The New York Herald Newspaper, March 19, 1869, Page 3

NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDA oR _ WASHINGTON The President’s Family in the White House. ‘Departure of Ex-President John- son for Tennessee. Debate on the Bill to Repeal the Tenure of Office Act in the Senate. A VOTE TO BE PRESSED TO-DAY. The Removal of Civil Officers in Virginia Under Discussion in the House. ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR GENERAL BUTLER The Public Credit Bill Signed by the President. WASHINGTON, March 18, 1869. Special Meeting of the Cabinet. A messenger was sent from the White House about two o’clock this afternoon with messages to the members of the Cabinet, requesting their attendance in the Executive Chamber at four o’clock P. M. to- day. At that hour all the Cabinet oficers arrived, and a meeting was held, which continued for over an hour. It is understood that matters of an important character were discussed, but nothing has transpired in regard to the cause of the meeting. The Committee ou Foreign Affairs and the Proposed Recognition of Cuba. The House Committee on Foreign Affairs have a Meeting to-morrow, when Banks’ Cuba and St. Do- mingo resolutions will be considered again. Since the meeting of the committee on Tuesday last Gen- eral Banks has been rummaging among the official papers of the State Department relating to affairs in Cuba and St. Domingo, and he thinks he has sufficient data not only to warrant the committee in making a favorable report on the resolutions before it, but to secure their passage by the House. It 1s the theory of some of the members of the Foreign Affairs Com- mittee that as goon as the Cuban insurgents are apie to establish a government of their own they will ask to be taken under the protection of the United States, and that ultimately Cuba will be numbered among the possessions of our government. In view of wach a contingency General Banks “thinks it im- Portant that the President should ¥e placed in a po- sition by Congress to recognize the independence of Cuba as soon as he is officially informed that the in- eurgents pave formed a provisional government. ‘With regara to St. Domingo the correspondence on file at the State Department shows that the govern- ment and people of that island are anxious for an- nexation to the United States. Crowds at the White House. The White House continues to be the Mecca at whieh the pilgrimage of ofice seekers terminates. ‘The crowd which tilled the rooms to-day was just as Jarge as ever, and during the hours devoted to inter- views with members of Congress an unusually large number of Senators called upon the President, Among them were Senators Morton, McDonald, Warner, Sherman and Yates; Lieutenant Governor Cumback, of Indiana; Chief Justice Casey, of the United States Court of Claims; Associate Justice Swayne, of the United States Supreme Court. Henry J. Raymond and General Kilpatrick also had au- @iences with the President, The President’s Family at the White House. The President’s family took possession of the ‘White House to-day, the last of the furniture having been brought in this morning. The Teuure of Office Bill Debate. The debate cn the Civil Tenure bili has exhausted another day, and from present indications will not reach @ conclusion until next week, though there are some people s0 sanguine here as to suppose ‘that a vote will be reached at a late hour to-morrow. ‘This ss hardly possible. All the Senators desire to be heard on the subject, have speeches ready, and ‘will not miss the opportunity of letting them off for the edification of the world. Not one half of those ‘thus prepared have had the floor yet, and therefore my prediction that a vote will be deferred until next week, if not longer, is very reasonable. The latest speculation as to the result of all the eloquence which Senators have furnished on the subject is that repeal will be carried—uncondi- tional repeal at that, and no more suspension for a session, an administration or any fixed time. Since the debate commenced several of the Senators have undergone changes of views, produced partly by public opinion and partly by Grant’s determination not to make any more important nominations until the incubus of civil tenure is removed from his back. The cohesive power of the public plunder proves to be a better argument in Grant's favor than the con- stitution or anything else. Senators perceive that Grant’s policy of masterly inactivity as regards patronage will defeat all ‘their nicely ranged plans for getting personal friends into snug berths, and that it won’t pay, after all, to try to Johnsonize him. Better give him full swing, they say, and if he don’t act hand- somely we can muzzie him again. So the proba- bility seems to be, after all, that Grant will force the Senate to unconditional repeal. As regards Carpenter, of Wisconsin, who made such a strong speech yesterday against repeal, it is worth men- tioning that a story is being circulated here to the effect that three weeks before his election as Senator he called on General Grant and remarked that the Civil Tenure bill was an unjust measure and ought to be repealed. If this be true Mr. Carpenter has certainly undergone a radical change since that tume. Unfouniled Ramors of Nominations. The air for the past week has been thick with Fumors about who bas been nominated for this omMice and who leada in the race for that oMce; but ‘there is not a grain of truth in @ hundred of them, ‘The fact is, that the applications for all the more tm- Portant offices have been stowed away in the desks of Cabinet officers to await a convenient opportunity for introducing them to Presidential notice. Mr. Jobn Allison, of Pennsylvania, therefore, bas not been nominated for Register of the Treasury, nor has any recommendation been made for an As- sistant Secretary and Third Auditor of the Treasury. Kilpatrick Preparing to Return to Chile. General Kilpatrick had interviews with the Presi- ent and Secretary of State to-day and left for New York to-night, He will leave for Chile as soon as the necessary preparations for his departure are made. Benjamin F. Gregory, of New Jersey, will accompany him as Secretary of Legation. Probable Ciose of the Session of Congress Next Week. ‘There ie @ very general indisposition among Sena- tors to do anything.in the way of committee work that may involve a legislative session longer than this month. A number of them—a majority, proba- bly—favor @ concurrence in the House resolu- tion to ‘adjourn next Friday, and