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WASHINGTON. Success of the Postal Telegraph in Great Britain. Reconstruction Needed in Rhode Island. THE NATIONAL BEAR GARDEN IN UPROAR. Disgraceful Debate Over the Diplomatic Appropriation Bill. New Scheme for Funding the Public Debt. WASHINGTON, May 19, 1870, Tue National Bear Garden in Uproar—St. Domingo, the Pope and ‘ew England Witches im the Ring. Since the counting of the electoral vote for Presi- dent.and Vice President, in Fepruary, 1869, no scene of excitement has been witnessed in the House equal to that of to-day on the acbate upon the Diplo- matic and Consular Appropriation bill, Judge Kelsey, of New York, who has charge of the bill, opened with a general statement and explanation of its provisions, in which he pointed out several sup- posed extravagancies of the State Department, which the committee had cutdown, There was no excitement, mowever—nothing beyond an ordinary imterest—in Mr. Kelsey’s speech. General Banks, who was allowed fifteen minutes, improved his time to put in a strong argument in favor of St. Domingo, and the general policy of the acquisition of territory In every direc- ton. He warmed the House into a glowing heaton the questions of St. Domingo, Cuba, the West India islands generally and Canada. When Banks had mourly finished, Logan, of Iinois, made a point of order which proved to be a raid upon the St. Do- mingo treaty. The chairman of the Cgmmittee of the Whole was Ingersoll, of Illinois, a natural wag. As soon as he perceived tne drift of Logan’s remarks he ruled him out of order, “Well,” said Logan, “1 guess I had better take my seat.” With the utmost gravity the Chair replied,” “The point of order of ‘the gentleman from Illinois is well taken,” and Logan Gropped ‘into bis seat amid a general roar of laughter, When ‘the general details of the bill came to be considered James Brooks, of New York, moved to ansert $7,500 salary of a Minister Resident to Rome. ‘This was the signal for the most animated debate of the session, or, indeed, of the present Congress, Mr. Brooks followed up his amendment by a few perti- nent‘remarks relative to the necessity of our having @ mission at Rome, and denunctatory of the act of Congress cuttimg off that mission. He said nothing, however, of religion or religious faith. Mr. Dawes, of Massachusctis, followed Brooks in Opposition to the amendment. He made some severe strictures on the Catholic Church, and alluded to Brooks as the head centre of the Know Nothing Party in 1852. At this point Mr. Brooks arose to reply, but Dawes would not admit of interruption. ‘The democratic side of the House became intensely excited while Dawes was speaking. Every few sec- onds some democrat would rise to reply to Dawes, and as. Dawes would not give way the Chairman's gavel was kept constantly hammering on the desk to preserve order. Order, however, was utterly out of the question. The war meetings of Tammany and Mozart were thrown completely into the shade, A firemen’s club would have been a dignified ‘body compared to the House. As Dawes proceeded -be became niore and more offensive. What excited the democrats was that the gentleman from Massa- ‘Chusetts persistently refused to yleld for either ques- ‘tion or explanation. He continued to denounce the Catholic: Church and the democratic party in the most bitter terms. Mr. Binghain obtained the floor after Mr. Dawes, ‘though a dozen democrats were claiming it at once. ‘Bingham is an old-fashioned covenanter Presbyte- ian. No partisan of the Duke of Argyle of tue sixteenth century could have been more bit- terly sectarian. He rehearsed the © story ef the authorities of Rome compelling the Protestants to worship outside of the walls of the sacred city during the advent of Minister King, and animadverted upon what he called the intolerance of the Roman Catholic Church. Me alluded to the Ecumenical Council and its action in sustaining the docrino of the infallibility of the Pope. This he de- nounced as an outrage upon the liberty of conscience Of.mankind and an attempt to reduce the human mind to a condition of slavery. Voorhees, of Indiana, followed Bingham. This ‘was the. first show the democrats had had in the de- bate since it became interesting and exciting. Voorhees 13 one of the most interest- ing and impressive speakers on the demo- cratic «side, He first of all paid his wwegpects to Dawes and alluded to the sectarian, big- ted. character of the New England States, He ‘twisted Dawes upon the State of Massacnusetts ‘burning witches and compelling Quakers and other meligious denominations to leave the State. The Puritanism of New. England had outstripped the tn- wolerance of Rome in its worst day. The gentle- man from Ohio (Mr, Bingham) had made this a spir- fitual question. He had ignored the subject matter under, consideration~and had gone off into a raid wpon the Roman Catholic Church and the demo- eratic party. John Covode, .who figured ‘in fate «on this question a year ago, the House to a general raid on the Cath- elic Church, He accused that denomination @f allpmanner of crimes and quoted Scripture ad Uditum. Sam. Cox defended the Irish naturalized citizens and made a good deal of fun at Covode’s expense, keeping the House in a continual roar of, Jaughier. Hoar, of Massachusetts, came to the de-' fence of that State. In the course of his remarks he acchged the democratic party of burning orphan asylums.in New York. At this point Voorhees, of Indiana, rese exet‘edly in his seat, and called “Or- der |.arder!” addjag, ‘what the genticman states Is false, end;he knows it to be false! Here there was an indescribable sceme of diserder. Every member in the House was.on bis feet, each one shouting at the sep of.bis voice. The chairman kept his gavel going tke a ponderous triphammer, and amid his rapping and te shouting of the members the con- fusion was complete. At last, efter much hammer- ing of the gavel and mere shouting of the members, Stevens, of New Hampsiire, made his voice heard and demanded that the objectionable wordsof Voor- hhees be taken down. The chairman endeavored to snake himseif heard, but it was useless, The scene ef confusion increased. The gavel’s raps upon the Speaker's desk became louder and jeuder avd resounded through the hall and out fn the corridors, Speaker Blaine now 00k na astation near the Chairman and began to presapt him. Ingersoll, however, was unfit for such an emergency. He 1s a good, jolly fellow, fond of a joke and of fun, and rather participated in the ex- citement on the floor, When he called the com- miitee 40 order members only laughed at him and he Jaughed in return, Finally, by the vigorous use of the gavel, he succeeded in arownlng all other voices but his own, The ofiicial reporter was directed to write out the objectionable words of Voorhees and to hand them to the vlerk. Whiie he was doing this gever#l democrats were trying to speak, but they were drowned out with cries of order from the republican side of the House. Sam Cox inaisted that the remarks of Hoar should also be taken down, as they were equally ob- fectionable, Then there was another cry of order, mingled with calls of “Sit down !” “Dry up » “Keep on your own side 1" ‘The words uttered by Voorhees were at last read >. «from the Clerk’s desk. The Chairman ruled that they were “not Parliamentary, but decidedly pun- gent.’ This set the House into a roar of laughter, followed by clapping of hands on both sides. The Chairman himself jaughed, while round after round the de treated. of applause went up from the floor, In the midst of this excitement the commitiec arose and the House ad ourned without deciding the question of the inis- sion to Rome. Great Success of the Postal Telegraph in England—Remurkable Increase of Business. General ©. ©. Washburn, of Wisconsin, has re- ceived the following letter showing the: satisfactory working of the government telegraph ip Great Britain: GENERAL Post 0 Ny Mi 1970. Dean sun chang before ‘hin lout reaches. ma ot will rom han not proved ao complete a failure at some of your adver- saries have deciared it to be. OU of the Dumber of messages forwarded {rane 4 tions in the United Ki in yar we totl Buth April, e etetes ‘also pa) number of com- Rave received lta patil pacer, tat Se ave v tely, ani Proportion of complaints to business done ig ridiouloualy small, There is no doubt that we have already acl a solid success, absence of compas from eral public they are satisted; the get a ually ‘are working better for then than the tel and the financial suc- sas enema oats Pace zd received mB trom ireland, whi shows thet we are per cent more money atthe tari ined Aelotaphic. compa: nies @ three ‘and four shilling tariff. Of course this 1 of business led in the frat in- ee to a little confusion ‘aud a little delay, but we are radually conquering all the difficulties against woich we ave ty T om perfectly justified in sayis at the acl 0 regarded as a complete success this moment. Oy FO ANK IVES SCUDAMORE, “Whe Pacific Telegraph Cable. Mr. Cyrus W. Field appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to-day and made a pretty long argument In favor of his proposed new telegraph cable between Califormla and China, Strength of the American Navy~Reduction of Officers. ‘The Secretary of the Navy, in response to the House resolution, says the number of vessels of each class now in commission 18 as follows: 3 sec: ond rate, 9; third rate, 15; fourth rate, 18; receiving ships, tugs, &c., and for quarters, 26, The number of vessels of each rate not in commission is as fol- lows:—First ‘rate, 2; second rate, 27; third rate, 18; fourth rate, 67, Whole number of non- commissioned petty officers and seamen as compiled from the latest returns is 8,274 Itis estimated the current duttes of the naval ser- vice, afloat and on shore, inclnding ail the various utes imposed by law or required for the proper administration of te servive, and making allow- ance for the sick jist and furloughs and the require- ments of regular reliefs reudered necessary by the nature of the naval service, it can be carried on properly and effectively after the tevera) grades of officers on the active list are reduced and fixed at the following nembers, viz.:—Lieutenant com- manders, 80; Jieutenants, 280; masters, 100; ensigns, 100; surgeons, 65; passed assistant surgeons, 40: assistant surgeoms, 4 paymasters, $0; passed assistant paymasters, 25; assistant paymasters, 26; chief engineers, 68; frst assistant enginecrs, 60; Second assistant engineérs, 75. The scale makes an increase in the number of lieutenants corresponding to the decrease’in the number of lieutenant commanders, and 4@ small increase on the number ofchief and second assistant engineers. But it re- duces the whole pumber of officers allowed by law 270. and makes a decrease inthe item of pay of $450,000, Mr. R. W. Howes, of Howes & Macy, bankers, of New York, ts here with anew plan for the fund- ing of the national debt, and preparing the couutry for a resumption of specie payments. He has been before the Secretary of the Treasury, and to-day explained his plan to the Committe» of Ways and Means. The minor features are as follows:—He asks Congress to pass 8 bill authorizing the Issue of teu year bonds, with the option onthe part of the government of fifty years, at four per cent im gold, payable in the United States and not elsewhere, free from all taxes; to be sold at not less than par in gokl or any of the present tudebtedness of the government, and to be received in payment at par and interest. These bonds to be tssued for the Payment of the present indebtedness of the goy- ernment and for no other. ‘The Secretary of the Treasurer is authorized to receive deposits in gold at all.the depositories of the United States at a rate of mterest not exceeding three per centum in kind, and to discontinue the sales of gold and the purchase of bouds; to commence the payment in gold at par and interest of the first issucs of the five-twenty bonds, taking them tn rotation as issued, and give timely noti¢e of such payments and amounts and request the holders te present the same for payment, and when the interest on the same will cease, The bill does not in any way interfere with, the national bank currency or ‘the legal ten- ders, It neither contracts nor expands, but simply provides for the payment of the debt and borrowed wuyyat two per cent less than is new paid. It does not .compel any national bank or in- dividual here or elsewhere to surrender any right or privilege. It treats all, foreigners and Americans, alike. Mr. Howes thinks it will bring into circula- tuon and use all the idle gold from its hiding places, and reduce the premium from time to time unttl all will disappear, and that the new four per cent will soon be sought after at a premium. Business of Senate Committees. The Senate Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads held their usnal meeting to-day, and agreed to report a bill authorizing a subsidy of $3,000 per round trip to.a line of steamships to be established between the .United States and Mexico, between the ports of New York, Vera Cruz and Sisal. Mr. Webb, of New York, was also before the committee in reference to a line of steamers be- tween New York and the west coast of South Ame- rica, via the Isthmus-of- Panama. No action was taken, but the fecling appears to be faverable, The Senate Committee on Patents has aboat fin: ished the consideration of the general bit relating w the patent law. It is expected that the commit- tee will be ready to report by next week. No mate- rial change has thus far been made in the bill ag in- troduced, The sub-committee of the Committee on Com- Merce have as yet done little with refer- ence to the steamship subsidy question referred to them some days ago. The probabilities are that nothiug deflnite wili be done this session with re- gard to subsidies. Proposed Alteration {n the Whiskey Laws. The Committee of Ways and Means to-day re- ceived a delegation of whiskey men from New York, who advocated a concentration of all the taxes tn Spirits into one general tax, to be collected at the distillery. This they said woulddo away with the inconvenience of the payment of taxes at so many different stages in the process of preparing whiskey for the market and wouid insure the government 4 better, more prompt and accurate payment, The committee did not see the proposition in the same Jight thet the delegationdid, They stated in reply that the present system was preferable to that one advocated by the delegation, as it. served as a check upon the,listiller who wished to defraud the gov- erament, Postal Changes in New Yark. The following changes were made to-day:—Re eatablishedan office at Union Soctety, Green county, and Mrs. Mariha Bloodgood appointed Post- mistress; Johu H. Day appointed Postmaster at Vestal Cent, Broome county, Vice 8. Chamberlin resigned. The National FinancesRedaction ef Taxa. tion, Accompanying the report of the Finance Gommit- tee of the bull to reduce taxation Senator Sherman to-day subinittel! 