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WASHINGTON Severe Rebuke to a Cabinet Minister. The Nomination of Judge Hoar Rejected. SENATOR SHERMAN’S FUNDING BILL. Congress Overhauling tho Mavy Department. Passage of the Mississippi Admission Bill by the House. WASHINGTON, Feb, 3, 1870, Arrival of the Secretary of the Burlingawe Mission with the Ratified Treaty—Satisface tiou of Prince Kung With the Stipulations. Mr. J, McLeavy Brown, Secretary of the Burlin- game Chinese mission, arrived here to-day, bearing the retified treaty made witn our government. Mr, Brown came here via California from China, and represents the Chinese government as entirely sat- istled with the conduct of the Burlingame mission thus far, Mr. Brown got to Pekin last October and had @ long interview with Prince Kung, the heaq of the Chinese administration. Prince Kung welcomed Mr. Rrown in the most cordial manner, made inquiries regarding Mr. Burlingame and his associate Ministers, read over the American treaty, and after weighing every article and para- graph in the most careful manner declared that it met his entire satisfaction. The proper ratification was put to the treaty and Mr. Brown was entrasted with the duty of bearing it to our government. All the stories about unwillingness on the part of China to accede to the terms of _the treaty are pronounced by Mr. Brown tobe entire fabrications. The delay in returning ‘with the ratified copy was caused by a wish ex- Presssed by Mr. Burlingame to have the document retained in China until the labors of the mission should be wound up, so that then he might return to China and have the pleasure of bringing it to Washington himself. This plan was subsequently changed. it appears that no formal treaties have been made with England, France of the other European Powers. Mr. Burlingame has simply made agreements with those Powers, settling in a satts- factory manner the claim to intercourse in the internal affairs of China. All those Powers give up their extraordmary claims in that regard, and to have accomplished that much may well be regarded as a triumph for Chinese diplomacy. ‘freaties with European governments of exactly the same kind as that with our government could not be expected. The conditions are different. We have here @ state of affairs that has no parailel i Europe. The Chinese are settlers here, and claim legal lights, which are guaranteed in the treaty, but nothing of that kind is required of Europe. Mr. Brown did not see Secretary Fish to- day, but left the treaty with Mr. J. ©. Bancroft Davis. Mr. Brown will have an interview to-morrow ‘with the President and Mr. Fish. The Nomination of Judge Hour Rejected. In the executive session of the Senate to-day the nomination of Attorney General Hoar, which had lain upon the table some time, was taken up by unanimous consent, and with the understanding that a direct vote shoula be taken on it. Hoar’s friends have fore- aceon for eome thue that nothing was 10 be gained by delay and they deemed it more pru- dent to have action. Hoar, it appears, thought a reaction had setin in his favor, and that he had gained votes which before were against him, The result today shows that he was mis taken. As Fisk would say, Hoar hath gone where the woodpine twineth, He was re- jected by ten majority im a very thin Senate. ‘What he will dois not known, but the republican Senators say if he has any self-respect he will resign his position in the Cabinet. The vote to-day was intended as a rebuke to nim and ag an evidence of a want of confidence in him on the part of the doml- nant party. An Unfortunate Nomination. On Monday last the Judiciary Committee of the Senate reported back the nomination of Judge Pearre for the Judgeship of the Fourth United States Judicial Circuit. The committee state that there 139 nothing againgy Judge Pearre, but they recommend that the nomination be allowed to lay on the table until tae question of reorganization of the judicial circuits 1g disposed of. Nominations Confirmed. The Senate to-day confirmed the following noml- mations:— Postmasters.—Edmund Anthony, New Bedford, Mass.; N. K. Levitt, Exeter, N. H.; Ezra Farrington, Newbury, N. ¥.; 7. C. Cluttendea, Adams, N. Y.; M. P. Baroer, Pleasantville, Pa.; George W. I'rest, Lew- isburg, Pa.; Jonathan Emerson, Smyrna, Del.; M, W. Page, Fort Dodge, lowa; Henry Carpenter, Ham- iiton, Nevada; 'T. B. Penneman, Honesdaie, Pa. Wilttam S. Wood, United States Atcorney for the District of Nevada; Dexter Wilder, Assessor of In- ternal Revenue for the Twenticth district of New York; Geo. A, Gordon, Coliector of Internal Revenue for the Seventh district of Massachusetia; Edward 6. J. Neeley, Collector of Cusiows ai Bath, Me.; Cor- nelius B, Marchant, Collector of Customs at Edgar town, Mass.; John A. P. Allen, Collector of Cus- toms at New Bedford, Mass.; Anson Congden, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Twenty- seventh district of New York: Samuel W. Clark, Surveyor of Customs at Keokuk, Lowa; Colvin Ciuid, Attorney for Connecticut; Samuel H. M. Byers, Consul at Zurich; Mai rozr, Chaplain in the Navy; Hampden Aulick, Assistant Surgeon tn she Navy; Lieutenant Samuel T. Wilson to be Lieu- tenant Commander; First Lieutenant H. B. Loury to be Captain in the Marie Corps; Second Lieatenant Richard R. Neil to be Furst Lieutenant ia tue Mariue Corps. Another Rebuff of Senator Semuer~Senator Carpenter's Opinion of Sumner’s Lbtgal Attainments. ‘The castigation which Mr. Sumner is im the habit ofrecelving from his republican colleagues of jate ere becoming rather more frequent than he cares to bavethem. He has scarcely recovered from the unkind cuts he recelved from Senator Trumbull when the Virginia bill was up when he Is taken tn band by Sepator Carpenter and handled rather roughly, Carpenter toox Sumner to task to-day for his speech against the Gubans, delivered just before tue holiday recess. The bill under considera- tion was that called up yesterday by Senatur Howe to Fepeal certain parts of the neutrality 1aws. Carpen- ter spoke warwmly in favor of the Cubans and cen- ured Sumner for nis want ef sympathy with free- dom and an oppressed people, He ridiculed the pretensions of the Massachusetts Senator as an in- terpreter of international law, and said that a boy just beginning to read law would not be guilty of such blunders as Sumner. Another Plen for Depleting the Treasury— The Additional Bounty Bill. Where were the watch dogs of the Treasury in the House to-day? Where were Dawes and Washburn when Cobb’s littie three to five million Bounty bill was reported from the Military Committee and passed without apparently anybody but Butler Roticing what was going on? The bill is amen- @atory of. the additional Bounty act of 1867, and practically provides for a bounty of $100 to every- body who enlisted in the United States military ser- vice as 4 volunteer during the late rebellion, without regard to his te of service, waether for an hour, aday,amonth or ayear or more. The Dill 1s im- menusely sweeping tn ita terms, and is intended, No doubt, to make political capital for Cobb and Dis colleagues on the Military Committee. Any Dounty bill ta calculated to be popular with tie dis- bandea soldiers of the country, and especially auch @ one as this, which takes from the Treasury a