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‘ ~ > DOMINICA. Scenes in the Senate Over the Passage of the Amended Resolution. The - House Lobbyists in Im- mense Force. Carl Schurz’s View of Tropi- “™ cal Institutions. of the President Sutter a sedan Batat, > : Ben Wade as ‘One of the Commissioners. _- ee Sumner Jatérviews Him and Gets a Flea in His Bar. Bishop Simpson and Professor White, of Cornell University, to be tho Other Commissioners. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 1871, Congress has at length disposed for the time being of the St. Domingo business. After a long, exciting and EXTRAORDINARY DEBATE im both houses, the resolution introduced by Mr. Morton, of Indiana, in the Senate has been adopted by both pranches as amended by Mr. Ambler, of Uhio, im the House of Representatives, The scenes enacted in both houses while the discussion of the measure ‘was in progress were the most remarkable ever wit- messed in the halls of Congress. The persistency with which the project has been pusited by the ad- ministration ts, I believe, unparalieled. Since Con- gress assembled last December it is said the President has concentrated his attention chiefly on 8t. Domingo business. He seems to have set his heart upon the acquisition of the island and he has used all the power at his command to facilitate the proposed investigation, which lie and his adherents hope will resuit in the annexation to the United States of first a section and then the Femainder of the island, The particular attention that he gave the subject in his i LAST ANNUAL MESSAGE elearly indicated that an early effort would be made ‘to pass a resolution through both houses, in accord- ance with his recommendation, appointing a com- Mission to proceed to St. Domingo to obtain certain information preparatory to the preparation of a new treaty of annexation. This resolution was intro- duced by Mr. Morton very early in the session, and he and other staunch supporters of the administra- tion im the Senate worked night and day for its ‘adoption. Morton. of Indiana, and Conkling, of New York, have been its most conspicuous champl- ons in the Senate. Summer assailed the scheme with @n accumulation of argument and eloquence de- mouucing i¢ as , AN UNWARRANTABLE MENACB to the republic of Hayti and as a new atage ina drama of blood, The famous all night se:sion at which the resolution was put through the Senate, Just berore the holidays, is fresh ia public recollec- tion. Then it was transferred to the House of Rep- Fesemtatives, where its speedy parsage was more doubtful. The friends of the administration in the House and out of it went to work with redoubled zeal to cause it to be taken up and passed, irrespective of any -ovber subject of legislation. Witn this purpose Mr. Orth, of Indiana, who, like Morton in the Senate, ‘was its chief champion in the House, made three attempts, the last ef which prevailed, to take it from the Speaker's table and put it upon is passage under a suspension of the rules, which required a Two-thirds majority of all the members present. This achievement was consuminated yesterday, when, at half-past three o’clock in the afternoon, the resolution was adopted, with Mr. Ambler’s amendment, which provided that nothing con- tained in the resolution should be understood or ‘construed as committing Congress to the poiicy of annexation. A full description of the scenes in the House, pending its adoption, was given this morn- ing to the readers of the HERALD, THE MOST REMARKABLE FEATURE of its consideration In the House was the Inconsis- tent course which the democrats, by previous ar- Tangement among themselves. pursued—namely, that of repudiating their ancient doctrine of mani- Jest destiny, and in solid phalanx opposing the policy of annexation, As stated yesterday, the resolution was immediately sent over to the Senate for its concurrence in the House amendment, The salient point which Sumner made when he renewed his atéack against the whoie St. Domingo scheme was the correspondence from St. Dominge which he read trom the HERALD, When the Senate adjourned yesterday the understanding ‘was that the vote on amendments, which, of course, have precedence of the reselution itself, would be taken at four o'clock this afternoon. After the expiration of the morning hour to-day Senator Stewart, of Nevada, occupied some time in support of the general subject of annexation, which he believed would haye the approval of the country. With avery tew excep- tions the Senators did not seem to pay much atten- tuon to his speech. There was an unusually large AUDIENCE IN THE GALLERIES, and Stewart improved the opportunity to spread bimgelf. While he was talking Patterson and Cragin, of New Hampshire, siood near the ante- room, engaged in conversation. Saulsbury, of Delaware, who was formerly a