The New York Herald Newspaper, January 10, 1871, Page 3

~ WASHINGTON. Exciting Fight in the House Over St. Domingo. Anxiety of the President for the Success of Morton’s Resolution. Senators and Cabinet Officers as Lobbyists. Drilling, Exhorting and Capturing — the Disaffeeted. THE DOMINICANS ULTIMATELY VICTORIGUS How the Georgia Election was Carried. THE KU KLUX SCARE REVIVED. “outhern Loyalists to be Pre- vided For. rm e WASHINGTON, Jan, 9, 1870. Exciting Scenes in the iiouse Over the St. Do- minge Resolution—Auxicty of the President for the Success of the Measure, St. Domingo was the excitement in both houses to-day. ‘1he immediate interest in it was confined especially to the House, but the anxiety in the Senate among the friends and opponents of the measure to learn its fate Was such that Senators took a deeper iuterest in it than they dia in the legis. lation Which was before them for consideration, Early inthe day severai members of the Cabinet made their appearance at the Capitol. There were Creswell and Roveson and Boutwell. Possibly these gen‘icmen had other business on hand, but they lost no opportunity to put in a good word for St. Domingo. Robeson, who is the wheel horse of the Cabivet, ‘and who does more effective work for Grant than all che other members of the administration put together, remained on band allday. His jolly face, good temper and easy, winning ways, not to speak of his positton at the head of tne Navy De partmeut, make him adrst class lepbyist. Robeson , hever refuses anything to members of Congress. If | he thinks his ability to grant the request doubtful he qgon't say gruilly, a3 Stanton used to do, “I can’t do i," but, “Well, I'll try,’ or, “I'll do the best I can.” ‘This makes him a favorite with Congressmen. The | Presideat evidently understands this, for when there is anything to be done in the away of persuading Congressmen in favor of a Measure the jolly Secretary of the Navy Is the Cabinet oillcer selected, Creswell and Boutwell retired early In the fight, General Horace Porter, the President’s private secretary, came upen ‘the ground in tue shape of retaforcements fur Robpe- 80u shortly before one o’clock. His presence at the Cupitol 1s nothing uncommon, but he does not usually remain ajl aay when he brings in a message. Jn anticipation of a “scene” the galleries of the House Were well filled about one o'clock by a crowd of curious people, evidently wailing for the Congress sional waters to move and bert upon seeing and enjoying the fun. It was known before the House met that the Committee on Foreign. Affairs had spent a lively hour aiscussing the St. Domingo busi- ness, aud that they had agreed, by a vote of five to four, to report the Senate resoluuon as a substitute for that of Banks. Those who favored the Senate resoluuon ip committee were Banks, Orth, Juda, Sheldon and Myers. Those who opposed it were Ambler, Willard, Wood and Swann. It is said ‘that had Wilkinson, of Minnesota, the other member of the commutiee, been preseat he would have voted with the mioority, aud thus produced a te, ‘1 his, however, would have made little difference, as was ebhown by the subsequent proceedings in the House, “The labors of those interested in puting the resolu. tion through were not spent upon the committee, but upon (he Louse itself, because they knew that in that arena the final conflict must take place. The House ls, just at thls time, in a condition somewhat similar to the Senate. There are a large number of members whose consiituents have uot appre- lated their services to such an extent as to re-elect them to the next Congress. Many of them are pro- fessional politicians and not a few are confirmed ofiice holders. They must have public place of some kind. Ifthey cannot get it from the people they must look to the Presideat for it. In any event they expect the adminisiration ‘‘to take care of them,” @s the phrase 1s, aud the administration in turn naturally expects them to help it ta just such measures as the St. Domtougo annexation scheme. Simgularly enough, every republican who yoted against St. Domingo to-day 1s re-elected to the next Congress, whiie all the “outs” voied steadily for it—that 1s, all who were present. The morning hour expired in the House shortly after one o'clock, The announcement was scarcely taade before Orth, of Indiana, who had been selected to champion St. Domingo, was on bis feet, with balf a dozen other members. The eye of the Speaker—by previous arraugement, of course-—saw Orth first, and be was recognized as having the floor. Orth is an old member of the House, but he has never been specially prominent as aleader, He ig an easy, fuent speaker, and ts said to be an able man upon the stunrp. He was not re-elected to the next Congress, and it is generally understood that te 18 to be “taken care of’ by the aamunistration, Probably he will receive a foreign mission, or be made a United States yodge; at all events, he is not to be turned out, like Nebuchadnezzar, to eat grass in his old age. Orth was amoag those who felt con- Adent that there were two-thirds of the House tn favor of the Senate St. Domingo resolutions. This ‘was the opinion of Morton, Conkiing and other san- guine and earnest friends of the measure, Orth, wherefore, moved to suspend the rules for the pur- pose of taking from the Speaker's tabie the Senate resolution and putting it upon its passage. This he did on the authority of the majority of the members of the Commitice on Foreign Affairs. Fernando Wood, of New York, who led the minority of the committee, objected to this, and Garfield and other republicans appealed to Orth to allow the resolution to come before the Hous: for amendments and devate before putting it upon iis passage. But Orth was inflexible. He thought tt was ali fixed, and that fate nad decreed that the resolution should go throug the Howse with the prestige or a triumphant and tnperative two-thirds vote without debate, Theclamors of republicans all around Irth for a , Chance to discuss the measure were so great that Gually he agreed to modify his motion so as to sus- peud the rules for the purpose of bringing the reso- tation before the House, At this time the interest and excitement began to increase, and there were indications that the spec- tators im the galleries, who had come for the pur- pose of witnessing a scene, would not be disap- pointed, Orth’s modification of his resolation was the first indication that the Dommicaus were not so certain about the majority of two-thirds. It seemed to inspire their opponenis