The New York Herald Newspaper, February 10, 1870, Page 3

FRENCH REVOLUTIONISM. The Radical “Reds” Agitation in Paris and Marseilles. Revolutionary Rioting in the Capital, Barricades Again Thrown Up and the Police and Military Out. Police Charges and Obstinate Resistance of the People, CABINET ACTION AND ARRESTS. QUIET MAINTAINED AT NIGHT. Special Reports of. the Bxciting Causes of the Outbreak. The Revolutionary Rioting Renewed—New Barricades—The Area of Revolt Extending. Paris, Feb, 9—Wednesday—3 A. M. ‘The revolutionary disorders broke out again at Belleville and in the Rue du Faubourg du Temple at midnight. Several additional barricades have been erected in the narrow streets, Military and Police Precautions. Paris, Feb. 9—3:45 A. M. The troops are still in the neighborhood of the scene of disturbance, but up to this hour nave not fired on the rioters. ‘The police are active and there are rumors of killed and wounded on the Boulevard Montmartre (run- ning from the Rue Montmartre to Rue Richelteu), tne police having made several charges on the post- Won of the rioters there, This point is fully a mile and 2 half distant from the scene of the disturbances yesteraay, Many additional arrests have been made. A Fugitive “Red” Leader. Panis, Feb. 9--5 A. M. M. Gustave Flourens, the leader of the revolution ary disturbances im tis city, is still at large, though the authorities are making every effort to arrest him. Cabinet Meeting at Police Headquarters. Paris, Feb. 9—7 A. M. The Cabinet Ministers remained at the headquar- ters of the police all nignt from Thursday. Details of the Movemen’—Barricades Thrown Up and Assaulted by the Police. Paris, Feb. 9—Noon. The morning papers have the following details of the disturbances which occurred last night:—~ There had been much excitement among the peo- ple during the day, which culminated about mia- night in new outbreaks. These were not confined to one locality, nor were they on the scene of those suppressed yesterday at La Villette and Belleville, but nearer the centre of the-city and only a few squares from the Palais Royal. New and stronger barricades were thrown up and tenaciously defended. The police attacked several of these, but were quickly driven off. The military forces were then brought into requisition, which, as on the day pre- viously, carried all the barricades without firing on the crowd, There seems to be a hesitation on the part of both troops and rioters to resort to the use of firearms, The Boulevards Kept Clear—Arrests of Rioters. Paris, Feb, 9—1 P. M. Strong detachments of police have been placed on all the boulevards, with orders to forcibly disporse all crowds, Hundreds of the rioters have been arrested. Several rioters were wounded, mainly in conflicts with the police, and it is reported some were Killed. The Radical Journals—Newspaper Suppres- sion and Editorial Arrests. Panis, Feo, 9—1:30 P. M. The Marseillaise (newspaper) did not appear to- day. Allits editors are under arrest for aiding the rioters. One of the editors of the Rappel (newspaper) was also arrested for the same offence. Action of the Printers, Pakis, Feb. 9, via LONDON—P. M. All the editors of the La Marseiliaise have been arrested. Vaice, the printer, refuses to put the paper to press. The “Red? Movement in Marseilles. Panis, Feb. 9—7 P. M. A crowd of several hundred persons gathered in Marseilles last night and hissed and in other ways insulted the police and gendarmes, They were summoned to disperse, but refnsed to do so, ‘The police then charged on them and made a large number of arrests, After an examination of the prisoners tuis morn- ing only thirty were remanded to prigon. Quiet Restored. Paris, Feb. 9-3 P. M. ‘The police and, the military authorities have the riot under control, and this city 1s tramquil. Paris, Feb, 9—Evening. ‘The city is now tranquil. Latest News from Paris—Order Mainteined— Industry Alarmed, Paris, Feb. 9~—8 o'clock P. M, ‘The city is now tranquil. A strong police force is patrolling the otreets, Many workshops were closed to-day. THE FIRST REVOLUTIONARY CAUSES, M. Rochofort’s Trial and Sentence—Political Radicalism as a Power and What It in Worth—Leniency of the Executive=Tactics of {tho Revolutioniste—M. Thiers? Spoech— Free Trade or Protection—Feeling Towards England—The Strike at La Creuzot and Other Democratic Agencies—Napoleon’s Wit—Ledra Rollin’s © Paks, Jan, 23, 1870, In continuation of the history of the Rochefort and Bonaparte-Noir cage, it 1s well to remember that the now notorious Rochefort was tried yesterday, as ‘Well a4 two of his editors, for his recent attempt in the columns of his journal, the Marseillatse, to pro- Wake InUITSCKON, The cass came Deion @ songs | Known here as the Police Correctionelle, and was decided on by the usual judges, as juries up to this time are not in vogue for press offences. The de- fendants thought the most effective thing would be not to make any defence, and probabiy it was. Therefore the proceedings were brief. The offence was palpable, and all that was necessary tor the Attorney General of the crown wes to call for the application of the law. The maximum of pun- ishment was five years’ tmprisonment, and the mimimum what the court thought fit, Whether it was that the tone of Rochefort has cooled down in so marked @ manner since the break- down of the manifestation he got up at tne funeral of Victor Noir, or whether it is that the indifference, not to say the contempt, of the general public for the man and his sayings and doings, was so profound, I can’t say, but the fact is that an opinion was widely entertained and freely expressed by most of the journals soon after the passing of the sentence, was that the condemnation of Rochefort to any prolonged punishment was hardly worth while—in short, that “the game was not worth the candle.” Many people and several journalists thought the new Ministers had made a mistake in asking permission of the Chamber to prosecute Rochefort at all, as tt gave more importance to the man than he deserved; while others thought tt was absolutely necessary to let the demagogue know there was a legal limit to his efforts to excite an insurrection that would probably involve great loss of life. These conflict- ing opinions evidently had their effect on the Tribunal, which pronounced a very mild sen- tence of six months’ imprisonment and 3,000 francs fine, It