The New York Herald Newspaper, April 20, 1868, Page 3

WASHINGTON ‘Developments Regarding the Radical Con- spiracy to Remove the President. Butler’s Schemes for Securing a Place in the Cabinet. General Grant and the Military Dictatorship. fyiniows as to the Resilt of the Impeach- ment Trial. Programme of the Summing Up of * Counsel. WASHINGTON, April 19, 1868, ‘The Conspiracy of the Radica) Leaders and the Impeachment Trial. That the present impeachment trial is but the yeault of a conspiracy formed fully three years ago by certain radical leaders, headed by the illustrious Ben Butler himself, has for a long time been the opinion of President Johnson and many conservative Tepublicans as well as democrats. Immediately after the removal of President Lincoln by the assas- sin’s bullet the conspiracy commenced, the object being either to control Mr, Johnson by inducing him to reorganize his Cabinet on a more radical basis, or, failing in that, to open a regular war of the fiercest character upon the unyielding President. Ben Butier at that time was a power in himself. He had a strong party at his back, and he and his party desired, not only to shape the policy of the government, but likewise to enjoy the spoils of office. Butler, especially, yearned to administer the War Office or the State Department, and accordingly laid plans to accomplish his purpose. His friends backed him up with all their influence, and Mr. Johnson was pestered with entreaties to’ remove either Mr. Stanton or Mr. Seward for Benjamin’s especial benefit, Seward, be it known, at this time was stretched on his bed from the terrible wounds inficted by the assassin, and ‘Lincoln was yet unburied. The extent of the patriot- jam of Butler and his friends will, therefore, be com- prehended. While Seward was every hour expected NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1868,—TRIPLE Begto suffrage policy, which was shown his North Carolina proclamation. Senator Sumner also seems to have been in the plot, for some time after he had a protracted inter- view with the President, during which he urged the President to.adopt the negro suffrage policy, and on being met with stubborn determination on the part of the Executive he became somewhat insolent and threatening, concluding with a solemn warning that he and his friends intended to carry out their plan and to fight the Administration to the bitter end on that line, should it rain the country. This interview of Sumner and the President lasted for three hours, and resulted in leaving each in exactly the same po- sition ag when they started. From that time forward the conspiracy has gradually developed itself, until now, when it seems the purpose of the radicals to re- move the President if they can, and, succeeding in that, then to establish a nominal military dictator- ship with the great power centred in a Senatorial oligaretiy, The late acts of Congress, in the opinion of able men, point to this end unmistakably. There is very little direct evidence, but the whole course of Congress has that tendency, ‘Those who ridieuie the idea of a dictatorship do not know that some of Gen- eral Grant's staf have said lately that a condition of thiags might occur which he would feel to justify him im assuming the responsibility of a dictator. | They forget that he has not disclaimed the announce- ment in a leading radical journal that he favored the removal of President Johnson; nay, that he has re- fused to deny it when asked for an explanation. They tose sight of the fact that Congress has already made him dictator over all the unreconstructed South; that it has passed a law preventing his re- moval from office or from Washington by the constt- tutional Gommander-in-Chief, and passed still another law declaring that ail! orders to the army must be issued through him, so that a regiment, under existing circumstances, is not at the command of the President uniess the General-in-Chief consents. Speculations as to the Result of the Impeach- ment Trial—Programme of the Summing Up. As the impeachment trial draws to a close, the pro- babie verdiet of the Judges and Jurors attracts some interest, an@ gives rise to considerable discussion. The exact power of the Senate is debated, and par- ticularly with regard to the point whether, if they conviet, they must necessarily inflict the penalty of removal and future disqualification to hold ortice. The weight of the opinion seems to be in favor of the view that the penalty is not an inevitable sequitur of conviction under. a fair construction of the seventh clause of the third section, article first of the constitution, and therefore that the Senate is at liberty to find the accused guilty without proceeding to the extremity of re- moval from omMce. The development of this new point has given rise to divers rumors, among which is one to ‘the effect that the Senate will avail itself of this liberal construction, and, though it will find him guilty, sti will not remove President Johnson. It is hardy probable that any of Butler's society in his Cabinet, but declined also to pe pid. to expire, Butler was busily at work seeking to have ‘the prostrate Secretary of State turned out of office im order that he (Butler) might promote his indecent and uncontrollable ambition. That Iam not merely fabricating a sensational story will be evidenced by the following letter, written to Han. Lewis D. Camp-. bell, our late Minister to Mexico, by General J. K Herbert, of Major General Butler’s staff:— WASHINGTON, April 19, 1865. ‘My DzAR Sin—The greasest crime of centuries has thrown the robes of Mr. Lincoln upon your good friend, Mr. Johnson, about whom we slightly differed 4 was at your house. You wili agree with me, ink, that some change in the Cabinet ought to be and qrotenly wil be. You also agree, I sus- that tier for any place, especially War or is about the best man in the country. Presum- these things, l.write to- ask that you make the demonstration you can to that effect. You can Johnson @ letter that would be of great th him, You can induce other good men same; and, perhaps, after setting the ball m at home, you couid come here in persona. ou would. Iam certain you would do a pub- and greatly oblige Buller and his friends, lent 1 shall hear from you in @ substantial rt. Be kind enough ‘o present my kine Mrs. O. and her daughter. Let me hear from you, believe'ms * J. K, HERBERT. Hon-Lawia Dec icrhapn, hoo. wis D. CAMPBI Coy eC, P. B.