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‘ v4, ttl WASHIMGTON eee The Nominatiyn of Mr. Akerman for Attorr.ey General Confirmed. THE SE’ NATE SYMPATHIZING WITH CUBA. Rey olutions Virtually Recognizing Cuban Belligerency. ‘Khe Apportionment Bill Defeated. The Last Attempt to Recon- struct Georgia. ‘WASHINGTON. June 23, 1870. ‘Te Nomination of Mr. Akerman Con- firmed. ‘The nomination of Mr. Akerman to be Attorney ‘General was amongthe confirmations by the Senate ‘to-day. 4 Mr. Trumbull reported the name, with the Tequest that it be confirmed. Mr. Fowler, of Ten- neasee, objected, but upon some explanations made ‘Dy Mr. Trumbull the objection was withdrawn and the confirmation was made without a division. This is considered here 4 satisfactory rebuke of afew factious individuals, and exhibits one more evidence of the fact that the majority is with the President and 1s disposed to heartily uphold his admmistra- tion, despite the efforts of one or two to the con- trary, regardless of consequences, American Difiiculties in Cuba. No oMicial accounts have recently been recetved concerning affairs in Cuba, but private letters repre- ent that the authorities there are much interested 4an preventing difMiculties between the people and American citizens there. Defeat of the Congressional Apportionment Bill. After a long and rather lively debate the bill for the apportionment of members of Congress under the census of 1870 was recommitted to the Judiciary Committee and the clinching motions to reconsider -and lay on the table agreed to, The Judiciary Com- mittee will hardly be called again this session for re- .Ports, and except some extra effort is made to get it before the House again the biil is in effect killed. It is understood, however, that an effort will be made next Monday *to bring it in and pass it under & suspension of the rules. The chief ebjection to it seems to be in increasing the number of members of the House to 300. The bill, as it passed the House, Axed the number at 275; but the Senate amended it so as to make 1t 200, Its passage in this shape is doubtful. Tho Georgia Bill Reported. General Butler reported the Georgia bill to-day, and, according to arrangement, half a dozen amend- * ments were offered to it in the House, among them the famous Bingham amendment. It was agreed that a vote shall be taken to-morrow at two o'clock. It is thought that the Bingham amendment, or some- thing similar to it, Will be adopted, Opening of Telegraph Enterprise Between Washington and the East Indies. By telegrams recelyed in this city this fore- noon from India we learn that the telegraphic service between India and London has been greatly benefited by the completion of the Falmouth, Gibraltar and Malta submarine cable, which connects at Malta with the established cables down the Mediterranean; these, in turn, connecting with tne submarine lines ex- tending from Suez to Bombay. “These several com- Dantes constitute @ direct submarine route from England to India, To celebrate the. event of the completion of these valuable faci! 8 &@ banquet is now at John Pender, London, in the evening of the 23d)(thig day) the Viceroy of India sent congratulatory messages to the banquet, and also one to the President of the United States, which latter arrived at Washington at half-past ten o’clock this morning, and is as fol- lows:. BOMBAY, India, June 23, 1870, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED Staves, Washington:— The Viceroy of India tor the first time speaks direct by telegraph with the President of the United States, May the completion of this long line of un- interrupted communication be the emblem of lasting union between the Eastern the Western world. THE VICEROY OF INDIA. To this despatch the following answer was re- turned by order of President Grant :— WaAsHINGTON, D. C., June 23, 1870, ‘THE VICEROY OF INDI Your despatch of this date is received. I congra- tulate you upon the connection of your country with the balance of the world by telegraph, and join you in the wish for a lasting union between the Eastern and Western hemispheres. U. S&S. GRANT, Bee following despatch was sent from here by Mr. JOHN PENDER, Esq., 18 Arlington Street, London:— Most heartily do I congratuiate you aud your as- sociates on the completion of the submarine tele- graph lines between England and India, and I trust that within one year the cables from India to Aus- tralia and to China will nave been successfully sub- 1 merged, and that in 1872 a cable will be laid from Califorma to the Sandwich Islands, Japan and Chin thus completing telegraphic communication ‘around the world. OYRUS W. FIELD. WASHINGTON, Thursday, Jtine 23, 1870. SIR JAME3 ANDERSON TO CYRUS W. FIELD. LONDON, June 23, 1870. Cyrus W. Fre.p, Esq.—The company is now as- sembling. Your message 1s six hours old. We mean to hurrah when you get your cable across the Pacitic, and mean to have you give us acheer. The Prince of Wales will be present to-night. The press of India wili telegraph to tne press of New York as soon ag they are up. ANDERSON, FIELD TO ANDERSON. WASHINGTON, June 23, 1870. SIR JAMES ANDERSON—Your mi se of this even- ing was received by me before five o’clogk this after- noon. Iam to dine with some friends this evening, when we will drink your health and wish prosperity to all those who have contributed to add another Tink in that telegraph cable which will soon be com- pice around the globe. And 1 hope tt will prove a blessing to all the nations of the earth, which it will bring into communication with each other. CYRUS W. FIELD. THE PRINCE OF WALES TO PRESIDENT GRANT. LONDON, June 23, 1870. 7“ PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, Wasiing- i 1 feel sure you-will rejoice with me on the com- pletion this evening of submarine Mela pnt com- Munication between America, Great Brittain and India, THE PRINCE OF WALES. THE PRESIDENT TO THE PRINCE OF WALES. WASHINGTON, June 23, 1870, His Hoyal Highness the PRiNcE Ov WALES:— Your despatch of this evening is received. America and Great Britain have reason to feel gratifled at the successful connection of the Far East with them by submarine cable. U. 8. GRANT. ‘The above despatch was read amid great applause. New Railroad , Enterprise. Aline of railroad from Washington to Point of Rocks, forty miles, connecting with the Baltimore and Ohio Ratlroad, has just been placed under con- tract.to be finished in a year. The Florida and Havana Mails. ‘The Senate Committee on Post OMces and Post Roads met to-day and heard the report of Mr. Gil- bert, who was appointed a sub-committee to consult ‘withthe Postmaster General with reference to the sending of the mails to Havana by the Cedar Keys route, The committee determined to draw up and report a bill giving the sea postages on all letters sent by the Cedar Keys route, and if the Postmaster General thought it the quicker and as certain route all the mails should be sent that way. ‘The Governor of Utah Wenkening. Governor Shaffer, of Utah, in a letter to a gentle- man in this city, says that upon the passage of the Polygamy bill depends his efficiency