The New York Herald Newspaper, June 14, 1870, Page 3

WASHINGTON Rich Developments in American Diplomacy. wee The Manner of Negotiating Treaties in St. Domingo. (3% The President’s Message on the " Conflict in Cuba. Strong Grounds Against Cuban Belligerency. MORE LAND GRABS ATTEMPTED, | The Naturalization Bill Rushed Through the House. WASHINGTON, June 13, 1870, The Message ef the President on Cuban Af- r fairs. ‘The President sent the following message to the two houses of Congress to-day:— To THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:— gin oy aunual message to Congress, at the begi Ding of its coe session, Freierred to the contest ‘which had then, for more than a year, existed in the island of Cuba between a portion of its inhabitants = the government of Spain, and to the feelnus Gy Aupppan es of the peopie and goverument of (he United States for the people of Cuba, as for all peoples struguling for ltberiy and self-government, and said that the contest hus at no time assumed the conditions which amount to war in the sense of international Jaw, or which would show the exist- ce of a de facto political organization of the in- rgents sufficient to justify a recogcnition of beili- gerency. During the six months which jiave passed wince the date of the message the cordition of the insurgents bas not improved, and fire insurrectioa iiself, although not subdued, exhibits no sigus of advance, but seems to be confined to an irtegular Bystem of hostilities carried on by small and ily armed bands of nen, roaming, without conceutra- “hon, through the woods and the sparsely popuated regions of the tsland, attacklug trom ambush cons voys and ama!l bands of troops, burning plautations aud the estates of those not sympathizing with weir cause, Gut if the insurrection has not gained ground it 1s equally true ttiat Spain las not suppressed it, Cur mate, disease and the occasional bulet have worked westruction among the sokiiers of Spain, and although the Spanisp au horiiies have possesston of every seaport and every town on the istaud they Dave not been able to subdue the hostile feeing which has driven a con-idevable muniver of tive inhabitants of the island to armed 1 against Spain, and still leads tiem to endure tie angers and privations of tie roaming Iie of a ‘uerilla. On either side the contest fas been con- ucted and is still carried on With a lamentable di regard of human life anc 0; the usages and practices Which modern civilization hus prescribed in mit Uon of ihe nevessary liorrurs of War. The torch of Spaniard and Cuban are alike busy in ca: ryinmg devastation over fertile regions, Mu erous and revengeful decrees are issued and executed by both pariies, Count Vainia- feda and Colonel Boit, on ihe part of Spain have each startied humanity and aroused the indig, nation of the civilized world by the execution eaci ‘ofa score of prisoners at a ume; willie General Qu sada, the Cuban chief, coolly, and wiih apparent ua- Consciousness of aught else than a proper act, has admitted the slaughter, by his own deliverate order, ip one day of upwards of G0 prisoners of war. A Bummary trial, with few, if any, escapes from con- viction, followed by immediate execution, 13 the ia ‘of those arrested On elther side on suspicion of ini delity to the cause of the party making the arrest. Whatever may be the syupatiiles of the peop.e or of the government of the United States for tke cwuse ov Obdjecta for which a part of te jpeo- pie of Cuba are understood to have — put themselves in armed resistauce to tae governm: it of Spain, there can be no just symparay in a cuu- fict cariied on by both partes Aline in sueK Larbar- us violation of the rues of civilized nations, and with such continucd outrages upon the plainest prine ciples of humanity. We cannot discriminate ia our censure of their mode of conducting the coniest be- tween the Spaniards aid the Cubans. ach commit the same atrociites, and outrage alike the_estav- dished rules of war. bis gig ahd of many of our citizens has been destroyed or embargoed. ‘Yhe iives oi several have been sacrificed, and tie liberties of Others have been restrained. In every case that has come to the Knowledge of the government an early wid earnest demand forreparation aud imdemnity has been made, and most emphatic reiwonstrance Nis been presenied agaist tic manuer in wiih tue sliife 1g Condacted, atid against the reckless dist garda of buinan ie, the wanton destractiog of mate- ria) weaitn and the cruel <isregard ol tae e>tab- ished rules of civilized warfare. Thave since the beginning of the present session of Congress communicated to the House of Repre- Benialives, at Llheir request, Bn account of the steps Which 1 had taken in the hope of bringing this sad conflict fo an end and for securing to the people of cuba the blessings and the rignt of muepeudeni sel-government. ‘he efforts thus made failed; put Not, Without an assurance from Spain that the guod oflices of tals governmeut might gui! avail for the objects to whicit they had been addressed, Dorng the whole contest the remarkable exhibi- tion has been made of large numbers of Cubans es- caping from the island and, avoiding the risks of war, congregating in this country at a safe distanc®™ from the scene of danger and endeavoring to make war from our owo shores, to urge our peopie tuto the fight which they avoid and to embroil this goy- ernment in complications and pussibie ho tities with Spain. it cau scareeiy be dowyted Wat this last result js the real objecc of these parties, although « ‘ally covered under whe deceptive and apparently piausible demand ior a mere recognition of beiligerency. It is siated, on what I have reason to regard a3 good auhority, that Cuban bonds have been prepared to a large amouut, whose payment is made dependent upon the reeog- nition by the United States of either Cuban velit werency or indepeudence. ‘The object of making thew value thus entirely contingent upon ihe w Gf this government ig a subject for serious r ion. In deiermining the co to be adopted on me demand tius made for a recoguiiion of belll- werency, the liverai and peaceful principles adopie bythe kather of His Country and tue eminent sta: Men OF his days, followed by succeeding Chiet Mag: trates and the men of their day, may furnish a site guide to those of us now charged witit te direction and control of the public satety. om 1789 to 1515 the domumiant thougm of our siatesinea Was to Keep the United States out of the wars which were devas- tating Europe. The disctission of meusures of neu- Wality begins with the Siate papers of Mr. Jetferson, when he was Secretary of State. He shows that they are measures of national right as well as of national duty; that misguided individual citizens cannot be tolerated in making War according to their own caprice, passious and interesis or foreiga sympathies; that the agents of foreign governments, recognized or unrecognized, canuot be per- Initted to abuse our hospitality by usurping the functions of enlisting or equippmg military or naval forces within our territory. Wash- ingtou inaugurated this pollcy of neutrality and of absolute abstinence from all foreign eplangiing alliances, which resulted tn 1704 in the tirst municipal enactment for the obsery- ance of neutrality. The duty Of opposition to Miibustering has been admitted by every President, Washington encountered the efforts of Genet and the French revolutionisis; John Adams the projects of Mieranda; Jeiferson the schemes of Aaron Burr; Madison and subsequent Presidents had to deal with tue per of foreign enlistment or equipment in the Uni.ed States; and since the days of John Quincy Adams it has been the constant care of the government in the United States to prevent prratical expeditions againet the feeble South American re- Publics from leaving our shores. In no country are men wanting for any enterprise that holds out promise of