The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-12
IMPORTANT TREASURY ORDER.
Mail Facilities i'm New York
TO Be Extended.
FUNG WING ON THE CHINESE INDEMNITY.
A. w. Tenney to Succeed District
Attorney Tracey.


The District Board Of Public Works had field
day in the House this afternoon. Robert B. Roose
welt made another spirited attack on the Board
whose organs had been Safeguarding him for q
week past. He now seized an opportunity to re-
turn the compliment. An effort made to keep
Roosevelt OF the moor, but Fernando Wood, by
skiliu flank movement, headed or the enemy and
came to the rescue of his colleague against the
| Board Roosevelt commenced by graceful
| tribute to the Board of Public Works, which
he called Tammany No. 2, and to its Vice
| President, whom he dubbed the Tweed of
Washington. He compared the latter to one of
his own sewers for carrying flth this being ref
| erence to certain articles which have appeared
lately accusing the great opponent OF the Board
OF being actuated by unworthy motives. 1t is
| pretty fight as it stands. Whenever Roosevelt
| sails in and shows up a mass OF false figures the
Board Immediately gets out a new edition of its
| report, omtting these figures, ana then denOunces
Roosevelt as the prince Of falsiers producing its
last report to prove it, Roosevelt had four of such
reports on his desk, and created quite sensa-
ton by showing that there were no two alike eX.
cept in their He has made three speeches on
his pet theme, and the magnates OF the Board have
produced four reports being now one ahead Of
him. They are at present getting up another, SO
there IS little hope OF his ever coming up with
Them unless their funds run out, OF which there is
rumOr, confirmed by the gaunt and hungry as
spect OF hOrdes Of contractors and employees who
hang around their headquarters OF Four-and-a- Half
street. Roosevelt explained the various plans of
the Board. He said there is supposed to be about
forty millions in these operations, part of which
is to be "placed where it will do mos. good" Every
thing being already gobbled up by the bosses of the
Board. there is little left for the small fry, who
growing hungry as starved tigers and betraying
all the secrets OF the Board to Roosevelt. The
latter plunges about, hitting in all directions. like
an awkward but courageous giant. His speech
made quite sensation in the House, Chipman,
| who is nOmnally the Representative of the District
| OF Columbia, but seems more devoted to the Board,
IN reply assailed Roosevelt in a savage manner,
| without disprOving the principal facts presented
by the latter. Quite laugh created when he
wildly demanded of Roosevelt the name of his
informant, and Roosevelt replied that the
Board wanted to know solely to ruin the
unhappy wretch, giving several instances of citi-
zens being afraid to be seen with him lest they
should be spotted by the Board Chapman said
| said Roosevelt had made an attack the Board OF
Pubic Works at the beginning OF the session for
the purpose OF sensation, and then left for New
York, where he remained several weeks, to organ
ize u dispensary democracy In fact, he character
| lied ROOsevelts speech as a dispensary one, be-
cause, he SAID, he dispensed with facts. He
thought Roosevelt had no right to talk about Tam.
many No when he was sent to Congress by Tam
many No. ]. Roosevelt says he can easily disprOve
| Chpman's assertions by the wellknOwn fact that
ne had to remain in New York on account OF sick
ness, and that he was prominent In helping the
| overthrow of Tammany No. l.
Important Treasury Order.
| The Secretary of the Treasury gave positive d-
rectons to-day for the payment OF interest coupons
cut from the two years. notes OF 1863, on which IS
| tod 10 10 vnl data cIalf
note except by an authorized agent OF the govern
ment.n Treasurer Spinner has heretofore posi-
lively refused to pay any Of these detached
| coupons.
| The Day i'm the Senate-HOuisinna sLct
| Slide'-ImpOrtant Amend ment to the
| Navigation Act.
| The republican Senators decided to let the LOui-
siana question slide, even If the Greeley electoral
votes are counted, and the afternoon was devoted
to the of those cases successfully on
the calendar to which no one objected Fity-two
! bills were thus considered and passed. while some
were defeated and a good many were skipped. The
only House bill of national Importance passed was
that SO amending the twelfth section of the Navi-
cation act, passed in June last, that it VIII not
apply to masters OF vessels where the seamen are
by custom or agreement entitled to participate in
the profits or result OF cruise or voyage, nor to
masters OF coastwse vessels or of vessels engaged
in trade between the United States and the British
North American possessions. The House had also
exempted vessels engaged in the West India trade,
but the Senate refused to include them.
| Collars Alibi and What May Result.
Colfax has produced his abb, and his name 1t is
| George r. Nesbitt, deceased. Cofax remembers
that Nesbitt sent him $1,000 bill in letter, to be
used for eectioneerlng purposes. Colfax's father
| in-law-Matthews by name-remembers seeing the
letter opened at the breakfast table, and his
| daughter remembers 1t also. Having accounted
| for $1,000, it was shown that the remain
| ing 5000 was paid on the, day before
| the deposit was made by the same
| Mr.. Matthews, who had borrowed it to buy piano.
| CuriousIy enough, the donation and the payment
were in greenbacks, although the national banks
were then paying out national bank notes and
boarding greenbacks for their reserve. Now, sup
! posing that cakes Ames clerk has found a receipt
signed by COlfax for the very 81, 200 thus inge-
| niousy accounted for. Ames would not swear that
he had no such receipt or that he might not be able
to find it, although Hale pressed hard. II 1t does
turn up what will become Of the alibi2
The Chinese Indemnity Fund-Fung
Wing Takes q Rhetorical Flight.
| The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
considered to-day the bill to restore the Chinese
} indemnity fund. Fung Wing, Chinese mandarin
of the nth class and graduate of Yale College,
was present at part OF the proceedings and gave
his views on the subject He expressed his desire
that the money be expended for the education Of
his countrymen In the arts OF Western civilization.
Fung Wing has been instrumental In bringing
many Cinnamon to America to be educated, and
he believes that all the Orentals VINO desire an
education should come here instead OF going to
Europe. He spoke for half an hour and was lis
tened TO with great attention by the members OF
the committee
POmeroy's Case To BE Quickly and Thor
Oughly York, You're
Wanted.o
The special Committee appointed in the Senate
yesterday to investigate the charges Of bribery
against Senator PomerOy In connection with the
late Senatorial election In Kansaa had informal