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VOL. XXL 2STO. 91.
WASHESTGTOlsr, D. C, SATURDAY MOBOTSTG, MARCH 12, 1881.
THEEE CElsTTS.
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STALWART SPABBING
THE STRUGGLE IN THE SENATE.
1 Dfsd-Lock Over the Committees-Witty Conflict
Between Messrs. Conkling end Hill Mr.
Davis Bcflncs His Position Vice
President Arthur's Decision.
Ifter the reading of the journal, Mr.
Jrge F. Edmunds, of Vermont, appeared and
ttthe oath of office
2 Vice-Proidcnt laid before the Senntc ft
rmunication from Secretary Wiudom, stating
: he had forwarded to the Governor of Minnc
a his resignation asSenator from that State.
Mr. Johnston offered a resolution, which was
doptcd, calling on the Attorney-General for
copies of any reports made during the last session
of Congress to the Department of Justice in rela
tion tothc conduct and operations of the United
Ftatcs marshal and deputies, the dbtrict-atttrtccy,
nnd the commissioner in the Western District of
Virginia.
A message was received from the Presideat,
after which Mr. Pendleton called up theresolnSon
relathe to the reorganization of the Senate com
mittees. The resolution having been read, Mr. Conkling'
reserved all points of order thereon.
Mr. Davis, of Illinois, said : " Before casting my
vote on this occasion it is proper for me to state
the reasons thai determine me. In lb the Legis
lature of Illinois unexpectedly elected me Senator.
1 vas not in any sense a candidate for that honor,
and when applied to for the use of my name I de
clined to answer the request. Numerically the
Republicans werein a plurality in that Legislature,
andmydistinguished colleague was tbelrcandidate.
The Democrats stood next in strength, and a small
body of independents held the balance of power.
The "two last united and voluntarily conferred on
jnc the honor which I now hold. No man ever
entered Congress freer from political committal or
pergonal obligation than I did four years ago. I
had been identified with the Republican party,
&nd still lookback with pride to its grand achlev
ments. The extreme measures after the war, the
excesses incident to civil strife, drove tens of
thousands into the liberal movement of 1872. I
found myself in company with Charles F. Adams,
Horace Greeley, Carl Schurz, Stanley Matthews,
Munit Halstcad, Lyman Trumbull, John Went
wortli, R. B. Fcuton, Samuel Bowles, White
law Reid, Leonard Swett, and others known
to fame, who had been conspicuous Republi
cans. Some of them have returned to the
fold from which they had separated, doubtless
prompted by patriotic motives. I have neveracted
distinctively with the Democratic party, and unless
its methods are changed and its wisdom is broad
ened there is little prospect of my revising opin
ions calmly formed. The country would be mate
rially benefited by the reconstruction of parties,
especially since the errors of one seem unhappily
contrived to prolong the possession of power in the
other. Standing between those two great organi
sations, and exposed to the carpings of the organs
of both, who hold independence a crime, is not an
agreeable, position but has suited my policy be
cause I could not accept either extreme. I have
voted on all public measures, without regard to
their political origin, according to my conviction
of right and I propose to continue that
course until the close of my senatorial career.
Dreams of ambition do not disturb my sleep.
When the day for retiring comes I shall go back
to private life, as I came out of it, carrying with
xne the consciousness of having striven to dis
charge every duty. An honorable recognition of
the trust generously confided to my keeping by
Democratic votes in 1877 requires me to sustain the
existing organization of the Senate, for which I
disclaim all responsibility. Parts of it arc neither
agreeable to my taste nor to my judgment. In
giving this vote it is proper for me to say, whatever
may be the result, that I can accept no honor at
the hands of either side. A new administration
la starting out under exceptional cirenm
ttanccs. The States were numerically divided
at the presidential election. A few thousand
votes separated the two principal candidates in a
poll exceeding nine millions. Both branches of
Congress are almost balanced. The country craves
a respite from angry discord, and, most of all, It
needs rest from sectional strife. The voice of
patriotism demands peace and fraternal fellow
fchip North and South, East and West. "Every good
citizen should desire the success of the adminis
tration, for we all ought to have a common inter
est in the glory and in the greatness of the Repub
lic. Measures intended to advance either shall
have my cordial support. The President and his
Cabinet arc entitled to a fair hearing and to be
judged impartially by their acts. If they fail to
justify the public confidence, it will be a misfor
tune which has overtaken other administrations
having equally good intentions and pros
pects. I shall vote for the appointment
of all these committees except the Ju
diciary Committee. 1 wish to retain my old
place on the Judiciary Committee, and, though I
am thankful to my friends, I must decline the po
rtion of chairman.
Mr Harris suggested that Mr. Davis name omc
one for that position, whereupon Mr. Davis moved
to substitute the name of Mr. Garland, who stood
next on the committee list.
Mr Conkling then raised the point of order that
the resolution was not now in order. It changed
a rule of the Senate, and notice of the intended
change must be given in writing and laid over one
daj under the lilies.
Mr. Pendleton contended that the resolution
was .i proceeding provided for under rule 4G.
Mr. lontling said, in arguing the point of
orler, that the constitutional majority of
the x-nate was again3t the formation of
the committees to which were to go all execu
tive matter, whether of treaty or appointment, by
the present accidental majority. Yet the majority
did not forget that one Senator had been stricken
and had left this chamber forever, and that he
who had been elected to succeed him had not yet
readied here w ith Lis credentials. It did not for
gi't that three other seats were vacant on account
of the transplanting of those who had held them
to another forum. He wanted the fruition of the
Political rc-ult of the last election, which had con
vejed.notto the Democratic party, but to another
party, the executive and legislative branches ol
the (lovcrmncnt. Now it was proposed, on the
1 nday precedingtheTuesday upon which all tho?e
vacancies would be filled, to elect for the present
session all of the committees of the Senate; the t
purpose, of course, being that the party which now
prevailed on account of the vacancies, that the party
hichliadsought,andKnghtinvain,itseemed,an
alliance with the independent party of the Senate
Slight by the force oHts own votes do that to-day
what on Wednesday next it could not do. It might
l said that, notwithstanding the words of the
resolution" during the present session" if the
majority then present choose, it might overthrow
all this organization, and set upm organization of
the Senate in conformity with, and not in contra
diction to, the edict of the election. But he did not
Jnmk that the organization of the Senate should
w a trip and twist affair, to be done in one way to
day and another to-morrow.
The Viie-President then sustained the point of
order raised by Mr. Conkling, holding that a reso
lution for the appointment of committees in any
other way than by ballot must first be ordered by
Hie Senate. He did not understand that the Sen
ate had so ordered.
Mr Pendleton appealed from the decision, and
Mr oarland took the fioor in support of the appeal,
arguing that it was the constitutional duty of the
senate to organize its committees, in order that cx
ccutiu' matter might be referred to them.
Mr. Conkling inquired if it Were the constitu
tional duty of the majority to seize on a day when
lour chairs were vacant to make an organization
lch on Tuesday next they would have no pow er
" male. Applause in the galleries, which was
Promptly checked.
