The New York Herald Newspaper, December 15, 1869, Page 3

NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, in Tennessee. Demands. for THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE. Letter from. tho Postmaster “General Favor- ing Its Abolition, The New York Marshalship and Post Office. Eulogies in Both Houses on Sena- tor Fessenden, ‘Recommittal of a Bill to Admit Virginia. Wasuinaton, Dec 14, 1809, Tennessee Affairs—Radicals Culling for Con- greasional Intcrference—Stokes Wants his State Reconstructed Again. ‘The disappointed radicals of Tennessee are appa- rently determined not to allow thelr successful rivais of the Brownlow and Senter school to crow over the late-peaceful revolution at the ballot box in that State. Stokes is in earnest about demanding an anvestigation by Congress, and favora putting tne State out of the Union again until it shall! become thoroughly losalized or radicalized, In reply to a recent ietter from sume of his friends ‘in Tennessee he writes as follows, foreshadowing what he thirks and intends to ao ; WASHINGTON, Dec, 14, 1860. To Messrs, SUMNER. LEW13 and others:— , GENTLEMEN—Your jeter in relation to the coming election ordered by the Legislature has been re- ceived. In my judgment the whole movement in the way of a convention 1s illegal, unconstitutional, Void and revoiutionary: the constitution and laws having been wholly disregarded tn the late election, necessarily making void all jaws passed by that tile- gal and unconstitutional hody. The act calling a convention is an open violation of the constitution Of the State, ior the reason that it permits every male citizen, who is twenty-one years of age, to vote, ‘hereby ignoring the Siaie Constitution, and allow- ing every man to be a delegate in said conyention, regardless of tue provisions of the fourteenth article of Uke Amendments to the constitution. 1 refer you to the President's Message in relation to Georgia and the course pursued by Congress, ‘Tennessee is in u like condition. if Congress can enter any one of the States lately in rebellion they can safely go into all of those jately reconstructed. I have no hesita- Von in saying (bat Congress possesses full power to Te-enter the late rebel States and reconstruct them Qguin, and as often as the cousutution is trampled under fovt ar the laws of Congress are set at nought, What Congress will do 1 am unable to say ‘at this time; but one thing 4s certein, an invesuga- tion wiil be hud concerning the trauds and violations of the constitution of the State, Congress cannot reluse to investigate, a8 tus 189 national question, Which gaps the euudauion of republican govern- ment. If I were at tome I would not go near the olls on the day of the election. In a word, I woula reat the Whole thing as revolutionary and in viola- tion of the constitution and laws of the State and the Teconstruction acts of Cougress, I am truly sorry Uhat our triends are running candidates and thereby seemingly making themselves a party to this out- rage. ‘they should have stood aloof and took no oe pike and thea tose who claim to have control of the Fi Slate government could not have complained, * * # Tam truly yours, W. D. STUKES, Kulogies on the Late Senator Fessenden. Both Houses spent the ‘major part of to-day in burying the dead—at Jeast there was little else done , than eulogizing the late William Pitt Fessenden. ‘The Senate gaileries presented a very picturesque @ppearance, belug crowded with fashtonably dressed ladies and the crémede la créme of the brightest circles, who gathered to compliment by their presence the schdlarly Sumner, the erudite Trum- bull and other accomplished Senators who wore an- Bounced 3 the orators of the occasion. The speeches were nearly all good, some of them really eloquent, particularly Sumuer’s, Anthouy’s and Wiliams’, Authony’s. portrayal of the character, acquirements and virtues of the departed states- Man was remarkable for truth, simplicity and Power; altogether 1t was, perhaps, the best delivered in eliher branch of Congress, and fell with the more force upon the auditors for the reason that it was spoken without reference to man- uscript or priuted siips, whica in the case of all the other speeches considerably marred tielr effect, There is something, after all, in the appearance of elavorate preparation, suggested by turning over pages of manuscript or continual reading from printed slips, that spoils the best speech, and espe- cially one of eulogy, which, if sincere, ought to fow freely and naturally, not stiMly and affectedly, as ‘must be the case when the orator is ob- served nicely adjusting his eye glasses prepara- tory to opening, and then deliberately perusing page after page of prepared sentences. The ludi- crous aspect # the affair is more likely to strike the hearers t*- the gravity and solemnity expected by the ora ind yet every speech” delivered in the Senate jay, except one, was read, asif the graye eulogizers {eared they would not do justice to _ themselves or to the. departed were they to trust to Memory or tho inspiration of the occasion, In the House of Representatives the same cold-blooded preparation and elaborate agony were displayed, aud wiat has been sald of the Senators, therefore, will apply with equal force to the commouers, Abolishment of the Franking Privilege Lotter from the Postmaster Goneral. The Postmaster General has addressed the follow- ing letter to the Hon. Alexander Ramsay and the Hon, John F, Farpsworth, the chairmen respectively ) of the Senate and House Committees on Post Office and Post road Post OFFICE DEPARTMENT, WASHINGDON, D. C., Doc. 15, 1809. Srr—Referring to so mucu Of my annual repert as Felates to tbe question of abolishing tie franking rivilegé, Lhave the honor to stave as a matter of teresting Information that I have been ollicially ad- vised by the Divector General of Posts at Berliu that the entire system of franking for tue North German jostal jurisdiction has been reguiated by a receat ‘Taw, which goes into effect on the 1st of Januai next, by the provisions of which oficial correspon: ence in matiers of the interior State service In the North German Unton and proceeding trom the state authcrictes #3 made subject to postage, and to en- abie the officers of the government to prepay oificial letters the North Germau Post Department has pre- pared a new kind of stamp for their use, specimens of which have been forwarded to this a The fact that the North German federation, with its com grants of the hemes A oe none. has found it roe ene A to abolish of franks, furnishes an 101 argument (if any. be required) for the passage by Congress of a similar jaw, removing from our postal system this incongrugus and which has grown into: an evil of rat neem Sear gbetan saves 1 ‘ bark Ad ORESWELL. Postuneater General. ‘The New York Liquor Deulers’ Association. The Secretary of the New York Liquor Dealers’ Association was at the office of Internal Revenue to- day, and made an argument before Solicitor Smith aud Deputy Commissioner Dougiass, urging 8 mou!