aniess the discussion on the repeal of the Tenure of Office bill should consume a large portion’of the intervening ime ‘the first session of the Forty-first Congress ‘will terminate on the 26th of March, Meeting of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. ‘The Committee on Post OMices and Post Road# met to-day and did little else than distribute to sab-com. mittees the business that had been referred to the committés. A bill making the Now Orleans and Mobile Kalvoad @ post road and permitting the bridging of navigable streams was reported favor. ably; also a bill eAgending the time gue year of the + American Telegraph Company to land a cable any- where along the Atlantic coast. Retreuchmeut ta the Army—General Sher- man’s Reforms. General Sherman having informed the House Committee on Military Affairs that the office of Chief of StafY to the General of the Army 1s a useless appendage to the military peace establishment of the country, the committee has authorized General Logan to report @ bill abolishing that oMece. The committee has also agreed to report a bill prohibit- ing oMcers of the army from receiving full pay while awaiting orders. The bill provides for a gra- dation of pay similar to that which now prevails in the navy. This action of the committee was also suggested by General Sherman. The new General of the Army is looking around for any abuses that have grown up in the service, and ne informed the members of the Committee on Military Afuirs that tt was his intention to reform them at once. If he could not do it under existing laws and regulations he would call upon Congress to aid him. The Vacation of Civil Offices in the Uurecon- structed States. General Butler proved to-day to the satisfaction of a@ majority of the Reconstruction Committee, of which he is chairman, that, while he may be out- voted in the committee room, he can carry his point on them in the House, The committee had a meeting this morning on the joint resolution extending the time for vacating the ‘civil ofices in Virginia, Mississippi and Texas, where they are held by persons disqualified under the fourteenth amendment to the constitutiom. According to a law passed at the last Congress, these officials are all mustered out of office to-morrow. Butler wanted to report adversely on the Senate joint resolution which gives the condemned office holders thirty days more grace, A majority of the committee, however, voted to report the jolnt resolution with an amend- ment, As soon as Farnsworth presented the report inthe House, Butler obtained the floor, and ina speech of about twenty mmutes got so far ahead of his associates on the committee that he secured the recommittal of the bill. That of course was the next best thing to an adverse report from the com- mittee, and Butier carried his point in turning out the office holders in the three unréconstructed States. The Public Credit Bill Signed by the Presl- dent. The bill to strengthen the public credit has be- come a law and is as follows:— Be it enacted, &c., That in order to remove any doubt as to the purpose of the government to discharge all just obliga- tions to the public creditors and to settle conflicting questions and interpretations of the law by virtue of which such obit- gations have been contracted, it’ Is hereby provided and de- clared that the faith of the United States is solemnly pledged to the payment in coin or its equivalent of all the obligations of the United Staten not bearing Interest, known as United States notes, and of all the interest-bearing obligations, ex- cept fn cases where the law authorizing the issue of any Auch obligations haa, expressly that the same may be paid i lawful money or rency gold andj@ silver; — but ‘sald interest bearing obligations not already deemed or paid before maturity, unless at United States notes shall be convertible into coin at the op- tion of the holder, or unless at such time as bonds of the United States bearing a lower rate of interest than the bonds to be redeemed ean be at par in coin; and the United States also solemnly pledges ite faith to make provision at the earliest practical period for the redemption of the United States notes in coln, JAMES G. BLAINE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. SCHUYLER OOLFAX, Vige Prestdant of the United States and President of the 0 This was signed by these officers on the 16th of March, and this afternoon was approved by the Prestdent, as followe:— Approved. MARCH 18, 1869, Text of the Bill to Amend the National Cur. rency Act. The bill introduced by Representative Coburn, of Indiana, last Monday, to amend the National Cur- rency act, and referred to the Committee on Banking and Carrency, is as follows:— Be it enacted, &c., That to secure a better’ distribution of the national banking currency there may be issued circula- tion notes to banking associations organized or to be organ- tories having a less banking circula- as ‘set forth; and jorized shall, under the direction of the Treasury, as it may be required for this banks organized in Btates and portion se hereloafier set forth, begin fn Banks tRereta ‘having a circulation of ‘more than ‘and leaving no bank with a circulation exceed! 0. 8S. GRANT. 2 la withdrawn, so thai§ the not at any time exceed circulation aforesaid shall hereafter be distributed as fol- lows, viz. :—1160,000,000 of such circulation shall be distri. buted nccording to jon in © and siihoonisecorug tothe appraied sale tal ove, to Let Eaeentatned ‘an soon as ble by the Becretary of from the certilied offi nts the of Columbia Governors f; and the banks in the District shail not be allowed a circulation to exceed $1,000,000, and it shail be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, as soon as ractieable, to ‘make an estimate of the einount of circulation (0 be distributed as herein provided. Memorial of the Texas Radicals. A. J. Hamilton, Judges James H. Beil and George ‘W. Paschal, ©. ©. Caldwell and Colonel J. D, Haynes, and twenty other gentlemen from Texas, twelve of them delegates in the recent reconstructional convention, have ad- dressed a memorial to Congress, setting forth the issues between the republican party and the ab initio division men, and praying the people may be allowed to vote on the constitution recently framed by the Convention, which the memortalists say will be adopted by an overwhelming majority. Decisions by the Secretary of the Treasury. The Secretary of the Treasury has made the follow- tng decisions:— Coffee imported on vessels of