerr ie neither in a hurry, nor com
?®®k*U(re. He has become worn by the excite
of the contest, and needs rest. Ho may
«°t announce the committees until Thursday.
Blaine, in the last Oongreae, withhold
«»wa until that day. The beat information lit
# will bo oouallluted upon ou
partisan basis. The very pronounced
a- *®cord of Kerr warrants thU
The leading places will uo doubt
d»ir i, e ? 0 dorr's rival# in tbo contest. Itao
q *» “aid, has been offered his choioe, with
I •n?i lcepl,on Ways and Ueanu. That place
to* High-tariff man.
(cS,"L Wo °dwlU probably succeed Dawes as
°.?. Ways and Means. Uandsli, it is
■Sm?!**’ *lll take tbo Appropriations.! tit U tfte
wl *lch offers Its Chairman the bout
Pwtonlty for the display of forensic oudpai-
ablUty sad political sagacity. It 1 1
tsUi.c can be only seooutl
lute— l P lb* *»•» dt the House. LsuUr
*aaantUl9old eomuliteee would be likely
to ho tnnde Chairman of thn Klnctiorn Commit
tee, Iml hin nt rnnt;:h was mio jual in tlm routine
drudgery of Hint (7otnmiUco in the last Coo
gres*. and bo is mtdnrHt.ind to prefer to rijccp*<|
iJon Hmlor n» Ciiiiirruan of tin* .lii'tif’nrv. Alex
ander Mitchell ih talked of for tin IPuibing and
Currency. Ah an null-Torn Bcntt man, no wtn
probably head Iho Fa-bio Railroad Cooumtltoß,
as Kerr la opposed to tbnt suliMdy.
PAIIWKM, AND I.KHMVS*.
diaries 11, Fnrnrcll arrived thin morning.
Fnrnino hnd noarlv fnvorod hoMoyne by tlio
lohh of ah tlio ovi'Jeneo taken by FarwcWl. Tbn
package containing all the ilocumontH and
tpHiimnny watt intrusted to a derlt in Chicago,
with iiiHirucllonfl In Hlamp It and deposit it lu
ILo mail. Tlio clerk dopovitod tbn pacVngo In
iho Chicago olllco, tint ncgicctod tn ttfllx auv
Atanipn to it. Tho conneipionro won that thu
testimony wan about to bo nont to tho Uond-
J,etU r Ollico In tho natial ordnr of bustnnsu,
when tho Hiiporflcription attracted atten
tion. It wan dtroctod to tho Clork
of tho Ilonso of llcnrcflontativeH. The
attention of fitmidn wa* called to tho package,
who immediately arranged to horo it forwarded
to it« dmdlnation. It m now nnfelv lotljp-d with
tho Clork of tho Homo, rai woll’e nnmo ban
boon rcgulartv, placed on tbn roll of membent,
and will hnciilUo to-morrow hi tho organisation
of (ho llonso. I'anvoll will Hiuh light i.cMnyno
from tho insldn. i.cMoyno it in tend o&pucts
to imt tlio (5,000 wliothor niicccnsfiil or not. If
he does, ho forgetn that the lant placed
a legal obsti notion iu tho way of bucj gratuitiea
to coutfcßtKolg.
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
JTri I’UKfIKNTVnOU IDHHIDLK TUKaDAY.
Spteial JMtvaUk M 7'A* Clnewo Ti-xOune.
Wahiiinoton, D. C., Doc. s.—Thn Proßidant'd
moreago, which will not bo euhmittcd to Con
grcHH till Tu.'ftdny, will bo one of unusual length
nml deep iutorent and importauce. Whilo it will
treat In tho usual manner upon tho quentions ol
State and policy which now *tand prominently
before tho country, it in umlorutood. will also
make reference to tho llr*t centennial anniver
sary of tho birth of the nation. It will review
tho procettfilon of great ovonlH which have trann
pirod fllneo tho promulgation of tho Declara
tion of Independence, molding tbo inutitutlonu
ami nbapiog tho defitinloH of (ho nation. It it*
underetood that this btatoxical epitome will oc
cupy a largo portion of tho message, on i alhißlon
will bo made to tbo preparations now going on
for tho becoming observance of the birthday ol*
tbo dahon.
Tbo subject of our relations with Spain will
form a prominent feature. The recent negotia
tions are seated a length, showing tho direct
quotations which have boon instituted, uud those
growing out of the disturbed condition of affuliß
in tbo Island of Cuba. The position of tbo Ad
ministration on this question in tbo same ns it
has always maintained, which was ono of firm*
noun aud’a watchful recognition of oar interests.
Tbo passage relating to Cuba will be quite long.
It ia understood that, in (be eon me of tbo cun-
Hidomtion of the Hi anish question, a parallel in
drawn between tho position asotuned by luo
United States) towards tbo other Spanish Amer
ican colonies end lust more recently maintained
respecting Cuba. Wo did not recognize them
for nearly eight years otter their quarrel with
tbo mother-country begun, Tbo inference tics
near that a mmiiar coarse may be pursued to
wards Cuba. Tbo recognition of the belligerent
rights of those colonics did not produce a war,
although there was the Hoaoish bluster that is
now exhibited. Our naval preparation!) then
were similar to those that have recently been
made. *
A iKirlion of tbo message is also denoted to
the importance of a general ililTiiuiou of knowl
edge. and recognizes intelligence among tbo
nia:<*o» as tbo bulwark of our lihcrtios and tho
mainspring of popular institutions.
The financial portions are understood to indi
cate no change in tbo President's views favoring
a redeemable currency and early resumption.
ux ,, t • NaTOUY.
Tbo rr&ios for tbo activity in tbo navy yards
aro given.
rnouim.n LCNirrn.
Tbo message will contain about 18,000 words.
Gen. Grant's previous modsagos have not ex
ceeded 10.000 words. The present d<<enment
will no doubt bo tbo ablest paper of thU Admin
istration.
(To the Atfoetatea l*rt*i. 1
Waiuuncton, D.C.. Dec. s. —Tbo first business
for to-mo;vow wifi couii;*t of caPiiig tlio roll of
niomberu tiy McPherson. tbo p:ou>nt Clerk and
administrator of tho oath of office; nuxt, tbo
election of Speaker, Cleric. Doorkeeper, Bor
geuut-at-Arni', J’o.'tmtulyr, and Chaplain, The
questions affecting tbo Beats of sumo of the
members may arise, therefore tho action may bo
protracted by debate, hi vtow of micb event,
tbo President will not transmit bis mosaaco
to Congress until Tuoauav noon. Tbo document
is longer than that of last year by about five
printed pages, in document form, and contains
upward of ia.UOU aords. Tbs message will bo
telegraphed by tbo press of tbo country. All
the reports of tbo brads of Departments, with
tbo exception of that of the Secretary of tbo In
terior. have boon bent bonce, to bo held for pub
lication until tho message shall bo sent to Con*
E lots. The printing of tbo above-named report
aa boon delayed, but copiOH will bo forwarded
to-morrow. Tbo contemn of the message bavo
boon studiously concealed.
THE ARMY ENGINEERS.
