Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 20, 1874, Page 4

. manage the 4 e TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. danMn fl'll“flo’llm’ofl ér‘fdll“ TN ADYANOR). .00 | Sunda 4 Pabooginal:: 81308 ey Parts of a yoar at the samo To pravont dolay nnd milatakos, e sure and glve Port OBes addros in fall, noluding State and County, Remittances may bo made elther by draft, oxpress, Poat Ofiica order, orin roglstorod lotfors, at onrrisk. TERMS TO OITY AUNSCTINEIN 4 Dally, dotiverod, Bunday oxeepted, 25 conte por ‘wook. Daily, doliverod, Bunday inchuded, 30 sante Dor wook, Addros: THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, orner Madison and Deashorn-sta., Uhlosgo, lil ol o il ) TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. UBIO—1Tnlstod straot botwosn Mad. A oo Bnng‘q‘nmfl-z o e Rayor Family, ¢ Gabriol Gru HOOLEY'S THRATRE—Randoloh atrost,” hatwoon i o fit_of Miss Bydney Cowoll. Dl S T Honel. o, Y ot G Iana,¥ **To Protty Housobroskor.'™ '8 THEATRIMadison stroot, hotwoon DO o A Miasantoiio, by tho Lederkraus B ooloty. TETIRS—Dosplalnes straot, hotwosn Mad- L A e Tinngamont €1 4o Ligs. Wobor Troupe, Mllo, Fontainebloau, Georgo Davenport, eto. ' OPERA-TIOUSE~Monroo stroot, botweon D s T ltagiom Gotton: ad’ Rombiora Blinsteois, . Minatrolsy and comioalitios, Burlosgue of T Bordor Liy." ELPHI THTATRE-Comor of Wabash avonno st Oanuriss wtrort Varioly Satotalnmont. ©AIE: Darls, Xarl Lind, Logronia, ale. MONTUOMRRY QUEEN'S CIROUB—Madison stroot, corner Eiizabolh. Uhe Chicags Titbune, Monday Morning, April 20, 1874, Tho pleblacite taken in Bwitzerland on the ro- vision of the Constitution hag resulted in o ma- Jority of ovor 100,000 in favor of rovision. Tho Bishop of Nancy has fallen foul of & Gor- man tribunal, and boon hoavily flued for his prosumptlon, Itis not truo, as roportod, that tho Bishop of Pernambuco has heon pardoned. Tho graco oxtended to him wag simply tho ro- mission of his fine, Thero are ono or two grammatical goma in Boontor Logan's last spoech on tho finances, worthy of tho man who wailed over tho unfortu- nato Chandler, who was *dopreciated in Intel- lect.”. Ho says: ‘Why is it that figures and faots aro wholly ignored, whilo tho statomonts of Marco Polo, whoso history of his travels was once in grent doubt as to whother it was fletion or faot, but is now considored nuthontio, substi- tuted as argumonts 7" Wo sympathize with tho history that was in such pangs of doubt, and wo sorrow over tho *'aro” which tho Sonator haa fgnomintously ldoled outof its placo botween substantlvo and participlo. Mr. Xogan should avold long words and long sontoncos. Prosidont Grant Les boon rominded, in & deli- cato fashion, of cortain pledges recontly made by him, which havo not beon scrupulously ful- filled. Gov. Baxtor, of Arkanens, in a dispatch to the Presidont yostorday, said: ‘I roly con- fidently, ag I have all the time, upon tho nssurance contained-in your letter of Bopt. 16, 1878, that you would provent the overthrow of my offlcial authority by illegal and disorderly’ procoedings,” The other rominder came from that body of men known aa the Oivil-Servico Reform Commiseion, At the end of their ro- port, whioh is givenin our Washington dispatohes, fond reforenco is mado to the Presidont’s firm stond, taken bofore the last Presidontial olec- tion, in favor of purifying tho Servico. The -difforonae botween making promises and keep- ing them is thus painfully forced upon tho at-' tention of the Chief Magistrate of the Nation. We publish this morning the specch of Con- gressman Farwell on the currency question. Wo grieve to notico that Mr, Farwell has goner- ally fought ehy of the roll-call whon voting was to bo dono, but wo are bound to say that his spoech is for tho most part sound. Barring his misconcoption of what Is called tho ‘‘balanco of trade,” his obsorvations on the naturo and functions of money are correct, and hty ideas of what is necoesary in the way of legislation aro based on good business principles. His rec- ommendations are that banking bo made free, and that tho groenback oirculation be con- tracted =m8 now bank-notes aro issuod, until & system of practieal redomption is brought about. This plan accords with tho viows sot forth by Mr, James W. Buell, Prosident of the Importers’ and Traders’ National Bank of Now York, in his teatimony before the Houso Committes on Banking and Ourrency. The best speech, however, which tho Illinola delogation has contributed to the eurroncy de- ‘bate is that made by Mr, Burchard, of the Fifth District, on tho 2d inst. Mr. Burchard's argu- mont ovincos an aptitude for economic solonco combined with careful study and aconscientions purpose to declare tho truth rogardless of conse- quences porsonal to himeelf. Wo noed not add ihat his conclusions aro dismetrieally opposed to thoso of Morton and Logan. s — Civil-Service Roform is not dead yot, and wo aore assured, thia morning, by the Commissionors appointed to amond thespoliation systom hither- o in force, that the movemont ia not even inthe sgonies of dissolution, Tho fact is, tho move- meont has hardly bogun. All that is wantod to sot thie ball in motion is a good start and an ap- propriation of $25,000 from the National Trons= nry. Bothof these conditions aro dosirablo ; tho last-unmed s sbeolutoly cssontial, If the money Is granted the Commission will try to start. This is nobt exact- ly the substanco of tho Olvil-Bervice Re- form Commission’s roport to the Prosident, but it is much nearor o statoment of the facta in tho caso thon they have dared toapproach, Thora iaa certain sublimo impudenco in the solomn ag- sortion made by tho Commission that the roform eystom 18 in succossful oporation, Bimmons isnot warm in his placo as Collector of thoe Port of Boston ; tho Sanborn investigation has mado rovolations of} rottenness in tho Clvil Borvico nover beforo dreamed of, affecting not only sub« " ordinate clorks but the chiof civil ofticer of the Govornment ; tho scandalous action of offlcinls atNew Orloans, Now York, 8t Louis, and Daltimore, 18 stlll fresh in tho rocollections of the peoplo—these are some of the results roachod by the Roformors. Audin tho faco of overything and everybody docont, the Gom- misslon ‘parades “its still-born offspring as a moraland physleal prodigy—crylng, truly, but slmply for more nourishment | The Chicago produce markota wero' gonor- wlly tamo on Baturday, with logs doing and an ousier fecling, Mess pork was tho chiof ox- soption, being in good domand and 150 per brl higher § 1t olosod at $10,66 cash, and 810.76@ 46,80 seller Juno. Lard was quiot and 3}§@bo per 100 1us Jower, at $0.00@9.05 oash, and $0.76@0.82% sellor