the Netherlands, from Rotterdam via London, though a product of Java, one of vhe jons of the Netherlands, must pay the discriminating duty of ten per cent ad valorem, under the sixth section of the act of March 3, 1865, In order to tts ae from this duty when mm- ported in such vessels, the voyage must be direct or continuous from Java, its piace of growth or produc- La the act of July 20, 1868, all cigars, ans must be put upin boxes duly stamped tous, ‘The only stamp. now prepared, for cigurettea 108, ip now pi (or es is one suited for a box containing 600. Cigarettes, therefore, a in bundies must be packed in boxes of and stamped as aforesaid before de- livery. Cigarettes weighing more than three pounds Per 1,000 are liable to the same tax as cigars. Railroad built in Canada and brought into cars the United States to be used a7, in the throu, business between Canada and the United States, not intended for local but international use, are, when brought into the country and for such employ- Tent, not imported, and are therefore not with ‘duty. Congress having repealed that part of section thir- ty-four of the National Currency act, which requires national banking associations to make monthly statements and quarterly reports to the Comptroiler of the Currency, the national banks are relieved from the necessity of making any further reports ‘until called upon by the Comptroller of the Currency a under the new law relating to that ject Vessels carrying domentic and duty-paid goods may clear direct for Wrangei Island and Tongass without going to Sitka. ie customs officers at Tongass are authorized to enter and clear vessels from and to foreign and to receive duties. Bleached cotton, #0 styled, when the fabric is such & texture that the threads cannot be counted by the glass commonly used for that are rl ‘under the sixth section of tot ot Jui m0, 1908 thirty-4 it adval ne 30, ai -five per cent advalorem. ‘The penalty of fit aolints p ‘ded for by section 168 of the Internal ue Jawa, is paid for a valu- able consideration—the privilege of stamping an in- strument unstamped—and it cannot be remitted vy the Secreta ry. Registered vessels may en; in the herring or other fisheries. Fish caught by them and cured ath foreign salt are duty free. one man here at present from New York who is not an aspirant for office, Movements of Gonernal Sheridan. Ifeutenant General Sheridan, accompanied by Brevet Brigadier General James W. Forsyth, of his staf, left by to-night’s express for New York. Movements of Minister Washbarue. Mr, Washburne stated to-day that his departure for bit home in Timon wilt be detayed for about ten days, OWins 10 sume buBneK® Which needs to Le el | tled before leaving Washingtyn, it is probable that he will not leave for Fiance for about three weeks. ‘ Departure of Ex-Preddent Johnsen from Washington. Ex-President Johnson, Mrs, Johnson, Judge Pat- terson and family and Colonel Robert Johnson left Washington for Greeaville, Tenn. The ex-President has accepted the tn,vitation of the citizens of Lynch- burg, Va., to partake of the hospitaiities of their city. He will remain there to-morrow, The Case of Frank P. Blair, Jr. and the Test Oath. ‘The Missouri case, involving the test oath, will be argued before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, by Senator Drake in behalf of Missouri and Mont- gomery Blair and ex-Attorney General Evarts in behalf of F, P. Blair, Jr. The Treasury Department. Henry ©. Niles has, been assigned for duty in the Treasury Department as chief of the appointment division. Mr. Niles has long been one of the princi- pal clerks of that office, ‘The rush of office seekers on Secretary Bontwell is greater to-day than at any previous time during the present administration. Failure of an Illinois National Bank, ~ The Firat National Bank of Rockford, iinois, has fasled, and a receiver has been appointed by the Comptroller of the Currency to wind up its affairs. ‘The capital of this bank 1s only $60,000; and its lia~ bilities are limited, United States Supreme Court. The following cases were before the Supreme;Court to-day:— No. 105. B. L. Ridley, plaintiff in error, vs, Freé- man Sherbrook.—Tae argument of this cause was Soncingee, by R. L. Caruthers, of counsel for plaintitr In error. No. 111. Isaac N. Swain, appellant, vs. Stephen H. Seamans, et al.—Ordered by the court that this case ve continued to the next term of this court per stipu- lation of counsel. No. 112. Jack Thurrington, appellant, vs. William B, Smythe, et al.—This cause was argued by P. Phil- of counsel for appellant. No counsel appeared for appeliees. No. 113, Ann Paine, appellant, vs. Seadock Hook et al.—fhis cause was argued by S. 1. Glover, of counsel for the appellant, and by William B, Napton for the gee No. 115. ward P, Bassett et al., plaintiffs in error, vs. The United States; and No. 116, The United States, plaintiffs, vs. Orestes A. Keehler et al.—These canses were, on motion of Mr. Assistant Attorney General Ashton, ordered to be continued to the next term of the court. No. 117, William Ward et al., plaintiffs in error, va. Francis L, Smith.—the argument of this cause was commenced by Arthur George Brown, of counsel for the plaintitfs in error. THE RAG TAG AND BOBTAIL ARMY IN WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON, March 15, 1869. “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown,” saith Shakspeare in the fuiness of his wise reflection, meaning of course no more the material diadem of gold and jewels than he meant a woollen nightcap, but conveying in his utterance the great truth of universal appltcation that the place of highest trust ig the place of highest trial. But two weeks Presi- dent—nay, not so much as two—and Grant already begins to realtze the force of Shakspeare’s adage. The office-seckers are upon him, they have come from far and near, from the frozen regions of Alaska to the torrid sands of Texas and transversely in the same ratio of distance. They surge around the White House, they rush with patriotic ardor through the lobbies of the Capitol, they clamor about the departments and they talk loudly and long in hotel barrooms, the burden of their wild amor patric cry being “wlio so base that would not love lus country and serve her for- ever more m office?’ Oh! they are a grand and patriotic army that claim the occupation of Wash- ington at this time, edch soldier in 1t a self-expreased martyr to principle, a hightouled Spartan burning with no meaner desire than to serve his apprecia- tive country in any of her lucrative trusts to practice economy, retrenchment, &c., and retire like Cincin- natus at the end of hia days a wiser if not a wealthier man, It would do the country good if it could look in here for a moment at this host of splendid fellows, to observe their meek patience in waiting and watch- img the tireless energy of their attention to White House and Capitol, the humble and honest trim of their apparel and the fabulous number of their re- commendations from all the respectable citizers in the land. The country would then take pity on its good and earnest children and give a plum or an office to each. Poor Grant {s fairly overwhelmed. He pledged the people he should put none but efficient men in office, but a time has arrived since he said so in which men of a contrary kind ure as scarce as Kohi- noor diamonds. No; all suddenly the milleurium of virtue has come, and the ins and the outs are all honest men and true. Grant started out well; he surveyed the field and saw with prophetic te that a host greater than Xerxes ever commanded would charge en masse upon him; so with military skill he has thrown out defences and adopted a plan that wili in some degree break the irresistible momentum of the attack. His seven generals of division in the Cabinet departments will ir the assault im com- mon with their chief. The skirmish line of office- seekers advanced upon the White House with a gai- lant show; they besieged Grant in 18 office, im ante-rooin m_ all the Tooms of his official mansion. They poked addresses at lum, poked their int to his, smiled beningnly on him, reminded hiuf of old times here and there from New York to California, where he slept with one, took tea with another, was saved = capture ~ 4 athird when the rebel limes were reatening, had fifty other kindnesses done in nis interest by as more. Others, Ppt bolder, feelingly jogged memory about boxes of cigars, boots and shoes, pianos and pictures con- tributed to the list of his laxuries; but all were in turn discomfted. Grant shook as few hands as he could, extended as few compliments as he couid, and all hor demoralized the ranks and disgusted the minds of his invaders. Yet with all this itis still ‘on, e. | med and dispersed, but another and still another will be ever ready to renew the encounter ll the spoils are all exhausted. ‘The attack on the White j\ouse must of course grow feevler by a for Grant has issued bis offictal order that he wil have none of it, and fight it out just there if it takes all the seasons in hfs quadrennial term. ““Omice- seekers,” he exclaims, in substance, “right about face, and if you want promotion in my force in the Treasury line go to the proper officer, Adjutant Gen- eral Boutweil, who attends to that business and hase orders to report to me.” The ring of this decree wiil soon be heard in the land; but not tilt then can Grant say with propriety “let me have peace.” Is there a speck of war in the distance, or is it but the deiusive muttering of empty thunder, this Senate Proclamation that uo repeal of the Tenure of Office act shall take place? That the sword shall only be taken from the Executive t and hung above his ead by @ hair, to be cut when it deems fit by the spirit that decreed it. Is it extravagant to presume that we have just be- gun to travel on the old Roman road to despotism and destruction—that the Senate, tasting of the sweets of power, and intoxicated with its success- ful aggression on another branch of the a meditates holding its advanced ind and entering on other fields of triumph in the same direction. The attitude of some Senavors looks ominous. Sum- ner stands like a figure of faming wrath in the - way of repeal. Edmunds, wine, Wilson, Conk- ling and a more stand behind him and grow! forth thetr determination to oppose the expressed will of the ple. But the will of the people ts too strong and intelligent for this, and when the bill of Supension reaches the House it will be very sum- and ‘the ex! inary 8} tacle will be seen of the President and the people's Frepresentatives on the one side contending under the conatituuion against a handful of half-and-half "rant Seay ni is political Appomattox here, and @ dangerous spirit in our highest councils will be crushed, its to be hoped, forever, CURIOSITIES OF THE BLUE BOOK. WASHTNGTON, March 17, 1860. ‘The Hon, Mr. Shanks, of Indiana, delivered a speech in the House of Representatives on the 13th of February last, in which he made some disclosures relative to the present distribution of official patron- age which, in connection with some other facts, may Just at this time be of interest to the readers of the Herp. As the paper circulates everywhgre in the cities and also in the far spread provinces, and is most carefully read by those who often do most abuse it, more especially by the oMice-seekers, it may be of interest to that and otner classes to see who hold all the offices at the capital which they covet. There are eight great government departments in Washington, employing, according to the last issue of the Blue Rook, 4,400 clerks. This does not include the heads of bureaus nor the messengers and laborers, nor the unknown number of mere temporary clerks engaged at special times in several of the offices, and paid out of the “ contingent expense” fund. These clerks aro divided into frst, second, third and fourth class, The pay of the first class, con- trary to the usage in Engiand, being the lowest namely, $1,200 per annum; the second class $1,400, tie third $1,600 and fourth $1,800, The pay of heads bureaus is from $3,000 to $3,500 per year; that ebief clerks usualiy $2,000 or $2,200. any per- sons have an imp) jon that these clerkships are equally divided among ube States. But this 18 not 80, a8 ap examination of the Blue [ook easily roves. The District of Columbia furnisies directly 1,115, and while {hat is true there 1s a large number credited to different States who absolutely live in the District of Columbia and vote here. The Dis- trict of Coiumbia, in addition to having this number of clerks, nas the day laborers and almost all the messengers in the de} cuts named, and the em- ployés for the other public works, offices an € some two, three, four, five, six, so on, the highest number of any one of them being New York, which has 790; but that is a large State, The following table shows the ality thas x1st8, and we cali special attention to it. This district over one-fourth of ie government clerks im the capital of whom @ large number disloyal; but aside from their want of