sum Fanging somewhere between $9,000,000 and $5,000,000. Ben Butler saw through the little game, bus thought he would interpose no objections, just to ‘see whether any of the watch dogs of the ‘Treasury would exercise the wonderful vigilance Which they bays recembly mado syed pargde Gt NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. ‘The bill will probably meet with a fatal opposition in the Senate. " Admission of Misslestppi—How the State is to be Kept Loyal. ‘The Reconstruction Committee met to-day and heard General Ames regarding the situation in Mis- aissippl, General Ames expressed apprehension that the restoration of the State would result in the release of Yerger, who is charged with kiliing Uol- one) Crane, the Mayor of Jackson, In answer to a question whether, if restored, Mississipp: would re- main loyal, he replied in effect she would, for several years at least, ag, in addition to exercising the military provisions of the Reconstruction acts, he had appointed such etvil officers as gave assur- ances of protection to all classes regardless of race or color. Congratulatory Letter From Secretary Robes son to the Commander of the Monarch. Secretary Roveson has addressed a letter to Cap- tala Commere!, commanding her Britannic Majesty's hip Monarch, expressing his congratulations at the arrival of the Monarciin these waters and upon the satisfactory issue of her mission. Cordial invi- tatton is extended to Captain Commerel to use ‘any of our navy yards for ‘the purpose of making any repairs to the Monarch that may be required, and also to visit Annapolis, where many of our Senators aud members of the Cabinet would be happy to pay their respects to lini and visit the noble ship under huis command, Circular From the Secretary of tho Treasury. ‘The Secretary of the ‘Treasury has issued the fol- lowing circular instructions relative to the aisposi- tion of the proceeds of gales of property belonging to the Treasury Department:— TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Jan. 31, 1870. All persons receiving money, the proceeds of sales of property belonging te the Treasury Department, aro herepy directed to deposit the same in the ‘Treasury to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States, as miscellaneous recejpts derived from sales of property belonging ee Treasury Department; except in cases where such proceeds are specifically required by law to be deposited or applied on sowe other il aed or im some other manuer; in all cases taking the usunl certificate of deposit, for- warding the original by first mail to the secretary of the Treasury with @ statement of the speciiic source whence the money was derived, and report- ing such sales and deposit to the proper accounting oMcers without delay. GEORGE 8. BOUTWELL, Secretary of the Treasury. Appropriations for the Navy Department ‘The House spent most of the day in debating the Proposition to appropriate $3,000,000 for the Bureau of Construction and Repairs and of Steam Engineer- ing of the Navy Department, The Western mem- bers made a great show of economy and retrench- ment, probably because they were not interested in Davy yards and have no constituents who are em- ployed inthem. Such men as Judge Lawrence, of Ohio, who represents @ rural district, always seize with avidity upon such occasions to make an ex- nibition of their devotion to retrenchment and reform. The reason is it costa nothing. The assault upon the bill was so flerce that its friends were com- pelled to allow it tobe cut down $1,000,000, so that instead of $3,000,000, a8 proposed by the Appropria- tion Committee, only $2,000,000 were appropriated. Taxing Pacific Railroads. An interesting case will soon come before the United Staces Supreme Court—Johu Edgar Thomp- son and others againgt the Kansas Pacific Ratiroad. It involves the rignt of the State of Kansas to tax Pacific Railroads, Judge Asher ts counsel for the Toad, ° The Effects of the Lnte Confederate Govern- sf ment. Three years ago the government made an agree. ment fritn Fraser, ‘Trenholm & Co., in settlement for tne effects they had om band as agents of the late Confederate States, and which were claimed by the United States as public property. This agreement, if consummated by the‘agents, would have placed in the Treasury palf @ million dollars in gold. An agent of these partivs is now in tnis city to induce the government to ¢ompromise the matter by taking their prodiissory notes fos $30,000 in currency and dismissing all legal proceedings against them, both here ana in England. Fraser, Trenbolm & Co. have, itis said, several million dollars worth ef landed estate m South Caroztha, all of Which is under in- junction by order of the court to sausfy the claims of the government. Pleasant Incident at the President’s Dinner. President Grant is becoming quite a gallant. Yes- terday morning he sent to several of the ladies in- vited to his statesdinner each a magnificent bouquet formed of the choicest fowers In the conservatory attached to his house. During the dinner his atven- tions to the ladies were of the most picasing, ro- spectful and courteous character. Madame Cata- cazy, wife of the Russian Minister, one of the ladies to whom the President bad sent a beautiful bouquet in the morning, said, when she met tne General at thodinner tabie last night, “1 thank you, Mr. Presi- dent, for the charming bouquet you were go kind to send me, I believed until to-day that you gathered only laurels, but now I see you can gather other plants and flowers.” The President saw vhe poiat and laughed pleasantly, Jerscy @pposition to Improving New York Harbor. Ex-Senator Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey, ap- peared before the Senate Commerce Committee to- day and made an argument against the right of the federal government to legislate for the improvement of the harbor of New York. Frelinghuysen, it ap- pears, represeats certain New Jorsey paities who are endeavoring to obstruct New York harbor. School Fund for the Southern States. The House Committee on Education and Labor is preparing a bill which will provide for the setting apart of a certain amount of the public Janda in rhe South for the benefit of the common schools of the Southern States. Tpe lands are to be thrown into the market and the money realized from their sale 4s to be put Into a schoo! funda. ‘ho Mediterranean and Oriental Navigation Company. The Senate Post Office Committeo considered and agreed to the bill incorporating the Mediterranean and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, with some amendments. The billie was subsequently reported to the Senate. It ts warmly supported by the Southern Senators and members on account of the provisions it contuins for introducing emigrants into the South from the southern ports of Europe. The company propose to establish emigrant agents in different ports of Europe and to run their steamers from two or three Southern ports of the United states to the southern ports of Europe, a4 weil as {rom New ork to ports tn Great Britain. Weekly Custom Receipts, ‘The following are the customs receipts for the week ending January 29:— New York. Boston.... San Francisco, week ending 1th: New Orleans, week ending 224.. Total. . sre ++ $3,700, 766 Modidecation of the Troaty with the Sioux Indians. Governor Campbell, of Wyoming Territory, was before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs to- day, endeavoring to procure a modification of the treaty with the Sioux Indians, so that they may be removed from the unceded lands they now occupy, embracing about one-fourth of the Territory. Paper Contracts Awarded. The joint committee on printing bas awarded the contracts for supplying paper for the government printing office for the ensuing year as follows:— Class 1—Fine Uncalendered “Paper.