- Mcation of the recent order trom Commissioner Delano concerning the use of stand casks and re- * quirements of compounders and rectifiers nuder the re The New York Murshalship. Tew thought by influential Senatore-that Hatlow will be reported favorably for Cnired States Marshal of your city, and that both he and Post ‘Master Jones will be condrmed. Contested Election Cases Argued, ‘The contestea élection cases of Van Wyck vs. Greene, of New York, and Covode vs. Foster, of Pennsylvania, were argued before the Committee ou Elections to-day, aad then referred to sno-com- mitices, The Goodyear Rubber Patont Care. In the Suprewo Cours toe case of the Providence Rubber Compsny against Charles Goodyear, executor of Charles Goodyear, aeceascd, the Union India Rubber Company and the Phoenix Rubber Company, onan appeal from the Circuit Qourt for the district of Rnode istand, was taxen uy ata will occupy two or three days in the argument, The eae involves the vallaiy of the extension of tie Goodyear patent, which, it is allege, was optained A see to-day agreed to report s bill to encourage and pro- mote the Internationa! Exhibition in Wasnington, in | 1871, ; Withdrawal ef Public Lands from Eutry. Instructions have been waned to the District Land oMoer st Menasha, La Crosse, Bayfield, Stevens’ Point. and Eau Clatre, Wis., for the windrawal of the lands on account of the: grant for road from Yortage, Berlin or’ Doty's Isiand to Bayfield, and from thence to Superior, It. 1s said that the with- drawal is based on'® map filed by the Portage, Win- uedago and Superior Railroad Company, which has been accepted by the department, Owing to the mon-reception. of certain printed documents, the Committee on Reconstruction have postponed the farther consideration of the Virginia question until Saturday. The commitee nave taken Ro action in the case of Georgia. > Arrival at Key West ef Mombers of the Expedition. ‘The following telegram was received by the Secre tary of the Navy tse 2 Laat” y Wesr, Deo. 13, 1869, The Tere ast ev arrived fom ch Bae ei oe natan afternoon for ie C. H. POO! Admiral. Secretary Fish Dining and Wining a Congres- elena) Comuuittoe. Secretary Fish guve a big dinner party to the Foreign Affairs Committees of both Houses this evening, at his splendid mansion on Fifteenth street. Sumner, Cameron, Casserly, Lewis, Wood, Brooks, Orth, Dae out am several other distinguished gentlemen Instructions to Registers of the Land Office. Tnstractious have been sent to the Register o1 the Land OMice bt Austin, Nevada, that it is not neces- sary that pre-emption settlers should make their declaratory statements before the Remister in per- son, a8 in sparsely settled States and Territories it Would entail unnecessary expense on the seitier, but that tt 18 suMciens/and proper, if their statements are witnessed or certified to by any officer compe- tent to administer oaths, and transmitted to the Regtater by mail or by the hands of a trustworthy agent, the settler being responsible for its non-re- ceipt, as the deciaratory statement does not become valid until received at thé proper land office. x Personal. D.M. Boyd, of New York, supermtendent of the agency forthe distribution of postage stamps and stamped envelopes, isin this city, on his way Richmond on official. business. “ The Postal Telegraph System. [Washington (Dec. 14) correspondence of the Even- ing Post.) There ig authority for saying that the tmaster General will, during the present session or Congress, recommend legisiation looking to ward the adoption of 8 postal telegraph system by the Fost Ofice paceaens, Ramsey, the chairman of the ital Committee in the Senate, isa very warm ad- * FORTY-FIRSI CONGRESS. Second Scssion. SENATE. WasHInaTon, Dec. 14, 1969, ‘Nu FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT. Mr. THURMAN, (dem.) of Ohio, presented a joint resolution of the Legislature of tho State of Ohio re- jecting the proposed fifteenth amendment to tne constitution. BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS. Mr. KEL.oa4, (rep.) of La., introduced a bill mak- ing an appropriation for the removal of obstructions in twe Bayou Teche, Referred. Also a bill making an appropriation for certain rgpairing to the Custom -House at New Orieans. Mr. TRUMBULL, (vep.) of 101, offered a resolution, ‘which was agreed to, instructing the Committee on Public Lands to inquire whether'the land offices in the States wherein there are no public lands for sale may Not be dispensed with to the benefit of the pub- lc service, Mr. DRAKE, (rep.) Of Mo., introduced a joint reso- Jution extending for two years the time for the com- pletion of the Atlantic and Pacific Ratlroad. Re- ferred to the Committee om tho-Rucific Railroad. Mr. CoLg, (rep.) of Cal., tmtrodueed a@ bill to in- crease the matl steamship service vetween the United States and China and Japan, which was re- ferred to the Comittee on Post Oflces and Post Roads, It authorizes the Postmaster General to increase “the ocean mail service between San Francisco and the ports of China and Japan to a semi-monthly service, upon the best terms and conditions that can be obtained, but not to exceed the rate of compensa- tion authorized by the act of Feoruary 17, 1865, estab- lishing @ monthly mail service. Also a bill to 1x the western terminus of the Pacitic Petite Reierred to the Commiitee on Pacitic It ‘permits the Western Pacific Railroad Company to occupy for ‘depot purposes so much of Yerba Bueno Island, in the harvor of San Fran as may be designated by the Geueral of the Army and Secre- tary of War as not required in time of peace for military purposes, 89/q privilege to be suspended in tiwe of war or imminent danger. Mr. HowARD, (rep.) Of Mioh., offered. a3 resolution, which was agreed to, instructing the Committee on Finance to inquire and report whether it be pot advisable to reduce the ities mentioned in the Internal Revenue act Ny 20, 1868. Mr. COLE submitted a resolution instracting Finance Cor to inquire into the expedienc. of imposing a tax of one dc distilled spirits, and also into the expediency of col- Jecting.the tax upon all distilled spirits by taxin, the cay of the stills, At bis reyuest it le fered to iio ‘on the tapie. Mee ANNOUNCEMENT OF THS DEATH OF SENATOR FES- SENDEN. Mr. MORRILL, (rep.) of Me,, announced the death of William late Senator from that age pte | tus lan was ame occasion of great TOW. ul ut fy worthily pied a oe he was distinguished, for skilled and gri oratory and for the comprehen- tuestions "'whicly “arose. biausnosee uestion 1 a advent to the Senate orded "4 was, the he edu enlightened sense of jus- il int ergy of his mental consi \. Not @ theorist, nor attracted by moveltions his. onar the granite Basis ublic ped and austere in virtue, be was not beset by t publ life, eens the bd wears of mmense it in him during the war oa Secretary of tie and ple ary powers in debato