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WASHINGTON. Ben Butler’s Self- Adjusting Currency Bill. Buncombe Bill for Revenue Reform -Passed in the House. Speech of Senator Fenton on Custom House Reform. Another .Raid by Land Grabbers .on the Public Domain. Wasuincron, March 13, 1871. ‘Butler’s Selt-Adjusting Garreacy Bul. The bill introduced by General Butler .n the House to-day to make the volume of the currency sell-adjusung,, according to the wants of the people, “provides for the preparation of bonds of the United States of the denominations of $100 and upwards, Dearing interest at the rate of 3 65-100 per cent per anpum, said bonds to clearly express the right of the United States to change said rate of Interest after notice by the Secretary of the Treasury shall have been given and be conspicuously posted in the offices of the Assistant Treasurers of the United States for one year prior to such change; sald bends, gynen Prepared, shall be lodged with the Assistant ‘Treasurers in amounts proportioned to the business of their respective ofices, at the dis- « cretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, and shall be charged to the Assistant Treasurer on the books of the Treasurer of the United States. It shall be «the duty of any Assistant Treasurer to countersign, , @ate and deliver said bonds in sums of $100 or any -Muluple thereof, to any person who may pay, there- fore, their par value in legal tender notes of the , United States. When any person shall demand of any Assistant Treaaurer redemption of any of said sbonds it shall be the duty of the Assistant Treasurer ‘to pay in Jegal tender notes, which the Secretary of the Treasury shall furnish to him for that purpose, the principal of sald bonds, with.the accrued interest thereon, and to cancel and farward the bonds thus redeemed to Washington fortnwith in such manner sap the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. Senator Morton’s Bill for the Suppression of Seuthern Outrages. The joint committee of the Senate and Honse Fepublican caucus charged with preparing a bill for ‘the better protection of life and property in the South met this morning, at ten o'clock, in the room of the Committee on Reconstruction. Senator Mor- ton, of Indiana, chairman of the Senate caucus, pre- sided. After a brief interchange of views the com- maittee proceeded to discuss the features of a bill to be presented to the two houses which would meet the emergency allegea to exist at the South. Senator Conkling, of New York, expressed some doubts as to the propriety of conferring power . 0M the President to use the army and navy to en- terce the laws in States where they were obstructed. Senator Morton and General Butler argued that under the fourteenth amendment the President had ample power to protect. life and property in all the States. All that was re- quired was appropriate legislation to enforee the provisions of this amendment. The committee s@pent neariy two hours in consultation without ooming to any agreement. They adjourned with the understanding that another meeting would be held in the evemng. At eight o’clock the committee assembled in Senator Morton’s rooms, all the members being present except Judge Mercur, of Pennsylvania. In the meantime Senator Morton had drafted a bill, which he laid before the committee. The Ddillis quite lengthy, and contains numerous detatis con- nected with its executien. The main idea of it is that all offences against the fourteenth amend- ‘ment to the constitution ure declared to be offences against the United States. This brings the opera- tions of the Ku Klux against life and property at the South under the jurisdiction of the United States courts. Should the courts be unable to en‘oree the law the President of the United States is authorized to employ the military and naval forces of the gov- ernment to carry the orders of the courts into exe- sention, Under the present condition of affairs the perpetrators of outrages against life and property can only be punished by the State courts, and the President cannot employ the armed forces of the government for sucl purposes unless requested to do go by the civil authorities of the State. Thecommittee remained in session till a late hour to-night discussing the provisions of the bill. They will hold another meeting to-morrow afternoon, when the bill will be perfected, and it 1s expected that it will be reported to the Senate on Wednesday next. The republicans of the House will hold a eaucns to-morrow evening, when this Ku Klux bill will be submitted to them, and its provisions will be explained by General Butler. It is expected that a line of action will be marked out for the manage- ment of the bill in the House. The leading members ofthe committee anticipate that this bill will give rise to one of the most exciting debates that has been witnessed in Congress since 1865, when the reconstruction measures were discussed. The republicans are determined to allow a Lull dis- cussion of the bill, and will remain here long enough to pass it, They expect to Nght it out on that line if it takes all summer. The Chairmanship of the Foreign Relations Committee. Jt is undetstood that Senator Cameron will to-mor- row resign his position as chairman’of the Committee on Foreign Relations, on the ground that his health ‘wal not permit him to assume:such laborious duties, Cameron fs anxious to be chairman of the Com- mittee on Privileges and Elections which Sumner, declined. Senator Harlan ts the next man on the Foreign Relations to Cameron, but being chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs he cannot ac- Cept the chairmanship of the Foreign Relations. It is probable that Morton, the third member of the committee, will be made its chairman, ‘~ Free Trade in Salt Coal. ‘The free traders in the House to-day made an- other raid on the position of the tariff men, which completely outfanked the manceuvres of the latter last week. Under a suspension of the rules motions were made and carried, successively, to remove the duty on salt and coal. The tariff men re- sisted os best they could, but when they were defeated they turned around ana moved to put tea and coffee en the iree Ust, which was agreea to, The tariff men console themselves with the belief that none of tlese mea- sures will pass the Senate at this session. They concede, however, that the action of the Flouse now is only an indication of what will be done next win- ter. They look for a general reduction of the tarif Tho Pacific Railroad Bouds. There is official authority for stating that the re- port that the Secretary of the Treasury intends to push the Pacific Railroad Con)yany for the payment of the interest money due to the government and appeal to the courts to enforce the payment isen- tirely false, Secretary Boutwell disclaiming any such Intention, FORTY-SECOND COXG2EsS. Firet Session. SENATE. WASUHLNOTON, March 13, 1871. All the bills and petitions heretofore introduced were taken from the table and referred to the newly organized com- muttees, THR FRRNOM SPOLTATION nILt. ‘Upon the reference of the French Spoliation bill to the ‘Committes on Foreign Relations, Mr. BuMNER, (rep.) of Mass., called the attention of the new chairman of that committee (Mr. Uameron) to the fact that the measure had at different sessions passe tonbecome vaw—in' one case’ by m, Uveaidents weld, ie hoped the Senator from Pennsylvania would kindly take charey.of the Dusiness and vr sa It forward. haroe ita ctr at a Na Rome ane fle fhe a seasion a inw whi seasto that Senator bad Called ( to uaye Laci na TAR TRXAS PACIFIC RAILROAD. Mr, KELLOGG. iran. af Jom, introdnced a bilito amend thet} He NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 187L—TRIPLE SEET. ‘Rauvoad bil) by changing the eastern ‘to the sere boundary of Texas, from Marshall and making the gauge of the whoie Ii form. BILL# INTRODUCED. 