The New York Herald Newspaper, March 3, 1871, Page 6

en! able NEW YORK HERALD | Tee Condition of France—The Great Task and the Great Daugers Still Beiore Her. In the ratification of Germany’s harsh exac- tious of peace by a vote of five-sixths of the Freach National Assembly we have, in the voice of France, the confession of her present oroapway AND AN STREET. JAMES ‘GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR rible defeats and disasters in the late war. Since the Ist of August last the losses of ~Perform+ | France, past, present and prospective, from Beeson desl this gigantic struggle, will, no doubt, upon a | money estimate, both sides for the whole four years of the war of our Southern rebellion, One-third, at least, of her territory has been eaten out and laid waste, including her richest wiae districts; j One-tenth, at least, of her people have been reduced to the verge of starvation; her crops, which last year were sbort from a withering drought, will this year be necessarily shori from the destruction of her horses and cattle and her iS EVENING. BOth at. AMUSEMENTS WOOD'S MUSEUM sro noes every alteravon an Ave orner NIBLO'S GARDEN, Brondway.—Tae THE BLACK OK. WALLACK'S Houn—Bivr i THEATRE, EVILS. Broadway ana 13th street.— . 720 Broa ¥ OF MARY LINA EDWIN's —Hunrep Dows ; Ox, of Sth av, ana 23d st.— ~—Tar RichfLieu oF oNP—RAIGING THE FIFTH AVE THEATRE, “Twent ty-fourth street.— 5 ¢, SARATOGA, agricultural implements, and from the general STADT THEATRE, 45 Bowery.--Srrpacu | disorganization of her industrial system. er And now, saperadded to all her frighiful PR de evadway.- VARIETY: BUTER- j tes s from the war, she has to bear these harsh conditions exacted by Germany as the | BOOTHS sween Dik ans 6th ave,— ret Ricariire. price of peace—the surrender of ber whole Rhive frontier back to “the blue Moselle,” in cluding « million and a half of her people with the territories given up, fortified cities of Strasbourz and Metz; and, lastly, she has to pay a thousand millions of | doilars as indemnity to Germany for her ex- STEINWAY HALL, Conernr, b street.-Gnanp Cnanity é MRS, F. B. ak THE Banatoda. TONY PASTOR'S Binary ENXTrR7 AINNENT CONWAY'S P. ATRY, Brooklyn. — ‘RA HOUSE, 201 Bowers.—Va- THEATRE commQuE, 5M Broadway.—Coate Vooars wis, NEGxO ACE, dc - ae penses in the war. SAN FRANCISCO MINSTREL HALL, 886 Broatway.— Jan ‘poor Fy - e condi- eans Peete be ee ron tway Can ‘‘poor France,” under the best condi: tions of peace, recover from this fearful pros- tration and these cruel exactions within half a century? She can fally recover her position HOOLRY's orrna s r She can full y rec OV er her p KELiy & Leon's M in wealth and in all ber industrial forces and APOLLO HA Pi Sek eteek ana Broadway,— | Tesources within a period of twenty years of Dz. Coway's Diokama or IRELAaNn, peace, excepting, of course, the cities and territories she has lost. These she can re- cover only by war; but, from present appear- ances, whatever her desire may be, she will be compelled to postpone ber revenge for at least twenty years to come. The inviting gateway into Germany between Metz and Strasbourg is closed and heid by Germany, and hereatier France, from the denger which is thus menaced to Paris, will be slow to provoke another trial with the disciplined legions of the German empire. There is, then, no de r that France, during the living gen- eration, will provoke another war with Ger- many. an occas: for the repar nm of her late misfortunes in a quarrel with Italy or Spain, or England or Belgium, inclinations and every consi discretion will make peace the policy of France with all her neighbors except Germany, peace with Germany for at least twenty years to come will be the first necessity of the French goverament; and within these twenty years, through the progress and d opment of modern ideas and popular rights, the whole face of things on the European Con.inent may be so changed as to bring the people of even France and Germany into the “happy accord” of a band of brothers, But there is danger yet to France in the great task now before her of the reconsiruc- tion of her goverament. The special work for which the election of this National Assem- SOMERVILLE AR SRY, 82 MLITION OF W Fifth avenue,—Ex- urteemth sireol.—-SCENES IN Hr Ring, A NEW YORK M TOMY, 618 Broadway.— ScizNON ANY OME SIS mecninen: YATOMICAL MUSE New York, M, 743 Broadway.— x 7 vi) . HE Mareb es “vidays 1871. CONTENTS OF To-DAY'S HERALD. Pace. = —Aav ertisements. a. ngehan ps ‘Troubles Ap- ion of wise of Members of povening oft 5—Euroy So! tdi Jaration The Desp Prmauy; nenes During the ur Statford Nortncote: | Named Commissions Chamber of Commerce— blic Execution m south ng t the Ta th of the Board of Covoners— nee, jon Ship for ¥ on Y @—Eiitorias Leading Article,“ ‘The Great Task and tie Great stil Beiore Her’—Amusement An- en from Js ast—Buainess | : 3 : : ae S-Proceeaings in the Conrts—Van Feten, te | DIY Was arranged by Count Bismarck—a treaty Forg ‘Moot aud Chandon''—Real Estate | of peace with a responsible party—is done. Sab sR soe pe ph iiiteport, | The Assembly, with M. Thiers as the execu- Milan Mecringce’ din | tive head of the State, is now called upon to determine whether France shall be organized under an emperor, a king or a president— under the Bonapartes, the