in office. He adnilts that the peculiar institution is much weaker than’ 1t was before tbe days of rallrogds, but stil Young and his followers act with great arrogance. ‘The Nuisances Opposite the Brooklyn Marine Barracks. The naval board to whom was referred the alle- gation of the alleged nuisance of the manufac- turing establishment opposite the Brooklyn marine barracks reported to-day to the Secretary of the Navy that there was great justification for the com- plaint made by Lieutenant Colonel Broome, and Diat the complaimt was properly made to the United NEW YORK HEP,ALD, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET, States Court with @ view toan abatement of the Pep dh sf of communicating these resolutions to in, nuisance, Mr. CASS? ery, (dem.) of Cal in view of the Land Surveys in California Condrmed- | great tmr iti, (am) or Cal. sald, in view af the f ” "' conside” ¢tion wnul the resolutions were printed. Mr. * goMNBR sald the resolutions had been ‘tho- rouy aly considered in the committee, and that Mr, ry , a8 @ Member of the Committee on Foreign 2lations, knew the fact, Mr, CasSBRLY refused to withdraw his objection, and the resolutions were laid over and ordered to bo Upon application of Charles A. Merritt, attorney of the Board of Trustees of Santa Barbara county, California, the Commissioner of the General Land OMice decides that the survey of the Pueblo lands of Santa Barbara, approved February 27, 1808, shall stand as the correct survey. printed, re! Pay of Civil Engineers in the Navy: COOLIE LABOR CONTRACTS, m The Senate Committee on Naval Afuirg haa a Mr. STRWART, (rep.) ca rerane es chiens up the bill’ to prevent the en! mt of Chinese coolie contracts for servile labor. Mr. CASSERLY gave notice of his intention to amend the bill in some very objectionable features, aud asked further ttme for that pur; 5 Mr. Stewart remarked that each day lessened the probability of passing the bill, while these Chinese Importations were ine 4 . BAYARD, (dem.) of Del., referred to the import- meeting this morning and determined ¢ alter the Navy Pay bill so as Wo give to civil engineers at the avy yards the same pay as profsssors of mathe- matics. Nominations by the Prosident. ‘The President sent the following nominations to the Senate to-day:— ance of the question a8 occu, the tion of Jared Benson, Collector of Internal Revenue for | the best minds of our day. Mie thougit tie intro- the Seconda. Mstbies oe Mmmnesota; Byron G. Davids, | duction of Chinese Sement: ‘Was too recent for any Asseasor for New Mexico; 1, Collector of | reliavie aeduction as to the consequences likely to {nternal Revenue for district of Missis- | ensue. He thought such differences would better sippls William ‘J. tor for the First just themselves by being let alone fora while. district of Pennsylvania. ir, SrewaRT finally agreed to withdraw his be ham, Rock- | motion temporarii ly. Mr. WILSON, (rep.) of Maas., said the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Stewart) was forced, by the objections made by the Senatorson the other side of the chamber to let the bill go over, but he hoped he would call it up to-morrow, or as soon as possible, and press it to a vote. ume for action had si come when Congress should arrest the of servile labor, either to take Conn.; P, Barner, tea ; HS. Towne, ion, Wiss, a O'brien, st. ‘Anthony 2, Minn, Nominations Confirmed. ‘The Senate to-day confirmed the following nomi- nations:— J. Stannard to be collector of customs for ne aintigt of Vermont; Victor C. Berringer, of the pi tl emancipated men af the South or the Forking méh North Carolina, Benjamin VY. Abbott, of New York, | of the North. He was opposed to casting a dragnet and Charles P. Jamies, of the District of Columbia, | over the world and gather! up the Gueaiat nae to be commissioners under the act to provide for the | tion of mankind to feduce the price of labor and de- revision of the consolidation of the statutes of the | grade the working men of the United States, ci United States, ‘Mr. Stewart’s motion was then withdrawa, bi Paymaster John H. Stevenson to be advanced REDUCTION OF TAXATION, m fifteen nut in be gras for extraordinary hero- Mr. SHERMAN, (rep.) Of Ohio, moved to limit the ism during the late ton. - debate on amendments to the tax bill to five munutes Jared Benson to be Collector of Internal Revenue | toeach momber, « for the Second district of Minnesota. Mr, TauRMaS, (dem.) ef Ohio, objected, as the bill Postmasters—H, P. Strong, Beloit, Wis.; H. 8. ‘Towne, Ripon, Wis.; Charles T. Fleming, Freehold, N. J.; HB. Jagger, Hudson, Wis, Weekly Customs Receipts. The following were the customs receipts for the week ending June 18 at the below mentioned ports:— ps snl the most important and comprehensive of the | m session. Mr. SHERMAN considered his motion justified by the rapid approach of the end of the session, and said he would press a vote on it to-morrow. At @ quarter-past one the Senate resumed the con- sideration of the bill to reauce taxation, &c., the uestion being upon the sections relating to the in- Mr. SCOFLEDD, (rep.) Of Pa., then moved to refer pe On TT come tax. ibis . the bill and amendments to the Judiciary Committ- Philadelphia, 239,147 Mr. ScorT, (rep.) of Pa., in the course of a lengthy | tee. The real question, he said, seemed to be lost Baltimore. . : 240,012 | Argument against retention of the tax, said the prin- | sight of, and thot was Whether there should be an New Orleans (for the wee! . 64,702 | ciple upon which it was urged that it woutd discrim- | apportionment oftener than once inten years. The San Francisco (jor the week ending June 1) 179,806 | 10ate against the rich in favor of the poor was anti- | bill proposed a reapportionment in eight years, ———— | republican; that the logical result of such a prinet- «$3,267,343 pe would entitle one class of persons, who paid the : argest amount of taxation, to @ larger share of representation tn the government. {t was a tax upon the toil and industry of the country, upon the man Whose eutire income did not exceed the ex- pense of educating and maintaining his family, while it practically compelled the honest nen of tie country to pay the taxes of the dishonest. He pro- ceeded to show the disparity in the collection of the tax between different sections, the State of New York paying nearly one-third of the whole aniount collected, * Mr. BUCKINGHAM, (rep.) of Conn., opposed the tax as pnepnes and inquisitorial. Mr. BaYARD spoke of its unconstitutionality, and favored the direct taxation of government bonds, remarking that they had been unfairly exempt from the burdens of State and municipal taxation im- posed upon all other property, and which were equally necessary for ureir protection. Mr, THURMAN opposed the tax as a burden exclu- sively upon the consumer. Mr. Morton, (rep.) of Ind., defended the income Tax as the best exponent of the productive property of the country, and most just aud equitable of ait taxes. {ts exceptional harsh were incident to Total. bn Total Receipts and Expenditures of the United States from 1789 to 1869. As already stated in thgse despatches, Mr. Saville, Chief Clerk of the Treasury Department, has been giving his books an overhauiing, in order to discover the true condition of the accounts of the government. Although the details will uot nave been completed for some weeks, the following 13 an offcial state- ment of the aggregate results of the investigation:— Total receipts of the United States from all sources covered into the Trea- sury from March 4, 1789, to June 30, 18OD a ccs000 sues nengonn «$10,980, 021,357 Total expenditures of the United States a by warrants from mi H larch 4, 1789, to June 30, 1869...... 