Mr Garland responded that he was in no hot
at about reorganizing the Senate. He did not
sh o present to the country the pictute of either
Panj scrambling for the possession of the reor
ganization. If it belonged to the Democrats, they
wanted it , if to the Republicans, he wanted to let
U'eiaJiaveif, When did the Senator from New
ork suppose that the Senate could proceed to
"lis matter of reorganization ?
Mr. Conkling replied that he was instructed that
"cfthc absentees would be here to-morrow, two
or them on Monday, and the last by Tuesday night
or Wednesday morning; so that the whole ques
tion really was whether the Senate thould antici
" by eight and forty hours the moment when
iic --cnatc should be full.
Mr Garland disclaimed for tho Democratic side
mv intention of clutching power which did not
Wong to them.
i w U,U of Gcrgia, said that he did not know
'lie fact, which the Senator from New York had
Hated, that the other side wouldhave the majority
J-n Wednesday next; but, if it were true, it was
J" the power of the Senate to change its cominit
is. The Democratic side had been taunted with
trying to snatch the organization of "the Senate.
Hod not a Republican President issued a procla
mation, ordering the Senate to convene on March
4, nnd that aftcrhe had known that, Providence
had interposed and sadly made a vacancy on the
other Eidc?
At this point Mr. Ferry.askcd Mr.IIilla question,
and quite a long discussion, confined strictly to the
point of order, ensued between thcm.uutilMr.IIill
made a remark that Mr. Ferry must have been
asleep at some period of yesterday's proceedings.
Then Mr. Conkling entered into the discussion, and
some sharp passages occurred between him nnd
Mr. HilL
Mr. Hill said that he might be guilty of many
thoughtless things; he might be guilty of saying
good humorcdly to his triend from Michigan that
he had slept; but he would never be so thoughtless
as to iuppose that the brilliant Senator from New
York ever even nodded. The sun might be
dimmed somewhat by black spots, but the Senator
from New York was brilliant, perfect, and .always.
I am glad, he continued, in reply to a bow from
Mr. Conkling, that the Senator approves of one
thing I have said. Laughter.
Mr. Conkling I alwavs approve when you are
right.
Mr. nill-ibeneontinued with hlsspoeeh. Were
the Democrats to be taunted for the a muscment
of the gallerieurith the charge that they wanted
to reorganize the Senate iu hot haste becausc-four
seats were empty? Providence had emptied one;
a Republican President had emptied three. Sup
pose that President should empty some more; was
the Senate to wait until the vacancies were filled ?
Might lie not send the distinguished Senator from
New York to grace some foreign port? Laugh
ter. Mr. Conkling Is the Senator indulging and de
lighting himself with any such hope as that?
Mr. Hill No, sir; I would be glad to furnish a
foreign port with the distinguished example of
ability and eloquence combined in the person of
the gentleman, but I would not like to be deprived
of his presence in this Chamber.
Mr. Conkling I suggest that the gentleman go
himself.
Mr. Hill I could not go, for two reasons
it would not please a Republican Presi
dent to send me, and it would please the gentleman
too much to have me go.
After further discussion of the appeal by Mr.
Bayard, Mr. Jones of Florida, Mr. McPhersou, and
Mr. Sherman, but without taking a vote thereon,
the Senate, at 2:30, on motion of Mr. Harris, went
into executive session. At 4:03 the doors were
opened, and the Senate adjourned until Monday.,
Mr. Pendleton stated In the Senate to-day, that,
owing to a clerical error in drawing up the resolu
tion as to the organization of committees, Mr
Sherman had been placed upon the Committee on
Judiciary, whereas it should have been Mr. Alli
son. The correction was made.
TALKING IT OVER SECRETLY.
Ail Endeavor to Settle Differences In tho
Executive Session.
The Senate, although nominally in"ex
cutive" session from half-past two until four
o'clock yesterday afternoon, devoted substantially
the whole of that time to a continuation of the
controversy began in " open " session concerning
the proposed immediate organization of the com
mittees. Various ineffectual efforts were made to
effect some agreement as to a day when final action
should be allowed to be taken on the pending reso
lution, without the interposition of dilatory pro
proceedings; but the Republicans declined to fix
any time more specificaUy thanbysaying that they
would be ready to act upon the question as soon as
all the vacancies were filled. They also declined
to give any positive answer to an Inquiry ad
dressed to them several times from tho Democratic
side of the chamber as to whether or not, after the
vacancies shall have been filled, they would be
sure of having enough strength to control the or
ganization. Finally it was agreed that the point of order, and
the appeal from the decision of the Chair in regard
to the pending resolution, should both be with
drawn, and that the resolution should be allowed
to come before the Senate for consideration " on its
merits" next Monday. The withdrawals were ac
cordingly.made by unanimous consent, and the
Senate adjourned until Monday.
Soon after adjournment the 'Republican Sena
torg assembled in caucus, andyjs the result of abrif
"consultation, it was decided.j.8 persist in opposing
any election of the Senate committees in'ad vance of
the arrival of the four incoming Republicans, un
less four of the Democratic Senators shalkprevi
ously pair with them, and that, before: allowing a
final vote to be taken, the Republicans should be
prepared with a list of committee memberships to
offer for adoption as a substitute for the Demo
cratic list
It is still confidently believed by the Republi
cans that Senator Mahone will side with them in
the matter of organization; and unless this ex
pectation be disappointed there seems to be no
doubt that, with the additional aid of the Vice
President's casting vote, they will control the or
ganization before the close of the present session.
General Mahone was not in his scat at the Sen
ate yesterday; and in some quarters an inference
has been drawn from his absence that he does not
intend to vote on the question of organization at
all.
IRELAND'S TROUBLES.
3Ir. Jattlu JlcCnriby nnd the American
Agitators Parncll and the Arms Bill.
London, March 11. In the House of
Commons to-day Mr, Parnell moved the rejection
of the arms bill.
Sir William Harcourt declared that the purposes
of the Land League were very' similar to those of
the Fenian organization.
Mr. Parnell denied that there was any connec
tion between the Land League and the Fenians,
though the latter had sent money to the league.
Mr. Justin McCarthy disclaimed responsibility
for the language used by American agitators.
Mr. Forster closed the debate by expressing re
gret that the introduction of the bill wasneccssary.
Mr. Pamell's motion was defeated by a Tote of
255 to 36. The third reading of the bill was carried
by a vote of 250 to 2S.
John Dillon will speak atnmecting -near Clon
mclon Sunday next; A. M. Sullivan at Navau,
Messrs. James O'Kelly and A. Commins at Ros
common, Mr. Fiunegan at Ennis, Mr. Brcnnan at
Longford, Mr. O'Sullivan at- Limerick, Mr. Healey
at Wexford, Mr. Leamy at Watcrford, Mr. Sexton
at Fullamore. Mr. Louden at Dundalk, Messrs.
Arthur O'Connor and Lalor at Maryborough, and
Messrs. McCoan and Corbctt at Glendalough.
There will also be meetings at Wcstport, Tully,
Lease, Cork County, and at other places.
Rams, March 11. Mr. Parnell is expected
to arrive here on the 16th instant, to preside
at a dinner to be given by the Irish Colony, at the
Palais Royal, pn St. Patricks Day.