Juno, Moats wore quicf and o sbado onslor, at 53{@5¥go for shouldors, 83{@8340 for shiort ribs, 0@0}go for short clear, and 10@110 for aweot-plokled hams, Highwines wora qulot and firmor, ot 043¢@06c por gallon. Leko froights wore notivo and unchanged, at ba for corn to Buffalo, Flour was quiot and firm, Whont was nctive and 1o lowor, olosing at $1.269{ onsh, and §1.203§ sollor May. Corn waa losa active and 1o lower, closing nt Gdo cash, 64940 soller May. Onta wore dull and 3o lowor, olosing at 45630 cash, and 463gc sollor May, Ryo was quiot and stoady at 080. Barloy waa quict, at $1.40@1.42 for No, 8. Hogs wore notivo and firm, with snlos at 85.26@0.13} for common to cholco. Cattloand shoop were in- | netive and wonk. TRabbi Kohler proached yesterdny on * The Mission of tho Jowish Pooplo,” Ho bolioves that Islamism and Ohristianily will ovontually conl- osco nnd sink into a common.cblivion, Tho appronching trisl of Prof. Bwing gave ocon-~ plon for allusions, moro or loss dircot, by govoral preachors, to tho principles In- volved in the proccodings up to this point. The Professor. himsolf talked of Ohristian charity—n roligious product of which ho lias .rocontly had very httlo objeotive exnerlence. Dr. Thomas of tho Firat Mothodist Church, ro- garded tho trini from the Arminian standpoint. ThoRev. D. J. Burroll, of tho Righth Prosbytorian Church, proachod on **Bigotry in the Prosby- torlan Church.” His fundamontsl proposition was that there i8 no such thing ag Prosbyterian bigotry. Tho Rev. Honry Powers, who is sup- plying Mr. Coilier's pulpit, offerod ‘o ploa for herosy,” with a romote application to Prof. Bwing's case. Tho sormons on goneral topies aroof moro than usual intorest. Tho Rov. AL J. Bavago, of the Third Unitarian Church, spoke of “*The Good of Bunday,” His argumont was tho otd ono—tho bottor tho dny tho botter the doed. Othor subjeots trontod of woero: *The Ablo Minister of the Old Testament,” by the Rev. H. N. Powors, of 8t. Jobn's Episco- pol Ohurch; *Tho Bible and Wine,” by the Rev. Mr. MoChosnoy, being an anewor to Rabbl Fel- sonthal's artiole on unformonted wino; and ¢ Woman's Work in tho Ohurch,” by tho Rev. Olinton Looks, of Grace Epiacopal Church. Dr., Locke had not a crumb of comfort to offer the crusading women. THE SITUATION IN ARKANBAS, Up to dato, the sitaation in the capital of Ar- kensas romains virtually unchanged. Gov. Brooks is in posacssion of the State-Houso, and controls tho safe, whnlevor that is worth, the groat seal, tho Stato papers and documonts, and apparontly the Stato officors also. The windows of tho Btate-House bristle with bayonots, and it has broken ont with muskets from attio tocellar. Two plocos of artillory guard tho approaches tothe balls of logislation ready to wolcomo the Bax- torites to thoir gory beds. Barricades havoboen thrown up by tho Brooksites, and behind them the gallant henchmen of Brooks sit scowling doflance at Baxter and his *mob.” Sentinels paco tho streets, and, unless civilisns have tho Brooks countorsign, and the Baxter countersign also, thoy hava ™ to stayat home or go to tho gunrd-houso. Tho mon can't got to tholr busi- ness, and tho women can't go ehopping, and quiot people aro probably echoing Mercutio’s wish, *a plagno o' both your Louses.” Moan- ‘while, Baxtor is occupying a hotel as a tempo- rary gubornatorial mansion, and he also has .muskots in tho windows ond -sontinols ‘stolking sbout. Between theso two, tho United BStates troops are placed, . with instructions not to sllow any violonca or blood- rhed. Thus the two Govornors sit and glower ot each otber, nnd shako their fists, and threat- on, but no harm 1s done, and it is dificult to soe how any harm ean he dono 8o long as tho United Btatos troops maintain their present attitnde. The two Governors resemblo nothing so much 28 two small dogs growling and enapping their tooth at ench otber, but uoable to stir bocause thors is a big dog betweon them, whose growl snd whose teath are dangerous, acting the role of poacomaker, The twar, thorefore, is thus {ar & war of words, in the shape of - windy and blustering proclamations, which do not differ matoriaily, oxcopt that Brooks has the advan- tago of sprosding the great seal upon his, and dating thom from the State-Houso, and Baxtor's Iack that ornamont, and emanate from s tavern, Brooks commences his proclamations, * Elisha Baxtor, protonding to be Governor of the State of Arkonsas,” and Baxter commences his, “ Jogoph Brooks, protending to bo Gov- ornor of Arkaneas.” Doth of them afiirm that they are charged by the Consti- tution and onjoined by thelr onths of office to soo that tho laws are enforced, Both of them desiro to nvoid bloodshed and destruction of privato proporty. Both of thom command the mutually-opposing forcos to lay down their arms ond go home in {wenty-four hours, and both of thom feol compelled to take such mensures ag will provent disordor, although it is not exnetly clear how they aro going to make or provont any disordor with tho Unitea Btates troops holding both Governors by;tho cout-collar. Tho situa- tion, ss it oxista at present, is rathor ridioulous than otherwise. The exact numorical status of tho opposing forcos differs according to the inspiration of tho dispatches, From the Btato-Houso, everything appoars rosy for the Brooks faotion. From the hotel, overything 18 rosy for Baxter. Tho Btate-Houso- dispatches roport an arrival of two negroos, headed by a Drass band, to tho aid of Baxter, and this rein- forcoment, according to the hotel dispatchos, appears a8 80 many hundreds, and vice versa. It is ovidont that this condition of masterly inactiv- ity cannot long be kopt up., It tho United Btates troops continuo to hold their prosont position, one sidoor tho other muet give way, and tho prospects are that Brooks canhold outlongor than Baxtor, a8 he has nine points of law in the posseseion of tho Stnto-House and the Btato #afe, eapooially if thore s anything In the snfe. Howaover patriotic Gov, Baxtor or the Arkansas travelors may bo who aro flocking about him, ho ean't conduot a campaign without money, Pae triotism s only porsistent and offective when it i8 .on @ monoy basls, Pa- triots must have brond and boof and whisky—tho Inttor boing tho staff of lifa in Ar- konsag, If theso are nob furnished promptly, tho Baxtor army will bogln to dwindle, poak and pine, and the gallant squad of Pulneki patriots will gradually leave for homo, where pork, and pono, and potoen are plonty. The Govornment at Washington thus far has ncted with discro- tion, Tho Attornoy-Goneral hng.advised tho ousted Governor to tako his caro boforo thoe Bu- prome Court and obtnln its doclsion, and, moan- while, the