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members, But the master minds seem deter- mined to pass this bill at all hazards, and the people have become so worn out with ineffec- tive legislation upon this subject that they are glad to have some action dofiuitely taken in the matter even if it bear a mild odor of cor- Tuption. They are willing to put up with something of a job if the larger component parts are benefits, Bergh aud tho Fire Commissioners. In & communication which we publish in another column from the Fire Commissioners to Mr. Bergh it is clearly shown that in at- ‘tacking the Fire Department Mr. Bergh has ‘stepped aside from the legitimate field of his ‘operations. No one doubis for a moment that he and his agents are doing great good in this city by tho exercise of that practical humanity on which their society is based, but it should be plain to a man like Mr. Bergh that in the case of firemen going to a conflagration, whera not only property of great value is at stake, but human lives also, his complaint of fast driving is a mere shadow. Mr. Bergh wrote to the Commissioncrs, alleging that owing to the reckless driving of one of their men in Nassau street a fw days ago a young man had bis leg broken ; and this acciden! was made 4 text for ‘@ general dissertation on the manner in which the fire engines and trucks are driven along the streets. After dilating at great length upon the subject, and speaking of the chances the fire- men have of saving life, Mr. Bergh says, “The remedy is worse than the disease; for it is far better that a few more pieces of timber should be consumed than (hat men, women and children should be crushed beneath these ‘modern cars of Juggernaut in their efforts to reach a burning building a few moments sooner.” In the first place Mr. Bergh forgets, “or overtooks, the fact, that the right of way dnd rapidity of movement are provided for aid established by law in order to protect the lives and property of citizens, But in the exercise ‘of this provision no apparatus is allowed to be ‘driven more rapidly than a maa, who runs in front of the horses, can make his way along the street. Every instance of the violation of ‘these rules is promptly investigated, and so effectual has been the discipline under the present Commissioners that during a period of pearly five years there have not bee as many accidents from strect collisions, &., as there were in one year under the old réyime, Of all our publio servants those having charge ‘of the Fire Department are least open to cen- gure. No sooner is the alarm of “fire” given | than the men are ready to risk their lives in the attempt to save life and property. But the Fire Commissioners cite a fact to Mr. Bergh which knocks his theory of sav- ing burning timbers ‘‘on the bead.” They show where the arrival of a ladder-truck with the utmost speed was the means of saving eight persons, who had been driven on to the roof of a burning hous, on the 26th of Sep- tember last. A few moments—not minutes— later and these eight persons would have perished. What would Mr. Bergh or the citi- zens of New York have said if the truckmen had waited in the streets discussing the ques- tion of “right of way” with express vans and fruit carts until after these persons had been launched into eternity? All would havo prayed for the Legislature to confer the right of way on the Fire Department immediately. If Mr. Bergh will visit the Commissioners they will, no doubt, gladly exbibit their studs of horses for his inspection, and he can report upon the animals and keep within the line of his duty; but it will be better for Mr. Bergh not to interfere in the future with a depart- ment whose management could be by no means improved by any suggestions he might advance. itt nes te ote tad Conaress.—The St, Domingo discussion ‘was resumed yesterday in the Senate, Messrs, Howe and Frelinghuysen replying to Mr, Sumner, and Mr. Schurz putting in his oar on the side of the Senator from Massachusetts. In regard to the Ku Klux question Mr, Thur- man, democrat, said that it was tho most important subject now before the ¢ountry, and that it deserved the most earnest deliberation on the part of the Senate. We may judge from this that the ablest debate of the session is yet to be made, At any rate, itis to be hoped the Ku Klux spectre will be fully exorcised. In the House the Shellabarger anti-Ku Klux bill was generally discussed, without coming to any final decision. Personal Intelligence. General Burnside has arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. BR. B. Van Valkenburgh, formerly United States Minister to Japan, 1s sojourning at the Hoffman House, | Mr. D.W. Gooch, ex-member of Congress from Massachusetts, is among the arrivals at the Bre- ‘voort House? A party of Japanese noblemen who have been ona ‘visit to Washington to inspect the working of the machinery of government are now staying at the ‘Westminster Hotel. Ex-Governor Sanford E. Church, of Albany, Is at the St, Nicholas Hotel. Judge Farnsworth, ex-Chancellor of the Michigan University, is stopping at the Everett House. Colonel Gebhard, of the United States Coast Sut- ‘vey, 1s temporarily at the St. James Hotel. , Mr. Ross Campbell, of Baltimore, has arrived at othe Fifth Avenue Hotel, General J. Kilpairick, of New Jersey, has taken ‘quarters at the St. Nichelas, WEATHER REPORT. