Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 17, 1879, Page 9

PARL imperial and the Zulus. by Littlo Lonis Has Gono to Fight the gavages---M. Roulier and the Bonapnrilsis. The Prince fie Oarnival-Wock---A Molonoholy At- tompt ot Merrimont---The Masquor- ading on the Boulovards, ! plrleal and Rosleal--The Question of the 0p- era-Yew Plays and New Compositions.-- The Comeerts. Spectal Correspondence of The Tribune, pants, Feb. 28,—The letter of Mitle “Lou- » Napolcon, announcine his departure for golaland fu the company of the Britisn rein- forcements, has mnde o great impression here. g0 the #little Prince "—to give him his courte- yptitle—1s not 08 rabbit-hearted as his enemies ,,mmedl Nor, It scems, {8 lie 8o pliable us his friends would wish him, If report may be be- tered, 11is sudden nud startllug determination {o fight tho Zulus wns Insplred as much by o resoive to shoke oft the frksome control of cer- tsin smbitfous Imperialists as by a longlng to {hrough new ‘‘vaptisms of fire,? M, Rouher, Who brought the letter to Paris, y mid to be shockingly put outj sod spporently the Empress s mot puch more plensed. There wil be nwllmmmo"on in the Bonapartist camp about thismatter, Ishould not be surprised to flud ihe mfluence of M. Rouher destroyed before maoy days pass. There have been various signs of a comling * split? Iately. Baron Feussmann and n larze eectlon of the party gave been credited with an intention of giving p fusther attempts ot resisting the Republicans fur the present, nnd of golng over to the mode- nte fraction of the Chamber, known as the Left Centre. The old flerco fire-caters of the pariy repudiate “the Baron and o)l his works; bat, for all that, the movement continues, and, now that the Princo’s letter has been published, fislikely to carry 3 | THE MAJORITY OF THE NONAPARTISTS with it. ML Rouher, and n few Ishmnclites ko gontle Paul de Cussagnac, and that aggravating Junstle, Cuneo d'Ornano, may continuo the fzbt¢ but the mora sensible meo, and thoso Juss deeply compromised by their political pust, ore pretty sure to go with the stream, nnd follow the examploe of the young Prince by femporarily renouncing a hopeless and mis- levous atruggle, and turning thelr thoughts from dynastic ambitionato the goneral intereats of progress and civilization, Of course, at the fost lalr opportunity they . will send propress nd-to-forth to thedeuce; but it Is reasonnble fohope the Republicans will by thelr modern- tion prevent them from getting e oppor- fanity, Once this generation posses away, Bonapartism dles dead. ‘The rising goneration s mo taint of the old polson in its blood, foZululand the youthful Louis wili have far more chance of reaplng fame than ever ho can etpect to have in Krance. The service he has undertsken 18 not child’s play. The Royal Artlllery dotachment which he accompanles is likely to come fu for a liberal share of hard kiocks. DBut iz the bush his Tinperinl lneage wilt help him Mttle. It will nou d s case of plcklng up a fow ment bullete, a8 eome of the Radlcal journals ;‘u‘fl:‘ epitefully intimate; but of ard, down- FIGHTING, PRIVATION, AND PATIGUZ, such as make a man—when tlicy do not unmake Hm. But, thoush this campaign {n Africa may mikes man of lilm, it will not bLring hiin one step nearer to belnz an Bmperor, Btraws show which way the wind blows. Our Carnival n Taris was a wretched shum this vear, None of the shabby masks wha vertured to show thom- #lves on the boulevards had much success but o nd that one was got up us = down-at-hecl artist. with battered face, scedy clothes, o feroclous mustache, and a weather-beaten bear- erof exuberant proportions. On his back wero thalked the words **Insecte nulsible,” and ft ws plain that the Parisions hlghiy approved the fnscriotion. “One swallow does not mnke a summer.!* That solltary * noxlous Insect " could not_tuke win, The Carnival was but o namo in Paris, though out ot Vioceuncs filv seem lo “have bhad some fun, incennes fsvot the most Carnivalesque place in the world 1o look at, but it rises now and then to A PITCIL OF TREMENDOUS GATETY. On Maral-Giras a splendid cavaleade paraded the sireets of Vincennes. In the procession feured Dot a gingle * boeuf gras,” but nctually three ““heeufs pras? of exuberant oroportions, In the cvening the Juckless boviues were duly ehaughtered, and thelr flzsh was eoten by the ety populace that had halled their passaio in the morntmz with acclamations. We Parisians ad vo beeu! gras. No Spanfsh students mude the town merry. Nobody had the courage toga inforeny of ‘the time-honored foollng, We walked up and down the boulevard as serlous 3 undertalcers for some houra. A score or two of imbecile horn-blowers played mournful hunt- Ing-airs at the doors of various wine-shops. An occastonal masle was detected from time totime t'rmcdlxu: rather shamefacedly to the bolls at slenting's, Frascati’s, and Tivoll. Thnt was the whole extent of the mumming, 1 forget, though, The number of inasks prows every year ‘‘amall by degrees awd beautlfully less” ut Carnlvaitide; but one part of the town munages to be tolerably theerful stfil,—If nolee bo & _eriterion, Round tboat the Bcliool of Medieine the sounds of rev- *lry continued long hours after miduieht, and ‘i')z-rcrowd of duuccras ut Bulller was as greut as The minds of theatrical “people arc still much filll(ud by the important question, Whois 1o TIE NEW MANAGER OP THE OPERA1 Thero ure at Jeast five candidates fighting for ':lm gou, und all have respectablo clatms, First, . Ualanzior, the present muunger, who bases als elafin on dmu\culmthul for him thercjwould posalbly be no Opera to nanage. He, It may be Yfl!mmhuem very spiritedly undertook the difs cult and dangerous task of revivis that fnsti- tutlon after the disasters of 1870 and 1871, a1 a :Dmant when such an undertakiug scemed 'most toolhardy, 1In 18i8 hls theatre was rat downy bav ho did not give in, The Opera 3 transferred to the Itallens, und Ifalanzicr Reled on bravely till the new and mazoil- eent huflding 7 iy s was placed at bis disposal, He has ons much to deserve con- #eratlon, but bo has dooo n 2t deal moro to deacrve reprobation. necompany of the Taris Opera {8 at this nio- ot Wierior o those you can hear fn many _nmtnm.- canitals. We had ono great singer, Tanire, A Halanzier quorreled with hlm, and re lett us. With the' exception of Lassalle, s le Krauss, und Mme, Carvalho, the Opera |:w B8 00 respectable slugers at ally und of llllln three Mme. Carvalhos old, though sho “'l Pl-y;n the umid mulden ns Marguerite In 4 oust.’ AL ilalanzicr {s a mere man of busi- “l Managing theatres {s to bim simply o L‘ lon of speculation. Now, a3 the nation 0 been tuxed, und heavily, tooz to build an “Dlerfllnusu unequaled {n the world, it not uy- IIm‘lully thinka Directors shoutd consider thely ® ton'from a public us well as a privato point View, M, Hulauzier docsw’t sos it M the Same light, i AMNONG TIE OTHER PERSONS m‘"@em to huve most clanco of being ap- o “:htd aro M. Detroyat, the editor Derten Literts (n gentleman of great ex- *Bea und * artistie discrimiuation); oLk Yancorbell, the woll-known compestr vl Mabomet ¥'; und 81, Gueymerd. Tho lut- ope““cu. If Lo {s appointed, to apen o Popular ‘mll‘l;lluunu somewhers fn Paris, capablo of s 5,000 peoplo, aud qulte indopendent of woul d"",hl Opera. ~I'ho prices ot this theutry " b extremoly low, rauging from half o “hflllo three franca; and no subsldy would ba of H‘ lyr it. Lastly, I may mention the name humhem"' the cléver Director of the Comedlo “{H’ Quite uncsrtatn whether the Government et ccide ou adopting the princlple of private hlcr“‘" Inuuagement, ML Hardoux, lately Min- dle: g Fina Arta, supported the Jatler princl- L Jut his successor, M. Jules Ferry, Is ov- 0 the fden of any risk or reaponsibility ccepted by th State. g DEAMATIO AND MUSICAL " glmuel Brob)," the- charming comedy of * Sucee ;llhlc und - Cherbulicz, has been 80 uns uw,:' ulat the Odeon thut It is 1o be with- bights, tu-morrow, after o run of only thirt engz Will be reataced by Burricre's © Vi A belug de B, H ° Chatulet, which s at present closed, will * *nalortly with s play adapted from AdoIpho THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY. MARCUH 17, 879 TWELVE PAGER' 4 Bolol’s “Venus Nolre.” After that we oro promieed a grand spectacnine play from the pen of Anguste Barbier, entitlod **Les Fils de In Liberte,” founded on fncldents fu the War of Ttdependence, A Two unimoortant works wera produced at the Opera Continue Tast nlght, One, *Zingarells,"” fa trom the ]\un of n Franco-Irishmnn named Joseph O'Kelly, while the other, entltled Lo aln Bie,” fa by AL Theodore Dubols, the cotme noser of ¥ Paradise Lost,”” s cantatn lately fgiven with indifferent succoss at the Chatelet coneerta, ‘Tifs reminda mo that several fragments of M. atnt-Siens' new opera, *Etlenne Marcel which scems to "have scorcd o triumph ab Lyuns), arg to he exceuted at the Chatelet on Bindav. M, Pasdeloun, at the Cirque, will glve Uk Borlloz's ¥ Bymphonie Fantastique ? on the same duy, Hanny MELTZER, A “WUNDEKLAND.” What T Thought In Germnny of the Unlted Bintou—Astonishment at Our Favorablo Batnnco of Triddo, Covvespondence Cinclnnatt Onzette, Fraxkronr-ox-tiue-MatN, Feb, 24.