troops aro on hand g provontany digor- doror violenco, So longas wo profors to have Ropublican form of Governmont, and admlt that tho lawis paramount authority, then tho law must be roforred to and its docislons oboyod. Wo oannot avold asking, however, what would be dono if' McEnory, of Loulslana, were 1n Brooks' place, and Kellogg in Baxtor's place. THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1874, Daxtor and Brooks bave simply turned thelr coats, Drooks was olooted by the pooplo as MoEnery was, but Baxtor got tho offico. Dax- ter, it soome, was tho bettor man of tho two, for ho votood all tho bad bills passod by tho Legls- Iature. So out ho went. Brooks gave bis ade hosion to tho Ropubliean party in tho niok of Ume, 8oinhowont. It Kollogg should turn honost, and MoBuory should botray his support- org, what thon ? e e —— A BURPLUS OF LABOR, Tho Pennsylvania mino-ownors franlkly avow that thoy must have elthor a striko ora locke out evory yoor or two in order to provent tho othorwiso inovitablo ovor-production of conl. In other words, thero is & surplus of Iabor In tho coal-distrlots, work from tho city authoritios of Now York, Chloago, Boston, Oinoinnati, and other places, during tho st winter, showod that thors was n. surplus of labor throughout a graat part of tho country, Thisclty has vory many unemployed mon to-day. Thoy awarm in New York. Reckless ohnrity has brought thom ihere In hordos. Tho wagos of labor are sinking. Thero aro firat~ clngs carponters in Chlengo who oro oarning only 81.50 aday, A year ago, thoy got moro than twico as much. Contractors who are doing Lonvy jobs have to post up notlecs that thoy wish no more mon in order to keop thelr offices from boing crowded with applicants for work, The samo story 15 told elsowhore. Thero arotoo many men to be hired, | Under theso olrcumstancos, any increaso in tho numbor is a mattor of lively concorn. It monns onforced idloness for some, mare paupers, discontont, mutterings of communism, por- haps: communism iteolf, Thore Is grent dongor ‘to our system of govornment in tho formation of large clasdes of tho very poor. Buch olasses mado Tweod possibility. Buoh classos keop Butler in his acat. They givo tho Philadelphia Ring a licarty sup- port. Twoed, Butler, Rings,—those aro the dan- gors of tho Republio. Tho great tide of immi- gration soarcoly obbs at all, howaver. Thoussads of workingmen land onour shoros, wook aftor week, dazzled by tho ignis fatuus of spnud} wonlth, or at least sura comfort. Thoy are ata disadvantage in the fight for employment with men who were born here or have lived hoto long. A prominont contractor of this city saya that ho poys some skilled bricklayers fresh from Gor- many only half what ho givea thoir e lder brothers who have beon hero sovoral years, and yot finds their Jabor less profitable. Tho foreign elomont, then, and tho least Americanized part of it, is tho most apt to bo out of work, It greodily listons to the harangues of demagogues. It hns come to this na aland of liborty, and, to its untutorod sonso, liberty and liconse aro much tho samo. Horo is tho dangor. . It will bo wiso for us to co-operate hoartily in tho offorta now being made by Germany snd Groat Britain to cheok the flow of imwigration hither, Somo of the lenders of English labor aro in ective correspondenco with - American frionds on this subject, and aro doing what thoy can to dissunde their followers from leaving their homes. Tho: Engiish Co-oporntive Congress of 1874, which mot ot Manchestor' on Eastor Monday, listened to a paper by an American advising against im- migration, - Our dispatohes state that the agri- oultural districts of England, whenco . Josoph Arch expocts tu trausfer thoussuds of o to° this side of tho Atlantio, have been placarded with cautions against omigration. Tho cautions are supported by the somewhat rash statemont, made on tho slleged authority of Consul Archi- bald, of New Yorlk, that 40,000 Englishmen in this country are trying to got back. The num- ‘bor 18 probably exaggeratod, but it has a baals of {fact. - Xf these and similar measurea are vigor- ously pushed, in tho British Isles and on the Continent, thousands of poor men may be saved from pauperism, and wo may be saved from tho Confmune. T THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INVESTIGA- TION, The Washington City corruption investigation hins renchod that point whoro it is ovident that only tho outposts of the Ring have been entered, Mr. Chittonden admits that he expended $97,000, for influenco; that of this ho paid Parsons $10,000; Garfleld, £5,0005 Rovorend Brown, 8,000 ; kopt §2,000 himsclf ; and paid tho other $72,000to one Maj. Kirtland, What Kirtland was o do for this monoy, or did do, Mr, Chitten- don, with his hand on his heart, declarcs he does not know. Whatover may bo the result of tho examination, the present generation and postori. ty will unite in tho verdict that * Ohittenden did not lesk " It is now very evident that Kirtland, who ia ropresonted as a loafer and doad-boat, without inflvenco or credit, was meroly a blind ; that the monoy, if paid to him, was not intended for him ; and that thero are other poreons to whom it was paid, XKirtland shows that he was just the kind of man to sorve ag this blind ; ho ‘has no permanent habitation, and o cannot bo brought bofore tho Committes, 8o the absent Kirtland and the water-tight Chittondon can bid the invostigators doflance, Wo suggost that tho Committeo, if thoy do not find I‘{irunnr], inveatigato who wero intereated in these paving patonts ; who were tho officors and stockholders of thoss wuod compauios ; who fur- nished them with tho lumbor; who woro tho | partners of McOlelland & DoGolyor in othor jobs, The oditor of n Government organ at ‘Washington, In his testimony tho othor day, throw aflood of light on the contract business. IHo #wore that, in 1873, tho party was vory desirous to purchnso the only newspapor in Philadelphia that supported Grooloy, and that, when trying to ralso tho money, ho was told by Gen. Bab- cocl, “There ia Bingham, Postmnster at Phila- delpbin, who has got a fat contract under tho Tonrd of Public Works of the District ; ho onght to givo tho monoy,” Thisis tho light in which tho oflloials of tho District viewed tho contract business, Part of the obligation of tho con- tract wns that he should ‘' come down " when tho party wanted monoy. It ia hardly nocossary tosay that tho samo codo of morality would re- gard a8 porfectly proper this donation as part of the consideration for getting tho contract, Horo was a contract for 200,000 yards of pave- mont ; $07,000 was put down for corruption the contraotors, wore to make