The New York Herald Newspaper, December 5, 1870, Page 2

CONGRESS. THE WORK BEFORE IT. Cotinished and New Busin Attended To. s to be The Land Grabs and Jobs—3t, Domingo and Sumuer--Ben Butler and the Prince ward Island Scheme—-The Appropriatioa Bills, WastINoeTon, Dee, 3, 1870, w er the Forty ud Ce as Shall be organ- reed on the 4{h Of March or not, the approaching ae 22 Will be an excl 1 an interesting one. tl Senators and members will necessariiy um- ves mor well a . and In in power on those now in place, 3 in Congress. view of the tact be during the administration they will ich influenco as oi ine seats, It is very evi- a the “new pariy’ mevement, which has Me shadowed by Batler and the Chicago vT and practs snaugarated by Car! Schura ue t jormers, fu Session. Lo doubtful next House, « heard from, whether verats as aga venue ble by of con discu Co The ng enough in the p le ed the c vat ¥ yution, w ie my event, 3 as will r of a Pd such combiuatio at iu the result ode ond te pres party mtact. ve will make itself felt Me next Hou upon commit. 4 to run coun- be the who e, OF win- whether 4 will be able te con- Ner will 6 States holaing elec- AS muiters e, wilh the aid ef their tebe able to aker and how the new com- this connection reformers” will st Uke protectionist importance. members any “rats themselves will o hold the id ye (nem Of course the administration will pe evention of any coailtien reform re- elf will concede ionists will yield som the it satis- mey the or- T reali: hat anything a breach im the ranks, any defection upon the pare of the members of the House, wil prove disastrous to the republicans in the next Pre: al contest, ONE OF TE Pr Qt TIONS s 1 after Congress meets will be whether Forty-second Cons shail be organizea on the 4: of Maren, as now provicled by law. ‘Tms will probably be an ssing subject at the caucus of the repubiieans, willeh will likely be held on Monday , esday i of next week. The preseut Lidications ure the decision will Nit spon the si whether the reguiar republicans can coi rgenis m of the iJouse on the 4th of itnour the ald ef the mieiau irom w States ing elections in the spr Some of these § as for iustance New Hampshire and Connectt re heli to be deubt- ial. he marginal majority ja the Honse (8 6o small th nie is iitte w go upon dit wiil take nice catcalatton and wood ction «pon the part of the ep 1 Managers to seuure SMevess. Lf it 18 found that Wie House can be or rot the re publicans, without waitin ag elections, there will hardly be any repeat of the law which compe new Congress to meet and organize on the 4th of Maren, If, on the other hand, it deemed advisable to wait al) the States beard from, the law will be 1 d. In this mat- ter, i must be remember having two-thirds of the pres al) thes own way. ‘Tney will tof the party as regards tts fu nacurally wi re, and wi @ view to having the next Congress in entire harmony with the uinistratton. This will be mivolling censideration in deciding the ques on whether th nized | pty uence. rf the next Meuse, is of Course ® candidal onds aiscever that tuey ave tue, thy £ not b 2671, Then, again, likely to postpone it unul there may be leg! galar republican douse, will have inthe pec re-election, iy If pth euough him on the 4th of Marea toa certamty they Decemper, ation ef an oiportant character beiore Congiess when it expires at noon the 4th March. within daring the sessien wich finmediate assembling 0: a are atuted, on of wilt tis the possibilities that someriing may turn necessitate the new Gougress, tiugencics; but, us T wave already ihe controlling tssue will be whether the opablicans can do better by organizing on the 4th of Marca er waiting wat the fe THS BUSINESS BEFORE CONGRESS. owing December, ‘‘here is lithe doubt bat that each member, as usta, 60 iog a are essential to the safety and succ try. Every man has his hohby ta ageoutofit. Very few of them 3 With ius pockets ful rae of bilis, embrac- jemes, public anc private, Which be Considers of the coun- ‘onyress 8s Well p levisiate for 410 whole couniry to the ignoring of their diferent ous and Staves, 2 for joint resolutions oi referei are presented wnd referred tthe House and tead of Ss10n1, uunendations of the President's Very much 0 the administration happens, a3 at p ov in harmopy with the majority in Uongress, ar at we Know, there are very touai importance likely 10 be Ling SC8SiOD, EXC ted by the President in his Message. ruction, Which fer the past fiv the jeading questians before © ctical ied and out of (lon Cowmmittee, with the beliicose Ker lew qui con: acre ut its b “occupation is gone."” THE At the last session When the 5taces are Called on uday fer bills and joms resolutions ou leave, * Legisiatures for nee only, You need not be surprised if enough 0 occupy the attention the committees for six givnbh ip- the business of the er, will be shaped by the tenor and age und reports of the several heads of departments, sis aiways the Case, more especially, hewever, ent, 10 So ons of sidered at the pi, ladeed, they should be su Recon- Hl years was one , Will probably be disbauded, because its of pills fatied io beth or 4 Senate, judging trom on it dar for Monday, had its full s tar moré tne House. Lhe untinished husimess tm the ds the bill to encour fureig. trade and fer House +t the Inst er purposes. Session, but scuck Senate is the bill ve abolish the ‘Ths passe gor} of football and sianding joke ig the Senate. charge of Senavor Rarasey, of Minnes de a 8 the buuding of ships tor 1 passed the in we Liroat of the Senate. Amouy the special orders tn the ranking privilege. the House last sessien, but was made a it ta, Whether he will bring it up again for the purpose of pressing It 13 @ matter of deubt. It will be opserved that the Vestmaster General, im his annual report, again alludes io the question, uderanion. and urges its con- itis well Koown (hat its passage by the House last session Was a matter ef political capital aod uncombe. Many of those whie voted for itin the/Houxe actually went over to the Senate aad vObbied to defeat it ip that the elections the ‘last of it, at Tue other special orders 2: body. lenst for the Now that ever we have probably heard present. # bill to amend an act entitied “An act granting lands to aid in the con- struction of @ railroad and telegrapu line trom the S:ates of Missouri and Arkansas to the Pacific coast by the Sourbern rout cou.ty, of the Sea Islands of beaut una, and for Cpe 4g of course, got up for u some fav ”” approved July 27, 1866, @ pill to provide for the sale of certain lots and b South Caro- oser both of them huge jos, e express business of giving @ a huge silce of public preperty. ad 8 The general orders m the Senate calendar embrace ai act to carry inte effect the decrec of the Court of the United States for the Souther: of New York in the case of the schooner |, and her cargo. Ths passed both aouses peading a motion to receasider. mote ple civilization of the Ind arcu! aiiict Davia but ts ‘The bill'to pros fans, and to prepare thew jor ine rights and duties of crozenship, is aiso peadhig on a motion te Fegona) Seaator Stewart, of Nevada, who be wey be Geul with the Indians most effectu ox! uate them. ewart ts also an toe of the “heviben Chee”... SEoes uh nine Wes IN THN SEO AIP. he foliowing is the order of business [oo dd according to the ofictulesiondar fo mver Bui for the preservation of the har vere of the Uiited States w aioat fu Bili to enforce the fourvernth ari. of wavs nalitaiion uf the Unitud otate SRN io encourage the builuing ef sero:bipw tot sve that tha io d by is NEW YURK HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. Y Btetes, and to vrovide for the transportation of the United States’ walla wo urope by sieamabips butt tm the United nares Siatea. Bll for the wetslement of elaime for v ¥ the on duclag the late wns comm ssary stores furnished to or takea within the States ta rel payment to be made tor certuld services ied States in the late tneurrecyonary er's and ‘ulled States: Bits pothoriniug rendered 0 