—The splendid balanca of trade which our county has enjoyed during the past year 18 somethlng ne- tontshing to the goud prople here nnd here- abuuts, ‘Theyare natonished, hewildered, ter- rifled§ for this, to us o plilar of ight, fs u darl, ominous slindow to the industrics of the Old World, 1t fuspiresat once respeet and fear throughout this Continent, Nothing, in faet, that bus bappencd durlug the past century, not excepting the suppression ot the Rebollion, has given the United Btates o great a name, and has compelled auch profonnd resnect for our Jte- publie ll over Burope, as this great Jndustrlal and eommercinl triumph, * You are playing the mischicl with us over hiere,!! satd Lo e one of the great Lankers of F-ankfort, not thirty- elx hours ago, 1le was munklm.i ot our halance of trade, *You lave n wonderful country, suld he, “Itis n perfecet maryel. Your fm- plements, your machluery, your inventions of oll kinds, are Invading us {0 every department of production. Just think of it: 3300,000,000 balineo in your favor last year, uudl fa mv judiz- ment that Is only o beglinlng, . You wiil go to $1,000,000,C00 before you rtop,™ ‘This was the langimge of o cool, ealculating financler, the head of one of the wealthless oldest banking firms of this old bauking city, And what he said s to be heard here, in sub- stance, every day, *Your country is o wunder- land," pay tiie (fermans to me vontinuully. Not all of thiem, of course, speak thus; there are now and then exceptions, Lor fnstance, 1 over- heard, last evenlng, oue of the great wine-mier- chants here asking an clegant)v-dressed lady ot hls slde whether she had ever been In Amerlen. * Neln, Qott scl dank," sald she, with emphasis, The tons of that reply tndicated that she thourht god old Deutschlund was the very Paradise of this earth, aud that Amerlea was the country to which all wicked Germans go when they dle. 8o one hears now and then, But therefs uo national name that this duy commands more respect in Gevmany than that of the Unlted States. .And thisfor tivo reasons: First, and nbove all, beenuse of our finauciul suceess in the resumption of speele-paymentss accond, beennso of our fudustrial and commer- clal success, us Indleated by such a balnnes of ;rnde a3 no other coumry In the world now en- Oy's. ;l‘hls very day a tierman safd to me he wos ns- tonished nt the Inventive activity of the Ameri- can people. “Why s it,” sald he, “that you are continunlly bringing out so many new und weetul thingsf!? 9 Well,” satd I, *one resson s, that our Patent laws rive to our inventors {lie full beneflt of their discoverles; sud many poor men have become suddenly rich who have bad wit enough to inake themselves publle bens ofactors.” L felt Bke giving him what seemed to me another and better reason, by sayine that in our country thero fs periect freedom of intel- lectual avtivicy, and thut our polltical and soclal system Is such as to stimulste and eocourage it. But be might not have understood that, or he might have thought it only a bit of Yankee bowbast. WARD M. LAMON. Finely-Exnggeratod Statements About This Giant. Correspondence Newo York Sun., WasimnaToN, March 10.—Almost any day durlng what is called the scason here you may ses Ward I, Lamon, the biographer of Lincaln, in the rotunda or corridors of the Capltol. 1lis finmense frame, lis Jong, black curls, touched with siver, and nis open, kindly countenance ar- rest attention, und strangers ovarlably point him out and ask who Le f{s. lis frlendships seem to be mainly with the sct that came in with Lincoln, und he and Judze Davis are now and then seen in close conference, thefr protrud- ng forme touching In the most beautiful amlty, while thelr faces are o good yard or two npart. They welgh preciscly the same,~304 pounds oplece. But Lawon carries his enormous burden with case, aud, I may almost say, with eroce, It is well distributed awml solid, suuzestlug power rather thun the focumbrance which usually besets the fat. Lawmou {8 fn very truth a magntficent anfmal,— powerful, statuesque, slmost tremendons, ]Iu would mnke n betier model for an tmngre of Hereules than the hero himsclf. His arm is thicker thau one of Deacon Richard Smitn's truly zood teas, und there 18 a superatition out in [liinofs that it s made of fron. If Donu Platt had been struck by bim he wever would have made the playful remark that he had been kicked by a mule, but would bave closed his ayes forever, undor the impression that the dome had fallen, ¥ When the Clifeago Conventfon was' assem- Dling in 1860, it was whispered avont that ‘l'om Ilyer, tho pugilist, had aroved with a preat gang of New York roughs to hold the gallerles and fizht and howl “for Seward, Lincoln’s friends selected Lumon to lead a sclect. corps of Iitinols hittees to clear out the New York geutry, nnd, §f. necessary, to whip llver; and the thing was done i grood time and worlman- 1ike style, Durlng the War, n mounted sentinel orgered Lamaw’s carringe from tha side-tloor of Willard'’s Iiotel, 'Ihie earrlago contalned la- dles, und the Marshal’s blood wounted in nu fostant. Ile walked up to the man, selzed thy horse by the rump, und dragzed him about half n equare down the street, the soldler as much amared the while ns If he had been corporeally grappled by Satan Wmself, I have scen plet~ uges of pgrizzly bears putling mules around in this fasblon, bue it is uot often that_vou sve o man doit. Being Marsha) of - the Distriet, he had nolittla tronblo t this tine with the War Department and tho milliery geoerally. IHe hoit n great many blacks legally” committed to his custoily, und his strong determination to keep und deal with them according to law was dreadlul seandal to sundry members of Con- gress, They charged nhm with dlsloyaity, and besought Lincoln to remoye him: but Lincoln only langhed ut thom and told them storles— yery nmusing te hLim, but very exasperat- fug o _them—to iliustrato what o good fel- low * I§)," ns ho ealled him, was, snd how Hl he could ulford to spure bim. But at lenith the celsts arrived, Tho Marshinl went one nlzht to dine with old Mr. Blair out at Silver Springs, and when ho returned his deputy [sformed him that the Milltary (iovernor had takien posscssion of the joll, and put there o ghard composed of a Sergennt und sbout a dozen men, Lamon consuited Mr, Carlisle, blaregular connsel, und, oscertnining that this futrusion was utterly without warrant of law, nonounced his inten- tlon of retnking the place, which ho proces to do nt once, “Aloue, and with ,bls own b o alsurmed the eatlro purty, took the ki from the Sergeant, locked upghim and his wen, stacked thefr arms, und then reported to Mr, Lincoln the state of aifalry, e was sustained, as io ulways was, by the Prosident, mnl I aue time a ponilerous ovinlon from Father Bates put an ond to the iftitary slego of the full, whicn Lamou meanwhile had put into a postures of de- fense, und determined to hold nt any cost, About the saue thne Mr, Stenton had niade up hits ming to selze aliouso that Lamou had bought and was fitting up for the reception of s fum- fly, ©1f youdo that,” said Lumion, ut the con- clusion of"an futorview in which the Secretary bad beon very otfensive, * Il kitl you." Stan- ton went fminediatelv to the Prestdent, aud fn- formed Jm that the Marshal hud tbreatened to Stanton,” said Liucoln, 1L lio really sald it, 1'd advist you to prepure for your end, for 11l's a ian ut "his word, But Dil'ses himy ond tey §€ L ean't get bl to spare your life on my account, He's u great friend of inlne, you koow.' But Mr. Btanton did not take tho b ' \Whatever history may say of the alleged con- spiracy to murder Mr, Liucoln in Baltimore, on his way to be fnaugurated, the dooger was cer- tuinly cousidered reat and Imminent by those who had him 1n charge. After the reception ut Uagrlsburg it became necessary Lo sefect o slu- «le a0 accompany him ov bisperitous secret Jouruey to Waslington by way of Philadeiphia and Baltimore.