with new courage. Hol- man, of Indiapa, demanded tho yeas and mays, and the democrats stood up in solid column, with afew straggling republicans, to second the demand. The Speaker ordered tho yeas and nays without the usual formal count of the House, There was a good ceal of interest in this vote. While the roll was being ed the Domini- cans were as busy as bees trying to get votes, At this point the tall form of Senator Conkling Appeared upon the scene. He immediately rein- forced Horace Porter and Sccreiaty Robeson, who were going up and down the aisles, among the dusks @f members, here and there and everywhere, 4s ubiucitous as mosuuitos, Conkling never looked NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1871. better or mere happy. His ambrosial blonde locks were done up in the most artistic style of the tonsorini ari and his comparatively pale face and clear comp!pxion formed a striking and a pleasing contrast te the ruddy countenance of the jolly Robeson. Porter looked anxious, but confident, He, too, had entertained a firm bellei in the pon- derous two-thirds vote, It is said that he even had prepared hipseif not to be surprised if three-fourths of the we turned out to be Dominicans, But sti! the omthous concession which Orth had made at the outstirt admonished Robeson, Conkling aad Porwr a in the hand was worth two im the bush. “he -xpectation of the two-thirds did not duninish th(ir efforts to secure new or doubtful votes, Theit were two or three doubtful repub- licans, suchips Peiers, of Maine, and Hoar, of Mas- sachusetis, |brother of the late Attorney Gene- rl In \he vicinity of their seats the Dominicans) held what might be termed re- vival meetngs, and Robeson, Conkling and Porter exhoited in turn, Peters, who is somewhat of a way, Secned to be the most hardened sinner, and right in the midst of the exhortation his name was reachea)ou the rojl, and he shouted No” in a ciear, full ‘vdee. This was positive proof that he was gone, ail so the exhorters, abandoning him to his Late as oe Of Whom there was no hope, concen- trated all teir efforts upon Hoar. He ‘had not voted, and i} Was expected that he was on the auxtous seatind needed only the steady hand of a faitiful broth to bring nim within the fold. He was not long waming advisers, but, like the man “con- vinced agains! hts will, he was of the same opinion still, and wien he came to vote he cast in his lot with the unemverted Peters, At last the roll call was finished. A single glance at the tally list showed the dpeaker that more Dominicans were wanted. He ¥aited for some time, looked all over the house to jee if there were any other voters, a3 an auctionees looks over a crowd for bidders be- fore lie bringsthe hammer down on the “one, two, three—gone ™* But there were no more voters, and the announcevent had to be made—yeas, 120; nays, 62; not two-tlirds, and the resolution was not taken from the Speaker's table. The announement fell like an unexpected bomb- sheil in the canp of the Dominicans, It was mani- fest that thiy were demoralized. The House would notevm take up the resolution, much less pass it. Orth was on ms feet at once, and the Speaker saw bim ag sgon as he got up. He now proposed to foport” the Senate resolutpn from the Foreign Affairs Commit- tee asa substtuté for tné one fhtroaucea by Mr. Banks. Had tis succeeded there would lave been no occasion fo} the two-thirds vote and the resolu- tion might hay} been passed by @ majority vote as the report of the committee. Tho opposition t! commenced to make points of order. Fernando Wood insisted that the chairman of the Foreign Adairs Commitee had not been authorized to give the necessary ive days’ notice, ‘was not five days at any rate, as Sunday, w! included, ich Wad a dies non. It was same as Maday or @ working day, Ffaturday; church the Speaker attended. Orth, as this point, allowed his Bisaarck biood to rise, aud he declared that he would yield no further, except to allow Ambler, of Ohio. a member of the committee, to offer an amendment, This done, he demanded the pre- ‘vious question 0} the report of the committee, which was seconded. The opposition, seeing that it was coming to close quarters, now fell back upon that bulwark of muorities, Glibustering. There were motions to adjourn, and to adjourn for several days, on ali of whicl) the yeas and nays were called. ‘This served two purposes, namely, to consume time and to worry tie majority. In the meantige the Dominicans were not idie. Runners were sat out in every direction to hunt up absentees, Roteson, Conkling and Porter were more ubiquitousthan ever, enough to mals trouble. Senate of the iuminent danger. the day. House seemed to reassure Domimicans. If President Grant, ling, Robeson and Porter, who latd before nim the otuers, but soon after his arrival Orth got the floor, the Speaker, as if by Instinct, among all others claiming bis attention. He again moved to take from the Speaker's table the Senate re- solution and pass it under a suspension of the rules, that it must be done now or never. The wary demo- crats called forthe yeas and nays. efforts to get votes. Fresh recruits were enlisted, New York. aid of the administration, piayed the heavy busl- nes3, While Lafiin, who expects to be Naval OMicer dispenser of the federal patronage tn New York, and out of season. leave the Senate Chamber. the House. When the roll was completed there was a terrible list nervously. less.”” down to a bare majority, with apparent unconcern. not vsaally undertake to shoulder a defeat. Carolina, Was considered doubtfal, Way, and soon ¢ @Mverted him. much as the Prussians did after the surrender i 2 A tials as See de ee ee ee eee ae tained the foor, and proceeded to even the de! Feuer said ip was asortof dies non. The Speaker, who was evidently m the side of the Dominicans in the fight, ruled thatin a legislative sense Sunday ts not the, whereupon’. some of the members wanted to know what The vision of the heavy Uwo-thirds had vynished. It was now a question of whether they could get the Senate resolution off the Speaker’s table. The minority was just numerous Word was sent to the Senator Morton, te father of theresolution, was carried over to che Honse in a ehairborne upon the backs of four stal- wart Africame, Wio did not seem to care whether _Bacegr abe was President of St. Domingo, or whether Sumner of Massa Morton carried The appearance of Morton in the the demoralized himself, had appeared it could not have produced a more marked effect, If it was not Cwsar tt was at least Cisar’s