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>, LIVINGSTONE. The Landing of His Remains Momentarily Ex- pected—Stormy Weather and Delay Off the English Coast. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. LONDON, April 13, 1874. Up to this hour (four P. M,) the Steamship Malwa, bearing the remains of Dr. Livingstone, has not arrived at Southampton. Aheavy gale prevails, which undoubtedly de- 4ays the progress of the Malwa. “ourbonist “Blackmail” Paid at Gerona. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Maprip, April 13, 1874. The Carlist force that was before Gerona nas re- tired, the municipal authorities having paid ‘them 100,000 reais to desist from blockading the cigy, FRANCE. ‘The Power of the President Arserted Aga nst the Press. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Paris, April 13, 1874. ‘The government has issued a circular prohibit- ing attacks by newspapers upon the establish- ment of the “Septennat” and declaring that “President MacMahon’s powers are incontest ‘able,!? AUSTRIA AND ROME. Imperial Reply to the Papal Protest—The Eccle- Siastical Bills Passed—Bishops Re- tre from the Legislature. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. VIENNA. April 13, 1874, The Emperor Francis Joseph has sent a concilla- ‘ory reply to the Pope’s recent protest against the Ecclesiastical bills, It is understood that the opposition to the Vati- can is merely formal. ECCLESIASTICAL BILLS PASSED, ‘The Upper House of the Reichsrath to-day passed | the Ecclesiastical bills, whereupon the Bishops withdrew in a body. SWITZERLAND. Trad» Strike and Street Troubles. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. GENEVA, April 13, 1874. Astrike of the bricklayers resulted to-day in a riotous disturbance, in which five persons were | injured, The disorder was speedily suppressed by ‘the police, who made fifty arrests. BRAZIL. ‘The Bishop of Pernambuco Said To Have Been Pardoned. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Panis, April 13, 1874. Advices from Rio Janeiro received here report that the Brzezuian government nas pardoned the Bishop of Pernambuco. The arrival by the Abyssinia from Europe on Sanday evening of Mr. Peter H. Watson, President of the Erie road, caused a flutter in Erie circles yesterday. There was great anxiety manifested to know what would be the reply to Mr. Dunan’s ‘statement. Mr. Watson, in reply to an inquiry of the reporter of the HERALD, stated that at pres- ent he was too much engaged to make any public statement. Other Erie directors were called upon, but were equally non-committal. A prominent ‘director made the following statement to a re- porter of the HERALD :— 4 DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT. A prominent Erie director was visited yesterday HERALD reporter, witha view to | afternoen by 8 obtaining opinion of the Erie directors in re- the statements made by Mr. 8, Danan, the late Generali Auditor of the Erie Railway. The director at first, on being requested to throw some light on the Tather sweeping assertions made in Mr. Dunan’s letter, simply stated that the entire statement ‘was a tissue 01 falschood and had been made pub- Yc with malicious intent. Out of respect to Mr, Watson, a pure and honorable man, and one in whom they had the most implicit confi- oon was then on his way from Europe, the direc! had decided to take no action in the Matter until he arrived and would be personally able to give his reply, and set before the public the correct statement of Erie accounts, mr. Wat- son, I am happy to say, arrived this morning in the Abyssinia, and will lose no time in laying before the puuiic the true state ot affairs. There has never been the slightest attempt on the part of the Erie directors to conceal any of the affairs under their control, or to “cook up” any accounts for the specia! benefit of the public, as Mr. Watson goon explain in plain language. A ORBVASSE IN THE MISSISSIPPI, Citizens Resisting the Opening of a Dyke. New Oxteans, April 13, 1864, A crevasse 300 feet wide is reported at McCul- 1om’s, two miles below Baton Rouse, on the left bank. The State Engineer, wio was dispatched to the month of Payou Plaquemine to cut the dyke ‘which keeps the waters of the Mississippi out of the said bayou, has returned without executing his mission. The citizens of Iberville parish and the town of Plaquciine in a public Lositel pmetae against cutting the dyke, and , resolve event it by force. They have a de- tail ofarmed men guarding the levee. positively asse:ted by those best iniormed that the a, Of the Bayou Plaquemme would overfow town of Maquemine and the greater portion of Iberville parish. Hence the opposition of the citizens. Fifteen River Plantations Affected. Baron Rover, La, April 13, 1874. The crevasse at MoCulln’s plantation affects Ward’s Creek and Bayou Fontaine bottoms and about fifteen river pidéntations between ‘crevasse and Bayou Manchac. The planters and bod Levee Company will make efforts to close the reak. The River Rising. NEw ORLEANS, April 13, 1874. ‘The river is rising. It is now from two to four inches above the high water mark of 1871. Itis affected by a southeast wind now prevailing. IMMIGRATION AT NEW YORK. Statistics Regarding Nationalities, Sex, Ages, Occupations, &. WasHINaTON, April 13, 1874. Official returns made to the Bureau of Statistics show that during the quarter ending March 31, 18%, there arrived at the port of New York 15,726 passengers, of whom 11,813 were immigrants, con- sisting of 7,v05 males and 3,908 fema! Of the total number of immigrants arrived 2,048 were under 15 years of age, s,283 15 and under #0 and 1,482 40 years of age ana over, From Englana, aad Scotland 548; Wales, 1 . ; Scotland, 548; Wales, Ireland, 1,582; Germany, 3,953; Austria, 20. Sweden, 79; Norway, 17; Denmark, 97; France, $61; Switzerland, 209; Spain, a6;" Portugal, 