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WASHINGTON. THE FRENCH ARMS STILL GOING OFF. Morton, Schurz and Conkling in a Picket War. The Resolution All But Forgotten in the Debate. THE DIPLOMATIC APPROPRIATION Russia Advanced to a First Class Mission. CONSOLIDATING THE WHISKEY TAX ‘Khe Interoceanic Canal Expedition. NATURALIZING THE ABORIGINES Republican Prospects in the Granite and Old North States. ‘White Cook and Black Cook—A Convention Transformation. ‘Wasuineton, Feb, 21, 1872, ke Arms Debate in the Seuate—Adminisira= tiem and Sorehead Demagogues Making Party Speeches. ‘The carnival of the demagogues continued in the Senate to-day. Mr. Morton had the floor, and although the galleries were not as well filled as yes- terday there were few vacant seats. Mrs. Grant ‘was in the diplomatic gallery, accompanied by Gen- eral Babcock, and & number of Xepresentatives ‘were upon the floor. Mr. Morton is an effective but rather noisy speaker, who, on account of hs in- firmity, remains seated. He continued his assault upon Mr. Schurz and Mr. Blair, insisting that Mr. Blair was the political offspring of his German eolleague, and that the effect of what is called the Missouri movement, as represented by Mr. Schurz, would be, if successfal, to elect a G@emocratic President of the stamp of Mr. Blair. This point was dwelt upon again and again by Mr. Morton, after which he proceeded to controvert ‘the points of Mr. Schurz’s speech, so far as thoy re- ferred to the sale of arms, The effect of this was marked, and the Senator triumphantly vindicated the administration trom the charge of guilty knowl- ‘edge or of collusion with the agents of the French government. Mr. Morton was fortified with letters from the War Department aMrming the position of his argument, and when he was through, Mr. Sohurz, who seems to have as strange a passion for occupyimg the attention of the Senate at every op- Portunity as. his predecessor, Mr. Drake, ever ex- hibited, arose and announced tnat he would Make -& speech at an day setting forn his views on national questions and his relations to the republican party and the administration. He also read a long extract from an old speech deliv- ered in Chicago, showing that he was not in favor of German Know Nothingism, as Mr. Morton had charged. The debate nere took an interesting and personal turn, as Mr. Conkitng severely denounced ‘Mr. Sohurs for what be regarded as a cowardly as- persion upon the President, After this ar, Sumner endeavored to withdraw his preamble, but Mr, Sherman objected to it, as the Senator had kept the preamble before the country for two weeks to dam- age the President, and now when the mischief was done he tried to escape from it. Pending this the Senate adjourned. The debate seems to be im- mortal. The Hoase and the Diplomatic Missions—The Russian and South American Ministries—Ad- journment Over Washington’s Birthaay. ‘The House proceedings to-day were particularly @ull. An hour and a half of valuable time was wasted through the efforts of Mr. Garfield to pre- vent an adjournment over Thursday, Washington’s Bifthday. The chairman of the Committee on Ap- propriations, with @ persistency and zeal worthy of @ better cause, canvassed the House, after the mo- tion to adjourn had been carried, and a proposition made by himself to reconsider was being voted ‘upon, and succeeded in changing only three votes, a@ result by no means flattering to him. A bill relieving distilled spirits burned in the Chi- cago fire from government tax was passed. At the expiration of the morning hour the House pro- eveded to the consideration of the Diplomatic and ©onsular Appropriation bill in Committee of the Whole. Mr. Potter, of New York, renewed the effort which was made in the last two Congresses fur doing away with the office of Minister Resident 4m Uruguay. The non-consolidation of the two Powers, Paraguay and Uruguay, Mr. Potter said, was for the purpose of making a place for a gentle- man whont It was desirable to get out of the coun- try, not because it was @ proper thing to do. He opposed it in the interest of economy, as well as the fitness of things, The gentleman against whom this legislation is aimed 1s John L. Stevens, formerly the editor of the Kennebeo Journal, and whose appointment, it is claimed, was made in the interest @f the present Speaker, who certainly proved his interest in his retention by voting nimeelf for it, and the measure was carried. Considerable discussion upon the amendment Offered by Mr. Banks, of Massachusetts, making Rusala a first class Power was indulged in by Messrs, Potter, of New York, and Holman, of Indiana, against, and Messrs. Brooks, Banks, Wood and Butier for the amendment. Nothing new or inter- eating was elicited by the debate. The Diplomatic Corps was represented by the Minister from Holland and his wife, Lady Thornton and several repre- sentatives of foreign governments, who were in the gallery, and evinced interest in the discussion. Miltary Affaire—Consolidating the Pay and Quartermaster’s Departments—Commissions of Captured Officers. The House Committee on Military Afairs nad ‘ander discussion this morning we subject of con- solidating the staff corps of the army, and General Slocum has been designated to drait a bill for tne consolidation of the Vommissary, Paymaster Gen- erai’s and Quartermaster General’s Departments, The Senate Committee on Military Affairs agreed sto report a general bill for the relief of all officers ‘who were commissioned during the late war but id not receive their commissions, providing such Rowreceipt was through no fault of therrown. This ‘will relieve @ iarge number of officers who were @aptnred and suffered long imprisonments before tneir commissions were received, although en route #t the. time of capture. Rollin White's Pistol Patent. The Gommittee on Patents of the Honse this merning beard an argument from E. L, Stanton in faver of the right of Rollin White to a rehearing betore the Commissioner of Patents for the exten- sion of his patent upon a breevh-loading pistol. ‘This is a notable case, having been agitated vefore Congress for several years. Last session a bill was passed for his relief, but it was vetoed by the Presi- Gent, and failed. Arguments will to-morrow be beard against the petition. The Louisiana Inquiry. ‘The Select Committee of the House to investigate the condition of affairs in the State of Louisiana held @ meeting this morning and agreed upon their report; butas the evidence cannot yet be printed Ws will be some time before it will be submitted. Old Spanish Land Grants. The Oommittee on rrivate Land Claims of the House was this morning engaged in nearing the arguments of Hon. 8. A. Houghton, of Caitiornia, in favor of taking the adjudivation of the claims of NEW YORK ‘HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET, ‘setters wpen old Spanish land grants in California from the General Land Office, and tvesting in the ‘Unated States District Courts of thas State the right Wo Bear and determine them. Mn Beard, of Wash ington, was heard in opposition to the change, Making a Citizen of Poor Lo. ‘The Committee on Indian Afuirs of the House ‘this morning had under discussion the bill to make