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VOL. XXIII-NO. 2(i.
NEW YORK.
GOTHAM GOSSIP.
THE REIOr OF jrriTER PLCVICS THE MEM
ORY OF THE OLDEST INHABITANT AT FAULT
THE EPIDEMIC OF MASKED ROBBERIES
STORT OF A ARIXO BUROLAB ASD A FLCCKY ,
OLD GENTLEMAN THE TWO FRIENDS, OR
THE FREAKS OF A FORTUNE.
IFrom a Regular Correspondent of tb RpiHinel.l
New York, Dec. 8. Something has cer
tainly happened to Jupiter Pluvius himself;
no mere si.nal otiicer, even though he be
Jupiter's rijtht hand mao, could manufacture
such weather as that of the past w eek. Ap
prehensive and nractical people have recom
mended the study of naval architecture,
with a view to the probable revival ot the
ark building interest; sentimental people
have talked vaguely about some probable
and severe afiliction in the family of the
aforesaid god, and have hinted that 'twere a
nobler fale to drown in the tears of a god
than even in a "butt of Malmsey." We do
not, however, care about drowning at all,
and neither do we wish to live in the
second story of an ark during the remainder
of t tie winter. No doubt the ordeal by water
is better than that by fire, but we greatly
prefer to bave our elements doled out to us
in the usual way, about "'arf and 'arf." But
there is one thing in which we are gainers
lrom the torrents ot ram that have fallen
lately ; they have done what our street com
missioners" seem never to do, they have
thoroughly cleaned the streets ot the city,
north and south, east and west, and if the
sun should ever happen to shine again walk
ing in Broadway will be a greater delight
than ever. At present, however, the pave
ments are deserted except by those who are
forced to brave the pitiless weather, and the
gay metropolis, literally under a cloud, is
like a mourner clad in sackcloth and
ashes. The oldest inhabitant (Mrs. Annie
Ijcary, aged 103 j-ears, who was turned out
into the storm by her heartless relations to
perish) is said to have remarked that she
couldn't remember ever having- seen any
thing like it, and we believe her, lor she
could't even remember the number of.her
sod's bouse or tier own name.
One curious ell'act of the prolomred ailiic
tiou i3 the tendency of the uüerers to tind
relief in doggerel like the following:
"Heart and throat and lungs of leather
May withstand this odious weather,
J'.iu the question now is whether
Lite's worth living altogether.
When, will deep, 'pathetic wirrow,
We are sure 'twill rain to-morrow."
Crimes of all kinds occur in strata, it, is
well known, ami the layer to whieri our at
tention is called at present is that of
MASKED r.OUT.ERIKS.
A few years ago it was garroting, which j
was overlaid in its turn by air-jjun shooting, !
and that again by some other variety of
crime, and now we have as "the newest thing
out," burglary made easy by the use of
masks for the robbers, and handcuffs and
gags for the victims. But police and people
have risen in their might and declared that
these things shall not be. Already three of j
the worst villains have been apprehended,
and there is reason to hope that, they will
pay the price of a lifo time for their dark
night's work. All sorts of wild stories are told
concerning the burglars and their wonderful
deeds; everybody is reminded of the way
his own or his friend's house was entered by
masked men, probably the very ones,
only a short time ago. In connection with
these reminiscences, the following remarka
ble story of a burglary which took place
quite recently in a neighboring town, is not
without interest. A lady waking suddenly
at midnight, saw a man standing at the side
of her bed, and instantly. gave the alarm to
her husband, who, although be was past
middle age and unarmed, sprang upon the
robber's back as he was about to leave the
room in his flight, and thus prevented him
from using knife or pistol. Down stairs in
pitch darkness the two men rolled together,
j-et the "plucky" old gentleman would not
relax his hold, and the accomplice at the
foot of the stairs dared not fire j
lest he Should hit the wrong one, and
seeing no chance of freeing his com
rade, as the neighbors had been sum
moned by this time, be lied, and the police
were obliged to content themselves with the
arrest ot robber nnuber .one. Very short
work was made of his trial, and he was soon
in prison, where it was exjected he would
spend the next ten years of his life. But for
tune seems to favor even the brave burglar,
and this burglar had a friend who, like Silas
"Wegs, was a "man with a wooden leg."
Wooden Ieg set his wits to work to release
his "pall" and accomplished his purpose
within the year, in this manner: lie first
had hi? artificial limb hollowed out and then
tilled the cavity with all necessary burglar
ious implements. When all preparations
were made he committed some trifling
crime and was sent to the prison where
his friend was confined. . Thia was his hour
ot triumph, for in less than three
months, by the diligent use ol the success
fully smuggled tools, both men had cut
their way to freedom, and at this moment
they may be meditating some other burg
lary; unless, indeed, they really are identi
cal with the two chief villians concerned in
these more recent events. Now you have
the story, which is true in every particular,
and romantio enough even for the days of
truly romantic crime. As for Kelley and
Conroy, if they are riot the heroes of it, their
exploits are sufficiently striking, and we all
breathe more freely since the -police in
dulged in their late masker-raid.
I nave several times adverted to the fact
that the panic left .so few visible marks on
the city's outward presentment; that it
caused little apparent change in our man
ner of living. Now, however, we are begin
ning to find
EVIDENCES OF ITS EFFECT
Everywhere. Dressmakers say that never
hare they been called upon to alter and re
model dresses and suits so frequently as at
the present time, and a general determina
tion seems to have been made to wear out
clothing which would once have been cast
off, or bestowed on some worthy object.