twice s much profit, and both tho extraordinary profit and the corruption fraud wero inoluded In the contrack prico, and wero to be paid, in fact, out of taxcs from the poople of tho District,—tho rest to be appropriated by Congress, Tho paving job was but ono of o serios, Thoro had been soveral millions of dollars pald for other paving, Who wero the contractors In the other onses? Who owned or controllod tho patents, and who fur- nished the lumbor? , The Diatrict Ning may imagine that thoy havo oftectively thrown the Oommitteo off tho traok of furthor information; that, as Ohittonden will not leak, and Kirtland cannot be found, tho hige The orowds which demanded, tory of that 872,000 i loat, but If tho Committoo will trost tho inquiry as but just bogun, and push farthor and doopor, they may yet find who tha princlpals woro, reprosented by tho fugitive Kirtland. THE ABOLITION OF INTEREST. ‘Whilo thore aro so many sdvising tho Govern- ‘ment to isano groonbnoks uutil tho rato of in- torest fs roducod to b por gont or 8 per cent, wo wondor that 10 one of tho sochool of political economy of which Magle and Morton aro tho leadors, and Logan, Oglosby, Barroro, and Can- non tho humblo disclples, proposcs that shine plastors shiall bo Issucd till monoy can be bor- rowod ab no porcont. It would bo well to con- , tinue tho manutacture of monoy ¢l i can bo loaned for nothing,” If 10 por cont bo tho pros- ont rate, and Governmont lhas the power to roduco that rato G per cont (or omo- half), why fn tho namo of goodness should it ot reduco it another half aud lot us have it for nothing? This would be = glorlous achieves mont,—auch a proof of the boneflcence of ropub< lioan institutions that ovory throne in the world would jmmodintely tremblo. Now, wo do not bolong to Magle's, Morton's, snd Logan's schiool of finauco. But, if wo did bolong to it, wo should bo truo to its princlples; wo should carry thom out to thoir legitimate conclusions, Wo ehould arguo that if Iogislation, by increag~ ing tho ourrenoy, could diminish tho rato of intorest 1 per cont, it could diminish it 2, 8, 4, &, or 10 per cont, It might lot us all borrow monoy ‘‘freo, gratis, for nothing.,” And wo should Inslst on Linving the rato of intorest re- ducod to 0 por cent, If this can be done by Oongress, wo insist that it shall bo done. Unfortunately for our pookets, we cannot bo- lieve in oven & financial Utopin. We have learned to connect the rate of interest with the domand and supply of loanablo proporty. Not whon the currency incrensos in volume, but ‘whon more ospital is offored in tho way of loans than is domandod, does the rato of intorest fall, Not whon tho currencyis contracted, but.whon more loanable property is demanded than is of- forod, doos tho rate of interest riso. And tho loaus which aro offered and domandod are loans of roal woslth, mansured and oxpressed in money. ‘Oommoditios are tho real things transforred in loans. Monoy_ only estimates and mensures thom The rato of intercst boars no rolation to tho volumo of currency oiroulating in n country, The volumoof the currenoy nffects prices, not interest. An increaso of the volume of currenoy diminishios the purchosing power of tho dollar, It ton dollars now purchngo tho use of omo ‘hundred dollars for o yoar, whon the volumo of the ourrency is doubled it will take twonty dol- ‘lars to purcheso tho uso of two hundrod dollars for o yoar. Doubling the volume of tho currency diminishos the purchasing power of tho dollar one-half. Tho ten dollars previous to tho dopreciation aro equal to twonty after it, and the hundred to two hundred, in purchasing- power. Tho numbors aro changoed, the purchas- ing-powor remains the snme. As it i8 capital, not money, that is loaned, an incronso in the monoy, whilo tho amount of capital romains the samo, can have no effoct on the relation be- tween the supply and demand of lonns, which dotermines tho rato of intereat. Those are the grounds why wo do not favor the reduction of thorato of interest by legis- Intive action, It wo supposed that Congross could diminish it at all, we should insist on ita reducing it to zoro. Lot Magie, Morton, Logsn, eto,, be consistent, logical, and philanthropio and, while thoy are about rogulating the sum to be paid for the use of money, lot them mako it tho smallest sum possible. And, oftor:they havo done this, lot thom pass a law fixing tho prico of hats at 5 conts, of shoes at 6 conts, and of a horso at 50 conts. When this is done, wo shall be all able to take & rido—in the direction that & mounted beggar proverblally stoors. ENGLISH WOMEN. Thero aro 3,463,081 unmarried women in Eng- land, above the age of 15, who nre engaged in speciflo ocoupations, and are carning monoy theroby. This is tho roport of tho con- sus of 1871, In this country, according to tho consus of 1870, thora aro butl, 830,288 women over tho agoe of 10, unmarried and married, ‘“ongaged in all classes of ocoupa~ tions,” Xt thus apposrs that English women aro, as o class, much more indugurious than their Amorican sistors, Won all tho marriod womeon hinve been oxeluded, the ratio of feminine work- org above 16 yoars of ogo tothe whiole popu- lation in England isover1in7. In this coun- try, whore all the married womon aro counted in, and when the limiting agois put five years lower, the samo ratio is about 1in 21, A hosvier prossuro of want nnd tho greater oxtension of mannfaoctures, with the consequent chanco of omploymont, oo probubly tho main causeg of this somewhat amnzing differonce. e have had much more talk hero than in England about tho proprioty of providing work for womon, Thoy seem to have quietly gono to work thore, instond of talking sbout it. Perhaps this Hns hed its influonce in improving their chances for tho ballot, which they may obtain even froma congorvativo Govornment. If tho word ‘“malo” wora strickon out of the oxisting laws on tho franchige, the Tories would gain a number of votes. The now votors would bo *‘widows or spinstora living on wnuuilles or carrying on smoll rotail tradoes in borougha.” These olassos aro crabbodly Consorvative. Dieracli will not himsolt introduce tho necded bill, but Mr. For- 8yth, ono of his supportors, will. Tho Govorn- ment will not oppose it, and thoro {8 said to boa fair chance of ita passage, THE FLOODS IN THE SOUTH, To appreciato fully tho moaning of the eall for aid made by tho Mayor of New Orleans, and publishod yesterday morning, it is nocessary to understand the circumstancos that have provoked it. Tho brief and scattoring dispatchos from tho suffering or threatened districts do not fur- nish sulliciont data to realizo tho extont of tlio disaster, - Tor tho past throo wooks