i were Senator. A ical matter of fact h iavorious an’ careful in debate, direct oa jin. atorial experience, notwithstandi: al disputes between net Mr. Fos Tous of honor, of government, to him an austerity neta Z a i i : 42 H | : | [ by the cation and habits of | y bnt differed with it reluctantiy.. tegrity and independ he was degree with the no Teas essential senge, upon which, as @ basis of end arose the superstructure of his character. Mr. MORRILL, (rep.) of Vt, regretted the loas of ‘one of the country’s wisest mn as weil a3 & trusted personal friend. His sagacious judgment, unswerving independence of character and unas- saliable dasatity were well Known to the country, and rarely had lie beheld @ man who, while conra- geous and thoroughly able, wae go exceed? modest and retiring in natural disposition. energy and indusir; ‘in posing forward the business. Of the Senate afforded an op! ee for proof of bi eo Rata cece oy with the gravest asus, ate. life was in strict eontermity with his. virtues, The speaker referred al length to ti laistration of the ‘treasury by the deceased and his connection with the e' of an extended political career. Rha Rin) sep mate Byneand’ aia fi kere, The resuiation® respect p Ve eA oy Renktor Morrill, of Matne, were then adopted; when, on mo- tion of Senator tia at ten minutes past three o'clock the Senate adjourned, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wasuinoton, Dec. 14, 1869. RESOLUTIONS OFFERED, ‘The following resolations were offered:— By Mr. *Gerz, dem.) of Pa.—lnstructing the Vom: mittee on Ways and Means to inquire into the expe- diency of abolishing the office of collectors, assessors aud other agents of the Internal Revenue Depart- ment, and of apportioning the amount of tax to be required from domestic sources among the several States in proportion tothe population. Referred the Committeo on Ways and Means. By Mr. Wasusi (rep.) of Wis.—Calling on tne Secretary of the Navy for a copy of contracts made by the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting with J. Abcassia, of Lisbon, Portugal, for coal, olive oll or other naval supplies, and information as to the char- acter of Mr. A Sox ye such explanation. as have been made by the officers entering into sucl contracts. Adopted, By Mr. Cox, (aem.) of N. Y.—Declaring that the American people learn with horror and indignation of the trea:ment of American citizens held as politi- cat prisoners under the English government; that no language is adequate co condemn such treat- ment, and urging on the national Executive the tm- rative be of immediate intervention in their pelts ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affaire, by Mr, SHELDON, (rep.) of La.—Calling on the Seo- retary of War for information a3 to the progress made in the work of improving and deepening the channels of the passes of the Mississippi river to the Gulr of Mexico. Adopted. By Mr. WILKINSON, (rep.) of Min,—Calling on the Secretary of State for copies of the correspondence with the Russian government as to the claim of Benjamin N. Perkins, of Massachusetts. Adopted. by Mr. Ancuga, (dem.) of Ma,—Calling on the Secretary of the Navy for cupies of the record, pro- ceedings and ail papers, 4c, on the foo the line and staif rank m the navy. Adopte BILLS REVERKED, Bills were introdaced and referred as follows:— By Mr. Prosser, (rep.) of Tenn.—To deiine and to ee the jurisdiction and duties of United States lommiasiohers. By Mr. PArne, (rep.) of Wis.—To authorize the Secretary of War to provide for taking meteorologi- cal observations at the military stations in the inte- rior of the Continent and for giving notice on the Northern lakes and Atlantic seaboard of the ap- roach and force of storms. « Phe bill recites that the record of the marine dizas- tera on the Northern lakes for 1868 and 1869, shows that in 1868 there were 1,164 casualties, involving a loge of Ife of 321, avd of property of $3,114,000; and thatin 1869 there were 14, with a loss of 209 lives and $4,160,000 worth of property; that in 1868 there were totally lost 105 vessels of the value of $1,207,300, and in 1869 there wero 126 vesseis lost of the value of $1,404,200. 1t recites further that acieutific obser- vations havo already shown, that the course of storms in the United States 1s generally from the west to the east, and have made known their rate of progress by the preceding changes of the meter; and thate@ large proportion of the loss of life ‘and property by marine disasters on the Northern lakes mnight be avoided by timely notice to mariners of approaching storms. It therefore requires the Sec- retary of War to haye the necessary meteorological observations made gt the military stations in the in- terlor of the Continent. and on the great Northern lakes, and to «lve notice on the lakes and the Atian- tic coast, by telegraph, of the approach and force of storms. By Mr. CLARKE, (rep.) of Kan.—For a grant of land to the Republican Valley Kailroad and Tele- graph Company and for the disposai of such lands to actual settiers. By Mr. TANNER, (rep.) of N. ¥Y.—To annex West Haven, Benson and Windmill Point to the district of Champlain, N. By Mr. McCrary, (rep.) of lowa—Making a tempo- rary appropriation for the prosecution of the work for the improvement of the Des Moines Rapids, in the Misstssipp! river, By Mr. Hoopgr, (rep.) of Mass.—To limit the lia- bility of shipowners concerning maritime Jiens. By Mr. CowiEs, (rep.) of N. Y.—Appropriating $87,000 for the 1mprovement of the harbor of Put- neyville, N. Y. By Mr. SHANKS, (rep.) of Ind.—For furnishing,. at the cost of the War Department, clotming to needy and indigent soldiers, sailors and marines in sol- dicrs’ homes. ADMISSION OF VIRGINIA. Mr, WARD, (rep.) of N. Y., asked and obtained leave to have printed and recommitted to the Com- mittee on Reconstruction a bill pending for the aa- mission of Virginia to represenration mm Congress upon certain fundamental conditions. ‘he conditions are that the constitution of Virginia shall never be so amended or changed as to deprive any citizen or class of citizens of the United States of the right to vote in that State who are entitled to vote by the constitution thereof now to be recog- nized, or of the right co sit upon juries, or of a right to an equal participation in the school fund and school Cid oy ‘8 now recognized by such consil- tution; provic that any alteration of such consu- tution may be made with regard to the time and place of residence of voters . SALE OF THE ALASKA FUR SEAL ISLANDS. Mr. SCHENCK, (rep.) of Ohio, presented a report from the agent the Treasury Department in Alaska in reiation to the disposition tobe made of the two fur seal-bearing islands, giving a plan by which it is supposed that $600,000 a year can be made by the government of those islands. Ordered to be a peated and referred to the Commitiee on Ways and Means. PETITIONS PRESENTED. Mr. SWANN, (dem) of Md., presented & memorial of the medical