was in the power of the Court to deprive the culprit of his civil rights, which would have ousted him from his seat in the Chamber. Roche- fort thought this was the object of the prosecution; but he was mistaken, for he still retains his place and can resume it when his imprisonment 1s over. In fact, it is doubtful whether his sentence can be carried out; for in a very short time a new law will be passed ordering all press offences to be tried be- fore a jury. In this case all the sentences pro- nounced under the present law will be remitted. lt is amusing to watch the tactics of the revolu- tionary journals. For @ long time past they have been shouting in loud chorus for trial by jury for press offences, instead of leaving them to the douvt- {ui mercies of the judges. No sooner, however, do they hear the Mimstry are preparing to bring in promptly a law giving @ jury jurisdiction over the press than they begin to attack the new constitu. tion and throw all the discredit in their power ou the ‘rial by jury. Perhaps the only way to reconcile them would be to allow them vo select their own juries; or, better still, to allow thein to set all law at deiiance, and get up riots, and upset governments, and throw France into utter anarchy. This would lead to very littie advantage to themselves, as was brovea in the old revolution of 1789; for all those, without exception, who worked so hard to get it uw perished in the conflagration they had started. Aocheiort must be agreeably surprised to escape so easily from the fangs of the law officers; for he stated his belief last week to his iriends that it was allup with lim, “1 shall be imprisoned for five years aud deprived of my seat in the Chamber,” he Cried, and seemed greatiy depressed at the prospect. ilowever, he has been treated with great leniency, and nothing could be wiser;for his prestige will sutier more by this display of magnanimity than by any excess of vigor. Certainly Rochefort bas sin- gular juck in keeping before the public; for he is no sooner out of one scrape than he is in another. The papers last night publisied a letter to the Minis- ter of Justice irom the former printer of the danerne, who was assauited fnd wounded by Rochefort and Victor Noir some montis since, asking why the senteuce of the Court condemutng Rocuefort to four mouths’ imprison- ment. and whicu he ran off to Belgium to escape, was not carried out, ‘This 18a poser for the Minister, ‘Lhe poor printer has a right to justice, unless Roche- fort is to be allowed to beat people with impunity. Lsuppose something must be done, though | doubt if Rochefort can be arrested whe the Chamber of which he 1s a member Is sitting. He will be com- pelled, however, to take to his heels the moment it adjourns, or make up his mind to undergo his sen- eg for assault and battery. We shall see here- ter. Yesterday we had a grand speech from Thiers in the Chamber on the subject of protection for French manulactures. I¢ cannot be denied that, though over seventy years of age, Thiers sill ranks as the frst orator of France. Mis vast intormation, great beaaty of diction and wonderiui luciaity, to say noting of his graceful and anunated delivery, raise him above all rivalry, im spite of manifest pliysical deiects, such as his shrill, unmusical voice aud ex- treme shortness of stature, making it necessary tor him to mount on a svool vo get his head avove the tribune, Of all tue subjects in the world one would Suppose that an arfay Of dry facts and hard figures proving the sondity of protection and the failacies of free trade—for that 1s tac view of ‘Inlers—would be the last to mspire an orator or to attract @ crowded audieuce. But genius can trans- mute anything and convert even statistics ito poetry, ‘fhe manufacturers of France have en- Joyed almost from the Ume of Louis Fourveonta @ rigid monopoly, and as @ matter of course they have accumuuted great weaith, wile French manutacturers, those especially the most protected, have not kept pace with those of other countries. Napoleon Ill. dared 00 that which neither tne republic of 89 nor 748 ventured on, and that was to give a blow to these oppressive monopolies by making a treaty of commerce with England in 1860 admitting Buglish productions at nominal daties on condition of reciprocity on the part of England, During these ten years the silks and wines and articles of taste Jn whis country have vastly increased 1m sule, While the manufactures of iron and cotton have held their own, but yielded, per- haps, 1es3 profit than the once favored monovolists were accustomed to. ‘his has ied to violent out- cries, On their part, against this treaty, which will expire in February ensuing, unless France 1s dis- posed to renew it. The Emperor tmade the treaty, but as he has abandoned the power he tormeriy wielded 1t is now for the French Parhament to de- cide on the fature policy as to high or iow tariffs, 1t 18 this that gives the discussion now gomg on in the Chamber peculiar interest and great iaportance, The great mauufacturers are exerting all their in- fluence to break down ile treaty with England, and it Was on their beball that Thiers yesterday took up the gauntlet. But we silk manufacturers and wine producers are also powerful classes, ana they have benefited too much by the free traae prevailing for the ten years pust not to bring alt their influence and energies to the siruggie, and Lieir orators are coming hourly to the rescue. Among these I am happy to record the appearance at the Tribune of one of whe leading meiubers ol the “Left,” Known as the “trre- concilables,”? or republicans. Jules Simon 1s a very abie may, aNd, What is better, he is a man of honest convictions and a good patriot, The success of te republican party 1s 188 an object with him than the welfare of the country, and he 1s boid enough vo speak his inind, whetier it pleases his party or noi. Ubly two or three months ago, at Lyons—the hotbea of democracy—he dared to call down the blessings of Heaven on the fead of the Kmperor for dolag more, to the extent of mililous, for education tian any other government before him, republican or mon- archical. He was cheered with enthusiasin. In the mverests of the whole country and every class he now declares for the liberty of trave, exclaiming that “all liberties are sisters;” that political liberty and commercial liberty are alike to te