9 table showing the internal revenue taxes egilected in the United States for the fiscal year erding June 30, 1869, the amounts of such as are repealed and the amounts thatare retained, as follows:— Repealed by this bill—Salarice of Ueited States oficers and employés, $561,963; apecial taxes on banks and bankers, $1,139,462; other special taxes, $8,801,455; @ross receipts, $6,300,999; Sales, $5,206,8: Ancome, about $14,020,000; legactes, $1,244,837; successions, $1,189,756; schedule A, $882,860; passports, $29,453; miscellaneous, $1,240,150, Total, $43,597,774, Taxes retained—Spirits, $45,026,402; tovacco, $28,420,703; fermented liquors, $6,099,880; banks and bankers, $2,196,054; income, about $20,229,893; stamps, $16,420,710; gas, $2,116,006; penalties col- lected, $877,088; excess of gaugers’ fees, $44,829, Total, $116,441,570. The Ways and Means Committee. Messrs. Lieman and Booraem, of New York, were before the Ways und Means Committee to-day, arguing against the tax on sales and whiskey, and also agaiust the “Kish Form Book.” Genera! Butler gave his ylews before the committee relative to bis NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 290, 1870.—TRIPLE bill proposing @ kind of reciprocity treaty with Prince Edward Island. Increase ef Revenge tn the South, Supervisor Perry, of the district of Nortn and South Carolina, reports an increase in the annual assessment list over thal of 1869 of 21 82-100 per cent, with one district to hear from, Weekly Customs Receipts. The followmg were the customs receipts for the week ending May 14: wonees rece renenneeneene: $2484, 745 301,716 178,626 timore... oe = 157,288 New Orleans (for the week ending May 7).. 278,821 San Franciso (for the week ending May 7). 251,467 VE oremmems «+. $8;712,565 Persopal. Senator Stockton and Mrs. Stockton, of New Jersey, celebrated their silver wedding to-night. Although the Senate had ordered an evening session that order was reacinded so as to afford all the Senators invited and so desiring an opportunity to avtend. The joyous occasion was well patronized by oMctals of all political oreeds, and the greatest pleasure reigned. A number of very elegant and copily presents were received from Iriends. TRE GXORGIA CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION. Report of the Senate Judiclary Committee— Ao Insight Into Georgia Radicallam—At- tempt to Influence Senatore—Gevernor Bul- lock’s Course Condemned. : WASHINGTON, May 19, 1870. The Commuttee on the Judiciury, who were in- structed to inquire and report whethec any corrupt and improper means have been used or attempted to infnence Senators on the Georgia question, made a report this afternoon. They experienced mach difficulty in ascertaining the facts, and the examina- tion was protracted by the unwillingness of wit- nesseses who were in & position to Know the truth. The first examined was Mr. James Hughes, from Indiana, who testified that a genticman named ter called on him on the evening of the 2ist of March luat, but he was not positive about the date, Mr. Porter asked him whether he could contro! the vote of Senator Carpenter, Mr. Hughes replied he did not think be could, but he had no doupt he could ascertain how he was going to vote upon any ques- tion of importance. Mr, Porter said that $10,000 in railroad bonds, endorsed by the State of Georgia, could be pat up to seenre his vote against the Bing- ham amendment. Mr, Hughes told Mr. Porter he could not approach Senator Carpenter with any pro- bosition of that sort; but he was satisfied in his own mind he would vote for the amendment. Before Mr. Porter left the room he made some re mark to the effect that the $10,000 was to be divided between Mr. Porter and himself in case of its being done, Mr, Hughes told him he could have nothing to do with such @ transaction. Mr. Haghes subsequently met Senator Carpenter, who suid he wouid vote for the amendment and ayatust the bil, Mr. Hughes then mentioned to him the matter, and suggested that perhaps it was due to himself that he should bring it to the attention of the Senate, He laughed, and replied be had done nothing in the matter, aud did not 80 propose; that in the present state of pubilc feeilag he did no desire the notoriety of having it known that even any person had held him so cheap as to suppose that nis vote could be bought. He afterwards tld Porter that Carpenter said he wonid vote for the ameud- ment aod against the bil, ‘This was the end of the matter. ‘The name is Lewis Porter. He is the finan- cual clerk of the city Post Oftive, The committee next examined Mr. Porter, who denied on oxth having Knowledge of an attempt on the part of any one (0 influence a vote ou the Georgia question or that he bad talked with any one excepl- ing Judge Hugh*s. It was not until a protracied ex- amination that he testified he had conversattous with different persons on the Georgia question and had asked Judge Hughes as to Senator Carpenter's vote. He then asked to be allowed to take legal advice, He wanted to employ Hugues 48 au attorney i the matter. He toid Hughes he could do good. He talked about $5,00v, but there was no positive ar- rangement for this $5,000. Hughes was to look the question over and ascertun the situation and render such aid as he could, Mr. Avery, connectéd with a railroad in Georgia, was In communication with the witness and had $10,000 worth of bonds. Avery was u director in the Brunswick and Albany Rali- road Company, and admitted haviug gone to see Porter, Who Was an active poliiician in the repubil- can party. Avery admitted that he wentto New York to obtain people io write letters io Sensors and had asked twenty men to write to Seuators Conkling and Fenton, and that had cost money. It appears from ihe testimony of Henry M. Atkin- son, s0n-in-law of Senator Tipton, that he was ap- proached by 1. L. Gibbs, an old citizen of Nebraska, and Gibbs said he wouki rather give $1,000, or would rather than $1,000 Tipton would vote against the asmeudment, which the wiiness said he construed as an offer of $1,000 toinduce Tipton to vote against the ameudment. It also appears from Atkinson's testimony that Gibbs manifested great anxiety as wo how Tipton would vote, Ikaac L. Gibba, in his testimony, de- nied he had ever had any authority to offer money. It was only a figure of speech. The commlitee think 1 will be a r of surprise to the reader of tie testimony that the man Gibbs, wio preiended to know 80 little about Georgia, should have so deep an interest in the question. ve C. itor, of Riggs & Co.'s bank, testified that the bank had cashed drafts drawn by Governor Bul- lock in favor of Sykes, Chadwick & Co. on the Georgia National Bank, amoanting to between $10,000 and $11,000, John Sykes, cashier of the hotel kept by Sykes, Chadwick & Oo., testified that after paying Bulloek’s hotel bill $8,569 was placed tn the Governor's hands. 