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VOLUME 27.° CORNELL WATCH CO., OF OHIOAGO, MANUFACTURERS OF STEM & EKEY-WINDING WATCHES, Threo hloh have thelr nnoquallod Stom-Wind- ,B.\go..,'d""’l.'..?".fln'?n O g A nd“B 100 oach, with the Jo.'s guaranten of the 20t potformanco 'snd porfeotion f oron Watall Eomonts Toady wIth FosRORAILID dealors foF getiis oot ods, "L 0. BU NOT SHLL O JORBGL; comumnz, Prosaont, 1 Addroms GORNET L WATON G-, Grtnd Orossing,oor Rovonty-nixih-st. and Groonwood-av., Chiioago, Tl FINANOIAL. W. V. KAY, Prost,, Lato of Haydon & Kay. 0. D, BIOKTORD, Oashior, Latoof The Btate Havings Institation, TEIED PHENIX BANKING COMP'Y, Capital, 8$200,000.00. CORNER RANDOLPE AND DEARBORN-STS, CEICAGO,ILLINOIS. Transaocts 8 Genoral Banking Busi- ness. QOgnreful attention given Collections * New York Correspondent, The American Exchange Nat, Bank. DIRNATES SAVINGS Chartered DY Lhe\R3? Exolusively a 105 CLARK-ST, Nethodist Chureh Block. Bix per cent compound fntorest on depoylts, - Passbooks freo. ‘Maney also invostad for othors on Bond and Mort~ ’;‘é‘ h‘l‘lml{' :l!lm: “l“ nlvrnnni! lu:'m-ul ll{‘lfl ohargo to ¥ for abetsactor legdl examination of titlo. RS °° A5 K6. ECOVILLE, Yresidonts | s, Kevexr Rrzo, Cashicr, ‘NorE—During tho recent panic, doposits on dowand, without ot DANKING HOUSE OF LIVINGSTON & CO.y 10 Pincent., Now York. Bpoolnlly organized for tho husinoss of out-oftown agks, bankers, corporntions and indisidual: ncorporatod bink, grants nil fncilitios us aoks, Drafts ouall thoprinofial citios o ent intorost allowod on dafly balanoos. Calloct fow Englaud and Middlo Statos croditod at par for cor- spanidonta, Accounts curront renderod weekly. Spocial FRolillos for ttie negotiation of miscelineous scaurltion. INTEREST ONCITY BONDS, Olty of Ohicaga Coupons duo July1, 1874, will bo paid at City Trosauraz's office, if prosontod prior to to the 25th nst. §. 8, HAYKS, Ohleago, June 19, 1874, - City Gomiptroller, MONEY TO LOAN ON MORTGAG, 4 21,000 to B S -7 N SV bR g 05N 9 ‘Bank ot Chamber ot Commerce. this Bank has patd all LAKE NAVIGATION. GOODRICH'S STEAMERS. For Racine, Milwankes, Sheboygan, Maaito. wac, ete., daily (Bnndays exccptod). §Z-Satorday's boat don Muskegon, ete. For ft. Josoph dally. Batarday's Bost don't #570flice and Dac} NEW PUBLICATIONS. AVONDALE. A STORY OF ENGLISH LIFE. By Prof. Tnos. CLARKE, author of **Tho Tiwo Angols, " **The Burning of Obicago," &o., &o. Prioe (415 ‘pagos, ctavo, oloth), SLI5. ¢ Avondalo is anothor Obicago book, whose antlior has ained no Inconsiderable reputation writor. It has Boen well recolvod by the aritics, and fs, in faot, superior o most of tho lterature of tho day. It Is rofreshing to wot hold of somathing that reads like naturo in life, ine stoad of the stiltod oxtravagaucos that constitute the stacls of modern fictlon,"~{8tandard, Chicago, OHIOAGO: Publlshed by the authorat 628 Wesh Ad. ams-st., and zold by Emorson & Btott, 239 Wost Madlon. .., and by all hooksollors. ‘WROUGHT IRON PIPE, WROUGHT-IRON PIPE, Steam Warming Apparatus, MANUFAOTURED BY CRANE BROS. MANUFACTURING CO. No. 10 North Jefferson-st. FIREWORKS, CHARLES MORRIS, Manufacturer and dealer in all kinds of FIREWORIKS, Flags, Chingse Goods, and Fancy Lanterns, ttentls d to Firoworks e o b ot Rag. or Trivats Lartive. "Eheaieio 126, all oalors, cohatantly on hand. 123 Mohigan-av., second door from Madi- son-st., Chicago. STATIONERY, &o, STATIONERTY, Blank Books and Printing. COLVER, PAGE, HOYNE & (0, 118 and 120 Monroe-st. TO RENT. LUMBER OR COAL DOCK 0 RENT ORFOR BALE, 160 foet front h-:b;;;]l;v;x;?z back w&ho Emp'i!n‘:‘ conney 08, neal iy to 8, BHTRIR, Apply to M, ent. A CARD. Tho papers fillo:l inst P, Harking, 1o bankruptey, oL o Rege Manistor & Tohudor or by Harkine s ane frsid avfovorted, i hero was nous, o it vyt 160, was sont Ly inaf anistor awledyo of Harkin'aotunl vuidie o to Haulsier & Tichenur, sl re ST REIAN & OB, GENERAL STEAMBOAT TICKET OFFICE 200 Bouth Market.st,, southof Adams. The great touriats® uto, Htoamsrs runnin* through to Montreal, sd call e atall suints on thp lakos Livor Bt f.lwlr;uc& X : H o sl tokels a4 reCuoR) OSTAS MoDANIE Adeut. WASHINGTON. Mr. Butler’s Big Speech at Last Delivered. Some Matters Personal to Phelps, Dodgs & Co. Slight Encounters Botween the Orator and Mr, Foster, Butler Predicts that e Will Some Day Be in a Minority, Then He Hopes Congress Will d Investigate Mim Thor- oughly. Gens McCook Confirmed as Governor of Colorado, He Slips into Office by a Majority of One Vote, The Compromise Currency Bill Passed by the Senate. Newspaper Postage in the House-- The Old Rate Retained. BUTLER'S DEFENSE OF SANBORN & co. ¥ Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. TIE ESSES STATESMAN DEFENDS HIS PROTEOES. ‘Wasuixaron, D. O, June 19.—As the closo of tho session appronohes, logislation grows more oxciting work, and the attondance, both on tho floor and in tho gallorios, bocomos more numer- ous and constant., Lobbyists go about with anxious looks ag thoy contomplato the possibili- ty of an adjournment bofore thoir little jobs— thero aro no very large onos—are safely put through. All porties concorned in Congrossional matiors aro nowon the alert, and the busy hum of these last fow days is in marked contrast with tho listlossnoss of Lwo weelss ngo. The announcoment was made inall tho city papors to-day that Gen. Butler would occupy the acssion of the Houso this evening in a spoech on the Civil-Rights bill, but the initiated were fn- :oormud that tho specch would bo dovoted more a DEFENSE OF THE MOIETIES BYSTEX, ospecinlly tho Geucral's clionts, Messrs Jayne & Co., tho spies, informers, and insti- gators of frauds, who havo bled Now Yorl mor- cbinnts for years past. Tho result was that the tloors aud galleries woro crowded to-night as thoy bave not boon before during this session. Thero wore very fow vacant sonts on the floor, sud thoy wore on the Domooratio side. Tho gallorios wore jammed to discomfort by Indios, while the doorways up and down stairs, and tho space baok of tho seats, and thesclonlk-rooms, were choked up with no eagor erowd, intent upon hnurhn; every word that dropped from the lips of the Iissex statosman, It was & strango spectaclo to see a man boldly and deflautly do- fending & sot of scoundrels so mean and low that they were descrted by evorybody else, and who acknowledged in their recont oxaminations bofore tho. Ways and Means Committeo that thoy were thomsclves too much ashamed to apologize ovon for their own infomy. It was more remarkabls when wo roflect that this speech was not mado for the purposs of influencing votes on tho bill to nbolish the moities systom, for that bill had passed both Houses. Thefe was S NO ATPPARENT MOTIVE FOR_THE SPERCH Aave a desire to defend the Jayne crowd,and there was no men in_Congross with tho hardi- haod to atand aa their aolo friend but Banjamin F. Butler, Thore was an evident