facuity of the University of Marylaud mae to the medical sia of the Vaited States Messrs, KELLEY, MYERS and O'NEILL, (reps.) of Pa., presented petitions of the Philadelptia letter carriers for an increased compensation, LANDS FOR COLORED SETTLERS, Mr. KgLLey presented a memorial of the National Colored Labor Convention, praying that the sur- veyed ee lands in the Southern States may be subdivided into tracts of forty acres each, and that every freedman Who shall settle on one of sald subd- divided tracts and cultivate the same for ove year shall receive a patent for the same; the title of sald jand to vest in the settler and his heirs, and to be inaltenabie for-the period of ten years irom tie date of the entry; ana further, that the grants of public lands made by the goverment to railroad ‘corpora- tions in the Southern States and forfeited by reason of non-compliance with the conditions anuexed to such grants be not revived, but that the lands embraced in such lapsed grants be brought withia tho operationa of the Homestead act. REMOVAL OF DISABILITIES. The PResweNT sent @ Message to the House @nnouncing that he had approved and signed the bill “for the removal of political disabtiilies from a large number of persons.” The House went into Committee of the Whole (Mr, Dawes in the chair) on the Census bill, and the dis- cussion Was reaumed and continued at cond.derable jengih on the amendments offered yesterday by Messrs. Judd and Coburn, providing for an appor tionment of representation next ci pope Mr. CoBURN, (rep.) of Ind., withdrew bis amend- m 50 a8 to admit a test vote to be had on Mr. Judd’s amendment. Finally the discussion was ciosed and @ vote was taken, and Mr. Judd’s amend, inent was j—yeas 54, nays 96, Mr. GARFIELD, (rep.) of Onio, then moved to strike out section twenty-four, whicd pI d to fix the number of ro) natives, He thougls it wiser to leave the whole matter of apportionment out of the bill and let that be reported im another bill, which could also provide as to the Manner and time of electing members of the House, Mr, ALLISON, (rep.) of Iowa, inquired of Mr, Gar- fleld whether Ne proposed to mtroduce such @ bill during the present session, Mr, GARFIELD replied that he certainly did. Mr, Ais.180N said that with that underatauding he had no objection to the striking out of the section, but added that 1t was not fair to leave the subject of apportionment to the law of 1860, or to leave tne question open until diter the enumeration was taken, The rate of apportionment should be decided before the result of the census would be Known, Aftor farther discussion the motion was agrecd to @nd the section was struck out. ‘The section (No, 26) Which requires the statistica of railroad and canal companies and of the coastwise trade, and Jake and inland river navigation having been reached. Mr. GakFIELD, from the Census Com- mit offered an amendment requiring similar Statistica irom express, telegraph and life, fre and marine insurance companies, In reference to life insurance companies Mr. Garfield stated that they based ail their calculations on mortality tables; that Mey were more than one hundred yours old, and that the average duration of life had increased con- siderably since then. Their profs were so it that one of the great Ifo insurance es of Now York had just comp.eted one of the most mag- ae hoble palaces that the sity exhibited, the Mr. Woopwarp, (dem.) of Pa., remarked that it thet business “had. become one of tho most atupen: frauds e' 5 , BrHONG, trap) oF COND, advocated the amend- |} wonderful particularity with which the ratiroad DECEMBER 15, 1869.—TRIPLE. SHEET, ment, and spoke of the enormous ansets ($12,000,000) by the nine Hartford tire insurance com- a eemMoLte (rep) of IL, offered an amend- ” be also the ator cud’ brokers nheaasaatent $x Teference tothe section and amend- mi Seiteenes the opinion that the bill was over. loaded with inquisitorial re: urements far beyond what had been contemplated by those .who had made the consutution or by those who had adminis- tered it with regard to making the census, All that was originally intended waa an enumeration of the people. for tue purpose of representation, With the icularities of this bill the census would not be completed in ten years, He was amazed to see the interest was to be inquired into, He heard the gen- Ueman trom Ohto (Mr, Garfield) say that they were going to grapple with that mammoth busi- neas and bring it to its knees and stop its high charges for transportation. . What did the formation? pina ‘eg ion? Dy $) If they would do aomelafnaio ae peODe federa ation let them atop granting subsidies an lands to railroads, which had aiready received 180,000,000 acres of Jand, worth $230,000,000, and in us other ways gentlemen on the other were responsible for building up these polices, aud now. they want infor- as to how to grapple with the cnildren they themselves had created. Why did they on every occasion vote labor and cheap bread, in voung a av? Why not le in @ practical way? some up and assigt the this information sought for, and ail the reasons given for tt, were phe b words; but he wanted to fog nots for ine reliet of the le. salma y RB, Me. inquired moat of the land rete were aot made in 1856, and pa the geatleman himself did not vote for ry Mr. Cox said he did not vote for them, nor had he voted for the Pacific Railroad grauta. Mr. PRreRs asked whether It was not a democratic Congress that had made those grants? Cox replied that there had not been a demo- lo Congress since 1863. * Mr: Scorigcy, (rep.) of Pa., added that there never would be again, Mr, Cox weat on to say that the great bulk of the land grauts had been made by the republivan parcy since 180", and he asked -Mr. Garfield what he pro- ee todo by federal action when he got all this formation. Mr. GARFIELD replied that it was quite suMcient for the present vo get light. He had no uitra purpose on the subject except what was expressed on the Very bill itself, to require those (ar) a ptther to make an exhibit of their doings #0 that the country might know how much was paid for transportation and where the money went. Mr. Cons, (rep.) of Wia., offered an amendment to Mr. Garfeld’s amendment requiring information to be obtained of the [open of United States govern- ment bonds held by co:porations and individuals, He wished that information in the hope that the Committee on Ways and Means would devise some Mode of taxing the interest on United staves bonds. Mr. Ursow, (rep) of Obio, offered a substitute requiring information as to United States bonds held by corporations, executors, administrators, guar- and trustees, and dy individuals. Mr. GARFIELD said he would be glad to get that information, but the Census Cpmmitree had come to the conclusion that 10 wonld be useless to attempt to getit. It could not be got, - ‘THE DEATH OF SENATOR FESSENDEN. Pending the discussion, at a ee past three O'clock, a message was received from the Senate