the rivers and stroams tributary to tho Mlssiesippi throughout tho entire Bouthwest Liave boon gradually rising. At last the wator rose highor than at any timo Binco 1847, The prossure at thia time was such a8 to causo serioud approhenslion, and demandod the utmost care for tho prosorvation of the Iovees along tho river, A wook ago this district wae visited by n sovero tornado and thon vio- lont rain-storm, which lasted for several daye. T'his was notably tho cnso in Tennessoo. Tho ‘Cumberland River roso rapidly, Somo acoounts stato that from an insignificant stroam, a fow hundred feot wide and 10 feot deop, It rose in forty-oight hours to & volumo of wator one milo aoross and over 60 foot in dopth. Tho conse~ quences wWore most dlsastrous, Tho Oity of Nashvillo, where tho storm yaged most woverely, wes inundatéd in & few hours, A lopal fournal states that some 700 nattsges | wore vacatod, and the scones attendant apon thoir dosortion must havo been vividly oxclting. Hundroda of pooplo wero awakened by finding thoir beds afloat, and thoy atepped out Into threo foot of water, Many wero compollod to pole thomaolvos and their familles to dry land on rafts huatily constructod from planka and bedding. Many wero saved from drowning by littlo losn than & miracle, whilo tho atroots in tho lowor part of the oity ate all submorged. Tho railrond tracks through this portion of the Stato ara injurod nnd bridgoes swopt away, Tho Tonnessoo and Btono Rivora aro rising still, and tho sconcs which provailed in Nashvillo] are ox- poctod at othor polnts, With this presaure, it is not aatonishing that tho Mississippt River is dnogerously high, The unfortunato City of Momphis, woarily roviving after tho mcourgo of Inat summer's epldemio, fiuds horsolf throntoned with submorsion, Now Orloans is in dangor of oflood, Bo urgont is the neod for rolief that Gov. Kellogg directed Gon. Thompson, Btato Englncor, to out a orovasse in tho dyke at Plaqueming, and divort the water in that direc- tion, This order wes aftorwards roscinded. The Eugincer found that ko could not oxcoute it with safoty to himself. Tho peoplo of tho districb refused to pormit it. The wator all along the leveo for miles wag within o fow iuchoes of overflowing. Tho slightest ripple in tho river plungoed it over tho tops, and stoamers were compelled to flont by wonlc places, in ordor not to strain them. At Baton Rouge, and for miles on efther side, the ‘water hog torn tho lovaos away, and the opon- ings aro Inoronsing in sizo, whila tho country round is boing flooded. At Plaquemine and other points whero the loveo still holds out, tho citizons are plodged to withstand by forco of arma any attompt on the part of tho Biate suthorities to plorco thelr last bulwark, and Gon, Thompgon was driven from threo points fixed upon as suitable for cutting crevasses. Tho statomont mndo bytho Mayor of Now Orleans, that 1,000 milos of tho Stato of Loulsiana woro undor water, is not exaggorated. Tho accounts from tho Oity of Now Orloans aro meagre, but oven now a Inrgo district is submorged. Latest advicos roport tho river still rising, in which cngo the disastrous offcots will be beyond all estimato, Finding no bettar subjecta for blackgunrdism, tho aditor of tho Chicago Timesis now ongaged in abusing his employes, Ho has commoncod with hig deamatio critio, and wo presume that ho will make tho rounds from his hotol reportor down to his ohiof oditorinl writor. Tho editor of the Times hus undortaken o good work ot Inst, and if the capncity to bear abuse is reckoned in, ‘whou salarios are fixed, ‘as it ought to be in the Times office, the omployes have no right to complain. Thero I8 a reason, howavor, why Mr. Btoroy bogan with hia dramatic oritio. 'This un- fortunato porson dared to writo - approv- ingly of DMr. McOullongh's ooting. Mr. MecCOullough had boon entortnined during the ‘wook at a broalfast party to which Mr. Storoy woa 7ot invited. Ifenco thoso additional tears! Mr. Btoroy, who doos everything by proxy now- adays, proferrod thot his dramatio oritio should do the woeping, and proceeded to administer the flogging calculated to bring about that result. Mr. Btoroy says that tho assistanco of his re- porter in the conspiracy to puff Mr. MoOullough was secured “by means not absolutely intel- loctual," but ho does not toll what the moans woro. Porhaps spiritusl? Why does not Ar, Storey consult tho spirits and find out? To alloiv tho matter to go unoxplained will bo a con- fomsion of Impotenoy which the Z¥mes cannot afford to make, boing already widely known as an impotent newapaper, — Tho now foothold which the English- have at- tained in tho Paciflo by tho cossion to them of ono of tho Iiji Islands is of moro than ordinary importance in & commercial point of viow, The islnnd which hag beon given to England will bo & station for the new lino of steamships bobwecn Ban Franoleco and Australis, The Fiji Islands oxtond over an ocean ares of 40,000 squaro milos, Thero are 225 of thom in all, of which 80 nro populated, the pooplo inhaliting them numboring about 800,000, It is stated that plants grow with marvelous rapidity, and tur- nips, radishes, and mustard aftor being sown twonty-four hours ara above the dirface, andin four weeks are fit for uso. Cotton grows wild, and most of the islands are well adapted for coffoo, Both in & commoroial and agrioultural sonso, thoroforo, this foothold in the Tiji Islands is ono of moro than ordinary consc- quonce. Undoubtedly, also, it is the firkt stop towards tho oxtonsion of English power ovor the Bociety, Fricudly, nnd Navigator groups. Itis bumiliating to think that whilo an English stonmship lino has beon started from San Fran- ciseoto Australia without any subsidy, and the ‘English Government is getting possession of tho islanda of the Paciflc, tho Pacific Mail Company, with its enormous subsidies, has hnd to with- draw somo of ita vossels, and is fast going to ploces from intrinsio rottenness and corruption. prwsdds nsdi 1t is clalmed that the gold-flolda which Do Soto sought in his woary march into tho interior ' have heen found in Arkaueas. Tho St. Louls Democrat has discoverod them in tho monntaing near tho Choctaw line, and snnounces that thoy are richer than atfirst supposed. If this is true, thoy must bo boundlesa in their wealth, for De Boto and subsequent adventurers believed them inoxhnustible. Tho world will look In tho direo- tion of these mines with ono oye very cautiously shut, and its fingor againet ita noso in o gosture of inoredulity until somo bettor authority is giv- on for tho resurrcotion of this schomeo, The littlo entorpriso of Lasw, tho Scottish adventurer, 160 yonrs pgo, in councction with