shadow. Morton was quickly surrounded by Conk- situation, as if they recognized in him the general of the Dominican forces, What orders he gave to his lieutenants could not, of course, be heard by singling him out This was a desperate effort, and the Dominicans felt While the roll was being called the Dominicans redoublea their among them Kelley, of Pennsylvania, and Lafiin, of Kelley, who expects to be chairman of the Ways aud Means in the next House, with the of New York, acted as errand boy for Conkling, the Revival meetings were organized in every part of the House. The exhorters were insiant in season The runners sent out to scour the country returned and reported that the ab- sentees were not to be found. People wondered why Sumner was bot on hand to counsel and atd the op- position, but the Massachusetts Senator did not He has never been known to lobby even his greatest pet measures in suspense, and fora few seconds theh ouse was as quiet a8 a graveyard, The Speaker took up the tally He saw that the vote was far short; indeed, the second Bull run was worse than the first—yeas, 113; nays, 67, The ponderous two-thirds was becoming ‘small by degrees and beautifully Another attempt would probably bring it Had Ben Butler been in the fight, or even Banks, it would have been more exciting. Butler walked up and down the aisles The child was not his, though he felt that he was in some way related to it, but not so closely as to demand an active interierence in its management. The truth is, But- ler felt dubious about the two-thirds, and he does Banks felt that, as chairman of the Foreign Aijairs Com- mittee, he had been slighted, and as it was not “his funerai”” he was not gnxious to be among the “mourners. Rainey, the negro member from South so Revels, the negro Senator, was sent for toset him right. What stuck in Ralney’s thruat was Sumner’s remarks about (he menace to Hayti, the negro republic. Rainey had no desire to injure his brethren in Hayti. Reveis, Who was formerly a Methodist clergyman, is an adept in the Dusiness of exhorting. He went About with Brother Rainey in the oid-fasbioned After the announce- ment of the last yu(0—a motion to take the resolution from the Speaker’s table and pass it~it became clear to the Dominicans that they must change their tactics, The twe-thirds business had gone up. They must now make the best terms possible with the upposition. Accordingly Orth, again being re- cognized by the Speaker, said he wanted to make a proposition to the “other side.” But the “other sido” was inno humor for a proposition. They felt very Sedan. Orth was called te order yoy Sam Cox and others, On the ground that no debate was in order. The member from Indlana begged the opposition to lusten to what he had to say, Orth proposed to make new concessions, If they allowed bim to take up the resolution he would give them until te-mor- row at two o'clock to debate it, The opposition could not resist 80 generous terms of surrender, so they yielded, and the resolution was befere tho House. Fernando Wood, of New Yerk, then ob- ‘on the democratic side, but the interest 1 n the fight was over, and the house soon thinned out. The yote will be taken to-morrow at two o’cleck, and the resolution will be passed, possibly with Am- bler’s amendment. Resources and Condition of St. Domingo. The President sent a message to the House to-day in reply to the resolution of the 5th inst., enclosing the report of John Hogan, United States Commis- sioner, upon the ‘resources and condition of the Dominican republic, made to the Department of State under the administration of President Poik, The Secretary ef State says he is unable to comply with the call for the report of George B, MoCleilan on the same subject made during the administra- tion of President Pierce, a3 no such report, so far as records show, hag ever been on the tiles of the De- partment, Message on the Condition of Southern Affairs. The President did not send to the Senate to-day the expected message on the lawless condition ef the South. The message, however, which is a reply to Morton's resolution as to the condition of afaira in North Carolina and other Southern States, is pre- pared, and will doubtless be sent to the Senate to- morrow or next day, It 18 understood that it was withheld to-day on account of some corrections ne- cessary to be made. Tne President has consslted several Southern Senators on the subject, and there 4s no question but tnat he Intends to seud in a reply to the resolution of Governor Morton at an early day. The Administration Taking Care of Its Friends. The bills introduced to-day in both branches of Uongress dividing the State of Alabama into two federal judicial distriets 1s said to be intended to create @ place on the bench for ex-provisional Governor Parsons, who 18 to be “taken care of” by the administration, in reward for his services in the late campaign in Alabama, There 1s also a bill pending dividing the State of Tennessee into two judicial districts, but it hangs fire in consequence of the oppesition of Mr. Maynard, who is adverse to aving Judge Trigg retainea as judge of the Federal gout in East Tennessee. In event of a division of the Staie, the republicans of the Western district claim the appointment ol judge, which, if accorded, would leave Judge Trigg in the Eastern district, Rumors ef impeachment of Judge Trigg are ex- tant, but as yet no move has been made in that abrecton. ‘ Louisiana Raticals at Loggerheads. lariat was rife here this afternoon that Lieu- tenant Governor Dunn, colored, had received the caucus nomination for the Senate in Louisiana. Subsequent advices by telegram from trustworthy sources proved the incorrectness of the report, but tate that tne partisans of the respective candidates ‘are quarelling among themselves to such extent as to make the selection of Senator very problematical. Collector Casey, of New Orieans, has just joined the opposition to Governor Warmoth, and will doubt- \éss support Senator Aarris, A preliminary ballot will be had to-morrow in each house, which will exhibit the respective strength of the partics. The Charges Against Senator Spraxue. ‘The Secretary of War to-day sent to the Senate, in reply to a resolution of that body, copies of certain papers found on file or received at headquarters of the Department of the East, New York, relative to alleged unlawful traMe entered into by Messrs, William and Byron Sprague and other citizens of Rhode Island with persous in the insurgent State of ‘Texas during the late war. The Secretary says other papers, upon which the report of the Judge Advocate of 1865 was founded, though duly returned by him to the War Department, have disappeared from its files and cannot now be discovered. Executive Nominations. The following nominations were sent to the Senate to-day :— James R. Hardenburg, to be Surveyor General of Califorata; E. J. Khodes, to be Receiver of Public Moneys at Harrison, Ark.; Stephen Coiin, to be }\ Indiaa Agent at Warm Springs, Oregon; John bk. \Keilogg, to be Pension Agent at Lacrosse, Wis.; John H. Knight, to be Register at Baylield, Wis; ‘Robert W. Fitzhugh, to be Collector of Customs at Natchez, Misa.; William Hunter, to be Appraiser of Merchandise at Mobtle, Ala. Postmasters.