—Why not. ‘Hoadley and the friends see Taft, ‘we met year in Cincinnati? Wade, Chandler, Carter, Julian, and.such as they, are doing all they can for General B. Mr. Campbell had been for twenty years the inti- Mate social and political friend of Andrew Johnson, ‘and was supposed to have powerful influence over the newly elevated President. Hence the favor of Campbell was solicited. It so happened that while Herbert was writing his letter Campbell was on his way to this city from Cincinnati, in compliance with a@ request from Mr. Johnson. Campbell arrived here nthe day Lincoln's remains were being removed from the White House to the Capit’ On the same evening or the next Campbell met Herbert in the street, who informed him that he (Herbert) had just maiied an important letter to him (Campbell) direct- ed to his residence in Ohio. On inquiring as to its purport Campbell wes informed by Herbert that But- Jer and several prominext radicals had several con- galtations for the purpose of taking steps to urge President Johnson to make an imme- diate change of his whole Cabinet, and particularly to have Secretaries Stanton and Seward removed, and to have General Butler placed either in the Depart- ment of State or of War; that he had written to Mr. Campbell for the purpose of inducing him to use his infiuence, and obtain the influence of other promi- nent men in Ohio, to accemplish the same end. Mr. Campbell said in reply, that as Mr. Seward was lying at the point of death, with his throat cut by an assassin, and his son, Frederick Seward, Assistant Secretary of State, was supposed to be in a dying condition, he thought probably by a little delay Providence Himself would remove Mr. Seward and save any trouble on that score, Besides, he ex- preseed an unqualified opinion that it would be ruinous to the reputation of President Johnson, and perhaps disastrous to the country, were he to make any removals at that particular time in his Cabinet. Considerabie conversation on the subject ensued, and General Herbert urged Mr. Campbell to cali and see General Butier at Willard’s Hotel. Mr. Campbell remained in Washington, having very frequent personal communications with the President in reference to public affairs, the condition of the country, 4c., and from day to day receiving additional information In reference to the combina- tions which had been formed to prevail upon the President to make @ change in his Cabinet. On matare deliberation Mr. Campbell determined & was @ue from tim to the President, who had been his personal and political friend for many years, and whom he had been instrumental in bringing promi- nently before the public after the breaking out of the war, to warn him that these plans were on foot to have General Batler put in the State or War De- partment. He accordingly furnished Mr. Johnson with the information relative to these combinations, and urged him to make no change what- ever of Mr. Lincoln’s friends until the shock occasioned by the assassination would have subsiied, and then, if he found it necessary to make a change, to do so, but not vefore. The President assured his informant that he would make no removals then, and espe- clally would not for a moment entertain the idea of Femoving @ man who had suffered as much as Mr. Seward had and was then in a critical condition. General Butier’s staff officer (Herbert) told Mr. Campbell several times during the sojourn of the latter in Washington that General Butler was very of seeing him, but no interview took place between them, except for a few moments with Gen- eral Rosecrans, who called upon matters relating to the military. Mr. Campbeil’s aversion to holding ‘ny communication with General Butler arose from the belief that the whole programme which the lat- ry ey: 5 esis About the ist of May, 1865, Mr. Campbell returned Ohio, and among the letters which Rad eccumulated in his absence he found the one such poli ey will be adopted, and far more likely that the Senate, if it halts at all, will conclude to acquit the President entirely by a solid republican vote on that side. Such a course as this might save the party, and would avoid the dangers that might at- tend an attempt at removal. It would have the ap- pearance of impartiality and magnanimity, and would do more good to the party than conviction or removal, 3 The defence having finished the examination of witnesses on their behalf, the Board of Managers of the House of Representatives propose to-morrow to examine one witness, by wilom it is designed to show that the President did declare his intention to get Stanton out of the War Department “or sink the ship.”? At present it is thought that no other rebutting testimony will be introduced, ‘as it is said that there is no occasion for any further evidence of the intentions of the President to use force in carrying his point. If this programme, which has now been fixed, is adhered to, the final argument will be opened on Tuesday, Mr. Evarts leading off for the defence. Mr. Boutwell will thes follow, opening for the prosecution. ‘The Sgalth of Mr. Standery now promising his pres- encé i. vit B2btd on Tuesday, will enable that gen- tleman to close for the defence, to be followed by Mr. Bingham for the prosecution, and finishing the case. Those who are in @ position to know the fu- ture movements in the case are of the opinion that a vote will be reached by Saturday next, or probably Tuesday or Wednesday of the following week, ac- cording to the length of the speeches to be delivered in the final argument, The Quarterly Reports of the National Banks. The quarterly reports of all the national banks of the country, for the current quarter, have been re- ceived at the office of the Comptrol’er of the Cur- rency, with the exception of sixteen. The returns show that the banks generally, in their reserves, are fally up to the requirements of law, and that the items of loans and discounts and deposits in the aggregate do not greatly differ from the reports made to the department in April, 1867. A large number ef national banks have failed to comply with the requirements of the twenty-fifth section of the Nattenal Currency act. A few weeks one hundred and thirty-seven of them had never caused an examination of their securities in the hand of the United States Treasurer; and nearly two han- dred others who have at some time since their or- ganization procured such examination, are delinquent in both the current year and that ending with June last. The Comptroller of the Currency has accord- ingly called the attention of national bank officers to these facts, and advises how the examination may be conducted, Proposed Amendment to the Passenger Laws. The amendment zo the Passenger laws, proposed to Congress by Secretary McCulloch, are chiefly such as have been suggested by the observation of prac- tical seamen, and by, as he says, the lamentable failure of existing laws to pass the ordeal of the courts. Therefore, in revising the act of 1855 it is especially advisable that the several penalties pro- vided therein shali continue to be a lien en the ves- sel, enforcible by libel and by proceedings in ad- miralty. Statistics of Trade With British North America. It. appears from @ statement of the Director of the Bureau of Statistics that the total value of imports from Canada and other British American provinces onthe Atlantic during the fiscal year ending with June iast was $31,542,780, of which free $5,623,169, and dutiable $22,919,539, upon which the total esti- mated duties were 35,062,572. Construction of the Pension Laws. The following bill, recently introduced by Mr. Perham and referred to the Committee on Invalid PEn- sions, will probably pass Congress without altera- tion :— Be it enacted, &¢., That the laws granting pensions to the hereinafter mentioned dependent relatives of deceased soldiers leaving neither widow nor child en- Utled to pension under the existing lawa, shall be so construed as to give precedence to such relatives in the