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, D. C., March 28—7:30 P. M. Synopsis for the Past Twenty-four Hours. The low barometer over Massachusetts Monday ‘evening has passed to the northeast beyond our coast. The area of high pressure Monday night in ‘Tennessee now covers Ohio and Lake Michigan. The ‘pressure appears to have decidedly fallen, with a large increase of temperature, in the extreme north- ‘west, The barometer is stationary in the Rocky Mountains and on the Pacific coast. Clear weather, ‘with occasional cloudiness, has prevailed to-day east of the Rocky Mountains and north of the Gulf States, On tho immediate Gulf coast the barometer ‘has fallen slightly, with threatening weather, Probabilities, Fresh southeast and northeast winds, with falling baromeger, are probable for Wednesday on the upper lakes, and the same with cloudy or rainy Weather in the Gulf States. Partially cloudy and clear weather will probably prevail on the Atlantic coast and lower lakes. FORMESTER, THE ALLEGED NATHAN MURDERER. Mempnis, March 28, 1871. The story of Forrester, the supposed murderer of Nathan, having been here recently, grew out of the fact that a noted St. Louts detective came here in search of him when it was learned that sorresver bad been here three mouths vesore War DEPARTMENT, i —_ NEW YURK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH ¥Y9, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. TH FANCH ANARCHY. Eloquent Spesch of M. Thiers in the National Assembly. A Solemn Oath Taken Not to Be- tray the Republic. Marseil'es and St. Etienne Tranquillized. The Germans Anxious to Oc- cupy Paris. Blanqui to be President of the Rouge Republic. Flourens, Pyat and Delescluze to be Head Centres. More Barricades Erected by the In- surgents. & Dissolution of the “Rotten” As- sembly #roposed. The Duc @Aumale’s Assassina- tion Advocated. Meeting of the Peace Plenipoten, | tiaries at Brussels. © Psa 40" ll ie sip arent hia ph a cr El TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORX HERALD. LONDON, March 28, 1871. Advices from Versailles, dated yesterday and to-day, contain the following news, whicn I trans- matt for publication in the HERALD:— M. THIBRS AND THE REPUBLIC. M. Thiers made an eloquent though brief address in the National Assembly yesterday (Monday), in which he defended the wisdom of his policy and took a solemn oath that he would not betray the republic. ee bs MARSEILLES AND ST, ETIENNE TRANQUILLIZED. Marseilled continues tranquil, At Lyons the regu- lar authorities have resumed the administration of affairs, and at St. Etienne, where the reds obtained control for a while, the government offigers have been restored, and order now prevails, WANT TO OCCUPY PARIS. The Times special also states that the Prussians daily ask the Versailles government te agree to the German occupation of Paris, and are as frequently refused, ARMY REORGANIZATION. Four generals are occupied at Versailles with the question of the military reorganization of the coun- uy. MORE TROOPS NEEDED. It is said in Paris that the Versailles government is negotiating with the Prusstans to allow an in- crease of the number of French troops on this side of the Loire, THE PARIS REDS. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. The City Quict—A Sweet Government=The Election Farce—Barrivades and Vigilance Proposed Dissolution of the Assembly— What Paris Domands— Assassination Advo- cated. London, March 28, 1871, Tam enabled to report for tne information of the HERALD the following intelligence received from The London Zimes special correspondent tele- graphs that Paris has nearly resumed her usual appearance. A SWEET GOVERNMENT, It 1s expected that M. Blanqui will be the Prest- dent of the new government, and that its power will centre in Flourens, Pyatt, Delescluze, Lefranc and Vermorel. THE EL ECTION OF SUNDAY LAST. The conservatives were successful in Sunday's elections only in the arrondissements of the Bourse, the Louvre and Passy. Twenty of the members of the insurgent committee were elected. The rich generally abstained from visiting the polls and the merchants voted the conservative ticket, The in- dividuals elected are obscure, with the exceptions of Flourens, Blanqui, Pyatt and Gambon. THB VOTE CAST. Le Sotr reports that 180,000 votes were cast at the elections of Sunday, about halt the number polled at the last plebiscitum. BARRICADES AND VIGILANCE. Barricading continues and the utmost vigilance ts manifested by the insurgent Nationals, The Place Vendome has the aspect of a camp. PROPOSED DISSOLUTION OF THE ASSEMBLY. La Nouvelle Republique advises the commune to pronounce the dissolution of the rotten Assembly and to impeach its members, WHAT PARIS DEMANDS, The official Journal of the Central Republican Committee in an editorial in to-day’s issue says the first task of the newly elected municipality of Paris ‘Will be the completion of a charter that will secure the rights of the people and prevent the