citizens of the Indians under the same rules and restrictions as applied to foreigners. A communt- cation was received from the Secretary of the In- terior asking the committee to consider the pro- priety of designating @ single tribe as an experi- ment instead of making 1t universal, There is an interesting question entering into this discussion 8 to whom will belong the tribal property lands in case citizenship is bestowed. The committee will recommend the bill, amended as requested by the Secretary of the Interior. Chicago Fire Relief Bill. There was to-night a meeting of the Senaters and Representatives in Congress from Mlinois and a large number of prominent gentlemen from that State to determine upon some course of conduct to further immediate action upon tne bill for the relief Of the sufferers by the Chicago fire, Duties on White Lead. The Committee of Ways and Means to-day heard @ delegation of white lead manufacturers from New York, Boston and Philadelphia, who argued that the duties on imported pig lead shoula be kept as they are at present. Consolidating the Whiskey Tax at Seventy Cents a Gallon. ‘The draft of the bill prepared by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the consolidation of the tax on whiskey fixes the tax at seventy cents a gallon, to be collected as the distillery. He sent it to the Committee on Ways and Means without recom- Mendation. If it should become a law it will lessen the coat of collecting the tax very muca, while it ‘will also give the government a tien on every gallon legally produced for the full amount of the tax, whereas at present the hen 1s only for the stamp tax. No objection is made to the pro posed change, but the distillers and deal- ers in spirits are unanimously im its favor, so that it is expectea the commitiee will Teport the bill unanimously, In fixing the tax at seventy cents the Commissioner has been governed by the opinions of revenue officers in all parts of the country, who have furnished the statements from which the meaa of seventy cents has been as- certained, so that the government will not derive a@eingle cent additional tax uf the proposed change is carried into effect, The District Convention—How Governor Cooke was Euchred by Black Cook. The Convention whieh assembled here to-day to elect delegates from the District of Columbia to the Philadelphia Convention was a marvel to the political managers who had arranged that Governor Henry D. Cooke and Alexander R, Shepherd, of the Board of Public Works, both holding commissions from the President, should be elected, with, perhaps, a colored man on the alternate list. 81x hours were consumed in organizing, dur- ing which time a leading article in the Chronicle, the organ of Governor Cooke, calling upon the Con- vention to ignore the colored men and elect only white delegates, was talked about, so that the Con- vention, to express its disgust at the proposed treat> ment, actually elected John F. Cook, a colored man, and at present Register of tne District, and Alexander R, Snepherd as delegates, and Governor Cooke and John Thomas John- son, colored, as alternates, The Convention also adopted resolutions instructing them to vote for Grant and Colfax, to insist upon the spirit of Senator Sumner’a Civil Rights bill being incor- porated in the Philadelphia platform, and con- demning the present method of governing the dis- trict, The defeat of the Board ot Public Works in manipulating the Convention 1s the all-prevailing topic here to-night, ‘The effort to rule office- holders out a8 ineligible was lost; but the effect is the same, as those who have incurred the dis- pleasure of the comtroliera of improvements will hear from thelr masters before many days have passed, tegeh The Mermon Presecutions—Funds te be Forthcomisg—Changes in the Law. There is no abatement here of the discussion upon Matters in Utah, put ae yet there ts no practica, solution of the difficulties, District Attorney Bates ts here laboring to get the necessary legisiation to enable a legal prosecution to be made of the Mormon leaders and to get the means to run the Court. He says he is meeting with succes and that he will soon be prepared to bring the cases now pending to trial. Judge McKean will have a hearing in person at the Department of Justice, ana a@unounces that he leaves Salt Lake to-day for that Purpose. in the meantime legisiation necessary to enable the prosecution legally to be made con- tinues, and it may be possible that something tangi- ble looking to the settlement of these difficulties may be concluded. The Pig Lead Interest. Mr. Marvin T. Reed, of New York, on behalf of lead pipe, sheet and shot manufacturers of New York, asked a reduction of the duty, He showed by oficial statements tnat the productions: of pig lead in the United States are only about one-fourth of the 135,000,000 pounds consumea each year; by taples showing the yield of mines in Missouri and reports of consumption in the West for the past few years he showed that the famous Musouri mines do not furnish enough lead to supply the manufactories in St. Louis alone, Small Ships’ Licenses. The Collector of Customs at Indianola, Texas, ‘writes the Secretary of the Treasury relative to the expiration of the licenses of vessels under twenty tons burden when out of their nome port, and stating that there are three schooners running between that port and Oorpus Christi of the burthen of eighteen tons, carrying the United States mails, owned in Steubenville, Onbio, and whose home port is Cincinnati. The facts furnished show that the vessels referred to have been in the district of Texas a long time, running under temporary licenses, and as i would be @ great expense to the owners to send them to Cincinnati for the purpose of procuring licenses, the Collector asks that they be permitted to sail under temporary licenses, as at present, The Collector replies that under the peculiar circamstances of the case, and if the Col- lector is satisfied that there 1s no change of owner- ship, he may issue temporary licenses as requested, Negroes for Maryland Juries. A delegation of colored men from Baltimore, Tepresenting the colored men of Maryland, called on Attorney General Williams to-day and presented @ protest against the conduct of Unitea States Marshal Goldsborough, of that State, for studiously avoiding summoning colored men to sit on juries in United States Courts, They claimed tnat it was a violation of the spirit of the fifteenth amendment, and wasa relicof the prejudice existing against their race that belonged to ante-belium days, The Attorney General sald he would promptly inves- tigate the charges, and, if found true, a change should be made and 4 marshal appointed who was Qot the servant of Maryland caste. Coanting the Bank Securities. The contents of the vault containing the United States securities depositea by national banks as security for their circulation were counted to-day by the Investigating Committee of the Treasury De- partment and found correct, according to the schedule on file in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury. ‘This concludes the counting of bonds and money. The committee will now proceed to examine the accounts of the