10,791,085,059 Balance in Treasury June 30, 1869... $188,986,207 ‘Thus explained :— i every Lymn of taxation, whifé far less numerous. DOBIEOTICS..... 6.6. ee eee 170,028 He held that there was no argument against the in- bi scieamemmacned come tax which did not apply with greater force Balance per finance re- against every other kind of tax. POPE «oo se eeeeeesee renee + + $56,680,340 Mr. CONKLING, (rep.) Of N. Y., argued that the tn- Deposited with the States come tax was the most indefensible and pernicious 1D 1836....0-+.++.s00e+5++ 28,101,644 of all the taxes, Its supporters would have to an- Warrants outstanding on swer for their votes on the stuinp. . June 80, 1869....... 5,204,312 Mr. COLE, (rep.) of Cal., said the operation of the -—— $18,986,207 The following shows the condition of the appro- priations at the end of 1869, and forms the basis of the present mew régime of doing business: — tax in California was ; that Ohio, with six times the pop! of Callfor- nia, pald but a trifle more of tax, The Finance Committee proposed a reduction of fourteen millions and the House a further reduction by lacreasing the p General account of aj riations, ...... $102,389, exemption to two thousand ddllars. The total ‘Yo sundries, belt Dalnsices of ng 589,08) | Smount was, therefore, a matter of but a few mil- ations on hand June 30, 1869:— ons, and tt could be dispensed with entirely to To treasury proper. betver advantage than other taxes. ‘To war, civil At a quarter after four o'clock, after a short execu- ‘To customs. tive session, the Senate took @ recess till eveutng. _ To Interior, civil, Session. , ‘To diplomatic. wwadeeappond se ki ‘THE TRXAS PACIFIC RAILROAD. At half-pagt seven o'clock the Senate resumed con- sideration of the Texas Pacific Railroad bill as the To public debt Ni special order of the evening. a Benes pe eantes Mr. Howarp, (rep,) of Mich, concluded the | r $102,389,981 reading of his report, setti forth in detail | e ——— $102, 389, alleged discreditable transactions in _. con- ‘The Hatch«Babcock Report Postponed. fo oa — i sale me the bonds of the ‘The special investigating committee in the Hatch- | Memphis an Paso Railroad Company, and e to show General Fremont’s complicit with the Babcock case have concluded not to report until | yarious false representations mad y the agents of Saturday. There are gull some finishing touches | the company, and the consequent impropriety of in- necessary to the compleuod of tie document. troducing his name as one of ‘thé Incorpuratorsin the present bill. Mr. RICK, (rep.) of Ark., explal list of fog arisen which in additional incorporators of the hest integrity, was the result of a combination of rival interests. Mr. SHERMAN advised the friends of the bill to discountenance any personal controversy concerul General Fremont and the lent, of the Paso road as endangering the Texas Pacific enter- prise. He referred to the tmportance of the road as @ much needed means of communication, and re- marked that the land grant was less than had been given to any road of similar length, in view of the Sterile character of the lands in the section of coun- wy through which the road would pass. Mr. TRUMBULL called attention to the fact that the corporators were, under the bill, mere stock com- missioners, and could have no vote im the company as stockhoid He thought too much unportance had been attached to their names. Messre Nye, Trumbull, Cameron and Warner ex- pressed their be tebe of General Fremont’s Bo Rorae and referred to hig civil and military re- cord, Mr. Howarp replied by a further criticiam of the Memphis and El Paso scheme and General Fremonv’s standing in connection therewith. After @ discussion of four hours’ duration the Senate, at half-past eleven o'clock, adopted Mr. Nye’s amendment providing for a new set of corporators, headed ty General Fremont, making the total number, with those already in the vill, 116. The vote was yeas 31, nays 6. A brief discussion ensued upon the gauge of the roud, and at twelve o’clock the Senate adjourned. The Cuban Question Under x New Phase. ‘The Cuban question, as matured for legislation in the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, came forth to-day and was received with littie or no sensa- tion in the Senate. The propositions, as embodied in the resolutions, were warmly endorsed by all the republican members of the cammuttee. It is under stood that a slight dissent was entertained by Mr. Casserly in the general discussion that took place in committee. It was. at first intended to state the sense of the people by directly declaring that the barbarities complained of in the prosecution of hos- tillties in Cuba ortginated with Spain and were imitated by the Cubans in self-defence, or, as might be said, lex talionts. After this point had been well considered it was determined that this form of presenting the issue would be omitted and the present one substituted. The com- mittee say that they did not wish to make any direct charges against Spain, The resolutions embody, in many features, the principles set forth by Senator Morton some time since in his speech on neutrality. It was intended to act upon the resolutions to-day, but owing to an objection by Mr. Casserly they went over until to morrow. Personal. Commander George Brown, who took the rebel ram Stonewall to Japan and has been on duty in this city for some time, will leave here to-morrow for his home in Indiana, to await orders. Dr. Newman is at present busily engaged in com. Ppleting his reply to Elder Pratt's rejoinder on the polygamy question. The reverend doctor has writ- ten to know from Salt Lake City whether his written reply will’ be considered as cancelling the Proposed discussion in Salt Lake City; or whether the original programme will be carried out. Dr. Newman is ready to leave so a8 to arrive in August. He proposes three- sermons on each side, to be ae- livered alternately. He has received a number of Tequests to tarry and preach at different points on the way. FORTY-FIRSI CONGRESS. that the new some eighty ci el ul u t HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON, June 23, 1870, PAYMENT OF PENSIONS. Mr. Hay, (vep.) of IL, from the Committee on In- valid Pensions, reported @ bill to pay pensioners Whose pensions were withheld from them between the 3d of March, 1865, and the 6th of June, 1866, by reason of their being in civil service of the govern- ment, the amount of pensions so withheld, Passed. CONGRESSIONAL APPORTIONMENT. The House then took up, as