clergyman, and who still sticks to the white necktie, indulged in his lavorite amusement of walking up and down tlie chamber. Dr. Newman, Chaplain of the Senate, sat on a sofa for a while talking to Kellogg, of Louisi- ano, probably about matters in that State, for the doctor is interested in the progress of Louisiana quite as much as in tha annexation of St. Domingo. Senator Shura seemed UNBASY IN HIS SEAT, for he had an elaborate speech to deliver before four o’ctock, and was evidently anxioos that Stewart ‘would soun shut up. Secretary Robeson now made his appearance on the floor, and after surveying the scene from one corner of the chamber sailed over to Conkling’s seat, Where he hove to and spoke to the Senator from New York. Then he continued on his course, and passing out of the chamber, “he came to anchor in the Presi- dent’s room. Scarcely haa he disappeured ere , ERAL SHERMAN CAME IN, and he remained until the close one of the most at- tentive listeners to the debate. Five miifutes after Sherman’s tall, commanding ferm was seen on the Aicor the bald Ben Butler came m and talked with Carpenter and Sumner. Banks was seen about the same time conversing with Nye, of Nevada. General Horace Porter, the President’s private secre- tary, who was ubiquitous yesterday in the House, came in at a quarter before two o'clock with A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT, and after he had sent it to the President of the Sen- ate he goon sought a seat beside Morton, of Indiana. Porter presently disappeared into the hall, followed by Conkhng, who liad a private conference with him outside the Chamber. Hardly had Porter van- ished before Robeson appeared to view again upon the floor. THE GALLERIES ad been gradually becoming still more crowded, aud when Siewart closed his speech at ten miuutes to two and Schurz arose, there was not room for many more. Schurz occupied the attention of tie Senate for nearly two hours with a philosophical speech, intended to prove thatit was impossible to suce cessiully maintain REPUBLICAN INSTITUTIONS IN THR TROPICS, and that blatosy abywed iat al atvemows of the Proposed New Territorial Acquisition ' NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1871—TRIPLE SHEET. ST. DOMINGO. Appearance, Seaports and Inland Towns. *lETROM Sane ; : INT) RSQ | oVKZ N iS ere Nem " SsuMlty, OU) rea UU, Bo Seesta lian ® TAN << Timing BANIOA "ap MARGASSALLES , A pLASCAGQAS a1 i) spew l W/) ly Nyy? mh es) “sf SAVANB.LALMARS — \\ At Nave bo! 1j\\ ud QQy oon il yi a MANNA AT sgn? Re anny NUT SELBB Position and Extent of the Country---Its General Anglo-Saxon race to dominate over the native population by assimilation had eompletely failed. At the outset, he complained that they were com- pelied to consider this question under the ‘WHIP AND SPUR OF THE ADMINISTRATION and pointed out the impropriety of the unusual haste that had been so persistently evinced to have the n sent to St. Domingo. He repeated Sum- ner’s cl that the proposed annexation of the Dominican part of the island was a most flagrant menace to the republic of Hayti, which was divided from the other only by an imaginary line. His convictien was that this measure if the policy which it suggested was car- ried out would make it necessary for us to annex the whole West India islands to the United States. Schurz appealed to history to prove, and challenged Senators to deny that a republican form of govern- ment had ever been established in a tropical climate, that trepical labor when free had degene- rated into shiftiessness, and that ail attempts to or- ganize such labor had resulted in nothing less than slavery. At this point Carpenter remarked that, according to this agreement, slavery ought never to have been abolished in the United States. Schurz did not want to kee slavery re-established in either St, Do- mingo or the United States. He was simply statng historical facts. During the delivery of Schurz’s speech he was frequent!y interrupted by the Dominicans, most prominent of whom were Morton, Conkling, Stewart, Carpenter and Warner. These gentlemen did not seem to understand that Schurz 1s au fait at getting mterruptions. It 18 one of the things which, of al! others, he most de- sires in making a speech. Hence he yielded to every Senator who asked hima question, The result of these interruptions was, asa general thing, that ne turned THE ENEMY'S GUNS UPON THEIR OWN CAMP. Morton put the hardest posers to him, and yet he succeeded in creating a laugh upon nearly every question at Morton’s expense. Sumner, who had no chance to speak, was afraid Schurz would forget to meet the point made by the Dominicans that the United States aid not take the republic of St. Domingo when it offered itself some European Power would take it. He therefore reminded Schurz ef this point when he had progressed, about