The New York Herald Newspaper, January 5, 1871, Page 6

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(J iY Hows-Hi: RoW th Annexation News—. A “sineaise Incident in Diverce Sait—The Cattle Disease, 5—Crime in the Metropolis: Opening of the January ‘Term of the Court of General Sesstons—A New Year's Cali—Another ning Case in Jersey—Proceedings in the New York and Brooklyn Courts—lhe Taylor Will Case—Series of accidents Newark—Buffalo Board of Trade—Bold Burgiars: Important Arrest of 2 ‘perate Thieves; the Brooklyn Burglary— of McDonald, the Notorious Emigrant Basar G=Bairo" ral f Leading Article, “A J jeusL., King nlards”—Anusemer Announce- e: A Severe Battle and French Victory: M Lnad Beaten by tay | The Pras- tons—Arrival Business Novi A Visit to the Fy 1 Camp at Coulie; the Pirsi, King of the Spaniards; ness and the Ita Home for the ‘apital—Politi- 00 Bond Rob- Bb &=—Euroje: age of Mayor Hornet—A Big Woman's i Annu sch—The Steamship on Jee—An Indian —Dropped Dead by ir Kile i—Financtal 2b iamsburg Explo- asements—Shipping Inteiligeace— tuisements, Matters: ‘Meeting of u sioners—V ore of the I ect of Fiddiing in Chi Iieims—A advertisements. 12—Adveruscmer of Com- joralizing eneral News Tne Leaistature adjourned yesterday until Tuesday next. Both Houses concurred in the idea that it {s well to commence a long session's work slowly. Crry Arrarrs are pot to be neglected dur- ing the present session ‘f the Yogistature. A bill for better railway communication between Westchester and New York was introduced in the Senate yesterday, and ot amending the Excise law and the New York Registry law were introduced in the Assembly. HE CABINET.—It is stated on very fair premiss that Secretary Fish will retire ‘from public life in March next and that Senator Morton will succeed him. Morton is at least thoroughly American in his ideas, and is of the pushirg, energetic West- ern type. Lf the rumor should be realized we may expect to hear of a very strong assertion of onr rights regarding the fisheries question and the Alabama claims, and of the rights of our West Indian buttresses to the same inde- pendence ihat we have secured. be quite sure of a higher ste greater re the globe We can aiso diog and a spect among the strong nations of ANOTHE! IN THE RePvBLICAN Camr.—Governor Geary has effectually dis- posed of the last chance Pennsylvania had of a representative in the President's Cabinet. In his Message sent to the Pennsylvania Legislature yesterday he takes direct issue with bis party in regard to the Enforcement act, denouncing the emplo nt of govern- ment troops at Congressional elections as an interference with the soverciga rights of a State not coaztemplated by the federal cousti- tntion. Is this intended as the first move toward the repeal of the Enforcement act? Or is Governor Geary prepiring to assu the leadership of a new party? Tue Crry Juper’s Cuarce to tuk Granp Jury yesterday contains a very elabo! his- tory of (he work done during the past year in the three criminal courts, valuable not only to the jury, but to the public at large. The recerd of crime is compared with the judicial action which followed the in- dictment of criminals, and ws that the courts have not been idle in uring convic- tions and dealing out punishment within the which will prove widest limit which the ule book allows. The Judg h some pride ypon the labors of himself and his colleagues vn the criminal beneh in the past year, pro- mises that (he new year will prove a one for the people of the metropolis, We hop wo; because the safety of the community needs many guarantees in th nt almost chaotic condition of that stratum of society which keeps life and property in perpetual jeopardy, aud witl which tse criminal couris have to deal, Avindeus I. King of the Spaniards. The newly chosen occupant of the Spanish throne arrived at Madrid on Monday, the 2d inst., after a progress quite triumphal from his landing place at Carthagena. In a manner truly characteristic of the man he at once made a visit of condolence to the widow of Marshal Prim, thereby recognizing the ser- vices and expressing his regret for the lament- able fate of the man whose assassination has, through the horror with which it inspires all good men in Spain, become a sort of expiatory sacrifice that sblelds the life of Amadeus him- self. Hts next act was to appear in the Cortes and there assume the solemn official oath. He then summoned to his presence such men of eminent record as Rosas, Zorilla, Rivero and Olozaga, and conferred with them “in reference te the formation of a constitution adapted to the new situation of the realm. Tn the meantime the enthusiasm manifested at his reception by the people of Madrid is described as baving been universal, and thus we see Lim launched fairly on his new career. On November 17, 1870, the Spanish Cortes asseuibled at Madrid elected Prince Amadeus Ferdinand Marie, Duke ef Aosta, to the royal dignity of Spain with the special title of “King of the Spaniards,” indicating the popu- lar and national character of his elevation and the constitutional form of