* Mr, und Mrs. Lincoln both choso Lamon witbout b fon, ‘They koew hin of old, und Mrs, Ling ald shio would not trust her husband with auy other compunion. Lamon has told the stury ot st miduoiebt ride {u his ¥ Life of Lincoln,’ und ridleulid the ap- vrehiensions felt at the thue, But 3ir, Lincoly who wus oa brave o wan as over lived, would not Laye submitted to tho fndiznlly of beiug clan- destiuely pabsed {nto tha Cupitul If he bad po belluved that hisolifo would pay the. peualty of non-complisnce, Alr, ‘Lincoln's warm personal attachment to mupder “him, - * Wel) his Marahal continued steady and undiminiahed to the end,notwithstanding the peralstent offorts of many powerful Repubtienn leaders to shnke I3 and Tamon repald bin by an almost sleep- lesn wateh over in safety, fitke Lincoln blm- eclf, Lamon early ecamu to the conctusion that 1l supposed conspiracy to murder Mr. Lincoln 1 Baltimogo was 8 atiam, zotten un matuly hy ambitioun and unserupulous detectives : but ho |Im||;;hl. also that - thnes like those through which they were passing, nothing might he more certainly ‘expected than \hat some abandoned knnve or som wild fanatie would attempt the Prestdent’s life. ile accardingly provided n #ystem of protectlon which surroanded Mr. Lincoln with ruards, unknown even to Lincoln; and whenever there was any special ground of nrnmllmxshm the Marahal “slent in 1 White Hote, But after the purrender, when Mr, Lin- C e f reverenca to all, anid n‘qmrenllv of hatred to mone,—when it was ’n\ln that the South eaw In him the only rlend who was both able und withig to save i frum some of the worst conscancnies of fh War,—the Murshal rolnxei his vigilanes for i tv-fonr houre, aud, golngto Richinond to toke a louk ot the eonquered Capltal, found that the event which hie ind so Jong dreaded bad oceur- red atthe very mometrt when it was to hor¢ hicen least expected, Mauy behev shot wanlil never have been fted, - I contd il papes of anecdotes of 148 benevo- lent Hercules; of Wis cqually Inesidible deeds of strength i of kinduess oftlie multitudes of hegcars ho has at one thneuud another put on horacback, only to suffer fron thelr vile fn- uratitude; of his prolessional kuleht errautry in defense of the poor ami unfortunnte; and of Is many narrow cseapes from high political vreferment, which latter were {;cnumlly due to Difs own exaggerated notlons of the sanctity of persunal friomdshipe. Andy Jolnson, for in- Klance, ind resotved to tnake him Postmaster- General, out Latmun pleaded the eause of the fn- cusnbent so cffectually thmt Johinson was com- pelled 1o abandon thie puroose. And so this great mountain of muscle, tuls inlghty hogs- head of the milk of human kinduess, contlue ally stood 1 ts own Meht. MEXICAN EXPOSITION, Ofticial Address by the Minlater of Fubllo Works to Governors of States on thu Ol Jeeta of the Entarpriae. . Rerusric or Mrxico, SECRETARY OF StaTn AND DECARTMENT or Prntic wonks, COLONI- ZATION, INDUSTRY, AND ComMmEence, Moxico, Feb, 17, 1870.~By dircction of the President of the Repuvle this Depurtment hos determined that an international extibition of the proanets of agriculture, industry, eclences, and arts shail be helld next year in the City of Mexleo, which exhitbition will be carriod out throush pre- vious enactment of the General Congress, to whom the bill will be submitted next term, To nrrive ot this resolution, which answers to the nccessitics of the polley adopted i regard to commerco and the development of the ecunomical interests of the country, the Exce- utive has bornn in mind consideratious of the utmost importance, which are uot to be con- cenled from your enlightenment nnd that of the people whose destinies you rulo so wisely, In harmony with the ooinfons of muany dls- tinguishied citfizens, the Exceutlve belloves that the orlgtn of the greater ovils which, until now, our country has suffered is an economical rather than a political one, und that in order to check those evils not only are the patriotic ef- forts of the eooid sons of Moxico required, but also the cffective concurrence of furelgn Intel ligenea and capltal, P These valuable elements of welfare and ereatuess must be made 1o combing in the work which the present admintstration desires to in- augurate—that of the development of the ele- ment of labor, which s the foundution of a progress vrolific In resulta of order and peace, Tie Exeeutive believes that an international exhibition~—the niost prover nieana of bringlng together the fntelitzent and enterprising men of all’ natlons—must be favorable. hv this mere fact, to the renlization of the ends hindicated, {n so much as IL wiil. veetlfy the errors which are afloat regarding our country, as well s beenuss it will oxpand “actusl markets and open new ones to the prrduets of Mexiean sgriculture and ndustry, thereby paving the way to the so- lution of the problemn regurding tlic constracs tiou aud operation of raliways In Alexico, of the no less difienlt ono regurding colonization, and of others which, directly or judirectly, de- pond on these, and wwhich. cwbody. ., the seeret of the peace . and prosperity..of the . Re- pubtie. The hnportancs and maenitide of the ends, the realizatfon of which is sought for, do wnt allow the Executive to liesitate fn §ts determination, oud the stepy wwhicl appear necessury tocarry ont the measures to which 1 refer are belugr ol By order o the Urestdent, Messrs, Bebastiun Camncho, May- fana Burcena, and Miguel Hidalzo v Toran form the Maonagiug Committes of tha exhibition. This Commitice, under (nstructious from this department, 18 intrusted with tho appointment of commitices and sub-committeer, with the framing of the regrulations, the plan of elassifi- cnttons, ctey, cte,, and correspondence relatlye 1o tho uxhibition will have to be nddressed to t, Tl ecutlve, desirous of malntaiulug itself at the hewebit of its purpose, will, In the name of Mexteo, Invite all nations, without even ex- cepthis thure whose Fovernments have not es- tabtlsheid or renewed diplomntic relations with thatof the Republic. The Yowers who maln- tnin_such relutlons are ot Iiherty, the same ns tho States of the Mexican Fuderation, to con- struct, at their expense, buildings or pavilfons on the grounda destiued for the exhibition, e cording to the rules, which will by fasucd fu duo time. e Forelgn exhlbitors, as well as thase of the Mexiean States, will bo free to-exlibit their ar- ticles In the bulldings or pavilions ralsed by the fiovermments of thelr respectlve nattons or States, or fn the conumon buljdjuyg for the exhl- Dbition, ns it may suit thelr lotereste,: The Guvernments. that mulutain relations with thut of the Remblic will ho respectfuily fnvited to send spectal Commilssloners to the exhibitlon. Those who do not bold such reln- tions may appoint, i€ they deem propor, privato azents, whowill euloy the same attentions und fuellitivs as the ofticial oncs, * In due time the Yofls of entry for objects dess tined Lo the exhlbition “wili "bo defermined, ‘Thuse objects, in acvordance with the regula- tona that the Deparement of Finnnee will duly {ssue, shall pay no duties, except in cuse of sale, sl may rémain exposed during slx months ex- empt trom oll locsl or warchouse charges, The Mmmglnr’ Conmmlittee Wil shortly pube Malt fn the Liatlaw, English, French, anil