8. Huntington, cashter of the First National Bank, testified that between March 18 and April 21, 1870, they paid $3,503 75 to D. C. Forney on adrait drawn by Governor Bul- lock on the Georgia Nationai Bank, payable to the order of said Forney and endorsed by him. » OC. 1e ate aa of the Daily Morning Chronicle, test! that all the transactions with Bullock were purely of a business character, and ex- hibited his books, showing the transactions between them, $4,459 were paid for printing pamphlets, pub- ilshing speeches and other matters, copies of papers, &e. ,228 of the above amount was pad to the publisher during the present session of Congress, and every Item relates to the Georgia question, Whether the, charges are reasonable, or whether another consideration thin the printing done and the papers and pamphlets furnished may not have mduced Mr. Bullock to pay such prices it will not be diMcuit for the tmpartial reader of the testimony to understand, George A. Bailey, one of the publishers of the Con- gressional Giobe, R. O. Votkinhorn, a practical printer of twenty years’ standing, and W. J. Mur- tagh, the publisher of the ational Republican, testified as to the very Iberal prices pald to D. C. Forney, from which the committee draw the cenclu- sion that one-third of the sum of $4,223 paid to For- ney by Bullock ostensibly for printing and copies of tne paper would have been a liberal compensation, Gevernor Bullock 1n his testimany satd he thought it important for the colored members of the Georzia Legisiature to make some formal expres- sion of their wishes with regard to the Bingham amendment and come to Washingion for that pu e, and he telegraphed them accordingly. Hleven of the thirty-three or thirty- four members came to Washington as the represen- .tatives of the whole of them, and two came who were not members of the Legislature, He sent them from $1,200 to $1,500 to pay their expenses, and only a@small portion of the money was refunded. The amount of money made use of by him from the sth of March to the 21st of Apri! was $14,500, and of tnis amount ee Was paid to Forney and $505 to the Globe, It appears irom Governor Bullock’s testi- mony that there was no special agreemeut with the publisher of the Chronicle for the work done.. He sont the matter to him¥or publication without fix- dng on the price. ‘ A man named George D. Chapman said he could influence the vote of Senator Pomeroy. The Committee had not Phong it advisable to delay thelr report by sending for Chapman, who, trom the teetumony before it assumed he could control a Senator's vow by corrupt means; but having called the attention of Senator Pomeroy to his conversa- tion, as testified to by Governor Bullock, Senator Pomeroy came before the committee and showed Chapman to be unknown to him, save by an intre- ducticu and net exceeding ten minutes’ conversa- tion, and that be was not im any manner connected with eny of the matters through whicn Chapman assumed he could control his vote, and that the pre- text of ee being able to influence him ea way or @ler Was Without a siadow of foun- ation. The committee feel constrained to say, from the evidence before tem, that such means had been used and.ettempted, however unwilling some of the witnesses implicated in the transacifén had shown themselvws to disclose the whole truth. Enough has come out.te satisfy the committee that P. J, Avery both attempted and used improper ;means to in- fluence Senators to vote against the Bingham amend- ment, amd iat Lewis Porter, un officer of the gov- ernment, -unproperly in uudertak: for pay to aid him in Pukpowe. RB. Bullock fe paytay D. ©, Fort Wea er of the Chronicle, haying the patronage government, tripie prices for print- ing pamphiete, and inserting in his paper articles and speeches on.the Georgia question, and the said . C, Forney. in publishing the said articles and speeches, with editorials, concealing the fact that he was paid for the same donbie and triple prices, did use improper means to influence the votes of Sena- tors on the Georgia puestion, There ts no evidence ae ed beg er Seng but it fs not un- easonal Suppose What a mewspaper in the posi- tion of the Chronicle, enjoyiny to some extent the confidence of the ad ration and of the dominant party in oe would have an inttn- ence with Senators, while eamung to act inde- pendently and from @ sense of duty, which 1t would not possess if it were known that the Insertion of many of the articles it publisiied bearing on a pa ing question were paid for at ex- ravagant prices by a erson having an interest to produce a particular reswit, As there is no law for punishing such attempts they must be lefi—and Pte ae it is best they should be leit—~ to the judgment o! ‘an epughvened 1 Ad juss public sentiment, Walch wil) not fail to visit with Its con- ON ONY abierapt of the uve of improper W Miluence the votes o1 @ legislative boty. report 18 signed by Senators ‘frambull, Bd- mu ‘Conkling, Carpenter and ‘Tiurman, ra Hlewart and Kice, in the views presented by them, aay that i+ 18 disclosed by tie testunony that undoubiedly occurred not credit. uble to. the” jes concerned. ‘The investization has been ly directed to the conduct of those opposed to the adoption of the Bingham amend- ment. It was impossib’e, in the limited tine allowed, to give the subject such consideration as it deserved, or to ing in regard to the conduct of the parties in favor ofthe amendment, except as the conduct of Chapman was incidentally inquired into. The report af the majority, so far as Avery and are concerne!, i fully — sus. tained by the orAdance, be is ee Seaegee to connect mator or Governor i100) with the conduct or purposes of any of these men. They cannoé concur tn the report of the majority, wherein attach blame to Governor Buliock for money the Chronicle, as there was not ta the matter ed sarihing that there would be any object in concealing m pudlication. There is no oetance that Governor Bullock had any connection with the editorials. He simply paid the bills, ask! no questions. The dissenting Senators agree the prices were extravagant, and the charges for the Matter were nurdly P ennsor rr in a paper occupying the position of the Cironicie. In conclu- sion, Bay Governor Bullock acted honorably and fairly throughout the whole controversy. In other respects they concur in the report. FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS, Second Session. SENATE. WASHING , May 19, 1870, SUFFRAGE DISTINCTIONS IN RHODE ISLAND. Mr. PomEnoy, (vep.) of Kansas, presented a me- mortal of 300 citizens of Rhode Isiand, representing that im that State there is a aistinction between white male citizens as to the right to vote; naturat- ized citizens bemg denied the ballot unless possessea of $150 worch of real catate, He thought the evit complained of shontd be remedied by Rhode Island amending her legislation; that Congress could not apply any remedy uniess by virtue of the fourteenth amendment. The vasis of repre: ‘ton in that State was reduced, No inequality between white citizens tn the suffrage should be allowed to con- tinue, and he gave notice that he would bring in a bHI on the subject. KILLS AND RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED. By Mr, SuerMan, ( ) of Olio,—Por the admis- sion of photographs for exhibition free of duty. i By Mr. PosBRoy—Amenilatory of the Pre-emption jaws, by Mr. Feyron, (vep.) of N. Y, (by special request )- To regulate tie se eof books dnd papel nd the disposition of the proceeds of tines, pee es and forfeitures incurred wncler the laws relating wo cas- tome, and for other purposes, By Mr. Pomenoy—Requesting the President to open negotiations with tie government of Great Britain, wit a view to ascertain whether a union van be effected of British North American provinces with the United states on torms honorable