—Two thou- gand reams at 13 1-5c. per pound, aud five thousina reams at 14 1-6¢. per pound, to Mailin & Parker, Philadelphia; two thousand reams at 14 39-100c. per pound, to W. W. Harding, Philadelpna; five thou- fand reame at 15 1-5c, per pound, to Chdries Mo- garge, Potladeiphia, and fourteen thousand reams at 16 66-100e. per pound, to W. T. Bogan, New York, Class 2—Calendered Printing Waper.—Sixteen thougand five hutdred reams st 16 88-1000, per pound, to W, J. Bryan, New York. Class 3—Superfine and Calendered Printing Paper.—One taousand six, hundred reams at z ae per pound, te Charies Mogarge & Co., Phila- lelphia. Class 4—Map Paper.—One thousand reams at 19c. per pound, to Campbell, Hall & Co., New York. Class 5—~Writing Paper.—Twenty-four thousand five hundred reams at 22. per pound, to Campbell, Hall & Co., New York, Ciass 6—Colored Writing Paper.—Nine hundred Teams at 23%c. per pound, to Seymour Paper Com- pany, New York; two hundred reams at 25}¢¢. per pound, and afteen By dred reams at 2% 40-100c. per pound, to Wheelwrig! a Mudge & Co,, Baltimore, i laa 7 “4 abe oftce a ere pe red reams ai per and five hug. Goa roams AVS 49-100 per Pound, to WW. H. Hod- 3 Baltimore; and eleven hundred reams T8ide. er pound, to A. D: Jesup, Philadelphia. Class 8~Sized and Calendered Tinted Printin, Paper.—One thousand reams at 17 9-10c. per po! WS. D. Warren, Boston, Revision of the Steamboat Inspection Laws. The eighteenth annual convention of the Super- vising Inspectors of Steamboats of the United States, which has been in session in this city during tho past week, adjourned last night, after a revision of the existing steamboat laws, and preparing the draft of a bill designed to serve ag a codificauon of all the provisions which they deem best calculated to ensure safety to life and property on board of vessels Propelled by steam. This proposed bill hag been submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury for nis consideration, and it 18 believed that ne wilt re- commend its enactment by Congress. The subject hasbeen examined and the avove action taken by the Supervising Inspectors was at the request of the Secretary of the Treasury, as the provisions of the old law of 1852 and the amendments thereto, are be- Heved to be adequate to the requirements of the present, FORTY-FIRSE CONGRESS Second Sessiou. SENATE. WASHINGTON, Feb, 3, 1870. FUNDING THE NATIONAL DEBT, Mr. SHERMAN, (rep.) of Obio, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill to authorize the funding and consolidation of the national debt, to extend banking faciliues and to establish specie payments :— Be itenactod, &e., ‘That, forthe purpose of funding the debt of the United Staten and reducing ‘the. interest theteoa, the Secretary of the Treasury be and be ts hereby authorize to Issue on the credit of the United States coupon or rexis- tered bonds of such denominations, not leas than iifty dol- lars, aa he inay think proper, to an amount notexceeding four honitred miifion dollar emable in coin at the Pleasure of the government at any time after ten yeara and aynble in coi at twenty yeara from date, and bearing {u- reat atthe rate of ive ‘per eentum per ‘annum, payable semi-annually in cofm; and the bonds thus authorized m: be disposed of at the discretion of the Secretary under suc Tegulaitons aa he shail prescribe, elther in the United States or elsewhere, at not less than their par value for coin, or they ed for any of the oufstanding bonds of an fivetwenty boods, and for no ether purpose, and the pro- eveds of vo much thereof as may be disposed of for coin shail be placed in the Treasury to be used for the redemption of auch six ver centutm bonds at par as may not be offered exchange or to replace such amount of coin as may ha been used for that purpose. SECTION 2 That the Secretary of the Treosury ba and no fs hereby authorized to issue, on the credit of the United States, coupon oF registered bonds to the ammount of, 10,000,000, of such denomiuationa not less than fifty dollars as he may think proper, redeemable in coin at the pleasure of the gov- ernment at any tine after fifieen years, and paynbie in coin at thirty years from dute, aud beai four and one-half per ceitun per annum, pa nually in coin; and the bonds authorized Uy thin se y be disposed of, under such rogulntigns ag the Secretary of the Treasury shal!’ prescribe, in the United States and eisowhere, at not less than par for'coin, or they may be exchanged at pat for ayy of the outstun ini obityatlona of the government caring @ higher rate of Interas! in cola; and the proceeds of such bonds asimay be soid tor coin shall be deposited in the ‘Treasury, to be used fur the redemption of such obilations= boariag interest In coin as by the terms of issue areor may redeemable or le, or to replace such coin aa 4 for that purpose. . Secretary of the ‘Treasury be and he is hereby authorized to istue, on the credit of the United States, from ,time to time, coupon or registered bonds of auch denominations not less than tilly dollars as he may think proper, to. the amount of %400,00,000, Fateemnable in cola at | the pleasure of the, govern: ment at any time a(tor twenty years, and payable In ‘coin at forty years from date, and bearing Interest at the rate of four pér centum per ania, payable ‘semi-annually ta coin} and such bonds may be disposed of either in the Unived States r elaowhere, at not lox than their par value for coin, or at ion of the ry of the Treasury, for United tes, Or may be exchanged at not less than par for of the obligations of the United States outstanaing at the of such bonds; and \f, in the opinion of the Treasury, it is thought advisable to Issue a unt of four per centium bounds for any of the pur pores herein or hereina(ter recited than would ve otherw! authorized by this section of this act, such Curiher latues are hereby authorized, provided that there shall be no iucrease the agoregete debt of the United Biates in cousequence of y iewties authorized by this act, Suc. 4. That the bonds authorized by this act shall be ‘from wl taxation by or wader national, State, muni- ¢ipal or locat authority, : * s ‘That the coupons of said bonds may be made pay- le at the Treasury of the United States, of at the olice of the agent of the United Statas, either in the et: ‘Loudon, Paris, Amsterdam or Frankfort, in dollars or the equivaient therobt tn sterling money, in francs or in thalers, That the Secretary of the Treasury be and he ta ortved to appoint much agents, In the United the ion of said bonds, and he may jand Journals in eh{s country and in Europe as he may at purpore, anda sum not exceeding one per muna of the bonds herein authorized is hereby appropri- i preparing, issuing and disposing same. 0, 7, That in Order to carry into executton the provisions of the