The New York Herald Newspaper, December 15, 1871, Page 3

“he | , =! WASHINGTON The Retrenchment Wrangle in the Senate. VWangthoned and Unfinished Debate—Nye Droll and Schurz Caustic—Ten Republican -Sen- ators in Opposition—A Test Vote, - THE APPORTIONMENT BILL PASSED, fnnna. Exhibit of the Altered Representation in the Several States. THE “MERCENARY FOREIGNER.” Barrett's Hebel Cotton Loan. Claim Thrown Out by the Commission. Ex-Senator Williams Appointed , Attorney General. Report of the Southern Claims Commission. WASUINGTON, Dec. 14, 187. Whe British and American Claims Commis- ston—Tho “Blarsted Britishers’ ? Investe mont in the Confedernte Lonan—Rebert 8. Sale» Dewmurrer—Barrett’s Claim Dis- missed. ‘Tne session of the British-American Claims Com- mission to-day was devoted to the case of Eaward Albert Barrett. against the United States, This European gentleman, who resides in London, and mever did anything im. the naturalization way, alleges in his memorial that he purchased a bond of Wie face value of £200 sterling in the cotton loan of the Contederate States of America, on which he was to receive seven per cent interest till the bond was | Tedeemed at par. He complains that im 1865 the United States selzediall the assets of the coniederacy, payment of this and simi'ar bonds, and thus pre- Vonted the payment of the bondholders, besides ‘Wopping the interestfor six and a hall years. He therefore demandafrom the United States the sum ‘of 4201 wterling in ‘satisfaction of his claim, under twelve of the Treaty of Washington. In be- United States Counsellor Robert 8. Hale ‘we forisdiction of the mixed commis- ground that by the twelfth article of claims against the United the adjudication of the Of gubjects of Her Britannic acts committed against the of subjects of Her Britannic time’ Limited by that article. fe plain and unambigoous. It limits ‘the claims to those technically known as “torts,” nd those “torts” committed agaist the persona or property of the claimants. It could tiot be contended ‘that the claims so Submitted Would include a claim om contract against the United States, though tounded directiy on a contract duly executed by an @uthorized officer of thet government, and plainly f 7 fa the sted to those out | i 4 HL fusurrectionary organization, in violation of the eonstitution and lawa of the United States, seeking ‘he subversion of that government, levying war ‘upon it and finally suppressed by its power. Not- withstanding the specious attempts to disguise the (yee pesarc of this claim under an allegation of the destruction by the " such rebeilton, in aid of it, and from which tt drew its chief support. To believe for a moment ‘shat the United States ever intended to submit such ® question to arbitration would be, at the same ame, to do violence to the language of the treaty and to falaily the history of that government, by im- puting to it a pusillanimity wholly unwarranted by ‘apything in its past career or present condition. It would be to belteve that the Unita States have deliberately signified their willinguess, at the award of this commission, to pay debts contracted by their @efeated enemies for the sole purpose of the Gismemberment of their government and the destraction of their lberties—debts held tm the~ deepest abhorrence by the unanimous wcomsent of their loyal people, and debts, the assnmption or payment of which, in any form, by the United States, or any one of their constituent States, bas veen prohibited by solemn constitutional enactment, by that fundamental Jaw to which all treaties, as well as all statuces, are subject. When the government and people of the United States Shall acknowledge that in their recent successful struggle with rebeliion they were wholly in the wrong and the rebels wholly in the right, when they shall determine to compensate the repels themselves | (or their logses in person aud property. by the war, | to pension their widows and orphans and © repudiate the debt of the federal gov- ermment. contracted for the suppression of the rebellion, then, and not till then, will Shey consider the question of paying the mercenary foreign subsorivers to the revel joans, more criminal -* the Britigh High Commissioners. 1t cannot, there- fore, be for 8 moment believed that the American Secretary, in his, acceptance of. the proposition of. Sir Edward, by Ris letter of February 3, the Prest- Gent of the United States in directing that accept- ance, the members of: the Joint Bigh im negotiating and concluding the ireaty, thé President in ratifying, or the Senate of the United States, in advising and consenting to the same, ever intended to emboay in it @ provision which ‘YWolate the fundamental law of the | gation, or that the ministers and Commissioners of Her Britannte Majesty 20 understood them to in- tend. In case, too, of any possible ambiguity, tt must be borne in mind thee this lan- Corns cobain ee eonea ruceet-aagnenae » and that by the settled rules of aaplomatic ‘a8 well a8 legal construction, the party émploying ambiguous language is debarred from say benefit of the ambig@ity, But the United States ipatet that | Cox quoted high authority to prove that any legis- the language ts not ambiguous; that it is plain and | lative body numbering more than one hundred de- explicit, and that withiu it a claim of this character | generated into a mob, At four o'clock Mr. Farns- has no place within the matters submitted by the | worth moved that tne committee rise and report his tweaty to this Commussion for its decision. biltto the House, recommending its passage, Mr. Mr. Hale declares himself warranted in saying , Cox asking that it be committed to a select com- that the words “arising out of acts committed” | mittee for revision. -After the bill was reported were deliberately and intentionally inserted by Sir } from the Committee of the Whole Mr. Niblack Eaward, in bis letter of February 1, repeated by ; moved to “lay on the table,” which was Secretary Fish- tn his letter of February 3 | lost, Before patting the bill on ite final ond copied and elaborated by tne Joint | passage Mr. Farnsworth moved to strike out High Commustoners in the twelfth article of | Mr. Potter’s amendment, which was also lost. Tho vhe treaty, for the express purpose of excluding all | billas passed 1s substantially Mr, Murcur’s, with possible claims of the, nature of the debts of the | Garfield's amendment, making the number of Rep- States lately in reveilion, singly or under any at- | resentatives 263, ana Plati’s amendment, requiring tempted and abortive organization. equal population im districts, and Killinger’s He also alleges that if the counsel forthe United | amendment to Butler’s amendment, providing for States deemed himself at liberty to discuss the | s uniform day tor the election of Congresamen with merits of the claum hore presented, as within the | the time