Dublin, March 11. A relief party, consist
ing of seventeen Orange laborers, engaged by
the emergency committee, left the Broadstone
terminus last evening for Galway, en route for
Balynakill, Connemara, to assist the Protestant
rector, Canon Fleming, the same gentleman who
was recently fired at, and who for a long time has
been "boycotted" on account of sectarian ani
mosity. Each laborer is armed with a rifle and a
revolver, which they are allowed to carry by a
special government license. They will be con
veyed from Galway round the coast by the frigate
Valorous, the journey by the road through Conne
mara being deemed dangerous owing to the pop
ular excitement.
Kaktuek. March 11. One hundred pikes have
been found by the police under an arch of the
bridge here. They are supposed to have been
placed there in view of the operation of the arms
bill.
Dublin, March 11. Several more arrests of Laud
Leaguers were made early this morning, and more
are expected to be made this afternoon.
CAPITAL JOTTINGS.
Mrs. Garfield will hold her first re
ception at the Executive Mansion this afternoon,
from four to six o'clock.
Edward H. Olcott and W. T. Gates
have been appointed internal revenue storekeep
ers and gaugers for the Second District of Georgia,
and John M.Jacobson storekeeper for the District
ol Nebraska.
Yesterday Postmaster-General Jaines,
in company with Colonel McGrew, auditor for the
Fot-Officc Department, made the tour of the. Sixth
Auditor's office, making the acquaintance ot the
ladies and gentlemen employed therein.
Notice is given by the Light-House
Board that on and after April 15, and while the
tower is lnsing repaired, the main light on Amelia
Island Florida, will be discontinued, and a fourth
order light, show idg white flashes every thirty
seconds, will be displayed from a temporary' struc
ture near the tower.
Chief Brooks, of the secret service
division of the Treasury Department, has received
information of the arrest in Winslow, N. C., of a
counterfeiter named Berry Morgan. He had been
dealing in counterfeit coin, and at the time of his
arrest he was engaged in the act of manufacturing
counterfeit silver dollars.
WILLING BAEKISES.
SLY AND MODEST OFFICE-SEEKERS.
Another Bateli of Anxious Aspirants, and What
They Want Loral Offices in Demand by the
"Old Regulars" Humors Regard
ing the Appointments.
People who want things continue to
turn up. The Indiana folks, who feel that they
ought to be provided for, may be, as far as heard
from, numbered and classed thus :
T. Edward Johnson, European consulate, and
ought to have it.
W. Shacklcford would like to go to Mexico as
Minister, or somewhere else south of the Gulf. He
could, however, be shoved toward the North Pole
if the administration insisted upon it.
Hon. James Wildman would take the postmaster
ship at Indianapolis if it were forced- upon him.
Colonel JIalloway, it is understood, is here to learn
how to let go.
Colonel Dudley would take the position of Com
missioner of Patents, and deserves tbis-or almost
anything.elscin the gift of the President he did so
much to make.
General Saulsbury Foster would like to be post
master at Indianapolis. So would a number of
other people whose names wo have not room to
print, but who are in the field all the same.
Major Glover, former Treasurer of State, is here
looking out for a loaf or fish. He will take either
or both.
Major J. W. Gordon is a candidate for the vacant
judgeship of the Court of Claims. He is eminently
fitted to grace such a position, and his appointment
to the place would gratify his host of friends in
Indiana and elsewhere throughout the West.
Mr. J. It. Kendrick, who was appointed assistant
United States district attorney for Georgia in 187S,
and has recently resigned from the customs ser
vice in Texas, wants to get back somewhere in the
Government service, where his ability as a lawyer
and orator is known and appreciated.
Judge Clinton Briggs, of Nebraska, wouldn't
take the position of Commissioner of Public Lands
if it was fired at him from a first-class field battery
Colonel Brownlow, of Tennessee, son of the
famous fighting parson, is a candidate for door
keeper of the House.
Mr. Winborn Lanton wants to be postmaster of
Charleston, S. C.
It is denied that resolutions indorsing any one
for appointment to a foreign mission were adopted
in the meeting of the Florida Republican Associa
tion last Wednesday evening, or that General Lcd
with, Colonel Bisbee, Mayor AVitherspoon, or any
others present on that occasion would favor such
action.
Mr. J. Weed Corey, of New York, would like to
be chief of the Bureau of Statistics.
New England still forces Hon. George B. Loring
upon the attention of the President for Commis
sioner of Agriculture. Jerry Rusk wants to jump
on the same place.
Colonel Edward Kirkland.of New York city, and
wife, are at the Arlington. His friends are urging
him as Minister to Turkey.
General Lloyd Aspinwall, of New York, will prob
ably be nominated for Congress in Hon. Levi P.
Morton's place.
Ex-Police Commissioner Wheeler, of New York,
is a prominent candidate for one of the prominent
offices that are floating around. He will probably
be made assistant secretary somewhere.
The friends of Hon. Chauncey I. Filley, of St.
Louis, say he has not sought nor would he ac
cept the Commissioncrshlp of Indian Affairs.
Mr. W. W. Ampt, of Cincinnati, wants to repre
sent this glorious Republic at some foreign post.
His friends will ask President Garfield to appoint
him Minister to Belgium. It is suggested that Mr.
John Russell Young avUI be appointed Minister to
Japan.
T. W. Davis, collector of internal revenue at
Pittsburg, is in the city, and is working to be re
tained in his present position.
Colonel Faulkner, of Kentucky, wants to be
United States marshal of that State. He is hereto
lay his claims before President Garfield.
Colonel Irish will not go abroad, as has been in
timatedwand as some' gentlemen would desire.
IlKs-receSt experience In navigation in creasing
from the Bureau building to Pennsylvania avenue
during the late flood satisfied, him, uud he, will
stay on shore-duty. His administralloa'of the af
fairs of the Bureau.of Engraving and Printing
has been so successful thathis remaining is in per
fect accordance with the eternal fitnecs of things.
He will stay where he is.
General BIrney has been sick since the inaugu
ration, and consequently the statement that he
was)on the hot scent for the office of a District
Commissioner could not be correct.
Mr. George Denny, of Stanford, K"y., is lying
around loose waiting for something to turn up.
Another candidate for Minister to Mexico looms
up in the person of Hon. William Bradley, of Ken
tucky. Colonel Cardwell, of Harrodeburg, Ky., will be
satisfied with the post-office at that place. The
colonel is now in the city waiting and watching
for an opportunity to tell President Garfield what
he knows about stamps and things.
Judge Snccd would like to be collector of inter
nal revenue of the Seventh Kentucky District.
So would a few other gentlemen living within less
than a thousand miles of that district.
There are already five candidates in the field for
Speaker of the Forty-seventh Congress, namely:
Messrs. Hiscock of New York, Kasson of Iowa,
Dunncll of Minnesota, Burrows of Michigan, and
Keifcr of Ohio.
Colonel John E. Hamilton, of Covington, Ky.,
doesn't want anything, but might be forced into a
first, second, or third-class mission.
Eli Murray would like to remain Governor of
Utah, but probably will not Ex-Senator Conover
would like to take the place.
