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4 CONGRESS. The Texas Pacific Railroad Land Steal in the Senate. Attempt to Revive the Pacific Mail Subsidy Job. Civil Service Reform in the House. GARFIELD DEFENDS THE PRESIDENT. ewe Wants the Retained. Butler Patronage THE BILL PRACTICALLY DEFEATED. SENATE. WASHINGTON, April 19, 1872, Mr. Fenton, (rep.) of N. Y., introduced a bill for the relief of the heirs of Jethro Wood, the inventor of improvements in the plough, SUBSIDY JOBS. Mr. Wrxpo, (rep.) of Minn., from the Commit- tee on Appropriations, reported the Postal Appro- priation bill, with amendments, doubling for ten years the present mail service and subsidy on the Pacific Mail steamship line between San Francisco and China, 80 as to pro- vide for a semi-monthly trip, at $1,000,000 per ar, requiring that all steamers hereafter accepted for sald service shall be of not less than 4,000 tons register, and wholly of American con- struction, giving the government the right, in case of war, to take any of the steamers of said line upon the payment of @ reasonable compensation, and providing that the United States mails shall be carted without further charge on all steamers of of beyond Yokohama; t service and subsidy of said line or extension th also doubling the pr the steamship line be neiro, so as to provide for seven monthly trips at 8 effect on the 1st of Janua 72, resid ad Be! : n New York and Bio Ja- cares ie 1, 1872, the President had sent an ex- NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1872.— indent of each other, neither should encroach on the other. spirit and letter of that rule had been lated again and in in the mode in which the civil service was administered. It could not be sald with even a shadow of truth that the Exccutive did now exercise his high functions of nomination, e out ven withou' agnor t THE CONSTANT TERRIBI of the whole body of the Legislative Prpartrans and for many years the Presidents of the Unite States had been crying out in their agony to be re- lieved from that unconstitutional, » irre- sistible pressure, The pressing custom was an apostacy from the government in its one real purity—an apostacy of the most alarming character, Mr. BUTLER, (rep.) Of Mass.—Where will I find that? si! Mr. GARFIELD—You will find it in the Globe to- morrow. (Laughter.) As to the other objection to the bill, that the civil service was pure and needed no reform, Mr. Garfield referred to the first message of the President calling attention to the need of re- form, The House had beech told enters, by Mr. Butler that the Paymaster’s Department had ‘done well during the war, but wiee Because that was a magnificent department of the service ; where every man was held to accountability; where an officer was not removed EVERY TIME THAT A POLITICIAN WANTED to get another in his place; where the law of pro- motion prevailed. The army and eh belonged to @ class of service separated from the miscrable civil service of which he was speaking. There was not a really high and noble service connected with the government that had not been more or less separated from the evils in question. He instanced the Coast Survey as a service in which the system of promotion by merit prevailed, and asked who would dare to turn that service into the hands of politicians. It was so with the Lighthouse Board, und with all parts of the public service that were an honor and a glory to the country. The House had been treated during the debate to a class of in- sinuation which he could not pass over in silence, ‘They have been told in very plain language that this whole civil service business was a trick on the part of some people who did not like the President and who wanted to get up the Cincinnati Conven- tion, and that THE PRESIDENT HAD BEEN CAUGHT IN A TRAP reread for him by Congress at the instigation of his enemies. “Behold how plain a tale shall put that down!” It was in the President's Message of the 5th of December, 1870, that these words were used:—‘I call the attention of Congress to an abuse of long standing, which I desire to have reformed. I refer to the civil service of the coun- try.” That first utterance had been made four months before the provision had been put in the Appropriation bill, to waich Mr. Butler had re- ferred as the origin of the movement; but that provision did not compel, but merely authorized, the President to devise some means of bettering the public service. Ten months afterwards the President had forwarded to Congress the report of the Civil Service Commission, and said :—‘‘T ask for | THE STRENGTH THAT CONGRESS CAN GIVE ble me to carry out the reform of the civil ce recommended by the Commission, to take 72.7 And now, ou the and that rate and inde The s3 it Peer, Piva f body of amended rules led upon Congress td Support him in carry- and ca $300,000 per year, 3 ing those rules into effect, The gentleman from BILLS INTRODUCED. Massachusetts had taken upon himself yesterday to ‘To anthorize By Mr. Cann explosions ; inquiries into the appropriating $100,000 to be ¢ ded under the direction of the President in making such expert- ments as may, in his opinion, be useful and im- portant to plosions. By Mr, Pomeroy, (| —Prohibiting regia rs, re rs and surveyors general, and their wives or clerks, from locating or purchasing public land By Mr. Osnorn, (rep.), of Fla.—Granting the right of way to the Pensacola and Louisville Rail- road Company of Alabama. By Mr. K OGG, (rep.) of La.—To re-establish the Greensburg Land district in Louisiana, DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATIO’ On motion of Mr. Cons (rep. ., the Defl- ciency Appropriation bill was ta Mr. MoRRILL (rep.) of Vt., offered an amendment, roviding that the jurisdiction of the Court of ‘aims shall not extend to or include any claim for abandoned or captured property received or col- lected, either by the civil or military authorities of the United States under the act of March 12, 1863, unless in cases commenced within two years after the suppression of the rebellion, and ‘where the claimants have proved to the satisfaction of the court that they have never given ald or comfort to the rebellion. Mr, CoLE moved to lay the amendment on the table on the ground that it was not germane to the bill, Lost—yeas, 16; nays, 25. Mr. SUMNER, (rep.) Of Mass., called for the un- | finished business—the bill prohibiting distinctions | on account of race or color jn the public schools of the District of Columbia, Mr, STEWART, (vep.) of Nev., moved to lay It aside for the purpose of faking up the bills reported from the Committee on Pacifle Ratlr: is, to-day having been assigned for their consideration. Agreed to— nays, 19, WART then called up the bill supplement- ary to the act to incorporate the WEXAS PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. Mr. HAMILTON, (rep.) of Texas, opposed the bill. | Tle said that the land along the road for 400 miles from its eastern terminus was valuable, and that the probable traMe would be sufMicient to warrant the construction of the road for that dis- tance without any land grant, and that there would be no. difficulty in finding