advantage of the great masse: Jules Sunon made a great speech on Thursday, and ‘Thiers, with ail his pres- tige, has not done away With its effect. In unis Juies Simon has risen above his party—nay, has nown in the face of it—for he dares to uphoid a policy that emanates from the Emperor, which his eolieugues blindly oppose for that reason, whetuer good or bad. Jules Simon proves himseli a staies- man ana a patriot, wile the rest ure merely fanatics and partisans. ‘This agitation stimulates the cause of the reds and Rochefort generally. ‘The President of the Chamber, M. Schneider, 1s a very weulthy manulactu ie bas immense iron works at Creuzot, and, strange to say, jnge at this very moment a strike of his workinen, aigounting to 10,000, has broken out. ‘This strike proves that iue monopolists are not always on the bese terms with their employés, and will exercise no small influence on tie discussion iu the Oham- ber, If tne Cuamber should go in favor of pro- tection, a3 is not Improbable, the Seuate may ve- fuse vo concur; jor the l’resident there is the ceie- brated Rouner, who, as Minister, assisted In making the treaty with England, and the weli knowa free trader, Michel Chevalier, is a prominent member of the Senate, and J think it probaole the majority were ‘will sustain she treaty, A lively sally of the Emperor is circulating. Arter reading un ariicle of oue ot the revolutionary papers lately demanding the abolition of capital pualsh- ment for all except crowned heads, What!” said Majesty, sroiling, ‘1 thoughc the revoiutionisis red siuce 1739 that we were all equal” It would seem these revolutionary gentiemen are anxious to protect tfeir own ueads from the guillo- tune they want to erect, and intend it only jor the venefit of their antagonists. ‘The ultra papers keep up @ steady fire of para. graphs anoit tuetr great man, Ledru Rouin, who was lately ammesticd, but sull remains in London. Fe is announced one day to arrive in Paris immediately, and then it is stated he will not be nere go soon. It 18 said, also, that he willappear at the trial of Pierre Bonapurte as advocate ot tue brother of Victor Noir. Jt would be a grand occaston surely tu make his 7 trce in Paris. Rochefort owes him a grudge tour cail- ing him a gamtn last November. We shali have « Nare-up here, no doubt. The “reds” are so full of fight ihey cannot keep their hands off each otner’s throats; for haif the time they are peiting away at eaca other. | have ny doubts of a miieuntum if tuey were by apy chance (happily there 1s none) ouce to get the governwent in their hands, The French Regicide Element. M. LOUIS BLANG’S OPINIONS AND PLATFORM. The Paris correspondent of the London Standard, writing on the 24th of January, says:— Friday last, the 2ist, was the anniversary of tue murder of Louis XVI., one of the foulest of the many foul crimes perpetrated by the ruflianly crew of 1793, The ultras, borrowing the old idea of the Calf's Head Club, celebrated it by & banquet at some wine- enop at St. Maude. I should hardly nave thought this “celebration” worth notice, but for the fact that 4 Keay 52 anya “Lg ub uals SAG EW Say | | Wh WK the following letter, wnich I commend to his Eng- Uist adinirera’ nouice:— sa, dom, 18 1008, @ of tho old Deiocrat: i CrrizEN—You invite me in the pame of Soclaliat Committee of the, Bighth Circumseription to the fra take ial banquet whi Alek Jan wary, ee aha plore at Salnt-Maude on the heart wi there 1 person, but my . This cate of Janu- intence the justice of d by those vulgar minds and Sows (cor ames basses) Who look upon kings as uperior essence, authorized as auch to conspire e whom they govern— that is to say, having hetrate crime, But this date of January $1 also ‘whether royalty does not bloum on the dead tletoe on adead tree. Barrere used to vague les iorts qui ne veviennent pas.” History re- piles, on the contrary, “10 u'y @ que les qui reviennent.’® What we want tu that ro aliy should die and the republic should live, Receive our fraternal salutations. asi LOUIS BLANC. T think comment on this letter is unnecessary. The “vulgar minds” aad *guoble souls,’ according to M, Lous Blane, who view the death of Louis Seize 48 2 foul murder, wil, I trust, agree with ine that Admiration for the cuf-throats of tre French repab- lic, if 1t be genuine, inVoives @ tnorbid stave of mind Which a certain amount of literary ability and a great power of compilation cannot disprove. M, LEDRU ROLLIN’S DIFFICULTY.-—CANNOT PLEAD FOR THE NOIR FAMILY, The same English writer, dating in Paris on the same day, turnishes the following:— To-nighv’s Reveil publishes a letter from M. Ledru Rollin, in which he intimates that ne cannot plead for Victor Noir’s family before the High Court of Justice, as that would imply that he acknowledged the legal existence of such judges and such & “strange jury.” But M. Ledru Rolila’s ipsissima ete ure too curiously characterisitc not to quote em;— LONnoN, Jan. 1, 1870. Mow Cnem Am1—Under the impulse of public indignation and the anguish of Victor Noir’s family, my heart alone spoke. In unswer to your appeal it said, “am yours,” I hoped that my health, which 1s really very vad, would enable me to be ready through the delays entailed'by the forma- tion of this strange jury, and I hope so still, But the heart's impulse was followed by political re terday my inind has had a serious ob; Ia it permissible to me to acknowledge such judges without disavowing my past career? In the conungency of my return to France I never contemplated having’ myself inscribed on the rolls of the bar. It was repugnant to me, in virtue of the oath taken yearly by the council in the name of the order of advocates, to endorse the responsibility of so many hateful laws—an dath which at the very outset of the trial the President would call my aitention to, and to which my sanction would be secured by the matter’ of course nod of fu it possible that, after having undergone twenty years ‘of exile rather than’ acquit by my presence these Provaricating judyes, I should be led io piead before them, and, above all, under such circumstances, when, in con: tempt of all the laws of equality, they forma themscives into an exception tribunal—a kind of Star Chamber-—without its being possible to resist their competence, there being no jurisdiction above theirs? Myxwhole blood boils at the ne My long absention and my present