Ger- man Jangunges, and with the “approval of this department, the necessury reculations for car- mlm: out the exhivitlon o the most advan- thzeous munner to the exhibitors amd to the Reoublle, Fhe eftorts of the Executive would be frult- lesa diid it not count with the enlizhtened und patriotle co-operation of the peoples and the L‘uvcrmucms of tho States composiny thy Mex- foun federstions but the President entertuing with eatsfaction the certalnty s i the reall- zatlon of measures such ws those embrucing the idea of un mternational exhibition, he can count upon the goud will und eforis of all patrlotic Mexicans, ‘I'he tendeney to walt for hetter times in order to enrry out preac enterprises reanisite for the Progress OF our country was thu reason why our previous Governmenta maintained themsclyes 1 o viclous cirele, which cuervated thy Leat (u- tentlons in fuvor of the conutry. ‘The vopors tunitles wasted In walting for better times con- stantly served for the fncreaso of elemunts un- combated, such as voverty, funoranve, and disorder, and Lo such an extedt that no remedy wasever but to the gravest uud growing ovils of the country. x ‘I'he presont Admintstration, destrous of avall- lmi ftsulf of this sud oxperigpice, I determined to Inaugurate n new polley and_ lay the founda- tions of an cconomical reform, without which it {s fmpossible for the couutry to oater upon an crs of peacy nud truo progress. ‘To reltte the crroucous impressions held fn foretzn parts with respect to Mexico, und which have been so rejudiciul to thu Intercsts of capital wud labors 0 Ojien now narkets for native productions; to protect the Mexfean consumer by promotin competition {u articles imported Irom abro into our tountry; wihilch will placo economieal and & abjects which the Executive: purposca realizing by meuus of the annovunged exhibition, thy works for which buve been cominonced to-day by the engiucors of this departieat, The i"rcn‘ltlunt trusts that the enlightened Goy- ernment over which you so worthily preside, na well a3 the luhabitunis of thut State, will, with thelr well-kuowu putifotism, socond the views of tho Executive, by dictating at ouce all those neasures which may tend to yender the exhibl- tion uselul as a meana for lmproving the cons dltlon of the Republlc and tho greater welfaro of {ts sons. Liberty uud Constitution, to. attruct thy elements Riva Paraoio, ‘To the Governor of ~— ——————— Mistakes of Freuch Rulors. ¢ lhiers, when ho first ossisted at public proyers ot Versailles, fnstead of taking tho holy water presented to him br the Dishop, took thu brush aud himnselt sprinkled the holy water on 1he bystanders, M. tirovy, on the occaslon of Lis Brat reception of the forelen Awbnssadur upset the whole programmmne by speaking thereby prevenung the dellvery of tho s speechics whlch hud been propured. T = MOLINE WATER-POWER. Very Strange Conduct on the Part of Congress, . i The Rock Island Arzenal Water&owor to Be Lensed--Why? Some Excnses and chsag: “Glven Dby Certain Scfiators. erid Fyom the Congregymral Teecnrd—Proceedings of March =8 in the Sen e The ttowing Conforence Committee reported the Sendry Clvil Appropriation bill with nu- mewus amendments, recommending their ndop- (e Witllam Windom, 8. W. Dorsey, I, G, Davls, Managers on the part of the Senate; T 1, C. Atkins, Abram 8, Hewitt, Fuzeno Hale, Manogers on the port of the House, Mr, Bdmunds—1 should be pied to have that part of the confercnce roport relating to Sunate amendinent No, 41 read, The Vice-President—It will be reported. "' Secretary read aa follown: That the Henate rocede from fta amendment numbered 41, with an ainendment an fotjowa: In bt of safd amendinent fnwert the following: That the Secretory of War 1 lerehy anthorized and empowered fo icane the water-posverat Muline, or auch purtion ns may be agreed upon, to the Moline Water-Fower Company, upon such’ terms and conditions and for such term of yenrs an may be agrced upon, 1f the samie can be done consdat- ently with the intereats of the Government of tho Uniied States, xald lease to be made upon the con- dition that the satd Moline Water-Power Cumpany #hali o on and complefe the development of tho wateg-power and majntain it 8t its own cost and expense. Mr. Edmunds, of Vermout—The amendient provosed by the Senate to the bill of the House in respect to this subject is as follows: For completing the dovelopment of the twater- pover at the Rocl Inland Arecnal, in puranance of contracts mnde with the Molino Water-Power Compuny, §2% 123, 000 I perceivo that the Conference Committee, fustead of confining itsell to the questions of liow much money should he avpropriated to carry cut the existing laws and contracts made In pursuance of them, hias gone futo a species of legislation providing for. new arrungements in the Qiseretlon of the Beerotary of War with what I assume §s n State corporation, and for leasing this woter-power for an Indefinite nerioa fn the discrction of the Secretary of War, and upon such terms as he {hinks it fit to agreo to, subject to the engagement that the Btate corporation shall keep the water-power in repalr. I submit, Mr. President, although I Jinow how hopeless it Is, that the Conference Committeo, on the part of the Senste, have In substance exceeded thefr powers. They procceded to enter fnto nn entirely new scheme of legisiation, conferring unlimited powers with ane exception (und that merely the exception of requiring a prowmisc or condition) upon one Exceutlve officer of the Governinent n respect of the disposition for an unlimited time {n the same discretion of an important and as L must suppaso necessary adjunct to the Rock Islnnd Arsenal, namely,the water-power that the United States ot the expense, I belleve, of milliona of do'lara has created. Now, Mr, resideat, I shiould be glad to have thie Chairman of the Coenference Committee ex- plain to the Benate upon what principles of parllamentary propricty in the cxeeu- tlon, of the trust that was e poscd In that Committee this thing has been dune, and what exiggency of publle necessity it fs that bas lmported uto this bill, for the first time, und without any previous discusslon so far 08 I know In elther [House,~though 1 bave no right to speak of the other,— without any previous discussion 50 fornsl Yuow {n this Ifouse on a subject of this impor- tance, o large delegation of discretion for the dlsposal of the property of the United States to this vilicer, Mr, Windont, of Minnesota—Mr, President, T do not know whether 1. can , techinfeally, to the full extent that will be required by the Senator from Vermont, defend thut amendment or not, I waut to say, with reference to that and one other amendment fn the blll, thut under the cfr- etmstunces it which the Committee were placed it 18 barely possiblu that the technical rulo wos not a8 strletly enforced a8 it might have been, 1 ghall not attempt to eay hat itis, In the eotire strictuess with which the Senator would enforce It, iy order, It ~may bhave been {nadvertently ndmitted os in ono other e fo whieh I wiil call the sitention of the Scnate dln.