following order, namely—Firet, mothers; secondly, fathers; thirdly, orphan brothers and sis- ters—-who shall be pensioned jointly if there be more than one; provided that if in any case the soldier all have left both father and mother who were de- nt upon him, then on the death of ihe mother ther shall become entitled to @ sion, com- mencing from and after the death of the mother; and provided further that no pension heretofore awarded shall be affected by anything herein con- tained, a ee eae sions,” approved Jul mentary thereto or amendatory thereof, shail not be ‘construed to authorize the allowance of ereto by reason of 7 ted pan ad ie day of Jan ‘A. D, 1868, or death resulting therefrom; ut the laws iu force prior to the sald act of July 14, 1862, rE except as to jon, alone Gare In the ad judicati have or shall hereafte! by sion, @ disability jeath the acts approved April 6, 1842, aa requires that pensions for fourteen months after the adjusted at the same have become due shall be office of the Third Auditor, is hereby repeaied; and the failure of any pensioner to claim his or her pen. sion for & of t after the same sual! wo. years ; ioe Peers f from lity, Sr and the cusiouer’s name shall be stricken from the rolls, Biect to right of restoration to the same Ri pplice. tion, with ire ena Mr any, oficer, isted-man has died since the shall be entitled to recetve $2 per month, to com- mence from the death of their father and continue ‘until they severally attain the age of sixteen years, be paid to the jan of such child or children to gard for their use and bene it; provided, however, that in . all cases where such widow is ¢! with the care, custody and maintenance of suc’ iid or childrea, the said sum of $2 per month for each of said chil- dren shaltbe paid to her for and during the time she is, or may have been, so charged with the care and custody and maintenance of such chiid or children, subject to the same condiiions, provisions and lim itations as if they were her own children by her sald deceased husband. Sec. 6. That all ions which have been granted in consequence of death occurring or disease con- tracted or wounds received since the 4th day of March, 1861, or may hereafter be granted, shall com- meuce from the discharge or frou the death of the person ok Whose account Lie peusion has been or aay hereafter be greated; provided that the appil- cation for such pension has been, or shall hereatter the Commissioner of Pensions, within 6 Jit thereto shall have accrued. upon the passage of this as may be practicable, ication, it shall be the duty of mer of Pensions to notify by letter all enutived to the benefits of the provisions act, or as svon the without awaiting apy the Cou i pensionel of the foregoing section of the amount to whieh they oe may be respectively entitled; and to pay wUse LO be pald to them, respectively, al! such arrears of pen- sions as may be due under the provisions of the fore- going section; and no claim agent or oller person shall be entitled to receive any compensation for services in making application for tue arrears of pension under this and ‘le prece ection. Sec. 7. That seotion eleven of an act entitled “An act supplementary to the several acts relating to pensions,” approved June 6, 1868, be amended so as to read as follows:—"Tuat if any otlicer, soldier or seaman shall have died ot wounds received or dis ease contracted in the line of duty ia the military or naval service of the United States, leaving « widow and @ child or children under the age of sixteen years, and it shail be duly certided under sea), by auy court having produced ‘betore such court that Le widow aforesaid has abandoned the care of such child or children, oris an unsuitable person, by reason of immoral! conduct, to have the custody of the same, or on presentation of satisfactory evidence to the Commissioner of Pensions, then no pension shall be allowed to such widow until said minor child or children shall have become six- teen ycars of age, any previous enactment to the’ contrary notwithstanding; and the minor child or children aforesaid shall be pensioned in the same manner as if no widow had survived the said officer, soldier or seaman; and such pension may be paid to the regularly authorized guardian of such minor or minors.”” SEC. 8. That section six of an act entitled “An act supplementary to the several acts relating to pen- sions,” approved June 6, #366," be and the same is hereby amended and re-enacted so as to read as fol- lows:—That if any person entitled to a pension has died since March 4, 1861, or shal! hereafter die while an applicant, for such pension, and. after the proof 8 been completed, leaving no widow and no minor iid under sixteen years of age, his or her heirs or legal representalive'shiall be entitled to receive the accrued pension to which the applicant would have been entitled had the certiticate been issued before his or her death. Sec. 9 That the remarriage of any widow or de- pendent mother, otherwise entitled to pension prior to the application therefor, or to the issue of a pen- sion certified to her, shall notdebar her right to a pen- sion for the period elapsing from the death of her husband or son, on account of whose services and death she may ciaim a pension, to’ her remarriage; provided, however, that nothing in this section sail be construed to repeal or modify the fourth section of an act entitied “An act een? to the sev- eral acts granting pensions,” approved March 3, 1865, SEC. 10, That the provisions of the ninth section of an act approved July 4, 1864, entitied “An act supple- mentary to ‘An act to grant pensions,’” are hereby continued im force for five years from the 4th day of July, 1867. SEc. 11, That all acts and parts of acts incon: with the forezoing provisi of this act be, same are hereby repealed. The Bounty of the Eighty-fourth New York Volunteers. The Paymaster General lias addressed the follow- ing letter to Secretary Stanton:— WA DEPARTMENT, PAYMASTER @BNERAL’S OFFIOR, WASHING April 10, 1868, Sin—I have the honor to make the following re- rt in response to the resolution of Congress of arch 26 iast, asking “why the members of the Eighty-fourta regiment New York Volunteers, who served three years, are allowed only $50 bounty.” Most of the cases of the Bighty-fourth New York Volunteers were paid $100 additional bounty. . Some few cases were paid but $60, for the reason, alleged by the pay master, that they enlisted before April 19, 1861, it being provided by section twelve of the act of July 28, 1866, that those soldiers only who enlisted after April 19, 1861, for not iess than three years, &c., shall be paid $100. Aithougi some of the soldiers of the Eighty-fourth regiment served three full years after April 19, 1861, the paymaster believed them to be excluded from the larger allowance prescribed in stent the the twelfth section, and paid them but $50, because not accor to the strict terms of the ew = after April 1861, but before that date, and because all enll after April 14, 1861, for noi less than two years, and not included in the twelfth section, were restricted by the thirteenth section of the same act to a bounty only $60, Since the patente of bounty were made to the Eighty-fourth regiment I have had occa- sion to entertain other cages of like character, and have ruled that if the soldier, although enlisted be- fore April 19, 1861, did actuatly serve fully three years continuouely after that date, he would be en- titied to the bounty of $100. If the clatins of the members of the Eighty-fourth regiment who served full three years after Apri! 19, 1861, are returned to this office they will be revised in accordance with ihe pew ruling and will be paid accordingly. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, B. W. BRICE, Paymaster General. Army Orders. Brevet Colonel H. G. Gibson, Major of the Third United States artiliery, has been temporarily relieved from duty at Fort Prebie, Maine, and assigned to the command of Fort Adame, Rhode Island. Brevet Major General George L. Hartsuff has been temporarily relieved from the Fifth Military District and ordered tq the department. Brevet Brigadier General George B. Ruggles has been transferred from the Department of the East to the Department of the Platte. WASHINGTON GOSSIP. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. The Impeachment Trial—President Johnson in Good Spirite—Butler Getting Into Bud Odor—Managers in a Melancholy Meod— ‘The Contingent Fund and Some of its Funny Features. WASHINGTON, April 18, 1868. Another week is gone, and Andrew Johnson sti!! receives his friends at the Executive Mansion. So far as one may judge by external signs the terrible offender has no intention of leaving his present com- fortable quarters in a hurry, having made no prepara- tions looking to that end, reports to the contrary not- withstanding, and, displaying a buoyancy of spirits entirely unsuited to one believing in the prospect of @ speedy condemnation by the grand inquest of the nation and the High Court of Impeachment, conducted with all the dignity and solemn decorum natural to Manager Butler and his able assistants, Conness of, California, and Drake, of Missouri. Joha- son’s high spirits are a puzzle to the impeachers, who consider he ought to be repenting in sackcloth and ashes and packing up his trunks, instead of re- ceiving with good humored smiles the visitors who daily and nightly apply for an audience, ‘The trial is a matter of great interest to Mr. Wade and his anxious and devoted friends. Mr. Sumner is one of those who favor an acceleration of speed, as waa indicated by his proposition to have the court meet at ten o’clock and remain in session until six, The advocates of longer dally sessions succeeded in carrying the motion to meet at eleven, but the addition of an hour a day will not greatly hasten @ conclusion. Some of the testimony which has been recently admitted, judging it upon its merits, is most fatal to the prosecution, as the steady efforts of Butler to exclude it abundantly certify. The Managers are now, as heretofore, con- suming @ great deal of time in their efforts to keep out important evidence, and this may be expected to continue, as their case grows more desperate, In this there is a conflict of interest and purpose. They are in haste to conclude the trial, for the benetit of such political advant as may accrue from the conviction and removal of the President and the ac- cession of Wade; but there is an unconqnerable feeling of distrust which all the bullying and vul- ity of Butler cannot conceal. To consummate @ object for which impeachment was inaugurated the great leratum, and those who wait for spolis submit to the delay with an iN grace, pup ressed impatience, and, just now, with no tthe aintrust and uncertainty. | he expect: ani comprehend the double disadvanta: under which the abot, tn the first place Mr, ‘John son may not be ached, and in that event their hopes wit! end. ald they be realized to the ex- tent of his removal, shod Mr, Wade succeed to the Executive chair and appoint new heads to all the iment it will be rered that hotas his place by reason of any politcal qualia, any tions tha? would dina him hot ove unter Mr, Wade. There neces In which, prior to the quarrel between the President and lh clerks were appointed at the request of democratic concen but It was not done with reference to litical merits, but by reason of the peculiar cir- meatancer Lyn ns the applications, Secretary & removal or filled a is the prom ised rownln bes never made ae od @ ‘aeancy In his department tical grou jaune may be said of Postmanier General Randal who has discriminated against radicals When it was possible to accommodate them. Secretary it 1s contended by his friends, has made no between the friends of the Presideut and the friends of Congress, when the applicanis tile Separtmenta 0% Teeuirea and 49 38% At the time of Mr, Lincoin’s ret inangunation: there was a swarm of applicants at the capital Serrar gente ane ten ant ge. to the detriment of the public intecenta, During pre- vious administrations valuable clerks bad been tamed through a succession of chi and time permanence is a positive necessity. There juent resignations on account of inadequate and the uncertain tenure of ofice; but should Mr. Wade succeed to the fuil measure of his ambition he may find that the most numerous changes in the government departments have been effected by re- sgruanens and deaths, and that the greater portion of employs will be able to fortify themselves with radical endorsements of their qualifications and merits, However, should Butler step into the Trea- sury Department he will not seruple to disregard any mere questions of qualifications or endorse- ments to carry out his hostility to General Grant, and the power of such aman as Butler over Wade may made manifest to the horror of some radicals Who how so hot and impatient for impeachment, The High Court of impeachment is not in favor w th Manager T, Stevens, A few days since he uttered in its presence @ very emphatic condemnation of its ruling—au utterance which Manager Butler deemed is prudent to stite on the spot; and more recently he declared in the House that the Senate will not allow the House Managers a cuance to speak and to being before the public the reasons why they go in for Impeachment, and his intention to give the choked off Managers an opportunity to be heard in the House, and the public the beneiit of tueir argu- ments under frank. Mr, Stevens, with his associate Managers, has constantly charged that the President’s counsel were endeavoring, ~by every means, to prolong the trial; yet these yentiemen are now indignanb because the Senate refused to allow all the Managers aetaiocn, it & He and all the counsel to participate im the clos argument, If that proposition had been agre to, probably six of the Managers would have made arguments and four of the counsel, making ten speeches, which could not have consumed less than ten days, and probably more, The call for such a profusion of argumenta- Loa provokes the inference that it was needed to Sirengthen the eviden e; but as tus is not consistent With the boasts of the Congressional politicians, that impeacameut is a political necessity and will be cousuummated in response to the demand, with an every day insight into the purposes ot the impeach. ers, 2 is not diuticult Lo discover tue Inoving motives. Ambition