Show by telegraph t congressional SENATE washington 15 in the course of debate on the pension appropriation bill davis davia said the whole number of pensioners now on the roll was L the amount paid for pensions en in 1875 wab was the amount appropriated inore more than in excess of the sum paid taie tale three million dollars was expended in some way but did not go to the pens pene pensioners loners it did not go to pay the expenses of the pension office here as that was provided for in the legislative appropriation bill lie he davis called at the pension omee office aud and had an interview with the commissioner though not entirely sAis satisfactory factory to himself six or seven hundred thousand dollars of the three millions was applied to the payment of fifty eight pension agents throughout the country still there remained more than two millions not accounted for it had been paid much of this money went to pay the increase of pensions authorized zed during the year he 11 e thought the decrease resulting from death remarriage and minors com age the increase and prove that the pension roll for the past year showed a decrease of between 1000 and abd 2000 0 persons 21 morrill orrill sent to the clerk elerk and had read a letter from the tho commissioner of pensions explaining how the three million dollars spoken of bf by the senator from west virginia had been expended the commissioner states at ut length lenoth the amounts bid aid to pension agents fees for vouchers postage printing increase and arrears of pensions ac amounting in the aggregate to now to have the appropriated to pensioners paid in 1867 when the pension roll called for only about was required to have the amount disbursed then there were but persons employed in the pension bureau now persons were employed there he ile thought these matters worthy of the attention of congress as retrenchment trench ment could properly be made ingalls said early in the session ses elon he introduced a bill to appoint forty agents to investigate frauds upon the pension bureau he believed with senator davis that exten extensive sive I 1 frauds were perpetrated and of twenty millions appropriated at least five live million dollars were fraudulently dulen aly or improperly paid in consequence of deaths remarriage of widows and minors becoming a of age washington 16 conkling from the judiciary committee reported with amendment the senate bill conferring exclusive jurisdiction over indian reservations upon the united states slates courts and for the punishment of crimes committed by and against indians placed on calendar relly kelly called up the senate bill for the sale of timber lands in the states of california and oregon and the territories of the united states relly kolly said the bill was a copy cop of one passed by the house last session and lost in the senate for want of timo time it had been fully considered by the committee on public lands and reported favorably by that committee it only carried into effect the recommendations of the land office on the subject mcmillan submitted an amendment to the second section so as to provide that any person desir desiring ing to avail himself of the provisions of the act shall in addition to other requirements mentioned in the bill declare that ho he had not executed any mortgage or other instrument upon lands or any part thereof by or under which the title titie may be vested in any other person houas washington D C I 1 lo 10 seales scales from committee committe eon on in indian dian dlan affairs reported a bill requiring sureties for all indian agents sub bub agents and special agents to file sworn statements of tho the value and description crip tion of bf property owned by them on which they become securities passed wheeler from committee on appropriations reported the fortification bill ana aua aud asked for its consider ati this time the bill ampro t ates for the protection preservation res er ex aud and repairs of fort fortification ti ont of for nor tiff cat ions lons for torpedoes for harbor defense ac total passed washington 16 stone intro deuced a bill fixing the rates of compensation dens vens pensa atlon tion of railroad companies for the transportation of US mails malls washington 16 crounse offered a resolution calling on the secretary of the interior to furnish the house a copy of the report of the government directors of the U P R IL for the year 1875 referred southard from the committee on territories reported a bill to amend the act ofard of 3rd ard march 1865 for the admission admi slon sion of colorado as a state referred referred to committee of the whole the house went into committee of the whole blackburn in the chair on the colorado bill the only changes made by this bill in the enabling act of last march are a provision that all qualified voters under the laws of the territory shall be entitled to vote on ratification or rejection and a provision appropriating to pay the expenses of the constitutional convention after a long discussion the committee rose and the bill passed without yeas and nays the house then took up as a special order the bill to reorganize the judiciary tho the report of the judiciary committee made by bt mccreery 10 I 1 contains the following statement your committee do not hesitate to tossy say