certain hypo- thotical gold and silver mines in Arkonsas, and tho volurd of paper currency iesuod upon thig | innccossiblo gold Lasis, are still mattors of recont Listory, too recent to evoko any considerable en- thusinsm ovor tho slleged discovories by Oapt. Holloway, of 8t. Louls, Miss Anna E, Onrroll is onco moro indofatiga~ bly pushing her claims for compensation for fur- nishing tho plans by which tho Tennessco cam- paign of 1802 was conducted, her principal wit- nees being Thomas A. Beott, who wna then Asslst. ant Boorotary of War, Tho principal objection which sooms to stand in tho way of it, is that “gomo of our groat captawns msy be affected by it. As thoe only groat captain who could ba sffected by it is Gon, Halleok, thig objection isof no comsequoneo whatover, It is & long timo sinco Halleck bos boon great, if ho over was, DBy all rulesof ordinary courtesy and jus- tico, thio alnlilm should bo examined and reported upon. If Miss Oarroll roally furnishod plans which wore adopted by tho War Departmont, sho dosorves to bo rowarded. If sho Is simply & tronblosomo old lady, pestering the Departmont, thon lot it Lo dotormined authoritatively, and leb ‘the old lady bo warned off the promiscs. —— The Whitewator (Ind.) Presbytery, which was in wession lnst week, had a vory livoly timo over tho temperanco question. On Monday evening tho Prosbytory ndjourned to attond a mass tome porance mooting, On tho following evening throe mombora of tho Presbytory presentod a protest against tho andjournment to attond & tomperanco mooting, sassorting in their protost that, a8 tho prosent temporanco agitation con- founds uso with abuse, and as the Blblo dooa not command total abstinence nor reprosent intoms porauco a8 the groatest of eins, therefore the Ohurch can hiave nothing to do with the tomper- anoo movomont. Tho protest was read by the Olork and orderod sproad upon the records of tho messlon, with the prospoot thut this little brooze wil} davelon into a tempest, CURRENCY AND FREE BANKING. Specchof tho on, Charlos B, Far- well, of Iliinois. Delivered in the National House of Representatives, March 20, 1874, Tho House having undor considoration the bill (L R, No. 1,673) to amond thio soyoral nots pro- viding a national curronoy and to cstablish froo banking, and for other purposes— Mr. FARWELL snld Mn, Sreagen: Tho quostion of tho ourrenoy i tho most important question mow agitnting tho public mind. It lne boon diacussod by the pross of the country throughout tho land, snd yot-thoro sooma to bo no uniform opinion upon tho subject. Ido mot propose to tako up but a amall portion of tho time of the House in what I shall havo to say upon this subjeot. ‘When Congross pnssed the Natlonal Currency nct, two things woro attempted to bo dono ; first, to abolish all tho banks of issucin the sovoral Btates ; socondly, to supply the country with tho currenoy in placo of that rotired by the act. Tue formor was succossfully accomplishod ; the latter only in part,—in part because the amount wag limited under tho act. Congress assumed the right to fix tho lmit tothe ocurrency of tho country, nod eaid to the pooplo: Thus far you shall go and no farthor. Tho act crented A MONOIOLY OF BANRERS, which I8 againat tho spirit of our institutions, and sfforded privilogea to the fow apd denied the samo priviloges to the many, If tho sct had provided that all should Linvo the same privi- logas that nro accorded to the fow, tho second proposition would havae been acoomplished, nsmoly: tho people would havo had the priviloge of supplyiog thomsolvos with all the cwrency which businoss and commero required. Tho bill now undor digoussion aima to romady somo of tho dofects of the Currenoy act, It proposes to romovo tho restriction upon the vol- umo and amount of National Bank notes. I do not favor this proposition becauso it will in- oronge the oirculation of National Bank notos, but becauso {t gives the pooplo the option to decrense or increass the volumo a8 tholr wanis may from timo to time re- quire, I do not proposa to consldor tho ques- tion of inflation or contraction in conncotion with this bill, but to favor such legslation aa wiil enable tho pooplo to supply tholr wants. If the Issuing of curronoy undor the National Our- ronoy not is mado froe, the xéunplu will avail themsolves of just the amount thoy want and no moro. ‘The groat law of supply and demand wiil xegu.ln:o the volume; legislation will not and cannot. It is avorred by many that the proposition to make l\lmkinq froo will kavo a tondency to fa- flato pricos. ‘This_cannot bo done under this Dbill, "becauso, under the third scction, an easy mofhiod of xedompfiun i provided for, sud any rodundaucy of National glnnli notes will bo chooked by this soction, Inflation begins and ondd with tho logal-tender notos. The logal-tendor moteos aro the bnsis of oar benking ’operations. They perform the samo functlons that gold does under o spocio-basis ; and, as thoro is no law Yruviding for their redemption or retiroment at the option of the holders, as is provided for National Banlk notes, an inoroaso of their volumo would tend to inflate prices. Tho nmount now fixed by this Houso should not bo inarensod for this ronson. It 18 not necussary that tho volunioe should ba ine creasod; in my judgment it would be wiso to REDUCR THE YOLUME OF LEGAL-TENDER NOTES, provided tho Nntional-Banking system is to be continued nnd mndo free. At ail ovents, tho country should bo made to understand that the volume of logal-tendor notes is not to ha in- oreased at tho will of tho Bocrotary of tho Treasury. I do not object to the sum of $400,000,000 fixed s the maximumy I would rofor that it be fixed at £958,000,000 with freo anking, ond I sm not quite sure_but that it would be wiser to fix the volumae at $800,000,000. That amount, in my judgmont, would be sufi- ciont n8 o._rodeoming ngent for any volumg of Nationnl Bnok notes that might be taken out under the National Currency aot when wa bavo removoed the restriction, Tha timo will como when the legal-tender notes will be retired, Thoy should nover be re- tired by an" ack compelling the EonmmK of the Trensury to_pay themi; but an act should bo !muand by Oongrogs that would give the option 0 tho Natloual Banks to fund thowm at o small spocified rato of intorest, Whon the timo comes, when our oxparts shall exceod our im- orts, and gold shall thoreby flow into the coun- ry, then the National Dsuke would avail thome golven of tho option under an not of this kind, Until that timo arrives, the legal-tendor notes must continue to porform tho funotions that they now do, or oleo, if funded, the National Bnnl;a must bo nar‘mitiml to suspond