capital for so profitable an investment; but the land along the other part of the route was barren and sterile, and no one would t 0 foolish as to buy bonds based on such securi| | rep by which the President the Ciy | in hand, what he peo eal had sald about the trick had been entrapped into Service net, and had made the remark— referring to him (Mr, Garfleld)—that if he (Mr. I ler) were chairman ofa leading committee of the House he would endeavor to support the President of the United States and NOT BE THE PRESIDENT'S ENEMY in the matter. Mr. ButLen—Is it true, what I see in the Tribune, that the Chairman of the Committee on Appropria- tions refuses to endorse the administration ? Mr. GARFIELD—I do not propose to be marched at over anybody's race course, at anybody’s behest. Mr. BUTLER—I would take a very diiferent horse. (Langhter.) Mr. GaRFIELD—The same paper says, also, that the entire Massachusetts delegation in Congress re- fuses to endorse the administration, Mr. BuTLeR—And I am ready to deny it. Is the gentieman? Isay it isa lie! Does he say so? Mr. Perry, (rep.) of Ohio—I call the gentleman to order, These interruptions are intolerable. Mr. GARFIELD—I have a few more words with the gentleman from Massachusetts on the matter now The impression was made on my mind yenteraay that the gentleman did assume to speak by authority on this floor, and to represent that this civil service reform movement was THRUST ON AN UNWILLING PRESIDENT, and that the men who defended it were the Presi- dent's enemies, and not his friends. Ihave re- counted here the steps by which this movement has reached its present stage. I have shown you that it began with the President, and that it has been followed up by the President; but to make myself doubly sure Dealled last evening, with a colleague, on the President himself, and conversed with him on this matter of civil service reform, and I am at liberty to say, and I will say, whether Lam at lib- erty or not—— Nr. BuTLER—I call the gentlemen to order, The utterances of the President, except when brought here form, by & message to the House, are not to be stated t SFLU CR A QUESTION OF LEGISLATION. ‘hey do not iniuence us very much Mr. BurLer—The gentleman Rat he called upon the President, and that he was at liberty to say—— Mr, GARFIELD—The rules of the Middlesex bar, do not apply here. This is not a criminal court. Mr. BuTLFR—No, sir; because there is some decorum and propriety in criminal courts, (Langhter.) These enterprises were got up in the interest of speculators, and he would not be surprised to see | even the exploded “Memphis and El Paso” pro- ject revived. As to these Pacific railroads, there ‘as now no doubt that the Northern Pacific would | be built, and it would probably be successful, be- | cause the lands along its route were 80 good, and | he probability was that i ctors of this | Companies and | road would never be built. Further on in the discussion Mr, Hamilton said that if this bill passed it would pave the way for the company to get hold of the school lands of Texas, for they had that ob- ject in view, and he did not believe that the men in | power in the State government had the strength or | the virtue to resist them. Mr. Srewant defended the bill, and said its pas- age Was necessary to enable the company to con- struct the road, Mr. HARLAN, (rep.) of Iowa, said the bill ap- | eared to be 80 loosely drawn that it would enable | he company to use its bonds to acquire the fran- chises of other companies without building a mile | of its own road. | The bill was discussed at length and_ several amendmerts were offered, but no action was taken. STRAW BIDS. Mr. RAMSEY, (rep) of Minn., from the committee of conference on the bill to prevent straw bids for mail contracts, made a report, which was concur- red in* At half-past five o'clock P. M. the Senate ad- jJourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON, April 19, 1 Mr. Porter, (dem.) of N. Y., from the Judiciary Committee, reported a bill to authorize settlements by the Secretary of the Treasury with joint debtors of the United States, allowing settlement or com- romise with joint or several debtors individually. assed. THE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM BILL, to protect the independence of the several depart- ments of the government, was then taken up. Mr. E. H. Ronerts, (rep.) of N. Y., advocated the bill, He argued that while the evils of our civil ser- vice have been exaggerated reform was necessary, unless the millennium had come. The responsibility now centred upon Congress. The commission, representing the best intellects and highest aspi- rations, hi suggested a plan, which was now stronger than at any previous hour. ‘The President was ithfully trying an important experiment. Congress proposed nothing else. This bill DIVORCED LEGISLATION FROM PATRONAGE. Opposition to the ay plan proposed was opposi- tion to the object. It ought to have afi No harm could come to the a er party; it was strong, not in spoils, but in daring todo right. Opponents sought to gain power through pretended devotion to civil service reform, The strength of the administration was, that amid oblog for reform and tried to respond to the wortliest rations of the people. . BINGHAM (rep.), of Ohio, opposed the bill, and expressed his regret that it had been reported and ras bein, louse. He declared that such a bill was forbidden by the genius of our institutions and by the Mee ond letter of the constitution. It was a direct. inter- ference with the guaranteed privileges of every citizen of the United States, kpectacle, and nothing could be sald to redeem it from absolute contempt. He appealed to his republican friends to remember tliat they were the advance guard in that great | and needed no re- party required the Matutenance of the present system, Oli int he referred to the golden rule of ie were: ent, that the three great departments—the Legis- Wablye, the Kxecutive aud the Judiciary—pe sepa- r trial. | it strove | pressed on the consideration of the | it was a miserable | Mr. GArrreLD—I was in hopes that there would be some here, but I see there is not, (Laughter.) I desire to say to the House that I have had no im- pression made on my mind from any conversation with any man more strong or more clear than this, that in all this matter of the civil service reform the President is not only sincere, but he is in earnest. Every message that he has sent us makes me more certain that that is so, and nothing that I have ever heard him say detracts one whit from that conviction. LED TO ORDER, The SPEAKER—The Chair regards it as an inde- corum to refer in any manner toa conversation with the President of the United States. It is clearly against the age of the rule and against the independence of the House. ‘Mr. BUTLER (to Mr. Garfield) —Now don’t you wish this was a criminal court, so as to avoid that rule ¢ (Langhter.) Mr. GALFIELD—I call the Speaker's attention to the fact that L have only stated my Impression. The SPEAKER—The wording it in that way does not relieve it from the objection, or escape the par- liamentary taint. Mr. GARFIELD—I have only to say