Ath section of the article entitled “An act to author- ize the inno of United States notes and for the redemption or funding thereof, and for iunding the Hoating debt of the United States," approved February 25, 1862, reiating to the sinking fund, there is hereby appropriated out of the duties derived from imported goods the sum of one hundred and fifty milion dollars wanually, woich sum, during each fiseal Year, shai! be applied to the payment of the interest and to Luo Teduction of the principal of the public debt and the United Btates bonds now held os the sinking fund; and the United States bonds now iueld im the Treasury shall'be cancelled and destro, adetailed record thereof being first made in tho books of the Treasury Departuont, and the bonds nereafter RB rn idex this section shail in like manner be cay - ied and destroyed, aad # 1 a plication of the money li the Secretary of the Tr report, and ihe agxregats amount o: destroyed shall be stated Iu the month public debt. 8 That on and after the Ist day of October, NEM, d bonds of any denomination not jess than ome to sand dollars, issued under the provisions Of thin eet, a» - others, auail’ve deposited with the Treasurer of the Ueaed Bhat security for th b jons for vive rovide a national currency secured by x Etates bonda, and to provide for the ctreula: tion thereof,” approved June 3, 1864, and all Sng assoeiations orge “4 under said act, o ment thereof, are he onda © ly stave on under an act entitled , ineited under this act as security for their circulating notes, within sby required to deposit bond one year from the date of the passage of this act, ia'detault ‘which their right to tasue ncoies for ‘circulation all be forfeited, and the Treasurer the Comp- troller of the ‘Currency shall be suiherized aud required to take buch measures as may be necessary to call In and destroy thelr outstanding erculn- tion, ani to retura the bonus held as racurity therefor to the association by which they were deposited, in sums of not less than $1,000; provided that any su tan now In exe istence inay, upon yiving tbirly days? to the Comp. troller of tug Currency, by resolution of ita board of directors, duposit legal tender notes with the Treasurer of the Biates io tive amount of {is outstanding efrculation ax i redemption; and provided hid of the b Ec. 9, That the smount of cirentating notes which any ba 9 Comptroller of the Currency une 1 twenty-one of sald act ma otot the par value of ibe equal, but not exc yp bonds deposised, but’ bail notexceed amount to whieh such bank may be entitled unaer king association organized or to be cy act, and the acts notds upon 2 extent provided in te said Ithout respect to the limitation then c Nation: the aggregace ied by aaid acts; provid res are feaucd under thi United States notes sual! be con THE Mat HOSPITAL SER! Mr. CHANDLER, (rep.) of Teorganize the marie boxpital service and two pro- Vide for sick and disabled seamen. Referred to Ui Committee on Coun D ADorTED. etting Jorti the Pence of freq 18 OF te public pe in various Southern localities, aud that protecuo life aud property by the governnient Was the 1 of every citizen; and instructing the Commit Judiciary to tuguire into ike powers of the gover! meat to give protection to its citizens within the Ifuits of such States; and to report wuat legislation is required, and especiaily to inquire into ihe consti- tuitonaiity and expediency of establishing a Dational police force for the betier enforcement of the tuw. By Mr. KELLOUG (rep.) OF La.—Directing the Com- Mitiee on Commerce to inguire into the expediency of abolishing ports of delivery where the same can be dispensed with without detriment to the public service. TRANSFER OF FUNDS IN NAVAL BURBAUS. On motion of Mr. MoxRILL, (rep.) of Me., the joint resvluiton authorizing tie Secretary of the Navy to transfer to the use of ihe Bureau of Construction and Kepairs of St@am Engineering such appropria- tions to the cred). of the Otuer bureaus im that de- pariment as may be required, was taken up. SUBKMAN, (rep.) Of Ohio, sald at the last ses- aloa Congress appropriated ail tle mouey deemed necessary for the naval Bureau of Construction and Repairs. But the Navy Department went on to con- tract ad expenditure of twice the amount a propriated, The extent to which the de- partment had gone in (making transfers of money without previous specific legislation by Congress was sown by the fact that upon the books olthe Treasury it appeared that upon July 1, 1868, there was one hundred’ and forty-three millions among tke departments still appropriated and un- expeaded. Of tis amount seventeen millions bo- longed to the Navy Department. proposed that Congress should not only put an end to Chis practice of the Departments m transferring appropriations from one source to another, but should provide for carrying all the unexpected balance at te end of each figeal year to a surplus fund, from which ap- belo: would be made by special legislation. le favored the present bili, as it would enable the government to proceed with the work now incom- plete in the various navy yards, which, if left in Vheir present condition, would be lable to injury from neglect and decay and ifict loss upon the governnient, Mr. MORRILL explained that tie bill did not pro- pose the expendivure of & single dollar, but simply proposed the distribntion of mone. ready appro- priated to the Navy Department, ‘sie question was simply as to the method of making the appio- priation. Mr. CRAGIN, (rep.) of N. H., said tliat the Becre- tary of che Treasury ad'early in the session callea the stication of the nava) committees of the Senate and House to this mptigr in order to prevent the of workmen in the navy yards employed bureau of Construction and Repairs. The Present object was to authorize a specific transfer, 80 Unat the present force of workmeu, now reduced to one-half its former size, might be continued. Mr. Truyeuns, fren) of Il, said that the bill was @ direct appropriation of money from the Treasury amounting to four mitliio! because, although the amounts to be transferred been ‘authorized by Congress, the money bad not been actuaily takea. ‘The Senato from New Hampshire (Mr. Cragin) had advocated the bill upon the presumpuon that its passage was necessary in order to keep some seven thousand workmen in the navy yards ut work, But what was the reason, he asked, that alter going througi a great war and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars upon the construction of & navy, Low, When peace had come, seven thousand men Were io be conuinued in eumployment for Wwe construction of war vessels? Mr. ORaGtn, chairman of the Naval Committee, admitted that the Navy Department had, in the be- ginniug of tue present fiscal year, employed in the navy yards more ien than they ought tw have em- Ployed; but ia thetr judgments the exigencies of the service required the ext umber, He argued that the money expended auring the war for tue builaing of @ navy Was for building iron-ciads and other ves- sels to Mavigate the rivers of the country, while our foreign squadrons were not recruited, During the Liege year over ge of our sca going vesseis ad Deen OVerhauled, and repairs to this class of vessels Were further required. ‘ue workmen would certamly not be employed if there