partici. pation would be contradiction, which this government and would gloat over. It to subject myself to the ured my return to the to serve the cause in an- gislatif and enabled other way. * * © Under these elreumstances I place my- self in your hands and those of M. Louts Noir. In the event of your sharing my opinion I shall develop the reasons of my nol-acceptance of the grat, the noble task entrusted to me. Yours sincerely, LEDKU ROLLIN. M. Delesciuze, to whom this letter was addressed, and M. Louis Noir both announce that Ledru Kollin is quite right. Therefore he will not appear as‘”an advocate before the High Court of Justice. Itis a pity—but if. he writes alew moore letters the public willbe able to gauge M. Ledra Rolin at his real vatue—and I do not think his influence in 1570 18 likely to be greater than tt was in 1543, THE LATE STORM. The Bay and Rivers—No Further Disasiers Reported—The Fleet of Ves- sels Overdue. The lute furtous storm which swept over an ex tensive jon of the country, meiuding this city and the cittes ant towns which are its appendages or suburbs, and agiong the Atlantic coast, subsided suddenly some time Tuesday night. The clear sky finally shone, but a bitter wind from the northwest prevailed up to noon yesterday and held high revel in the streets, making pedestrianism remarkably umpleasant, rendering ihe sidewaiks glassy and un- certain to the hastening passerby, and creating zen- eral discomfort, althouzh not by any means to the extent tiat marked the previous day with tts furious blasts and snow clouds, The rivers and bay were decidedly ruffled during the morning hours, and the puffing tugs, with the smaller boats of little steam power, were at times tossed to and fro, as if they were but yawls, amid the white-capped waves. No further disasters are reported from the sea- board; but it 1s feared that the entire feet of vessels due in thia port from places in the track of the storm cannot have escaped unharmed, and the few accidents already chronicled will prove but the fore- ‘runner of more serious and alarming disasters. The only arrivals of importance yesterday were tne Swedish bark Umann, from Marseilles; the bark Atma, from Shanghae, and the steamer Guil streuin, from Galvesion. While the two tormer experienced but little of tue late terrible gale, the latter las had rather a hrolonged and rough voyage, having sailed from the port of her departure on the 20cn ult, Since her second departure from Norfolk—for ie was compelled to put into that port twice “for coal’— she has experienced heavy yaics, but fortunately arrived al last without Yeceiing any material damage. ‘The British barkentine Emblyn, so seriously tn- jurea by collidimg with the park 1) Miller on ‘Tuesday morning off Sandy Hook, was towed to the city yesterday 1m orcer torepair damage, which Will necessarily require several days. At the Ume of writing none of te many vessels driven “olf shore” by the storm, nor the three Euro- pean mall steamers, the Java,-Ville de Paris and the City of Washington, have arrived, although fully due, aad the weuther has so inoderated, with an overcast sky—the wind sul being noriiwest—that there are preimonitions of another storm, A despatch froia Poughkeepsie says the Hudson river is again closed froin Hudson tw Albany. The snow is thirieen Inches: deep at Poughkeepsie. The Storm in New England=Prince Arthur Snowed Up in New Hampshire. Concorn, N. H., Feb. 9, 1870, Prince Arthur and suite arrived at White River Junction at four o’clock this morning, the train hay- ing been six hours on a distance of #ixty-nine miles, No traius will leave the juncuon for Boston until the regular noon train. There 13 a foot of snow reported at Lancaster, ‘Shere is about eyzht inches here, and itis drifting. ‘Thermometer twenty-sh LEWISTON, Me., Feb. 9, 1870. severest snow storm of wie winter com- ved yesierday afternoon, somnpauied by a& heavy 2 About erghteen mches of snow f aruting ously and putting au embargo on Lravel. it cleared up Us morning. Boston, Feb. 9, 1870. Owing to the storm last myuc ali ‘through trains were several pours late. Noimarine disasters had been reportea up to a Jate hour last night, with the exception of an ace Gent to the steamer Henry Morrison, wiich, whiie attempting Lo leave the wharf at Deer Island, about foury clock in the afternoon, Was driven against 1t by the force of the wind, staving in one of Ler ¥.des and causing other damage. Heavy Snow Storm in Pennsylvania. HUNTINGDON, Pa., Feb. 9, 1570, Snow commenced falling bere on Monday night, and continued until Tuesday afternoon, reaching the Gepth of thiriy imeles, Dritts reach’ tou feet aud over in some placed. THE RAT PIT MISSION. Continuation of the Work. Precisely at twelve o'clock yesterday the men and women having the routing of gin out of Water street in charge were on hand at the Burn’s mansion. Rev. Mr. Homes jed the services with an appropriate prayer. Father Gleeson, the Methodist relormer of Brooklyn, was in the body of the hall, conspicuous for his placid countenance and flowing white hair. He prayed with more feeling and simplicity than any person who has yet been heard in Water street, The words were to the point, and being entirely be- reft of the disagreeable noans and shoutings there Was not one among those present wyio did not appareutiy fully appreciate nis benighied condition and long to become good. ‘Then the beautiful hymn, “Rock of Ages,” &c., was sung; after which @ young gilder, named Lorigut, toox eXception to the reports tu the secular papers. He Was sorry to sec SO much space taken up with wn- holy criticism and ridicule, aud blessed Goa that he ‘Was not of the nuiber of those who live without the Saviocr. ihere were fifty persons present yester- day: but, with the exception of haif adozen, all belonged to other neighborhoods and came to assist in the good work. ‘Two ludies of respectabie ap- pearance occupigd seats near the stove; but there Was not an uatortunate female anywhere to be seen. While the services were in progress several sinail street “Arabs” thrust their faces against the: glass noor and laughed outright at the wild enthusiasm aye in the countenauces of t peakers. MARINE TRANSFERS, The following 18 a list of transfers of the ownership of vessels Or parts of vessels made trom the Stiid a disp! Svmboat| Lona Cony jab Mumerly.. SY Naan WASHINGTON. Spirited Debate