that any legislation which proposes to relieve the supreme court by improving or destroying the right of appeal as it existed prior to the act of the last congress will be unsatisfactory it is therefore in the opinion ot your committee very important that tha t if any part of the appellate j jurisdiction of the supreme court is taken from it the same should be lodged in an intermediate ter termed lite court of appeals to sit incho several circuits and to lie he composed of the supreme court Su justices J slices ices lees assigned to the circuit the circuit judge and the several district judges and this is the plan proposed by the bill under consideration The report sums up by giving ua the follo following wing reasons for the bill t finst first it will establish a court of appeals of very high stand standing inz and authority within ca convenient distance from the residence of parties litigant which will be able to hear and determine anally finally with reasonable promptness all cases involving not more than 10 and not ip lii any question of such general importance as to require the I 1 adjudication of the supreme court these two considerations being a coi cot court of appeals within a convenient distance from the residence of parties litigant and securing prompt final decision are both very important the importance of the former will be appreciated when we consider that an appeal to the supreme court from the decision of circuit or district court under the law as it now stands involves in many cases trial at a distance of from 1200 to miles from the place of trial below and the importance of the second dwin will be appreciated when we remember that such an appeal also as the law now is involves a delay unless the parties are willing to forego the valuable and important privilege of oral argument of from three to filse five years second it will relieve the su ssu dieme court from the necessity of hearing herring a large class of cas its docket to such an extent as to enable it lo 10 hear appeals and writs of error with promptness will confine its labors to those great and important questions which ought to occupy its attention and will give it ampie ample time and proper opportunity port unity to consider those questions with that deliberation and care which their importance demands third it will facilitate the administration of justice in the lower courts and will relieve the dockets of circuit courts now greatly overcrowded in many of the states by relieving those courts from the trial of appeals and by enabling parties to bring and defend suits therein at places more convenient to their homes fourth these advantages are all to be secured by tho the passage of the tho bill under consideration without the creating of bf a single additional judgeship fifth the measure is one of economy As the law now stands seR separate arato arate juries are ard required for circuit and district courts by holding these courts simultaneously in all states and providing as the bill doos doss that that the panel of juron jurors selected and summoned for the district court shall also be the panel for the circuit court a very large sum will be saved to the united states and heavy cost to the people as well as to the local governments appeals to the supreme court will also in many cases be saved the cost of holding courts of appeal will be much less than the saving in other directions knott chairman of the judiciary committee enlarged upon the reasons set forth in the report in favor of the passage of therill the bill hooker moved to reduce the limit of value from to various other ether amendments chiefly ofa of a local nature naturel were offered but none were acted on the speaker obtained for himself leave of absence till bionday monday next in order he said that lie he might pay a litle more attention to his health AMERICAN BELVIDERE N J 15 patrick patriek ward for the murder of peter mie miers rs in phillipsburg Phillips burg in may last has been sentenced to be hung on the of march john mittet ritter bitter who murdered his two children I 1 dren in hackettstown in in I 1 oct last pleaded guilty of murder in the 2nd and degree and was sentenced to the states slates prison at hard labor for twenty years on each of the two indictments ST upon the opening of the babcock trial the counsel for the government notified the court that farther testimony would reach here from washington tomorrow respecting the dispatch of joyce to babcock dec ad and the one une from babcock to joyce dec ath 1874 which have not yet been ad admitted mittel the court also gave notice to counsel that they would not pass on the admissibility of the avery telegrams until the defence had an opportunity to present evidence that averys name was known to the grand jury and was not included in the indictment naming the conspirators one objection to the avery telegrams la Is in which it was shown that avery was in the conspiracy was over as the telegrams themselves tended to show that alfred bevis the distiller was put on the stand and testified that joyce showed him dispatch from babcock in dec der decem em ber 1874 and that hs his understanding from it was that the revenue agents were not comin coming and on the of ita it preparations were e made to run the crooked when joyce showed witness