Orleanists or the republicans. This Assembly, we presame, will adopt a new constitution; and whether this Assembly shall provide a regency for the empire, a king or president, the ratification of his election will doubtless be submitted to the popular vote. In any event, as it appears, it is all over with the Bonapartes. The unani- mous vote by which this National Assembly has declared the fall of the empire, and its responsibilities for these unparalleled disasters and this bewildering humiliation of France, would seem to settle the question for the pris- oner a! Wilhelmshihe, and his Regency, and his Prince Imperial, It may be said, however, that with the return to France of those four hundred thousand French soldiers of the em- pire now held as prisoners of war in Ger- many another Napoleonic coup @état is not impossible. But we think this vote of the dent at Kingsten informs us that, as the pros- | Assembly indicates so clearly the overwhelm- pect of the annexation of Dominica grows | ing sentiment of the people that there is stronger, so the hopes of those interested in | hardiy the shadow of a chance for the Bona- its vicinity become brighter of better times in | partes in the chapter of accidents, fickle and store for them. Haytiens think themselves | inconstant as are the French nation, far better off, their property increased in value The government of Louis Napoleon, in its and much more secure; they consider thatthe | substantial fruits, down to this crushing war time for revolutions has gone by in St. Do- | was the best which France had ever enjoyed. mingo. In all her material ways and means of wealth and sirength she advanced under this govern- ment to a higher degree of prosperity than she had ever knowa before. Nor have we any reason to doubt that in the last plébiscite of Napoleon, which gave five-sevenths of the popular vote in his favor, this vote was a fair expression of the will of the French people. Down to this war Napoleon and his government were approved by the French people, and it was in obedience to their voice that he ventured into this war. He was not so eager for it as was France, nor so certain of a boliday march to Berlin; buthe had com- mitted himself to the Napoleonic idea of en- larging his Rbine frontier, and from the clamor of ‘‘the Reds” he was lured to his destruction. Had he been successful in his design of making peace in Berlin the transfer among business imen generally. But the ad- of the empire to the Prince Imperial would vent of peace in Europe seems to have changed have been secured; had he saved Paris in- the aspect of everything, and a roseate future | Sead of losing Sedan he might still have saved looms up before everybody, now that the great himself ; but from the surrender of Sedan to war ia over and that we may resume our great | the humiliating treaty of Versailles the dis- commercial operations with Europe, asters to France have been too heavy to be on forgiven; and so for the present she is done Tor New Coneress.—The firsi session of | with the Bonaparies. the Forty-second Congress commences in The issne, then, is narrowed down to a con- Washington to-morrow. The republican can- | test between the Orleanists and the republi- ens last eveniog renominated the old officers | caus, although those four hundred thousand for re-election, Speaker Blaine among the imperial soldiers, after their return from Ger- number. The democrats have nominaied a | many, may attempt a diversion in favor of the ticket headed by General Morgan, which, of | empire. M. Thiers, if from his political ante- course, will have no show of election. We pub- | cedents he may be called anything but a lish a fist of members elect, but it is difficult at | Thiers man, is an Orleanist, He is now in present to male a perfect classification of them. | the sevgnty-fifth year of his age, and can It is sufficient to know that the republicans | hardly be influenced by stronger motives than have a good majority, but will be sadly | those of patriotism. We believe that his troubled when they attempt to count up a | great object now is the best government for two-thirds vote, which is so essential on eriti- | France thet he can give her, and we appre- cal occasions, hegd that big mind is Axed upep the Count de eting of the Union mittee—Shipplng In- ments, AimAd A2—Advertisements, Tur New Japanese Coarcz p'AFFAIRes at Washingion presented his credentials for- mally to Secretary Fish yesterday, and Prince Mits Fusimi, with the members of his Em- bassy, was formully introduced to the Presi- dent last evening. Tue Lire Insvrance Bit, which debars companies from entering the plea of fraud in obtaining a policy afier two premiums shall be paid upon it, bas been ordered to a third reading in the Assembly, and will doubtless pass. It ought by all means to become a law; for it is a safe and equitable check upon a too common practice of the insurance companies. JaMAIoA.—The Herarp’s special correspon- Tae CONGRESSIONAL APPORTIONMENT BIL.L.— It has been suggested that the democrats in the New York Legislature will gain nothing by holding over until next fall, pending the action of the new Congress on the Apportionment bill under the census of 1870. It is hinted that Congress will postpone action upon that bill until winter, or until it is too late for the New York democracy to gerrymander the State in regard to the Congressional districts. Livery Tivzs in Watt Strezv.