half way in his speech. Schurz evidently had not forgotten it, for he told Sumner he was coming to it by and by. When he came to it he scattered the whole sentiment, and proceeded to give his reasons for not believing it. Morton stated that he had good reasons to believe that GERMANY WANTED If, but when Sumner asked him to state his reasons he deciined to do so. Warner, of Alabama, who goes out en the 4th of March, undertook te raise a ques- tion with Schurz as te whether the Anglo-Saxon race and free labor could succeed in the tropics. He pointed to the Southern States as a living refutation of Schurz’s argument, Schurz, with great delberation and coolness, turned upon him and asked him if he re- garded the Southern States as a tropical country? Warner, seemingly off his guard, said tnat he ald, whereupon Schurz, turning away from him with an expression of disgust sald, “Well, if vou do, that case is settled.” This created a LAUGH AT WOMEN’S EXPENSE and for the remainder of the debate he did not attempt to interrupt Schurz. When Schurz finished, Yates obtained the floor and proceoded in a general rambling way to deny all Schurz had said. His speech was short and had no effect. Wilson had five minutes to enter @ protest against what he called the FALSE PHILO302HY OF SCHUR2’ SPEECH, after which Sumner appealed for more time, but in vain. ‘I object,’’ said Conkling, “to any more de- lay. Let us vote now.” Sumuer, seeing there was no chance for more speech making, pled in his amendments, In this he was assisted by the clerical Sauisbury, of Delaware, but all the amendments were only so many tenpips, set up to be immediately knocked down. THE FINAL VOTE was reached with as little delay as possible, and the Senate resolution, a8 amended by the House, was finally passed without oppositions TEXT OF THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED. ‘The following 18 the resolution in fuil as it was finally adopted: —~ Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled— ‘thas the President of the United States be author- ized to appoint three commissioners, and also a eegretary to the latter, who is to be yeysed iu je English and Spanish languages, to proceed to the island of St. Domingo and to such other places, if iy, a8 such commissioners may deem neces- sary, and there inquire into and ascertain and report the political state and condition of tae repuolic of St. Dontingo, the prebable number inhabitants, and the desire and disposition of the people of the said republic to become annexed and toforms part of tue people of the United States; the physical, mental and moral condition of sat People, and their general condition as to material wealth and industrial capacity; the resources of the country—its mineral and agricultural products, the products of its waters and forests, and the general character of the soil and the extent and proportion thereof capable of cultivation; the climate and health of the couytry; its bays barbors and rivers, its meteorological character and existence ana frequence of remarkable meteorologi- cal phenomena, the debt of the government, its obligations, whether funded, and ascertained and admitted, or unadjusted and under discussion; treaties and engagements with other Powers, the extent of boundary and territory, what proportion 1s covered by foreign claimants, or by grants, or con- cession, ahd generally what concessions and fran- chises have been granted, with the names of the re- spective grantees; the terms and conditions on which the Dominican government may desire to annex to and become a_ part of the United States as one of the Territories thereof, and such other information with respect to said government or its Territories as, to the sald Com- missioners, shall be desirable or important with ref- erence to the future incorporation of said Dominican republic into the United States as one of its Terri- tor ‘EC. 2, And be it further resolved, That sald Com- missioners shall, af soon as conveniently may be, report to the President of the United States, who shall say their report before Congress. SE And be it further resolved, that sala Com- missioners shall serve without compensation, ex- cept the payment of their exp 3 and the com- pensation of the sec ry, Wi shall be deter- mined by the Secretary ef State, with the approval of the President; Provided, That nothing in this resolution con- tained shall be held, understeod or construed as | committing Congress to the policy of annexing the territory of said republic of Deminica, BEN WADE AS ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, Ben Wade, who has been chosen one of the Commis- stoners to be sent to St. Domingo, was at the Sen- ate to-day when Senator Sumner took occasion to present his own side of the St. Domingo question to him, and to caut.on him to be on his guard