representa- tion of the large towns from being swamped by the country, A second article in the same journal demands that all matters essentially Parisian must be wituin the domain of the commune, THE PARIS DEPUTIES TO RESIGN. La Verité says the Deputies from Paris to the Na- tional Assembly have determined to resign and merely await the opportunity. A NEW MINISTRY, ‘The same journal says that a new Ministry wiil soon be formed, which will include the Duc do Broglie in the office of Foreign Affairs and Marshal MacMahon in the Ministry of War, ASSASSINATION ADVOCATED. The Journal Oftciel contains an article signed by Vaillant advocating the assassination of the Duke a@Aumale, OREME8 SUSPECTED. Rumor says that General Cremer is suspected by the committee and has gone to Versailles, GENERAL REPORTS, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Prince Frederick Charles’ Army Stationary= Meeting of the Peace Commissioners at Brussels. LONDON, March 28, 1871, Despatches from Versailles, which I forward for the information of the New York HERALD, an- nounce that the army of Prince Frederick Charles, occupying France, which nas been in motion for a few days past, Is now stationary. THE FINAL PRACE TREATY. A telegram from brussels report that the Plenipo- tentiaries of France and Germany met at two o'clock this afternoon at the French Legation, The opening proceedings were wholly formal. Creden- tials were exchanged and preparations made for future meetings THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Neutrality in War—The Supply of Arms to Bol- ligerents—The Peers and the Army— Preparing for Easter. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, Lonvon, March 28, 1871. The Parliamentary debates continue to evolve some very important points of national policy, not- withstanding the fact that the legislation ts not, by any means, decisive either for their definition or settlement, Tam enabled to report tothe HeraLp by cable telegram that during the session of the House of Commons to-day the drift of the discussion was towards legislation to prevent “the exportation of arms to belligerents."” Messrs. Lowther, James, Palmer and others advo- cated parliamentary action tn the premises; but the Attorney General thougnt the existing laws sum- clent, Increased stringency, he said, would tend to make the present system of restrictions inoperative. The House of Lords adjourned to-night, after an uninteresting discussion of the defects of the present military system. It is said that the business of this branch of the Parliament has been concluded until after the enjoyment of Easter recess by the Peers. SPAIN. Carlist Agitaticn Against King Amadeus’ Gov- ernment—The Reactionists in Collision With the Royal Troops—Provincial Excitement. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, MADRID, March 28, 1871. It is feared that the prevalence of national quiet in Spain, an unusual and pleasing feature, has been again seriously disturbed through the agency of poll- tcal reactionists against the King’s government, The Jmparctal (newspaper) announced yesterday evening that it had receivea information, of which I transmit the main points to the HERALD by cable, to tho following effect, viz.:— A Carlist band of sixty men has been beaten and dispersed by the troops in the province of Lerida, There were attempts at disorder on Sunday in Sgragossa, Tati and Valencia, =" * Republican agitation 1s 16pdried from Andglysia and Carlist domonstrations 19 the Basqne provinces, ~._ Claias Agalost Morocro, sc MAPRID, Maiou 23, 18%. Thave just been informed, lui the use of the HER ALD, that Spanish envoys have gone to “angler to prefer claims upon the government of Mordcco on behalf of Spain, so that the glories of Prim’s cam- Paign will be again brought prominently to the notice of the Spaniards. SWEDEN. Alarming Illness of Her Majesty the Queen. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, STockHOLM, March 23, 1871. The King of Sweden has recovered nis heaith after his recent attack of sickness. The members of the royal family have just been disturbed and agitated by another-visitation of dis- ease. Ihave to telegraph py casle to the HERALD that her Majesty the Queen of Sweden is now ill, and that the symptoms are alarming. INDIA. Council Opposition to the Financia! Systam—Re- duction of Direct Taxation. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Caucurta, March 28—A. M. The members of the Counicil of State have reduced the income tax for one year, notwithstanding a first opposition on the part %f the Governor General, made in the Queen’s name, CUBA. Surrender of au Importent Rebel=The De- crease of the Sugar Crop. Havana, March 28, 1871. The insurgent General Pardorgo surrendered at Puerto Principe. Very different opinions are entertained as to the probable decrease of the sugar crop of the present year ascompared with that of the last previous year. The general impression, however, is that there will be a decrease of from one-fifth to a quar- ter. wi: LOVE, LUST AND MURDER, Mysterious Affair Near Chillicothe, Ohio= Murder or SulcideSad Ending ofa Dis- graceful Liason. CINcINATI, March 28, 1871.58 