—Joseph Quash, Aiken, S. O,; P. Be |Ezekiel, Beaufort, 8, 0.; Martha F. Gordon, Coals- ville, Pa.; Edward 8. Hussey, Brazil, Ind, How the Election was Carried in Georgia— Ballot Boxes Stolen by Ku Kluxes. Colonel Kryzanowski, in company with Coliector Robb, of the port of Savannab, had an interview with the President to-May, when the political condt- tion of affairs in that State was the subject of con- versation. Prominent republicans direct from Georgia allege that frauds without number were perpetrated at the recent election, and the evidence to this effect has been accumulated and will be placed in the hands of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate. Especially is this true, it is staved, in the Third State Senatorial district, where the notori- ous colored man, Bradley was, as (s alleged, hired by the democrats to run on an independent republican ticket for the purpose of defeating the regular re- publican candidate and giving the district to the democrats. The election in this district will be contested, as well as in other districts, where, it is said, the Ku Klux stole the ballot boxes and pre- vented a fair count being made of the ballots de- postied. It 1s understood that Joshua Hill, Senaton elect from Georgia, under the first reconstruction i measure, concurs in the course pursued by the pro- testing republicans, believing that through threais of violence in many precincts a fair vote was not obtained. The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals availed themselves of the deepsnow yesterday af- ternoon and last night to inaugurate their princl- ples. The President of the Society, assisted by some of the members, was engaged in stopping the strect cars on Pennsylvania avenue whenever in their opinion the cars were overloaded. The proceedings were not looked upon with favor by those who were required to get out and walk, and the consequent re- marks of the pedestrians were anything but compli- mentary to the members or their society. By threats of arrest and actual arrests they succeeded in a number of instances in reducing the loads to about one-half. Threats Against a Revenue Officer in Si ' vannah, Colonel KEzryzanowskl, Supervisor of Internal Reve- nue for the States of Georgia and Florida, who has just arrived here from Savannah, reporis that te ‘was recently notified by the Mayor of that city that his life was unsafe while he remained in Savannah. 1t appears that this oficer has rendered himself par- ticularly obnoxious to the enemies of the adminis- tration en account of the fearless and eMicient man- ner in which he discharged his duties in prosecuting parties guilty of violations of the revenue laws and in breaking up illicit distilleries througioat the State. The notification from the Mayor to eo that his Ife was threatened did not astonish Colonel Krzyzanowski, for he had previousty received intimations te that effect, and had of late been in the habit of goiug about fully armed for apy emergency. The Mayor, however, for the good name of the city, promptly tendered him aguard of policemen for his personal protec- tion, while the colered men of the city of Savannah volunteered to be his escort wherever he chose to go in his supervisorial district. The information, it is alleged, was given to the Mayor through demo- cratic sources, and upon learning of the threats made against Colonel Krzyzanowski prominent -merchants of Savanna came forward and offered to enter into bonds inthe sum of $300,000 for lus’ safe conduct walle in Georgia. Transportation of Bonded Merchandise. Notwithstanding the olegens advanced by Western merchants for more liberal advantages in shipping imported goods direct to inland cities, up to the present time there have been but two applications made at the Treasury Department for permission to transport goods under the provision of the act of July 14, 1870, These were made by the Camden and Ambey Rallroud and Transportation Company, for transporting tinported goods from New York to Philadelphia, and the other by the St. Leuis and New Orleans Packet Company, for transpor- tation rrom New Orleans to Memphis and St. Louis, Both applications have been granted, but nelther company Nas executed the prescribed bord. Last summer the HERALD predicted that the scheme to relieve New York of its commercial importance would signally fail, and the experience of the past three months, since the law went into effect, proves conclusively that the project is a failure. The re- cent letter of the Secretary of the Treasury to Con- TOSSWADYUUbSIORPT Of Sh LOUie Rolting sbeovica tions raised by the latter to the regulations pre- seribed under the law, and proposing certain modi- fications in the rules made for the government of the companies availing themselves ofthe provisions ofthe law, bas not been noticed as yet by any of the transportation companies, nor is it expected that any further application will be made to bond under the law uniil Congress has so amended {¢ as to suit the pecultar views of Western merchants, Obmructions to Navigation in Savannah River. Collector Robb, of the port of Savannah, is here for the purposs of urging Congress to appropriate at this session an amount sufficient to clear the Savan- nah river of all obstructions sunk by the rebels during the late war. In addition to the rows of piles driven into the channel there are a number of Vessels sunk in the river, one of which was laden with six hunared tons of railroad tron, At present the navigable channel 1s but eighty feet in width, While the increasing business of the port of Savan- nah‘demands that every facility ehatl be attorded to the merchants of that city for carrying on their trade, both coastwise and foreign. At present it re- quires experienced pilots to guide vessels approach- ing and leaving the port of Savannah, and it 19 understood