-cmi. I leave the matter entirelv to the Benate. If the Benator from Vermont {usists on the poiut of order, the biil may be lost. Mr., Edmuude—I shouldnot mind much about thut uuder exiating cirenmstances, What I am chlefly desirous of ascertalning just now, it my honorable fricud from Miunesota witl listen to me, {8, what ave the business uecessities, aud ar- rungements, nnd prospeete, and exigencics, in other words the whole state of the sltuation, thut compelled our Comnitteo to assent (bo- cause Imust suppose it was forced uvon then by the other I ausv.? to this arrangement, 1 lglnk the Senate ought to know what the neces- siey of it ds, tho grounds upou which it pro- cecded, nud so o Mr. Windom—Thla s an old cantroversy that. has exlsted o long while with reference to this Mollue water-power, the Scnuto Insist- ing upon makingan upppo priation, and the Con- ferenes Commitice on the partof the Houso this year fusisting on making none, - 1t was fiuully, upon cousultation with the member from that afstrict [Hlenderson] aml the Stnator from Iltuots bimsels, 1 tnuk, who is now before me IMr. Davis], und Tthink also by an understand- Ine with others who knew persanally of the cir- cumatances, this paper was agreed to and haml- ed to the Committee with the understanding that it would’ bo o satisfactory adjustinent, Beeltig no huras in 1t (1), and having 5o frequent- 1y tieard of It, nud tiluking this would rake us out of the difliculty (), the Committee did ngreo toat. 1have o jurther defense to make, I can anly sy that the Commities hnve done the. very best that they conld i the tng Hmited, I do not know but that they may have made n technleal mistage. If s, they slmply submit the Uil to the Scnate, and I there s unything wrong growing out of the mistake the Sunator wilt mako the polot of order. Wiat wiil then becomo of the conference report 1 du nat know. If, In the judement of the Senute, this ts & technleal ercor, | do not koow but that these will be time Lo zet up snother conferenco roport on the bl 1 certainly witl do the very best L ean to bring It to a vote, if, u the judg- ment of the Scnatc, this is a technieal viojution of the ratle. Mr, Edmunds—What [ am after, and what T havo falled to get so far, i8 u clear mud deflnite statemont of exuetly bow this caso stands, nid why this provision that ia now in tho conforunce report tlint we have never beard of before ouiht to bo there, Mr. Davis, of HNimots—The Maline Water- TPower Company, on the applicetion and request of the United States, deeded the water-power abont Rock Istand, which i8 necessary for all the works of thy Uovernment there, und the tiovernment contructed with thig Cumpm, 13 develop thut water-poteer nind Keep it up. IYII L requires annual expenditures of money., One of the members of the Conterence Committeo of the other House [Hewitt, of New York], if 12 s Proper to suy 5o, 18 opposcd, s L understund, to this thing entirely, e s oppoaed to the ftock Islunid Arsenal; he §s opnosed to cnrryluf out the contraet of the Government there, ap- plled at the fmetance of thu proper authorlties for an approprintlon of §75,000, which was nceessury, i the opinlon of thy suthoritles, to do Wwhat the Governmont had engaged Lo do in referenco to this matter, The Committes on Appropriations thought proper 10 reduce §¢ 1o §25,000, in which the member rep- resenting thedistriet inthe other House,ulthongh not., sattsfied, acyuiesced, In my Judzment thero should be no reconveyauts of the water- power to the Moling Company at all; it js wauted and needed by the Uuvernment of the Unlted Btates dn this development of the great work which fs going ou there, und I do nat fbwk it ought 1o bo lessed to them, nur do 1 bellove the Becretary-of War wil louse it to this Cowpauy. 1 thouht that the pre- vision was n harmf s one fu thint resnect (1) und, therelove, it having the vssent of the ulcmber from the ‘district {1endersonl, 1 remarked to tho Chairman of the Commities that, i the ap- propriation could not bs obiained to insert this, becpuee fuscemed to bo satisfactory to the member fromn the destrict (1), RIE JMr, Edmunds—I supposu it Is my own fault, but my lack of Information 3.almost as dense now a8 it was before. I should like my hon- oruble friend from llinols ur somebody ¢lss to tell e onaor two things, I he kuows them. ‘I'he Benatur bga stated, und I bavo uo doubt correctly, thut the Moliuo Water-Power Com- auy deeded thly property to tho Uunlted Btotes, ow much did they get for {11 Mr. Davis, of lltnois—I do not know. Mr, Ediuuds—Yie Beuator informs me that Lie duca uut Euow, | ka thero any womber of Wi \ e = Commniseo of Conferenen on the paitof the Benags thit has agreed to lhll_ll’r.nmrflfltnl.lvhn now 3 dg&’r. Davlx, of INlinofs—The contracts were be- ! foro the deed, n Mr. Edmumts—~T€ tha Conference Committes does nit Kuow, then I suppose ‘we must go with- out the information, Mr. Alllzon—I have the contract here befora me. T donot remember the amount paid, 1 want to eay {o the Senator from Vermont that I «distike quite na mich as ho does this arrange- ment of reconveying this water-power to the Mollne Water-Power Company, ‘The contract tu terma provides that the Uhited States Gove crnment shnll holdl this wuter-power and use a portlon of [t v perpetuity and retain the re- mafuder of it. I ehould like to say one word further, as am quite fumnllar, a8 fs the Senator from Hitnols, with the Rock Island Arser ‘The Gavermnent of the United States ditt evenge with this Water-Power Company to develup the power. mul they have doveluned [t ton certain degree; hut 1hey have nlno improved the maln channel of the Miesdssippl River, and hy dolug ro have diverted water which properly belongs to the Mollng Water-Power Cotnpany, s I understand, to the i chauuel, thus re- quiring an additlonal expenditure at this tline or the purpose of maintainlng sufiiclent water in fts dam or race 1hat i3 uow by varlous fucturing companfes, ‘Tl Com- un Approprintlons Inserted §25,000 to ese obstructions sl open up this Lut, a4 hns been sald by the Senator frum Iilnols, there are people—I need not aay where or who they are—who are determined thut this Jtock iilnml Arsennl shall be destroved, [Hewltt, for Instanee.] Ongof the reasons why an arsenal was fixed ut Rock Istund was That thero §s there a vast aceumula- tion of water that may be utliized by the Gov- crnment for the purposes of an arsenal. Of course, {f this water-power {8 reconveyed tn the Molnd * Water-Power Compuny, the United States can wie 1o {:orllan uf” ity und when the Uuited States shall cense to use the water- vower an argument will be made, ¢ Why have an avsia! on Hock Jeland?* Therefore, Mr. President, althoueh I hove nbsolute ¢ nfldence it the Secretary of War will not exercise this discretionary power conferred upon him, i seax in hoalile handa [ should regret exceeding o see this Senate udopt _the conlerence repol which would enable the Secretary of War Lo di prive the Government of the United States of the great ndvantage of this water-power for nll time to come, 1 regret execedingly 10 see this this bill, although I icel qulte sure, sator fromn Iifinols, that the pree- ent Secretary of War will not exerelsa the pow- er conferred upon him fu this bill, liope the Scuate will vote report} and Jet o new Coni- mittee tic apponted. Mr, Davisyof Hituots—I have no objection to haviig b voted down on that polnt. 2 belleve with the Senator trom fowa thut it {8 the pur- posc of certaly persons to destroy the arsenal at Rock Istund. Mr. Kirkwood~—Ceztaln Iuterests. Mr. Davis, of INinots—And g0 ol the Armory of 8pringlleld, Mags. These fnterests want to have arms manufactured Ly private associations Tam oppozed to that. ‘I'iere s 4o place {n this country wlhere o great work of 1his kind fs bet- ter fixed than at Reck Island. The Govern- ment pirchased this power beenuse the agents of the Government belfeved it was necessary to the complete development of the plans thicre, and 1 believo that it §s; but it Is just as the Scnator from Iowa says, that Iu the mprove- ment of the maln channel of the river there bas been created an .obstruction, and the Moltne Water-Pawer Cuinvany ennnot et the necessary amount of water to wireh thes ace entitled to carry on thelr work, Moline {s a place of 10,600 people; it is one of the most prosperous manu 1aerurhyg places in the Stato of lifuols: nnd we cannot get through an approprintion of moucy enough for the Governiuent to earrv out fts awn contract, 1 .do .mot believe thint this water-power should be recon- veved to that Company at all, I belleve th it will hecome absolutely neceseary tor the po poses ol the Government. Although T thl this_proviston itsell {s harmlesa ns It s because the Seeretary of War will not muke the lense, yet 1 bave not the slizbtest objection to the proposition hcln;&rnu out entirely, Mr. Dawes—L1 do not know thut I am aware of the exact effect of this provosition. 