in the Senate Over the Census Bill. Another Tilt Between Conkling and Sumner. Senator Morton's Speech on Cuban Belligerency. Another Difference Between the President and the Senate. WASHINGTON, Feb, 9, 1870, Spirited Debate in the Senate Over the Census Bill—Sumner Mercilessly Dissected by Conke ling—The House Bill Laid on the Table. The discussion of the Census bill to-day was emi- neutly interesting and spirited, Hardly has Sumner recovered from the annihilation he received at the hands of Trumbuil, of Iilmots, a few days ago, when he receives & more emphatic ventilation under the pungent oratory of Conkling. Yesterday the Senator from Massachusetts undertook to defend the House bill, relating to the census, and to expound its provisions, In every respect ne made a most signal and disgraceful failure. After floundering about for several hours he took his seat with all the importance of one who had just relieved himself of @ vast amount of wind. As in the case of his vindication of the Virginia bill, he resorted toa species of argument which springs either from Wilfal misrepresentauon or ignorauce. It is a fact kaown to senators that Sumner attended but one or two of the meetings of the Senate Committee on the Revision of the Laws pending their consideration of the Census bill, and yet in the face of this he de- lberaiely occupied the time of the Senate in hearsay statements, and, as’ Senator Conkling aptly termed it, “outside tattle,” Senator Anthony having ex- Pressed his views onthe question of printing so much trash as is provided for by the new bill, Senator Morrill, of Vermont, displayed himself by interposing an amendment providing for the mser- tion of a few subjects of enumeration, which were already provided for and migit have been found had he gone tothe trouble of examining the compiled statistics. Senator Conkling closed the debate, and did itin a masterly manner. His speech was ad- mitted by Senators to have been in every respect the ablest efiort that nas been heard in their body for a long ume, The Senator manifested the most perfect familiarity with the law of 1850, as with the incon- gruities of that by which it was attempt. ed to be supplunted, Conkling evidently has @ contempt for Sumner’s overrated abilities and did not disguise the fact. With such an advantage Conkling piled in the blows hard and heavy. During his remarks the Senate listened to every word with marked attention, and the galleries were unusually interested. Not a person left the charaper during the speech. The Senator several times drew the laugh on Suniner when he analyzed a few specimens of his ovatory. Sumner tried hard to Keep up an appearance of indiference, and in several instances even added a few sickly smiles to the general laughter. It was evident that inwardly he was writhing under the tor- ture. Unfortunately, Sumner allowed himself to be misied by one Hough, who was shown to be a fraud. At the close of his speech Sen- ator Conklimg moved to lay the House bill on the table. The relative merits of the two bills and the two speeches might be taken at pretty much the same ratio as the forty-six voting to lay the new bill on the table, and consequently re-enacting the bill of 1850, to nine votes to the contrary. Sumner ts evi- dently going into a decline. One or two dissections such as received from Trumbull and Conkling will let the people see what their howiing admiration has been bestowed upon. Of the votes cast im the negative, Wilson did not wish to vote against the bill on account of his colleague; Morrill, of Ver- mont, was chagrined at the loss of his amendment; the warm heart of Nye turned with sympathy to- wards the forlorn condition of Sumner, who sits next to him; Patterson, in admiration of the mud- died brain who superintended the last New York census; Cragin, Pratt and Warner voted for reasons unknown @nd wncared for, and Sumner voted “No” consistently inconstant. The name of one Walker having been sent in as superintendens under the new bill it is understood it will now be disposed of wituout ceremony, Dissutisfactioa of Foreign vornments with our Tariff Provisione—Violation of the Treaty with Russin. Our tari, 1t seems, 18 exciting some talk in the diplomatic circles of this capital, and tt mi with small favor from some of these foreign representa- tives who forsee that the new provisions must be detrimental to the interests of their countries. Une finds fauit with one section, another with another, and so all the way through. One complains about the heavy duty on marble, while another considers that hemp, at least the Russian article, is so unfairly dealt with as to eliminate it almost from the American markets. The Chargé d’Affaires of Italy, Count Luigi de Colotiano, has taken the tari so much to heart, in view of the high duty on Itelian marbles, that he contemplates protesung against that part of It, and has opened correspond- ence with lis government to obtain instructions how to act under the circumstances. He 1s now in New York on this very business, having been sum- moned there to consult With certain werchants. Iti understood that the Kussvwn government as far back as 1561 regarded the tariff as clearly in connict with the treaty of commerce and navigation made with the United States December 6, 1882, and that it only refrained then from protesting against that bill be- cause it was unwiillng to embarrass us by creating new difiicultics In the midst our domestic trouble. Russia was one of our best friends in those trying days, and sympathized with us heartily in our eiforts to suppress the slaveholders’ rebellion. Nevertheless, 1t 13 asserted that the heavy duty of forty collars per ton on unmanufactured Russian hemp, imposed by the act of August 5, 1861, had the effect of driving that article from our markets, and would have justified an exactlon on the part of Russia of a fulfliment, of aolemn treaty stiputa- tions. Article 81x of the treaty of 1852 provides as follows:— No higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importations tnto the United States of any artic! the produce or manufacture of Russa, and no bigher or otber duties shall be imposed on ihe importation lato the empire of Russia of any articie the produce or manufacture of tne United States than are or sual! be payable on the like article bemg the pro- duction or manufacture of any other foreign