of the Presidential election. The House Jurisdiction of the Commission to decide, the | adjourned till to-morrow, after a ieeble attempt to answer to the claim, on its merits, would be palpa- | fx the time for the next mecting for Monday. bie, self-suggestung and conclusive; but he ex- | Resignation of Attoruey Geucral Akerman— Dreasly disclaims all intention of such discussion, Ex-Yenutor Williams, of Oregon, bis Suc- Gnd peks the dismission of the claim on the ground | cesvor—His Nomisation Coufirmcd—The in his motion, Mertuary Correspondence, The Commissioners announce their opinion that Notwithstanding the frequent stetements that the United States 1s not able for the | have been made that Attorney General Akerman davidea by the basis of representation to find the murhber of representatives. The fractional remain- ders are to. count the largest in. additional repre- sentatives ull the number 248 1s reached, but each State is to have at least one rep- resentative, Mr. Merour opposed this proposition. When General Batler arrived and learned the fate of his amendment offered yesterday he hastened to recover the ground lost by his absence. He offered an amendment providing for a uniform day of elec- ton, covering his original resolution. With vary- ingfortunes and modifications it finally passed, bemg offered in a new dress by Mr. Killinger, pro- viding that the measure should mot become operative until 1876 The discussion on the Apportionment bill proceedea, with various propositions for fixing the number of Representatives at different figures: Mr. Poland, representing the extreme East, proposed 201. Mr. Payment of Gebts contracted by the revel | had resigned his oflice, it was not until this morning euthorities, The rebellion was against the | that it became known for a fact. The President United States for tho establishment in 4! promptly accepted tne resignation, and to-day Portion of lis territory of anew State in the family { sent to the Senate the name of his successor. of nations, and it failed. Persons contracting with | im the person of George H. Williams, of Oregon the so called Confederate States voluntarily assumed | There is no Goubt taat many gentlemen in public the risk of such failure ahd accepted its obligations,’ | position complained that Mr. Akerman did not subject to the paramount rights of the parent State | answer the purposes of his high position, and this to crush the revel organization by force and seize | opinion was shared by OMicers connected with the ‘we assets and property, whether hypothecared to | Executive Department of the government. The ita. creditors or unpledged, These belligerent rights i precise circumstances attending the change have of the United Staves. to seize and hoid were | not yet transpired, but the appointment of Mr. Wil- not subordinate to the contract rights of | ams affords general satisfaction. creditots. of the crushed rebellion, and when ‘The Senate, in executive session to-day, wok up such seizure and possession were actually accom-} the nomination of George H. Williams to be plished, it terminated any claims of creditors to the | Attorney General of the United Stutes and unant- property. The present claimant, therefore, is held | mously conferred it without reference to a com- to have nad no interest in the property described in | mittee. This was in accordance with the usage bis:memorial, and the Commissioners dismiss bis ; and courtesy mm every case where the nominee had claim. been a member of the Senate, his character being Tt ig well understood that no expectation was en- ) sufficiently known without requiring formal inquiry. tertained in ary quarter that Mr. Barrett’s claim Tne following is the correspondence vetween Mr. ‘would progress beyond the demurrer of the United | Akerman ana President Grant:— States; and the cotton bondholders’ syndicate at DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, } London has accomplishea all it expected by obtain- 0 the OO Ts Dec, 13, 181. ing further record evidence of tne fact that the | “Sin 1 hereby resiz ttorn " bondholders have never for a moment abated their 1 Hecteeten Tae remgns eae eral of tne United States. This resignation to take original pretensions or lost an opportunity to apply | oMfect, in accordance with the wish which you ver- for a redregs of their alleged injuries, Dally expressed to me to-day, on the 10th day of e January next. Very respectfully, ‘The Retrenchment Commleston Question ia A. T, AKERMAN. the Senete—Lively and Bitter Debate meee inae: oe raeeaet } ‘Trumbull’s Ameodmént Lost by 35 to 24— | To ras PRESEN TY yo eaaiat Sees The Row Reopoded. Dgak Six—In tendering the accompanying resig- no pola ght in the Benak, on the reson | nation fi, Oe Any een per re tion for a standing committee on retrenchment and | [°nave uniformly received from you during tay Investigation, consumed the entire day and is not faa a ae aes ay ercent eae tor tne yet endea, Senator Wilson opened the debate de- y 4 claring that though there was no disposition among ‘Very Feepecsiully, 4. T. AKERMAN, Senators to shield the administration yet the country thought so, Thus he kept on both sides of the ques- tion till the close 01 bis speech, and was followed by. Senator Nye in praise of President Grant's EXxxEcuTIVvE MANSION, Wasuinaton, D. O., Dec. 13, 1871. Hon. A. T. AKERMAN, Attorney Gener My Dear Six—In accepting our resigaation as Attorney General, to take effect on the 10tn of January, permit me to renew the assurances policy. Nye was replied toby Schurz. During the et my ee ee i om you tar reed appreciation of the zeal on ication speech of tne latter there were two or three little which you have brought to the oMice you episodes which developed the bearings of the | have so honorably filled. ican refer with pride fight. Scnurz charged that Leet kept tne general order business in the New York Custom House, not- ‘Withstanding the Secretary of the lreasury had fume and again requested Bis-removal; but was conaideraviy emburrassea @a° Deing asked by Mr. Conkling to demonstrate his assertion, and only escaped by the sid of Mr. Sumner, wno, after Schurz had succeeded in pointing out two or three letters from the Secretary on the eubject, declared that threo were ‘time and again.” Schurz again charged that some of Mr, Murphy’s inspectors were shown to be daily in the habit of taking bribes, and yet they had not been removed. Senator Patterson ex- plained for the Secretary of the Treasury that the latter had not seen the report of the Joint Commit- tee on Retrenchment, and, consequently, the ree movals had not been made. After Schurz came Tipton, in a real old-fashiongd Western speech, which begun by an allusion to Dr. Newman’s prayer on the day the Senate convened, in which the Chaplain thanked the Supreme Being that, thongh ‘a cyclone of curruption had swept over the country and much has been taken, there was still a litle more left, ‘Tiptoa’s personal allusions were gems in their way, the Presiaent being referred to a8 an intellectual Colossus, the Collector of to the uniform harmony which has constantly existed, not only between us, but also between Jo and colleagues in the Cabinet, all of whom, I know, unite with me in hearty ‘wishes for your future wy, health aud happi- ness, Your.