1 desire to state, however, that ! have hud some experi- ence ju rerard to this Moline Water-Power Com- pany and the ursenal at Rocl Island, and it isa matter of the utmost importance to the United States, as well o to the Mollne Water-Power Comouny, 1f L understand it aright, the United Status s dependent for ail it water-poser upon thiat Company, amd undertook a vast work upon Rock Islund, which reflects great eredit upon its projecturs, amd Is_of great consequience to the United States. But the United States is dependent upon a contract it made with the AMuting Water-Power Comnpany for {ts water. A vart of thut contract, if I mistuke not, Is thut the Unlted States shall have power cnoush and stll leave power for the Motine Water-Power Compuny, and that the United States shall develop this Phere slways has been agreat deal of (i cuity in ity and, while Leannot tell what Is the purpose of the proposition posw, 1 hesitate at any change made in the Iast houra of the ses- slon by Jaw without the arrangensnt heln:z - tual, because you may cut oft the United States entlrely from that which makes Roek Islad worth auything to it 88 an arscnal, or you may £0 cramp and destroy the water-power of Moline that yau will be obliged to make different ar. rangements, 1 think ordginolly if the United Srates had not depended upon this water-power at ull, but bad relicd upon othier power fnde- pendent of ity the United States would have heen better off; bul they have gone too far. They heve expended $7,000,600 fo that orgenal, il they eannot retrace thetr steps, und they do not desfre to do it. Thev have a inore valuable property there than any other nation in the world has for that vurpose, anil they eannot. treat it fn puy other spieit than with the utmost care; wl 1 sugiest to the gentlemen who have churte of this conference report that there s nothing so necessary as to be very careful about that power, I knowavhen I was upon another Commlttee on Aprruprmlhmn e pot {uto a gerens ditlieulty in this same way, und lind to re- tract our steps, undertaiing by law to A% what shoukl be done in the development of this ‘Water-power, Mr. Fdmunds—T hope that the Senate of the United States, that fs a perpetual body, will nag feel ftselt coerced, clther h{ fear of Tosig this bill or the fear of belng obliged to meet ngmia, futo taking o sten that it belicves to be azunst he publfe fntereat. Now, Iwish to eall the at- tention of the Senate to the state of this case, At the expense of 87,000,000, as the Senutor from Massachusetts has stated, we have o sreat and [mportunt arsenal In the greatest nnd most grawing region of the Republic, aud we pur- chased and” ohtalned o conveyauce from the Moling Water Compgny, or whatever its natne i8, of o sutliclent water rlzht to curry on the wanutcturing operations and necessitivs ol this great werk of ours, und own it Of coursy e United States owns this water-power, f1a portion of it with the corrulntive duty which existe fn all saeh cases of doimz fts share to keep It in order, bovause, of course, where there §8 n sl dam amd different water rlghts, ench owner mitnt cantribute tn comman (o keep un the dam, anat Gevp out the sandbars, and g0 on, My honorubife {rfend from Massachusctts states, utul siates correctly, that wo have somethlng more, # rood deal more; 1 am only statlng o hart uf the akeleton of the thing, so 08 not to ake up time, that the Senats muy sce its m- poriunco wid the danger of this step it is pro- posed we aro to take without fnformntion, with. out consideration, uid in violutlon of the splrit and ulso, 1 think, of the letter (thouwh ut (st [ Gl ot nake that polut) of the duty of u con- ference comimittee. Now, 1 sk thie attention of the Senate to this brief proviston, for it ts brief, upon the subject of whut becomies of 1he rlzhts of the United States to this wuter-power 1i this amendment be agreed to, in the diser tlon of a single oftlerr ot the Government, who way by chunged trom day to day und from molith 1o month by the nceldents of NHfo or dis- easo utnd of all 1he other alfatea thut cutor In's he operations of ofllclal lfe, Now, what (e ft1 Yt the Secretary uf War js hereby authorlzed and euipuwered to leaso the water-pawor at Mollne, or such portion way by rsed upon, 10 the Molino Water-tower Company— o the very grantors from whom wa bought 1t at u great eXpense, it Is now pruposed thut we shiall Jeuse fy Lack again, they having got our money sud our consideration fn various ways i the expemditure of it to bulld up the property, gul 1t ready for use, und now it ehall be handed ack to thein— nl:on such terms and conditiona and for such term of yoars as may be agrevd Wpon-— An ahsolutely induotinite delegution of power to a single ollicer of the Government tq make o perpetual leasc it he shall choose, 0 lung as wood grows und water runs, as the phrase is in the rural districts, of this edsential part of this property— 1f the same can bo done conslstently with tho Intore terusts of the Government of the United States— ‘Chint Is, I tho oplalon of the Secrotary of War, Now notlce what follows. The diseretion ceases, aud we now como toa deseriptive allega- tlon and declarution of whut the nature of thut leass {s to be— subd loawo 1o Le inade upon the condition that the sald Moline Water-P'ower Company | go on sud compiete the devolopment df the watur-power, and matutalu it at 11 own cost and expouss, Vor whoso benelit! ‘The nstute und patriotic ontjoman who (n his closet op otlles framed that stuonument lodustriously forgot thut this wate-powur slould bo ket up for Lie benellt, of the Unftod Statea. It |3 to be tuewet ovay bodily to this Company upen the condi®5; It s becyunes (heira bo wlt inlents and purgnvics, und 107t that st of triwmps 1 for thelr own uscs ns leasees, thnt hey shall de- velop nnid complete and have it for thielr uso at thelr_own expense, In other words, it s & completa delegation of authority to ihe Seern- tary of War to abrolutely annibilate every 1n- terest and right of uny beneficlal chnracter that the Unfted Statea nas fn that water-power, Now, Tilo sav, Mr. President, that there is no Ttour n the last dav of a sesslon of Congress e Into that It will pravent me from resisting as faras [ can with decorum -nnd propricty to Scnators, sich n fchetnn as that intenduced for the tist time I nconference between the two louses, ‘Fherefore, ! hiope the Scunte will not bu seared npon the subject of osing this bill, It 18 much better to lose the it than it s (o Jose a millfon dolines aud deatroy this property, We can robild . wl 1e.chact e biil bug the urnl,crl ¥ onee gone we eannot get baek. M oduced for tho frst enort, r. Kernan—It (s ot e in the conference Mr. Edmunds—7o all Inteots and purposes it i#, nittouzl it honis upon these threads of the Scuute amendment: For completlng the development of the svater- power nt the Rock Ialana Ar<enal, in pursuance of cottruets made with the Moling Water-Power Company, $23,000, There was n ehnple provision ot money to corey out whatl was sipposed 10 be an existing obligation ot the part of the U 1 States. Thut {3 piade the occaston for Introduclng, without any examnatiom, and without any time to exumine, on the vart of the ate Camrait- tee, to whom v such misslon was instructed, into the bearinga of thiz subject and the couses aucnces; and fais must akulfully and adroitiy drawen amendment prepared by somebudy f8_put forth as o thin that Is to be wgreed 1o and we are expected to approve it . 