against the political ‘jockeys’? who appeared so anxious to sell the fsiand. Sumner also admonished him not to allow himseif, when he got to St. Domingo to be carried away by his well known predilections in favor of the general subject of an- nexation. Ben Wade remarked that he had been in the West for some time past and had not given particular attention to this subject, but that while he was in favor of anmexatien of territory in the West Indies he would go to St. Domingo with the determination to make, as he called 16, A SQUARE REPORT upon the points embraced in Morton’s resolution. If he found that there was any jobbery in the scheme he propose. to let the country know it when he came back, and if the charges against the Presi- dent proved to be false he would let the coun- try Know that too, Ben. said he had been in public life a good while and he did not know that any tellow ever succeeded in PULLING THE WOOL OVER HIS EYES. Re didn’t mean that it should be done now. He mmended to go down to St. Domingo with his eyes and ears wide open, and to come back and teil what he saw and heard. He would have nothing to do with the political ‘jockeys.’’ He didn’t believe in “them fellows” anyhow, and ne would keep them at a safe distance. THE OTHER TWO COMMISSIONERS, there is reason to believe that Andrew White, Presi- dent of Cornell University, New York, and Bishop Simpson, of Pennsylvanta, will be appointed as the other two commissioners. But little delay will oc- cur cefore their departure for Dorminica. THE TENNBSSBE, | at New York, has been ordered to make a trial trip, and, if saccess/ul, she will be ordered to Norfolk to receive the commissioners, EUROPEAN MARKETS. VON, Jan, 1J—1:30 P. M.—Consols, 925 for money pig! ‘account, “American securities quiet and stead, Five-twenties Cm tie Stocks firm and eady 14; Atlantic and Great Weste: 182g; Li Central, Ty IV OL COTTON MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, Jan. 10— 4:80 P. Sales of the day, 12,000 bales, of “which 2,500 sa ore tor apectiation aud export. Middiing uplands, tga. 5 jing Orveant THe jrooLs dan 1t—1290 P. Me=Cotton dull and un- changed; AVERPOOL, Jan, Ll~ ty ates 10,00) bales. Lar, 588. TRADE AT MANCHESTER. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 11.—The market for yarns and fabrics at Manchester Is steady. ui OOL BREADSTUFTS MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, Jan. > M.-—Califorata white wheat, 11s. 6d.; red "West i ald. red winter, :) mixed new, 81s. 6d. LP ‘BT.—LIVERPOOL, Jan.J10— Provisions are without ol nge. oon PRODUCE MARKET.—LivERPoor, Jan. 10— mmon rosin, 68 Od, & 68. 9d, Linweed of), 31 a b N Paopucr MARKET.—LONDON, Jan. 10—4:30 P. M.—Tallo’ mer at 458, a dba, Caicutia Linseed, o9e. Solis petroleum firmer. Spirits turpentine, He, 6d, MINISTER SCHENCK. The New Minister to the Court of St. James Dined and Wined by His Old Confreres of the Ways and Means Committee. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 1871. The grand comphmentary dinner tendered Gene- ral Robert C. Schenck, the new American Minister to England, by the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, took place this evening at Wormley’s, and was one of the most pleasant legislative reunions remem- bered in the history of the capital of the nation, The temporary chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, Samuel Hooper, of Massachu- setts, presided. On his right were seated Minister Schenck, Senator Sumner, Congressman Marshall, of Illinois, Senator Bayard and Congressman Brooks, and on his left, Vice President Col- fax, Congressman Maynard, Mr. George A. Bassett, clerk of the Committee on Ways and Means, Senator Fenton, General Banks and Congressmap Kelley. Vis-a-vis to Mr. Hooper was Secretary Boutweil, and on the right of the Secre- lary were Congressman Allison, Senator Sherman, Coneressmen Niblack and McCarthy agd Senator Warner, and on his left were Senator Morrill, ef Vermont; Congre:sman Orth‘, of Indiana, and Senator. Williams. The invited guests included the Vice President, Secretary Boutwell, Hon. W. E. Niblack, members ef the Committee on Finance, of the Senate and chairmen of the Committees on For- eign Relations and Foreign Affairs. The table was profusely adorned with the choicest flowers, & Pre ramid of japonicas ornamenting the cen‘re, while pa of the rarest exotics decorated the dining hall. At the conclusion of the dinner, which was served, of course, with the choicest wines, short speeches complimentary te the New Minister to England were delivered by all the gentlemen present. Minister Schenek replied in general terms, out made no allusion to his instructions er to the course he intends to pursue at the Court of St. James, THE MISSOURI SEXATORSHIP. General Frank Blair the Coming Man— Liberal Republicans Giviag Him Their Sup- port=Demoraiization