the Siatos, Bill in relation to bridges across the Ohio river. Joint resolution to regilate the howe of labor of govern: vorersy workmen and mechanics. relation to the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme rt of the United States in cortiln cased, mabers of Conc ress from imaportnnity, and the independence of (he diferent deparunents of ‘age and promote the International Industrial be held In Washington Otty fa the vear (87k. ide for the execution of the law oppinat the gamy in the Territory of Utah, and for other Jaratory and smendatory of the act a de for an American Hine of mail a er wleamabips bitween New York and one or more Kuropeas porta,” passed July 27, 186% Bil relating ty tel United States and foreign countries, Bill to provide for ‘the a ijustment and rattefaction of, claims of Amerioan citizens for syolintions committed by the Fronch prior to the Bist day of duty, 180, Bill regulating descents in the Territory of Utan, Joint veao'utien for the disposai of the public tands in ch Biates of Yiorida, Alabama, Mississipp!, Louisiana and Ate kauw the reltef of William Henry Otis, pUrp ses. Joint resolution d titled “Ap uct to pre emigrant pans Bil Joint resolution relating to the seizure of certain distilled spirits in California, to estabilah & postal telegraph ayaterm and to ineurpo- rate the United States Postal Telozraph Goupany - Lill to punish contempts of the couris of An certain cases, Bill to punish the collection of illegal taxes upon passen- betwoen the Eastern aud Western continents. Bill to repeal the charter of the Medical Society of the Dis- trict of Columbia, Bil tor the relief of Major J. W. Nichols, Paymaster United Stater Army, Bil to preserve ihe harbors of the Vited States against evexoachment. Joint resolution for the relief of Lorenzo Thomas, Jr., and Beary. Thomas, Kul to promote commerce among the States and to cheapen transportation of the maieaud of military and naval stores. United States, Bill to provide for the sale of the Creat and Little Osage Indian reservation in the Stato of Kansas, and for the sevtlement of said Indians in the Indian ‘terrivory. Bill to make the fmportation of immigrants under labor contrects unlawful. Bil! to provide for the location of agricultural college sarip by actual settle: ‘Bil. to aboliah the Freedmen's the Bureau of Education. ‘Act for the relie? of Laurence L. Merry, Collector of terval Revenue for the Twentieth district of New York. Bill to reform the civil service of the United St Bul to establish # territorial government tor the ‘ of Ainska. Joint resolution to enable the Court of C:atws to hear and determine the claim of George ¥. Warborn, « subject of the hing of Pruasio. Bhi to incorporate the Natioual Paying Company of Wash- fngton, District of Columbia, to incorporate the Missouri, Kansas and Texas fail Bureau and providing for In: rritory tions eoncerning colleges for the beneiit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, Joint resolution for the relief of Walttam R, Reth and George Katas, of the Fii | | Bill granting lands to the Min ‘og e railroad from Lake Superior to Vermilion Luke, fn sald Stat Actto a wublic agricultural lands fn the State | of Califo tead and pre-emption purposes. Bill for the relief of Mrs. Jane North. idge. a {for the relief of Alfred E. Brooks, postmaster at Ilion, communication between the | gers. Bill to encourage and facilitate telegraphic communication | Bill (o secure and protect the freedom of transit within the | Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to audit bend porape cinta of Kobert 'T. urkpatrick, a loyal eltizen of Actto repeal sdction four of the act of March 8, 1869, en- led “An act fo relation to additional bounties, and for ‘other purposes,” and for other purposes. Joint resolution for the rellel of ©. F Ro, Bul for N. Eagleton, exeeutrix of the last will and testament of J, Joasph Fagleton. deceased, Kill for the suppression of driuking houses and tippling shops and to regulate the sale of intoxtoating liquors t the District of Coluinds | Joint resointion for the temporary reltef of the poor of the 4 Disteict of Coiumbs gaint resolation for the relief of William M. Kimball, | Wil for the reiter of Joun E, Wheeler. as for the relief of Maria Lea. Bi) granting a pension to Jacob B, Cuyle, Bili Rranting a pension to Leann Cox. Act yunting & pension to Mra. Eliza Webb, widow of Daniel T Webb, late a private in Company G, Kighth regi- ment of Téynosses cavniry. | Act for theelief of Zsolarlah Petttjohn. Bil to comurm the ttle of Henjaniu It. Edwards, his ) helrs. assigns or legal representatilves toa ceriain tract of land in the Terrftory of Now Mexico. Bill to faciliiuse postal iatercourse with foreign countries, | Bill to unthorige dhe establishment of ocean inal sown | hip service between the United States and Mexico, i "Hil for the ereation of ai district im the Sta is and the right of way to ald ti w Orleans and Northeasiern Railro: Joint resolution to furnish medala to certain Peungslvania ani Massachusatts soldiers Bilt granting a pension to Olive Coombe, Bill to incorporate the Loan and Trust Company of the Vnited States. Bill for the relie? of Sebastian Reichert, Bill for the boned of Bryan K, Young. Joint resohition referring the claim of Isaac W. 1 mort and Joseph Granger for damages under a contract for build: ois, & marine hospital ut Letrou, Michigan, to the Court of Jautna. Bill to regulate judicial procoedings and for other pur- poses, Bill for the relief of Mrs. Sugan A. shelby, Joint resolution for the relief of Pardoa Worsiy. Bill to aidin estabilshivg and developing commercial in- tercourse and provide for carrying the matis between the United States und the countries lying on the wes! coast of Soni for the rellef of Dr. Marcas Reynol ‘or the relief of Dr, Marcus Reynolds, of Sumt - ty, in the State of South Carolina, so! sumer coun. bul for the relief of L. Merchant & Co. Bill to provide for a building suited to the use of the Post | { and Brown- to Denver, \- tory Me ithorizing water en to be established crt stoi rated pon rinelpa tributaries, with « view to obtaining Intorma- Hid roquiced for the provecon of the alluvial lauds uuatpat overiiow anil for the improvement of navigation, An act to Tne an apprateer of for the rt of Mobile, PeKn wet granting lands to wid in the comatraction of certain railroads in the State of Florida. ‘An act for the relief of Lucas, Dickinson aud other coun- the State of Lowa. t land to the Sterra Iron Corapany. Anuct (o renew a certain grant of lands to the State of Alavama. sy aat io incorporate the Texas Pacific Railroad Company oe don the construction of its road, aud for other pur thes Ao act to gran| Petr act for the Teliet of Joseph 8. Finch & Company, of 7 , Fonneylvania, Pita ickiugeayrant of Iands to the North Louisiana and Texas jad Company, to aid in the construction of a rail. road (rom Vicksburg, Mis&iesippi,on the Mississippi river, ‘Texss State vae, to tet ravolation authorizing the Midland Pacific Railway Compavy Lo vuild # bridge at or near Nebraska City, to con- nevt {ts road with other railroads, ‘Joint resolution for the relief of Richard P, Harnmond. ‘An actto amend an act entitled “An act for a grant of tand to the State of Towa, fn witernate sections to ald m tho construction of a ratiroad In said State ed May 12, Tse4, and to tlands to aid in the construction of # rali- road from O'2rien county, awa, §o the Mirsourl river. ‘An act ww authorize the suie of cértain lands reserved for the use of tue Menomonee tribe of Indiana in the State of Wisconsin. Anact fo doit reso sonetuenos 0 An act to rel ad political disabilities {mposed joxel fineat of the coastivuion of the Uni Other purpones. ‘An act grantl he relict of William Chinn. + y dtion tor tha Felief of osrtaln contractors for the of yeasoia of war and sieam machinery. lieve certain peraons therein named from the ey the fourteenth States, and for ‘ing land to aid in the Reba potrl of @ rail. t frou: Sioux City, Lowa, to Columbus, Nevrasks. ron