—The “bulls” in Wall street are in ecstasies, and are’ evidently making up for lost time, to judge by the excitemeat they are producing in the stock market. The ‘‘bears” had the best of it last winter, owing to the depression produced by a sluggishness in trade and a despondent tone and those strongly | Nor is it probable that she will seek | | In short, while ber | . NEW YUKK HERALD, FRI exhausted and helpless condition from her ter- | prove equal’ to the losses of | | | | | | | | from their heavy defeats. a DAY, MARCH 3. 1871.-TRIPLE SHEE}. Paris and the restoration of the mild and | and seventy thousand. This year it verges | The Occupation of Paris awd the Herald Congress Yesteriay—Southere Claims Come pacific monarchy of Louis Philippe, of which Thiers was the favorite Minister and chempion. Bat supposing the Orleanists are recalled, and | ratified in a plédiscite, how long will it last under the pressure of the taxes required to this indemnity of a thousand millions which must be paid to Germany ? Here will be the great danger to France, in movements and excitements, The taxes of j the late empire, in connection with the urces of France, were light compared | with the taxation that will bo required to mect | the financial necessities and obligations result- ing from this war. The Bonapartes have established one thing, at least, in the govern- ment of France which cannot safe sly be set plébiscite. The present National Assembly the French armies from their enforced exile we cannot tell what the prevailing party in a ture of two branches, will be. We think it | likely that M. Thiers will be in no particular he will contrive to keep the present Assembly occupied upon a new constitution, and in providing for the immediate necessities of the chaos in France shall have settled down into something like order and resignation to “ fixed facts.” And it is in this view that we hope for the transition of France to a new govern- ment and a new policy of peace so quietly and with such decoram as to prove that the old revolutionary spirit of the Jacobins and their abominations have entirely passed away, and that the French people can still challenge the applause of mankind by proving themselves superior to their misfortunes, and by still holding the front of European civilization in the triumphs ef peace. Business Prospects and Herald. the New York already the business prospects for the coming season. With the breaking up of winter, the opening of the rivers and lakes to spriag naviga- tion, the commerce of the entire country, from the oceans, eastward and westward, to the in- terior heart of the Continent, will resume its wonted channels, The advertising columns of the Heratp mark in what directions trade is going. They have only to be consulted from day to day and we have all the knowledge we entire country, but more especially of this great metropolis, It is worthy of thought to make a comparison between the past and the present, taking our advertising columns as an index. When the Hrrarp was established, thirty-six years ago, there was very little ad- vertising done. People had not yet learned the value of this medium of communication in the management of their business. A few large wholesale houses, the shipping merchants and the auctioneers in the lower part of the city were almost the only patrons of the advertising columns. The advertisements— excepting those of the auctioneers—in the old ‘‘blanket sheets,” as the daily journals were called at that time, were rarcly changed; in fact, in the Daily Advertiser, Gazette and Mercantile Advertiser, with the exception of altering the number and renewing the dates from day to day, the first and fourth pages of these papers were not changed in the slightest manner for a twelvemonth at atime. It was about the same with all the other papers, ex- cept that they occasionally changed their standing advertisements from one page to an- other to give them a new appearance. The retail houses of the city never thought of ad- vertising; and if a man wanted a horse, or had one to sell, the old Bull’s Head was tho place for the traffic. Should servants want places, or persons help, they sought them at the intelligence offices, or put up notices in the Tontine, or in some conspicuous place in the Merchants’ Exchange, on fences, or at the ferries. No one thought of giving publicity to his business or wants through the medium of the newspapers. What a contrast to the present vigor and freshness of our advertising columns, where the history of our commercial life is written every day! The Heraxp wrought a wonder- ful change in the method of transacting busi- ness. It taught the people how to make known their wants; to inform their customers just what they had to sell, and what they desired to buy. The admirable mode of classifying advertisements, adopted by us, afforded extraordinary facility for this means of intercommunication, and we see the result to-day, not alone in our own pages, but in the general prosperity of business all around us. The ‘‘blanket sheets” have vanished like the mist of the morning under the influence of the progress of enlightened journalism. As