was not work for them to do, and ue believed their services to be nevewsary. dur. ThUMBULL, tn order to show whether the con- tnuance of the present force was necessary, {n- quired what nuinber of vessels were now under- going repairs in the navy yards of the country. Mr, ChaGIN said Le Was not mformed as to the number, but knew that some were in an incomplete state had been under way jor a year or more. ‘the abrapt suspension of this work would entail & serious loss upon the goverument. Mr, Moxnint moved to amend by making a direct Appropriation to the Bureau of Construction and Repairs of Steam Engineering of an amount equivo- Jent Lo that proposed tobe transferred irom tne other bureaus. Mr. Howakp, (rep.) of Micb., referring to the state- ment of certain Senators, said Mis inference was that the object of the bill Was hut to carry on the government work, but to put wayes into the hands of some six or seven thousand persons who had been unnecessarily employed im the Naval Depart- ment. He said ne did not believe in converting tue United States into an eleemoaynary tasutution. Mr. MORRILL Said the Senator would find tn the Teport of the Secretary of the Navy that since March jast eighty-six vessels had been repaired gnd retitted for sea at the several navy yards by the bureaus referred to, This allowed that the appropriations made to that source had been expended yn repairs to the shipping, not stinply in the payment of wage: Mr. Morrii said the understanding in the Senate appeared to he that the men were to be employed as matter of charity. Lie therefore moved to amend by adding the words, ‘That the wages paid to the employes shall be at no higuer rate than that which PA paid by private citizens in the respective local- tiles. ‘The Caark stated the question to be upon Mr. Morrill’ amendment, when Mr. Morton culled at- tention to the fact that the proposition of the amendment was to overrule absoluicly what was Kuown as the Elght Hour law. Mr, MORRILL, Of Vt, in reply to an inquiry by Mr. Covkimy, stated that the amendment would secure the practical Operation of the Hight Hour law precisely af 1t had been consiracd in regard to pay Tor the time employed by the Navy Department and by the Attorney Generai in regard to compensation per day for the number of hours employed. she amendment was tuen adopted by yeas 29, Days 22, as follows:— YRAs—Messrs, Anthony, ham, Cameron, Cary e Ferry, Fowler, Gilver doward, Mowe, Kellogg, McDonald, Morriii of 'Verznon Rice, Koss Schurz, Scott, Sherman, Sutant ‘Yrainbal NAx6—Wertrs, Boreman, Casserly, Cole, Cragi Fenton, Johnson, Lewis, Morrill ot’ Me, 'Mortou born, Pomeroy, ‘Rovers aulabary, “Phurinan Vickers, Warner, Willey, Williams and Wilson 22: (dem.) of Del., said the proposed ap- Z UuusUa! and mm Contradiction Lo the estimates 01 Uke present year, it should be suv Jected to the same scrutiny wii priations were com) BRBKCH OF 31, CAL ard, Brownlow, Bucking- Chandlery Davis,’ Edmunas, Howell, ‘atteruon, Pratt, ‘Tipton and THE NEUTRALITY LAW: ‘The whole subject was then laid aside tn order to allow Mr, Carpeuter to address the Seuate upon the bill Introduced by nts colleague (Howe) more eitec- tually to pre-erve neutrality by tue United States oy repealing cue Neutrality act of 1818, ir. CARPENTER, (rep ) of Wis., advocated the re- peal of tue bill, but confived hunsel! mainiy to a reply med by air. Sumner im a former e to Une Sibi 2 Spanish guuboats at New York, He commenced by statis the three arta asservead by Mr. Sumuei Hirst, that tue statuie of 1818 was passed for a speciiic purpose, aud was, therefore, inapplicable to the re- Volt in Cuba. Second, that the statute oniy applies to @ case Of contest between two parties, Duta of whom are acknowledged as belligerents, and that the rebeivor in Cuba has not altaived te & condtuen to warraue Cuba to be so regarded. Third, tiat Cuba or Cubans inay be levying war against Spain, bat that Spain is only proceeding in exercise of ber executive lunctions to establish her autwority, but ts not levying War against Cuba, and iheresore the United States was justified iv dotainmg tie Hornet, but would not have been justified in detaining the Spanish gunboats. dir. Carpenter proceeded vo stow Us these propositions were Wholly untenable, citing atlengin irom history, trom dtplomatic cor: responaence and from decisions of courts, tn tllus- tration of the iact; that the act of 181s'had been appued vw every rebeliion and every war tuat had arwenu from that time to the present, mciudiog tie rebellion of Texas against Mexico aud tho Crimean war. He contended tat tie statute applied to any coutest betwecn a revolted colony and parent State ®8 SOON a8 2 Could be sald a stale of war existed, aod that this state of war dil exist when civil courts were closed aud government was unable to arrest and deal with tue olfenders by civil proces: fven conceding the correctness of Mr. Sumues’s on, he held that the statute only applied toa © of actual public war. Nevertheles of taings did exist in Cuba. ie a °. = a =, ead ab length from tue repore of the Spanisa War Minister to tne Cortes of Spain, siiewimg the number of forces sent to Cuba within the past twelve months, im corroberaiton of his assertion that the existing slate of things In Cuba was public war according to whe deflaition of tue law of nations. He admitted the case of every traitor and es od au instance witain the meaning of the municipal Jaw of a levying of war ayainst the King, although the Kung might iverely smile at the attempt and make no Bilort to arrest te Offender; bul i the Kin, ALteMpLing to arrest the offender, was opstru’ and Was unable to arresc Mim by civil means Was compelied to call out the military and proceed against the revels by military operations that then tie King Was levying War against tue traitors as well 4s the waitors against the King. Im oiler words, there Was 4 coniest of arms going on beLween the two parties, aud this was @ stale of paplic war, Which condition of thing ig claimed existed in Cub He also paid his respects to Mr, Summer's theory of heuirubty as apnounced in his speech on the Alavama clalins, aud maintained thal the doctrine’ there assumed Was autl-American, and could not be udintulned wiskou tying our hands from recog- nizing tue belgerency or imdepend the various colonies Oa tis continent whic 2 expected lo rebel against Wie tyragny of European Powers. Mir. 8 (vep.) of Mass the correct. ness Of the position aitriy r. Cure penter in regard to the apulicability of the statute of 1s15 to Ute Case of tue Spanish colontes aione. He vaid his application Of the starute Was co tue tne colonies Witicn Nad already achieved a condiuon ligerence, and tual Lie suatute Was passed to such a cage, Mr. Howakw, (rep.) of Mich. tor rom Wisconsin (Mr. Cary denied inquired of the Sena- r) for ome imfore of the insur. a3 in Cuba jou im Cn He was satis ® hosile, war wagiig party, and if tney deserved ihe name and rights of beiligerents it Was high time the uch Was Kuvwn, and Vie policy of the United tes shaped 80 #4 to recognize that fact. Os ER replied that the condivion of things im Cuba Was a condition of War, nov o aud iy support of his assertion referr lueat in the ANNUAL Message of tne President, “foat @ people on our b had been struggling for imore Han a Year to