The New York Herald Newspaper, April 30, 1874, Page 9

SPAIN. A Bloody Batt’s Imm‘nent—Serrano’s Plan for an Assult on the Royalists, ‘ BAYONNE, Aprif 29, 1874, ‘The latest despatches from the seat of war to band this morning state that General Manuel de la Concha, with a body of repubiicans, numbering 20,000 men, has moved from the seacoast in the direction of Vaimaseda, twenty-two miles south- weat of Bilbao, tor the purpose of striking the Car- Lists in the rear. Marshal Serrano, with a force equally as strong, fs to make aeimultaneous attack on the insur- gents from the front. The Carlists are reported to be strongly en- trenched. The Carlists Firm in Position. Lonpon, April 29, 1874, Aaspecial despatcn to the Datly Standard from Bayonne donies that Portugalete and San Querco have been evacuated by the Carlists, FRANC#. The Postal Convention with America 8igned. Paris, April 29, 1674, The Franco-Amertean Postal Convention was signed yesterday by the French government. The Duke Decazes will submit it to the Assembly im- mediately on reconvening alter recess, aud request ite immediate consideration, ENGLAND. Oheap Labor Tendered from America—Competi- tion for the Emigrant Trausit Trade— Municipal Festivities, Lonpon, April 29, 1874 A meeting of farmers was held at Newmarket yesterday to consider the present dificuities with the agricultural iavorers. Among the speeches ‘delivered was one by a Mr. Wood, a native of Eng- land, but now a resident of Onio, who offered to bring from that State any number of persons who Were willing to work for tourteen shiliings a week im place of the Jaborers now locked out. STEAMSHIP COMPANIES’ RIVALRY FOR THE AMERI- CAN TRANSIT TRADE, A conference oj owners and agents of the steam. ships which ply between Liverpool and New York {8 im session in the lormer city, and will end Fri- day next. It is reported that the close of the con- ference will be the signal for a system of vigorous compet:tion between the various lines, and that freight and passenger rates will be reduced. MANSION HOUSE FETES. Amagnificent banquet and ball were given to- night by the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House. Among the distinguished persons present were the Prince and Princ:s3 of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgn. The city was brilliantly illuminated in honor of the event, THE ENGLISH TURF. ‘Close of the Epsom Spring Mecting—Race fer ‘the Great Metropolitan Stakes—Royal Gecrge the Wianer. Lonpon, April 29, 1874, This wasthe second and iast day of the Epsom Spring Meeting. Race for the Great Metropolitan Stakes. ‘The race for the Great Metropolitan Stakes was Won by Royal George. Inquictude came tn second, and Aldrich (the winner of the City and Suburpan Handicap yesterday) third. THE BETTING. The betting just previous to the start was 4 tol against Royai George, 3 to 1 against Inquietude, and 5 to 2 against Aldrich. Six horses ran, THE RAcB. The summary 18 as follows :— The Great Metropolitan Stakes (handicap), of 25 sovereign~ euch, lo forieit and only 5 i deciared by noon, February 3, with 200 sovereigns added, e owner ol the second horse to receive 50 sov- ereigns out of the stakes; about two miles anda quarter (45 suvscribers, 17 of whom pay 6 sover- egos each). Mr. W. S. Crawfurd’s ch. c, Royal George, by Toxophilite, dam (fvaled {n 1865) by Young Melbourne out of The Rescued, four yeara old, 1 Mr. Lefevre’s b. 1. Inquietude, by King Tom out of Torment, three years old. st eveeeee fase The Teacher), ity, three years Rosebery’s b. c. Aldrich Lecturer out of Lady CUBA. An Extra Tax Levied on Income—Onstoms Du- ties Paymente—Municipal Taxation. b 3 Havana, April 29, 1874. & decree by Captain General Concha establishes an extraordinary contribution of ten per cent on‘ all incomes exceeding $1,000 annually. Onlv the army and navy are excepted. The contribution is Payable in bank notes. The proceeds of the in- come tax is destined to the payment of the public debt and the redemption of the paper currency. OUSTOMS DUTIES, Amother decree establisnes the payment of duties and taxes, one-quarter in gold after the lat of May, and one-half in gold on the Ist of July, reserving the furtuer increase of the gold share to some future time, Pr The stamped paper, lottery tickets and income tax continues payuble in paper. IMPURTS. Merchandise imported previous to May 1 is not Subject to the aioresaid schedule of duties, At Pleasure the government will admit paper pay- ment