3} italy, 1,036; Holland, 148; Belgium, 47; Russia, 12’ Poland, 210; alg Hungary, 102; ‘Turkey, Greece, 1; China, ustralia, 6; Corsica, 1; Mau- ritius, 1; Siberia, 1; Sicily, 16; Maita, 1; Canada, 8; Nova Scotia, 1; Newfoundland, 1; New Bruns- wick, 1; Mexico, 4; Grenada, 1; Brazil, 2; Vene- gnela, 1; Colombia,’ 2; West ‘Indies, 1;' Cuba, 28; Porto Rico, 1; St. Croix, 2; Hayti, "1; Barbados, 8; St. Thomas, 1; born at sea, 7. The above iminigranty represent 216 occupations, Dips on WA Vaxade, 7 It is now | the © AMUSEMENTS. Opening of the New Park Theatre— Love’s Penance. The ovening of the new Park Theatre was effected jast night under the direction of Mr. Stuart, who will be remembered as the associate of Kawin Booth in the management of the Winter Garden, The event had been looked forward to with considerable interest and curiosity both by the public and those more inumately connected with Cramatic affairs. Claims had been put for. ward calculated to excite hopes of extraordinary achievements in the architectural arrange- ments of the new house, which was an- nounced as the model theatre, the theatre of the future—in fact, on which all succeeding places of amusement were to be modelled. We regret to say that these brilliant promises have not been tulfilled, and that the new theatre resem- bles more closely the theatre of the past than what we bope forin the future. Beauty has been inexorably sacrificed to utility, and the necessity of crowding the largest possible number of seats into the smallest possivle space consistent with a | moderate amount of comiort seems to have been thechief aim of the builder; hence the proportions of the house are far from elegant. In gen- eral aspect it resembles an English rather than an American hous and in point of beauty and comfort falls far below the average of our best comedy theatres. It wil! seat comfortably something over 900 persons. Very little attention has been paid to that impor- tant subject, the safety of the audience, only one passage having been provided for egress. In case 1 accident or alarm loss of life would almost in- evitably esue, The Inspeotors of Buildings uave shown themselves wanting in their duty to the Public in not insisting on other outlets being | Provided tor im case of alarm or of fire. Ii, | In the construction of the house, there is little | to justify any enthusiasm for the theatre of the fu- ture in the matter of decoration, there ts much to | condemn, Red, white and blue, mingled here and there with yellow, are the prevailing colors, and no effort is made to harmonize them or to soften the harsh contrasts of the color patches, It would | be diMcult to imagine anything more wanting in artistic taste than what we are compelled to call | the decoration of the theatre. The crudeness and want of harmony in the decoration create a very disagreeable impression on the mind. Tarn in what- ever direction 1t may the eye dwells on something which offends the «esthetic sense, and this unfor tunate circumstance tends to make the audience exacting and illat ease. The orchestra has been removed out of sight and placed under the stage, which we consider as an improvement, as there 18 nothing to withdraw the attention of the audience from the scene. “Love’s Penance,’’ the play selected for the opening night, is adapted from the French draiwa, “Le Médecm des Eniants,” written by Messrs, Anicet-Bourgois and A. Dennery. ‘It was produced | for the first time at the Gaiet¢, in Paris, October 26, 1855, on which occasion the rdle of Doctor Hart- rick was filled by M. Laferritre, Mr. Fechter, to whom we believe is due whatever honor has been reaped in the adaptation, bas made the two first acts of the original | into a prologue, and cut out a vast quantity of use- less dialogue, for which we have reason to be thankrul. The story on which the play is based has the inevitable spice of sin, without which the ordinary French dramatist seems incapable of imagining any plot capable of interesting human- ity, or at least Parisian humanity, And among the many stories of immorality which disgrace the French theatre “Le Médecin des Enfants’ de- serves to be ranked as one of the most olfensive of its class. If it inculcates anything it is that the { man who runs away with another man’s wife may be more injured than the husband, and may have | his feelings so harrowed up by an attempt to en- force the marital rignts upon which society is based that society ought rather to sympathize with the offender than with the victim. This isa view of | the case which is not likely to find much javor | with an American public, and it is to be regretted that the adapter, who took so many liberties | with the play, did not mend its morality somewhat before presenting it for approval. | ‘The plot is batit on the story of @ naval captain’s wife, who, being married alter the mode so much in vogue in France, finds herselt without sympathy | for the man to whom sie has been consigned for Iife by her family. Undef these circumstances she | allows herself during her husvand’s absence on @ | long voyage to form a Platonic attachment for a | younger gentleman with whom she has more affin- | ity. Except the trivial fault of encouraging a | Young man to spoon, the authors tell us that the lady is not to blame. On the contrary, she kept well within the line until the inevitable moment when she stepped, or was drawn across. That, we | belteve, 1s the old story.. The husband’s return | forces the lady and her new found lover to remove from Paris, and when the play opens they have been for some years domiciled in a country dis- trict, where the improper young man of the boule- vards has been changed by the influence of the | pure country air into @ most beneficent being—‘‘the | childrens’ doctor”—with an angelic mission. How- | ever, the husband, not having any