6 Mr. ody remy bh of N. Y.--To amend the Bank- ruptey act of March . Ur Cone, (rep.) of Cal.—Making a land grant to the | Calfornia and Arizona Katiroad, aud creating a Southern | Judicial District of California. ‘Mr. Hows, (rep.) of Wis.—For a ship canal to connect | the waters of Green Hay with Lake Michigan, in Wisconsin, ; making.» hans rantto aid the Green Bay aad Lake Pepin | Railway, and for a railr from Milwaukee to Lake Supe- rior, via nm Bay, Wisconsin; also, extending the time for | constructing a railroad from St. Croix River to the west end | Of Lake Baperior and Bayteld, By Mi. ILBON, (rep.) Of Maga.—To aid in establishing ‘and supporting the public schools in the States lately re beliion. Ky Mr. Nxx, (rap,) of Nev.—To incorporate the Colorado ana New Mexico Kailroad Company, Hy Mr, FENTON, (rep.) of K. ¥-—Relating to telegraphic communication between the United States and foreign coun- tries. By Mr. Nye—For relief of certain contractors for con- struction of vessels of war and stean machi REGULATING THE CUSTOMS BERVIOR. The Senate then took up the bill recently introduced by Mr. Feuton regulating the customs service at various ports of entry in the United States, and the disposition ot fines, pen- allies and forfelures incurred under the laws relal ‘customs, and for other purposes. SENATOR FRNTON'S SPERCI ON CUSTOM HOUBE REFORMS. | ‘By wbanimous consent Mr. FENTON was awarded the floor to address the Senate upon the bill After stating that | he gould hardly expect now to do more than cail aitention | to the importapt wubject presented by the bill of «reform in the custoins service, with a view to the renewal of the dis- cussion at the uext session, Mr. Fenton continued:—T do do not exaggerate in asserting that our present customs service, ax ically considered, mainly under the laws ‘Trai at an carly period in our national history, when the magnitude of eur commerce and the modes and channels of conducting commerce varied trom ‘our own days, is ewsentiaily inadequate duly to protect the interests of the government. It is injurious to the honest importer and encourages the perpetration of fraud, by otfer- ing Inducemengs to the commission of crime, Without en- tering now upon the special features of the bill, I will state that the intormation elicited under the authority ‘of the reso- lotion T had the honor to introduce on the 14th of Deceinber which reaponse lina recently been made by the ‘Treasury, estabilahes the following !mport- » east uni- ant (acts: Bist at large amounts of money are received by col lectorsand other oflicers (rum those who have defrauded the revenue upon the settlement of cases of traud or smuggling under jadgments obtained in court usually by confession, and that the amount of money thus received at the port o New York singe the drat day of January, 18/0, will not fall 01 'Sero-u/--Toab out of the money so received by the Treasury one-half has mia to ihe Colector, Naval Oflcer and Surveyor, and to informers, making thi pay of the above named oficials at the port of New York at least $50,000 each per annum. , Third—That Of @ll the criminals engaged in defrauding the revenue but few have been presented to the Grand Jury and fewer convitted for several years past. That while the present system of moleties con- Ainues it is made the direct uniary interest of the ofllcers named that this species of crime should go unpunished and the fraudulent practices contin 0 be perpetrated. Fijth—That when judgment obtained the settlement made with parties who have false weights or false quantiti Se does not receive the tied before dividing the amount thus recelved with the offl. cer of customs and informers. ‘SiathThat often frauds of great magnitude are not dis- covered until after the lapse of the time fixed by law, two years, which limits criminal prosecution. ‘Seventh—That the expenditure fer the collection of customs more . Eighth—That while the salaries and perquisites. of some of the offictals are greatly in excess of what Is adequate to their duties and responsibilities, the salaries of others are too ‘Ninth—That in some departments or divisions more officers are employed than are necessary, while in others men are worked to thelr fullest capacity. Teth—That the present manner of conducting the ware- house business needs reform, and that ofiicers of customs, it fe velieved, are to some extent interested in the business, which 18 alfke improper and L. Jeventh—That the general order business as at present conducted is injurious to the interests of merchants, subject ing them to increased expenditur (ieat delay, thereby enhancing tbe placed on the market for consumption, which ie upon the consumer and an injury to the government, Tuc fth—Toas whe present system of public cartaye needs Teformin, T will not now dwell on these several points. I am not sure that it will be necessary, as the mere statement of facts will suilice to mcline those who are well dispose: to give » full ana fair investigation of the whole subject. With such the bill I present as'a remedy for the abuses known or be- Heved to exist will find ample justification, while no amount Of testimony will be suficient for those who desire to per- petuate the present state of thinse.. I will refer, however, the tact that under the present system the’ Collector, Naval Officer and Surveyor enjoy powers, privilezes and benefits which, while vecuniarily advantageous to (hem, tend directly to draw money from the treasury that legiti- mately belongs to the government. In support of this it is only necessary to examine the laws, decisions and autho- ries which allow these officers motetles of the tines, penalties and foriettures, &c., by judgments of courts or upon settle- ments from offenders against various an practices which have thus grown up and prevailed. It will be found that the seizures of xoods ted to be amugeled into the portof New York during the last ten years have amounted to an annual a of over three hundred thou- sand dollars, In addition to this full Sve hunared thousand dollars have been collected from fines and penalties for defrauding the revenue. The goods seized generally come within the class called luxuries, aud are those which pay the heat rates of duty, or of great value, such, for instance, ae aflks, paving sxty'per cent ad calorcm: bay oll, which pars six hundred perscent, and other essential oils, laces, dia- monds, watches ang jewels of all descriptions, With refe- rence to the class of importers who have, by false invoices or fraud and collusion, defrauded the revenue, it will be found that they are mainly those who bave no eal terest the government or its credit aliens and agencies ‘representing foreign house. And here I desire to accept the favorable — opportunity sented by imputation thin digcuasion | to | repel the recently made in this chamber to the efle of prominent New York merchants are not identical with 9 faithful and honest administration of the customs depart- ment; that they are prone to complain when the officers in ‘when corrupt men and ofiictal alike unfounded and unjust, suppose qual number of business men of avy country who stand higher in probity of business intercourse Or whose intellizence, Integrity and generosity will bare the in ct that the interests: ‘advantage by comparison with them. [ resent a tion any reflection the character of auch men asthe Stewarts, the Chit a, the Dodges and others in that long lust of the men of New York. I mention tho bames of these gentlemen only aa they were re- ferred to in the previous discussion to which I have alluded. Leaving the questionof right and wrong wholly out of eon- sideration, and even supposing that these large importers a ard principle andeschew upright and honorable con- duct, it 1s nevertheless tor thelr own pecuniary interest that sanueping and Feud be detected and