that the Secretary of the ‘Treasury cor- dally endorses the application of Collector Kobb to improve the navigable condition of the Savannan river, International Maritime Intercourse. It was mentioned in these despatches recently hat [the master of the Canadian schooner Emery had notified the Collector of the port of Erie that he proposea to winter at that port with a cargo of Lariey, and the question arose whether he would be alowed to do so without paying the fees prescribed for snpporting the necessary inspection foree. After @careful examination of the law the Treasury De- pariment to-day decided that there was no legisla- uon contrary to the request made, and that the vessel should be permitted to remain. It appears that the Collector, however, has ordered the revenue cutter Perry to winter along. side of the Emery for the security of the govern ment, ana to see that the custom seals placed on the hatches are not broken until the vessel is ready to deliver 1t3 cargo to the customs officers next spring. ‘The application of the master of the Emery to winter in an American port with a full cargo has directed the attention of Treasury oMictals to the Gefects in existing laws en the subject of interna- tional maritime intercourse, and a bill will be imme- Mately drafted and sent to Congress by the Scere- tary of the Treasury specifying under what condi- tions foreign vessels may claim the privilege of har- boring within the ports of the United States. In this instance the Canadian exporters save storage for at least four months, and have the advantage of offering their cargo of barley to early spring pur- chasers—a coinmentary upon Canadian reciprocity that will not be likely to be forgotten, Womun Suffrage and the Fifteenth Amend- ment. The Honse Judiclary Committee will give a hear- ing to the woman sullragists on Wednesday next, Mrs, Woodhull, Mrs. Hooker, Mrs. Riddie, Miss Anthony and others will argue their claims under the thirteenth and fifteenth amendments to the constitution, showing that women possess the right to vote now without a sixteenth amendment. Not only the hearing is granted, put Mrs. Nooker, it is satd, has secured Senators Nye and Wilson and Representative Lawrence to preside at the different sessions of the convention to be held on Wednesday and Taursday. Important Decision by the Court of Claims. ‘The Court of Claims decided to-day that » docu- ment certifled by a depariment of this government. could not be offered in evidence unless there was proof as to its authenticity. This question ortginated im respect to archives of the Confederate govern- ment affecting the political stacus of claimants in the court. Unfortunate for Bogus Wine Bibbors. After a thorough consideration of the question presented as to the liability of certain sparkling wines co taxation under section 48, act July 20, 1863, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue has reaf- irmed previous rulings of the office, holding that champagne wines produced by the infusion of car- bonie acid gas in wines are imitations, and subject to wax under said section, if not made from grapes grown in the United States; and that such imitation wines are regarded as being made from grapes ;rown in the United States when nade directly fiom #0ch grapes or from wines made from such grapes. New York Custom House Appointments. Tue Secretary of the Treasury to-day confirmed the appointment of N. F, Peiffer, clerk; Julius Stave bon, inspector, and Andrew Gillespie and C, P Thayer, night inspectors in the New York Custom Heuse, ww York Contributor to the Conscience Fund. A party residing in New York, who signs himself “Jusitia,” yesterday contributed $250 to the con- science fund of the United States Treasury. Treasury Balances. ‘The bajance in the Treasury at the close cf bust- ness to-day was as follows:— + $2,470,000 25,703,500, 25,796, 000 UNITED STATES STPRE) £ COURT, Important Decisions—A New Trial Granted in the New York Mercantile Agency CasemA Cotton Case Decided Against the Govern- ment—Legulity of Stamping Notes Aiter Date Affirmed. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 9, 1871, The following decisions were rendered to-day :— No. 34. Tappan vs. Beardsleys, Error to the Cir- curt Court Jor the Southern District of New York.— This is the case brought by the Beardsleys against Tappan, & mercantile agent of New York, for the publication of certain matters concerning their per- sonal affairs and business standing, and alleged to be injurious to their characters and credit. The publication was the communication to a firm in New York of usual information asked for by New Yerk mercnants concerning their customers out of me city, Among otner things communicated by the Mercaniie Agency was a statement that the wife of oue of the Beardsieys was about to bring an action for a divorce, and that he was, in ceusequence, putting his property out of his bands. On the trial below the Court admiited the record of the divorce sui, commenced some months atter this ac.ion, us evi- dence for the plaintif’s pleading, having alleged that the suit was brought by the procurement of Tappan, to make good tis defence in this action by showing taat what he reported was true The verdict was for plaintiffs for $10,000. ‘This Ceurt reverses the judgment, bolding thet the record in the divorce suit was inadmissable because ‘Tappan was not a party to the proceeding and had no means of protecting himself by cross-examina- tion. ‘The view 18 taken that it likely increased tne damages in this case materiaily, baving aifected the minds oi the jury prejudicially to the defendant, Judgment reversed and a new trial ordered, Mr, Jusilce Miller delivered the opinion, No. 40, The Steamer Cotton Piant et al, vs, The United States.—this was an appeal from the District Court for the Eastern district of Pennsylvanta. The steamer and a portion of her cargo were seized in Roanoke river, North Varolina, and the other por- tion of her cargo, cottor, was seized on the banks of the same river by a detachment from a United States vessel ia May, 1895, after the proclamation of the President removing the restrictions on coast- e commerce and commerce on inland waters. The ‘Court below condemued the vessel and c CATEO AS a prize, This Court reversed the decree aud directs new proceedings if the government sees It to inst tute such, holding that tae character of the capture ot that portion of cotton taken on land took 1 out of the category of maritime siezures and that the vessel being taken on tuland Waters was not llabie under the act of Congress authorizing the pro- clamation removing the restrictions on such vessels, Mr. Justice Strong delivered the opinion. No. 33. Campbdeils vs. Wilcox—Error to the District Court for the Southern District of Ohto.