aciueve their mde oe, aunt that to stay the boodsued between tat str goorl office: Mr. Howakp said the Presilent bad not spoken of the Cuban insurgents as belligercnis. His own re- collection Of ihe message Was averse to any such in- torpretation of its meauing. ‘To be entitied to he rights of a velligerent # people must lave a govern- ment of thelr own with the aisendant machinery of government, Such he understood tue Cubans aid not now aud never did COMMUNICATION FY The Vick PakstpenT laid before the s munication from the President ta response to we Seuate resolwuion of inquiry relative to te trouble in the Winnipeg territory, Whica Was referred. The Senate then at four o'clock weut mMto execu. tive session, aad soon alter adjourned, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGION, Feb, 3, 1870, MEMORIALS AND PETITIONS. Mr. Brooxs, (dem.) of N. Y., presented the memo. rial of Cigar Makers’ Union No. 90, of New York, praying for a tartii of three dollars per pound and ity’ per ceat ad valorem on ali imported cigars. ‘They say that few cigars are now made .rom im- ported tobacco, and that great numbers of workmen are thrown outof employment, Mr. Woop, (dem.) of N. Y., presented @ petition from the American Atlantic Cable Company, asking certain frauchises. BULLS 11 By Mr. Jur Homestead acts, By Mr. ALLISON, (rep.) of lowa—To bring the weights and meusnures Of the metrical system into public use. PUNISHMENT POR POLYGAMY IN UTAH, Mr, OULLOM, (rep.) of Ill,, ‘von the Committes on Territories, reported tie bi)] ald of the execution of the.laws in the Territory of Uiah, Which was re- committed. ‘The tentii section makes incompetent as grand or it jurors ll wh ppt advocate or prachoe , copcublnage or polygamy. Uurtetath ion enacts that any man in RODUCED AND REFERRED. (rep.) of Ind.—Aweuding the ao an ge a le ‘Utah Territory who shall live or conabit with one woman or more other than his lawful wife, as his wife or wives, shall be adjudged guiity of the crime of concubinage. and on conviction thereof shall be punished by ine not exceeding oP and imprison- fm in the Penitentiary a6 i Bot exceed. ve years, tno seventeenth section authorizes the United States Marshal, if resisted or threatened with re- 813lance in the execution of any writ or process, to apply to the commander ef aby military camp in the Territory for a posse, Z ‘The nineteenth section enacts that no ailen prac- tising bigamy, polygamy or concubinage shal) be admitted to United states citizenship, nor shall any polygaiust hoid any ofiice of trust or profit in tie Territory, vote therein or be entitled to the bencits of the Homescead or Pre-emption laws. ‘Tho twenty-third section enacts that marriages in the Territory may be soleumized only by justices of the Bupreme fee justices of the peace duly appointed and qualiied, and by any priest or minis- ter of tne Gospel regularly ordaimed and settled, 1b declares all consanguincous marriages incestuous aud void aud punisuable by twenty years’ imprison- Ment tn the ponttentiary. son bul 18 very tong, containing thirty-four sec- ADDITIONAL BOUNTIS, Mr. Conn, (rep.) of Wis., from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported @ bill to amend the act of March 3, 1869, in relation to additional bounties, ex- tending its benefits to the widows and cuildren of soldiers who had enlisted for a less period than one year and bad been killed or wno had died tn the ser> Vice the saue as if these saldicrs hud enlisted for two years. Passed, THE TAX BILL. On motion of Mr. SCHENCK, (rep.) of Ohio, the tax bill was made the special order tor the 1st of Maren, Wo be taken up alter the Tarif bil. FREE BANKING. Mr. SCHUMAKER, (dew.) of N. Y., offered a resolu- tion imstructing the Committee on Banking and Cur- rency to inquire into the Page of graating to any citizen of the United States the privilege of img on ali United States bonds, Adopted, AMERICAN CITIZENS IN BRITISH PRISONS. ‘The resoluuon reported yesterday from the Com- mite on Foreign Aiairs, calling on the President for information as to the treatment of Awerican citizens 11 British prisons for political oifeuces, Came up aud was discussed in the moroing bour by Mr, Willard, @ member of the committee, against the report, and by Messrs. Swann, Wilkinson and Wood, also members of the committee, and Mr. Cox in support of it, The morning hour expired at hail- past one o'clock, wilhous any acuion being taken On the report. ADMISSION OF MISSISSIPPI. Mr. BUTLER, (rep.) of Mass., chairman of the Re- coustruction Committee, reported @ bill to admit the State of Mississippi to representation im tha Congress of the United states, aud azked to have it Put Upon its passage. ‘Tue bill having been read, Mr, BUTLER aatd that the bill was exactly, word for word, tne bill on which and under which tue State of Virginia bad been admitted to representation, althougn im some re- Spects the members of the Commiitce on Kecon- struction, and Liwself among the number, wouid have been giad vo have changed it. Yet tie whole matter having beea #o fully and thoroughly dis- cussed, and a precedent set in the cuse of Virginia, it was thought, alter mature deliberation im Lae committee, that 16 was best to admit Mississipp» unaer the same conditions and with vue same pro- Visions as Virginia. ‘The only change in the bui was providing for an aMrmation a8 weil as an oath. The matter having been tuliy discussed, and everybody's mind made upon it, he would move the previous question, first aliowing his colleague on \ue commit. tee (air. Beck) vo olfer a substitute. ‘Mr. Beck, (dem.) ol Ky., thereupon offered his substitute deciaring Mississippi eutiled lv represeu- tation without preamble or conditions, Mr. Brooks, (dein.) of N. Y., another member of the commitree, said hat although on his side of the House they acquiesced in this ineasure, Tuey did not Whlingly acquiesce. ‘This case, ti tneir yadgieut, differed esseuuuily trom thas of Virginia, iy Wat Lhe geueral of tic United Stutes Aruy in coumaud of AMississippt Nad go used the military forces tn that Stave us Lo elect mumseif to the United States Senate by the uge of the army, ‘The vote was taken on Mr. Beck's substitute, and it was rejected—yeus $5, Nays 98. Almong ine repub- licans vouug for the substitute Were Messis. Piich, Burchard, Farnsworta, Ferry, rimkeluburg, Gar- field, flay, Hill, Jenckes, Kellogg, Ketcham, Latin, Logan and Orch. ‘Tue bul as reported was then passed. THR NEW YORK CONTESTED EGRCTION Mr. BUTLER, (tep.) of ‘Teun., from the Cou ‘on Hieetions, reported, th tiie case Of the contested election case Troi the Wieventh diirict of York, resuluuons tat Mr. Greene, tie siting m: ber, 18 not catitlcd to Mid Beat, aud that Mir. Van Wyck, the contestant, 14. He gave liulce that be would call it up nexe suesday. Mr. Bugr, (dem.) of LiL, presented the minority report, Wh opposice results. D ‘CIES IN THE NAVY, Mr. Daw: rep.) of Mass., from the Committee on Approp! , Feported a Dils to Supply den- ctencies for te navy as follows:—Bureau of Steam Kngineenng, $1,000,000; burcau of Consiuction and Repairs, $1,460,000, Total, $8,000,000, And to cover ino the Treasury the foliowing unexpeadea pai- ances:—From tne Burean of Provisions and Ulett- ing, $1,400,000; Bureau of Hquipment and Keerai. lug, $899,000; Bureau of