ata rate to be fixed as the equivalent of the gold share due in iuture. RESERVED RIGHTS, The government reserves the right to make special laws regarding the above for such parts of the island where paper does not circulate, City taxes are subject to the’same law, Havana Exchange. Havana, April 29, 1874, Exchange quiet. On the United States, short até currency 111 a 113 premium; on Loudon, 163 @ 165 premium; Spanish gold, 240 9 242, Freights— Loading at Havana tor the United States, per ‘Uha. of molasses, $3 25 & $3 50. JAPAN. ehcnenedaibemiceie Official American Report of a Provincial Insur- rection—Foreign Naval Movement for the Protection of Nagasaki—War Feeling Aga nst Corea. WASHINGTON, April 20, 1874, Captuin Caingun, in his despatch to the Navy Department, dated March 21, says that he bad re- ceived information that an ipsurrection was raging at saga, on the isiand of Kioo-Sioo, and that it was reported that a number of insurgents ‘were Marching on Nagssaki; that measures were deing taken to protect all foreigners, and that the British gunvoat Kingdove and the Russian cor- ‘vette Bogatyn were at that place. AMERICAN AID IN THE RESTORATION OF PRACE. He (Captain Calhoun) says:—‘‘I at. once ordered the Lackawanna to proceed to Nagasaki without delay, She arrived on the 26th atz., ana Captain McUauley reported the excitement abating, He again reported to me, under date of Marelt that on the 27th uit, the imperial troops gained over the insurgents, an on the = 2st entered Saga, capturing the castle, and that the tnsurrection waa quelled, where the insurrection took place, is about forty miles irom Nagasaki. It was thought that the wnole province of Fizen, in which a ie situated, ther with the provinces of ‘ainteod Sateums, the three most powertal provinces tn Kinsin, were in revolt against the government, as they were sajd to be seriously disaffected, but the cevolt was quickly suppressed by the government forces. ‘The insurgents were composed chiefy of the ‘amore class, formerly retainera of ‘the Daimios, and were said to be trying to restore te Daimios W their iormer authority ana to make War apoa Qorea.”” NeW YORK HERALD, BAGDAD. Seriozs Inundation from an Overflow of the Tigris, CONSTANTINOPLE, April 29, 1874. There has been a great fluod at Bagdad, in con- sequence of the overflow of the Tigris, causea by recent heavy rains. Agrcat amount of property { was destroyed, and several persons were drowned, "MEXICO. The Stephens Marder—Indian Troubles~A Rev- olation‘'st Leader Assassinated—Ameri- can Diplomacy for National Reo- onciliation with France. Crry oF MExtco, April 20, Via Havana, April 20, 1874, Quirino Rubio, another of the murderers of the Rev. Mr. Stephens, has been condemned to death. Itis reported that two Guadaiajara journalists who attacked the Catholics on accgunt of the mur- der of Mr, Stephens have been foully deait with. One has been poisoned and the other has disup- peared, FRIENDLY DIPLOMACY FOR RECONCILIATION TO PRANOE. Secretary Fish has informed Minister Mariscal that he believed @ favorable opportunity has ap- peared te re-establish iriendly relations with France, and that the United States would lend its good offices for that purpose. Seiflor Mariscal in- formed President Lerdo of Secretary Fish’s pro- Posal, and was answered that Mexico has already Mantlested a desire and was still disposed to renew the relations with those nations which had interrupted them by intervention, whenever such nations directly manifested this desire and egui- table bases could be adopted. The Diario (oficial) says since this reply no ateps have been taken in this business. INDIAN BaID, The Apaches are raiding in Chihuahua. ASSASSINATION, Sotero Lozano, a famous revolutionist, has been assassinated at Tezontepec. RESIGNED. Escobedo has resigned the Governorshtp of San Luis Potosi. THE CROPS, The cold weather has killed the wheat crop in Michoacan, RAILWAY CAPITALISTS CALLED ON TIME, The concession granted to a company proposing to build Mexican railroads and requiring it to make a aepusit expires on the 30th inst, The gov- ernment hag notified the parties to come to time, It is generally supposed that they cannot comply. HAYTI. The Presidential Canvass a Source of Alarm. Krnasron, Jam., April 25, 1874. Advices from Hayti report that disturbances are foared during the approaching Presidential elec- tion.) ‘No legislative chambers are sitting to con- stitutionally elect a successor to the residency, FIRE. Anumber