This laudable economy, but we fear the
promenade will assume a somewhat dull
appearance in consequence of it. Quite re
cently! overheard a conversation on a ferry
boat between two loud talking dry goods men
and the whole tarden of it was, "no busi
ness, no business." "There ia no use in
talking about business," said one of them,
because there isn't any. Everybody wants
to buy on longtime, and nobody will dell,
and so vory thing is at a stand still." An
interesting case of "tioe-saw" between riches
and poverty, during these times of fortune
making and warring, has been reported to
me by a friend, and I give it as an illustra
tion of panic effects. A broker residing in
one of Che suburbs had accumulated a goodly
cum of money, and believing that "as wo
journey through life we should live by the
way," he iei up a fine carriage, and every
morning m.'ght have bern seen driving to
the ferry in iood style. Bat suddenly, like
the Graphic bAlloon, his fortune collapsed;
carriage and hordes were sold, and he ban
over again, i-ortunate, however, was he in
the poaseKslou of a friend who kept a car
riage, and who now volunteered to call for
fcim each morning and drive him
down town so that he should
not feel the change so keenly.
For a time things went on thus, till one
day when "the party of the second part"
awoke to the fact that he was ruined' in
turn ; so his carriage and horses were sold,
and now comes the most remarkable part of
the story. Ju9t where the average true story
would show some weak point is where this
episode in real life comes to a titti'jg climax.
Vor when the "party of the first part"
found that his devoted friend had suffered
in like manner with himself, he had the joy
ot informing hhn that he had recovered his
former status, and in future would call for
him each morning with a carriage! Only
oldinother goose can do justice to this case:
"Here we go up, up, up,
And here we go down, down, downey."
All the time which well educated gotham
ites can spare from the eager hunt alter food
and raiment, by which 1 mean dinners at
Delmonico's and suits made by G. D. Happy,
tailor to the beau monde, is supposed to be
devoted to reading the literature of the day,
with occasional treats (?) like attending a
lecture by Eli Perkins. As to what the afore
said gothamites read, I can only say that if
they confine themselves entirely to the peri
odicals issued in their own hamlet they
might do much worse. Only men or leisure
can hope to do more than take a very cursory
glance at the literature of their time; and,
therefore, people of little leisure ought to be
sincerely thankful for good magazines and
papers, those epitomes of the age. Children,
too, of whose mental tastes, if they had
any, not much account was formerly taken,
should
THANK THEIR LUCKY LITTLE STARS
That they were born at a time when such
a magazine as "St. Nicholas, published by
Scribner tV, Co., is prepared for their especial
delectation. Who is there among irrown up
folks who doesn't teel like heaving a retro
spective sigh over the pages of the beautiful
"juvenile," when he thinks of the days of
his youth, and the crude specimens of book
making for children which he calls "to mind.
The holiday number of "St. Nicholas" is a
delight all the way through, from cover to
cover, and the cover, by the way, is not the
least of its beauties, with its cheerful ming
ling of scarlet and soft grey, with a dash ot
black; its handsome lettering in the
illuminated style, and graceful arebisqne
figures. Having absorbed "Our Young
Folks," as it will still continue to do, it now
gives a reproduction ot the coyer of that
jKjpular periodical on the backof its own
vver, and also adds all the best features of
"Oi'.r Young Folks'' to its own original ex
cellence. Spice would fail me were I to
attempt even a glance at its whole contents,
but I can not help calling attention to some
of its more striking novelties. First and
foremost is the introduction of a short,
simple French or tJermau story in each
number, fcr the instruction and convenience
ot beginners in those languages; theso little
stories are usually accompanied by character
istic illustrations. But the delicious little
bits of nurserv jingle especially fascinate ine,
such lor instance as the following:
"II Dine birds bloomed like flowers in a row,
And never could make a sound,
How Mould the daisies and violet know
When to come out of the ground?
They would wait and wait the seasons round ;
Never a flower could on earth be found.
And what would birds and butterflies do
If the flowers bad wings to fly?
Why. birds and blossoms and butterflies, too,
Would stay far up In the sky ;
And then the people would droop and sigh.
And all the children on earth won Id cry."
The picture accompanying this is charm
ing, and is done by Miss Iedyard : it shows
three little ones crying within a circle ot
blue birds on stems, while the Mowers have
taken wing and are flying away. The tastes
of all sizes of children are catered
for by "St. Nicholas," and it is
not too much to . say that we have
never looked upon its like before.
The January number of Scribner's Month
ly is also tine and fully sustains Its high re
putation. The longest Illustrated article,
"A visit to San Antonio," is the first of a
series to be entitled "Glimpses of Texas" It
gives a very interesting account of the town
in question, and almost makes us feel as if
so picturesque a place must be foreign. A
striking poem bv Stoddard, contributions by
John Hay, Bret "Hart, Charles Dudley War
ner and others too numerous to mention,
fill the measure of this excellent magazine,
which to be appreciated "needs but tobe
seen.'
C. S. N.
EAID IN ASHES.
HELENA, MONTANA, ALMOST DESTROYED EY
FIRE LOSS NEARLY A MILLION.
