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WASHINGTON. The Agricultural College Land-Grab in the Senate. RECONSTRUCTION OF THE COMMITTEES, Fenton Stil] Conkling’s Thorn ' in the Flesh. eee POMEROY'S TEMPERANCE TACTICS. —_+-—_——- Passage of the Nuval Bill in the House in -an Amended Forin. ie — Sx ont Cle da SHIPS‘TO BE BUILT. —+-—— The Relative Merits of Navy and Private Ship. Yards ‘To Be Tested. ee, Boutwéel! Threatening An- other Syndicate. 4 Nomination of Ex-Governor Orr as Minister to Russia and Judge Hunt as Jus- tice of the Supreme Court. (et we LAND FOR FRENCH REFUGEES. Wasnineton, Dee. 5, 1872. Whe Land Grab for Colleges in the Sen- ate—Recoustruction of the Committees Magnanimity of the Democrats. A mall group of Senators listened to Mr. Morvill, of Vermont, this afternoon, as he read the printed slips of his argument in favor of granting move of the public lands to the agricultural colleges, But the real order of the day was the reconstruction of Me committees, and the slate was changed halt a dozen times to please individual whims, ‘Tie democrats, who constitute a majority of the op- position, might have claimed every place tendered by the administration Senators, but they were @agnenimous. Casserly retired from the Com- mittee, om Foreign Altairs to enable Schurz to re- q@ain there, and also from the Committee on Cus- tom House Investigation to make a place there for Fenton, who will thus have a famous chance to badger his enemies in the New York Custom House. Fenjon will, however, have to leave the Committee on Finance, and the active ‘Tipton will be jrapsferred from the Commitiee on Pensions to that on the Levees of the Mississippi Kiver, Last year, for the first time, an opposition Senator was appointed Chairman of a committee that he might have the use of a committee room for the conferences o! his associates, For this rea- sen Garrett Davis was made Chairman of the Com- mittee on Public Lands, and now Thurmau it to Succeed him, while Casseriy is to be Chairman of the Committee on Engrossed Bills, It is said that ‘wm one Of these rooms there wiil be a supply of old Bourbon, but in the other nothing buat ice water to @rink. Windom finally took the Chairmanship of She Committee on Enrolled Bills, and Carpenter the Cnairmanshbip of the Committee on Contingeut Expenses, The other changes have already been given in this correspondence. 1t is not certain, uowever, that the Lberais will wot decline to accept positions whieh they ean only ge! by evating then Powoct atic friends, The Bill to Increase the Navy. Simce the discussion on this bil) day before yes- ‘terday the interest in it has increased. More in- telligence has been broughi to bear on the question. Mt was evident that members came in to-day, crammed and rammed to the muzzle with figures about live oak and iron, navy yards and private contracts, Among those who took prominent parts were Kerr, Coghiin, Potter, Randall, Cox, Hale, Bcofieid, riieid, Shellabarger, Lynch, Archer and Beck. The question, as stated by Mr. Cox, was as to the mode of building and the number to be built. The debate fnaliy terminated on a vote as tothe number. Mr. Cox’s motion prevailed to re- duce the number from ten to six, and to divide the experiment, as he cailied it, between the two modes; three tobe built at the navy yards and three by private contract, guarded by the amend- ment of Mr. Randall as to models, a commission, Ac., and further guarded by the amendment of Mr. Garfield that no contract or order for con- struction shonid be made until fall detailed esi- mates have been submitted to Congress and ap- propriations made therefor. These amendments, added to the origina! bill, together with Mr. Hale's @mendment as amended by Mr, Cox, finally assed, vo that the bill gocs to the Senate in the jorm below:— A bill to authorize the construction of six steam vessels of war and for other purposes. That the Secretary of the Navy be anthorized to construct Six steam vesspls of war, each carrying ten or more guns of large caiibye, the lulls to be ‘Wniit of iron or wood, as the Secretary muy decide ; and that $3,000,000 be appropriated’ for that pur- pose out of any money in the Treasury hereafier to be appropriated; provided, that not less than whree or paid vessels shail be constructed in private yards in ‘the United States under ci And the models, plans, specifications ang Jor the aforesaid vessels shall be procure maval ox civil marine architects, Jeet to public competition and for suitable stipulated rewards upon advertisement—all of which shail be sub- mitted to a board of not less than five navai ofi- cers for approval and adoption, under the dir tion of the Secretary of the Navy, And aster the models, plans, specifications and estimates, which May be a combination of the best features of any or all the plans submitted, or any one of them en- tire, have been approved and adopted hy the alore- eaid board anc approved by the Sec Php ede to contract, under proper adye for the construction of the aforesaid versels wit we lowest and best bidder who will give pro wecarity for the fatihful twfilment of the contract fm each case, The vessels to be built accord- ing to the models, plans, specifications and estimates approved and adopted as hereinbefore provided for; provided, that the cost shall not ex- meee estimates approved by the aloresaid rd. This resnit was finally obtained by the votes of many who voted against the various amendments, In the finale even Scofield, Hale, Cox and Randali ‘woted together for the six sloops; three to be built -@ontract, according to the conditions of Randali’s and Gartield’s amendments. The argumentation by Which this result was reached was confirmed by ox to reduce the number, He argued that it had been confessed that private contracts were vicious unrestricted by legislation, and quoted seo- Ml and Coghiin to prove it; also that e navy yards were prodigal and waste- 1, and, be added, politically degenerate ‘and corrupt in their management, and he quoted Mr. Hale for a part of this statement. Mr. Cogh- 4p, of California, representing the Mare Island Navy Yan, begged the House to allow all the work to be done in the government yards as a subsidy to fabor. Mr\Cox responded that at Brooklyn avd other places\hundreds were turned out after elec- tions and starvation. “(od help such uncivil ser- vice!” exclaimed the member. The test vote was #1 te 59 for Mr. Cox's amendment. After that the voting was easy. Nearly all agreed that some- dbing should be dome to aid and aggrandizve the ipavy. some of the Western fembers, like Mr. Kerr, were not Clear 28 to the necessity of an In- eased Dewy Welore an increased commerce, The pauit id Weehal! have #ix sloops—three of live oak nd three of iron, most Dikely, Nothing but ihe bhery of the