to both, Laid on the taple and ordered (o be priated, A resolution cating fox postal information was agreed to, ‘i BILLS REPORTED, Mr. SHRRMAN, fiom the Finance Committee, re- ported, with ments, the Dill to reduce taxa- tion. The amer merely of modifica Uons to ave ambiguities, with an aidiitoual seetion authorizing the President, in his discretion, be ala or Consolidate imteraal revenue dis tricts. Mr. RAMSEY, (rep.) of Minn., fromthe Post Onice Committee, reported the Dill of postage with foreign conntrt er Honal postal charges are not established by treati Mr, SvENceR, (rep.) of Ala, from the Commutiee on Commerce, reported the bil to appoint an Ap- praiser of Merchaudise for the port of Mobile, ENPORUING THE VIFTEEN iB At twongy minutes past tw pending DUsiness—tne Fifteonth Amenduy was proceeded wilh, aud Mr, HAMILTON, ) Ma., consiuded his acgument iu Illustration of the unconsiitulional and of the bil, The bil registration, aud r ofticers @ fair trial, because when charged with inter. tering wit: v. colored voier they were to be tried in a United States court, where the marsial who sum- moned the jnry held his position by virtue of his Politics. Under the bill it would not be safe to taik Ww a negro before an election, because he was to have the right, upon Nis single aifidavit, to cause the arrest of any man whom he may charge wiih a supposed interference witit bls rights, Mr. SCHURZ, (rep.) OF Mo,, said that in attacking the legality of the’ ifteenth amendment the demo- cratic meinders had hoisted the true flag of their party and had widened the discussion beyoud mere technical pomts, The republican party was charged With revoluioni¢t~ the constitution of tie country by the fifteenth and other ameadinents. He did not deem it proper to plead “not guilty” to the charge, bat woutd admit the fact. We had passed through a revolution With @ corresponding change of the con- stitution, In illustration of this he contrasted the doctrine of State sovereizaiy and the slavery argu- ments before tae war wiih the present governmental policy m enforcing #fie three great constitutional alnendments, abolisiing slavery, securing the rights of citizenship aud enfranchising the colored race. The wae grew out of a sysiematic viviation of indi- vidual rights by States, {t ended by natioual pro- fectior Mf individual rights in the States. The ncresuity for the bill was manifest in the sudden and violent change inthe coudition of the colored race of the South from siavery to liberty. Some provision Was necessary to secure them against the dictation of their former masters. The Senator from Maryland (Mr. Hamilton) had argued that the con- stitutional amendment prohibiting ceriain powers to States, conferred no new power upon Congress, but overlooked the fact that in the ifieeuch amendment the provision Was expressed that Conyress reserved the right to enforce iv by appropriate legislation. ‘The bill Was in uccordance with that provision, But if ever so periect tt would be objected to by demo- crats upon old Ciga sige’ and State rights princi- ples, because the bill “lMmited the wer of & State to deprive a man of his rights. He (Mr. Shurz) would give to the State governmenw as much power as was compatible with the safety or the general government, He was strenuously op- posed to all undue accumulation of powers in tie general governmeni anid still more to ali centraliza- tlon of administrative functions, and thought the republican party would de well to direct, rather than resist the currest of popular opinion on that question. The revolution nad not abolished the legitimate sphere of State rights. Lf his democrauc friends would dispense with legislation like that now proposed they would acdivise the friends in the South to act fairly with the colored men and not run themselves by vainly,resisting the inevitable. Ths Would accomplish much more for self-government than all their lugubrious maledictions, and would matecially prove their chances of success, Mr. Poot, (rep.) of N. C., then took the floor, He satd the bill Was proposed a8 4 means of securing the rights of an elector under the fifteenth amend- ment when those rights were denied by the omis- Sion of a State to make laws to execute them, and, therefore, was directed not to the State, hut to each. citizen, He held that for the purpose of securing liberty Congress had the right to go into any of the States. The amendment might be abridged by one citizen compelling another under threat or dnduce- meut to discharge or employ him, to vote in a pare ticular way, or by erganizations jormed for the pur- ose. He gave uctice of an amendment to provide for such cases, The juries in communities where the offences were committed were often composed of the friends of the men indicted. Therefore, he would have such offences tried before the District Courts of the United States. He held that the pre- rogatives of citizenship could not safely be left to the caprice of the States. Mr. Mower, (rep.) of Mich., said the right of the black man fo Vote in the late Insurrectionary States Was now, avd would be for half a century, the great safeguard by.which peace and the national authority Was to be matntatnéd there. He believed that if the leaders of the rebellion snould at no distant day gain control of the South we would have to fight the war over again. Notwithstanding the Southern peopie had failed to attatn the reat object of their rebellioa— national independence—and had lost their property and high boasting spirit, they had not, and would not for five generations to come, lose their unquench- able, trradtcable hatred of Northern socicty and government. inthe event of a foreign war we would see a disposition South to join the enemy for the pur- pose of putting down this government, for which they entertain so bitter a detestation. He then pro- ed to reply to Mr. Ferry, and quoted from the mimittee on Reconstruction in 1866 to show that that Senator's position was in antagonism with that of the republican party North and South. Universal amnesty would one day bring back to these halls Jefferson Davis and the ringleaders of the rebeilion te rehateh and revivify the lost cause. He would never consent to place his own name on the same list of yeas and nays with those of Davis, Breckinridge ana Toombs. Personal pride would forbid his ailation with perjured traitors and the enemies of his country. ‘THE GEORGIA CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION. Withont concluding Mr. Howerd yielded the floor to Mr, TRUMBULL, (rep.) of Ti, who made a report from the Judiciary Commiitee ‘upon the resolution directing inquiry as to whether corrupt means had been used to Influenge votes of Senators on the Georgia bill. He sald the report was unanimous, except so far as it was modified by the statements of two members Of the committee, it was ordered to be printed, At haif-paet four o'clock the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON, May 19, 1870, CANNON FOR A SOLDIER'S MONUMENT, Mr. HILt (rep.).of N. J., imtroduced a bili donating four condemned ¢annon and fifty cannon balls to the Morris county (N. J,) Soldiers’ Monument Asso- ciation, Passed, MEXICAN TREATY OBLIGATIONS. Mr. CONNOR, (dem) of Texaa, offered a resolution instructing the Commitee on Foreign Affairs to in+ quire and report what action is necessary to compel Mexico to fulfil her treaty obligations with the United Males; aud algo Progenied the