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VOL. XXIV JjTQ. 7347. 2TKW-YOKKTHATUBDAY, APEIL -3, 1875. TRIPLE SHEET.

PEIOE POUB GESTS. THE CAM! QUESTION. SRAIN ELEVATING CHARGES IN THIS CUT TO BE. INQ ULRED INTO. t4' xJATOJt ix kd nrnoDVCM a resolution bi.xi.is 11UT 1H( rucu CHARGED IDI EUrPATING, AND PRICKS CHARGED TO THE BUTER AND SELLER op grain in Tins cirr be inquired INTO HIS REMARKS IX SUPPORTING THE RESOLUTION IT IS ADOPTED, AFTER DEBATE THE CANAL COMMUTER TO MAKE THE III QUIRT.

From Omr Own Corrmpon4nt. Albany, Friday, April 2. 1875. ifter the transaction of miscellaneous badness in the Senate to-day, Senator Led with btroduced a memorial of tb? New-York Chamfer of Commerce declaring' that body to be ia fvar of the proposed redaction of canal tolls to tfcs extent of per cent, on train and floor, tad Senator Lord then set on foot another canal by offering the following reaolu-fea: rl Imlotd, That the Canal Committee' are hereby qeeted to ascertain and to report to tht the bese charged ia the City of New-Yprk npoa the allowing transfers of train at that port i Price merged 'r elevatin grain from canal boat. Price.

Astged to the seller Mid to the hn yer of (rain, and the Teasel. receiving the Also, whether foes prions are exacted by the roles and regula-tarn of tar association, corporation, or combination a that City. AlacC what charges are collected from ttatl boats fbr the use of aline and wharves, or port I taargea. Also, that the same Information ho ascer tained ana reportea oy ine tanat lAHnmiiMe in reia-tios to tbe CHr of Buffalo. Is support of this resolution.

Senator Lord mid he had learned from very reliable source feat the following charges were made upon, batmen at Jfew-York For taking grain from teat to. Teasels, three-fourths of a cent tassel for patting the same in vessel, a charge tpon buyer a nd seller of three -eiebtha of a cent atch charge on Teasels, three-fourths of a cent. Baking the total charge per bushel two and toe-quarter cents, on all grain trens-rred atj the City of New-York. Thus be charges at the two ends of tbe rsnal aggregated four and one-half cents, or more, while the total charge by the State, which Ul opened the great artificial waterway, 360 Qes but little OTer two eenta (or transportation. Upon the 90,000,000 bushels grain arriring at Kew-York annually, I tax of waa paid, and nearly aa much oore at- Buffalo, thna making a total of swallowed np at the ends of the TsasT in the course of the year.

hoped the wbjeet matter of bia resolution would be report that lact to the Senate and get additional powers. The power to send for persons and papers ought not to bo given before it was seeded, -i Senator Cole said, the object ho had in view ijb proposing to give the committee power to or A teaq lor peraona ana paper waa sinipij time. It waa much better to give the committee tbat pewer'now, and it certainly would not bt exercised unless it waa needed. Ecus tor Wood agreed with Senator Woodin. Hs -thought the information which the commit lee was direct ed to obtain bore directly upon the recommendation contained ia the Governor's Message that the canal toll should be rednoad.

former years bo had yielded to the superior indgmeM'of those directly intrusted with the ears of the canals, and, against his Inclination, Ud voted in favor of reduction. Now, when nwtLer redaction was proposed, he waa in ieubt whether legislation would not be aeees- btt tor control the exactions at both ends of canal, and1 he thought it ought to be known, vbetber the proposed reduction would benefit das State or would result in personal benefit to class of operator who aa the State pot down its charge put theirs up. its thought that the Committee should have powirlto send for per- tons acd papers in order that it might extract Uie infe: nation if it waa not given willingly. Senator Jacobs said that inasmuch as the reso lution contemplated an investigation into pri vate and into the concerns of individuals as well aa of corporations, the committee auat be given the. power to send for persona ud papers if the passage of the resolution waa to have, any for otherwise anybody tecldlreluse to answer any questions put.

to them about their affairs. He feared that so much was 'being given to the Canal inal Committee that it would be unable to labor during the remainder of the finish ttd then the Legislature must adjourn without haTinff enacted any laws looking Ao- Wsxd canal reform. He believsd the people of ttte Stats were looking first to the purification of the eanal contract system, and he feared tbat if this work was laid upon the Canal Committee of upon the Canal Auditor the people would complain that valuable time waa Wing consumed in the pursuit of aids issues- Senator Lord denied that the resolution con templated an inquiry into the affairs of private individuals. 1 By its own terms it directed Testjgation into the affairs of corporations, ueoeiationa, and combination. He bad not at 3rt thought tnat the committee) would need the power to asnd for persons and papers, but tftef consideration he had concluded that that Ver would be necessary, and be therefore tccepted the amendment proposed by the Sen ator from the Twenty-ninth Cole.

Senator Jacobs moved aa an amendment that tie piopoeed investigation be prosecuted by Senatore Lord, Selkreg, and Booth, instead of 3j the Canal Committee. Senator Lard thanked the Senator from the Hiird Mr. 'Jacobs for giving him a place on ') ipecial committee, but must decline to erv, for if he and his associates went to New- York en this basin ess together, the latter would denounced by the press of that City as mem- Mrs of the Canal Rinc. Senator Woedin. reply, to what Senator Jacobs had said about aide issues and adjourn' fnt before completion the canal reform.

tid that the life of the Legislature "only ex tired with the rear, and he wanted to know "bo would move to adjourn before the work Talaring to tbocanala was entirely accomplished. a thought the Senator from the Third Jacobs. fied have no apprehension on the score bst the Canal Committee would root to accomplish all that vs intrusted to it, end he need not try to fix in the minds of the people tho idea that there asjanv opposition to thorough reform in eanal witters in the mind of any Senator. He had Wen so struck with the extortionate charges at libs two eada of the canal that he had the in tatioa of submitting a law enabling the State take possession of the elevators at Xew-Yerk Buffalo, under the right oi eminent domain las proceeaon ei we peopie. I Senator -Bradley then said; a few words the idea that thia.

question was already Mdcntly before the Canal Committee, after "ca Senator Jacobs withdraw bis amendment Tidinz for the aDSolntmsnt of sdocUI committee of three, and than Senator Lord's resolution waa adopted. THE STATE CAPITAL LARGELY DESERTED BT THE LEGISLATORS THE. GOVERNOR TO BEND DC THE NAMES OF THE UVE8TI-" GATINO COMMIASIONERS ON THUR8DAT THE HOUSE AKD SENATE APPOINTMENTS TO BE MADE ABOUT THE SAME TIME JOrfLN: KELLT VISITS THE GOVERNOR. Bptsimt XHfwmtOk tm CU Vm-Yvrk Tim. Albant.

