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8 meant this—that we should Cc Oo N G R E eee eres act juictony aud to relk ‘ais. @ | Sbied, or, in the lanqmagect the amendment, to remove ; such onal disab| Uy That is the way i read amend. seat te tee Mckee oN aslinwng Portal | Pesce saepise and I found | tat Judge Spaulae Sumner and Frelinghuysen on Amnesty | i, ji? diem,.meet mptaulenly pronetineed. that ven vo the amendment, Therefore, I think it quite impor- | nt that we should keep and enforce the exceptions con- | tated inthe billas it came from the House, in order that some vitailiy mnay be lett in that amendment, and that there may be something upon which it ‘may operate. I am brought, however, probably to vote Lor tho amnesty bill | with the exceptions in, by two or three different cons! jera- tions, and will only detain tne Senate a minute in statiog them, In the first Piaser T have respect for the opinions of other people, and I think there are other and Civil Rights. The Labor Inquiry Bill Amended Py sons to whom may ver properly defer my | by the Senate. jnogment. I have the rentest Feeplect for the opin- | which has been expressed by the representa- ~ of tl people in the passage of this bill. 1 have | 4 respect for the opinion of the President expressed ecommendation that this Amnesty bill should become Jaw. Avi here let me suguest to the Senator from Masea- | chusetts (Mr. Sumcer) that the President did not in recom. mending ths amnesty provision at ail forget the elahns of | human” freedom, a8 Was intimated by that Senator & few days 220; but on the contrary he coupled this recommendation of conciliation with the most advanced and progressive secommendation in favor of human liberty | ever made in this country when he recommended Congress | to pass slaw making if illegal tor an American citizen to | hold & slave, even when beyond the jurisdiction of this coun. | try. Thave, I say, creat respect for the recommendation of | the President, and here, ina word, Tsay before the country that T have the greatest contidence in his wisdom and ability; ‘tn bis wisdom and fidelity, a wisdom and abiifty which were manifested by the unit: rm success that attended our armies ‘on every battle field where he commanded, which bave been manifested by the success(u! manner in which he executed the reconstruction acts when general of the army, manifested by his maintenance of the nubYe honor ‘and faitn, manifested by an administration which has contiqually re- Sulphur, Plate Glass and Corun- dum—A Tariff Debate. aonteeerinecaee DEPARTMENTAL INQUIRIES, The Executive, Legislative and Judicial Appro- priattons—$17,000,000 Wanted, i | yan SENATE, duced our debé while it has also reduced jour taxation, mant- ented 80 regulating our relations with fore Wasurnarox, Jan, 1%, 187% | Countries. as” to “concitate misundermandites, act ia | Mr. BUMNER, (rep.) of Mass., presented the memorial of ] many members of the Virginia General Assembly for the | passage of his Supplementary Civil Rights bill; also the H the peace without sacrificing tne honor of by’ the, Jat hi i ted to- os ane beam he bas adopt ae ect er i petition of the Central Committee of the German-American | PA# beer most aigoaily Rection” with the” reluction of ther duties “In Teachers’ Association against donations of public lands | iis Wak ecihlthed \aiiiiaiieies She, plage ‘and tho Teiainingct them tn another could be . | made, To him it seeme 6 ult; it wi uesti $e corporations, and the appropriation of the proceeds of |, Heraw the ation sriching, usta Rand for Cuba, mak. | Te. 79 Nm lt eeemed ig be na dion; wae question Jandees are not taken up under the Homestead net to | choate treaty for St, ‘Thomas, and the offer was made that | model uoreal schooler uuiversiige °C. * Meat BAtlonal | Wwe siouid have St. Domingo. "Had he refused the question | Mr. Sort. (rep.) of Pa., presented the memorial of colored | Could, never have been submitted to tho ot gaa stizens ot Fhllnde:phia 13 favor of the passageof the Supple; | power. He submitted the ‘question “to the’ peopte, | Rights bill; also the memorial ‘of the Radical | Power. |,He , submitted the 4 rortn® Perle: | mt form Club of Philadelphia for a modification of the tariff | to Salordare with the elliot wa'80 as to make an allowance equal to ten per cent of the , Sort to Interfere w = zlsting duties upon all goods Imported in American bottoms, | te Promise of his inaugural address, not the us ful le, tht he ah ‘Mr, Sor introduced @ bill to-exempt from the usual ine | Policy contrary to che wilt of the peop! confidence | Jon the steam teeboats provided by Phi'adolohia for tuo | 1%, bie patriotism and iategrie od ta Panite4 ne of Keeping the channels of tne Delaware and the | Eo wil be unmoved-—as unmoved as the Rock of Gibralter ia yikill clear m winter. Referred to the Committee on merce. Be of Minn., introduced @ bill to confirm ies. UIBY COMMISBION, iron the Committee on Edu- by the waves that rire and fall at ite base. I give my voto in favor of amnesty in some degree because of the opinion ex- pressed by the representatives of the people and by a Presl- dent in whom Lhave confidence. aro mtelligent men at the Sonih . RAMBEY, (rej eertain buna file tit THR LABOR IN ‘m It may be, too, that there | ar. ber i J (rep.) of 8. who are excluded from | holding office, and who woula benefit th eat d Labor, reported ith amendmenis, the bill to | @ public if they were wide for. the appointment of e Labor Commissar the} penih outrun d wilh He Dower Lem, welling ab all'events, | endmenta fix the salary of the clerk of the Commission at | {9 {*7 {he experiment, to see if there is vet further power in 400 per annum, and make an appropriation of $16,400 for je mild and humane policy which we Rar ee to- | wards those who wickedly rebelled agal THF LALOR COMMIBBION. Mr, W1L80N, (rep.) of Mass., gave notice that he would move to amend Mr, Hoar’s Labor Commission bill #0 ‘a8 to | have five Commi: pad of insted of one, and to be paid $4,000 inatead of ae CARTENTER, rep.) of Wis., gave notice that on Thurs. won 1 permits the furniehing of all necessary outfits, ce fi analNabr SP Ry resoluifon contemning clyil service maoiuting calt, nets, dor 1 finiie vessels trou bored | Fe Kirn snd ed Gress {he Senate Upon Is warehouses, without payment of duties. tion 2 author. | At oy “past four, without acting on the bill, the Beaate ad- the withdrawal of mater!is for the construction of fish. | Journed, x vessels in like manner, free of duty. Section 8 allows importation ot vessels by citizens of the United States fisting purposes free of duty, and graute them United tea papers the same asi! built in this country, Section 4 judes whalers and sealers as fishing vessels uifected by the Provisions of the act, Mr. WrLaow also introduced a bill for the re Wennessce University. KENTUOKY AND THE WAR. alaries of the Commission and $1,000 for stationery and ABTIOLES FOR FISHING VESSELS DUTY FREE. ir, COLE, (rep.) of Cal,, {utroduced a bill to admit tea and eoffee free of duty. Mr. WILSON, (rep.) of Mass. introduced a bill for the en- sopragement of the taheries joners inst hree, to serve two years 000, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Wasutnaron, Jan. 17, 1873. Mr. KELLOGG, (rep.) of Conn., presented the petition of ef of the East | the Middletown Savings Bank and others for the repeal of the tax on savings banks. Mr. STEVENSON, (dem.) of Ky., introduced a bill to In- Mr, LEONARD MYERS, (rep.)of Pa., presented a petition fy Kentucky and other stats for expyuses incurrea by | from Philadelphia manu‘actarera and dealers in tobacco in the defeuce of the United States. ‘The bill provides | at the State of Kentucky shail be refunded the expenses | OF @unlform tax of sixteen cents » pound on manufactured jourred for all troops thereof that acted in concert with and ; ald of the troops of the United States, and were made | bJect to the orders of United Stules oflicers commanding rein, whether they were or were not mustered into | 100. Mr. brooks, (dem.) of N. Y., presented a petition from some four hundred New York dealers in wines and Hquors, wholesale aud retail, asking for relief from the numerous and complex taxes upon thelr trade, and @ consolidation of ice. | I} {2 one tax. Mr. TRUMBULL, (rep.) of Ill, called up the bill for the re- | them ail tN 4 ‘of United Biates Marshal Campbell, of the Northern D's. | g Mt. BEX, (dem.)of N. Y.. presented the netition of the of Hilluois, which was passed. Mr drumbul also ealted | Soldiers Tilon Home asd chuol, of New York city, for an the bill to restore the records of the United States Courts | ®PPFopriation, machine! st of wat er, and in the th id YEURION. RISES .2AgaNDe chinery, 1n its use of water power, and in the thousan 2 Glitwas disvosed until Mr. Sumner called for the regu- | A large number of pension bills were reported from the | yarietiee de als doveicoetptaseih bist oatce eatin ‘order, ] Committee on Invalid Pensions, and passed; also a bill | 894 of emp! sede slat welops hin - country an is fixing the time from which pensions heretofore’ granted, or r be granted, shall commence, being ‘the arge or of tho death of the soldter, and ex- TNE AMNESTY DILL. nding amen iment was the Supplementary Orvil ill, upon which Mr. SUMNER addressed the Senate, | that may hereattes | date of the dischi thathe regretted to again occupy the attentlon of feat severing v4 SP alig iter? Hy ee ae ie pndhehtiog reached 22 ieuery abba nA babe ia she . 