adventure or gain. In the early days of our national existence the whole Con- tinent of America outside of the United States and its Islands, were colonial dependencies upon jEuro- pean Powers, The revolutions which, trom 1810, Spread almost simultaneously throughout the Span- jeh-American contineatal colonies, resulted in the establishment of new States, lke ourselves of Buropean origin and interest in excluding European politics and the question of dynasty and of balances of power from further influence in the New World. The American policy of neutratity, important before, became doubly so m the fact that it became ap- Pileable to the new republics as well as to the mother country, It then devolved upon us to determine the great international question, at what time and under what circumstances to recog- nize a new Power as entitled to pfice among tue Tamily of nations, a3 well ag the preliminary ques- ton of the attitude to be observed by this govern- ment towards the insurrectionary party pending the contest. Mr. Monroe concisely expressed the rule which has controliea the action of this govern- ment with reference to a revolting country pending its struggle by saying:—‘‘Aa soon as the inovement assumed such a steady and consistent form as to make the success of the provinces probable, the rights to which they were entitied by the laws of ua- ous a8 equal parties to a civil war were extended ‘to them.’? ‘The strict adherence to this rule of public polioy has been one of the highest honors of American giatesmanehip and has secured to this government the coniidence of the feeble Powers of this continent, ond which inclined thém to rely upon lis friend- ship, in the absence of ali signs of conquest, and to Jook tothe Uulted States for example and moral NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1870.-TRIPLR SHEET. Is haa given to thie government @ inence and of tnf y Saenee niuence which it should questions a! emancipated colonies or colonies still subject to Baropean dominion the question of beliigerency is One Of fact, not to be decided by sympathies for or Pagiucice Qgalnst cither party. The relations tween ihe present state Of the insurgents must amount in fact to war in the sense of ternational law, luting, though flerce and pro- ractga, doos not alone CA Mt ‘have must, be military” tai ees Wow A nUouuglle BE Tie pie ae custome of war, flags + Be (ceca BX0 e rigoners, &6., &Cy us! vecognit oh wise there must be aboye ali & a fael organization of the insurgents, f Deliig political suMicient ti character and resources to constitute, if left to itself, @ State among nations, capatle of discharging the duties of @ State, aud of meeting tife Just responsib.livies it may incur as such toward other Powers in the disel argo of its natfoual duites, Apply;ng the best information which Ihave beeh ablesto gather, whether from oficial or unomeial sources, Inchuding the very exagyerated sutemenly Which each party gives % all that may prejudice the ODPAwIte GT Rive Sreait tO Its own side of the question, Jam upable w see in the present condition of the contest in Cuba those elements which are requisite to constitute war i the sense of interuational law. ‘The insurgents hold no town or city, have no estabhahed seat of government; they have no prize courts, nO organizauion for the receiving or collect. jug of revenue, NO seaport to which a prize inay be carried, or through which can be had bya foreign Power to the limited interior territory and mountain fastnesses which they occupy. The existence of a legislature representing any ee is more than doubtful. In the uncertainty that hangs around the entre tusur- rection there 1s No probable eviaence of auy clection of an, delegated authority or of any government outside the limits of the camps occupied trom day to day by the moving companies of msurgent troops. ‘There 1s MO commorce, no trade, elther interual or Toreigily ho manufactures, The late commander-tn- chief of the insurgents, having recentiy come to the United Siates, pub:tely declared that ‘all commercial dutercourse or wade with tke exterior world has been utterly cut of,” and he turtuer added, *to-day we have not (en thousand arms in Cuba.” It is @ well established principle of public law that a recognition by @ foreign state of belligerent rights of insurgents under circumstances such 4s now exist 1 Cuba, if not justified by necessity, Is a gra- tuitous demonstration of moral support to the revel- hon, Such necessity may yet hereatter arise, but it had not yet arisen, nor is its probabHity clear to be seen, If it be war between Spain and Cuba, and be recognized, it is our duty to provide for the conse- quences whic May ensue in the cmparrassinent of our commerce and interference with our revenue. If belligerency be recognized the commercial mariue of the United Staves becomes liable to search and to sciaure by the Cou missioned cruisers of boih parties, They become sutyect to the adjudication of prize courts, Our large coastwise- trade between the Atlantic and the Gulf States, and between both, aud the Isthmus of Panama and the States of Souta America, engaging the larger part of our commercial marine, passes, o! necessity, aimost 10 sight of the island of Cuba, Under the treaty with Spain of 1795, as well as by the laws of nations, our vessels Will be liable to visits on the high seas, In Lhe case of belligereucy the carrying of contrapand, whica now 18 lawful, becomes iiable to the risks of seizure and condeinnation, ‘The present government becomes relieved from responsibility for acis doue in the insurgent ‘ferri- tory, aud acquires the right to exercise towards neutral commerce all the powers of a party to a lnaritine war, To what consequence the exercise of those poweis may lead is a guestion which I desire to commend to the serious con- sideration of Congress. In view of the gravity of this question I have deemed it my duty to invite the atention of the war-making powers of the coun- ivy to all the relauions and bearings of the quest.on dn coune: ion With the declaration of neatrality aud the granting of beiigeren: rights, There is not a de racto sovernment in the island of Cuba sufMcient t execule laws to maintain just relations with owner nations, Spain has not been able to suppress ihe pposition to Spanish rule on the island nor to. award speedy justice to other nations or citizens of omer nations when their rights bave been mvaded, There are serions complications growing out of the sclaure of American Vessels upon the high seas, aay | American citizens without proper trial aud confiscating or embargolng the property of Amerivan citizens. Sulemu protests have been made against every infraction of the rights of individual citizens -of the United sStutes or the rights of our flag upon the high seas, and atl proper steps have heen taken and are pressed for the proper repera- tion of every indignity complained of. The ques tion of belligereney, however, which is to be de- cided upon défiiite principies aud according to as- certamned facts, w entirely diferent from and uncon- nected with fine Other questions of the manner in which the strife 1s carried on on both sides, and the treatment of our ertizens entitled to protection. These questions concern our own dignity and re- Spousibility, aud they have been made, as 1 have said, the subject of repeated communications with Spain oud of proiests and demands for redress on our part. It is that these will not be disre- hale the #ubjeck of & further coumwunicaon. 