April 2. The capital seems al-most deserted to-night, as nearly all the legislators left by the afternoon trains, aa did also the Controller and other State Bears. There some doubt aa to whether there will be a quorum in the Senate to-morrow taa some mem bers who voted in flaw of the Saturday session did not remain over." Tb contractors, and other members of the Canal Ring, have all taken tnelr departure also, with the exception! of Henry P. Dennisonl Governor will send to the Senate the nominations for members of the Inveetigatinz Commission on or about Wodneedsr. He states that he has not yet made an selection.

as in the first place he desires to obtain the services of the most competent men, and 'after having chosen them he will endeavor-to learn whether they will accept before aendlne their names to the Senate. Speaker HcOuire and Lieut. Gov. Dorsheimer had a consultation to-day as to the subject of the appointment in their respective branches of the joint Legislative Committee of Inquiry. They will certainly not name their committees before Tuesday, and perhaps not until Wednes day or Thursday.

John Kelly came up to the city from New- York this afternoon, and has been ia consulta tion with tho Governor. The precise object of his visit ia not known publicly, but it is under stood tbat he comes aa a mediator to close the breach in the Demooratie ranks, and restore harmony between the Speaker and the Gov ernor. SUITS TO BR INSTITUTED AGAINST MEMBERS OP THE CANAL RING: It ia said that the papers for suits against several members of the Canal Ring are already in process of preparation, and tbat the suits will probably be instituted very speedily. GERM AST. THE GTJSTAV OUTRAGE REFUSAL TO BOM BARD ZABAUZ.

UERLI5, Apm is is statea mat Spain baa repeatedly requested Germany to order the war vessels to bombard Zaraus for the Gust outrage, but Germany baa refused to do so bo ose, in case of bombardment, innocent per sons would suffer. CLOSE OP THE CONTERENCE OP BISHOPS THE PAPAL BLESSING. Berlin, April 2. The conference of the Soman Catbolio Bishop at Fulda ha closed. message waa received from the Pope giving the Bishop his blessing, aud urging them to persevere.

AN AMERI CAN KEVIVALIST IN BERLIN. London, April 3 6 A. M. PearsaH of Philadelphia, a revival preacher, is holding crowded meetings daily in Berlin. SPAIN.

1 THE ADHESION OP THE CARXIST GENERAL SA BALLS) PROBABLE. Madrid, April 2. The Carlist General, fiaballs, has had an. inter riew with Gen. Campos at Olot, nnder a flag of truce.

I There ia reason to believe that he will soon give in his adhesion to King Alfonso, and in return, his present rank will be recognised by the Govern ment, GREAT BRITAIN. SUSPENSION OP wILSOW. m'lat a contracts CO. THROUGH RAILS. AMERICAN POR.l London, April 3.

Wilson, McLay Co, metal merchants, have suspended, owing to difficulties arising from their American eon-' tracts for rails. The liabilities of the firm are estimated at $1,000,000. AUSTRIA. THE EMPEROR'S JOURNET TO IT ALT. Trieste, April 2.

The Emperor Francis Joseph reached here to-day on his way to Italy. He waa received with great enthusiasm. INCOME SUB Sill IE POR CAPITAL TAX THE GULP SUBTET. Havana, April 2. The Gaceta publishes decree abolishing the two and a half per cent, tax oa capital, eatabliahod in Jaly, 1874, and sn batata ting therefor sn income tax of fifteen per eeat, payabls euartorlv ia advaaes fat gold or its equivalent ia Botes.

Incomes of 9500 or less per annnm ar i empted. Peraona paying the tax within fifteen days ef the date oa which it ia due ar allowed two per esnt. discount. Th United State atosmer Fortune arrived her veatordav and sailed to-day for Key West. Kb.

has completed ber surveys along tb coast of Cuba. Lieut. Commander Green remains bore to flnisa th scientific work, aaa wui rMmoari oa mo corsone, wMrh retiraafroaa Krr West immadiatelv. The omcera of the Datob flees lying ia the harbot visited Commander portable observatory to day. UTAH.

TRIAL OP DELEGATE CANNON POR POLTG- AKT THE ACCUSED DISCHARGED. Salt Lake Crrr. April 2. George Can noa. Congressional Delegst from Utah, waa on trial today for polygamy.

The defense wss tbst be bad ontxacted no polygamous msrriags within two years preceding tb indictment. The proaecin- tfoa said tbey dtd not sxpeot to prove marriaz witkia two year. The court held that it waa tb et of coasummaling the seond, other marriage aabsMusBt to tb first, watoh eoaaatuted the ilw the statute. Tb prosecution is therefor barred by to United Slate statu of limitations. Tb defendant was discharged.

CALIFORNIA. A VALUABLE PAINTING STOLEN PROM AN ART GALLERT. San Francisco. April 2. Toby Rosenthal's noted painting, "Elaine," recently purchased by Mrs.

G. Johnsoa, sf this city, and which ha at- tuiMl boasanda visitors to tb art Cauery, wber It baa bea en exhibition daring th past week, was t4a last aigbt, aiag traa ta KB OCX JX ACdDEXT TO A TXXltJ. St. Locts, Mo- April 2. The house ef 8yl- vanaa Keilec, la Jasper County.