tke monarchy that he is to admiaister. The vote stood 191 in favor and 120 against the candidate, the Car- lists casting 12 blank ballots. On the same day the new ruler was officially proclaimed amid great apparent rejoicing, and within a fortnight a deputation, of Spanish dignitaries started for Florence to lay his newly acquired honors at the feet of the Italiaa prince in his father’s residence and capital city. Oa the 4th of December the deputation was received in state at the Pitti Palace hy Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy, and his son, the Duke of Aosta. In reply to an impressive address by the Spanish visitors, the former said :—‘‘I confide my son to the loyalty of the Spanish nation.” He subsequently conferred the Order of the Annunziata upon Marshals Serrano, Prim, Es- partero and Zorilla, in recognition of their rank and their services to the cause of order and reorganization. The response of the new King Amadeus was more characteristic of his sanguine temperament than of the real situa- tion of affairs in Spain, as late despatches have unfortunately nenrepcated them to be. ‘Thave before me,” he sqid, “@ smooth, and, I hope, ‘happy course to ‘pur You present tomy survey a more extended hori- zon and invite me to duties which 8 are, at all timos, gloyated, hut now £82 “Of the ‘utmost ‘moment. Laecept the noble mission, while fully conscious of ils difficulties. * * * In order to be worthy of my election I have-only loyally to follow the example and the consti- tutional traditions in which I have been reared. * * * Asoldier while in the army, I shall but be the first citizen of the country in the presence of the nation’s representatives. I know not whether I shall have the good for- tune to shed my blood for my new country and to add a leaf to the laurel chaplet of the great numbers who have made the renown of Spainillustrious. Of this much, however, Lam sure at all events that the Spaniards shall ever say of the King whom they have chosen, ‘His loyalty can rise above the strife of parties; he hes no other thought than the unity and happi- ness of the nation.’” This judicious speech was received by the deputation with cries of “Viva su Majestad Amedeo primero, Rey de Espana |” Banquetings and illuminations on a magnifi- cent scale ensued in the chief cities of the Italian realm, and preparations were at once made by the Spanish King elect to repair to Madrid, where he was expected as early as last Christmas Day. He tarried, however, longer in Italy than he had intended, owing, no doubt, in part, to the terrible disorders at present agitating the Spanish peninsula. King Amadeus I., whose full title we have already written, is one of the most gifted and promising scions of the Heuse of Savoy. He is the second son and third child of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, and was allied in marriage, on the 30th of May, 1867, to the Princess Marie Victoire Charlotte Henrietta Jeanne, daughter of Prince Charles Emmanuel Cisterna and Louisa Caroline Ghislaine, Coun- tess of Merede. He is now in his twenty-sixth year, having been born on the 30th of May, 1845, and holds the regular commission of lieutenant general in the Italian army, of rear admiral in the navy and of a chief of brigade in the cavalry service. His marriage with the young Princess de la Cisterna was quite a romantic affair on his part, although it involved a good deal of court manceuvring. The lady is highly talented, thoroughly ac- complisked and has several languages at her complete control. She was but In her twen- tieth year and he in his twenty-second when they met, and her youthful loveliness and pol- ished grace at ence captivated the young soldier-prince, who bad become, in some moasure, a historic paladin in her eyes, by his effective gallantry in the field when battling against the Austrians for the cause of Italian independence and by a severe wound received in a dashing cavalry charge at the head of his regiment. The Cisternas are of the old Pied- montese party, so called, who strove to retain the Italian capital at Turin, and the moment they saw a royal Prince of Savoy attracted by a daughter of their house they left no honor- able effort untried to secure so desirable an alliance. Baron Ricasoli, then in the Italian Ministry, opposed the match at first, chiefly for the rea- son, as be alleged, that Amadeus was but twenty-one years old and that his elder brother Humbert, the Prince of Piedmont, was still unmarried. But the bright eyes and eloquent tongues of the ladies and cavaliers Ita of th ian Court were nearly all enlisted in farth the romantic passion of their brave and handsome young prince, and his father was not dificult to coax into entire approval, The royal word was therefore given, and the »dding soon followed, amid great pomp and oicing. Nor has the happiness of the young couple been disturbed by any of the domestic clouds that so of cem to invade the mar- ried life of the ‘dand the great. The Prin- cess Marie has, it is said, a somewhat prompt d imperious temper, but notwithstanding certain hiats lot