the unfinished bust- ness of yesterday, the Senate amendment to the bill w fsa for the appotionment of Representatives to Congress among the several States, the question being on Mr. Judd’s motion to concur, on which he moved the previous question. Mr. MARSHALL, (dem.) of Ill., appealed to his col- league to let him offer an amendment, ir. SUDD, (rep.) of Ill, declined to withdraw the previous question. Mr. MaRSHALL hoped the previous question woula not be seconded, as it was an yutrage to pass the bill 1n its present form. ian Previous question was not seconded, by 71 to Mr. MARSHALL then offered an amendment viding that in the election by general ticket, of or more members i ome State, each quaged voter may Cast ag many votes for one candidate as there are representatives to be thus elected, or may dis- tribute the same among the candidates as he sees a, and that the candidates highest im votes shall be de- u f fn i Second Session. th SENATE. WASHINGTON, June 23, 1870, THE WAR IN CUBA, Mr. SUMNER, (rep.) of Mags., chairman of the Com- mittee on Foreign Relations, reported a series of regolutions as a substitute to the House resolution in overric worth: Shouk nois be adopted many of his objections to the in- crease of hundred would be obviated, the fact that in the election of thirty: at large to the vention each voter was allowed to vote for only six. teen delegates, That was at least an approximation ba -s W RD, (re ) of N. Y., suggested that the best |. Wal ol . Y., SU and easiest ihing $ Ir of equal ber of members, as proposed in the Senate bill. ment offered shall grounds, the pene of each State having full contto! & cf matter, wi the people of the States once be controtied by political machinery, be to give king caucus a power he never had before. and Beck and other members, Mr. Jupp moved the previous question and rejected all appeals to with- draw it, but the House again refused to second it. That was one question which he wished to have con- tion was whether the apportionment should not be like this by a vote of 64 to 104, and did not a wards, in a thin House, without notice, withou _ CULS8101 grossed, by a vote of 86 to 84; an deliberate, manly legislation’ bill and attributed the opposition to it to a tion between the protectionists and th: the former believing that the addifional which the Northwest would be entitied would not it was sa) tion? It had been so before; there has always been tion Committee, re ment to the Georgia bill with a substitute, eames gure ‘the militia’ He proposed to'have it debated for the rest of the and tn an even! session, and to let the vote be tek ‘ nor ‘ sity of construc’ position, able to it be @ concession, Jori worth to nt & report, and that the case before the chairwes the case of the majority raction! law and refuse to receive the resentative of a fitting constituency. the amendment of the gentleman from [l- te number of representatives to three Mr. LAFLIN, (rep.) of N. Y.. opposed the amend- ent a8 One involving the most {mportant rights of the le, and ag having not been considered by & committee, Uon of one member, but sprung on the House as the proposl- le also Opposed the increased pegeepration provided for inthe Senate amend- ent Mr. SMITH, (dem.) of Oregon, sustained the amend- ment, and mentioned as @ practical illustration of the principle the fact that in the late election of ju- diciary in New York the minority was allowed to select one-third of the number. Mr, Cox mentioned as a further illustration of it two delegates recent New York Constitutional Con- thing to be done in the matter was to non-concur in the Senate amendments and let the to @ good conference committee. wan Opposed to the engrafting of the on this ji an ts atk a advoci thi lizing represen tation i) ih ii Mr, BINGHAM, (rep.), of Ohio, oj ed the amend. by MP, Marshal on constitational thout intimating that it would not for the people to adopt that very plan. Mr. NIBLACK inquired why it had not been left to to carryout the fifteenth copsttt jal amendment. (Laughter on the demo- cratic alte) i Mr. BINGHAM—The gentleman might as well say why not leaye to the people of the several States to out every grant in the constitution. Mr. Bing- im went on to argue on the necessity of reapportion- ent, 80 a8 to give representation to the eighteen hundred thousand colored people who were allowed representation, by the abolition of the three-fifths claues, Mr. MAYNARD, (rep.) of Tenn., opposed the amend- ent as propostug a system which would bs a it would After further discussion by Messrs. Allison, Hoar, dered by the Judiciary Committee. Another ques- ade by Congress itsel!, not by a mathematicat agent—the Seoretary of the Intertor—as thts bill proposed, that embodied in the amendment offered by the gen- tleman from Ijinois (Mr. Marshall), Another question to be considered was AS to the argu- ent of Mr. Bingham, that this bill was required to do justice to the black voter of the South, he sald that instead of givin, and real representation, it would only enlarge the power of the men who wronged and oppressed them. Whenever any great wrong was to be don them poyer for self-protection He remembered that at the close of tae war, louse, it was done in the mame of the sold now, that that was played out, whenever any fraud wus to be perpetrated it was to be done in the name of the black: of Me. quired of Mr. Judd whether the n June 18, 1870, after a full discus- Mr. HALe, (rep.| argued in favor of the motion of reference. after the same had . been privately en- contrary to all precedent, pass such a bill did he call that proper, Mr. Jupp repited that the first vote was on an in- dependent bill, and was taken at a time when the House knew the same question was contained in the census bill then pending. to the census bill, to which the questions applied, were stricken out, which mate it uecessary for him to Introduce a similar bill, which was discussed and Subsequently the sections assed by the House, He argued that a reference of the bill, at thig period of the session, Was taniamount to its defeat. Mr. Van Wyoex, (rep.) of N. Y., spoke in.opposition to the bill and in favor of its.reference. Mr. LOGAN, (rep.) of LiL, spoke in support of the mbinas jocrats; mbers to ote for taxing pins and needies, and the latter nowing that these additional members would be republicans. ir. POLAND, (rep,) of Vt., denied that there was any such combination as that alleged by the gentle- man from lilinois (Mr. Logan), who put so much ‘a'nbow into the constitution as well as everything se, why shonid this bill be passed now—because, id there was an inequality in representa- an inequality, particularly towards the end of each decade, le belle contemplated that there should ever be an appor- ‘tionwent until after the census was taken, and that itwhould be made by Cong ved that the constitution never ress, Mr. Eu.a, (rép.) of N. H., offered an amendment providing that the representation of any State should not be diminished in the Forty-second Cong: ess. The discussion having closed, the vote was taken on referring the bill and amendments