spocle-pay- mank, 4 §nocle-payment cannot bo maintained in this country with the balance of trade agninst us. This {8 not only my own opinion upon_ this sul- jeat, but was the opinion of all tho distinguished gontlomon, except ono, who linve recontly givon tostimony befora the Committoe on Banking and COurroucy ugon this subjeat, It soems to mo that, if this quostion wasright- 1y undoratood, no ono conld ovject to whatis called free banking, If thero istoo much cur- roncy in tho country, under this billall Na- tional Bank notes cau be rotired, aud very spoed- ily. If this provision of tho bill, which mnkes ‘banking free, shall bo adopted ‘)y Qougress, it will do much to 5 TEDPECT OUR CURRENOY-SYRTEN, In fact, littlo elso is nocessary to be done. I would suggest other amendments, but I do not expect thom to bo adopted at this timo; I would roliove the banks from tho operations of tho State Usury laws, and authorize thom to lond monoy for what it i worth. Competition x"fif\untua tho price of monay, a8 it docs overy- ng elag, ‘Theso laws are rarcly oboyod, and, while it is not within our jurisdiction to repeal thom, wo can exompt tho banks from their operation. I would go atill furthor: I would repeal all those Fmvlalouu of the National-Ourroncy act which uterforo with tho banks in any manner whatever, It is an assumption on the part of the Govorn- mont to interfere in or In any way regulato the ‘business of banking, unless it 18 what may rolato to_tho currency witoh 1t iseyes to thom. Por- mitting them to issuo notos is only & vory small portion of the business of banking, and, if tho - Govornmont dosires to oxorclso n paternal caro over theso issues, I hinve no objeotion. ‘Wo bavo lepislated tho Btate banka outof oxistonco. Having dono so, itisour duty to permit the peoplo to sonly themselves with somothing in thoir stead, ‘Ihis we do by requir- ing thom to seouro thoir notes; but I would like to aal nnf man whore wo got tha right to intorforo In all the businoss of the banks ? Doos the jssuing of theso notos to those banks at 00 conts on the dollar upon our bonds confor any right to mnnrtsu tholr ofher businoss ? Tho ag- Eragnl« ciroulation which wo permit thom to nve, added to the wholo voluma of logal-tonder notos, porforms loas than one-fenth of tho busi- ness of tho country. Why, then, I say again, should wo intorforo in the other ninc-tenths of tho businessiwhioh theso banks perform ? The great bulk of business isdono upou bank-credits, ond it s well known to you, Mr, Bpeaker, that, In tho transactionn of tho banks in Now York Oity, amounting upon the average to 100,000, 000 daily, only 8 por cont of ourrenoy is eme ployed.” Now, whon it supplios so emall a part of tho machinory of businoss, WHY BII0ULD WE INTERFERE In tho business of banking? If the United Btntos wero a ptookholdor n theso institutions, oven to a small extont, I could thon seo tho res- soun why wo ashould suporviso their businoss ; but, as their clifltnl i3 oll their own, and tho Govarnment of the United States has no intorest whatovor in thoso institutions, why should they not bo loft perfeotly free to manage their own affairs in thoir own way, precisoly tho samo as il othor businosa is managed ? It s well known. that, whon a Nation- al DBank fails, 1t s always found that it has violatod tho National-Ourroncy mot. '‘I'he soounty which our supervision is sup- posod to glve depositors—and it is for them alone that this snpervieion is provided—Is found to bo sbsolutely valuelesu; the roserves aro jone, H The enpervision ought to bo abolishod for su- other roagon. We ofton givo oredlt aud respoct- ability to banks which thoir ownera do not poss woss, londing people to do business with thom whioh thoy would not do If this suporvision wag abolishod. Washould not give real or imnginn ry oredit to banks or hullle']unln whioh Lag tho lonst iunduno‘y‘ to mislend; bub banking and bankers should havo oredit basod only upon aap- ital, orodit, houesty, intogrity,” aud oo paclty. I nood onlv rofor to' tho nofas blo instance of tho First Natlonal Banh of this c“fi' located in the vory shadow of tho office of tho Comptroller of the Currency, to provoe tho absoluto worthlonanoss of this Govern-. mont oaro and supervision over our banking institutions, Wo should not superviso bauking, Enh‘mu it is proposed to superviso nll kinds ok usinoss, ‘Whon Oongroas hns pasaed such Currenoy lawa a8 will soonra the bill-holder, ita duty is dona.. When tho rostrlctions nro removed, as” provided for by the bill now undor discussion, wo. shall ‘have given to all the lwnplo the privilege now only nceordod to n fow. Wo can nll of ug obtain s much cur- ronoy 88 i8 nooded, provided always that wo havo somothing with which to buy it. k As I have bofore romarked, it is bolioved by goma persons that to make banking froo will bo to flood tho country with a vast amount of cur~ ronoy. This, in my judgmont 18 A FALLAOR. Thero can bo no inflation’ of Nationsl Bank notes undor this bill, I know of but two waya to got monoy : one {s to oxchange somothing for it ; tha othor, to Lorrow 6. o Woet and Bouth, it ia claimed, want more money. That want, I fancy, I8 not confined to thoso Jocalitioa alono. Wo all want more monoy. ‘Wo at the Wost and South will Lavo banks and money when wo aro rich onough to nxuhnn;fiu somothing for thom, and not boforo. Banks will boorganized whore thoro ia_capital, and whore 1t can bo profltably employed ; and the domands of tho West and the South for moro money, and Now England for loss monoy, will be complied with by making banking freo, Now, much bias boen said about the charagtor of our curronoy ; it has boon called irrodosmable, dishonest, broken promises, aud go forth, thoiills that afilict tho body-politic have been chargad to it. Xt waa sald boforo tho Committea on Bauking and Currenoy, by n distinguishod wrlter upou politienl cconomy, that tho price of Inbor in Now England has advanced, sinco 1860, G4 per cent ; that tho cost of living to thelr oporatives hnd boon incransed from 60 to 76 por cent, all on account” of this much-abused ottre rency ; that prices woro inflated thoroby groatly in oxcess of tho difforonce hetwoon gold and our- ronoy; and that the oyly rond to prospority wag Dby contraction, Tarthor, that w).Hle it would re~ duco tho wages of their oporativos, the pricos of thoir living would bo docrensed in o groator ratio ; that the increased cost of their manufac- turos had lost thom thoir Obinn trade, which could only bo regainm,l Dby tho contraction of tho curronoy, &o that the articlos exported to that country could bo produced” at s loss cost. He atso statod that tho farmers in this country lost, in tho yoar 