Treasurer's Bureau, The Isthmos Canal. ‘The Kansas, now at Havana, nas been detached from the North Atlantic squadron ana ordered to proceed to Nicaragus to convey the surveying party, under Commander Crossman, designated to make the survey for the interoceantc canal route. Com- mander Crossman Will leave here on the 24 Maroh. Additional steamboat Regulations. The following additional regulations have been adopted by the Board of Supervising Inspectors of ‘Steamboats, lately in session here, and approved of by the Secretary of the Treasury:— That the drags now used on the Pacific mail steamers, invented by Captain Skiddy, being odm- posed of double canvas fastened on a strong frame of wood and iron, and umbrelia shaped, be ap- prove That recordi age be hereafter put on a moamer tr 9 the eaker wil sign a quarantee tna the-gauge wi exucwaber mark correctly one year; that no fire ys allowed on any steamer, unless the su) or the bee have it —_ sale, will Front at Natt an ie Suter one year; e: proved by the Board for use on steamers shall be the gas there! every si running on a daylight route have one first officer of each le, pilot and engi- neer, together with a crew sufficient to perform the graanery duties of the voat. All hay carried on the decks nger steamers shall be covered with @ tarpaulin while on board, The Southern Claims Commission. The following cases were heard by tne Southern Claims Commission to-day:—Richard Fletcher, !’u- laski county, Arkansas, for $18,515; Egzra Kippo, ad- ministrator, Alexandria county, Virginia, tor $13,842, and William Jones, Washington, D, ©., for $1,866, Jona Norman, of Huntingdon, Tenn., was appointed special Commissioner to take testimony. Army and Marine Officers’ Mileage. The Second Comptroller to-day decided that army and marine officers travelling with troops must take the transportation furnished them, as they are Not entitled to mileage, New Hampshire Safe for the Republicans— North Carolian Lost. The Republican National Executive Committee are sanguine of success in New Hampshire, but admit that North Carolina is irretrievably lost to the party. The West Point Visitors. Charles W. Elliot, President of Harvard Univer- sity, has been appointed py the President a member of the Board of Visitors at West Point, m place of Protessor J. R. Loomis, who ts absent in Europe, and cannot be present at the Academy in June. The Fortifications. General Humphrey, Chief of Ordnance, and Colonel Casey were before the Committee on Appro- priations to-day, asking for $3,250,000 for the con- struction and repair of fortifications. Last year only $1,750,000 were appropriated, Washington’s Birthday. All the public departments will be closed to-mor- row in honor of Washington’s Birthday. Terrttorialists egal le Delegate McCormick, of Arizona, dined and wined the Territorial delegation in Congress to-night. THE TARIFF. What Articles Are To Be Reduced in Duties or Placed the Free List. WASHINGTON, D. ©., Feb. 21, 1872. The substitute for the House bli repealing the duties on coal and salt, which was reported from the Senate Finance Commitiee January 16 and re- commitved, was again reported to-day, with the following amendments, making additional changes in the tariff:—Siack or culm coal, or such as will pass through five-eighths of an inch screen, z5 cents per ton; mineral or bituminous substances in a crude state, 10 per cent ad valorem; cleaned rice, 13 cents per pound; uncleaned rice, 1 cent per pound; paddy fice, % cent; pota toes, 10 cents a bushel; hides and skins not otherwise provided for, 6 per cent ad valorem; laths, 15 cents, and shingles, 35 cents per thousand; empty casks and barrels, sugar box shooks anda wooden packing boxes, 80 per cent ad vulorem; fruit aud ornamental trees, plants, shrubs and flower and garden seeds, 20 per cent; pig and bar lead, 13, cent per pound; lead dross and ore, 1 cent; lead sheets, pipes or shot, 2% cents; molten lead, 13, cent; old lead, ft only for manu- facture, 1 cent; ginger, 8 centa per pound; preserved or pickled ginger and essenve of ginger, 86 per cent; hemp, flax or jute twine, 25 per cent; hemp yarns, 4 cents per pound; cotton or flax nets, fishing, dip or scoop, 30 per cent; seines, of any kind, 4% cents per pound; iron wire cloth and net ting, duty equal to the duty on gauze wire, with 15 percent in addition, anu if painted, japanned or otherwise coated, 25 per cent. In the second section, making a reduction of 10 percent {rom the present rates of certain articles after the ist of next July, tne following articles, and no others, are enumerated:—Manutactures of cotton or of anything of which cotton is the com- ponent or chief value; all wools, hair of the alpaca goat and other like animals, an man- ‘Ufactures wholly or in of: the same; all manufactures sik which are now subject 1060 per cent daty: ali tron and steel and manufactures thereof, of which eitaer is the component part of chiei value, except pig iron and steel rails; all metals not otherwise providea for, and all manufactures of metals, earthenware, lass and glassware, unwrought pipe clay, fire clay, ‘acline and tuilers’ earth; all leathers, all manufac. tares of sking, bone, ivory, horn and leather, and of which either 1s the component of chief value; all manufactures of India rubber, tte percha or straw, and oilcloths of ali descriptions. Section 8 is ,entirely new, providing that the sixth section of the Tariff act of March 3, 1865, shall not apply to the articl in the Wool Tariff bill of March 2, 1867, The { the following articles on those specified in bill prior to its recommittal and here. tofore published:—Adiactum, alabaster and spar aluminium, or alaminium gum, or gra! ammcpiac, American manufactures, the lollowing, to wit:—Casks, barrels or carboys and other vessels, and grain bags manufactured in the United states, If exported containing American produce and declaration be made of intention to return the same empty; aniline ofl; animals brougnt into the United States temporarily and for &@ period not exceeding six months, for exhibition or competition, and animals specially imported for breeding purposes; annotto and all ex- tracts thereof; annotto seed, antimony ore and crude suiphuret, arsenic in all forms, assafostida, Daim of Gilead, all crude medicinal balms, bamvoo reeds if no further manufactured toan cut into lengths for canes and umbrellas, bampoos numanu- factured, bariey pearl or hulled, bed feathers and down, bees in Swarms or plain hives, black ta1es, bones not manufactured, bones burned, calcined, ground or steamed; vooXs which shall have been printed and manufactured more than twenty years at date of importation; Brazil paste, cameos not set, crude camphor, castor or cas toreau, catgut strings for musical instruments, China, root chrysolite, cinnabar, native or artificial; clippings and waste of brass, bronze or Dutch met fit only for remanufactare, ore of cobalt, medicinal c wine, old copper taken from the bottom of American vessels compelled to repair in foreign ports, cowhage, down crocus colcathar, curing stones or quoiis, dyeing all barks, berries, flowers, nuts, plants, woods and substances of all kinus used exclusively for dyeing; emory, ore or