Helena, Montana, Jan. 10. A fire broke
out about seven a. m. yesterday in the upper
part of Chinatown. A heavy wind was
blowing at the time directly toward the
heart ol the city.. The flames soon spread
over the whole of Chinatown, and despite
the heroic efforts of the firemen and citizens,
jumped Bridge street, thence down both
Bides of Main street, entirely destroying
every building, except Kessler & Miller's sa
loon, until stopped by Miller V Rowecrans
store and Bohm's old banking house. The
east side of Clover street, and the buildings
between it and Main were also destroyed.
Everything on Jackson' street to the rear of
the St. Louis hotel was burned up. Both sides
ot Wood and Bridge streets to the first cross
street east of Main. Among the buildings
destroyed were the International and Cos
mopolitan hotel, Travis' livery Rtable, the
First National and Peoples' bank. The
contents of their fire proof vaults'are all
safe. Oans fc Klein, Goldberry Broth
ers, TJverberg, Loeb Brothers, dry
goods; Western Union telegraph office; Ga
zette printing establishment, and Painter,
drugs. The tire jumped to Fifth avenue,
entirely destroying Surveyor General
Blaine's residence and the dwelling adjoin
ing, occupied by the Hon. Daniel Searls.
Besides the losses frm the fire, a great
many suffer heavily by moving, etc., as at
one lime it was- thought the whole town
would be laid in ashes. The total loss is
estimated at $.-450,000; insurance light. i
. AX ATROCIOUS CRIME. . .
A OIRL DESTROYED BY HER FATHER AND
MURDERED TO CONCEAL THE ATROCITY.
0ne6t the mo3t revolting disclosures in
the annals of criminal history has lately
come to light In Montloeho, White connty,
this state. The facts are circumstantially
given; in a late nrmber of the Loganeport
Pharos, but they are too hideous for repro
duction here. It is difficult indeed to tell
this terrible story in language fit for ears po
lite, but the facts are nearly as follows: A
man named Wiley, about thirty-four years
old, is charged with the commission of a
nameless crime. The victim is his daugh
ter, a child fifteen years of age. When con
cealment was no longer possible, a physician
was called, who at once divined the dreadful
secret. He questioned the girl closely in re
gard to her condition and elicited from her
replies, though cautiously given, sufficient
to warrant him in suspecting, her father ot
the crime. Subsequently Wiley called an
other physician, who found the girl suffer
ing intensely. An abortion had already
been procured, and a post mortem examina
tion proved that this had been accomplished
with some very rudely extemporized instru
ments, as the victim was lacerated shock
ingly. A woman named Wheaton is charged
with being an accomplice in this dark tragedy.
INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1874;
THE MINERS REVOLT.
NINE THOUSAND MEN PROTEST
AGAINST THE MONOPOLISTS.
. THE DEMANDS OF THE OPERATORS.
New York, Jan. 10.
A Pottsville, Pennsylvania, special says
that the miners have rejected the proposi
tion of operators to reduce their wages on
a sliding scale, going as low as ?2 25, and
9,000 miners in that region are idle, and all
the great coal operators of the section have
stopped. The miners will not nnder any
circumstances submit to the proposition of
theaoperators. Unless the latter recede, then
will be a struggle. The miners of the Col
umbia and Northumberland companies are
affected by the action of the Schuylkill men,
and all the region indirectly. They will be
heard lrom Monday, and then" the whole
region will suspend within a few days.
REOPENING Ol1 THE WAR.
THE PRELIMINARY STEP HOW THE COM
PANIES TREATED WITH TI1E MINERS THE
WHOLE DISCUSSION.
The strike of 9,000 miners here announced
has been apprehended for some time.
The causes are summed up in a recent cor
respondence from Pottsville under date of
January 8. It was thought that the question
of (.he miners' wages for the year 1S7I, in the
Schuylkill region, would be settled at the
meeting to-day of the committees of the An
thracite Board of Trade, the Organization
of Operators, and the Miners and
Workingmen's Benevolent Association
the trade union of the miners. But
after the submission of a proposition
from Franklin B. Gowen, the leading op
erator, as president of the Reading Coal and
Iron company, Jand its acceptance rby the
other operators, the delegates of the miners
refused' to assume the responsibility of ac
cepting or rejecting the terms of tbecapital
ists terras which modify the wages ot last
year in so far as they contemplate a fall in
the price of coal below f 1 50 per ton at Port
Carbon. When such shall be the case the
operators demand that the same concession
of a proportionate reduction in wages be
made to them as they themseives make to
the miners when coal rises above that figure.
The other demand by the workmen that
the prices of coal at Port Carbon be fixed
by the circulars of the Reading Coal and Iron
company, instead of y the returns of indi
vidual operators was negatively rejected,
inasmuch as the proposition of the operators
contemplates the latter mode ol ascertaining
prices. Though the answer of the commit
tee of workingmen is non-committal, con
versations with individual mem'cers lead to
the belief that there will bo a decided dif
ference of opinion among the whole body of
miners when they come to vote on the ques
tion, and it is by no means certain that they
will accede to the proposition. If they uo
not, tl ere will undoubtedly be a strike in
this iY hole Schylkill region.
TnC CORPORATION'S TERMS.
The followjng is the proposition of Mr.
Gowen on behalf of the operators:
To the Cotnmillt e the Woi-kingmcn of the Coal
Oftertttom
Gentlemen: I would suggest the following as
a fair method of adjnstln wages for the year
1374: 1. The basis to b exactly the name in all
respects as tnat of 1873, with thin exception, that
when the price of coal at Port Carbon shall be
less than tl öO per ton the rate of wipes shall de
cline at the rate or 1 per cent for every three
oeuts decline In price below 92 Hi, until J2 3 Is
reached, which sum of ti Z shall be the mini
mum for the year 1871.