A special reporter from Chillicothe, Ohio, to-night brings intelligence of the preliminary examination of John 8. Blackburn, charged with the murder of Mary Jane Lovell in Ross county, last week. The case is one of the most mysterious and dramatic on record. Blackburn took the ySung woman riding along a lonely country road terminating at a ford where two streams merge and then go brawling among wild, forbidding cliffs. Here, in a lonely glen, so untrequented even by domestic animals that the ground was covered thick with a dense under- growth of hardy shrubs, Blackbnrn stated that the girlswallowed poison and flung away the bottle, and by incessant importuntty made his kinsman go and seek her dead body. It was found, an tn, test held and @ post-mortem made, but the acwal cause of death remains undetected, as the stomach and its contents were sent to this city for analysis. The evidence te-day clearly proved the criminal intimacy, and __ disclosed sickening correspondence, in which Black- burn gave unbridied expression to the moat consuming iust. He makes appointments with the ed and stimulates her to promptness with gion escriptions of their mutual pleasure and hints at rich presents as her reward. These promises are od, for she asks for money and nowhere acknow.edges receiving any. The popular construction of the case was that the Je went to the gien, eight miles away from home, oO take poison together through sheer despair; but it now turns out that the girl never manifested the least unhappiness; on tne contrary she was in high spirits when last seen alive, and was in excellent health. Blackburn will undoubtedly be committed to jall to-morrow for the murder of the girl. In court he wears @ downcast, stolid look, and is evi- dently suffering intensely, mentally and physically, What gives the case intense interest here is the fact that Blackburn 1s a brother to Major C. H. Black- burn, ex-Prosecuting Attorney of Hamilton county, and at one time very popular in this city. Canal Appropriations—Improving the Naviga- tion of the St. Lawrence. Orrawa, March 28, 1871. The report of the Canal Commissioners as pre- sented to Parliament recommends uniformity in the St. Lawrence canals and the constrnction or im- provement of canals, which will require appropria- follows:—Sault St, Marte, $550,000; Wel- eng ‘Canal, $6,550,000; Lower Ottawa Canul, $1,800,000; Chambly Canal, $1,500,000; deepening the St. Lawrence betweea Quebec and Montreal, $800,000; Bay Verte Canal, $3,250,000; St. Lawrence Canal, '$4,500,000; Upper St. Lawrence river, $220,000. § VIRG: SA LEGISLATURE, The Funding Bill Passed by Both Houses Expulsion of Colored Representatives. Rioumond, Va., March 28, 1871. The House to-night passed the Funding bill as it came from the Senate, by 78 to 42. It provides for funding two-thirds of all bonds, stocks and certifl- cates, with the interest accrued and accruing to July 1, 1871, except the five per cent dollar bonds and the sterling bonds, For this two-thirds coupon regis- tered bouds are to be issued, payable in thirty-four years, with = interest ~— payable semi-annually. Certificates of indebtedness are to be issued for the other one-third, payable whet settlement shall have been made with West Virginia, The House Committee en Brivery and Corruption, appointed during the railroad war in the Legisla- ture, to-day resolved to recommend the expuision of Messrs. Fayetmann aad Andrews, two colored. Members Of the Lousy WASHINGTON. The St. Domingo Question Stiil Before the Senate, A TELLING SPEECH BY CARL SCHURZ. Merciless Review of the Presi- dent’s Policy. Secretary Robeson’s Ignorance of Inter- national Law Exposed. WASHINGTON, March 28, 1871, Avother Fxciting Day In the Senate—Debato on St. Dominge Resumed—Fecble Defence of the Administ: a—Carl Schura’s Argue ment Against Aunexton, Everybody here appreciates the force of Mr, Sum- ner’s allusion, in his speech in the Senate yesterday, to the transfer of the question of the Ku Kiux to the shores of St, Domingo. The subject of debate in both houses is that of the outrages committed in some of the Southern States by the Ku Klux Klan, and it was as an amendment to the Ku Klux biil that he offered his St. Domingo resolutions. It was said some time ago that 80 persistent was the President in his determination to push his St. Domingo scheme through Congress without delay, as shown by the manner in which the resolution creating the Commission was pushed through at the last session of the Forty-first Con- gress and the speedy departure of the Tenpessee, that the first session of the present Congress would be protracted long enongh to enable the Commis- sioners to return with their report, and that then the same system of legislation would be at- tempted in favor of annexation to finish up the business. In pursuance of this plan itis said that the question of the Ku Klux was introduced for the double purpose of giving the administration party military power in the South, with @ view to con- trolling the elections and of keeping Congress in Session with a view to the consummation ot the St. Domiogo business. Whether these assertion: - j HBS OF BSE, WO LN RIE. qnestion