Dr. J. J. Temple would like "to have the post
office at Covington, Ky. Captain J. J. Michie
vould like to have the same place. Mrs. Farrell,
present postmistress, will, however, probably re
tain the place until the expiration of her commis
sion. Mr. Neumcyer will be -appointed surveyor of the
port of Pittsburg. Captain Dravo wants it, and is
backed by Representative Bayne. Neumeycr,
however, has both Cameron and Mitchell behind
him, and will win.
Mr. Joslah L. Venable, of East Washington, for
merly a member of the District Legislature, says
he is willing to scoop in a nice fat office.
Mr. William E. Vermillion, his predecessor in
the Legislature, is also " willinV
Several distinguished disciples of Eculapius are
candidates for Health Officer, in place of Dr.
Townshend. It is intimated that a prominent Eat
Washington physician will get the place if he
wants it.
Henry nimber says he is not an applicant for
any position under the District government.
Dr. Tindall thinks he has. been secretary to the
Board of District Commissionersquile long enough,
and is willing to assume the duties of a Commis
sioner. Captain Donald McCathran would, if it was
forced upon him, acccpta berth in the Treasury
Department. Mr. Frank P. Cross wants to be a
special agent of the Treasury Department. Frank
is a hard worker, and his friends think he will
make his point.
Dan Cahill wants to go West that is, he is anxi
ous to serve his country as secretary of one of the
Territories.
DickShellcy " don't want nothin'."
Bob Hutcheson would like to displace Leonard
as district attorney of Louisiana,
T.Morris Chester Is after A. J. Dumont's scalp.
Mr. Dumont is naval officer at New Orleans.
J. Henri Burch wants to be postmaster of the
Crescent City, in place of McMillen.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor Antoine, of Louisiana,
would like to be director of the mint at New Or
leans if Mr. M. V. Davis would die or suffer decapi
tation. Jacques A. Glae thinks he would make a better
United States marshal than Colonel Jack Wharton.
Mr. L. A. Wolfiey thinks he would make a better
internal revenue collector at New Orleans than
Morris Marks.
Colonel Robert Crittenden wants' to be United
States marshal of Kentucky.
Colonel Burns wants "the same place, and is in
dorsed by Hon. Cassius Goodloe, late Minister to
Belgium.
Colonel Holdcn, late collector at Covington,
would take the place if it was tendered him on a
silver fork.
Coin Counterfeiters Captured.
Advices were received by secret service
officers in this city yesterday from agents in New
York.statingthat they have succeeded inarresting
a gang often coin counterfeiters in that city. No
particulara have yet been received as to the extent
of their fraudulent work.
Defeat of Woman SiifTrase.
Milwaukee, Wis., March 11. The Wis
consin Legislature yesterday defeated by a closo
vote the woman suffrage and prohibition amend
ments to the State constitution.
AGAINST THE BANKS..
The legal-Tender Deposits Xot (o be
Withdrawn.
The following is the text of the decision
rendered yesterday by theSecretary of the Treasury
relative to the request of the national banks to be
permitted to withdraw their recent legal-tender
deposits:
TBEASURY DETAKTlirXT,
Washington, March 11, 1681.
President IferchanW XationtU Bank. Cleveland, OMo:
Sir: I am in receipt of your letter of the 5th in
stant stating that your bank had, during the pre
vious week, deposited with the assistant treasurer
at New York $180,000 In legal tender, with a view
of retiring that amount of its circulating-notes;
that the bonds to secure the -same, amounting to
i00,0001 had been forwarded from the Treasury in
this city to New York, and that the bank now de
sires to return them to the Treasurer of the United
States and receive back the above amountof legal
tender notes.
As the action taken in thLs case would establish
a rule by which the Department would necessarily
be governed 'in regard to similar requests from
other banks, some delay in answering your letter
has occurred.
It soems that sinco the 19th ultimo about flO.GOO,
000 of legal tenders have been deposited by banks
foxa purpose like that mentioned by you. Of this
amount about oncmilHon was returned !y the
Treasurer, request therefor, having been received
before any redemptions of notes had been made
or the security bonds delivered. In such cases, the
transaction being incomplete, the Department
had clearly a right to'Tcturn the notes asnas been
done. Of the remaining amount about 818,000,000
the security bonds therefor have either been
surrendered, or redemptions agnlust.the amounts
deposited have already been made, and the trans
actions have been so far completed that it has been
decided that the precedents of the Department in
similar cases should be adhered to, and no return
of the legal tenders be made.
In this connection it should be stated that no
apprehension of unfavorable results need be en
tertained in this matter. Since the2Sth ultimo the
Department has paid out for bonds pur
chased about $6,500,000, and is to-day paying
out on like account an additional amount of
85,000,000. In additiontotncscpayment5thert?bas
been ndvanced from the Treasury since the 1st In
stant to meet the payments of arrearages of pensions,
the amount of $7,0S3,Slt.33; and on the 1st proximo
there will fall due of interest more than 7,000,000;
and there are on baud .of incomplete national
bank notes, which can be issued at once to the
banks, the amount of $4,000,000, which, in the ag
gregate, it will be observed, will take an amount
from the Treasury largely iu excess of the amount
of legal-tender uotcs which has been deposited by
the banks since the 19th ultimo, and which it is
now desired should be returned.
Letters have also been received asking if the
identical United States bonds held as security for
circulating notes, which were recently withdrawn
by the national banks, can be redeposited without
transfer. This request w ill be granted if the bond
bears no assignment, except that of the Treasurer
of the United States, to the bank returning it.
Very respectfully, H. F. FRENCH,
Acting Secretary.
The decision, although signed by Acting Secre
tary French, was actually rendered by Secretary
Windom. Owing to the pressure of bu-dncss upon
the Secretary, Assistant Secretary French signed
to-day's business, and it is the rule of the Depart
ment that the entire business of any given day
shall all be signed by one person.
WHAT MB. GILFILLAN SAYS'.
Treasurer Gilfillan said to a representative of
The Republican last night that the decision of the
Secretary of the Treasury regardingr the applica
tion of the national banks to withdraw their de
posits of legal tenders involved no new departure
in the practice of the Department, but was fully
sustained by existing law and precedent ; that the
main effect of the decision would be to discourage
in the future any concerted action on the part of
the banks for the reduction of their circulation,
and render' It impossible for them to first con
tract and then expand the currency for speculative
purposes;"thathadit been decided to permit the
withdrawal asked for by the lianksit would have
lodged in the hands of these institutions a dan
gerous power, liable, under the most, favorable
conditions, to be abused, and which could be util
ized at any time to seriously embarrass the busi
ness of the country and cripple tho financial op
erations of the Government
WHARTENBY'S .WHEREABOUTS.
Die Is Believed to be lCidinarlu Itie Here
ford full, Up In Berks.