announcing its proceeding in reference to the death of Senator Fesseucen. Eulogies of the late Senator were pronounced by Messrs. Lynch, Peters, Hale, Brooks, of N. Y., and Dawes, after which the House adjourned. . jo when the it all this ni ie islation ? PETROLEUM. Meeting of Ol! Refiners and Producers— Discussion as to the Standard of Specific Gravity for Merchantable Crude Oil. Pursuant to au invitation which had been issued the refiners of petroleum assembled in convention yesterday afternoon at the newsroom in Pine street. There were representatives present from Cleveland, Pittsburg, Boston, Baltimore and this city. The meeting was organized with the election of Mr. W. P. Morgan, of Pittsburg, a8 chairman, A committee on business, appointed to prepare the question or questions to be considered by the Con- vention, reported as follows:— Fira'—The question of crude oll, ita present gravity as com- Bared with previous years; the causes that Lave brough ¢ condition In which we find it; the evils cons there- upon, and without indicating the manner in which the object is to be accomplished, would yet sugges (hat this subject should recelve careful and thorough examination and action on the part of this Convention, that the dif_icuity may be at once and forever removed. dt Ml alto bo weal y of oll purporting tured from residuum 8. 8. tent, added in the oliveri val enly to a limitep extent is, perha; inability of the pardes to supply therh .fary ingrediente; yet your committee nppreliend that thi ‘didlea'ty will weome unlesa the action of this Cony tion ix of a character Iike'y to break up and destroy the wh: syatem of tampering with crude oil. The report of the committee was accepted and in the. course of the discussion, Cleveland, read the following:— crude, able gravity to two aud one-fourth per cent on the price pald per rt Ughter will not be obtaining the gravity shall be made to conform toJ. Aroaboldi's Standard Heaumnes nich was adopted by the United Bates Petroleum eq barrel for each and every degree abo It fs niso agreed and dectared that than forty-eight gravity fe not_ merc received by us. The instrument teed | Secale, w Association May 2, 1864. An informal discussion then sprung up in regard to the method of sampling oil, the chemical proper- tea of oll, is der and benzine, and in regard to Ons gentieman was in favor of having no definite action taken by the Convention at this meeting, or until a report the gravity of merchantable oul. could be received from a committee which was now engaged in making experiments at Ot! Creek; but the Eg rte MA seemed to be in favor of some detinite action being taken by the Convention. It was finally moved that a committee of three be appointed to make the standard between the different gravities of oll, and what percentaye producers should aliow to refiners if the ot! runs over the standard, Mr. Wicks moved to amend, by forming a com- Mittee of the whole, and take up the address bi a of tne Cleveland refiners as @ basis of action. The amendment was adopted, whereupon Mr. FLAGLER moved to have the aes so amended as to leave no chance for misunderstanding that the discussion and decision which might be arrived at was entirely in regard to crude o'l. Mr, Wicks moved to amend the first portion of the agreement by striking out “forty-six” and inserting in lien thereof “forty-iive,’? On this the discussion sprung up anew. Mr. Clark. Irom Cleveland, did not wish to take any arbitrary measures and ask for oll at a standard at which they could not get tt; that very little, if any, oil could be obtained below forty-stx, Dr. Herz said it was forty-six because the pro- ducers put benzole in to clean out the wells, Dr. EubeRT did not beiteve that ib was possible to obtain of below forty-six, and that there was in fact no natu: oll below that gravity. ‘He referred to the new district, called the *Ked Hot,’ in which it was Impossible because of the gases to use benzine, and yet the gravity was forty-nine, end he did not, therefore, think it fair to ask for oil at forty-live de- grees, Mr, WEaTLAX®, from Cleveland, sald that when he bought ofl by quantity and not by gravily he had had oil sent him from forty-seven to iifty-one. and he had been told that lar uantities of benzine was used at the oil regions for illegitimate purposes. The CHAIRMAN Te rtd compared oii to auy other product of the earth. The oii dealer was just the same ag a dealer in four, or iron or giass. The producer must sell his oil. The refiners haye the Matter in their own hai and if they adopt a dard gravity and insist upon having-oll fur- nished them with that gravity as a basis the pro- ducer must sell, If he refuse, the refiner can lot him keep it; he can’t afford to buiid extra tanks ana atore the oil, He mut sell it, Dr. Eanerr thoueht if by placing a low standard of gravity the use of benzine would be stopped that they would tp all probabliity suffer more from aduitera- tions with tar. Dr. Herz said there was littie danger of that, as tar was too valuaple. Mr, Wicks’ amendinent being put to the vote was adopted by a standing vote of fifieen to eleven. Some further discussion sprung up, in which it was mado manifest that several of the gentiemen preseat @id properly understand the question and conse- gueotiy ® motion to reconsider was made and jopted. On motion of Mr. Clark, of Cleveland, the producérs who were present were permitted to vote. Dr. Honenrr said if a deduction were required for @ny excess tn weight on account of the benzine would an allowance be made in proportion should oe become, as lb Was, ore Valuabie than crade ol Dr. Herz thought that question won!d be easily setticd, as 1 benzine ever became more Valoabte than the otl it would not be used for aduiterating or doe- toring the oul, Mr. FLAGLER moved that forty-six be adopted as the standard, and that # reduction of price be made for oll above that gravity, and a pro rata allowance be pace to the producer for oll furnished at a lower ravity. ig Mr. WESTTAKE thought that the interests in the business were not fully enough represented to take ay final action in regard to the question of a siand- ard of gravity, and be moved, therefore, that the farther consideration of the question be postponed, and the convention adjourn te meet on the 2ist inst,, at Titusville, An amendment was offered tothe effect that, as the 2lat was \so near the holidays, the convention aqjourn to the first week in January. A slight dis- cussion was then indulged in, on tho ground that it would be futile to go atioug the producers and ask them to attend the convention with the hope of coming to any definite conclusion wien those who were present, and bd ‘whose tnteresi the meeting was called, could not determine ge | themeeives Just What they thought was right and what they wanted, As S ametian one: quite late Mr. Wicks moved that the ing adjourn until half-past ten this moroing. The motion wae adovied and the mecting adjourned, it it to