-personal accom) it your letter of resignation is efully received a8 & token Sr ha recip’ pets sentiment, which I shail ver r J 8. GRANT. Nominations by tho President. The President to-day sent to the Senate the names of Joseph M. Carey, to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Wyoming; Charles E. Browne, of Ohio, to be Pension Agent at Cincinnati, Ohio; David W. Manon, of Pennaylvania, to be First Auditor of the Treasury; J. H. Ela, of New Hampshire, to ve Fifth Auditor of the Treasury; Benjamin J, Sweet, of Iinots, to be First Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Confirmations by the Senate. The Senate, in executive session, to-day confirmed the following nominations:— George H. Boker, of Pennsylvania, Minister Resident at Constantinople, vieg Warne MeVeigh, Fesignod; Thomas W. Bennett, of Indiana, Governor o! Taahoy vice Thomas M, Bowen, resigned; Marsh Giddings, of Michigat of New Mexico, vice. Willard Warner, declined Nevins, of Fennsylvania, Pension Agent for Agency, Philadelphia; Horatio G. Sickles, Pension Agent for invalid pensions at Philade!phia, vice William A. Forbes, suspended under the Tenure of Onlice law. | vo continue its sessions during the recess. Awards of the Southern Clatms Commission. ‘The Commissioners of Southern War Claims sent in their first report to Congress to-day, accompanied by tneir decisions on 580 cases, of which they wholly disallow 256, and award some three hundred and fifty thousand dollars in settlement of the others, They réport their action on the several questions that have arisen in the course of their proceeaings, ana have ruled on the question of citizenship tnat they have no jurisdiction of the claims o! forelgners domiciled in the United States, however loyal they the Port of Philadelpma ne pomted out as an om- cer who ought not tobe pertinaciously followed, but simply watched, and described Senator Conkling as standing over the grave of something connected with the administration (it 1s dificult to tell what) in the majestic attitude of a republican deity. After Touch talking there was a vote on Trumoull’s amendment, which would bave allowed the com- mittee to carry on very extensive investigations and e amends im their eves, or, at jeast, sharing more of thdir | abhorrence than any participants in the gigantic crime. The language of the treaty itself is believed to be abundantly specific in excluding claims of the character of that in question. If any ambiguity could be found in that language it would be fully removed by feference to the protocois of confer- ofthe Joint High Commissioners and to facts of universal cognizance in connection with ‘them. By the thirty-sixth protocol, under the bead of “articles 12 to 1%," it appears that the Américan Commissioners, when Invited by ‘their British colleagues to include within the terms of the treaty anothor class of claims by Her Ma- fosty’s subjects against ilie United States, declined 80 to do, saying, ‘‘that, in their view, the subject ‘waa not embraced in the scope of the correspond- ence between Sir Edward Thornton and Mr. Fish, under either of te letters of the former, and that they did not feel justified tn entering upon the con- , sideration of any class of claims not contemplated ft the time of the creation of the present com- mission; and on referring to the correspondence between Sir Edward Thornton and Mr. Fist, gamed in the protocol, it will bo found that the first mention of or reference to the claims cov- « ered by tho tweifth article is contained In the letter Of Sir Eaward to Mr. Fisb, under date of February 1, 1871, amd that in that letter he designates them as claims “arising out of acts committed”—the same language which was subsequently copied into the treaty, aud with the addition (by way of giving greater point and accuracy) of the further words “against the persons or property of subjects of Her Britannic Majesty.” It must be borne in mind Bhat at we time of this correspondence, as well es at tho time of the conclusion and fatifoation of the treaty, the constitution of the Unitea States contatned an express promibition | of the assumption or payment of these debts by the Uniter Staves, or by any State; that every oficer @ the Untied States, executive, legislative and FAdicial, was thus bound by the supreme law of the tand and by his oath of oMice to treat ag utterly Ball any provision of any treaty or statute in con- travention of that constitutiona) prohibition, under Penalty of tmpeachment or its equivalent. That the existence of this constitutional provision was Well known, not only to the Secretary of State, ‘he Commissioners, the Chief Executive and the Senate of the United States, all partics on tne part of the United States to the treaty as wo Wie preliminary corrompondence but was . Hoes bo commas of 10 Gad Wp Dame of seprengmtir . ‘he preaqnee | greases it grows more bitter, and the ontside talk | ment was lost by 86 to 24; ten republicane—Senators Fenton, Logan, Patterson, Robertson, Schurz, Sum- ner, Tipton, Trumpuil, Wilson and West—voted for the amendment. The resolution was then agreed to, after which Trumbull moved to instruct the com- mittee to inquire into the expenditures of public money and the accountability of public oMicers, the | power of the committee to make these mvestiga- tions being confined tothe present session of Con- grees. Then the fight began again, Senator Sher man calling Senator Trumbull to.order and coolly may have been, ‘The restricted jurisdiction of the Commissioners as to the subject matters of allowance, and the dii- culty of meeting the requirements of the Jaw, and the rules as to evidence and loyalty, accounts for the readiness with which from fifty to seventy-five million dollars’ worth of alleged indebtedness 13 to be pata in full with one-fifth of that amount. The Committee on Foreizu Affuirs. The House Committee on Foreign Affairs met to- day. It did not mention Cuba. They have hada Making a speech bimseis, and Tramball replying in | the best speech he has yet made, Ag the fight pro- } surfeit of Geneva, or aro reserving themeelves for the debate which will begin to-morrow, and content 5 } themselves with again directing the chairman to aon se Nae a ne recalcitrant Sepators out ol the | report an appropriation bill for $100,000 to defray the peek vem woes ® expenses of the Northwest Boundary Commission, of the Apportionment Bill bY (86! Cigims for Saving Our Shipwrecked Whalers. ase: The