Senate can overturn the well yarded yeatrictions thrown avound this bin, it e yeeticlions are preseryed we may look fora im the government yards and three by private | the good sense of the House, on the motion of Mr. | ‘tuon to feel the keen edge of Winter and ite priva- | generous rivalry between pablic and private ship- building, and the comsequenve will be a settiement of their respective merits. The Naval Bill in the It 18 expected when the House Dill providing for the construetion of six war vessels comes up for consideration in the Senate it will be amended so as to include the origina) Bumber, ten, one-half of whieh are to be constructed in private yards. The chairman of the Naval Committee in the Senate, Mr. Cragin, favors the larger number, He repre- sents @ constituency to be benefited by the passage of the amendment, Another Syndicate Threatened. Boutwell has notified the Senate and House Committees that unless they legislate to the con- trary he shall make arrangements tor negotiating the remainder of the funded joan in Europe, by the aid of a syndicate or otherwise. Probable Passage of the Internal Rev- enue Officers Reduction Bill. Mr. Dawes, Chairman of the Committe on Ways apd Means, expects to report the bil) offered by Mr. Scofield, of Pennsylvania, washing ont the oMees of assessor and assistant as- sessor and providing for the collection of internal revenue” with stamps by collectors ,and deputy collectors morrow. A joint reso- tution wi}l also be offered snspending the operation 1 the bidl passed at last session requiring the col- lection districts to be reduced to eighty, and the bill will pass, unless Oppoeition more forminable than any yet developed presents itself. A Side Blow at a Liberal Republica Chairman. Mr. Blair, the liberal republican Chairman of the ‘ims Committee of the House, is to be siruck at through his committee clerk and private secretary, Mr. Smith, late editor of @ Michigan paper and correspondent for several liberal republican organs during the late campaign, It is charged against the clerk that not only is he disloyal to the administra- tion, but that he stands recorded as dismissed from acterkship in the Treasury Departmentdor cause, within the past two or three years. Smith was in the Curreney Bureau and was o! the party that broke down Comptrojicr Hulburd during the lastsession. The bottom motive of the present effort is said to be to get Mr. Blair off the Claims Com- mittee, where he is believed to stand in the way of certain classes of claims that have been pressed for several years without success, The committee is charged with the supervision of the cases re- ported by the Southern Claims Commission for payment, and a report of that Commission is about eight hundred thonsand dollars distributed among a thousand claimants, mostly small farmers in the South, These claimanis fear that fhe removal of Mr. Blair from the conmittee during the short session will endanger their appropriation, as Mr. Blair is the only member nero familiar with the claims now going on, and able'vo explain and support them before the House. It is known that Mr. Blair was ready to go on Monday, but, aiter the action of the House that day on the offered resignation of Genera) Banks, he determined to resist the outside pressure to put bim out of his ehairmanship. Land for French Exiles. Congress, having in years past dopated lands to political exiles, an effort will be made to secure a grant for the patriotic exiles from Alsace and Lor- raine, recently arrived here, Congressional Aid for Boston. The House to-day, after prayers by a Boston min- ister, took up Mr. Dawes’ bill to aliow Boston a (jvawback on pearly all the articles which will heip to rebuild the burned Msirict, After some discussion from the lumber Congressmen from Maine and Michigan (Conger and Lynci), and a neat little lecture trom Judge Niblack, of Indiana, on the suggestive ideas of reduced tariffs generally for an impoverished people, and a neat repartee ‘and vejoinder between Dawes and Niblack, the bil) Passed, and Boston is to rise by Congressional aid as a phoenix, Douglass’ Internal Revenue Bill. The Ways and Means Committee this morning heard Commissioner Douglass in explanation and support of his proposed Internal Revenue bill, the provisions of which have Reretofore been published. The @rédit Mobilier Investigation Committee has notyet met, owing to the “absence of General Banks, one of ifsanembers, Who bas not yet re- turned from New York. The Honse Committee on Appropriations this moraing heard Governor Cooke and A. R. epherd, Vice President of the Board of Public Works, in ad- vocacy of the reimbursement of the District of Co- Jumbia for street improvements made by the Board iv front of government property. The French Spotiation Bt Cameron is endeavoring to have the French Spo- liation bill considered in the Senate next week, and he hopes that itcan be enacted. It simply appo'nts a commission to examine and report on the validity of the claims. Pomeroy’s Temperance Tactics. Pomeroy gave himself a }ift with his temperance constituents in Kansas to-day by introducing a bill Prohibiting the manufacture, sale and importation of liquor in the Territories and in this District, He regards bis re-election as certain. | The Pacific Mail Company Asking for Exclusive Privilege. ‘The Pacific Mail Steamship Company has applied to the Treasury Department for permission to run ajarge English steamer between New York and Aspinwall upon the same conditions as an Ameri- can built vessel could be ron, The company repre- sented that there is a large accumulation of freight at Aspinwall, part of it from the Sonth Pacific | coast and Central America and the rest from San | Francisco, and that no suitable American vessels can be chartered to convey the freight to New York, The Treasury Department has refused the application on the ground that under the law ihe traMe between Aspinwall and New York is re- garded as a part of the coasting trade, from which Joreign-built vessels are excluded, Our New Minister to Russia ‘The nomination of joviai ex-Speak Orr, of South Carolina, as Envoy Extraordinary and Minis- ter Plenipotentiary to Russia gives great satisfac- tion except to a few disappointed ofMice- seeking carpet-baggers. The first diplomatic representative sent to Russia by the United States was Rufus King, who was commissioned to the Emperor Paul in 1799, Since then John Quincy Adams, Bayard, of Delaware; Middleton, of South Carolina; Randolph, of Virginia; Buchanan, of Pennsylvania; Seymour, of Connecticut; Apple- men have represented the United States, at St. Petersburg. The salary is $17,500 per annum in gold. Presidential Snubbing of Alabama Serab | Politicians. | The President has been asked to exercise his power in beball of