rock, feldspar, felting, stones, fibrine io all ‘forms, ‘iving fish, flints and ground flint stones, fossils, living fowls, unmanufact furs of all Kinds, fur waste, garancine, gelatine, exclusively for culins purposes; grease, not otherwise pro- vided fur; gunny bags and gunny cloth, old or refuse, fit only for mani 3, gat and worm gut, for whip and other cords; salted gut, hair of horses, cattle or hogs, or uncleaned, drawn or un- drawn, but unmanuiactored; hide cuttings, raw, tor ‘ue; stock hide, rope, hones and whetstoues, In emp; indian or acca loint jute putts, jalap anc crade jalap, rosin, unmanufactured; jutes, all leaves, otherwise unprovided for; 1oadstones, ‘log- Wood and crude aecoctions; lunar caustic, moulds; madder, and monject magnets, crude marrow, all medicinal barks, flowers, &c., not otherwise named; muriate of tin and tin tals, mustard seed, nux vomiea, crude Brazil nuts, green or ointment, paints, Berlin blue, Dutch pink, ivory black, woodlake. All the other articles specified in the bull as last reported are re- aber stock ‘of every description, ‘persis, pata! every pt ters’ Composition, unmanafactured rattans ahd ‘ree Tesinous substances for like uses with gum co; Dot otherwise provided for; root flour, safflower and noe ag crude sage, sticks In the rough, vanilla beans, or and game meats of all kinds, raw or ly shoemakers’, Brazilian, bay or myrtle, Chinese wax; willows prej for basket makers’ use, a zinc, old and fit only to be remanu- act lo The following articles, which were on the free list of the bill as previously reported, are left out of this:—Ail forms of potash, Rochelle salts, snake root, sulphate of magnesia and tin crystals, It will be noticed from the foregoing summary that the Senate Finance Comm.ttee adheres to 18 former action in revaining part of the duties on tea and coffee, coal and salt, and ali the present duties on pig iron and steel rails. FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Second Session. —_— SENATE. Wasnineton, Feb. 21, 1872, ‘THE TARIFF. Mr. SHERMAN, (rep.) of Obio, from the Committee on Fi- Dance, reported the House bill to repeal the duty on salt in the amendments, covering all the changes in the tariff re- vommended by the committee, and moved to make it ‘Special order for Monday, March 11, which was agreed to, BILL8 INTRODUCED, in certain cases, wae benedtot inlernations! copyright of rnat 0} oni Valley and rating te A Ae wa, t aud to ‘ine Increase the eflerency of the inferior courte ot the Unite By Mr. CARPENTER—Sec United ‘TRE SNOW-ROUND MAL trancaniuion ofthe 0 al cd the or Mockater MF, MORBIile {70) Of Vi, sald the telegraph bad an- TOHOOOK, (rep.| of Neb., sent up & despaten re ceived by him from the General 5 ndent of the Union Paine Hod, it of the 19th the block- the unanimous opinion racticable stage men that it would not be p to send Le sald hat tho. snow wend stay lato where the pasate monet tt likely that there would be a AN and CARPENTER, (rep.) of Wis. ‘power of Consrese to pass the bill 1a iis present Ofice and the ted form. If no contract existed between — ha phy " could not imapait iis force by ‘ABBEBLY, (dem.) of Cal., said there nO 601 that he was informed thatthe ralirosd company, iff transmitted the matis with there .T and fo er of the He thought {t better tolet this bill wait we could see whether the Diockade was at an end. A motion was made to refer the bill to the Committee on The yeas a being demanded Mr. Monron called a ir. forthe order, and the bill went over, POSTAL TELEGRAPH. Mr, CONALING presented a protest of the Western Union Telegraph, Com pany serine the postal talagraph spent, and moved that Printed on account revity ai said he would hereafter attempt to importance, He also show that the postal telegraph scheme was unwise and inop- See age Vof Ind. having’ the Soor, eoatsnued : " o his socagh berah Yeuerday. He sade had read Mr Biaies statement in his speeches at the Sonth, that Mr. Schurz was Temainiog in the republican party for the purpose of defeat- ing It, aad. that he tad cut loose from his party associates snd biraed his ships behind him, because be believed be had aright, circumstances into Cree to assume that Mr, suthorized to for his colleague (Mr. Schura). Brery wed th to his party, and to those who kept good faith with him. Every man’ was at iy vo leave Say DAD at any but be was bound to do tt fa an open and public way. The Senator from Missourt (Mr. Sohurz) had announced in case the Republican mn should nomioate President Grant he would not support the ‘homination, and he wan in ‘ailliariod nh. tee Mi ‘berals, who were making a WAR ON THE REPUBLIOAN PARTY, Mr, Morton here had read # resolution in the Missour! Wberal platform, which, he sald, if it meant, anything, it meant free trade, The platform sso, Goutained a covert Fef- erence ‘unday laws in some tates that was of course intended tor the Germans, ‘The whole platform was easentlally a democratic document, jose who framed ftand supported it were necessarily maxing war on the re- party. It was idle for any man to say that he of republic ie standard Parties es cea were @ neces: aity in @ free country, they could not be made to order, they could only be created by great events, ‘An attack upon the principles of the party was ho more than aan a*tack on the inatrumentalities by which these principles were to be carried into effect. He would now ask the Sena- tor from Missouri (Mr. Schurz) whether, since the first Mon- day in December, 1870, he (schurz) had tnt ata on witu aun 2 heroes Ried ? @ Benate on any question of a character Mr. SCuURZ—What does the Senator understand. by a question ot a political cuaracter ? Mr, MowTON—I take it for granted that the Senator under- sande that, and that everybody else does; and that if there twa vote of his upon any question of @ ‘political character since the first Monday in December of 1870 that ts not re- corded with that of the democratic members of this body, 1 do not remember it. | If there 18 one he can state what it is, Mr. SOHURZ—I think amnesty ts a question of a political chi r. ‘The Preaiient recommenied that an amnesty should be given, and I'am sure I voted for that, Mr, MORTON—When did the Senator vote for it Laughter.) If 1 mis- take not, when the vote was taken on the Amnesty bill he either voted agains: it or did not vote on it at all ‘Mr. SCHURZ—I voted in favor of the amendments that were calculated to strengthen the Amnesty bill, and wheat ay 3 the bill was overburdened, ao that it could not pass in feng teqeesaner toot he vated fan-al of the nmaeka eee, n) will remember that he voted for all of the amendment which he was sure would kill the Atanesty bill. ‘cary Mr. MORTON—I thick the Senator vot to ky it m such as form’as that it would change the naturalization laws, Mr, SouuRz—The Senator will not dispute that I advo- ented the polioy proposed by the Eresident of the United States in bis message, and 1 think that in that respect 1 proved a far administration man than he did, (Laeughter.) Mr, MonTON—Ah, sir, that kind of thing will » ‘will not say that it is be cases VERY SMART, BUT IT 16 DODGING the main question. ‘The Senator is for universal amnesty, \d he caiinot say that the President or the republican party