to the remarkable increase in circulation experienced by the press generally, it is only necessary to say that the circulation that their government, as an experiment, is | repair the ravages of this war and to meet | its management. | the opportunity to ‘the reds” for revolutionary | aside—the submission of the government to a | was elected under the terrorism of a hosiile | army in possession of the French capital, and | This important news thus obtained is exclu- with the armies of France rendered powerless | sively for our own columns, while the other With the retire- | papers are united in an association to procure ment of the Germans and the return home of | the ship news which we gather for ourselves new National Assembly, or regular Legisla- | hurry in calling for a new election ; but that | The Herarp barometer begins to indicate | require as to the progress of the city and of the | close on a million, and the Heravp has grown | in circulation, in advertising and in influence of the population. How it has done this can be accounted for by the enterprise, ehergy and Lberal expenditures which have governed Without egotism, but simply | as a matter of fact, we might state, for instance, that since the Atlantic cable was established | we have paid nearly a_ million dol- lars in gold for despatches; and for the first | three months, while the association for the collection of news by cable was yet unorgan- ized, we furnished them the news at our own ense, Since the war in Europe began have expended not less than a hun- we dred and fifty thousand dollars on cable news. Again, we faraish the merchants and ship- | owners and the whole mercantile community throughout the country with the ship news ! collected by our own steam yachts every day at acost of over four hundred dollars a week. | and pay for. In this connection we may state that our steam yachts convey, with- out charge, letters and messages from ship- owners and captains to and fro in the harbor, thus establishing a free express between the city and Sandy Hook—a convenience which these classes no doubt fully appreciate. At the risk of being charged with indulging in self-praise, which they say is no praise, we French people, until the present political | Will recall to mind some of the important results which the enterprise of the Hrratp has brought about. Tae history of the HeraLp is in truth the history of American journalism. During the Mexican war we had our cor- respondents in the field and our couriers on the road, so as to insure the earliest news for our readers—a system not at that time adopted by the press of England, with the exception, per- haps, of the London Zines on one occasion, and that was in the case of the battle of Waterloo. Our enterprise in Mexico was, therefore, almost incomprehensible to our contemporaries here, From that day to this we have continued to add to the value of our paper by keeping up with all the eveuts of the day, regardless of difficulty or cost. Heuce we were enabled to furnish the British govern- ment, through our correspondent with Napier’s army, with intelligence of the fall of Magdaia in the Abyssinian war. More recently we have seen that the statesmen of Europe, such as Napoleon and Bismarck and Antonelli, do not hesitate to make the Heratp a medium to convey their thonghts to the world. When great enterprises of science and discovery are on foot we have always a repre- sentative present to keep our readers en rap- port with everything that is going on. Wit- ness our account of the Darien canal expedi- tion which we published on Wednesday, witha map of thecountry showing the proposed line of the water communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, whici, when completed, may realize the golden dreams of Columbus, Much credit is due to the New York press for the way in which they supplied the news during the Franco-Prussian war. The World, the Z'ribune and the Times all did their share with an amount of energy that reflects favor- ably upon the enterprise of the American me- tropolitan press. With our modern experience of journalism one can hardly fancy how the ancient world got on without a newspaper press; how cir- cumscribed was the influence of its orators ; how slow the movements of its statesmen; how limited the popularity of its poets and au- thors! If Demosthenes hid had a newspaper to convey his burning words beyond the limits of the Council Chamber to all the departments of Greece, how soon would their dissensions have been stilled—how his glorious Philippics would have thundered through ell Attica until the mames of Philip and of Macedon would have been execrated and not feared! If Seneca had had a public journal at his command, to speak to its thousands of readers, his philosophy, which ante-dates the morality of Christian dogmas, might have startled the paganism of his age by a great moral revolution. Had Cicero had an organ like the HERALD, with a corps of stenographers in the Forum, public opinion would have hunted Cataline out of Rome without the sentence of the Patres Conscripti. Our public men, therefore, enjoy a vast advantage over the mental lights of antiquity in the possession of an independent press, and, as far as the HERALD is concerned, they shall continue to enjoy it. Our aim is to