COAST DCPRNUE.
sr«Hal Ditpateh to The Chteaaa Tribune,
Wabuisqtox, D. C., Doc. C.—Tlw Secretary of
War, in bis annual report, will mention tho sat
isfactory progress which tbo works (or tbo de
fense of our seaboard, undor tbo engineer corps,
bavo mado during tbo last llecal year. The class
of works adopted in 1369 aro heavy earth bat
teries thoroughly protected and arranged for
guns ami moitars suitable to resist tbo attack nf
the most itoworfol Uou-clads. Already some po
sitions selected, particularly in our largo com
mercial ports, bavo a largo proportion of tboir
gun-positions prepared. Ho continues:
Tim Buttalle.v of Euglnoor!, under tho law of June
16, 1074, reducing the army, him been limited to aoc
enlisted men. Vulb number, In the opinion of the
Chief of Engineers, In too small for the uUtclcot per
formance of tlio duties required of them. If war
should occur with a maritime power, the want of
trained soldiers to plant and operate our turiwlo do
vi» would be seriously felt, and It Is submitted
whether the neods of this branch of tho service muy
not Justify tho minimum organization for tho battalion
to bo not less thou Out) vullatod men for tho torpedo
service alone. That number in required. The duty
requires an iulollicunce uud training which cannot
bo supplied la au emergency. The trials
with torpedoes have continued, and have conßrmod
previous views expressed as to tho importance of this
auxiliary iu tho defense of our harbors, ss well as tho
certainty that their use in time of wsr will prevent
the enemy's veaaeU from running past our .batteries,
and wIU unable us to bold them under the fire of our
artillery.
TUB MOUTH or TUB MIfIBIHHIPI'I EIVXE.
Tbo fourth aecllon of tbo bat Ulvor uud Harbor act
authorizes James U. Eads, with such otoora as may be
associated wltb him, uuder certain conditions, to con*
Biruct such punnamint battarias us may no nocimry
to secure aud maintain a wlilo, deep, and permanent
channel between the Miimlulppl Uirur and the Oulf of
Mexico through tho oouth paw of the river. All tho
provisions ot the sections preliminary to (he execution
of ii<i« work have bcou carried out. The rcsulta of
the survey directed by the act to bu mads
by the Coast tiurvey have been received from
the hupeiiutumitiut of that service, and were
supplied Mr. Eads. An officer of the Engineers, Mai,
0. li. Comstock, has been detailed, whoso duty It is
under the law to report the depth of wuter aodfcvtdtU
of channel secured and maintained from time to time
in said channel, together with such other information
n.f|)octlug the p rounds of tho improvement. the
faalerlaU used, and the character sud permanence of
Aha works, oe may be noon>Mry to keep Congress fully
Informed end advised. To enable this officer to make
toe required surveys and inspections, an annual sp.
i roprlatloo is necessary, the estimates for which may
M found in the report of the Chief of Engineers, whii-h
also contains further Information m regard to this
work. The amount required for thaw surveys, end the
examinations during tue present flood year. U117,(M1,
and, as no means for them have as yet wen provided,
, the appropriation of that eum is recommended to be
made at tho earUost day practicable after the meeting
of Congress, liy a letter of thu 'jtUh of J uue, Mr. Kails
Informed mo that ha commenced, June 4, the cot*-
■truciiou of works at tho bar lu South Pass, and I hst
provisional works for the construction of thu soot
Jetty had already been attended l.uC’Ufeut. Titan*
port of MaJ. Comstock upon tho progrucs mado by Mr.
Kids up to BepUTSwIU be found tu tho report of
the Chief of Engineers. It givus a clear do
■crlpllou of thu exact character of tho works,
their progress, the material used, and the degree
of permanence with which Jetties aro being oonstruci*
ed. lu thu improvement of tho Uiaalwippl lUvcr. the
want of a detailed and accurate survey hoe long been
felt. The need of such a survey ta becoming mure
said more urgent from your lu year, as engineering tru
prowmcul.' in aid of I'utnuirrce become uoevaaory. Too
partial surveys oi detached portions of the river
which have trom time to lime boon mode for opociol
Improvements are nm sulilclont for tho discussion of
plans for protecting the river sgalust flood*—a question
which U now of much importance—or for other general
eogerecnog Improvements which should be based on
detailed mape, exhibiting not only the condition at tho
tluo of the survey, hut giving thu iucaus of discover
ing future changes. The organization aud Instru
ments of the Ltke Hurray furnish means i f m«k.ng
the surrey of the river aoouralelj and economically,
and 1 recommend that the work be placed ia us haudw.
OXOIXMIKUL SXPLOUaTIOKS.
Thl preparation of lbs report of (ha Geological Ex-
,n t the ohkt patslUl has boon euueeUl
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE; MONDAY, DECEMBER 0, 1878.
retird'td by delay In completing tho paleun
toloyioal -Indies l.y tUo ougiiiM-rs, Ttie
ntlva baa bean rommeic ed, and the ’opngrapldeal atlas
wld )>'• <umplet<M before tin* end rtf tlie current year,
m wall aa the lest of thin impumnl work.
(IfPKIIIA'MIP.'AJ, KWM.njiATIONH
•ltd piirrryi weal »f the Iwth mcrlili.ui tinder fho War
DipaPlr.iPt.l hnTo been In progress auuo tnv
lax*. report, At lt»* Ix-Kltmlng of Urn flec.vl
jrir, Urn main divMon* of the survey were
about leaving I’nehlo, <>>!., for the field of oi.i-ratl'jiiM
In Koutlurn and Nouthwei*ti.ru Colorado, Nortlioni and
Northwestern New Mexico, and Northeastern AriM>iu,
where connection* wr re nnuio with tho work of former
pant. At the termination, In November and Dooom
br>P, 1871, oftbo BMaon'a work In tli<m Jo ahtlca. the
parties were disbanded at I'ittblo, and a portion of the
a*.-iivtao‘,a weru engaged !u thin city )□ j rep’.ring tlm
rnap'i and other rcMUlt* of tho survey tor publication.