fall ia the book of the Countess Ricasoli, which not long since made such a noise in high circles in Europe, there has been NeW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, no reason to doubt the perfect tranquillity of the Prince's heme, Indeed, with so genial and loyal a character as that of Amadeus of Savoy, any educated lady would have to be exacting indeed who could not pass a life of happiness, especially when her hand had been the reward of the most impassioned and romantic attachment. Of the Prince himself it may be said that he is universally beloved for his generous nobility of heart, his devoted patriotism, his liberal sentiments and the undi- minished splendor in which he has displayed the ancient gallantry of his race upon every occasion in the field since the day when he began his military carcer as a simple captain in the famous Aosta brigade, which was always conspicuous for dash in the charge, steadiness in the thick of action and coolness when forced by overwhelming numbers, to retr@&t. At the same time the Prince has been equally es- teemed@n civil life, and, at all times when calm dignity of bearing, quiet decision and good judgment were mainly desirable, has fulfilled the most sanguine expectations of his friends, These are good omens. With a long and illustrious series of exam- ples before him, and with the prestige of the grand patriotic successes which have since. then raised the house of Savoy,” first to the royal honors of Piedmont and Sardinia and then to the throne of united Italy, now one of the first class Powers of the world, young Amadeus I. of Spain has some brilliant guarantees handed down to him from the past to sustain him in the arduous but splendid duties of the future now opening before him. Moreover, as we have briefly endeavored to show, his owff record has been full of promise, and, thus far, since the announcement of his newly found preferment, he has shown himself to be every ineh a man, Spain herself is@ull of natural resources, and, could the immemorial fomenters of dis- cord, the continual and implacable plotters for faction wars and dynastic chimeras, be, once for all, crushed out by the good sense of tho nation at large, she might rapidly regain her former rdMk at the council board of the nations. As things have ran for fifty years past she has simply been a disturber of the peace, so full of vagaries and excesses that an individual guilty of the same would rightfully come under our legal commissions de lunatico tnguirendo. It is, then, in, in the com 1 interest of map- kind, 20 13S than for sake of our early friend and ally, the Spanish people, that we wish, in the pleasant greetings of the New Year ith se he _ beging bi his reign, all good fortul eat B88 to the wise, firm and prompt, yet ied measures of Amadeus I., King of the Spaniards elect by fair vote of the Cortes, should that vote be now sustained by the spontaneeus approval of the honest, orderly and productive classes inhabiting the magnificent but long afflicted country which he comes from Italy te govera. Life iu Paris Besieged. Our correspondent at Bordeafx sends us an interesting report of an interview held by him on New Year's Day with M. Ducoux, who sad just arrived from Paris. The despatch, which we publish this morning, gives a vivid account of life in the besieged city. Making all due allowance for the aatural coloring which a patriotic Frenchman might give to the nar- rative, the fact remains that the Parisians are still resolute for defence and confident of final success. They suffer to some extent, but their sufferings are at present scarcely perceptible. Except horseflesh, they have no fresh meat, and they greatly need a supply of salt. How- ever, they run no risk of starving. Bread is plentiful, and so is wine; and with bread, horse steaks and champagne enough to last four months, no person need starve to death. M. Ducoux says that dogs and rats are not dis- dained, but he does not imply ghat any neces- sity exists for eating such focd. True to her ancient fame for gayety, Paris is not dull, although she is shut out from the world by acircle of German bayonets. The very novelty of their position amuses the peo- ple. The streets are crewded as usual, and little dulness is apparent, Te this anima- tion of spirits is united the unalter- able resolve to continue the struggle te the last. Despite the bitterly cold weather the sol- diers continue enthusiastic. From the battle- field they march to attend open air concerts, Such, in brief, is the pen picture of Paris as she was one week ago, sent us by our corre- spondent. It tells the story of a people, patri- otic and brave, werthy of their ancient re- nown and ready to die in defence of their country. The King of Spnin in Madrid. By a special telegram forwarded from Madrid to London, and thence by the cable to this city yesterday, we are enabled to report the arrival of his Majesty Amadeus, King of the Spaniards, in his capital. The record is quite hopeful for the new dynasty. The youth- ful monarch saluted his people in the very presence of the remains