19 Congress, U.S. GRANT, EXcUTIVE MANSION, June 13, 1870. How the Message Was Received in Congress— Feeting Amoug the People. The special message of the President relative to Cuba reached the House’ayout three o'clock, but was not read until after the passage of the River and Harbor Appropriation bill, about half-past four. As soon as the subject of the message was announced the members were all attention, and the House was as still agdeath. Every word was taken in and Measured. General Banks looked surprised and annoyed, and was quite restiess in his seat when it became apparent that the message Was nothing less than an attempt at a reply to his own report upun Caba. The reading of the message occupied half an hour, during all of which time it was easy to dia- tmguish an expression of mingled surprise and regrei upon the faces of the members, As soon as the Clerk had finished General Banks was on his feet, with half a dozen other members. Being the chair- man of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Banks was recognized by the Speaker, to the exclusion of others anxious to catch his eye. He moved that the mes- sage be laid upon the tavle and printed. Sam Cox, in seconding the motion, took occasion to say that this was @ most extraordinary document and came to ihe House at a strange time, just on the eve of the cousi eration of (he report nade to the House by the Foveign Affairs Committee on the same subject. He knew it was cho custom of the President to furnish information when calledl upon by Congress, but he had never heard of a Presideat attemptlug to inta- ence logisiation, Me did not think it should receive any other respe°t than to be Jaid on the table. But for this speech the House would no doubt have adopted the motion of General Bahks, In the light of Cox's remarks, however, many members were of opinion that this would be @ mark of discourtesy and disre- spect to the President. Mr. Dawes, catching the feeling around him on the republican side, arose and said that after the remarks of Mr. Cox he did not think tt would be proper to Jay the message on the table. He, therefore, moved its reference to tha Committee on Foreign Affairs. Ths was agreed to, and the House adjournea, The message has aroused a profound. feeling among the members and Senators, and tts contents are the talk of the town to-night. Tie general im- pression among the majoricy of both howses 1s that the document is, to say thie least, ili-imed, uncalled for and its transmission to Congress at-tils particu. lar juncture altogether @ strage procecd- ing. It would appear that tne President was slow in making up luis mind to send itin, Attorney General Hoar stated this evening to a member of Congress that the message was not signed until two o'clock, an hour before it reached the Capitol, Old Senators and lawyers, familiar with the style of Caleb Cushing, credit him with the authorship of the document, and it 18 stated that he has been en- gaged upon ft ever since the appearance of General Banks’ report inthe HERALD. Of the truth of this, however, I have no means of knowing. I simply give the genéral talk. Mr. Cushing 1s reported as saying to a prominent political friend soon after the publication of Banks’ report that “that docu- ment will have to be answered.” It is regrettéa by the republican members that the President should have sent such a message to the two houses at thistime, They say it looks as if he wanted to put out an antidote to Banks’ report, and to forestall the action of the House, It is argued that the message was unnecessary if it was sent in with the intention of giving information to Congress, especially to the House, inasmuch as the Foreign Affairs Committee of that body has been investigating and discussing the whole question for months past. .They have had all the information laid before them that the State Department and the President possessed on the sub- ject of the condition of affairs in Cuba. They have examined many persons conversant with the status of the contending parties, including Secretary Fish himself, In the discussion to-morrow on Banks’ re- port the contents of the message will incidentally come in for their share of praise or criticism, and the devate will, on the whole, be spicy and interesting. The Memphic, El Paso and Pacific Ratironi. The majority of the sub-committee of the Senate Pacific Railroad Committee have made a report upon the title of the Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Rail- road Company to the lands and franchises granted to it by Texas. They differ with Senator Howard, of ‘occurred im the presence of Baez, Babcock and ied; ont, shoud they be, these questions will be” Dost. -{ the sub-committee, and think the charter was not forfeited, although o spectal reservation was set aside. The company is entitled to sixteen sections of land to the mile, to be located in that State. hb An [usight Into American Diplomacy—€onsul Perrys Statement of the St. Domingo Treaty pienaar a0 According {5 the information gf your correspon- deat there was quite a scene & moralh® m tine root of The special coingse pefors whol '4 being investigated Hid Tlatch.Babcock dificulty, one of the sequels of the St. Domingo negotiations, long statement, prepared by Mr. Raymond H. Perry, our late commercial agent at St. Domingo, in an. ewer to a request made by Secretary Fish, was read before the committee, It gave a long account of all Mr. Perry knows of the St. Domingo negotiations, and ationg other things explatned= tne al- leged improper conduct of Babcock, Caze- neau, Ingalls, Sackett and Baez, In one place it stated that Babcock declined to taterfere for the release of Hatch because the latter would hurt he treaty, and in another place gave an account of an alleged conversation in the presence of Baez, Babcock, Sackett, Perry and others, where it was Proposed to draw up two different treaties—one for the deception of the Dominicans, representing the scheme as not one of annexation, but one providing, for a protectorate by the United States, and another, the genuine one, for our government, This docu- ment was read over to General Babcock by Senator Howard, of the commtttee, and several questions were asked, General Babcock was asked Particularly aout that parf relating to Hatch’s re- lease and that relating to the two copies of the treaty, He dented having had such conversations or of making such answers, when Mr. Perry, who was present, jumped to his feet and told Babcock he was a liar. Senator Nye called Mr. Perry to order, infornitng him that such conduct could not be al- lowed by ‘the committee, and that if simt- lar expressions were employed again he would have to take some other kind of hotive of them, Mr. Perry answered that the state- ment of Babcock was contradicted by that of Gene- ral Sackett, who, on last Saturday, had admitted that @ conversation of the kind referred to—namely, in relation to the preparation of two different treaties, in order to biind the eyes of the Dominicans—had others, After this exciting interruption General Babcock’s cxamination on the Perry statement was continued, but not finished, He will be recalletl to- morrow. x Mr. Perry's long communication to Secretary Fish, which was read by Senator Howard to ‘the special committee this morning, opens with the declaration that he has had nothing in view but the interests of the United States government here and in St. Do- mingo, and that honestly and faithfully he has striven todo his duty and carry out the policy of President Grant, but that he has not been met with the same spirit of frankness and honesty of purpose, Nevertheless, he now proposes to give all the information in his poss*s-ion, in order that the President may know the whole truth, He reminds Seeretary Fish tuat he was not anxious to accept the appointment to St. Domingo, aud that he went there with everything involved in mystery. When. he was going Babcovk gave him letters to Cazencau, Favens and others, and toll him f. Somers Smith had been removed as commercial agent on account of his hostility to the annexation soheme ; that he must always write en- couraging things about the scheme, and avold per- sonal matters in‘his letters. While on his way to St. Domingo, in the steamer Tybee, Mr. Fabvens talked