Tim field-work of lUu pment season was divided Into
two main motions. with tho imentu nof surveying
a track iu Colorado and i.'- t;nritli, and rn udlcer
with a rpoelal parly Mat d> '.-.llt<l to make a prelimi
nary luMruioenUl snrvev with a view to complete
the riainluf.tlmi nn lo the’liaidbllllv of diverting the
water* of tin; river C dotodn for pufpw-w of Irrigation,
uml It is hop.oi lint tlio rr)*irt accompanied by iwtl
rnalea uod coats will !*> r«v oi.nl f.mm the olticor ;n
charge of tlm party in Him* to be Iranaraltled to Eon-*
grneN hI till* coming ecariott. Two of the dx. quarto
volume* of the rvjtorla of tbn aurvey which were »u
--tborii’iHl by Congn-Hs arn !t> tho hands of tho printer,
aod oilier-, am iu an advanced state of preparation,
1 Sic puKlrMion oftbo uniographlcal and geological
aisa« aiteei* le progressing aUbf-n’-lory, wltli rcmt.lo
d ialled tnjMgmplmal mupaof tin* interior ruunlry
mil report* aa to the wexureus of tho re gion* survey
ed. Fur Urn latter purjtu<e, competent Hclcnlfnts
in tho specialties of goolujy. mineralogy, palemi
tdofy, /oology, and liolituy acjo.nptny
thr- ViMrvcylnjf parlies, will little Incrotse In «x|>etiae in
comparison with Ihu amount of information gained by
ttictri. Tno toi-ogra* bh:al imps, which (ormntilm
, port tut neuU of thbi survey, .fiirnfoU Informulnn lire*
ml to tho military acrvlce nml to other branches of Uni
iiovcrmnciit. and especially to thn Immigrants wno
ar -rapidly nettling lu the A*rcat valleys west < f the
Mississippi, und cn approprhi lun aeidng fur It* con
tinuation la recommended. TUero are, at nearly ah
thu hoad'iuarlcis of tho foul* military dtrislons and
nine military department*, tinkers of tho Corps of
cutcf duly it li to collect geographical
and other infurmatiou, and these olUctra do, hy
nieuns uf Uiulr own explanations ond surveys
and by tiollucting note*, shetuboa, and map* made
hy otlh'cta and soldiers l.dot'Stug to the Western
posts on their scouts slid cat opaigb*, odil year by
year to tho knowledge of thn In .trior country, which
Ih net only to the Ovts ursls lu command of
thoso departments and division!, but which Is useful
to tho country generally, Mapi emliudyliig the In
fonnatiou galtu d lu tnis way w Ith little cost to tlm
connlry uro busily tmbltihed uy the Engineer De
partment, uod it w ill be obaers od that tho Chief of
Eugiuoers report* un unusually large numl>or of
thuHo map* end other* In lllusl ration of operations
lu the late War a* printed and .-published during tho
last bscul year. I recommend to CongrtM the apnro
pdation askod for the survey by tlio KuKlucere’otQcers
attach to tho Various idiv;rl;>ii nml Department head
' qmirlers, aud for construcilu/ats I priming nisp* by
1 Iho Knitineer Dcp;rtmt»til for thv ir*j of tho War De
partment and army, and which. t » a very groat de
gree, Hilmnlato and iwiilit the various inierpriaos
which nrti fast scUllug up oirr Interior doaiaiu.
Tin* cntinin{<'fi pi Ihr Ujiwl of Engineer* aro nulindt
le»ls?ermti.'lv, n>i {■rwnl.'d by that oUu«—rlrj. lord-
Jlr.vlmet nixt mm c v.*rk* of defense, fv,OiI,OOU; public
building* nud (r.-oi.mi* >ml WMibitigti'ii A'pieilurt.
$711,174; ►urvijs, VI7O.OUU; Kngiiteor Depot at Wil
led’* Point, K. V.. S-fsO-u; oiU*.v oxvviw.-s, $31,00P;
lu.’nwi incut of tlvtia wml harbors, $14,301,100; total,
$17,303,8*4.
CONCERNING CLAIMS.
pnoJtCTEi) MormKnx noi’nnoN uaids upon the
NATIONAL THLASUtIY.
fra>n Uur Oitn Correspondent,
Washington, Doc. I.— Tuts Chicago Turn
pku in October last Balds “Tbo return of tbo
Democratic party to tbo control of tho Govern
ment will nooosaimly involve • the pecuniary
recognition of Uiu Rebellion, isnd the complete
compensation of tbo people of these States lor
alt their losses and damages caused by the Union
armies, the assumption of the Rebel State debts,
and such a general accumulation of debts as
will doable tbo taxes and mortgages of tho
United States for tbo next two centuries.”
TKC DBMOCUATIO I'IIOORAMMin
All tho indications of tbo tunes confirm this
prediction. Not long ago a Southern gentleman,
in an unguarded moment, said to a Itopnbbcan
Senator:
“If tbo Democrats got Into power, they are
going to do four things :
“I'irtt— We shall repudiate tbo Northern
debt; wo are not going to help pay for boating
tbo ramrod that bus burnt our backs.
“Second— Wo are going to make tbo North
pay for cotton to the amount of £200,000,0dd,
which was taken from the South at the close of
tho War.
“ Third— Wo are going to tax the North to pay
for tbo refunding of tbo S-por-cout cotton-tax^
“ A'ourlA—Wo are going to levy a poll-tax of
from s2j to SOO on every negro in tbo Houtl t;
and wo aro going to make tho nogroea pay tills
ae a partial compensation to the South for etna □-
cips'ion. Negroes do not undoraumd what ibis
to bo free ; they don't deserve tbolr freedom.”
tub rnorn’ETs sowndixo x.v tub gloom.
This is further, donbllouß, than many Southern
politician would bo willing to go, Tbo South"
erti proas has given notice that “ tlio irumpotl
aro sounding in tbo gloom.’' Thoy aro the tniov*
I>otß of tbo rapacious cl.Uiuautd upon tbo Troiw
nry. Already tbo hordes aro gathering boro,
although tbo Democratic party has no patron
age, except to poddlo oat tbo potty oftlcos of
the House of iloprceentafiTos. Beody, anti
quated old fossils from tbo Boutb, who bavo
boon boro for half a coutaary with claims, aro
joining tbo ranks of tbo myriad of war-oUim
autH, and aro shouting for tbo old flag and an
appropriation. Tboy would bo qalto willing to
tako an appropriation without tbo old flag. Tboy
novor woro vory particular about that. Tboy
bavo boon talking u groat deal of late years
about tbo udvanco of centralization, tbo
rights of tbo States, tbo development of
tbo already Paternal Govurmriont, and all
that; bat tboy aro now content tint tbo General
Government shall build tbeir railroads. Improve
their rivers, construct tbeir lovocs, build their
roads, anil feed tboir poor. Tbo
tbo Commissions, tuo files of belli Houses of
Congress, ate filled with application! far claims
which oggrogate ondloao millions. These claim
ante may all soy of tbo North, as erven gentle
mannered Henry Wottorson onco did, •* Wo bate
vou, certainly hate yon, with justified and cor
dial bate. You are not merely a sot of licentious
hypocrites and cruel liars, but a base and
cowardly gong of political out-throats."
TUB DKMOCIIATIO DEMANDS.
Wliat aro some of those demands ? Here is
one of them; notices lino It can be found almost
any day iu the country papers of tbo Boutb:
NOTICE TO VUnUEU SLAVB-OWNBUB IJJ TUB NINTU COM*
The undersigned projKMCs to open iu,Ualnc!Vtllo r
Qa.. a register fur the entry of the ttuuio, »ge, and ssx,
and also the market-value in specie, of eivth ulavo held
pi-j,,r to Lincoln’* Emancipation I‘roelaintUon, Jan. i,
ihilli; said registry to be made in well-bound books,
that sre U> be kept in Uro-proof vauiti. ThU la done
with a view to getting pay for thorn at aouie tuturu
day. Thu U«l suuuld l« sworn to before uu ullicvr au
tlmrbwd to administer oaths for guucrfal purposes.
Tbo fee for registration is 10 osuU for oath name uu
thu list. Clubs cuatuluiug 100 names will U» recorded
for SI. Andrew* W. W. Hidkn,
United States Claim-Agent, Oalnurlli r, UuU Co., Oa.
TUX OUGHT or SLAVERY
has never ceased to sit at the hearth of the
former slaveholder. It doubtless newer will. It
is (or tho voters of this country next year to »ty
whether that same ghost shall ait la the Halls
of tbo National Legislature, and lake mouny
from the people's pocket.
Vast sums of moaov are invested la assign
moots of claims (or slave-property. Tbo tremen
dous cotton-tax lobbyissmero bsgatelJecomparotl
witb tho millions which tins other scheme coo
templates. BUvo-proporty alwavs iHjiuessed a.
liouuhar sanctity. It holds the foremost rank ia
tbo army of Houthern claims.