—This was an action on promissory notes, Demurrer was inter- posed to the declaration on the ground thatit did not aver that the notes were stamped at their date or thereafter. It was overruled, tue Court hoiding the averment that notes were made and deiivered was suiticlent, as the term note implies a legal in- strument, and that the stamping subsequently was sufilcient where no fraud was intended im the omis- sion, This Court aftirms that judgment, Mr. Jus- uuce Field delivered the opinion. No. 41. Corvett vs. Nuit—Error to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.—This action was brought by Nutt as trustee to recover land in Alex: andria which hed been sold for taxes under the act of 1862 for collection of direct taxes in insurrection. ary districts, The Court beiow re‘used to instract the jury that as we ee making the will and the trusiees were posh a) the rebellion Do estate —TRIPLE SHEET. passed by the will, and admitted a certificate of re- demption obtained by another trustee, appotat the Court, as evidence of the facts stated thi that the land had been redeemed by the sale, writ of error Losisis that this was an erro Court aMrmed the judgment, Mr. Justice livering the opinion éf the Court. No, 28. Coddington vs, Richardson—Rrror to the Cireutt Court for the Southern District of Iinois.—This was an action of trover, ant the re- sult was in favor of the platntift, a jury beng warned, The bill of exceptions sets out the whole testimony in the ease, but contains no exception to any decision or ruling of the Court but the generat one of finding issue for the plaintuf and overruling a motion fora new trial. Judgment ailirmed, Mr, Justice Nelson delivered tite opinion, No, 48, Ducrot vs, The City of Chicago—Error to the Supreme Court of Iitinois.—The decision tn this case reaifirms the rightof the States to tax tn- surance companies incorporated under the laws of other states doing business within thei borders at higher rates than are levied on their own corpora. tions of that Kind, Mr, Justice Nelson delivered the opinion, AMUSEMENTS. Boorn’s Tuearke—“RionELiev.”—Another sea- son of fegitimate drama, and one thar will probably prove singularly successful was inaugurated last evening at Booth’s theatre by the production of Bul- wer's “Richelieu.” There was a brilliaut and intel- lectual audience, and this beautiful theatre never certainly presented a brighter or more imposing ap- pearance, “Richeltea’? is so well Known that it seems almost superfluous to say anything about it as a play, The place it has won in popular favor, and the ypertinacity with Which it maintains tts footing, prove that it possesses conspicuous merits. Its sklifully woven plot, the epigrammatic ‘kle of its diatougue, the tone of g1 and finish with which tt ts imbued, the careful arrangement of its situations, and, more than all, a certain palpabie but not easily deseribed dignity and elevation oi sentiment, akin to what one finds tu the older English theatre, mark it as one of the few, the sadly few, works of high dramatic art which have been produced = during what English critics delight to term the Victorian epoch of literature. Its defee' are equally conspicuous, = Not uns fastead of the fine gold of genuine feeling, one find not without a pang of regret, the iawdry tinsel of artificial sentimentality; aud itis but too plain that the desire for cheap effects and not true emotion has often guided the pen. Before refer- ring to Mr. Bouth’s impersonation of the part last evening It is well to briefly review the manner in which some of the other great players of our tume have treated it, The piece was first bronght out thirty years ago, under the mmediate supervision of the author, at the old Covent Gerden theatre. Macready was then in the zenith of his earliest and brightest fame, and he gave the chlef part an energy and individuality which have influenced very decidedly ail subse- quent interpretations, In his hands the character became what Bulwer intended it to be—n picture of the mingled cunning, tenJerness, vanity, patriot- ism and keenness of intellectual insight into the very soulof the men whom the exigencies of his posttion forced him to trust—the whole based upon a solid substratum of sterling ood. ness and unselfishness of nature—that made up the character of the greatest of pnch statesmen. All this was hidden beneath the calm ana polished exterior of the statesman priest of the ancient régine, and against that, as @ foll, the latent force of the character was thrown out in bold relief with mar- vellously striking effect, Macready may, therefore, be said to be the author of the traditional stage ren) dering of the part; his successors have ever borne in mind even the more arbitrary touches of histri- onic genius which he threw into his conception, and so thoroughly has this been the case that tt survi as an established tradition of the English stage that Richelieu was his greatest and worthiest impersona- tion. Phelps, the pupil of Macready, and the greatest of living English tragedians, is the aext best knowa interpreter of “Richelien.” He followed closely in his rendering the footsteps of his great master, and though the part, as he plays it, is somewhat stuf, it is, indeed, agrand conception. Like Macready, he cloaks beneath an mmpassibie ex! be the immea- surable energy and animation of the wily old states- man’s true naturg. Forrest's rendering 1s, of course, known to all American play-goers, and Its blemishes suficiently appreciated, He destroys altogether the courtierly and gentlemanly character of the emo- tion into which the Cardinal now and then breaks out, He makes Richelieu simply a keet? Sarita, hard-headed American politician, who triumplt, as occasion renders necessary, over the infirmities. ofage by the magic power of genlus. Feeliter, as is his custom, gives the part also an entirely novel mould. In place of the classical reading of Mac. ready he has substituted the alternate colloquial and agonized styles peculiar to melodrama, and he ex- aggerates the light and shade until the truth of na- ture 18 wantonly outraged. And now, keeping the memory of the great artists we have just mentioned carefully before us, we can pass to Mr. Booth’s impersonation of last evening. There can be no donbt that while it dirs in si ral