has assumed what is deemed to be undue portance, and the Commissioners have re- {yrned from St. Domingo to find Congress still in feasion and the St. Domingo scheme the particular dint of diséuasion and the subject of excitement in the Senate. The interest created by Mr. Sumner's speech in the Senate yesterday has not yet sub- sided. Inteliigence has been received here that the Speech was published in full to-day in all the lead- ing journals in the different States, from Maine to San Francisco. It was telegraphed to the Pacific coast, and formed the largest telegrap hi Message ever sent so long a distance. Mr, Sumner has received trom various quarters many complim-ntary congratulations. His protest against what he claims to be the usurpation by the execu- tive department of the government of prerogatives which do not belong to it unaer tne constitution seems to have met a hearty response throughout the country, and the echo which has come back to Washington is to the effect tat the policy of the President ts open to impeachment. The debate on the St. Domingo scheme, which Mr. Sumner reinaugurated in the Senate yesterday, was resumed to-day and will be continued te-morrow by Mr. Schurz, who has the floor and who, it 1s said, promises to be mere plain and pointed than Mr. Sumner in his denunciations of the policy concerning St. Domingo pursued under the direction of the President. When the discussion was resumed to-day’ Mr. Howe, of Wis- consin, who yielded yesterday to a motion for ad- journment, defended the course of the adminis- tration in the matter as being strictiy constitu- tional and according to precedent, as in the case of Texas, He cited Mr. Sumner for arraignment for not having, as a Senator and as chairman of the Committee on Forelgn Relations, protested long before against the wrong which he charged had been committed. Mr. Sumner, however, answered bim successfully, and showed that when the first treaty was brought to his attention he was not aware of the part the navy of the United States had been called upon to play in sustaining Baez in power and menacing the black republic, but as soon as he had learned the facts he de- nounced the unconstitutional action of the government, After Mr. Howe had taken his seat Mr. Schurz endeavored to obtain the floor, but Mr. Pomeroy, who was temporarily in the chair, recog- ized Mr, Frelinghuysen, of New Jeysey, who arose to defend the President. Frelinghuysen alluded to General Grant’s important military services to the country during the rebellion, defended his course in the St. Domingo matter, and reprimanded Mr. Sumner for precipitating this discussion before the Commissioners had returned from 8t. Domingo and their report had been presented wo the Senate. Sumner retorted with effect that the Sena- tor from Wisconsin—Howe—had arraigned him for not enteiing bis protest sooner, and the Senator from New Jersey--Frelinghuysen—had arraigned him for not postponing tt, and that he had taken coun- sel of neither, but rather had taken counsel of hisown heart upon the subject. The effect of Sumner’s an- swer was visible among the spectators in the Senate, There was @ movement all through the chamber when Mr. Schurz arose to reply to the ar- guments advanced by Morton, Howe and Freling- huysen in favor of the President and the neads of the Navy and State Departments. Schurz is promt- nent among the readiezt and ablest debaters in the Senate, and his speech to-day was distinguished for its salient points and its unanswerable argument, In paying a passing compliment to his friend and as- soctate, Mr. Sumner, he satd, in the commencement, that the dificulty was not with the mental strengtn of the Senator from Massachusetts, but with the moral strength of his opponents. Schurz was now fairly under way with his speech, and it was mani- Jest that he Intended to handle the President's St. Domingo policy and its friends without gloves. He had prepared copious notes, which lay before him on his desk, and to which he referred now and then, but he meade no attempt to read a speech. Beoks in calf and sheep skin, to be used as authorities, lay piled up all around the Senator's desk; executive documents of recent date, consisting of reports from the Navy and State departments, were scattered on the neighboring desk of Mr. Trumball. Mr. Schurz came to his work well supplied with ammunition of the solid sort, Immediately in his rear sat Mr. Sumner, who seemed tu be acting as a reserve, He, how- ever, was not an {dle spectator, He sup- pitied Schurz with numerous suggestions, and was busy turning to authorities and m. | precedents to sustain the position of the Missouri Senator. Whatever may have been the feelings of other Senators on the subject Schurz and Sumner were the only active participants in the fight. Against them was the entire administration party in the Senate. Neither ofthem, however, scemed to pay any attention to the odds against them. Pro- bably they regarded it only as odds in point of numbers, Schurz continued his speech without much tnter- ruption until he came to that part of it whercin he discussed the war powers of Congress and the President. Upon this point