The New York Herald Newspaper, December 7, 1871, Page 3

WASHINGTON Debates and Cross Firing in ress, Cong "(A Special Committee * “pointed on Civil Service Reform. THE NEW APPORTIONMENT BILL. Secretary Fish and the Repub- lican Senators. "He Wilt “Hold Fast” Until Gene- ral Schenck Retires from the English Mission. Fire in the State Department—Anxiety Con- cerning the Government Arcbives. Wasuinaton, Dec, 6, 1871. Proceedings in Congress. There was a perceptible lessening in numbers of ; ~ the devoutly imclined in the halls of both houses thia morning, many members not arriving until after the prayers. In the Senate there were only one or two points of interest. Senator Scott, the Chairman of the Joint Select Committee to investi gate alleged Ku Kiux Outrages, who remained Perfectly quiet during Senator Blair’s attempted onslaught on the administration yesterday, came to the tront to-aay with a resolution for bringing con- ‘wamacious witnesses vefore the bar of the Senate, 7Two of these—David Gist and Clayton Camp—are from South Varolina, and another—Wm. L. San- Qers—is trom North Carolina. Sanders ts regarded ag the leader of the Ku Klux Klan in his State. He fs Clerk of the House of Representatives there. General Avery, of Yorkville, 8. C., was.also reported. He if supposed to be in Canada, and has j been shown before the grand inquest in the pro- claimed disir:ct to have been the clitef im that section. The name of General Forrest was not re- ‘™ ported to-day, but the question of doing so was Considered in committee and postponed till another session. The only other business discussed in the Senate was an Amnesty bili which Mr. Rovertson bad im charge. A general measure was passed last April and sent to the House, where certain exceptions were made on motion of Judge Poland, and the bill was passed and sent __, 0&0 to the Senate. There it was referred to a com- mittee, whose chairman now reports 1t for passage, The exceptions are those who were members of Oongress, former officers of the army and navy, and members of secession conventions. Should the bill pass in this form, the excepted persons will be very few. In Kentucky no one but Mr. Breckinridge will be left out in the cola, All persons relieved are first to} ‘appear before the clerk of a. United States Court ora United States Commissioner and file an oath of allegiance, which is to be sent to the Secretary of | Btate to be placed on récord in that department. Mr. Pomeroy objecting to immediate consideration, the Senate went into ‘The House having resolved itself into Committe of the Whole Mr. Burton C. Cook’s Apportionment ! bill was considered. This provides for 281 members (in the next House, the additional unit being a de- ” eign to give Illinots @ representative for a fraction eomewhat less than one-half of the basis of repre- sentation, Under it Vermont and New Hamp- shire will lose one member eacn, A table pre- | bared by the Census Bureau, giving the basis for Bpportionments on 250, 260, 270, 280,290 and 300 members, was distributed to the members. Mr. @ercur, of Pennsylvania, to whom as @ sub-com- ‘ilttee OF tne Judiciary Committee the matter had been referred in the last Congress, and who has re ported a bill, moved to substitute that report for the bill now before the committee, Mr, Mercur’s bill proposes to make the next House consist of 280 members, This would be ‘epon the basis of 137,900 for each Representative, and would make the wholo number about two hun- ~ ared and seventy-s8ix—the additional jour members beme allowed to States having large fractions. The two New England States named would still loose one member each. Jt was evident that the Pennsyl- vania Kepresentative haa mastered his subject, and at once the House was clustered around and avout bus seat. Though not a brilliant man Judge Merour “made figures attractive and handled his theme with great grace and ease, Mr. Finkelnburg, of Missouri, was very anxious to know why and how {t was the large fraction o1 his State over the »asis on which twelve members were given was not recognized ty an additional member. almost the entire Missouri and Itlinois delegations with a stray Vermonter were on their feet, eager to badger Mr. Mercur with questions as to how he arrived at his conclusions. It was a treat to witness his perfect composure and the facile eave with which he man- aged Finkelnburg, Farnsworth, Willard and others who interposed interlocutory objections. The general impression seemed to be that he made all nis points | and clinched them. After short speeches by Farns- worth and Garfield the committee rose and reported progress. Alter we disposal of mere formal busi- c+’ mess,..the House having ordered an unnecessary holiday on Friday, probably for the purpose of al- lowmg members to welcome ‘he Boston wing of the Woman Suffragiste, who meet here in annual convention on that day, the usual adjournment was bad until to-morrow. A meeting of the House Elections Committee was held this morning. ‘The claim of General Clarke, Third district Texas, Wo aseaton his certiticae was taken up. Juage | Paschal appeared in opposition and &. M. Corwine and Judge Casey, of this city, with Judge Colwell, of Texas, for the claimant. Mr. Corwine opened the case, confining him<elf to an argument on the Jegal character of the certificate. Judge Paschal’s reply is reported «8 belag more in the nature of an ° ttack on the State goverument of Texas than a rebuttal on My. Corwine’s position. In answer to a question put by Mr, Hoar Mr. Paschal assumed that 4t was the auty of the Clerk of tne House of Repre- sentatives to go behind a certificate on which doubts were thrown and to examine the return. ‘This position is cohslderea to be quite un. Yenable. The commitvee adjourned at the close of Judge Paschal’s speech, and will hear Messrs, Casey and Colwell to-morrow. The | probability is that a report in favor of General , Clarke’s admission will be made. Most of the more | fmportant committees of the House will meet and organize for business during the ensuing three days, and’ the general activity in this respect indl- cates close attention to the work waiting considera- tion. IN TOE KU KLUX INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE MEETING his morning Representative Stevenson moved that the committee report a bill removing all disabilities, also one extending the period for suspendiag the writ of habeas corpus until the assembiing of Con- gress in December next, and noldmg al! Ku Klux gad other s0-calied treasonable conspirators respon- aible for the acts of cach other. Executive