Reading, March 11. William J. Whar
tenby, the ex-Washington Department clerk and
absconding deputy receiver of taxes of Philadel
phia, Ij supposed. to h&V5asd-ihr9USh4i!j:ctty
Severataays ago on hfe Tetarn from Washington';
wheTC-he was present at thcinaugurationT A cab
man is ssid to have driven liim to Jacksonwald, bl
health-resort five miles from Reading. Whartenby
stated that he had just come front Washington;
that he had been on. a spree, and that he desired
to be driven to some quiet place until the effects
had worn off. He displayed upward'of'gr.OOO in
money while in this city. He is said to have been
conveyed from Jacksonwald to Boyertown, eight
miles east of Reading, where all further trace of
him has been lost. Colonel D. Stanley Hassinger,
of Philadelphia, who was In Reading last night,
has just stated that he saw Whartenby in 'Wash
ington on inauguration day. Owing to no provi
sion having been made by the Reading city au
thorities for the payment of expenses in following
up clews which may lead to thearrcst of criminals
the police officials have been unable to ascertain
the present whereabouts of Whartenby, but he is
believed to be hiding in a secluded place among
the Hereford Hills, in the eastern part of this
county.
Extra ScmIou.
"There will he an extra session of Con
gress," said a Republican Senator to a representa
tive of this paper yesterday.
'When?'' "
"About the middle of May," said the solon.
"Why?"
"Because the Republicans have everything to
gain and nothing to lose by ft; and, therefore, be
ing a party of tact and sense, it will take the
trick."
Jndalt P. Benjainiri MaOHCm Ills Case.
London, March 11. In the final appeal
of the Tichborne claimant to the Houscof Lords
to declare the sentence of two consecutive terms of
seven years' penal servitude, which he received
upon being found guilty in two counts of the same
indictment, illegal, after a long argument by J. P.
Benjamin, the claimants counsel, thc.Lord.Chan
cellor confirmed the decision of the courts below
and dismissed the appeal without calling on the
counsel for the Crown to reply.
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
The leave of absence granted First
Lieutenant George D.Wallace, Seventh Cavalry,
Octobers, 18S0, is extended ten days.
The leave of absence granted Captain
J. M. Kelley, Tenth Cavalry, January 14, 18S1, De
partment of Texas, is extended five months.
Leave of absence granted for eight
months, with permission to go beyond sea, is
granted Major D. B. Clendonin, Eighth Cavalry.
Chief Engineer E. L. Harris; from ex
perimental dntyat the Washington navy-yard, and
ordered to duty Jn the Bureau of Steam Engineer
ing. . The leave of absence of Master A.
Miehelon, now at Berlin, Germany, has been
extended six months, with permission to remain
abroad.
The leave of absence granted Second
Lieutenant J. N. Glass, Sixth Cavalry, December
10, 1880, Department of Arizona, is extended two
months.
The leave of absence granted Second
Lieutenant Charles B. Gatewood, Sixth Cavalry,
November, 1880, Department of Arizona, is ex
tended live months.
Commander John A. Howell has been
detached from command of the United States
steamer Adams on the reporting of his relief, and
ordered to return home.
Leave of absence for one year on sur
geon's certificate of disability, with permission
to leave the Department of the Miswmri.is granted
First Lieutentant D. J. Gibbon, Ninth Cavalry.
The leave of absence granted Second
Lieutenant Edward E. Dravo, Sixth Cavalry, Jan
uary IS, 1SS1, Military Division of the Pacific and
Department of California, is extended six months.
Acting-Assistant Surgeon Ira L. San
derson, United States army, will proceed from
New York city to St Paul, Minn., and report in
person to the commanding general Department of
Dakota for assignment to duty.
. Commander Edgar C. Merriman has
been ordered to command the United States
steamer Adams on the Pacific station, per steamer
of the 19th instant. Captain John 0. Walker, to
command the United States steamer Powhatan.
First Lieutenant Frank Michler, Fifth
Cavalry, will be relieved from duty at the United
States Military Academy, to take effect upon the
expiration of his present leave of absence, by the
commanding general Department of West Point,
and will then proceeoVto join his company.
The order directing Major D. R.
Lamed, paymasterto report for duty to tho com
manding general Department of the Missouri, is
revoked. -Major Larned.upon the expiration of
his present "leave of absence, will proceed to
headquartersTDepartment of tho Columbia, and
"report in person to the commanding officer of that
depanmentfor assignment to duty.
SOCIAL SQUIBS.
PUNGENT PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
The Cooking School Considered Byronlcally Some
or the People Who Are Sow in the City
Jorlal Senator Vance as a
Story Teller.
" Of all appeals although
I grant the power of pathos and of gold.
Of beauty, flattery, threats, a shilling no
Method's more sure at moments to take hold
Of the best feelings of mankind which grow
Mere tender as we every day behold,
Than that all-softening, overpowering knell,
The tocsin of the soul the dinner-bell."
Whether Byron was very hungry or not
when he penned these lines history does not tell
us, but it is very certain he understood human
nature pretty well, and the lapse of years has not
changed the softening effect of the same music
upon mankind. English ladles appreciated this
fact fully, and made domestic matters a part
of the education, and the result of
this gives the delightful Englisn homes
with which visitors from America are so much
Impressed. With American ladies until within a
few years cooking might almost have been reck
oned among tke lost arts. It was considered
rather degrading than otherwise for a fashionable
lady to know anything about it, and when ques
tioned about the manner of preparing certain
dishes would usually reply with spirit, " Oh ! I
always leave those things to my cook" -Just now
there seems to bc.a decided change in the way of
thinking about such matters, and the subject is
becoming one of .national importance. The Bu
reau of Education has taken it up, and has urged
the establishment of cooking schools throughout
the country, and goes so far as to claim that the
culture and health of the Nation depend upon
them. It is strange that the ladies of this
country have such false ideas about their
duty as wiTes and daughters. In other countries
it is not so. In Germany .the daughters of the
wealthy and the high-born, as well a those of the
mechanic, are trained in matters of domestic
economy, and often pay for the instruction as
large a sum as $200. In Austria young ladies con
templating matrimony learn all the details of the
household, how to purchase and prepare food, the
manner of serving it, the arrangement of the table,
&c. For this purpose theygoto thekitchens of the
wealthy, and make arrangements with the chief
to instruct them in the preparation of dishes, and
particularly in the mode of serving them properly,
as this is something very important with them.
The Bible tells of Rebecca preparing savory
meats for Isaac. In Greek homes, although ser
vants are employed to do the cooking, the lady of
the house Is not idle, and has a personal supervis
ionof everything. Martha Washington, than whom
it would be difficult to find a more illustrious ex
ample, was an excellent housekeeper, and she did
not disdain to enter her pantry and kitchen and
with her own hands prepare dainties of all kinds.
Her jeUIcs, her cordials and wines were famous,
and it was one of the pleasures of this noble
woman to send such things as gifts to her friends
and neighbors. The following beautiful picture
of her at her own table, as sketched by one of
the guests, may induce some one of the
present day to emulate her example:
"The table of dark mahogany, waxed and pol
ished like a mirror, was square. In the centre
stood a branched epergne of silver wine and cut
glass, filled with a tasteful arrangement of apples,
pears, plums, peaches, and grapes. At one end
Mrs. Washington, looking as handsome as ever, as
sisted by a young lady, presided behind a hand
some silver tea service. There was an enormous sil
ver hot-water urn nearly two feet high, and a
whole battalion of tiny flaring cups and saucers of
blue India china. The silver, polished to
its highest, reflected the blaze of many
wax candles in branched candclabras and
in sticks of silver, Fried oysters, waffles,
fried chicken, cold turkey, canvas-backed ducks,
venison, and that Southern institution a "baked
-ham? .were among, thejtood things provided for
Ihecaaany'cTgenUemen invited by the Presi
deiit to sup with him. Lady Washington dis
pensed the tea with so much grace that each gen
tleman was constrained to take it,,aUbough capi
tal Madeira was served in elegant aecanters."