Tron reliayuls the interest of the United States in certain lands to the city and county of San Francisco, in the “alliornin, State of Caliting ihe right Of way and lands to the Pfvos ‘and Placer Mining and Ditch Company ot Mexico, ‘An act to extend the time lor the reversion to the United States of the lands granted by Congress to the State of Mic! ! ass nd Ualied States courts in the clty of Kaleigh, North Jaroiina, Bill to incorporate the Pactfe Submarine Telexraph Com- | pany and to facilitate telegraphic communication between America and Awa. ‘Bill granting jurisdictton to the Court of Clatms in a cer- tain cause Involving the right to the use of a patent, Jomt resolution for the relief? of Edward B, Woodbury, . Woodbury and Syivia M, Mclatyre. Act io exiend the ‘time in which certain offences may bo prosecuted, | Bill requiring a United States Cfrouit Court to be held at Wytheville, in the state of Virginia, and uxing the terms | thereof and of the District ( . | "Ball for tho reitef of A. | _ Act to extend the pro: ‘An act to provide farther | remectal justice in the courts of the United Slavs,” approyed | August 29, D2. | _ Bil to conicm to James M. Hutchings and James (©, La- mon their pre-emption claims tn the Youemite Valley, the State of Calitornia, Bil! for the relief of Arthur E. Reynolds, of Mississippi, of | all legai and poittiou! disabilities,” | , Bu. for the relief of Frederick Vincent, admipistrator of James Le Caze. A. Thompson, surviving hetr Bilt for the relief of Fann end legal reprosentative of Willian Thospson, deceased, for- | meriy a brigadier general, Act to arch Tiber creek north of Pennsylvanta avenue. Joint resovution in relation to the claim of A. J. Campbell, Bil to encourage the construction of the intern ..tional Pacilic Railroad. Bill granting lands to aid in the construction ef # canal or canals for irrigating purposes in the State of Califuruis.; ‘Act granting « pension to Emma M, Moore, Bill for the repeal of cortafn laws therein mamea ide for carryiae into efect provisions of a ded between the United hia tes and the Chevo- | 1 of Indians, July 1 1566, | aking it amistemeanor to it ont or equip ships of | waish arms or munittons of war, with ull be employed in the service of any | State to commit besiiliti inst the peo- Lstrict or cole who are in a stace of | h foreign prince or State, and | for (he forteiture of euch ship or vessel. | for eatending time for the withdrawal of | ¥ warehouses, Of James M. Btls d lands tn the Territo of arailroad from f kee Nati Bul polut on the | t@ Station, in s b's Fork, in the Ut the government free traustt fo: postal matier, troop, wer the name. To exempt fr Sion tex property In the tty of Bal- timore inven mveyed by la Brown to the Presi hia that « 6 “the Presbyterian Clureh in the United #3. Milton Best. the authorities of the city of Washington, jolumbia, ty endorse the vonds of the Southery | road Company, elle of Mcuulas M. Page, executor of Samuel | npoeil county, Virgiah tate the adjustinent of General Assemb Bill to aut! District of Milter, of controversies between | j pany to extend and Paso, in New M a Bill f¢ et of loyal citizens of Loudoa county, Vir- ein oamed. reliet ot y named. bic the Secretary of Warto revise the general for the govern: be army, refer Of Mra. Mary Dunn, of South Carolina. fon to autharizs the Frestdest of the United tive list cervain @ilieors of tha Medi | Dr. Joho Bs, Reat of Maililda Victor fof Minerva Mew! “i Lewis, dees se mail sieamahlp ary na and Japan. iruct ftw railroad and telegraph line ! loyal citizens of Loudow eounty, vir. | aics to restore to the al De} Bui rc f or the 1e tt or the rei stale of kze 0 1er | States and C as ndministrate's of | » dotnt resol on tor the relief of Jamea | Bi relief of Harinon EB. Wentw | Menten urveenth New York heavy aril ‘Act for the relter ot William A. Kucker. | Bill for the rellef Of Captain J. M. Keeler, Inte Provost Marshal for the State of € } ~ Jott resolution for the relief of James ¥. Joy, | Billto further the aduunletrauion of justice Hill for the reilef of Joseph Lacman. Act for the reilef of Emmor Ware. 4 Joint resolution for the retiec of Henry N. Galplu, post- muster at erin, Connecticus. Joint resolution for the relfef of Thomas master at Cerro Gordo, Litnois. Act for the relief of Robert L. D, Burchfield, Bill for the reilef of Lieutenant Jolin skelten. Scott, late poxt- | and relating to a Metropolitan Pc | lumbta, Hill relative to the refining of gold and allver bullion at the Mint of the United States and vranches, Bill for the cellef of Cowan and Dickivzon, of Kaorville, Tenseasee. Bull granting landa to the State of Minnesota to aid in {mprovement of the harbor of Duluth, Lake Superior, ia aid State, Bill to grant the Junction Cnty, for other purposes, Bill vo tacorporate the United States Freehoit Land and Emigration Company aud to couirm certain legialation in Co.orado Territory ‘Act amendatory of an aet estabiieht OBee of Reie ton, discontinuing she Freedraen’s tinseau, aud Cor ou puro Nl for the re} Mt granting the Presidle rese: Pranclaco tor « public park. ‘Act u sid of the execution of the jaws in the Tesritory of Utwh, and for other parpeses. ‘Act for (he relief or Janes, Fowler, Kirtland & Bil to simphfy and reduce the rate of poste, the franking system, to lumit the cost of car: and to reyulate the paytaent of postage Bill grunting iangs to aid in the coustruction of a rallroad and telegraplr Tine trom Columbia River to Great Salt Lake. Joint resolution dec; the ratideation of the fifteenth amendment t constitution of tue United State Bill for th £ of Oliver Pow Joie reseluiion for the relie’ of George W. Keye Act for the relief of A. 4. Vance, posimaster at town, New Jersey. Biilto pecmee commerce and to cheapen the tranaport: tion of the mails ana military aud uavat vlores between Cin- cinnati and Chattanooga. ‘Act to gboll#h joint tenancy tn the District of Columbia. Bill to probibit all but ceriain officers vourding or ieaving | yousels betore entry ac thr custom hoo Bill authorizing payment of the amount aw: G. Montano, a citizen of Pern, ander the cla tion between the Un Acvfor the retie tharleston, Sout ( at resolution Port Leavenwo: ay thronch the pablic lands to ivy ani Denver Ballway, aud | | Hl i ‘0, » bo abotiuh lag the mail, | Morrie: the sale of » portion of the ervation to the kansas Agri ion of Leavanworte 8, for fair grow urther regulate the public printing and te discon- ation of )ooks by ihe general goverument | for popu Bul for t Madison. F uy bijite extend the erm of letters patent fseved to Richard . Hoe Bill to organize ths Indian tribes under o territorial g provisions of the treaties of Ball fixing the time for soiding the Court in tue dinwrict of West Virgina. bitte voraie the National Academy of Letters and ng laude to ald tn the construction of csrtain Stute of Florida. ie for tae ot the diminished reserve and ‘the Kansas or Kaw tribe of Indians tn the s, and for the settlement of said fadiane in Lory. the pension of Mary Louise Germcne, widow of Colonel Gareacie. BU tor the relief of Horace Tyler. Bil prescribing the rules of evidence In verinin aasen, Bill te repeal ao act entitled An act for the survey of nts or ciatuir of lands,” approvad June 2, 1462. Bi) to expodite the survey of private land claims. Act lor tue redef of Hull & Cozzens and Joan Naylor & of the Drew Theologten? Seminary of . Consolidate the and carry out the a tadlan trib Bul gran ratiroads io tion Lo compensate John ¥.. Miles, late second 4 [adlana battery, for the value of one 8, ter eMiciency of the novy. suring of eficient seamen for the es. ng to bullding used for milltsty pur- pones tn the city of New Fors. Bui to reatore to certain parties thelr rights under the lawe and (reativs of the United states, Bill authorizing wail steamship service in the Gulf of Mex- en the pert of New Oeaus, Lousiana, and certain ports of the republic ef Mexico, Actor the reller of Timothy Baker, of Si. John’s, Miche # Fit extenstag the pro corpun and regulating j approved Marc’ J, I Purposes. ll to provide for holding spectal terms of the Circuit and Distt Yonrts of the United Bates for We Northern aad for the Bétitberh districts of Obio. f Bill to seenre equal rights in the public ach: ton and teor:etown, Act to authorize th ment of bounty to Ann McCarthy, Joint resolution sealing (o the Kort Greg maibiary reserve: ndicial proceedings in certain i to certaim ober caven, and ior otber tion. = Bill to incorporate the Kanage, Indian Territory and Golf Raiiway Company, ait abie the Miszourt River, Fort Scott and Gull, and envenvwort), Lawrence and Ga!