Session. Legisiauon has assumed again its usuai course, and the morning hour was devoted to presenting and referring regular pills and resolutions. | Considerable merriment was induiged in by the , members over a Wit in regard to the drawing of seats, The tournament was openet by Mr, Stark. | weather, of Connecticut, who offered a resolution | providing for this, to many a very unpleasant pro- oceding. Mr. Peters, of Maine, prompuy met this @y moving to lay on the table. The scene then be- came quite animated, as the jances were drawn and ny sharp thrusts Were met and parricd with skill and grace, For a time the measure trembied in the Dalance; hope and fear alternately prevatied, The squatters on (ne outskirts and the borderers betrayed avery humane eagerness to carry Mr. Starkweath- e#'s resolution, Canvassing Jor voles with as much > ‘ $e — / Sration, and at this particular stage of Congressional | activity, the question involves oMcials of every ; Initvees, Their report will not be made for some | a8 Was expected, was the probable means of saving ' Some painted woodwork attached to the brick NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEKY. avidity as characterize a nominating caucus | accumulations, and to preserve only those records Poughkeepsle, N. Y., against the unjust and im. | the members became uprosrions when the results | that ¢an Le of future political, historical and finan- proper interference by the Post Oflce Department Of the votes were given from time to time, and the | Speaker was moved by it to administer a rebuke to | them for the childishness displayed in expressing 80. much feeling over so small a matter? The vote was finaily taken on the main resolution, and it was lost by three, when Fernando Wood | clinched the result by moving to reconsider and lay | on the table, The frolic being over the Speaker | made the announcement of a special committee to | take charge of matters pertaining to tbat part of the President's Message relating to the subject of CIVIL SERVICE REFORM, gratifying Mr. Kelley's ambition asa national man by making him chairman. Thus things begin to look as if thie subject was passing from mists and | theories into a practical solution, and that everybody « is ready for civil service reform whose ox 1s not to , be gored by it, was evident from the entertainment farnished the House im @ passage ot arms today over a resolution to allow the! charmen of the different committees to appoint clerks to serve until a bill could be framed providing regularly for their appoint- ment, Messrs, Cox and Randall claim such action to be contrary to vhe spirit of reform recommended, , Asan administration measure these gentlemen are: | Bwittto.seg all openings to.,apply the ,nroposed a8 the rouble which: civil servicd reform. . They fairly ath anticipation of the fun as Wel Inconatatent action upon that sudject.holds out. | Mr. Kelley, ‘however, carried his resolution, and the scramble for olerksbipa has aiready fairly | begun. Goverament Offices and. Appointments—Who is to Succeed Secretary Fish? The great question of the hour is, who ts to retain and who to obtain place? And, as ts unusnal ut so late a day in the history of a national adminis- grade, from the office of Secre‘ary of State down to the committee clerkships. For the thousandth time the immediate resignation of Mr, Fish is denied, and if bis resignation did take place the opposition to the vonfirmation of Juage Pierrepont would. be terrific, The leading republi- can senators to-day united in @ very strong letter to the Secretary of State asking him to hold on for a little while longer, and it may be counted upon a3 a certainty that he will continue to hold on. all along Mr. Fish nas been iooking forward to his retirement, and has put his department in complete order for this event upon the shortest notice; but he will neither be forced ont of the Cabinet nor kept in it against nis will. The hostility manifested among the ‘republican Senators towards Judge Pierrepont wilt in itself be & reason against his re- tiring with precipitancy, and it is woll known that he is not yet quite ready to accept the mission to Englanl, which he is torecelve on the return of General Schenck. ‘The Office of Attorney Gener. There is also some opposition to the appointment of ex-Senator Williams as Attorney General in place of Akerman; but his nomination, as affairs now stand, is likely to be made before many days. It was remarked to-day that the nomination of Nr, J. W. Douglass as Commissioner of Internal Reve- nue has not yet been sent tothe Senate. The Pleason- ton-Boutwell fight 1s yet to come off and Mr. Douglass chances hang in the balance. fhe place of Con- gressional Printer will algo be a lively bone of con- tention. A few days will tell the whole story in many directions, but for the present the Senate nas its hands full of big and little machinations. In the executive session to-day nothing of importance was accomplished, and, indeed, there was nothing of importance to accomplisn. It was in the republican caucus where the interest settled. ‘There the great question as to who is to retain and to.obtain place began to develop itself in the posi- tions which are more directly in the gift of the Senate, Messrs. Buckingham, Sawyer, Pomeroy, Frelinghuysen and Ferry (of Michigan) were ap- Pointed acommittee to revise the standmegcom- days, ostensibly to give the demooratic Senators an opportunity to indicate what they expect in the way of consideration from the dominant party, but in reality to shape things for a new deal What changes will be made it 1s impossible to predict at this ume with any decree of certainty, Dnt it is likely that Morton will be put at the of the | Foreign Relations and Cameron, to Priviteges and Elections, Aside from these the changes in the committees will be unimportant, | but when the caucus meets again a question of graver import in a political sense will have to be determined. ‘The Sergeantent-Arms to Be Relieved. An effort is to be made to relieve Mr. French, the Sergeant-at-Arms, from bis onerous duties, and it is likely to prove successful. Postmaster Taft Ticketed. Dr. Taft, the Postmaster, is also among the tick- eted. Other places of a still lower class are to be overhauled, and altogether a very happy time may be anticipated. As the scramble for office 1s always perfectly delightful everybody is ready for the fray, ! and some of the old pubiic servitors will undoubt- edly be compelled to give place to the new men. Preserving the Archives of the State—Fire ow Tucesday Night. ‘The