e Senator stands with the democrats upon the question of amnesty, as be does on all others, 50 far asl know. Mr. TRUMBULL, (rep.) of Ill., said that Mr. Morton's re- tended to him (Mr, Trumbull) in @ false posi- unctly that he was in favor of the me from the House, and he bad voted oe he feared they would Mr. Mou10N—How did the Senator know {t would defe the vill? Two or three additional votes would have saved the Amnesty bill, with all the amendments on it; but that Amnesty bill was not a party measure, and when the Senator issourt (Mr, Schurz) refera to that bill as the only h he has voted with ublican party since the frst Monday of December, i ea confeasing upon other que ns, for the last iifteen mont ‘Voted solely with the democratic party. ere ir. bOHDRZ—I can tell the Senstor another political ques- tion on which votes with the repubiican party—the reso tion vo Investigate the abuse of the New York Custos Hass, a Senator did vote in favor ot regret that be has impaired the force ‘of that instance tery maou; forl think 16 himself bas contributed to mate the sour Tamigiad to have bum eves st Ge ies dae ea ? Tam fever at thie Int out seat abroad over the country, a7? Peculy ‘Mr. ScHUBs sald he could mention another subject-= ONVIL SEBVIOE REFOaM. cere oiroN aaid that Mr. Schurs had, indeed, introduced acivil service reform. Dill. which had wot beck. suet with ravor, but there should ot fe m ber re the Senate sustainit the President th Sonat form befor an on, i, Sena and Trombull 2 he rn would be found voting Does the Senator (Mr, Morton) forget urated by the President went ju- an amendment offered by me to an appropriation last Congress, and that wien the Presiien in his message announced what he todo I took nm to express my gratification at it 7 Mr. KORTON said the President had acted on an amend- ment offered to an appropro mm dill, bat the aystem gopteg. the Presi oy Benton (Mr. by those gent there was s bill 40,000,000 off the taxes taken off articles that were not in the bili, ‘ventured to predict a.so that when Congress should come to it would vefore the adjournment, to take off a : bill, oad oa 400 more, these Senators would in the bill, ident had not ‘trambull). "A great deal had hese sale nm about before the £4 3 in be it, and in favor of taking taxes Off articles not Mr. MoRTON again ke of the necesai it iti and the duty ‘of members. of parties 10 ‘uct'tn pied faith, "We admired Independence, but when a man used the party ladder to climb to the sunimit of bis ‘ambition, and Kreked it down, be could not thereby tnvest himself the character of a great reformer or s great patriot, sucht seen ‘tend by the party. he “Hoerale seemed te Rave an idea that the democrats would ; would Zot go 10 Mohammed, ‘The liberals would teases no e is 3 diseolved in the democratic — wi selves ee he t ic party, LIKE FLIRG IN VINEGAR. Laughter.) Mr Morton then di the question of the sales of arms. The carcass of the resolution, he said, now lay exposed to the public gaze, exhaling most, inwholesome lors arising from the untruthful character of ite aod from its hostile purpose, movers of it bard B Seen aia My wa acknow! to be mn. But the attempt was an Inglorious They had abandoned one ‘4 another the posi- inning. They had started but the discrepancy had uri and Massachussetts fe Schurz and Sumner) had admitted it all away. ‘he Senator =F had yesterday sub: ambie jabored illegal manufacture of worksho} Senator suake bis head, but it he would prove what he said. Th yesterday ail reference to the job ir. BOHURY—T ¥ ly repeated yesterda; guage on that subject. Meanie dzen sowiodge that Mr. Be acl rs ipebeme Aegon ™: OTLY WIT Commission of Armament at Tours. ae toas Mr, BOuUURz eald he had not said an o; subject ; he had only quoted from a well nal word on that nown and widely circulated journal, the Jidependence Belgr, ® report of th testim: given by M. sceane, the Préaiden (Of the Com. mittee of Armament, Mr, EDMUNDS, (rep. ) of Vt., said Mr. Schurz had falien into ‘& gross error, use what ne had from was not are- port from the testimony, but merely the statement contained in a letter of gossipping correspondent, ‘Mr, BOHURZ said the correspondent assumed to report the words of M. e correctly, and read from the paper, in Frenen, to show that it was so. Mr, EDMUNDS was pleased that the Senator treated the Senate toa He thought it very fitting that ‘ONE WHO CARRIRD FRENCH COLORS should speak the French langurg (Laughter.) He re- peated that what the Senator read only the statement of & correspon Mr, SouuRz—Well, I have here the Courrier des Etats Unwe, containing # full er report—appareptly @ phonographic repor! bejame vetiingay. Shelli reaa tne on! Tcertainly do not wish to be but if the Senator reads = now it newipay ment ; but admitting the report of Lecesne’ foulltsoug to be correct, be could teow frou ir. Sf to's ‘and froin Mr. Sehura's own admissions that tesuim: false. Mr. ‘Souvna sald he supposed no one understood Lecesne to mean that he had come here and dealt with the War De- partment in mn. He, of course, meant that he had an nt to do It, SUMNER—And this agent says he did it, Mr. MORTON presumed that ine meant to say that he had negotiated directly with the United States, but not that 1) phneamannemnserbeiin of the py tes. Mr. ScHURZ—Remington himself says that be treated di- rectly with the Ordnance Department. Mr. Wonrox—No: he does not say any such thing. He says tbat he bought arme of the department as a merchant fore the di it knew that it he was an agent of France, and that as soon as they discovered that he Freach it they refused to sel) him more. ir. CONKLING—80 far from Mr. Remington stating that ho dealt directly with the government, it was bis complaint to the government that, belna denied the privilege of dealing rab iy be wee compelled to buy of third persons and pay 9 Mr, MORTON continued his argument at length. In any had no responsibilty for what was done, of Congress directed the sell these vrananc jout the intervedtion of to 4 The 10D Of the ee stores with« President Las ‘out of the ion, the Sena- et i ook renalega to bear the bi os he that might bave been done but the Chief of Ordnenser Bat nor did any Ty exist for @ DOING, wrong bad been done, teeres STORE Faehs ety were properly be sold under the law. The pbk, ge made a sensational statement yesterday about the quick- nent tata the heads of the Freveh Writhin twenty. Tour hours from the sale by the Deperiegeee ieee per ons had been paidon them (+4 the French agent a foe vorke it hi within Now the fact waa that ie oateent hours by a rol hg Department; but it was mi riment by thi chased, and 4f the French agent at New Yor repaid then Tn ‘eteumion Me, Morton ast) hat hates erate eee of this pretended couse had been wey: Taementr destre, however, to notice one ch zp Tat ane Nin pan and ne f suflclent reply to it would be found fo thé conell ions of Mr. concluding portions 9 nis epeech a sho that he had said from me than an idea of a separate Germ: organization in the Tepublic. Here we are American citi zens—nothing more and nothing less"—and a good deal more to the same effect, eA ey Mr. MORTON said he had read that but he of the necessary effect of the Senator's