that if any- thing I have said trenches on the line of propriety | and parliamentary debate it is because the as- | sumption was made here ina manner utterly un- | paralleled in the experience I have had here, in the | form of tnsinuation that those who defend etvil service reform are antagonists of the Executive. —I did not say that. L said that th President were the friends of civil vice reform. I did not say that all the friends of rae service reform were the enemies of the Presi- dent. Mr. Perry, of Ohlo—Did not you say yesterday that those who supported this bill would require a certificate that they were not going to Cincinnati ? BuTLeR—Yes; and I have been trying to get such a certificate from the gentleman from Ohio, Mr. Garfield, and he will not give it. (Laugliter.) ON POLITICAL CONSCIENCE. Mr. GARFIELD—The gentleman from Massachusetts | is not the keeper of my political conscience. Mr. BurLeR—I never knew that you had any. (Renewed laughter.) Mr. GARFIELD, cutting adrift from this personal colloquy, addressed himself to the subject before the House and argued that it was a matter of im- erative necessity that Congress should abdicate ts usurped and pretended right to dictate appoint- ments to the Executive. Arguments in support of the bill were also made by Messrs. McCormick, (dem.) of Mo., and FINKELN- BURG, (rep) of Mo. Mr. SARGENT, (rep) of Cal., moved to lay the Dill on the table, but, at the suggestion of several mem- bers, he withdrew that motion, and the House pro- tage to vote on Butler’s motion to recommit the Dill. | | Mr. Houman, (dem) of Ind., desired to amend that motion by giving the committee leave to re- port at any time, Mr. Bt yy no means. I object. , ‘The bill was recommitted—yeas 96, nays 79, as fol- low: | 2 ‘8. Ames, A 1, Banks, Barber, Beck, Bigby, Hingham, Bird, Blair ‘of Mo., Boles, Braxton; Height, Buckley, Butler of Mass, Butler of Tenth, Clark of ‘exns, Clarke of 'N. Y., Coburn, Coghlan, Comingo, Conger, Criteher, Crock ‘ail, be Large, Dickey, Donnan, Dox, Duéll, Dunnell, Farwell, Golladay, Goodrich, F mer, Harper, Harris of Miss, Harris of Va., Haven | of Ala., Hazelton of Wis., Hazelton of N. J.) Kendall, Ke | King, B Lansing, Maynard, McJunkin, Morey, iy Ni Peters, P Sessions, if, Moore, rf Pas Parker of Mo rindle, Raluey, Rusk, § hanks,” Sheldon, Shoe napp, Snyder, Speer of Pa. sypher, Taffe, Terry 5 Van frum ddell, Wal- , Whiteley, Wilson of Ind., Nays.—Messrs, Acker, Adams, Archer, Arthu Binir of Mich. Brooks of N. Y., BuMnton, Bure! | dett, Cotton, Cox, Crossland. | dridge, Ely,Farnsworth, F jarrett, Hambleton | struggle which had resulted substantially, and was | to result fully and er and forevermore, in | restoring to the people their long lost liberty and | their equal rights, Let them not inaugurate the business of going backward. on their own record | and of attempting to forge fetters on the minds and consciences of freemen. Let the ¢ivil service be reformed, but let it be reformed in the only way Possible under the constitution—that is, by the in- | Vegrity to duty and honor of executive ofticers, of Members of Congress and of the people themselves. t. BANKS, (rep.) of Mass., admitted that there Were great evils connected with the civil service, but in his opinion this bill did not reach this dim: culty, Jt was not a remedy. ‘The foundation of the GiMlenities connected with the elvil service reform Was in the fact that of late years the people had Come to believe that the only good for themselyes or their successors was in obtaining office, The remedy for this was a change in their opinions on cussee and experience would effect that Mr. Ganrrenn, (reP.) Of Ohio, made the closing He bill, #peech in favor of He ‘reviewed the 4 Chief objections creeg against it—thae es ee ree ‘ IT WAS U STITUTION. ¢hat the civil service was pune Nae form, and that the interests of Beatty, rd, Bue! R Ny Tyaldemnan, Hale, Handley, Hanks, gar, Holman, — Kelly, McClelland, McCormick, Monroe, Morphis, Orr; fleld, Halsey, Hay ‘of r Low, Lynch, Manson, Marshall, McCtary, Melntyre,’ Merriam Packard of Ind., Patker of N. It., Perry of Ohio, Perry of N. Y., Poland, Potter, Price, Read, Ritchie, B. H. Roberts, W.R. Roberts, Rogers, Roosevelt, Sherwood, Starkweather, Stevens, Stevenson, Storm, Strong, Sutherland, Swann’ Upson, Voorhees, Wakeman, Waldron of Mich., Wells, Whitthorne, Willard, Young—79. The remainder of the session was devoted to the business of the District of Columbia, The SPEAKER laid before the House a message from the President in regard to Ku Klux outrages in South Carolina, Referred to the joint commit- tee on the subject. Mr. Beck, (dem.) of Rye declared that part of the statements contained in the message were not true (referring to the statement that the facts were got from the select committee). Mr. fox—tt is not a true statement, and we will debate it at any time, Mr. W. BR. ROBERTS, mark to the same effe Mr. bard, (dem.) of N. Y., made a re- Pa., asserted that the state- ru ‘The House then, at twenty minutes past fourP, M., adjourned till Monday, THE GOVERNMENT STONECUTTERS. History of the Strike on the Federal Buildings at Columbia—The President's Promise Ap- preciated—The Superintendent's Crotchets—Shall the Eight Hour Law Be Carried Out? CoLumatA, 8. 0., April 16, 1872. The strike of the stonecutters employed on the United States Court House and Post Ofiice here has attracted considerable attention, mainly on account of its being the first case of the kind raised by this class of workingmen under the act of Congress passed in July, 1868, which prescribes eight hours asaday’s labor. Upto this time the law has been virtually a dead letter, and the men have submitted to all kinds of hours at all kinds of prices. About fifteen months ago the mechanics in the govern- ment Navy Yard at Washington, then working ten hours, struck for eight hours, under this law. They had a hard time of it; but, having carried the mat- ter before President Grant, he decided that they should work eight hours for the same wages and be paid for overtime and the time they had lost while on the strike. Mr, L. 8, Kingsley, Superintendent of Construction, being unable to obtain suitable men here, sent north in January last, to New York, Boston, Philadelphia aud other cities and obtained a suficient number of stonecutters to carry on the work on the buildings. The men commenced work on the 15th of January. The days becoming longer, however, Mr. Kingsley issued an order that on and after the Ist of March the men should work ten hours for the same wages they were receiving for eight hours’ work. The matter was talked over by the stonecutters and a committee appointed to wait on Mr. Kingsley and inform him of their right, under the act of Congress, asking him if he was acting under orders from Washington. To these he re- plied that “ME WAS BOSS OF THE JOB,"? and had received no orders. The stouccntters then quietly left work and appointed a committee to proceed to Washington to lay the question before Congress and the authorities there. They met with a cordial reception at the hands of such men as Congressmen Hoar and Dawes, and Senator Wilson, of