Navigation, $250,000; Bureau of Yards and Docks, £951,000, Vota), $3,000,000. Mr. DAWES explained the matter referred to by Mr. Morgan as tie extra allowauce of tutriy-toree and one-third per © Lo the officers of the na’ under the order of retary ol tue Navy, May isé6. ‘The allowances that had been previousiy inade for fuel, bghis, &c., had been abolished, and while the pay of the army oliicers and civil officers had beea increased twenty per cent, no increase had been made to the pay of the navy ofiicers. Lue Secretary of the Navy had fixea tiirty-iuree and one-ihird per Cent as a Compensation for te allow- ance. Wievher thut was a fair commutation might properly be tue subject of criticism, but oa te Whoe he supposed that ine s@etary of the Navy was authorized in making tt, His own opluion was, however, that the compensation of all officers mm the army, navy or civil should be detinitely Axed by Jaw and he wou I the attention of Lue louse ty that point im the legisiative appropriation bili, ai. MORGAN, (dem.) of Olio, characterized the order of the Secretary of the Navy a3 the ost atro- cious act of usurpation that Lad ever marked we adininistration of any head of depariment, aud be inquired of ir, Dawes whether he meant wo uphold the act abolishing the allowance to mayal ofive: and authorizing We increase of pay by o: a simple order of SE. nittes md it, bub he nad tho! Navy Depart- ment to give to the House the expuanavion wiich the depariment gave to him. Mr. Dawea, passing Trom tus point, Was proceeding to explain’tue bill, reiusing to yieid for further discussion of the pols, when Mr. MORGAN made a remark about tie inconsisten- cy Of the gentleman from .Massachusetis in atieapt- ing to hide and Cover up an Unauthorized expensi- ture of over three pion dollars. Mr. DAWES replied that not one word had en Troi him in justification of the order ov in an atienipt to cover it up. He Bad stated the facts, and Lad statec Ob ing, howeve: appropriations, masuuch as there wa. ue aifairs of the government jusv natures for tie avy. Int reply to aq ndall, he said Liat the Whole number em- ployed iu all the navy yards Was about twelve thou- sand, of Whom about Six Uhousaud Were cmpioyed in the bureaus for wuich these deilciencies were recommended. Mr, RANDALI there were between e: men in the Philadeipi twenty-five hundred, without any publ whatever. The men now there wer eacit no Justification for this appropi shops had been burned up it would nave been better for the government. MIN, (Fep.) Of Mo., moved to reduce the tons in tue bul to one milton tive hau firs, and argued agulusi useless navy In &time When there Was actually in hers way, aud, in his judgment, (aere Was jon. it these . Benjamin overament could how, With an ineMicient navy, recogni4s the independence Of Cuba, Was it wise to let the American navy siamber while the uavies of other nations Were belug strengtiened aid while other nations Were veing awakeued to she exigencies of the times? 3 the gentleman prepared to vote mot either the belligereivy OF tie aY answer the question very ing that has my answer to his que large amounts from the ‘Tr not Appear necessary at chis tia Mr. MAYNAKD--it 1s not what may b of te gentleman from Missourt or of iw the recognition of the independence of Cui we know that many of our feliow citizens are pre- pared io recognize it, and that there ace gentiemen in this House who are also prepared to recognize kt. 1 have now in my eye one of ther Mr, LOGAN, rep.) of LIL (ctsing) prepared for tt. Yes, sir; 1 am Mr. MayNaud—In view of that I submit that we should keep the navy In or Mr. BENJAM will tell the gentleman further that the administration which he supports, and epared at ths Gime even wich I suppoxt, 1% Lot ron of the belligerency of NT, (1 , advocated the bill ana stared that, although there were employed in tne navy yards under this gdministration twelve thou- saud men, against o thousand under Mr. Welles’ adiminigtraiion, the twelve thousand had cost three milion doilara less than the five thousand, Mr. WasnBunN, (rep.) of Wis., a member of the Committee on Appropriations, said that he did not concur in reporting tie bi, but was in favor of reducing the a@ »priation to $2,000,000." He ex- pressed his belie! that most of the vessels proposed to be repaired were utterly Worthless as war vesseis. Ra LoGaN—That ls exactly what they are—old tube, Mr. LAWRENCE, ep.) of Onio, another member of the Commuttee on mk ‘opriations, sai that be did not ask that the bill ‘4 the appropriation, but be was oppo vo it in i010 OM grounds of public policy. It was tue duty of an from the imiurgiation | | | 0 vote | ould be ameaded by reducing | | crew officer ex| an sation to 60 apply is the year. ‘pending aL that it would extend throu, Mr. BECK, another member the hoped the amount would be reduced to $2,000,000, aud he was not quite gatisfed even at that. Mr. BANKS, (rep.) of Mass., chairman of ied mittee on Foreign Affairs, speaking a8 to the sence of any public necessity as to a strong Davy, said that no man could gay iat there Was ger ofa conflict with any Other nation over the ges, UL HO Than could say What would be the condition of the country a year hence in that regard. Were outstanding questions with other governments, and there Was w& public sentiment existing in this country which might bring on # condict; and it thé Ships already ou the stocks for repair were not come picied what would tne country do to meet the emer- i this country a year hen and he tho that whatever appropriauions were vent et be made itwas the bounden duty of Congress to make them at this time, He did not recoilect ever having urged appropriations larger than those Te- ported by the Coimuittes on Appropriations for the Navy Department; and if this was a general appro- priation bill he did not think he ‘should have a word Vo say against any reagonuble report that the com- mittee ulight be pleased vo offer; but this was an ex- ceptional case aud did not invoive those general considerations to which the gentleman had referred. ‘There were eighty vessels on the stocks for repair, ana if their repair, which was now in progress, was not continued and completed great detriment w the fcreanees would ensue. Looking at it in another gut, here were five or six thousans ot employment. The geptieman from (Mr. Benjamin): had said that was not re- uired to elmploy every idle man in the country. ‘hat be (Mr. Banks) conceded; but that was not this case, These meu in the employment of the govern- ment were, witiout au instant’s notice, thrown oO: of employment in an inclement season, at a tine when the industry of the country 18 p) ana when none ot them can gam employ: These Was not a corporation—heartiess and soulless as corporations are—tuere Was not ap employer in the land Who would throw out of employment five thou- sand or one thousand or one hundred men under circumstances of that character. The —— was bound by every consideration of just A even of decency—to give those men @ reason: Notice belore they were thrown out of employment, nd unless this Dll Was passed it could not be done, Dir, WASHBURN, Of Wis, remarked that an appros Priauion of $1,500,000 would enavie the Secretary of the Navy to give them sixty days’ notice. Mr, BANKs—Yes, and then they would be thrown: out again, We should