S'JUXUUIIN CLililH COMMISStOK.
Tho claims wbteb are reprosouted before (be
Southern Claims Commissiou aro a type of an
other formidable class of demands tho
I'ublio Treasury, Tho jurisdiction of this Com
mission has been greatly restricted} hut, even
with its scantv jurisdiction, thu claimants have
boon successful m seeming large amounts. Jt
is a well-settled principle of international law,
that a UovorumoDt Id, tu stnotuoss, under no ob
ligation to make coropenvattou to any citlrcD.
of the Htates proclaimed in robollioo, for any
property taken, used, or destroyed, during war,
lor necessarv military oparationa. llte Untbtd
bUtos, m this as in all other raapeote. has
more generous than the law of tbo won d.
Tbs severe (rule of International low waa moi li
ned by successive acts of Congress, aud by the
proclamation of the rrenidunt. The Court of
Houcheru Claims was created lu accordance wi th
such a policy. The limitation of the period of
its life has been frequently extended. Tue who lo
uumbar of claims presented to tide Commisslfu
ts about 22,000. Tuogross amount of all claims
tiled aggregates more thau ftBU.OoO.UDO. it wot
discovoccU that, of $1,717.b£7 demanded bv 2.4til
claims, but $G4J,713 was duo. Tue great bulk of
the rejected was for the most monstrous disloy
ally.
Ihe eaee witb which claims of this sort have
been paid by Congress may be learned fiuat the
fact that Congrees has. for many years, baao ox
amluiog claims oh ex-parte af&davtw aad accom
panying petition# | that vast tnliU#i>s hav« bsee
afiproprißted in payment of claims an tb«v»»
aflldavilH s and that.* until recently, (hero nan n<>
law bv which it run bo ma> I’-'ral perjury to
►wear falHOty In any such adldavUn ; ui* oven
OMibted wliothor it is legal porjuty lo swrar
falccly in any aflldavit rnodn In amip’jrtof a claim
proflentnd to in thin mode. It happen*,
too, that, under existing lawn, tlio Qnartennaetci
and CommlHitary Doparctiicutii both claim that
they have Jurisdiction, within coitam limit*,
over the namo class nf claim* us aro
hy the Routhcrn Claim* Commission: and it
has Rometimes happened that claims havo lieen
concurrently examined in each of theso llnoo
Dcf artmcolH, and. In some mstancos being de
feated in one. have been paid in another.
omen jops—oknui'h-takkiis.
An examination ot sorno of tho minor claims
presdnut some astonishing facte and figures.
(Juo of Iho claims is a proposition to authorize
repayment of the Coiimu— TnkerH nf IHIVJ. Hills
of tins nature have been introduced in nearly
every Congress since tbo War; and they all pto
vido. in substance, that the Secretary of tho
Trctteary be directed lo pav to the Consas-Tak
ersr.f IBCH. or tbelr assignrtfl. tbo sum sot to
their credit now in the Treasury of tbe United
Htalea, all premiums of ousting laws to tbo
contrary notwithstanding. It has alwajs
been utged. in behalf of Ibis claim, that a
great (ioverutnont should not bo excused
(or not paying its honest debts.
Tills Is the general argument of all tho claim
grabbers ; but the point lias never yet been an
swnred. that, conceding thu existence atone
time of a debt, tbo light to payment was for
feited by disloyalty. All claims have long since
practically patbod, without cons.deration, into
tlm hands of speculative Jobbers. Tin* is an
true of the claims for the (Icnsm-Takem as it is
of tho cotton-tax refunding scheme, of the
mall-contractors* scheme, and of tho claims of
all the noble army of martyrs.
OPENING TUB POORS.
A mere formidable series of claims is intro
duced by a Joint resolution with a stump-speech
In its preamble. The lUump-spoecb runs m this
wise:
Jorsr Rrwr.LCTiON lo amend Joint Hondntlou entitled
“Joint Resolution prohibiting payment by any ufli
cer of the Government to but person not kmmu to
have been opjioved to the Uolwlilon and in favor of
1(H Bttppri taiun,”approved Mareh 1, ISOT.
WiiKiu-A*, Joint Itesolatloa foUilea “Joint Resolu
tion protilUling payment by any uiticer of the Gov
ernment lo auy person nut known to bivo been oj>-
I>osod to the Rebellion and in favor of Its snppre*-
rlod," apjtroved March k, 11P.7, hoa prev.ulfj tie pay
ment of a largo numlier of claims of Individual* and
companies against the Government of the United
Mote* and the several Departments thereof, for nu
terialn fimit*la-d, and work and labor perform od, un
der contracts therewith ; end
Wnr.itKAK, Tbo prohibition of payment of mirb
claims to tbo rost-Oilhu. IK-putimcnt has been particu
larly hard nn<l oppressive no mali-rrmtractoM anil
carrier* who performed such service for tho Govern
ment prior totbe 13lli day of April, Anno Domini lefll,
In the Ho'itbrrn Hlates, whoso further aervbo In com*
pliauoo with contract wu prevented by military force;
and
Wncr.KiH, Tbe result of the proviso In said resoht
(ton wus to open tbe door to fraud, and tbe illicit Iran*,
fur of claim* by tbu selfish and venal, who, by nvMuon,
oecuiwd tbo force of the law, while tbe moat honest
creditors, who respectt-l and obeyed tbe Uw, aro now
iba only suffemr. by Una legislation ; and
WiteitKia, Tbe fnrtbcr denial of a remedy to this
class of creditors for the collection of their claim* will
Minouul to tho •• tinparing of the oblisatiou of tbe con
tra U " tbcmsrjvra; and
v.’mtne*?, It la the solemn and pllrbted dirty of lit
civilised tiuvmimciHa, and especially of tbe Govern
zcc.-nt of the United fttutna, to rlmt; und deprecate the
tvpudbilloD of ita licit*, and fihhlnlly adhere to, and
punctually curry uu*, ull valid eonlniU with iUnvru
dUrcua aa well u* with Ui* runt of mankind ; thort
forc. Ac,,
This joint resolution Is tho bulwark between
the National Treasury and myriads of claims. It
uppliQH to mail-contractora. to Onaufl-Taktirs. to
TotUmasters. to postage-stamp claims, and to alt
maimer of datum for alleged loi'hou before thn
War, tiio proof of which woe, for tbe most part,
long ciuce destroyed. Tbe argument of this
proviso is tho argument of tho entire South.
They want tbo Troai-nrv-doora opened to the
South; tboy want a chance to put their aims
in; they aunt to talk about tbo old llag, and to
get the appropriations under it. They propone.
I>y tho adoption of a resolution like ibis, to make
tho Government of tbo United States par for all
■ sorts ol claims, however fictitious or vwlonarv.
vrbicb aro alleged to have lenn duo on tbo 13th
day of April, 13111, —close to tho Sumter memory.
And they want to do this m spite of that resolu
tion of March 2. 1837, which said:
That, until otbcrwlm ordansl, it shall bo unhwfni
fur any otllccr of tbn Unftod Kutcn Government to pay
toy account or demand tgvliwt said Government
which accrued or eii*U* l prior lo April is, itWl, in
ftvor of any person who nromoted, encouraged, or in
any manner sustained thu hits licUdlion ; or in favor
of auy person who, during said Itcboiliou, wus net
known to I>o opposed thereto, and disltuctly in favor
uf it* suppression; and no pardon heretofore granlot.
or hereafter to be granted, dull aulhori/o tbe jcy
numl of Biicb account, claim, or demand, until tbl*
resolution is modi lied or repealed J Pritrtdul, Tnat
this resolution *lioll not bo construed to prohibit the
payment of claims founded upon contract* made try
uny of the Detriments, when *urh claim* worn as
signed, or contracted to bo ssdgned, prior lo April 1.