of the dead soldier, Prim; a living, progressive priaciple before the honored yet deeeased representa- tive of a very remarkable, but unquiet and troublesome era in the history of the country. The king advanced modestly, journeying from Carthagena to Aranjuez, and from that ancient city to the national palace im Madrid. He was received with enthusiasm, although the popular expression was not of a very demon- strative character. Constitutionalism is on the ascendant in Spain; party politics ignored at least for the moment. The King rode at once to the hall of Cortes, was sworn in, and solemnly avowed his fidelity to the peeple, his subjects. After his return to the palace he gave audience to many prominent public leaders, and formed, almost certainly, a first Cabinet, consisting of long-tried and faithful men. The inclination of the Court is evi- dently towards the Spanish party which is known as the union liberal. It is to be hoped that the “blight” will soon be removed from ‘‘the olive of Spain,” and that it will, as was ever hoped, be entwined in the first ‘‘gar- laad of European liberty.” Tne Nathan Mystery appears to be a very fine joke if we may trust the statement of the prisoner whom Count Joannes has been interviewing. He seems to have “‘played’-on he nople Count a very “‘sinful game,” JANUARY 5, i871 Extraordinary Reduction of @the Public Debt and Resovrces of the Couutry. On September 1, 1865, the public debt of the United States was $2,757,689,571. This was the largest amount of debt the nation ever owed. It had been augmenting vastly during the four years’ war, which closed in thes; of 1865. For'the first fe' onths gfter the close of the war—that is from April to Septem- ber—a large amount of floating indebtedness had to be adjusted, and it was this that brought the debt up tothe highest figure in September. But from that time it began to waste away. It has been steadily and regularly decreasing since. On January 3, 1871, the debt was 82,349, 664,32). This is the lowest point it has reached since Septamber, 1865. Thus, then, there has been paid in the courge of five years and four months $408,025, 251. During Johnson’s administration, or, rather, during the three years and six months of his administration from the time the debt was adjusted and reached the highest figure, there was paid $212,652,667. Since General Grant has been President, or during one -year and ten months, there-has been paid $195,372,584. It must be remembered, M@MBverMMbat the claims upon the Treasury arising out of the. war, for the first two or three years after it ended, were numerous and large. Mary of these were settled before General Grant en- tered the White House. Indeed, the ameunt of the war claims and expenses of the govern- ment growing out of the war have been less every year for several years past, and will continue to diminish henceforward. Even the war pensions will fall off every year. The amount of money the people of this country have contributed to the support of the government and payment of the debt in the last ten years is stupendous. The contribu- tions in the shape of taxes, in one way er another, have averaged, ‘pro- bably, over four hundred millions a year for the last ten years, or, in the aggregate, between four and five thousand mil- lions. Yes, the people have paid from the earnings of their influstry in the short perlod of ten years a sum more than double the amount of the present interest-bearing debt— asum far larger than that raised from the nation during the previous eighty years ani upward of its history. Did ever afpation sho such extraordinary resources before? Was there ever known more matvelicid elasticity in the financial capabilities of a country ? But that ig not all, _Stupeydous taxa- tion was on ata ti en miflions of men were taken aw ay from industrial pursuits for the armies, and when thousands of millions of property was destroyed by the war. The pro- ductive South was almost turned into a wil- derness, and all the efforts of the North were strained to an unparalleled extent to carry on the gigantic struggle. It took several years to restore industry, and though the country generally, and the South especially, have risen from this prostrate condition in an aston- ishing manner, the effects of the war are still felt. It will take some time to restore the vast wealth that was destroyed. Now the question is, Ought the people who have paid so much for the preservation of the Union—who have berne such enormous bur- dens and lost so much blodl and property—to be still heavily taxed to pay the balance of the debt? Ought not our children, ought uot posterity, to pay a portion of the debt? There is no longer any question, if there ever was, as to the ability and purpose of the republic to pay. We need not raise a large revenue and keep paying off the debt at the rate of a hun- dred millions a year to establish the credit of the government. Then, as wealth and population increase, the people will feel less and less the weight of the debt. With the sur- prising development of wealth and population the people