of fine stores at Jacmel have been burned. AMUSEMENTS. The influence of agreat artiaton the dramatic taste of a people is aptiy illustrated by the large audiences attracted to the Academy of Music by Miss Cushman’s readings. It is creditable to Now York, in this era of unhealthy sensationalism in the theatres, that a purely dramatic entertainment, appeuling only to the inteliect, can draw together, day alter day, a large audience of attentive listeners—people who come to be instructed and elevated, as well as amused. Readings do mot appeal to poputar taste, because it 18 the spiritual rather than tne sensual element of our mature that is appealed to; and one of the most trying tests of an altist’s power and genius is to pass from the illusion of the stage to the serene realism of the readin; | desk. Few, indeed, have the elocutionaty skili and high aramatic culture which command success Unaided by the trick and carpentry of the stage, and of these unly the rarely gifted 1ew can so take hold of tne imagination that we unconsciously create the forms and personages of the poet's thought m our own minds by reason of tne power and vividness with which the passions 1d thoughts of the imaginary characters Presented to us. The force, clearness, and precision of utterance which marks Miss Cushman’s elocution is most remarkable, as well as the easy passage from tencerness to the most powerful burst of intense passion. The first part ol the reading yesterday was devoted to “‘Mac- beth,” where the vigorous thougnt and masculine energy of the tragedienne had amplest scope. It was a real treat to uear Shakespeare’s masterpiece Teceive worthy iuterpretation in its points, Under the influence of Miss Cush- man’s elocution, every line acquired new power and even lines usually intrasted to incompetent uttlities grew into beauty and sig- Nificance. It was a revelation of the {ull harmony of the poet's thought, and the music was poured out without aging. discord, Macaulay's “Battle of Ivry,”’ “The Death of the Old Squire” and Carle- ton’s ‘Betsy andi Are Out!” brougnt the Lords toaclose. The sudience many times interrupte the reader, to mark thelr appreciation o: her genius by well deserved applause, Italian Opera—Mignon. Even with the cramped ideas of a librettist, the immortal creation of Goethe, to which that fantastic composer, Ambroise Thomas, plays but a small part, the gentus of Nilsson makes a success out of what would otherwise be 9 disustrous tatlure, Her impersonation of the wayward child of for- tune, taken from @ gypsy camp into the hails of nobility, is subtle and artistic, and, being in ex- cellent voice and spirits, the Diva created quite an unusual furor in her tmpersonation. ‘that admirable artist, Mile. Torriani, repeated her former success in the rdle of Felina, and Miss Cary was undenianly charming as Federico. Next to Nilsgon’s Mignon the jeature of the opera was the Wilheim Meister of Capoul, The favorite tenor sung his two grand arias with such passion and fire that he was called out repeatedly. “The Huguenots” will be given this evening, with Lucca and Capoul inthe principal rdves, and on Sunday night Nilsson and Lucca sing aduet. On Monday, for Capoul’s benefit, Nilason, Di Murska and Lucca appear together. Alter this operatic season Mr. Strakosch takes Lucca and company onaconcerttour, Musical and Dramatic Notes. Carlotta Le Clerc is playing a very successful engagement at the Boston Theatre. The Transatlantic Novelty Combination give their farewell performance at Nibio's this evening. The Globe Theatre, Boston, is to be rebuilt on a grander scale than was the original house, The Cost is estimated at $200,000, Pleasure seekers in general and lovers to par- ticular find the moonlit galleries of the Colosseum @ pleasant and comfortable promenade. “Die Meistersinger,” one of Wagner's pet works, has proved a disastrous failure in Berlin, The Zukunft school is dying out everywhero, Mr. Jerome Hopkins’ grand Orpheon concert takes place at the Academy on Saturday night ‘The programme ts novel and interesting. “The Huguenots” will be given to-night at the Academy of Music by the Strakosch troupe, with Lucca, Canissa, Cary, Capoul, Del Puente, Nan netti and Scolara in the principal! rdles, Bonawitz’s new opera, “The Bride of Messina,” has met with great success in Philadelpnia, owing so the superb manner in which it was pro duced and the elevated character of the music, Robertson’s charming