claims to an- ; gelic qualities, has been hunting up the fugitives, | urged by a desire for vengeance, and comes on the | scene in the prologue to destroy the happiness of | the litte community in which his spouse and her lover have taken refuge. According to French law | a married lady’s husband can dispose of her chil- dren even though no natural parental relationship | May exist, and on this circumstance the plot and | | its interest are made to hinge. Unlike most injured husbands, Count Rocklane is not anxious to shed | the blood of the man who has dishonored him. He | looks on killing as @ barbarous and inadequate | punishment, so he seeks to inflict a wound whose pain shall leave the victim to linger ; Out a wretched life, with a heart yearning | | for something never to be attained. The law in | question furnishes him with the means. The | seducer is tenderly attached to his child, and the Count, using his legal right, takes her from her | Natural father to rear her up as the daughter of his own name. This exquisite bit of moral faying re- sults in the death of Clariase in the adaptation, | Which is a departure from the original text, that ' enables Clarisse mére to appear in the first act, which opens after a supposed lapse of fourteen | years, as Clara, the daughter of the unconsecrated | Union, With the death of the lady who had sinned | we may be said to get rid of the naughty elements | of the play and enter a purer atmosphere, or at | least an atmosphere purifled by the fires of @ holy love, untainted by thought of sin. Uniortunately | neither the authors nor the adapters seem to have | perceived the excellent opportunity of contrasting + the peaceful calm of a holy love with the sorrow- | laden, sinful passions of the prologue, and only aim at giving us a dramatic picture of tne | passions of two men who have wrecked each | other’s lives, This would be a legitimate sub- | ject for dramatic portraiture were the passions and feelings such as we would naturally Jook for in men. But the whole story is based not on human Nature, but on those diseased sentimental notions which are cultivated by the boulevardiers of Paris and their sympathetic connections the world over. } | That an honorable man should take a child, the | | evidence of his wife ame, and rear her up as the child of his house, to the manilest injury of the true heirs, and attempt to marry her to one of his | distinguished triends, is scarcely within the reach | of probability. At any rate, if he were so disposed, he could scarcely hope to conceal the young lady’s history irom the world so effectually as the re- quirement of the plot demand. Certainly a | person capable of such action would not deserve little sympathy in his own tribulations, and | | it may have been the aim of the authors to create | this feeling in order to justify as much as possible | the littie irregularity of which their hero bad been guilty. The culminating point of interest is the | | struggle between the legal and the natural father for the possession of the child, and the ultimate triumph of the sinner and the sinned-against over the hatreds and passions that had consumed their lives, The moral to be drawn is, we suppose, that ‘when a man runs away with another’s wife it is better not to make a fuss about the matter, but embrace the fugitives on the first opportunity, and to display that amount of humility and charity NEW YORK HERALD, | of man-fish. class Christian and a model member of the peace society. ‘The work of adapting tne play has been done in @ most bungling fashion. Whenever anything more than mere. translation has been at- tempted the dialogue becomes crude and un- satisfactory. The prologue and first act are intolerably dull, and the two concluding acts are little more than scenes set taallow Mr- Feohter to declaim some very rubbishy sentir menta! in 4 gracetul avd effective way. The role of Dr. Hartreck suits Mr. Fechter admirably. It furnishes him him with opportunt- ties jor outbursts ot declamatory passion which in the hands of @ less skilful elocationist would degenerate into rant, But the situations of the play are so false to real Itfe that no amount of good acting cam do more than Mentarily excite the admiration of the ence, Sympathy with the story is im TUESDAY, APRIL 14 WASHINGTON. Senatorial Apathy on the! Louisiana Question. A TRUCE TO FINANCE. Reformation of the System of | Collecting Customs. for the adapter, not having the co original author to follow ont the roo has madea jumble ot ¢adleauz, without an: dramatic sequence. Some of the ine receive interest trom the strong dra! interpretation given them by Mr. Fechter; they scandjalone as poin's of interest in @ wi dialogue, which is neitner elegant nor “Love's Penance’ depends for wha interest !¢ may excite on the role of Dr, Harti and the picture of human passion which it forth is certainly not an inviting one. Nor does introduce us to the actor in ai new character—it is simply the Mr. of many other characters in a new with his od qualities, manne and defects nothing seems changed, The 4i arts of Clarisse and Clara, undertaken by eraldine Stuart, are ungratetul, and do not any very wide scope ior a display of talent, Stuart spoke her lines evenly, and looked wery well the part entrusted to her. Mr. E. good natured Lamb as Shambear, a rouas but old farmer, made a not unfavorable impression, Of the usher members of the cast little can be said that th would desire to hear, and so we- accord them the charity of our silence. “Love's Penance’ has been admirably pat on the stage, ant each of the sets was creditable to the management; but, though oar- pentry can heip a piece wonderfully, it make a dull y interesting. “Love's Pel has not the elements of success, and we doubt that even its sinfulness will be able to keep it afloat. Lyceum Theatre. The peculiar variety