pores Mes Mor the “question” on the amendment, “Conkling’s. ir, CONKLING said that as the word “ nad been orfti- claed as offensive, he was willing that 1t-should be struck m : Mr, SuMNER—-Refore the Senate votes on the motion of the Senator trom New Y: Mr. CONKLING—I don’t make any motion, I simply ex- press my assent to the omission. Mr. SumNER—Well, before the Senate acts on the assent ch the Senator vouchsafes, I wish to call the attention of the Senate to the meaning of ‘hia amendment, Mr. Sumner then read from Vattel and other authorities to show that the ‘only to a state of war, aud employment of spies teak kee canght' were canvemoed to ital - ment, Therefore the would bear in that if ‘THIS FRENCH 6PY should be caught, he must be exeouted to the law St war. (Laughter) He also read from Worcester's ia 2 hi une ‘beat wuthority, the detlal- aking hal oA that the iy bere re marae in thie amendment on! but was also an insult to « friendly Mr, CONKLING said he made no pretension to equal Mr. Sumner in knowledge of ‘or in the importance he attached to words and phrases. fa offering this amendment he was after things, not words, and he was willing to omit the words objected to and substitute the words of the statute, “agent or officer,” but, while he was thus complaisant, he wished the Senator, Mr. Sumner, to un- derstand that as @ matter of law, as a matter of dednition, au 8 matter of propriety and ax 6 matter of fact there was & full answer to be made to his argument, and he wished it un- derstood, further, that he meant to follow this investigation wherever it mighl lead, or to hew to the line, WHEREVER THE CHIPS MIGHT FLY, He then said he must say a word in reference to the very xnibition made esterday by the Senator from Mis. souri (Mr. Schurz), ‘he honorable Senator had told the Senate that be had stood on the perilous edge of battle. Mr. SOHURZ—No, Mr. CONKILING—Not in those words, Mr. President; but he told us that he had stood upon the baitlefield and faced = thousand men. ‘Mr, SOHURZ—I did not aay that, pakt, Conxiswd—How many thousand 41d the Senator aay faced? ScuURZ repeated correctly what he aft say on Tues- 48, CommLING (excitedly)—Mr. Preatdent, the Senator did Dot can bu T easeal to ted,Betate and to tuoee he hese him. He did not say that. The Senator madi which roused the titter in the galleries Senators who hear me when I deny that ment. He said be had stood in the presence of men more dangerous than the Senator he referred to (Mr..Conklng himself), and he said he had stood in the presence of @ thousand of them, and his heart had not blanched. ‘Mr. SouuRz- I will repeat now to the Senator my exact language, I said:—On the paths of duty 1 nave walked 1 have met mon far more dangerous than he js, and before & thousand of them my heart will not quail.” ' I repeat that, (Supdued applause) Mr, CONKLING—Peraonal courage, if it be true, does not blurt or swear; personal courage Is not frothy. Men eminent for intrepidity'do not strut or perch themselves upon an eminence and boast of it. Ihave no wish to put myself or my DANGEROUS CAPACITIES IN HOPELESS COMPETITION with those of jenator from Missourl. I thor the attempt to convince She galleries or any this amendment was tn- rr to intimidate the Senator; equally far fetched was the insinuation that there was any want of personal courtesy in offeru this amendment. ir. ak said that Mr. Schurz had also assumed that he was, too high or too well known to have his conduct investigated, He (Mr- Conkling) did not know that in this republic there was any one too high to be the subject of investigation; but if any such person ex- fated, it certainly was not that member of the Senate who came here to insinuate that the President of the United States had drabbied the robes of bis great oflce in nasty mire of per- sonal corraption. (Subdued applause.) The Senator trom ‘Missouri ( Mr, Schurz) had made this imputation. It was con- tained in (he pamphlet which wus circulated by the democrats in New Hampshire. The Senator who could make such an imputation, with no reason to believe it to be true and with every reason to believe it to be false, must not shrink if the Band of Investigation pointed to him, lest the uncbaritable should remember that it 1s THE HIT BIRD THAT FLUTTERS. (Subdued applause.) ‘Mr. SonURz said if he had done anything yesterday that looked like strutting he must beg the Senator's pardon for having encroached upon the exclusive privi the distin ished Senator from New York— (laughter)—and if he had fone anything like boasting it certainly was not very much. He had only said that rould not quail before a thousand men of this kind, and surely that would be no stration of courage—(renewed laughter); but, said Mr. Schurz, the Senator levelled one shaft at me which, to judge from the magnificence with which he pronounced ft, and from the fearful ponderosity of his looks he deemed decidedly crushing. He uaid I had dared to come here and throw out an insinuation against the Chief of this re to his being connected with some very questional Air, let me say to the Senator, and to the country, that all the then made on that sub- Ject Lam willing to. stan lay. Mr. Schurz then re- t demon- movers ved to conceal thelr ¢ @ pation whose wi peated what he sald in the Senate on the debate on the reso- tution to investigate the New York Custom House about the “MYSTERIOUS POWERS nger than a decent rej stro stronger than the hese ustafned the “general fisted that he nad. stated only them the only conclusion that every ‘The Senator rom New York might eo “ed could neither disprove jusion. Mr. CONKLING read from Mr. Schura’s former spéech ‘this subject to show how atrocious it was, and repeated that & man who threw out such insinuations against the highest officer of the republic must not be too tender when his own conduct was pointed out for investigation. Mr. BOHURZ hoped that even the Senator from New York at he wanted to avoid an inves- mised to vote for that Senator's uid vote for, lt, 88 he said yesterday, ow York; betwoss ‘sane taik about insinuatio facts or refute the cant tigation, He had amendment, and he wor “‘with all the scorn it deserved." between himself and the Senator from ‘8 man who stood before the country BXPOSING HIMSELF TO OBLOQUY for the sake of a cause which he had shown to be founded who vociferated against it, and who had never yet shown that he had the courage, in the face of the powers that be, to draw an honest conciu- sion, ‘Mr. Conkling’s amendment was modified by substitutin, the words “agent or officer” for “ fy. or el "and ‘was then adopted—yeas 49, nays 1; Mr. Sprague. Mr, SUMNER p) to withdraw the preamble, ao that the Senate might vote directly on the resolution, ‘but Mr. Sherman objected, and the Vice President decided that the ble was part of the resolution, and could not be with- irawn. Mr. HARLAN, (rev.) of Iowa, offered an amendment di- Fecting the committee to investigate the sales of arms for the whole. ‘year, and omitting direction to inquire who were the real parties in the interest. Adopted, Mr. TRUMBULL said that it was desir: that the investi- gation should be conducted by a committee the mempers of which were in favor of it, and as the