ended. bial cannot aiford to make faise invoices or atempt the smuggling busi ‘ness, u own protection res that every importer should be comy d to aitke the ‘fe duties the Iaw iniposes ‘on the goods Imported. Their business is too large and Seger se safety or secarity to be found in any other rule or winciple. Pin turning from this somewhat personal view of the matter to broader aspects of the subject, I. may properly refer to other forms of fraud and mismanagement under the present customs regulations, as follows :— Pirst_-The rendering of false welghts by unfaithful or cor- rupt government weighers, or the substitution by liquidating ollicers of false for correct returns of weights, whereby in Both cases the auty is levied upon much less than the actual quantity of merchandise imported, second The presentation of false invoices, upon which, either by deception or collusion with custom. Ofiicers, the im- orter succeeds in getting particuiar cases ordered for exam- nation which do not represent the balance of the goods. Thi, d—The entry of invoices which do not specity the quan- tity of goods contained ineach case, getting the order for examination and afterwards falsely inserting such particu- lars on the invoice evtries. When frauds of this character are detected and cases are made up which clearly establish the liability of the im- porter to a certain amount, a sett.ement may be arranged Upon some basis deemed ‘satisfactory with or without pro- coeding to prosecution and judgment, Then, instead of tbe government receiving the amount of duties to which its entitled under the law, the whole amount is treated a fine. ‘This is divided up accordingly between the Collector, Nat Ofucer and Surveyor and thetindividuals. styled “informers,” the gorernment having a portion, but often far jess than the amount of duties wnich would have been collected had there been no fraud, The present bill looks tow thorough reor ganization of the Custom House Department, under such Feguiations and satetyguards as will, 1m my opinion, give freuter efllciency to the. revenue service and remedy abuser Sf which we know and now complain, 1 in my judgment ff it shall not if placed tn Operation, afford in- c i protection to alarge to interests of com- crease snerce and of the government. ft is true, as the law now stands, fraud, forgery and smuggling tn the matter of cas toms duties is declared to be felony, punishable by fine and imprisonment, Yet no case of punishment, I believe, can be found for these offences on. the records of the courts in the city of New York. It would seem, therefore, that the Collector, Naral Ofiicer, Surveyor and ‘informers were not slow to perceive their common interests in the pecuniary benefits growing out of a compromise with violation of reve- nue laws, compromise with crime; at least a common cause in personal cain must suggest the less annoying and more direct method which is to be found in these settle nents with offenders azalngt the integrity of the revenue and laws. It is also true that it Js often dificult upon the com- mencement of fraud to detect ft. Experience bas shown that even more than, two Years may elapse before the Gtacovery, and this completes the period within “which o the statute tion may interpose and afford immunity from criminal —_punishment. These cases, while not necessarily numerous, are suficient to furnish an excuse by government oflicers for not prosecut- ing any such case crimmally, In any event, the statute of Iimitations should be changed. It 1s not good policy, nor is St just to permit any officers of the government or other pe son to obtain from the public the chormoun sums now ret ized in the manner I ave now indicated, or indeed in any ther way. ould the Collector at New York, the urveyor or the Naval Olicer be permitted by law to make fifty thousand dollars and upwards per aunum each out of thelr positions? Isit earned by reason of the surpassing ability of those oflcera or by the unequal Fespennhility, dee volved upon them? No one pretends this. ‘The Secretsty of the Treasury of the United States receives but g In further elnetdation of Provisions Mr. Fenton re- marked that the bill conceaed the: 1 seizure and examination of books an4 cases. Tt sought, however, to limtt this ex of a within a prudent yet liberal construction of the inte tho government, Inthe whole histery of the Custo: partment there ‘did not exist a more palpable violation of private rights of the citizen than the preseot practice under Tig Inw as it now stood. fiowhen quoted from the report of the investigating com- mittee unon New York customs affs to frauds uupon the government by false appraisals of damaged goods ‘and pernicious practices of employes, the commities suggest ing that there chronic evils may be eradicated by appoint- ments to office upon Fa ss ol integrity and ity. He continued, without attempting to analyze ihe testimony :— Tt seeros fo me apparent that the conclusion to be derived from the whole matter points toward civil service reform. as needful to the integrity, economy and efficiency Of ‘the revenue service. { could with equal pro- jety embrace in this summary of their investigations the olitca! as well aa the public Interests involved. ins large jegree principles must be enforced through party za ton, and in no step Sines service reform would I im- pair or assail either. It is true that the very essence of poyular government lies ip associated political action, an e which embarrasses the ove strikes at the other. But th neficent operation of this principle is impaired when puabed to the extreme of attempting frequent ‘changes in civit mmnepcy aaa ‘There ts then this dificulty as wellaa parties seek perpetuation by the use of ‘patronage, T! el ie seen in Ing “habit of aul unselfish de- Painful to ie t_ towards ® condition in of the social sirneture wilt become subordinate tothe strife and inroads of political movements. For every oftice quaitfications should be exacted from the candidate, and there should also be gev- eral confidence in bis character and integrity, and in his faithful and honorable political conduct when appointed. Ir his suitability becomes manifest in these ren he should not be removed during the usual period of ap administration, The few remarks which I have pre- sumed at this brief session to ask the Senate to consider will sufice to explain, and I trust to justify my conriction that @ genuine and thorough re- form in dur civil service. and jally in, the Customs De- partment of this government, has become indespensable. - I submit that those who hold positions under the government should be faithful servants of she repubilc and her laws, not tho “suppitant tools of the appointing pewer, T desire ‘that they may be incited to the utmost fidelity to the counzy and our institations, rather than to be public servants who dis- charge an oficial responsibility tn appointing or mominatin them. The doctrine that “to the victors belong the apolie ) maulahed” eT aon ina | i j shall have been appointed and duly qualified; © wment of but, if 1 deem {t applicable no ton patronage of the government of the United States is s0 vast aud the uilcas to. We ‘tilled are 80 numerous that the public interests forbid that they be filled and refilled as ambition or party caprice may dictate, I plead for the adoption of @ purer anda nobler system, un- dee which the capable and faithtul oficer shally like his supe rior in the highest place, be irremovable during his allotted term of service, except for suiicient and evident cause. Wi that view, so far licable to the Customs Department, I have subinitted the following section to the il: “That all officers of customa requiring the concurrence of the Senate shall be appointed for the term of four years, and shall hold thelr offices respectively untll their successors \d sueb ofl- ch appoint all not be removed during the meut except for cause; and before any removal shall be made an officer shall be furnished with a copy of the charzes againat him and ba ‘an opportunity of belng heard tn his defence.’ Upon the conclusion of Mr. Fenton's remarks a discussion took place as to the reference of the bill for the present. ‘The bill was finally referred to the Committee on Finances, rm ot fier a short executive seasion the Senate adjourned quarter to four. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WAgmINGTON, March 13, 1671, BILLA INTRODUCED AND REFERRED, By Mr, PRTERS, (rep.) of Me.—To allow persons accused of crime to testify in their own bebalf in the courts, By Mr. PoLAND, (rep.) of Vt.—In relation to respondents in extradition cases, and a bill supplementary to the act of 1842 providing for remedial justice in the courts of the United States, By Mr. BUFFINGTON, (rev.) of Mon,—A joint resolution relative to the harbor of refuge at the entrance of Capa Cod Ship Canal, and m bill to enable the Atlantic and Paciilc Railroad Company to mortgage its road, and confer jurisdic- tion on the District of Missouri. By Mr. BUTLER (rep. of Mass.—To enable the volume of currency to be self-adjusting, according to the wants of the people. iy Mr. Hooper, (rep.) of Mass.—To provide for the ex- portation of distilled spirits, and to amend the existing laws Telative to the compensation of ofticers of customs, and for By Mr. Myens, (rep.) of Pa.—To repeal the income tax. By Mr. Woon, (dem.) of N. Y.—Kelative to telegraphic communication between the United States and foreign coun- jes. By Mr. Cox (dem.), ot N. ¥.—To provide for additional mail service to Brazil, rendered by the fi tations of coffee by mail steamne of Willlam M. Twe Mr. BRAXTON, (dom.), of Va., introduced a bill quieting the fille to the Arlington estate, and making an sppropriation eretor. It provides that there shall be paid to the devisees three hundred thousand dollars. Mr. Posies, (Mae moved to lay the bill on the table, iO. sy Mr. BURCHARD, (rep.) of Ill.—Establishing free schools throughout the United States, By ‘Mr. CONGRR, (rep.) of Mich,--To encourage the build- ny trade, and for the appointment ing of ships for the fore! ofvabipping judges for the further protection of seamen, £c- By Mr. PALMER, (rep.) of lowa—To grant lands to Dakota tor railroad purposes. By Mr, WALLS, (rep.) of Fla.—Granting lands for railroads in Florida and securing railroad conuectiona, at the nearest available harbor, with nd other West India islands By Mr. Low®, (rep.) of Providing for the sale of cer- tain New York indian tan: as. By Mr. CHAFTER (of ble the people of Colora- do to form a constitutionjand State government and to enable the people of New Mexico to do likewise, the latier under the name of “Lincoln,” with a view to their admission into the ADJOURNMENT BESOLUTION, ait Dawns, (rep.) of Mass., offered the following resolu. on Resolved, the Senate concurring, that the Speaker of the House ana'President of the Senate adjourn their respective houses of the first session of the Forty-second Congress on Wednesday, the 15th instant, at twelve o'clock M., without fhe resolution was ‘agreed to—veas, 125; nays, 67. ‘THE DUTY ON SALT. Mr. HALE, (rep.) of Me., offered the tollowing:— Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives that from and after the passage of this act salt I be placed on the free list and no collected on the same. Mr. BuTLERR (of Mags.) objected, on the ground that the resolution could not be introduced except on the call of ‘Stntes. The SPEAKER said that it conla be introduced on the suspension of the rales, which motion had been made. ‘The motion recurred on Mr, Hal motion to suspend the rules and pass the resolution. It was decided in the aflirma. tive—yeas 145, nays 46; so the resolution was vassed, * 1HE DUTY ON COAL. Mr. FARNSWORTH, (rep.) of Ill., moved the suspension of the rules in order to pass joiat resolution now offered by him, that from and after the pas of this aint resolution ‘no tax or duty shall be levied or collected on foreign coal. The yeas and nays being ordered the result was—yeas Ii nays 57; 60 the jsint resolution was passed. COFFEE AND TEA ON THE FREE LIST, Mr. RANDELL, (dem.) of Pa., moved a suspension of the rules, in order to 8 @ bili that from and after the passage of tl ct tea and coffee shall be placed on the free list, and no further import duty shall be collected on the same, Passed—yeas 141, nays 49. RATIFICATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. Mr. WIL80n, (rep.) of Ind., introduced a resolution dectar- ing the thirteenth, fourteenth and tifteenth amendments to ‘the constitution of the United States duly ratitied by three- urths of the States, and that no State has a right to with- draw ite ratification after {t has been given; and, further, that Congress has a right to impose the ratification of these amendments as a condition precedent to representation in Congress. The preamble to the resoiution refers to the ac- tion of the democratic members of the Senate of Indiana. Lost—yeas 110, nays 75—not two-thirds voting in the aflirma- tive, ‘The House at five o'clock THE JOINT HIGH COMMISSION. Union. further import duty sb: journed. Protracted Session—A Telegram from the British Government—Thanks to the Universal Peace Union—Dinner at Secretary Robeson’s. “WASHINGTON, March 13, 1971. The weather to-day favored the labors of the Joint High Commission, and the session was the most pro- tracted of any yet held. They met at twelve o’clock and remained until near five o’clock, the American Commissioners being the first to retire. Earl De Gray received a telegram from the Home Government this afternoon, which was delivered to him at the State Department, After Justice Nelson, ex-Senator Williams and Judge Hoar, of the United States commission, and Sir Stafford Northcote, Professor Bernard and Sir John A. Macdonald, of the British commission, had left the State Department, Earl De Gray and Minister Thornton, with Secretary Fish and General Schenck, remained for some time in conversation, Lord Tenterden, on behalf of the British Commis- sioners, has addressed @ note to Mr. James H. K. Willcox, thanking the Universal Peace Union for the friendly sentiments contaimed in their letter, and expressing the regret of the Commissioners that en- eee already made will prevent them accept- Ing the ovation tendered them by the Union in Philadelphia. This evening Secretary Robeson gave a dinner at his residence, on I street, which was attended by all the British Commissioners, Lord Tenderden, their secretary, and Senators Anthony, Thurman and Bayard. Hon. Francis Lawley, the correspondent of the London Tunes, who was in this country during the rebellion, and wrote letters from the South, has arrived here, and will remain in Washington, it 1s understood, until the Jomt High Commission has conciuded its lavors, SENATOR SUMNER. The British Minister’s Interference Denied Letter from the Secretary of State. WASHINGTON, March 12, 1871, To THE EDITORS OF THE EVENING PostT:— A “special despatch,’ dated Washington, March 11, introduced with startling headings, which appears in the second edition of your paper of last evening, requires a contradiction, rather from the ter of the journal which is made to give currency to a malicious invention than from any probability of truth im the statements of the despatch. No person who knows the scrupulous delicacy of Sir Edward ‘thornton (the British Minister to us capital) in his oflicial relations with the government to which he 1s accredited will for & moment credit the statement that he has attempted or suggested any interierence with the organization of any part of the machinery whereby the business of any branch of this govern- ment is condacted, And no person who knows me, I venture to hope, will credit a statement that any representative of any