4 \ l. ne eo is passed, and wi ‘vo rise to con: 7 ot this oily iat the eolorets people td. not dears | Mdekable opposition, extablaed the” prinoipicof ranting » | ;,t,PEEELNEURG axld that he hed been elther vary un- Be peanages that they preferred the remoyal of the | Pension to the widow of a soldier after she bad cont | Mekeachusstts Und. sadly Suibunduestnoa hike eet ities to the removal of their own, made it his to Jay before the penate the testimony in favor the measure which bad come up to him from second mrrriage and entered a second widowhood, ‘Ihe vote on the passage of the bill was 108 to 85. ‘THE APPROPRIATIONS, | as weil av auc! 7 ; Made these remi dignity of tne country, a wisdom Which bas beh masifested | Te4@ tion or a fhe committee | tacit ta not see bis way tion that dutt oul purpose in shape Dr yuld hay ene yen race. that gentleman in the {dea that what was good for these par- | nor hai arrived at a solu NEW YURK HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18 (eos part if he should say that he a stay this premature ussion. In regard to the two bills that had been con- Solidate | and that were now before the House, them his support for the very reason that the gen Missouri (Mr. Leet wc gave them his oppositio: entieman had confess that the bill would relie y Jo this country, and would, therefore, to that extent develop the resources’ of the country and Rive employment to tal, but yet he bad opposed the bill because, ff that were true in’ regard to these pi industries, 1 should be made a universal Inw ble to’ everything, The gentleman irom Indiana (Mr. K: ha ven the bill is support, notwithstanding w be apreéd with the do ne of the geutleman from Missouri, Ou tne other band, the learned aud distinguished gentleman trom Penn- sylvanta (Mr. Kelley) bad riser the defence of the great that it is principle of protection, It w ed to him, bowever, ere Was 4 good deal of wisdom in the old adage that not wise to leap until you come to the atile, ‘The Committee of Ways and Means was endeavoring to seo if it were possl- bie ao to reduce the revenues of the Country by the, amount fifty or one hundred millions of dollars, more or leas, con- tentiy wit the current expenses of the government and pores of the pubile debt, so as, siny, and, oa tne other hand, d'revive as much’ of the fudustries | ountry as possible, If his friends from Missourl and Indisna bad already arrived at the conclusion so as to see the proceas by whlch, with one horizontal stroke, all thes things cou'd be accomplished, he (Mr. Di ingly gratitied tha, they bad done ao, and that they were pi pared velorchand to make such an announcement to the House and the country, Kor himnelf it had been most dif- ficult task. He had found in the littie examiuation whieh he had bgen able to give to the great subjects of the revenue, ‘and of tariff and of free trade, to the ramifications of inius- tries and to tue Investment of capital, to the paths of indu trv and to the held of enterprise, that they were ulmost in- finite, and that, like THE MESHES OF A NETWORK, 4t was impossible to touch them at one point ‘without affect. ing the extremities all ovcr the country, He confessed nis iter Incompetency to the tusk to whicn he had been unfo tunately assigned. If it w men of the committee 10 have seen so clearly how by 0: horizontal! stroke to reach that ‘great end, it bad been ulterly impossible for him to do wo, or to come to any. intelligent conclusion on the subject. There was such a thing as slaying ba thing ag reviving industri he onl; jarks merely to deprecate this forestalling the ,,Comuities on Ways and Means by ia ‘die of the prine early 80 as to announce without qualitica- t capital inthis country as easily as provided in bill.” He had the sam: view asthe gentleman from Missourl bad—ao t ation as that it should new vigor and new itrength to every industry and every Jaborer in the land and feguards to every Investment of capital. While that might be done ut one point by the principle of free trade, that same principle, applied in the same manuer to another point, might WORK DEATN AND DESOLATION in the country, He would go hand tn hand with the gentle- man from Missouri in protecting American industry against protection itself; but he was also for protecting American Industry against free trade. At ono point it might be pro tected by free trade, and at another point it might be protect- ed by what was commonly denominated protection | Hf. The hould be because Vongress rface and to the reach ast hidden wealth be- done, had passed th of the induat bill to. bring to the of the country a neath the surface by taking duties off certain ma- ebivery, that therefore taking duties off all machinery Would Produce » like result ae ¢o ail mduatries. | For one, he did not see his way clearly to announce that doctrine.’ In regard to the new machinery to be used In the manufacture of plate giass, his friend from Indiana (Mr. Kerr) had sup- ported the bill’ on the ground that ft was a new iudustry in u ‘therefore, he desired to have the duty inery in order to have it introduced here, mistaken fn bis facts. Right in his (Mr, rict and in bis own village there was betn; put up machinery to be employed in the manufacture o} plate glass, and they were mantifacturing plate glass within six miles of bis own residence which would compete in any market in the world with any article produced by any foreign house or by any foreign manufacture, aud yet he was in favor of this bill, If there was to be found abroad a pro- cess which would do the work better than it could be done by American machinery he wanten to see that process brought here, and brought free of ‘duty; becuuse every such enterprise as that would find work for many hands, would find investment for much capital, and would bring alon, with it a train of advantages which follow in the footsteps o! proutable Investment and frugal industry, His theory was, y the help of FREE ADE AND DUTIES AND IN HAND to work out 1 great problem. He who looked to free trade alone, as well as he who looked to protection in the common acceptation of the word, would fall short of com: rehending the true method of belaying up this country to an Independence of all other countries in the world in {ts manu- factures, in its investment of capital, in it employment of ja bill, and for it for the very his friend from Missourl was Feagon that | ainet it, He could not toliow ad not | intended to convey the idea, that he had tion of the tari piers. He was but a culties of which he re- MRS. WHARTON. The Thirty-seventh Day’of the Poisoning Trial. Gaping, Excited and Cynical Balti- moreans in Court. SUMMING UP TO THE JURY. Appearance and Attitude of the Accused. The State Attorney’s Denunciation and the Eu- Igy and Eloquence of Mr. Hagner. Courteous Compliment to Miss Nellie. ANNAPOLIS, Md., Jan. 17, 1872 . ‘The Wharton trial has reached that stage at which could be taken off every industry and. ok Public interest 1s culminating in the most intense me | excitement, The evidence being all in the most reticent are at last proclaiming boldly their opinions upon the case, They are as varied as the leaves in Vallambrosa, “Guilty,” “not guilty,” ‘4nsane,’? “outraged,” “persecuted,” are words which com- pose the vocabulary of nine-tenths of the popula- tion. The railway trains, the steamboats and Public promenades resound with the unaccus- tomed terms, “cerebro spinal meningitis,” “tar- tar emetic’ and “antimony.” The barkeeper Posts up tho former as his most enticing drink, ana the sweet lips of the reigning beanty will babbie of the latter with the facility of a pharmacentist, Crowds beseige the nondescript equipage which conveys the prisoner