Ua. waa blown dowa datiazth storas a tb might ef March 30, aad KaUsr, ais-wifs, and five ehildra wrbrid in raias, KeUSr belat fsatensd to tb earth by a heavy beam. Th tain took fir, aad for a wad it aaiaiai that all mast bemad swparhamaa aerttooe Keller asanagwl to rales aad ieead bia family, wttn tb sxoepoon 4rL una rears eld. whoM bead waa erusbed bv th fa2ioz Louse and whose remains were. aadlr burad.

THE ROCHESTER RING. SOME OF I HE PERSONAL FOLLOWING OF THE LORDS. ACTION OP THE CITIZENS OP ROCHESTER IN REGARD TO THE RECENT EXPOSURES THR LOCAL PRESS DENOUNCE THE RING TUBBS, THE ENGINEER HIS CAREER WM. B. BOWMAN ROSWELL HART JOHN BOWER CHARLES C.

MORSE "-GEORGE TATLOR MR. HART WILL MAKE A PUBLIC STATEMENT ABOUT THE WATER WORKS COMMISSION Rochester, N. April 2. The Com missioners of Water-works are urged on every hand to resign) The press of both parties has come out against them, and demanded tbat they shall prepare and make publio a full report of the work and expenditures, and then resign. Under no circumstances will tbepeo-' pie stand trifling or whitewash.

Even the Union, Lord's organ, has nothing to aay, ex cept that the Commissioners will report, and tbat they implore the public to anspend judgment until the allegations in The i Times are explained but the business men have resolved to take the matter up and vigorously prosecute the war. They meet to-morrow night, and appoint a committee of arrangements, whose duty it shall be to prepare a call for a meeting, have it signed by the proper citizens, and expedite the demonstration of popular indignation. The case lies in a nutshell. The city is already in debt which is rapidly increasing, as well as the rate of taxation. The appropriation for the construction of the water-works IS almost exhausted, and very little has been done for it.

The city and water-works are under the control of the. Lords and their pliant tools, and tbe object is to get them but of power as speedily as may be. A i i i wn. wora bdoui mem Dera oi me rung: wneu charges are are preferred by anybody against the Water Commissioners, they take refuge behind the engineer, J. Kelson Tubbs, who is supposed to supervise aad the work.

Really he is Lord's man, educated into Ring tactics by ofd Jarve and the Silent. He is a native of Schoharie, and early in his career was employed by George D. Lord on the Genesee Valley Canal, for the repairs of which Lord and Mead had the eon tract. Old Mr. Story, now dead, waa the resident engineer, but Tubbs, aa his assistant, had the management of the work, and ran it in the interests of the Silent.

Through Tubbs, George D. Lord, it is alleged, was enabled to take advantage of the provision in the law whieh required the contractor to referred to the Canal Committee, and that they would investigate thoroughly. The introduction of this resolution and Sena tor Lord's remarks awoke considerable frag mentary debate, which was opened by Senator Jacobs' pointing out that so much work waa being assigned to the Canal -Committee that there waa danger that it would be unable to perfect the aeries of bills relating to canal matters, which it had been directed to prepare. Senator Wood in thought that this additional duty would not overload tbe Canal Committee. It waa simply a matter of inquiry, which prob ably could be conducted by correspondence.

and in his opinion the information was very much needed to enable tbe Legislature to act Intelligently upon tbe proposed reduction of canal tolla. Senator Jacobs admitted that the informa tion waa very much needed, and that the resolution, intrinsically considered, ought to be passed, but what he objected to was tbat the valuable time of the Canal Committee should be any further overburdened. He suggeated that the Canal Auditor be requested to furnish the information. Senator Cole, the Chairman of the Canal Coiainitiee, asked that if the resolution i adopted the committee be given power to send for persons and papers. He thought that tbe power might not be needed, but that it nevertheless ought to be given as a precautionary measure.

He therefore formally moved as amendment to Senator Lord's resolution that the committee have power to send for persons Senator Johnson agreed with the Senator from the Third Jacobs in thinking that the Canal Committee had quite too much to do. He also thought it quite likely that the information asked for might not be given merely upon application, and 'if that turned out to be the case he thought the committee should repair all breaches in the canal costing less than 7.000 at bis own expense any that cost more. the State to pay for. It ia remarkable that all the breaches repaired by Lord at that time were reported by Tubbs as costing largely over 17.000. It might be well to add that the Genesee Valley Canal waa an insignifieant con corn as is canal, but Terr expensive to the State nnder Lords auperviaion.

Thenceforward Tubbs was a Canal Engineer, until Lord wanted to use him in the Elmira Reformatory. He prepared all the statements, measurements, and calculations on which Lord and Aid ridge obtained the contract for that very profitable job; and wlftjihe got in-good running order he called to another sZere of action, wherein his versatility woe? displayed by lobbying bills 'for Jarve at Albany. Ilia most notable efforts were put forward in behalf of the act which created thia Water Commission of Rochester, and since then he baa managed its affairs to the entire satisfaction of his masters. His salary is nominally $5,000 a year, but he baa other means of com pensation provided by his taciturn employer, so he contrives to get along pretty welL For nimiile. the commission permitted him to build the Holly Water-works, at vasf addi tional expense to the city, when provision for the Hemlock Lake Wafer-works -waa made in the McDonald contract.

The city's loss by. this, unnecessary work exceeds half a million of dollars. Don ble sets of machinery one for steam and one for water were put in for pumping purposes, and double pipe were laid in tbe same trench one fttr-the Hollv Works, which -takes its water from the Genesee River, and the other from Hemlock Lake. So proud were Mr. Tubbs' rnenda of thia achievement that they aent bia photograph to a New-York illustrated paper for publication.

The next personage of importance in the Ring is William H. Bowman, primarily George tbe Sileafa friend and attorney. Water Commia-counsel to the citr in the case of Abbott vs. the City of an action for injury eaused by. the negligence of Goorge'D.