resolution of General Banks calling on Secre- tary Fish to report what measures are necessary for the protection of the archives of the State Depart- meat against destruction by fire, pending the com. | pletion of its new buflding adjacent to the War ana | Navy Departments, is intended to afford the Secre- tary an opportunity of explaining to Congress the pertlons sitnation of the most valuable papers of the government. The department 1s now wretehedly accommodated in a fragile brick struc- ture, Duilt for an orphan asylum, and located far out in the northern part of the city, close to the bound- ary and rethote from the apparatus ror extingul: ing fires, even the supply of ‘water being short ana uncertain, Last night the aceldental presence of the clerks in some of the rooms of the depart- ment, engaged at an unusnal hour in copying the Catacazy correspondence to be transmitted to the Senate to-day, but which that body did not evince as much eagerness to hear | the building and its contents from destraction. chimney flues, which are only four inches thick, caugnt fie, bul was extinguished with some dim- culty, To-day the Secretary of State called upon the Treasury Department to learn if some better place of deposit cannot be found in the Treasury Building or the leased fireproof | bank building opposite the ‘Treasury. No | room could be provided. There are other valuable records pertaining to other departments , of the government that are quite a8 insecure as those of the State Department and the customary winter anxiety of the officials tu charge of them ! have been heightened by the total destruction of a | theatre building in the heart of the city last night, tr The accumulation of papers in the ninety-six years | of ‘the existence of the’ government begins | to work considerable embarrassment relative to the means of taking care of them. There is yet plenty of room for such as are worth preservation, but the | practice of filing all papers away in the order of ‘ their receipt each year, without any systematic | assortment of the valuable from the useless, inevi- tably sends those of recent date to temporary and imsecure places of deposit. As far back as the ad- ministration of Presiden’ Pierce the Treasury Department became so reburdened with the | more weight and bulk of its papers as to call upon Caleb Cushing, then Attorney General, to know if any lawful authority existed under which papers of no value could be disposea of, and received for | answer that, as Congress, though providing no | way, had not prohibited their destruction, tne sub- | ject was a matter for department regulation. Mr. Oushing remarked that most governments of jong standing had made provision for the . suppression of their uscless archives, and cited the regulation of the French gov- ernment 98 at once the most careful and eficient, Notning was done at the time, be- | cause the pressure was for the time relieved by the costiler method of enlarging the government build- ings In leu of reducing their contents, but the ques- tion 18 again looming up, and even trom the spacious quartera of Congress the cry i raved that room cannot be ' found for the papers, and that it will be impossibie to gu on forever piling np the documents, If some general means were adopted to overhaul the musty | | to the Commission.” clal value, the sum realized from the sale of the Test as waste paper would of itself be a pretty item in Secretary Boutwell’s financial accounts. The Alabama Claims. The American and English Commission to-day altered the Orst rule so as to read as foliowa:—“In addition to the representation of ils claim and the Proofs in support thereof, wuich shall have been presented to the government. the claimant shall file, in the ofice of the Commission, a statement of nis claim, in the form of a memorial, addressed ‘The parts stricken out are the following:—‘‘Accompanied by twenty printed copies thereof.” In cases where the amount claimed 1s less than $1,000 the memorial will be printed at the expense of the Commission. One copy of each memorial will by the Secretary be furnished to each commussioner, and tive copies to the agent of cach government. The Commission adjourned until Saturday. Texas Election Claims. In the matter of the claim of W. T. Clark and D. ° O. Giddings, of Texas, the Committee on Elections to-day directed the counsel to argue as to whether the certificate of Governor Davis is prima Jacie evi- dence which entitles elther party to his seat until a regular contest can be heard. The Chicaz Fire aed the Bauke. The following is an official statement of the co:- dition in which the Chicago fre left the national banks of that city:—The capital of eighteen national banks in Chicago - 1s $7,800,000. Thetr surplus fand is $2,135,000. The undivided Profits are $705,800, Thetr discounts amount to $16,564,170, and ot this sum the banks lose, in con- sequence of bad debts occasioned by the fire, $330,090. They also lose in the buildings, ' furniture and fixtures $175,000, making the . entire los sustained by the Chicago national banks by the fire, $1,005,090, leaving them with an unimpaired capital and over $1,890,090 of surplus stlil available, This result is ascertained by recent official investigation and fully vindicates the action of the Comptroller of tne Ourrency with regard to those banks, showing their entire solvency in spite of all losses, National Tobacco Convention. The National Tobacco Convention met here to- | day, in the Metropolitan Hotel. There were only nine States represented, many members who were expected to be present not having yet arrived. Vice President Lewis H. Frayser, of Virginia, | occupied the chair, witn John Straiton ! of New York, as Secretary. A committee of one from each State represented was ordered to be ap- | Pointed by the Chair to male nominations. Several communications were recetved trom absent mem- bers, ail recommending action towards tho reduc- lion of the tax on tobacco to the uniform rate of sixteen cents per pound, Acting President Loring Palmer of New York, read a caretuily prepared address, recommending a united effort to reduce the tax on the home produc- tion, but recommending the continuance of the duty | on imported tobacco. On the motion to adopt { the recommendations contained in the , address, @ discussion arose, the cigar | manufacturing interest = present — opposing the continuance of the duty. Finally, a motion was adopted to receive both of the addresses, and to enter them on the recorded proceedings ror farther use, On motion of Mr. Bailey, of New