from the protecting isolation of her prison cell to the almost unbearable scrutiny of the gaping assemblage in the Court House, and, but for the determined attitude of the bailiffs, men would have stood on each other's heads to-day, so great was their eagerness to secure standing ground in the tittle old court room which has thus far answered for all the moderate requirements of justice in Anne Arundel county. No trial within the recollection of the Oldest inhabitant has so entirely absorbed public attention or so fearfully developed human passions, The silver-haired octogenarian will discuss with in- temperate passion the evidences of her guilt, while the younger and more tender-hearted barrister Will cite the ruies of evidence and the principles which govern circumstantial evidence as conclu- sive of her innocence. JUDGMENT OF THE GENTLER SEX. The ladies, who are ever most unforgiving where one of their own sex is tobe judged, had formed their opinions with rare exceptions long before issue was joined, and, with the obstinacy so beanti- ful when rightly directed, but so ugly when impro- Perly exercised, have steadily refused to be gov- erned by any evidence offered in her detence, They Jump to conclusions, and are not amenable to any Mr. GaRrretp, (rep.) of Ohio, from the Committee on | patient laborer on a subject the di Tule of logic yet devised by man. They hang over the c peop! parts of the country. | warsand Means, reported the Legislative, Executive and | cocnizcd us well as the gentleman (rom Massacnusetts did. Greater of sasetiage; ‘renaiutions of: enored conventiogs aia | Judiciary Appropriation bill, pproptiating about wi7,000,00, | Nor waa he in favor of suciking al duties off machinery, | Victim with the glittering eyes and vearce-con- Setters from Fepresentative colored raen aud private indivige | Whict Was inade the special order for Tuesday next. He gras oupased, howercr to making certain kinds of ma- | cealed longing of the tigress, and were her Meals, setting 1orth the grievances of which they complain and | aves bil authorising tie parment of Unites crates’ dis: | atvived ata. proper point to which ail machinery should oe | fate entrusted to their hands the end woula not be ‘mnantmously expressing an earnest desire for the immediate ‘ ren ‘of the Supplemontary Civil Rights bie He rend ter | Ouraing olficers duplicate checks under @1,000 siz months Toanoenrr ey Gp geterence, £0 the: revenues of the country | problematical. after the loss of the original checks, @ hours, and closed with an appeal for this as an amend- Mr. M I tated the the billand ‘After an explanation by Mr. BKOK the bill was passed, ir, MAYNARD again stated the points of the bill and depre- Sant tothe General Ammesty Hl, ao that ihe'rebrin angie | After an explanation by Mr Bucicthe bill was passed, | Mr; MAYAN again ated the pointy of the ill and depre: | Po rec ana pi tng for information aa io the condition of the Loulsvilie and | Measure. |e moved the previous avediion, which wus sec ‘Mr. FPRELINGHUYSEN, (rev.) of N. J., followed. He be ‘anal. oy eHow @aid:—The provisions contained in this “bili o im- AGAINST CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. The House then went Whote on the 4 Mr. SNAPP, (rep.) of Ill., asked leave to offer it that { do not feel at iberty to pass the: simp! resolution ° reciting that’a commission of seven men had addressed oe ge Rens hr peggy ng heo M: Rousteye | document culled a “report” to the President of the United ‘are important also to tay corporations aa | States recommending a set of rules providing for an exam- dividuals and to all” common carriers, iunkeepers, | ation of applicants for ofiee, and declaring that it was of places of amusement, colleges, churches | Rot expedient that such recommendations be adopted, and ‘organizations, and ‘are ‘affected | that it did not meot the approval of the House or of the thie wey rand if the Renate ta “seriona | people. Reterred to tue Commitee of the Whole on the entertaining it, and Ihave no doubt tt is, inasmuch as the | Stale uf tue Union, ‘wanted but one rote of nen it was before us a SULPHUS AND PLATE GLAss, days I think it 1s impo; we should carefully Mr. MAYNARD, (rep.) of Tenn., from the Committee on ft’ andperhaps perfect {t. ‘also important ier Ways and Means, reported a bili’ permitting the Calcasieu Tespect. In passing this bill invoking the ex. ; SWiphur and Mining Company, of New Orleags, to import of @ most delicate power on the part of the geueral | free of duty certain machinery and accompanying impie- Maement for the firat tine, and Ihave been w iiite cae, | ments to betused only in making a series of eaperinente tn ‘Bet who have voted for it, and | Mining for suipbur tn the pariah of Caicaseu, Louisiana, the fare io the habit of being very critical, have not | Valve Of the importation not to exceed ; and also per- the Senate the benefit of ir criticisms on | mitting the hke importation of mach! egy cat fad Lust alee excrete my sarprice nat the mover of | Smployed in the manuiacture of plate giass in the United as not Ereferred to submit to a majority vote rather to ce fae macner requiring the vole of two- Mr. MAYNARD explained briefly the object of the bill, ‘of the Beuate to pase it. There ise I ‘admit, a poetic | Which was to enabie the large sulpbur deposits at Calcasiet Rit Y Jace of bel to be reached through a heavy. boring of UST BEFORE YOU ARE GENEROUS, Sand and gravel, and to allow a company in Indiana to es of having reconciliation before you have conciliation, | tablish plate glass manufactory, beiuy the only one of the the benefictaries who are intendel to be profited by thie | Kind inthe United Gates, He ‘stated that the bill met the ‘unanimous approval of the Comm t whould bec: c would certainly preter that it should become a law by Mr ervicel ao, (re) jority vote than it should fail by being snbjected to a two- da vote, I desire now to submit tothe Senator from Mas- | tee of Ways and Means, of Mo. another meuber of tat did not beiteve in this committee, declared that tisetis (Mr. 8 , Suggestions in ref Hef legislation, A few days ago the House bad before it a bil, Mr. Frotuchuyacn here Gaucived the purses: | Bill to relieve Sulp building agdinst the igh taritt” duties, Of the bili and pointed out several defects, to remedy | Yesterday the Househad assed a bill relieving the ich he proposes four verbal amendments, citizens of Chicago against the high tariff duties Mr. SUMNER said he would consider the amendments and | OM bufiding materials. To-day the House had be- @ocept them If he could. fore ft m Dill to ‘reileve certain manufacturing Mr. FEXLINGHUYGEN then, speating of the merits of the | companies from ibe high duty on mach and he wader ‘DA, Bald the permanency of this government di stood that there were other bills of a similar nature now: erving the two great features of It pending, on their way to the House. In his opinion all this thigh aud en, pro a . wae Wrong in principle. louse nonght to go to the bottom of tue trouble and remove the source or the evil by making such a geveral reduction of tarif duties as the revenues of the country and the trade of the country would permit to be made, Some influential and Powerful industries, which were hurt by the tariif came to Dongreas and bad fufluence enough to get special rellet bilie HE oft to bear thelr relieved shipbuilders eral government and the independ tates assume more than belongs to them, asin the Ilion, or if the general government aseumes more than longs to it, the harmony of tho government i destroyed, Qnd we, Baving just passed through a war where BP acut, anlmonilies| were excited against the odious rine of State rights, may be in danger of not being sudl- Giently on the alert to preveut ourselves from au excessive Gevtrailzation of power in {he general government. Let the | ova overnment be supreme in national affairs and the | special relief be while the rest of the people were 8 as best they could, If tt independent in Sta ‘airs, and our repubiic will ave cheap abipbuiiding material, cheap cordage, tinue. But asl understand the bill of the Senator from | tron and copper, 60 it would relieve every other indust achusetts (Mr. Sumner), as modified, {tig no manner | Which used those materials. Af it would ald the citiz @asumes to regula earriers or keepers of | ald every one of the thousands of the viliage Fest learn thee fms. | clties ifoghout the’ Weal which were being 8, except that it says these institutions sball treat ; were to be built hereafter. If it alied those gi: Srery citizen a8 & citizen. be be