Mr. Howe seemed to be rather sensitive, for the reason that in his speech he had given the President rather more latitude in this regard than has heretofore been accorded him by the ablest American statesmen and jurists. He arose several = times to interrupt Mr. Schurz, who was criticising what he termed the new constitutional doctrine of the Senator from Wisconsin, Schura was always ready to yield, for, as has been said, he is such a ready debater that an interruption generally results in the discomfture of the interrogator. Howe proved to be a very feeble opponent and was soon disposed of. Some of the heavier guns, Nke Morton, now turned upon the WMissourl Sevater. He had reached the argument, or rather the precedent, quoted by the President's friends with regard to the anuexation of Texas. Up to yester- day, when it was partially exploded by Mr. Sumner, this was regarded ag one of the strong points in fa- were | mingo. Schurz took it up where Sumner left tt yew terday, and proceeded to tuen the guns of the Opposition fully upon themselves, he criticised with great effect the authorities relied upon—namely, John Tyler and John ©. Cal- houn. The very mention of the names seemed to arouse a general feeling of disgust, especially among the old whigs and anti-slavery leaders of the Sen- ate. It was not, however, until Schuraz charged that even Tyler and Calhoun were ashamed of the company to which they had been introduced that the President's friends became so excited and enraged that they could not forbear interrupting him. Mor- ton, Stewart, Conkling and Carpenter all spoke at once, “One at @ time, gentlemen,” said Schurz, “I will answer all of you; but one ata time, i you please.’? Morton, of course, was the leader, Stewart asked some foolish question about the Mexican war, but Schurz did not pay any attention to it, ‘fhe point the Prest- ent’s friends wanted to make was that pend- ing the negotiations for the annexation of Texas President Tyler, under the advicoof his Secretary of State, John 0, Calhoun, had sent an armed force there to prevent the Mexicans from interfering, which resulted in war with Mexico. While Stewart and Morton were wrangling with Schurz upon this point Mr, Thurman, of Onto, ap- peared in the rear of Stewart's seat and asked Schurz the date of the message of President Tyler from which he had quoted.’ Schurz replied promptly, whereupon Thurman said that for seme time before there was any war between Mexico and the United States Texas was represented in Congress. This was a centre shot, highly apprectatea by the Spectators, ana Stewart sat down as if he had been struck by lightning, That was the last attempt he made to interrupt Mr. Schurz. Morton persisted in asserting that the case of Texas was a pitrallei to that of St, Domingo, whereupon Schurz gave him up in disgust, stating that he had no hope of penetrating the brain of the Senator from Indiana. When Schura reached the part of his speech where he intended to review the letter of Secretary Robeson he said, If tt Was agreeable to the Senate, he would give way for & moiton to go into executive session. Poor Stewart, who had been so thoroughly silenced by Thurman, insisted that Schurz should be compelled to go on or abandon the floor; but Stewart, was again ruled out, and a motion tg go into extoutive session prevailed. Schurz {ntends to-morrow to review Rebeson on * ,roinational law, and tt Issatd he alt sow “ant tio Heoretary gi thy Navy knows la ~wunt that subject than he does about navigation. +. Spellabarger’n Ku Klux Bill, The bili for the suppFossion of the Ku Klux was reported in the House to-day and thé debate pened by Judge Shellabarger, chatzman of the special com- mittee. Shellabarger tried to make an arrangement with the demecrats whereby the general debaié “oi the bil would close on Saturday. The democrats, however, refused to enter into any arrangement for the present and demanded that the debate shoud be proceeded with until both sides showed signs of exhaustion, It 1s stated that on Monday next the republicans will try to have a day fixed for voting on the bill. The debate to-day was without interest, and the attraction of the st, Domingo debate in the Senate was so great that few members remained in the House, and, alter two speeches, the House adjourned. Nominations by the President. The President sent the following nominations to the Senate to-day :— John W. Waldron, to bo Register of the Land Office at Greenleaf, Minn; Wtil Cumback, to be Collector of Internal Revenue for the Fourth district of Indiana, Potmuters.—Jobn A. Derever, Schenectady, N. B. Spellman, Cold Spring, N. Y.; William Potleys, W: y, . ¥.; E.3. Collin, Cooperstown. N. ¥.; Miss E. Billings, Fernandina, Ma, Nominations Confirmed. ‘The Senate, in executive session to-day, confirmed the following nowinations:— Wiiliam Cumback, Collector of Internal Revenue of the Fourth district of Indiana; Joseph Mason, Collector of In- ternal Revenue of the Twenty-aecond district of New York; Fred. L, Manning, Collector of Internal Revenue of the ‘Twenty fourth disitiet of New York: Horace Caniloe, Asses- sor of Internal Revenuo of the Twenty-third district of New Nork ; Michael Ficli, Register at St. Crotx Falls, Wis. ; Geo, A ter at La Crosse, Wis. ; 8. G. Burton, Kecelvel eorge T. Hason, Ki Ix George Bradiey, In to be major atid 4 y; Midshipmen ©. 