foreign power would be es to approach imo With @ suggestion on that subject. The entire statement of your correspondent, 80 far as it relates to any conversation, ex- ression, discussion or allusion by Sir Edward Thormton to me or by te. to or with him or with the Briush Commissioners, or any or either of them, on the subject of Mr Sumuner’s position on the Committee on Foreign Relations, or with respect to any organization or constitution of that or of any other committee of the Senate, is from beginning to end without the slightest foundation of truth, Neither Sir Edward Thornton nor elther of the British Commissioners ever, directly or indirectly, by word or in writing, has expressed or intimated to me any opinion or Wish, or apprehensiongor objection as te Mr. Sumner of Afly other person being on avy committee of either House of Congress, or madé any allusion or refer- ence to the eganieation er composition of any com- mittee of either House of Congress, Of the transparent object and probable source of the statement which your correspondent has written to you I Lave nothing ab present to say. fut ag the effect of the statement, if not contradicted, would be to misrepresent the conduct of Sir Edward Thornton and his col- leagues on the British Commission, and to prejudice pending negotiations of great public interest, { trust ou Will give Blave to; this ee of the catire ty of the alle; closures. Very respectfully, svi . HAMILTON FISH, “SOMETHING FOR HORSEMEN. The sale of the lace Mr. James Watson’s valuable stock of horses will come off to-morrow, under the hammer of Johnston & Van Tassell, at the stable of the deceased County Auditor, in Forty-second street, The horses to be sold are well Known to the sport- ing community. The reputation of the animals, such as “Charles Greea,” “Dan” aud the others, has long been established on the road. Their aggregate value is supposed to be about forty theusand to forty-five thousand dollars, ‘the horsemen will de- cide the question of value when tiey come to bid upon them. The sale, considering the sad circa. stances which make it & necessity, as Well as the known character of th8 apumals, Wy, VO doUbI, be Olay 2h oageglinn interest, ~ THE -PRIZE RING. Fight Between Mike O’Connor and Dan Carr Near Dubuque, Iowa. Sixty Rounds in Two Hours and Thirty Minutes. The Referee Declares the Fight a Draw. Dusvugur, lowa, March 13, 1871. ‘Bee here, old chap,” said Marshal Hardy, of this town, this morning, “I was once im New York, and am going to make a clean breast of 1t. You see I wouldn’t tell you only you have come twelve hun. dred miles to see this scrape and take a glorious look; but we mean business here, whether we are fighting men, levelling forests or shooting and gathering fisn and fowl, from the cariboo down to the smallest trout. We mean business, and this is part of it; and, sir, to the town this is glorious excitement, for it gives merchants and hoosters alike a stir up that acts like wine, or even better, and begins the spring sparring session and all that sort of thing nicely.” ‘Thus spoke the Marsha) of this community to me down on the levee an hour age, and now, in obe- dience to command and invitation, [ am plodding up the upper Mississipp! river, to take in a prize fight that has in anticipation stirred pleasantly the deni- zens of our State, Minnesota, Iowa, Iiltnois and Wisconsin, The boatis AN AWKARD CONCERN, It {8 @ stern-wheeler, callea Charley Rogers, and its missions have been of piety oft before, but Captain Donovan is an old boy, fond of a good thing, and says, “I'll take yer, my lads, but yer’re to be quiet.” The principals are with us—Mike ©, O'Connor and Danny Carr. MIKE is thirty three years eld, born in St, Arcet, Canada. He is a rover, as his pugilistic career will show. Ambition and love of notoriety made him what he is. First, m 1869, In the Red River territory, ie Whipped John Dolan, in ten rounds, in forty-five minutes; then he turned circus performer, and was content with legitimate business until 1869, when, in St. Paul, he fought and cleared out Mike King in elght rounds, lasting twenty-flve minutes, In January, 1870, he appeared in the ring again and was equally fortunate, beating James Barnard in two minutes, knocking him out of time. That was in Rochester, Minn. Once more he put up his hands against Tom Wheeler, alias Bridgeport Tom, whom he bewildered at Makato, Minn., June 14, of last year, in three rounds and five minutes, Next in hs net came, November 17, last year, J. C. Clark, whom he laid out in seven minutes and four rounds, Finally, January 20, this year, St. Clair, of New Or- leans, an unregenerated and unredeemed sort of a Kat Burns, suffered the same fate in twenty rounds, 1m seventeen minutes. O'Connor is thirty-three years old, five feet seven and a half inches high, and Weighs when stripped 133 pounds. CARR, his antagonist, is smaller in stature, and his features have been terribly seamed by the destroying small- pox; his mouth is large, and looks like a huge mash made in @ new cheese. When he speaks his voice rasps like the filing of a saw, and when he laughs It is the agony of a door-hinge that groans for want of oil. Carr was born in ireland, and is twenty-four years old: He went to Liverpool when very oung, and in 1866 stopped in New York in company with Patsy Shippard, another of your prize fighters who mean business when they have @ sure thing whipping an inferior gladiator, First, Carr fought Jim Brennan, 1867, whipping him in twenty-five minutes’ and six rounds, Then cot West he claimed in Chicago the light weight championship, but finding no customers of the ring unstained by foul tricks or filthy og i skipped to New Or- leans, where In 1869 he fougnt Patsey O’Mealy seventy-eight rounds in two hours and ten minutes and won. From there he returned to the Garden City, and, once more discontented, halted in Dubaque and'went for Red-handed Mike." Carr is five feet seven and a half inches in height, and when stripped ‘to the buif three hours ago weighed 142 pounds, THE MORNING is clear and bracing. A genial sun glints from spires and bluffs, The streets are crowded, ail walking towards the point of embarkation. Two flatboats are tied by big hawsers to the steamboats. There rude bars are constructed for the occasion, and all kinds of liquors are being placed there, to be readiness to be drunk by the thirsty multitude, A shrill whistie noted Pparture, Splish! splish! guggle! aggle! goes the wheels, and the crowd of 500 sent up & cheer to the poor fellows on shore who can’t go or are afraid to trust themselves in this eruption of strange, uncouth, savage-looking fellows, With dyed biack mustaches, evercoats ef brillant hues auéTmarrelied revolvers, they look like a swarm of locasts, and placid Dubuque is glad to get rid of them. For & while we go by Eagle Point slowly, stop just above that wilderness and take on board about one hundred more of the same kind of men, making as precious a lot of rascals as ever went on a strawberry festival, as they term it, and yet witbal they have behaved themselves better than like gangs of Assyrians do on simiar occasions. Ropes and stakes are away in the boller room, and the sioker grins sar- donically as he looks down at the coftinike bundle and then glances up at Carr and O'Connor, who pass him. “At times huge cakes of ice impede our progress, but the propeller has fair machimery if she has not beauty. ‘there are no seats but one or two, and these are monopolized by ared facen, swelled head ratiway oiticial, who purposely dis- plays now and then his ugly and murderous bowle knife. Five miles is nearly gone over, and the Mis- sissippl is our de- COVERED WITH SKIFFS, which shoot out trom the thousand and one slonghs and behind clumps of willows, They have been awaiting the boat and now follow us, their occu- pants shouting and howling as their humor