2 The monthly prices at Port Carbon to be as
certained in the utile manner ai they wer in
17;J. It it poil).c, and I trnt probable, that
there may be no decline in prices below &! A) per
ton at Port Carbon during 1K7I, in which event
the miners and laborers will get exactly the
iamfl wages they got last year, and will be the
only class of workingmen that will suffer no re
daction In wages In consequence of the panic of
last fall. I believe that there is agrefttdlspro
lortion in the rates paid for contract work in
the different districts, which is unjust and
should be remedied; and while I also believe
there should be some general reduction In
the wanes paid for contract work, which
are hfgeher in Schuylkill than In oth
er regions, there is certainly force in
the argument of the men that if coal brings the
same price as it brought hist year their wages
should not be reduced. Hence 1 would advise
the operators to abandon any claim for a general
reduction of wage at this time. Hut in view of
the crippled condition of many manufacturing
interests, the stoppage of new railway construc
tion, the general shrinkage of values resulting
from the rinancial panic of 171. and the ex
ceptionally mild Weather of the present win
ter, all of which will exert some Influence upon
the coal trade, it (seems no more than common
prudence to provide for the iossible con
tingency of lower prices for next year.
And sbould such lower prices obtain, it would
not only he manifestly unjust for the working
men to expect the same rate of wages as was
paid when coal brought bettor prices, but it
would be utterly Impossible tor the coal opera
tors to pay it. Therefore I have suggested that
as coal recedes below i 5t, wages shall decline
exactly in the same proportion as they advance
when coal rise above Zi 50. I regret very much
thai I have been drawn into this discussion, as I
would much prefer that the question of wages
should be adjusted by the operators and
the workingmen among themselves, with
out the intervention of the com-
Cany or myself. All parties man now
e williDg to admit that the new policy inau
gurated by the company has resulted greatly to
the benefit of the region, and not only given to
the workingmen better wages and more general
employment than they could iossibly have ob
tained in any other manner. The vital nuestion
now at issue. is whether the Schnylxill region
can continue to command its proper share of
markets for 1ST 1 to secure which it is essential
that all interests. Including the carrying com
pany, the operator and the worklngman, should
act in perfect harmony and good will. The pro
position which I have herein submitted I be
lieve to be greatly to the advantage of the work
ingmen, and 1 think it should be cheerfully and
riromptly agreed to by them, and accepted by
he operators in the same spirit.
jQVery respectfully, Franklin B. Gowen.
The above proposition was accepted by the
operators at once in the following note:
To Uif! Committer of Ih. Mintn and Jjribortr:
CiKXTLFMKi; The committee of the coal ope
rators instruct me to say that they will, on be
half of the coal operators, accept the proposition
this day submitted by Mr Goweo, and adopt it
a their own proposition to the men tor the year
187-L Very truly,
Ukouge W.Colk, Chairman,
PROTEST OK THK MINERS.
The following is the ' manifesto of the
miners' committee addressed to the men
-whom thoy represent:
To the Opicer anrt Slembrra of the M. X.. B. A.
Uentlemkn: Your committee appointed to
wait upon the oneratos with your proposition
regarding the tuds for Wl, would respectfully
lfiiorm vou that they have attended to that
duty. met a full committee of the Anthra
cite Boani of Trade this morning, and immedi
ately after organizing in Joint commitUe, Ihe
following letter. which fully explain
themselves, were read by the sec
retary. Here follow the letters of Mr.
(iowen and the operators.) . Feeling
that we poses no power to go farther in this
matter than simply to acquaint the operators
with your decision, and offer In argument in its
behalf your reasons for having come to that de
cision, we herein lay the whole matter before
you a-t aa it comes to a, lor your considerat ion
and nnal verdict. We request that you meot in
your several districts ai soon as possible, take a
vote upon the above proposition, and lmm
ii lately lorward the result nnder your re
spective ieln to the address of John Hxney,
chairman of the committee, Ht. Clair, Penn, w e
have not called a meeting of th Executive com
mittee, to annonnce your verdict, as we desire to
avoid the expense that such a- meeting would In
volve, and we regard it our bound en duty at this
Juncture to" lay up every penny we can against
the possibility of a suspension, ft is understood
that you need not erase work an til the 17th lnsU,
up to and including which date the basis will be
that of 1873.
Fellow workmen, yon are now called upon to
render a decision in a matter of most vlttl im
portance, and we therefore advise you in ao
proaching the duty to keep well in mind very
attendant consideration; the requirement of
your families, the condition of general business,
the workings of last year's basis, the prospects of
the coming year, and everything else I hat in r u v
way affects the justice, necessity, or advisability i
of your accepting or relectinir the within nrono- i
Mtlon. The present is a time that imperatively
demands of you calm, deliberate, and decisive
action.
John Sixkt, John k. ükessas.
Thomas Taylor, , Jfbemiah Ccrran,
. William Morgan.
I
WASHINGTON.
THE APrRorRIATIOS TO RE CURTAILED TEN
MILLIONS IHLLAR, CALEB CCSHINO NOMI
NATED FOR CHI ES JUSTICE THE M'ENERY
LEGISLATURE APPEALS TO CONGRÜH.H FOR
FAIR PLAY THE UNFINISHED JiONUMEST
AS TO THK REDUCTION OF THE ARMY".