1inust be excused for one, Mr. Davie, of Iilinois—Mr, Prestdent, I donot bave the spprehiension that the Senator irom Verinont has {o reintion to this scheme, It fs very clear why thls was fntroducsd, It was dotie, douhtless, by the Conference Cotnmlttee on the part of the House, or the persons who dominated that Commilstee fHewltt], unon the eround that the contraci ol the Government with this Moline Water-Power Company was dizadvantagzeous Lo the troverniment(!) Mr. Ajllson-~Mr. President, 1 deaslre to say one word more with reference to the amend- ment numbered 41, T'do not wish to einbarrass thir bill or to prevent such vonslderation ns will canble it to pass at the present seexion of Con- wrers, I 1 supposed for a siogle moment that any. Becretary of War woula exerdse in the slightest deeree the power conferred upon him by that amendment L wonld not consent to the bassaze of this bl under any circumstances. lere §s n water-puwer, estimated by the army ofticer fn eha of 1L us worth $300,000 to &0,000 per untium when develoved, proposed to be leased, not in competitlon, not 1o those who will pav the most for . but toa corpora- tion oreanlzed by the State of Jlinols, snd the very corporation” wno surrendered this water- power urlanally to the Government of the Jnited States jor « large consideration, that con- sfderation purtly fn perpetuity, becanse we have agreed i our contract with' that. Compauy to develop thiy water-power wd to maintain It in perpetity, givine them one-fourth of it, But [ cel certaln that the Seeretary of War will not excrelee the power eonferred uvon him, and therefore T am not wlillug to waive the objec- tions L have to tnls amendment. In_deference to otlier gentiemen who are equally interested with me In the developient of this arsenal, Mr. Burnaide—Wi1 the Senator allow me to ask him a question § Mr. Alllson—Certainly. . Burnside—11ns the Senator any assurance the Seeretary of War i3 golne o live untll : next ression anrd (hat somie new Secretary of War may not come i who would be disposed to exercisc this power Mr. Allison—L will say to the Senator that T have no speclat assurance on that subject. z Alr. Burnaide—I do not suppusc the Senator hag. Mr, Dawes—The Senator from fowa should also consider that this rues into {he atatute- hook a8 @ permanent rlatute. 1t will be for alt e, Mr. Davls, of Tilinols—Tt ean e repealed (1), Mr. Bdmunds—It 13 wuch casier to reritse to paxsit, Mr, Dawes—It woull not be as ensy to repeal {t os to enact it, and Isuuzest to the Scoater from fowy, who hos b sume knowledge of Fort Suelling and dlvers ather large vroperties of the United States dlcuppearinz hle o morn- Ingz sty that the frst thing ne will know this water-power at Rock Istaud wil) disuppear, Mr. Dorsey, of Arkuneas—I certoinly hope, Mr. T'resident, that this bill wilt not be returned to the House: thut this conference report will not ba rejected, because 1 feel almaost certain that 1 1t §s the bUL wili fd, Tor the'reason that there fs not tinie hetween now and te-morrow noon to have a mew conference o over this ground ugaly, uul for tie fuitl reason that 1he Senate §s alreadv too much oxhausted, I think. upon that subject to go'over the Mollng water-power matter. The provision made here only grants o diseretion to the Seceetary of Wur which he need not exeretse, sl if It 3 zolie to militate amainst 1he interests of* the United States tie surely will vot exervise b3 aud If [t 1s found that it works against the nterests of the United States, at thenext sesslon of Congress it wifl be a very easy thing to repeal ft. Mr. Edipunds—Ilow csn Congress repeal it after the fease is madel . Mr. Dorsey—There Ia no leass to be made ex- cept 1 the diseretion of the Seerctury of War, 1 hupe the conterence report will be cou- curred {n, Mr. McDonnld, of Indlana~\What difficulty Is there n striking out that part of this report whiclr never has been consldered in either branch ot Congressi Mr. Dorsey—If you strike oat one word of the report it wil streike out the whole of it. Mr. McDonald—T7 think we had better da that, The Vlee-President—The report must be dealt with as an cutirety. Ay, Sarzent—I{ the report fsrelected it should be done ot unee, unless {t Is the purpose not only to reject the report but to cause the bill to fafl. There {3 a chatee that by the conferecs working industelouely, for the “House iy still in sesalon, Law informed, so that they may ap- point other conterees, the Wil may” become o law, nud that whicn #5 poluted out us objeclivna- Yle be elimiated 7 but another half hour spent in debate will stmply saecifice the bill, T hopo the question Will be taken, I calt for the yeas and uays ou the ndontion uf the veport, The Vice-Prestdent—The question {3 on con- curring 10 1he report of the Committes of Con- fercuce on the 8nndry Clvil Appropristion bill, on which the yeas” und nays have been des manded, Mr. Edtnunds—I second the demand for the yeas und nays. s ‘Ihe yeas nnd naya were ordered; and, being taken, Tesulted—yens, i35 nays, 24} as follows: VAN Dalley, Ferry, Paadock, Tayard. Gnrland, Patterson, Buller, Gordon, TPinmb, Camieron (Pa. Grover, Ttausom, Cameron (Wi, ), Humlin, Ttollinn, Chandler, Hinrrle, Fargent, Coke, Tloye, Suields, . Conover, Kel! fipencer, Davla (1)), MeMilla Teiter, Davis (W.Va,), Maxey, Whyte, Doraey, Mitehell, Windom, Hustls, Oglesty, AVE=24, Alltson, Ldmund McCreery, Anthony, Hereford, McDonald, Heck, Inll, Mefhereon, Liooth, Hoar, Matthows, Burneide, doned (Fla,), Merrimon, Cockrully Kernan, Boulsbury, Dawes, Kirswood, Wadlateh, Euton, Lamar, Wullnco, ABNENT=1T, Hornum, Tugalls, Snunders, Hialne, Johnston, Rhron, Ieuce, Jones (Nev.), Thurman, Cunttes, Morgan, Yourhees, Conkling, Aorrill, Withers. Denms, Randolph, 8o the report was concurred fn, ————— WHIST. [Enter Ramliat, bolding sice trumna and ne pariteuiar autt, thamiet fog. ] To ruff ar not to rull—that 1s the question, Whother ‘tiwern hoster 1 your nlay 1o walt for Your slenal anwwered by u stugid parin Or 1o pluy boldly, sy [ want the lead, And, tramping in, secure tt, lo riit—to take; )’ [nnm; and by tho trick to say W cad all qunger, ond tho thuusand chances 110 depends ont "ty 5 coustmmstion Iy to bo wished, ‘o rull—to tako; To ta but thereby breaking np My stronz trump-hand L Aye, thero 18 the rab; Haw they 1may be divide "Thut muken eiarrasime he vrlcka your purt ¥ I opnonent makint every clicab ilnvase, W {th Joy depleted on hie cager face— Witen son yuureold might vut an end (o it And sion g st by Srumplng? Who Would cross- Fuifs bear, Ta chiafe o fumo undor a losing game, Tiut that tho dread of somo suft yet untred, Whose mn-nmh may lie agaiust us, puzzles the w e e And makes usrather keop our strenath in tramps Thaw rull, aud lead them, thereby elaking all, Thus calculation makes un covwarde ally And thuw the moivri sciuntitic gume Duth often fail by un ox L And beillunt trump-hands lo Aud oft are rendored uscleed, n, A Rusalun Monuuents A montment to commemoraty ts trium‘m over ‘Furkoy has beew onderea in Franco by thy Russtan Goverament, The desiga s by av aged artlst of Bt. Petersbury, wbo tuok part in iho camnpoign of the Napoleonte fnyasion, On the tov ol u truncated pyruiid stunus w Russfan cuszie, with his tulous Upon the creseeut und the Turk(sh standard. On the four sides of th pyramid tlie most finportant avents of the wn, are depicted In has-rellef, Among the explolt to ho represented are the crosstug of the Dane ube, the blowing.np by torpedocs of o Turkish Iran-clad, the storming of Kars, the ol tha Czar to the losoital of Blmnitza, and the eo eninpment of the Russiana before Constantino. ple. About the base of tha pyramid captured . Turkish cannon are to be grouped. e STA’I‘E-}!AKK!NG IN ILLINOIS. An 01d Story Rotold by “Gntn.» . torrewondence Cincinnati Knquirer. New Yonk, March 13.—In thia lotter I shall Rrive the history of Stato-banking Insome prowje nent States neighborly to Ohle. . . o ¥ Illlnnl'n has had n long experience with banks. ‘The Inditstrious history of the State by David- son nnd Btuve goes miuutely into bankine ques- tions. The frst Lepistatura met at Kaskaskin, comnposed of twelve members, who all boarded with one family und lodiced In ono foom. Monty Wns very scarce, and the common carrency was racenon and deerskins. In fmitation of thy financial aspirations of Oblo rud Kentucky, the young Legislature suthorized scveral bunks, ns at Shawncetown, Edwardsville, and Kaskaslkla, —all banks of issue. In additlon, tho Leglsla- ture foreed the clreulation of these banks by postponing the colluction of debis unless the creditor would receive their notes, The Govern- | ment deposited its receipts for public lunds with the Edwardsvillo Bank, which . stols €54,000 of It, and, notwithstanding n_judg- ment, the eum was never collectod Money becamo flush and connterfelts pres plentiful. A band of *Regulators® woa ns- sembled to punish counterfelters, In 1817 the celebrated City of Calro, atterward commemo- rated by Dickens, was chartered by the Legisine ture, with a bhank of o capital of $200,000, seeured by “waterdota.” * 'The bank soon ex- pired, tu 1820 banks