The.mother of the President ii very small and
rather thin; her hair is gray and she always wears
black. The attentions of the son to his mother are
very pleasant to see, and speak valumes for the
character of the man.
Mrs. Orrin Day, nee Sunderland, from Catskill-on-Hudson.
is visiting her parents on C street.
Gcne'ral Hancock attended service at the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church last Sabbath.
Mr. Paxton, the pas.tor,and several members of the
congregration were in the General's division dur
ing the war. Alter service they held an informal
reception in the study, and many availed them
selves of the opportunity to shake hands with him
and with General Beaver, who was also present
The daughter of General Ayres was married
Wednesday to Lieutenant Gaylc, of Fort Mcnenry.
The wedding was strictly private and no one
was invited outside of the family. General Ayres
is the commanding officer at the United States
Barracks which is the name of the post at the ar
senal. There arc five companies stationed there at
present four of foot and one light battery.
Senator Vance is very Jovial, and enjoys hearing
as well as relating a good story. His recent lecture
in Baltimore on the Hebrews was highly ap
preciated by the audience, and some of his anec
dotes illustrating the peculiarities of that race were
recehedwith roars of laughter. One day, con
versing with an English gentleman about the
legal formalities in English and American courts,
he insiited that certain forms were more
strictly adhered to in this country than in
England, and related the following story:
'Judge Jones, sir, is as great a stickler for
forms as any man in your country. One day a
soldier who had been battered considerably in the
warwai brought in as a witness. The judge told
him to hold up hid right hand. ' Can't do it, sir,'
said the man. 'Why not?" 'Got a shot in that
arm, sir.' 'Then hold up your left.' The man
said he bad got a hot in that arm too. 'Then,
said the judge, sternly, 'you must hold up your
leg. No man can be sworn, sir, in this court by
law unless he holds up something, "
A gathering of prominent Indianians assembled
at Wclckerslast night at a banquet tendered them
by General Thomas J. Brady. Among those present
were General Tom Brown, Senator D. W. Voor
hees, Hon. James N. Tyner, Hon. W. IL Calkins,
Major John W. Gordon, W. R. Holloway, Hon.
Mark De Motte, General R.S. Foster, Judge Hig
eubothan, Hon. George W. Steele, Hon. R. B. F.
Pierce, Hon. S. J. Pule, Hon. William Hcilman,
Colonel W.W. Dudley, Mr. J. A. Wildman, General
George B. Williams, Mr. John B. Glover, Mr. E. T.
Johnson, and Mr. Alexander. There was also
present ex-Marshal Pitkin, of Louisiana, Mr.
George C. Gorham, General George A. Sheridan,
and Hallett Kilbourn. The occasion was purely a
social affair, and the genial w it and sparkling humor
which prevailed was an evidence that the Hoosiers
at the festive board are as brilliant as they are
brave In war, and stalwart In their respective
parties in a political campaign. Mrs la Indiana !
Venuor at It Again.
Toronto, Ont., March 11. A heavy
snow-storm prevails on the St. Lawrence, and an
easterly gale, accompanied by rain, prevails in
the maritime provinces?. The temperature fell to
zero in many places in Northern Ontario during
the night.
Dehby Like, Vt., March 11. A heavy snow
storm began here this morning. There is already
over a foot of fcnow on the ground, and it is still
falling.
Gloucester, Mass., March 11. The storm is still
raging. Some twenty-five vessels, mostly coasters,
gained a shelter in the outer harbor before the
storm came on.
Montreal, March 11. It has been snowing here
since yesterday morning, with no signs of ceasing.
Secretary IVludoin's Successor.
St. Paul, Minn., Mairch 11. Governor
Pillsbury to-day appointed Greenleaf Clark, of
St. Paul, and Judge William Mitchell, of Winona,
to fill the two additional judgeships of the Su
preme Court created by the late Legislature. He
also appointed Attorney-General Charles M. Hart
as Judge of the District Court for the Third Dis
trict, to fill the vacancy caused be the promotion
of Judge Mitchell to the bench of the Supreme
Court. It is accepted as a finality that General A.
J. Edgartou will he appointed to succeed William
A4Wiudom as Senator, as was indicated In the dis
patches of last nigbU. Mr. Windom's resignation
was received to-day, and the appointment will
probably be announced by the Governor to-morrow.
A BRILLIANT RECEPTION.
Army nnd Xavy Nlzbtat the VFIilte lions e
Sparse Attendance ofonieera.
The reception given last night by the
President and Mrs. Garfield to the officers of the
army and navy was both brilliant and beautifuL
The whole lower floor of the White House, includ
ing the conservatory, was ablaze with a gorgeous
glitter of light. The decorations were remarkable
alike for the simplicity of their character and the
magnificent effects they produced. Flags -and
stendardsnnd streamers were gracefully entwined
in drooping folds and festooned over arches and
ceilings and mantels, with all the glory of vivid
colors artistically intermingled. The display of
foliage, plants, and fragrant flowers was lavish and
elegant in the extreme. Tall ferns occupied each
reccs3 and bent their graceful heads over
toward daggcr-bladcd cacti, whose leaves
seemed sharp set for a bayonet charge. Vel
vety bigonias offered their broad, glassy
petals in delicious emerald contrast to the
scarlet stripe of the gorgeous poinsettia; garlands
of smilax twined chandeliers in their dehcatc
grace of festoon. Bright- among the shades of
green-leaves were the exquisite hues of blossoms.
Some with glowing, palpitating masses of crimson
bloom that tempted you to warm your cheek be
side their glow of fiame; others whose buds, like
lamps of alabaster whiteness, drank in the spark
ling radiance of the glittering chandeliers a3 out
door blossoms drink the sunlight -and the dew.
Itwas strange how exquisite were the effects pro
duced by such simple accessories as flowersand
banners and lights and music, when artistically
arranged.
The attendance was very large. Itwas com
posed altogether of officers of the army and navy,
with their ladies, and the members of the
presentand last Cabinet. The officers were in full
uniform, and the glitter of gold lace, the gleam of
epaulet, the flash of star and silver leaf, eagle and
anchor, and other shoulder insignia of rank har
monized effectively with the still more vivid and
brilliant colors in the ladies' toilets. The full
Marine Band was in attendance, and their music
completed the charm which made the reception a
splendid social success.