to the Judi- 1ary Committee, and they were so referred—yeas This is regarded as equivalent to the 98, nays 95, OR defeat of the bill, the Judictary Committee standing No. 10 on the list of committees to be calied, and it being unlikely that it will be ‘The vote was a sectional, not a party one, the mem- bers from the West aud South voting against refer- reached this session. ace, and those from the Middle and Eastern States for reference. There were some jew éxceptions to the rule. Mr. MAYNARD moved to reconatder the vote. ‘The Motion was agreed to—yeas 97, nays 93. THE GEORGIA BILL. Mr. BUTLER, (rep.) of Mase, from the Reconstruc- ted back the Senate mens. je ex- that the substitute wag the same as the bills Mississippi and Texas, with the singio ose four States the right to or- to-morrow morning. Mass., referred to the diver- inivn on the subject of Georgia in the Re- ion Committee, in the por ad and between ie House and Senate, and ‘ask what hope here was to raise that State out of its present He hoped tnat Col m be even though devise, some measure, which would end the con- He did not want to have it said that Con- Mr. Dawes, (rep.) roversy. gress was in session for eight months, and yet could not agree upon an act in relation to He had therefore a fact that Georgia constitution, was entitled to representation, and was authorized to organ! = The subetitute having been read from the Clerk's Geo @ substitute, recognizing the i ratified the amendments to the ol ize military for her defence. es Mr, BUTLER said he would not antagonize the sub- stitute of his colleague, but would aliow it to be offered. Mr. CESSNA, (rep.) of Pa., offered a substitute, de- claring that the State of Georgia having complied re ue Feconstruction acts, and the fourteenth and ent United States having been ratified in good faith by a legal lature of said State, amenaments to the constitution of the it 18 hereby declared nat the State of Georgla is entitled to representation in_the Congress of the United States, Mr. FARNSWORTH, (fep.) of Ill., objected to the entieman from Massachusetts (Butler) yielding to ave amendments offered unless he surrendered the oor, and claimed that when he did surrender the loor he (Farnsworth) was entitled to it, for in fact Pe ted the majority of the Reconstruction ommittee. The SPRAKER remarked that in that case the gen- leman (Farnsworth) ought to have reported the bill. Mr. FaRnsworrtn stated that he was authorized by tp majority of the committee to report an amend- ment Mr. WoopWARD, (dem.) of Pa., stated that a ma- of the committee had authorized Mr, Farns- ‘ing to get rt of that majorite il Telation to the contest between the Cuban insurgents clared dul! be ly elected. He regarded the bill in ite The SPEAKER siated that he unders' the and the government of Spain, He asked the imme- | sent shape as a violation of republican L nent tleman from Massachusetts to pe authorized to take diate consideration of the report. The resolutions | ®24an outrage on the people. He wi not under- | the report which he bad made, and asked whether of the committee were read, as follows:— RESOLUTIONS DECLARING THE SENTIMENTS OF THE PEO. PLE OF THR UNITED @TATE® CONCERNING SPAIN AND HEE ISLAND COLONIES LYING IN AMERICAN, WATERS, take to argue the propriety of repealing the sent mode of electing members’ by 2 ae. tricts, although he was inelined to ‘that a nenvren of bai on bop voting Was destined to supersede inder cumu oe of oie Un Med Grated coeuov Mane! | TLE ve srgtom uo parr tananileee oe party outrages. which mil trickery e tantly from the neighboring land of Cuba; | OF fraud could deprive minorities of the voloe they that they protest against the repetition of such acts, whether | Were entitied to in selecting representatives, by the Spanish government or the insurgents seeking inde- | correctuess of the principle was unquestionabie anaes eae oy ere cenee een sndignauon tne Ahooting | this was an opportunity tor testing it and putting it a voutaty te te ee an operation. For instance, there would be three the first pringiples of civilization and contrary to th dent happily established on the North American continent; | Members to be elected on general ballot in the State | w pee feed of humanity they solemnly insist that these | Of New York when there were 600,000 voters. Under the present system these three members would all cease. Resolved, That the people of the United States are pained the same party, and consequently the parties to hear thai the preteuaion of property in man is all upheld | beige (es in the island colonies of Spain lying in American waters; 13 €qual some 300,000 voters Would be un- that human beings, endowed by nature with the rightte ire, | TePresented, ana eonsequently practically disfran. | th liberty and pursuit of chised. But iness, are held as slaves ; that, j hie. pretension ‘at once, the Spa government props ract it for an iudeunit &n impdasible system of gradualism; that such dustly offensive to all who love republican institutions, and ‘especially to the United States, who now, inthe of jus- tice and for the sake of good neighborhood, ask that slavery shall cease at once, Resolved, That the United States, being once colonies, if the system which he pro) were ish | adopted the minority could agree on one man for Whom it could cast all its votes, As it is each voter had to vote for each of his three candidates, whereas, under the pian Proposed, he could cast his three bedno! Bel hey Fini ro This ages ae the rep- reset 'e minority. He argued at some length in beg ah of his proposition. stead of terminal achieved inde; ice by successful resistance to the Euro- r. Cox, dem.) of N. advocated the amend. an Power claiming to govern them, aud their example o arwurne white! <i Followed aftsrwarde he's Spanish colon on te ‘Aumeriean Dlewalosseie, the arguments on Which the princi- | or b ‘Achieved independence Iikewixe; |, Pit Wee Hast that already the same aspiration for Independence begins to . GARFIELD, (rep.) of Ohio, also advocated it, otir in the nelghboring eoionies of Great Britain; that these | although he confessed to jitie hope of seeing it fomreaoes, a gs with ee Cyt of a, age, ego Pennhe: ” a re varions facts in supvort of the that iropesn js hemisphere c believed thas ri nase | iets barge Ly, this cpavietion, ihe people, of - rtrength and impetuoal 4 enirmeuatve pg utepentgtrvn og saad Wat Yoana | emmeR aot te Rep unnatural jurisdiction in Cuba forbi * La lem.) of Ind., was opposed t y wanalaral jurisdiotion m Jol Kdden by the great law of Q DP oO any system of apportionment that would make the nuni- ae of members ae two hundred and itty: jouse unwieldy enough with jf reese number iy ugh with it reese ir. HALDEMAN, (dem.) of Pa., declared his adhe- sion to the principle of cumulative ‘suffrage or free voting, a8 the present system was becoming more and more unpopular, and the Con reas resulting from it more and more degraded. Within two days thia House, which had created a certain set of con- alituencies in the South, had felt itselr compeliedgto ot bot! . ee Resolved, That the le 1@ United States