Senator Spencer's re-election to the United States Senate. He informed the dele- gation of Alabama scrub politicians who calied upon him to-day that he liad neither the desire nor intention of interfering with State matters, The Senate alone was the judge of whether the creden. tials of the person claiming to he selected en- ; titled him to his seat. Retarn of the President, The President and party returned to Washington this morning. Quite @ large number of visitors called.at the White House during the day, the ma- jority of whom desired to pay their respects, Nominations by the President, The President to-day sent to the Senate the fol- lowing nominations :— Ward Hunt, of New York, to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, to suc- ceed Justice Nelson, resigned. L. Orr, of South Carolina, to be Envoy Extraor- and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia. . F. Gill, of lowa, to be Pension Agent at Des Moines, lowa; also a large number of nominations of various civil and military oMcers appointed di ing the recess, of which the following are the most important: Tr. Phillips, to be Solicitor General, vice Bristo delphia, vice Bingham; Lucien Hanley, Supervisor of Internal Revenue for New York; Brigadier Gen- | eval Irwin McDowell to be Major General; H. Knowles to be Justice of the Supreme Cotirt of Montana Territory. United States District AUorneys—A. J. Tempier, for the Western district of Arkansa Tansier, for the Western district of Indiana; iam _ Pat. rick, for the Eastern district of Missouri; H. H. Wells, for Rastern Virginia; William Pound, for Dakota Ferritory. United States Marshals.—W, A, 8 Buttov, Jor Es EB about to go in, covering awards to the extent of | ton, of Maine, and ascore of less distinguished | 3G. W. Fairman, Postmaster of Phila- | Western Arkansas; F. B, Rawson, for Southern Florida; J. H. Burdick, for Dakota Territory. The Murderer, Barney Wood. Barney Wood, the murderer of Mr. Cheeseman, will be exeented to-morrow, to which date be had been respited. The prisoner is in a condition of complete collapse and it is feared will have to be carried on a chair to the scaffold, Fred Douglass with New York's Vote in His Pocket. Fred Douglass visited the Capitol to-day, and call- ing on Anthony, now President pro tem, of the Senate, he formally presented, in accordance with law, the electora! vote of the State of New York. The Tehuantepee Canal Report. Complaint is made that the report of the ‘Ye- huantepec Interoceanic Canal, made over @ year ago, has nut been permitted to eee the light. Descriptive Certificates or Temporary Ship’s Papers Required. Collectors issuing temporary marine payers to @ vessel are hereafter required to furnish descriptive certificate of the temporary papers to the collector of the vessel's home port, and to send a duplicate with the quarterly returns to the Treasury Depart- ment, in order that the vessel’#Tevord may be kept complete at her home port and op the Trearury registry. Treasary Brlances.” Balance in the Treasury at the close of business toeday :—Currency, $6,154,480; special deposit of legal tenders for redemption of certificates of de- pomit, $25,185,000; cain, $69,634,240; coin vertili- cates, $20,372,400, FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. — Hecond Session SENATE. . Wasurtneron, Dec, 6, 1872 TRE ENSERING WEDGE OF PROMBITION, Mr, POMEROY, (rep.) Of Kansas, presented peti- tions from the citizens of New York for a prohibi- tory Jiquor Jaw applicable to the District of Colum- bia and other territories, s Messrs, CONKLING, (rep.) Of N. Y.; Scorr, (rep.) of Pennsyivania, and SumNen, (lib.) of Massachu- setts, presented similar petitions. Mr. Lewis, (rep.) of Va., introdn to amend the bankrupt law. Mr. Wright, (vep.) of lowa, introduced # bul to extend the time for the construction of the railroad from McGregor to the west end of O'Brien county, lowa. Mr. FERRY, (rep.) Of Mic”., introduced a bit for ronsiruction of a Court House and Post Office at Grand Rapids, Mich. Mr. Lown, (rep.) of I). introduced a bi)! to fa- | cil tate the adminisiration of justice. | REIIRED ARMY OFFICERS, | | 2 a bil Mr. Scorr, (rep.) of Pa., offered @ resolution, Which was agreed to, requesting the Secretary of War to communicate to the Senate a list of the 's of the regular army who have been retired the provisions of the act of 1866, and a xtate- ment of the actual rank held by them in the regu- lar army and in the volunteer army, and of the rank held by them when wounded and the rank and pay on which they have been retired and aiso alist of those who have applied to be retired un- der the act of 1872, with their rank and pay. COLD WATER IN THE TERRITORIES. Mr. PomERoy, (rep.) of Kansas, introduced a bill to prohibit the manufacture, importation, or sale of mtoxicating liquors in the District of Columbia | and the other Territories. THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE. Mr. Morton, (rep.) of Ind., offered a resolution requesting the President to communicate to the Senate any information he may have in regard to the existence of the slave trade upon the coast of Africa, and the action, if any, taken by the British government for its suppression. Agreed to, TROOPS IN ARKANSAS, Mr, Riek, (rep,) of Ark,, moved to take up the | resolution offered by him on Monday requesting the President to communicate the grounds upon which United States troops are to be seni to | Arkansas, if they are to be sent. Mr, EDMUNDS, (rep.) of Vt., hoped the Senator would not press the resolution now. It was im- ortant in its purpose and very extraordinary in its form, and it ought to be referred to a commit- tee and carefully considered, because it provided that the Senate should take the unprecedented step of calling the President to account for the ex- ercise of his copstitutional functions as Com- wander-in-Chief of the army. Mr. Rick denied that the resolution was | intended to reflect upon the President in any way. He had two objects in offering it: first, to get information on which to base anotber resuln- tion; and, second, to let the people of Arkansas | understand that If troops were sent there they were sent only for the purpose of maintaining the law. Before offering the resoiution he had con- versed with the President, and he assured him that if troops should be sent it would be for that pur- pose alone; but he wished to have this oMeially an- nounced, 80 that the people of the State might un- derstand i Mr. CLAYTON, (rep.) Of Ark., said there was a large military’ establishment in Arkansas—au arsenal and barracks—to which it had been cus- tomary to send troops, and thereforé it was not at all likely that the people would be surprised or alarmed if troops were sent there now. Mr. EDMUNDS said he had objected to this resolu- tion