is one, From the moment Mr. Logan was choked oi in his unaccountable effort at the com- dencement of the trial, he exhibited the most rest- Jess ambition to iuminace the Senate Cuamber with one of his vehement displays of oratory. His speech 48 prepared, and a faiiure of delivery would be at tended with ingnite hazard. But the ditticuity is that Mr. Logan cannot be accommodated to the ex- clusion of gentiemen equally ambiuous, equally fiuent in denunciatory language, and equally determined to make @ dispay on tus memo- ravie occasion, which is to transfer tue names of the participators to history and the attention of gencratious with whom their posterity will mingle with boastful pride. shut oucof the Senate, however, they have vut one aliernative, and that is to get the hearimg in the House for which ‘Thaddeus tue powerful is preparing the way. To hun or vo them it inatters little whether they speak before or atier the close of the trial. ‘To iia or tuem it matters little whether they speak at all, so that their arguments may go forth to tueir constituents: and convince that too contiding class of peope that ue President deserved condemnation and death, Whatever may be the verdict of tue jury of lawyers and statesmen who are to judge upon their oaths aud consciences Wiether he be guilty or whether ne be innocent, Upon the suggestive intimation of Mr. Hidmdge, that his consent to the onering vy Mr. Stevens of the resouiuon contemplaied without a quoruin woud be contingent upon the acuon of tue committee in reference to the printing of Judge Curtis? address, the latter gentleman inumated that he was not certain tuat he would over it; bat since announcement of a quornm by the Speaker we y be sure tuat he will do so, and that it will ator Cameron has at last found a way to punish his persecutor, the Secretary of the Senate, by bring- ing that oficial to judgment, He is very mucn in Tuest upon the subject of investigating Mr. For- py 8 financial transactions, aud he will cheerfully vive the committee to whom the matter is reterred tne benefit oi iis skill and experience as an account- ant and Unaneier, His friend Wagner, the Pay Clerk of the Senate, deposed by Mr. Forney, says there .# some mistake about it, ‘The Senator has known the old tan these thirty years as one of the frugal, honest class of Penusyivania Germans. He was cashier of the York Kauk, one of the best couducted banks in Pennsylvania. it was his integrity and knowledge of accounts that made his services here desirabie, He came, lived frugally, acquired no bad habits, was proof against the seductive influences of Con- vresemen and other gay havitues of the capital, and still he is suddenly discharged with an alleged deficiency in bis accounts of $40,000, ‘The old man affirms it is not true, No deficiency is chargeable to him; and the Senator de- mands the vindication ef a citizen of his State, who {s well and favorably known, and & full knowledge of What has been done with all the money before any more is appropriated, and he earried his point to the extent of having the matter reierred to the eom- mittee to audit and control the contingent expenses of the Senate for investigation. The subject under consideration when Mr. Cameron put in his earnest demand for an examination of the secretazy’s accounts was the bill making appropria- tions for miscellaneous and impeachment expenses, aud tne debate brought out the that about $20,000 of the money required was for the payment of un- paid bills before the Committee on Con: nt Ex- penses. Upon this point Mr. Morrill, Maine, threw some light when he referred to tne items of expenditure contained the printed schedule, with the remark, ‘ creditable it would be to the Senate to have them read is another question.” A little further on he illumi- nates the subject thus:—** Why, sir, at the last ses- sion in July we had some seventeen additional mes- sengers provided under a resoiution of the Senate directing the Sergeant-at-Arms to put on additional force to preserve order; and what did we do? ‘The last hour of the session we @ resolution re- taining ail these messengers and all these pages and ali the clerks during the recess of the Senate; and Ser were all on pay, and, of course, we all voted for it.” A gentle remonstrance or two against the last pro- position was interposed, but Mr. Morrill, of Maine, had Jet the cat out of the bag, and there it was; for surplus and unnecesary empioyés, Whose pay was contmued through the entire mn, an appropriation of $20,000 was asked, and it will have to come. Added to these were a lot of horses and carryalls to be paid for during the recess too, we may reasonably infer, ‘Touching the extraordinary outlay of money, there are some funny items contained in the book of con- tngent expeuses of the House. For example, N. G. Ordway, for fees and expenses in arres' and bringing before the House and disc! certain members named for being absent without leave, is aid the sum of $577 20. The same party receives 240 10 for services and gee) incurred in con- nection with a case of breach of privilege. soe the items of luxury and comfort are several jare snurf, a quantity of stay-laces, griddies, cuilend graters, four si a coffee mitis, and all mauner of cullmary nsils, For hauling 1,210 loads of documents $3,400 were paid—ne: us a load, Saddle horses are a common luxury; whether for dignitaries or subordinates does not appear. RACING. The Australian Turf—Latest “Events"—Roy- alty on the Course. om the Meibourne Argus, Feb. 4.) New Years was agreat day on the Melbourne race course. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edin- burg was present, and there was a large number of fushionables oa the ground. A multitnde of apecta- tors thronged the hill enclosure, and thousands lined the course from every available point of view. From early morn, throughout the forenoon and during the greater part of the early afternoon the crowd poured out of Melbourne towards F! ston, Tl never before 80 great a concourse in the Flemington enclosure. The Prince was punctual, and reached the ground at a few minutes after noon. His Royal Highness was accompanied by his Excetlency the Governor, and members of the suite of his Royal Higness, The Prince was allowed to enjoy himself as he pleased—was neither bored by addresses nor by being stared at. He enjoyed hinuself as a gentleman might. tne ing was not so as was hoped for on the occasion; the Victoria Derby, with 500 soverel, added, was contested really by ‘only twe horses— Mr. ‘lait’s colt. Fireworks, by Kelpie—Gaslight, beating Mr, C. B, Pisher’s Littie Fish, by Fishermaa—Cerva, and three others, The hag bag siakes, @ crack two year old race, waa won by Mr. U. B. Fisher's Fenclla, by Fisherman. The Port Phillip stakes, a three miles weight for race, with 500 sovereigns jed, for four years old and upwards, was won by John Tait’s black colt Barb, four years, beating owra, five years, and three others; hut this race was won easily in @ very slow run, time six minutes four- teen seconds. A great triumph awaited Mr. Tuit’s magnificent three year ola colt Fireworks, carrying eight stone two pounds, in the Midsummer stakes, one mile and three (ope | In which he gave