foeling of ad- miration for the darng of the mau in all tho vast orowd that broke out into irropressible applausa 48 be mado his sharp bits now and then. Tho occnsion ~ wns deomied of such importanco that Blaino bLimsolf presided, wherens it bas baen his habit to absent himuolt when the Houso held s scssion for goneral do- bate only, a8 to-night. Lvorybody looks on Butlor as o sort of Vosu- vian individual, liablo to orupt and compass & voleanio destruction at avy moment, and without warning., Heis dangerous, and it is wiso to bo ALWAYS PREPARED FOR THE WORST ‘whon he is ablo to atay upon his logs, His re- cent ilinoss doos not sooin to have softoned him in tho lenst, and if he loarned suything during tha day or bwo that he nud death looked cach othor stondfastly in tho faco it was not that ho should turn Irom the evil of his waya. To-night ho defonded himaelf ns an accessory, both before and after the fact, while ho dofond- cd his informors. Ho scomed to Lave loat nono of hisvigor, and when a laugh wont up, ho strutted sbout with his absurd, sell-satisfied waddle, glav.cing about boastfully as he had bocu used to do. Ho was mora himeel to-night than ho had hovn for sevoral montbs, The YWaysand Means Committeo were on Linnd, Dawor and Fostor being especinlly on the alert. Dawes did not look pleagant, and whon he inter- rupted, he had a wicked, monaciug way not com- mon o lum, In their firat encountor, DAWES UNHOBSED TIE EBIEX MAN, ‘but it did not groatly disconcort him. Whon his time expired, and, after a littlo squabble, was extendod, the galloriea applauded lilio o crowa at the theatre when tho heavy villain is foiled, only in this caso it was the heavy villain who was suocosaful and wos np[:lnudnd. Being ono man against many, ho hod the sympathy of the mass, ovon it his couso was bad. Tho Bpoaker curtly informed the unwashed thint a ropetition of the offenso would be follow- od by a clearing of the galleries, and order was restorod. ‘The llagging intorest was aroused again whon Butler began to spenk with reference to the Bunborn contract, The roadingof a letter, in which Foster declared 118 PUBPOSE TO RAP OLD COUKEYE, was greotod with uproarious applause, The charge in tho Martin afildavit that Foster hnd #aid that ho wanted to investigate Idutlor; was promptly donied by Foster, in & manuer that at onca carried conviction, whilo Martin is branded o8 a _ohoracterless fellow, « Dluokmmiler, 88 Butler well know, who ouly camo to Washington to mako use of the Ways sud Monus Commities o binckmail Sanborn, who, it nooms, was an old vietim of his. Foster's oxplicit donia{ of the chargo thab Massachusolts Congreesmon had egged hun on in the Inyestiga- tion, in the hopo of injuring Butler, loft Butler's 2x-gumom against thom shorn of much of its orco, 1n concluslon, Denjnmin put on his pathoetic style, and, witha voice absurdly broken and tremulons, rocited tho opitnph that e would wish to hiave, but tha solemnn force of it way TURNED INTO BIDIOULE by the irreverant Foster, who groaned ** Lot ug piay,” aud Bublor, with a look of inteunse disgust, duriped nto his ueat, first asking it the gontlo- mun (Foster) would load, TFoster's reply, undortaken in solf-dofenso, was a neorchor, and orented a serios of declded gonsa- tions, \When Butlor, iuwrrupllnr, asked if he (Foster) did renlly say in his lotter that ho “wouted & rap at old Cockoye," tho yoply came romptly and deoidedly, “Yen, I did, and I think Ygot a 1ap at him," Fostor then procceded, in- timating trmt]mtl had procureil his lettor to be stolen, and deolark ;Ltlmt Lo oxpected to have his latlovs stolen when ho went into an fuvestign. tion of wrong in which the gentloman from Mawsuohusetis was involved. “Why," bo exclaimed, ** tho Houno had to pasa » rosolution te koop the gentloman from Masws- CHICAGO, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1874--TWELVE PAGES. chugctts from stealing tolograms.” Tho effect produced by this BOLD AND FEARLESE MANNER OF WARFARE oaunot well bo imaginod. The result was that Toator fully sustained himeelf as the man of thln Congrosg who can handle thi bullying blaok~ filnn\ from Massnchusotts, and demonstrated at his victory in his flest encountor with him somno timo pinco was not & moro accldent, Tllis LI, Roberts, of Now Yorl, also 8 membor of the Waya and Mouns Commitico, then took tho flocr, and made o most. pmvurtui and soath- ing roviow of Butlor's specch, showing that Eoutlnmnn‘n connection with the Jayno and San-~ orn crowd. Butler, having recoverad, at~ tompted to bully, but he did not accomplisl much, Roberta rofusod {o be bullied, and the man from Essox contonted himself with sauce and lmrnl‘binuneu, intorjectod with n school- bov's air of talklug back. This has boons bad night for Butlor. GENEBAL EXCONIATION OF DUTLER. Mz, Roboris was followed brielly by 13, Rocl- wood' Moar, and at somo length by Mr. Amos, who doprecated Butler's attompt to make the Ra~ publican party respousible for the wrongs per- Eaunmd under the moiotics systom and tho San- orn contragt, Lyman 'I'romain then took the floor to ropel thoe charges of dishoneaty so foully mado by DButler against Phelps, DfldF° & CQo. Tromaln was quto sovors In his cridoism of Butlor, and donounced him for hayving smenmd hiore na the apologist of thioves and tho villitler of honest mon, who had boon dospolled by his friends, tho thisves. Tauking next to Butler, probably, 08 a criminal lawyer, on tho floor of the Ifouse Tremain mot lim on his own ground and handled him fua masterly manner. ‘The great body of tho crowd had gono Ly this time, but the gallerios wera well filled, and. at 11:35 o'clock Butlor look the floor to all his nssailants, Ho appeared rofreshed by his enforeod quiet, and in quito lively spirits. WHIPPED AT LAST, Ho did not sustain himselt woll, howaver; he ‘seomod badly whipped, and while Lo fechly struck bnek, he did not invite auy frosh attack, e closed up wenk and flickering, and was fol- lowod by Tremnin, who took this occasion to reply to Butler's strictures upon him during the Goneva debate, e dobnto to-night wns an unparalleled por- formauce. It was cortainly uncalled for by ‘any oxigonoy to tho public morvico, Its oniy ox- cuno was that Butler should defend himeelf and tuo Jayne sud Banborn peaple. It was quite apparent that Lo made not one friend, and whito Lo gained somo applousn for bl ready wit, the ond of was that tho disgust and_contompt lold hy the ma- }nmy of the Ilouse for him wasonly intensified. T'no causo of Jayne and Sanborn was not helpod, while tho villaiuies of tho outragos ou the peo- Flu, sanctioned by tho moiotios and Sanborn aws, and the DESPICADLE OUARACTERS OF THE INFORMERS and spios, wore only shown up in strongor light than evor bofore, fully justifying the wisdom of _tho repeal of tho laws by Congress, The per- formors wero_all in good plight; thoe play was well rondered: the audience Was approciative, and, a8 o show, the thing was & success, The m’"xl;“m was ruug down at ten minuted after mid- night, ’ i THF CURRENCY QUESTION. Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribnne, THE COMPROMISE ADOPTED DY THE SENATE, Wasnixoron, D.d., Juue 10.—The Curroucy bill reported yosterday by the Conforence Committeo wag called up in the Senate this afternoon, and passed by a vote of 48 to 19, A very animaled disoussion took place bofore the voto was had, porticipated in by Sonators Morton, Howo, Ed- 1munds, Buckinghem, Sohurz, Stevenson, Wright, Morrill of Vormont, and Sherman. r. Sohurz oxplained that, he was paired with Senator Logan on all financial questions. 1o approved of thns part of the bill providing for the redistribution of the $55,000,000 of the National Bank our- roncy, but could nob give nseont o the section legniizing the iasue of £26,000,000 of the graon- Dack resorve, ‘The bill will goto the House to- MOrrow. —— NOTES AND NEWS. Special Dispatch to T'hs Chicago Tribune, TIE NEW DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Wasnixaroy, June 10.—Thore is pretty good pathority for announcing that the Prosident will namo Alexandor R.Bhepherd, Froderick A. Baw- yer, and Fredorick Douglass to be tho Commis- sjoners ad interim to govern tbe District of Co- lumbla, with Licut. Hoxlo na engincer in charge of _tho straets and other improvomonts. The Committeo to whom will bo ansigned the duty of maturing s bill for & pormanont form of povernmont will nundoubtedly consist of Senntors ilison and ‘Fhurman sud Xepresentatives Wil- son and Jowett. No botter or more appropriato selection could bo mado. [0 the Assuaiated Press.) ‘WasmoroN, D. C., Juoe 19.—The Presidont gont the following mnomiuations to the Senate: Horaco N. Conger, of Now Jorsey, Consul af Praguo; B. ¥, Potts, of Ohlo, Govornor of Montana Territory ; 8. H. Winsor, Register of tho Land-Offico_at Choyonho. Postmustors—0, H. Sheldon, Burlingamo, Kan.; A. G, dalloy, Tort Worth, Tox.; C, H, Baird, Lincoln, Neb.; A. B. Cocliran, Abingdon, Ili.; R. F. Maryin, Duluth, Mion, ‘NOMINATIONS. Thoe Sennte contirmed 0. R. P. Rodgers, Roar-Admiral ; Charles B, Jordan, Repistor of the Land-Officont I-‘ufio (formorly Pombina), Dakota : J. B. Brower, liogistor of the Land- Oftice, and 0. O. Potorson, Neoeiver of Public Doneys at St. Clond, dinn.: Maj. Absalom Buird, Assistaut Tuspeotor-Gonoral of the Army. Edward M. McCook to bs Covornor of Color- ado Ferritory, vice 8.1, Elbort, romoved, Gen. McCaok was confirmed by one majority, afters discussion of sovoral houra, BILLS AIPROYED, Tho Prosident has approved the following aots : An act authorizing the widoning of Wright slroet through tho grounds of the Unitod Btates Marine Hospital at Detroit, Alich. : an act to ex- tendthotimo for fling claims foradditionalbounty under the act of July 28, 186 ; an act to admit free of duty articles intendod for the Internationsl Exhibition of 1876; an nct eutborizing tho Bonrd of Commissionors of Soldiors’ Homoes to koll proporty bolonging to the Soldiers’ Homo at Hnrroasburg, Ky., and known as tho Harrods- burg Springs proporty; an sct to authorize the sale of the military reservation at Fort Rey- nolds, Col, and the Governmont buildings thereon, THE RECIPROCITY TREATY. It is probable that the Csnadian reciprocity tronty will he postponed till tho next session. CENTIIAL PACIFIO BAILIOAD. Tho House Lacific Roilroad Committes, by & yote of 7 against 5, refused to recommend an investigation of the Central Pacifio Rallroad Compuny, and its contract and financo mattors. SOUTHERN TENNESSEE EUPERVISORSHIP, The Prosidont has settled the question of tho Intornal Revenuo Bupervisorship for the Sonth- ern Distriot, composed of Kontucky, Lonncssoce, Alabama, Missiesippi, and Louisiana, by decid- ing that K. It Cobb Bhall rotain thet position, thus disposing of tho ohavges againat hiwm, ————— CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, BENATE, ‘Wanitnaton, D, C., Juno 19, ORDER OF BURINESS, Bovoral Senntors eudoavored to linve bills on the calondar called up for passnge, but Mr, ED- MUNDS objocted, aud the morning-hour busi- noss proceodod. Mr. ANTIIONY, from the Committeo on Print- infig onlled up the Houso resolution to print 2,600 copios of Irof. Haydon's roport on the cro- tncoous flora of the West, Pasked. MIBHISSIPDI TEVEES, Mr,OLAYTON, from the Sonato Committeo on Leveos, reportod o rasolution auhorizing that Committeo to sit during the rocoss of Con- gress for the Emrpmm of investigating as to the condition of the lovees of tho Missismppi Rivor and the proporty of tho Government of the Uni- ted Btatos, susuming control of the same. Laid ovor, TUE DIATRIOT BILL. Mr, BOREMAN moved to reconsider the vote Ly which the bill to provide a Clovernment for the District of Columbis was passed yosterduy, Ho said he made that motion in order " to under- stand a provieion of the bill which he thought & very important one, Ho had not read the bill whon it was up for considaration yesterday, and thorafore hed not noticed the provision. 1le re- ferrod to tho olauso {u the fonrth section of the bill which proposed (o lovy a {ax of 8 per cont on all renl catate in eaiil Distriot, oxcopt that be- longing to tho United States, and that nsed for odueational nud oharitable purposes. If he un- doratood that provision correotly it was to ivau- gurato a sysiein of taxation Lere upon propert! never boforo taxed, that waajthe proporty of gl this ohurokes, 1indt Lie notlopd Lt provious to the conslderation of tha bill, ho would have moved to strilio it out, Mr. ALLIBON anid it waa tho intantion of the Committoo to hnvo a tax lavied on all ronl estato oxcopt that belouging to tho Unitod Statos, that wvsed for cducational purposes, and that bolong- ing to charitablo institutions. Congress somo time ngo had pnescd an aot oxompting ohwroh- proporty from taxation, which ahould nevor havo boon pssed, Tho church-property in this Dis- triot nmounted to about onc-fifteonth of all tho ronl ostate, aud the improvoments 1nnde around such proporty woro at the oxpenso of other rog:lrt_v on the stroot. The Council of the local egislnturo hore had rocommonded taxation, as woll ne the fouso of Dologatos, Tho bill pro- vided that tho tax shonld be a tomporary one only, for the yoar 1875, nud the Committea was of opinion thot ail real estato here should bo subject to tax to holp litt this District from its embarrassmont, Aftor debato, Mr. TIIURMAN moved to lay the motion to roconsider on tho table, Agreod to without o divialon, o DULLION. Mr. THURMAN called up the bill authorlzing tlie transfor of Gold Mint-bars from tha buliion fund of the Assny offico in New York to the Aspistaut Treasurer at New York, which had been amended by Jtho Houso, and moved to furthor amond by {userting tho words *and not loas than the mnrket valio,” 80 a8 to provido that they may bo applied to the rfldamrllm\ of coin certificatos or in exchange for gold coins at not less thau par, sud not less than the mar- Lot valuo, and it was agrood to snd the bill passed. LAWS IN THE INDIAN COUNTRY. Mr. PATTERSON, from tho Committes on Torritories, submitted 8 rosolution authorizing that Committeo to sit during the recess to in- vostigato ns to tho manner of tho exceution of tho lnws of the United Sintes in tho Indinn conntry ; aluo sa to the wants and sontiments of the inbebitants of sntd territory, and the. ad- tisability of _ereating matorial for & Govern- mont for seid Indinn country, Ordered laid on tho tablo. TR ANKANSAS JUDIOTARY. Mr, WRIGIHT, from tho Committce on the Judiclary, reported, without amendment, the bill to abolish the, Woentern District of Arkanass. Placod on the calendar, OXLOIANA TERRITORY: Mr, PATTERSON, from the Committes on Torfliorleu' roported favorably on the bill to or- anize the Porritory of Oklohama, and for tho ottor protection of the Indian tribes theroin, Placed on the calondar, TUBLIO_DUILDING TOR TOPEKRA. Mr, MORRILL (Vt.), from the Committon on Pablio Buildings and Grounds, roported, without amendment, the bill to authorize the conslruc- tion of n public building at Topekn, Kan, Con- curred iu. BTEAMSIIP NEGULATIONS, Mr. COANDLER, from the Committce on QCominorce, reportod, withont amendment, the House bill to reviso, amond, and copsolidute laws relating to tho socurity of life on hoard of ‘vossols propelled in whole or in part by steam. Placed on tho enlondar, PUBLIC LANDS, Mr. SPRAGUE, from tho Committea on Pub- lio Lnnds, roported adverzely on the bill to pro- vide revenue from the sale of public lands, and the Committee was disohargod from its furthor consideration. i e nlso roported favorably a bill rolating to the disposition of cortain lauds about to bo ro- claimed in Shoboyran County, Wis., and the bill was placed on the caloudsr. Mr. KELLY, from tho Committce on Mili- tary Affairs, roportod favorably on the Lill for tho restoration of Fifl-‘“o lands in the Fort Sodg- wick reservation, in Colorado and Nebraska, to sottlomont aud ontry. DPlaced on the calendar. Mr, SPRAGUE, from tho Committes on Public Lands, roported favorably on the bill providing for the appointmiont of s Commission to nucor~ taln the rights of Buhl‘unts of Qroot Britain'to 1and in the territovy whioh was the subject of the nward of tlio Emporor of Gormany under the treatics of 184G and 1871 between tho United Btatos and Great Biitain, Placed on ealondar. ‘This bill relates‘to 8an Juan and othor 1slands. THE CURKENOY BILL, Mr. WRIGHT, from tha Confersnce Commit- too on the Financo bill, called up the report made yestorday, and asked that it bo disposca of. He enid ho had no disposition to discuss it, and hopod tho voto would be taleen immediately. Mr. FLANAGAN opposed the report. Mr. EDMUNDS suid that, 6o far as the roport related to the rodistribution of bank cireulation, he was ontlroly satisfiod with it ; but lie objact- ed to the clauso abolishing the resorves which banks are now obliged to keop, He thought 1t unwise for Congress to authorize National Bauks to loan all tho resources they had down to 16 per cont of their deposils. Mr. WRIGIHT aaid that the section objected to by Sonator Edmuunds Liad been ngreed upon by both Houses of Cougress. In cnso of a panic the resorves of tho bank would smount to noth- ing, and it had boen agrood upon all hands that tho reserves had bottor bo loft ouz of cirsu- lation, Mr., BHERMAN =aid that the last thrao sec- tlons of the report were procisoly similac to the Dbill roported early in the sossion by the Commit- teo on Finance for the rodistribution of the cur~ ronoy, excopt a to the amount, Hoe snw noth- ing in thereport not agreed to by both Housca, The question of increased paper money and the question of specla-payment had beon poatponed, e hoped the report would be agroed to. 3r. STEVENSON eaid it secwnod to bim that all could staud togothor on this roport without inflating tho ourrency, It mot the viows of all artios, @ Mr. THURMAN seid ho would vote for tho re- port_becauso ho belioved , it was tho best which could bo obtained this session, There was little orno evilinit, onditmight be productive of somo good, Ar. MORTON sald the eftect of abolishing tho reserves would be to ot free over 30,000,000, which, at certaiu sonsons of the year (to move crops, ete.), would be a great rolier. The law now roquired this money to be locked up in the vaults of tho banks, and to net it froo would bo & practioal measura of rolief to some oxteut, Mr, MORRILL (Vt.) oppored the report be- causs in contained no feature Joolung to areturn to spocio l{? ymouts. Mr. ED3 i!NDS #poko nt somo longth ngninst the report, on acoount of it abolition of banlk rosorves. > Mr, THURMAN appenled to the New England Bonators not to oppose this roport. There were o faw Senators from thae Wost who had stood in tho #ame ranks with thom on this question, and at the risk of condemnation. The New England Bonators had offored this redistribution, end he hoped they would sdhere to their promises and not veek. l\l)mloxl to defeat the bill now, Jr, EDMUNDS inquired what tho Sonator meant by Bmtaxt. Mr, THURMAN naid ho utterly despaired of evor #eoing noy bill drawn which would not be objected to by bis friond Bdmunds, Iiven if that gontloman should draw the bill himsolf ho would 1ind some fault with it. Mr, BOHURZ said ho hnd paired with 3r, Lognn upon all fiuancisl questions. Ho would not vote for this ropoxt, asit proposed to legalizo the £44,000,000 reserve, which ho thoughtshould nover have boen issued, 1o, Lowover, favorod the redistribution fonture. Aftor Iurthor digeussion, at 4 o'clock, the voto was talon, aud tho report of the Conferonca ?ofiunuuuo ngroed to,—yesy, 43; nays, 19,—ns ollows : YFAS, Alcorn, Gordou, Pratt, Aliison, Marvoy, Ramsey, Logy, Ilitehcaci, Ravsom, Boreman, Tngalls, Robertson, Carpenter, Joliunton,] cot! Chundler, Kelly, Blierman, Clayton, Me(reory, Bpraguo, Uonover, Morv(mon, Hlevenson, Qouper, Mitchell, ‘Thurmau, Crogin, Morton, ‘ipton, Davie, Norwood, Wadloifh, Dennls, Oglesby, West, Ferry (Mich,), Tattorson, Windom, Gilvort, Pouso, Wright—43, Golathwalte, Ay, Anthony, Trolinghuysen, Morrill (Me), Bayurd, nger, Mowrill (Vi.j, Boutwall, Humilto (Md.), Hargont, Buckingbum, Huwllton (Tex.), Blewarl, Tdmunils, Hamlin, Btockion, Fenton, Jones, Washibura—19, kL LOUIBYILLE, QUSTON-IOURL. Mr. BTEVENSON, from the Committes on Appropriations, roportod favorably onthe Houso ulk to provids for the protection of the United tatos Oustom-House at Louiaville, Placed on tho cnlondar, MIVER AND HARDOK DILL. Unfinlshed busiuess, bueing the River and Harbor Appropriation hill, was takon up, ‘Ilie amonduiont of the Gommilton to strike out the approprintion of $60,000 fortho fmprove- ment of the Whito River above Jacksonport, Ark, sod the amendwmont striko out tho ;?propmtlon of $26,000 for