treat all things and all men fairly; to exercise, when necessary, severity with dignity and criticism without seurrility. While we admit that a great change tor the better has come over the tone of the press generally, we are sorry to see that some of our contemporaries still love to wallow in the mire of coarse personality. We regret this for the honor of a noble profession as well as for the character of the community in which we live. We hope to see the habit “yeformed altogether.” Complimests of the Senson. The resolution passed by our Legislature complimentary to Fernando Wood, Repre- sentative in Congress from the New York of allthe large daily papers, morning and | Ninth district, for his efforts in securing the evening, did not aggregate twenty thousand | passage of the bill to repeal the coal duty, is copies when the Heratp was established, and of these only a few passed outside the city suggestive. No doubt several other members from this city, especially Sam Cox, who has limits except to Washington and to’ country | been pegging away in the same direction for a exchanges. The Hzrayp of to-day is read by half 9 million people, to whom it has be- come nota mere luxury—as in former times the newspaper was-—but a necessity of the active, stirring days of progress and change in which we live. long time, without success, would have been delighted to have obtained the honor; but Cox, smart as he is, was not smart enough to bring the required parliamentary tactics to bear to win the point. Here the superior parlia- Its readers are to be found | mentary knowledge of Mr. Wood had a fine in every quarter of the civilized globe where | opportunity to display itself, and in the opera- the English language is spoken, and in some portions of the Earth, also, where civilization is only dawning in the Orieat—such as China tion Ben Butler became bewildered and lost his presence of mind and his right to the floor at the same time. This little piece of parlia- and Japan—it is conned over for the welcome | mentary finesse on the part of Mr. Wood, not news it brings, not alone from the AMberican Continent, but, like the four winds:of heaven, from every quarter of the globe where the interests of mankind are centred. medium of advertising the business of all the world, therefore, what more direct channel can be found than the columns of the Henan? We mean to keep pace with the rapid pro- gress of this country, and, if possible, to antici- pate the wants of its business and its people, When the HERALD was first established the taking into account his long and valuable Con- gressional experience, entitles him to the position of leader as well as Mentor of the As a| New York delegation to the first session of the Forty-second Congress, which assembles to-morrow--if not the leader of the entire recuperated democracy in the House, The democratic Legislature of New York has acted wisely in complimenting Mr. Wood as it has, It no doubt will have an inspiring effect upon him of the grand old ‘‘white mustache” 1 population of this gity was only two hundred | personally, | in a measure fully proportionate to the growth | Despatches. The energy and enterprise of the HrraLp in collating news are so well known that it is almost unnecessary to call attention to them. | Nevertheless we must be pardoned for refer- ring to the special despatches from Paris and Versailles, published yesterday and this morn- ing, giving a full and graphic report of the occupation of the French capital by the Germans. To the correspondents of the Heratp were the American public indebted for a report of the great event, our despatch being the only one on the subject, excepting a brief telegram of a dozen lines, which came across the cable on Wednesday night. This was a real feat in journalism. Within a few hours after the Germans entered Paris the wires were flashing the intelligence to New York. Our correspondents were sta- tioned in various parts of the city, some within the German zone of occupation. Other cor- respondents were with the German forces which made the triumphal entry. One of our writers accompanied the Prince Imperial of Germany to Lonzehamps, and witnessed the grand revjew of the troops by the Emperor. The representatives of the HERALD were at all important points, and hence the completeness and graphicness of our report and the rapidity with whivh it was sent across the Atlantic, An event so important as the occupation of Paris by the German army deserves the fulleat illustration, We therefore republish the ad- mirable map which appeared yesterday, show- ing the lines of march and the part of the city to which the victorious army is limited. The map is a valuable aid to the reports, It illus- trates what they describe, and enables the reader to perceive at a glance the positions and movements of the Germans. We may indeed say, without egotism, that from our map and reports can be drawn a graphic pic- ture of the entry, and doubtless our pictorial contemporaries will avail themselves of our enterprise to furnish their readers with excel- lent and life-like engravings of the great event without waiting until sketches arrive from their ‘‘special artists on the spot.” Our pen painters and engravers have given them the designs, This morning our special despatches