- fon ant commirnct » ary and ty read reetan | | wba Gat Act to exiend the time f ‘ne the prosentation of olaluns tor add’f-nal vcumiy auce act of July 22, 1866. : Wi declaratory of 2 act entiied “An uct to provide in- abbas om fmparts, lo pey inievest ou the ppblic TS an urpoaes,” apoioved Angust by 180L ditick cf Firmen and oluer hemps, Tele: of filam Fpeucse ing e pension to kiianbete a. Spaegeon. ta. Wlader’a bullding sor the ase Of sho Was De. | aesnt co Scott, Inte agent vairteenth daa the wetief et He Lawn Liev mae ssamus iu ibe tue hue | trict of Min } to raul ‘or | to enter land fo a | her | Jon 10 the city of Zan rms of the Gireult | wiatons of “An xct relating to habeas | the | ‘Bill (or the relief of Nancy 8. Ledford. (BH to encouage and Tuctitate telegraphte communtea ion th Kurope, ‘Act to confirm the title to the Rancho del Rio Grande, in to tha beirs and legal representatives of ‘the prantees thereof, yhibit contracts for servil he retief of Cartes P ir. to enable tae Leavenworth, Lawrence and elocute &# portion of il wi labor. Act tor mt Fesvlutio: road, Bill to detach tha port of St. m the collection dis. St x it to the couection district of er purposes, ime for completing ® railroad between y,and giving construction to the rauUng lauds to tue Blate of Wisconsin to als. ‘ing for the nse of the Post Office, ‘ircuit aud District Courts and Hartford, Coun, pe relief of A. M. Adams, oF & grant of lands ta the P Ratiway Cor | actual getti | biu for the } coup Lousiar ton, Salina and Denver oy and for the disposal of said lands to ouragement and protection of dramatic i dnd suitable for public representn- tion, by sect and proprietors of the same certain rg) the time bevein mentioned, Bil granting pesaions to kiles Shelton, Newey Shelton, fof aa Meteall y King, Patsoy J. Shelton, Sarah Met- d Mary Franklin and their ebii D rties interes situne adventures aud contracts in | F the ag xteen years. w York, and to esiablish « Hoard of Pors War- j LAND GRABS. {li to authorize and aid the Kansas Pacific Railway Com- | tt Will be o Fed Chat ant Ok, the iahaye xe fewer than thirieesa U are for grauts of the public Innas ad und ottcr corporations of a private char. acter. + he tite Of most O} these ratiroad companies 4s obscure, Lut it Is Lmpeossibie to tell how many mil- lions of ac ithe public domain will be spirited Sway into the possession of private monopolies, AS might be expevied, the majority of these measures were hatched ia tie Committee on Public Lands, of wkico Senator Pomeroy, of Kansas, is chairman, He may be denominace the great land grabber, fer he has certainly succeeded im giving away wore acres belouging to the gov- ernment than any other ourse Pomeroy is NOL al member of the Senate. mné in this business, but aud being an old mem- e has even a more dis- ings. itis hardly pos- at bills wall sae Moat by to push them, and sible | the wal tines til be a powerlul te | by Muaking eemmou eause a number of Wem may | get throngh, ; BUSINESS ON THE SPRAKER'S TABLE. {Inthe H { doal of bosiness on | the of at the close of | the tas: session. This has sil been placed apon tae | callendar for Monday, Deceinber 5, and will come | up in the iollowiug erder. as to precedence:— Joint resointion of Thomas Haughey. A bill supp tenitiled “An act to provide ® national eu ured by @ pledwe of United states en Bill for the relict of inane H. Allen, uy ‘ | abil fo incorporate the American Union Academy of Litera- | ponds, 08 to Deacide.tce the eieulstion. And redetapon, j te, Science mud Ar. A bill'to revive the navigation and commercial interests of Ef to amend and consolidate the several acts erteblishing | the United States, Special order for Tuesday, March 15, er the morning hour, und from day to day walil dis: posed a: sing tonnage duties, und for other purpo rior Tues March i, after the morning bour, my day to day until disposed ote to autnorize fiding of a military and postal om Washington, D. Ox to the clty of New York. A bill (o estabuinh a systera of national edncation, Post- poued uniil the second Tuesday of December next, after the morning hour, ‘A bili to allow tha achool trustees tn the State of Arkansas school purposas under the homestead law. Reselved, Ahat Benjamin Eggiosion 1a not eutitled to a ai in thus Hoy ve in the Forty-irst Con- from the ¥ ‘of Ohio, Strader ## entitled to a seat in this * v ‘eas from the i distries of Ohio, A bill to iucrease banking facilities, and for other pur- + pose A dill deOning swamp and overfowed with an amendwent, Pont: until the this } in December next,’ after the morning hour, ai pe’ | Joint resolution extending the time to construct a railroad from the St. Croix river or iake so the west end of Laie Su. yerlor and to Bayfeld. 4 biil to provide for the sale of certalu lots and lands of the | Sea islands, of Beanfore county, South Carolina, and for | other purposes, ‘A bill to incorporate the Government Aathra Company. Resolved, That B. F. Grafton fy not entitled to a saat in the House of Kepresentutlvea as a representative frou the Sec- ond dissrict of the Stu ‘Texas, Resolved, Tat James Shields ja not entitled to the House ‘of Kupresentatives in the Forty irom the Sixth district of Missourl. Resolved, Thai Robert P. Van Horn fs entitled to a the House’of Representatives in the Forty-ii from the Sixth district of Missour). Ab act (o Ux the time for the election of representatives ana delegates in the Congrens of the Ualted States, Joint resolution Reported Wednesday nd made a tor thatdsy aud trom day to’ day wutil dis- Railroad atest in ‘at Congr ating condemned ordnance to the | Seventh Regiment Mouument Association, Ohio. { Joint resolution for the restoration of Captain Dominick Lynch, of the United states Navy, to the aciive list trom the | reserved list. Juint resolution to amend section ten of an net entitled “An not granting iands to the State of Kausas aid inthe consiruaiion of @ southern branch of the Union Paeiiic Rall- way apd Telegraph trom Fort Riley, Kansas, to Fort Smith, Arkansuy. ‘An act to repeal an net entitled “An aot. to prevent the importation of certain pertona into certain States, where, by the laws thereof, thelr admission 1s prohibited,” approve’ February 25, 1808, An act Pi ‘escribing aD OF who participated in the late rebellion, but whe are uot uls- | qualitied from botding office by the fourteenth amendracas of | the constitution of she Uniteu States, An act to prevent the counterfeiting of foreign trademarks | protected by treaty stipsiations An set to amend an act entitled “An act fora grant of | jands to the State of Kansas, !o alternate sections, to aid in { dhe construction of certisn fatiruads and velecrapha in said tate." ‘An act fo renew certain grants of land to tha State of Ala: \ bara. An act amendatory of an act entitied “An act to further provide for giving elect to tae various grants of public lauds. Fo tie State Of Nevada,” spproved Sune aes.” An act to enable George D. Roverta, of Alaineda county, Callfornta, (o linport, orrtain machinery (ree of duty. ‘Aa act granting lands to the State of Wisconsin to aid in the conatruction of (he Groen Buy and Lake Fepin Ratlway, ‘An act W authorize ihe appointment of shipping counts: sioners by the judges of the several district courte of the United Stairs to superiotend the shipping and discharge of Senter engaged in merchant ships belonging ta the United | States, and tor the furtuer pro‘ection of seamen. { Am