in ten years will be able to beara hundred millions of taxes better than we can now fifty millions. A small sinking fand, to keep the debt constantly decreasing, is all that is needed at present. The revenne can be cut down a hundred millionsa year, and then there will be left an ample amount for the cur- rent expenses of an economical government and for a sinking fund. This sum left in the hands of the people would be applied to in- dustry, would stimulate production and add vastly to the national wealth. Instead of be- ing anxious to pay the debt in a hurry, as the Secretary of the Treasury is, the taxes ought to be reduced to the lowest amount possible. That would be national economy and the proper course for a wise government to pursue. Faidherbe’s Victory. There seems to be no doubt that General Faidherbe is handling the French Army of the North with great skill. It is not two weeks since he was defeated by General Manteuffel, near Amiens, and forced to retire on Arras. He, however, retreated in good order, and has already resumed the offensive with success. The victory gained by his army, even if not decisive, must bear important results. The Germans in the vicinity of Havre and Rouen will be compelled te retire in the direction of Amiens for the purpose of reinforcing Manteuf- fel. This retrograde movement will enable the large force concentrated to defend Havre either to advance to the aid of Faidherbe or to threaten the extreme right of Prince Frederick Charles’ army. It will be observed that in his official de- spatch General Faidherbe does not claim anything more than to have carried all the positions held by the Germans. We are, therefore, of the opinion that there was a prospect of the renewal of the battle. Well disciplined troops are not easily routed, and Manteuffel’s forces comprise some of the best soldiers of the Prussian army. The battle fought on Monday took place near Arras, on the borders of the Department of Pas de Calais and on the road to Amiens, This lattor city is evidently Faidhepbe’s present objective point. Arrived there, he will doubt- less advance upon the German investing line north of Paris by way of Beauvais and Pon- toise. If the victory of Monday at Bapaume be followed up it will seriously embarrass the Germans and probably compel a supension of the operations recently begun against the foris on the east side of Paris. Toe BRook.yx “TAXPAYERS are a patient set of people. Eight millions of taxes were levied during the past year among a popnla- tion of 400,000 people, and the city deat in- curred and authorized ix tho past voar alone « was $36,000,000 TRIPLE SHEET. Geuernl Fuidherbe’s Success Near Ba- paume—A View of the Situation. The despatches which we publish this morn- ing from the seat ef war in Europe inform us that the French Army of the North, under General Faidherbe, has assumed the offensive, and with some measure of success. It seems to have been the determination of this officer, on taking command of the Army of the North, to try if itegald not be made more serviceable in offensi erations than it had been for- merly in standing on the defensive. The movements of the German General Manteuffel gave him an opportunity to carry out his designs. Manteuffel’s intentions evidently are to adopt a similar line of policy in the north to that # Prince Frederick Gharles in the south, the aims of both being to keep the armies of Chauzy and Bourbaki, in the south, and Faidherbe, in the aorth, from too near an approach to Paris. With the view to carry out this programme in the most effectual manner both these officers have had all the reinforcements that could possibly be spared them from the main body of the German army without, of conrae,. weakening the investing lines around Paris. As General Von der Tann was strengthefied by the army of Prince Frederick Charles immediately after the sur- render of Metz to carry on his operations against the Army of the Loire, so also was the force of General Manteuffel greatly augmented by the soldiers who assisted in the reduction of @alsbourg and of Montmedy. It does not seem, however, that the achievements of the German armies are at all in keeping with what ‘was expected of chem, Our despatches this morning inform us that the French have been successful in the north, and that on Monday last Faid- erbe won a victory near Bapaume, a fortified town, situated about fifteen miles southeast of Arras. The battle, we are told, lasted from eight in the morning te six o'clock in the evening, and the day closed with the villages and positions occupied by the Pryg- sians in the morning in the possession of the French. The loss on the side of tue French, according to the report of General Cuauzy, ‘as serious, and the Gersian loss he speaks of being enormous, From the telegrams re ceived litt beyond the announcement of the battle and its result is given, but from a glance at the situation it would seem that the day’s conflict was inaugurated some distance north of where it closed 80 advantageously to the French. This victory for Faidherbe over Manteuffel serves to