con- tinue the reports of Wednesday's event. From Versailles we have an interesting account of the grand review at Longchamps. All the German Princes of note were present. The Emperor himself reviewed the troops, who presented a magnificent appearance and who received their old chief with the most enthusi- astic cheers. Deep emotion was observed upon the countenance of the Emperor as be took up his position and ¢azed upon his vet- erans. And indeed he might well have felt moved, The day, the scene, the event, the place, must have alike contributed to recall to memory those sad days for Germany when the father of the present monarch was a fugitive and his country prostrate at the feet of the ancestors of the same French now so utterly humiliated before the once despised Germans. Happily for the cause of humanity, no disturbances have occurred in the French capital. Our Paris correspondent reports thongh fears were entertained by the authori- ties. We trust they will not be realized ; but if they are, the readers of the Heratp may be assured of receiving intelligence of their realization as quickly as they received the news of the occupation of Par Tae High Commission Complcte. The British members of the Joint High Commission visited the Capiiol at Washington yesterday, and were presented to the members of the two houses of Congress. Sir Stafford Northcote arrived in the Russia at this port, and took the cars immediately for Washington. With him the Commission is complete, and we may now look for energetic work upon the important subjects which it has on hand. As will be seen from an interview which our re- porter had with Sir Stafford Northcote yesterday, he is more inclined to obtain information than to give it. According to our Washington correspon- dent the counter claims of Great Britain for damages to the property of Englishmen in this country during the war of the rebellion, and of Canada for injuries received by the citizens of the New Domin- ion during the Fenian raids, will probably be insisted upon, and pressed, in mitigation, at least, of the Alabama bill by the British members, It is even intimated that the total of damages from these sources on their side will sum up considerably more than the total on our side. However well grounded the British claims may be—and our correspondent shows that the British statesmen are well supplied with logic and precedents to back them up—thoy will wind up the negotiations very summarily indeed if they are pressed. The American psople have looked upon this Commission all along as a sort of peace offering on the part of England in her hour of need to secure our good will, and they are not prepared to have to pay a bonus in cash on the settlement and give their good will with it. We rest confident, however, that our own Commissioners are well enough posted in all the intricate wind- ings of international law and upon tho facts and figures of the several questions under dis- cussion to be able to present complete counter arguments to any that the Englishmen may be able to advance in advocacy of our paying them for rebel cotton which it was unlawful for them to buy, or paying them indemnity for a Fenian raid which we crushed when Canada could not, Tne ALDERMEN oF Jersey Crry do not un- derstand the science of corporation rascality 80 well as they ought. They are the merest blunderers at municipal jobbery. Recently some of them bought some marsh lands for a few thousand dollars and then had passed by the Common Council a bill directing the city to purchase the same lands for forty thousand, This was a very creditable effort, although it was ina ridiculously small way. But, mark the sequel. These unthinking aldermen, failing to cover up their tracks, found the Supreme Court after them, and that ewinent, body has just decided that the whole transaction is ille- gal. So the ambitious aldermen lose their little profits and probably find a very unprofit- able purchase on their hands, Will our own City Fathers believe that such ignorance and stupidity actually exist only the length of o ferry from our own City Hall? everything quiet, | missionThe Freedmen’s Burenu~The Ine come Tax—The Appropriation Bille—A Rush of Business, We commented yesterday upon the move- ment inaugnrated in the Senate for letting loose a new horde of raiders upon the national Treasury, in the shape of loyal Southerners, whose property was taken and used by our troops daring the rebellion. We ‘regret to say that the House yesterday made an independent move in the same direction, The House pro- position is in the form of a bill for the crea- tion of a commission, which is to sit for two years, in Washington and in the South, is to collect all the evidence of such claims and submit its report to Congress, which is then to actin the matter. In some respects this proposition is preferable to that of the Senate ; but the object and effect of both of them are about the same, and that isto impose upon the Treasury responsibilities the aggregate of which no one can now estimate. As we said yesterday, there were really no loyal men in the rebel States, except such as were forced to be so by the presence of our armies—at least none who were in a condition to furnish supplies; and even if there were some scattered isolated cases of the