resolutions of ihe SHEE . Texas Legivlature complaining of Mexico for harbor- Ing outlaws and hostile ne Parc SALB OF GOVEINME! Mr. Lowan, (rep.) of Hl., from the Committee on Miittary Affairs, reported a bili for the sale of the buitdings and grounds of the United States Arsecals atk me, N. ¥.; Vergennes, Vi.; Fay tteville, N. Mount Vernon, Ala, and Uhatiahoovnie, Fla; ‘he captured ee and er tok rd | United States at Shreve; » Le Jef. fe'son, ‘Texas, and in Marion and Dbvis counties, | bi a amy YN NAVY YARD. REMOVAL OF THE BROOKL' a | Mr. SLocum, «dem.) of N. Y,, asked consent for the Committee on’ Naval Affairs to report at any tne the bill for the removal of the Brooklya Navy Yurd, but objection was iade by Mr. Wood ant others, PUBLIC GROUNDS AT FORT PORTER. Mr. Bennerr, (rep.) of Mich., introduced @ jot resolution to permit the Park Commissioners of Buttalo, N. Y., to improve and beautify the public ie kaon nae vore Porter, in connection Bue e pul © Park to be laid out om land jomning suc! grounds, a. ba DECLINE OF AMRRICAN COMMSRCE. ‘The House proceeded in the morning hour to the consideration of the Ulll wo revive the navigation and commercial interests of the United States, Mr. LYNCS, (rep.) of Me., giving nettes that be would not press it to @ vote belore ffuesday next. Mr. HALL, (rep.) of Me, addressed the House in support of the bill, reviewing the history of the de- cune of American tonnage, and arguing against the repeal of the Navigation laws as a thing which would give the fatal biow to American Duliding, MR. ALLISON, (rep.) of Iowa, opposed the bill, be- cause in his judgment it did net propose to revive foreign commeree, or, at least, it would not have that effect, while il did @ greut many things that it ought not todo. To vote a subsidy to shipbutiders aud shipowwers tn the coasting trade, as the fir-t section virtually did, in allowing a drawback of duty on ail shipbuilding materials, was to put their hands into the pockets of the people without any reason whatever, he argued. Asto the impracticability of an honest execation of the drawback system, as pro- posed in the bill, he beueved that under the opera- Hon of the first section $20,000,000 would be taken out of the Treasury in five years, and that the gen- eral edect of the bill Would be not to promote: forcign trade, but to entich those engaged in wiat was ically the coasting trade, Tee morning hour expired and the bill went over unui Tuesday next. BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED. By Mr. SaRomn’, (rop.) of Cal.—To facilitate the transmission of Asiatic, Australian and Kuropeau merchandise igh) and aeross the territory of te United States; propostug Custom Mouse facilities, By Mr. Woopw ako, (dem.) of Pa.—Amendatory of several acts for the removal of causes in certain cases from State cou By Mr. AXTELL, (dew interest of the United city of San Francisco, By Mr. CLARK, regs 8 ‘Texas—To reorgat Judicla district of ‘Texas, fy ) of Cal.—To relinquish the States to certuun lends to the the Ps Ne On motion of Mr. PorrEr, (rey ., the Sen- ate joint resolution turning over to the New York Quarantine Commissioners the steamer [limos was tuken (rom the Speaker’s table and passed, The House at fiity minutes pase one went ivto Conumuttee of the Whole, Mr. Ingersoll 1a the chair, and took up the Cag D DIPLOMATIC APPROPRIATION BILL. Yr nuttee ‘ne bill, he said, app - twas $177,697 less than for the current ye The appropriation for the mission to Paraguay was omitted because there Was no gove ment there that tue United States could ‘The commitiee had followed the precedent of iast year tn providing that the Minster Resident at the seppane Lamania should also be accredited to Uruy atth fh the administration mod it 3 Sligitest. reason for adding that expense to We current expenses of the government. Mr. Porras, (rep.) of N. ¥., agreed entirely with his colleague (Mr. Cox) in reference to the propre of aboitshiny a!! diplomatle Uniss10u8, As Lo The OD Jechiou urged by the gentleman from Massachu ets (Mr. Dawes), he did mot anderstand that a Minister Was wont to Hugland, France or Germany to sub- Serve ny comuioreial purpose, Oon-ular agents Si nied Lo that bosne s. Me would like to know Wha: duty Miniters ab 4 ever had to di chaige except to ence ican vistors when they we wo fovig als, That they did not do it very hintsomey was not their fault, becanse bey had oot the me fo do it. ii ministers were to be kept for comity sake, then, of all \ ia here shoud be & minister at Rome. There was what reat spiritual power whose fjusiuence reached to tie vem: u 4 & power fo which # large people belonged, and on was at Romo, if auyw Test corner of the earth, ition of the American '¥ principle of comity tt re, Mat a minister should be sent. Mr. Brooxs, (leu tleman froin’ Ma )of N. Y., remarked that the gen- ius tts (Mr. Dawes) developed the real source of his opposiiion to the amendment in stating that his resistaace arose from the fact tras Rome was a spiritual Power, ‘This was te whole secret and source of the opposition, He was glad to have so frank an avowal made, The nieman from Massachusetts did not hesi- te at all to make appropriions for Tur- key, which was almost altovether a spiritual Power, and quite as ap ritual 48 that of Rome, gov- erned as tanich, if not more, by relisious authority, and he showed by his assertions aud by his action that he preferred the Moslem, tn point of fact, to the Christian; that, in his mind, Turkey was pre- jerabie to Rome. That was the Whole source und foundailon of the opposit’on which had sprang up ou the other side of the House to the authority of Rome becwuse 16 was a spiritual Power. bot Rome was @ temporal as wel as % spiritual Power, and there was more business done with the city of Kome through the artists of this country than there was with Costa Rica and several ovi?r places to which mintsters Were allowed by this bill, perhaps more than there was with Gree He would beg the gen‘leman from Massachusetts, who cepresented the Puritan ele ment in the Ho vse, from whieh element alone this op. position sprang, to throw by, as he liimself did, his religious eductation nad look to higher motives and tmpulses tian those wiich he had stated wo the House, it wes of the Ughest importance, in & bustness point of view, that they should eacourage immigration to, and immigration from, and con- stant representation ai the city of Rome, It was the headquarters of and artists, aud if there was one thing of which this country was more destitute than anything else tt was of tiste cud ot the means of cultivating lasty, WNC Such great capitals as Rome could ony aiford, was the beau Tul pietures of Raphae! and other magnificent artists, and heantiful sculptors and glories of Rome that inspired the aritsts of this country and enabied them to produce (ho .