British bark Chance and the Hawaiian bark ‘The grand fight In the House did not come off 0 | arouc, the vessels which saved and brought to Pass: | day, owing 10 the interminable discussion of thé | yonojuiu the wrecked seamen of tie whaling feet Apportionment bill. This matter being out of the ‘ yecently broken up by the ice in the North way, everything will be ready to-morrow morning | paciac, have presented to this government for the battle on the Geneva Conference. Every- | 4 oiaim for the service rendered to the amount thing which 1g in reserve will be developed and the | of go,590, being at the rate of $95 for each grand blow in the preparation for the coming poll | seaman, As thee is@fund at the disposal of the foal campaign will be sirack. Much interest is man- government for the assistance of wrecked or aban- {fested in the contest which 18 about to take place, § Gojeq American seamen it is probable that these and the change from the rather dull proceeaings of ; to-day to the more stirring matter of to-morrow can- not tail to be very agreeable. The House hada long sesston,/but the most that can be sald for it ; 1@ that the Apportionment bill is out of the way. Immediately after the reading of the journal the House went into committee of the whole on the bill, taking up General Butler’s pending amendment, | providing for @ untform time of Presidential electors in all the States. General Butler not being present to protect it, his amendment met with savage treatment. First Mr. Stevenson, of Ohio, amended i by excepting Maine and Indiana from the provistons of the bill until the year 1676, giving these States an opportunity to amend their State constithtioas to conform to the requirements. Mr. Randall ofterea an amendment to inciude Pennsyl- vania for the same reason, which was carried. Mr, Kellogg, of Connecticut, proposed that Vermont be also excepted, Mr. Dawes adding California and Texas. Mr. McCrary, of Iowa, asked tw have voting for Towa put on the list of exceptions, which was done, Mr, Bright, of Tennessee, offerea @ subatitute for me pending dill before the committee and spoke in favor of its pro- visions. Ais bill takes the total representative pop- ulation, deducting the disfranchised, and divides the remainder by 243, the number he proposed the | Commercial Travellers, vessels will receive such an amount as, in the opinion of Use Seerctary of the Treasury, will bea , reasonable compensation for the service rendered. Steambont Men Complain. The House Committee on Commerce gave a hear- ing this morning to @ large deiegation of steamboat owners, who ask for legislation to reileve them of what they deem onerous regulations in the matter of iife-preserving and other apparatus, Important to “rummers,’?* ‘The effect of the decision of the United States Su- preme Court, recently announced, in the case of Ward vs, the State of Maryland, 1s to declare uncon- stitutional and void State or city laws compelling commercial travellers to take out local licenses which are not equally exacted of resident dealers, ‘These laws have heretofore prevatied in various States and cities in the South and West. The recent case was contested under authority of the Society of Tho Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Homo and Orphan Asylum Gift Con On November 23 last, the tickels in the gift con- cert for the benefit of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home and Orphans’ Asylum were publicly drawn, to gether with the prizes, and temporarily placed in the vaul: of the Safe Deposit Company. To-day they were opened by a committee of the citizens in @ & Ruder Of Uoket holders, The The Commis- sioners and Trustees will send @ list of the draw- ings to each ttcket holder, - Canecionce Weney. iain Secuna," at Sn ceatreat e duties in currency Royale ut ine port of New York. ‘a ‘y TY-SECOND CONGRESS. | eee nnnnrinnng Arto, second Session. Comp sme SENATE. WASHINGTON, Dec, 14, 1871. A VENEZURLAN SQUALL. Mr. FRELINGHUYSBN, (rep.), of N. J., presented @ memorial of the Venezuela Steam Navigation Com- | Dany, composed of citizens of New York and New Jersey, complaining of the seizure of their vessels | by the revolutionists of that country and asking the | United States government to procure redreés, In presenting it he said that the citizens of this country who had dealings with Venezuela had many grievances to complain of which might yet | necessitate severe meagures on the part of our gov- ernment, Mr, SUMNER, (Tép.) of Mass., sald that he had ex- amined the question in dispute, naturally hoping and expecting to find his owa country in the right Dut he regretied to have togay that he had foun her in the wrong, ‘the petition referred to 1s from J. W. Hancox, the President of the Veueguela Steam ‘Transportation Company, and prays thata guuboat be sent to de- mand the release of the steamers Hergnatrias, Dudley Back and Ban Fernando, and thelr officers and crews. ‘The petitioner: says that m the year 1869 the Venezuelan government an act opening the navigation of its rivers to fore! ers, with wer to sail under their national flag; | that dur that.year the company despatched | those vessels from the United States, but on the 12th | of Octuber General Hernandes, the chief of the rev- NEW SORK “HERALD, FRIDAY, DEUVEMBER 15, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. equally well Kkuown tothe British Minister and to | tion, The population of each Stato 1s then to be | proceodimgs were’ considerea fair. were taken before the Anding of the indictmeat re- ferred to, Mr. BLAIR—I have equal means of knowle¢, I say that the oficers were turned out of office for finding an indictment Sgsinat @ person for violating | a law of the United Stat mlnistrat Mr, WILSON ggld not boastful of the ad-, | ton le alinolf acstted to be just, and’ | and + Heved that therelore he said that the administration Was seck- ing progress in the right directions although a good deal more of 1t was necessary, those republicans who thought THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY DEAD. le was not one of He expected to encounter them im full force next year, and he warned bis friends against rearing aaj ioae aeore im any degree in the vain hope before the Senate had beer would meet no vigorous opposition in 1872. » NYB, (rep.) Of Nev., thought that the sub; “wi ! Was an attempt to revive the old committee on | retrenchment, which had diet a year ago by com- } n greatly maguified. mou consent. That commitiee had been created abuses that had grown up under the Johnson administration and had gone on until about a year when, find! really republican administration, it had no work to do, it quietly died, and was sunposed to have been buried, Soon afer the death Oi that committee queer way of showing It. tiemen in the republican party, who certain thought Cy the old Of sending for persons and papers, ‘AN