act for tue relief of the Stockbridge and Muosee tribe of Indiana, In tha Btate of Wisconsin. Joint resolution directing the Secretary of the Interior to Jeaue m patent Wo the ludiana Yearly Mosting of tho Society wt Frieuds (or 8 certain tract oC land In the Shawnee reser vation. ‘An act to amend » portion of a certain atatute of the Ter- nilocy of New Mexico. At act to afd {n the consiriction of the Omaha and North- weatern Kallrowl and Telegaaph Line from Omaba, via the mouth of the Niobrara river, toa point wf junction with the jortbern Facitie Railroad im Dakota Territory. and Arkeneas to ald in the construction of @ railroad and telegraph line or near the tbirty-sixth parallel of north fated from ‘tne ftfasiasippt river co the Ar! river. Aa act author ising. the Southern Minnesota Kaijiroad i Corapany to connect its ine witk the Northern Pacidc Kaii- ‘and. An oct to ald in the constriction of the Oregon Branch Raltrwad. port of delivery at Da Luth, Minnesots. ‘Ap ack to crmate a t dettvery at D n act granting lands to e ruction of @ railroad 2 siern boundary of Minnesota, at the junction of ft otk Wood ive with the Red River of the North, to the Winnipeg district of Fete America. An act granting public lands in the State of Alabama to the Necatur and Aberdeen Railroad Company to wid to the con- | wtrnetion of @ raliroad to be built from Decatur, Alabama, } to Aberdeen, Mivsiastppt. | b resoitition for the Wenelit of Wilberforce Univer- atly. Kn cot to provide for # building sntied to tha use of the Now Jer- officers of ‘he United States In the city of ‘Trenton, v, Joint ran extending the time to cousiruct s ratiromd from the <1, Croix civer or iuke to the west end of Lake Su- perior to Kay veld. Joint resolucdon providing for the kale of certato lands ia | the Stats ov Kamena ceued to the Waited states to trust by the ( Garvokes patios of Tudlans, | without business. th of office to he taken by persons | Same views on the subject of the Poss Uitico, the peasion and revenue officers and the judicial | contemplate \i in the construction Of a ratiroad from Vere Mar- im we ta Punt, in said States aud for other purposes, ‘An act to aid ip the construction of the Mobile and Pensa coe ee reparuilon ranting the right of way to the Peneacole 1 ea tas Katroad Company tursugs the naval and wn dary renervatielis hear Peusacol®, Florida, Au act for continuing the St. Paul and Slonx City Ratirond across tue Territory of Dukota to Yancton or a point near the mouth of the Mobrara, and for continuing the land id of the sar Bra get for the relief of the Kentucky University, ‘Ab act iu ald of the New Orleans, Baton Houge and Vicks- bury Ratiroad. Jolat -esolu bi ‘An ach to divide the 8 ticle reat resolution of the Senate for rescinding the con- cungent resolution (oF the appointment of a jolut comritic ‘on the civil service of the United ‘States. ‘A bill to amend the National riper: Bape A Pil to prevent (ue further sale ot the public lands of the ae states except aa prov dod for 1m (he pre-emption and voeetead laws acd te laws for disposing of town sites d mineral jands. ann tpill to eine the duties of pen ns tng the moanner of paying pei Eee aun te prepare and bring ina bili aboliabing the income tax, aud Minteait thereof assess & tax of live per ceatuin of the 1iter- oat Perry Honmonsto the minor cbfldren of the Inte Innanler Kaward P. Williams, who perished on the United Staves steamer Oneida. 4 lll conceraing duties on import A vill relating to the Western Pacific Railroad. ‘k bill uranting a pension to Christians Arneil. A bill (9 promote with Prince Kdward Island. THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD. Unqnestionably the most important maeasure in the way of a railroad bill that will come before Con- gress tuis winter 1s the bill to incorporate the Trans- continental er Southern Pacile Railroad Compan; Al the last session the *Patndnder,” J. C. Fremont, Was at the head of this concern, and tt failed tm the House, thongh it passed the Senate. Fremont ts not by any means as popular with the republicans as many persons suppose him to be. He was vigel ously opposed by Senator Howard, ef Michigan, and @ number of other radicai Senators and members, Howard, who 18 Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Pacific Railroad, 13 in favor of the Transcentinental or some ether Southern Pacific railroad per se, but he does not think Fremout has the business capacity to lead so imperiant an en- terprise. Doutless in 1866 Heward ana other promi- nent radicals, who now laugh at Fremont, were ready to vote for him, and did vote for him for Prest- dent of the United States as against Buchanan. Last winter they were afraid to trust him at the yi ef a railroad company. It is uaderstood here vat t ‘Transconunental bill will be introduced under’ entirely dierent auspices. Duriag the recess Marshall 0. Roberts, of New York, has been placed at the head of the enterprise, and, in conjunction wth such men as Col. Stepbius and John Jacob Astor, it 18 said that Roberts pro- poses io push the bill through during the coming session. As the bill now stands, the company ask very little from the federal governinent in the way of pubhe iand: Indeed, the government has hittie to give that would be of value le this read on the route propesed, Their subsidy, if they receive any, ‘will have to come from the Staie of ‘Lexas, where, [ am interme’, the general gevernment has no public lands, all of them having in some way fallen under the control of the State. To be sure, there must be a grant of lands from the general government m the Territory of New Mextco and the Indian Territory, but it wiil be comparatively smail; the main route les threugh Texas, ‘The opposition in Congress to the road is likely to come from two sources; Orst, the members ‘aud their friends who are interested in the success of ife railroads already puilt and in operation; and secona, fro the friends of Fremont, who think he has not been well treated by Kobveris, Stepbins aud other capitalists whe had taken beid of the pro- Ject. It ts sad that receatiy all arties con- cerned, inciuding Fremont, had traternized and come to an understanding. OF this, however, T am not sure. I only know that the friends of Fremont are not satisfied, whatever he may be. BEN BUCLER’S LITTLE JOB. Among the schemes for annexation ts Ben But- ler’s proposition to get hold ef Prince Edward Island for the purpose of annexing it to New Eng- land. One of the buls now on the Speaker’s tavie, “to promote trade with Prince Edward Island,” waz {niroduced by Builer at the last session as an entering wedge for the scheme whtch, it is said, he will endeavor to carry out during the coming session. He made an elaborate argument before the Committee of Ways and Means in favor of his ‘trade’? bill, and finally succceded in getting his frend Sam Hooper, of Massachusetts, to report it to the relief of Mary E. Lane, ton for the Ne of Virginia taio two judtotal dis- sion agents, and prescrib- a. the Honse, It is said that Butler broached the sabdject of anvexing Prince Kdward | Island to the President when he was here a few wecks ago, and that he met with seme encour. agement, te argument t4 that the people of the isiand want to join the Buion, and that it would be advantageous fur both them and us to come together, If Butler andertakes it he will be likely toget Prince Kaward isiand, as he seldom tails in anything he enters Into with energy. THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH, General Washburn, ef Wisconsin, invends to de- vote the last session of Ins Congressional career to advocating the passage of bis telegraph bill. He expects to Nave @ stubborn fight with the Western Union Telegraph monopoly, xs he had last session; but he thinks the business may be managed tn such & way 4s lo compel the Western Union Company to sell to the Ay meer at a reasonably price, or else to flank it and leave it practical) Mr, Wiillam Orton, the presi- dent of the Western Union Company, wag were not jong ago, and