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STATEMENT OF DIR. JOHN W. WILLIAMSON, OF JACK
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-13
House OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

wAsHisGroy, Feb. IL, ls,a
The House went into Committee OF the Whole (hr
Blackburn, OF Kentucky IN the chsiD on the Military
Academy Appropriation bill
Mr.. BRAGG, tdom.) Of Wis, moved TO amend tho bill
select the instructors OF Law at the academy
from the retired list Of the army he argued that
would DO In the limo Of economy, and would DO for the
benefit oil the institution.
Mr. DuRnAx, tdem.l OF KY, opposed tho amend
menI
Mr. BANNING, (dem.) OF Ohio, supported tho amend
mont Ho referred TO the OF a young officer who
had lost his arm and was the rored list, who had
declared his willingness 10 Law instructor
West Point. such man, graduate OF wost Point,
would DO fully capable OF teaching law aud wou Id no,
cost tho government a cent
Mr.. CoSGER, reps OF Mich, said no did wish
disturb the growing harmony among his friends on
the other side oil the House, but he must appeal
them TO avoid unseemly quafreIs among themselves
and go on with the public business (Laughtcr) He
reminded his democratic friends, however, that
Of their doc rines last year had been that reIred
ohcer should occupy any other position and had pro-
tested against sucb an oicer beng president OF tenn
perance society, though probably that had been
account oil tho occupation. QsaughteE)
Mr. CLYxER, (dcm) OF Pa, acnied that the democ.
raey had ever been opposed 10 assigning retired
officers 10 other duty on coDdion that they received
no extra pay. He bad been and still opposed 70
the practice OF sending MAJOR general Minister to
Spain and another retred general as Consul TO play
tho equerry to private citizen OF tho Unned States
Alter further debate The amcndmcn was disagreed
TO.
Mr.. DxSisoS, trepl Of W., moved to amend BY ap-
propratng $50 600 Tor the com pction OF the
at West Point Tor which provision Is made In tho
DILL rejected.
Tho second section OF the bill having been reached
which PROVIDES that appointments Of civilians 10 be
second licutcnants shan only be made when more va
cancies exist than can be nIled by the next graduate
ing class at West Point,
M CoSGER moved TO strike out the section, pend
ing which me commtee, without action, rose. and
the house proceeded 10 take action Carpenter o
picture, alter which, a. quarter past three O'Clock,
an aQiour nment took DIanA.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-13
GENERAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES.

WARRINGTON, Feb. IL. 1878.
TIE UNION PACIFIC PRO RATE QUESTION DH-
foHE THE HOUSE coMMrrTEE-REpREsENT
TIvEs OF VARIOUS ROADS PREsENr-ARou-
MENr IN FAVOR or THE KANSAS PACIFIC
The House Committee on Pacific Railroads met to.
day 10 consider and hear Arguments on tho bill 70.
Gently introduced In the House to define tho
meaning and intsndmcut OF the acts OF Congress pro
viding for the operation Of the Union Pacific Railroad
and It's branches az one continuous line with.
out discrimination, and known az the Pro
Rata bill. The different railroads inter.
csted werc represented by the counsel and ON.
GERS OF the companies, and delegation Of lead na
business men represented the commercial interests OF
81 Louis Among those presen, were Sidney
Dillon, president OF the Union Pacific, with
bis counsel, Judge Shsllabarger and Mr. Popplc.
ton; Robert 4. Carr. general manager OF the
Kansas Pacific, with judge J. p Usher, ARENAS II.
Holmes and Mr.. J. L. woolworth counsel Tor the re.
cevcrs bondhoiders OF tho Kansas Pacific Horace
White, on benaf Of the first mortgage bondhoders OF
that company; d. n. Edgerton, president OF the
Denver Pacinc; Samuel X. Parrish, counsel for the
bondhoders OF the Denver Pacinc; Mr. Hewitt, general
manager OF the Chicago and Northwestern; Mr. With
crow, OF the Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific;
W. Garrison, OF tho Missouri Pacific;
Benjamin W. Lewis, Of Tho ST. LOUIS
Kansas City and Northern; s. A. Cobb. ofwysndotte.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-13
NATIONAL TRoTrING Asso C1AT1oN.