entertainment at the Ly- ceum Theatre, which is so badly named a “Paris- ian Folly,’?) was presented last evening before a good audience. Some new features have been added to the series of performances, and the feeble attempt that was made last week to connect and harmonize the acts has been aban- doned, so that now the only very bad attribute of the entertainment is tls name. The performance was beguu last evening with avery pleasing panto- mume, called “fhe Phantoms.” Following it weré the acts of the Man-Flute, of acrobats, velocipedists, @ sword swallower, @ mumicker of facial ex- pressions, and of J. B. Johnson, a sort of There was also an excelient_ ballet divertissement cailed ‘‘Ihana and Her Pet Satyr.” In this Mile. Boniant! danced with great skull and TACe. om Espinosa, as the pet satyr, danced with con- siderable agility. Altogether the entertainment ts good enoughto attract under its proper title without a resort to {alse pretences, Musical and Dramatic Notes. Mrs. Annie Lynch had a concert last night at Steinway Hall, which was very largely attended, The number of benefit concer‘s announced to take place within the next fortnight is perfectly appalling. The severe iliness of Mile. Ima Di Murska caused last evening a postponement of the opera of “Lucia” at the Academy of Music. Mr. A. T. Stewart, on ait, proposes to convert Niblo’s Garden into a genuine German theatre, the only thing that can mdke it a paying invest- ment to & manager. The magnificent cyclorama of “Paris by Night,” at the Colosseum, will shortly be withdrawn. As @ perfect illusion and a complete work of art it has never been equailed in this city. Signor Italo Campanini has a benefit at tne Academy on Tuesday next, April 21, at which Nils- son, Lucca, Cary, Maresi, Torriani and the other artists of the Strakosch company will appear. The bill comprises such attractions as selections from “Sonnambula,” “Lucretia Borgia,” “Huguenots” and “Favorita.” A more deserving artist never appealed to the metropolitan public. OBITUARY. James Bogardus, the American Scientist and Inventor. This eminent American inventor and famous mechanician died at his residence in this city yesterday, April 13. He was born at Catskill, N. Y., om the 14th of March, 1800. In his, early youth ne came to New York, and has | resided here ever since. He married the eldest daugnter of the late Archibald Maclay, D. D., who survives him. Unlike most men of science Mr. Bogardus realized in his lite time a fortune from | his various inventions. The first of these was an eight-day three-wheel chronometer clock, re- ceiving the highest premium from the American Institute. His next invention was an eight- day clock, with three wheels and a segment of a wheel, which struck the hours, anc, without dial wheels, marked the hours, minutes and seconds. In 1828 he invented the “ring flyer,’ for cotton spinning, now fn general use. In 1820, he invented the eccentric mill, the grinding stones or plates of which, running the same way with nearly equal speed has superseded all other mills in the large sugar establishments of the United States for grinding sugar. In 1831 he invented an engraving machine, which cut the steel die for the first gold medal of the american Institute, and many beautiful medal- lions and also imitation filagree work on watch dials, with rays from the centre and the figures in relief, all by one operation. About this time he invented the transfer machine, for producing bank note plates from separate dies, now im general use. In 1832 he obtained a patent for the first dry gas metre, much im- proved two years alterwards by ving & rotary motion to ‘he machinery, thus making it applicable to all current fluids. ‘This was the parent of alt diaphragm metres, the word having been first so used by Mr. Bogardus. In | 1833 he invented and patented the first encil case without @ slot. Mr. Hogardus eing in Engiand in 1836, and noticing | in the newspapers a challenge to produce an en- (et! irom the head of Ariadne (a medal in very igh reliel), he accepted it, and produced a dallic engraving machine, which not on! a periect fac simile of the head of Ariadne, but from the same medal engraved comic distortions of the face. This macl engraved a portrait of Queen Victorla dedicate hersell by her own request, one of Sir Robert and several other distinguished contractea with a company in London, to con- struct ® machine for engine turning, which not only copied all kinds of ma chine engraving, but engraved what machine could not again imitate; and a machine for transferring bank note plates aud other . In 1839 a reward was offered by the government for the best plan of manuiact: postage stamps, and out of 2,600 applicants plan was adopted and a prize of £400 sterling was awarded to him.” Vincent Nolté, author of “Kitty Years in Both bec en tl states that the Queen of England sent to Mr. Bogardus a like amount. He now spent two years in France and faly, and returnea to New York in 1840. Here he th- | vented a machine ior pressing glass, another for shirri India rubber fabrics and for cutting - india rubber in fine threads, He also made an important improvement in the grilling machine. e civil engineer, Bon. William J. McAlpine, now in charge of the b 3 of the new capital at Albany, expressed his tions to Mr. Bogardus for suggestions in connec. tion witb drilling machines, 1848 he invented @ planetary horse power, and @ dynamometer | for measuring the speed and power of machinery. ‘He now put in execution his plan of iron butld- ings by constructing his own factory, at the corner of Ventre and Duane streets, five stories, 25 feet by 90, entirely of cast iron. This was the first complete cast fron building in the world. He erected many other iron building, in this city and throughout the | country—Harper’s building, in Pearl street; Tathem’s iron