seemed to think that Washburn had no show of success. It 13 only a question ot time, however, and even if Dr. Wasnburn fails the reform which he has,championéd will be taken up by ethers. ‘THY APPROPRIATION BILLS, Tt is the intention of Mr. Dawes, the chalrinan of the Committee om Appropriations, to being in the Appropriation bills early im tae session, and to have theia nade special orders, so that they may be con- Sidered and passed at once. To this end he has had all the estimates prepared in advance of the meet. j ing of Congress, and no time will be lostin getting ils ceuuntitee to work on them. THE Sf. DOMINGO PURCHASK. It Is stared in official circles that the President will send ty the Senate a new treaty for the purchase and annexation of St. Domingo. Should he do so there will be @ ilvely contest in the Senate, the op- position being led, as befeve, by Mr. Sumner. That gentleman is understood to entertain precisely the purchase of St. Dormingo that he did last winter. Mf anything more decided and stubvorn, ag his personal relations with the President have grown more unirisndiy, TKLEGRAPH CABLE SCHEMES, ‘There are quite a nurober of these lett over from the last session, but they are mot likely to be considered at this sessien for want ot time. The largest scheme is that of cyrus Field, to jay a cable from San Franclaco to Japan and China, by way of the Sand- wich Islands. ‘The subsidy asked by Mr. Field 13 so Jarge that there really never was mucn show for his success. Last winter Field had au idea he ceuld manage the thing with a few cheap dinner parties. He declined te have anything to de with the general lobby, confining his operations in that direction to afew gentlemen who were all right on the score of science and respectability, but who had no know- ledge of log rolling a measure through Congress, Field has unother project op hand, to lay a cabie be- tween the United States and Cuba, This ts conten- ded to be au epposttion line to the one ef which General Baldy Sinith 1s president. Smith fought it all jast session, and it 1s said that if there is any rospect ef Field’s plan succeeding the Cuba Cable jompany will be on hand, willing to distribute something to the lebby. All the cable bills now before Congress, with the exception of the one pro- posed between this country and Belgium, ask sub- sidies, amounting all the way frem half @ million to An act gravting iands and the right of way in Missouri | five or ten millions of doltars. STEAMSHIP BILLS. ‘The question of increasing our mercantile marine will come up in various ferms, All the old pr jects of last winter are likely to be revived, with wnat guccess remaing to bo seen. Should the President recommend in tis Message the importation of foreign ships free of duty, ay it 1s rumored ne will, this may give an entirely diferent turn to matters of this sort. Lynch's biti te revive American sipping ig en the Speaker's table, and will undoubtedly ve brought up. But the whole programme with regard to these measures depends to a great degree upen the recommendation of the President's Message. FAILURE FOR WANT OF TIME. Itis very easy to discover from a caraory glance at the bills now om the tables of the two houses aud the schemes likely to be proposed that imuch of tke ed legislation will fail for want of time. Everything else wili be obliged to give wuy to the appropriation bills and whatever propositions may come from the Committee on Ways and Means and the Financial Committees of the two houses. To wet these disposed of will consume @ large suare of the three months’ session and comparailvely little time ‘will be loit for lobbying and speech Making. GRANT AND PORTER. Recent Newspaper Attacks Upon the Admiral. Sesemennanea sce Malicious Efforts to Create an “Onplossant- ness’--Extracts from Porter's Private Journal—Interesting Rominiscouses. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 1870. ‘The letter puolished in the World and Sun of yes- terday, purporting to have been written in January, 1865, by Admiral Porter, to Secretary Welles, in which the Admiral is represented as making re- marks disparaging to General Grant, has been re- published here, and ts creating cons .derable com- ment. No one can fal! to remember the persistent efforts of two New York papers to provoke some reply from Admiral Porter to their numerous attacks on him, for what reason commenced he never could divine, Itis known how these papers have attempted to atrect the confirmation by the Senate of an oMicer whose great offence seems to have been that he has done his duty to bis country for forty years, fought through the whole peried of tie rebellion as many successful battles as any other officer, and at- tempted to resuscitate the navy from the low ebb to which it had@ fallen at the ciose of the war. It is rather late in the day to attempr co interrupt the good feeling existing between President Grant and Admiral Porter—two men who served 2 loug and harmoniously together. This 13 evinced py the following extracts from a very voluminous private journal kept by admiral Porter during the war, and ‘never intended for the public eye during bis Itfe- tume, but which he has Map ore into my hands to show his sentiments and opinions concerning meu and things while passing events were making his- tory. Ihave not found on any of the pages of the journal a single word that speaks of General Grant mother than the kindest and most entuasiastio manner. The following are EXTRACTS FROM ADMIRAL PORTER'S JOURNAL?— * CarRo, IL, Nov., 1362, « * * Tt was after a hard day’s work at tg desk and going round aineng the vessels iitting out, that I accepted an invitation to supper with Captain McAllister, Quartermaster United States Army, whe was living om board an old steamcr, We were en- joying ourselves amazingly when a little bustle was heard in the room, aud General Grant was an- nounced. This was an unexpected arrival, for the General was supposed to be in Corinth, 1 had never before seen General Grant, and he was quite a differ- ent person from what I expected. 1 bad seen so many generals during the war, with large staffs fol- lowing them about, that I naturally loeked around for General Grant’s staf. I could, however, see nothing but my own officers with their weil laced coals, Captain McAllister came to my end of the cabin with @ plain looking man dressea in a citizen’s brown coat with @ velvet collar, and a pair of gray pantaloons. All bis habiliments were covered with dust aud looked as if they had travelled many 4 mile, ‘those clothes, seedy in the extreme, adorned the outer man of General Ulysses Grant, One aiways ferms Tather an exaggersted idea of a hero and expects to see something beyond the ordinary run of men, if not in personal appearance at least ia the trapotngs of lis rauk, but General Grant was distinguished by neither ef these, and stood before me oa that oc- casion the plainest, most unassuming manI ever beheld. Grantand Sherman had been tio of my heroes ever since they overated ier in Western Kentucky and Vennessee, although I had no acquaiat- ance with either of ther. I had eleseiy scrutinized their operations since the breaking out of the war. Imade upmy mind that there was more goed ¥ valsalp in those two men than in any olher two Nread of In Granti saw the Boid-on bulldog courage that wiil tell ap the long run against the best arranged tactics, provided numbers and ali are equal; and in Sherman IT beheld tnat genius that ied to such achievements during the rebellion. When introdueed Grant took me quietly by the hand, as if 1 were an ola acquaintance, with “tow are you, Admiral?” McAllister gave us a small table apart trom the rest ef the company. We sat down te talk with a wild duck aud a bottie uf cham- pague before us, neither of which Grant toucied. ‘hile I was looking earnestly at Grant, trying to meke out how much of the man there was under that lain exterior, the General was regarding n te see What amount of werk there was under al! the gilt buttons and goid lace with which the Navy partment had bedizened my coat. The Genc came at once to the polnt— “Admiral,” said he, “what ls all this you've been writixg me?” 1 told him of my interview with the President and of the laiter’s Intention with regard te MeUlernand. Grant looked serious for & moment only, cap you move wil your fleet/’’ he asked. morrow, or whenever you wish to start,” I replie “Then,” said he, “I will get oif at once. Sherman will meet you at Mempiis on the 20th (December) with 30,000 men, all embarked on board of trau- sports, Iwill leave Holly Springs about the 13th, | and march on Granada With all my ferce—avout | 50,000 nen. ‘This will draw om the rebel army now at Vick<burg to coniest my advance, and yon and Sherman can get possession of the place, as you will | meet with infertor numbers. I will be iu wiih tue rebels if they fall back on Vicksburg.”