IW.I, to creditors of said contracture. loyal ciiDeu* of
loy.it State*, lu payment of debt* incurred prior to
March I.HKI.
This rosolutiou meant in ISO 7 what it moans
now. lIH repeal or modification 10 the initial
utop towaids national bankruptcy.
They also want pay for rent. The loyal eltl
zona of tho South wish tho Government to pay
bulel-bills for tbo soldiers and olllcors who pro*
touted tbclr homes from ruin, and saved their
country for them. They have proposed this in
bills givingtbs QnarLonnoster-Genara! Jurisdic
tion to take proof in all cases under the claims
of loval citizens for rent. Tho drat section of
ono o’f the most significant of those hills is very
considerate of the claims of the loyal people.
Tho second section of that hill is longer aud
moans more, it is lu those words:
Bro. 3. That, In all raws where rent Is claimed upon
a contract lu writing, or up«ii any expriwa prom
t*«. by any oiHccr competent to nuke such rnutrect or
give Biich proinim, a Hoard of Oiliccrs aboil bo ap
pointed U» wwcsi. Iho value of such property so uaod
l.y the army of the Doited Stales BulMoqinmt to the
dale of tK-u. LoeV surrender, April 9, UMI; but tho
quest lou of loyalty shall not be Inquired into; and thu
all claims (or real founded ujxiu aitch contractu or
premium, or vihuttim, tbull bo rounldcmi,
nuillted, and jialil, Irom and after the Olb of April,
jhCr., lu like manner as the claims of loyal chiseoa
numUonud la Die preceding nectiun.
UKFI’NUINO COTTON TAXES.
Another schemo is for the refunding of certain
taxon collected by the United States on raw cot
ton. Tins was ouo of the favorite schemes of
Jim Deck. It arises under the act of Congress
of July HI, lbti7, under which taxes wore imposed
upon raw or unmanufactured cotton, with the
E revision that no drawback should in any case
o allowed on raw or unmanufactured cotton, or
any tax thereon, when exported in tho raw or
unmanufactured condition. Tho claim is, that
two-thirds of tho cotton produced in the years
IBuff and 1807 was, iu fact, exported, and that
tho tax of 3 cents per pound on the crop of 18G3,
and of 2}*/ cents per pound on tho crop of 18G7,
collected theroou by tbo Government of the
United States, under tho laws aforesaid, is still
withhold from the producers of said cotton so
exported, by whom the burden of said tax was
borne.
It is also proponed that ill persons who wore
Postmasters in the Southern Stales at tbo out
break of tho llebolliou shall bo reimbursed lor
stamps aud stamped envelopes taken from them
by paramount force, or lost ordostroyed without
their fault; and that soy money which they may
have since paid on that account bo refunded
them. Hevoral bills of this tenure havo boon
introduced. None of thorn contained soy spe
cula conditions as to the method of the proof,
but tbe dour was lot wide open (or every kind of
manufactured testimony.
lIAII.COaO-JODS.
The Southern railroads also want relief. The
Government, during tbo War-days, took posses*
aiou of all pro|>erly of tbe hostile railroad our*
norctions m tbo enemy's country. Under a
regulation of tbo War Department, and of tbe
Treasury, and by permission of Congress, a
largo amount of tbe rolling stock wait sold by
tbe Government to those once hostile corpoia*
Hons; but, noforlunatcly, no adequate condi
tions were made by which (be debt of tbe Gov
ernment was seemed, and tbe roads have re
fused to pay. Mauy sorts are now pending in
tbo name of tbe United States against railroad
corporations which purchased material from the
guarcermaator’s Department under tbe
provision* of tbe Executive orders
of Aug. 8 and Out. 14. IMS. But, al
though a code was passed. March 8,1871, to pro
vide fur the collection of debts due from South
ern railroads, the Government has not yet been
able to obtain any satisfactory settlements of
these suits.
Various bills for relief for these corporations
have been presented to Congress, tbe practical
purport of wmob would be to steal tbs roiling
stock from tbe Government.
UAJ L-tONTIUCTOKS.
Tbe schemes to pay tbe arrearages alleged to
be due to mail contractors (or conveying
the United States mail before tbe Ist of
June, IbOl, is an extensive one. It already
promises to be a big bonanza for tbs
claim-agents. These agents have already
sent out circulars to every mail-contractor
who was carrying mall in tbo Houtbero State* at
the outbreak of tbe Bebelltou, asking for in
fonustiou as to their claims. The sums due
amounted to from $3,001) to $3,00u eaob. in tbo
last Congress, thu attempt was muds to secure
so api-roinijtsnu of S3?J,O(X) for this purpose,
sod to repeal all laws and parts of Uwsfortud
d.Ui? tbe pavmaiit of the sam*. An atueudmvnt
to that effect, propcssJ in the donate Appro
priation bid. was mjswud. Too Committee on
I'cet-DftU* find l ,, u*?-KrW< fav»t-ablr tspotted
it. It had boon ruled out HBV<-ra! tiracrt dnrini,’
previous MHdiotm. an tho Krourtd that it wan a
private claim.
Tho improvement of tho lo.oosof the MUele
fippi Ktver in anothor project lo tiuo a largo
rum of tnomtv from tho Treasury. J in>* echoMP
in (iiipported lit all tho Houth'fn Mii>s;s*.p-.i
States. and it is expected that tho Itepreecnu
tiros of Uio Not Horn and Mire mu
Valleys mil noppurt it. Tho Southerners pac*
tbtdr hoped U[ on Una HU: port. The ievooe of
the MitMUHsippi, when tund«. ran orarocly c<.*t
lows than from ?D*.lKn.O->() to 'ln.'
attempt of tho manager* of this (•f’hoin* to con
nect it with llio project for the improvement of
tlia MiPoiMipin litvor, failod m (he last ('miyrn-p.
The plans f< r Ihu levuo-comdruction h.tvo
been approved by onguioorH and Bciuilnb
rnon, ami thoir reconitnomlatinn* aro to*
lied it) on. The Southerner* w.ll no
doubt forget in this, ax in their other general
HChfiinea, that their doctrinee of StatH-sovoroign*
tyiH not in harmony with the the -rv of a(’on
ttal Government. They mil rattier to
about for tho old flag ami on appro;.J Ik*
loveew of liio Mirflissippi Itivnr. wh«n oippnally
constnietod before tho War, were built in i art by
the bounty of tho nation.
Tho Houlhonnifl claim Hint tho MUsiml; pi
Kivor make* annual amt ptnohcal wnr ukjii
them, ami that thov are wchk and hold out then
hand to tho Oovormnont to as* for help. One
of their projects is to propose to retroendn to
tho Government of tbo United States tho
swamp ami overflowed lands which wcraoriiri
nally given them bv the Government. Zach.