simply because of its form and without any de- sign to prevent the Senator (Rice) trom obtaining any necessary information. Mr. Rick said that Mr. Edmunds might modify the form of the resolution so a8 to make it unobjection- aoe: The motion to take up the resolution was ost. THE ILLNESS OF MR, SUMNER. Mr. SUMNER said, as the Senate was about to re- organize its commitiees, he must ask, in obedience to the instructions of his physician, to be excuse:t from service op any committee. He made the re- quest with great regret. THE FRENCH SPOLIATION POTPI Mr. CAMERON, (rep.) Of Pa., gave notice that at an early day he would call up the bill in relation to the French spohation claims, ENDOWMENT AND SUPPORT OF COLLEGES. Mr. MORRILL, (rep.) of Vt., called up the bill to pro- vide for the further endowment and support of col- Jeges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts and the liberal and gh oy education of the industrial classes, &c. He read a long address in support of the bill, in which he argued that science and the arts ought to take precedence of the clas- sics in the education of American youth, and that | the liberal endowment of these colleges would be one of the most powerful means of promoting in- telligence ana virtue among all the people and de- veloping the resources of the whole country. At the conclusion of his address the further con- sideration of the bill was postponed for a week and then, on motion of Mr, EDMUNDs, (rep.) of Vt, the Senate adjourned, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON, Dee, 5, 1872, Committee (Mr, eld) was not correct, but that the statement Mr. Platt, that they were to be from fiiteen to two theasand tons burden, wae nearer the mark. If ench vessels should not be called “small.” was not @ small, t and it weuld require vessels of size to carry ten guns of large calibre. Such vessels could not be built for anythuag like the sum indicated, commereial vessel Of 2,000 tone, of superior quality and of high speed, costs in. Bagiend from £70,000 to £80,000, und woald cost in the United States at least ,000, ich @ vessel for war purposes would cost here from 000 to $1,000,000, His information agreed entirely with the statement of Mr. Randall that the actual cost of the vessels would approach for each one of them & million dol- lare, He contended, therefore, that the House had @ right to much better information than it had re- ceived on this subject, and to have a matured plan | submitted to it for the creation of a navy before it was calied aren to vote for this bill. Mr. Cox, idem.) of N. Y., argued that the gentie- men from Maine (Mr. Hale) and from Pennsylvania (Mr, Scofield) had confessed that the plan each o!- ered for building ships was vicions; one distrusted private contracts as jobs, the other the navy yards as prodigal aud wasteful. Both plane bad, which shal we choose? Both gentiemen have not laid stress enough on the wischiefs that require reforin, THE NAVY YARDS NEED REFORM, especially ag to employ¢s and politics, Who shall now reform the acknowledged jobbery of private contracts? Did the elections reform tne very un- civil service of turning in hundreds of laborers be- fore the election and turning theta out after the election, on the keen edge of Winter, to privation, ifnot starvation? He favored the experiment of building three by each, made with every proviso and restriction to gnave against prodigaiity and corruption, He said that but hittie work Was done in the navy yards, yet Congress appropriated millions list year for them, As this bili was not framed on a general plan, av it was an immediate makeshilt, and as something Ought to be done, he favored reducing the number of sloops to six, and to experiment with a less sum until more ipforma- tion and a better plan is viven, Mr. Bec, (dem.) of Ky., stated his reasone for opposing the bill, Congress had appxopriated an- nually for the last three year's over twenty mil- lone, and yet the navy had no shi; no new oner, They were a@)i worthiess, aithough twice as much money was spent than Was spent ata tame when the country had a navy that was efticient, Where was all the money gone’ Besides, there had been 471 ships soid in the jast five years—sold in ways that Congress knew nothing of. He did not know but that these ten vessels would be declared unfit for service ahd sold again before they were buill a year. He had iniormation that ships had been soid to the lowesi, not the highest bidder, and it bad been charged in the Senate by Mr. Edmunds, of Vermont, that one vessel had been sold for $19,000 Which, aiter sertng one coat of paint, was sold again for $120,000 in the courre of a week. Mr. Kerr, (dem.) of Ind,, advocated the post- ponement of the bill on the ground that the House Was not in possession of such information as would enabie it to act intelligently on the subject. TUB REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY was extremely and disreputably devoid ofsuch iniormation as Congress had @ right to ex~- pect. There was in it a total lack of detailed and intelligent information on the subect, He opposed the bill because this country did not aspire to be a great naval power. It would be in- consistent with its policy and essential principles to aspire to become either a great military or great Naval power. The army and on a@ peace footing, and, in his Judgment, they could be still more :;educed with advantage. The security of the United States against al) dangers trom without wag to be found not in a great stand- ing army or navy, but was to be looked for and did to-day most effectuatly exist in what might be Called the concrete power of a mighty nation. No Power on earth desired to interfere with American commerce on any sear, and WE NEEDED NO FLOURIBE OF A GRAND NAVY to adu any security to American commerce, email and trivial as it was. What was of infinitely more importance to the people of the United States was that Congress should #0 remodel and reform the existing most imperfect and scandaious laws af- fecting their relations with aii other nations of tbe world, 80 that there could be built up in this coun- try a great and powerful commercial navy. In that there would be reflected the power of a great nation, and it would add ten thousand fold more to the great concrete power to which he had re- ferred than ali our navies could ever do. Give the people the silent power of a great commerce, rest- Ing On intelligent laws at home, resting on the freedom of exchange; freedom in the construction and purchase of vesseis; freedoin from ali ridicu- lous, effete and scandalous theories of the Mid tie Ages; freedom from ali the errors that bad charae- terized other nations in the past. These were the reforms that were needed. These were the things to which the House shoud