€ beautiful objects of art, by which in the course of time this country should become the rival of France or Belgium, Mr. BINGHAM—I regret Very much tat the gentie- man from New York ins seen fit, in replying to the objections made to the propered amendment, to im- pute to this side of the. House any atsposition to persecute Rome on aecount’ of the pe religions nottons entertained by ie ; the Papal States, That was un- Worthy of the gentleman and he would have done well (o inform the House, 1astead of making such an appeal a3 that 10 passion or to prejudice, in- stead of meking any such bid as thot for the vote of Auy rel gious sect in America—(Several members— “That is it, the country wh asion there is for apy other representation in Rome than that whieh is alresdy provided for in this bill, The bt'l appropriates for @ coustd at Rome, and that auswers at once the gen- gestion that there ts any intendment, ‘vy wo 1 & Minister to Uruguay. [f taat fon should be confirmed by the Senate an amend:nent to the bill would be necessa Appre- poations were omiited for the consulates at Odessa, Revel and Moscow, useless or nearly § being—Moscow, $20; Ode 9) He said he would offer a proviso item for coutingent expenses, re- quiring vouchers in all cases to he pre sented to the proper accounting officers of the ‘Treasury, the certificate of the President not to be deemed & proper voucher. He explatued this at some lengtit as referring to (he expenditure of che Secret Service fund, and read a@ certificate of President Johnson, authorizing the allowance o. $106,610, which he was informed and believed hal been spent in connec- tion with the St. Domingo treaty; $93,280 of 16 was paid back tothe Treasury. He was w'so informed that a like cerifleute from Pre-ident Grant had re- cently been given for nearly one Landret thou dollars for the sane pw p no more wanted St. Domtugo thin they had wanted Alaska—an act but ove degree removed from actual insanity. Ifthe government were io establish a naval Station at St. Domingo it would have to estal- Ash @ navy equal io that in power to any other notion; otherwise that navy would be an eic- ment of weakuess, not of stengit. In case of war with any grout maritime Powe: Domingo woul + be immediately wrested irom the United Sl Uuless it had @ navy equal in jorce to defend tt; be- wides It woud add largely to the expenditure of te United States to govern the island, and he did not believe the people were willing to be taxed for aay such purposes. ff St. Domingo were taken tt would have to be taken with ali its encumbrances. The United States would have to pay its pudlic debt. ‘That debi was represented as being only oue million five hundred thousand dollars, but’ Buez had issued nations! bonds amounting io more than fiiteen million dollars, some putting the amount as high as filty million doilars. Why did they want St. Domingo’ It would be aa elewent of weakuess, not of strength, even if the Catted States could get tt without taking charge of acivil war there, The experiment of annexing St. Domingo had been tried with Spain, with what re- sult would be seen by an srucle which he read Troma late niuaber of the New York Sun, Having disposed of the St, Domingo question, Mr. Keiseyy proceeded to criticise the whole system of making estimates and appropriating tne public money, whieh he characterized as defective, loose and extrava- gant. Reterring to the recent election in New York, he wes not surprised at the success of the demo- cratic party there, as more than half the federal pa- ee Was given to the adhereuts of fammany all. Mr. Woopwarp asked him whether he meant that any administration could be more intolerant tian kY—If to leave more than half its r positions and frequently to appoint its enenues to office be Intolerant, then 1 concede that the present administration is intolerant. Mr. ELDRUDGE, (dem) of Wits.—Will_ the gentleman specify some of the Incumbents to whom he refers? Mr. Kersey—The gontleman cannot yet me “inio & controversy over names. Mr. Woop, (dem,) of N. Y., replied briefly to some remarks of Mr. Kelsey, reflecting on the preseus secretary of State, and said that noue of his prede- cessors Was more conscientious in regard to the law and to the efficiency of the office than Hamilton Pish, A member inquired of Mr. Wood whether he en- dorsed the course of the Secretary of State in reia- tion to Cuba, Mr. Woop said he did not, nor in regard to St. Domingo, either. He thought tue course of the ad- mluistration in both these respects unwise aud un- pops aud would be condemned vy the American peopie. Mr. BANKS, (rep.) of Mass., chairman of the Com- mitiee on Foreign Affairs, opposed the withdrawal ofthe Consulate from Odessa, that being @ very im. portant grain port. He also opposed the witharawal of the mission from Paraguay. A Minister was ne- cessary there, pow that Brazil was preparing to swaliow up that republic, to watch events and to re- port facts to his government. He was also opposed to the proposition requiring accounts to ve furuished of the expenditures of the Secret Service fund. As to St. Domingo, he said that the non-possession by the United States of a naval station tn the late war prolonged the war, and thereby swelled the expen- diture of ufe and treasure, Mr. LOGAN satd he was prepared to give reasons why St. Domingo and Its half-naked savages should not be annexed, General debate, however, was closed, and no such opportunity was afforded to Mr. Logan. ‘The cominittee proceeded to consider the bill by sections for amendment, Mr. Brooxs, (dem) of N. Y., moved to strike out Guatemala and insert Rome as a place for a minister resident, and advocated the motion In beyalf, as he said, of the most venerable city in the worid, in be- half of art and artists, 2nd in belalf of American travelters, who wished to have their country repre- sented there, Tae amendment was rejected—45 to 77. Mr. Banks moved to insert Rome without strikin; out any other place. The omission of Rome would be considered by a portion of the American people lutentiona!, He did not wish that. Besides ihat, one of the great religious convulsions of the world was approaching, aud the United States should at least have a representative there to jurnish accurate reports of those great ev: Wanspiring there. ©. Cox, (dem.) of Y., smatained the amend- ment offered vy Mr. Banks. It had been considered in the he ish Parliament recentiy whether it would not be better in this age of telegraphs and ratiroads to wipe out the Whole diplomatic system, and the general belief tn Great Britain and Europe was that 1t would be wiser to delegate matters connected with diplomacy to special embasstes appointed from time to time by the several governments, and thus save the expense, trouble and complication. of Rome as the virihplace of Christianity. Mr. Hoan, (rep.) of Mass., suggested Nazareth. Mr. Cox suid he was speaking of ancient Chris- tianity, not of the modern Protestantism, or modern transcendentalism or modern free loveism of Masaa- chusetts. (Laughter.) If the House could vote Min- iswrs to Greece and Turkey ‘tt Geto might vole a minister to hold a flag at Rome over American artists and travellers who sought that aucient seat of learntog, art and religion. Mr. Dawes, (rep.) of Mass., sald he wasjopposed to the amendment, because none of the purposes for whieh ministers were sent abroad seemed to require it. Ministers to thes aud other nations were ac. eredited to commercial nations with whom there was commercial intercourse. With Rome there was nO commercial intercourse. It was a sui generis power, having nothing to do with the commercial world. The chief ground upon whtch his colleague (Mr. Banks) urged his amendment was that Rome Was @ spiritual power. But the on'y method of preserving peace and harmony with such a power Was to abstain from all political connection wh it, The State Department had not, and no branch of the government had suggested the idea of renewin; diplomatic relations with Rome. That mission hi been abolished some years ago because it