The biennial congress OF National Trottng Asso.
citation will be held to-day the Fifth Avenue Hotel
THIS meeting promises to DO very important, be-
sides tho election Of officers the rules viii b
revised In many particulars The Committee
on Rules appointed the last congress,
and Consisting OF Judge James Grant, Davenport
Iowa; Thomas J. VAIL Hartford, Conn. 81 g. Thorn
son. Utica, n. ". II. NJ. whitehead Brooklyn. n. T..
snd John Todd. Cleveland ONO. wore In session zoe
ierday completing thor laoors and arranging
the report which will be submitted this afternoon. II
had not trAnrpIred Al . late hour last night what
rules III be recommended TO be modified, changed
altogether, or what new ones viii DO Introduced.
Yct u certain the report VIII discuss many
knotty points and DO cm,nentiy Satisfactory. the
breeding interests Of tho country greatly Interested
IN tho work OF tho congress, and harmonious
action Is confidently hoped for To show
tho extent OF this interest," II 10 only
necessary to remark that dnrinx tho
year 1871 there we're enrolled members OF the Ma
iionaI Association 146 tracks, divided as foows:-
Eastern district, thirtynve Atlantic District nifty:
central disrict twentytwo Western district, thirty
nipc These tracks held many meetings aud gave
purses amounting TO $I20lst 10 DO competed
tor during the irotting seusop. The attendance
tho opening session OF the congress
Is likely to be large and influential as delegates from
nearly every section OF the country had reported last
evening aud more wcrc expected by the morning
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PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
SENATE.
wAsnryGroy, Feb. IL. 1878.

WAsniyGroy. Feb. IL, 1873.
The VICE PRESIDENT Lard before the Sc nate a mes.
sage from the President OF the United States
ing that he had transmitted 10 Mrs. Elizabeth rhomp
son, OF New York, who donated Carpenters painting
'.Signng the Emancipation Proclamation" 70 the
government, copy OF tho resolution OF Congress ae-
cspting the picture.
The morning hour having expired the Senate re-
sumed consideration OF the Silver bill
MR.. xDoSALD OK rnE SILVER BILL
Mr.. McDoSALp, idcm.J OF Ind, spoke OF the paper
currency which had performed all the oinccs OF
money since 1861, and said in duo time he thought
there would be difference between coin paper,
the paper could be converted into coin. Ito ar
gued that the restoration OF the silver dollar
to tho position IL occupied In our money system
for eignty years would not infringe upon any law,
violate any contract or moral obligation. so tho
only question for Congress 10 cons jor was the ex.
pedisncy OF romonetzlng silver. He spoke Of tho
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-13
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPOND EMIT.

WASHINGTON, Feb. u, 1878.
EHE RECOGNITION OF CUBA-ANoTHER MOVE
MENr ON CONGRESS.
The friends Of Cuba are At work again to bring up
the question OF Cuban recognition. They have 50.
sursd the attention OF the House Committee on For.
sign Relations, and seeking 10 got q favorable
expression from Congress- Mr.. Echsvsrria, Of New
YORK. 10 the central nsure in she present movement
General Banks, who has heretofore been Sc
ssalous In the same direction, says that the
Unned States has forgotten that there Is
any such place % Cuba. and that oven
~ u had ao there too many important question:
which materially concern its internal Interests
10 admit OF Congress giving any attention what con.
otheTA Hence no does not think that there is
any IN making appeal In behalf Of Cuban inter-
ests General Sanguilcz, who supposed to DO the
person under whom the intsrdicted Estelle was Ia
have sailed also here and taking part In tho move
mont for assistance " Cuba.
ARMY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS VIOLATION OF
LAW BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
Tho Senate Committee on Military Affairs IL much
exercised over the charge that tho War Department.
IN sending in Of officers TO the President for
promotion, has not recognized tho requirements Of
existing statutes that promotions shall DO made &C.
cordng to seniority zach branch OF che military
service II Is alleged that promotions OF line officers
have been made in certain regiments without regard
10 seniority In tho general army list and In contra
vention OF section 12o4 Of the Revised Statutes and
. sub committee, consisting Of Mcssrs Wadlcigh and
Cockreil, has been appointed TO investigate the
matter II the allegations sustained It IS under
stood that the sub committee will recommend the
committee that the combinations already passed
upon shall be reconsidered, having been madc in
violation OF law.
MRS. ELIZABETH THoMPsoN's PRESENTATION TO
coNGREss-A POOR PICTURE.
The House session was chiefly given over to-day 10
the formal reception Of the picture of tho signing OF
tho Eman cipaon Proclamation presented to Congress
BY MrG Elizabeth Thompson. As work of art the
painting has merit when entities to the distnc.
ton OF place in tho Capitol, and when
II camo 10 be unveiled the assemblage Of people
readily understood why Senator Edmunds took ex-
ceptou 10 any ceremony about It. Al a distance OF
loss than forty feet It has the appearance OF largo
mezzo tint, 90 waxsn and blurred the figures Of
Nr. Lincoln and his Cabinet II was guyed and ridi-
suled for. It's impertectionA Notwithstanding tho
yfately ceremony which attended It's donatiSn Some
81 tho more rrevsrent counosseurs said that the
oouncement that the picture 70 DO unveiled TO-.
day In tho Capitol FASTENED the fatal termination OF
~ Secretary weiles' illness
The TAX ON WHISKY
The Senate Finance Committee has agreed BY unan-
imous vote report favoraby the resolution already
adopted BY the House dscl arpg inexpedsns 10
duce the rate Of taxation on whisky.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-13
SKATING.