of the Republican Party. JEFFERSON City, Jan, 11, 1871. Deep excitement prevails about the Senatorial election, Biair's chance is regarded as nearly safe. He will probably get the democratic nomination on the second ballot at the caucus to-morrow. Wood- son, Glover, Buckner and Phelps will not make much show. ‘The radical caucus last night did nothing. Wagner got only four votes, Henderson thirteen and Stanard SIX; many of the members would notjvote. The republican party is fearfully demoralized in the State, Enough liberal republicans, anti-Grant men, will probably vote for Blair to give him a majority of fifteen on joint ballot. Glever and Blair are the only rivals in the democratic caucus. Woodson’s friends will likely go for Blair after the first ballot. Blair is in his seat in the House, looking grim, calm and confident, METEOROLOGICAL RECORD. Wednesday, Janu. 11-11:47 P. M. WAR DEPARTMENT, SIGNAL SERVICE, UNITED STATES anuy. } Fo the” fa oe r, : moon ere 8 Satna Clear. er’ nt] ¥ a 83) 4 Brisk” ay Gloudy: 4“ Brisk. Cloud, Charleston. 60 Im. Ch Gherenne, cH m 82 53 45 SSESISERS Ro VLSIETA: ture. THE ALBANY EXPRESS ROBBERY. ALBANY, Jan, 11, 1871. Arthar X. Breed, who was brought here from Syracuse on suspicion of being the assassin of the express messenger Halpin, has been discharged. lalpin, it is thougnt, will recover uf he lives furty-olght hours longers CUBA. President Cespedes’ Wite’s Account of Her Capture—Order from Valmaseda Re-cstab- lishing Civil Courts. HAVANA, Jan. 11, 1871. Anita, the wife of President Cespedes, speaks in the highest terms of the gentlemanly and kind treat» ment she has received at the hands of the Spaniaras since her capture, She says that she left her husband in the interigr several days previous to her capture on the coast, where she was awaiting @ vessel on which to embark and leave the island, Zenea, who acted as the escort of the wife of President Cespedes, and the two sailors who were captured at the same time, were taken to Puerto Pee Seflora Cespedes is about twenty years of uge, has @ pleasant looking face, is affable in conversation, and is a fair type of the women of the Camaguey region. She is now, however, in delicate health, Valmaseda, the acting Governor General of the island, has issued an order abolishing courts mar- Ual for the trials of causes otner than those of trea- son, rebellion and sedition. The ctyil courts are given jurisdiction over offenders against the laws Where the crime ig not included in those speciticd. THE INDIANS, Scarcity of Buffalo on the Plains—Suffering Among the Indians—Grand Council to Be Held at Fort Laramie. CHEYENNE, Jan. 11, 1871, Intormation from Fort Laramie states that a large number of Sioux, Cheyennes, Arrapahoes and Gros Ventre Indians came in yesterday, and reported that buffalo was very scarce, but that there was plenty of small game. They said also that they had no ammunition to kill it, and in consequence they are in a suffering condition and their people are starving. They applied for permission to go South to find buffalo, but were refused. The Indians are undecided yet as to where they. will have their agency. They are afra dif the post 18 placed on the north side of the Piatte that tueir young men will interfere with the agency, aad that troops would have to be sent into their country to protect it, which would cause much serious trouble Red Cloud, Man-Afraid-of-his-Horses and several other prominent chiefs are expected here in three ee @ grand council of all the Indians will e called, ILLINOIS ITEMS. Serious Railroad Riot in Princeton—HReavy Failures in Chicrgo. Chicago, Jan, 11, 1861, A special despatch from Princeton, Ill, reports a riof in progress at Albright station, on the Mendota and Prophetstown Railroad, among the laborers, seventy-five of whom had been discharged by the contractors without receiving their pay. Numbers have been seriously injured. Elyah K. Bruce, a Board of Trade commission man, bas been placed in bankruptcy. His liabilities are $955,853 and his assets insignificant, BILLIARDS. Match Between Rudolphe and Parker at Buffalo. BUFFALO, Jan. 11, 1871. A match game of billiards for the champion cue and $1,000, between A. P. Kudolphe, of New York, and Frank Parker, of Chicago, was played in this city thisevening. The game commenced at eight o'clock. About 1,000 And were present, among them a number of ladies. G H. Van Vieck, of Buffalo, was appolated referee, Mort Humphrey, ef New York, acted as umpire for Rudelphe, and Henry Rhines, of Chicago, fer Parker. ‘The betting was $100 to $75 in favor of Parker won the lead and piayed into 1. The playing was good, though not of the nest. From tho start Parker took the lead and maintained it to the close of the game at the cighy -second round, the score standing Parker 1,501, Rudolphe 1,235. The average of the winner