couniry. Article eleven of same treaty stipulates that:— If elther party shall hereaiter grat to any other f pMlar favor in navigation or com. merce, 1 shall immediately become common to the other party, ireely where it ts [recly granied to such other ations, or on yieldiog tie same compensa- uon When the graut 18 condiuonal, On the close of our civil war the Emperor Alexan- der deemed it a tituog time to call the attention of our government to the violation of the treaty of 1832, and more recently, it is said, the Russian Minister here made representations on the subject to Secretary Fish. Presidenc Grant re- garded these representations as eminently just and proper, and tn his annual message recommended to Congress the serious consideration of the subject. ‘The Ways and Means Committee, however, instead of applying a remedy have rather aggravated the dimeuity by maintaining and perpetnating the forty dollars duty per ton, Ths duty is maintamed, wiih (nis difference, that the word “usta” is stricken out, aud all other hemps are designated, as ‘‘substt- tutes” for hemp, It is not worth while to go mto all thereagons advanced for this action of the Ways and Means Committee. Butoae of them deserves a little notice, and that 1s, that the maintenance of duty on Russia hemp is necessary to protect Ken- tucky hemp, The latter article ts far inferior in im- portant respects to the Russia heinp. It 18 not to be compared With the Russia hemp for ship ropes and cordage, and now, ata time when an effort is veing made to foster American commerce, aud when all r4os J ustysiee necessary for we pee of Amcri¢an abjpe _ NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1870—TRIPLE SHBET. ‘ shon'd be allowed free or easy importation, this im. Position of a heavy duty seems very inopportune. But divesting the matter of all its merely local and technical bearings, it 8 very evideat it can be placed on an international ground which may be summed up thus:—A treaty has been signed and ratified with the avowed purpose of pro- Weting, reciprocally, Russian and american articles Against the privileged competition of foreign pro- ducers. Hemp, a Russian{article, has been ellmin- ated from Ainerican markets by the privileged com- petition of India hemp; consequently the treaty has been violated, and therefore, in all equity, the duty on Russia hemp ought to be placed on the same foot- ing as the daty on Manila hemp that 1s to say, at twenty-five dollars per ton. Opposition to the Nominees for the Supreme Bench—Tho South Entitled to a Member of the Supreme Court—Bad Record tor a Rad= ical Candidate, The nominations of Judge Strong, of Pennayl- vanla, and Joseph P, Bradley, of New Jersey, are “not likely to be acted upon for some time. The pur- pose of the Senate seems to be to postpone: action until the bill for the redistricting of the judictat cir- cuits shall have been acted upon. It is the imtention of the Senators from the Southern States to insist upon an amendment to the bill providing that the jus- tices for each circuit shall be appotated from the circuit to which they are assigned. Of course wis will dispose of Bradley, who, if contirmed, would be assigned to the Southern Circuit, if a vote were taken on his case to-morrow, be would probably be rejected for the same ostensible reason as operated in Hoar'’s case, The Southern Senators say they must be consistent, They voted against Hoar because he was not from their section, and though Bradley 1s a better and @ more acceptable man they must vote against him forthe same cause. A promiuent Southern Senator, in conversation to-night, re- marked that Bradley's case Would keep; there was ho hurry for his confirmation, and as one objection could carry him over from day to day it was likely that he would not come squarely before the Senate until all the Southern States were aduutied to representation in Congress, Voting with the demo- crats the Southern men could then secure his rejec- tion; that 1s, im case the bill for the redistricting of the judicial districts should fail. it will be remem- bered that the nomination of Judge Pearre for the Fourth judictal circuit was laid upon the table to await action on this bill It is sald that charges have already been preferred against Judge Strong, of Pennsylvania, Strong, it appears, has only two redeeming traits— one 1s, that when a democratic mernber of the House of Representatives from Pennsyivania he voted for the Wilmot proviso; the other is, that he presided ata war meeting in Poiiadelphia during the rebellion and is now & member of the Union League. While Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania he voted with the demo- crats, aud decided that the State law pro- hibiting deserters from voting was unconsti- tational. ‘These deserters, the radical Senators say, were all democrats. But the most objectionable feature in his record {s that he voted for Heister Clymer, democrat, tor Goveruor of ’eunsylvania, in 1866—only three years ago—as against John W. Geary, repubilcun, It 18 also charged that in 1805, when it was thought Justice Grier’s health would not warrant his remaiming on the bench of the Sn, preme Court, Judge Strong’s democratic triends in Pennsylvania, with his Knowledge and consent, got up @ petition to Andrew Johnson, then Presi- dent, urging his appointment ty Grier’s place. This petition, it 18 alleged, was signed by ali the leading democrats and Johnson nien of Pennsyl- vaula, Grier, however, recovered and Strong was not appointed, The Pennsylvania politicians are to @ man either opposed to Strong or indivierent to his confirmation. His only friend in tie Coagressivonal delegation from the Keystone State 1s believed to be Senator Scott, who supports bim on the ground that heis @ member of the Presbyterian Church in full and regular standing. Cameron, it is said, would a3 soon see him rejected as not, though of course he will feel bound to voie for him. Neither Strong nor Bradley are likely to be acted on by the Senaiv for some time. Report of Special Agent Raymond on the Resources and Necessities of Ala In compllance with a resolution of the House of Representatives the Secretary of the ‘'reasury hus transmitted to that body a copy of the reporton Alaska of Special Agent C. W. Raymond, of the Engincer Corps, United States Army. The report gives an interesting description of the various trioes