kind, the bill would prove of little comparative benefit to them, Its only result will be to enrich a crowd of speculators, who will go into the Southern States and buy up these claims for a small per centage, or fabricate them in wholesale. It may be, however, that there is some political mancuvre at the bottonr of the scheme, and that it is expected to be of some use in securing adherents in that section tothe republican party in the coming Presi- dential campaign. These politicians are up to all sorts of games, and this costly one is pro- bably of them. The Freedmen’s Bureau and its head, Gen- eral O. O. Howard, received a certificate of good character yesterday in the House, in the adoption of a resolution declaring that it was a most efficient instrument in promoting the well-being and .education of four and a half millions of enfranchised people, and that General Howard deserved the gratitude of the American people. Even the democrats expressed their assent to the elevation of the negro race, and were willing to agree to that part of the resolution; but they would not subscribe to the merits of General Howard, As the resolution, however, was not suscep‘ible of division, it was adopted only by a strict party vote. The bill to repeal the income tax came up for a square vote, oa a motion by Mr. Hooper, chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, to suspend the rules and pass it. Instead, however, of the two-thirds majority which was requisite to pass it in that shape, it failed to receive a simple majority, the result of the yea and nay vote being 91 to 116. Although that closes the question, so far as this Congress is concerned, the vote is not to be taken as a cor- rect indication of the sentiment of the House, for as it was obvious that it could not pass under suspension of the rules, many members | who realiy favored it voted against it so as to appear rght on the record before their non- taxpaying constitueats, It was that idea which underl:y the joke of Mr. Hooper's announcement that, as there appeared to be a majority against the repeal of the income tax, he would not move to go into Committee of the Whole to take up the bill for the same purpose on the calendar of that committee. The Serate might still tack it on as an amendment to the bill repeaiing the duty on coal, and that double measure would be the most popular act of legislation that Con- gress could possibly perform. The conference on the Legislative Appro- priation bill failed, and Mr. Dawes explained to the House the cause of its failare. The points on which the House conferees declined to yield to the Senate were on the increase of salaries of the United States Judges and of bureau offi ials in Washington, the building of a uew State Department, and the extension of the grounds of the Capitol, These latter points inflamed Mr. Logan, of Illinois, to such an extent as to provoke him to launch out ina Rocky Mountain oration on the removal of the Capitol, which he threatens to accomplish in a few years, and on the obsequies soon to be performed on the republican party, assassinated by its own friends. With Logan transferred to the Senate, and Blair there already, we ex- pect to see that staid, solemn, respectable body of legislators transformed before long into an amusing and tumultous assembly, The House came very near establishing yes- terday an extraordinary precedent in connec- tion with contested election cases. This was the adoption of a resolution to pay a demo- cratic Representative from»Texas two thou- sand dollars for expenses incurred in main- taining and defending his right to the seat. The resolution was adopted immediately after the House met, and while the chairman and members of the Election Committee were not present. Subsequently, however, the chairman, Mr. Paine, of Wisconsin, called the attention of the House to it and the resolu- tion was rescinded and the Texas innovator was left with no other reward than the posses- sion of his seat and that sense of satisfaction which virtuous actions produce, The estab- lishment of this precedent would have opened up quite a new field of enterprise in the matter of contested elections. Among the other business transacted by the House was the passage of two bills removing political disabilities from batches of unfortu- nates in Kentucky and Tennessce, and the rejection of an “omnibus” bill of a like cha- racter covering some two or three thousand persons in various States of the South. The report of the Military Committee on the charges brought by Farnsworth, of Illi- nois, against Butler, of Massachusetts, in con- nection with the management of. the national - asylums for disabled soldiers, was presented and ordered to be.printed. It completely ex- onerates Mr. Butler, and declares ihe charges to be groundless. The Senate passed yesterday the Deficiency Appropriation bill and the Fortification bill, ard held an evening session over the River and Harbor Appropriation bill, It refused, by a vote of 13 to 29, to adopt a resolution call- ing for a statement in regard to the financial arrangements and condition of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, and it also post- poned indefinitely the House bill to create Jersey City « port of entry. The business of the two houges to-day will