was a little over 18 and that of the loser 15, Rudolphe made the highest run, 160. CITY INTELLIGESCE. Assistant District Attorney Algernon S. Sullivan ‘wii deliver a lecture this evening before the William M. Tweed Club of the Fifteenth Ward, at No, 4 East Ninth street. Dr. Doremus will inform the congregation and others, at the Chelsea Presbyterian church, Twenty- second street, near Ninth avenue, this evening, that “We Are the First, and Not the Last of Our Race.” John G. Saxe, the poet, will read his lecture on “French Folks at Home’? this (Thursday) evening, at eight o’clock, at Association Hall, corner of Fourth 3 — ENFRANCHISEMENT OF WOMBN, A Delegation of Fair Ones Before the House Judiciary Committee. Grand Display of Ancient and Tender Lovelt- nes—A Female Candidate for the Presidency Expounding the Constitution—The Com mittee Captured—Woman's Suffrage Convention—The M@vement Mak- ing Headway in Washington. WASHINGTON, Jan, 11, 187). A delegation of ladies belonging to the woman's sufrage persuasion met by appointment with the House Judiclary Committee for the purpose of stat- tg their side of the question and of sustaining their several memorials by argument. In addition to the members of the committee proper there were sev- eral members of the House present who favor wo- man suffrage. They were mostly members from the New England States, with the excep- tion of one or two from the Northwest. A number of newspaper correspondents were also allowed to be present, and it was expected that there would be some rich scenes. The ladies were of all ages, from thirty to sixty, married and single, old maids and maidens, candidaves for matrimony and those who had lost all hope of sinking their names in those of the sterner sex. Judge Bingham, the chairman of the committee, presided with the dignity of a grandfather. Ben Butler was there, and looked from ohe woman to another as if he intended to select one of them fora wife. As a general thing THR WOMEN WERE WELL DRESSED, even the matrons showing @ scrupulous attention to ludimess and attractive appearance, Eldridge, of Wisconsin, another member of the committee, seemed to regard the whole thing as a good joke, and kept smiling all the time, as if he intended to encourage the women in their work, Among those present were Mrs. Victoria ©, Woodhull, Mrs, Stan- ton, Mrs, Beecher Mooker, Mrs. Pauline Davis, Mrs. Josephine Griting, Miss Tennte ©. Clafin, Miss Kate Stanton, Mrs, Powell, Miss Kate Hutchinson and Mrs. Ela, wite of the New Hampshire Congress- man, with many lesser lights. Shortly aiter ten o'clock Mrs, Victoria C. Wood- hull, of New York, opened the ball, at the sugges- Uon of Judge Bingham, the chairman. Mrs. Wood- hull, who ts rather a prepossessing woman, latd aside her Alpine hat and commenced to speak. she will be A CANDIDATE POR THE PRESIDENCY IN 1872, should Congress legalize female suffrage, and in- tends to ran as an independent candidate on the platform of free sutfrage and equality before the law. Her theory is that under the fifteenth amend- ment to the constitution women have already the right to vote, though she is anxious to have it more specilically enacted into ‘the statutes, Pulling out a paper which she had pre- pared for the occasion, she proceeded without delay to address the committee. Judging from the ex- pressions of the committee after the meeting ad- journed there ts no doubt that sne made a very favorable impression. One member sald she had presented the case in as good style as any Congress- man could have donc. Her volce was very clear and sie did not appear to be embarrassed in the least, but read with emphasis certaim passages which she desired the committee to pay particular attention to. She contended that the coustatution of the United States made WOMAN A CITIZEN, WiTH THE RIGHT TO VOTE, and desired to know by what ethica any free gov- erment imposes taxes on women without giving them @ voice upon the subject or a participation in the public declarations as to how and by whom these taxes shall be applied for the common public use, Women constituted a majority of the 10 of this country, and were eutrusted with tis most vital responsibilities of society. They bear, rear and educate men; train aid mould thelr characters, inspire the noblest impulses in’ men, and ofien hold the accumulated fortunes ofa man’s life for the safety of the family and as guardians of the infants, and yet they are de. barred from uttering any opinion by a public vote. Women had the right to vote, and it was by usurpa- tion only that they were devarred. In her addresa she quotes from many legal authorities in support of her argument. Mrs. Woodhull, having finished, A re tee one of her blandest smii Other speeches were» made, but Woodhall haa captured the committee, and tbe others were not needed. It is not known