York, acom- mittee of nine was appointed to prepare business to be presented to the Convention. at the evening session Lewis H. Frayzer, of Rich- mond, presided, with John Straiton, of New Yorr, as Secretary. Thirty-six delegates were preseit, representing ten States interested in the manufacture of tobacco and cigars, | Addresses were delivered by Vice President Frayzer and Acting President Palmer, of New York. Tne subject under discussion was mainly that of the uniform tax on tobacco, Messrs. Bailey, Spence, Flood, Palmer, Haier, Campbell ana others participated in the discussion, At ten o'clock P, M. the Convention adjourned, to meet again for further business on Thursday morn- ing. A New Naval Do-k. Secretary Robeson to-day opened bids for build- ing @ foating iron dook, intended for the repair of aval vessels in thelr stations, About haifa dozen bids were received, all of them being from tne North and West. The Secretary reserved bis decl- sion. The successful bidder will be required to give security in the sum of $600,000 for the faithful Performance of his duty. All the bids but one were above the appropriation. Fancral of First Auditor Smith. The funeral of First Auditor Thomas L, Smith, who for forsy-two years weathered all the political storms that surged about the Treasury Department, took place to-day, and was so largely attended by men high in official place that the absence of Sec- retary Boutweil, his immediate chief, was generally noticed and severely criticised. The house of the deceased oficial, in the days of the pro-slavery Proscription in Washington, was a rallyi pomt tor such men as Charles Sumner, Salmon P. Chase and John P. Hale, and it was almost the only house in which they could find social admission and intercourse. Chief Justice Chase, senator Fen- ton, Comptrollers Tayler and Brodhead and Com- missioner Douglass were among the pall bearers, Senator Sumner was also preseut at the funeral. Retirement of Fifth Anditor Barron. Mr. Henry D. Barron, Fifth Auditor of the Trea- sury, has retired from that office to enter the Wis- consin Legislature. So far as the administration is concerned his departure is a happy release. He ‘Was appointed to conciliate a Senator whose sup- port was thougtit to be an object two years ago, but the price patd was 800n found in the Treasury De- partment to be a dear one. ‘The places of First and Fifth Auditor being now vacant it has been suggested that the President has an excellent opportunity to give the counwy a pay Pproot of his aevotion to civil service re- form. These places are not essentially potitical, but Teguire @ great deal of integrity and routine ability to fill them properly. If any of the hungry ex-Con- gressmen not yet provided with places manage to | get these vacancies civil service reform wiil not be promoted to any appreciabie extent, FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS, Second Session. SENATE. WASHINGTON, Dec, 6, 1871. CONTUMACIOUS KU KLUX WITNESSES, H Mr. Scorr, (rep.) of Pa., from the Joint Committee on Southern Outrages, reported that two wit- nessee—David Gist aud Clayton Camp—subpwnaed by the sab-committee at Columbia, 8. 0., had re- fused to appear, and offered a resolution directing the Sergeant-at-Arms to take them into custody. Laid over until to-morrow. Mr. Scort, from the same commuttec, also re- ported that another witness—a lawyer in North Carolina—having appeared belore the committee, contumaciously declined to answer certain ques- tions touching the existence of Ku Klux organiza- tions aud Dis connection With them, and offered a resolution directing the Sergeant-at-Arms to take him tato custody. Latd over. BLECTION REFORMS, Mr. ANTHONY, (rep.) of Rt. 1., introduced a bill to amend the act to enforce the right of citizens of the United states to vote im the several States of this Union, amending the nineteenth section of sald act so as to prohibit the employment not only of direct bey menace ahd brivery to prevent tho iree exercise the right of suivage, but also the use of any writing, device, token, Word Or gesture with intent to latimi- date voters, or of counselling and indirectly procar- ing the ure of any such means of intimidation. as ANTHONY 189 introduced a bill to prevent and punisn bribery and corrupt pracuces in the election of Presidential electors and members of Congress, being the same bill introduced by hun heretolore, in last Congress, THE GENERAL AMNESTY BILL. Mr, ROBERTSON, (rep.) of 8. C., moved to take up the General Amuesty mill, but the Vice Pesident de- cided that the motion was out of order. Mr, HAMLIN, (rep.) of Me., nioved to suspend all the rules ana orders standing jn the way and pro- ceed to the consideration of the bill; but tals, also, ‘was ruled out of ordcr, Mr. TRUMBULL, (rep.) of IN, suggested that Mr, Robertson’s motion might be entertained by unant mous consent; but Mr. POMEROY, (rep.) of Kan., ov- Jected, and the motion was withdrawn, THE OATACAZY CORRES PONDENOP. The Vick IDENT laid before the Senate @ mes- | sage from the President, transmitting the corre- spondence relating tothe removal of ir, Catacazy, | whereupon, at ten minutes past one o'clock, t Senate went into executive season, After @ brief executive session the Sonate a Jjourned. HOUSE OF REPRE:ENTATIVES. WasuinoTon, D. ©., Dec, 6, 1871. STAMPED ENVELOPES, Mr. KETCHAM, (rep.) of N. ¥., presented the re- monstrance of mine publishers and stationers of | | Offered ana supported by members occupving seats ; order and votes on various stages of the resol ition | Btatistles, it was foun in the manufacture and sale of stamped envelopes, SHIP CANAL IN THE NORTHWEST, Mr. SarP, (rep.) of IIL, offered a resolution di- | recting the Commitcec on Raiiroads and Canals. to inquire into the expediency of connecting the waters of thé Mississipp! River with the shores of Lake Michigan by a snip caual for multary, naval and commercial purposes, Adopted. OUR NAVAL ORDERS IN CUBAN WATERS. Mr. BANKS, (rep.) of Mass,, offered a resolutton requesting the President to transmit to the House copies of the instructions to tie United States na val commanders tn Cuvau waters for the protection of the lives and property of American citizens and the maintenance Of the dignity of tne American flag. Also information not hitherto communicated re- lating 1 the recent execution of students m Ha- vana. Also in relation to the failure of the Spamish vernment tO carry out the promised reforms im he Spanish West indian colonies. Adopted. ARCHIVES IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT, Also @ resolution cailing on the Secretary of State for information as to the means of preservation from tire of tae archives of the State Department. Adopted. DON CARLOS BUELL’S CAST. Mr. MoHENRY, (dem.) of Ky., offered a resolution calling for @ copy 0: the proceedings of the military. commission in he case of Major General Don Carlos Buell, in 1862, Adopted. ‘THE KU KLUX IN NORTH CAROLINA. Mr. WADDELL, (uein.) of N, C., asked leave to offer a resolution cailiug on the President for in- | formation as to the invasion of North Carolina by @ | party of United States troops from South Carolina, | Mr, BUTLER, Of Mass,, oojected, MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS. Bills were introduced and referred as follows:— By Mr. BUFFINTON, (rep.) of Mass,, authorizing the construction of Ife preserving stations on the coast of Cape Coil, By Mr. KELLOGG, PS of Conn.