IMPEACHMENT REMINISCENCE. Mr. THURMAN—The Senator objects to sending for persons and papers. Where was his voice on the President was pecoming 100 popular, | devised the scheme of civil service reform, and | | Under that cry they were now attempting to revive | sald of the ctvil service that, while there were maoy in 1 @i4 exist under this administrat Hon—abuses thas had od thas pan cr oi} administrations, Bay he be Increave ia the amount Oo Fonage hadnaturally caused an increase ‘a n0 abuses also. He had not said, however, that more corruption existed under this than under previou# administrations, Bur then he wished this admiaise tration to be better tnan all its preacceasors, and the republican party to be purer fiian any other. Mr. Mortox—I am giad to tear the Senator de clare his devotion to the republican party, vat f aid understand the spirit of his speeches to be different. However, | accept his statement of nis postion. Now as to this question of geiorm. There seems to be a disposition on the part of sume people in this country vw become professional reformers par ex- ; cetlenee. They seem to desire to monopolize that business and to set themscives up as tne only men Who hate corruption, Now | desire to say to those gentlemen, whoever they may be, that for oue snall not allow them to monopolize that business. 1 claim to be as good a reformeras any of them, as Sapeceel instrument to correct the | although I do not make such high preteasions. Mr. TRUMBULL said Mr. Morton was certainiy kind to accept his statement, but he declined to anewer that in the pure light of @ | him (Mr, Morton) for his republicanism and denied nt to cali him to en account. Lhat Senator - his ni (Mr. Morton) claimed to be s reformer, but he bad @ ‘ot long azo, in a speech in St, Louts, he had eulogized the civil service a3 16 stands at present. Mr, Monron renrarked that in that speech he had committee, with all its extraordiuary powerg » rciorms anda improvements which could be mad | it, and which the republican party would make, he. dia belleve that on the whole we had the best civil service in the world, and he did say the same now, Mr, Tkumpu1i—Well, if there ts anywhere ta the Memorable occasion when # committee of the | world @ worse civil service than that of the United House of Representatives was examiniug toto the conduct and affairs of Senators to discover whether they had not been bribed to acquit Andrew John- sou, and were ransacking the telegraph ofices to bts ene that might compromise those Sena- | heve the Mr. Nyg—Just where it isnow. Give me another such set of circumstances and J will vote for it again, But there 1s no such occasion now. States, I pray God to deliver that people from it. (Laughter,) I feel less disposed than ever to submis my republicanism to the test of the Senator from Ine . Morton) alter bis declaration that we civil service in the world, My repub- eanism 18 not partisan. | care noyung for it ex- ceptas aparty of great principles, and if it ever comes to be used as a cover for frauds and iniqnie ‘There is peace | tles the honest preg of the country will overwhelm n the ranks now, save with one here and there who | us, as they oug! would be greater than his master, (Laughter.) The Senator from Missourt (Mr. Schura) talked yester- day about a Mr. Leet who is connected with the Custom House in New York, and called particular olutionary party, seized them and converted them into war vessels, he petitianer took proofs of the capture of these vessels and t ‘ronment of their officers and forwarded the pera Not only the release indemnity for the damage susty ‘The petition, wae referred t Forcign Relations. MR. BUCKINGHAM, (fep.) 0 memorial against womun suf than ten thousand of the mone ..- able women m the country bave NOW Sigua... nn. Congress their unwillingness to have tue responsi- | w. bilities of suffrage thrust-pon them. Tue protest 18 said to contain many of the most respected, talented and induential women of ten aifferent Siates. Over sixteen hundred of them iive to Con. necticut, and in looking over the lst I find that I Know many of them. THEY ARE NOT MANLY WOMEN, vut women of good sense, and their judgment ts entitied to consideration. They do not say anything about the abstract rightof suffrage, but they say that, having already thelr full share of the burdens and’ responaibilities of life, they fear that others more boid than they may succeed m having im- ed upon them other burdens and responsibil. ues umsuited to them; and, therefore, they ask Congress to protect them from these dangers, They say that the extension of the su to them will be advuse to the interests of the workingwomen; that 1 will introduce a fruitful element of discord into the exisun riage relation, and that it will be fraught with dan. gor to the general good order of the country, I sympathize with them. Isee no possible benedt which can arise by tue extension of suffrage to women—Deneiit to them or to the country, Mr. ConKLING, (rep.) o1 N. Y., presented the peti- Won of New York soldters in the late war, recount- ing the services of WOMEN IN THR WAR, and asking Congress to make some. provision for the acknowledgment of tnelr heroic and charitavle | we ork, Bills were introduced and referred as follows:— By Mr. K&Luy, (dem.) of Uregon—Extenaing the time for the sel 3 swamp land ip Oregon. for the navy o1 the United | States, providing that in addition to the present force of the navy there siiall be annually received into the service 300 boys the agea of fiteen and seventeen yoara, to serve as apprentices until tasngs of twenty-one years, at such rales of pay as xed by the Presilent of the Uguted states, and at the of that time to be entitled to ex- amination for promotion to the grade of seamen, said seamen, however, not to be im addition to tne whole number of seamen at any time allowed by law. By Mr. PaTTERSON, (rep.) of N. H.—To regulate the admission of pupiis Irom ali parts of the Union me — volnmbia Institution for the Deaf and ma By Mr. HARLAN, (rep.) of lowa—For the relief of certain settiers on public lands in lowa under the homestead laws, By Mr. Pommroy, (rep.) of Kansas—Granting lands to aid in the reclamation of desert lands In Utah Territory. Algo to incorporate the Beur fiver and Cache Valley Ganai Company, with a grant of lana in Utah aud Idaho, By Mr. KeLuoea, (rep.) of La.