Massachu- setts, besides prominent friends of the working- men’s cause and newspaper correspondents, who interested themselves in the matter. A delay ofa Week, however, induced them to send on another delegate—Harry Battersby, an old wheel horse, who has been successful in carrying his poits in the more trying times of the past. He endeavored to enlist the sympathies of Senator Thomas Robert- son, of this State, but was repelled by the assurance that Mr. Robertson would do anything and every- hing to sustain Su parintengent Kingsley and com- “pel the men to work longer hours for thé same pay. ut Battersby, through Congressman Hoar, secured N INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT GRANT, who assured him that the matter would be investl- gated, and if the facts were as he stated, the men should be reinstated and the work go on according tolaw. The President gave a note to this effect to Congressman Hoar for Secretary Boutwell, and it was not long before Kingsley received orders to start the men to work at eight hours. Instead of reinstating the stonecutters, as was evidently the intention of the President, Kingsley merely reduced the time of the colored common laborers on the work, who had _ raised no question whatever as to time. When this fact became known in Washington, Kingsley was specifically instructed to reinstate the men. This he did on Tuesday, the 9th inst., but at the time assured the men that he would be even with them before long. It was only two days afterwards that the three members of the stonecutters’ com- mittee were discharged, and no reason given what- ever. They are now out of employment, and are, in a peaceable way, striving to maintain their rights, advising the men to avoid another strike. Kingsley has not only got even whith these men, but he has reduced the wages of some, thus virtually leaving the question where it was at first. The whole secret of this matter, as alleged, is thi Kingsley does not and cannot object to giving the workingmen thelr rights; but the additional time imposed on the men {s represented as being a partofascheme to make something ont of the work, and the men, instead of the government, are to suifer, THE ENEMIES OF THE WORKINGMEN have endeavored to prejudice republicans against them by asserting that there was a question involved of recognizing the rights of colored men; but, as there are no colored men to come in competition with them, the charge is groundless. The stonecutters have pub- lished a card in the Union of this city in which they state that they have no objection to roy with colored men, and are always willing to accord fellow workingmen their right whatever their race or condition in life. Telegrams received from Con- gressman De Large, of this State, last night, announce the removal of Kingsley and pre assurances that the stonecutters will be fully rotected in their rights under the it must be conceded that the ti cutters have urged the settlement of this question, ifina firm, yet ina most orderly and temperate manner. Not aman has been deterred from work- ing, and hardly a harsh word spoken, ‘They are full of praises of President Grant, who has in this matter raised up a host of friends among the workingmen, and proportionately denounce the men whose chief aim seems to have been to prejudice them against the administration, and to persecute them for claiming a fair interpretation of alaw enacted avowedly for their benefit, The passage of a law indemnifying the men for lost time, and a ting out in Congress of the private erase system, are confidently looked for every ay. AHAWATH CHESED. Consecration of the New Jewish Temple on Lexington Avenue and Fifty-fifth Street—An Impressive Ceremony. The Jewish congregation that has hitherto wor- shipped at the synagogue corner of avenue © and Fourth street has just completed and yester- day dedicated one of the handsomest re- ligious edifices in the city. The ‘Temple Ahawah Chesed is situated at the corner of Lexington avenue and Fifty-fifth street. It is in the Moorish style of architecture, with ancient Moorish cupolas or domes on each of the two cor- ner towers. It fronts nincty-three feet on Lexing- ton avenue and 140 feet on Fifty-fifth street. In the main front are five divisions, a section being de- voted to the main entrance, with a stair wing on each side, The aisles and galleries are en- tered by stair wings, which are surmounted by small minarets. The material used is alternate New Jersey and Ohio stone, giving a pleasing variety to the architectural ette The in- terior 18 marble, of arabesque ornamentation, The vestibule is entered by the principal porch. In dl- mensions it is 17x84, opening into the main andi- torium by three doors and into the gallery by two. A richly ornamented cast tron column divides nave and aisles, These are covered by horse shoe arches, which form imposing passage ways, The organ gallery is over the vestibule, and is surrounded b; a wide ornamented arch, in front of which is a bai- cony, The raised platform which constitutes the best is at the other end of the nave, 102 feet from he organ gallery. In the rear of the nave, open- ing through a decorated archway, is the tabernacle in which are placed the scroll or tables of the law. It is a small temple in itself, having a front of 24 feet and a heighth of 40 feet. The seating capacity is about fifteen hundred, The cost of the building, ground included, is $300,000, ~ The ¢ Aiea of consecration commenced by the formal delivery of the keys of the temple to the presi- dent of the congregation, Mr. Ignatz Stein, by the chairman of tne building committee, at the open entrance of the church, Rev. Dr. Huebesh, the Rabbi of the congregation, then delivered the con- secration prayer, after which a procession of 100 little boys and girls, bearing the scrolls of the law, preceded LM Rabbi, tae elders and the cantor, chanting Psalm xxiv. (the chiolr assisting), marched solemnly around the at isles of the temple, and de- y | posited the sacred scrolls within the ark or taber- | nacle, in the rear of the pulpit. Dr. Huebsch then preached the consecration sermon in German, Dr. jutheim followed with another in English, a hymn written for the occasion was chanted, and the im- mense congregation dispersed, The services were very impressive throughout and very lengthy, last- ing trom four o'clock until nearly eight. WENDELL PHILLIPS’ PROGNOSTIOATION, Boston, April 19, 1878, Wendel Phillips delivered an address last evening before the International Grand Lodge of the Knights of St. Crispin on the labor question, in which he eu- logized General Butler, predicted the downfall of republicanism, and lauded the efforts of the work- ing men to organize, promising them if they stood by each other faithfully that they could elect the President in 1876, He wanted to see the financial system of the country so reconstructed that money could be had at three per cent instead of ten, and gardens and books and beautiful things given to the working classes, who, in his opinion, ought hever to work more than eight hours a day. PROBABLY FATALLY INJURED. William Brown, of 318 st Thirty-second street, fell