marked features from the Richelteu of Macready and quite as dectdedly from that of Fechter, it is en- titled to be classed in the highest rank of coacep- tions; and that it 1s, beyond all cavil, instinct with the verltable fire of genius. One grand fact, however, underlies the whole part—that it ia the result of careful, patient, almost painfully elaborate and conscientious study. In this les at once its strength and its weaknes: No impersonatian was ever so truthful when regarded merely from a his- torical standpoint, The student of French history gains from ita more profoundly appreciative view of the dominant spirit of what some have looked upon as the birth-epoch of modern French civiliza- tion, The public character of the Cardinal—the un- selfishness and tho passion of his devotion to his country, his love of justice; and the almost total exclusion from his pelicy of personal resent- ment and pique, are thrown vaguely and in @ broad, general way but still, with constant and conspicuous prominence, before the eye. No less conscientiously 13 his personal character inter- preted—his vanity a3 an author, the profound ten- derness of his leve for his ward, the bitterness of his sense of Isolation, his ever present conscious. ness of the atmosphere of hatred and envy that rounded him on every hand, the memory of the soldierly cnthustasm of his early youth, the keen- ness of his intellectual insight, and even his physi- cal infirmities. Line by Ine, feature by feature of the Cardinal’s character, having been marked out by careful historical analysts, are thrown skilfully together by the synthetic power of genius, Never certainly was so grand and impo ing © figure among the mughty dead produced with such startling fide Mr. Booth’s personal appearance heightens tl illusion, His features resemble closely the pe traits extant of the Cardimai—the thin, prominent nose, the firmly cut lips and the high but not very broad forehead, But it must be confessed that Mr, Booth, while su- perior to all his predecessors in historica! accuracy, is scarcely equal to what playgoes remember in regard to some of them in freedom of rendering and iu the living reality of his wentity with his pa True, the sense of restraint never comes forward with ugly prominence; it ts a something felt rather than seen, And it onglt to be said also that at intervals, when the action of the piece rises into exceptionally vivid interest, such @ passige, for instance, as the excommunica- tion Scene in the fourth act, the actor becomes ab- solutely merged ana jostin his character. But these occasions are rare, and through by far the greater purt of the piece Mr. Booth, the perfect elocutionist, and not Richelieu, the Carcinal statesman, is pres- ent to the eye and ear. We may cite as a proof that this criticism ts not unfair the benayior of ihe audience, No doubt, it ‘Was a dificult house before which to play--a house composed almost exclusively of highly cul. tured, inteliectral and = critical men and women, But this alone cannot explain the marked absence of ae that could be called enthusiasm during the drst three acts, and the very mG applause—comparatively speaking— that greeted the telling scenes in the fourth and fifth. “Until the excommuntcation soene there was nothing tke @ geouime burst of appianse. The audience were evidently attenilve ind imeresied, bus that was all, The higher enthusiasm, wuich springs from that completeness of Hiusion In whica the spectator ioses all sense ef the Unreality of whnt he is gazing Upon, and for the tune velLevea that he is witnessing the progress of an actual life-crama, was palpably wanting. Jndced, it ad 00 mich to say that never alany time did id t W80Ce pass uuder the spell of that Raut magretism, so faminar to old playgoers, and whieh binds the mind and imagination of the spectator im abject submission to the gewius Of the player. Aud perhaus fom this very cause the many beanves whieh mark Hooth’s playing cue inte couspleuaus view. é realized how perfect Is Dia ennnciation, and ow thoroughly he has mastered every gesture and motion thal can serve im any Wey lo express or Hlastrate haman Passion and feeling, u's Impersonation jeserves the nigheas tne tories of e skilfully sof is true ek grou there a x veu, then th t 11g Contempt, ny leas do Wa praise. Many ana conspicnons the great Cardinal’s character t hidden beneath the majesty ant g: nature, and re 8 as the play proceeds, fallacy, when appit famous axiom about ty bre The more we know of a great the Weak ,oints In fils har and the greater grows our love and aduiivation for bis eenie. Toit 18 exactly what Mr, Booth makes us feel ta lis rer deiing of Richehe Mr. Lawrence Burrett made avery good Adrien de Sheridan a passahle L Misa also dese; In as very the young Ke cepted, Franvots, howe ceeded in marring and best seenes of iho piee No words of praise cau e contin anil taste of BE ntleman. Ww played Br: wats) bad that hes imost spouing several ot aggerate the care aud e setting and mounting of ihe p jach scene has besu elaborated with 1a finite Bain aud with almost an mintic disregara ‘The opening tabicau of the Cardinal's apecially good, amd heard the ¥ air of an ancient French palace. Even vie farm ture is historically uncomiortaoie Ln its sy 26 und histori. ea ly accurate in tts carvan and d ndt grim sits of armor and the Ww tehed and the open fires and the bronz gitacd ore ments strewn about the room courdiue Lo make singulariy pleasing picture. Phe closing scene also very fine, aid exhibits sole very striky effects. Srapr THEATER—SEEVACI—MARIA STUART. —Last was signalized in the lea ling German thea. price by the commencement of Madame Seebach’s second series of performances in New York, and her reappearance in tie prosence of am almost exclusively German audicuce, Her tour through tho Western cities has been a grand suc. c and at Detroit it culmioated In an unrivalled triumph, before which even the brilliance of the greatest lyric stur now shine jog tm the artistic firmameus of America, for the time being, “paled its Imeffectual fires’? We are glad that our inland friends have nad (he opportunity to see the greatest ving tragic actress of Fatherland, and that the iatellectual light which Was 80 warmly welcomed aud enjoyed Im this metropolis has Swept undiminished so far west+ ward, marking and fixing & lofiier taste wherever 16 touched only to roll back agata to us with increased ‘the first tresh greeting was fuily worthy of this ied with @ and accumulated splendor, of the German pablic here impression. The