the improvement of the Ounge River, Migsourl, were xojooted, Tho amoudmonts of the Committoo appropriat- ing 825,000 for removing bouldors and rocks from the Detroit Rivor, partlyin Canadisn wators, moking o portion of thy appropriation of 815, 000 for continning the improvomant of the lar- bor at Dunkirls, . Y., applicable to tho improvomant of tho hnrbor at Erio ; provid- fng that 815,000 of tho 8200,000 sppropriated by the Houso for continning tho improyoment n{ tho lxlunluulgpl Rivor botween thio mouths of the Ohto and Illinols Rivors, stall be expended Totwoon the mouths of tho Missouri and Iilinoa Rivors ; {nsorting 825,000 for the improvoment of the Obattalioochoe and Flint Rivers, Goorgls, wers agroed to. Tho Committeo decided to roduce appropria- tion for examination and survoys of rivers and harbors, for which thoro {8 no speclsl appropris- tion, from 875,000 to 325,000, - Pending discussion, tho Ronate went into oxecutivo sosslon, TECESS, The doora wororeoponed, and the Sonate took & rocoss till 7:30, EVENING SESSION, Tho Benato roassembled at 7:00, and immedl- atoly went into executive sossion, ‘The nominatlon of Goun. McCaolr, to be Gov- ornor of Colorado Torritory, which ocoupied all of the oxacutive sossion provious to the rocess, as agma talkien up and discussed, & POST-OFFICE BILL, Tho doora woro reopencd, when Mr, WEST moved thnt the Bonnto inslst upon its amond- monts to tho Fost-Ofilco A}gfl‘:}mnfinn Dill, and appoint the Gommittoe of Conference asked for by tho Houso, Agreed to, Tho CHAIR announced that the unfinished bueiness was the Rivor aud Harbor Approprin- tion il PENSION NILT. Mr, PRATT movod that_tho bill be laid aside informally, aund thaé the Sonate procoed to tho conslderation of tho bill roported from tho Committos on Penslons to amond the act granting pensions to cortain soldiors aud dnllors " of the War of 1813, sud the widows ot deconsed soldiers, approved Tob. 14, 1871, nud to restore to the ponsion rolls those paraons whoso names woro strickon there- from in consoquonce of disloyalty. Agrood to— 28 to 27, The Ponsion bill was then rend, Alr, PRATT said ho would offer an amendmont tothe first section, so a8 to give to every such soldlor not bonefliod by the act of 1871, a pon- sfon from tho date of tha passage of the bill, Ho ment to the Clork'a” desk and had read a lottor from tho Commissionor of Poaglons, stating that the passnga of tho bill would add $32,221 eoldiors to the pension rolls, and 16,000 widows, and that thototal amount 10~ quired to pay thom would be 815,091,684, AMr, PRA'IT said if tho arroars feature of tha DLill be stricken out, about 33,000,000 would be required to moet the requiremonts of the bill aunually, . . BURDRY CIVIL DILL. Ar, MORRILL (Me.). from the Committes on Appropriations, roported the Sundry Civil Ap- proYm!{uu bill, with amondmonts. Dlacod on the calendar. AdJourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Mr. POLAND withdrew his proposition made yesterdny to go to tho Sponker's table and dise poso of.tho buelnoss thereon, PUNLIO DUILDINGS, Mr. WHITELY moved to suspeund the rulea and pass tho bill fixing at.$250,000 tho limit for tho oxponditure for the _pubiio buildings at At- Inuta, Go. My, BE. II. ROBERTS said that the proposition was totally ualike that just: pdesod a8 to Auburn, Mr, SPEAR romarked that tho dlfforonco wae tylm;ouo was in Georgin and tho othor in Now ork. - Mr., GARTFIELD moved an ndjournment, say- ing that be boliovod it Lis duty.to do all he could s ‘r\invo‘ further. upproprintions for . public uildings; B 2R T Tho SPEAKER romarked that the semo ma- jority vote which would adjourn tha House could rofuso to second & motion to euspend the rules, and thereby prevont such appropriations getting through the House. > Mr. GARTIELD withdrow his motion, - Mr. WHITELY'S motion to suspond tho rules RS agTeod lu—ycns, 108; nays, 1. ) WASHINGTON'S WATCK, Mr. HOOPER moved to suspend the rulesand pass tho joiut resolution appropriating £300 for the purchase aud restoration to tho family of Marquis Lnfayotts of the watch prosented by Gon. Washington to Lafayotto, such purchase and presentation to bo mundo under the dirac- tion of the Sponker of tho Houro, The SPEAKER suggosted that' the Secretary of Btate would be a more approprinte medium. "'ho suggestion was generally assontod to, and the resulution was moditied accordingly. Mr: HOOPER hind rend a nowspaper paragrnplt rolating to the history and giving a description of the watch which i now owned by a Mr, Ward, of 'l'oxas, who bought it at a pawnbroker's shiop in Louisvillo for $75, somo yoars sgo. Tho wateh itselt was inthe landsof Hoopor, and was inepecced with grout interost by many mem- bora. Mr. MAYNARD, of Tennosseo, mentioned that tho watch hnd beon lost by Gen. Lafayetto, at Nashville, on his Inst visit to Awmenien, aud ex- gr«utd tho opinion that if the mattor wero rought to tho attontion of the Tonnossoe Legis- lature, that body wonld gladly male restoration. Mr. GARFIELD said tho only question in the matter was s to the gonuinenoss of the watch, Ifit was genuine, which had been somowhnt doubted by the expert, the resolution should pass oy & mattor of courso. Tho joias resolution was passed. " RELIEF DITL. Ar. MAYNARD moved to suspend tho rules and pass the Sennto bill for tho rolief of the East Lounessos University, Agreed to. PUBLIC BUILDINGS AGAIN. Mr. MILLIKEN moved to suspend tho rules aud pass the bilt for the proteotion or the Cus- tom-House at Louisvillo by tho purchase of the edditional lploco of ground adjoining it, not to oost over $12,600. Agreod to. After the transaction of n large nmount of routino businoss, such as referenco of bitly, oto., Mr, MACDOUGALL moved to suspend tho rules aud pass _tho bill dircoting the ‘vonsuror to re- port on ho necessity of a publio buildiog abt Auburn, N, Y. Agroed to—161 to 61, BUBINESS ON TUE BPEAKEL'S TADLE, Mr. BIARKWEATOER movod to praceed to business ou the BSpealer's table and dispose thoroof undor tho tie-third rule. Mr, WILSON (In.) moved, ns an amendmont, to suspend the rules, and proceed to the busi- nera on the Spoakor's tablo to bo disposod of under the ordinary majority rule. Rojected— yoas, 18! nly(s. . Mr, BTARK\WEATHER'S motion was then adapted without & divistou, and the Houso pro- coeded under the two-thirds rule to dispose of busiuess on the Speakor’s tablo, TOBT-OFFICK WILL. Aftor disposing of various Execntivo commu- nicntions, businoss was interruptod, sud Mr, TYNELR, from the Appropriation Committee, ro- portod bnok the smoudmonts to the Post-Oflico Appropriation bill, The amendment rostrioting lettor-carriers to cities of 80,000 inatend of 20,000 inhabitants was conowrred ., 'he amendment prohibiting advertisoments in tho Washington papers for post-routos, except thoso In Virgininand Marylaud, was conourred in. ‘The amendmont to stiiko out the provieo for the freo travsportation of