away Inmps of weight and years besides to a fleld of eight opponents, of whom old Toryboy only was near at the finish. The Grand National Steeplechase, with 300 sovereigns added, was won by a Western horse, Western, carrying nine stone ten pounds, and a neighbor, » at same t, running second. The next race meeting of the Victorla Racing Clab will be held on Saturday, March 21. Hobart Town has recently @ carnival race week, and the Tasmanians ay ‘to have thoroughly enjoyed alike the visit of Prince Alfred and. the the first most loyally and the last demon- races most stratively, The prin race of the meeting was a handicap event, miscalled a champion affair, which restilted in two horses, aged five years and six ing seven stone twelve pounds res; Coming in first and second, the latter being subse: indged the winner of the stakes on the quent 4 nd of @ jostle or cross. t race in Victoria will a eg, peak ao eelag bt, come on Oot eampion’ xpce 0, Lane ane, foe fthe by dno) Tim Whimer fe the'favorite agalnat the fletd, At Sydney the had a great day on the 1st of sanuady wh thetr Tettersaifa races , | proved imei the Nero'of we oecanion, wi SHEET. 3 — RELIGIOUS £ERVICES YESTERDAY. The different places of worship were well attended > The weather was tuir for the display of the new spring fashions, and to this cause pos- sibly may be attributed the .arge attendance in many of the fashionable churches, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, ‘A vast congregation assembled within the walls of the cathedral yesterday, attracted not only by the usual august ceremonies beionging to the high mass, but by the visit of the Redemptionist Fathers, who have just opened a mission for the spiritual benefit of the parish. Shortly after ten o'clock the reverend missionaries approached the altar, where, some religious exercises having been PBeeemed, high mass was commenced, the Rev. Dr. lcSweeney ofietating as celebrant. The choral ar- rangements were of the usual high standard, and, to the credit of the talented artists engaged, were ad- mirably carried out, Minné’s entire mass in C was performed with a satisfactory result, characterized as it was throughout by most complete unison. At the termination of tie first gospel the Rey. F. Way- rich, one of the Redemptionist Fathers, ascended the pulpit and preached an eloqient sermon, full of deep \hought and sentiment, The reverend gentle- man took his text from the twentienth chapter and nineteenth verse of St. John’s gospel, descriptive of the Saviour’s appearance amid his disciptes, saying unto them, “Peace be with you.” The mission of Christ, the speaker ob- served, was essentially a mission of peace. It had been lost by the sin Adam, and God came to re- store it. All men inherit the sin of our first parents; they inherit the loss of grace as well as ali the defects that follow the first sin; hence ali men are born in the enmity of God. When the Saviour came and stood in the midst of his disciples, he not only gave peace to them, but commussioned them to give that peace to otners; ‘for he said “whosg sins ye siall forgive they are forgiven, and whose sins ye shall retain they are retained,” thereby imparting to them the authority to diffuse the peace and friendship of God. That au- thority still remained upon earth, was still embodied the Church; for the Chureh received it from its founder, the Saviour of man- kind, Conferred upon tis Apostles, it was by them transmitted to their lawful suvcessors. But that wer of forgiving sins was not of man, but of the liv- ing God through his representatives on earth. By this wer the human heart was restored to the peaceand iendship of God, Peace was found in the wounds of Jesus even amid the inquiries of a busy imagina tion and the distrustful suggestions of an incredulous temper, For his wounds being evidences of his di- vinity dispense peace amid them by giving proof of his being God. Such a proof they were to St. Thomas, when, having put his finger into his sacred wounds, he published his confession of Christ's divin- ity, not’ only acknowledging the truth of his resur- rection, but also all that he had advanced of himself, ‘The establishment of the Church was of God; the faith of Christians in assenting to the doctrines of the Church was a faith built on God, a faith that had God for its infinite support and His mdispensable authority which set it above all exception. Was not tis, then, enough to insure the peace of a Christian’ soul? 'rhus, then, the Christian partook of that peace given to the Aposties, and rested in the calm of an un- erring faith, which should never be weakened by floubts, nor our hope by distrust, nor ow varity by rovocation. The reverend gentleman conciuded a lengthened discourse by setting forth the special objects of the mission, to the devotional exercises aud importance of which he exhorted the atiention of the congregation, ‘The high mass was tuen pro- ceeded with, and the services terminated shortly before one o'clock. Plymouth Church, Rev. Henry Ward Beecher preached yesterday morning. In introducing to his hearers the subject of temperance he said there would be a meeting of the Temperance Society of Brooklyn in Plymouth church this (Monday) evening. Among ihe speakers would be an able and gifted young Christian minis- ter, the Rey. Stephen H. Tyng, Jr. They would have the pleasure of hearing Mr. Tyng in Plymouth chureh, where no bishop could Randie him and where men were free to preach the Gospel. This alusion by Mr, Beecher to the recent “reprimand” adminis- tered by Bishop Potter to Mr. Tyng for certain alleged iniractions of the canons of the Episcopal Church produced considerable merriment among the con- gregation; some tittered and others laughed out- right. Mr. Reecher then proceeded with his sermon, in the course of which he remarked that the indifference and indecision of some men in matters of religious faith reminded him very muck of what he saw in England during his visit to that country in 1863, There were then some Amerigans in London who, though they professed much desire to ‘see the Union restored and its Mag triumphant, had not the manly courage to avow, in a mantiy, inde- dent way, their devotion to their fag and coun- 2% ‘They were cold, sniveiling, indifferent kind of men. Indeed, they could be hardiy called men at all. So it was with those who, professing themselves to be Christians, had not the Sourage © avow that a would do ait for tie sake s ere was a large Congres in ey 2 Mr. Beecher, however, did not preach; but his pulpit Was filled by the Rev. Mr. Gallagher, who discussed upen texts from the Scriptures. Church ef the Holy Trinity (Lutheran). The services yesterday morning in ‘the English Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, situate on Twenty-first street, near Sixtn avenue, attracted a large audience and were of a solemn and impressive character, as the occasion was the opening of the church for the first time under the auspices of the Lutherans, The charch is a medium sized edifice of very inviting interior, erected by the Reformed @utch Church in 1839, rebuilt and enlarged in 1847 upon land pees donated by an early pastor v. John F. Jackson), to whose memory a tablet has wo