Washington, Jäd. ü.
In the senate yesterday, the chair laid be
fore the senf-te the following telegram from
a committee of the .McKnery legislature of I
Louisiana:
"To Hon
n. M. C. farpenter, President of the
?, and Hon. J. G. Ulaine, Speaker ot
Senate
the House ol Representatives:
"The legal leg'sjature of this state assem
bled to-day, in obedience to our organic law.
We bog of you to lay before your respec
tive bodies tb circumstances under
which we meet. The orders of
the general commanding this department
a statement of which we transmit herewith,
who is acting under instructions lrom the
federal government, are of such character ns
to prevent a largo portion of our body tak
fng part in this assemblage. "Were these or
ders withdwn, and our people assured
that no interference would be made, we
would be at once placed in a condition to
discbargo tha duties resting upon ns. We
earnestly beg that congress, in the exercise
of its constitutional powers, will afford us
such relief as the nature of the case may re
quire. We are victims of a dreadful op-
Ercsion. Tho powers of the government
ere have been taken from the representa
tives elected by the people and given to a
body of men who can not even pretend
to have been electod. "We make this appeal
not only in the interests of our own people,
but in the interest of the people of all states
and in the interest of public liberty. Our
liberties have been destroyed by tho action
of a federal court, supported by the army of
the United States. Will not tho guarantee
article ia the constitution enable you to pro
tect us? Judge Storey has predicted i
that tne erection 01 a aespoiism in one or
the states will bring on the destruction of
the whole republic.
"On ! behalf of 41 representatives and 20
senators of tho Louisiana general assembly.
Hdward llooth, Kobert W orrell, of the sen
ate: James L. Lobdell, M. J. I'oster, F. C.
Searcher:, of the house.
Mr. Hamilton, of Maryland, moved that
it bo referred to the committee on privileges
and elections.
Mr. Morton opposed that reference, and
said it was not the first time that men in
New Orleans had sent telegrams here. He
movod that it be laid on the table. Adopted,
GO to 20. "
The house committee on post roads and
canals, this morning further considered Mc
t'rary's bill to regulate commerce by rail
roads among States, and favorably disposed
of five of its fourteen sections. The fourth
section, prescribing the powers of the board
of nint commissioners, was amended to
amplify their powers and prescribe a longer
term for holding office than four years.
The secretary of war was again before the
house military committee thi morningr, in
further explanation of his views on the pro
posed reduction of the rank and lile of the
army. He agrees with General Sherman
and other high military authorities in deem
ing any such reduction unwise, an-i contrary
to the interests of true economy.
The trustees of the Washington national
monument fund, at a meeting yesterday, ap
pointed a committee to take charge of the
interests of the association before congress,
with a view ot immediate action on the
house report of 1S72, in which an appropria
tion of $.:0,000 to aid in completing the mon
ument was recommended.
Several members of the appropriation
committee think tha estimates will be cut
down about $10,000,000. This will not be suf
ficient td bring the expenditures within the
receipts for the next fiscal jsar only. There
fore some measures of treasury relief will be
necessary.
The commissioner of internal revenue is
much encouraged by the receipts of his
bureau ro far, for this month. They are
$3,000,000 and the prospect is that they will
soon be restored to what they were before
the late panic.
The nomination of Caleb dishing to be
chlet justice occasioned much surprise in all
quarters to-day, and was a matter of aston
ishment to himself, as he had made ar
rangements to leave this country on the 24th
for Madrid. When Gen. Babcock appeared
at the main door of the senate this afternoon
announcing a message from the president in
writing, verv eye was turned upon him, as
it was generally believed the package he held
in his hand contained a nomination for
chief justice. Senator Conkling who sits
near the middle aisle intercepted the messen:
f er on his way to the desk, and taking the
ist of nominations from him Jfurriedly
glanced oyer them, exclaiming in a tone
loud enough to be heard in the gallerien
"Chief justice." At this, a large number of
senators j jumped lrom their seats and
gathered 1 about him, and in ' a moment
the name of Caleb Cushiug was audi
bly whispered from senator to senator on
the Moor. Senator Thurnian remained in an
imated conversation with Conkling for
some time. Senators Sumner and Boutwell
had their heads together, and the unusual
bum of conversation on the floor indicated
that the nomination caused quite a sensa
tion, in view of the reports heretofore prev
alent as to the nomination of Senator Mor
ton for tbv chief justiceship. It is proper to
say that he was neither consulted nor ten
dered the appointment.
TEXAS.
A MEETING OF THE DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF
THK LKOISLATCRE TO DEVISE A SOLUTION
OF THK PRESENT DIFFICULTY GOV. DAVIS
REFUSES TO BECOONIZE THE NEW LEGISLA
TURE. .
Galveston, Jan. 12. A News special from
Austin says an informal meeting was held
to-day at the city hall of democratic sena
tors, representatives and state officers. None
others were admitted. A full mem
bership was present. John Ireland
presided, aid T. J. Coll was secretary.
They determined to proceed with the
organization to-morrow, and then
await developments unless a different course
of action Is determined upon to-night, when
each house meets separately. Gov. Throck
mortn, before leaving this morning, visited
Gov.. Davis, and Bsys that Davis positively
will not reongnize the fourteenth legisl ature.