what. action wul be taken, but the members of the commitves seemed well pleased with the entertainmett, THE NATIONAL WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE CONVENTION met at Lincoln Hall to-day at three o’clock. Judge Lawrence, of Ohio,jhad promised to preside, but having received a telegram from Ohio that Ris presence was required immed ately he was com- pelled to disappoiut the enthusiastic advocates of Woman's suffrage. Mrs; Isobella B. Hooker, of Connecticut, accepted the honor, how- ever, and after prayer by Rey. Olympia Brown, Mrs. Victoria Woodhull read a memorial which she presented to Congress this morning, and tne remainder of the session wag occupied in listening to short addresses from Mrs. Biase, Miss Peckhain, a theological student from Madison, Wis., and Miss Susan B. Anthony. AT TILE EVENING SESSION Miss Brown, Miss Kate M. Stanton and Lawyer A. G. Riddle, who has been enlisted ia the cause of univer- Sal suffrage made addresses. The attendance at both sessions was very large, and the audi- ence, composed principally of ladies, represented - the mtelligence and respectability of society in tis ty. ‘To no one was this more surprising than to Miss Anthony, who remarked that she did not actly know how to address her hearef®, having been acust i@ rather than applause. Elizabeth © 3 face was missed from ainong — those red On the platform. Thus far the edings of the Convention have been entirely informal and without method, The character of the — sessions to-Cay was more of the exhibition style than busi- nessilke. There is no disguising the fact that the Woman suffrage advocates are MAKING HEADWAY IN WASHIN@:ON. Miss Anthony wants it to be distin. tiy understood that good can come out of W. ngtoa, and that the national capitai shall yet be the glory of her sex and all the rest of man and wemankind. The suffrage lobbyists are determined to turn Congre:s mto a Wwouan’s rights convention, and the first measure that it is proposed to pass 18 to turn out some of the eileminate male clerks, who now receive from $1,200 to $2,500 per annum, and promote the competent female clerks by giving them higher salaries and more responsibie positions. A BLOOD? BIRSTY Wi¥E. A Jersey City Womnn Plunges a Kuife Into Mer Husband—Twice Married and Twice a Tyrant. John Moran and his wife Anne, or as she 1s better known to her neighbors by the name “Nansh” (a word of Celtle dialect), have resiaed for some months past at No, 62 Warren street, Jersey City. John's happy days have been few since he took Anne for his wife. She has beer known for a long ume (to the police as. A TROUBLESOME CHARACTER, a woman, in short, with a tongue which all her neighbors dreaded, John came home from the Steel Works, where he is employed, at dinner hour yes- terday, and was in the act of changing bis clothing when the customary noonday dispute commenced. Many words had not passed when Anne seized a large knife and plunged 1t into his abdomen, Inflict- ing @ wound which may prove fatal. He feli to the os and here, her thirst for blood, far from ng satisiied, drove her almost to fury. SHE TORE THE CLOTHING ofthe unfortunate man toshreds. Before she had conciuded her bloody work oiticer Sadleir came thun at the door, having been caliga on by the neighbors. Anne jumped out of a second story window, crossed the street, entered another building and ascended to the roof, crossed ever five houses, and at length took refage ta the Upper story of a house where an acquaintance lived. Here she was 7 by the officer, who took her to the first precinct station. The strangest part of the cage 1s that the husband objectea very strenuously inst the arrest, The injured man was attended by Dr. Watson, who pronounced the wound to beof @ very serious ch. racter. Nansh” buried her first husband, Brian — “a Seen fellow by all accounts, ? two years ago marti POOR, ILL-FATED MORAN two or three mouths afterwards. Now comes the pare for Anne’s Niger boat penne he — ne rian was of some property, will be propided. thal as soun as the debi on bis house should be cleared oif the sam of $500 should be paid to his sister by the executor, This arrangement was most displeasing to is wife, aud ever since, the bare mension of the executor’s name or that of Geatley’s Sister is suficient to drive her to frenzy. When the dispute arose yesterday, Moran happenéu to rem: in speaking of the executor, who died a short t avenue and Thirty-fourth street, for fhe benefit of the Young Men’s Social and Benevolent Society oi the Fonrth Presbyterian church, Tluriy-fourth street, ago, ‘fhe Lord have inercy ou him;” and no sooner were the words pneuned than she seized the knife and toflicted the wounds @ above Her neighbors state that Geatiey a'so in hig felt the welgit of her vengeance, and that his eo from, this world to the nodt was Tor thg better, \