address itself instead o! wasting time op ab immature bil) not snstained by any intelligent report from any commitice. ‘The debate was further continued by My. Couen- A {rep-) of Cal., against the amendment to have al! the vessels built in private siip yards, and by Mr. RANDALL, of Penn., in support of it, ‘The previous question was then seconded, afver which Mr, Scofieid, who repoited the bill, was en- titled an hour to ciose the debate. He yielded a portion of the time to severe! members. seen ARCHER, (demn.) of Md., a member of the javal Committee, advocated tie bill as a matter of } necessity, the pavy of the, United States being now in a rotten and ruinous condition, He admitted that there was nothing to be feared from the great Powers; but the peopie whom it was desired to im- press with the greatness of this country were the semi-civilized nations of the world, Jt was tor that object more than any other that these vessels were required, ‘The discussion was further continued by Messrs. L. Myers, Lynch and Hale, the latter defending the Navy Department from the aspersions cast upon it. Mr. SCOFIELD, (rep.) of Pa., Chairman of the Naval Committee, closed the discussion. He ad- vocated the bill and Mico the amendment re- quiring half the vessels to be buiit in private ship yards. He stated that eight of those vessels could be put to-morrow in course Of construction in the navy yards—four of wood and four of iron. All of them could be constructed in the bavy yards sooner than they could be in private yards. The navy yards bad now all the machinery, ali the oficcs’, the foremen, the superintendents and a portion o! the laborers, who were being paid all the time, 80 that in point of fact the building of these vessels at the navy yards would take less mo y out of the Treasury than if they were built at a vate yards, He ridiculed the demagogisin of mem- bers who voted for the Eight-Hour law in the gov- ernment workshops and who now alleged as a rea- son for giving these vessels ont on contract that the workmen in the navy yards only laborea eight hours aday while in private yards they worketl ten hours. He also ridiculed the position of the Philadelphia members who, after all their opera- tions in favor of establishing a great vavy yard on League Island, now that they had it there wanted to have ships built not there, but in private ship yards, Mr. KELLY, (rep.) of Pa., remarked that if one of these vessels was to be built at the League Isiand Navy Yard the youngest member of the House would never see it completed, because no appropriations had ever been made ‘to supply the yard with machinery. A SHARP CUT AT KELLBY. Mr. ScorrIeELp—And With such advocates as my colleague not only he but his children will be buried before League Island Navy Yard will be completed, if he comes in one year and says thata navy yard is absolutely necessary, and comes tn the next year and says, “It is a very good thing to have, but you must go to @ private yard if you BILLS INTRODUCED. Bills were introduced and referred as follows :— By Mr. WHEELER, (rep.) of N. Y.—At request, to incorporate a banking association, with a capital Of $100,000,000, under the style of “The Governor and Managers of the Exchequer of the United States of America.” By Mr. L, Myers, (rep.) of Pa, ving the widow | of General Meade a pension of $2,000 a year, By Mr. Harris, (dem.) of Va.—To amend the | Tarif act, so a8 to permit farmers and planters to sell leaf tobacco without restrictions and to modify the law imposing a@ tax on retail dealers in leat tobacco, By Mr. TAPPER, (rep.) of Neb.—To sell certain public lands to tue Republican Valley Railroad Company. THE BOSTON SUFFERERS, | Mr. Dawes, (rep.) of Mass, from the Committee | on Ways and Means, reported a bill for the relief of sufferers by fire in Boston, allowing a whack on all materials imported into the port and district of Boston and Charleston to be used and actually used in the construction and completion of build- | ings erected on the sites of buildings destroyed in the fire of tue 9th and loth of November last, such drawback to be also allowed on imported goods in warehouse on the day that the act goes into effect ; the act to be in operation for one year. He briefly explained and advocated the bill, stating that it corresponded with the like bill for Ch last session, save that it did not, as that bill did, except lumbe Mr. PE . (rep.) of Me, remarked that, al- though the district he represented would suffer by the admission of lumber iree of duty, and although the city of Bangor, in his distr jost, through its | imsurabce companies, more in proportion than | Boston did, he would hot make any opposition to the bill. Mr. CONGER, (rep.) of Mich., said that, following the lead of the gentleman from Maine (Mr, Peters), | he would not antagonize the bill in the interest of the lumber-producitng States. Still, he thought with the same propriety that manufactured goods, suchas are produced in Massachusetts, might be | adinitted free of duty in Michigan. | Mr. Dawes replied that the two cases were very different in principle. The difference lay in the misiortune which justified the bill. ‘The discussion Was further continued by Messrs. | Lynch, of Me.; Maynard, of Yenn.; Farnsworth, of Ill, ‘and Nibiuck, of Ind, j | The bill was then passed unanimously, | | Mr, SaRGENr, (rep.) of Cal., introduced a bill to amend the Internal Revenue laws by providing for stamps for thirds, beer kegs, | Mr. Piatt, (rep.) of Va., introduced a bij) to | ainend the Bankruptey act. The House then, at one o'clock, resumed the consideration o! the bill providing for ten sloop: of ar, THE TEN WAR VESSPLS BILL DEBATE. Mr. Porr (dem.) of N. Y.. contended that, it was not practicable for small vessels of from five to six hundred tons to carry ten guns of the large calibre, He therefore assumed that the descrip- on oj vessels as giyen by the Chairman of the Neval want to have a ship built.” (Langhter). Mr. GARFIELD, (vep.) of Obio, offered an amend- ment, providing that no contract or order for the construction of these vessels shall be made until fall detailed estimates are submitted to Congress and appropriations made therejor. Mr. SARGENT, (rep.) Of Cal., opposed Mr. Gar- field’s amendment as postponing the matter for | another year, and advocated the passage of the | bill as reported, Mr. SHELLABARGER, (rep.) of Ohio, favored the construction of vessels carrying less than six guns, and stated on the authority of the Secretary of the | Treasury that there had hot been during this ad. ministration a single case where a naval vessel had been at all effective in enforcing the neutrality laws, but that in every such instance resort had to be had to vessels in the revenue cutter servic and he feared the house was aboat to commit the