this dispatch he told him everything was all right and to go ahead DENVER col 15 the constitutional tut ional convention after two days of earnest discussion adopted a chapter on the elective franchise which requires the first state legislature 18 to provide by enactment for the submission of the womans comans suffrage question to a vote of the people thesis this is regarded as favorable by the advocates of the measure who claim a powerful constituency in colorado whilst the experiment in wyoming ort on the north has justified the privilege in kansas woman exists as to all school offices washington 15 the secretary of war has submitted a request for an appropriation of to meet the deficiency in the appropriation for the pay of troops from june to 1875 he expresses the hope that this will be done before a regular deficiency bill be passed about 2200 original measures have been in introduced Arod in lit the house the present session the bill reported from the committee on military amm aff mairs affairs today to day for the transfer of the jurisdiction and control of the indian bureau from the secretary of the interior to the secretary of war pr provides avides that the act shall take effect on the of july next the secretary of war is required to detail an officer not below the rank of colonel to tako take charge of the office under such regulations as he may prescribe army officers are to act as superintendents ten dents agents sub agents etc thus abolishing all the present civil machinery of the bureau provi slon sion made far ar a continuance of indians through army off meers officers and the secretary of war is required to cause an enumeration of all indians to be taken the report of the committee was unanimous NEW york 16 charles charlea J wil wll liabson li amson believed to be the principal in the issue of forged bonds of the bew kew 1 ear york Cen central trul buffalo and erie railway and anti tile the W western estern union telegraph companies has been arrested here the ship IV jr J kat hat add from i philadelphia for Bremer bremerhaven haven was discovered at sea distasted dismasted dis masted and waterlogged water logged by the bark flo ha ka which sent off a boat but it could not get alongside three men jumped overboard one ono of whom was drowned the other two were picked up the remainder of the crew could make no ecrert to bave save themselves being exhausted for want of food and water the flo ka hove to from six in the evening until the following morning but during the night the vessel went down with all on board CHICAGO 16 the times wash war washington b special says that today to day the i committee on the pacific railway will take action on scotts scheme and from a careful canvass of the committee there is no doubt that the committee will report f favorably yvor ivor abie able on the bill the rumors to the e effect fl ct that the committee will tie on the question being so far from true that there will be a majority of three at least of the thirteen members in favor of the scheme the committee on appropriations yesterday had under consideration the bill referring to the territorial govern governors ors it was decided to cut their laries salaries ea down to war figures figure that isto what they were before the increase four years I 1 ago this will make the pay of governors 2500 instead of judges 2500 iu lu stead of and secretaries 2000 instead of 2500 the western union telegraph company following elead th of the atlantic and pacific company has reduced its rates from 20 to 30 per cent freshet in the mohawk valley last night covered the central railway tracks with three feet of water and in some places with ice fee piled plied twenty feet high it carried away a portion of the bridge ab at amsterdam flooded the lower por of thiet place swee sweeping jIng ling away several houses from the he foundations and drowning one child the lower portion of this city is flooded tile the water rose fifteen feet the remains of bish blah op fitzpatrick who tiled ten teri yeats years ago were transferred today to day from the cemetery of st Augu stines elb els church to a crystin crypt jn the thedral archbishop williams celebrated the requiem mass there was a very large attendance attend avre aVoe of clergy and laity washington 16 luttrell luttrell in the house and booth in iii the senate presented a joint resolution of the legislature of california asking for the passage of a law authorizing the transfer of the management of the affairs of the interior department to the war department referred to the committee on indian ann aff affairs lairs the president signed C the centennial bill with a quill pen made from the wing of the american eagle ALBANY 16 noth both houses of the legislature have adopted eions protesting against congress granting subsidies to railroads ac BOSTON mass 16 wool wooi steady denland demand from manufacturers without change chanie from last report in either p rl cesor tone of market holders holdem of 0 all desirable grades are firm but there is no pressing demand X and X X penna and ohio fleeces 45 n medium and no I 1 do 47 2 50 combing and delaine fleeces 50 1 55 60 for washed 40 3 49 for unwashed wisconsin and michigan fleeces 42 44 for X 44 41 47 for medium and no 1 california wool continues in demand and has |