to hii about Hatch, and hoped he (Perry) would nui obtain bis relzase, because Hatch was an enemy to, Baez and annexation. Fabens also told him there was a splendid chance before him (Perry) to make a rupid fortune now by his appointment to St. Domingo. On arriving at St Domingo Mr. Smith, whom he relieved, told him Cazeneau was running the whole Dominican government; that Cazeneen represen ed a Jarger portion of the public lands tor parties im New York city, and that though ag| confederate during the war he was now a Grant man, and represented himself as a special agent of the United States and In direct correspondence with President Grant; that Cazenean sald this also thn. self to Perry; and further, that Cazeneau promised him a fine plantation and opportunities to handle money for men in New York, ‘The statement next deals in the details of Bab- cock’s arrival in 8t. Domingo with Sackett and In. galls and hia interviews with President Baez:— Generals Babcock, Sackett and Tagalts came on shore next morning and called upon President Baez, Cazeneau and Fabens being present. The above named gentiemen were present every day during the negotiations, excepting Ingalis. On the next day they calied again, when the treaty was read, Cazeneau proposing to draw up two separate pa- ers—oue to place before the peopie of St Domingo, to control the election, the other before the United States government, ‘Tins was approved Baez and Delmonte, who remarked that it would Infuence aud hasten the election in St. Domingo. 1 protested against this to General Babcock, and remarked that we had no right to deceive the Dominican people, General Bab- cock also protested against this, and said it would place Grant in a wrong position. Baez and Delmonte eaid it was only a fiction, aud if they did not succeed in the vote for annexation and our government did not accept them that it would-cost them theiy lives, General Babcock often told me, continues Perry, that I must stand by Cazenean and Fabens and advise with them; that they represented large interests on the island, and that he had inter- ests with them, Cazeneau also told me that. Bab- cock and Ingalls had taterests in real estate with jum, and that Fabens and ts friends in New York, had originated the idea of annexation. 1 told Bav- cock, one day, in my office in St. Domingo, that 4 thought there was foul play somewhere, thatT did not like the action or proposition of Cazeneau, Fabens, Baez and ovbers, and thatl thought I was the wrong man in St. Domingo at that time; and I also asked if he (Bbavcock) had known. these men long, and why it was that tacy did not want Hatch re Jeused. Batcock told me I must n@t attempt to re- Jease bim, that he would work against the treaty, and that ie was an enemy te Cazeneau, Fabens und Baez. I will state here that! do not blame him for having been so, as he has been most foully dealt with by these men. I told Babcock Hatch was @ mere political prisoner, that he had assisted hot parties and suifered from both parties, but the War Was over now, and [did not think 16 right to keep him in prison after he had been ordered to be banished. from the island; that the jast time he (Babeock) was in St. Domingo he had an American sailor reicased who had murdered another Ameri- un; that Cazeneau and Fabens were having Domi micans gulty of murder and political offences re- leased through Baez, and that Baez nad promiseed me the release of Hatch when I first came to the island, and f did nos like the way things were work- ing. He then remarked, “Walt until L ‘leave the island before you say anything more about it,” , Perry next goes on to state that copies of the Do- Minican debt werg never obtained for our govern- neni, though they Should have been furhisied ve- fore the signing Or the trea'y; that alter Fabens was leit as ageut of the Untied States at Samana be (Fabens) was receiving lumberand goods, free of all port charges, representing them as government pro- perly, and underselling ail engaged in business at Samana—Americans and Dominicans; that Baez ioid him he did not intend to have a vote on annexation ungil the United States Senate should ratify the trealy. Thirty days after the Aibang left he (Perry) caught Baez reading the treaty to the French Consul in his sleeping room, I called upon Mr. Cazenean and told him I did not think Baez would have a vote for annexation until the United States Senate nad aeted upon the ques- tion, as Baez had that moment expressed Mnmeelf thus to me and algo to Captain Bunce, United States Navy. Cazeneau became very much excited, wid me he held Baez between his thumb and fingers, and that he could compel him to “have the vote at once, and immediately took his nat and went tothe house of Buez, What took place at the house I do not know, but four days after this I saw a band of music in. the street and heard that the voting for annexation was to com- mence that day. No one seemed to understand what was goliig on. A ll3t was opened in the police head- quarters sor citizens to register their names, and Delmonte have told me several times that an man who opposed annexation they would either shoot or send him his passports, Mr. Perry then | iad on to state that the people Were not permitted to express any opposition to annexation, and states that he saw Baez shake his fist in the face of iis nearest friends and tell them he would banish them {rom the island if they op- posed annexation. He declares there were Several attempts at rebellion at St. Do- mingo city aud other places throughout the couniy, but that Baez, bi his spies aud bayonets, suppressed them ail, filling the Jails With poittical prisoners, He telis how one nignt Blarge paper Was posied on his door, sigued by a thousand patriots, and protesting against the way annexation was being handied, He showed this to Baez and itled to the discovery of a plot and the asia of several citizens and officers of the “iy. The Washington Loca} Government. Matthew G. Emery was sworn in as Mayor to-day. The Bowenites have a majority of one in the Board of Aldermen, The Emeryites have a large majority in the lower Board, National Bank Statements. The Comptroller of the Currency wilt immediately issue a circular letter calling for a statement of the asacte and liabilities of al) the national banks, ex- hiviting their condition on the morulug of Thura- day, the 9th inst, Red Clouds Beparture. Red Cloud and hia party witt leave Washington for New York to-morrow. They are greatly disap- Polnred at the non-success of their mission, eer te 3 Second Seasio: SENATE. _ WASHINGTON, June 13, 1370, INTERNATIONAL OCEAN TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Mr. POMEROY, (rep.) Of Kan., offered a resolution directing the Attorney General to examine into the charges made by the International Ocean Telegraph Company upon messages passed over thelr line, and to report to the Senate if they are in excess of the rates allowed by tho act of Congress approved May 5, 1868, Adopted. 