building, in Beekman street; the | building of the’ Public Ledger, in Philadelphia; the Baltimore Sun office; Adams Express, Was ‘ton; Birch’s sag in Chit and the unmense iron building, Santa Catalina, in Havana. His ‘rometer, Which has never been described, Premarkably for delicacy and Lvcieine simply 5 i of the aagey ersonages. He breathing on the object, or @ is __ instant), responded by the pointer. . Bogardus, by his gentus and perseverance, has opened up new sources of industry and employment for tvousands, and is justly regarded asa public benefactor. He was last engaged mthe perfection of a machine for decp sca sounding, dispensing with uw line and | registering depths of ten or fifteen miles, as well the temperature of the water, to-d | Which entitles apersan take remardedas a Grat | A grand regatta STATE MEDICAL ASSOOIATION—A GRAND REGATTA, SeLma, Ala., April 12, 1874, cannot |: The Mormon Judgment Day «t lana. Me WasHINGTON, April 13,1874 Carpenter in the Senate Fightin “Breedom’s Battle” for the Peopk Louisiama—Opposition of Purely 5 tional Statesmen. * In the Senate the slow plodding on ot the bil! for the regulation of railroad companies in the Verri- tories, which has characterized the advocacy of it since the reference in these despatches to the supposed nature and intention of the legislation it sought for, was to-dayconcluded. Since atten- tion has been called by them to the possible bad workings of the bill, it has been altered by amend- ment after amendment until it can be fairly said now to be a different bill. The interests of the indians are in a measure preserved from the wFapacity of Western adventurers. Another set of josts was, however, intruded upon the Indian écene, aid Louisiana was suddenly brought up with a train of Bauquo-like personages, who were passed in review under the imetination of the Senatorial scene shifter, and muraer, en- couraged by lawlessness with a back ground of | armed military horrors, together with a final ex- position of the existing state of things in Louisi- ana, was brought to cap the climax of the drama ofa State nominally in the Union, according to the constitution, but really with usurpers at her throat in the name of law. Senator Carpenter gave notice to-day that he would move to take up the consideration of his bill to secure to the State of Louisiana a republican form o! government. It occasioned considerable debate. Senator Sher- man led off in bis opposition to anything which would disturb the existing state of afiairs, contending that everything now. was satisfactory there and that the people acquiesced in the existing order of things. Senator Carpenter, who had in compact form given @ clear and succinct statement of the | shocking mstory of the illegal State government | set up by the federal troops, behind whom he said the President stood, backed up by “the soiied er- mine of a federal Judge,” brougat up again tne terrible possibilities which might result ¥om this order of things, Senators Morton and West fol- lowed, maintaining that the present State gov- ernment soald not be interfered with. It was emphatically stated that both republicans and | democrats were satisfied as things were, and that | the Gubernatorial administration of affairs, con- firmed by the Legislature, had greatly im. proved. Senators Saulsbury and. Tipton were | prompt and emphauc in their arraignment ofthe clique Who had struck down the liberty of the people of Louisiana, and the former closed by saying that “The very stones wouid cry out against | the Senators of the United States if they remained | silent,” while the latter pictured the possibility of | such things happening in his own State of Ne- braska if they were suffered to be originated, as in this case, by the establishment of a collector in the | Custom House, a United States Marshal m the | State House, @ man at Shreveport and a United States Senator, He hurled his condemnation at the whole thing. The motion was passed without | opposition to renew consideration of the ques- | tion after the morning hour, to-morrow, and the | Railroad bill for the Territories was resumed. | There was an almost immediate emptying of the gaileries on the male side when the announcement | Was made that the Louisiana case would not be | taken up. . The Utah Contested Election—Polygamy Rendering Delegate Cannon’s Election Illegal—Usurpation of Power by the | Probate Judges of Utah=The Mormon Doom at Hand, The never-ending Utah question 1s again before Congress and is deeply interesting two different | committees, as well as a large number of memvers | who have hitherto had occasion to know some- thing about the Territory and its disloyal, polyga- mous inhabitants. Something will undoubtediy be done this session, if Brigham Young’s craft amd peculiar argaments, favorably known to some old Members, do not again stave off action. Before the Committee on Elections the counsel of General George R. Maxwell, contestant, and of George Q. Cannon, sitting Delegate, have been heard at length on the contested case, and it is understood will report at an early day. General Maxwell, who represents the American or Gentile element, claims, and has proven, that Apostle Cannon, the Mormon Delegate, 1s living mm open and notorious polygamy with not less than four wives, with an- other about to be “sealed” to him, in opes violation of the laws of Congress. This will be held to dis- qualify Cannon, because he is guilty of @ felony, | and he is likely to be sent back to his numerous | families, to tell his people that Congress repudi- ates polygamists and law defiers. The friends of the Mormon saint are earnestly endeavoring, in allsorts of ways and by every means, to.stave offa | report from the committee until*tne last of the | session, but itis believed the attempt will fail. Maxwell ciaims the seat because Cannon was well | known to be living in polygamy when the Mor- mons voted for him, and consequently their votes | were thrown away, and he received the only legal ones. That question is still being discussed im | committee, with no result as yet. Before the Ju- , diclary Committee United States District Attorney Carey and others are urging a bill tu free the wheels of justice in Utah, blocked fur the past | three years. <A Dill will be reportea | giving .the desired relief, which will | Teadily pass both houses. A registry law is also demanded, but Congress apppars indifferent | to the political situation in Utah, and will prob- | ably put the matter off until some startling out- | break in that distant region calls their attention to its pressing need. The President is known to be extremely anxious for legislation of a broad ana effective character, and unless something is done soon & special message on the subject may be looked for. He desires to see the “twin relic of | barbarism” removed during his term of office. | Whether he can bring Congress to carry out is wishes remains to be seen. Finally, it is reported confidentially that the Supreme Court has decided unanimously that the Mormon Probate Courts, outside of probate business, are illegal. The de- cision 18 withheld for legislative action, to confirm the proceedings of these courts which have re- sulted in hanging and shooting men and tmprison- ing and fining others for alleged crimes. 1) Con- gress does not give this the Mormon judges are \ liavle to prosecution fer the gravee, crimes, a | situation of affairs they do not contemplate with | comfort, Altogether Utah affairs promise to ve prominent enough before Congress adjourns. A Financial Truce—Passage of the | Newpaper Free Distribution Bill by the House. Before the House was called to order to-day the Speaker was besieged with applications from members 10 recognize them, so that they could | omer this and that resolution. It also appeared that there Was an unusual amount of business to | be passed over in the call of States. Qn this rep- resentation, Mr. Maynard, Cnairman of the Com- mittee on Banking and Currency, retired trom the House, yielding the aay to personal matters and | Teports of committees, In this way the House consented to the suspension of the rules, and passed the bill allowing papers and periodicals to | he sent free to suhacribers in the county in which | they are actually publisned, and restored news- | —. The State Medical Assoctation assembled here . There is a large attendance, Aand TomAttA takes Dice here vo-mgrrows. paper exchanges to the free list by the significant ote of 178 yeasto4l nays, ‘This was called an inflation meaaure ky the onponenta of apy thing like , 1874—QUADRUPLE SHEET. | opposed the passage of the bill did #o on the | less be reported back favorably at an early day. | @ part of the | pin, | evenly divided, The committee voted in favor of | free literature, and it {3 dounis! whether the Ben- ate will consent to pass any measitre that does not relieve members of Congress also ‘tom the tax of paying postage on their offictal correspondence. Mr. Sheldon, of New Orleans, succeeded in get- ting on the record a bill for the construction of the Fort St, Philip Ganal, near the mouth of the Mississippi River, which provides for making 2 de- tailed and final survey of the locality of the route and the subsequent preparation of plans and | Specifications. The Secretary of War is authorized | to contract with the lowest and best responsible | bidder, limiting the complete constraetion to $10,000,000, the work to be begun in sixty Gays and | finished in three years from the date of the con- | tract. Ifa satisfactory bid is not obtained then the | Engineer Corps is to proceed with the work. ‘This | pian is in opposition to the jetuies proposed by | Wads, and will be supported in the House. The House to-day refused to pass the bill giving the | Secretary of the Treasury discretionary authority | to use appropriations for publi¢ buildings not already commenced, Many of the members who ground that discretionary authority with the Sec, retary, a8 shown by his testimony befere the Vom- | mittee on Ways and Means, meant the signing of orders prepared by irresponsible parties and not scrutinized by the head of the Treasury. The members who voted against it preferred the pres- ent system as against the exercise of discretion. | A Bill to Reform the System of Collect- ing Customs—Abolition of Moieties and | Seizures of Books and Papers—Penalties Diminished. Mr. Wood reported an important bill this morn- ing, which comprehends all the reforms in the collection of the revenue at ports of entry in the United States which are asked for by the im- Dorters, It contams the following provisions:— First, the total abolition of all moieties; second, all pains, pena'ties aud forfeitures vo be paid into the ‘lreasur: third, taking away the power of government oficials to compromise frauds on the Treasury; fourth, 1t abolishes seizures of books and papers; fifth, it forfeits to the government only the item of invoice which ts tainied by fraud or undervaluation; sixth, no prosecutions or suits against merchants can be instituted after two years {rom the date when the penalty accrued; seventh, merchants or importers charged with jraud in the tmportation of merchandise are to be tried by criminal prosecution. This biil will be careiully considered by the Committee on Ways and Means, of which Mr, Wood is a member, and will doubi- The committees of the Chamber of Commerce of | New York and Boston, who were heard before that committee, favored retorms of this character. But for the exertions of Mr. Wood, however, it is doubtful whether the pressing daties of that com- mittee would have allowed them time to have digestea a proper bill in time for passage during | this session. ary