down the hatchway of 306 Broadway, from the third to the first floor, fracturing his skull and en- dangering his life. He was seut to the Park Hos- pital by the police. CUBA. The Vitality of the Insur- rection. Eo Inability of Valmaseda to Pacify the Island— General Demoralization Among the Volun- teers—Probable Retirement of Valmase- da—His Likely Successor—The Death of Agramente—Comments on the Bevall of Mr. Lopez Roberts—Dr. Houard’s Claim to Ameri- can Citizenship Denied. Havana, April 13, 1872, Cuba, the “Gem of the Antilles,” is passing through a crisis exceptionable in its political and revolutionary aspect, and it is only with extreme diMculty that one can follow and chronicle the varlous events which tend to throw light upon its present situation and deduce from them the pros- pect of its future. The insurrection, notwithstanding all contrary reports, is far from being suppressed, and still has vitality enough to last for some time to come, and, however sanguine the hopes and assured the promises: of Count Valmaseda to quell within a given period the remainder of the in- surrection, Kept up by wandering insurgent bands and others secure in their mountain strongholds, that period, fast advancing with gigantic strides, proves the futility of drawing drafts of Time against Hope, and precludes all ex- peetation of its accomplishment. The same promise, often repeated by Valmaseda, as weil as his predecessor, Caballero de Rodas, has now no hold on the credulity of the people in general. The feeling of the majority of the inhabitants of this island is not echoed by the press of this city nor throughout the Island, The strict censorship exercised over all articles of a political tendency prohibits it from publishing facts Known and cur- rent among them, The gevernment organs in this city all play the tunes prescribed for them, and one would with dimeulty imagine the existence of a mine, ready to ignite and explode at any moment. Accusations and counter accusations, plots and counterplots, and intrigues of all kinds are numer- ous among the dissatisfied, and ConsrrkAcies against the supreme power governing the island are in existence, and the feeling that the insurrec- tion has been fostered by the Spanish army ofticials for the purpose of promotion and plunder is more general than would be supposed. The promised peace is not forthcoming, and patience is becoming exhausted, even in those who had the strongest faith in Valmaseda, and seeing that his attempts thus far have proved abortive and failed, dismal forebodings take the place of sanguine expectations of its practical accomplishment, The wholesale amount of property confiscated, the stringent measures and edicts, the rivers of innocent blood spilt in the contest, have produced but little towards effecting the speedy pacification of the country, and have only contribu- ted to augment the sentiments of hatred and an- tagonism inherent for years between the native Cuban and his proud ruler—the Spaniard. Ambition gnd envy now sway the breasts of many Spaniards, who have, since the commencement of the insurrec- tion, elevated themselves to a certain eminence among their fellows, and are far from being satiated. The creating of one of their number, Don Ramon Her- rera, Colonel of the Fifth battalion, to the title of Count, has only awakened the feelings of jealousy ofthe rest. Also the character and purposes of that class of Spaniards who, before the insurrection, were content to arrive at a competency, has nota- bly changed. Demorilization IS INCREASING among them. Before the rebellion to reach their aim they were content to undergo a life of self- denial, renouncing all pleasures, and by strict and mean economy, close attention to business from sunrise to midnight, Sundays included, finally ac- quire 9 sum to start themselves in business; then by various practices, not the least common of which was to invest their hard earnings in slave expedi- tions, amass the sum which they had fixed as that upon which they would retire from business, The rank and file of the volunteer corps are composed of this class, and now, being drawn occasionally from their customary daily occupations, these become distasteful, and they more and more shirk them, As a proof we have had recently numerous national Spanish pro- vincial fairs in the towns adjoining Havana, which have drawn large numbers of the class referred to to join in their pleasures and excitement. The young Gene on his arrival from Spain, goes as naturally ¢O a corner grocery as to a higher class establishment, according to the recommendations of uncles or other relatives who have come out before him and made their fortunes. Upon an ave- rage salary of from $15 to $25 per month, according to position, sleeping and eating in his store, he passes a life of drudgery and saving, content merely to exist and lay up every dollar until his ends are achieved. Many of the wealthiest men in this island have sprang from this beginning. But now all this has changed greatly; the excitement and pleasure of being enrolled in a aay organiza- tion and the duties arising therefrom deter them from strict attention to thelr occupations, and grad- ually induce a state of erent and demoralization, The former goal of their ambition of amassing, by trict economy and privations, a sufficient capital fo start in trade is lost yy of, and they acquire habits which, with their bmall salaries, they can et maintain, As these men are called the pil- Jars that sustain national integrity in this island, and cali themselves the firmest supporters of order and public tranquillity, it is easy to foresce how the subverting of their habits and customs will eventu- ally affect the political situation of this island, The Cireulo Hispano Uliramarino, lately estab- lished at Madrid and sustained by Spaniards resi- dent in Cuba, exercises great influence in further- ing the views of certain men here. _As the leader or director of the Cirewlo appears the Marquis of Man- zanedo, at one time a hatter in Havana, but now A MILLIONNAIRE IN| MADRID, thanks to the safe landing of African expeditions on this island—commerce in “sacks of live coal,” as. old slave dealers term it. The Circulo ‘poses: to use its moneyand influence with the home gov- ernment to have Cuba governed by its ancient laws and remain under military regimen. I am assured, from the best authority, that VALMASEDA WILL RETIRE from the command of this island in the month of May, convinced as he is of the objection there is to his remaining if he should fail to peetty the country within the time he has promised; and even if he should apparently succeed—he is making all avail- able efforts to buy over the insurgent Generals Maximo Gomez and Modesto Diaz, both natives of St. Domingo—in suppressing the rebellion or get- ting the forenamed prominent chiefs to coalesce with him, the Count comprehends but too well the diMiculty of reorganizing the vari- ous opposite elements he woukl have to deal with. It is hardly credited that General Concha will be his successor, and many of the knowing ones pre- dict that either General Serrano Bedoya or General of Marine