Chandler, »ho was always a clearheaded husi
iiohh man in tbo Henate, once bald nf lliia loveo
project:
Wo wrre told Ifni ibcc.B overflowed hndi were the
rirh>*t limits in these H’.alcs, and tbat. wncu ia.;Ulmcd,
they would bo tbo girdon-landa of these Slate*, and so
Ibefnud dorlred from them must hare teuu Urge.
Tuty squandered that: and now they come luandasl:
un lo reclaim thn very Unds that wc gave them to ro*
claim themselves, I hope wo alnll vote down thU
amendment of $ *.*00,10) for the )«»<■*» | for. when yon
eurutnauco taking c*»rv of these loves*, lucre U tr> ()•.»•
crunivm on r«rth rich enough to contluiie tho aystem.
Evll-siUpoeed je;ople would go and cut (he levees in
two for the purpose of bsvtng the Government of the
United HtiU" squander money by million* in their
rep-jmllou. I trust tbat this Government will not un
dertake to Veep up a syateiu of Icv.-ee 1.11 sj miles m
length and I,o* 0 miles away from the t.apiUl of this
nation. 61r, the number of million* or tLe number of
hundreds of millions it will require to create and keep
op lh‘s system of Uve-.w. cannot t» told by mau.
KH TO tU’OH.H.
Whatever tho Democratic party maybe divided
upon, (litre hi uo doubt (Bat it will be thorough
ly united upon tbo question uf enoili*. Thev nil
not lot any doctrine or theory of mate rights, or
ot a Paternal Government, interfere with the
success of their acboinon of plunder. Ttio proj
ects abovo enumerated ato only a few of the
plane which tho leaders havo already deviso-J to
further impoverish tbo n.uion. 'lbov propose to
mart by repealing all legislation which make
loyalty a teat of payment. That done. tbo wav
ia open to the appropriation of numberlcns mill
ions. Tho word *• licbol * la to bo endirated
from tbo n.atuto-bookH. The rul**t of tins War
aro to bo all reveraad. and tho legnUatiga passed
upon tbo War and its vosnlts repealed.
NOTES AND NEWS.
THE CESTSXMAU
.'iwitii Ihrputrh lo Ih« Chieatyi TiVtune.
Wabiiinotox, D. C.. Dec. o.—Tbo Centennial
Managers propose to Invito Coulees to visit
their grcmndti noir Philadelphia, cither as a
body or in tiquadu, that they may soo tbo neces
sity for the speedy appropriation of a million
and a half of dollars.
Secretary Chandler, having tried in vain to
obtain a Commissioner of Indian Affairs in other
(.actions, will, doubtless. now look among bis
Michigan friends for eomo one to (111 tno place.
The Marion him been ordered to nail from
Portsmouth for Idboria at tbo earliest possible
day, and then to cruiso in tbo Mediterranean.
One of tbe Democratic Sunday papers has a
peculiar advertisement. It is a cut of the
Washington Chib-llouso with a lottor-preßS
which contains thu following:
If you are Democrats who really want to see your
party saocewful next ymr and tbo republic pro.erred
and uoncity again introduced into our administration,
then you will uot go near that sireu dub-boose withtu
lUO yards. If you merely intend to turn your Con
greralonal term lor the purine of nuking money as
fast as possible, then g > there. Tbe papers
that still war for liberty and tbe true
republican form of government will watch you
and publish your name*,—in the latter case os venial
traitor* to your party, your Ood, and your country.
That club-house b;i* l>een built with money obtain* I
through that swindling rreedmeu'* Uutoau iUnk,
from poor colored people of all tbe parts of the country.
Thu ground and every stone of psjatlU building bn
loDjf to toiliiuT masses of former alaves, tbo negroes of
tho United
The Secretary of tho Treasury, from
Oct. 1, 1874, to Oct. 1, 1875. saved in
e&larios of customs officials $. r . 00,000. Tbo
Biannnt of reduction expected from recent re*
ductions is fjyOU.u'jO (or the coming year. The
Collectors of a great many district* are heio
endeavoring to iuduco tho Heciotary of the
Treasury to rescind his order reducing tUotto
salaries. Among them aio the Collectors of
Poit Huron, Detroit. Bavannah. and Charleston.
Tbclr efforts will be futile. If Secretary Bristow
dres nut maiio these reductions, tho Democratic
House is likely to r efuHO appropriation for tho
places.
MIXIfITKn VO CHINA.
It is said that a former resident of Chicago
will bo nominated Minister to Chius.
niCXUIUT OF COLUMBIA.
Tbo report of the Commissioners of
the Dletiict of Colombia was placed in
tho bauds of tbo I’rtsilent to-night. It
ohows that of tho fcI.OCO.OGO appropri
ated by Congress at the last season for tho use
of tho Distiiot, there has been used only
SIOi,UC9, tbo lomainUer being available to bo
covered back into tho Treasury. Tho amount of
cash on hand Dec. X was tl7'J,Ul<t. and the
total liabilities of tbo District, $9U.8!f1.89.
I'or the first time since tire Dlitrict
Iliug came into power. in 1871, tbo
books of tbo District Government have been
balanced, and Congress and tin* citizens can sen
Just bow things stand financially. The novelty
«f having a report regarding District affairs
that is intelligible and in which people can place
confidence Is a pleasant one
Consul-General Seward will probably be nomi
nated to succeed Avery as Minister to China,
FIIIES.
AT SIOUX CITY, IA.
Svteial Diipaicfi to Tbs Chicago Tribun»,
Bronx Citt. Is., Dec. fi.—A fire broko out at 2
o'clock this morning in tho old Times block, a
two-story wooden structure on Fourth street,
completely destroying tho building and con
tents. D. Elli Ut, loss on stock, ♦10,000; in
sured. 85.00 J. Munchrsth A Lambert, saloon,
love about $600; no insurance. Loss on build
ing about $0,000; insured for $3,000,
AT SACO. ME.
Saco, Mo., Dee. s.—Tbo extensive tannery of
Wallace Bros. * Co. was burned last night. Loam
$30,000; insurance, SII,OOO. Fite hundred and
fifty men were thrown out of employment.
AT PITTSBURG, PA.
PrrTßßPao, Dec. s.—Tbo large M tipple” of
tbe Castle Shannon Coal Company was burned
at an early bunt this morning. Tbs dro was incen
diary. and is supposed to bo tbe work of strik
ingnuueis. Loss, 63.UUU.
THE WEATHER.
Wastukoton, D. Cm Deo. G—l a. m.—For the
South Atlantic and Qulf States, Tennessee, the
Ohio, Upper Missouri aud Lower Mississippi
Valleys, aud Upper Lake region, rising barome
ter, cool northwest winds, a norther in Texas,
mid generally light rain or snows, followed by
clear or clearing weather.
UM3AL OBSKBVATIOW.
Uuicaoo, Dee. 8.
Jtvw. |o > *r. l 7Vir;//u,| l»mJ.
«;Bt a. iu. 'JVT 46| VI 8. E., (re*b aa.Ll. rain
lldSa. 47, Si b. E„ light... Lt. rala
•j;uO p. 8J.1.-y.M i'i' S);Caltu | ;C:uuily,
B:Mp. m.i'.e.VJi 4'J| 91 N., uuutlu 1 Cloudy.
6.-00 p. a. 39,63 4Si C3,y„ fresh 1.....
JO.-14 p. w.lrt.M 1 i»l k:|X. W„ gentle.i ;roggy.
Minimum tbsmiumsUr, 13.