white @nd I bold that to be constitutional, hered these great principles be he black, | turers or that sulphur mining company to have cheap ma- From the war we have | Cbinery so it would ald every other manufacturer in tne land -The frat isthat every per- | Who used machinery. Therefore every argument in favor of a in this land has a charter of (reedom in the fourteenth | this 4 et against the tariff was atte sume time an | endment. Before tat amendment was passed | argul general reduction of the tariff, As to the was in the power of the States to | Statement of Mir. Maynard tbat, the bill, was the unanimous any one a sinve, Ley did © make | Tevort of the comimtee, he (Mr. Fiukelnburg) bexeed to | million slaves, Jt was ion © law, and the Su. | Say that le was not in favor of the oill in the committee. | ye Court of th E 1 that those slaves had ir. es forthe Incorrect statement he of the rights o freemen is the next? Before and sald he had not proposed to go into a tari! debate | adoption of the fourteenth amendment the slates fix Dill, “The bill provided merely for exceptional cai 0} gatiteation of citizenship, and one inited States indirectly by means of « States fixed what conditions ‘They were exceptions whicn proved the rule. . | Mr. Kein, dem.) of Ind, acother member of the commit. (hata man | tee, and who nad introduced the bill about the plate jas gat be a citizen in Boston, while he coult not bewertizen | machinery, sald be concurred heartily {o all that had been Sharieston; but now the people of this country have de. | Said by the gentleman from Missourt (Mr. Finkeinburg) on ed that every one born or tiralized in the United the eeneral principie which should be appiied in this kind of and sutject to ite jurisdiction should bea citizen | legisiatiow. He did not agrees with him, however, in the In- if and of the State In which he resides, and tat no ‘that the two industries concerned were power‘ ul e shall pass any’ law coriaing the pri ge8 aod tiomu- | by reason of that power they had been enavied to of citizens of the United Rtates or cenying them the | secure « favorable recom! dation. law. Them the third t ind the people have deciared that Congress sball have | tleu'a r inter to make ali the laws that are necessary to these ‘ovisions into effect. In olner words, we have established ality of citizenship in this country, ‘aud the people have | Mr. FINKELNBURG disclaimed any reference to tho par- ia menuioned in the bill when speaking of | industries coming to Congress to seek relief. jMr. Kren was gind of te disclaimer. in regard to the Plate glass manutacture—commonly calied French plate Ng 1s—the to see that that citizenship ts gla: had been two or attempts made tu es- NOT ABLDGED ANYWHERE fabilsh that manufacture im this country, and the; gndT hold it to be vertectiy constitutional for Congress to | had ail thus far proved unsuccessful and unprofitable, to the States the reguiation of the relation jetween had been organized ree years ago ixens ie with you, but you shail treat citizenship as citizen- ure of ordinary glass at New ‘Albany, Int sed that it woud make some att pt to the manufacture of what is called bat in order to com: aitaved Uy Seaport President, we sit here in this deliberative assembly and DOt appeeciate the reau'ts of this history of the last two t constitutional amendments will have do mighty effect the com France, vec Newgiee! Gan. whe peo : Soraben | Gr.. The enterprise Ware aeerer pennant of oleae interregnum of ten days. General Cochrane, who ee eelineaste nk feared agile sutcage, equal: Sia oeae. After a single importation of the needful | hag acted forthe Mayor during his absence, has jom. Every person pine would 5 m aronn import the nat beara the impress of her soliier bor, ior he | the pol'tiiog aud grincinget ihe Pash and tote tees | St Albay, and will be Fea poate Tee ould weave idem crowd theswort of her husvani: fore | twas eqnaliy tres wat wniy haceteactoee partof wey | Gays. | Whether Mayor Hall will again take ord of hi svand, ior he eq of whiie the ] berm ong farewell QUsrin them, ‘ant iw father | of Brent" ceuoais of supuur ieiastannacttonea.cxiaenes | a further rest of ten days, which ne finds cones A) Pf ie gory £ ae late ing jane, the asnencs of What cepoait was of fwelf unger. | @xCeedingly needful, on the return of the General n. We get tn abit of taking | tai as 8a oly ‘a Professional view of these great principles, which atfect | learoing that such depyalt uni “aa™reeney aad | from the state capital, 18 at present a mooted ques- bo gy RT pad hoe a = 0 to chareqver fr ota we wok reek | ent below the e that | tion. The pointand mystery which some journals ig generations. " bat the | ‘ould be necessary to wu ome fi ry ment of 4 Senator From Masractunctn (air, Sam of aed and gravel a mas exoecin “Tmpuriant tacts | eeemed to make out of the absence of His Honor for wi aue ct ‘auion m, o had ihe enterprise iu charge sbould ovtain machine, ten days from his office somewhat surprises hi 4 that it will be passed by the Se: | for waking this pore, but tb a Agen end 1 should prefer to have it presented us tured tn tuis country, ond: wontd hong wes Tmpannufag. | masmuch as ft has been a frequent practice. ol of that, of And now! have There are in my y only made in troliaad, he believed. It was tor ti , aud for theae alone, that be, an 4 free Wacer primer, could concur ina favoravle recommen. ‘COUFy Fete ne rr tt Amn y he jomé. prompting to vote Ww aa fun. bill, audit was for these reasoi the proposition ia to be made th the Senate to sirlke | the vill ought t6 be pasted. ms be thougut fu the bill, Iwill take the liberty of A eh convxpum. eeptto jose Who are ip favor of the passage of this nother memb t * they undertake so to modily it they will po he et iT ge oe id that the etfect of the bili mittee of Vi ayn an many vous —probabiy euugh to defeat the measure, | woul be felt oni pote at vresent—one in Loutaetile ares great muy think that the war between the | an ithe other in New York and perhaps Tadiana, They had jorth and the Sout amore dierence of political | never been ad.e to make pais glass ia thie country, becavee was To not think eo, I think that the loval people of en, f : 3 2 the jugredienss were not toun, orth fougit In that war because they | freedom and. d tio 40 close enough proximity, equality | until an imimense deposit of all the Ingredicats sauna | required for the manufacture aot poling of loved the country, ass kad been found ou whe borders of the dls 16 homes, and | trict of the gentleman from Missouri, Mr. Finkelnburg, ik themotive which animated the revels was hatred to | There al! but corundum was found lying tn most marvelous eens freedom and equal te, to the govern- | abundance and (n proximit Corgndum Dever been ey was engaged {i,maintaining ant enforcing those | found in « mine, but the co. About to ested. #0 you see, air, the difference be- | lsh piate ginse worke in Di oyed gentiemen f tity aud industry ¢ South was as great re is great an the ai tains of North ‘Caralina, reat yer leee Ute Reeth patie uth Ibeaven and earth at last. asthe difference ference between wighter.) J am not entirely been reported that He beid in his band what that the sentiment of hatred has died out at the | would ve a matter of curiosity to every gentieman—a piece , and T do not more 1 an half like the ides of tompting | Of coruulum auch abo hud never been Role to obiaia ber who still remain io hosuility to Can doveraeient to take | fore, and which came froma mine. He therefore thought ‘im tbe politics of the eountry. | would rather that | thet they would ve provably sable to manufacture " ne eiigibie, should be made to stand bond ri in this «country, aren With the aide and I tbink that forty years henee, when they and we | high rates of wages, at less cost than it could le Beall in our Wit be found thar it would have | made elaewhere with the relatively tow Mapes of urone, better for the future of this country that we bad lett at | What was wanted was maghinery, and the bill proposed to the feebie inark of cisapprobation against slumit, Wat tree of duty. The of Louisiana was TAR GREATIOT OMME EVER PRIPEIBATED, most identical with that of Missourl. ‘The vee elop en nd Mei ie 5 at amencment has been passed armined to regommend that the machinery for tie after careful cousiderativn. What mitved free of duty, after Mr. Ly re who elley bad finished bis remarks he exbioited to set mem. 