Radical members of the thirteenth legisla
ture say that they will meet to-morrow and
send for absentees.
A cable dispatch says that Peter Raymond,
the fugitive forger of New York Central
railroad bond notoriety, hag been arrested in
London and is held for extradition.
XLill CONGRESS.
, SENATE.
Washington, Jan. C.
Mr. Scott, from th? Committee on Finance,
reported, with amendments, Mr. Morton's
bill authorizing national banks that have
decided to reduce their capital stock, to with
draw a pro rata proportion of the bonds up
on retiring their owd circulating notes, or
depositing the fame ; money of the United
States and the proportion provided by law.
The only material amendment recommend
ed is one requiring that wheuever such re
duction shall be authorized under the thir
teenth section of the national currency act.
any notes of such bank thereafter coming
into the United States Treasury shall be
cancelled, together with such as shall be re
deemed, which shall equal the amount of the
reduction authorized.
i ,The salary bill ?as then taken up.
Mr. Stewart, of Nevada, desired to further
amend the bill to compel the refunding of all
back pav received.
Mr. Vright, ot Iowa, raised the point of
order that two amendments were already
pending. He thought to encumber the biil
with all these amendments would deleat it.
He favored a square repeal of the bill.
Mr. Flanagan, of Texas, thought $7,00
not an' exclusive salary; and had
remarked when the bill passed
that it should have been ten
thousand. Since then he had not changed
his opinion. He hail drawn the money,
producing greenbacks from his pocket).
Here they are, sir; this is my pay. lam
r)ing to light for it till the last. laughter.
have not stolen that pay. I have nothing
that preys upon my conscience. 1 have en
deavored to earn it. Renewed laughter.
After the adjournment of tho Senate here
turned to Texas and was received by the
legislature or that State, and not having
been condemned by that body he felt easy.
It was not so much the salary bill the people
objected to as the Credit Mobilier bill, but
he did not think that such an odious meas
ure. He thought Oakes Ames one of the
lest men he ever knew, and believed it was
the demagogues of the country who prefer
red this indictment.
HOUSE.
Mr. Sypher, of Louisiana, asked leave to
introduce a joint resolution, which, ha said,
had the approval of the President. The res
olution recites that well authenticated re
ports say that in certain localities of the
South tha people are in a condition of star
vation, owing to the failure of the crops, and
directs the Secretary of War to issue army
rations in such quantities as may be required.
Mr. Willard, of Vermont, moved its refer
ence to the Committee on Education and
Labor, with leave to report at any time. It
waa so ordered.
Mr. Uawen, of Virginia, presented the
resolution of the Virginia Legislature pro
testing against the passage of the .supple
mentary Civil Rights bill. It was referred.
On motion of Mi. Lamar, of Mississippi,
the Committee on Elections was discharged
from the further consideration of the sup
plementary Civil Rights Rill.
Mr. Reck, of Kentucky, gave notice of an
amendment providing that the law shall not
be so construed as to require hotel keepers
to put whites and blacks into tho same
rooms or beds, or to feed them at the same
table, or require that whites and blacks shall
be put into tho same room and classes at
school, or in box seats in theaters, or in the
same births on steamboats or other vessels,
or in cemeteries.
Mr. Durham, of Kentucky, protested
against the bill as an attack on State rights
and sovereignity, as calculated to embitter
the Anglo-Saxon race against the Alrican
race: as calculated to destroy tho
whole common school system of
the South; as retarding the education of
blacks; and as likely to provoke a war ot
races that would resu.t in the extermination
of the black race in America.
Mr. Elliott (colored), of South Carolina,
addressed the House in advocating the bill,
reading his speech lrom manuscript with a
very fine delivery. He referred to services
of men of his race on the battlefields of the
country in the late war and in the war of
1S12. He reminded the gentleman lrom
Kentucky Mr. Beck who was always so
active against the negro in 13'Jl, that the ne
gro was true to that patriotism and lovoto
the country which had ever characterized
and marked his history on this continent.
He came to the aid of the government in
its efforts to maintain the constitu
tion, and to that government the negro
now appealed, . and that constiution
he now invoked Tor protection against the
outrageous and unjust prejudices lounded
on caste. Replying to the argument of Mr.
Stephens, ol Georgia, yesterday, Ml. Elliott
contended that Congress had, under the
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the
constitution, complete power to pass this
law, and to protect all citizens of the coun
try in all their rights. He discussed the
doctrines of the decision of the Supreme
court in the New Orleans slaughter cases,
and asked the gentleman from Georgia (Mr.
Stevens) whether they gave color even to
the claim that Congress can not legislate
against plain discriminations in State laws,
and State customs against: that very
race for whose complete freedom
and protection those great amendments to
the Constitution were elaborated and
adopted. It would not be pretended that
the evils of which the colored people com
plainei, their exclusion from the public inn.
from the sleeping car on the railroads, and
from the right of sepulture, were the exer
cise of the police powers of the State. These,
he thinks, are a denial of the equal protec
tion Of the laws which those constitutional
amendments were formed to guard against.