OXkKRAL OIiSZBVATIONB.
ilulten. Bar. f/.ri
it y. \V..g«LUa I .4■; Tokgy.
IsiM.W.. Lrl»k.' ICUvr.
s* S.W., brisk.! .OjlCleudy,
».|.S. W„ high.l .Ul.Clear.
47, Calm I .01 Light rain.
V3JH. E., gentle li'oggy.
4i) Calm lEcfuv.
:u,y.. tfcuUe... .OJiLlgut ralo.
ju,N., Ir«n M L), anew.
Bi;K, t frtsU Clear.
01 Ca1m........ .ulllight rain.
4.’1i., light,... .WjUgbt rain,
gi y, W., freab. .03, Light rain.
SViU. E,, light * leggy.
«lfcK..fl6WT
Chicago. ...139.M
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Ulfinsrck..iie.oS|
Davcopoil.rik.6li
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TWEED.
Xt'oriH'iidous Kvcl Commit Pro
duced by tlie ICscupe of the
Great Thief.
Gov. Tllden Advises Iho Sheriff that
Somebody Is Ooin(j to Suffer.
The Jail Warden Credited with Direct
Complicity Iq the Plot.
Probability that tho Old Original Boss Is
Safe from Pursuing Justice.
What Are You Going to Do About It P
.Vtffcial tMivatfh to iht Chinoo Trtbuut.
New York. Dec. s.—lt i« the opinion of tho
< Idcst police detectives that Tivflocl left hia house
by the front dour, and stepping into tbo carriage
waiting, drove to a lug iu wailing. In half an
hour he could have loon on his way down the
bav. In spite of the heavy fog prevailing, on a
fast-silling vessel Iho would bo comparatively
hale, ae there would bo nothing to indicate tho
tuiilo of the vesiol. lie might thus bo lauded
iu Cuba or anr port of the bouth American Be
publics with winch we have no extradition treaty.
It l< nut believed that he pot away soon enough tc
take pannage iu tho outward-bound ocean (steam
er. or that bo hae gone to Canada, because, iu
either event, he would be almost certain of
capture before be could reach a country whence
he could not be loc’ulmed aa a criminal. All tbo
outgoing trains on HtUrdav night wore search
ed before leaving the depots hero and in Jersey
City. Tho steamers will b« watched on roach
log their destinations abroad. That Tweed to
still in tho city is
HOT DEUCVCD
by auv coocerood m tho sea.ch. Up to the latest
hour no intelligence of Tweed's place of
hiding or the precise maimer in which ho
effected his escape had boeu iearood.
Tweed's private secretary. Foster Dewey, left
tho city on Saturday morning, ostensibly lor
Boston. Ho paid his hotel bills, bought tickets
for Boston, and loft for tho depot at 1!) o’clock,
lie might easily havo gone aboard a tug and
sailed the coming of 1m master.
Among other houses searched las' nh-bt was a
palatial residence on Fifth avoum-, i.aivu. a few
roars ago, Tweed presented to a v.-,y handsome
lady, with whom he is alleged t-i have bean
greatly enamored. Of course site was
not found there, end it is rumored to
night that tho lady, too, is missing. She
had groat influence over him, and those familiar
with both eay that Tweed would uover have left
the city as lung as she staid iu it.
inn mwicsTixo htorv in detail.
Tbo following is a detailed narrative of
Tweed's* escape from tbo fullest information
available. Tbero is little now in tbo case to-day.
Immediately after tbo release of Tweed from
tbo Blackwell Inland Penitentiary, on JnnoU7.
bo was taken to tbo Ludlow Street Jail and bold
as a prisoner 4a default of $3,000,000 bail on
civil suite against him. Hero bo bad wait*
od. it will be imagined impatiently, the
decision of tbo Court of Appeals
upon two paints of tho case.—tbo
reduction of bail and the application for a bill of
particulars.—both of which resulted adversely to
bim about a week or ten days ago.
While in tho custody of tbo Sheriff, Tweed
bad lived in what is called tbo •* parlor of tbu
Jail.*’ It is a large apartment hi the wing of tbo
building, with a separate private entrance by
which visitor or occupant may avoid tbo large
reception-roam and oQice coutmou to all pnsou
era audvis.tors. It was well, even handsomely,
furnished with mahogany and black wal
nut furniture, covered with heavy blue
rep, and decorated with curtains
aud pictures, which gave it an
appearance of comfort aud Inzury. Mr. Tweed
bad added to tbo other engravings belonging tu
the room tbo picture dipped from an illustrated
paper of himself euteripg the portals of the
prison; a pen-and-ink cartoon by some friend
representing Judge Davis, who sentenced Tweed
to the Penitentiary, being extinguished by a
huge pair of snuffers marked Court of Appeals,
and prominently displayed above his bod a motto
worked in silk, “In God Wo Trust.” For tbo
privilege of this apartment Tweed of course paid
to the jailer, to whom the law allows, or at least
does not forbid, perquisites of this sort.
Tweed bad other privileges, also, for which
bo also paid, and these led llnallv to his escape.
The tthcriir is not forbidden by law to aflovr
tiie prisoners on civil sails to leave prison in the
custody of one or moro otUcors, and the Warden
seems on several occasions to havo accompanied
.Mr. Tweed on drives through the city, on visits
to hix family, and. on one occasion at least, lo a
banquet at a hotel. Two otlieers appear to have
always accompanied tho prisoner.
TWCCD WAB UtST SEIi.V
at tho jail about 16:30 o’clock Saturday morning
by Deputy-Warden Gardner, who, as a Notary,
cortitied his signature to a legal paper
which his lawyer, Mr. Cdelsten, had brought
him. David Dudley Field also saw Tweed tho
same morning, so that he could not have been
gone days ago. as some havo supposed. About
1 o’clock Tweed was lot out at tho public door
by Hughes, a keeper, and accompanied by War
den Dunham and Edward Hogan, as odlcers,
and by William M. Tweed, Jr., his eon. Ho en
tered a carnage, which Utter hod boon brought
to tho door. Tho driver was unknown to tho
otUcsrs, one of whom stated last night that
he did not know whore to hud him.
The party was driven through Fifth avenue
and Central Park to the upper part of tho island
and back again to Tweed's residence. No. 647
Madison avenue, between Fifty-ninth and Six
tieth streets. They roachod this point at about
4:30 o'clock in tho afternoon end all entered,
llow they occupied themselves fiom that lime
until about 6:3u p. m. Is not yet known, tbougn
the otticors claim that they wore with their pris
oner, his son and son-in-law, Mr. Douglass, in
the back parlor of tho house. Mrs. Tweed and
two other ladies were above stairs on the second
floor. Shortly before the last-named hour,
Tweed suggested that ho would
HUP UP-BTAIB9
and boo Mrs. Tweed. To this the ofllcer* gave
aesent, Tweed, leaving hie hat and coat on
tho ruck In the hall, started up the stalls, as
Hogan saye. but ho does not appear ever to
havo reached the top. Hu wore thick rubber
overshoes, which muilled his otherwise heavy
tread, and, If ho turned, &a tho otlicers thick,
and deliberately walked through the hall and
out of the front door, his movements were un
heard as well as unseen bv them. H<| bad been
gone from the parlor about ten minutes whan
Warden Dunham suggested to William M. Tweed,
Jr., to call his father, as the officers wished to
return early to the jail. Tho sou ascended the
stairs, and. In three minutes, returned with tho
startling intelligence that Ins father had nut
been to bis mother'e room at all. Thera was
INMAkT EXCITBMMT,
and apparently much confusion. The con and
■oiMU-law either fell or simulated great dis-
Ucca. and the tormer is said to bare upbraided
ids father with having rained bis family by bis
flight, The olllcen* oitbsr affected great aston
ishment or nervousness, or wore in
fact greatly excited. Dunham felt as
though he would fall in two. Hogan
rsu to the door above, calling the ton to follow
him. and searched closets and rooms. The
Warden ran to the front door and looked at tho
oroa*irav and basement door, finding the latter
fastened. Tho coach bad been urivcu around
the corner into Sixtieth afreet. Consequently
Tweed's exit by the front door would have been
unobserved by the driver.