8 COMMITTARS APPOINTED, Edmunds and McCreery were ap- ted 2 new committee of coufersuce on the Inva- id Pension Appropriation biil, the comunittee first soe having tailed to agree. essr's, Morrill of Me., Movrriil of Vt., and Bayard were appointed u committee of conference on’ the Tanners, Executaye and Judicial Appropriation THE MEMPHIS AND EL PASO RAILROAD. Mr. STeWAkr, (rep.) of Ney., from @ majority of the sub-cominittee of the Pacific Railroad Committee, submitted a apo on the title of the Memphis, El Paso and Pacillc Rallroad to lands granted the com- pany by the State of Texas, The committee were of opinion that the charter was not forfeited, and that the company was entitled to sixieen sections of land to the mile, BILLS PASSED, Mr. Tipton, (rep.) of Nev., catled up the bill grant- ing lands to aid in the construction of a railroa’ from Lonreaka, to Denver, Colorado Terri- » Passed, ir. HOWELL, (rep.) of towa, called up the land RE. bill for a railroad through Dacotah Territory. it Was amended to prohibit the company from taking any “and in an Indian reservation, or running through the same without the consent of the tribe occupying it and of the Presiteut of the United States, and passed, CONGRESSIONAL APPORTIONMENT. At twenty minutes past one o'clock P. M. the Apportionment bill was taken up in Com- mittes of the Whole and the Senate committee amendments agreed to, The bili was then reported to the Senate, and the question being on concurring in the first amendment, increasing the number of Representatives in the House from 275, a8 provided by the House bill, to 300, Mr. MORTON, (rep.) of ina., opposed the proposed imerease of sixty additional members, the present number peing 3 as making the House too un- wieldly and impatring its efliciency. Referring to the disadvantage of making population a basis of representation he said the result of the large Increase of members which would follow would be the same a8 in the British Houge of Commons, where the de- liberations were mainly confined to the chairman of the cominittee and the members were, as @ class, generally inditrerent to business, sometimes not more than fiity out of the whole six hundred being present. Mr. THayeEr, (rep,) of Neb., was in favor of the largest increase as lessening the onerous duties of members and in justice to the new States. Mr. MORRILL, (rep.) Of Vt, In reply to Mr. Thur- man, said that with the figures at three hundred Khode Island, Vermont and probably New Liamp- shire would each lose one member. _ Mr. TRUMBULL, pep.) of i), thonght that a matter of opinion and referred toan esiimute of the census returns for 1570 from the New York Zribune, accord- ing to which, on @ basis of three hundred members, No State would lose a Representative, except Ver- mont, and it was uncertain whether that Sfate would jose or not. The estimate, afier allowing for persous deprived of the right to vote, aud, therefore, not within the representative population, placed the total population of the United States at a litte over forty muito ‘the discussion took a wide range upon the dif. culty Of Making an apportionieat, based upor the mew census, in Lime for the election of members to the lorty-second Congress in the States holding elec- tious on October 13, Mr. TRUMBULL sald the census marshals were re- qured to make their returns to the Superintendent efare September 10; that the Superintendent was required to make his report immediately, and at Jurthest aot later thaa October 1, to the Secretary of the Interior, who was to notify the States of the ap- portionment, ~ Mr. Morron sald under that arrangement politi- cal caudidates in Ohio and Indiana might be sub- Jected to great inconvenience, as li wouid be almost the day of election before the number of Representa- tives to be elected would be known, Mr. TRUMBULL thought the dificulty stated by Mr. Morton could be remedied by the Senate passing the House bill now before It, making the Tuesday alter typ first Monday in November, in every other gear, a jorm day ‘of election ior Represeatatives in Congress throughout tie United States, Mr. SUMNER, (rep.) Of Mas#., oppos d the Increase as having a tendency to make the House unwieldy. He thought the House would have done betier to have made @ stualier number, He favored the bill passed by the House, as that body wasa better oe upon such a question. . DRake, (rep.) of Mo., replying to Mr. Trum- bull, Was anwiilin to recognize tue princtple that no State sould have its representation dimin- ished. If laid down it would be adhered to in 1840 aud in subsequent apporiionments, When we would have @ population of one hundred millions, thus re. quiring a House of one thousand members. Losteat of an increase he would be wiliing to ix the number as provided by the laws of 1850. Mr. TRUMBULL believed that the smalier the num- ber of Representatives the further removed was the government from the people. He read a statement of the estimated increase of representation of each State upon tue basis of three hundred members, by which Massachusetis, Connecticut, North Caro- Jina, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky aad Kansas gained one memver; New Jersey, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, Ohio, Cal.fornia, Indiana, two; New York, Missouri, lowa, Michigan, Minnesota, three, and Pennsylvania and Iilinow five, Virgina and West Virgiaia would have an increase not de- termined. ‘The other States would remain as at pre- sent, except, possibly, Vermont, which might lose one, Mr. DRAKE sald the six New England States, with less population than that of the State of New York, while New York had but two; mount of political power with which our Yan- thren ought to be content. If they happened a Fo member iu the House they should uplain. Nios sala qep.) of Vt.—Have they com- Jainedy PN. DRAKE—No, they do not; but the Senator fro.a Litnois (Mr. Trumbull) takes It up for them, aud proposes to increase the number for their bene- iit. He opposed any further increase of members of tie House, as ma einer for politicians, Mr. Yares, (rep.) of TL, argued .that smaller dis- tricts would make Representatives more directly responsible to thelr constituea's, He looked fe ard tothe day when there would be a hundred S:ates with two hundred members of the Senate and four fundred members of ihe House. This large huinber would be in harmony with the design of the ivamers of the consitution, by creating a Legisla- ture sufficiently large to represent ali interests, Then, too, there Was less danger of corruption iu a large body, It would take more money to indu- ence It. Mr. DAVIS, (dem.) of Ky., preferred a reduction of the House to the old numer of 233, ‘THoRM, (dem.) of Ohio, said that with the press of business upon them In undertaking to man- the currency and raiiroads of the country, tie eective franchise, every right of State sovereiguty, and ali legislation, foreign and domestie, tt was not to be wondered at that tne dominant majority of the House became impatient and resorted to the pre- vious question to silence thelr oppouents, ‘Tue amendment increasing the number of Repre- sentatives from 275 to $00 Was concurred in—yeas 81, days 21. Mr. MoRTON moved an amendment requiring a preliminary report by the Superintendent of tne Census to the Secretary of the Interior of the resuits of the enumeration of the population, so that the Secretary may sooner ascertain the basis of re- presentation in the States, &c, Adopted, An amendment by Mr. TRUMBULL, that in any State where by the new apportionment there Is an increase in the number of Kepresentatives the adul- tional number shall be elected to the Forty-second Congress on a general ticket, unless the States other- wise provide, was adopted. The remaining amendments reported by the Com- mittee on the Judiciary were adopted. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT ON CUBAN AFFAIRS. The Vice PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the message from the President of the United States on Cuban affairs, which was read. Upon its conclusion Mr. SUMNER moved to reler tile message to tie Com- mittee on Foreign Relations. . Mr. THURMAN rose to speak upon the Message; but, yielding to the een disposition ofthe Seaate to take a recess, said he would make only one remark. He understood the message to be a proclamation, not to the American people against interference with Cuba, but to the Cubans to lay down their arms, fie had never played demagogue upon the Cuban ques- tion; but, for one, whatever might-be the situation in Cuba, he was unwilling the government of the United States should say vo the Cubans, “Lay down your arms’? Mr. Sumner’s motion was then agreed to, and at five o’clock the Senate took a recess Wl evening. Evening Session.’ At half-past seven o'clock the Senate met, and Mr. Cong, (rep.) of Cal., called up the bill to-amend an act granting the ay ae of way to ditch and canal owners over public lands, aud for otuer purposes, which Was passed, ‘The consideration of the Apportionment bill was resumed, and an amendment by Mr, Edmunds to pie. | vent the apportionment of representation going into eilect until March 1, 1873, was rejecied. The vill was then passed by @ vote of yeas 30 to nays 10, ‘The bill a8 passed Is as foilows:— AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPORTIONMENT OF RFP- RESENTATION TO CONGRESS AMONG THR BEVRRAL | STATES, Be it evacted, &c., That from and after the 8d day of March, 1871, the House of Representatives aball be compored of tixée hundred members, to be apportioned among the several States In accordance’ with the provisions of tuts act; promised Wat f after qucir apportiantiont sali age boen made, any new State be admiltel into ue Union, the resentative or Representalires of euch new State abal! be ‘Aud if the Fepresentation, of amp a, tear pea cone jon My Gimtulabed by such ap ‘any additional Represen: tative or Re wes of auch and all Representatives of any State so ip y- second Congress be chosen by the State at large, unless therwise provi such Bato, BERCTION 2. That Of the iuhabitante of the United: States shail Ease beet cost. leted according to law, and before the 90(h day of Septem- ndeut of the Census shal i te 1, 1870, the Superinter |) prepare ~ ican paint ai tg eubmit to the xs oF the resullé of such enum ‘ed Saal be ry to enable to pertol tee {2 thie act prescribed. SRC. 3, That after the preliminary report provided for in the foregoing section shall have been submitted to the Secre- tary of the Interior, he ghall ascertain from such revort the basis of representation of each grexate babls of representation of, the Unt And he shall ascertain the basis of representation of the se Congressional aistricta by dividtui {he ‘aggrogate basis of representation of the Unit Sees Any the, Bamber of 8), rejecting any fraction of a unit which may remain; and he shall ascertain the number of Representatives to be apportioned to each State by dividing the basis of Yepresentation, of such State by the baie of representation of the several Congressional dis- tricts, rejecting any fraction of a unit which may remain; and il apportion so many additional Represcutatives to ea having the larcest rejected fractions, one to each, as shall make the whole number of Reprosentatives three hundred. BO 4, That the Secretary of the Interior shall, on the re- ceipt of such preliminary report, immediately preparn and fransmit, under tho seal of his office, to the Speaker of the Houso of Representatives and to the Governor of each of the Stales a certified statement of his proceedings under the pro- act. RC. §. That all acts and parts of acts tn confitct with the proviquns of this act are hereby repealed. CLAIMS OF SOPTHERN LOYALISTS, 'The calendar was taken up and the bill for the set- tement of eclatms for quarterimaster’s and commis- sary stores furnished to or taken by the United States within the States in rebellion during the late war Was further discussed, Mr. SHERMAN, (tep.) of Ohio, moved to pass over the bill and called the ayes and noes upon the mo- tion as a test vote upon paylig the claims, It was rejecied by 16 to 31. @ question being upon Mr, Wililams’ amend- ment to limit the bill to @ mere examinction of the claims without’ any provision for their payment; Mr. SPRAGUE, (rep.) of B. L, favored the payment of the claims of Southern loyalists, as a large part Pe sg revenue of the government came from the ya Mr. Howarp, (rep.) of Mich., gave notice of an amendment to restrict compensation w Southern loyalists who served in the Union army and never aided the rebellion, or who gave our army useful tne formation for suppressing rebellion, which, he said, would include the loyalists of Mast Tennessee, white excluding mere neutrals, Mr. Hows, (rep.) of Wis,, denied that the class of claims covered by the bill were of stupendons amount. ‘Te sum involved was comparatively a mere bagatetie. Mr. WARNER, rep.) ot Ala., denied the assertion of Mr. Howard im a former discusston that @ loyal claimant in an oe country during the war had no standing in cou He argaed what, as faithful citizens, the Southern loyalists should be paid for their property. At half-past ten o'clock P, M. the Senate adjourned, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON, June 18, 1870. BILLS INTRODUCED AND REVERRED. By Mr. Exa, (rep.) of N. H.—Granting public lands to the State of New Hampshire for railroad purposes, at the rate of forty sections to the mile. By Mr. RANDALL, (dem.) of Pa.—To amend the Nortnern Pactfle Ratlroad bil of May 31, 1870. By Mr. MUNGEN, (dem.) of Ohio—Requiring the substitution by certain national banks of United States bonds for second mortgage bonds of the Union Pacific Railroad deposited in the Treasury, .) of Ind.—Declaring Indian - By Mr. WELLS, (\! of Mo.—Concerning frauds In contested election ca ies, By Mr. PALMER, (rep.) of lowa—To confirm titles to certain lands on the Fort Kearny inilitary reserva- uon. By Mr. Pomeroy, (rep.) of lowa—To provide boun- tes for soldiers in veriain cases, By Mr. SAWYER, (rep.) Of Wis.—To authorize the sale of pine timber on the lands of the Menomonee Indians in Wisconsin, By Mr. SARGENT, (vep.) Of Cal.—Grenting lands to ri ir the construction of irrigating canals in Cali- fornia. By Mr. Hooren, (rep.) of Utah—Granting lands for like purposes in Utah. TRADE WITH BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. @Mr."FisHER, (rep.) of N. Y., troduced a joint reso- lution directing the Secretary of the ‘Treasury to cause inquiry to be made, for the information of Con- gress, relative lo the extent of trade between the United States and the Biltish North American de- pendencies, and authorizing him to designate a suit- able person to make such inquiry, Passed. THE NATURALIZATION LAWS. Mr. Davis, (rep.) of N, Y., introduced a bill to amend the naturalization ‘laws, and moved the previous question. Mr. ELDRIDGE, (dem) of Wis,, moved that the bill be rejected.N egatived—veas 49, sere 113. wees oe rae then moved the House adjourn. jegatived. e morning hour having expired during the voto on adjourning, Mr. Davis, of N, Y., wot that (he Tules be suspended and that the bill be passed, Mr. Exprince objected that the bil had already gone over under the rule at the expiration of the morning hour, ‘The SPEAKER overruled the objection, as the mo- tion was to nuspend the rules. Alter another dijatory motion to adjourn, the rales were suspended and the bill passed—yeas 120, vs 46—a strict party vote. The ‘ollowing 16 the bi! SROTION 1. Be it enacted, &c., That in ali eases where any oath, atirmation or affidavit shall be made or taken under or by virtue of auy aot or law relatiug to the natura‘ization of ens, or in any proecedings under sued act or | fon of persona taking or taking euch oath, allinnation or afidavit shall knowingly awear or alirm falsely, the same shail be deemed and taken to be perjury; and the person or persone guilty thereof shally upoo conv ction thereot, be sen- enced to Imprizonment for s term not exceeding tive years and not Jess than one year, and to a line not exceeding #1,000. Sko. 2 And be it further enacted, That if any persons ap- plying to be admitted aa citizens, oF appearing as a witness ‘or aby such person, shall knowingly personate any other person than himself, or {alsely appear in the name of a de- ceased person, or In an assumed or tetitious name, or if any person shail falsely make, forge or counterfolt oath, aflirina- tion, notice, ailidavit, certificate, order, record, siznatnre or other instrument, paper or proceeding required or authorized by. any law or act rewting to or proceeding for the naturalization of aliens, or shall utter, sell, dispose of of use a8 true or