—Granting pen- sions to soldiers of ‘tthe War of 1812 who served thirty days. Also, respecting the law which pro- vides for the counting ot votes for members of Con- gress deposited in the wrong box. By Mr. WILLARD, (rep.) V&—To regulate the manner of making appointments in the civil service of the United States. By Mr. ARCHER, (dem.) of Md.—To amend the act imposing duties on distilled spirits and tobacco, y Mr. FARWELL. (rep.) of Ill.—For the reilef of certain sufferers by the Chicago fire, By Mr. AVERILL, (rep.) of Minn.—To establish the collection dis trict of Duluth, and to create 31. Paul, M post of deiivery. By HIPMAN (rep. delegate from D, C.)-To grant 2,500, i 000 acres of the public lands for the ben- efit of the public schools tu the District of Columbia. By Mr. Cox, (dem.) of N. Y.—To secure to authors in certain cases the benefit of mternatioial copy- night, for aavancing the development of American literature and promoting the interest of publishers and bookbayers in tne United States. hy Mr, SLoss, (dem,) of Ala.—To vest the title to : the streets of Tuscumbia, Alabama, 1n the corporate | authorities of that cl.y. | A SELECT COMMITIE® ON CIVIL. SERVICE REFORM. The SPRAKER announced the following Select Commnt:ee on the Reorganization or the vivil Ser- vice:—Messrs. Keily, Hooper, Conger, Lynch, Perry, Willard, Wood, Marshall) and Holman, SHUFII OR A NEW DRAL, A resolation for jw drawing fur seats was 4n the outer rims of the circle. A motion to lay on the table was supported by those who were satistied ' with their present locations. It was a close vote, but the malcontents carried it by a majority of one | and the House refused to lay the resolution on the table—yeas 105, nays 108. Alter several points of | the project for anew drawing of seats was defeated ; and the House went on with THE BUSINESS OF THE MORNING HOUR, which was the bill reported yesterday by Mr. Farns- | worth to revise, conso:idate and amend the statutes { relating to the Post Office Depariment, ‘fhe morn- ing hour expired before the reading of the bill was | concluded, and the bill went over until to-morrow. | THE NEW APTORTIONMENT BILL, The House then, at three o'clock, went into Com- mittee of tne Whole, Mr. BUFFINTON 1 the chair, on the Ap jortionment bul, reported at the last seasion. Tne bill provides that alter the sd of March, 1873, the House of Representatives shall consist of . 81 members, to be apportioned aa foliows:— New Ha »pshire, Vermont, 2; Massa- 8, 11: Rhode Island, '2; Connecticut, 4; Ni York, 32; New Jersey, 7; Pennsylvania, 26: ware, 1; Maryland, 6; Virgiuia, 9, North 8; South: Carolina, 6; Georgia, 9; Alabama, 7; M stssippi, 6; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 19; Kentucky, 10; ‘Tennessee, 9; Indiana. 12; Ilinois, 19; Missouri, 12; Arka 4; Michigan, 9; Florida, 1; Texas, 6; t Jowa, 9; Wisconsin, 8; Callifornta, 4; Minnesota, 33 Oregon, Kansas, 3; West Virginia, 3; Nevada, 1, . and Nebras! Ka, 1. ‘The second and third sections of the bill, provid. ing tor additional members in the Forty-second Ce grees, ‘Were, on motion of Mr. FARNSWORTA, strucl out. Alter considerable discussion and the offering of Various amendments tné committee rose without having made any disposition of the bil, and the House at four o’clook adjourned. WEXDELL PHILLIP6--AND COMMUAISM, Lecture at Steinway Hall Last Night—The Communists the Noblest People oj the Ninc- teenth Centery—all Monopolies to be Des- troyed, To an audience that paruy filled Steinway Hall last night Wendell Paillitps delivered lecture on “Labor and is Relation to Capital.’ He prefaced the lecture by referring to the ; French Communists in very fattering terms, stating ' that they were entitied to the respect of the civilized world, The recent barbarities exercised on prison- ers were @ disgrace and a shame to humanity. Never had there been made in the history of the | human race a more disinterested effort for liberty tnan the Communists bad put forth m this nine- teentn century. Mr. Philnps then read the notice of a procession on Sunday next, in the streets of New York, in memory of the French martyrs of the Commune, He then turned to the subject of his lecture and said:—The catise which he was called upon to pre- sent to his audience was of a most momen- tous character. This labor question had grown into a sudden and a startling proportion. Hig dread was that the leaders of civill- | zation were not ready to properly welcome | this gigantic force. He was to speak on capital ! and labor. He was a capitalist. He was not there) with the vain dream that poverty would be | abolished. But in saying that, he aid not give up | the question, The vices and malformations of society wonld always leave necessitous men about them. There were, perhaps, in Christendom two or three hundred millions of people, One-half of | these starved, either bodily or mentaliy. Go to Eng- Jand or France and there would. be.a million of men who nad never scen meat. In New York there were thousands of men who were living in | houses that no man in Fifth avenue would trust his horse in twelve hours. There was another social | evil which was found all the world over, the great | root of which was poverty, Give aman fair chance | in the world of labor, and ninety men out of a! Dundred would disdain to steal. Give s woman the same chance and she would disdain to buy dia- | monds and to wear them atthe cost of prostitu- tion. Intemperance was at once the cause and effect | Of the povercy of fe. Many @ man who was intem- ‘ate in Boston has been cured by being sent to ria. His vice was starved by _ other | employment. What should five millions of men do who only wake to labor and go to siecp before goto bed? ‘Then, if ne looked