;/7si«i ll'7A*<
VIK7XBN MJKOTM
were epent In a search of the house, aud then
the ofticere sprang ioto a coach and wore driven
hastily to the Nineteenth Preduct Station
house, where Dunham, in a very excited
manner, reported the escape to Capl, Mount
tod asked to have a gobcral alarm
sent out. This was done at precisely 7:15 p. m..
and a few minutes later, the news was dashed
all over the city aud bv telegraph to Brooklyn
Jersey City, Philadelphia, uud other cities, with
a request to arrest Twoad wherever found.
Warden Dunham and Hogan then drove in
eotuch of Sheiiff Conner, aud, uot tlndiug him,
subsequently wont to polio* headquarters. «here
they reported tbs facta. at 7iW p, ra.. to Inipeo
tof DUjTa who was in charge ox the deparuasnt
taring the aUeooe of ftupi Walling. The In.
RValAsr.
sr.octor ordered Deteoll-.cn Ililnv. Dunn. Ad*:n-,
Kecley, and Dovlc on duty in invt>u.,. *
the fact*. The hi-mo-nor th mi. with -.tli >' *.
dr ito about B o'clock to thohoiu.o of Tweed to
make
a further piunnr
of iho building. which, for t.v« yearn, had rcrelv
been oju-iiod, and looked morn like a gloomy
prison thau llio pslac.» it is. Ifws-abiazo with
pas in over? morn, ami Hie son and sou-ln-law
of Timed invited fhofullostncarehof thooftlcers.
Tbo Inspector sati-lied himself that the escape
had not ('ecu by the poof, or had: doom and
vard. Tweed conld not have pot through the
aeultlo-bole. and no footpr ntn or other mark*
betrayed lun exit by the rear yard. There le
hardly a mießtlon that, if ho escaped at the
lime the otneem nay, It wan by (lie front en
hance. The search, which was kept up during
thought, anpears to havo been for a cine trim
which to begin. Whether nr not one was ob
tained which promised sMCcr-m could not bo
learned. In fact, the ofllcorn seem to barn pr«s
'•c U'd only <'ii (iioir various theories, t’rorl
doi t .Mat-' l r!l believed Dinimm's elory en
tirely, u!,u that Tuocd tniv havo
left Iho my a week ago. JJnt that ho
was at jail on Hatnrday morning in as
sured on iho evidence of David Dudley
Fiv.d and Mr. IMyii'toin, hia latryotH. Both Mr.
MatiicU and Mu*.’,. Walling wore convinced that
the escape wa« a deliberately-planned con
spiracy, lu which the odlcors. of course, were
engaged. .
the mir.nirv anr nor. nr.DF.v.
Pheriff Conner hear! of the escape lato in the
evening. and wan greatly excited over it.. Ho
was aNo convinced that there wascolluslon with
tho ofiioers. Ho immediately offered a reward
of SIO,OOO for Tweed's recapture. When tho
nows was told to Hot. Tildan ho instantly sent
word to Mr. Conner that tie should hold him per
sonally responsible for tho escape. In
receiving tho message Mr. Connor is
said to have ronttorel to himself: ‘‘Then
lam a mined roan.'’ Tho ShtnfT can bo remov
ed by tbo Governor, and it is stated that he can
bn punished for contempt hv the Supremo Court,
although innocent of direct negligence m the
matter.
a smali, aukv jm Hi;\n :u or mv.
Tho search for Tweed was I throne-b
--oat tho city to-day by tbo enure police force
and tbo whole corps of tho Sheriff's otiico.
President Mattel! and Hhcr.ff Conner visited
Tweed's residence on Madison avenue, and
soot special ufllccrs to every house where
them was any probability of securing infor
mation of the whereabouts of tho escap'd
convict. Others were rent along the wharvon
and among vessels to learn whether or not an/
boat had been seen to depart with Tweed on
board, but all searches havo so far proved fnm-
I 1 ns. Cant, Mount l«*t evening placed hw iji:-n
all about tbo block in wnich Tweed's
house is situated, and a vigilant watch
was kept of even-portion of tho premiss. A
thorough sc-arch was made of too boms adjoin
ing Tweed’s, occupied in tho basement only, too
other pait being vacant. A rigid search wm
mado of the bo.i-o mi J its approaches. but noth
ing of impottauco was ditico.-ored. A watchman
named McGoldricl:. who hns charge of tliu build
mg opposite Tweed’s residence, state 1 to the po
lice to-day that, at about half-past 5 o’clock on
Saturday uight.ho saw a carriage drive up to tho
sidewalk in front of Tweed's house and stop
there. A t trang.-r cot out lirot, and then Tweed
alighted, and. alie- that, another stranger. Tiiu
watchman stated that he rec-j/nl/e.l Tweed pos
itively. The three men walked into tho house
iu the order to wliNli they tud alighted. Tho
watchman went into the bonne soon’ after, and
then noticed that the carnage had been driven
to the coruei of Madia- n a*.vnao and Fifty-ninth
I street. An hour after that ho noticed that tho
coinage was still there. Aiutuer gentleman re
siding in tho vicinity con-.liorati-d this srory.
Toe police havo not gained the slightest cine to
T seed's whereabouts. ■
: llw the Jwsr;.«v,f
1 «• M >«.
N'kw York. Dec. r».— A report Ini boon in cir
cbiTitinn all da*. to t*y, but cannot bo verified,
that Tweed a >-.ook ago, aud is now we./
away from tbo cauntrv.
Bhoriff Connor mid Warden Dunham aro liabh
to a line of *I,OOO snd one year’s impnsotimcnt
fur tboir neglect aud. if I'wcad is not forthcom
ing, they will bo apt to got tbo lull booeiit of
the law.
There is no cci-sritnn to-dav to toe otcitanietr
created on Hatur.lay msrbt throughout Ihocny
by tno announcement of th** escape of Tweed.
Police Commissioner Malsoll bus in* theory in
regard to the escape, but said emphatically that
in bis opinion there was collusion sume-vh.’-ro.
BuperiatendsulVWallmr. ut a late hour ibis
evening, stated that thas far not the slight
est clue had boon obtained by him
which might put him on the track
of tho fug.live, an tho police were unable tu
rind any person who saw tho coach which it is
“•ippoftod to bate carried Tweed oif. or Hie
driver of tho coach who had been left at (ns
residence hr the Sheriff's officers. The Bbc-riiT'H
deputies aro scouring the city also without any
result* Tbo {dice are etti’l of opinion that
Tweed passed out of the front basement door
and was taken to Sixtieth rtroct aud JJaat River,
where be embarked in a small steam vessel.
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