mistake of authorizing the construction | large vessels, Mr. LEONARD MYERS, (rep.) Of Pa., advocated | the bill of the Committee, urging the immediate Fea of strengthening our Navy. He tilus- trated its aud the rights of American citizens abroad, stat- ing that we are absolutely unable at present to re- place in our foreign squadrons several of the ships which had been sent home as unseaworthy. Much of this was occasioned by the haste with which we had to build and buy during the w The live oak of Florida and Georgia could not then be reached, and all of our timber was unseavoned. This vill gave full authority to the Sec- retary to build these ten sloops. No doubt six or seven of them would be built at our navy yards, and those of iron could be built—at least two of them—at the navy yaras; but it would still be at the option of the Secretary to build several of them at private yards. ‘This discretion he was willing to give; bui, above ali, he wanted the ships to be built, and it would be a subject of congratulation that this necessary pro- ject would give employment to thousands of skilled mechanics and laborers. The House then proceeded to vote on the bill and amendments, Mr. HaLe’s amendment requiring half the num- | ber to be built in private ship yards was agreed to—yeas, 77; nays, 65. An amendment offered by Mr. BANKS to modify the provision in regard to gu 80 as to make it read “not exceeding ten guns,” was agreed to. Mr. GARFIELD's amendment, requiring plans and estimates to be reported to Congress and an ap- | propriation made Was also agreed to. Mr. Cox's amendment, reducing the number of elore the work is commenced, navy were now | NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1872—TRIPLE SHERT. | | mold went, taking Jamm as an expert; Av | Britain, TEE STANLEY-LIVINGSTORE EXPEDITION, pe Clas ace The Pirst Appearance of the Merald Fx- plover in Plymouth Cherch—The Story of the Quest ror David Livingstone. My. Henry M. Staniey told agaip last evening in Plymouth church the story of} the HERALD expedi- tion in Africa and its sueces#ful culmination ip the finding of the bero and explorer, Livingstone. Nearby all that he said had, of course, been already narrated in the columns of the journal to whose staff he belongs or in bie lectures in New York; but it gained added interest when repeated by the lips of the gallant gentleman himself, who is one of its two conspicuous figures. And it may be said farther that Mr, stanley showed ® marked improvement upon his jaet effort upon the platform, Yesterday the HERALD gave bim a few seasonable and kindly hints as te the tastes and literary appeti' of an American audience, and he has at once acted upon our counse), Disearding bis manu- Keript, he Jast hight eimp!y talked to his audience, instead of deciaiming to them, as he had done pre- viously, and the natore! and necessary result Was that he succeeded infinitely better in amusing and jnstructing his hearers, That he has mueh to say worth listening to need not be said, for who could pierce the Very heart of Airica, with eves and ears open, without bringing home with him stories «of atrange enstomsa and beantifal seenery and uneonth peoples sneh as could woven into @ very fairy tale of Marvetions and absorbing interest ? But the style and manner of a lecture have as much to do with ite success ag its matter, and in these respects we have suid twice already that Mr, Sianley was hitherto somewhat wanting, although his personal friends know weil that when the occasion inspites him he is @ vivid and magnetic speaker. Last night, however, he redeemed his character with the public, and he spoke as well as he has written, He also ventured to. tell im this one lecture the complete history of his successful guest, and this gave a coherence and symmetry to his speech that were lacking while he spread it over four discourses, ‘There is littie doubt, indeed, that Mr. Stanley, if he will only persevere in the style be has now adopted, may become one of our Most entertaining and po- pulay lights of the iyceum, THE DIAMOND SWINDLERS. Mow the Arizona Lands were Salted with Kuropean Gems—The So: lied “Stonton Ruby” worth $100, SAN Francisco, Dec, 5, 1872. Lent will shorty present to the Diamond Execu- tive Committee a full account of the transactions of himself, Harpending, Ralston, McClellan and others from first to last with Arnold, Slack and Janin, It is understood that the name of the man who made the confession of th swinde is Cooper, of this city. The gems were purebasea in Europe and dis- played here. Arnold, Slack and Cooper realized $50,000, with which they bought more gems in Europe and salted the ground with them, and then took Janin to the place and picked up diamonds ‘The latter's first report was made, and Harpending und on for bin, on the strength of that Lent, others invested in the stock, Detectives ave the look out for the swindlers, ‘The famous Stanton ruby, which has been rep sented to be worth $250,000, was tested to-day by lapidaries and proved to be a soft garnet, worth about one hundred dol Later advices state tt Messrs. Harpending, Rubery and Maurice Dore have testified before the Executive Committee of the Mining Company in- vestigating the diamond swindle. Harpending suid he went to London in 1871, thence to Paris; he started for home in April, 1872, in company with Rubery, Hil, Lent and Fargo; they held a consultation with Mr, Bar.iow, in New York, abont the diamond fietds, and it was decided that a party should yo from Denver to the fields; Slack and Ar- jd got Jost, but Was finally found; at Diamond Mean, hear the Dome Mountauis, in three minutes, Har- pending picked ap a large number of dia- mohds, ‘They staked the ground and retarned to San Francisco, leaving Kubery in the field. Jani had 1,000 shaves, Which he sold to Lent and Ha) pending for $40,000, ‘The total value of shares sold here was $320,000, One man, whose name is with- heid, makes a@ clean breast of the swindle and names aii the parties concerned, Vhe matter will go to the Grand Jury to-day. ‘TEE RESIGNATION OF JUDGE NELSON. Letter from Secretary Fish. The Cooperstown (N. Y.) Freeman's Jouriul publishes tie folowing letter from Secretary Fish to Judge Nelsen, touching the retirement of the Jatter from the bench of the Supreme Court, Cooperstown is the place of residence of Judge Nelson :— WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 18° My Dra Juper -1 have just now received your letter of the 28th, enclosing your resignation as an Assoviate Justice of the Supreme Court, and can- not allow the formality of an ofMcial’ acknow edgment to go without the expression of my per- | sonal regret that the time has come when you feel it your right to seek the repose to which av honored course entities you, and that it falls tome