'o niain th she Rar, of corundum which he bad referred to, ex- far upon this govern ona piaining that ft was worth aton, and that rubies ana gress may by & vote of two- | emeralds wi always found jn ximity to it, Ue peid Newbie Now Ido | that garnets ‘been found close bo where the pioce of co f tht Ayptemat Boos jeyeeus oop bad been taken fA 44: thas the Boned 1 jon and put ir. Dawes, (rep) of Mass, said that he hoped the mem- #t BOY fime repeal bors of the Ganasalsey of Ware pod Meaus would take i in former incumbents of the civic chair, and ought nos to be regarded as anything remarkable in his case. state of the Union, Mr, Blair, of Mo., in the chair, The committee was addressed by Mr. SNAPP in support of the views expressed io the resotution which he introduced | earlier in the vay denouncing the proposed mode of reform- ing the civil service. His speeo! much amusement, DEPARTMENTAL, INFORMATION, Mr, Poranp, (rep.) of Vt., then made a personal explana. | tron in connection with a resolution offere. by him some days Since and referred to the Committee on Rules, for the esta Mshment of a ru t will refer to a committee all resolutions calling onthe departments for information, and which propo- sition of bis had been attributed, in an article in the Wash- fogton Ptrivt, to a design to shield the Postmaster General and the Post Ofice Department trom an inquiry into mail contracts. Mr. Poland repudiated the motive assigned to bim and defended bis proposition as one that was eminently roper. Pir, GARFIELD, chairman of the Committee on Appropria- Hons, took the same view of the proposition, and said that he ad ‘made several efloris to get just such a resolution Adopted. He knew of no one complaint which the people had any more right to make against Congress than of enormous amount of material that was being printed by the government, wiich would be very considerably lessened by the adoption of such, a rule. Information, was constantly being called for and furnished by the departments an printed by order of Con; which had been furnished and printed weeks and montus before. Mr. ELDRIDGE, (dem.) of Wis., inquired why the depart- ments could not report the fact that the information called for had been already farniahed ? Mr. GARFIELD replied that it was becaure the call might vary somewhat in describing what was wanted. The Com- mitiee on Appropriations bud just been looking over the ac- counts for the publie printing.” Thie governiment had at, pre- sent much the largest printing house on the globe, where there were over & And men aud women employed, and paid by the year to carry on that business, and where enough | printing ink was bought every year to float biggest’ man-of-war in the Navy, @ train of army Wagons Teaching | three-fourths “of | the way from Washington to Baltimore, and loaded with one toa apiece, packed as closely on the roal as six mule teams can bo packed, would not be able to haul the mass of public doca- ment sprinted every year in that printing house, Congress was now asked to and would to appropriate more than 2,000,000 Lo run that establisument for the next fiscal year. ith all that betore the House, and remembering the fact that there had just been erect four hunured feet long and call the attention of the Hou: the brakes on that enormous outlay ft would become dal in the eyes of the nation, Mr, SCOFIELD, (rep.) of Pa., said he could remedy that would atop all that expense, Mr, GARFIELD woud like to hear it, Mr. ScorrELD—Abolish the franking privilege. Mr. GARFTRLD—T agree to that perfect'y. {voted for it three or four times, and am ready to yoie for it again, ex- | cept that I would call itnot the franking privilege, but the { pking burden, . RANDALL, (dem.) of Pa., remarked that the tear of exposnire tnrougn an investigation should be the last thing | interfered with; apd the koowledge that any member ould call for information trom the department operated as @ wholesome check tipon corrupt tendencies, Mr, ELDRIDGE expressed similar views. ana said that {t seemeu to him as if the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Gariield) had been magnifying the printing question in order to cover | up, aud perbaps prevent Investigation, If there was one | wholesome thing, one thing of more iinporiance than another to the civil service, it was that Representatives could with far | cility obtain answers to interrogatories from oilicera of the government. It held them im check, it was | fotally Jabaurd (to present the pare consideration | of ihe cost of printing as an objection to ft, He did not believe that to be the motive. st certainly could not be the motive. He regarded the proposed rule as one of the worat that had been offered in the House. Tt wowld pre | vent all information from being obtained from the depart- | ments, and the whole thing would be in the banda of a parti | committee which would cover up the corrupt practices it to be exposed. e rose and the House at twenty minutes to jjourned. THE OITY HALL, Mayor fall occupied again the civic chair after an suggest a 3 5 & ‘om wi} four o'clock ad, MICHIGAN STATE BONDS. it Decision iu the United States Cir- | a Munict- | paliies Must Redeem Their Bouds. r Dernoit, Jan, 17, 1872 Ib the United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, in thi city yesterday, two cases were brought by the holders of bonds issued | by munteipalities of the State in ald of railroads, to | Secnre the payment of the interest thereon, The Court decided in favor of tne validity of ail such bonds as were issued previons to the decision of the State Supreme Court, and suc towns and municl- Piuitles are held liable for the bonds Bo issued by Me anne Emmons, ot the United States Cireuit C | ‘ he principal 4 ear, Wwe Eastern Biacricts ‘delivernni a enoarting oF jourt, of ivering a concurring opie Jon, with bis reasons therefor, i the case of George H. Taylor ya. The City of Batde Creek, and Judge Withry, of the Western District, a hke concurrent Ppinion in the case of Edward's. Tatcott vA. THe Township of Pine Grove. ‘The main principle set- Hed by thts decision 18 that the United States Court Will respect aud follow the decisions and rulings of the State courts under the State constitution, The Judges hold that all the bonds issued Prior to the decision of the Supreme Court of this State in tne case Of the township of Safem are valid, aud that pisganteass Which involved their is#ve is legal and all the Judges on the bench. her usual attendants, entered the court room Moments before the appointed hour snd took her The Court met at ten o’clock this morning, with ‘the prisoner, with lew usual seat, The ladies poured into the room in great numbers, and the bailiff was kept busy pro* viding accommodations for them. The crowd around the rating was so great as at times to pre- vent either mgress or egress of al) that hetero. geneous assemblage. THE PRISONER, MRS. ELLEN G. WHARTON, ‘Was, to all outward appearances, the calmest and least discomposed. Sne took her accustomed seat, With her dauguter on one side and Mrs. Crawford Netlson on the other. There she sat, bolt upright, during the whole session of tbe Court, with her wid, weird eyes fixed upoa the speaker and her hands crossed listiessly upon her lap. Not a muscle of her face seemed to move, nor did its tired, weary and melancholy expression ever vary. The thunders of Mr, Revell’s denunciation or the tenderest passages of Mr. Hagner’s eloquent derence were alike power- Jesa to produce upon ber any ition their effect. Miss Nellie preserved the same external de- meanor which has characterized her during the trial, and perhaps there never was & more appropriate testimouial than that bestowed by Mr, Hagner upon her beautiful, sei{-sacrificing filial affection. ‘Tne jury came into Court with smiling faces and bright, bappy couutenances, evidentiy as delighted ag school boys over the near ap proach of their release pon confinement, Ine Judges were all on the ch. MR. REVELL SUMMING UP POR THE STATE, Mr. Revell opened the cas3 at the point where he lett off yesterday. He maue @ thorough and ex- haustive analysis of the testimony—medical, chem|- cal and practical; sifted the chaif from tne wheat and held the jury and audience spell-bound for the greater portion of three hours. Mr. Revell, who is the Siate’s Attorney of Aune Arundel county, de- serves great credit ior the masterly manner in which he has placed the case before tie Court and jury, A yeung lawyer in a provincial town where leading cases are seldom tmed, he had the cause thrust upon him with but short notice and still brieler instructions as to its merits. The whoie Taave Of chemical analysis and medical juris- pradence was traversed during its progress, and yet he has handled every