ity the thing is unjust to the people. The bill in- troduced by Mr. Shanks for the pi of distribut oficial patronage among the Congressional though it meets with much opposition, is he main drawn upon the same principle as the law for the appointment of cadets to the Academy int and the Naval School at Ani i No objections to the plan in those cases is ut ‘The annexed table will show the number of em- Ployes in the ditferent Seerne. at Washington at the close of 1867, the date of issue of the last Blue i The changes since that time are not or tinportant:— S12 (3) 3]; le g]F/ FATE “m) 4 2 -| —)l ms, 7) iy 87) 1 —| 204 6} a} 1) 4 1 —) 49} 6) —| 12) —| —| 2} 8 360) 8) 94) 113) 19) 3) 2) 790 63) —| 3) 13) —| —| 4) 86 267) 6) 14] 98) 1) 8) 16) 406 4] 13} —| 8] 2] —| —| —| 22 la) 1 i a) —| —| 7 a2 143) —| 18) 89) —| 1) 1) 245 bs} i 7) —| —| 2) 88 1) 1 15] —| —| 1) 138 20; 6a) 2) a} 1) —| —| 2) 46) 4) 7 16) | - 2) 8 ny we — - 3 —| —| 1 15} 8} —| 3} 8] —| —| Ne 6 8 mw | |e -| 7 -| y-]---4] 8 >Re) tata ea ip Ps Roa a: QP 4] 28] —| 4| 3} —| —| 2 8 7 - =| -| -| 4 9) 21) 1 ol) Bl 1) 38 hy MW ey 8) 32 ee : Bl | (eel | Be es a -| as} -| -| -| 4 oR A —| 4 5] 10} —} 2] 1 yw 6 14) —| —) (5) —| | (36 16} 6} 3} 12] 20) 3) —) 2) 16 3 4 7 ee er Sten Meee 4 y7g7-4- - 7 sh aba Sh 2 | y-| +} -} - 1 aS Se ‘4 eh Lib ab scelie 1 ieee ye, ge (oa 1 Nebraska y —| —| ~—| —| -| —| -| 2 ‘D, of Coiumbia,..| 147] 586} 21] 68] 12] 8] 8! 49/1115 The District of Columbia has ail the day laborers in the departments, and almost all the messengers, whose 8 from, $600 to $900 and $1,000 per annum. In addition there are some credited to the army. These are generally employed in the War De- partment. There are of these 204, and some twenty in other departments. Many families in Washington have four and six members in the different offices. Some of these people have been satirized in the Washington daily papers as the “Grab-all fi .” One branch of this patriotic family, consisting of a father and six bro- thers, are all in office but one, who is studying for the ministry—whether foreign or domestic 1s not known. The aggregate compensation of this family was $8,000 per annum. No wonder Mr. Shanks and other members make speeches against this favoritism. LANDING OF ATLANTIC CABLES. WasHINGTON, March 17, 1869. The vill permitting the London and Newfoundland Telegraph Company, of which, I think, Peter Cooper is President, to land their cable on the shores of the United States 1s again before the Senate, championed by that most “profound” and eminent inside jobber, Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts. I regard it as about the meanest swindle ever before Con- gress. Mr. Peter Cooper or any other maa has pre- cisely the same right to land a cable on the shores of the United States and then go into the telegraph busineas as he has to start a giue or soap factory. In any case the business—whether glue, soap or tele- gees be wholly subject to the laws of the im which it 1s on and of the Umited States. The aoe die the bill should be “An act to uro} cl friends are determined to give the monopolists cer- tain exclusive privileges, under authority of a law of that all now enjoy in common. This once done, it will of course be maintained that no other com) shall enjoy a like privilege without consent of Sumner & Co., which they will take good care not to give. ‘This is proved by yesterday's debate, when Sena- tor Stockton offered an amendment permitting any and all cable owners to land on the same terms, which was opposed tooth and natl by the Sumner clique. "this swindle first made its appearance in the form of two resolutions last winter, and was properly dis- posed of in the HERALD, but has been revived. One resolu declared that no cable should be landed on the shores of the United States without the con- sent of Congress; the other gave the Newfoundland and London Company permission to land their cable. The e of these two resolutions would bave cialis boars Seen tae at m jobby 18 8 revent company from eoning the required lepisiation for years to come. The swindies fatied to pas, but Mr. Sumner is using hia best efforts to get at least one of them through now. THE FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS, First Session. SENATE. WASHINGTON, March 18, 1869. ENCOURAGEMENT OF TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH BUROPE. Mr. RAMSEY, (rep.) of Minn., from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, reported, without amendment, a bill to encourage and facilitate tele- graphic communication with Europe. It authorizes the American Atlantic Cable Company, of New York, to take any route for laying their cable to Europe. NEW RAILWAY POST ROAD. Also, with amendments, the bill to declare a post Toad the railroad and bridges‘of the New Grieans, Mobile and Chattanooga Company, to be constructed westward from New Orleans. REGULATING NATURALIZATION, Mr. CONKLING, (rep.) of N. Y., introduced a bill to regulate proceedin, for the naturalization of aliens, which was refé to the Committee on the Judi- It is substantiaily the same bill as the one re- from the committee last session. .., NEW PAGIFIO RAILROAD PROJECT. Mr. “KELLOGG, (rep) of La., introduced (as he stated, by request) a bill to provide for the constrac- lary. clary. tion of a railroad and ph line near the tatrty- second lel to the fe coast. Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Rattroad. The incorpo- rates the Miasiasippi, Et Paso and Pacific Railroad Company, and authorizes it to construct a line trom Fulton, Arkansas, via El Paso and the southeastern boundary of California to San Francisco, with a branch to San Diego, and in aid of the enterprise grants twenty sections of land per mile on each side, and guarantees the payment of the interest on the bonds of the company to the amount of $32,000 in bouds per mile. INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF REPUBLICS, Mr. SUMNER, (rep.) of Mass., presented a memorial asking the government of the United States to issue a call for an international congress of republics. WASHINGTON HOSPITAL ASYLUM, Mr. HAMLIN, (rep.) of Me., reported from the Com- mittee on the District of Columbia the bill to incor- porate the Washington General Hospital Asylum, which was passed. THR CHATTANOOGA ROLLING MILLS. Mr, WILSON, (rep.) of Mass., from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a joint resoiucion au- thor the sale of the Chattanooga Rolling Mills to i thwestern Iron Company, which was passed. NORTH CAROLINA SOLDIERS. jove the of desertion from ceriain soldiers of the Second North Carolina mounted infantry, which was passed. MILITARY ROAD THROUGH DACOTAH, MONTANA AND WASHINGTON. ae nee (rep.) of Ind., = & bill to ov construction of @ mili wi Brad through the Territories of Dakotan Montene Referred to the Committee on a Sentech a cea ace Sn 3 ., introduced @ to provide for ing and licensing certain fore! roan, which was Ls ro ROLLING MILL IN WASHINGTON Cr .) OF TY. Mr. come oe » Inéroduced @ bill to atd in the building of a ‘mill in the city of Washing- ton. Referred, ns THE PRNSIOW Laws. Mn HARLAN, (rep.) of lows, introduced a bill re- lating to the operation of the Pension laws and for other purposes, Referred. ay ns ROAD FROM GALVESTON TO FORT GIBSON. ‘Mr. NYS (rep.) of Ney., wtroduced a bill to pre , MARCH 19, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. 