ew in the Wes by the ote rag atch congregation, from whose possession has passed to the Lutherans. Kev. Dr. Krotel, professor ‘in a Philadelphia theological seminary, has been installed as efficient church choir, under the iead: F. Chur, has been seoured, bastian Sommers. This is inglish Lutheran congregation organized in this city, the first having been established over thirty years ago. After the usual routine services the Kev. Dr. Krotel selected his text from the lesson of the day (John XX., 19), the salutation of our Saviour to His aposties upon his resurrection—‘‘Peace be unto yi ” The reverend gentleman delivered an eloquent discourse, lete with deep thought and sound theology, in which he pointed out that these words were uttered the Son of God on tl rat day of the week and e first Easter of the Christian Church—upon that glorious day that his mourning diavipies received the od news that their Lord and Saviour had risen fdeed. It was the evening of the first day that the disciples were assembled aad had shut the doors for fear of the sone and were crushed in Spirit the sun of their hope set in darkness and blood when Jesus Sppeared in their midst and said, “Peace be unte you.” It was the first dalutation to Hia first church. This was a salutation frequently used by the Jews in aldressin, one another, but we found that whenever st fel from the lips of the Saviour it always had a more aif it meaning than that conveyed in general jutations among the Jews, All through the scrip. tures Jesus Christ was depicted as the Prince of Peace, a8 the mediator between God and fuilen man. Long before His coming He is spoxen of by the het Isaian as the “Prince of Peace,” and at all times His name had been associated with peace, When He was born in a manger of the Virgin the angels sang, ry to God, peace on earth and good will toward men.” With the fall of Adam in the Garden of Eden God and man were placed in antagonism, Curist the — oifer- ing of God ‘to ‘reconcile man to himself. At the fall man was estranged from the ey ' and afraid of the power anu majesty of God, Who: the Holy Scriptures promises that in the fulness of time there shall be one raised up to unite those two extremes. So we find Christ coming into the world to perform this glorious mission, sulering all man- ner of persecution, reviled, spat upon, crucitied, raised from the dead and instailed as @ mediator between the Father and fallen man, to make peace between the extremes. In Jesus Christ—the babe of Bethiehem—we behold the fulness of the Godhead bodily. Therefore these words, ‘Peace be unto you,” when uttered by the Redeemer, had @ holier and higher significance than when they fell frou the lips of the Jews. But there was another application of this text that could be appropriately made. As Christ said to His firet church on the Holy Easter, “Peace be unto you,” 80 he, a8 an ambassador of Christ, on this tirst day of the week, assembled with this congregation to dedicate this chure& to the ser- vice of the Living God, felt like exclaiming, “Let you peace that passeth all understanding, and may the salutation 0 closely allied with this day be impressed upon every heart. May you live in peace with all men, May you bring forth fruits unto right eousness and peace.’’ A Wandering Covgregation. A large portion of the members of the Episcopal Church of the Redemption, located in East Four- teenth street, were compelled to change their quar- ters yesterday, as the house in which they were wont to worship was closed instthem. The number of Beople thus disappointed is estimated at several hun- who on assembling yesterday morn! the doors closed, and ihe it test indieation ap: that their accus- et eran Cree tomed place of worship wou! thre’ tothe ne service, “Ater some delay, aecomnioit: e thas of thelr usual meeting divine service are exceedingly excited ment to which they have been subjected, sirinatiag it ail to the action of Bishop Potter in the main, by Warden F. W. Weichman and jaries, With the aaatetance of Superintendent Keausdy, whose oMicers were on hand, and intiint ae y thelr presence those who came to worship New Jerusalem Church, Last evening Rev. Chauncey Giles lectured before @ highly attentive congregation at New Jerusaiem tis at » pray. church, Thirty-ffth street and Lexington avenue, taking as the theme of his discourse “Swedenborg as a Man,” being the last but one of a series of lec- tures on the life, character and work of that eminent divine, of ‘The reverend lecturer began by saying that it was necessary, in order to deal properly with a subject of this nature, to have some true standard to be guided by, but there was but one perfect standard, and the highest of men was infinitely below Him, According to the teaching and language of Christ he was the reatest who performed the service for humanity, and human greatness must be measured in ike manner. No man wad real pare. by the aston of one faculty; for while he might be great as & post phi- losopher or statesman, he might be so big or su- Perstitious as to be almost useless as @ mau. greatness Was only attained wien the moral and intellectual faculties were well developed and har- montous, aud it was this combtnation of qualities which made Swedenborg essentially & great man. His faculties were large, well ‘developed well bal- anced, and there was notitng in him that was pre- cocious or merely brilliant in'his early years, and the keynote of his whole life was given in lis childhood, The highest life brought down into practical use and service for man is a tue idea of religion, and this was a fundamental principie of Emanuel Sweden- borg’s whole character. is father gave ail his sons the choice of their profession, and Swedenbor evinced a stro desire for natural science re mathematics, and in this field gave early promise of attaining great eminence. At an early age he went to Engiand, which he considered a most anspicious field for his labor and researca in: philosophy. Here he soon became prominent a8 an taventar, and his whole attention was absorbed in utilizing the material substances and forves. On his return to Sweden, his native country, he ei in the pul tion of a azine, Among the Inven- tions to which he gave his attention were “a bridze to open and shut,’ “a machine driven by fire” (and this, it should be remembered, was about a century and a half ago, before the age of 8 \eain), & new sys- tem of constructing docks, air guns, submarine ves- sels, musical instruments, airtight stoves, improved methods of buliding houses, &c, ‘The discovery of a bank of fine clay suggested to him that Sweden could make her own pottery. At that time he was not in any way impressed With spiritual desires or aspirations, nog was there, on the other hand, any evidence that he was carried away by the sce ticism of his age and country, jie was applying his wisdom and taients for the material beneilt of hia fellow men, and was obtaining that complete know- ledge of nature and the laws of the universe which | made him so eminently fitted to stimulate and de- velop the doctrines which he propagated and origi- nated in his ater years. ‘The lecturer then proceeded. to characterize in eloquent \erms tie great and dis tinguishing