consider the fact that a certain quan- be qfide, which Is really manufac- d naphtha, is, to a certain ex- of ‘That'this feature pre- owing to the selves with the neces- Mr. FLAGLER, of LECTURES LAST NIGHT. “CASTES ANB CREEOS OF INDIA. Lecture by Major A. G. Constable. A paper was read last evening before the Long Is}and fiistorical Society, at the Parker Institute, Brooklyn, by Major A. G. Constable, on the “Castes and Creeds of India,” The audience was highly re- spectable, appreciative and numerous. After a vivid description of the natural beauties of India, the lecturer referred to the antiquity of its civilization, it being the earliest seat of human ctvil- ization, and thougn at the present ft had not ad- vanéed to the civilization of Europe or America, the Hindoos were not very far removed from the high social progress of either of these countries. As to the climate, Hinaostan (tne land of the Tindoos) had been designated the epitome of the whole World, for it embraged within itaglf the phyat- cal features consequent upon the rays 0! cal sun and the cold of the polar regions. He then feaceinen the the tropl- raphical position of India, and ‘hen passed on to speak of caste, Caste was enforced by law and sustained by an assumption of divine quthority, and it penetrated eee every phase Be eee d bi the descr iption 103 lieved Brahma was the conscious, self-supported essence, having no creation, and was in itself the hun Constabie said that it was be- rand the Desiroyer. The worship of one hundred and sixty millions of people was pretty well divided between whese two aspects of the Brahmin faith, that of the Preserver and the Des! ‘The household deity, Vishou, and the concurrent creeds of the wo pera of this deity were then commented upon. Caste which was once political {s now a religious insutution, and of these there are four grades de- scended from Brabma, From the lowest of these grades it was iin) ible for those or their descend- ants to rise to her social grades. ‘There were wealthy merchants 1n Calcutta whose soctal position was in these lower grades, and their weaith was powerless in helping them to the position occupied by a higher caste of the Brahmins. The Pariahs were ap outcaat people whu were not allowed to associate with any other caste, in conse- quence of the forfeiture of their right to any privi- Ne this kind, 6 Hindoos had always remained a conquered Reawie. ‘There had not risen among them a Wiliam lL or a Robert Bruce, and yet they were an en- lightened people; they were not ignorant. A tbou- sand years ago every Village iad its school, and the British had continued this universal ‘achool system. How Was it, then, that this people were still under the yoke of the conqueror? He answered that it was caste. In that one word was found the reason. So long as that remained a burden upon the aspira- tions of the people no progress could be made. No revolutionary wave of general advancement could carry this gréat people to power, for freedom was a word that waa unknown to the Hinaoos. A vote ef thanks to the lecturcr brought the pro- ceedings to a close. THE B:DOUINS OF THE DESERT AND MOUNT SINAL Lecture by Rev. A. W. Hittredge. e “The Bedouins of the Desert and Mount Sinai” was the picturesque subject selected last evening by the Rev, Abbott W. Kittredge for the second of bis course of free lectures before the Young Men’s Christian Association in the Spring street Presby- terian church. The hall was crowded, a very large number of ladies being present, and the proceedings were commenced by hymn and prayer. The \ turer Was introduced to the meeting by Mr. J. 8. Braden, the president of the association, He said the facts he would give relative to the Bedouina were the resuit of personal observation and inter- vigws with the wild tribes of the desert, The penin- sula of Sinai lea between the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Accoba, From the quarries of this, pletu ue district the stones were taken*”’'with which the Pyramids of Egypt were erected, It was a silent, voiceless, desolate waste, that through which the children of Israel had journeyed for forty years under tho special direction of Jehovah. The home of the Bedoutns is an unbroken waste, broken in someparts by sandy hills and mountains whose configuration 18 at once pecubar and sublime. The mountains of Hadshal- jah he described as the (ey shop of the Almighty, in which orange, violet, blue, red, purple. pink and many delicate hues and wuts make oue ol the rich- est pictures presented by nature on the giobe, Here, also, the landscape 1s one magnificent mosaic, every shell and of sand having hue its own, and is yet in harmony with ail the oihers. The isolation of the Bed- ouins from the rest of thé known world was the most remarkable feature of the tribe. They had no communication wifh the outer world, acknow- leuged no allegiance to any government and wanted to owe none. They were divided into tribes, all separated from each other, with their own customs, manners and dress. They pever intermarry, and cannot, without danger to life, cross over into the territery of another trive. After leaving Cairo you first passed into the cave of Teewarha and thea to the Teana, the former with a mild the later with a wild class of features, Five miles to the easi another tribe lived, whose hands are against every man, Who strip every travelier they ieet of ail be as, save his hat and oots, which thoir customs reudered ovtirely useless. Tne house of the Bedouin is bis tent It i@ low and flat, and made by stretchiag a piece of cloth upon four poles about iour feet high. There the family live with their lambs, kids and goats, and a few dogs. He roams about passing one season in one valley, and then shifting lis quarters to anotilier. They were not unltke the New Yorkers who seidom had @ home, and barely understood the dearest and must poetic feelings, tenderness and associations which were attached to the homestead. ‘There 13 no education amoung the Bedoutns. Among ten thousand of theso intelligent [shmaeiltes ho could nos find one person able to read or write. The laws Were unwritten, There was no court, no Justice; butreference was occasionally made to the @hilef of the tribe, Whose authority was merely nom- inal, Dr. Kittredge illustrated the various peculiar traite of these singular people, by several frequent and interesting anecdotes, and was listencd to ‘With Marked attention and frequently applauded. INAUGURATION OF THE HA! PITAL. Interesting Ceremonies at the Unien League Club Theatre Last Night. i Last evening the tmaugural ceremonies of the Habnemana Hospital were celebrated at tue Union League Ciub theatre, corner of Twenty-sixth street and Madison avenue, The theatre was crowded to its utmost capacity by a select audience, among whom were @ large number of ladies, Dr. Join Z. Gray, who occupied the chair, opened the proceedings by stating the object of the meeung, which, he sald, was to found and support @ new in- firmary for the homeless invalid poor ou the hommo- pathic plan. ‘The CHAIR then Introduced Mr. George C, Barrett, the President of the newly establishod hospital. Judge Baprerr, who was received with applause, Said—Tne last time I trod these boards it was to attend a fair for the sick and wounded of the patriot army of Cuba, I stand bere to-night to speak for the sick and disabled around us, [don't know why [, a layman, should be called upon to make this address while I see so many distinguished physicians around me, unless it be that there are a majority of my country men—trishinen—in the Board of ‘lrustees. My earliest acquainrance with homeo- pathy has left a pleasing and grateful memory in my mind, aud it surprises me beyond Measure that the general community appear to be ko totally ignorant of the life and works of the father and founder of this new schov! of medicine, ‘the Agee then gave an interesting bistory of the lite ot Samuel Hahnemann, from whom the newly founded hospital tas received its uame, from his birth in 1766, through his long, lavorious aod useful life, The speaker then said illness should be cured by fixed principles, It seems to me tv be the essence of quackery vo see @ practitioner go in the world as @ physician and prescribe something because it may cure. it ts not cousidered tmportant 1a homeopathtcs to fad out the navure of the disease. Homeopathic physicians do not even inquire as to the nature or cause of the disease, They don’t want to know the disease. They study the symptoms and prescribe for them, Their prescriptions invariably cure-—they can never injure. On tue contrary, tue allopathic physician seeks the nature of the disease from the symptous, and aa error of judgment, which even the highest science cannot guard against, may be fatal. The lecturer here related several anecdotes in proof of what be had stated, and concluded by Btacing that homeopathy respects human nature; it does not treat the body &% @ piece of itfeless slay that may be drugged and hacked at pleasure; it treats the nerves, the spirit and the sowi, and, re: garding the body a & frail tempie, coniatuing av elastic and subtie spirit, it treats ii gently, and juva- riabiy with successial results, We need in opporit nity to test the principles of thia new sclooil. When we have wiese pubito lastitutio: where we can EMANN 03- connect diseases aud Bee the merits of ive various means of treatment adopted and the resiit tubled, we shail have a vast namber of rmstitutions founded onsimiar principled, We want a fair fled, and then let the beat man win. Aly, WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, Who Was next In- trodyced, said thas tne audience consisted of genuine homoopatis, because like ali intelligent audiences tuey very properly #erved out their applause in snail doses, Une of the most comprohousive maxims on record was that of (ie Scotch physician who reduced all the laws of ply. and morals to keeping the bowels open and tho conscience clear. Hom@opa@thy, in the conviction of Halmemann, was ® cure fOr ail the tlis to which the esl ts heir, and alter twenty- b years’ study and experie or the subject he is now a firmer believer than over in is efficacy, ‘They had planted a troe to-night whose leaves, tu the language of inspired Scriprure, would be “# heallug to tne natious.”” One of the most interesting features of the pro- Coedings was the appearance of Miss Ciara Louise Kellogg, who was rec by the audience with much Warmth, With her usual taste, skill and #Weetners she gave (ne homely ballads of “Comin! —= thro the Rye” and ‘Home, Sweet Home,” gfid ff any one present was not previously an of her fine musical puwers, hér charming extention on this occasion of these simple songs aud of “La Fiora- Ja” must certainly have won them. It was announced that suvscriptions would be recetvedl for the beneflt of the imstitutton by Mr, John Davis, at the Buliders’ Bank, Fifty-fith street and Third avenue, TAL MeN DEN FUAPRIES OF LONG ISLAND. Extent of the EuterpriseImminent Necessity for a Lighthouse at Long Beach Kar. There are not many persons 1p this city who know fully of the extensive and Jucrative fisheries estab- lished at the easterg end of Long Isiand, and the ex- tent of employment they afford to hundreds of famt- lies in the vicinity of Peconic and Garderner’s bays. The Menbaden fishery of Peconic Bay ts a very ex- tensive businese, Menhaden is thé name of a pecu- liar species of fish that comes in vast shoals in the Spring of the year into the bays at this end of Long Island, for the purpose of spawning. At that stage, however, they are generally in poor condition apd Yleld but little oil, They are taken im selnes and, some enormous hauls are oftentimes made. Tne fist ta not for eating, and the business of catching isto render the menhaden into of and manure. From estimates furnished by the principal fisher: men engaged in tne menhaden fishery the number taken during the past season is put down at 67.500,000, in addition the shore seines an’ pounds took 5,600,000, of which more than one-hali was 8oid to farmers to be applied to the land for manure, while the remainder were taken to lactories to be transmuted into oll. About twenty years ago the business of extracting oil from menbaden was commenced with the estab- lishment of one factory, and since then it has grown to immense proportions. During the past year there have been as many as seventeen factories in for @ greater or less time on the stores of Peconic and Gardiner’s bayg. In nearly all cases the owners of factories have two or more gangs fishing for Vhem and iurnish the boata ena nets, with the other apparatus, the fisnermen suppiying only their labor and receiving a stated price per thousand for their share ot the lish, the boats taking a third, ‘The capital invested in these factories and an the boate, nets, &c., is about haifa million dollars. Besides this sam @ number of the richer folks im the vicinity have invested largely in similar fac- tories in Maine, Rhode Island, Connectiout, New Jersey and Virginta so that the total amount invested in the business reaches a figure climbing up close to a million, Last season there were over thirty cmee of men, numbering three boats to a gang, out Peconic Bay, one of which, comi ded by Captain Oliver Downs, made the largest “catch,” which was 6,000,000 of sh, ‘The lowess was 600,000; the ave- rage 2,500,000, The growing importance of the business is well appreciated in Greenport, L. L, and measures are agitated to ald ite greater and more lucrative development. The interests bound up in this object are numerous and varied, bveryoody iaterested in the growth of this section of Long Island feeis that it cannot be better encouraged than in seizing this unique aud exclusive source of natural wealth and bringing it to the highest stage of commercial value and development. For a period of seven months last season over 100 vessels and over 300 men were