Lord Albany agent for Lord's Roches-tar jobs, and general factotum of 'the astute Boasea, He ia Just now, although Water Com- mhdaner. enzazed in prosecuting the suit ef Lord and Donald against John R. Thomas, to compel the latter to put into their hands again tb Elmira Reformatory. Boswell Hart, aa already abated, holds two offices, municipal and national. John Bower: is aa AliermAa.

Water Commis sioner, and Clerk to Mayor Clark son, and is generally accredited wi'h being the special agent of the Lords at the City Halt. Some ot his acta were mistakes, not crimes. Charles Morse, shoemaker, became the object of the Silent special regard, and was appointed Water Commissioner, lor what pur pose no one could toll at the tune. He has, however, developed the object ot George's fsvor, and now goes about trying to defend that worthy and bis schemes from exposure. Guman H.

Perkins, the other member of the board, and a grocer, has not yet been charged witn anything worse than conniving at tho misdemeanors of his associates. James McDonald ia Lord's figare-head, but told a friend that he had realized 1100,000 on the iron-pipe business alone, which; is fair compensation tor the use of his name. George Taylor ia Lord'a hi ember of Assembly from this district, and ia engaged at present in attempting to pas a bill to give George W. Aldridge, alias George D. Lord, relief for damages he baa sustained in tbe construction of the Elmira Reformatory.

He ia not in very ood repute here just now, since he obeyed the orders of his chief yesterday, and put through the Assembly the bill empowering the Common Council of Rochester to exchange (600,000 of first mortgage bonds, which the city holds against the Rochester and State Line Railroad, for second mortgage bonds on. the same road." The citi zens at the recent charter election were author ized to vote directly upon that question, and the majority against tho change was nearly 5,000. The following little-incidents connected with tbe bids and contracts were related to me to day. 'When the day arrived for opening tho bids, the Water Commissioners declared that a bidder from Albany was detained by the storm, and that the bids would not be announced until the next day. Next day tbe contract "was awarded, bat it is asserted that in -the meantime the bids were opened.

Aad the successful contractor enabled to underbid all his rivals. It has been claimed that McDonald waa allowed to substitute cheap pipe for brick conduit. A contractor of this city offered to furnish it or thousands ot dollars less then what that part of the contract waa sublet to Leigh ton for. I met Roswell Hart to-day and conversed with him on the Rochester Ring frauds. He waa very anxious that I should go and look over the record of th Water-works Commission, but aa there waa not much advantage to be gained by a peep at the complicated subject, I preferred to wait for the publio statement ho intends to make.

He said that he didiiot know of the existence of any written consent of the Commissioners for McDonald to' assign or sub let bia contract or any it to George D. Lord. He supposed the thing waa done by power of attorney, (which was strictly forbidden by the terms of the contract;) neither did he know anything about special legislation, nnder which tbe commission waa empowered to oppress tho city. is aboat to prepare a reply to the Times article, but be will confine himself to the records of the commission rather than to the specific accusations of fraud, lobbying, misappropriation, and trickery, none ef which he knows anything about. BT MAIL AND TELEGRAPH.

Tbe Governor General of Canada will sail for England on the 1st of May. The mills at Natick, R. dosed yesterday owinc to the strike of the operatiTes. George Morris and Peter West, colored steve- doros, Philadelphia, quarreled yesterday. "West stabbed Morris, it la supposed mortally, and is in custody.

Within tbe last ten days five vessols have been loaded with 223.000 tubals grain at tb International Elevator, Girard Point, Penawand seventeen toreis-a vessels are waiting to receive orex 600,000 buhela. iDevid Riehley, recently arrived from Cork, Ireland, was found drowned near Wiekford. B. oa Thursday. Ho wandered into the marsh on Sunday night, and probably got mired and eould conld not escape th aid.

The Rhode Island Senate yesterday, by a rots ot IT 11, passed a resolution instructing th GoTcrnor to forward to the President of the United States th tacts concerning the recent collision between the United State Marahal and the State Constable. Rufus M. Close, of Moravia, who ha been in Aubarn Jail, New-York, sine Jan. 13, 1875, on eharce of poisoning his wife, died yesterday morning at about 10 o'clock. Ho made no confession, and considerable doubt exists aa to bis guLU lis waa sixty -Are years old.

A table of the entire amount of premium paid) to fir insurance companies represented in Boston shows that th total amount of premiums paid for tbe six month ending Dee. 31, 1874. ws (1.703, 13 70. Tbe companies ar aasesred one per cent, on this amount foe the support of th Xnsax ano ProtoctiT Brigade. LOSSES BT FIRE.

A fire, involving losses aggregating $10,000, occurred at Pott Henry, X. yesterday uoraing. Several saloons aad dwellings, Raenaa's harness shop, and Morehouse's livery stable, war destroyed. The origin of tbe Are is unknown. Th property ia only partially insured.

Hutchinson's oil refinery at London, Ontario, was destroyed by fir last night. Ths loss is eati. mated at from (15,000 to 120.000. WEATZRSr STR1KK IJI PKSK8XL TASIA. Philadelphia, April 3.

The striking wearers of SoZtherark held a large meeting tonight and reaffirmed their intention of retSSning out until th reduction taken off their wages last Pall snail bare been restored. The Impression prevailed "tbat tbey wuld succeed and that Ibelr services would pro ably be required on AtonUT next. AT AIi APRIL rooLtxa. MmDLETowR, X. April 2.

Harry Brown, azed thirteen year, at son of Harry H. Brawn, a well-known Xsw-York Custom-boo official, ws found dead in th burn at hi father's residence, sear Bloamingburc yesterday morning, having sco-d entail hanged hinttelf while preparing to play a 1st April a ia supposed. XOUISATIOSS IM XHODB 18LASD. PROvrDENCE, April 2. Rowland Hazard and Daniel E.