authority in such a manner. President Grant’s Latest Views on Fi- nance and the Meusures Pending in Congress. President Grant, in conversation with friends | to-day on the subject of finance, said, it was de- sirable that the pledges of the government to | return as soon as practicable to specie payment should not be overiooked. In his annual Message | he had suggested measures of preparation for such resumption, and thought now, as he did then, tnat the national banks should retain, as a por- i tion of their reserve, either the whole or | gold interest accruing upon bonds pledged as security for their | issue, and the Treasury, he added, should , also similarly strengthen itself with a | view to resumption. He had no hesitation in say- | ing thac he was opposed to inflation in the general acceptation of the term to an increase of currency | beyond the actual business necessities of the coun- try. The two houses had not yet acted con- | the | currently, and, therefore, no opportunity was | afforded to conjecture even as to the final result; | but, apart from ns own self-respect, it would be | improper, il not offensive, tor him to intimate to { Congress what he wouid or would not do in the | event of a financial bill being presented to him for his signature. Personal Controversy in the House Be- tween Two California Members—Bad | Blood and Political Jezlousy—Fraudu- lent Mail Contracts. Mr. Luttrell, the democratic momber, and Mr, Page, a republican member, of the California dele- gation, indulged in a Modoc war in the House at the close of the session to-day, much to the amuse- ment of the members who have grown weary over the monotonous finance debate. Mr, Stone, of Missouri, presented a resolution, with a “whereas” reciting ® large number of fraudulent bids for carrying the maile, and providing for an investi- | gation. Mr. Page antagonized the measure, | when Mr. Luttrell reminded the gentleman that he was not only a mail contractor, but | @ member of the Commitwee on Post Ufiices and Post Roads. The gentlemen occupy seats at opposite ends of the ball, requinng the elevation of the voice to be heard effectively, and the per- sonal charges which were buried in rapid suc- cession, despite the vigorous blows of the Speak- | er’s gavel, put everybody in the House in a com- | bative mood, and drew party lines closer than at | any time before during toe session, On the call | jor the yeas and nays by tellers the requisite ma- jority could not be had, not more than three re- publicans voting with the democratic minority, The House thereupon adjourned, the scene pre- ceding furnishing subject matter for conversation on the avenue, at the hotel tabies and in all quar- | ters this evening. The Currency Bill in the House To-Day | and Its Uncertain Fate. | The House will resume, under the, regular order, , the consideration of the Currency bill to-mor- | row. To prevent the hero of Fort Fisher from | exploding the bill by his Senate substitute, the programme is to vote only on the amendments, | and not on the bill as moved by the Chair- | man, unless something eXtraorainary occurs to | change the views of those now exercising a con- | trolling influence. On seconding the demand for | the previous question, that mojion will not be en- tertained until the pending amendments are re- , jected and the bill left unencumbered. There does | not appear to be any desire to further amend the | but very much depends upon the humor in | which the House accepts Mr. Maynard’s manage- | ment. “He is so tall,” satd a nervous member of | the Banking and Currency Committee, “and it takes so long for him to stretch to his {ull height, | that the covetous military strategy of General | Bethel Fisher outflanks him every time.” So be- | tween the two the fate of the bill is uncertain. Action of the House Committee on the Disbursement of the Geneva Award. The House Committee this morning resumed the | consideration of the bil providing for the distribu- | tion of the Geneva award. Ail the memoers were present except Mr. Bidridge. The first vote taken | | was on the proposition to settle all claims by the | United States Courts, which was carried by a vote | of six to four. On tne next proposition, whether a | single district court, to be designated by the Prest- | dent, should have jurisdiction or the claimants be allowed to present their suits in the district where they reside, the vote was in favor of the first proposition, by cight to two. On the allow- | ance of allactual losses incinded in the Geneva | award tne vote was six to four, but | on the proposition to allow actual losses presented in the American case, but not | aliowed in the award, the committee were | paying war risks on the claims allowed six to tour, | aud on the proposition of the chairman to compen. | sate insurance companies for losses over and above | the profits the vote was the same. It was also agreed to allow interest on actual losses at five per cent per annum from the date of the loss, The attention of the committee having been called to | the fact that a number of claims have been bought upon speculation for asmali sum, it was voted that none of these cases pending through a! nees should be paid to the present holders until it could be established that a fair price nad been patd for such claims, This will, in the event of the bill becoming a law, rule .out the speculative class and cause much dissat isfaction. This was the progress made, when B MRtiON WF gi made, aNd WA A mending, tq’ | west wr | Sofa by al { rap, ‘OF losses not allowed at Geneva and the war | riwka, 2 Such losses, demanded but not allowed, “iy upon vessels destroyed in the Indiam | Brincip store the | Ocean, tm “° rebel cruisers reached, Mel- | pourne, ata | “POP which the tripunal decreed am internationad, ""Clple in tien of the money dam- ‘Tos wie DC CSldered at the