comedy, “School,” takes ‘the place of the “Veteran” at Wallack’s to-night, j with an unusually strong cast even {or this house, Lester Wallack appears in his original character as Jack Poyntz, Mr, Tooker proposes to pay his oconsrére of the Academy of Music, Mr. Fryer, a substantial com- piiment by closing the Grand Opera House on next Sunday evening, the occasion of the latter’s bene. fit, The next colossal operatic concert will be given at the Opera House on the 10th prox. A remarkable matinée will be given to-day at the Lyceum Theatre for the benefit of J, B, Poik. Janauschek, Neilson and Stuart Robson are on the bill, Mr. Polk ia a popular and deserving artist, and the compil- mengary benefit tendered by hts brother projes- sionals will no doubt meet with a ¢eerous public suppor THE ARKANSAS IMBROGLIO, A Majority of the State Senate favoring Brooks—Expected Meeting of the Su- preme Court—Arrest of a Reporter—Posti- tion of the Combatants. ‘ Litre Rock, April 29, 1874, The city is quiet. A majority of the State senate have informed Brooks that they recognize him and will not meet tn May, in accordance with the proclamation of Baxter convening the Legislature, It is said that the Supreme Court will meet on Monday and take up the Brooks-Baxter matter and setole tt, George Brown, a reporter of the Republican, was arrested to-day by the Baxterites and imprisoned two hours in the guard house. They told him, on releasing him, that they were going to arrest all Brooks men and their sympathizers that they could, Brown reports the guard house ina filthy” state. Baxter’s sixty-four pounder is on a cart at the corner of Scott and Markham atreets, covered with tarpawin. General Churchill has established the Baxter military headquarters at Seavey, White county, General Barton has as sumed command for Baxter of the Eastern de- partment, w th headquarters at Pine Blu, It is rumored tnat Baxter will appoint new State offl- cers, Two steamers lett for up river to-day to bring re- in‘orcements ior Brooks’ jorce. The band at the State Honse plays twice a day, and troops are con- tinually drilling. It 1s now stated that the Count: Collector ot Jetterson county managed to get hi junds away before King White could get them, Colonel John M, Clayton, with his colored men, abont 100, irom Jefferson county, who remiorced | Brooks a few days ago, left with his command tor j home this morning, Colonel W. W. Reynolds, of Benton county, cas been made brigadier general by Baxter and given command of the Northwest. Business is almost flat. Notwith- standing the quictude of atfairs a collision may occur at any time. ‘The United States troops occupy their old po- gition at the City Hall and at the United States Cort room. Baxter expected to-day one piece of artillery from below, with 20) men irom Hempstead county. ft Fature Representations to the President or Attorney General To Be Reccived Only in Writing. WASHINGTON, April 29, 1874. The statements being oraly submitted to the Atiorney General to parties here representing Arkansas have elicited the decision of that official » that no further business of that kind van be trans- acted withthe government. In fact, the exeentive coincides with him, and both are sorely tried and heartily sick of this kind of procedure and its grow- ing trequency. Ali representations will. theretore, have to be made in writing, and directions to that effect have been given. Upon these all opinions Will be proved, and based open them also will be all decisions, tf any areto be made, THE APRIL SNOW STORM. By the almanac yesterday was next before the last day in the second month of spring. Already the “genial season” is two-thirds gone, yet nature appears to have overlooked the progress of Sol in his return towards the northern tropic Vine. During the present week we have had in New York three distinct and certainly suf- ficiently decided snow storms, two of them occur- Ting yesterday—one early in the day and the ‘second in the middle of the afternoon, when the air was thick with the talling flakes, though the ground was so wet, not to Say Warm, as to melt it as it fell. wonted wintry visitants have fallen upon us we have also sumfered from such cbill winds as belong only to February or early March. Under their frosty influence neither the trees nor the ladies have shown many symptoms of donning their summer suits. Still, with the thermometer ranging in the low thirties, the belles carry mutts and the buds refuse to open their treasures of freskly iwported and new- jy designed styles in green, pink, orange and blue for the grateiul iuspection of Central Park visitors. In allthis region tne vege- tation of the season is uuusually backward, More- portion of the swelling buds from the branches, covering tne ground with the sragments and largely contracting the prospect, not alone of the Wonted ioliage oj early summer, butoi the fruit Diossoms as well. ‘the 1ollowing record will show the changes tn the temperature for the past twenty-tour hours, in compirison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicared by the thermometer at Hudnut’s poarmacy, HERALD Building :— 1873. 