genuine, or for any unlawful purpose any false, forged ante-dated or counterfeit oath, afirmation, notice, certificate, order, record, signa- ture, instrument, paper or proceeding as aforesaid, or sell or dispose of to any person other than the person for whom itis originally issued, any certificate of citizenship or certiti- cate showing any person to Ue admitted a citizen; or if any hall in any manner use for the purpose of rogister- Voter or aa cridence of a right. to vote or otlierwise ly, any cate, judgiient or exempiication, showing such person to be admlited to be a citizen, wiether heretofore or hereafter iasued or made, knowing that such order or certificate, judg- ment or exempiication bas been unlawfully tasued or inade } or if any person shall unlawfully wee, or aitempt to use, any such order or certiGcate issued to or in the name of ay other person, or in a@ fictitious name, or the name of a deceased person; or use, or attempt ‘to use, or ald, oF assiat, (or participate, ia. the we of, any ceriideats of citizenship, knowing the same to be forged, or counterfelt, or ante-dated. or knowing the same to have been secured’ by fraud or otherwise unlawfully obtained; or if auy person, without lawful excuse shall knowing'y have or be possessed of any false, forged, ante-Jated or coanterfelt certiticates of citizenship purporting to have been issued under the provi sious of any laws of the United States relating to nai ization, knowing such certificave to be false, forged, dated or counterfeit, with intent unlaw‘uily to wee the same; or if any person shail obtain, accept or receive any cere tifcate ‘of eltizenship known’ to such peregn to have been procured by frand or by the use of any fale name, or by means of any false statement rande with Intent to procure or aid in prociiving the issue of auch certificate, or koown to such person to be fraudulently altered or ante- dated; or it any person who has ogen or may be admittel to be acltizen shally on oath or afirmation or by aildavit, knowingly deny that he has been #o admitted, with intent to evade or avold any duty or ilablity imposed or requived by law, every person so offending shali be doomed and adjuigod guilly of “felony, an nviction thereof siall Le sentenced to be tin and kept at hard labor for a pertod not Issa than one year nor more than 'e years, or be fined in a eum not leas than #800 nor more han ¥),000, or both; such puaisimenis may be imposed in the discretion of the court. And every person who shn!l knowingly and intentionally wid or abet auy person in the commission of any #uch felony, or attempt to do any act hereby made felony, or counsel, advise or procure to procure the commission thereof, shail be Iiab] ment and punishment in the same tanner and to extent as the principal party guilty of each felony, nd s person may be tried and convicted tuereol without the pre- vious conviction of such princinal, Sko. 8. And be it further enacted, That any person who shall knowingly use any certii¢ate of naturalization bereto- fore granted by any court, or which euall hereafter be granted, which has been or shall be-procured through fraud or by calse evidence, or has been or shall be tanned by the clerk or apy otber officer of the court, without any appearance and hearing of the applicant tn court Sid, without law/nf authority, mod any person who of attempt to inlet shall falsely represent himsei! to be ax citizen of the United “States, without having been duly ed to citizenship, for any frudulent purpose whateve: shall be deemed guilty of # misdemeanor, and, upon convic: tion thereof in due course of law, shall be sentenced to pay ® fine of not exceeding 1,08) or be imprisoned not excerdlng two }» either or both, jn the discretion of the court taking nce of the snine. £0. 4. And be tt further enacted, That the provisions of this act shall apply to any proceedings had or taken or at- tempted to be had or taken before any court in which any proceedings for naturalization shall be commenced, had or aken, oF attempted to be commenced. And the courts of tae Jnited States shall have jurisdiction of all offences under the provisions of this act, in or before whatever court or tribunal the same shall have been committed. REMOVAL OF POLITICAL DISABILITIES, Mr. Stokes, (rep.) of Tenn., moved Lo suspend the rijes and pass a bil removing ali political disabil- ties Imposed by the fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United Sta'es upon citizens for participation in the late rebellion, and providing that. no persoh go relieved shall be required to take ana Psa to whatis known as the ‘dron-clad teat oath,” Mr. WARD, (rep.) of N, Y¥., sald that the bijl would relieve even Jet? Davis. Mr. SroOKEs—Yee, it makes a clean sweep, The House refused to suspend the rules nays 110. All the cemc with tne following Dockery, Piten, Ve Tih yeas 59, rats voted aye, together ubicans:—Messrs. Buckley, Platt, Sargent, Stokes aud RIVER AND HARBOR APPROPRIATION BILL. Mr. Dawes. (rep.) of Mass., thoved to go Jato com- miitee on the River and Harbor Appropriation biil, Mr. BUTLER, (tep.) of Mass., desired to report the Georgia bil 1, DAWES re‘nsed to glve way for that purpose. tr. FARNSWORTH, (rep.) OF Til, called for tha yeas and nays on Mr, Daves’ motion, Mr, Dawes’ motion Was agreed to—120 to. 38—and the House thereupon, at twenty minntes. to (wo o'clock, went Into Committee of the Whole (Mr. aay a ie chair) on the River and Harbor Appro- priation bill. ‘The bill appropriates $3,498,009, including the !ol- er, certificate of citizenship or certifi , ee on Lake Mi Canal and st. or ftems:—For ici Maasai Py ty i 7 vl i sylvania, $106,000; ph Lege fee aayikill Fiver at co for lake harbors ; for’ Burlington harbor, Vermon for the Upper Mississippt river, cousin river, $100,000; for th $10,000; for St. Anthony's Falls ans them, $50,000; for Desinoines Raplds, cK Keiong Rapids, $150,000; for the hn 00,000; for the rouch’ of th Ap, 0005 fe uth of St. John’s 3 for the ver, 5,080; for the fala-at the obio and Loulavlue Gana 250,000; for the ilssiasipni, Missouri and rivers, $150,000; for the Ohio river, $50,000; for the Hudacn river, 40,009; for removing the Hell Gate obsiruciions, $250,000; tor New Haven harbor, Cone necticut, $15,000; for the Coniecticut river, $20,0003 for the Proviten‘e tiver, Rhode Island, $5,000 for the Pawtucket river, Rhode [siand, $8,000; for DreAKe water at Block Island, R. 1., $40,000; for Boston har- bor, ,$100,060; for Hyannis harbor, Massachusetts, $12,000; for Plymou'h harbor, Massachusolts $10,008 for Taunton river, Massachusetis, $10,000; for the Merrimac river, Maesacliusetts, $29,000; for tae Ken- neunk river, Maine, 34,009; for (ie Saco river Maine, $10,000; for Vortlagd harbor, Maine, $20,003 for the Kennebec river, Maine, $15,090; tho gut on» posite Bati, Me., $10,000; Union rive '» $15,000; Penopscot river, at aud below Bansor, M 15 0003, Willamette river, Oregon, $31,000; Tennessee river, en! $30,000; Wilmington harbor, Delaware, $15,000; Sus. $12,000; West Pomt harbor, Con. quehanna river, necticut, $2,500; Galveston harbor, Texas, $25,000; enlargement of the harbor facilities at Chicago, Ii, $100,000; for the examination and survey of the Northern and Northwestern lakes rivers, and the Atlantic and Pactic coasts, and for contingen- cles, or rivers aud barbors not provided for, $150,000, The second section directs the Secretary of War to cause examinations or surveys, or both, ta be - made at a large utuber of specified polnta, includ- ing a survey for a ship canat route from Hennepin, on the Iiinots river, to Rock Island, on the Mt sippl, via Geneseo, } he item for the falis of the Obto river was dis- enssed at considerabie length and was finally agreed to. ‘The item for the Connecticut’ river was, after @la- cussion, increased to $40,008, not to be confined to the State of Conuecticut. Mr. ARNEL, (rep.) of Tenn., moved to