at crime and its that having taken fifieen heaithier bodied | the} per cent of independent, spirited men the rest were all Froth tte phys.calty feeble, | ‘Teach and feed that ciass better and the 8 ptisons would be emptied. ‘This was civilization with the ghosts stalking around it. science was asked about it they said that the whole body was sick. Was this the great promise of | the centuries? We said that the trouve was that one-fourth of the human race sat at ease, while the remainder—the three-fourtis—did not share it, If tnat was the best that Christ and Chris uanity could do, let them sit down | and blaspheme the God who made them. | In saying that he was no enemy of capital. Work- ingmen unilormly recognized that capital and jabor ‘wero the two parts of @ pair of scissors—useful to- gether but useless apart. (Cheers) He was ashamed of the necessity that made 5,00 men de- pendent upon the generosity of Mr. Stewart and the Hempstead village, As vo unions of “Crispins’ and others, and the “strikes,” it was the only weapon that the workingn conld use, with his mouth, his hands and nis manacied, ‘The vindication of the trades union is the law of war. Self-tefence hag @ wide margin in the choice of weapons. The trades unions of Great Britain, and toa fst extent in America, had been a great school. In England thev were educating the people for agreat republic. These ciubs had been the great normal political schools of the people, What he (the lecturer) maintained was tnis, that the man who produced anything 8 entitled to it. ‘The men who had got the monopoly ot the Pennsylvania coal mines and the carrying trade of grain from Unio had got both by union, (Cheers) Well, what should the workingmen dof Why, organize = & Jabor py and take it) into politics, Ficheers,) the could obtain fitty | thousand votesMin the State of New York then journailsm would become subservient to the party. ‘The remedy, then. Was to organize & party and due cussion. To do this it was also necessary to have co- operation, for by that means lavor was pot required, as such, Dor capital, as such. ‘Ihe statesmanship of this generation required that wealth should be more equally distributed, and he dia not see now tt | was to be done except by co-operation. ‘They ought also to graduate taxes; they ought to tax land; they ought to tax incomes. — Ii they could not break up colossal for tunes they — would Oo =6back§ = to. What Hoiland and Venice are. When a man has passed three to five years in the service of a company he is | @ Blockholder, Every employé onght to have & voice im the mnancial sof the, ; Change ! sensible, thoughtful individuals, too, many uf whom | Cor company. He would do that with the New York Central. after naving divided Ine or ten — cent with whe shareholders ne would divide the surplus with the employ¢s and the capitahsis. He would tax colossal wealth, and, Te parinee PAbout. the uuesion” Of land. he was of the same opinion as Mr. Secre i, who always was a fanatic, ® man leaves land to his children he was doing a thing that no fiy years hence. ‘The value of land was made by the manufacturers of shares and the maker of the railroads. ‘Che man who did nothing but eat up the rent did not do anything towards in- creasing Its value. In Japan hot were wiser; for there when @ an died and lett laud It went back to the State, In the great evolution of these centuries this policy, which was the policy of the Inter. natlopals, would be the marking stone of a new era, There was no great humane issue but this to stir the hearts of the American peopic. ‘That was why he objected to the Message of Presi. dent Grant. It did not refer to this great question. The womens, read like an almanac of 1872, (Cheers.) The shadow of the We bal of the despotic railroad companies of New York was greater than the whole loins of Tweed. (Cheers) These companies taxed New York to the extent of hundreds of millions at atime. Workingmen were sore with perpetual in- justice, and thers comes from over the water the bugie-cry which rallies all mankind, labor movement was the salety valve of the repubitc, There was @& more potent Jaw than Supply and demand; it was the solidarity ofthe race. There was to be planted in the heart of tary Bow that when labor contentment, joy and peace, and to give to © of @ happy home and workingmen the biessin; ropean travel. the means of culture and fu THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON. Lively Opposition of the New England Fish- ermen to the Arrangement. Mass Meeting of the “Toilers of the Sea’’—Com- ments on President Grant’s Message— Reasons and Resolutions Against the New Line of Policy. Harwicn, Mass., Dec. 6, 1871. The Treaty of Washington, with ail its restrictions | and boundary lines, has long. been known to be ob noxious to the hardy fishermen on the coast of New: England, Its provisions, they claim, will if car- ried into practical effect so hamper thelr exer- tlons and render their toil so unremunerative as to necessitate a change of business, and may thus throw scores and hundreds of them entirely out of employment. Therefore it nas been that the most strenuous oppositivn to the ratification of the treaty has been found in Gloucester and on Cape Cod, in Essex . and Barnstavle counties, where the ‘toilers of the sea” have seen fit to choose their habitations. The | cause of thelr complaining has been made known far and wide through the instrumentalittes of thelr | members of Congress and the press. It has been, in fact, almosv the sole reason why the treaty has been met with so much opposition in New England,and has assumed a degree of importance perhaps scarcely warrunted by the facts in the case, But, however this may be, and whether the opinions of this class of men are worthy of notice or not, there is no.ques- tioning the fact that thelr future course in relation to the treaty has been looked forward to with In- terest, not altogether unmingled with anxiety, by {| the peopte of the country, for they are really taking active steps forward in the matter. THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. The recent Message of the President effectually squelched thelr hopes of obtaining a defeat of the proposition for the ratification of the treaty by Con- gress, there bemg very few among their number | who care to array themsclves boldly and in ah out spoken manner against the administration, and they are now setting themselves about we work of answering the question, “What next 1” THE REPLY, Witn this view about fifty of the representative men of this county assembled together