declare people of their sympathy with thelr fellow Americans in Cuba strug: sling for independence, and at the same time their sympath with the people of Spain in thelr present eforts for liberal snsttiutions in thelr own ancient land, and they people, as the frst stage in reform at home and for the sake of peace, 0 recognize at once the right of Cubans to govern themselves; that they make this appeal with sincere good will (o the people of Spain, and with the masurance that the justice they do to others will redound to their own happi- hess, welfare and renown. waoived, That the President of the United States is wn He had been instructed at the same time to of rnsworth Mr. Fa fact the report of the majority. eigat of the committee, at first, voted for the report of the chairman, and seven against it. One of the eight, the gentieman from Obio (Mr. Upsot weeks that t Vebater has increased at week. Bit how did they get at the weight of the head dis- ‘that fact was challet Mr. Becx, (dem.) OF Ky, sald he challen , and stated that the chairman of the committee (Mr. But- rf) had made the report truly as far as he had gone, had been authorized to make that Leda) but he" ave the re- presented, which was, in He added that ym), after- ards for the substitute changed his vote and vote in the hands of Mr. Farnsworth, but was unwilling, teat 1t might be deemed a reflection on the chairman, two take the pill ont of his nands, The SPEAKER asked Mr. Beck whether he raised e point that the gentleman from Massachusetts was not authorized to make the report. Mr. BECK said that the chairman was not avtho- rized to make it by itself wituout stating the other condition. The SPEAKER stated that was the only point on which he could rule, as to whether tle report was authorized to be made. Various amendments were offered by unanimous consent, which, with the bill aud substitute, were ‘dered to be printed; and 16 was agreea that the previous question would be seconded at two o'clock to-morrow. The House then, regardless of the appeals of Mr. Dawes to go on with an appropriation bill, some members saying it was too hot to sit louger, ad- journed. A Lusus NAToRA.—A Cincinnati paper says:— ‘ne wile of Mr. Thomas Turner, a colored man residing on Observatory road, i sald to have given birth to a child about one year ago whose head now measures thirty-three inches in diameter and weighs enty-five | yr It was only within the past few he iemarkable cranial development be- n, and for several weeks the head of the youthful the rate of a halfinch per ‘The body plods aiong at the usual speed.'? 0} from the body ¥ THE TURF. TROTTING AT NARRAGANSET PARK. Third Day of the June Meeting—~Large and Brilliant Attendance—Lady Augusta Wins the 2:50 Purse, and Idol the Purse for Horses that Never Beat 2:27, Provipence, R. 1., June 23, 1870. The weather this morning wo« gloomy, with slht sprinklings of rain at intervals, but notwithstanding the danger to fancy tollets, at the time operations Were to begin at Narraganset Park there was anim- Mense gathering of ladies and gentlemen present— maby more than on elther of the previous days, The track was in better order than it had before been uring the meeting, and fast time was looked for; but Considerable disappointment was expeslenced in that respect. There were two races on the card,” the a peg horses that had never beaten 2:50, for a pw $2,000, Which Was divided into three parts, the first horse receiving $1,200, the second $600 and the third $200, There were seven entries for this race, four of which came tothe post. These were J. L. Doty’s brown mare Lady Augusta, M. Rodin’s bay gelding Charley Green, E. A. Roberts’ bay mare Lady Emily and 8, 8. Dorsey’s bay stallion Fancy Golddust, Lady Augusta was the favorite at two to one over the. fleld at the start, and subsequently the odds were increased in ber favor, She won the race very easily in three straight heats, proving herseif a speedy and lasting trotter, This race did not seem to excite much interest among the spectators, as they viewed it as rather a one-sided affair, which it really was. The second trot was for a purse of $3,000, for horses that had never trotted better than 2:27; the first horse to recelye $2,000, the second $700, and the third $300. There were ten entries for this event aud eight starters, These were L. 8, Brown's chest- nut gelding Locust, John H. Harbeck’s gray geld- ing Surprise, Dan Mace’s chestnut mare Idol, C, Hiu’s chestnut gelding William H. Taylor, L. 8. Lorillard’ gray gelding Carroll, Dantel Piifer’s bay stallion H. W. Genet, William H, WoodruiMs bay gelding Shepherd Knapp, Jr., and Hiram Woed- ruff’s black mare Jessie Wales. In the pool selling, Idol had the call, Surprise being the second choice, Locust third in favor, with the fleld selling for nearly ag much as any of the horses ex- cept Idol. This was before the start, but afterwards Idol grew in greater favor, and being pressed closely by Jessie Wales in the second heat some doubts be- egu to be felt by the betters of the long odds on the result, {dol won the race in three straight heats, ‘The following are the details of the day’s sport:— THE FIRST TROT. First Heat.—Faney Golddust’ won the pole, Lady Augusta the second place, Charley Green third and Lady Emily outside. e seventh atcempt they were started, Fancy Goiddust leading, Lady Augusta second, Charley Green third and Lady Emily fourth, Lady Augusta soon cut out the work and showing the ‘othera the way went to the quarter-pole in thirty-eight seconds, Augusta led three lengths to the half-mile pole in 1:15, Charley Green | second, Fancy Golddust third and Lady Emily fourth, the two latter far be- hind, Augusta kept the gap open part of the way around the lower turn, but approaching the homestretch Charley Green closed rapidly on her and was near to her wheel when they came into the stretch. A vigorous struggle then ensued between them and lasted until they reached Me score, Lad, Augusta floally winning by a length and a half, Charley Green second. Lady Emily was beaten ninety yards, ayd Fancy Golddust distanced. ie of the heat—2:01. Second Heat.—the horses had a very even send-off; but Lady Augusta soon went to the front and led three lengths to the quarter pole in thirty-4éven seconds; Charley Green second, one ‘length in front of Lady Emily. Lady Augusta was four Jengths ahead at the nalf-mile ae in 1:13, Charley Green second, two lengths in front of Lady Emily. Lady Augusta opened the gap around the turn to six lengths and came in a winner of the heat on a jog in 2:30%4, Charley Green second, six lengths in front of Lady Enitly. Third Heat,—The horses were pretty even when the word was given, but Lady Augusta immediately broke up arid fell to the rear, At tne quarter pole Lady Emily and Lady Augusta were head and head in thirty-six seconds and @ halt, the latter having trotted very fast around the turn. Augusta then went in front and passed the ualf-mile pole in 1:1434, two lengths im front of Chariey Green, who had- given Lady Emily: the go-by. ‘Angusta come home a winner by two léngths, Charley Green second, Lady Emily fifty yards behind, Time of the heat. 2. The following SUMMARY, NARRAGANSET PARK, CRANSTON, R. I., June 23,— Purse $2,000, for horses that never trotted better than 2:60—$1,300 to tirst, $600 to second, and $200 to the third horse; mule heats, best three in five, in harness. J. L. Daty entered br. m. Lady Augusta.... 