of indians on the Yukou river and ts tributaries, and expresses the opinion that the prohibition to the introduction of arms and amimuuition against them will cause great distress by depriving tac of their accustomed means of support by hunting. Captaur Raymona thinks there will be ro difflealty if whiskey traders are prevented from furnishing spirits to the Indians. His description of the country explored shows it unfit tor agricuiture, the only products of that part of Ajaska being furs, which can be taken successfully only {by the natives, The fisherles and forests of the coast of Alaska, however, he considers of very great pros- pective Value and importance. In regard to the fur seal islands he recommends that the number of seals to be kilied annually be limited to 100,000; that a@ proper revenue tax be | don each skin, and that the business be placed in the charge of a Tellable and responsivle private company, under proper regulations, whose inter would be identical with those of the government to perpetuate and preserve the soal flsheries. Collector Bailey’s Seiz baccoDiMiculties in Classit ying tured Tobacco, It bas been stated that Collector Hatiey, of the Thirty-second New York district, has been ordered to ‘this city mn relation to certain tobacco cases, This is incorrect. Some diMicuities have arisen between the oilcers of Mr. Butley’s district and ite tobacco man- ufacturers of Richmoud, Va., owing to the seizure of shipments upon Charges of violation of the revenue Manuface lat ‘The statement that the manufacturers claim this was done to injure their business: no founda- tion in fact, so far ag the authorities Know anything about the matier. The trouble arises out of the two classes of tobacco—that in which leaves and stems are used together and taxed, and that In which the leaf only is usel—the tax varying, in one case being sixteen and in tie other tntriy- two cents. Jt is qiMicult, in view of the skill now employed in the manufacture of tobacco, to dis- tinguish the two kinds, The Commissioner nas sent an officer to Richmond to exainine thoroughly into the manufacture of tobacco, so that no further trouble may be experienced. The tobacco tn ques- tion is affected by the doubts as to its proper classi- fication with a view to taxatiol Executive Nominatious. The President to-day sent iu the foliowing nomi- nations:—Jesse R. Grant to be Postmaster at Cuv- ington, Ky.; John H. Campbell to be Yostmaster at Lansingburg, N. Y.; James M. Crowly to be iost- | Mnaster at Columbus, Obio. Guests at the President’s State Di The fullowing are the names of the guests at the President's state dinner this evenine:—senator Fen- ton and wife, Senator Hamlin and wile, Patierson and wife, Senator Howe and wife, ‘Trumbull, Senator Davis, Representatives Bia and wile, Poland and wife, Churchill and wife, Whee and wife, Slocum ana wife, Hil! and wife, Kelley and wife, Cox, Starkweather, (ilillan, Maynard, Swann, Witcher, Taffe and Van fore Untair Treatn@nt of tiality Shown Hostile Tribes. A message has reached the War Department signed by tne chieis of the Arickarees, Gros Ventres and Mandans Indian tri directed to General Hancock, im which they relate thelr grievances and wants. They state tbat notwithstanding the treaties wh they have made with the government, and the friendliness thoy entertain for the whites, they have never been assteted by their Great Father to protect themselves against thelr enemies, the Sioux, with whom they could be friends if they would join then against the Whites, which they often bad becn asked to do, ‘They | tue Sioux are supplied with plenty of | also state to fat bacon, beef, bread, augar and coffee, while they have to fight on empty stomachs; and not only are the Sioux fed, but they ride on horses and tmuies stolen by them from the Great Father's people, ail of which leads the complainants to believe that thelr condition would be better if they would imitate their enemies, or even join taeim, and War upon the whites, They aiso complain that ure of Virginia Tee | oily Indians—Vare | maipncnipiieis thetr lands at the Painted river, about twenty miles above Hoart river, had been given to the Sioux, Who derive ail the advantages which should be theirs. With regard to giving away their lands at Paintea Woods, General Stanley, commanding the middle district of Dacotah ‘Territory, writes that the statement is a@ foolish one, put tuto their heads by wood choppers, whom he had been trying to dislodge. They were speculating and cutting down the best tumber op the river, and besides are unlicensed traders, each of them keeping goods to trade with the Indians. In regard to the large reservation proposed by the Gros Ventres, Mandans and Arickarees, it cover the ground conceded the Sioux as hunting grounds by the treaty of July, 1898, and, as the hostile Sioux are at this thik almost all on the Jands included im the proposed reservation, would take the three tribes named, packed by two regiments of troops, to put them tn possession, National Colored Thanksgiving Over the Ratie ficntion of the Fifteenth Amendment, The National Executive Committee of colored men, George T, Downing president, and F, G. Bar- boder secretary, have issued the following address to the coloved people of the United State: Your tional Executive Committee, created by you in the National Convention, assembied January 18, 1869, to Urge legisiation looking to tue educa. tonal, material ard political tuteresta of tue colored peopie of tue nauion, deem that they have at length arrived, in the progress of their eiforts, at a prob- abie political consummation of their hopes, in so far as the organic law of the sepabile 18 concerned, They recognize that desired re- sult in the anticipated = announcement of the ratification of tue fifteenth amendment to the feverai constitution, which forbids any abridgment oi the rigut of suffrage on account of race, color or previous condition of any citizen of the United States, They feet that tois amend- ment should, in the estimation of the colored men, sranscend iu Maportance even the revered declara- ton of our national independence, Liasinuch ag it is the practical aMirmation of the rights of men, while the other was but the theoretical enunciation thereof, Therefore as it been determined that it is fitting for your com- mittee to advise the general assembling of the colcred