agricuttural reports wa nou-coucurred in, g “Fho awmendment prohibiting the publienilon of tho rovisad stututes in uowspapers ab tho Goyernmont exponso was coneurred in, Thoe amondment fixing the ratos of nowspaper poxtugo at 4 conis & pound auil on single papors at 1 cont oach, and roquiring prepaymont, was disoussed at longtli, M. ROBERTS moved to amond the amond- ment by muking the postage on dmly and weok- 1y nowspapors 1 cont n pound, and on magazines 2'conts & pound, Tho grontor amount of .the business of the dailies and wooklies placod them within the rango of the wholosale business, and, therofora, the postage should bo Joss. e in- formed (he Houso that nowspapers wanted no sympathy, but only justico. Ho was confldent that the Housp was not going to legislato against nmvnpagfirfi out of spite. Ureat a8 somo publio men might bo,—loug ns might bo their publio 1ifo, their careor was short as comparod with the lifo of n groat newspaper. Where was none #o groat that ho could afford to snoer at it, If tho House choyo to togislate from apite, nows- papors would be carrlod outsido of tho malla, @, F, IIOAR oritivizod Mr, Roborts' intima- tion that tho House wau rotunted in its legisla- tlon by opposition to n\vu}mmru rather than by & dosive to do what ia right, aud for the publio intorost. Flually, Mr, Roberta’ amondmoné was rojeot- ed, aud ‘the Beuate amondment was modiflad so g toroad that in all newspapers and porlodicul ublications, malled from a knowa oillce of puab- ioation, or news-agonoy, und sddressed to reguinr aubaoribers or newa-agents, postage aball Lo 3 | £ o9Q chargod st the following ratos: Ong, Sapapers avd potfodical publieations, issued (. iy and more frequontly than onco n wook, 11§ conts for' cnoh pound v & frac- tlon thergof, and on th¢s w . pub- lished less frequontly 3 conts a pif 83 pro- vidod that the rate of P"““““ on now, +pors or poriodicals not oxcooding two ounc; weight, and clrculnm' whon tho same are dépteited in a lettor-carrior's offico for delivery by the offico or its carriors, shall bo uniform at 1 cont encly, but Bnrlmllutln wolghing mors thau two ounces ghall o subject to s postago of 3 conts onch, and thona rates shall be propald by atamp, . Tho amondmont allowing singlo copies of nowspapors to go through tho mails froo within tho county was conottrred in. v 3 Tho amendment allowing 4-pound packages of tho third class to be transmitted by mail was, aftor constderable discussion, concurrod in, Tho amendment requiring an oath of pub-+ thom was conourred in With somo modifica- ons, The amondmont making the change of nows- papor postage to commence on the 1st of Janu- Rry DOXt was conowred in, The nmendment tixing thoe enlary of the New York Postmnstor at $8,000, and dividivg all other pontmnsters into four clnsecs, with salarles of not moro than 24,000 nor loss than $3,000, losu Ahan 83,000 but not loos than $2,000, less than $2,000 but not less than 81,000, and thoso of loss than §1,000, was discussed, the recommondn- tions of tho Cummitteo on Appropriations boiu that tho Hanan nou-concur, Mt LAWRENON opposed: tha Nonate amendment, arguing thuc tho compensation of tho Postmnstors in tho smallor citios and Lowns wai now too bigh, and warning the House that the politieal uphoaval, somotimes called the Grange movoment, would overtake membors, Mr. MAYNATD (Tenn.) scoffed at the theory of making tho Post-Offico Dapurtment nolf-sus- taining, aud declared that he was in favor of poatal facilitics rathor than of making tho Post- Ofico Department sell-sustatning, ‘Tho Senate amendmont wos non-conenrred in, Mr. KARSON moved & proviso that no Post- mastors in any city or town wilh a population lega than 50,000 shall rocoivo mmore than $3,000 pet_conum, The amendment was rofoctod. ik All the romaining Scnate nmoendments to tho Dbill wera nonconcurred in except the lat, which exempts publio docnmonts from prepayment, and limits tho pontnga to 25 conts & volume. Mr, BURCHARD moved to amond by striking out tho firal part of tho smondmont, Which re- lioves publio doouments from prepayment, nnd tho last part, which lmits 25 cent pos- tago to documonts atready printed. r. GARFIELD ealled attention to n provise, that the Gnui:mmsluuul Rocord or any part thore- of ehnll go through the mails free of postage. Iio rogardod it as'a littlo bit of moral bribery. Under that n member could have his spesch uu- dor the heading ¢ “Appendix to the Congrossionnl Rocord,” and could hnve it gent throngh the muils freo, 1f that was not a spacics of moral brill:ely. he did not know what was. v, volume. Carricd—yens, 124; nays, 112. ‘The quostion then recurrad owpting publioc docnments from prepayment. Tho motion was rejected. . The noxt division of Mr. Burchard's motion, which was to strike out tho part of tho Benate ‘amoudment which limits the provision only to .documonts alrendy published, and it was agrocd to. . Theo last division of Bir. Barchard's motion, which was to strike out the proviso Lhat tho Cungressional Record, or any part thoroof, shall Do carried through tho mails freo of postago, was agreed to—109 £o 63, The Sonate nmendment, with all theso modifl- It rond as follows: wroaftar the requiremont that postago shail bo provaid whail not apply 10 public dous" ments cortified to as sucl'by any momber of the cations, was then yoted on, Tl g MILLS moved to amond the Senata amendmont by reducing the limit of postazo on pnblic documents from 25 cents to 10 cents por on’tlio division of Mr. Burchard's motion, which was to strike out the first part of the Sonnte amondmont ex- ¢ Chicano Daily Teibnne, NUMBER 401. THE GRAB-LAW. It Is Pronounced Unconstitu. tional by the Supreme Court. The State Forbidden to Discriminate in Levying Asscssmonts, The Exemptions Were a Mera Gratuity in the First Place. They Have Been Repealed by the Constitution of 1871, The Lower Court Directed to Fix an Equitable Rate. Debts Contracted by Counties and Towns Must Be Paid by Them. Spectat Dispateh to The Chicaan Tribune. Brrixarizy, 1L, Juno 19.