traits of tue character of the illustrious man whose works and tatents forined the subjeet of his remarks, and gave the followin as the moral maxims of Swedenborg’s live as tound in his writ- ings, but never yet published:—Pirst, vo read often, and meditate well, on the works of the Lord; second, to be always resigned and contented under the dis- pensations of Divine Providence; third, always to observe a propriety of behavior and, to preserve a conscience clear and void of offences; fourth, to obey that whieh is ordained, to be failaat in tie discharge and w dv every tivng in my y as useful as S possible, M. Auguste Comte on Fifth AvenueImported Fabrics in Reiigion. { Mr. Edgar, of considerable notoriety in certain circles as an adherent and advocate o1 Auguste Comte’s positive philosophy, lectured yesterday be- fore a moderate audience at De Gurmg’s Hall, in the Conservatory of Music building, corner of Fifth avenue apd Fourteenth street, The programme of the day included two services, or ratheftwo lectures, in advocacy of the introduction of Comte’s religion of humanity, which forms a sort of appendix appli- cation of his scientifie system to social questions, and which has, curiously enough, notwithstanding the considerable popularity of his system of scten- tifle philosophy, made very litile progress at home, In some circles it is asserted that the attempt to transpiant Comtism’to this country has its origin in_ @ general mtention on the part of the few believers in his religious system to concrete tn the form of actual experiment the social principles laid down by their acutely analytic master, In accordance witl tuis intention the atiempt is being wade to found congregation in this city, it being believed that the abstractions of the philosopher may be wrought into practice in connection wica the culture and in- telligence which at present prevail in the better social circles of this city, Besides, New York im- ports manners, morals, modes of living, modes of dramatic expression and the modes par excellence from Yaris; and it is wi that there can be no sufficient reason why New York should not import ker religion from Paris aigo, thus finding an American market for Comtism and Fourlerisu: and any number of other isms whicit allican brains may see fitto invent, The principal reasons ur by ie Bieee in perce of the per relisicn wd we WD. ou “ Sear ara a aa eminent Parts in Comte’s system. :. the World W: a8 ripe fur @ Preligious revolutl complete perhaps and more subversive of old prin- ciples than the Lutheran Reformidtion, which was really caused, not by the struggie of Luther against what he deemed the abuses of Komanism, bat by the fact that the thought of the age was ripe for revolu tion. The weird Gothic fabric of ritual and super- stition which prevailed up to the time of Luther was in its day suficiently representati ve—was, in fact, am accurate mirror of the thought and sentiment of the age which originated it. The world, however, out- grew “Gothicism” (as M. Zaine would express the medieval feeling); and the world had now nearly out- grown the views and theories of tie Reformation. Scientific mode of thought had in a great measure taken the place of the splendid though lunatic abe stractions which were the Spbedtny pillara of the present system, and, in fact, . the religious speculation of the age had taken ascientific coloring. As scientitie investigation had proceeded it had been found that the principles of science Were just as applicable to social an@ religious subjects as to any one of the physical sclences—being, in its broadest sense, nothing more nor less than the investigation of the laws and well being, physical, lute.iectuai, moral spiritual. Hence followed the possibility that a system of religion based upon the purest principles of scientific philosophy might be made applicable to every human need and every human want—whether, Peace or spiritual. , tarting from such a reasoning as this, the lect Rroceede to explain the leading princi of mte’s religion ov! beeeaiy. the logical deduction: of which is that God is an obsolete idea, only neces~ sary to an unscientific stage of civilization, and that the ethics of science are yet to take the piace of the less realistic ethics of the present system of These lectures were yesterday, morning aud even~ ing, quite well attended, though obviousiy more out of curiosity than out of any liking on tie part of hearers for the religious movelly proj wi was, in the opinion of the lecturer, w about a sort of scientific millennium, THE MATERIAL SIDE OF SPuITUALISM GLENnowKR—"I can cail spirits from the vasty deep.” Horsrur—“Why, 80 can 1, or #0 auy man; wt they come when you do call for them ; The argument in the case of the mountebank as- sertion, and the indignant skepticism with which ttt was received, recorded in the above dialogue, was # little relieved at its weekly discussion last evening in Dodworth Hall, by the introduction of @ new ele- ment, properly in keeping with the spirit of the nineteenth century, of a Pecksnittian character. The attendance at the meeting was of the ordinary, extent and cast, slim in respect to numbers and slim in the prevailing exterior of those composing it. Men and women in equal Dg poe) with cadaye. rous faces and eyes which, if they be the windows of the soul, must have had the insuie curtains draw! ag they looked not out, occupied at ibtervals ti benches which run in paratiel lines across Lhe root, seating themselves us they came in, with suspicious care, at a8 great distances trom each other a8 the accommo“ations would permit, The order of exerts cises was Varied from the usual programme, Eiraty @ phenomenon in short dress aid baby cap herself at the asthmatic Insrument miscaiied @ me lodeon, which does duty here for an orchestra, and drew from it some decided groanings, as of the press ence of internal disorder. ig concluded th funereal fantasia, she was succeeded by anothe feminine spiritualist, who improved n the last bi Playing and articulating, tie latter, however, wit reat apparent signs of suffering, ‘The Other ol Fordanes Wile this perlormance was gotng OD, am individual of a studiously PecksniMan ap; afterwards learned to be Dr, Haltock—led tha jlatform a young lady in pure colored silk, Zouave ket and white broche shawl, where both themselves. When the sounds which iad proceed from the choir (!) died away, the Pecksuiltian master of ceremonies announced a recitatton by his lady com= cacao ee pay ged ters and int interes i ‘oh, where ts vn vain nee sion to one of touc! hi Med to herself, “Not ti Not there, m. ghid” ead finally, situg down with'a ight in her countenance when tniormed ‘The real —— of discou lock upon The Material Sid@ or tne spirit wrersan Attor ihe pooophy asea e some ‘of the of Contes ism, age U7 Bieation from the ‘Spirit’ world esiring . him to inform the bretieren that it Hallet Pleasing to the spirits tw have Dodworth Halls », in the hands of some Spiritualist w' rh. ‘They had aiso given him the Rehnaa haat se such i air and the ques. aly was taken; the ames of the committee read (Dr. Hallock’s last); their appointment rati nem con, ten or tweive only voting, and the meeting ae the collection Was aunouuced.