8, Richman and Porter to be ensigns ‘in the navy; retired Lieutenant Commander John H. Quackenbush to (A Meutenant commander on the active list; First. Lieutona Frank Barr to be captain in the Revenue Marine servic Lieutenant Colonel George L. Andrews to be colonol; Ma: {2% LeviC. Bootes to be Teuténant colonel, and a large hum- of promotions of second Heutenants, Postmisters.—John W, Howzon, Watson, Pulaski, N. Y.; Wiliam Poo! A. J. Lorish, Attica, N. Y.; A. Beemer, Dover, N. J. Stewart, Washington, N: J.; Margaret Waiker, Siduey, 01 THE JOINT HICH COMMISSION. Wis}, e8 Lelzer, Banquet at Enrl De Grey’s—Visit of the Commissioners to Mount Vernon. WASHINGTON, March 28, 1871. The Joint High Commission met early on Monday and remained in session until half-past three o'clock in the afternoon. In the evening Earl De Grey had @ dinner party, which was attended by Sir Stafford H. Northcote, Proféssor Montague Bernard, Sir John Macdonald, Lord Tenterden, Hon. Poer le Trench, Hon. Captain Ward, an attaché of the British Legation, and Hon. Mr. Howard ah attaché of the British side of the Commission; Sena- tors Sprague, Conkling, Corbett and Nye, General Marcy, Inspector General of the Army and Dr. J. C. G. Kennedy, of tnis city. ‘There was no meeting of the Joint High Commis- sion to-day. Tuesday being Cabinet day, it has gen- erally been considered @ holiday for the Commis- sioners, The Sceretary of the Navy having extended an in- vitation to our British visitors to visit Mount Vernon, and set apart a steamer for the purpose, to-day was fixe’ for the excursion. The weather was not so favoraple as might have been desired, the air being cold and the sky cloudy; but otherwise the trip was Satisfactory. The. Tallapoosa left the Navy Yard at ten o'clock im tbe morning and _ re- turned at four in the afternoon. There was on board a select and fashionable company, among whem were all the British and most of the American Commissioners, Secretaries Robeson and Boutwell, Admiral Goldsborough, sev- eral Senators and several ladies, After arriving at Mount Vernon the company made a thorough examination of the house and the grounds, special Interest being given to the room in which Washington died. Many of the ladies gathered flowers in the garden as souvenirs of their visit, Upon returning to the steamer the party partook of a sumptuous collation, which the joliy Secretary of the Navy had provided. Altogother they wero delighted with their visit. The Russian Minister gave a banquet this even- ing in honor of the Commissioners. A SUICIDAL LAWYER, A counsellor-at-law, named J. McGuirk, was found wandering in the streets last night by roundsman Ryan, suffering from the effects of delirium tremens, He had cut and slashed his arms in a dreadfut manner, intending to commit suicide. His wounds were dressed by Dr. Purdy, who had him conveyed to Bellevue Hospital. THE MOBILE RACES. MoBILB, Ala., March 28, 1871. At the Mobile races to-day Colonel Nelligan’s sorrel colt won the twe-year-old stake, heating the celebrated Saucebox, Willlamson and the Girl of My Heart, also Captain Jinks. Timo, 1:49. i The rain fell in torrents and We track was very avy, TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ITEMS. James Lincoln, conductor on one of the Boston railroads, was killed yesterday by falling under the cars Advices trom the Upper Androscoggin and its tributaries in Maiue report the snow thore to ve three feet In depth and the weather to be excellent for timbering purposes. Steven Mason, a member of the Virginfa Legislature from Richmond, was arrested yesterday charged with corruptly approaching officers of the City Court to. iniluesce thom to summon jurors favorable to the acquittal of ox-Mayor Cahoon. Resolutions were reported tn the Massachusetts Stato Senate vesterday approving Vresigent Grant's late measaga recommending the protection of the loyal people of the South and requesting the Massachusetts Senators and Repre- sentatives in Congress to aid in securing the necessary legis. lation to that ea: Coroner Young yesterday held an inquest in the | case of Thomas Gorman, the man who was Killed by being run over in Eleventh avenue, near Foriy- eighth street, last Thursday evening by a train of cars belonging to the Hudson River Kauroad Company. From the testimony elicited five of the Jurors were satisfied that the ocgurrence was ac deutal and so rendered their ve yd th Juror subseribed to th 8 Of the Word ac Di Thiriy-#ixth street aad was @ paper bar er by upation. He was Wurty-alue years of age aad a sed lived at 535 Npt of te Rresidenvs mgde Of annexing Sb Dg: | mauvg oi lieiaud, Firat of all | 7 ———— LAVERIRY CHiT-CHATY ~ anne nna ~ George Eltot (Miss Evans) ts at present engaged om 9 Rew novel for Blacki9000's Magazine, A volume on “The Physical Geography @nd Geol. Ogy of the Valley of the Thames” will shortly be pube Ushed by Professor Phillips, of Oxford Untveratty: Mr. Mitford’s “Tates of Old Japan” is mcetving general praise, I[t