—The following ia tho decision of the Bupremo Court of Tllinols in = caso involving tho constitutionality of the grab law of 1860: 3 Rufun N, Ramaey ve, Charles Hoeger, Opinfon by Seliolfieldy o : iy " The question s presonted by thia record, whether, nnaer thie constitution and Inwa in forca when the tax £ought to bo onjofned wus lovied, 4 bighor rate of tax- ation can be impoved for Blata purposes on iaxabls property in counties which have nooutstanding - dobtodiicss incurred fn ald of the construction of railronds thon fs fmposed on taxable proporly m canntlea which havo auch indebtoduons, That the tox lovied by theact in force July 1, 1873, hns been #0 Ap- portloned 1 ndinftted by both® parties, sud it 1 clatmed by the appellces o Do justitied by the pro- ‘visfons of au act In force April 16, 1869, entitled # An act to fund snd provido for paying tho railrond dobts of conntics, townships, citfes and towns.” “Cho only sections of this act bearilg or the quastion aro e rst, fourth, Ofth and nfnib, which are aa ollows : First=Whenovor any county, township, incorporated aliy or town, siall havo 'created o dobt which still remnius 'wnpaid, or aball croate dobt under the provisions of any law of thls State, to nid in tle construction of any raflway or railways, that shuil bo campleted withn en yeurs siter tho pissoge of this act, whose lino shall run near to, or into, or throngh safd - county, townsliip, city, or town, it_slall Do Iwrul for thie State Treasurer, aud bo is hereby ro- quirad, fmmodiately. upon recelving the Tovenue of eacl year, to placo to the credit of such_conuty, towi= sufp, clty, or town a0 buviog fncurred suchs indobtod= neus, i {he Stato Treasury, annually, for snd during the form of ten years, all the Stato taxes collectod aud pafd into the Blute "Trosstiry on tho increased vaine ution of tha taxable property of maid county, township, city or town, as sown by fhe aunual assess< ment-rollu over ond nbove tho amotnt of tho asaess- mont-rolls of the year 1805, excepting tho Stato_schiool tux, aud tho il tux provided for by the Gouniita- tiok of this Slata for tho payment of the State deht. And whenover any county, township, city, or town shall hnvo oreated a debt us aforesatd, it sbnll also be ® | luwtul for tho Colloctor of Texes, and'ho is Lereby re- quired, aunually, for and during the form of ten years, to pay into the State Treasury nll the taxes collected for any purposo whatover, on {he assusimont of the raflrond or raliroads for whota ald the said debk was {ucurred, including the road-bed_and superstriic- ture, oll fixtutes nnd ppurtennnccs thereef,.Aho 1 motlves, carn, machinery and muchino she and all other property, Feal sud personal, ot - way companies within'sald_county, townahip, city, o Sonato' or tho House of ~TReproscnatives, | town; und fmmediately upon roceiving tho samo tha or by tho. Presidont or head of any | Btate Treesurcr whall placo to the credit of such Txecutive department, or any othor per- | county, towneblp, city, or town, In the Slala #on . eutitled to #amo, if not propaid, shall be paynblo h‘{ 80 to whom thoe same may bo dirocte coived, and tho_ words punlie documont, lio decumont” and the term partment for the praceods thoreof."” The Bauate pndment, thus modified, was non-conourrod yoas, 118 ; nays, 118, The Dbill no mittee. RCCESS. The Honso took o recoss until 7:30, LVENING SESSION, DUTLER BPEARS 1LIS MIND, Mr, BUTLE hes boen sgen in the Iouse this scasion. A large portion of tho membors wors in their seats, The Speaker himuolf was in the chair. I'ne galleries on tho four sides of the hall wero crowded with spoctators, aud tho correspondents of nowspapers fillod tua roportora' gallory. Mr, BUFLER apoko at longth in dofonse of tho molety systom, No porsoual relations, he paid, should entor into what ho was sbout to say, He desired only to raiso & warning voice against what he regarded ns unwise legislation. Aftor compnring the Revonue laws of Lngland ‘iim I'he those of -this country, Mr. Butler said: mero smugglor brings in Lis goods in smull ves soly, but thae gront importer brings in his in 8,000« ton'ships and bribes Custom-Liouse oflicera to lot thom in, or by a coufedorato partner swoars thom throngh, and makes hun- dreds of thousands of doliara by a sin- gle vonture, and_becomas n morchant prince, and {:rnbnhly builds o church out of his gaine, and becomes noted for his charities, whichadver- tise his houso and bring it custom. 'This is no fanoy piobire, But it is uaid that we must take it for grauted that morchants nre honest ; that it ia not to be assumed that thoy will defrand tho Government, and that all this machinery only serves to vox and oppress them whey they lap- pon to make mistakes. The Committee soems to hiave forgotton that when a morchant malkes a mistake the law providos for a remission of the poualty, No ponalty oan bs inilicted upon o morcliant if Lo can conviuco the Secretary of the Preauury that it wos only & miatake. Befare an informer could malte money by detecting a orime & crime mmst have boon committod, Somebody must chont the raveunue hefore anybody can in- foroy againat sgainat'him. He declarod, as o startling announcoment, that the United States did not receive mora than 67 por cont of its du~ ties on goods whero tho tariff is ad valorem; in other words, il tho Covernnlent should collect {ts prosont duties honestly it could pny #100,- 000,000 of tho national debt every year, and yot the poople bave no ligher tuxes to pay tian thoy have mnow. Iraudulont imporiers, by traudulent iuvoices, charged tho peopls thoso duties nud pocketed them as -park of tieir profits, DBy thoso onormpns frauds tho Govornment and tue poople w'ra logors, and the importera_wore the only gairors, 1o wounld not bave dared to mako this vory utartling and wondorful, almost incrodiblo, statemont of tho frauds perpotrated by undaryaluation and fnlse invoices if he wero ot fortitied by proof, to which ho procended to call the attention of the House. Having given somo figures to show the frauds commmitted 1 the importation of worsted goods, sill, volvots, ribbons, ele,, he canie down {0 the case of Pholps, Dodge & Co,, which had Dboon put forward, bo Bald, by the Committee of Wayn and Means 4 their astrong fioint agaiust tho Molaty systom, If thestorytoid by Dodgo, sonfor momber of that flm, .woro true, thon tho Government should reveroutly nog pardon of that firm, poy back all it had got from tho firm, and & largo sum for smart-maney bosidos, But it it was not true, if thore wus not ono singlo wubstantial word ‘of trush in it nll, thon they wero simply smuggling, pocjured villaing, and thoy ought to have boen followed with s great deal moro strictnoss, instoad of less, Dodge Lo statod bofore the Committee of Wayu nnd Moans that up to 1872 no chwrge had ever bLeon made againet his firm, Waos that 807 Not atail. Congress had had to alter its revenuo luws in ordor lo moot frauds and morauding and chenting and swinding of theus Christian merchants, [Laughtor,] “That was (o0 Heventh Fage.) tho franking privilogo when the law was passed aholishing the same, and postaga on no #ingle volumo of public doo- uinenta shall oxceed the sumof 10 ceuts, nud tho tho por- and re- “public documents," writon or printed on tha envalope containiug any public document, nud nubscribed hy the membor or other porson’ marking the same, shall bo deemed suflicient cextitionto that the Hning is)u pub- shoil be deemed to include ull publicatious printed by order of Qongross, or of eithor Houae thereof, or of any Depurtmont of the Government, and it any such document shall not bo taken from tho Post-Oflice to which tha samo shall bo diwected within thirty days after beiug rocoived thoront, the Postwstor may soll tho mame for tho amount of postago