question sprung upon him with wouderiul ingenuity and consummate ability, apd has compelled the admirauon and developed the strength of nis powerful opponents in a manner which marks hin one of the ablest criminal law- yers in the State, In bis speech to-day he at times mavie flights which would have ced Many whose names have become household words as orators and advocates. Mr. Revell closed at one o'clock, alter baving occupied, during yesterday and to-day five hours, in the deiivery of the opening argument on the part of the State. MR. HAGNER REPLYING FOR THE DEFENCE, An intermission of five minutes was then allowed by the Couri, and at iis expirauon Mr. Hagner, the junior counsel for the deience, commenced bis ar- gument to the jury, Mr. Hagner is a fine-looking man, With sharp and regular features, and a very easy and persuasive manner; he has a wi on in bis county ag an adle aud eloquent advocate, ne spoke as follows;— GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY—The deep feelings of sohicltude which fil your own hearts will enable you in some degree to understand the sense of responst- bility which almost overwhelms me in rising to discharge this part of my duty here. But Ihave but one concern in this matter, and that t that this case I should have allowe: myself to occupy the place of a@ better man. I shall argue this case to you as @ matter to be ad- dressed to your reason, calling your attention to the principles of jaw which I believe are truly applicable to the case, aud to the evidence a3 establisied before you. Mr. Hugner then stated that the case was of the most extraordinary character. In the particulars alluded to by the gentieman preceding him on behalf of the prose- cCUHOR—10 1s engi Of time, for the character of the prisoner, involving @ woman accused of the murder of one of her dearest itriends; for the im- portant fact that while crimes are executed in secret, everything charged against her had been done in public, and that tnis party who thus met his death was surrounded vy persons capable of judging of his symptoms and establishing her guilt if it existed, “Allusion had been m: to this a8 a removed case; of its transfer Irom the place first set for the trial; but he was convinced that no reflections had been contemptated by the other side upon the gentlemen who composed the jury, That would bea poor compliment tb theirs tnteiligence, and Would ve an intimation that they were covsid- ered less gust than the jurors could have been else- where, Yet in all this long trial here the Btate stands with but one witness who has ventured to say, upon the evidence delivered, he thinks the asynmiptoma exhibited are even reconcilable with the action of tartar emetic; and two others, who, upon @ hypothetical case, in many respects incorrect, have ventured to give somewhat the same opinion. MKS. WHARTON’S REPUTATION, But, gentiemen, more extraordinary than all this 13 the circumstance that the person accused here of this terrivie crime occupied, wp to thealleged com- mission of the offence, @ reputation unsurpassed by that of apy one living. Mr, Hagner then gave seve- ral lengthy illustrations of the manner in which the £3°4 character of individuals could be affected yy ciroumstantial evidence, and how chary a jury should be in accepting gach evidence in matters of ich moment gs a trial for the life of a human being. os were then given in illustration by him to snow the danger of too much dependence upon cir- cumstaotlal evidence, and how necessary it was revious good character on the part of the ac % shonid be allowed due weight. He fur- not this the case here, when this defend- anf i accused for (he seat ume in her life of having committed crime? Are We not to believe that all these witnesses of all ages and conditioas of both sexes; pereous thet kuew her easly and knew ber well; 1872.-TRIPLE SHEET, Ne EDEEnenmmneend ‘Who come here from all parts of the country: across the Continent and from tne North, during this in- Clement season, to testity in favor of them frend? Now, men, let me say @ word ABOUT THE LAW OF TilIS MATTER, Tam sure you will excuse me if I appear tedious to you, but 1 have taken upon myself the consideration Of this part of the case to relieve my brothers, aud I know you would not excuse me if 1 failed fairly to show you what is your duty in this matver. Authorities were qpoted him a4 Mlustrating nis position and establisa! the points of law upon which the cage rested. He then resumed:—‘Now, gentiemen, it 1s with such & prosecution as this that this party comes belore you, and with tnis character, We have had the high character of this Jady proved before you, and it does seem to me that, if there 1s needed a higher proof of this good character, it is found tn one circumstance that las transpired before our eyes, A HIGH COMPLIMENT TO NELLIE WHARTON, We have seen this poor girl, her daughter, here | day alter day, cliuging with unfinching devotion to this mother, without a doubs or fear of her eauire innocence, We are apt to join in a spirit of self- condemnation and attripute to other ages tie vir- tues superior to our own, hut then it must be amis- take, when we remember that the first man born killed the second. No, gentlemen; the same virtues exist, and will be called out by the self- | same occasions, Poets and painters have vied alike in virtue and devotion, and you remember the Koman daughter who visited day after day her father in his gloomy dungeon, doomed to perish by lungerirg starvation. The secret of his continued existence was at last disclosed, and it was found out that the girl had fed him from her own bosom; fed wad sustained her father on the milk of his own gift; from that fountain she tendered her sire food and drink, You need not be told, gentiemen, that the evit tree brings not forth any such good fruit, and that men do not “gavher tigs of thorvs and Edged of thistles;” and it 19 this girl whom, with her mother, you would bury in a common Reve. by a verdict of sully chaining the living to eine! Mr. luded to the care taken by men in the purchase'of the commonest articles a8 Ap illustration of the greater care that shoulda be given to A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. He illustrated his position by practical examples, Which brought the princi; home, alluding very ; touchingly to the case of Desdemona and Othello, | His time was thus consumed until the adjournment | Of the Court, at three o'clock, to meet to-morrow morning, at ten o'clock. Mr. Hagner will conunue and conclude to-morrow Morning, and will be followed by Mr, ‘Thomas, on the same side, who will probably occupy the re- mainder of the day, leaving Friday morning for Mr, Steele, and that evening for Attorney General Syester, who will close the case, If there is any- thing to be known from appearances Mrs. Wharton will spend her next Sabbath at her own home, THE ALLEGED HARBOR MASTER FRAUDS, A Witness with 2 Woful Memory—Close of the Co inant’s Case—The Port Captuin’s Reply to the Governor's Letter. The further investigation into the charges against Harbor Master Hart for malfeasance in office was resumed yesterday at the office of the Captain of the Port, This investigation 1s creating consideraple commotion among shipping and mercantile firms in the lower portion of the city, and the letter of Gov- ernor Hoffman which appeared in yesterday’s HERALD has excited no little comment, as it shows how anxious His &xcellency is to have reform in the Harbor Department if it ts really needed. William K, Niver, the wharfinger much mentioned heretofore, testified as follows, in answer to his | counsel, Mr. Ridgeway:—I recetved $16 on each of the bills for $25 produced, dated July 19 and 29, 1871; the remaining $10 on each of the bills was for towage; 1 did not retain the two sums of $15, but paia them to Edward L. Donnelly, the lessee of pler 6 East Kiver; have no knowledge of the payment of any money by Donnelly to Hart, and have nothing to say about any negotiations for the Payment of any. By Mr. Davis—I do not remember by whom I was introduced to Hart, but Ido not think it was by Daniel Trunley; will not swear I did not ask Trnno- ley to introduce me; DON’T REMEMBER telling Trunley that there was a great deal of money | in Hart’s district, and that 1 Hart would become acquainted with me and let me manage matters my own way & great deal of money could be made there; I might have had @ conversation with Trunley about . Hart’s returning the $200, but don’t remember posi- tively; may have told Trunley in substance that I | had made Hart a present of $200, and