He shared those feelings of high personal re
gard which pervaded the House in respect to
the gentleman from Georgia (Stephens), but
when that gentleman lent his voice and in
fluence to defeat this measure, be (Elliott)
would not snnnk lrom saying that
it was not from him (Stephens) that an
American House of Representatives would
tak lessons in matters touching human
rights. No consideration should restrain
him from Baying that that gentleman now
offered to the government, which he had
done bis utmost to destroy, a very poor re
turn for its magnanimity in coming here
and necking to continue, by association of
doctrines obnoxious to the true principles of
government, the Durdens or oppression
which rested on those who had never failed
to pray for the success of the government
which that gentleman had sought to blot out
from the galaxy of nations. Applause from
the floor and in tho galleries, which were
filled with colored people
After ' further discussion the IIouso ad
journed. -
SENATE.
WAsniNOTON, Jan. 8.
In presenting petitions relating to the bank-
nirty bwt Air. t'onkllDfr, of New York, nald
that fce had received with the petition against a
reposl a circular; which, It seemed, had been
8entover the country, asking those to whom the
blaik petitions had been sen I to circulate them
and procure signatures, and also called far con
tributions to send persons to Washington to
work RAlnst the repeal of the law. These cir
culars were not part cf the petition, but he de
8ired to ca 1 the attention of the Ben ate to the
manner in which they were gotten up.
Mr. Logan, of Illinois, said he had received
similar circulars signed by various peraoaa in
.New York and others Interested in the main
tenance of the bankrupt law. The circulars
pokeof powerful lobbying being at work In
WHOLE DUMBER 1,735.
ashlngum to urge the repeal of the bill, w iich
was untrue. Those blackmailing in circaiare
should be i understood. The petition otta up
Ji.w?ltihePem iuo f? e Public aentUuent
against the repeal really did not repent .ucli
-Mr Thurnian, of Ohio, did not wonder d the
registers in bankruptcy eeulnjr np peti-.ion
against the repeal, when the example had t.-ea
given them by a member of Die cabinet, who
ent out Si,uu0 petitions for the repeal u'lii
franking privilege.
luect.usiaeraiionoi the bill to repeal th act
or .March Increasing the salaries, wa th-!. re
sinned, and the question recurred on Trait's
amendment, which provides thHt the pa bal
ance of this Congress hall be such an amour, t as
to ikiae the total, with that alreadv recr-ived.
f tö,W) for each year. The amend men: wan
rejected by IÖ nay to H years, as lollows: !'-;-,
lunkJiujr, Cragin, Kenton, IVrrv, Haraliu,
Norton, ugleshy, Pratt, Sargent, Schurz, Tnur
niau, Wadieigh and Windom. 11. Navs Alli
son, Kayard, Borernan, Houtwell, lirownlow,
Muckiiiiihani, Cameron, Carpenter, Clayton,
Conover, Cooper, Crozier, Davis, IVnnis, IvAsey,
Ferry or Connecticut, F.'autisan, Frelinghuvo,
JiHx-rt, Ooldthwait, Hamilton of Marlad.
Hamilton .of Texan. Hitchcock, Howre, if"
Kelly, lewis, Ix)sn, .McCrecry, Meirv :t:.ta
Mitchell, Morrill cf Maine, Morril of Verm oat'
Norwell, Itamsey, Saulsbury, Hansom, S m'
Sherman, Spencer, Stevenson, Stewart, Sunder,
lipton and wrizht. Ii.
Mr. Pratt submitted another amendment ; ro-vldir-s
that the amount of compensation to .-viators,
members and delegate lor theyeai eud
in" March . 171, shall be s7,-5uo, and for th.- var
endiu March 1N7Ö, 2, exclusive of inuttze
and allowances.
Mr. Frtllnghuyseu, of New York, opposed the
amendments. ,
Mr. Scott, of Pennsylvania, thought it wruM
1 unjust to the new Senators coming in.
Mr. Morton, cf Indiaua, said tu. I or the two"
amendments or his colleague, Pratt, be thi-jiit
the one just voted down to be the fairen, nad
one that save equal and constitutional jusno to
all. The objection urged against it le relied
as having no weight whatever. He did 10t
doubt that Congress could pay the membra
Mich salaries as it pleased.
Mr. Pratt taJd, to avoid doing any injustice to
the new Senators, he would modify Iiis am sd
ment by inserting a provision that the oill
should apply only to the members elected ml
serving prior to December 1, 17.
Mr. Tuurtnan, of Ohio, said he would vo! for
the umendnint so modified. The com pec na
tion must be uniform, and under this am-t-J-ineiit
it would be uniform.
Washington, D. C, Jar ?.
Mr. Wright Raid the senator from Calltom;
(Sargent) had intimated that by voting lor t je
tmeadnicnt he had sought out the preMden. as
the only one of the administration to rei'rv
the ineveucd salary. Tne salaries of the st
aut secretaries and others were Increased t-se
bill as well as that of the presided
The repeal didn't affect them. V!:e
amendment of Mr. Kdmunds, ofT-red
last evening. that the reduction of
salaries Klioulu teke effect lrom March i, .:,
and that t jc accounting olUcers of the trefi.-ry
shall compute the same accordingly, an t ic-k.e
a ratable monthly rednc-Uon from satd ala:.es
at a rute necessary to eiltet Ihis provision wirren
ti e nine months next hereufcer was rejects
yeas an, naysül).
Mr. hoifmiiD, VK Virginia, moved to ani:-nl
so that the salary of the president, after Mart .i 4,
l"Cl, should f;"j,Ui0 per aunnm. liost.