—Imposing tonnage duties, and for other pur 4 Providing a auty of wire cents >per ton, in lew of ali tonnage duties iQw imposed, and prohibiting the collection of any taxes or duties on tonnage or cargoes by the several States, except wharfage and dockage. GOAL AND SALT. Mr. TRUMBULT, (rep.) Of Ii, asked Mr. Sherman, as chairman of ihe Committee on Finance, when the committee intended to report the House bill repeal- ing the duties on coal and salt. ir. SHERMAN, (rep.) Of Ohio, said that the com- mittee were ready to report the bill with amena- ments; but regarding the internal and the external taxes as parts of one great system they thought 10 unadvisable to take Up the tari? question sop- arately from the’question o! 1nternal taxation, and, therefore, they were waiting Jor the Houwe to de- velop eomewhat further the course it intends to pursue on the question of taxation. Mr. TRUMBULL—Then I give notice that to-mor- row I will move to discharge the Committee on Finance from the further consideration of the House bill rept ig the duty on coal and salt. THE RIGHT HOUR LABOR LAW. On motion of Mr. WILSON, (rep.) of Mass., the Senate took up the House bill to equalize the pay of workingmeo under the Eight Hour law. Mr. TRUMBULL’s amendment repealing the law was algo read. Mr. TRUMBULL said that no one.could be more in favor of rewarding and elevating labor than ne, but this law had never had any such effect. It had done the workingman no good whatever, but, on the con- trary, it had done great harm by exciting uupicas- ant Teelings between those who are employed in the government, and working only elght hours, and those Wio are working outside and work ten hours, He thought, therefore, that it would be better for | the workingmen and for the country to repeal the | law. Mr, MORRILT, (rep.) of Vt, also favored the re- peal of the law. lt was preposterous to enact such @ Jaw in the first piace, and it Was degrading to the workingmen, Aur. WiLson asked Mr. Trumbull to withdraw his | Uo el tea 80 as not to embarrass tne original | Mr. TRUMBULL withdrew the amendment, Mr. Ferny, (rep.) Of Gonn., renewed it, He sald he couid not vote for the House bill, becauso It would give to the Eight Hour jaw a legislaitve con- struction contrary to that mtenaed by the friends of the law and erroneous in Itself, He remempered that when the Bight Hour bill was under discussion the advocates of it distinctly stated that It was not designed to secure men teu hours’ pay for eigat hours?’ work. Mr. THURMAN, (dem.) of Ohio—Then what ad- vanti would it be to the workingmen? Mr. Ferry—Its advocates claimed that the work- ingmen would have more time for culture than on. der the old system. The bill was referred to the Comnnttee on Finance. ; ‘The Senate then resumed the cousideration of Mr. ‘Anthony’s-resolution to create A_COMMITTER ON RETRENOBMENT, with Mr. Trumbuli’s amendment authorizing it to | wit during the recess and send for persons and apers, at Wi1son warned his republican friends tnat they were placing their party in @ false position be- fore the country, Alreaay there were millions throughout the country who believed that an at- | temgt had been mae in the Senate of the United | States toshield the administration and the party that haa control of it. He, of course, did not be- lieve it to be trae; but it was very important to appear right, as well a8 to be right. in 1366 , we Committee on Retrenchment had been organ- | ied, aud during the four years o! iis existence Mt had rigated & great many wrongs: bat there still remained work foritto do. He had no sympa- thy with those who desired to assaii or embarrass theadministration. The senate itself was a part of | the government, sesponiie, with the President, for | the success(ul aduintsization of It, and the best | friends of both Were those Who were most vigilant | in seeking Out ubuses and most active In takin measures for thei correction, He was Im favor of , voth the pending propcsivions, He thought it | unwise for the republicaus of the Senate to go before the country with a divided vote upon | the question of retrenchmeut, The public prints slowed that there Was a general suspicion abroad that some of the friends of (he administration were . Irying to cover up abuses, and, theretore, he hoped there would be a Guanimous vote for Mr. Truinbull’s resulution, so as to let the people see that the re- publicans were determined to keep (be administra- | ton pure in a.l its departments, He had no sym. athy with the pian of covering our own shortcom- ngs by (alking of the gigantic swindies im New York. There were REPUBLICAN AS WELL AS DEMOCRATIC THIEVES, and a republican thief was, to him, far the ro" {ul of the {w6, because be brought disgt. upon the republican party. But, notwithstanding the defects of the present admintstration, It Was far purer and more etiicient than most of its predeces sors, No previous adminisiration bad ever been 30 prompt in punisning aelnquency among its oMcers. Mr. BLain, (dem,) of s0,—The Senator 1s very Doastfal avout the purity aud vigor of the adminis. tration, J wish to cail his attention to @ cave In Arkansas, where a district attorney and @ marshal were both removed irom office for procuring an | poten an againat a man for violating a law of the ‘nited Mr, WILsox—I don’t know whether that was 80 or not. Mr. Scorr said the pre,iminary measures for tn Femval of (he distrigh attyrney aud the marabad w a lew | from New York (2m, tention to the fact that during the war he was on neral Grant’s staf For what purpose did he mention that fact? Plainly for the purpose of insin- nating that che President had v+RER IN THE CARTAGE BUSINESS . “ss He (Mr, Nye) Mt aor bul Aue facture @ littie wus. .. le next year. The Senator ..~. hurz) would write a report trom the coms full o¢ portentous evils, aud 1 would not oe pub+ lished unui Just before the next Presidential nomi- nation. (Laughter.) setts (Mr. Wil-on) had announced himeelt in favor of tals committee, and hail gone iato one of nts PERIODICAL SPASMS OK APE EOTION, for the “laboring man’—(iaughter)—buc if he was veaily the friend of labor wiy did he not stand vy ‘ tae poor, hard-worked servants of the government, whose salaries this committee proposed to cut down? (Laughter.) ‘Mr. ScHuRz—We always listen with pleasure to the Senator from Nevada, because, however dis- posed we may be here to earnest disquisition, we all ike a litte comedy now and then, and however eevere may be some ot the thing# that Senator we always forgive him on account of the exceed- ingly funny manner in which he says them, ‘fo be | sure, THE LEGITIMATE SPHERE OF THE COMEDIAN is generally within tne walls of the theatre; but if the Senator 1s satisfied with the ro/e he plays here nopody else has reason to be dissatisiied. Those who defend a bad cause always resort to ®@ certain line of defence. They attempt to throw suspicion on the motives of those Who attack; so the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Nye) like otner Senators here, makes no attempt to dis prove any of the facts that 1 stated yesterday, but simply throws aspersions upon my Motives, and ac- cuses me of insinuating that Mr. Leets’ service in the army should prevent him irom obtaining em- ployment in the civil service of the government, and that the President nad something to do with the cartage business in New York. I wish words in reply to the Senator Conkling), He suid yesterday that the investigation of the New York Custom Rouse was closed up by the Oommittce on Re- trenchment last year. The committee did un- doubtedly believe that’ the case was Closed, for it had reason to believe that when such scandals as it exposed were jatd bare the administration would jump atthe chance to put an end to the disgrace. ut it turns out that they were vastly mistaken; Jor the same scandalous system of robbery exisis down to this day, im spite of the exposures made by the committee. ‘Ihe Senator asked also why we have proposed no legislation to remove these abuses? Because no legislation was necessary. ‘Tho aouses were created by executive action in the administration of tue Custom House, and they could bée done away with by the executive action. The Senator objected to what 1 said of THE POWER WHICH SUSTAINS THIS SYSTEM. 