Day hare accepted th nominations for Governor and Lieutenant Governor roepecttv. ly by th Republicans of Rhode Island who ar opposed to th proceedings ot th lato RepabUcaa Stat Conventioa. 1REAKS OF A LV3AIIC Lewtston, April 2. Yesterday Enoch Avery, of. Parmingtoa.

was attacked ay his hstf- eraay eon, who severely woaaded a shotgun. Th lad then want into th bars, set it oa are, and perished ia taw flame. TWO MXTRDERKRS BEXIEXCED TO DEATH. Cincinnati, Ohio, April Egner aad George Rnfer. wh wer convicted ef tb order of Barman Schilling oa th of November last, were to-day antoaod to be hanged aa Tuesday, JaJy 13.

TAXAZ BOlLJtR SITLOSIOX. CnrcfflATl, April 2. A dispatch from El-Uottaville, Jafieraoa County, Ohio, says that tb boiler la TaaaeTa nulla, ia that place, exploded yesterday, killing three men. ZOttSZASA SPSIXG MEETIXO Xaw-Oaxxxjrs, April 2. The Spring meeting ef the Tf Jockey Clab baa boea postponed until ths 10th task on account tb rain.

CONNECTICUT POLITICS. CLOSING MEETINGS OF THE CAM PAIGN. SPEAKER BLAINE SPEECH AT NEW-HAVEN A BOUSING REPUBLICAN GATHERING EN THUSIASTIC GREETING OP THE EMINENT SPEAKER GEN. XING, OP MARYLAND, FOLLOWS IN A SPIRITED ADDRESS THE PRESENT SITUATION A PULL TOTE EX PECTED OV ELECTION DAT OUR AB SENTEE BARN CM AND THE BACK-PAT TRICK. postal Pi tfd to tat VtwYf Haua.

April 2. Musio Hall was crowded to-night to it utmost capacity with th awakened Republicans of Kew-Hsven, who had been got together witbont th help of cheap a and fireworks. There was nothing but tb announcement that Bon. J. G.

Blaine, of Maine, and Gen. Adam E. King, of Maryland, would address tb people but it waa more than auOciant i for late-comers had to be contented with atandiag-room. Tb meeting waa called to order by Mr. A.

J. Beers, aad oa his motion Judgs Poster was cboaen President. A large number of Ylo Presidents and Secretaries having been eelected, Judge Foster mafl a few remarks; and then introduced Mr. Blaino. The eminent gentleman waa warmly welcomed, and throuehout his apeeeh waa frequent ly interrupted with the heartiest applause.

Hs poke in substance aa folio ws: He aaid that Demoeratio papers were finding fault because tbe Republican in tb Northern States persisted ia discussing the Issues which grew out of th war and atall remained nn sett led. when, at the same time, it was undeniable that the Demoeratio Party in the Southern States, in every count and township, wer discussing these same Issue from precisely the opposite point of view. For tbe Republicans to abandon thee Issues which in voire th questions of citisenship, of free auflrage. and the supremacy of the Constitution, with its amendment, would to surrender and disband their organization before the legitimate ends of tbe great atruggle had been fully attained. If waa pointed to expreseion ef Democratic acquiescence In these results, he must receive them with because the condition the South did not correspond to these assurance of acquiescence.

Ia thia remark be not specially referring to personal outrages, elegantly termed the bloody ahirt" issue by the Deasooracy. bnt to that general condition ef inequality and oppression nnder the law which pre vailed in so many of th Southern State. 21 or had be confidence in tb effort or inteataoa mi the Dem ocratic Party to pacify aad harmonize tb South on the basis of aabmiaaion to law and order. Look at ths course of i ths Demoeratio members of the. House of Representative in th settlement of tbe Louiaian question.

Tb final recom mendstiea ef tb Louisiana committee and it waa certainly a very able committee, not rash or par tisan, or prejudiced was to do two things, via. correct th errors of the Republican Xarolling Board and giv2th Legislature in it popular branch to th Democrat. Second, to recognise Gov. Kellogg aa th de facto Executive of th State, as President Grant had wisely and necessarily don. Thia seemed to be not only a fair adjust ment, but it waa really ths only adjustment practi cable any other would have Involred wrong oa the oa hand or anarchy on the ether.

And vet verr Democrat In th Hon, ears aloe Mr. Stephen, of Georgia, voted against permitting the subject to be even introduced, voted against al lowing the oommitte to. report th adjustment, voted against even giving Congress aa opportunity to bring peace to that distracted State, voted to continue disorder, voted to invite a repetitioa of the audacious revolution of Sept. 14. voted that discord might held high carniTal in that rjet-riddea State, if only thereby the prospect of Demoeratio victory eould be echanoed.

Aad it to-day Law and order hay supremacy In Louisiana if to-day rero- lation and anarchy axe kept out. you awe the result wholly to the fact tbat tb Republican we.o enabled to oatvoto th Democrat in ths House of Representative. Mr. Blaine aaid ha had never nought to play th part of aa alarmist, and had a nasi ble desire to appear sensational, bat ventured to say to ths people of Connecticut that It wss a safe thing for this country not to pot tbe Demoeratio Party ia th way of obtaining control of th Rational Government. a result would be th beginning of a policy of of which no man eould see tho end policy so violent that, under th impetus acquired from victory and the coafldeaos growing oat of power, it would rush probably to.

th wfldn of a ooun tor-revolution, overturning or setting aside, or at least unsettling, many of th. now ac cepted and most important points of public policy, Th aim of tbe Democratic Party now ia toooaeel. idat the South, and then secure aa much Sorthara support a may pcasibly be obtained. And it is a most startling fact that, with th united electoral votca of th former slave States, they peed but a fraction of. the Sorthera vote to give them the Government.

Look at tbe figure 'With Colorado admitted, thai total electoral vol will be 363. of which IBS cooatitut a majority. The Southern States united can give 133 votes, leaving only forty-seven to be obtained out of the 331- that belong to th North. Ths three States of Xew-York, Connecticut, and California eaa give these forty seven vote, and your own prosperous Stat ia on that is always found on the list of those who with to control the Government by this combination. And if thia design eould succeed it would only be history repeating itself.