Mr. Clayton, cf Arkansas, moved to rf coir. jit
lh bill, jendlng the amendments, to the c-.cii-inlltee
on civil service and tetreuchmeut. v .in
Instructions to report a bill looking to a Rev. ral
reduction of the salaries of government olh-rs,
both civil and military, hk f:ir :ts it couiJ
done, and that the Palarie bo equalized acc. rd
ln? to the nature of the ervices rendered.
Mr. Clayton's motiou was lost nays, ll;y,si-i,
in. Tu question being on concurring in tli
swnate substitute for the house bill, Mr. H:u-i:l-ton,
pending the vote, moved to amend tne Mil
bylixintlie salary of senators, members atid
delccf.tes M VjüO per annum instead of .:;'.
Mr. VMniiinds, to amend ihe amendment by in
ner ting fi,KW instead ofgö.öou. Agreed to, yaf,
3; nay
Mr. Edmunds moved to strike out in hn -sm
bill the worda 4 actual individual ex of
each senator, representative aud delegate," tiI
Insert the the words, mileage allowed by Iiv
prior to the passage of the act of March :ai, 1 j.
Mr. Morrill moved to insert before the word
"mileage" the word one-half."
- Mr. LtfwU moved that Ihe senate go intc c.z
ecu live session. Lost.
A discussion ensud relative to the system cf
mileage, after which Morrill's amendment vas
rejected. Mr. Cragin, of New Hampshire, offered am
amendment that no mileage be uj lowed for ILr
first session of the forty-third congress.
Mr. lklmunds' amendment was ujjrecd to,
yeas S, nays 25.
Mr. Merrimau, of North Carolina, move. to
inseit aller the word "mileage," "aud other al
lowance." Agreed to.
Mr. iordon, of Georgia, offered an amendment
to red nee the salaries of all army and navy fh-.
cers 2-1 per cent, whose pay exceeds $2.tM per
annum, and of allheal of departments acd
other onicers of the government whose pay ex
ceeds that aud is not lixed by the constitution of
the Cnited states.
Mr. Wright, of Iowa, hoped the geutlecit)
would not press the amendment now, as he t?:d
not desire to endanger the passage of this. ..nv
ot her time he would join the gentleman to eSTect
this reduction.
Mr. iordon hoped there wonld be a vote u -on
it. The eople of the country demand practical
eoouotny, and they did not want the military
elevated at the expense of the civil branch.
Mr. Kduaunds moved to strike out thai part of
the amendment relative to army and navy ch
eers. Mr. Morton, of Indiana, hoped the bill to re
peal the act of Marcli 3, would not be emi.--rassed
with this amendment which undertook
to make a general salary law.
Mr. Kdmunds Bald he was ready to inquire '.3to
the compensation of all olllcers of the govern
ment, but would not favor a reduction of salary
of men who have served their country faith
fully. HOUSE.
The House then went Into a committee of tl;e
whole on the naval appropriation. Tue bill ap
propriate $l.eu5,Sö.
Mr. Hale, f Maine, who hid charge of the
bill, opened the discussion, lie stated in what
particulars the expenditures had been cut
down. The amount appropriated In the hi 'A
wan only about half a million more than wa-s
appropriated for the navy in 1j, and ull the re
ductions were made with the assent of the Secre
tary of the Navy, who nnd contributed to for
ward the offers of the couimlllec la that direc
tion. ,
Mr. Keck, of Kentucky, declared his belief
that the efficiency of the navy could not be -kept
up for the amount appropriated in the bt.i.
lie had seen laws of appropriation before,'
bat they had always been followed by deficiency
bllU. That had been done particularly In led
year preceding the first eieclion of Ueneril
iirant, but the next year Congress had to supo'.y
deficiencies to the amount of S2s,uoo,ou0. "Trie "
same thing occurred in connection with the köc
ond election of General Grant,
having shown no appreciation of the difficr.'.ty
of the foreign relations of tke country. Tire "
difficulties with Spain had not passed by. There
bad been a probability that the relations w:a
Spain might remain peaceful while Castelar wis
at the head of the Spanish (iovernment, fw
Castelar was known to be a friend cf
the American republic, .but that, very
friendship had canned his deposition, and in his
placH was now the bloody Serrano, who nil
nothing but hatred and dislike toward tne
Cnited State, and the proposition is that tte
Navy aheuld not stand in the usual place bnt-one-fourth
below it, No greater mistake oou'.c
be made than in cutting down the 'avy in t:e
cry of economy. True economy was to keep '.it ,
a strong avy In order that war may be avoid
ed. Do not be economical until war comes and
then launch out Into wild expenditure.
The discussion was farther coutinued by
Messrs. Scotield, Cox and Wood. The latter con
tended that the American navy was ample, and
even too large, if the people m ere to be taxed
any further to maintain it. He tbotighfthe a
propriat ion should be still further reduced. Ail
the expenditures of the Government were prc.rll
gntely extravagant, and should be cut down.
Mr. Hale hoped that the Pepublican side of
the House would sustain the bid in the Interact
ot economy.
The committee rose and the House adjourned.
A GRAVE CHARGE.
COI THOMAS STILL WELL. ARRESNED FOR EX-
BKZZLEMENT.
Cincinnati, Jan. 12 T. N.Stillwell, pres
ident of the First National Lank of Ander
son, Indiana, was arrested Saturday for tho
embezzlement of the funds of the bank. A.
B. Kline, cashier, has decamped.
Kt Clair, the man supposed to have set Tort
land, Oregon, on fire last August, was ar
rested Wednesday, lie was attempting to
burn the remaining portion of the city.
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