duo thereon, and shall account to tho Post-Oflice Deo- 00s to the Conferonce Com- (Mass.) was compliment ed this evening with the largest aundience that Treanury, tho wholo sinount fo recetved, excopt tha Atato sobgol tax, aud tho 3-mill tax provided by the Constitution of this Ststo for fho payment of tho Efate dobt ; mud it sl bo tho uty of aukd Collector of Taxes {6 furnih the StateAudifor a soparata and dotniled account of tha amount of tuxes collected from aald ralliway or rafiwoys, at the timo of hia snnuol ot~ tlomont with the 5tatd Audlior, And tho Stato Trense urer shall. give to sald Collector separato receipta fon the respective amounts paid futo the Btate Treasury to tho credit of said county, and esid_ recolpts shall bo taken oud roclved by tho County Court, or other legal ‘suthoritics, s vouchers for tha amount collected on account of tho county and local agwessmonts on sald ratlroad property in tho annual suttioment with such Collector, and the sovoral amounts of mouoy in this section’ provided and ordercd to be placed to the credit of such county, towne #llp, cily, or town ahiall be applied by the Btate Trcan. urer'to tho payment of the honded railrosd dubt of such county, (ownsbip, city, or town, .as heroluafier proyided. Fourth—Whon the bonds of sny county, towne ahip, city, or town slall be &0 regintered, the Slalo Auditor sball sonually nscertain tho amount of inferest for tlie current year dite, aud ncerued, and toaceruo upon such bonds, &4, fromn tho amount so sscertained ho shall deduct {he amount in tha State Treanury placed to the oredit of sueli county, townebip,clty, or tawn, ss hereln pro- o and directod, and from the basfs of the certifle cato of valuation of property horetofore provided to e trausmitted to him, or in caso no such certificato shall bo lod in his onlice, then upon the basisof tho {otal assezsment of sych county, township, city, or town, for tha year nest precoding, ho Ahall eatie mate aud doterinino ihe rate per ojmlum on tha valustion on property in which county, township, clty, or town, requisite to meot and satisfy'the amoun of Thterest unpravided for, togathier with the ordinary cort 10 the Stuto of colloetion und disburacment of the samo, to be ostimated by tho Auditor snd Trewnurer, and shall mlio and transmit fo tho County Clerk o such county, or to tho proper offlcer or authority whote duty 1t iy ox,shall b to prepara the estimato snd ook for tho collection f State taxes in uch county, township city, o towi, & crtifeato statiug such ent wated requislts per centuny'for auch purpose, to be filed in his oftice, and the sume per contumn shall thereupon b deomed added to and o Jinstof the per centum which isor may be lovicd or provided by lww for purposes of Btato ravanue, and shall be so treated by suoch Clerk, ollicer, or authorlty o makiug such estimato and Tiooks Tor the collection of taxes, and tho said tx shall a collcctod with the State rovailue, aud all liws relate ing to tho State rovenue shall apply thereto, excopt as Lierefn othiorwise provided, F{fth—The Stato ahall bo deomed tho custodian only of the soveral tuxcn so collected and _credited to such county, township, clty, or fown, and shall not ba deomed in any mangier Unble ou account of any such Londs, but the tax und funds g0 coliectod sball bo deemed pledged and appropriatod to the payment of fhe Intereat uud principnl of the registered bonds herein provided for unll fully eatisficd, The S shull Aunually collect nud_ ppiy all the sala tazes and fuuds placed to thio credit of such county, township, clty, or town for and during the term of olght yours, £ tho payment of the aunual inferest on such Tegine tered bonds of much county, township, city, or town, i tho sotno Iannor as inierest on tha bouds of the State Ia or may bo collected ar ptd, but u 1iko monoys aa ahall bo recotyablo in psyment of Btute taxes ; and for snd during tha remofuder of th term of yoars diee ing which aald reglatorod bonds shall remain unpeid, tho funds providod fu (ho Urat section of this act acevue ing from tuxes colloctod on the property of kaid rail- Youl or raflroads, and the surplus, if any, of the olber funds Iu fhis oct provided, Temaiuiig after the paymunt of (ho intorest on the bond ehall Do applicd to the payment of the prin< Sipal of sl rogletered honds on ' presotation at tho Slute Trensury ; or the Treasurer ahiall purchen 1ho snme In open market 2t 10t more thun par, and,; pon such payinut or purehnso of tho kaid bonds, tho! Yo smonnt pald upon the principal of asid bomila: shall ho fndorsod thereot, aud. zeceipts therefor ehalk To taken nnd flod in tho oflico of the Btate Trcasuros and tho futorest-coupons or bouds, whou {ully paid, sunll e returued totho oftice of tlie State Treasuiror,: and shall bo caucoled nnd destroed in tho ssmo mavuer as thoss apporiainiug $o tho Stato dobs i o “fund dorhied fromi tho taxes collooted| o the increasod usseasimont ovor the yeur 1808, aud the tuz levled to moet the intorest on kald regisiorut! Dbonds uhall_continuo o bo snnually applied to the e torest of uuld Londa; and {he said taxes and funds re. uired in thiu act to'he placed to tha credit of coun- tles, townships, ofties, nud towns, aiiall bo applied by | {hio Btats Trexsurer 1o the paynieut of tho registored railroud-bonds of such county, townships, citios, or , fowns, oqually and without~ discrimiuation, Aud the ftato Auditor, from the folal value o all tho proverty fn the Slato, afler tho same shall lnve been ciualizod in accordance with the pros vislons of **un act to ausond (he Kovenue lawy, and to catablish o State Board of Equalization of 'Acabe wmouls,” approvod Murch g 1807, shall doduct tho amaiit of enld increased valuation of (o tazable progierty above the valuatlon of the year 1803, in mich conuitics, townshipg, {ucorporated cition, aud towns us moy bo ontitled to’ the benofits of thiv act, and the tazes upou which aro herolu directed to bs creditod to countics, tawnships, oitfes, and towus, and upon the amonut efaiulng, b sl cato to b collecled such ' yor cont an ahall bo sufliclent fo puy the approprias tions wud ether dsmunds upon tho Teosaury dus o the end of each fucal yoar, sud the sume- per cont shill alao bo callected on tho'saldt incrouned valuation above 1o valuntion of tho your 1868, and spplied as Leroin provided, 1t sannot’ko held s insisted by the counesl Tor nppofies, (hnt thiu statuto conatitutos & cantract boe twoen (Lo Blite and {he creditors of the countics, towsiehlp, oltiesund tawna iutunded (o be aided,for tha Pl teason that the Legislature wan probibited from maklng such a contract by Sve, 38, of Art, 8 of (ho Connttiutlon of 1848, which decliren * {ho ccedit of the Btata stull not {1 any maner o given fo or in ald of any fudividual aesociation or corporation, It ia ime possiblo 1060y tint sueh creditors can have a olalw upon the Hiute unlers ite eredlt wus n sowme manay