1873, 875,000,000 on" nc- count of this bad ourrenoy that thoy wore obliged to sell in Ruropo for gold ; that.the cost of production was paid for in currenoy, and that, hossid, was tho ronson of their loss. And, furthormore, o informed tha Committeo “that_pork boof, aud wheat, before tho war, ware au high, It not highor, in gold than thoy ara at this time in currongy. Ho waa asked to oxplain how it was_that tfiu Now England operatives wora compotlod to png from 50 to 76 per cont mora for living now than before the war, whon thesa articles of consumption were as low In ourrency 2 they were in gold bofors that timo, Ho ropfied that he would angwor at soma futura timo, if the Comumittee would give him an opportunity. Now, I affirm that there Is no difference in tha price of cotton and woolon mnaufacturo in thia country beyond the gold promium, In making a ccomparieon, in p liat of sixteon articles of cotton~ manufagture, showing the prices on the 8d of Maroh, 1860, in gold, with catton ot 11 conts a x?m‘m" m\d tl:? pr!c‘nsl 3{( the a‘umc articlo in ours onoy with colton at 16} cents a pound, I fls that the difforonco is about the dmurgnou hd'ut\va:g gold aud currenoy. On two of thege artilos tha Pfllotm wuruttho sm;m. - sooms to me that this com parison shows the fallaoy of -the poaltion assumed by two distin- guished political economist. A rofurn to specio-paymonta 2 13 NOT NROLSSARY to the successful prossoution of business, The Epst decada i8 one of the most prosperous in our lalur{‘, and I, for ono, am content to lot well enough alone, Specio-rosumption will not bs brought about by logislating about tho ourrency. When wo ‘waak to pay epecia we must have tho specio with which to pay, Wae could obtain it by oxchanging our axports forit; and, whon our exports are nat exceeded by our imports, wo shall have the withdrawal to” do it, and wo may rosnme. Wa may rosolve as much as we plenso, but this will not croato coin, If our industrics can bo kopt congtantly and profitably employod, our noe for foreign articlea will be lossoned, aud in a fow !nm we ahall grow up to that favorable condie ion of trada which will bring gold into thecoun= try snd make iy eosy to resumo, Wo may cone tract tha currency to moet the wisbes of thosa who deslre resumption to be brought about in that way, and the result will be, tuat our reve- nuoa wili fall oft, and wo shall bo compollad to impose ndditionnl texation to meot tho oxpenses of tha Govornment, Liquidatlon of thie knd is wanted by thosa who de- slre to make tho dollars thoy own worth more. Now, Isuppose itisnot our duty to logislata forthis olnss to the oxoluslon of oll othors, They talk about dishonost promises,but who elso complalns? The active business mon of the country do not dosire to reduco their busie nesy, nor do the manufacturers desivo to turn out their oporatives to beg or starve. Forced contraction will produco both theso rosults, ‘When the labor of tho country is employed, all :il;:sus are prosperous and wo havo no broads e, . It 18 not donicd by the advoentes of apeedy and forcod resmmption but that tho road is through ipn\'mmn aund sufforing.. How often did we hon it snid during the Into panio, We havo sufforod this much ;" lot ua suffor w little moro, and we shall heve speoio-resumption 7 Specle-resumption ia no doubt desirablo; but ‘We cannot pay specio UNTIL WE' HAVE IT. o cannot pay gold unless wo hiavo gold, If wo could transmute clay into gold, wo could adopt Mr, Grooloy's formula, *The way to resnme ia to resumo.” In I desire .conclusion, to sy, =a sottlod Poliuy must - soonor or Inter bo adoptad, so ihat Congress can diemiss forover tho subjoct of the currency. Until this is dono, our finances will bo disturbed and our businosa will bo paralyzed to a greator or loss oxtont. ‘T'lio oountry is walting now in fevarish anxioty to soe what Gongress will do upon this subfnut,‘ aud it is all-important that what wo do shall ba done g‘mukly. ‘When we shall havo passed a. Froo-Uanking law, we shall have taken the firss. gn:i:e stop, in my ‘opinion, towsrd this mottled polioy. Whon that favorablo condition of_trado shall gomo 8o thiat we shall acoumulato gold, Fold will tako the plnce of ‘logal-tender notos. 'I'hon we. can give tho option to holdors of greonbacks to. fnnd them, by an act for that purpose, and our logielation will have heen oum\wloh:d. ROCHEFORT’S ESCAPE. IMow the Convicts Wore Rescued by Their Friendg««1Who Xs to IBlanic. New Yorx, April 18.—With reforonco to the ©soapo of Honri Rocliofort, the Paris Soir says : “Wo learn by alotter from London thnt the cacapo of the Fronch conviets has nlready lod to au exchangs of notes betwoon the Cabinets of Vorunillos and 8t. James, According to the ine formation of the Inglish Government tho vessol was o Trouch ono, fitted out by frionds of tho prisonors and having on bonrdn orew of twonty-five mon quite datormined to fight it nooessary, "Tho couviats to ba curried off wora “ovontoon in number, but when the moment rr- rived only five could be rendy, the others being ongagod "in o pioco 0f worlt nesigned to thout. ‘Tho oraft in question, the Englih authoritics - daclaro, had fraudulently hoistad tho British flag, but the Fronoh bLolievo that it can ba proved that the vessel wea E?mm‘m and pre- paredin a British port, and that tho Governs mont oftioers thore could not bo ignorant of its dostination ; also that, as tho cacapo took place undor the protection of the flag of England, that country should be hold respousible. COLUMBUS, O. Bills Passed by the Ohio Xiouso of IRopresentativows Qarvypus, 0., April 19.—In tho Bonnto on Baturdny tho Iouso joiut resolution for an in- vestigation of the publio works by o joint so- loct committeo was indefinitely postponed, Tho. followlng bills pesned the House: Billa to maeka: proviaions of Lavor Lleotion Inw applicable to political conventlonsj to provido for keoping polls at primary elections srom 11 &, m. to 7 p. m,; to pravide for dividing wards of citios into two or miore voting prociuots, when thoy contuin u population of 10,000 of more; to require the Probato Judge of ench connty to oxamine into tho County Tronaury avory six months ; -to roorganize the Boldiors” Orphans’ Homa'; to provide for tho incorporation of Grauges; ro- quiring welght aud uumg of flour to bo printed on the ncls containing the samo; to provide for an nm:nalnuun for the support of suporannuated ors. —_— —8ir Lambton Lorraine has deolined n public recoption at tho hands of the Now York City authorltios, with thauka for tho complimont, Noxt wealk tho gallant Captain will vieit tho pube Ho institutions, acoompanied by tho Mayor, Als dormen, aud othor clylo funationarios,