1 did say, ‘Having laid the evidence betore the ‘The Senator from Massachu- | | ob, Mr. KELLOGG also, | number was Lahetgres At five P. M., without reaching a vote for Mr. Trumbull’s motion, the Senate Went into execnuve session, and soon after adjourned until Monday, HOUSE OF REPRE3JENTATIVES, WasHINGTON, D, U. Dev. 14, 1871. RESOLUTIONS, Me. BURCHARD, (rep.) Of IIL, offered a resolution ealling on the Secretary of the Treasury for im- y > the number of; persons employed, ** *Nerefor, in the col- bog he 3a ste) Btu. employes as love, expenses, alsO vee tows «11 1 same time in the United Stetag ‘for the vs. custome, and for the erection, repair, compiletis, or furnishing of custom houses, Adopted, | AMERICAN IRON SHIP BUILDING. By Mr. KBLLogG, (rep.) of Conn.—A revolution directing that the portion of the,report oi the Secre- tary of the J rpRgry, rela' to the establishment and continuance of shipbultding in the United States, 4c, be referred to the Committee on Com- merce, and that sald committee be directed to inquire ito the expedieacy of paying & premium per ton upon American built iron steamers. dopted. arf & resolution that so much of the report of the Secretary of the Navy as refore | to the establisnment of trom ship building yards and docks be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and that they oe direoted to inquire inte the: expediency of establishiug an, tron ship vuildt | yard and dock a teria Poms in'the rw ve Jey, and report by or otherwise, Ad j Tne Howse then went into, Committee of the Whole, Mr, Buifingon, rep.) of Mass., in the chair, and resumed the consideration of ‘THE APPORTIONMENT BILL. Various propositions were mado and discussed, principally turning on the number 0: Representa- tives of which the House should be composed. aa ‘at 283 on motion of Mr. GARFIELD, (rep.) 0! 10. A ‘An amendment was also adapted, on motion of Mr. Porre®, (dem.) of N. Y., providing that no new State shall hereafter be admitted having @ less lation than the number fixed as the ratio of Tepr tation. Finally the committee rose and reported the air, NrpLack, (dom.) of Ind., moved to lay the bill on the table. Nexativod—yeas 60, nays 145. ‘Mr. FARNSWORTH, (rep.) of Lil, moved to strike out Mr. Potter's amendment, Negatived—yeas 87, nat yas then passed without division. 8 117. ‘Phe bill it provides thst a LE) shall consist Of 283 bers, distributed ag follows:— Wane: 6 Kentucky. 10 2 Tennessee 9 12 19 ie one Senate,” that when the most respectable merchants ol New York nad protesied against tite system of robbery; when the Secretary of the ‘Treasury had, ‘ime and » Pronounced bey gr it; When the Committee on stetrencament had protiounced | worth Sgainst it; and when, still, it was sustained and | goath Carolina kept alive down to this very day; 1 did say, mn view | Georgia. of this evidence, that there must be some mysterious | alabama. rR curcaacar wer sustaining that system, stronger tian a Recent regard for public 0; inion and stronger than the Becretary Of the Treasury himselt. >. Ohi. .... 20 ‘The House then, at twenty minutes past a M., adjourned until to-morrow. nen THE POLICE AND THE PANEL How the Thing is Worked—Conviction of Two Operators at the Court ef Sperial Sea- sions Yesterduy. MINNIE GRIFFITHS AND JOHN DAVIS, A well dressed and rather prepossessing looking female was brought up before Judge Dowling at the Court of Special Sessions yesterday, charged by Pasquale Parianza, an Italian, with tze rovoery of $10, 1m the house 60 Bleecker street, It appears that the prisoner hired some rooms in the above house, represeuting herself as THE WIFE OF SERGEANT GRIFF.Tus, of the Fourteenth precinct. In one room was & ‘Mr. ParTsason, (rep.) of N. H., here interposed to make an explauution, aud, in reply to @ rema kK by Me, Trambiil, sai I do say that there are mspectors in the Custom House in New York who stated before the committee, under oath, that, in violation of their official oaths and im violation of the laws of the land, they had taken bribes, and that THEY TOOK BRIBES EVERY TIME they discharged 4 vessel; and I say further that the agents of the steamship companies told me that wey could nea thelr vessels discharged withont bribing the oficials. Mr. SUMNER, (rep.) of Mass.—I should like to know whether those men are continued in oflice. Mr. Patrerson—I nave no knowledge of their | pre having been removed. 1 know nothing about te \ Mr, ScHuRz—It appears to be clear that there is @ Monopoly on the North River of New York wortn from fifty to & hundred thousand a year to those who have it; that itis denounced by the principai merchants of New York as @ system of robbery; that it has been investigated by @ special cominis- gion sent there by the Secretary of the ‘Treasury; that in the report of that commission the system 13 designated as a very great abuse; that it has been investigated by the Committee on Retrenchment and condemned by it aiso; and yet Uiat It continues down to this very day. I[ defy any Senator, then, to say that the inference that there must be some mysterions power sustaining that system ts not jus- ted. The Senator from Indiana (Mr. Morton) says that my remarks yesterday cast a refiection on the republican party. How so? Do not we all pro- fess 10 be in favor of reform? and yet, when a member of this body attempts to lay bare @ gross abuse the cry 1s raiséd (hat he is trying to injure the the republican party. flected upon, and J, and those with whom I act, have been what ooject we pursue. am ready to teil the Senate. My object 1g to discover, to denounce and to try to have corrected any and every abuse whenever | con tay my hand upon }t, without regard to how it whl aifect the Interests or advautages of a party, and ‘without regard to whether this or that person may ke it or not, Lam in favor of reform, and I am tn dead earnest. Ido not mean to denounce abuses on the other side and to shield abuses among my own friends. 