Acainst an overwhelming majority of th free State, in 1320, a small' fraction of then? united with the South aad were enabled to fasten the finchanaa dynasty upon the country with all tbe unanmbered evils that followed. Are you- in' Connect! cat I apeak to yon cut ss Republicans, and not aa Democrats, but are yoo. aif Connecticut men ready and en.Unj to have the polcal etrength 'ef your State used ia ah "unholy alliance" bv which the Government ia to be taken from the men who fought for th Union and handed over to tb control ef Jthoao who fought to Qleatroy tbe Union Tor to thia complexion will tb impending laane come. Mr. Blaine said he reposed no taith ta any special form of additional coercive legislation by Congress, nor would be advise or consent to any interference with an existing Stat Government, except nnder th express terms of the Constitution, nod nn der an exigency so pressing as to votvs the publio safety.

What ia want- ed is not mors law, bat better public pinion, and ths only way to bring that about ia lor th Xarthem State to hold tb soli st eal power oCthe country tenaciously aad em waver- iogty ia the hands of those who beld tb eoaatry together ia its boar of extremest periL. It 1 th belief ot the Sooth tbat a small aocUoa of th Xorth can be detached, and thia tscd continually to ooaaoUdato the South on th issue of east aad color. Let Xortbera firmness be as eoaapieaona aad a enduring in peace aa it was ia war. sad in South will weary of th contest and divide is other issues. make this appeal to the North, said Mr.

Blaine, not front aay uakindneas prejudice toward ta Sooth. God know I have nettaar toward that would do all ta my power to restore kindly feeling, to recall prosperity, to OuQd ap aer waste place, and to mak every sere, from th Potomac to th Bio Grande, tortile aad projec tive and profitable. would -have every ma i the North feel that the Uaioa was formed ss tho CoastitaUon declare to establish Jsstice, insar AoaiesU tranqeJlbtv, previa for ths aoenmoa defense, promote the general welfare, and sacurs the blessnusof liberty to ourselves aad our and I would have every voter realise that it Is im possible to xa-cerat the ex teat aad portanc of bis responUtiIlty, 'When tie name aad- authority th Union shall everywher respected, when tb majesty of tb law ia everywhere recognised, wbea tb rurhta oi th humblest ar everywhere eeeceded. wbea tr doea apeeeh is "Wendell Phillips sad Gea Logan can saeah aa freely in Georgia aa Gordon and Lamar eaa ta Saw-Hampshire, aad when every man entitled to suffrage saaU frly aeoscdsd ta BcivUag of vet-. Ing, th necessity for farther appeals to tbe loyalty of th nation will hav aaiaail away.

The great the people ta this ewatry. all parties, deeir peace, cordiality, aad kiad feeling between the North aad th South, aad all wis statesmanship should look to that and. The Demoexatie leaders, aaxtous to prv tb leeoa atrsctiea policy of ta Repubnoaaa a failure, have Bet leat their aid to bring about harmony, bat, em th osotrary. tb Southern leaders of tbat party nve sullemly refaatd their on era tin, aad th Northern leaders, with tQ-eoaeealed dallght, hav anad thia tho bast aa arraigaaaeat aad denundaUou ef RapabUeaa policy. It is to-day th evident in tenet aad deeir of the Re publican Party to hav peace, aad It to quite certain that the Democrat think that diaordar leads to their advaatage.

Moreover, the peace which tbe Bapuhlieaiie deeir to baaed as right and JasBe and patriotism, aad wfll neeeessrlly he permanent, while th policy of th Deeaecrata ta on ef reaotioa, if not revolatkm, leading inevitably to fresh troubles, of which a man eaa ae the and ex meae-ure th extent. Can the people of Connecticut, eaa tbe people of the Nation heal tat between th issues thus presented 1 At the eooelusioa, ef Mr. Blaine'a speech, Ga. King, ef was introduced, aad pro. eaeded to make on of th saoat effective and eloquent speech of the -There waa nothing defensive In hi argument.

charged all th ilia ef tbe nation a pen tb Democracy, aad de livered a brilliant paaegyrie upon Gen. hharidaa. taking aa hi text th assertion of a Demoeratio Senator; that Sheridan waa act fit to breath th air of a republic. All tb sorrows aad disturbances in Louisiana aad ether State, ho de clared, could be directly traced to Demoeratio hatred of equal right, sod ef deftaaosaf th suprem acy of th law. Pot three-quarter of aa hour Gen.

King kept th closest attention of bis audience, and, hk Mr. Blaine, he waa oftoa compelled by burst of applaua to pause In hi speech. This meeting, which ia the last to be held In New-Havea. prove beyond doubt that the Re publican of th city are fully aroused, aad that they will do all ia their power aa Monday to insur There ia bttl to be said concerning th general situation. Tb campaign will and to-morrow night with a grand rally by each party at Hartford.

Th Republicans will be addressed by Speaker Blaine, Postmaster General Jewell, aad. Geo. Hawley, while tb Democrats' moat bo ooatoatod with tbe political refuse th last gee oration. which will be oflered them by Senator Nearly all tbat either side eaa do to wia at done, except that practical work en lection day which la ro effective, and which there Is ta believe th Republican will not neglect this yar. "If they do, it win not be th fault of Judge Harrison.

the Chairman ef the State Committee, wh la fully Informed ef what ia necessary to be don. It la eertaia that th road will be ia a horribl tion oa electioa day, aad the indication at that teams to take voters to the palls will be. at a pre mium. If the Republicans have followed the wise advice of Judge Harrison, they have already secured aa ample supply of th indlapcussbls adjuneta of a Connecticut election. But notwith standing th roads, there Is raaana to believe that a tnB vote will be petied, and especially la th Pirat and Hbsrta Congressional Districts.