at the Ex- in this town to-day. ‘They were sover, have been educated irom boyhood Into a belier that the catching of fish was the chief end of mau’s work on earth, aud that upon the selling thercof at a fair prone depend the sum and substance of earthly happiness. | Mr. J. &. Baker, an earnest and wealthy fish dealer of Dennis, presided over their deliberations, ‘which were at times quite animated in appearance. At first, he suid, it had been intended to Dold # inass meeting Of those interested in the subject; but the matter had since been shown up ia such a grave light that a prousening. like that would be looked on as premature, It had therefore been deomed . expedient. only to hoi canvasses in tie several cvunties which @ ' Will be most affected by the ratification of the treaty, appointing thereirom a number of sub-comuittees, whose duty it sali be to unite in the form of a gen- eral executive board and take entire cuarge of the matter of presenting the true condition of affairs to reas. This executive committee, it Was stated, would be empowered to drait a memorial and urge 1ts careful consideration at Washington. J. M. Day, of sald he thought. that (he case was clear enough in its way. Three courses were left open for the fishermen to tollow— either to ask Congress to refuse to ratify the treaty; to ask for a re-euactment of the Bounty faw, which afforded a gratuity of $4 per ton for cach vessel engaged in the cod fishing business, widen- ing so as to include mackeret hers ag to so cheapen the necesearies that a poor man can live a8 comfortably now as he could in years beiore the rebellion. The second proposiuon he, like ube majority of the speakers who followed him— Major 8. B. Phinney, of Barnstavie; C. F. Swift, Col- lector of Qustoms at Yarmouth; Noah Sweet, of Weillfieet, and ovhers—believed to be the best during the existence of the Jaw. For the payment of bounties to fishing vessels the inhabitants of the counties of ceived about one hundred and fifty thousand dollars a@ year from the generat government din return therefor they furnished hundrerts o} able-bodied seamen 0 the Davy Of the Untied States whenever they were called upon for help, Jand and France, it was asserted, provect their own fishermen by the payment of @ gratuity of this sort, and we must either cope with them ina similar | Way or impose a duty upon the very wares brought mv our waters. AS’ matiers stand now a vessel ae $10,000 Would not pay for herself in a life- me. APPROVAL. ‘The sentiments were applauded to the echo, The feehng of the meeting was tien put in the form of & resolution, reading as follows:— Resolved, That in v.ew of the inevitable effect of the treaty of Washington upon the fishing interests of Cape Cod, we would urge upon Congress a liberal protection for that branch of industry, being cootident that unless some such course is adopted ‘the competition of the forelg re under the provisions of the said treaty between FE an the United States, will wllimately destroy an occupation which has long been of great value to the commerce and marine of the country. A committee was appointed to carry out tne one the meeting and the assembly was au- ni THE WEATHER REPORT. War Derarrment, OFFICE OP THE CHIEF SIGNAL OvFiceR, WASHINGTON, ‘'y Dec. 7-1 A. M. Synopsis for the Past Twen y-four Hours, The barometer has very generally fallen east of the Rocky Mountains since Tuesday night, the pres- sure haying risen in New England, but now oegin- ning to fall again. The lowest barometer has moved southeastward over Lake Huron, with brisk soutn- west winds and snow from the lower Jakes to the Middle and Eastern States. The highest pres- sure isin Florida, with partially clear and cloudy weather, aid southerly winds trom Texas to the South Atlantic coast. The winds have varied to the northwest op the upper lakes, with rain on Lake Michigan, but clear weather in lowa and Illinois, Rising barometer with clear weather prevails in Oregon. Probabilittes. Falling barometer, with increasing southwesterly winds, is probable for Thursday in the Svutnern and Gulf States, The lowest pressure will, pro- bably, move southeast into New Yore State, with brisk southwesterly winds im the Middle and East Atlantic, with cloudy weather and possibly rain or snow; increasing northwesterly winds on the upper Lakes; rising barometer and pleasant Weather continue tn Montana and Oregon. Warning Signals Ordered, Cautionary signals continue for to-night at Milk waukee, Chicago, Grand Haven, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Buiaio, Kochester, Uswego, New Lon- don, New York, Baltimore, Cape May and Nortolk. The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours m comparison with tbe corresponding day of last year, ag indicated by the thermometer at Hudnava Pharmacy, HERALD Building, corner of ann street:— 1870, 1670, 1871, 53 ~ 8 2 oOo 8 12 M..... wees 62 19 12 PM, 4 6 Nena “eaknatatane. foe ccarvapieal Pea ver: mperature for corresponding Warnstable aud kssex re- | Eng- | 8 CATACAZY'S CATASTROPHE. The Correspondence Which Led to the Russian Minister’s Recall. Interference in Our Business and Abuse of American Officials the Cause, | The Visit of Alexis and Its Bear- ing on the Case. a Catacazy (nly ‘‘iolerated” During the Visit at t e Request of the Czar. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 1871. The President sent to the Senate to-day the com Tespondence between the State Department and the American Minister at St. Petersburg relative to the recall of Minister Catacazy. The Senate ordered tne correspondence to be printed, but while news- paper men wers engaged in copying it Mr. Cameron discovered that he did not want the correspondence made public, and persuaded the Senate to revoke the order to print, though not before most of the correspondence had been copied, THR FIRST LETTER UN THE SUBJECT, Mr. Fish’s first letter to Minister Curtio 18 a8 folk lows:— WasuINGTon, June 16, 1871, To A. G, CurtiN, St. Petersburg:— SiR—L am directed to inform you that the conduct of Mr. Caiacazy, the Minister of Russta here, both oficial and personal, has for some time past been such as materially to impair ms useiulness to Nts owa government and to reader intercourse with bim, for either business or social purposes, Mig! disagreeable. Under these circumstances — the President is of opinion that the interests of both countries would be promoted, and those relations of cordiality with the government of the Car, of the impor.dinee of waich he Is well aware, would be plaved upon 2 much higher tooting Wf the head of the Russian