adoption of Mr. Conk- ling’s amendment would make ft improper for the movers of this investigation to sit upon the committee he thought it would be better to pass the original resolution and assign the proposed by Mr. Conkling to another commit- . He therefore moved the reconsideration of the vote by which the amendment had been adopted. Pending this motion the Senate went into executive ses- sion, and soon after adjourned until Friday, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Wasurnaton, Feb. 21, 1872, Mr. SpreR, (dem.) of Pa., presented a remonstrance of the Gelegates of the Miners and Laborery’ Bencyolent associa- tion of the Western Division of Pennsylvania, on behalf of 20,000 workingmen, against the reduction of the tariff on coal and ‘On the motion of Mr, WILLARD, (rep.) of Vt,, the Civil Service Reform bil, which waa reported by him yesterday, was made the specil order for to-day four wecksy the, pry? vious question to be seconded at four o'clock next day. Mr, BUCKLEY, (Fep.) of Ala., offered a resolucion inatruct- ing =. oes peed 3 Auk eater to inquire into the expediency of allowing importation free of duty of ma- Chines for spinning yarn. Adopted, i ‘THE MORMON PROSECUTIONS. Mr. SARGENT, (rep.) of Cal., offered a resolution requirin the Atorn General to transinit to the House w statement of main cognizable under the United States la how pending in the United States District Courts of Utah; ‘and also all civil actions in whicn the United States are cont cerned also all other criminal cases pending in the United States Courts of Utah, for what crime and against what what attorney instituted, in what manner the grand it Jurors were selected, drawn and summoned during the last year and by rynet ‘appropriations the expenses must be pald, ke. Adopt pe dounew, (rep.) of W. Va, totroduced « bil! removing the political disabulties of Robert E. Cowan, of Kansas Une Pi ir, CopuRN, (rep.) of Ind., offered @ resolution au- thorizing the Committee on Military Affairs to examine wit- nesses on the subject of the reorganization or consolidation of the staff corps of the army. Adopted. Mr. EAMES, (rep.), of R. I., offered ® resojution calling for information as to the of @ lighthouse or stone yrainid in Providence River, R {doped p ACKER, (dem. "a., offered aresolution instruct! F Committee to "re ne and the Judiciary Cot port measures to insure the ninterrupted and ortation of se the etter ose yet od property, ‘onthe teineta a Mr, KELLEY, (fe0.) Of Pa, presented » maoufacturere and cigar makers of the Foi mth Donn Ry stonal district of Pennsylvania, asking for an increase tariff on imported cigars. ng ny aie THR WEST POINT ACADEMY. Mr. MARSHALL, (dem.) of lil., from the Committee on Ap propriations, the M Academy Appropriation bill, which was made the special order for to-morrow. ir. ‘BUROMARD, (rep.) of fll.. from th Ways and Means, reyorted internal Revenue to remit al by striking out Lenren. ‘Also ® ill authorizing the Waren ine h Danvers to change its name to the Bal peed sang Baok bite po wees, Passed. Also a Ly Seneca chan, location jorrisia, ‘Grundy, aunty. Panes, - fone the bill increas- 000,000. Laid Currency, reported necee Curreney act, the places for the Passed. on the table, MUTILATED BANK NOTES, Mr, momeam, (ron) Pg td the oa committee, tiated national bank notes. "He explaiued at some lensta ime objeols and necessity of ensure. + the $ of Mir. “Somoc's remarks Mr. HouMan, (dem.) of Ind., offered an amenament requiriag the cost of the new notee lo be pad by the ational bank, not by the "The bill went over without action. WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY. After spending an hour in yea an nay votes on the ques- tion ot of ing to-morrow as a holiday in honor of Waah- b'rthday, which was finally to, the House, at two o'clock, went into’ Committes of io the chair, on the consular and ‘tral Ameri tt foram of wy mored to, strike ut the lause Tor if ta Heats ara Hees ad Te Ba ad oh motion was rejected. face the Russian Mission among the “4 SP ann nani uate Rtas he protested against aie POA RY NEADED OLD DESPOTIS! Kw moved to jissions, the bad been one of aud tween them. This people was beyond the reach of that p1 found and absolute des . He did not know a gor ment on the face of God’s earth with which our reli (cted to the mere simple tormali of dip! Mr Banks, crairman of the Committees on Forel Affairs, advocated the proposition on the ground that, ast Missions to England, ce and jay were first cl Missions, i would be a slight to Kussia not to put her on th same foot! ing. The question was not as to the character the government to which a Minister was ba to the tnterests of this country req re sentation. Russia had w population of he Yas, Increasing 1a pooniation and » verrslory | mon nan any government Asia. No peovle ‘of Europe _ or my ‘Asia robably no people of America had made within the last fit 5 are greater advance ‘n civilization Russia had In literature, in asoceney inarms, She was equal to other Power in emul: +4 of the United States, which b: laves. ven ‘and independence by territorial possession to more and that, too, without being torced to it war, but of ber own wisdom and ~ = Her adminis NITION OF HUMAN RIGHTS. ler tration ference more te than that of the United Btates had been. Rese irons the nature of things the friend of the! imericas colonics in teir struggle for indepeatence. colonies in the! for too, in the darkest hour of our civil war she gave indications ‘country but te Sophy by abe The greatont boos tor whioh tate vaatry struggling, or might be said that Russia was ‘paid for Alaska, ‘the ‘ernment of the United States would gladly pay much, ‘Umes as m for the same privileces. Mr. BROOKS, of New York also nod the and spoke of ropinquity of Russia to our Pacific Slons, of our growing commerce wits Russia on tbe Pact xtended to him to his travels Ocean and of the courtesies e3 Russian oflictals because he was an A\ He al spoke of the danger of leaving our correspot with Ki Fope inthe control of the English and French governmen by steamer and by telegraph, and of the necessity of openti telegraph lines between the Pacific States and Russia. Mr. Woop, (dem.) of & member of the Comu! on Foreign Relations, also the op ed the proposition, and Proasod his regrex at ihe opposition made to it by har. Holy man, Russi would have a right to regar jection of the proposition as an act of an uniriendly char acter. ‘Mr. BUTLER, (rep.) of Mans,, also sustained it. First clas ‘missions, he said, were for first class Powers, and if thera was a first class Power on earth it was the empire of Russ ‘At this particular juncture, when the United States had not too many friends Europe, aud when, by the Treaty ‘Washington, “OUR ANCIENT ENEMY" had insisted that we should not, give, Russia the poor come | piiment of appotuting a single arbitrator In any of the fi Or eight law sults to be arbitrated, it would not be ungracioust to raise the Russian mission to a tirst class rank, Mr, PoTTER opposed the proposition, on the ground of the insignificance of our commercial or political relations witl Ruasa, and because, in view of the late unpleasant incident between the United States government and the