Genaro Quesada, will fll his place. Gen- eral Cordova and General Rey, the lately resigned Minister of War, are also mentioned, hoever it may be, aside from the fat prize for himself and the new set of carpet-baggers he will surely bring over with him, the position is far from envia- bie, the many diMicuities of men and circumstances My will have to contend with auguring no easy task. 8 10 THE ACTUAL, STATE OF THE IX it 1s, indeed, diMeult to define it. 4 sorts of stories are afloat. Those who sympathize With the patriots continue to assert that the insur. ents are active, but nothing of any reliabilit eard, nor have the Spanish ‘ ournads of late p lished the usual ier of engagements, dispropor- tlonate losses inflicted on the enemy, &c. App rently there exists a tacit understanding—likel, enough emanating from superior orders—to publis! as little as possible concerning the skirmishes and engagements. Valmaseda arrived at Santiago de Cuba from Manzanillo last Thursday, and organized sixteen columns of 200 men each to scour the dis- trict in persecution of the insurgents, The follow- ing is the only item of interest recently published, which, if true, deprives the insurgent cause of some of its ablest and most prominent men:— The Commanding General of the Central Depart- ment telegraphs, in addition to, the published accounts of an. engagement by the San Drintin Battalion on the 8th of March with the bands of Eduardo and Igna- cio Agramonte, that It is positively known that amon; the seven whites killed by the troops were the Ohieh Eduardo Agramonte; his Second Major, Aureliano Sant chez; his Secretary, Miranda, and Calixto Perdomo, Aid to Ignacio Agramonte. EDUARDO AGRAMONTR was one of the inost prominent and talented men of the insurrection, Born at Puerto Principe on the 2d of October, 1841, at the age of ten he removed with his parents to Barcelona, where he received his education, studied medicine and graduated with high honors at the age of twenty-one. Ie afterwards ractised in the hospitals of Paris. In 1864 he re- urned to this isiand and pri 4 his profession for a short time at Clenfuegos, but in 1865 returned to Puerto Principe, bis native city, and married the danghter of Don José Ramon Simoni, He was among the first to rise in arms against Spain, and took part in the first cg ote of the ingur- rection in the nival Department—that of Bonilla—where General Valmaseda was at- tacked on his march to San Miguel and Nuevi- When President Oespedes formed his first Cabinet Eduardo Agrd@monte was appointed RIPLE SHEET, | Minister of Affairs, but he soon resigned his portfollo to e1 himaelt more actively in the fel Sgnting the Spaniards, and at the same time make his surgical skill available for his wounded comrades in arms. He wae sor a Sig 4 generous disposition, intellectual an strong enthusiast of republican ideas und insti- tutions, An ae remai brother, well known in musical circ! ~ and two sisters reside in New York, His wife and child are at present under the care of her father in Mexico, other younger brother was killed in 1860 at the engagement of Sabana Nueva, where the insurgents captured a complete Sp ih ison. The loss of this pabsiot will be deeply felt, However, strong doubts are entertained as to the truthfulness of the Spanish report of his death, THE CASR OF DR, HOUARD. The accounts published in the American news- apers of the change of 8} Ministers at Wash- ington and the reports of the case of the unfor- tunate Dr. Howard, or Houard, have natoraly at- tracted the comments of the Spanish journals here. The Diario publishes an editorial mentioning the two incidents, as it calls them. The first THE CONGE OF MINISTER ROBERTS, in which President Grant’s reply Ia qualified as more polite to the Minister personally than the nation he represented. The other ia the glaring contradic- tion in the two notes of Secretary Fish on the Howard case—that of the oth of March to the United States Chargé d’Affaires at Madrid, and the 12th, to Vice President Colfax. In the former he assumes, says the Diario, Dr, Houard to be an American citizen, and demands of the Spanish Boronia what it cannot, will not concede; but in the latter he even furnishes the evidence by which Dr. Houard is proved to have lost all claim to be considered as an erican, and con- sequently, says the Diario, was legally tried and condemned, ie io asserts that the govern- ment should limit itself to replying to Mr. Fish’s demands in his note of the 9th, that it can- not grant them, in view of the reasons ex- pisiued by his note of the 12th; and al- hough, says the Diario, the question in itself is but a small matter, yet the Aled ipa of Spain should well establish’ the following principles:— First, “Never to admit and never to conseat the plea of nationality shall be made a veritable chance game, of which the enemies of Spain may avail themselves, Whoever does not live in Cuba openly as a foreign citizen, registered at his Consulate and the superior government, should not have the least right to claim the protection of his flag at con- venience, The secon a is that allforeigners who trangress are subject to the laws and courts of the country, and only these courts can declare upon the guilt or inflict’ the sentence which corres- nds.” The Diario quotes a proverb:—“Short set- ements makes long friends,” and recommends that accounts with thelr neighbors should be kept very clear indged, and thus preserve friendship. SPAIN'S MARITIME POWER. The same journal also publishes a long statistical statement tending to prove that Spain is the fourth maritime Power of the world. The résumé gives a total of ten fron-clads, with 5,620 men, artillery, marines and seamen} screw vessels eleven, with 567 men each, and five others, with 496 men each; three sidewhecl steamers, with 300 men each. ‘The vessels of the second class comprise nineteen, of which the first six have 165 men each; four side- Bheel steamers, with 144 men; the screw Tornado, ind the gight remainder tel men cael, au vessels of the third class are sixty-three, the firs eleven with 112 men, and seven following eighty men; the gunboat Cuba Espaiola, fifty-seven men, and tho other gunboats forty-seveh mén each; the sidewheel steamers elghty-nine men, and seven screw transports, with 104 men each. Vessels not classified, five; two with ninety-five men and three with 103 men. The pontoons are two in number, with a crew of eighty men each. The forces at the Phillipines are composed of eighteen gunboats, of twenty-five men each. This gives altogether a gen- eral total of 140 vessels, with 857 guns aud 26,650 men, oe OPERA. re With the performance to-morrow evening of the “Prophéte” the opera company will have finished its season, which commenced on the 80th of Novem- ber with “Rigoletto,” and having given within that period eights ol ht representations at the Tacon Theatre. uring that period several new artists were introduced, Tamberlick, Sparapani and Marl, Madame Natalie Testa and Mile. Dalti and Madame Reboux being those who have most won the sympathies of the public. The “Prophete” has been the most successful opera of the season. It was produced with