There was excellent skating on the Capitoiins Pona
Nostrand avenue. Brooklyn. yesterday, and the ice
was crowded by the hatGu>s OF tina, place. who are
evidently be OF upon max ng the most OF the opportu.
NIFTY afforded them By tho advent OF cold weather
there were icur iccboats Oh Prospect Park Lake,
but no skating To-day the lako will DO thrown opcu
10 tho public, and seven iceboats WILL DO present 10
faco of the Park waters.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-13
EXTENSIVE DIsTILLERY SEIZED.
OWNERS AND EMPLOYEES ARRESTED.

OWNERS AND EMPLOYEES ARRESTED.
WAsHiyGroS, Feb. IL, 1878.
A telegram to the Commissioner OF Internal Revs.
nue. says Revenue Agent Mitchell has seized the
tensve distiilcry OF Dslfendahi Pinen. near Day.
ton, Ohio, and additional, Information received by
Mr.. Raum to-day announces tho arrest OF the above
mentioned tlrni aud TOUR OF their employees, named
John Johnson, jacob CrolL, Arnold Eivers and q. E-
vera Their hearing Is set down Tor tho 18th inst
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-13
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. IL, 1878
Commander John G. Watson is ordered to command
tho Wyoming, at Washington. Lieutenant r. W.
Greeneaf is ordered TO tho Wyoming. Ensign George
Emmons 10 ordered to tho Plymouth Surgeon A. U.
Rhoadcs Is ordered to duty at the Naval Hospital
Yokohama. Japan. Passed Assistant Surgeon J. r.
wagxener is ordered to the receiving snip Colorado
Com mander Alfred Hopkins Is detached from tho
command Of the Wyoming aud placed on waiting
orders. Surgeon J. W. Coles Is detached IRON The
Naval Hospital at Yokohama, Japan, tho report Of
his relief, aud ordered homo aud report his
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-13
PASSING COUNTERFEIT MONEY.

WiLKEsBARRE. Pa, Feb. IL, 1873.
Nathan Kuukie, a hotel keeper OF Haulock's Creek,
was arrested last night by Secret Service detectives
for passing counterfeits tho First National Bank
OF Hanover, Pa. He Was brought 10 this city and
placed under 81 900 ball
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-13
MORE THAN TwO-TH[RDs MAJORITY,
A Fight in Executive Session Over the
Mobile PoStmastership.
CUBAN PATRIOTS SEEKING RECOGNITION.
The Union Pacific Probate Question
Before the House Committee.
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

WASHINGTON Fob. IL. 1875
THE VOTE ON THE BLAND BILL
Senator Dennis, OF Maryland, desires It 10 Do known
That be will the Bland DILL and against IT,
% was reported in this column Monday. This
would make the vote stand fifty to and
Il IL asserted that Senator Patterson will be pres
snt and will for bill and that Senator Kellogg
will also vote for the bill Mr.. Patterson. absent
will be paired with Senator Butler
rHE MOBILE neutrality-suspicious. sPEN-
GER AND HIS WING OF THE PARTY DE-
FEArED.
The confirmation OF tho Postmaster at Mobile TO-
day and the OF Il noteworthy incidents in
the political strife The President in making num-
ber OF nominations In Alabama, selected his from
the ranks OF the anti-speneer republicans This
was OF course. disagreeable TO Senator Spencer
and somo Of the nominations have rested in
the committees for considerable time II was
understood that Mr.. Spencer would mako a fight
against them all and tho anttSpencer republicans OF
Alabama have been anxious, because they have on.
dsavored 70 eliminate Mr. Spencer from their party
They won the fight against him in tho Cncinnati
Convention, whore two delegations-the Spencer
ana anti-Spencsr men-applied for admission,
and. after sharp struggle the motion
OF Mr.. Btaine's friends tho ant-Spcncer dol.
egation was admitted alone representing
the republican party OF Alabama Tho President It
seems takes the view the Cincinnati Conven.
ton, and has nominated none but antLS Spencer men
TO federal ofces In the State The committee reported
unanimously, II is said, IN favor OF WcKersham, the
anti-spcnoer Mobile Postmaster. ana before the vote
was reached in executive session to-day good many
republicans went homo. and IL is said even Mr.. Conk-
Ing who has long been Mr. Spsneers friend. failed to
stay, and Mr.. wicksrsham was confirmed, gossip says
with only tour dissenting votes.
THE NEW ORLEANS CoLLFCToRsHIP
10 more probable than heretofore that General
Williamson will DO confirmed as Collector Of New or.
hans. He Is now ON his way homo
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-13
RoBBlNG HIS MOTHER