Russian Mii {ator and government, this sotfon might be regarded au a red flection upon the Executive. He should be opposed to thal proposition at any ifme, but more particularly at this time. ‘Mr. MORGAN, (dem.) of Ohio, a member of the Commi on Foreign Affairs, advocated ‘the proposition, and ref in his remarks to the danger of a war with Ehgiand ‘and ta the probability of having, at the same time that the Eng lish Reots aro directed ageinat the United states, the Rusa flost directed against the forte of Constantinople, and having, RUSSIA AS AN ALLY of the United States, Mr. HOLMAN deplored the intimation that the Unit States should ever have an ally in the despotic government o| Russia. He would rather have a first class mission sent the brave little republic of Switzerland than to the hoary potiam of Russia. Alter further discussion the proposition was Various other amendments to the bill were off and diag o \ ‘The committee rose and reported the bill to the Housey he vote upon it and the various amendments to be taxed riday next. ‘The House thea, at five o'clock, adjourned until Friday. RIPARIAN CONTROVERSY IN NEWBURGK Prospective Fight with the Erie ~Homed Company—First Guu from Newburg—Homei Ramsdell Makes a Speech—He is Ri with a Resolution. Newsura, XN, Y., Feb, 21, 187% ', For years past the people of this hilly litue city have labored under an intermittent excitement red garding their right to the foot (or feet?) of all the streeta leading to the Hudson River, an® great has been the outcry, pow and then, against the so-called “squatters,” who have been de acto, f not de jure, possessors of said fuot, or feet, The Courts and the Legislature have been ap- pealed to, commissioners have sat and listened and eliverated, prolonged attempts, im short, hay been made by the city to oust the squatters possess itself of its alleged rights, The latest ate tempt of this kind has had for its object the asser4 tion of the city’s right to the foot of Western aveq nue, & street eight rods in width, and running near tue river to the westerly bounds the city, At the foot of this st the ground (reclaimed from the river) is occ ied by the Erte Railway Company, and 1s cove! Tor a@ widtn of several hundred teet by their strucd tures and tracks. A petition was a few months presented to the Common UCouncil, asking thas Wests ern avenue be opened to the river through t! lana occupied by the Erie Company. ‘Su quently a hearing was had, when the com pany was represented by 8S. W. Fullerton, County Judge of Orange, He maintained thal the company fad been in possession of the land, claiming, uuder a titie for more than twenty years, that they had purchased from a@ previo owner—one Join W. Wells—and had held the pro erty adversely to everybody elise: therefore the! was @ legal bar to the proceedings proposed to ba taken. At the meeting ofthe Council held on Tues« day evening of this week Homer Ramsdell, one of the directors of the Erie Company, ap< peared and remonstraved against the granting of the petition. He urged that ber set aside, on account not only of tne engineering di(ficulties attending the opening of a street where the grude would be, as in this case, one foot im jour, but also of the detriment the pros ject would work to the Eric Company. He sat ‘also that the Hudson River West Shore would probably be svon built, and if this st were graded, as proposed, it would alsv be an stacie in the ine of that road. He recited tne benefit conierred upon Newourg by the Erie Company, whic! had vuils two roaus from this city to the iuterior—~ the Newburg Branch and the road known as the “short Out,” expending $1,200,000 in those twa enterprises, He intimated that this was rat sbaoby treatment which the Erie was recetvi return, and hoped “that tne Common Coun Newburg would be very guarded in taking ai step that looked Itke hostility to a corporation t! had expended so mucu for and conferred sucn ing benefits upon Newburg.’” Council, however, by a vote of 6 to 1, grantedy the petition for the opening of the street and ap-' pointed attorneys to take the matter in hand a@ once. This action does not invoive the immediate grading of the street, but 1s only one of the prelimi« Daries thereto—the actual grading may be put of for @ considerable time. Whether the ci down when the Erie begu show its teeth remains to be seen. The com: will, itis said, be seriously incommodated in thei operations at Newburg if the proposed improvement is carried through, and will not readily relinguis! 1ts claim to the land at the foot of Western avenue, A protracted fight in the courts will probably resul! from the action taken on Tuesday evening. At th je meeting the Council adopted resolutions pi testing against the passage of a bill Jately intr duced in the State Senate for the purpose of con-{ ee the width of South street, in this city, ag ver, IMPROVING THE OHIO RIVER. and Increase the Business of the States Through which it Passes—An A al to be Made to Congress for Assistance. CINCINNATI, Oto, Feb, 21, 1872, The Ohio River Improvement Convention met this morning. The Committee on the Channel Improve- Ment submitted a report, in which tt 1s claimed that the importance of improving the Ohio River, as a great artery of trade, cannot be over-estimated; tha wonder is that the claim has been so long ignored, Any improvement which sbouid give a cuannel of ‘siX feet depth during the whole year would so in« crease the value of property, multiply cities an@ Population, and cheapen the primary comforts of life, that the question of the cost of such Improve~ Ment 1s @ secondary one. ‘The question of the method of effecting the im-: tae ae desired is the only one about whic! here can be diversity of opiulon. commit deem it to be the duty of Congress to authorize examination by a competent corps of governmen' engineers of the whole subject of river improve- ment, and recommend that the Convention take such action as shall induce Congress to adopt a more liberal poltcy in providing for dredging the’ Ohio and the removal of wrecks, &c, The approd priation of $60,000 per anuum for the Improvemens of the Unio Kiver seems but a trifing sum in view Of the benefit to the citizens of Pennsylvania, Wes@ Virginia, Olio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and anessee, Tene Convention adopted a resolution requesting, fuenent, commisslouers—five from eset, Stato—to manent commissioners—| look after the improvement of tue Ohio River and its branches, ‘Mr. Smits, of West Virginia offered a resolationg asking Congress to remove all wharfage charges. Cay RURO offered 4 resoiution recommends ing the establisiment of night and day signals for: tne protection of river commerce. Mr. SHYROCK, of Zanesville, offered @ resoluth declaring that the mineral resources of the valleys bordering On tue Ohio Kiver are sufficient to jusufy Congress in giving ald to any schema@ necessary for their full development, ; The Convention adjourned Ull seven o'clock P. My THE SBXT t PBAOH OROP, WILMINGTON, DeL, Feb, 21, 1872, From the reports madg at the meeting. the fru! growers at Dover, the peach Gop of the presen year wul be rather less than half of the full oso, ABeTCKALDR & MiiL0D and & QBATeK RABEEy