Legation here were to be changed, It 18 Roped that this intimation Wwili be suiicient to OC casion that cliaage and to insure the restoration and the continuance of those opportunities of tree and cordial — official other — intercourse with the represeatative of the Kiuperor which the President earnestly desi“es to exist, and which have always existed, with the esteemed predecessors of the present Minister, but which Mr. Catacazy’s course of conduct has made impossibie to be maintained with him. The President's sin- cere desire to avoid any step which may sbow want of conudeice tor the person whom His Imperial » Majesty bas selecced \o represent tne interests of his government has made fim hesitate long betore ' directing this announcement, and he deen!, regrets Oy necessity which st leugth compels him to make it. You will read this communication to Prince Gorichakof, and turnish him with acopy if he de- ; 5 Tes it. f Your obedient sorvant, HAMILTON FISH. | A DELAY—PRINCE GORTCUAKOFF AB3ENT. | On July 17 minister Curtin telegraphed as follows ' to Beoretary Fish:— The Prince in Germany till October; shall I pre- sent the despatch to Wesfmann, Adjunct Chancel- | lor, or to the Pr.nce, FISH INSISTS. Fish at once telegraphed to Cartin:— | Present the despatch of June 16 to Wesfman& should the Minister be atsent, PRINCE GORTCHAKOPF’S DEPUTY CAUTIONS. Minisver Curtin telegraphed from St. Petersburg, July 19, as follows:— Wesfmaon cannot treat the despatch } Seriously, Did not take a copy. Asked me to walt the return of the Prince. bad he would not men- tion to the Emperor in absence o! the Prince, as it might postpone the visit of the Grand Dake, ‘which would be agresable to those continually trying to disturb the iriendship of the two countries. CURTIN URGES THE MATTER. Curtn informs Fish that in accordance with In- structions he had in the absence of Prince Gortchakoff, Chancellor of the Empire, formally presented the request for the recall of Catacazy to Wesfmann, who seemed to be much surprised, and treated the subject as very serious. He sald tne subject was too grave for hm consideration, and declined to act in the absence of Prince Gortchakom, @nd did not ask for a copy of the Secretary's despatches, Wesimann said he would write to the Prince on the subject, aud made a memorandum of the conversation. <@PISH DETERMINED—HE WANTS NO DBLAY. Fish teigrapbed to Curttu, August 18, as fob loys:— ‘Tne hesitation and delay in complying with the request directed in the despatch of the 13th of June | Occasions much Wisquict and disappotatment. The | reason alieged is not sutisfactory, 1s communication * { With the Minister jor Foreign Affairs can be reached. A decision is Important before the advent of the Grand Duke, as the Pres'dent cannot be expected to + Treeelve as the principal attendant of Tis magne ; onéawho has been abusive of him and is personally unaceeptable. THE HAGLB SCREAMS, Assistant Secretary of State Davison August 18 telegraphed to Curtin, urging bin to receive a reply from Wesfinann. Finally, THU RUSSIAN BEAR GROWLS AND CONSENTS Alter other correspondence Curtin received » reply in which this goveroment was resquested to twlerate Caiacazy until after the presentation of the : Grand Duke to the President, ana to ths request n the government acceded. Rence Catacazy ceased ; torepresent tue Russian empire after the presenta- tion, WHAT IT WAS ALL DONE FOR, The correspondence is volumino4s, including a long ictter from Mr. Fish, dated November 16, sent + to Mr, Curtin, circumstantially stating tne reasons | Why Catacazy rendered himself unacceptable to thia | Boverntnent. In this letter occur the following | Paragraphs:— On his arrival at Washington Catacazy gave Promise of being a usetul and very acceptavle Minister, and made @ very agreeabie tmpression, Soon, however, he bogau to make himself very oficions, interiering in questions not appropriately conuected with is Legation, and tu those pending before Conzress importuning Senators and Repre- sentatives aud resorung to personal interviews and solicitauons uousual Oa the part of the repre- sentatives of other Powers accretiied to this gov- ernment, distasietul and annoying to the legislators thas inlecorously approached, and tending to em- | barrass the free course of icgislation on the sub- | jects with respect to which his interference was | obtruded, OTHER OBJECTIONABLE PROCERDINGS. He did not hesitate to use the newspapers of the country to influence puplic opinion upon questions penaing before the government, and indulged mm uch iicense in his denunciation of measures and Individuals. Tu his conversation he was even more severe and unrestrained, and employed avu- sive anu vituperative language toward very many persons, including several ia public positions and @njoying the respect aud confidence of the commu- Dily. Lhe impropriety of a foreign Minisier tuus | atlempung to influence and to misJirec. the public opinion of the country must be admitted as suilicient. gr. und for his ceasing to be & proper agent between the government wien he represents and that to which he ts accredited. ‘The corresponden ‘e contains proofs snowing the wuth Of the state veats of the Secretary, aud other matters of pubile incevest. CATATAZY’S LAST WORDS. Aletter from Mr. Catacazy to Secretary Fish 19 ) also co. tained ia the correspondence as sent to the | Senate, but as (he Senaie abruptly reconsidered the {| motion to iiave the correspondence printed, and took away the copy from which the newspaper men were :ndustriously making their notes, the sub stance of it could not be obtained. | DESTRUCTiON OF WALL'S OPBRA HOUSE IN WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 1871. Wall’s Opera House, near Ninth street and Peum syivania avenue, was destroyed by fire early this morning, flames having been communicated from au adjoining junk shop. ‘The butiding 18 said to be insured for $15,000. The Joss on the building and its contents will probably amount to $50,000, FEMALE SUFFRAGE IN BAL‘1MORE. BaLtimore, Md., Dec, 6, 1871. The first meeting of female suitragists ever held in Kaltamore took place to-might The stage was occupied by William B. Blackwen, Lucy Stone and Mrs. Churcheii:avoat) two hundred persons were present, one-fourth of whom wore ladies. Mrs. Biackweil and Lucy Stone were the speakers and were rerveatly applauded. ‘Three sessious of the Convention will be held to-morrow. FIRE AT HAGERSTOWN, MD, PHILADELPHIA, Dec, 6-~-Milnight, A telegram from Hagerstown, Md., reports that @ fierce fre i now there. igs bave been ceaselatt; Tae pall: Nias