? J told the General that | would be up te time, and this was all that was ever said on the subject. Grant remained only a half hour iouger, and then bade us good wight, saying, “1 will start back ve 1 headquarters ut once,” * * * Jt is not my purpose to write a history of General Grants rmilitary career., That will be dene by abler pens than mide; but I intend te votice the personal character ef & mam Whe has achieved, perhaps, more in & milliary Way thum any ocher ily- ing general. * * * A lew days after my mterview with Grant 1 met General Sheraan, and {wrote to tae Secretary of the Navy as 1ollows:— Grant aud Sherman together combine by no one general that ever lived. What om possesses; aud these are the two men who will end this war, ‘and be considered glorious soldiers, when the generaia of to: day are all forgotien. Welles has more than once called my attention to this remark. * * * Speaking of Sherman * * * Then ho turned to one of his quartermastera, and they sat down to business, Here I found a diiterent kind of # man trom Grant—» bard, wexther-beaten soldier, with naturally a cor-ngated face, a mervous, rest- lesa, active man, with ail the equipments of a seldier on kim, and every inch # general. Yeo that piea- sant, genial look that beleuged tw Grant’s face was wanting in Suerman, I was not, | must contess, miuch impressed with General Snerman on my first interview, although unfavorable impressions wore Off as soon as tie quartermaster went away and he could attend to me. He turned towards me mm the nest pleasant Way, poked the fre and talked to me a8 if he had Known me all hus life, Sherman, nalike Grant, Was very talkative. He tok! mo alt he had done, What he was doing, and what he intended todo, jumping up cy three minutes to send a message te some one. 1 saw that Sherman differed trom Grant in one respect, Suermau attended to all ae- | tatls himself, while Grant Jeit thom te others, always seloctiug good men te perform the work. Sherman’s eye was alse the reverse of Granva. It was black, piercing and restless, and appeared in strong contra: bis sandy compiexion, hair and beard. ¢ ‘8 eyo W 1d Cold, alinouga when he was augry it Would hieht up with a Meree- ness not ple: D don’t suppose there ever was x greater cout n any two men than that between Granc man. ‘They were unlike In everything except i (heir skill as soldiers, yet they agreed perfect I often said in the early pari o these two gene ‘al ' + ities posseased | the rebetiton that ralg combined bad all the miittary ability that amy one man ought to possess to make him a pe t general, and | siacerely believe that an ny of 56,000 men under Sherman, with Grant as Geveral-in-Chief, could de- atroy any army i the world of vasily superior mur bers--Sherman, with his genius to direct the imme- diate movements of the troops, aud Grant, with bis indomitable courage that kKnews no such word as ; yield, This ig my Opinion, strengthened by long association with these two disunguished men. Thus ended Chis glorious Fourth of July—tie sur- render of Vicksburg, witb all Its immense supplies of guns aad ammunition, and. the opening ef the grand highway to the ocean that had been sv long seaied up. ‘The repulse of @ great army, te wich our navy largely contributed, and the battle of Get tysburg was enough for one day, ‘These old fellows who were wont to patter down to the Bxcbauge aud watch the six per cent stocks Inight well say, “Well done, my good and faithful,” but I don’t believe ene of ther sertousiy thought aboutit. Tentoone, uM they considered the matier at ali, they considered us as remiss in not @utcher- ing the rebel prisoners, and thought that we were fraternizing with them because we furnished them With needice and thread to sew en their patches with. The navy had gone through @ great deal of hard fighting and severe labor. Few knew the anxi- ety I feit for the success of the enterprise against Vicksburg. 1 had helped MeClelian to pian it by way of New Orleans, and it was not that geuerai’s fault that the piace Was not captured when we took New Orleans, This shows how changeable are bu- man affairs. Here was Grant, at the time J have mentioned almost unknown, who had taken the place of McOlellaa, then in the zenith of hiz givi'y, while the latter wag uow almost forgotten. In the fall of Vicksburg 1 saw Grant's future greatness and | tink ho saw it himself, All other erterprises must have appeared easy 10 | him after the capture of Vicksburg, for | nature had rendered that place aimost impregnable | and the devil neiped the rebels to make li secure. | No one but an eve witness can couceive of tle work done by those misguided people, the rebels, to keep ‘us Out Of their stronghold. The art of war was bere practised ip all tts varieties, and he who went throngh the siege of Vicksburg bad nothing more to learn. Our generals put nie yperation against the revels all the dcev.ces the jatter practised against uv, EXTRACTS FROM ADMIRAL PORTER'S JOURNAL OFF FORT FISRER. It was not the way | had been accustomed to con- | @uct business with Generals Grant and Sherman. Wilo, ho Inatter what might lave been thelr su) knowledge about miitiary matters, always deferr te me tu all naval adairs, But Grant aad Sherman dittered widely tu everything from all others whon: Jme! during the rebellion. Conscious of thelr own | Buperior ALLiLy, they were wihing to Admit tag | but is cowardly cnougt to during the war, and thus tothetr well-earned Teputations. * * If General Grant understands one thing better than another i¢ 18 men, and from als kaow- ledge of taem te seldom makes mistakes in his selections, ‘This ia a high and desirable quality in & commanding geueral, and Grant 1s in- debted to it for his successes, He almost always put tye right man in the right place. . The warmest notice T received from ¢! partment wasa letter from Mr, Welles, pnerely censuring me for writing three or four complimen- sary Sie w ih ollicers axe courmanded divisions, and who, perhaps, serv mY commana ey A yy under my da for Tie “A id ae 1 Ter : : bf M found General TY 4 genial, cleve No fuss and feathers about him. fein eae Wn A horse until Il presented hun with one I cap- tured from a country doctor, who was periorming the double duty of visiting the sick and carrying i forma\ e enemy, I never saw General terry with a sta Ocer in tow. He hud five or six indus- trious fellows, WO were working at their desks all day or carryiug erd from one pari of his com: mand to the other. he Terry was a voluntecr Ofies?, but General Grant, as usual, showed his good judgment in seléoying him for the expedition, Jt wgs fortunate thet Aid 80, for had he selected a regula’ ofticer tt would, have been said that he did not wish {4 put volun wers in important cemmands, ~ * * * * * * MI. LINCOLN AT OITy POINT. Mr. Lincein had the most unlimited confidence in General Grant, and always made ample apologies When be undertook to question the fitter on any point relating te military movements. AFTER THR FALL OF RICHMOND, * * * On our arrival at Peversburg we wit- nessed an exciting scene. The darkies were cvi- dently in the ascendant, and their late masters and misiresses were sitting