best sults them. Stillon we go, passing in succession bays, inlets and arms of this river, until 3 SMEAD’S BOTTOM is reached. This is the location of the fight between Danny Carr. of Chicago, li., and Mike 0’Connor, of Sipe ela for $1,000 and the champion- ship of the light weights West, made February 10. Profoundy secret had it been kept, and they didn’t want to break the laws of lowa, and so found an {island in the jurisdiction of Wis- consin, It ts a God-forsaken spet, two or three miles im length and about fifty yards wide only. A landing ts soon affected by the crowds, and now ihe spirit of evil begins to excite the gang. Baw<dy songs are vocalized by stentorian lungs, which reverberate against the bleak bluits and come back as a lamentation. One rufian from Chicago, witha leer alinost inhuman. has gone up to O’Connor as they are carrying tne stakes ashore, and calls him the dirtiest of all filthy names. Mike lifts his hana to strike him, but his trainer stopped jum, and the brute is hauled of, THE RING, a double one, is pitched on the west side of the island, about ten eed from the beach. It is very sandy soil, and all injurious substances, such as bits of sharp twigs and brush, were removed. Seon the dull thud of maliets is heard, and Andy Rat- shorn, frem across the river, 1s wielding the instru. ment with the lacility and ease of a blacksmith, driving the stakes surely and strengly in the earth, The crowd now gathers about, and back behind them are men on horseback that have come from the main land to witness the exhibition. They are Hoosters, yeu weuld stake your existence. It is just such @ gang, with but one or two exceptions, that would be even & prize-fighting coterie East. Whiskey bottles are In everybedy’s hand, and chin Tausic 18 excessive; protanity aud filthy expressions seem to come from every tongue. A moment of si- lence, and at fifteen minutes past two o’clock the cap of Carr was observed satling into the ring, fol- lowed immediately by Mike’s, and, presenting their pleasant faces to respective admirers, the gladiators received satisfactory ovations. There is great trou- ble avout the referee and it 1s a long time before one is chosen, and here a certain Charley onahue, a mice looking fellow was chosen. “We want a square fight,” sald Mike, “and I came here for that, by God.” “Yes, yer can bet,” retorted Danny, “and Ill show. you bow, big dufer, Good enough, old Small- George Brown, of Cincago, a nigger not quie black a3 whe ace of spade, O’Connor’s trainer, @ man of splendid physique, and Andy horn and Mike’s seconds, they look as if they mean business. Carr is being attended to vy Jerry Donovan, of Chicago, and Big Paddy Sutten, of tue Key City. In ‘TOSSING FOR CORNERS Carr won and selected that with his back to the sun, whieh now was very bright and genial. The colors were tied to the stake near the referee. O'Conner’s Was a cloth of green, with a harp in the centre surrounded with shawrocks in gold, Carr's was eutirely green. + They soon strip. O’Connor ts in a splendid fix, not an ounce of superfluous flesh being on his body, and his muscles stand out like wnipcords, Carr is net in such govd trim, and that was too soon evi- dent. He has ginned it toomuch. Both wore green stockings over white ones, Carr Ltt | about bis waist & green broad ribbon, while O’Couner’s drawers are kept in place by a black sash. Carr MEANS BUSINESS, as, With a roll of greenbacks in his hands. he trips to Mike’s corner and wants to bet lim a hundred that “1 win this fight.” I haven't a dollar more 1 the world, Danny, or Td do it.” “Come, let’s fight,” urged Mike, and then, in obedience wo the wishes of the crowd, tie rival boxers threw themseives into position for THE FIGHT 4 at twenty-five minutes to four o'clock, They fought for two hours and minutes, having atxty @ draw, Carr provi Meanest tricks and onde cipled subterfuge to beat his opponent. have fought well sometime or otner, but to-«lay at times he was as useiess @n innocent child, and Just a8 barmiess, ROUND 1.—As they came to the scratch, after snak- ing handa, Carr appeared the largest, Both seemed confident. There was a vast deal of sparring, with Many fetnts and dodges, when O'Connor wok the initiative with the left and got on the head and right shoulder of his opponent, who returned the pleasant compliment, giving O'Connor @ het one ee breast. They cinched, and Carr slipped jown. Rounp 2, Both men eager and quick to the call of time, They sparred a tong while and were seeming! afraid of each other, At last O'Connor got his iete heavily on the right breast of Carr, when he sent in one of the same kind of cracking strokes in the stomach ot O’Conner, when Carr went down to avoid Punishmeétic, ~~» ov Rounp 3, Nobody hurt much, yet there was con- siderable sparring, and both in good humor. 0'Cor- nor sent out his left vigorously, but was short, when Carr got in en his head, and the latter, as before, went down. Rovnp 4, Connor now began to chaff Carr, say- ing, ‘Are you the bloody duder that has come all the way from Chicago to lick me? Ye can’t lick a louse, weet sucker.” ‘Never mind," returhed Danny, “I'll kaeck the stuffing out of you.” His second now stopped Connor, and told him thirty-one ening in to fight, not talk, when, in obedience, he got in one with his left on Carr’s breathing ay tus, which made that oung man look sick, ‘This was followed by another in the moath, and Larry again struck Mother Earth of his own accord, doing but little or nothing in the round. Blood was seen trickling from Carr’s lip, and first blood being claimed for O’Connor it was allowed by the referee and the event duly chronicled, and the yells of half a thousand brazen throats made more demoniacal by the crazying whiskey which ts drunk on every side. Round 5. O'Connor was getting impatient, He had displayed more science than Danny, and now rushed in 48 if to demolish the latter; but that indi- vidual caught him with his left on the right breast, and 0’Connor was not quite so anxious, Aiter more sparring O'Connor delivered an effective right- hander on Carr’s jaw, when they each exchanged two ineftective body blows and Carr went down. Rounp 6. Carr's lip was now bleeding somewhat and the bodies of the fighters looked red from the thumping they had given and taken. O’Connor lea off and got in a left-hander in the stomach of Carr, which made that poor voy from Waterloo wince, Carr missed & vigorous right-hander at Mike's face, when the latter again visited Carr's body, who sent ‘a hot one from his right duke to Mike’s head, and as usual and very suspiciously went down. Rounp 7. The Tae and anxious features of Carr Wore @ queer and certainly not fighting expression, which made Mike laugh at hima little; so that didn’t increase Danny’s cheerfulness. Carr sent in - weak 1ight-hander on Mike’s breast and went own. Round 8 The Goths were getting weary. There had not been enough blood, enough broken bones, and the same wild voices that had a few minutes before yelled for the fighters to punch the guts of each other cry aloud, in their agony of disappoiotment, “Nice puading heads = you are that won't fight.” Carr sent @& right-hander on O’Connor’s breast and went down, It was now evident that Carr had more than he bar- gained for, and it was also evident by the actions of his seconds that he was to have the fight anyway, whether honorable or not, and desired him to make O'Connor strike him a foul blow. The latter had been repeatedly claimed, but on grounds so frivolous as to be re! . The ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth rounds were fought poorly. Carr would not fight, and Mike seemed afraid to push the music. Rounp 13, O'Connor was very angry. After a deal of srening Mike put down tis bands and said, “if you mean fight, why don’t you fight, yer cur.” This hadn’t the desired effect, but Carr sent ina right- hander on Mike’s