the accuracy of detall and at- tention to scenic effect required by its gran- diose character and seldom witnessed in Ha- vana. No expense was spared, nor have the artists been behindhand in seconding its success, to which Madame Testa has ely contributed in the rdle of Fides, Her rendition of this trying character, both in a dramatic and lyric sense, has left nothing to desire, and would alone have secured the success of the season. The celebrated coronation scene in the fourth act, with its gorgeous pageant, coronation march, &c., has been far the best scenic representa- tion Havana has witnessed, and the superb acting of Madame Testa and Tamberlick in it created a Surore, Tamberlick has secured the Tacon Theatre for the next season; on Monday he leaves for Spain. MOVEMENTS OF AMERICAN WAR SHIPS. The flagship Worcester sailed for Key West on Thursday last. The Wyoming, which arrived last week, is expected to convey or tow the monitor Terror to Key West next Thursday. The Canan- daigua, at present in Key West, will replace these vessels, but till then there will be no American vessel of war in port, The health among the officers and crews is very gor THE GERMAN REPUBLICANS. The German Movement to Sustain the Cineinnati Convention, The newly formed German Liberal Republican Central Committee, formed in aid of the coming Cincinnati Convention, held a second mecting at Germania Hall, No. 200 Third avenue, last evening, Mr. Gustav Theisan occupying the chair. The object of the meeting was to receive the reports of the Committee of Organization, ap- pointed to organize the several Senatorial districts, which, on account of the absence of the majority of that committee, in consequence of being engaged in meetings resulting from the passage of the new city charter, was deferred to the next meet- ing. After bee 8 additional members, on motion of Mr. Theo. Glanbensklee, a resolution was ee to send six delegates to the Cincinnati lonvention—one from each Congressional district— vo represent them and the other German liberal republicans of this city, A resolution was also passed instructing the delegates to the Cincinnati Convention to see that the prin- ciples embodied in the platform of the German liberal republicans be adopted by that Convention. The following gentlemen were elected delegates to the Convention ;—Messrs, Theo. Glau- bensklee, Dr. Kessier, Ferd Trand, Frederick Schack, Moritz Ellinger and Dr. Gerke. The follow- ing gentlemen were appointed alternates :—Messrs, Charles Wendt, Henry Wehle, Charles Taenzer, Paul Schnitzler, Adam Falis, and G. Wollbrecht, THE GERMAN REFORMERS, An Opposition Movement. The German Council of Political Reform, recently formed by a number of German reformers, who are Opposed to the leadership of Mr. Oswald Otten- dorfer and dissatisfied with the management of the regular German Central Reform organization, pre- sided over by Mr. Ottendorfer, held a meeting of del- egates at 545 Third avenue, last evening, to complete the organization, Dr. Nette Sore the chair. A permanent organization was effected by the adop- tion of a constitution prepared by a committee ap- ointed for that purpose ata previous meeting. he organization is composed of three delegates from each ward organization, from which all pro- fessional politicians are to be excluded, The prin- cipal object of the organization is to Lg tee arep- resentation in the Council of Political form by the Beethoven Hall German Central Reform Or- ganization during the coming campaign. MISCELLANEOUS POLITIOAL NOTES, ‘The Boston Advertiser (administration) says Mas- sachusetts was scoured from Berkshire to Cape Cod for evidences of republican disorganization—result- ing in the late “Bird call” for the gathering of the liberals at Cincinnati It 13 the old anti-slavery faction redivivus, ‘The Norfolk Journal (democratic) “earnestly and heartily hopes that the Cincinnati platform and nomination will be acceptable to all the opponents of radicalism, in all sections and in every State of the Union. Ex-Governor Oglesby ts ogling for the republican nomination for Governor of Illinois, vice Palmer, re- ceded, The Lafayette Journal (administration) thinks Grant should be re-elected on the principle that “history repeats itself.” Professor Woolsey does not go to the Cincinnati Convention, As a republican he don’t want to have the ‘wool pulled over his eyes” in that way. An Tilinois paper thinks Governor Palmer 1s only “playing possum” in declining to be a candidate for renomination by the republicans. He has tried that little game before, and succeeded, But it will hardly work a second time, A Cincinnati! paper says General J. C. Fremont willin a few days publicly declare his sympathy with the liberal republican movement. The Philadelphia Press quast administration) does not believe that ex-Governor Curtin will allow his name to be used for any position by the mana- gers of the Cincinnati Convention. The wish is, perhaps, father to the thought. The Providence Journal (administration) does not believe that while Mr. Sumner holds towards General Grant an attitude which it decply regrets, “he will give the weight of his name to an organiza’ tion that can succeed only by the aid and under the direction of the enemies of his life-long principles, and who will not give their ald to any organization which they caunot control,’ ; «— FATHER GAV. 4 The Great Italian Reformer on Religious and Political Affairs in Italy. The Founding of an Evangelical Church in Rome the Secret of His Mission—His Efforts for Italian Unity—His Opinion of New York City After Twenty Years’ Absence. Father Gavazzi, as already announced in the HeRaLp, is at the New York Hotel. Ho te entered on the books as “Alessandro Ga‘ Roma.” He arrived on Wednesday, and spent most of yesterday and the day before in conference with Teligious committees in the Bible House and ia viewing the wonders of what he calls the “new city”? up town. Late in the afternoon he returned to the hotel, where a number of distinguished visit- ors had left their cards for him during the day. A HERALD reporter met him in the office, and was cor- dially granted the privilege of submitting him to that new American torture, the “interview.” Father Gavazzi 1s about sixty years old, nearly six feet high, and is proportionately portly, His face is 4 fine one, the features large, eyes, nose, mouth and forehead all denoting strength and clearness of thought. His hair 1s fron gray, worn somewhat long and combed straight back from the forehead, His eyes are overshadowed by thick, shaggy eye- brows, and he wears thin patches of iron gray whiskers high up on each cheek. Altogether his face is very like that of Oharlea Sumner. He is affable and cordial in his manner, and speaks choice English, though sometimes with very bewildering accent. His manner is hearty and enthusiastic, and he is greatly given to vehe- ment gesticulation, He escorted the reporter to his room, and at once went into the business, with thorough zest, of being interviewed. “What is the object of your’ present mission, Father ?” “We are a deputation,” said he—“Dr. Thompson and I—from the Free Christian Church of Italy te make its objects and prospects known to our friends in America, and also to ask for assistance. I hope to carry home from America the beginning of aa Evangelical College, which shall diffuse throughout all United Italy the true dectrine of free Christ tianity.7 ~~ “Who is Dr. Thompson 9 7 Lal: “He is an American, who came to Rome some twa years ago merely on a visit. Linterested him in the Evangelical movement, and he entered heartily into it. He has accompanied me here to pilot me through, and he will return to Rome with me.’" “What is the general doctrine of your Church ?'