1 1 1 M. Rodin entered b. g. Charley Green.... c. A. Roberts entered b. m. Lady Emily. 333 8. S. Dorsey entered b. m. Fancy Golddust. dis. P. Waters entered b. g. Dan Ford dr. E. L. Norcross entered b. s. Robert Bonner. dr. Daniel Pifer entered r. m. Lady Colyer. TIME. Quarter. Haly, . 38 bs re 113. + 861 1:14 36 THE SECOND TROT. First Heat.—Carroll won the Boe: Locust. the second place, Jessie Wales third, Idol fourth, Shep- herd Knapp, Jr., fifth, Genet sixth, Surprise seventh ana Ti r outside. The horses got away _prett; well for so many, Carrol leading, Surprise #econd, Idol third, Jessie Wales fourth, Locust fifth, Genet sixth, Taylor seventh and Knapp eighth. Goimg around the turn several of horses broke up, when Idol dashed to the front and led three lengths to the quarter pole in thirty-seven gecods, Surprise second, Knapp third, Taylor fourth, Jessie Wales fifth, Genet sixth, Car- roll seventh and Locust eighth. Idol main- tained ner lead down the, backstretch and was first at the half-mile Pac by three lengths in 1:14, Surprise second, Taylor third, Jeasie Wales fourth, Carroll fifth, Locust sixth, Knapp seventh and Genet eighth. The horses were trailing a few iengths apart. They were ror out in tie manner noted at the half-mile pole and ali the way home, Idol winning by three lengths, Surprise second, Taylor third, Jessie Wales fourth, Carroll fifth, Locust sixth, Knapp seventh and Genet eighth, ‘Tine of heat—2:31. Second Heat,—Shepherd Knapp, Jr.. was drawn on account of lameness. Taylor had the best of the send-off, Surprise second, Idol third, Locust fourth, Jessie Wales fifth, Genet sixth aud Carroll seventh, Idol soon dashed to the front and led one length to the quarter pole in thirty-seven seconds, Surprise second, one length ahead of Jessie, Wales; Taylor fourth, Genet fifth, Carroil sixth and Locust seventh, having broken on the turn. At the half-miie le Idol still led, Jessie Wales second, Taylor third, Surprise fourth, Genet fifth, Carroll sixth and Locust last. The time was aos They continued on in this way, well strung out, with- out changing places, until ou the homestretch, when Jessie pressed Idol hard all the way up the stretch, and Idol had great dificuity in beating her a neck and shoulder at the finish. Genet Was a good third, Taylor fourth, Surprise fifth, Carroll sixth and Locust distanced. The time of the heat was 2:28, Third Heat.— Surprise had the best of the send off, Jeusio Wales second, Taylor third, the others to- Lettind Going around the turn Idol went to the ‘out, Wales second, Taylor third, Surprise fourth, Carroll Sfth Sauer aixth, t quart je the Positions were unchanged, & 8 ihre. aoe seven seconds. There were several changes on the backatretch by the horses behind the leader, and when ther came to the haif-mile pole Idol led one length, Surprise second, one length in front of Jessie Wales, who was four lengths ahead of Taylor, Carroll fifth and Genct sixth. ‘Tue time was 1:13. There was but little chan to the end, Idol winning the heat by one lougth, Jessie Wales second, three lengths in front of Genet, who was half a length abead of Surprise, Taylor fifth and Carroli sixth. ‘The time of the heat was 2:28%. Jessie Wales takes second and Surprise third money. The following isa SUMMARY. Same Day.—Purse $3,000, for horsea that never trotted better than 2 $2,000 to first, $700 to second and $300 to the third horse; mile heats, best three in five, in harness, Daniel Mace entered ch. m, Idol — Woodrum entered bik. . 22 Jobn e g. ‘pI 254 C. Hill entered ch. g. William H. Taylor. 845 tel PAfer entered b. s. Henry W. Genet. 8 3 3 L. Lorillard entered g. g. Carroll 56 6 .. B. Brown entered ch. g. UST +. 6 dis, Willtam H. Woodruff entered b, g. Shepherd Knapp, dr.........s sense +. 7 ar, Me im B. Smith eatered br. m. Lady Sher- idan. es sdbebee dhe Sia as George ayer entered b. g. Twang. TIME. Hats. Mile, First heat 1 2331 Second nes 2:28 ‘Third heat 2:28% NARRAGANSET PARK TO-DAY. . The Grent Race id What the Stay-at- Homes Think of it. ®To-day, the last of the meeting, there will be trotted for at Narraganset Park purses Nos. 7 and 8 The former 1s of $2,500, for horses that never trotted better than 2:32, so divided that the first Will receive $1,650, the second $600 and the third $260, For this there are niue entries, The latter ' $1,000 10 second and $500 Purse, Of $5,000, ta for a’ horees—$3,500 to first, to the third. An addi. $2,500 is conditionally and will be given Uonal premium of added to the purse, to the winver of any heat that makes it im time better than 2:17\. Futered for this aro the four great trotters—bay mare Goldsmith Mail, bay mare American Girl, bay mare Lady Thorn and the brown gelding George Palmer. It is expected that this race wiil prove Intensely exciting, as the fleld of contending horses 1s @ brilliant one, from Which much in the Way of fast time is anticipated. It will be witnessed inal! probability, if the Weather {8 pleasant, by as large a concourse as ever gathered on @ trotting park, In this city last even- ing pools were sold on this trot, but wt was evident = that_~—sthe stay-at-home Lurfites were puzzied to select between the Maid and Thorn, and consequently were very cautious. La some tustances Lady Thorn was the favorite, even against the feld, while in others the Maid Was the favorite, at slight odds. Uf sever id the followti ‘alr sample: Ka eet Goldsmith Maid... “0 60 Th 40 8 wo 38 0 2 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. Commencement Exercises Yesterday~Award of Prizes—Conferring of Degrees. ‘rne Grand Opera House was crowded yesterday by 4 thoroughly fashionable audience, on tne occasion of the commencement of the New York University, ‘The ladies were in the majority, and perfumed fans, im constant motion, aided the exquisite flowers which everywhere appeared, to giye the place an odor of rich sweetness. CHANCELLOR FERRIS presided. There were also on the stage Peter Cooper, John C. Green, President Barnard, of Colume bia College; Rev. Dr. Canfield, Rey, R. Campbell, General Foster, Rabbi Isaacs, Rey. D. Arkman, Rev. Dr. Murphy, Rev. Dr. Zabriskie, Rev. Robert Lowry, Rey. Mr. Phroner, &c, The following was the DER OF EXERCISES. D Munic—Overture to Oberon (Grafulla’s Band), Prayer by the Chancellor, Latin Salutatory Oratioa—Eugene Svevenson, Paterson, lew Jersey. English Halutatory Addresses, with Oration—Jobn C, Van ter, Jersey C1 J ertation “Ie; ® @ Possibility”—S. Alex, Steven- son, New York city. Oration—Intringic Value of Cuiture’—James W. Long, New York city. Diasertation—"Noyelties and Quackeries—@ichard H. Bull, Jr., New York city. Oration—“The Ancient Philosophy”—Jobn Reid, New Yorke city. Piislosophical Oration—“The Man of the t'eriod”—Georse Zaariskle, Jersey City, N. J. Diasertation—“Charles