The New York herald., 1873-10-18
TREPIDATION OF THE RING OFFICIALS.
Unsatisfactory Ending Of the Spanish
American Claims Commission.
STRENGTH OF THE CHANGERS.
Speculation Concerning the Financial
ECondition of the Treasury.


trict-Schools Without Fuel and Teach
ers without Pay.
The greatest sin man can be guilty OF in the
District OF Columbia is to tell the truth; and so
offensive has veracty become to the District
ofn,, as that the cry OF treason" 'iiar' Is in
stantIy ra.s .sed when any one attempts TO speak OF
the condition OF affairs as they really At the
meeting OF the Board OF Trustees OF Public Schools,
held last evening, Mr.. stuart member, called at
tention to the necessity OF making some ar
rangements by which the teachers and other
employees could be paid their salaries; for,
as matters now stood, he knew OF cases
where employees had been driven rom
their homes and were suffering Tor the
necessaries of life in consequence OF this great neg
lect In not paying them, If not ALL at least part
OF their salaries He considered it great outrage
and felt as though some immediate action should
be taken by this body to for them their hard
earnings and not remain idle while these people
who entered the employ OF the School Board in
good faith were actually suffering. He then offered
a resolution to the effect that committee OF live
be appointed to wait on the Governor and lay
before hun the condition OF affairs and ask or de-
mand that something be done for their relief.
On the presentation OF this resolution
member arose and said he was sorry that
such a resolution had been offered, as the papers
outside OF the District II they should get hold of
the TACT, would be sustained in the charges already
made. He knew positively that the leading
respondents had instructions to obtain everything
that related to the District government and
forward it for publication, and this resolution
would make rich harvest for them. He could not
see what object his colleague had in presenting
the resolution, as he knew 1T would be the means
OF placing the Board in a very awkward position
and in the end would do no good. Other members
strongly opposed the resolution and some ex-
pressed themselves as being OF the opinion
that there were enemies IN camp at work.
The pressure being so great on Trustee Stuart, he
reluctantly withdrew the resolution, and a request
was made by the members Of the Board to the re-
porters present not to mention the resolution or
debate, request that was wholly unnecessary
During the reading OF the resolution great excite
ment prevailed, and at one time it looked as
though personalities would be INDUCED in Great
suffering is ielt among the teachers OF the public
schools who have not been paid for six months.
Boardlng-house keepers clamoring lor the
board they owe, while the schools unprovided
with fuel 1t Is useless to ask where the money
has gone, but Congress Will have an opportunity Of
finding out when District matters are again inves
tigated.
The Spanlsh-Amer erican Claims Conn
mission
organized to settle the claims OF Americans, ey-
cuslvely for spoliation OF their property in Cuba,
exists only in name, for the work OF the Commits
sion is blocked and virtually at end. The
evidence on which the claims alone can be
settled must come from Americans resident
in Cuba or now In the United States. The
naturalized Cubans who have suffered losses
afraid to give evidence against the Spanish
thorlties, so that it is impossible to proceed For
the same reason the Cubans residing in New York
and Philadelphia have also declined to furnish the
evidence they could about their relatives in Cuba.
AS prominent official remarked, "The power of
the Spanish government even pervades the United
States, and is fully strong our own soil as it
is in Cuba. Cubans Will not testify They afraid
to support their own caimsn few casesIhave
been prepared, but that Is about all the Commits
sion will amount TO.
A Granger in Congress-Growing
strength of the Order.
The election Of Mr.. Nesmth, OF oregon, to Con-
gress puts genuine granger in the house, whose
wealth is in farm and who makes his living as a
ter OF the soil, so that 1t will not be necessary to
scatter hay seed around him. Being a democrat
and a ready debater the friends OF the grange
movement expect he will make things lively for the
republicans this winter. The order is still grow
ing. Alabama has ITO oranges, Arkansas 65, Cali.
1ornia 81, Florida 13, Georgia 23l, Illinois
CO., Indiana 443, Iowa sl3, Kansas $780,
Kentucky II, Louisiana "a, Maryland s.
Massachusetts, g. Michigan 81, Minnesota s6i,
Mississippi 375, Missouri 900, Nebraska s2s, New
Hampshire 4, New Jersey TO- New York 10, North
Carolina los, Ohio l54, oregon 49, Pennsylvania 81
South Carolina 1872 Tennessee 1ee Texas "a, ver-
mont 81, Virginia 4 West Virginia is, Wisconsin
2lS Colorado ?, Dakota rs, Washington 5, Canada
S-Total 7104 oranges. The Boston Grange has
not responded TO the demand OF Master Adams In
forwarding their charter to headquarters
In Washington nor does the Secretary know
anything oficialy OF it. The National Grange does
not meet until February next, when the question
will come before that body should the Boston
Grange retain their charter. This viii be the first
case Of the kind yet presented to the Order
The Financial Condition OF the Govern
ment.
There is much speculation concerning the condi-
tion OF the Treasury in connection with the appro-
priations to be made by Congress at its next ses-
sion some apprehension being expressed that the
revenues, owing to the recent panic and its con-
tinued eIects will not be sufncient for the support
OF the government for the present to say nothing
Of the next fiscal year. The Treasury Departments,
however. has more hopeful view Of the situation.
1t is said in oflicial circles that the importations
have not been much less than heretofore
at this season OF the year; but the re-
ceipts from duties have diminished by reason
OF goods not being taken out OF bond, owing
to the condition Of the money market The duties
collected are larger in the aggregate tnan was an
ticpated under the circumstances, they being
fifty per centum more than they were in the earlier
days OF the panic and thus far in the present week
twenty-five per cent above last week. The receipts
from customs this month are in excess OF what is
required to pay the interest on the public debt for
shat period. There has been some dinlculty in
collecting internal revenue, but lately there has
been much Improvement ana II is believed at the
department that the aggregate receipts at the end
OF the year will scarcely be diminished at all from
the estimates heretofore made. 1t is authori-
tatively said that the government finances are in
good condition. The largest expenditures are al
ways made during the first quarter OF the fiscal
year, commencing July l. and during the last three