7 vide for the construction of & and postal | encroachment of the and asking that steps be road pastraction of Fert tieon, im the | taken to prevent it. = Indian Territory, with @ branch to Little ark. UNITED STATES COURTS. Relerred to the Committee oa Post Offices Post Mr. Preauan. Gow) ot Ohio, introduced a bill to + amend the act of Jaly 29, 1850, providing for holding MARKET HOUSE IN WASHINGTON United States Courts in cases of sickness or other vide’ for the 2 Ot ee aeton. Relerred GUARDIANS FOR INDIAN CHILDREN, Mr. Ross, (rep.) of Kansas, offered a joint resolu- the Commissioner tion authorizing of Indian Affairs to Cy ego uardians for minor Indian children, who may be entitled to pensions. Referred to tie Com- mittee on Public Lands, HEATING, LIGHTING AND VENTILATING THE SENATE CHAMBER. offered a concurrent resolution, which to, for the appointment of a select com- mittee to examine the condition of the Senate feamtey, as regards heating, lighting and veutila- jon. PRINTING SECRET DEBATES OF THE SENATE. Mr. Epmunbs, (rep.) of Vt., offered @ resolution directing the Committee on Printing to inquire into the expediency of procuring ana being Oe LSE nal of tne late Willi McClay, Senator ‘eno- sylvania, containing a sketch of the secret debates of the Senate. He had been prompted to offer thia resolution by the receipt of a letter from George W. Harris, a respectable and venerable citizen of Harris- burg, setting forth the value of the journal and giv- ing an index to its contents. dir, MORTON thought that if the remainder of the journal was like the extracts read by the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Edwards) the other day in the panacea) on, te ae Office act it was hardly worth pul ing. ter.) The resolution was agreed to. RELIEF OF ORLANDO BROWN. Mr, WILSON, (rep.) of Mass., calied up the bill for the relief of Orlando Brown, which was passed. THE SUPPLEMENTAL CURRENCY BILL. On motion of Mr. SHERMAN, (rep.) of Ohio, the bill supplemental tothe act to provide a national cur- rency secured by a pledge of United States bonds was taken up. Mr. W1L80N offered an amendment, which was The expiration of the morning hour put the bill over, and brought up as unfinished business THE BILL TO REPEAL THE TENURE OF OFFICE ACT. Mr. Morton, (rep.) of Ind., resumed his argument in favor of repealing the law. He was unabie to see any force in the arguments against repealing It, but if there was any force in tuem, they were equally good against suspension. If those ents were sound, then the law was an admirable and neces- sary one, and ought to be left unchanged, but the proposal to nd it was really a confession that there was no constitutional principle underlying the law, and that whether 1t should be repealed, sus- pended or retained was merely a question of ex- lency. Mr. DAvis, dem.) of Ky., was in favor of uncon- ditional repeal, He had always been opposed to the law, the purpose of which, he understood to be, to degrade tue President and subjugate him to the dic- tation of the radical maj Congress. He would vote for the re) not because of his confidence in President Grant, for he had none, but because he believed it to he unconstitutional and void. To prove that it was 60 Mr. Davis spoke for two hours and a half. Mr. BROWNLOW, (rep.) of Tenn., then obtained the floor. He was too feeble to read his remarks, so they were read by the Secretary. The passage of the Tenure of Office act, he sald, marked an im- portant era in the history of our govern- ment. It had imposed along needed ch upon the usurpatton of powers by the Executive, and the advantage thus ed should not on any account be yieided up. He was, therefore, op] to the repeal of the law, although will! it should be modified so far as Congress might expedient. ‘The chief reason given for repealing it seemed to be the confidence of Congress and the people in Presi- dent Grant; but that seemed to him no reason at all. No one within or outside the chamber had a higher estimate he of President Grant's character, but in considéring such @ proposition as the one now pending he could not, nor should the pore be governed by anything so unreliable as individual character or so evanescent as individual life. Mr. Scort, (rep.) of Pa., next took the floor, but immediately after yielded for a motion to adjourn. Mr. TRUMBULL, (rep.) of IIL, announced that he would press the Senate to @ vote before adjourning to-morrow. Then, at four o'clock P. M., the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON, March 18, 1869. REMOVAL OF STABLES, ETC., FROM THE CAPITOL GROUNDS. Mr. Nyz was jority of the two houses of of the law, On motion of Mr. Hopkins, (rep.) of Wis., the Senate joint resolution authorizing the removal from the Capitol grounds of the public stables, steam saw mill, &c., was taken from the Speaker's table and y CONTESTED ELECTIONS. Various resolutions in reference to contested elec- tions, referring to papers, extending the time for taking testimony, &c., were offered and referred to the Committee on Elections. One of them, offered by Mr. Woopwakrp, (dem.) of Ohio, in relation to the T first district of jlvania . Covode’ gr arg hoe alf-past one, the discussion closed, and the resolu- tion soca pe motion of Mr. SCOFIELD, (rep.) of Ul., laid om the table—yeas 100, nays 44. OP THE SEA A? atCaneso rrr, Mr. KELLEY, (rep.) of Pa., presented # itemorial from the Philadel; Sipe Commercial Exchange, pray. ing to take such action as will prevent t! encroachments of the sea from reaching the light- house at Atlantic City. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE QN RETRENCHMENT. The SPEAKER announced that he had appointed Messrs. Welker, Jenckes and Niblack @ conference committee on the concurrent resolution for the ap- it of @ joint committee on retrenchment. ‘he disagreement is as to the composition of the House di to have it com- a of four Senators and seven Representa- ives, and the Senate desiring to have it com- posed of three Senators and three itatives. THE TAX ON SPIRITS AND TOBACCO. Mr, Hoops, (rep.) of Mass., from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported a bill to amend the act of the 20th of July, 1868, imposing taxes on distilled spirits and tobacco, which was ordered to be printed and recommitted. The ill modifies to some extent the provisions of the law as to the ownership of real estate on which distilleries stand, as to w! consti- tutes rectifiers of spirits, and as to revenue stamps on tobacco and snuff, and extends to the 20th of Apri, 1870, the time for withdrawing distilled spirits trom bonded warehouses, subject to an addit tax of one cent per gallon per month. REMOVAL OF CIVIL OFFICERS IN VIRGINIA, MISSIS- SIPPI AND TEXAS. Mr. FARNSWORTH, (rep.) of Ill., rom the Committee on Reconstruction, reported @ substitute for the Sen- ate joint resolution as to the removal of civil officers in inia and Texas. The substitute provides that the Mississippi officers commanding in the States of Virginia, and Texas shall have thirty days to complete the removals from office of the civil om who cannot take the test oath, He ex- plained fy the meaning and efiect of this sub- stitute, Mr. BUTLER, (rep.' of Mass., expressed his regret that he was competled to oppose the first resolution reported tothe House from the committee of which he was chairman. He proceeded to argue inst it, contending that there was no uecessity for it and that ite ct would be to rehabilite oMcers who were disqualified from holding office. He read a on hic despatch from an ex:oflicer of the New Yor Ungineers, now @ citizen of Virginia, statin; that Chesterfield county looked to him (Mr. Butlel to tect them in the republican struggie in that State, and not to extend the thirty days, as that was a di of the enemy and would destroy the Ui t.8 Mr. MAYNarp, (rep.) of Tenn., inquired whether the resolution was to be considered as a republican or a8 a democratic measure? Mr. FARNSWORTH replied that he labelled itasa republican measure, ir. BUTLER—And I oppose it as a democrauc measure. Mr. Farnsworth—As Iam an old blican my testimony ts at least as good as that the gentile- man from Massachusetts. Mr, BUTLER—Nothing but wine and cheese is judged of by Po Mr. FaRNsworTH—I believe I was a republican when my iriend from jusetts was in his re- publican swaddiing clothes. Mr. Pang, (rep.) of Wis., another member of the Reconstruction Commitiee, yoyo regret at being compelled to differ from the majority of the commit but he regretted still more that a majority of that commitgre could be found willing to recommend such @ resolution to the House. He hoped the House would not pass it. He had not seen & measure this Cor that seemed fraught with more danger to the loyal men of those three unreconstrucved States. Tne question was whether the Untonists should get possession of the offices, or whether the old office-holding oligarchy should stilt hold the power. This resolution would turn the scale in favor of the disloyal, of those who opposed the jonal plan of reconstruction, and against the true and tried men who had, notwith- standing Executive power and legislative coldness, atti fled on against all odds to save those States to the governmen Mr. Fannswonre defended the action of the com- mittee, arguing that the simple effect of this resolu- don ot Mycers in tein, stead of compelling jon of civil officers in in Gem eral Stoneman to fill the offices in the next two three days. rTne House refused to second the previous ques- tion, by 50 to 70, and the joint resolution and amend- ment Were, on motion of Mr. WARD, (rep.) of N. Y., submitted to the Committee on Reconstrucuion, RELIRF OF BLANTON DUNCAN. — The joint resolution reported yesterday by wy. Bingham, from the Judiciary Committee, for relief of Blanton Dun of Kentucky, was then ie Harnad Maynard, Note kind joar . ‘The question was then taken on the amendment offered yesterday by Mr. Scofield providing that Mr. Duncan shall first release all claims for rents or use of his property prior to the of this act. amendment was to—yeas 80, nays 71. Mr. WARD moved to the resolution on the table. Negatived—yeas 61, Puen; The, joint resolution was passed—yeas 82, mays THR LIGHTHOUSR AT ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Mr, MoorR, (rep,) of N, J,, owe petition of jantio City, the Mayor and Council of A! ., in ref erence to the lighthouse at that piace, which is threatyned to be undermined and destroved uy the ‘laid witl disability of the judge. Also a bill to secure and Protect the freedom of transportation and com- merce. Referred to the Judiciary Committee. THE RECONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE. The SPEAKER announced that he had appointed Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio, to fill a vacancy on the Re- sonmmneiion Committee, to take rank next before The House then, at four o'clock, adjourned, peseudbeiabcaiacttaliemomss besten ‘ CO-OPERATION.” senna Lecture by Horace Greeley. Horace Greeley delivered a lecture on the above subject last night before the Third Union Co-ope- rative Land and Building Society, at Co-operative Hall, No. 214 Bowery. The room was well filled by an intelligent audience. The lecturer commenced by saying that, as rather an old Socialist, concerned in other days in many and earnest movements which had the same general tendency that the society before whom he now spoke had, he desired to speak first of the principle of co- Operation—to see what it was and what it promised. After that he would endeavor to speak of its various applications. The principle of co- operation was essentially republicanism applied to the sphere of industry. Our old gystems of industry were essentially monarchcial, but he did not mean to speak of them with reproach. These old modes be- longed to the stage of human progress which he trasted the world was now inning to outgrow. He did not ts a coniidently, He was to speak of what had labored for and hoped, rather than of what has been attained. What was co- operstion? It was simply the agreement or concur- rence of & large number of persons who united to use their cap! ial by a combination of their small means individually. He instanced the whale ship of New England asa