1874. wai 1874, 40 56 35 bl 85 48 33, ses 8 Average temperature for corresponding date last year........ Gloomy Accounts from the Peach Dis- tricts=Probabie Destruction of the. Entire Crop—The Blossoms Likely To Be Blasted by the Storm—Financial Ruin of Many Growers Imminent. DELAWARE, Del., April 28, 1874. Great anxiety exists nere among the peach growers im consequence of the severe weather, and all assert that unless the temperature rises before moruing the entire crop of Delaware will be ruined. The Messrs. Rybold, who are the argest growers im the country, and whose extensive orchards are located in Mary- land, inform me that they entertain the greatest apprehensions, and state that thé next twenty-four hours will decide whether there ia to be a crop or not. The thermometer at sundown stood at forty; it now stands at thirty- four and is still falling. A WILD THUNDER STORM prevailed last night and a severe snow storm raged during the morning, atvended with strong winds and hail, Most of the trees are in blossom und the germs in the freezing temperature are likely to be blasted, The utmost sear exists, because last year all the orchards in this Middletown district ut- terly fatied, acres and acres of trees bearing no iruit at all, I a similar misiortune talis upon the growers this season hundreds of individuals must necessarily be involved in financial ruib. Private telegrams addressed to growers here from Middletown, Townsend, Dover and Sassafras Point, Md,, state that there are no indicatious of warmer weather, that high north and west winds are threatened, and that, unless a marked change occurs, the germs must perish before daylight. ASso many people here are dependent solely Dpon the peach crop, tere are many anxious hearts through this region. To-night the air with- out scold and penetrating, and the numerous parties now assembied tn public resorts entertain THE GLOOMIFSY FOREBODINGS. One grower alone tells me if the germs do freeze hig loss will amount to $20,000, and heis only one of hundreds of others. This is the region trom which the markets of New York, Philadelphia and other large cities receive the supply, and the wholsale merchants are anxiously inquiring by telegrams concerning the prospects. All depends upon the weather. If no atmospheric change occurs beiore morning, Delaware and Maryland can furnish no peaches to the public markets at all. Snow and Rain in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Apri! 20, 1876, Snow fell here this moraing for three or sour hours, covering the ground, but it has now turned to rain. Un 1 Scene in Baltimore. BaLTIMore, Md., April 29, 1874. A brisk snow storm prevailed here this morning. From four o’clock until ten o’clock it fell to the depth of three or four inches. Hail Storm in Georgia. SAVANNAH, April 29, 1914 The weather was very cold last night, and re- ports irom Southern Georgia state that a neavy hat) storm occurred to-day, which has injured the crops. Ten inches of Snow Fallen. Lake Manorao, N. Y., April 29, 1874 Abeavy snow storm set in yesterday morning about ten o'clock, and continued throughout the day and night, and at the present time it is snow- ing taster than at any time during the past win- | ver, About ten inches of snow have falien Hudson River Steamers Driven Ashore. TIVOLI, N. Y., April 29, 1874. The heavy northeast storm continues, and re- porta are coming in of steamersjashore along the river, Tne steamers A. B, Valentine and Marshal, with tows, run aground on the cast shore in New- burg Bay at two orclook this morning, but got of Without damage. The Thomas Powell, of the Troy line, ran ashore on Van Orden’s Point, three miles south of Catskill, and les hara aground. She had Sixty passengers on board, which are being trons: ferred ta the euzot A. M, brain from New York, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1874.