left car which made it tingle. O'Connor paid that back with interest, giving a left- hander on Carr’s sore stomach and another on the side of his head, when they clinched and Carr sitpped down. Rounp 14. U’Connor was savage. He seemed to think Carr the rankest coward he ever met, and told him so, but of no avail. The latter wouldn't stand he the rack for his fodder. Down he would go whenever he delivered a blow, aud Mike couldn’t see the point in rushing the mill. Alter sparring Carr got in another right-hander and dropped, and thus to sixty rounds the same old dodge was Bayes With but little variation. Neither were punished "s much, and Mike, finding that Carr would not told his seconds so. Catching at the point, Carr’ seconds appeaied to the referee to make the fight A DRAW. ‘The outrage was glaring, but Carr’s friends out number O’Connor’s, and the simple-minded fellow, glad to get out of a tight place, so pronounced it. Carr’s hands were all gone. O'Connor was & harder nut to crack than he anticipated. THE BATTLE OVER, @ rush was made for the bout, and all being safely re-embarked the splash, splash of the dirty Charley Rogers ugain unger the bright starlight re-echoed from river and binff. At eight o'clock the levee was reacned and hundreds in the darkness were await- ing the news. ‘Yhere is much disappointment expressed at Carr's Aghung. and it will not be strange“ the bad whis- key of Dubuque and the rage of the few Hoosiers may be productive of murder. THE WEATHER. WasHineton, March 13—8 P. M. Synopsis of Weather Reports for the Past Twenty- Jour Hours. Clear and fair weather prevatled since last even- ing south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio valley. Clouds, with occasional light rains, have moved from Mlinois to Western Pennsylvania. The storm which on Sunday evening prevaile*: in Connecticut and Eastern New York has moved to the northeast beyond our stations, ‘The barometer has risen rapidly on Lake Ontarto. »| It has been variable on tne remaining lakes and in the Southern States. A very sudden fall in the barometer, with great increase of temperature and brisk southerly winas are reported from the West- ern Plains, Probabilities. Fair weather will probably prevail on Tuesday in the South and Middle Atlantic States, and threaten- ing weather on the Guif and in the Eastern States, The storm now approaching from Nebraska will pro- bably be felt on Lake Michigan on Tuesday. DZPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. A Batch ot Improvements to be Carried Out. A meeting of the executive committee of the De- partment of Public Works was held on Saturday, Mr. Peter B, Sweeny, president, and Commissioners Fields and Hilton were present. The resolutions of public interest passed at the meeting are sum- marized as follows:—Bridges Nos, 25 and 26 Central Park to be repaired; iron settees to be procured for the various city parks; a plan of Madison square and Manhattan square, showing their capability for improvement, to be prepared; the skating houses are to be taken down in Central Park; the colossal statue of Washington, by the late Thomas Crawford be placed on exhibition in the Park, under @ shed of shady construction; the statue of Columbus goes to the museum building; Houdon’s Washington and the group of Boy and Dog to tue same place; Union square and Reservoir square to be fortawith im- proved, as already decided on; Central Park trans- verse roads to be lighted with gas and paved with granite blecks; the treasurer 1s authorized “to pur- chase from time to time and to a moderate extent such birds and animals as siiall be considered de- sirable,” &c. Two nundred and fifty dollars is to be tne highest price paid for a single mammal, unless the president or a commissioner consents; a floral exhibition 1s to be gotten up in conjunction with the natural history show new in preparation, AFFAIRS IN ARKANSAS, An Unexpected Change in Political Affairs Resignation of Lieutenant Governor John- eon. MEMPHIS, March 13, 1871. A special despatch to-night from Little Rock, Ark., states that political affairs there have ex- perienced another change, and that the situation has assumed @ new aspect, Immediately after the reading of the journal to-day a mes sage was received from Governor Clayton an- nouncing the resignation of Lieutenant Governor Johnson and his appointment by nim to the position of Secretary of State, vice White, resigned. Tne Senate immediately went into executive session and confirmed the appointment of Johnson, who was then sworn into office, and he entered upon its duties. ‘The Senate then went into a ballot fur President, and elected Dr. Hadley, of this city, who was one of Gov- ernor Clayton's right hand men. After all these things were done it became known that the Gover- nor was in a candidate for United States Senator, and it is thought he will be re-elected on the joint ballet to-morrow. At the public meeting to-night all the colored members pledged themselves to White, who may rove a formidable opponent to Governor Clayton. Neponal however, will be the strongest opponent, as the conservatives wili vote for the man, it is sald, they own. ‘THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RA'LROAD. Opening of the Bridge Over the Mississippi River—One Hundred and Thirteen Miles of the Road Completed. Sr. Pauw, March 13, 1871. ‘The Northern Pacific Kailroad bridge across the Mississippi river at Brainerd, Minnesota, was fin- ished to-day, and the first passenger train, contain- Ing oMcers of the road, passed over the structure, This completes the track of the Northern Pacific 113 miles west from Lake Superior. The grade finisiea nearly to Red River, 150 miles further, an ‘at Une present rapid rate of progress trains will run 1 10 Red River before September next, NEW HAMPSHIRE POLITICS. Ae The Result of the Contest in the Granite State Doubtful. The Republicans Sanguine, but Cautious—A Dems ocratic Congressman Conceded—Grand Demo. cratic Rally in Concord—Republicans Ex. ercised Over the Sumner-Grant Imbrog. lio—Sumner Sustained by the La. bor Reformers — Republicans Denouncing the Prosident mihi ConcorD, March 13, 1871, The first political gun of 1871 will be fred from the lofty hills of the Granite State to-morrow. Whether it will re-echo the radical triumphs of tha, | past sixteen years or sound & democratic victory 14 | @ question many announce their inability to an- swer, even on this, the very eve of the election. a! trifle of excitement over the contest has begun ta Manifest itself for the first time to-day, and th! | evening and by to-morrow 1t will probably approac! ; Something like the enlivening scenes of past cam~ | Palgns. The republicans still hold tha they will | carry the State, but admit a probable reduction 1 the majority of @ year ago and the possible loss of one of thetr three Congressmen. ) RALLYING MEETINGS i have been held to-night by both parties in all the | principal cities aud towns, and the enthusiasm of the people stirred up for the first time. The demo- crats had the largest of the two gatherings in this city, although there was no more earnest spirit manifested than at the republican assemblage. Colonel John H. George, one of the standard bearers of the New Hampahire democracy, was the chief speaker, and hig arraignings of the administrauon and the republican party were very cutting and elo- quent, He alluded to the TROUBLE BETWEEN GENERAL GRANT AND SENATOR SUMNER in terms denuncilatory of the Chief Magistrate, re- marking that all there ever was of principie and brains in the republican party was possessed by the Massachusetts Senator. He believed him to be the most fitting man for the chairmanship of the com- mittee from which he had been removed, and attri- buted his removal to Grant's spite, generated by Summer's opposition to the pet st. Domingo scheme, He prophesied that when the