sample of co-operative pro- jects. He was sorry to say the principle had not en 60 generally applied in this country as in others, and that was owing, perhaps, t> the fact that, as & whole, the laboring class were better off with ‘us than they were in London or Paris. In spite of all the risks hitherto when anything or this kind ‘was attempted to be gotten up here some specious, smooth and sometimes pious villain came in and got himself appointed to some responsibie position, such as agent, bookkeeper or something, and by fraud wreeked the concern. But this was no reason why the mechanics of this city should not obtain ail that they eat om an avel >» at ail events, twenty Pag cent cheaper than they now get it, They could do it if they would, if they got men honest enough to do the business. Co-operation had proved @ success in nei, instances, He alluded to the co- operative establishment at Rochdale, England, as one of the pioneer institations, which had given great evidences of success; but the time mught come when even bad management might overset this. But the fact that it had been a success would still remain. The lecturer then went on to give his hearers some advice as to how iney should or= ganize and carry out co-operative building societies and peoeiion stores, so that the working man might be fa reality his own employer. He was op} however, to men striking for higher wages then remaining idle instead of devising some means by which they could employ themselves, Mr. Pearsall related the results of his visit to the Rochdale stores, in ipany with John Bright, a as time since, and showed their successful opera- jon. THE DAVENPORT BROTHERS. ‘Their Rentree Last Night. The Davenport brothers, accompanied by Mr. Fay, made their first appearance in this city since their return from Europe last night at Steinway Hall and were welcomed by a gathering which nearly filled the hall. Notwithstanding the somewhat checkered experience through which the party passed in the Old World all three gentlemen are but little altered in appearance and look as if they had fared well during their absence. The performances are very similar to those in which the brothers made their success before their transatlantic trip, consisting of a cabinet seance by the Davenports and a dark seance by Mr. Fay. At the cominencement of the evening’s proceedings &@ committee of two persons was selected promis- cuously from the audience for the purpose of watch- Pa eee content w: she ted ‘and expl the rooting ans the performances commenced. Bells began to ring, music issued from violins and es ae a noisy clatter issued from the Cabinet. The door was opened and there were the brothers still tied, “hand and foot. Parker Pilisbury examined =o again and foformed the audience everytn was all right. The doors were closed and opened several times, entre oom brothers first of all free from the ropes again more securely bound than ever. the nowe and Clatter proceed! every time the doors were shut and the down. Pilisbury was subsequently between the two bound men and closed in with them, and when the doors were opened he was discovered in s very ludicrous position, with musical instruments piled up upon him in every direction. He nis experience, 81 generally that it was le. More manifestations of noise and jingie ap- lights waving about in ail parts of the room, more tying and untying and a good deal of a ee men and littie shriekings trom the women. am body felt mee | were being deceived, but every had a way of his own of explaining the tricks whieh, they had witnessed. ‘AAT SALE AT CLINTON HALL. Yesterday evening Messra. Leavitt, Strebeigh & Co. placed on auction a choice collection of paint- ings, the property of the late Peter Rice, of Brooklyn. ‘The attendance was select, mainly composed of the friends of the deceased gentleman and some of the first art dealers of the city. The catalogue com- prised works of Rossiter, Maas, Mrs. Hart, Gianni, Conti, Turner, Albertinella, Guerrameo and Condy. ‘The principal buyers were Mr. Shannon, clerk of the Common Council, the brother-in-law of Mr. Rice, and Mr. James. Mr. Shannon purchased to the extent of $500 and Mr. James probably expended $1,000, Foremost among the pictures on the catalogue were Lot 4—“The Good Samaritan.” —An excellent copy of Tintoretto’s picture, warm in color and feeling, natural in expression, broad and generous tn treat- ment. This was withdrawn for want of bidding. Lot 62—‘A Dinner Party.”—A well executed pic- ture, with varied and novel effects of light and shade. Sold to Mr. Shannon for $77 50, Lot 64—“Salutation.”—One of the good old genre school, carefully worked ont, though treated ina — curious manner. Sold to Mr. Shannon jor Lot 54—“The Virgin on the Throne.”"—A splendid copy of Ey del Loss che ones work, bie is now in ery of Vv Paria,’ The fig- ures were remarkably well ninted, : of the centre fi show it power of deline- ation. Sold to Mr. James tor $260, Lot St—"La Poesie. copy of Carlo Dolci's famous reas mounted in an exquisite frame, in- miniatures and precious stones. We have seen the original on exhibition in London, the copy is not far behind thé or! . Sold to Mr. James for $265. This was the Ly it price realized for any single work at tie sale. ot 68—‘Portsmouth Harbor.”—A matine piece, by Condy. This favorite artist evidently exerted his best abilities in the uction of this picture. The fishing boats in the foreground, Spithead on the ex. treme left, and the line of battle in the middie distance were portrayed by a master hand. It is said that the late Mr. Rice paid $500 for this jure. It was sold to Mr. James for Several fine proof engrav! finished the sale. With the exception of some rs the fore- going pictures were the only ones deserving of any cular criticism. Many of the lots offered were purchased by dealers simply for the frames, and in many cases the frames were of more intrinsic value than the juctions they adorned. We would sug- t that in the next art sale by Messrs. Leayit itrebeigh & Co, they would, in entering a work on. the catal inct! mediocre unknown copy, which realized a very small sum. If it had been entered as @ copy, like lot 37, it might have brought its value, SCANDINAVIANS IN THE WesT.—The Scandinavians jucational of the Northwest held an ed convention in Madison, lowa, recently for the of ing @ aaa thelr Suntan » benno tion amot men. agreed alee a fund to endow two Western col. leges for teaching the Scaudina ‘lan go raise the educational standard pe large numbers of whom are logated wi