increase the amount for the Tennessee river to $80,000. Agreed to. ir. LOGAN, (rep.) of [l., moved to insert an_ ivem of $69,000 for Improving the mouth of the Calumet river in [iltnols. Ruled to be out of order. Mr, LOGAN then moved to increase the amount for Chicago harbor from $100,000 to $16,009, the extra $50,000 being for a harvor of refuge. After discus. sion the amendment was agreed to. Mr. Brox, of Ala, moved an appropriation of $50,000 for Mobile harbor and bay, Alter discussion the amendment was agreed to, Without Onishing the bill tne committee rose, and thea Mr, SAWYER, Who had charge of the bij, moved that its further consideration take piace in the House. Agiecd to, On motion of Mr. Dawes te ru'es were suspended, the amendments ayrced to and the bill passed. Several members as.ed and obtained leave to have speeches on the bili priated in the Globe, Mr. Bnooxs, (dem.) o: N. Y., moved chat all meme bers have leave to print speeches, (Laugiter,) ‘There was no objection, MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT ON THE WAR IN CUBA. The SPEAKER Inid before the House a m from the President of tae United States condemna- tory of the atrocious manner in which the conflict in Cuba is carted on on both sides, which was read, [The message will be found im our Washington des- patches.) Mr. BANKS, (rep.) of Mags., erairman of the Com- mittee on Foreiga Aifuirs, moved tit the message bo Jaid on the tavie and printed, Mr. Jupp, ) of I). a member of that commit- tee, suggested its reference to the Camimittee om Fo.eign Affairs, Mr. BANKS said that the question had been considered by the cominitice and te committee hy mace @ report, Winich Was to come Up-to-morrow, Mr. Cox, (de.n.) of N. Y., remarked thar the timita- tion of the President's right tO make communica- tions to Congress was that he might, from time to ime, gfve it information as to the state of tue Union; but he regarde| this message as an attack on thé report made by the gepticman from Massachusetts (Mr. Banks), ana it showd be, as in tie case of An- drew Johnston's ines-age, laid on the table without relerence to a committee. Mr. BANKS said le Lad not made the motion in the spirit to witich the gentleman from New Yor re- ferred, It was the usual course to jay the message ou the table and lave it prinved, Mr. DAWES suggested that after the remarks of the gentleman from New York tt wouid not be respect- ful to lay the message on the table, Mr. Bayks modified his motion and moved the reference of the message to the Committee on Foreign Afiairs. Mr. Cox moved to lay the message on the table, which was pegatiyed. The message was then referred to the Committee on Foreigu Affairs, aud the House, atttive o'clock, ad- Journed. t. TROTTING AT BEACON PARK, MAS. eee See Bostos, June 13, 1870, At Jeasi five thonsand people were present at the races at Beacon Park this afternoon. The assemblage was decitediy the most fashiona- ble ever gathered together at a meeting oF the kind an Boston, numbering tn its midst many of the élie and aristocracy of tue city, The firat race was for horses that had never beaten ) Purse of $5,000, divided into $2,800, $1,600 and $600. Budd Dobie, of Philadetphia, entered b, g. Hotspur; David H. Blanchard, of Boston, entered ch, g. License; Daniel Mace, of New York, entered s. g. W. B. Whitman, formerly Billy Barr, and Charies 8. Green, of Utica, N. Y., entered br. g. Rolla Golddust, Tic black stallion Draco Prince, entered by Daniel Piller, of New York, was With- drawn before the coimimencement of the raves, Hotspur drew the inside, License next, then Rolia Golddast aud W. B. Whitnan, After two ineffectual utieinpis Lo come to Lime Uke horses started om for the Pirst Heat.—Hotspur was a length behind when the horses were seut ofl, the others being on an even keel. At the fitst quarter Liceuse forged ahead @ halt lengih, Whitman next, then Hotspur and Roda Gulddust. Hotspur troited very fast, soon coming up with License aud passing the half miie jasi abreast of lim. dere License broke badly and the utmost efforts of Woudrull fatled co vring biu down ull tov late. When they came down the homes stretch Hotspur ied, then License, whitnan and Golidust, They passed uader the wire in the same order, Hotspur vue icngt ahead. Tate, 2:26 4. Second Heal—olspar remained behind at start. ing, us usual, At te quarter, Wich Was reached tn thirty-six seconds, Goiddust took the pole, and Lik. ceuse, Nyro he broke badiy, Was next; then Whitinan and Hotspur. At the half-mile pole, in . 1:1424, Whitman lad pained two lengths In advance, Hots, ur second and License dud Go.ddust close to- Kether, siriviag fur Wie Uiird postion, Their pace was hot aud heay, Finally Licease put on a vigor. ous spurt and passed Lis ipeitor. The borves wader tie Wire in 2:27 I tie followmg ore —Hoispur ist, oue leagth aleai; Whitwen, nse wand Guiddust, Tnard, Heal.—Lot ur Was (he favorite in the poots, as belure the race. Tae horses started before him, as previonsly, iexving a gap of one tengty between. ' Al the Guarter-poie, ti thirty-six seconds, Wittman was abead, and Hotspur next The latter then broke, and weut Lo u At the half-inile poie, Which was reacil ie horses wore stringing along, Wit Wil we aad Hotspur sieade ly galniag upon y catgut up, aud tle horses trotted side by side till they reached the three- quarier pole, When License, Who had been two jengths ta the rear, urged by Woodruff, laid Mmseif out for victory, aud svon put fs uose on a level with the leaders, He Was not content with tunis, and, be- ing pushed to the utinost, be started ahead and assed Under t. tre Lalf a iength iu advance, Whitman becond aud Hotspur third. Tine, 2:2: Fourth Heat.—This heat was won by hg after a spirited contest, License second and White man third, Time 2:04. The horses were awarded a8 above, Tue second race was for horses that had never beaten 0, and tie entries and positions were ag —J, L. Doty, of Freeho\l, NX. 2, entered b, W. Paricrson; J.J. Bowen, of Medford, as4., br. mm, Kose Standish; H. A. Hail, of Sos.on, bik. g. Bridgewater b Janiel Mace, of New York, 8. g. Little Dan; D. V klor, of Beston, br. g Shawinu Village Girl, and D. Bigiey, of Cambridge, Maas,, r. g. Coriander. The @ Was devold of any iuteresr, being Won by Paterson, St. Kimo second and Vile lage Girl tiulrd, Best thme 2:83 4g, The track was in a very bad condition apd un. favorable for exibition of speed. To-morrow, if the Weater Is favorable, will come of the rages for Lorses who have never beaten 2:28 and 2:60, THOSE “FRAUDS,” i The Methodist Bock Concern Muddie~somee body Feels Hurt. The quarrel in the Methodist Book Conoorn, arid ing in charges made by Dr. John Lamapan that grasa malfeasance has existed tn, “Managemen: of the Methodist Book Cou Commissions have been improperly ob! Wpruper amounts vy persons connected with the minagers, has resulted iu a suit brought by Mr. 8 J. Goodenough, 8 pertniendent of the printt hen ar dante the Vime of the aliegod irauds, agatust Di. Lauahan tor slander, The complajat, in which Messrs. Brown and Estes appear as attorueys, charges that on Aprti 1, 1369, Dr. Lanuhau said of Mr. yer ad fag ho a Davids, of New York, r. nn +f before many, ‘that le isa talef, a rovber, aod stolen from ine Book Concera thousands of dollars.’ The damages are lui at $25,000. Mr. Goodenongh Says that ali these charges are falsé,,and My. Lange han twill probably maiutata that they were sobstan- tally true, thas Driuging the questions which hava been twice passed on by Ohurcd tribunals to & public Judicial tial. Rep Coup LITERALLY INTERPRETED.—Reg Cloud says, “Wel a Walte man Di ‘@ drdp of, Nquor into my country that is the it of him and bie liquor.” It has long Dogn Known that it ts sure death for eltnee X witte OF & cro} Jor, tos ether or séparateiy, to venture with! ach of joux, whom Red Cloud commands, One 1$ immes dimely “skulped,” the other gulped.—Chicago Poste