Senator his neck out of the Presidential yoke he would toss Grant into oblivion, the same a8 an elephant would a wor- Tying mosquito which might light upon his trunk, and the whole country would shout an approving amen. THE REPUBLICAN GATHERING was addressed by Joun L. Swift, of Boston, who alluded in an eulogistic manner to the record of lus party, and claimed for it the support of all patriots. le averted any allusion whatever to the Sumner matter, and the omission was undoubtedly in accord- ance with instructions from the Republican State Committee. One or two prominent republicans were anxious to have the matter not only alluded te but an expression of sentiment obtained from the re~ Publicans present, and to obtain this a series of re~ solutions were prepared. ‘They were brought before the State Committee previous to the meeting, and, ; although every ember agreed with their spirit, they were strenuously opposed to their Introduction im the public meeting. The resolves read aa follows :—~ Resolved, That the action of those Senators in Congress who by their votes recently displaced Hon, Charies Sumner from the head of the Corumittes on Foreign Relationsy which postion he bas so long and honorably ‘held, and. Us whom the republican. party are more indebled than to any other man for {ts success, and whom they d to honor, meets our entire disapprobation and conde 2. Resolved, That we ure OPPOKED TO THE ANNEXATION OF 8T. DOMINGO, or any other country whose population is made up of @ sem{-savage race, aud which would onty bes curse to our Country aud a blessing to none Dut a band of speculators. ‘The writer of the resolves argued at length im favor of introducing them tn the meeting, but the leading republicans maintained that such an acty although the sentiments comtained would be heartily endorsed, would PROVE DISASTROUS TO THE PARTY and possibly to to-morrow’s election, and they were consequently smothered. From this action it wilk be clearly seen that the republicans recognize pos- sible danger growing out of this Sumner-Grant imbroglio, and from the action of a labor reform [dean | this afternoon it will be seen that their fears are likely to be realized sooner than they anti- elas The question was brought up before the reformers, who, by the way, are generally regarded. as republicans, and it was at once settied by the (te ne endorsement of the following resola- ons:— Resolved, That in the person of Hon, Charles Sumner we recognize an able statesman, an honest politician, and a life- Jong Iriend and udvocate of ‘human liberty and equal rights, Resolved, That his removal trom the chairmanship of a important committee of the United States Senate 1s believ Howes araoctom ocTs lat gareen java Tha Senate of the United States; mee fore, ived, In view of this unwarri treatment of the honorable Senator from our slater State of Massacl we can no longer sympathize with nor au port by our votes an administration which eannot tolerate an honest difference of opinion on « measure of auch doubt- ful expediency as the purchase and annexation of a distant land, ‘& population havi " pathy with the people of the Univea States. ne 2 Ay From the foregoing it will be seen that the re moval of Mr. Sumner ts beginning to be practically heated and If it does not turn the tide of affairs nere it may in Connecticut a couple of weeks hence. Mr. » Who has been the only outspoken republican in the State in CONDEMNATION OF THE PRESIDENT, has followed up his first criticism with others mora caustic, and the leaders of the party are hignly in- dignant toward him. The following are his final declarations and they will be distributed at the polia to-morrow as democratic tracts:— It ia raid that when the action of the republican Senatoria caucus was communicated to the President he was in high gleo, and remarked that he regarded the removal of Mr. Same ner trom the chairmanship of the Foreign Relations Commit- tee asa victory for St. It he had made this remark to an honest friend tbat friend would hava answered him in the words. more such victory would be his ruii nd ar St. Dow mingo annexation too, But the trouble with President Grant is that he lends no listening ear to honest friends. He omingo annexation, fs surrounded by corruptionists and sycopnants, wha have their own dishonest Faroe to serve, and who. contrive to ison his mind ail oi such a8 would like to tell him the truth and gf ood advice, These creatures have been mainly instrumental in exciting his hostility against Mr. Sumner. They it is wha have pushed him {nto demanding Mr, Summer's removal from a position ne has filled ever since the republican party came into power, and which he is better quaithed to til ‘thax any other man in America; and having, by ‘COAXING, THREATRNING AND BRILING SENATORS, succeeded in'consuminating an outrage which shocks the moral sense of the nation. ‘These samo satellites fatter him into the belief that he has won a victory. We tell the Preale dent and bis advisers that he bas won » victory whose fruits will be apples of Sodom. in hig mouth. We tell him that by no act or event of bis life has he ever eo damaged himself and weakened bis bol on the bonest masses ot the republican ty. We would tell in, if our voice contd reach him, that the men whose coun- seis be in following are leading him to his destruction. But those men do not let the voice of nonesty and truth reach him, They will never let him know any more than the sama class did Andrew Jobnson how the people look with disay Probation upon what he is led to resard as a signal triumph, ie will come to know the truth only when such knowledge will do him no good. The weather promises to be fine to-morrow, and there undoubtedly will be a neavy cast. A large number of voters have come home to-day, The Candidates. The following is @ list of the principal candidates to be voted for at the election in New Hampshire to day:— < Democrat’. publ ica sd GOVERNOR. oo James A. Westo James Pike. MMISBLONER, David Gilchrist... --Dap'n W. Buckminster. RESBMEN. Det. 1—Ellery A. Hibbard. wilt 2—Samuel N. Bell. Sy arta ron F. Steveus, ‘Simon Q. Griffin, OuencinLons: 3—Hosea W, Parker. .-.-Orlando H. Jasper. Members of the Legislature are also te be chosen. Much interest is felt in this election om account of the closeness of party lines. BROOKLYN ARY ASSOCIATION, The twenty-second reception of this flourishing’ association was held last night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. There was the usual array of fresh, beautiful faces, mostly of the pure New Eng- land type, the usual musical entertainment, and even better than the usual display of flowers and works of art. The works of art numbered two bun-, dred and fourteen and at least forty others were de- ps it 18 time that the wing ‘their unquestionable right of discriminating among the pictures presented for exhibitien and re- — all except those of decided merite ith the crowd that suroaes the exhibition om the opening night, and by gaslignt, and particularly in defanit of a catalogue, it 1s, of course, impossible wo criticise properly such @ numerous collection oft pictures as were exhibited last evening. Suffice it to say at present that out of the 214 works a dozen or fifteen struck the eye by conspicuous ext Oe Several of these have already been exhibited at aré Alieries and at club receptions in New York and fly noticed In these columns. The name of the artists whose productions exclied most attention are Bailing, J. M. Hart, Coleman, Gifford, McEntee,, Bierstadt, Bispham, Eastman Johnson, Wilmarth, Thayer, Bridgman, Tiftany, David J Silva, Shaugnessy, Woud, Kaufman, Hall and Boughton, Rosa Bonheur, Mever Von Bremen, Fickel and a few other eminen: foreign artists were also repre< sented. The exhibition will be open throughout thi present week, aud we hope to have the pleasure 9 recurring to Nt again.” * - et