meeting to- ‘The com, “Muttee are divided still in their opinion as 10 the a PUFSement of tue money, Mx. Bidridge isopposes te ‘HE Cnited States parting with it at ail, content “~ Mat it belongs to the people as a part of the’ a® sot ean iz the war deebt. The other denvdia ” Members—Messra, Potter and Jewett anw mia Sf Tremaine: ana Polapd—are against they ins “CC companies altogemer. When aii the ponies OF the bill are agreed apon, there’will yet remains ° Ye decided , the prionity of classes in raking @\ * Paymenta and the detalls of tite bil forthe Mim "Ce O€ the Court designated to hear the clwims. . Ramored Presenew of Mouwrehiw@ A seule from Europe aviong the CuSan’\ ine surgents. + Intormal in‘rmation lias reaches oMcia® quar* ters here that the agen of a Ewropean mon- archy are now awong the insurgents*of Cuba, with a view of giving, them snivh aid that they may’ overcome the Spamish authorities and establis¥im tha isiand a different government, bud with mo- narchical features.. The nationality of the agents w= withheld, There two way o( verifying the above report, although it ig believed in oficial cercles,’ Plans for Water Transportation to the Seaboard. Now Under Cousiderason. The members of the#elect Conmmittee onTrans- portation to the Seaboard have very favorabty cou- sidered, without direct formal consultation among themselves, the propriety of lending aid (o the improvement of the Ene Canal im conjunetion with an auxiliary effort t#that end ts be made by the State of New York. Tis capal has attrasted’ the favorable consideratiom of the committer as one of the great channels through which the object they have in view may be subserved amd prove a means of lending assistance to the interior when it 1s well opened up for the benefit of inlying sections, ‘The purpose is to have the Krie Canal, as oné of’ the great water routes, so improved as tovadmit of the passage of a 1,000-ton ship from the Mississippl - to the lakes, and thence on through to New York, the seaboard and the Continent. In this connee- tion it 1s proposed to improve the Wisconsim River from the Mississippi, also to improve the Fox River and to make a canal over to Green Bay, Wis, whence @ connection with the lakes and» Erie Canal can be secured. This plan will give’a North- ern exit from the Mississippi. The plan has not been decided upon, but is under promising con- sideration. | ages. | morrow. WEATHER REPORT. Wak DEPARTMENT, THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, ASHE , April 14—1 A. M. Probabilities, Over New England increasing cloudiness, east te south winds and rising temperature will prevatl with possibly rain during the night. For THY MIDDLE STATES AND LOWER LAKE RR GION RISING TEMPERATURE, SOUTHEAST TO SOUTER , INCREASING TO BRISK aND HIGH, CLOUDY AND RAINY WEATHER. For the South Atlantic and Gulf States, east of the Mississippi, !resh and brisk winds, veering te * southerly and westerly, rising temperature, gener- ally cloudy weather and probably light rain. For Tennessee and the lower Ohio Valley winds veering westerly, with clearing weather in the afternoon and night. From Missouri and Kansas northward over Min- nesota and Dakota, north to west winds, falling temperature and clear and clearing weather, Wiich conditions willextend eastward over the OFFICE OF | upper lake region. The lower Onto and lower Misstssippi River will continue rising. Cautionary signals continue at Duluth, Mar- quette, Escanaba, Milwaukee, Chicago, Grana@ Haven, Alpena, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo, Rochester, and Oswego. z The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours ta comparison with ‘the corresponding day of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, arn serene 7 temperature yesterday... 86: Average vemperawure for corresponding aate last year... THE RIBL EXCITEMENT. Orrawa, April 18, 1876. It is rumored that Riel will resign his seat im Parliament to avoid being expelled. MAILS FOR EUROPE. The steamship Abyssinia will leave this port om Wednesday for Queenstown and Liverpool. The mails for Europe will close. at the Post Office at haif-past twelve o’clock P, M. Tur New York HeaaLo—Edition for Europs— will bo ready at half-past eight, o'clock tn the morning. Single copies, cents. in wrappers for mailing, six Shoe Store you can ob- ‘ORN FILE for 35 cents. Try them. At any Drug tain the JAPANESE A.—For a First Cli Dress or Business HAT go direct to the manufacturer, ESPENSCHEID, US Nassau street. il A—‘Sulphar Bath: at Home. We learn that in nearly every house GLENN'S SULPHUR SOAP is becoming almost universally: used for proparing: “sulphur Baths.” It is an excellent disinfectant, purities, cleanses and heais all eruptions of the skim, Ouy best physicians prescribe “Glenn’s Sulphur Soap.’ Ti aroggists ae 20 conts a cake, or one box (three cakes) 6) cents. Any Case Rheumatism, Nenralgia or nervousness sitively guaranteed cured by Dr. FITLER’S RHEUMATIC REMBDY, 21 John street and. Druggists. A.—Ruptare.—Dr. Marsh, of the Late firm of Marsh & Co., No. 2 Vesey street, begs his patients and the afflicted generally that he his superior INSTRUMENTS at rooms 18 and House; ladies’ entrance. No connection the No. 2 Vesey street until May}, when he oy the old established office. A Nasal A slag Pints. Wel COLTS CATARRIL ANN: expressod OTTES PAWOLCOTE, Il Chatham oquenc: New tocar ageing on mt Intelligent Person Wilk buy any metal iron ad. THE ELAS- Hi SHRCRS"CONPRNY" aes Broadway helds Ruptare comfortably till soon permanently cure: Ask Your Hatter for the J HAT, b¥ case or dozen. See TOPPING, MA' Joke NARD & | HOBRON, 89 Mercer street. A Conqueror of Rheumatism, Gout, Neuralgia, Scrotula, &¢.—HYATTS LIPE pALsan ee be relied upon as a certain, safe, and Reogy loot fter and pang remedy; stood 26 years’ test. 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