give to the Secretary of the Navy tliat which be asks 10 this case, and when the condition of the wavy comes up for consideration in the General Appropriation bill we will have the whole gubject vefore us If the navy {3 to be reor- ganized, or if it is (oO be abolished, or if appropris. tions for it are to be tucreased or diminished, les that be done, and! will make no protest agains® any reasonable action Whigh the committee may Tecommend ia that regard; but whea the secretary of the Navy now asks us for permission to use funds already appropriated, to the amount of four mile lions of dotiars, that he may complete the work Which will suiter if not compieted, aad that he may employ the wen thas unjusdy and summarily dis- charged, 1 think we ought to give him toat fuld wiNOUUE and leave the responsibility with him, Mr. LAWRENO had listened to alt that had Bald, In the hope that he might hear something to show the necessity of this appropriation, but he bad listened in vai. I tiese ships were constructs they would rot at the wharves or ve sold for a me: song, as numbers of them fad been sold within the last two or taree years. The question of free Cuba had been lugged into the discussion, but did any gentleman propose to make war to liberace Cuba? They should at leaat wait until they had declared war and then make all necessary preparations, He Was unab© Lo see why, ip time of profound peace, Wuen there Was no prospect of war, they should go on wiih these expenditures for the navy. lt Waa tame to come to a peace estaplishment. Finally the discussion was closed and the yote Was iaken on the amendment offered by Mr. Benja. min, of M to reduce the appropriation for th Bureau of Lngineering to $500,000, and for the Bu- iruction and Repair to $1,000,000, and tvision, the yeas and hays being relused. ‘Tue Dill as amerided was ti assed, and tue House at half-past four o'clock ad+ Jourued, Address of Thomas S. Nelson, of Missourl, in on--The Conflict Between Labor al~How It is to be Ended—Every Citizen to ve Given Land—The Preposed Plan. WASHINGTON, Feb, 3, 1870, Thomas S. Nelson, of Missourt, delivered in tha Hall of Representatives to-night an address explans atory of the doctrines of the National Labor Union, ‘and of the measures proposed by it as necessary to restore the labor of the country to its legkimate rights, The bali was weli flied. Mr. Jonn Maguire, of Missouri, presided. Mr. Neison dectared that capital and labor as now organized are of necessity enemies, the profits of one being the losses of the other. The remedy for this antagonism 13 to be found in a fairer distribu- tion of profits; in impartial taxation, which does not discrimmate agaist Jabor in favor of capital; in afairer division of the public domain, and not, as now, donating millions of aores to a few individuals, This giving away of land to the few depars Yhe many of a chance for obtaining what is really their own, whereby want and vice are inflicted apon our communities, Congress has no power to sell. Unrestricted ownership of a sufficiency of the soil to every citizen is an invitation, vordially tendered and accepted. ‘The poverty of the country presses upon all the wealth that labor produces and 1s tho source of all the misfortunes that peset us. American labor is stricken with poverty and now possesses no respectability in the old States of the Union. In the new States and Ter- ritorles combinations of men are engaged purchas- ing aii the choice lands—capital, of course, the fur- uve enemy of or being atthe head, The Amert- can laborer, althoug! politically @ tree man, is socially agave; ls ballotis a bauble instead of a scope: he 18 treated as @ single grain of & rope of sand, A suitictency of the soit to every citizen 18 the preventive of social ovils; tf prostrates controversy between labor and ‘al. Tv has veen said War the doctrine of agra ism has been coudemned by the wisdom of wan- kind, but 1 v tne most {import for a none the less law of entiqu it bene’? to mankind have been 1 long seclusion. ‘The agrariam it required men to i rty already vested in condemned. ‘lwe atvine docuine of 4 landed sum- ciency 18 now for the first time pressed upon the at- tention of It gives scope to Industry and can- cels pauperism. {6 (urnishes support to children and oid age, ‘fo enforce this principle Mr. Nelsop proposed the following plat and the landed pos Jas vented rights, a# ® pol- ral domaia that remains 2, aa hy nere of the and for each claimant to be ized {of swlicl@ney in money, and the to vary according to the money value © qnantity of land thus fixed to be the endow- hima or ber who is alrendy her sex and any con- y or at option te make restoration of the endowment because of such future inueritanes, Fijth—Endowed iand to be exempt from all Vability uf debs or taxation to tho umount of the origial auticieacy, and to v able of alienation or transier of aay kind, for any ation or od of time whatsowver, and sue! to be void. suepius ‘iat may be added thereto by be is absolute property, at bis disposal and Liab ilisten original saiieteney fo the iand always to aur- ror devigee (unless anch heir or deviaes be Ay endowed or ve otherwise endowed there- ), and io ult of such heir or devises, to return ttself ingress to be granted to an unendowed applicant as be- tot fore provided. L Ww n the amount of wuflicteney in the land Je in- dor over in money value, It shall be separated cusceptible of division in kind, aud re- Or shila use by another ap icant, vision, its money yaiue ehail be paid aable terme of time and amounts; or if uM@ctency shail be ross, in either of there mo the abdolute pro- cl five! from the & aed to Co: ‘ it of ai to any time to Co tand shall b Yiu fee of the grantee, inth The money thas patd shall be funded and expended fn annuities to minora and the superannuated, within certain limits of age, fn iden of Innd endowments. Mr, Nelson argued at great length In snpport of this method of ipplying a remedy to existing evils and closed with an eloquent deciaratiou to the effect that “no one 18 eniitied to @ surplus of a common gift which deprives another of a suficiency.” The uadress was isteped to throughout with marked attention, A Curious Arraik.—The New Orleans Picayune rejates that a littie more than @ year ago a yuan in that city suddenly ieft home, but returned @ few months jater, with no explanation lor his absence. He resunied lls faraily relations, and his wife, glad of his return, forvore any reproacbes coneerning hia Jong and unaccountable abeence. But a few weexs after his recurn auother actor appeared—s young and beautiful woman, Who claimed to be his Wife, The Than deciared tie woman was rolatagen, and that ne never saw her before, He maintaincd his declaration so earnesuy that everybody believed him, and the lady was regarded as af Impostor he went away, bat bas come back again, armed with a La cate and proof of ber musband’s identity. a 18 ward to be that the man, who now its the woman's clatm, went away while suffering from o4 insanity, During the hallucmahom be wooed snd wou bi3 second wife, but whon Bis reason returned, came back to his lawfut love and drat wife, This ia the story as told the family. Singular as { — I G seem, both wives appear to be satisfied with the Pianatfon, and a) parties aye makivg ar (0 go to Vien.