to fill the paper which Is to terminate your connection with the highest Court of the country, and to sepa- Fate you from the administration of justice, to whicli for half a century you have contributed an | amount of patient labor and of learning and a purity, dignity and impartiality which have com- manded the confidence, esteem and admiration of an entire nation and the acknowlcdgment of Juvists in other lands, ‘Thanks, wy dear Juage, for your congratulations on the result of the treaty, to whose negotiation you contributed so much learning and wisdom. It has had a “hafd ron” on both sides o1 the ovean since it was Jaunched, on the 8th of May, 1871; but it seems likely at last to vindicate Itself and to find a quiet resting place im the security and conti- dence which it gives to two nations whose pas- sions it has calmed, May years of tranquil and happy life be my dear Judge, and allow me to subscribe very sincerely, your friend, HAMILTON FI Hon, SAMUEL NELSON, Cooperstown, Oixego ecounty, N.Y. PRESIDENT GRANT AN LL. D.—INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE. re oat JHE UNIVERSITY TO PRESIDENT GRANT. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, UDGE, Mass., Nov. 26, 1872. President of the United Cam Guany, Unysses 8, States :— Sir—I have the honor to transmit herewith the diploma of the degree of Dovtor of Laws, which was conterred upon you by this university at the com- mencement in June last, im recognition of your | distinguished public services both in war and peace. national territory and the national institutions; in peace, in strengthening the national cr lightening the public burdens, retorming th service and settling by arbitration grave disputes of long standing between this country and Great Tam, with pee respect, your obedi- ept servant, CHARLES W. ELIOT, President, THE REPLY OF THE PRESIDENT. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 30, 1 CuAKLES W. Exior, Esq., President Harvard Uni- versity :— Deak Sin—Your very kind and complimentary letter of the 26th inst., with the dipioma conter- ; Vard University, is just’ received. ring on me the degree of Doctor of Laws by Hur- Permit me to | thank the faculty of Harvard, through you, for of too | inadequacy to protect our commerce | | of $300 to keep the peace for six months. this mark of their approval of my efforts to serve our beloved country, both in time of war and in time of peace. It will be my effort to continue to deserve that confidence, Be assured that I shall ever hold in high esteem the parchment and your Jetter accompanying ti as marked testimonials of that approval, With great respect, your obedient servant, S. GRANT, BLOODY FEUD IN MANHATTANVILLE. In June last an old man named Martin Lyons, Sr., employed as @ switchman on the Hudson River Railroad at Manhattanville, was compelled by Justice MeQuade to furnish a bond in the sum The charge againet him was assault and battery, and it was preferred by another switchman named Michael Mangin. The quarrel originated in a dis- pute as to the possession of a well, and the shanty population of the entire neighborhood hac out evenly espoused the cause of each disputant. A few days ago Lyons met Judge McQuade on the street and aioe when the bond expired, Upon learning the date it bore the Judge replied that the six months would end on Wednesday night. ‘All | right, your Honor,’ said Lyons, “look out for me | vessels to be constructed from ten to six, Was also | agreed to—yeas 104, nays 67, The bil) as thos amended was then passed. A motion to adjourn to Monday was made and deieated, The House then, at ten minutes to four P, M., adjourned, “MASONIC, MontGomeRy, Ala., Dec. h, 1872. The Grand Lodge of Masons oj Alabams, whieh has been in session bere during the week, hes ad- al thin.” The magistrate, aiter warning Lyons that ithe was again brought before him he would be shown no mercy, passed on. Yesterday Lyons pra- ceeded to carry his threat into execution. Pro- curing @ pitchiork, he went to Mangin’s switch and commenced a_fiendish assault with his mur- derous weapon. Mangin defended himself as well as he could with his flag. Lyons ina short tine was reinforced by his wile and som, They would Eoddpit tl have killed Mangin if his crtes jor leip had not brought the whole neighboriood to the spot. Curran Clemens, a friend of Mangin, attempted to defend him, when young Lyons drew a knife and stabbed bit several times on- the head and neck, neatly severing the jugular vei. ‘The police then interfered avd arrested Lyons and hisson. Beth were taken before Juage in default of $1,000 each, An additional charge of felonious assault was made against Lyons, Jr., by Clemens, and bail fixed at $2,000, Clemens’ in- re ave pronounced to be extremely dangerous y the purgeon Whe attended Lim, In war, in preserving the integrity of the | eQuade and committed | | THE REV. GEORGE fl. HEPWORTH. His Iustallation as Pastor of the Church of the Disciples in the Congrega- tiona! Denomination. seein HIS ORTHODOXY ACCEPTED. ve ae A Brilliant Axray of Divines Assisting at the . Ceremony—Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Storre, Jr.—The Pastor Charged by the Rev. 8. H. Tyng, Jr., and the People by the Rov. Kenry Ward Beecher. The ceremony of installing the Rev. George Ne Hepworth, pastor of the Church of the Diseipless took place last evening in the “Brick Chureh,’™ at the corner of Fifth avenue and Thirty-seventhy street. The use of this edifice had been kindly’ tendered by its congregation for that occavion. The installation of Mr. Hepworth in the Cone gregational Church has a more important signi- ficance than ordinary rites of this, character, It finally ratifies the orthodaxy of the doctrines which he has been engaged so vigorously im preaching since the great and courageous recanta-- tion that be made about @ year ago of bit former faith, HIS ORTHODOXY PROVED. On the 20th of last month the following epistie, was sent by the Church of the Disciples to wie Central chureh:— ‘ew York, Nov. 20. 