etarted sl around 1litnols; wold and sllver were driven out of clrculation Ly the wild-cat currency. A monster baok was crested by the Lepislature, with a capital of $2,000,000, but not a dollar of stock was evet «ubseribed for, The immigrauts came fnto the State penniless, like the people among whom, they settled; paper towns dotted tho map everywhere, but would not grow. A sccond Stute bunk was chartered aud Jocated at Van- with four braunches, anct its notes were recelvable for all taxes, costs, fecs, and sularles; debtors wero allowed threa years' sta by rcuh:“‘)' unless the creditor ook the bank’s nutes, People wero encouraged to borrow money ou thefr estate, and every politiclan got as much as he wanted. Nobody™ pald- the bank anything back, and the State Legistature grave- [ 1y tnomoralized Cougress to let thelr local paveg, Lie used to buy public Iands. The paper do- preciated to 25 cents on the dotlar, aud non- residents pald all thelr taxes 101t The Stata lost. £500,000 by the bank experlinent, In 152 it was pronosed to futroduce slaves, 80 88 10 match the banks with samething s dis- creditable socially. In 1818, when the State Government went into operation, its revenw was little more thau $7,000; a ression of th Legzlalature cost 815,000, After Andrew Jack son crusbed the United Btates Bank, Gov. Dun can countenanced a new State Bank, with sly branches and a eapital of $1,500,000. The Dem ocrata got the idea thut Gun, Juckson's opposk* tion to the Federal Bank implied his favor of local banks. The stock was cogerly taken, and ran up to o premium of 18 per cent, Imme- dintely o reckiess syatetn of internal improve- ments wos cotered upon; the State Baunks were authurized to Increaae thelr stocks, and also the number of thefr branches, Most of the bank- ullicers wera Whige, and o political strife arose over those fnstitutions. ‘The Sccretary of the ‘Treasury was applled to to nake the State Bank a Government deposftory, but political autoro- nisw prevented i, Buddenly the panic of 16857 oceurred, und the bania of Illinots suspended. epecie-puyments, A speciul session of the Lex- Islature legatized the bank-suspenslons,*and ine ternal improvements went on, ‘These banks contained all the dpposits of the State, which wus now virtuslly bankrupt. Abraham Lincoln was o wember of the Legisinture st that period, I 1842 the huwe {nstitution tailed, with a cle~ culation of $3,000,00. The Bauk of Bunwnee- town, which had loaned the Btate £30,000 to hulld the State Cupttol ot - Springtleld, was equally fnvolved, A company of sharpers thea bu\ll:;m. the bank-charter and specutated fn 8tata serlp. ;\1mllmnu syatem. wus then devised, to cost $10,000,000, bt the Hability uitimately amount- cd 1o sbont $20,000,000, In 1540 the whole sve. tem ot public imprevements collapsed. Uy ihe sule ol several millions of the Btate bonds i New York the free banking-system of shut State | was introduced futo 1itinois, “and many wild-cat, buuks obtatued credit. Most of this money wus. to be spent to bulld o canal. By the collapso of the smprovement system the Btate was Jefo with o debt of more _than 14,000,000 Indiana, in the same year, 1847, had disposed of $11,000,+ 000 of her bonds to buitd only forty miles of rull- road nmd o tew pieces of canal wml turnplke, Pennsylvania ran up her debt nbout the same time to $10,000,00), aud béfore the Clyil War Missourl had more than $20,000,00 debt. OF the debt of Ilnols, more than $6,000,000 was on account of the worthless banks, Thero was ay nununl defleit fn the Iilinols finances of $830,000 ad the State credit ywas exbsusted, The peo ple were {ndebted to the mierchants, the mer ciants to the baoks, and the banks owed every budy who earried one of their razs in his pocket 8tate bonds declined 1n the market to 14 conts on the dollar, ubid (n 1842 the two leadlng banks went out of existence with $4,600,000 elrcula. tion, Utter dearth and_ stognation in every kind of businees prevailed. The ery broke out for repudlation. Gov. Ford afterward sald: * It s my solemn beliof that, when I eame jnto oftlee, I "had the power to make lllinois a repudiating State. The polt- ticluns ou nefiner side would never havo dared torisk thejr poputerity by defendimg un fuercuse ot toxea, Some ol the counties refused to pay taxes, In 1843 there wos not over $200,000 to 300,000 I zood movey In the pockots of the' ‘wholo people of inofs," 1tlinols resuscitated herselt by completing het canal, which brought mmigration fnto the Htate il encourngzed thie public charncter. The Stute compromised with the banks, und gotrid of more thyn $2,000,000 of her debt. By prudence, and economy, nnd good financlering, the. bonds arose from 14 to 40 per cent, the banks began to pay out their specle, mul everything went well, 1llinofs soon had 700,000 population. Tho re- viver of the Statv was undoubtedly Gov. Thomas Ford, wiio dicd fn 1850 very poor, 3 The inale & Atichizon " Central, cstimated in 1852 tocost ¥H0,000,really costnearly $18,000,000, ‘Fhe State debt of §14,000,000, in 1&{ , was equal to atiout $150,000,000 at thy presens time, The Government helped the canal with more than £5,000,000 of publie lands. ‘I'bat canal made Chieago, In 1850 the smine canal was deepencd, eud all the sewernza of Chicago went down to the [linols {nstead of out in tho lake. The Stute revenues wers much increased by taxing Lands sold by the Government, which baa been exempt from taxatlon for_five years after theip sale up to 1847, In 1830, “for the first time sinco 183V, the accrulng State rov- enue sufllced to micet the current demands upon the U'rensury, Conzress, in ¥ Kave the linofs Central Iaitroad 5,000,000 ncres of band, and il the swamp lunda in the Btate, amouut- Ing to helt ss much more, ‘Iheso donations cruated the State us ft {8, Instantly, Ilinoig finprovenient vonds Jumped up 107 per cent, The Government hus realized on the alternats seetions on Jund Ii 1he grant $0,000,000.8 A Frec-Banking bl wos passed in 1851, based ou State utud Govermuent stocks, Instautly the Btate was flovled with vaper mmm{. properiy rosr, el everybody weut futo apeculution, The penalty of U was imposed on cvery furelgu bunk-bill of denomiuation than 5calull|f: into the State, 1n 1854 tne panic came, Inrgely buwotten by the declive of Missourf und Vi ginta bumds, 1Mnols waa tlooded with Ueorgla shinvlusters, Hy 1857 there wera slxty-ono froe banks, of which eleven hud fulled, By the panie of 1857 thore than 204,000 tirms falled fu tho Uunlon, with Habilitlea ot $:300,000,000, sud about $159,000,00) was winud out of exlstence. 'Tha faflures fu lilinols alone smountod to moro than FOMG0N, Real catate received a blow, In 13, of the 110 banks in filinots, all oxcept sey- enteen were fn process of |Inuldnllon and had retived nore than §11,000,000 of clrculatiun, Natlotul bauks ud (hew., GaTu. FASHIONABLE FOOLISHNESS. There is no moderu fashionable natlon quite 20 ubsurd us the gencrally received fdes thut to Die peantiful and uttractive, o woman must pos- seaa u wan, spirituells faco, snd a tigure of sylph-like proportious,—a fragility iu ajoe cases out of ten 1he result of (lseuse, By many fushionablu belles It is considered u spocinl cons fent to be spokon of as trufl uud dulleate, Eliey furiet that the naturally delleate face und petite sigure are very different from the pule sl (lseuso-stricken fuces thut meot us in the city thoroughfares, look out from the luxuriaug enrrbuzes of wealth, sud ellde Jangufdly through our crowded drawligz-rooms. [0 disease wera unfushionable, as it ought to be, not o lady in the Jund but would take cvery possible procau« tlon to securo thy fresh, blooming face sud well- rounded fzure ‘thut only health cau glvo. Judios should remeinber that much usfgom.l:mun wuy prutess ta sdinire the fuco umt form paled wid emuociated by disease, when they choose a wife they profer u blooming, Lealthldl, buoysots svirited - woman, © Dr. Plerco's Fayorite Pre- weriptlon is tha sckonwledged standard remedy for fewmlo diacasus nod weaknesses, 1t has the twu-fold n«lvnnmiu of curlug the local disgesy undd fmpartjug u vizorous tous to the wliole syae too, It 18 sold by drukeists, H [y o