furnishes much curiows and in<« teresting information concerning the old civilization of the Japanese, now, the author says, faat disay- pearing. Mr. William Hepworth Dixon's last voluraes of “Her Majesty’s Tower" is savagely criticised in tho Saturday Review of March 11. The critic says that the author's sing against good taste and good Eng- lish are not few. It is worthy of remark that the theological works: of the late Albert Barnes are among the most popue lar and best known religious books in Great Britain, Quite recently now editions of nis “Notea on the Book of Psalms’ and “The Apostle Paul’? were pub- shed in London. A new edition of the poetical works of Thomas Hood has been published in London. It 18 edited by: William Michael Rossetti and illustrated by Gustave, Doré, The tilustrations are said to be not especially striking, but conoeived with skill and sensibility. “The Garth: a Descriptive History of the Phe- nomena of the Life of the Globe,” translated from the French of Elisée Reclus, 1s having a deservedly largo cirenlation in England. It is one of the moat. charming of scientific works tn print, John Cady Jeafferson’s ‘Annals of Oxford" ts severely criticised by the Hnglish press, One critic says, while admitting that the book ts readabig enough, that it is anything but a history of Oxferd, It appears that Mr. Jeafferson ts a strong radical, and does not attempt to conceal his political sym- pathies in what should be an impartiaily writtem work, Roberts Brothers, of Boston, announce the thifd edition of the fourth volume of Wiliam Morris? “Earthly Paradise.” ‘The great sucodss which this series of magnificent poems has obtained ts the Most signal refutation of the asservion go oftem made by the supporters of the Tenaysoman schook of poetry tha‘ the day of the ciassigal school hag passed forever, nena apart Messrs, GotiYl & Lincoln, Boston, have just ready Sh Watsons of olenting Discovery” for 4stl. 7! Yolyme, edite: ‘by Professor Join Trewbridge, of | Harvara Un:yersity, contains a reco of the moat Hoan discoveries And iaiproveitioats in selon and art duri iho last year, This work, whiel now numbers twWenty-oné Volumes, having been started iif 1850, 18 almost indispensable to all atu. dents, professional or amateur, of sclence, aad great practical value to all ciasses of society... IMPEACHMENT OF A KORTH CAROLINA JUDGE. ~ Raveion, N. C., Match 28, 1871. The House of Representatives yesterday adopted articles of tmpeachment against Edmond W. Jones, Judge of the Second Judicial disirict, The articles were offered by Mr. Sparrow, * Artcle 1 recites chargos of drunkenness and dise graceful conduct in Raleigh; article 2, same offences in Goldsboro; article 3, same offences in Tarborog article 4, same offences tn town of Williamston, Martin county, where he went to hold court; article 5 charges ofiences committed in Willlamston simitar to those recited in articie 4, but differing in certaay particulars, The articles are generaily manners. irrespective of party. Samuel |’, Philitns, te chairman of thes Board of Managers, and others fi hpeget ng the arti- cles to the Senate last evening. They were received, and Friday next, at eleven A. M., were’ fixed upon as the bo and hour for the commencement of the sitting of the Court of Impeachment. The total receipts by Mr. Henry Olews for'the forthe coming charity ball for the Nursery and Olrtid’s Hoge Dital, amount to $15,300; expenses so fas, $3,225 LY, VIEWS Of THE PAST. MARCH 29, 1847—Vera Cruz, Mexico, surrendered to the American forces, 1772—Emanuel Swedenborg died. 1461—Battie ot Towton, England, between the Yorkists and Lancastrians; the latter defeated. A.—For n stylish and elegant Hat, go te ESPENSCHELD’S, manufacturer, 118 Nassau street. A.—Hea! pa Patent . _— CHAMPION SAFES 261 Broadway, corner Murrapuies st A Specinity.—tientlomen’s Silk Hat Broadway ae at about half Broadway prices. cseosgad 1. O. D. HAT COMPANY, 12 Cortlandt street. A—Tiffany & Co. Union square, announce that they have purchased, and will offer immed& ately on arrival, the whole stock of VINE GRONZES remaining in Part A.—Milton Gold Watch. The recent introduction of the Miiton Gold Watches will, to @ great extent, 1f not entirely satisfy a crent publie necessity in this country, without pretending to sell an arti cle all pure gold; yet, with the single exception of intrinme value, the European Milton Gold Watch Company can give all who purchase one of their watches one’that fs in every other respect fully equal to the best gold wateb manufac- tured. ‘These watches have long been known both in Ei land and France, where their merits are fully ackaowleg ‘The Milton Gold Watch fs impervious to time, and no matter how long in uso will always retain Ite originat appearance; infact @ first class expert can hardly tell it from the best 1, while the price at which they are sold, 150-por cont less han a gold watch, places them within the reach of all. The company have opened at No. 26 Broadway, where, from the inducements offered to the public, they will certalnly do am extensive business. hand Elegnnt Hat Call co A.—For a Sty! 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