people of every State and Territory through the icugr und breadth of the land, when- ever Ue sald fiitcenth ameodment shall been oMcially auoounced as ratified, in order vo offer up prayer and toanksgiving to Almighty God and in ail proper ways to assure tue world of our realization and appreciation of Lhe righteous act of our fellow countrymen in constitutionally securing to us that which has always ocen our just due, out unjustly withueia. Your committee does hereby thus advise, and takes occasion at the same time to declare in your Lane hat this just uct of the American people will be Weld at its 1uil estimauion by those whom it en- franchises; tha’ they wail make such use of the right thereby sécured to them as shall add to the honor and material mierests of the country, and that in possession of Us right, along with ‘Lue others pre- viously secur hey will feel that they really have acouniy to respect and defend, a8 we.l as fellow countiyinen towards whom they cau cherish the most aifecuonaty regard, Destruction of Cancelled Plates for Printing Government Bonds and Bills. There are now in the vaults of the ‘Creasury De- partinent thirty-four boxes of cancelled steel plates aud other materials heretofore used by the Amert- cun, National and Continental Bank Note Companies in the printing of government stamps, moneys and bonds. fhe secretury has requested Seuator Thayer to act as chairman of & committee to examine the contents of (he boxes and compare them with the echedule of those furaisied by the Bureaus of En- graving and i’rinting and the Internal Revenue. They are to be taken to the Navy Yard and there melted im a Hlast furnace, The commitiee will be composed of the following gentlormet United States Sengtor Thayer; G. A. Halsey, of New Jerse: H. Hammona, of tr cretary’s ofice; W. P. Shear- man, of the Internal Revenue oMce; L. D, Moore, of the Register’s office; Southwick Guthrie, of the Trea- suret’s vilice, aud A. S. Pratt, fudebieduess of Southern Raliroads. At the close of tue war a large amount of railroad property, consisung of railroads aud roiling stock, built and owned by the government during the re- beliion,:was turned over to the Southern railroad companies, With the understanding that they should be patdjtor by the companies to whom they were given up. Some of them have complied with this, but others have not. The House Judiciary commit- tee hus a bill now under consideration which pro- vides tnt until the money due the govern- ment i paid the companies so indebted shall Not receive any pay lor carrying the mails or for the transportation of troops or any government freight, Mr. Vole. i'resident of the Nashville aad Chattanooga road, wich Is one of the delinquents, appeared be- fore the committee to-day and made an argument tn favor of cxicnding the time for paying ow the devt, ‘The conuitice is disposed to report the bill. OMcers? Kanak ia tne Navy. ‘The House Naval Committee has agreed to make We rank oi the staf officers of the navy positive in- stead of relauve and assimilated, as now. A pro- vision Will be inserted in the bili providing the rank to be held by surgeons, paymasters and engincers, Pensicus for Indian Capt: The House Committee on Indian Afairs has agreed to report a bil g.vibg $5,000 each to two httie white giris captured by the Indians aud ransomea by Colonel Leavenworth, The amount is to be taken out of the annuities of the tribe that captured the girls, snpposed vo be tue Kiowas. The Vunding Bill. On motion of Mr, Sherman the Punding pill was made the s | order for Tuesday nex f The thou con navy. are in fa ovqanization of the Navy. have under the reorgauivation of the ortry of the matter of r 8 e Comunitee 0a Naval Afar fe members ont nitely however, uot a ships Morat ess Lntplicate Committee on Military Affairs wae m the Investigation of the alieged Bales of ca ups. Only one witness was exam. ived, and he po ¥ testified that a member of the House in t yst Congress sold a naval appotatmeat of the Lase for $200, The youth, however, aid not pass exami- | nation, but the parent lost his money, ian nut of Inding Adnirs. | The Senate tee om Indian Afvuirs bad a | mecting & considering some new mode of maus | aging Indian affairs 80 far as legislation 1s con- tb as determined to report in favor of 4 Jolt cominittee of the two Houses far wu view. nvestigation of Georgia Affairs, 1 nate Committee on the Judiciary w-day heard Messrs, Caldwell and Bryant in regard to afluits in Georgla. They were opposed to the pres sent Legisiature, and gave many facis and argue ments to substantiate their position. ‘The committee | Wil liaten to Bullock and his side of the question om Saturday none | Increase of Revenue Ansens Kansas. | Supervisor Marr Revenue | Departuient that the assessinents Jor the district a. } cerned. } the purpos Kansas duving Junuary, 1870, show an increase of jo0 per cent over the same thontu tn 1869, Keveipts of the Internal Revenue Bureau, From an official statement it appears that duriag the yoar endiag with December the receipts from nearly $59,000,000; from tobacco, up 00,009; from stamps, $15,352,000; from passports, through tho State Department, $27,000; from salaries, $701,000, The aggregate receipts of cau were nearly $174,000,000, at Soldiers Laterred in National Cemce tories, stermaster General Meigs has, under the authoruy of the Secretary of War, publisied three more volumes, the last being the twen/y-fourth, of | tue “ol of Honor, ‘These show that in the | national cemeteries near Corinto, Miss; Pitts. ‘burg Landing, ‘tenn, and Jefferson Barracks, Mo., ie remains of 19,400 Union soldiers are | literred. fn the Nashville cemetery are 12,600 graves, ‘(Lin ule cemeteries at Vicksburg, Misa, and New Albany, Ind., 18,400. The names, as far ag known, are givea tn these volumes; but many of them ¢ 1 not be ascertaineu. Personal. Inforauion lias been received tn military circies here that General Saeridan will reach this city toe morrow. The eral comes ere on a visit and Will remaiu several days. . - A wrought iron chimney 196 feet high and 6 feet 7 Inches im diameter has jnst been erected in Pitts burg. Another is to be pat up 275 feet mgh. The frst was riveted together in @ borizonial p om, and thea litteg to the perpendicular by @ crant Tha, other Wil be idade uprigat ‘hg plates will be riye’ @ved by meaus of a scaifulding rapping un inside,