The President and Mrs. Garfield received in the
Red Room, through which, after presentation, the
guests passed on their way to the magnificent East
Room. The officers of the army were introduced
by ex-Secretary Ramsey to Secretary Lincoln, who
formally presented them to the President. Ex
Secretary Goff, assisted by Admiral Porter, pre
sented the officers of the navy and Marine Corps to
Secretary Hunt, by whom they were introduced to
President Garfield. Mrs. Garfield was assisted in re
ceivingby Mrs. General Sheldon, Miss Mason, her
guests at the White House, and Mrs. General Sher
man. Among the officers present were Generals
Townsend, Drum, Breck, Dunn, Meigs, Macfeeley,
Barnes, Alvord, Brown, Wright, Eamard, Gilmore,
Benet, Hagncr, Hazeu, Sherman, of the army, and
of the navy Admiral Porter, Commodores Jeffers,
English, Wales, Carter. Wells, Rear-Admirals
Rogers, Worden, Captains Roe, Whiting, Do Krafft,
Davis, Fiilcbown, Russell, Johnson, Law, and many
others; In fact, all the officers of the army and
navy and Marine Corps now in Washington were
present. All the ex-members of the Cabinet were
also present, except the late Attorney-General
Devens, who is absent from the city.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Exploalon at tlie PnomfiE Boiler Works
Six Killed nnd Seven Wounded,
Buffalo, N. Y., Mar,ch 11. This after
noon a large boiler in the Phoenix Boiler Works,
owned by Donaldson & Patterson, exploded, in
stantly killing six men and wounding seven
others, one of the proprietors being among tho
former. The business of the firm was very largo,
the manufacturing of boilers being carried on to a
great extent, while the firm made a specialty of
testing old boilers by steam and making the nec
essary repairs to them. An old boiler belonging
to the tugboat Mary S. Pierce, which had been in
use nearly eighteen years, was being tested, when,
without any apparent cause, it burst, literally lev
eling the works, which were one hundred feet
long by forty feet wide and eighty feet high.
Mr. Patterson, together with a ponderous mass
nf fl Arntw!1 hntlr TCaq btrrtwl flprws tin
street and through a solid board fence; leveling a
portion of it to the ground. His body was tef ribly
mutilated, his entrails and some of his limbs
hanging to the fence, while one leg was found
fifty yards away from the building. The bodies of
the other men killed were scattered in every
direction. Th e force of the explosion wa3 so great
that windows of buildings nearly half a mile dis
tant were blown out, and in the immediate
vicinity people were thrown to the floors in their
houses, tables were overturned, and windows de
molished. The adjoining buildings were shaken
to their foundations. The noise of the explosion
resembled that of an earthquake, and was dis
tinctly heard nearly a half a mile distant, and a
large piece of the exploded boiler was blown
hundreds of feet in the air, and crashing through
the roof, of the Mills elevator, situated nearly five
hundred feet away, and the dome of the
boiler was thrown over one hundred feet
in the air and landed a full half a mile distant
Those known to be killed are: Robert Patterson,
aged fifty-six years,leavcs a wife and six children ;
John Langcnfield, aged thirty-eight years, un
married, was found under the remains of the boiler
blackened and burned almost beyond recognition ;
Francis Chudwick, aged sixty-two years, engineer
iu charge of the boiler, had bis side blown away
and bled to death, leaves a wife and three chil
dren; William Wagner was blown to pieces, leaves
a wife and four children ; William Gibson, nephew
of Patterson, was blown through the shop and across
the street, leaves a wife and two children. An un
known man was so badly bruised as to be unrecog
nizable
The injured were as follows: nenry Mackcy,
left leg broken, head cut, and injured internally;
will probably die. Carl Otto Voitz, both leg blown
off and cut in the back and che-U; cannot nicovcr.
George Renner, boy, sixteen years old, leg broken,
hedd cut, nud internally injured; will probably die.
Alexander Rupert, right leg broken, aNo injured
internally, and will probably die. Robert Mex
yich. left "lide, body and face badly cut; was
standing twenty feet from the boiler when
struck; will recover. Michael May, hurt in
the stomach and left tide of- the face; was
about ten feet from the boiler. William
Knorrs, right foot smashed; will recover.
Sixteen men were employed In the works at the
time of the accident, six of whom escaped unhurt.
The regular force was twonty-five, but nine of the
men and boys had been laid off. Mr. Donaldson,
one of the proprietors, had driven from the works
but a few minutes before the accident happened,
and was only a few squares away. The loss will
probably foot up S15,000; insured for 51,000, against
loss by fire only.
Charged wltli Htealinsr Scwcr Bond.
Detective McElfreeh returned to the
city last evening having In custody George H.
Farnham, formerly a clerk in the District Build
ings, who is charged with being the party impli
cated in the abstraction of the cancelled yellow
back certificates from the office of the- Board of
Audit. The prisoner, whose career has already
been published in The RnruuucAK, was locked
up at headquarters for a hearing, and no one was
allowed to visit him.
.
TELEGRAPHIC TWISTINGS.
"Wright & Co.'s dry-goods store, at
Clinton, Ont, and two 'adjoining buildings were
bumed yesterday. Loss, 525,000; insurance,
S12.U00.
Herr Von Puttkammer has been in
trusted provisionally, to direct the Ministry of the
Interior, rendered vacant by the resignation of
Count Eutenburg.'
Ex-Secretary Schurz was given a re
ception and banquet at Baltimore last night Mr.
Christian Ax presided, and speeches were also
made by Colonel Frederick Raine, of the Geman
Correspondent, and others.
"Five lady physicians were graduated
last evening by the College of Homeopathy in St
Louis, one of whom, Mrs. Julia F. Haywood, of
Para, 111., received a prize for high excellence in
medical and surgical studies.
Count Coronini has resigned his seat
in and the presidency of the lower house of the
Austrian Rcichstrath, in consequence of difficulty
with the Constitutionalists. X Federalist will
probably be elected to the vacancy.
. A corps of engineers and assistants,
numbering twenty-two, including a physician,
sailed for Vera Cruz yesterday by the City of Mex
ico They are to be employed on the main line of
railroad from the City of Mexico to Laredo, the
northern terminus, and thence to tho Pacific dur
ing the spring aud summer.
Messrs. Caird, Vij.uamson & Co., gen
eral merchants and produce agcuts, of No. 132
Fenchunch street, E. C, Lcndon, havo failed.
They were engaged in the East and West India,
Australian, and Cape trade, and their liabilities
are estimated atloq,000. Their failure was caused
by that of Rushton Brother.
GOTHAM GOSSIP
FRESH FROM THE BUSY METROPOLIS.
The Dead-Lock In the World's Fair Project Som
oUs About Prominent People A Gay
Beginning for the Sombre
Lenten Season.
Special to The Republican:
New Yop.k, March 10.-
-In
New
which
colors.
York wc have an instrument upon
we can play your favorite music in
Do you prefer Chopin's waltzes, immediately
there is a blending of prismatic hue, a gliding
from color to color, a wave-like motion from the
plaintive minor in cold blues to brilliant merri
ment in vivid reds. 'Perhaps you like the racquet,
or a song from " Olivette T' Well, you have the
colors to ma'tch the mood and the movement
The-genius-who invented this color-orgau is a na
tive of the Adirondacks. He paints pictures as a
profession, aud has "only dropped into this ex
pression of animated colors as an experi
ment Several years ago the Rev. Dr.Harveis
of London, England, published a book called
" Music and Morals," In which he predicted that
the art of the future woul&be found in-color, com
bined and arranged In harmonious movement,
from which itwould be possible to receive a sensa
tion offpleasure through the eye kindred to the
enjoyment of music through the ear. If Mr.