tnat he had | returned it to me, and that I wished he (Truniey) would persuade Hart to tage the money, but I have NO RECOLLECTION of asking Tranley to take the money back, because | Knapp must have bad the money returned to him at that tie; don't Know what I may have. said to Pane don’t remember anything about it; might or mig! § not have talked with Truniey about it; 1 don’t think 1 solicited Truniey to con. tribute money toward making Hartt & “Barat I think Gardiner offered to contripute; but don’t tnink 1 asked him; think I asked Vosburgh if he wanted to contribute money towards a present for Hart; that was before Hart returned the $200, I think; don’t rememoer asking Gariick vo contribute, and don't wish to go any furtner into that matter; don’t remember Hart telling me that he would not accept the present if 1 got it for him; don’t recollect poking ol &@ watch, teliing truniey that HAD THE MONEY Trunley to go and urge Hart to accept a present 1 all subscribed for it, and that Hart had told me that it I got it he would not accept it; Ldon’t think {said | § the same thing substantially to Gardiner; 1 did not keep the $200 Unirveen days aller Hart returned it to me belore I gaye it back to Knapp; refuse to an- swer any more questions about that $200; I had no object when I gave that $200 to Hart to influence | iin 1n the execution of his duties as Harbor Mas- ter io any manner; | did not give that $200 to Hart to bribe him in the execution of his oficial duties; 1 have no recollection of stating to any one, after Hart returned the $.00 to me and before I re- turned it to Knapp, that it had been given to Hart simply as a present, and that he was a fool if he aid not keep it, thongh J might have said he was foolish » for returning it; I DECLINE TO 8A¥ ‘whether I stated since that transaction and since I made my affidavit belore the Governor in January, 1871, that I believed Hart to be a epee le! honest oificer, and that Iregreticd having made any ait. davit against him; 1 refuse on the ground thatI have answered that question in Judge Ledwiw’s court; 1 don’t recollect that question being put to Me before Judze Ledwith, or my answering, ‘I | think Thave stated that I believed Hart to bean | honost ofticer, and regretted that had made an | ailidavit against him.’ (air. Davis here showed | Niver’s counsel a copy of the minutes of the wit- ness’ previous testimony, and then asked Niver to | give a distinct answer; but witness was evidently afraid of committing himself, aud reiused to eg Niver—I decline to state whether the evidence gave before Judge Ledwith was true; have no recol- lection of stating that the afildavit | made to tne Governor and my testimony velore Judge Ledwith DID HART A GREAT INJUSTICE; Mr, Henry never asked me to file a charge against Hart before the Captain of the Port about the $200 mater; dave never talked with Henry about it uatil the charges were filed; alter Hart returned the $200 to me three or four days clanseu belore | gave it back to Knapp; during that time I don’t think [ asked any one to urge Hart to take the money again; 1 think Mr. Edgerton, the towboat agent, made tno arrangements ior towing the vessels of Mr. Powell, named in the bills im evidence; Edgerton nas been CONVERT THE HEATHEN, Annual Meeting of the Woman's Union Mission ary Scoiety of America for Heathen Lands Large and Intelligent Gathering—In- teresting Reports and Addresses, The annual meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society of America for Heathen was held yesterday afternoon at Dr. Ho’ Crosby’s church, Fourth avenue and Twen! street. The hour named, one o’ciock; gathered within the capacious house of worship extremely large and intelligent body of ladies gentlemen, the former greatly predominating, sho ing conclusively the interest manifested in this w by the Christian women in the community, ro | Rev, Dr. Ormiston presided, assisted by Uwo othem well Known clergymen. Singug and prayer tingly introduced the exercises, In calling for reading of the Society’s annual report for the it Just past, Dr. Ormiston said the interests which J women thus banded togetber sought to sul were very peculiar, and their gvod work for 4 of their sex in heathen countries deserved the cognition of all Christians, and ought to be helpe: The Secretary then proceeded to read ext from the report, the more importantof which ard given. THE ANNUAL REPORT. | To find the cause which first called our society into beta, and stilt makes it aa imperative necessity, we must broad oceans to the ancient couniries of beathentsm false religion, where millions of women are living lives utter wreichedness and hopelesauess for want of the of Life, wi we ani our children have eaten satiety. we see for ourselves the sad an cruel sights which become familiar to the eyes Christian teaccers in those lands, we should understand their touching lament, ‘Poor woman her sufferings ure tenfold where Chist is not bell and loved.” Asa society, then, it {s for this class we wor! women who live “where Christ'1s not.” A veteran mi ary has recently sal It ever woman had an opportuni of showing what might become uncer the influence elvilization, where no Bible could interfere with ber the women’ of India have had that opportunity, amd n after forty centuries of such experiincut, what ‘Is wo! there to-day 2” It was in this very land of woman's darkness we were called to do our Orat work, ‘Very son alter the experiment of Ze teaching ( made by the wife of an English missionary) was f to be successfu', our missionary, Mise Brittad, went to Cale cutta, the first American lady to devote herself to this @ work. Could welook in upon tne inmates of ot Jcutta Home we should find a very busy corps of lady teachers, employing and superintending fifty nath teachers and Bible readers,who have each charg; of alx with their many inmates of various aves, In addition, tI ¢ schools in different suburve of the city to be visited watched over, Think of tae number of learners thus bro each week under the power of God's word! for our mi aries decline to visit or teach where they cannot carry th Bible with them, ‘The work of our society in Allahabad, another station India, ie under the charge of Miss Wilson, assisted by ladies, a number insuiicient to meet the applicatious for ind struction which are constantly made, Miss Wilson thus ribes her field :— ‘Living in @ great city of over one million mhabitant which, trom its position at the junction of two sacred rive jauges and Jumna, is pecullary holy aad the shrine of pil, grims, our litle company of workers sec heatbenism in i Feallze wast is meant by the streaks of morn car, beneath which nog; crushed, has been stayed by the ro ecause ho baucs were olfered to draw the se} Mol, and educated men are boseeching tustruction for ihelE: lorant wives, WTnconnection with our work n Allahabad the has been marked by still anotiier Rioaressive act, wi ra ag ‘spirit and’ aim of o1 the thoroughly in accordance with work thai {t cannot fail to be characterized as “a atep 10 right direction.” On the 6th of September Miss Seelye, Miss Seward aud Miss Guthrie sailed for india, the trat two medical miasionaries, having had a thorough course of stu fand hospital practice to quuiity them for thelr protesaio The entire expenses of Miss Seclye were detrayea by th Fhiladelpiia, branch, who provided s liveral medical, outd uthri and pledged pport, while two-thirds of Mias necessities are met by the same branch. ‘Twenty-three mi stonark now employed in Calcutta, Allahabad and J pore, assisted by nfty-four teachers or Bible women, In attli another province of British India the Burman pire, at Basseio, Miss Higby and Miss LeFevre are en, in teaching, one devoting herself, as 4a the past, to girls. The other nas recently commenced a class for Bum mese girls. From China come hopeful tidinzs of more quiet igners bave known im that unsettled country foi Mrs. Starr and Migs North, 40 long detained by ear. Zal troubles from reaching thelt’ destination, are tow home in Pekin, ‘and anxious to missi prosecute work. Douw remained at her post through all the di! turbances, quietly doing all that she could ant study of the didicult language, to prepare f ork. School in Smyrna, which first grew out of the fai labors of our two Bibias women. the sees Straganvan, ry uri u ear, steadily grown in numbers anc Through the thouguitul love OF kiod American friends pile enjoyed the treat of having ther own “Chr Tite. Siaty-live happy children were present, and the s\ voices of these rescued little ones, aay. of a promised Messiah, and ng atlca the of G ‘Silent Ni mans ae ne of Gi leaven,’ alte Holy Night.’ must, we think, have reached thi iy cl e heaveni; oirs, who fi gang, on Christmas Eve, “tilory to Goa in the highest, peace, ‘00 earth, good wi'l to men." In Japan we have to-day a mission home, where beloved, earnest Christian women lator for the spread of purity and religion. The origin of this home may be t: ack to a gentie whisper which touched the heart of Mra. Pruyn, of Albany, agshe listened (0 tne statements made by her guest, Rev. Mr. Ballagh, of Japan, concerning the cond, tion of half-caste children in that couniry, This voice of the’ Spirit seemingto say, “Cannot you go? prayerfully con- aldered, grew into chain of providence, which, result Mrs. Prayo’s seeking ration of this society, an going forth, accom iss Crosby and Mrs. Perso to do woman's work in a country most eagerly aud wonder- fully opening to admit and welcome. Ei Hab apeaking teach ‘This party reached Yokohama, in Japan, July last, end the new mission has recetved the greatest encour ent. “ears Margaret Kyle, a lady of long experience as a teacher in one of our large cities, and unusually titted in Lath on mind forthe field she bas chosen, 4 bas charge of open August, for Athens, Greece. She ol for girls, connected with the mission work qi Kalspothakes. This tield, which is new to the work of thie society, but made vreciotis by the memory of the late Revs! Jonas king, is one of excocding interest, aa every reader of facred and profane history mast admit; and we enn, bat feel that as in store rich biessings for many an Athen! to them as a teacher one of such falthy and zeal. ‘hus far mention has been made only of the various stax: tions occupied by our own missionaries; but there are other rapidly increasing departments of work whieh demand: Special notice—tne support of native teachers and native ible women as assistants to missionaries of other Boards grants in ald of schools; also the support and instruction of, Native orphan girls, with the hope of preouring them for future use‘ ulness. ‘The wants of this soclety are great and pressing. Front ite trea th the salary of our mise i TREASURER’S REPORT. Upon conclusion of the interesting résumé of the year's work the report of the financial opera; tions of the society Were read, showing that ther@ had been supporied during the twelvemonth, five missionaries, sixty Biple readers and eighty chil~ dren, which, together with the expense necessary to send ladies to Japan, With prinung, siationery and incidental matters, amounted to $43,906, leaving a balance, December 30, of $1,805, Against this on the. credit side were $7,744, balance from 1870, and th@ Year's subscriptions of 342,057. ADDRESSES, Dr. Henry M. ScuppER, a missionary who resided twenty-seven years in India, thea addressed the meeting. lle reierred to the degradation of tue wo- mer in that land, Christian sentiment toward the female sex was unknown there, They were ever under the sceptre and cruel raie of some tyrant. He then told the ladies of the great good wey were doing by this society, and eloquently urged them to con- tinue it, as he verlly believed the time would come. when over that large teld of heathenism the cry would be universally “Victory for Christ!’? Rev. Mr, COCHRAN, of Montreal, followed in an 1n the babit of towing for Powell; Knapp once gave me $20; it might have been a present for giving Lim accommodation on the pier. This being the last witness tne complainants pro- duced the contain of the Port adjourned the Court until half-past ten o'clock to-day, and gave general notice that the complainuats’ cage would close finally at that ume, In repiy to the letter received from. the Governor by Captain Jones yesterday retative to the charges against Hart the ders Pape. despatched the iol- lowing communication last night:— Port CAPTAtn's OFFIC Viti " a ti ‘Bim—I had tho Hosor to récolve from this morning « i communication in Res to the Hart’ investign shail receive myreariieat attention after disposing of the case now pending before me, for I believe I fully appreciate your anxiety to protect the commercial interest of thia city and the Fights of inatviduale 0 far ne lies i your power.” Several of the gentiemen whose names appear in the petition sent you have testified already, and one of them (Mr. Henry) filed additional charges some time since against Hart, which have consi ‘a5 © part of the charges originally Bled. and a large amount of evidence bas already been taken, I am somewuat corres to leara that so large pom- ber of respectable business firms should suffer the — grievances complained of im such general lor any len of time without avin, ever Sale to me for gpa The fi rat vg Ae did far has us, In consequence of delay in ting witnésses, ac, bave cudenvored to make the faventt gation as thorough ns Poseivie, and have ruled out no evi- jenee or statements that had any bearing upon the case that could be admittea without trenching too far upon the rules rermii legal idence, Mr. R, D, Bened: and Mr. idgeway are cor ting the investi; tion on the part of the complainants, and Mr. » OC Di a Hart. “They are all genilenien of ackhowlenged loval stan, tion which interesting address, when the benediction was pro- nounced and the large assemblage leit tue church, GENERAL RAILROAD CONVENTION. An 0) to Facilitate the Management of the Ways” of the Country. 8r. Lovts, Mo., Jan. 17, 1872, An adjourned ratiroad meeting from Decem| 12 was held here on Tuesday, the object being to form & permanent assoctation for the interchange of ideas, which would tend to greater efficiency im railroad management and the promotion of rall- road interests thronghout the West, Some thi companies in the West and Canada are represent The Convention to-dav adopted a constitution, designating the association as the “Western and Southern Ratiway Association.” No one excepting presidents, general managers and superintendents or other oMcers in charge of operating railways are to be members of the association. The annual Meeting will be held the second ay in Janu- ary, in St, Louis, and a stated meeting om the sec. ond Tuesday in Apri, July and Octover, the places Of meetings, except the annual, to be appointed by the association at ench annual meeting, A speci meeting may be called by the Executive Committee, The usual officers and an Kxecutive Committee of five were appointed. The question of passes wag discussed at some length, and areport adopted recognizing the system of reciprocal Dasses to om- cers of the roads, half fare to clergymen havin, congregations along the line of road and passes { nization to Promote Efficiency a ‘Irom f acknowledged legal stand. ing, and seem to be cond rikiage’ fem to Pe conducting the cage with a great deal of ¢ able to forward you the result of the in- Yestigation in very few days, well knowing that the interest of commerce aud the action of Mr, Hart will fe ue all justify. Consideration at your hands as the evidence sl JAMES E. Captain of the Port of New York. Very respecttuily, yours, FIR IN CANTON STREET, BROOKLYN. Destruction of Lenhardv’s Morocco Manufac- tory—Loss $223,000. Shortly after six o'clock last might the morocco manulactory of Philip F, Lenhardt, at 83 and 85 Canton atreet, took fire, and was destroyed before the flames could be extinguished. The 23 loss on the building, witch was owned by Mr. RT. Brown, was $2,000; mot in- sured, mr, Lenharat’s loss on stock and ma. am: of Garre Canton atres damaged amount of $5,000; not ingared. ‘The awelling of Thomas Do- lan, No, 77. Canton street, Was damaged to tho amount of $900; Insured in’ the Attna, nv Hartford, lwright and black- eta Wis os, 79 and 81 charitable purposes; but no return passes jor ate tendants ou stock, and{no telegraph passes, Steam- boat interchange passes are ignored, THE MANITOBA PARLIAMENT, Second Session of the Provincial Parlinment= Congratulatious of the Lieutenant Gonoral on the Prosperity of the Province. St. Pact, Minn, Jan. 17, 1972, ‘Tho second session of the Provincial Parilament of Manitoba was opened yesterday by a speech from the Lieutenant Governor, He congratulated the people on the peaceful condition of affaira; on the extermination of smalipox by proiibition of selling budato robes by the Indians; on the great abnon- dance of game which had supplied the People wah cheap tood and measuarably improved the conta. tion of the aborigines, and on the rich harvest of vee last ye aa th le congratulates the Inhabitants on the ai: assumed by them at the time of the lan verne id, and on the friendly action of the United statag soverument,