David Murray, aged twenty seven years, was ar
rested last night on tho compliant Of his mother,
Mrs. Mary A. Murray, OF No. 627 sixth avenue. who
accused him OF stealing q gold watch ana chain,
valued at 500, IRON her. He was locked up In the
Twenty ninth precinct station house
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-13
YACHTING NOTE.

Tho yacht Ambasssdrsss, Of tho New York Yacht
Club, Mr.. william Astor. owner, IRON tho southwark
passed the HERALD station, at whitcsona yesterday
en- 10 Guy Island.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-13
HATS. GAPS AND FURS.
An IMPROVED TRADE-LOw PRICES AND RAPID
sALES-sTYLEs FOR TIE WINTER.

An IMPROVED TRADE-LOw PRICES AND RAPID
sALES-sTYLEs FOR TIE WINTER.
The hat business Is one requiring great skill
and wachfulneSs Gu the part Of manufacturers ana
dealers to prevent loss. The material from which felt
and silk bats are made all imported when the price
OF felt falls that does not pay to prepare the iuIs
from which 1t is made, they arc permitted TO 80 10
waste and prices are sure to rise in snort time. Those
dealers who bay heavily on a falling market are the
only ones VINO find the business profitable.
Charles Knox ONO 212 Broadway and No. 19i Fifth
ave. Whatever may have been his misfortune connected
with rea estate, seems 10 have shown himself THOR
ougly acquainted with the wants OF the public in con-
necton with the business ia which he has long been
leader The reduction OF the price Of silk hats from 50
So has increased The demand in his stores one nun
bred per cent and this has resulted in advantage 10
the wOTkmcn by giving them more steady employment
although wages have been reduced % per cent There
Is little change IN tie demand for felt hats Inc season
is backward for furs. Sealskin caps for are made
lighter than formerly 50 that they can be worn during
longer period Of the year
WIN. /. Burke, OF No. 2l4 Broadway. deals in hats,
ladys and gentemcns furs, carriage robes ct lie re-
pUrts prices ABOUT The same as last year. although the
cost OF the material ia higher. The Vanderbilt driving
cap is novelty among furs the band pulls down over
the instead OF rolling down. The Alexis cap Is very
pretty and will be more fashionable this season than the
caps with bands The Derby felt nat has been largely
supDlantcd by tine hat with a semi.square cTown In
soft felt hats the crown worn lower but Mr. Burke
has soft dress nat with hgn crown detached sweat
band fastened by machinery and nangc brm which is
very stylish Lady's sral-skin sacks are worn about
thlrty-iue long TINS and In price
from 500 to 1900 Mr. Burke has fine assortment Of
dark gniuk-sable muhs. The great advantage which
dealers have in these times OF depressed prices e-
duced expenses. Mr. Burke says they handle as much
money formerly but have TO sell more goods TO do so,
and as large percentage of receipts is profit
Nicholas Espeusched, OF No, lis Nassaust. is man
uacturer OF all kinds Of hats and caps Going business
near spot where he has been established for moro
than thirty years He reports business as having been
better during September and October than for several
years past 1t is slacR but there are indications
that business will he better
Mr. Ernenwen, in Nassau, near Spruce-st., reports
better business than for three Prices reached
bottom last Spring, and are now stationary. Making
allowance for the Increase duty on the material OF
which mats are made they ore cheaper than ln ls6O
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-13
THE MkxICAY REPUBLIC.

CITY or MEXICO, Dec. 3.-Mr. Foster, the
United states Minister gave grand ball at the Legation
on Thanksgiving Two hundred persons were present.
Among the guests President DIaz, the foreign rep
reseutaves. the Ministers and many Members OF Con
gress. President Hayes's Thanksgiving proclamation
was read In Spanish. Mr. Foster returned thanks for
the donations to the , elbow fever sufferers.
The Chicago visitors left Galveston on the 2d inst,
and arc expected AZ Vera Cruz on the 9Th reception
committee was organized at Vera Cruz. Peace prevails
and business IL getting steady Congress IL SUI cOnsd-
criug the railroad cOnCessIuus. Tue probabilities are
that will approve the TeLauntypcc aud sullivan
Palmer Mr. Sullivan haG urged the EKecu-
tive to cause Congress to decide the validity OF the
concessions granted last year.