{5 “We callit the Free Christian Church of Hiss | Italy, Itis open to all classes of Protestant Soine Baptists have Churches there, though not many. The Presbyterians have some, and the Meth: Odists have most. They are most zealous in the work of Evangelization. But we unite them all under the one head of Free Christian Church. Our creed is very simple. It is only to love your fellow man, follow the golden rule and pay no obedience to the Vatican. We have thirty-five churches, and the governing power is vested in a commilteo of seven, sitting at Florence.” “You are, then, thoroughly at enmity with the Pope ?”” “Oh, yes! We were once friends; but there is now too wide a difference of opinion between us for that.” “How does your theory of belief compare with that, say, of Pere Hyacinthe?”’ “In the one particular, that while he and DO6l- linger and Straussmeyer refuse to obey certain be- hests of the Catholic Church, they still claim to be members of of it. I accept my excommunication, and have left it. Ihave argued this matter with Hyacinthe and Dollinger both, but they are not pre- wired to go entirely out of the Catholic fold into the rotestant, hor yet prepared to accept all the new Catholic doctrines. Hyacinthe has of late been CMG religious conferences at the Teatro Argen- tina, in Rome ; but they were not well attended, and Theard before my departure that the preliminaries were being arranged for him to have audience with Me ey . Soitislikely tue two will be recon- ciled. “How came you to leave the Church of Rome, Father?” “I was excommunicated for defending Rome against the French in 1849, and also, on the same occasion, for ae religious consolation to m own dying soldiers—soldiers defending Rome born and raised in the Roman Church.’” “You served with Garibaldi?” “T went with Garibaldi in 1860, organizing hospi- tals for his troops, for I was the chief of what you may call the Lereert Corps. I was with him in 1866 in the Tyrol and in 1867 at Mentana. I also made it my duty as we marched along to stir the peo rane the duty of uniting and republicaniz- ng It . iow do you stand in reference to the present kingdom of Italy?” “Well, you see, Garibald! and I are reprmicens, but we must take the best we can get. kingdom, we have Italy, whole, united. a is ripe it will fall into our laps; so when Italy Is ready to become a republic she will be all the better for being already united. King Victor Emmanuel treats me well. Ihave nothing to com- plain of. He treats all the republicans well.” “Does there seem to be any expectation of the rescuing of Rome from the Italian confederation?” “Hal? said the great agitator, with his massive hand uplifted. ‘Tell your ‘Ainerican Catholics, your Irish and German Catholics, who are contributing joney to ‘rescue’ Rome, tell them it is impossible fo resone Rome from Italy—from Italy!” and he brought his hand down upon the table. “Let them save thelr money for more reasonable purposes.” “How do the clergy generally look upon the in. fallibility doctrine in Italy?” i} “rhe flgher o ers of the ere, accept it, but the lower orders gre moving against it. In Pied- mont and some other provinces they are very out spoken against it.” ® “How long will you remain here “In New York about two weeks, Then we shall go through the country, to Boston first, then Chicago and St. Louis, and even I hope to San Francisco, We shall probably remain in the country until August, or if our business {8 not finished until Octo- ber. I will preach on Sunday next. I d¢ not know just where yet. The church is engaged, but I can- not recall iis name. I will also lecture while lam here on the unification of Italy, the dogma of in- fallibility and its startling consequences; the vatl- can council and its effects, and the general political and religious prospects of Italy.” “You were here once before, I believe?” “Yes, twenty years ago, in 1852. I remember your General Pierce was then elected President.” “You have probably found some changes in the city since then?” Father Gavazzi hereupon became enthusiastic, “Oh, most wonderful!’ he exclaimed, “When I was here then there were only afew houses here and there above Union square—do you call it? Yes, above Union square, I rode up to Central Park to-day and I walked down, for I said I cannot see gh Bots city in a what-would-you-call-it-stage- coach. I walked down your Fifth avenue and I re- membered some talk when I was hero before of making your Fifth avenue a fine thoroughfare. Ha, what is it now? I rode up through a tunnel on Fourth avenue, yes. When I was here before there was some talk of making ® tunnel there and some laborers were put to work then. I remember pick- ing away at it, I have seen a new city and the rand buildings; your great depot, your Christian soclation building, your Artists’ palace, with the Mosate front—what do you call it? ah—the Academy of Design, Itlooks like the Ducal Palace in Verona, I say there are in this new city more fine buildings thanin Rome, Florence, Venice—all the cities of Italy put together, It is wonderful, sir,”? ‘When the reporter, thanking him for his courtesy, arose to go, the Father saw him to the door and in the elevator which was near at hand, “I always like to conclude a lecture or a sermon with one grand conception,” said he, with a pleas- ant smile, “and I conclude now with this—that in great, free Amorica here everything is great and ar andand I shall hope for something great and Ser for the beginning of our Evangelical Jollege. With that he planted his hands upon his hips, beamed Iuxuriantly and the descending elevator shut him out of view, A pubile reception will be given to him and his associate, Dr. Thompson, at the hallof the You Men’s Christian Association building, to-night, at eight o'clock, Addresses will be delivered by dis- tinguished advocates of Protestantism in Italy and America, The Rev. Drs, Colton Smith, Sabine, Or- Toiston and a large number of distinguished clergy- men Will be present and deliver addresses, FRANZ ABT, Preparations for His Reception. The delegates of the New York Saengerbund s@ cleties, Mr, William Keyl presiding, held a meeting at the Germania Assembly Rooms last evening, to complete the arrangements for the reception of Franz Abt, the German camposer, whose arrival in this city by steamer from Rye is expected within a fortnight. The reception will consist of @ Reception serenade and torchlight [1a festivities in honor of the distinguished visitor are also in preparation by the Arion and Liederkran® so-cleties and by several other Gorman organise tions.