In the thia will he dae to tbe aplaeam made by Geo. Hawloy. which -has thoroughly aroused tbe whole district, aad the latter to the exertiona which Mr. Baraaat must make to avoid the consequences of the discovery ta regard to tho back pay. It ia now eoaoeded that until Tuesday laathia share ef th grab was as aempietoly aadap hi control a if it had boea deposited to bia eredl In his own bank, and th recti tatioa was aaade at thia lato day only to avoid It was intended, of ooaree.

that th people should not know th date at th restitution, bat this Infor mation having been supplied by The Txatxs, Mr. Baraum ia left ia a very It la suggested that there ia act of reparation for Mr. Barn am ta pet But m. aad that ia to pay th Government th interest a 14,4 for two years sad, twenty days. By tun ing it over to th Treasury has ackaowtodgsd tbat It all along belonged to the United States but for th time named Mr.

Baraum deprived th Gov ernment of tb ase ef it, aad It la possible that a legal demand for interest eaa he made npoa hinu Bnt he will be ed busy front now aatfJ the polls loo ia reparing tbe mischief done him by th ex posure ef Tns Tun that it would be cruel to ask him to attond to the other Httl matter until after th electioa. CONGRESSMAN BARNUM'S BACK PAT. THE MONET UNDER MR. BARNUM'S ABSO LUTE CONTROL UP TO LAST TUESDAY. Spaces! Dtaeafn to tto jTwe-TorS Ttswa.

Washington, April 2. The facts about Con gressman Barnum'a back pay are onbotaattaTly stated In th letter of Mr. Ord way, -with th exception ef th date whoa the M.7M was covered Into tbe Treat ury, which waa on Tuesday last. Up to that ttmo th draft by which tbe Treasury mad payment for the amount was left with the Sergeant at Arms, sub ject to Mr. Baraum order.

What hi intentions wer concerning it nobody eaa tell but himself, and bia evidence oa that point under th eircamataoe would hardly be admitted a conclusive. He has said tbat ba did not Intend to take the back pay but in tb face of that aaaertioe Is th fact that kept th fond aa much at hi disposal a if it had been deposited In bank to his credit, and ths sign ing of bis asms st say time would have transferred th greenbacks to his own pocket. If the electioa contest had not forced him to take very hasty action at last, tbe money would have continued to be beld to his credit, sad 1: is hardly probable that It would ever hav found it way back into me jTeasnry. At ia not long sine a talked about dietnbuting this money In some way la hie district, which would be exactly equivalent to oevoting it to bia own use. for it would hv bee done for bis personal ponucal advantage.

Ills action of last week is a badly coo peeled trick. i TBE WEATHER. STNOPSIS AND PROBABIIX1TES. Washington, April 31 A. M.

The barome ter ha fallen and rain prevails la th districts oa the Atlantic Coast. Generally clear and cool weather prevails In tbe remaining districts, with southerly winds. The barometer la highest in the Lower Mississippi Val'erVjnd lowest in Minnesota. Th AUegbeny. tss ajttnaaa, ta unio, ana uo Lower Mississippi Elvers hsve nsea.

rtoununn. Tor A'ne- Engtand and iliddU Static. low1 oy cfeerMz eootw wins, soax ae nindtM. sad aiotelw rtta Saromcter. For th soutn Auanue Daie ram, rauowea bv eleartnc and cooler earner, aorta ss west wmoa.

and riain' barometer. For tb Golf States, generally -clear weatner, ris ing temperature, easterly sua souteetiy winae, ana hie-h barometer. For Tennessee, in unio vaiiey, ana in laze 'reirion. elesr or fair weather, alowlv rising tem perature, south aaet to south-west win da, and falbag barometer. For tb Bartb-weet, to upper sJUstsstppL sad lower Missouri valta.ra, partly cloudy and warmer weather dcring tbe day, witb South to West winds, followed by lower temperature and rising barome ter.

Th lower Mississippi, tns Arkansas, tne AUe- Zheav, aad th upper Ohio river will eoatmo to rue. IN THIS CITY. The following shows the changes in the tem perature for the past tweoty-four hours, ta comparison with the corresponding date of last year, ss tn dicatsd by th thermometer at Bedaat's pharmacy 1875. 3 M. 6 A a a.

85 471 IS M. 3 67 avers temperstur yesterdsr Atciu tmpentan Mr liana 1974. 1S75. 3:90 P. 4 P.

6 9 P. b-i 12 P. 300 49 apnawllng sas aaat THE SPKING FRESHET. THE NEW-TORE AND PENNSYLVANIA BITERS. WEST BRANCH OP THE SCTOrXHANNA RAPIDLY RISING WILLI AM1POBT AND LOCK HAVEN INUNDATED IMMENSE QUANTITIES OP LUMBER CARRIED A WAT.

SentoJ Plea el a to SW t-TorS Timrn. WnxxAMSPORT, Panau. April 2. All dangei th loa ea tbe West Branch th Susque hanna has bow passed, Vat moea damn to prep. -erty wffl result from, th Spring, freabets.

which this year tare ma a naevter tb usual. Shortly before o'clock this morning a rain. est la, aeoompanted by a colt wind from the east. Tb raia la atill falling, aad dispatches from ap aad down ths river state that th Saaquehaaaa was rising st an alarnv lag rasa. At thia pout the river is seventeen feet above low-water mark, and ia still rising.

It Is ex pected that twelve boors from now tsere will be flood of twenty or twenty -two feet. Tb lower part ef thia city I now under water. Early in tb day th Inhabttaate deserted thtr house andaaught abetter oa tbe high ground. The is us da ted portion of the. city la inhabited principally by tb poorer classes, and th bouse flood, at present ar for she most part cheap fram atractare.

At Lockf Haven, alaa, tho lower portion of tbe Iowa la flooded, and tbe people have deserted their bouses. Tb lamben. wCl suffer severely by the flood. Millions sf feet of lamber ia logo are aow flosting down a river, and aa noa th booms hav yet boea hnnjc. most of it win bo Ia many ref the ereeks 100 aad ISO -'mile, above thia point there Ss no water fat Winter.