in tho backs of the houses, looking gium. The storehouses were all broken epen, and soldiers and darkies were helping them- selves ad tivrtum’ to bales of the best smoking tobacco, * * * General Grant maintained thd same quiet, unmoved demeanor as he had done at Oity Polot, No ene wouid have supposed that te nad now the long wished victory and that the rebei capital lay at pis feet, or that he grasped the long coveted prize which was to place him ona higher pinnacte than any man in America yet occupi Results of the Groat Whiskey Reid in Brooklyn~ Ex-Assessor Scanlan’s Viows—The Tilton Gaug—Rerublican Splits—Democratic Gains— Webster, Defeated—Scanlan Hated Out and One Still Seized— Grant and the Politi- cians—Irish Republicanism. ‘The politicians’ war whieh has raged in. Kings county for the past twelvemonth wii furnish a mine of information to these who attempt to study the intricacies and dangers of republican oMee-holding nowadays. That the party, like all parties in power, shoula possess its cliques and inner “rings? ix natural, and the county of Kings, like the rest of the State, delights in the possession of at ieast two such—one known as the Fenton, the other aa the Mergan. It was into this nest that Mr. Scanian was appointed in April, 1869, Assessor of the Phird ais- ‘trict, as a representative of what is known as IRISH REPUBLICANISM. ‘The new Assessor did not belong to either faction, but wasarepubilcan pure and simple, aud soon found himself like A YOUNG CUCKOO IN A THRUSH NEST, an object of dislike to the Fenton and Morgan birds, Oust him bodily they could not, but the persistency of their efforts was at last rewarded by the Assessor “hopping the twig” himself by sending in his resig- nation to the President last week, Great was the exuliation of Tilton, The organ of the biende ang eb aud the enemy of lager drinkers dowed into tamuag headings at the mere mention of the fact. Lt was evident there was fire somewhere, tor never did Ktngs know of so much smoke before. ba A HEALD reporter catled on Mr. Scanian to learn “HOW THE OLD THING WORKS” tn Kings county, He was received very kindly, and a lehgiby conversation ensued, as follows:— Rerokren,—Mr Scanlan, your removal or reaigna- tion from eitice ip Brooklyn has erveated quite a stir among the politicians there, Can i ask you to give me any information jor the public respecting it’ Dr. SusNtan—Certainly, There i more than meets the eye. It was a very unpleasant place for A CARPET-BAG IRISHMAN to be placed in, From the day l eniered on the As- wossurship {was met with unceasing hostility and hieérance trom what [ may call THE PURITAN RING. From the time of my appeintment a continuous gireaim of delegations from Brooklyn flowed inte Washington, asking the President for my removai. kevont Were there any specific charges made against you, and, if so, were they entertained ? Mr, SOANLAN—Several charges were made, but none were specilically enterialaed at Washingtoo. Mr. Delano, the iave Commissioner of Internat Reve nue, and Deputy Commissivacr Douglas expreascad some displeasure at the RUNNING OF TITK MACHINE, but failed to point oul where the altch was. ‘ Rerorver—Wnhat, then, led to your resignation ? Mr. SF aa aescoa Lhave said before, ie coutimu- ous an DISAGRERAYLE HPSI-BITING of the Puritan ring, headed by ‘Theodore Tilton, Who in is newspaper published falsehood afer falsehood about the illicit distilleries of the district, did not reply te these because my answer was in my returns to the Keyenue Department, felt that lay resignation would RELARVE THR PRESIDENT AND MYSELF from @ constant anneyance, and accordingly I placcd It in the Lands of a friend, who banded 1b te the President, Rerorrer--Did the Presideat at once accept It? Mr. SCaNLaN—He did, aud iminediately wrote to Collector Murphy of this port, recommending me for & posinon under him, and therein stated that he did nos wish it to be implied that the acceptance of my resigaation resulted from any lack of confidence in wbility, lategrity or devotion to the party. REPORTER—What about these raids on the illicit distilleries? Mr. ScaNLAN—Foug, menths ago I wrote to Wash- tpgton saying that Cough 1 could suppress them I could not with my force of ten men keep them sup- pressed, as mest of them could start again six hours alter tue raid, and that it would require a large force of military to 3 SCOOP THEM OUT. This was not attended to. I could not get the marines when I wanted them, and the raid which took place Vefore the election Was my idea originally, but carried out, as I believe, at the wrong ume. Revorrer.—vid the raid suceeed in its object? Mr. SCANLAN.—It only succeeded in breaking up @ number ef mashtubs belonging to distilleries, the most of wuich had net been runalug for years. THE NEWSPAPEE REPORTS WERE UNTRUE, as they seized no whiskey, and only one sul. ‘Tho Marshals report will prove this, The still they seized Was nov in operation. My force of ten men seized all the witskey (bat was running. Although appointed for ninery days, they were removed i. the end of sixty, and forty men APPOINTED OVER MY HEAD, of whom { knew nothing. These latter madc no seizures, although at werk Over thirty days before the military were called out; and 1 point to tis fact in jusiification of my statement to Waslungton, at the time of the dismissal of my ten men, thith there were no illicit sulls then 1p operation, ReporveR—You believe, then, tuat the raid wat political or personal in its objeci rather than in the interests of the revenue? Mr, SCANLAN-—I Would prefer, tooking at its re. sult, rather to answer your question directiy. Jn tie Course of a conversation which ensucd Mr. Scanian siaicd tat bls eiforts poliiivally bad veer directed to uniting THE FENTON AKD MORGAN FACTIONS, and. believed there was harmony when the party nominated E. D. Webster tor Ceugreas, aud ihat. a the regular nominee, he did ali he conid to elecs lum. The split, headed by Mr. Whiting, ana sup- orted by the Union, combined With the raid, dc feated Webster, and was also imienved to procure his (Mr. Scanian’s) removal. This factlou Cust wut 3 votes, aud were deteriained ™ KULE OR RUIN, while Webster received within a fraction of mar thousand votes, and could have been elected but for tue boliers. 10 answer to a question he said he eould not say Whether there Was an understeadi: between the boiters and Geners! Siooum, the demo- cratic caudiduie. He uover met Taeodore Tito and can only put dewn his hostility to a BASPARD PURITAN FANATICISH that will use any moans to defeat an opponent. He has not ceurage enough to stuke an opponent, i we wt ASSASSINATE MORALLY. General Woodford also opposed him (Mr. Se: because before the Saratoga Convention be wiyo- cated the nomination of Hor iveetey in his paper, and Woodford went on t> Wasuington, as he said, to demand Scania scalp, Ne ineless, when General Woodtord received tae pojwinatioa, he (Scaniaz) supported him as the regular nominee. He thinks the present TECH FOR NOMINATION of weak men a bad preceteni, betanse they are sought by men who, although whipped out oft) boots, Make [Le ROWINAtION & foundation for 4 claim tw consideration alterwards. Me hae a strong pet sonal regard Jor President Grant, aid has been ab He fold the President publicans would sugpert y to defeat hin. He mia ways kindly treated by lim. that, while fue mass ob rr a hint, the politicians wo beieved tcre was a BIBADINUSS WANTING IN ‘THR Patty, Which was a weakness. mover of CaniVg aiModg Irishmen was spoeadiin. Butler in ois speech at Bo 400,000 Vorx In cou t anrual rety cd AN Mncresse OF $7829 Over What he did atyeet 10 Wes he t BONK'H PRELOSOPUY of a few uarrow-minded men, who id pee to tA jure republicanism (hart any oree outside fhe parcy, who will so to cllureh ang come ome to Callmulate Departinett she the previens year. | existence of abiiity In others, Always ceurcous { und picasant, they gained the good Will U. s—. y {naval on WL Wows they Wore SeeeGm and ueperac. Affer s ble chat ayant locai muliepe tue seperic WU re ite