Stadt theater wa brduiant aad apprectative audics company that has achieved 80 cumpaign under the able and judi ment of Mr, Grau, from Madame Seevach herse to the lightest participant on tie stage, seemed to feel renewed spirté and Vizor im the presence of aa audience almost entirely composed of people of Gers man birth or direct German eran. ‘The orgival texto. Schitier was but little alled compara (ively, and all the peculiarities ot art, &3 it May be secn on the cele Bethla, Dresden, Hanover, Munich and Vienua were tained, The consequence was an overwhelming apression, Which revealed itseil first in wrapt and breathtess attention and the 1 wncou troilable plaudits, Madame Seevach we have never beheid in better mood as COURS napless Queen,” and she was most nobly 1ecé in We great /die of Bltya- seconded by Mile. V bet Sy Dombrow: the bari Leicester of tha , unfortunately, aificted with a very wevere cold contracted on the’ recent tour, aud alter struggling bravely to sustain (he pari unui Che lose of the third act lost contrel of his voles entirely and had to yield to a substitute in Mr. Kessler, Wao Wad on the programme for the rie of Mevville. Mr. Kessler, however, acqutited himself well, aud jaa drama went on wilhout inierruption. Mr. Harry Was, as Usual, moat excelient as the stera, untiueh- ing, patriouc Burleigh, and we hi never geen Mr. Patsca as Shrewsbury or Mr. asad Mortimer display auch orce and fire, Indeot, they gathered new tuspiration tvom taer + and were repeate lly ape na Kopi, as tie Frenen seem to have experle ace inthe Wes Messrs. Lang! aig OL a qi t but not walme portant pa st Was good, aud Madaine S ar 100 to it from the stor the ‘Stadi- theatre, ius, to. return to. that lady and to Mias Venela, as we close, Bot have (if such change be possibie ip the utle rier they left us ‘Tuere ix mere com- Houng, WO Uae ad Geran nid action, ‘The wie improved since plete treedom, more aus expression, in their utterance voldable difidence of sirangers una strange land y love untramuieiied by tis may have beeu ti 16 any fodnen native with I Amospii rleigh ‘and Mortis 4 ely grand, aid Maria and ce hastory itself, we oud at the signature h warrant Veneta showed every ia at avUSt, far surpassing her tori » close OF the third ac, adame seel recglied pre tie curl the house raug with again, true gens reappears im German dr offers to our contemplation on the mimic sity noble spectacle of powers that suumon (rou tie dust the grandeur Of past events which have cone troiled the destiny Of hations, aud eudew |e Las perishable words of muigity pocis aud historians with the still mightier spel: of actual Ih. night Madame Seebach will impersonate Jauc Byre, dud who can willingly forego the promised enotion + of such a performance, (he long drauguts of such in. tellectual pleasure? pa den MM het w dozen Wises, and Aw ; hearty bravos. thus, ey at! bina Toe Bowery 7 —“The Dog of the Ola Toll House” and “A Golden Fetter” still hold their aifections upon the patrons of the Bowery theatre. The house last evening was well filed, and taesa dramas were put upon the boards with start tog effect and interesting incident. Blanchard aud mis dog Rutt were loudly applauded aud won umversat praise, Frank Drew was exceedingly happy in the cast of Tom Til, the vagabond, in the Fetter,” and display » dramatic The "bill — tron and with the — exce) of nituer defects was creaitabiy AS a popular place at which to Wi ng the Gud Bowery, unuer its pr sent management, retais La erformance Is so Varied bE Its character Uhat each member of the audtence flads something to please and itu, On F Drew takes Is Prarewell benefit, when | pated the tiouse wili be crowded trom growad to dome. Beancha:d, Who 1s dese: vedly popular, laces lus benefit op Saturday evemuy, Woop'’s MusEuM.—A spect jar extravaganza, entitied “St. George and the Dragon,” was prodnced lastevening at this theatre. The dialogue of tho burlesque abounds With puas aud suany allusions, and the music ts a curious medley of vl airs and from Italian operas, The periormance was highly rel pd by a large audience. Miss Lydia Thompson acted in her usdally dasping mauner, and Mr. Harry Beckett put the rissuiuty of the audieuce toa severe test. Miss Jemuy Arnott, a preity bra- det Harland anu Miss Alice itarrison charuunyly. Aliogetier the pe HOV MANC very enjoyauls, aad the buriesque bas a chance of obtarmmg 4 peotracied rua, “Rie VAN WINKLE" Av BRookLYN.-—Considering the Inclemency of the weather the Acadeny of Music was weil filled by an appreciative audience to grees Jetferson at the first of lils series of his periorm. auces in the world-renowned character of “Kip.” MOF Chis beautl. ' n past ieputation. The ademy last night. uot yet Seen it We urge Chem to tak portunity OL seelag a moral | taught amid smiles and jaugater. ‘The proce will ve given for four more nights, and We aiiiicipate crowded houses every nigai. THEATRE Comigcve—“Bad Dickey. bat neat resort of mirth and merr! crowded jast night from orchestra to guilery, announcement of Mr. Hughey Dougherty Dickey standing room was aluicst imposs procure, “Bad Vics as well as the ot dies, were very well presented—a coatinua. appituse showel low Well tie wuitencs were The only fwait was the lengta of materially 1 i r betore present too late “ani hour to be called sought their residen ypare with this couteat performauce “eomique theatr GLose Tr —A programme of great variety Was presented Iasi evening to the parrous of thls house, It comprised comedy, song dauce aud Win+ Strelsy, and all the per.ormers were more or less clever and funny. ‘The performauce conclu ted with ® new local draiva (founded ou facts, says [he play. bill), of which the title 1 ew York asi¢ Was and Aung Pond by Meonligh It would ve tdie to tals about the literary nierits of the piece, Buflice to say that it was creditatyy emacied by te Several performers. Mr. Josh Hart played the prin. cipal character of Mose, the ireman, to Ife, aud Mi Kessie Sudiow gave a clever tendering of his , Lize.? ‘The audienee Was large, th? applause trequeat, aud ever body pleased aud happy. Louts Fugter, a a y cueak thief, was arrested by an oMicer of the Fourteenth precinct, at his house, No. 10 Chrystie street, last night, upon complamt or W. H. Schofield, a wuest at tho Grand Ceutral Hotel, y well pi and (he Litie charged wit Steuitag his overcoat, vaiued ab $120, ‘The property Was found in Lis possossion, a@ several pawn Uckers tor coats and other articles wich had bean stolen. The prisoner will De Bt+ Tauued at hesex Market this morning.