Th logs, wbea eat, are plaeed'la the ereeks. and when the Spring floods oom they ar carried dowa to the main stream and caught ia th different lam- ber boom. This year, awing to th gorging of tbj ta tbe rivers, the boom eould not be hang In time to catch the logs, which are aow helazearrtod dawn th river In thousands. Ths lumbar boema, might hang with aa 11 -foot flood, but the work could be don much bettor with lower water. Who.

tb river remains at Its present height all th bus waning down moat be last. Should the Wate in th river eonttaa to rise at Its praaaat rate there win he BBBcb, destruction to property all sinng thsv Wast Branch. THE DAMAGE TO RAILROADS OV THE VORTSC BRANCH OP THE anaqrraiTAWws mo te OP ICE TEN PERT TOOK LETT ON TSol TRACK BY THE RECEDING WATER. Wif.zrswtEEE, Penn, April 5V The Qwvsgo See' aaaaan here between 1 aad 4 o'clock this fora htg without doing aay damage. Th rive fed to thirteen feet sbove low-wster mark afterward, aad a seen stationary siaee.

xns watc aaaM receded from the flats, leaving an trnmanaex amount of lee em th Ringatea etreet reiV way and the pnblln road. It ia from, oar to Sen feet! in height. A fore ef men waa eet at work ehopJ ping It away from the street railway thia moraingJ The track was washed away la several ydaoae, aadi th company have been damaged ever 14,000 by thai flood. It wul be several days betbro travel aa b-s named. Tb poles sad wires of the WssSj era Union Telegraph Company est tbe IiIm wer torn down mors than a fortnight ago, but thoM will now be repaired.

Travel waa resumed ta Iehigh Vslley Road, hotweea here and Pittatosw thia afternoon. Tbe traek badly wssbedl ta places, but the damage cjouiporaflvshr Tbe Lackawanna aad Blocmbejrg XoaoS was also waabedbetweewRlngsteu and Waat Pitta- ton, aad it has not yet been repaired. Ti stosiu i boat Hand rick B. Wright escaped Injury, thd msdex a tnn tevdav. Th flats oa the opposite aid ef thai dyer are covered with lee for a mile In width audi fnuf mile la length, and great bowlders ar piled up all along the banks.

It Is aow raining hard, and! there win yet be high water, but the people are taj no particular alarm atnee th lo Is aU out. THE DELAWARE PREE PROM ICE THE WA- i tTUX' RISING -J i Fjlston, Peun-, April 2. The lee stoppeotl running In large quaatitios' abaat midnight, and the daager Ths Delaware haa faXlsa four; fost sine tost night, Poar Jxavsi, ST. April The water ta the Delaware la thirteen feed above-lower water marki here, aad 1 atill rising. It thought eoaridoreblev! damagwin'b done aloag tbe rivee.

Th Erisv RaUway has found it necessary to erect a breakw. tor at Ssw-nuU Rift bridge to protect tbe trestle-work. Several flats ap th rive hsve bean ev flowed." THE SCHTTTXEILL RirERRlSTNO THE CANAXa TOWPATH UNDER WATER. BuDEto, Penn, April 2. Tho Schuylkill River roe rapidly last evening to feet above Io -water mark, aad is still rising gradually.

The-towpathsof the Schuylkill aad Union Canals are under water. Tb lowlands along the river srs eov. red, but ao serious damage la apprehended ualaas rain falls. There is much anow aad ice oa th. mouatalna.

THE HUDSON RIVER. Albant, N. April 2. The ice is gorged six mile below her sad teams yst cross tbe river ear Hudson. The trains oa tbe Hudson River aad Boston Banned are uninterrupted.

DU patches received her state that st Schenectady ths ice ta reported firm i at Tribe's BUI ths water rising, but no lo ia moving at Pooda tb water is xistaz sn-1 th Mohawk River Is beginning to overflow, but the ice has not broken np yet. Dispatches from Falsi ine Bridge, Port Plain. St. JobasriUa, aad Little Palls stat that 'the water Is twelve inches higher than it was last night, and 9 art moving. Ice la la this city th water is over th pier sad doe'ra, aad ths blast furnace in tb lower part of th iy haa suspended operation.

Oa State street th water ia nearly to Dean etreet, and. at tho Beneaelser and Depot paasencers are 1 obliged to gais aoea to the depot by mesas of sn la pro vised bridge-over Maiden lass. Tb flats st Greenbush sad back from tbe river sr aU sudor water, and th inhabitants ar much isoooTeaieaeed in eonaaqueace. The water ia stfll slowly risisg, being aow fifteen feet above low-water mat the ateam-boaA landiag is eotlrely submerged up ss far as Broad rirs zoyo islaxd rotssA' UEST. The billiard tournament at Samuel! 'a A facta bly Rooma, Brooklyn, was eon tinned List sventaz.

The contestant In the first match wer Maoria Daly and Albert Gamier. Th former won tbe lead, hot failed to soar. Gamier followed with a ran of 13, and continued to exhibit considerable skill, wail Dsly appeared to nervous at the starVbut Improved as tbe gams progressed, aa 1 at tbe fifteenth inning waa ocly IS poiuts behind Gar-' nier, whose score indicated 110. Brum this atage, -however, Daly began to lose ground, sad the close of tb game, had nly made 150 points to 900 scored by Gamier. The second gam was contested by A.

P. Rudolph snd Joseph Dire. Th latter-won the trad and missed, while Rudolph coxed? a run of 13 pom to id th first inning. In lauee-raa the out on the tbirty-ointb inaicg. Dion's seer atandmg The game to-niht wij be coBteeiad by Unassy and Dalyraad Cyru Dion aad Yigaanx.

TBS ZLLZSOIS THIRD DISTRICT. Tbe Chicago Tribtttu of Thursday says i A rasaor is earrent in the nwapapra eatslde of Chicago that Mr. Le Moya haa abandoned hi -eaa-tost, aad win allow Mr. ParwnU to tab hi seat in tb saw Congress Tber Is a authority whatever for th statement. It doubtleer ruEi ated lrom a miaapprebensiea ef tb aananoemu4 thrgh to asocisted frees that th tsking of vw Usee bad been ccladel and to eaa asac ap f4 th consideration of Congress.".