1872. TO THE CENTRAL Cuore nuRCH OF THN Diser TIN vRD IN THE Lorp—Whereas God by His provident) ing has united our hearts in Christian fellowship, and we have solemnly covenanted that henceforth, de: nying all ungodliness and worldly lusts, and consecratiny , all we have and are and hope to be ot God, we will seek in all to honor, to e and to advance Hiskingdoin, a 3 the Lord 2 e a5 a g = s invitation to Rev, Geo! to become our pastor a dial spirit responded to ou id uccepter to meet in delegate, at the B ner Thirty-seventh street, on Thuradays . at halt-jast two PB, M.. to consider oil covenant, articles of iaith and charch rules, and. i deemed advisable, (o recognize Us as a Church of Christy, also to examine the pastor of the chureh and to. assist im lus installation if found worthy of your fellowship in the Gospel. Wishing in Christy merey and peace, we rematn your WILLIAM G R. PO HERRICK, ‘The Ecclesiastical Council invited to meet and examine the Rev, George H. Hepworth regarding his religious beliefs and experiences was composed) of the following pastors from the following, churches, with also lay delegates, whose numer are omitted :— TIAN COUNCIL, he Rev. B.S. Su Brooklyn, te Buddington, V. e Rey, HM. pastor ; Broadway cle, New Yor! William M. Tay! or; Harlem . York city, ‘the F . pastor; First eharch, Jersey City, N. B. Wilcox, pastor: First ., the ‘Rey. aces H iN Hurch, Bost. ‘own, pastor; Sh |. Mass. the They. E. B. Webb, D. D., pastor; Congregational church, Wael ington, D, 6, the Key. J.B. Rankin, D.D,, pastor, and also the Re Jr. D. D.7 James 0. M DD. 5 DD. De John Hall, 0. Haxting DD. D.; Willian i r, D. D. PDs “Martin, e and Willan Reid. }met yesterday and Dr. Bod was elected Moderator, Ingtem Mr. Hepworth apneared | before them and was examined at great jongim and with great severity. His orthodoxy being by the result made apparent, the unanimous vote ead that he be installed, as he had requested, and heartily welcomed into the fellowship of te ehurches as a Christian man and a minister taught by the Lord Jesus Christ and Jea by bia The “Brick Church” last evening was filed by the gathering of the FRIENDS AND ADMIRERS of the eloquent and courageous clergyman, where ‘Btruggies were to be crowned by unequivocal suc- cess in the ceremony that was about to be pev- formed, It placed the seal of authenticity upon his ministry—at least in the eyes of the world, The mudicnce was of a brilliant and elegant character. Not only was every seat occu , but & great many persons stood, through necessity, during the whole of the impressive exercises, ‘The communion table was adorned with an im- mense basket of flowers, most of which were white; but in the centre was a beautiful cross of flaming red, The heavy and languid fragrance of the jonquils, mingling witls the more deticate odors of the roses, flied the air through all the side of this bou- quet Was a pyramid of roses, fuchias, verbenas, geraniums and candiatult, and against the front o! the pulpit stood pots of green and growing Engiisty ivy. The pulpit was surmounted by two vases of flowers, from the midst of which sprung beautifut and luxuriant tropical leaves of varied erimsow and dark green, All the reverend gentleman wio had attended the council during the day were present. The pretty giris and the stylish young mem were strong in numbers, ‘The ushers were dressed in claw-hammer coats and gloves and wor os in their buttonholes. The Rev. Dr, Buddington announced the pro- lings of the Council, and the Kev. George ad the journal of its session. The Rev, rtin then delivered the introductory prayer. S «ts irom the fitteenth chapter of Isaiah and from the fourth and the third of Ephesians were read by the Rev. Dr. Ray mer, j of Brooklyn, then annovneed the 1 the power of Jesus’ name! ostrate fall royal dia im Lord of and it was sung with impressive eect by the whole congregation, DR. STORRS’ SERMON. : The Rev. Dr. Storrs then preached the sermon of the occasion, taking his text from lomans, i., 5, 16—' as much as in me is I am ready te 3 1 | preach the Gospel to you that are at Rome; for E am not ashamed .of t Gospel of Christ; * * * it is a power to every one that believeth; * * #* to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.” He sketched the condition of the Roman worid In the time of Paul. In the great system of human so- ciety it did not represent brain or heart or wsthetia taste; neither art, philosophy or eloquence; but the conquering will that had subjected and domi- neered over nations—loving power and hating weakness. The Komans looked upon the Gospe! as the meanest and weakest thing on the earth an@ they despised it utterly. Paul knew this and with splendid courage siruck at their le at its root. The Gospel was the power of God working tor man’s salvation. It was like light, the speaker said, ilumipating ev thing it touched, Paul's interpretation of the Gospel wus that of its power, and any other would be fatal. He must have a religion that recognized the depravity oi man, the atonement of sin hy sacrifice and the death ol the Lord, and that brings before our mental vision the great white throne, Not one that could be com. fortably remembered and comlovtably forgotten every day in the week—there were plenty ot such going every days—but a rejigion of power must be the religion of Paul. We ought to be as sure of its power and work a8 he was; but here We oiten fail. The speaker thonght that the voice of the w Testament seemed a very small voice indeed in the midst of the world’s enter- prise; yet, small as it seemed, it stil had a voice in the world that was stronger than they ail, We had the presage of its final victory. There was nothing harder to be done in the future than had been done in the past. Let them yrust the Gospel which their brother had learned to preach. Then they would be using the power of earthquakes to rock the cradles in their nurseries, @lestial ener- gies tomake their drawing room4 more elegant, and then life would at last be consummated i the open vision of light and perfect felicity. THE CHARGE TO THE PASTOR. Pr. Buddington delivered the prayer of installas tion with great eloquence and tenderness. The Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., then charged the newly installed pastor, who stood with bowed head on the altar steps, with the duties and obli- ‘ations he had to perform, The address was very tting, and in some parts exceedingly touching. The Rey. Williaa M. faylor extended “the right hand of fellowship” to the Rev. Mr, Hepworth, with @ lew appropriate words, MR, BERCHER’S ADDRESS, After the singing of another hymn the Rev, Henry Ward Beecher atose to deliver the charge to the people, and, at the close of a characteristic con- versational talk, satd:— The Chureh is good jor what it does and nothin; else; and that Chu Which docs nething is not good for anything. hurch is all full of love for God and love for man, ‘The true question it should ask is, “What shall we do for the world)? Such a Charch you cannot aero ‘The Church without individuality, without zeal, might have a new gold building pat up every oth ear and would not be worth the powder to blow it up. (Laughter) A Church that lives out of itself ‘and daves mighty things is Christ’s Church, and though if you put it in sackcloth and ashes it stands but just outside the palace gate, Live not seltishly for the life of the Church; live for God and for the life of the world, aud long and Joyful wiil he your endurance.” The “Doxology’? was sung, and after the bene~ dicwow by My, Hepwortn the people disperteds