1 want to put the iron TO THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE 8ORB, and unless we vo that we do nothin; Mr, TiPTox, (rep.) of Neb., followéd in support of Mr. Trumbuil’s proposition. He cited Mr, Morton’s statement, yesterday that the object of those who vefriended that proposition was to suow that great corruption exists ander the proasne sdininistration, aud said that that was exactly what he wished the opie to understand. As to the otner branch ¢f hr. ‘Morton’s charge, that this movement was au at- tack on the repuviican party, it was not true, (Mr. Tipton) made no attack on the republican party; on the contrary, he desired to redeem that ar Bee falstakes of the aiministration and the corrup- ton of {is oMfictals, He belleved that there was CORKUPTION, DEEP, DAMNING AND PESTERING, all through tms administration, The mouves of ‘ those who sought to revive the Commiltee on Re- trenchment were called In question, Could nota man believe thatevea in the Senate there mignt be found @ better leader for the arty than the intellectual Colossus now sitting 10 he White House, without being, therefore, accused Would it be said My motives nave been re- | { ' i} ‘ were procured in the basement under door, which had been cut in the partition dividing the front from the rear room. the complainant, who was wandering in the locality some nights since, encountered the woman Grimiths, and was induced by her plausible representations Lo accom- pany her toher rooms. Whhe she was making jove to him by putttug her arms round iis peck cove ering his eyes with her hands THE ROOM WAS ENTERED, and $i0 taken from his pantaioons po-kets, From the evidence taken it appeared that Partenza had $22 60 on entering tne house. He paid the woman 35; $10, 48 above stated, taken from him; 85 were found on the floor, and the remainder weat for five glasses of brandy and an oyster stew. The refreshments house, which the prisoner, Davis, lad, tt seems, USED AS A POINT OF OFSERVATION, when persons were eee the house. When the Italian and the woman Griffiths had passed In be iollowed them, and entered the adjoining room tn which they were. The panel was fastened by @ ‘trom the curse that had come upon it through | Fox then came along, and on the complaint of Par i | republican | of the rovbery. | but lived with him as a bution on the outside, and by pressing this be procured an entrance and committed the robbery. When Partanza left the bouse, avcompanied by Minnie, he proceeied to get the brandy ana oysters in un adjoining saloon, and he there missed his money. On accusing the woman of the theft BHE STOUTLY DENIED IT, vy and he then went witli her into the street, intending’ to cailanoMcer, He held her by tne arm, when the male prisoner came up, and seizing him, threat ened if he wouid not let his wite alone BE WOULD KNOCK HIS BRAINS OUT, He | at the same time saying he was a acteciive, The Italian suid, “if you are adetective arrest me,” at the same time |ustily calling toga policeman, OMcer nza arrested both prisoners and took thei to the ation house, Mrs, Mcdill, the owner of the house, testified that Minnie rented four rooins from ner some weeks since, but that she had no knowledge of tne ile proceedings carried on in them. ‘The prisuner swore that Parianza exonerated her from ail blame she sail she was NOT THE WIFE OP GRIFFITHS, and ne knew of her ‘ of 24 yeas lo 35 nays. * mittee provided forin the resolution just adopied of unfaithfulness to the party. having these rooms, but tt did net appear he knew that tnere was only one ‘an in the country under | of the secret door; she denied the story of the com- whom republicans could train and be loyal? ‘Ihe | plaivant, Davis stated that he was @ speculator in Senatur from Indiana (Mr. Morton) had boasted , Wasiington Market He dented that he knew the that it Was a distinguishing mark of the republican | female; he saw the complainant dragging her along party that it was prompt to punish wrong-doers | and from a motive of iumanity tnterlered to pro- among its members. fe (Mr. Lipton) had once be- ; tect her, A James Fes who keeps a NqWor OTR Om lieved #0, and had acted upon twat behel, but he | Hudson street, testified that the woman frequently had been persecuted and punished lor it ever , came to his honse alter Davis, and this clinched the siuce. | evidence against the prisoners. Mr. Trumbull’s amendment was rejected by a vote | Judge DowLtng found both prisoners gull ‘The tollowing repihiicans | passed scntence to the following Manner. * cy voted for 1t:—Messrs. Aicorn, Fenton, Logan, Pat- up. (The prisoners stood up. Minuto was fashion- terson, Robertson, Schurz, Sumner, ‘pipton, Trum- | ably attired in a veivet cloak aud curled hair, The Ww | male prisoner 18 tall and sallow.) Your crime is one | of a class of offences Known as panel thieviog. You vail, est and Wilson. aon dcvabad ‘The original resolution was the: opted. Mr. TRUMBULL. then moved toinsiruct tne com- | were out cruising in the street and lgoking for } vietums, such Victims as Will NOt eXpose you to Inquire into all the subjects enumerated io hs FOR PRAK OF EXPOSING THEMSELVES. rejected amendment, and made a few remarks. | You have with you some person to assist you im the He denied that he had done, or proposed, or said | commission of crime. Itisa crime of aciass whice anything hostile to the administration or the re- | is seldom brought to the novice Of me law. ‘The nehtican party, He was astonnded atthe ground | persons who are taken im by the panel w ‘oy certain Senators in this debate. Ile was | thieves are married men aud strangers irom jostle io none Who were not dishonest and cor- | the country. It is evident you hired the rupt; and would any Senator undertake 10 oy { room for that purpose, and Mrs. McGili says thas that’ the administration or the party did | you hired the r saying you were the wile of @ not desire honesty in | the police officer, without giving his name. sent Sergeant Quin to the rooms, and he Iras found the pangl as suated m the evidence, There ty more money lost in this way than In auy oth Millions: are stolen every year by such rovbery, and noth! said about tt, for the persons victimized are to make any charge, dreading the risk of ex} 1 will now try and stop yon Com he wn a3 or’ arks he inferred that he (Mr. Tram: | ness, ana the sentence Senate believe that coeep corrapsion cannes on: pet i 2 ce a Lebag | der the present adwinistration, but he was gual Dow | wept iu a rtanga to find that he did not tink so. | accom lice of the woman wee to the Peniteg, ‘Mr. TRUMBULL said he beleved that great abuses : Wary lor one yOaD The President had declared tn tavor of relorm. Mr, MORTON said that the drift of the debate was a reflection upon the republican party and an insin- uation that 1 was corrapt, Mr. TRUMBULL—Have | ever sald or intimated | that? Mr. MORTON replied that from the spirit of the government? | Seeded “eres eed