illustrate the rapidly acquiring profieency of new French levies in the use of arms. Every success, trifling as it may be; nay, every day’s delay is an advantage to the French armies now in the field as well as those being fitted for it. Faidherbe’s success is worth thousands of men to the French cause. A victory over Mantenffel is something that will give addi- tional spirit to the French Army of the North, General Chauzy, to the south of Paris, is also up and doing, and in the neighborhood of Belfort, near the Swiss frontier, the French are also moving. Paris alone seems inactive, but that inactivity may only be the prelude of a struggle which will either make or mar France, Prim’s Fuucral. The mortal remains of General Juan Prim lie before the high altar ia the Church of Atocha, in the city of Madrid. His earthly marches ere over, The bugle call will never more wake him to the rude alirum of war, or “‘melt away” the fancy dream voice of wife and friends from the ear of the fatigued soldier sleeping in the cainp. Prim’s soul is with its God and eternity. What is earthy has been placed in the custody of the priests and the military previous to its final consignment to the tomb, We report the funeral of the Marshal by special telegram from Madrid and through the cable. It was quite an imposing pageant. Sad in the extreme in its funereal character, it was yet consolatory to Spain, Sixty thousand persons paraded in the streets of Madrid, yet there was not the slightest disturbance. The voice of party and the un- reasoning roar of riot were equally hushed by the very silence of that tongue which was wont to command—to order, as the centurion, “Go, and he goeth; come, and forth he steps.” The carriage ia which Prim was assas- sinated was driven in the procession. High dignitaries of State, legislators, foreign diplo- mats, military, naval and civil servants, all followed on foot. Afier the religious cere- monies had been performed the coffin was left to the care of the clergy, surrounded by veterans of the army and attended by one sor- rowing and loving friend, the widow of the Marshal, la Sefiora Dofia Prim. Orville Granvs Letter, The brother of the President has written a private letter, which a Washington correspond- ent of the Cincinnati Commercial sees fit to publish, in which he warns his brother, the President, that General Bloomfield, Supervisor of tho Chicago district, has made propositions to the whiskey men now under in- dictment for frauds, offering to quash their cases and surrender up to them all the evidence in his possession for twenty thousaad dollars down. Mr. Orville Grant was himself asked to be a party to the trans- action, but evaded a direct reply, and sent word, as reported, to the President, urging him to dismiss Bloomfield. The letter is dated in June last, and the inference is made by the correspondent, who has of late shown himself very bitter against the President, that the latter has personal motives for failing to take his brother's advice. Such bitter attacks upon President Grant are cowardly and unjustifiable. Assuming the charges in the letter to be true in every respect, the President, as an honest and faithful Executive, must have them inves- tigated before he can act upon them, especially on the urgeat advico of one of those relatives whom the enemies of the President so per- sisdently claim exercise such unfair influence oer his executive ai Genrran Grant, it is understood, will shortly send such information to Congress touching the late Southern elections as will change the Amnesty bill pending into another reconstruction bill, The reconstruction, how- ever, most needed is, we fear, @ reconsiruc- iehitieniCaNAMhian nemmatias matt Congress Yewerday—Vinance, Civil Rp- form, St. Domingo and Other Matters. The firat day of the reassembling of Con- gress after the Christmas holidays was marked by considerable activity in matters of legisla- tion, The Senate passed, without discussion, @ very important financial measure, which amends the Funding bill of last session by authorizing the issue of five hundred millions, instead of two hundred millions, of five per cent bonds, and making the interest on them payable quarterly, It also adopted, without discussion or objection, Senator Sumner's resolution calling upon the President for a heterogeneous mass of information bearing directly or indirectly on the question of the annexation of St. Domingo. Perhaps ono reason for the absence of opposition to it was the reflection that the Presiden may pro- perly limit himself to furnishing just so much of the information asked for as he may deem expedient, and state that, as to the others papers called for, their epublica- tion at the present time is deemed to be in- compatible with the public mteresta. Senator irumbull’s bill looking to a reform in the civil service of the government, but bearing the remarkable title of a bill ‘To relieve Coa- gressmen from importunity in appointments to oflice,” was discussed for some time, and some of its evident absurdities exposed. Its au- thor, however, expressed his intention