Dickens”—George W. Hunt, Mount “The Romantic"—Wm, H, Nichols, Brooklyn, Dissertation—“Progress"—Geo. ©. Hunter, New York city. Oratior ‘uba,” with valedictory addresses—Howard LD. Woodruif, Paterson, N. J. THE PRIZES—THE FRESHMAN CLASS, The following received prizes:—Richard P. Messt- ter, as best in mathematics; honorably mentioned, Wm. H. Hoa, as best in Greek, THE SOPHOMORE CLASS. To John R. Beam, as best in Greek; honorably mentioned, Maras D. Buel. To Maras D. Buel, as best in Latin; to Nathan Reeves Hart and Charlies &. Nichols, as of equal merit, and best in mathematics, For best scholarship in Englisn literature and essay writing, to Borden P. Bowne, Jr. For the greatest improvement in the firet two years (Freshman and Sophomore), to John R. Beam. For greatest excellence in the entire course of four years, to Howard D. Woodruff, The Butler Eucieian prizes for best composition by members of the society, the first to Ralph Wardiaw Little, of junior pr the second to Theodore F, Burnham, of junior class, DEGREES CONFERRED. Howard D. Woodruff, of Paterson, N, J.; Engene Stevenson, Paterson, N. J.; John ©. Vandeventer, Jersey City; Alexander W. Fraser, New York; Jobn Reid, New York; §, Alexander Stevenson, New York; George W. Hunt, Mount Vernon, N. Y.; Richard H. Bull, Jr., New York, JACHELOR IN SCIENCE. Walter H. Nichols, Brooklyn, L. }.; John H. Carl, Flushing, L. George Zabriskie Hunter, New York, DIPLOMA OF SPECIAL COURSE. George Zabriskie, Jersey City; Frank W. Hand- ford, Ligerreering a L; Lewis W. Sayre, New York; L. Meredith Maxwell, Bloomfield, 'N. J.; Arthar aring, Yonkers; James M. Denton, Jamaica, L. Henry L. Tomlinson, New York CIVIL ENGINEER. John H. Carll, Flushing, L. 1. DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY. Iverson Graves, M. D., Georg! STER IN Ars. Charles R. Bart #., of class of 1862; Alfred Koon Laapher, of of'1864; Alfred V.'C. John- son, of class of 1867; James Dow McVey, of clase of 1867, MASTER IN, SCIENCE. A. B. Defrece, of class of 1867. DOCTOR IN MEDICINE. W. F. Bacon, Connecticut; Fred. R. & Drake, Connecticut; Geo, p Hersey, New Jersey; Jacob Killian, Virginia; E. M. Rogers, Wisconsin; C. Rogers, England; James L. Sample, Mississippl; J. Horace Tracy, Ohio; 0. H. Jerrington, New Jersey. BACBELOR OF Law. George Bell, A. B.; Morris Dillenbeck, Augustus iA ey, Randolph Gigeen Kemer, Charies Mc- Ewen, W. H. Morse, A. B.; John B. Otis, A.B; W. G. Peceham, A. B.; James H. ogers, A. B.; James ‘'T. Stewart, Eugene Stevenson, A. HONORARY DEGREES, Docror IN PuILosorHy.—George W. Clarke, A. ie her York; Rey. George R. Enther, Frank- in, N, J. LL. D.—W. A. Martin, D, D., President of the Unt wey, of Pekin, Chiva; Cyrus Hamblin, D. D., ent of Robert College, Constantinople; Wil- lam Blackwood, D. D., Philadelphia; Hugh Lenox Bond, Baltimore, Md.; Richard L. Larrimore, New York. D. D.—Rev. Gilbert Morgan, South Carolina; Rev. William Neil, New Brunswick, N, J.; Rev. Willlam H. Steele, Newark, N. J. EPISCOPAL MISSIONARY CONVOCATION AT NEWARK. Pursnant to canon nine, enacted at the last New Jersey Diocesan Convention of the Episcopal Churcn, the Convocation of Newark, comprising representa- tives from the churches in the counties of Sussex, Pas- saic, Bergen, Warren, Morris, Essex and Hudson, met at Trinity church in Newark yesterday. The pro- ceedings opened with prayer, after which a sermon was preached by Rev. J. N. Stanebury, of Newark, eminently suited to the occasion and the subject of missionary work. ‘There was a beggar iaid at his Peay fall of i from St. Luke, sixteenth chapter, were ti words of his text. The reverend gentleman sug- grated, in simple yet forcible language, that in the crowded cities of the diocese thefe were many beg- gars who could and shouid be reclaimed. In fine, ti argument was in favor of letting charities vegin at home first. The Holy Communion was administered by Bishop Odenhetmer. Rev, Messrs. Farrington, Holley, Williams, Carter and Meter Smith partict- pated in the offices, ‘The service ended, the Convocation was called to order by th Bishop. Rev. Dr. J. 8. B. Hodge was appointe: Dean, The roll of clergy, read by Rev. Mr. Fa ton, showed that nearty forty clergymen were resent. Rev. 3. W. Sayres was unanimously chosen ‘retary, and Rey. Dr. Meier Smith, Treasurer. A code of by-laws, prepared by Rev. Messrs, Merritt, of Morristown, Gray, of Bergen Point, and Dr. Costee, of Bloomfield, were adopted. A resolution was passed that lay delegates may be appointed meanwhile by the rectors CIF oi ee. Various committees were appointed for different ob- jects connected with the missionary work. At a little after four o‘clock the Convocation adjourned, to mect October 4 at Trintty church, Ber gen Point SOUTHER WOMEN'S: BUREAD. ‘The Southern Women’s Burexu—a society formea for the assistance of Southern women who desire education in the various arts and professions, and also to ald those already suiliciently cultured in, procuring proper opportunities for the exe ercise of this culture, and with @ design of rendering such counsel, aid and information as shall make the active Ife of cultured workingwomen a Diessing to themselves and redound to the honor of all womanhood—met in the Cooper Institute yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock. The meeting was called to order by the Presi+ dent, Mrs. 0. Fowier Wells, who, having read the constitution and by-laws, introduced Mrs, Ba a Southern lady, to the society. This lady 8} of the erroneous ideas of most ple in regard to Southern women, She ts pictured In their roinds as reclining. on a sofa or under @ ahady tree, while slaves cool her brow with gently waving fans. In fact, ther idca of a Southern woman could noi be disassociated from, Inxurious idleness, While there had been @ ciggs revelling in luxury there had also been a ‘clnes ihe is, the wives of ownersjof amalier numbers of slaves— who had worked as hard as any women in the world in their household and the care of the welfare of their siaves. But the idea of labor in another's service was to all Southern people degrading; con- sequentiy none worked but those compelled to by lack of slaves. This being the case these women had now, since the war, to be’educated to work for others, The jady concluded by asserting that tha Woman who attemded to fer household cares and econotny was fully capable of iting tha Presiaent 4 chair. Mrs. Wilbur then read some extracts from leiters written her by Southern ladies asking advice as to the beBt mannet of procuring a livelihood, and then spoke of the necessity of Women becoming inde- pendent by their own exertions witiout pre- viously asserting this indepenaence. After this, & discussion oo the equalization of wages between the sexes having arisen, it was closed by Mrs. Wella und = Mrs. Burns, the first saying that the reaso:f for this non-equall- zation was the unreliability. of women, they being so apt, after their employers have taught them thew vo-~ cations and they have become of sume use, got mur ried, and of course leave; while the last stitea the cause tobe “the slovenly aud inartistic manner of working of women.”