employed tn the bays, and, united to the other general commerce, wiich is ali the ume undergoleg enlargement, hell to make this part of Long Isiand a place of (ar more importance than 1s generally believed. ‘The oil ex- tracted from iue fish is used for various purposes of dressing leatuer, in ropewalks, in painting, mixing With otuer olis, &c. The scrap is used as manure, Last season tue produce was 7,106 tous of manure gud 11,460 barrels of ou. ‘The one great desideratum which the peat of this part of the is!and most anxiousiy look for Vorthe general government is the.erection of a lignihouse on Long Beach bar—the only dilicult or daugerous place tue dshermen have to pasa on their trips up and down tie bay. The expense which the national goverument is asked to tucur in afordiug safety to the poor mariners who carry their fortunes in their humble iisuing crafts up aad down the bay, through all kinds o1 weather aud at ail hours of the day or night, is of comparatively small amount The erection of a iignthouse would imvolye no engineering dillcuities whatever. A solid foun- dation can be found a few feet below the surface of the tide. A ligut, casting its friendly radtance across the waters at tals poms in years past, might Lave been the means of say: many a gallant lituie cratt and kept the biack shadow of desolation from many @ home. The national gov- ernment was never before called upon to appropri- ate money for a more laudable purpose than this, If the people have any reason in caling the govern- ment under which they live wise and paternal, it 18 in just such instances as this, where the means of the national treasury are given to cosammate a work which iaures to the general good and which the meaus of the community itself are tasaMictent to secure. Any one Who looks at the map of Isiand will notice the very many creeks, bays au inlets of the sea which mark its eastern boundary. It may be easiiy inferred that consideravie risk is often mes run in navigating thereabouts when tt 1g both dar< and boisterous aud no visible guide on coast or promontory. ‘the hgpthouse, wiich it is the anxious desire of tue peopie to see erected, would point the way to other boats than thoge sail- ing directiy m line with it aud save -“any per more than the cost of it consiruchon. ~ Stlli another great purpose wich will be served by the erection of a lighthouse on Loug Beach bar will consist in the fact that @ splendid haven—as present useless, because alinost inaccessible— will be secured under cover of Shelter Island. Vessels com- ing to New York through the Sound {requently, wien bad weather afises, have to put back fora harbor to Newport or Holmes’ Hole. In entering the Sound the usual channel is through Plum Gut, aud the distance to be retraced to secure’a harbor at etther of the Lavéng iast camed invoives a great loss oftime. The tide s@ta through Plum Gut an hour aud a half earlier, and the channel past en, Beacit point has a untiorm depth of thirty feet. Vessels, tuerefore, by a comparative slight deviation from their course, could, if the navigation of Long Beach inlet were facilitated by a light, secure a good safe anchorage and easily resume tue conree with the eariy tide in their favor, saving @ considerable ume aud sailing distance. ANOTHER (ONSCICNCE STRICKEN WRETCH. He Keturns a Ten Dollar Bank Note Plate, The following letter was received by Coloitel A. 0. Whitley, at his headquarters yesterday, which is given verbatin :— PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 11, 1869. 1 - H.C. WeirLey, Chief of the U. 8. Detective Force, Dean Sin—I enclose with this letter a certificate Ten Doliar Natioua! Bank Note Piate. This plate was inade for me, by one of the best Engrav in the United States, as you will see when you come to examine it, Ipaid Pwo Thousand Dollars to have it done well, with the hope of making a speedy fortune. You may be anxious totknow the Eugravers name, Sufllce it to say that be longer dwells on the earth, that he has aliready gone the road which Iwill Soon have to traveli; After having spent twelve years, of my life in defrauding my fellow men, I have paid man. ‘Thousand Dollars, to Keep out of prison, althow have never been arrested in_ my life, today I am poor In purse and broken in Spurit, upright before jae world, but guilty im my own conscience, | have abandoned counterfeiting for ever and destroyed ever vestige Of my guLit. Accept tins plate 1 Send you, which 1 assure you has never been used, for two reasons am promted to take this course my own conmsciance and the dark wails of the prison, which I kee more visable, before me, within the last few montus, Since | have seen so many of my old confederates in crime suatched by your officers and thrown into prison. Lbow come to my sinces and resolve to clean myse!r, and regive a solemn vow to reform aud jead an houest life tf 1 ever tuch this wicked bupiness again may I never hope for mercy, P.S. IT have lived @ feerfal life. Since I have made the resolves, a8 reguyted above, I ivel a relicl to my wind witich I have pot felt before for twelve years, but never to late to repent, lt is useless to try to trace me out, for when this reaches you I will be gone foreign. Very respect- tally, Dv. 0. NAVAL «INTELLIGENCE, WASRINGTON, Dec. 14, 1869, The Navy Department has advices that the United States steamer Onward arrived at Panama on the 17th ult., having left Callao November 4. The bealth of the officers and crew 1s good, ‘The Resaca arrived at Panama from San Francisco November 24. The Keersarge arrived at Callao October 3l. She satied from sidney, N. 5. W., on September touching at Wellington, N. » and aaiied thence on the 10th of September. All well on board, Brooklyn Navy Yerd. The iron double turreted monitor Miantonomon, which has boen lying of the Battery since her arrival here from Philadelphia, wil come up to the Navy Yurd to-day or to-morrow, for the purpose of under- going some needed repairs w her machinery, rhe Colorado, siean. bay ed will bot be ready. to go in commission before February 1, 1570. By that time there will be a suficeacy of med on tiie receiv. ing ship to man Rer. ‘There are about 2,500 men employed in the several departuents, A drait of 315 saflors, consisting of every man on board the. Vermont that possibly could be spared, Was sent yesterday to boston, Mass., to complete tne crows of (he Alask® and the jron-olad Terror, bota lying la that barvor. They were escorted by a ser- meant and guard of fourteen rines, Tho Talla poosa, in which they should have salied not having arrived, they were sent in two tugboats, the Ker- twipa and tho sy A in the Nortn river, and will go by the Fail River ne to the piace of theur destination, Another draft of fifty men was expected,to arrive at the yard from Philadeipaia, Pa., last mgkt. a Giibreth, who died recently at Kendali’s a, was @ hero of the war of 1812, and rea- cued General Scott from drownlng when be fell over- board, while the Niagaga river.