to press it seriously on the attention of the Senate, and it will probably come up occasionally in tho morning hour from now till the close of Congress, unless the Senate feels disposed in the meantime to squelch it by direct adverse action, Civil service reform is demanded in all the departments of the government, but it must be arrived at by a well matured system, such as that recommended to the House by Mr. Jenckes, of Rhode Island, not by such an eccentric proposition as that which owes its paternity to Senator Trumbull.” The morning hour in the House was con- sumed in the discussion of a bill reported by Mr. Morrell, of Pennsylvania, from the Cotmit- tee on Manufactures, for the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of American Inde- pendence by means of an international exposi- tion of arts, manufactures and products, te be held in Philadelphia, in 1876. The proposi- tion does not appear to attract much attention in the House or to possess any interest, ex- cept for members from Pennsylvania, all of whom are, of course, bound to support it. It is, to say the least, somewhat premature to legislate for an event that will not take place for over five years to come, and it is not very clear, besides, that it isa matter with which Congress ought to interfere. The American Institute, of this city, had already proposed to held a great international exhibition in 1876, and there is little doubt of its ability to manage the affair successfully with- out any aid from the general government. The bill will come toa vote to-day or early next week, and will probably be consigned to the limbo of the Speaker's table, The St. Domingo affair came up incidentally in the House in the shape of a notice from Mr. Banks, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, that that committee would aw the attention of the House to the subject on Monday next. The Senate joint resolution is on the Speaker's table, and cannot be got at without laying aside every bill and resolution that precedes it in order of time; but the diffi- culty will be got over by the Committee on Foreign Affairs reporting a joint resolution in the same words, and having it passed by the House and afterwards by the Senate. Every parliamentary obstacle that can possibly be interposed will be resorted to by the oppo- nents of the measure, as indicated yesterday by the remark of Mr. Fernando Wood ; but there isno doubt of the passage of the resolution over all opposition. There were some important executive com- munications presented in Congress yesterday. The New York Central Railroad Company and the Pacific Railroad Companies are to be held up strictly to their obligations. The for- mer is seeking to evade the payment of a tax of $1,151,800, assessed upon scrip dividend for interest certificates of $23,036,000 de- clared on December 19, 1868. The latter are seeking to evade the payment of the interest on the bonds guaranteed for them by the gov- ernment, and are claiming that the law does not require them to pay either principal or interest until after the maturity of the bonds. The House Committee on Appropriations de- cline, however, to assent to that view of the case, and report a bill to hold these railroad companies up to their legal and just obliga- tions. The trading venture in which Senator Sprague and other Providence manufacturers participated during the war, and in which they are said to have supplied the rebels in Texas with arms and ammunition in exchange for cotton, has brought out a repor: from the War Department, with a copy of the opinion of the Judge Advocate General that the parties should be brought to trial before a general court martial or military commission, The papers were presznted to the Senate yesterday, and were there referred to a select committee of five. The developments which that committee may make will be looked for with intense interest. These are the principal points. ® the Con- gressional proceedings of yestentay. CHarity Wusre It Snourp Br Br.—His Emi- nence Cardinal Antonelli displayed, as we are, assured by cable telegram, a very considerable amount of ‘‘cordiality” towards the Italian: envoy who waited on him to announce the arrival of King Victor Emmanuel in Rome. This is exactly as it should be, particularly around the time-honored centre of religion. In the month of September last che Cardinal Secretary of State was in a very different frame of mind, as will be seen by our despatches, to-day. oe ona Ce ea CLEARING «THE StpEWALKS.—The Mayor has issued an order (o the Superintendent of Police that the sixeets Lsading to the forriea over the, North aud East rivera shall be in future kopt clear of obutractions on the side walk, such as cases and bales of merchandise, carts which absorb the whole passageway from the curb to the store doora, aud hateh- ways and a number of other nuisances which lksve become intolerable. This is quite right, bat why confine the rule to the strests leading tion among the republican managers dow | to the ferries? There is hardly a wide street South in the citv where anv business of Consequence