Brainbridgc Bishop is the man to introduce this
new art cr science to the world, like a true genius,
he has work'ed i out by himself unaided. He
told me that from boyhood certain sounds sug
gested to him certain colors, and about flvc years
ago (he looks to be about thirty-five now) he be
gan the experiments which resulted in this instru
ment, which is in appearance an ordinary parlor
organ, with an attachment of two large ground
glass plates above the peg-board. As the organ fa
played there appears, at thesounding of each note,
flashes of exquisitely-shaded color, producing a
novel and extraordinary effect The theory
of the instrument Is, first, the scale of the colors
is arranged to the musical scale; so that when any
chord of music harmonizes the colors harmonize ;
second, tones pleasing to .the car produce -colors
pleasing to the eye, separately or combined ; third,
in the thirteen whole notes and semitones embraced
in a. single octave the colors flashed upon the plates
appear and correspond with the notes as follows :
C, red; C fiat, orange red; D.orange; D flat, orange
yellow; E, yellow; F, yellow green ; Fflat, green:
G, bluish grceu j G flat, blue; A, violet blue; A flat,
violet; B, violet crimson. The mechanical ar
rangement by which these colors arc produced is
by means of a wire attached to small shutters
which open when the proper key is sounded and
admit the light through colored glass.
So far the instrument has had a peculiar effect
in bringing to the surface a number of lunatics,
each of whom has a special color theory. At a re
ception given by a prominent lady'a few evenings
ago to discuss this subject some very extraordinary
Ideas were advanced. One old lady had a method
by which the color organ should be connected with
the zodiac. In this novel scheme each month of
the year had its appropriate color, and the key
note for all the music played during that month
should correspond to that color. Another person
declared that she saw sparks of light emanating
from her own brain, which were of colors corre
sponding to the zodiac theory, and she attempted,
by the laying on of hand, to exorcise the evil spirit
from a gentleman who doubted thestatement. Tho
lady who advanced the first theory proposed to
sing twenty tunes to illustrate her method. Some
body begged her to desist, as she iasixty.five years ,
old and her once tuuefnl voice is cracked. The
hostess thought such an Instrument would have
a curative effect on the mind diseased. There was
a fino opportunity to have ttied the experiment on
her guests. I wonder what an effect such an instru
ment would.have on some of our irascible Repre
sentatives. Take my friend Sunset Cox, for instance,
and tone down some of his sharp rejoinders by the
colors of minor music, or arouse Ben. LeFcvre to
a little mental activity by the colors of the racquet.
THE WORLD'8-FAtK.
Are we to have a World's Fair in 1SS3 after all? I
i.m toldby thceigh in authority tbatfllough there
appears to be, yet there is not, a dead-lock in tho
1 preumiiiarj arnunjemeiiu,. xremeunai; .ipiAai
ancc one might think that General Grant carried
the exposition in his vest-pocket, and had taken
it to Mexico with him. I doubt if one person in
one thousand here has any definite idea about it,
and I hardly believe that even such a proportion
of the citizens care for it The fact is, Inwood is
not practically New York, and New Yorkers havo
a presentiment that if thafairis held there itwill
be a funeral, and they will be chief mourners.
The opposition to the use of the park comes chiefly
from a very few families who have grown to be aris
tocratic from having a great deal of money. But
both the business men and the working people
greatly prefer the Central Park; the businessmen
because New York would be commercially bene
fited. New York is a commercial city, they ar
gue; it has attained its prosperity through com
merce, and made the beautiful park possible
through its prosperity. Now the people ask from,
the city the loan of this park fora few months for
the convenience of their business. After the
exposition has ended they can restore
it to its former condition and return
it intact for far less money than
it will cost to put Inwood in any sort of comforta
ble order. The working people maintain that, to
ell intents and purposes as far as they are con
cerned, the exposition might as well be at Albany
as at Inwood, for they must lose a day's work
every time they visit it: whereas were it In Central
Park they would have an opportunity of visiting
! it two or three afternoon in the week, aud their
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I 'mlu c?"ul E anyanti every n.iy. u -cems
0 piauaimc mat n n luui-.auicnu.uuu
ness sense, or as a means" of education and culti
vation, for the benefit of New Yorkers, it should
bein New York. If our ariitocrats desire to havo
it located at Booriboolagha, wc need expect no
body but philanthropists to subscribe to it. The'
appropriate contributions would be red flannel,
veskits and moral packet handkerchiefs.
JtAPLtsOS'S OI'ERA COMPANY
have rcturned.and the New York public have given
them a very cordial welcome. It is safe to say
that no prima donna for years has been so entirely
in sympathy with the rcoplc as Gereter. It is
sometimes said that New York is not, in the sense
of critical appreciation, a musical city. There
does seem to be a clas of music which is only to
be understood through two or three generations
of education, but such a deliriously melodious
voice as Gerster has can be comprehended by any
one. On the first night of her appearance tho
house rang with her name, and she was" called be
fore the curtain several times.
OTHER AMlEJIEST?.
Marie Roze has been singing in opera at tho
same time, and also to crowded houses, at the
Fifth Avcnnc Theatre. She attained really a
splendid success, especially In the role of Qtnucn,
where not only her excellent vocalization but her,
handsome person were shown to great advantage.
In spite of the beginning of the Lenten season,
both the operas and theatres are presenting un
usual attractions and arc rilled to overflowing for
both matinee and evening performances. "Cin
derella at School," which is always a favorite for
its bright music and animated action, is gor
geously set at Daly's. By the way, I believe it wa3
from some of the exquisite appointments of Daly's
Theatre that the phrase "The nineteenth century
is the age of upholstery " originated.
The play of "A Hundred Wives," at Booth's,
was very successful. The title docs not con
vey an idea of the plot, till you are told that
it is n representation of Mormonism. Tho
name of the author of the play
has not been announced. It is written in a
forcible style, and shows in a vivid manner first,
the power of the Mormon Church, iuto which tho
Individuality of the characters arc merged; and,
second, the superior power of the United States
Government, which controls even this church.
The interest taken by the people in this playi
one of the indications that the public Is getting
ready for this question, which evidently will ap
peal to them for a decision in the near future. By
the way, one of the clevcrestaud at the same tima
a remarkably clear and pertinent exposition of
this subject is given in Saniautha Allen's latest
book, "My Wayward Partner." DRIFT.
Senator Concer's Sacrestor.
Kalamazoo.. Mich., March 11. John T.
Rich was nominated for Congress to-day by tho
Republican convention of the Seventh District, at
Mount Clemens, to succeed Omar D. Conger. Mr.
Rich is a former by occupation, and a member at
present of tho State Senate. He has been twico
speaker of the Michigan house of representatives.
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Prolectinsr Women.
Harhisbcrg, Pa., March 11. In the
Legislature to-day an act was reported affirma
tively providiug for the infliction of corjwreal
punishment upon men convicted of beating theit
i wives or other women.
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