had been found entirely useless and Wholly on oue side, without reciprocation or gbility’ to reciprocate on the olicr side, He Rot 60 the mswlates at those places being the fees collected there last year li, to strike atthe people on account of thetr peculiar religious tenets, Rome needa no particular eulogy at the hands of gen- temen who suppose that ttat particu ar religious sect supports at present the democratic organization of this country, for the recents events have shown to rei nien that that Power itself is no longer @ umt and cannot be. The syllabus recently uttered by the head of that organization is a declaration of principles which, I venture to say, the gentleman from New \ ork dare not endorze ant o home among his people, It is an attempt to fetter the freedom of conscience; it is an attempt to fetter tne freedom of speech; it is an attempt to strike down the rising aniagonism ag t every despotism on the face of the earth, in tne form of re- presentative governments, foremost among which is America, the child and the hope of the earth's old age. Talk to me at this time of day about Rome being the patron of science and the mother of arts! Why, sir, there is this day more of that genius which makes even the marble ttseif wear tne divine beauty of Ife, more of that power to-day in living America than ever was dreamed of in Roine, living or dead. (Growing excitement.) Why then talk at this time of day shout dignifying that atte princl- pality with a resident minister from the United States? Bo hot the gentlemen know that the foremost of alt the inen raised in the faith of the Church of Rome (and I dmit (hat she has bred many great and nob.e men who knew how to make humanity itself b autl. ful by the sacrifice of martyrdom) uttered the word wile under the ben of Charles the Fifth, Leo the ‘Yenth and Menry the by aa which speaks to-day ail over Christendom, refer to the Augustine monk who found out for himself, and repeated to mankind, tue great central fact which to day pos- sesses the enlighteped wind of the nineteenth cen- tury, that no mitred head may in the grace of God or of divine right interpose its dark shadow between man and his Maker. (Excitement.) Under the omnipotent power of that utterance every (hee Whether in Rome or out of Jt, holds to-day e re.ns of power with @ tremulous and unsteady hand, and the day is not fur distant when the very throne of his power shall turn to dust and ashes before the consuming brea‘h of the entie! tened pub- lle opinion of the civilized world, which for tree governmen' churches, free hows, tree Bibles free men. (fsgnaation.) it, DAWES, In reply Mr. eg cme ae = posed it was neccesary that gentleman to ‘egent the opposition to the amendment. He Dawes) had certainly put hts opposition on no grounds as the pecullar religious tenets hel@ by the power to which this Minister ee peepee to be sent. ‘That genticman had said that he (Mr. Brooks) had laid aside his religious character assumed that of tie ere e He «Mr. Dawes) had not. He had not found it hecessary to the course of his public duty to lay aside any religions tenets that he might hae, gentleman from New York had found it necessary the more was the pity. (Laughter.) If that gentieman found in any past poliucal an- inst the whole class of persons ous tenets about which he now 0 zealously the necessity to ‘lo works r repentence, "he (Mr. rene had the ad- vantage of him in that respect, He (Mr. Dawes) never belonged to any Know Nothing organization, (Laughier.) He had never set up that it was against u enius or the salety of the nation to give politt- eal rights to a foreigner of any political or religious tenets, and therefore he did not find it necessary either to lay aside his religious character or to do violence to the principles or theory of the government in order to atone for any such absurdity as that. (Triumphant laugh- ter on the republican side of the House.) He had put his opposition to the amendment on other grounds, and considered the reasons which lay .&t the bottom of seuding a Minister eny where to we if thoy existed at Rome. He did yet Wand oh suel slippery ground as rendered it ne ess him to prociaim any love or hatred for that Choarch, and therefore he could look at the question of sending &. Minister to Rome, just as he could at the question of sending a Minister to England or any of the German. States, Mr. Covone, (rep.) of Pa., rose to make some re- marks amid much laughter and several suggestious as too Ahab and Benhadad; his remarks were of a polttical, not of a Biblical character. He said that when ho was taking lessons ta Know Nothingtsm. the gentleman from New York (Mr. Brooks) was their great head centre. (Laughter.) He (Mr. Brooks) was the man who edited the paper to light them on their way. He was after the Catholics then, but now he had got into a locality where he wanted. Catholic votes. “Why he had taken that side and brought up the religious question to-day he (Mr. Covode) did not know, uniess it was because ibe greet Council at Rome had proclaimed tue tnfa'll- bility of the Pope, and the gentieman from New Yor! wanted t get under the Pove’s wing that be migh' a ree hereafter, (Laughter on both sides of the louse, Mr. Voorers, (dem.) of Ind., took Mr. Dawes to task for making the charge of Know Nothingism against Mr. Brooks, well kuowing that that gentle- man had disclaimed the charge three times in his Presence, The gentleman froin Massachusetts had Said that he had not laid aside his religion, but if he had brought to the House any of the wisdom whick, the Saviour preacied on earth, amy of the charity or Christian forbearance, tt had hot been trike ingiy exemplified. The religton which he had no! laid aside, he presumed, was that which he in- herited from is ancestors, who burned witches in Massachusetts, He presumed that brought here the reflected glare of the bui oon. venis which the Know Nothings set on fire in his State in 1804 or 1855. This was an outburst of the old Know Nothing spirit which broke up the convents aud burned the Catholtc churches, and would have burned Catholics themselves at ‘the stake, a3 it burned the witches of Now England, had it dared to do 80. The declarations of the gentleman from Onto (Mr. Bingham) had not surprised him, for he had every reason to believe that that gentleman hud sonism of his aga no friegdship for Catholics or for the iM - gion. hea no reason by that “hls heart was ever tender towards them. He had no reason to belleve that the charity of e extended to one of them in sufferti ae spelt ‘There was one in his record or le or | Soe thal and bitter declamations against Rome, (Excite- went.) There was no reason ii the past history of Rome why this oantry should not wold diplomatic relations with her. It was so full of glory thas the children of the schools spoko of it, and the ancteut and gray-headed Professors spoke of it, and the savants roughout the earth spoke of It. The country ‘of Cicero and vwesar certainly cow: mended itself so Jar as history was concerned. It Was its present title, its religious aspect, that wag arraigned and assatied here, and the American gove ernment would be advertised all over the earth Surrendering diplomatic relations with a govern- ment because of tts religious faith. Gentlemen o| the other side might fatter themselves now th they had the negro to take the place of foreigner, Ta his own State it was alveady hera} CONTINUED ON TENTH PAGR wt