—QU While these un. | over. thelate driving storms have beaten a large | ADRUPLE SHEET. ‘WASHINGTON. | The President on the Financial | Need of the People. A STABLE CURRENCY. The Question of Restoring High . Tariff on Imports. HISTORICAL SCENE IN THE HOUSE. A Colored Statesman in the Chair of the Speaker. WASHINGTON, April 29, 1874, The President on the Measure of Finan- cial Relief Needed and Desired by the People—More Stability on the Basis of Gold and Silver—Thirty Millions of Idle Currency at the Command ot the ‘West and South. Letters from business men, merchants and others are daily received by the President, thank- ing him in the most ardent manner for the veto of | the Senate Finance bill. They are not limited to sections, the South and West pouring their grati- tade upon the President for his action, as well a3 the Eastern and Middle States. ‘Tne President says that it is very pleasing to him to get these assurances of the good will of the | country, eondrming the wisdom of his action, He did not hesitate in doing what he did, when he had carefully considered the subject, and now hoped more stability would come to our financial credit than ever betore. Ailusion was made toa compromise measure which would be acceptable to both sides. He did not know what force was intended to apply to the term compro- mise, unless it was an agreement to carry out the pledges of the country, ‘That might be considered a compromise by those who originally deieated every proposition ofered dur- ing the discussion in Congress, and, by so agreec- ing, have reason to belleve such legislation would meet with his approval. It has been said ne promised in his last annual message to heartily Support any measure Congress might decide upon. He did not intend any such construction to be put upon his langusge. What he did say then, and bad repeatedly said in other messages, and now repeated even in the very language of that portion of the message relerred to was, “The resumption of specie payments 1s an object de- voutly to be wished for by al, and by none more earnestly than the class of people most directly | interested, those who earn their bread by the sweat of their brow. The decisions of Congress on | this subject will have the hearty support of the | Executive.” If he had not made himself under- | stood in those words, @ more recent message would clear up anything like ambiguity, The one | thing he had enaeavored to make plain during his | administration had been that he was for carrying | out the solemn pledges of the government at the earliest day possible, and a specie busis, the establishment of our currency on gold and silver, bad been uppermost in his mind whenever he sent to Congress his annual messages, He had not said what Kind of a bill he would approve, and did not think it necessary to repeat his views on the subject of finance at thia time. What, had been couvictions of duty before were now made clearer by the light of criticism from all parts of the country, and he could with truth re- peat a sentiment now, expressed when he tirst addressed the people as their Chief Magistrate, not to have any policy of his own as) = against the will of the people. He vetoed the bill to pay Dr. J. Milton Best for loss of property during the war, because he thought it would establish a precedent fraught with danger, and not because the case was not meritorious. It was his earnest | hope that Congress weuld dispose of the question. The redistribution of $25,000,000 of banking currency, With $5,000,000 of notes velong- ing to broken banks and banks in liquidation, in the South and West, ought to furnish for the | present ali that was asked for, and he bad been assured since the veto of tho Finance bill that the | New England Banks were anxtous to reduce their circulation, inasmuch as the bonds now held for circulation would be released and furnish them with a larger currency capital for loan than they now had. While our securities were worth in legal tenders sixteen and seventeen cents above par and national banking notes were bound to be secured under the existing law at so much sacrifice to the banking capitalist, he did not wonder the New England banks were anxious to cancel their notes and get their bonds. In fact this suggestion came ‘to hum early last fall, during the stringency in the money market, and he thought it worth calling the attention of Congress to in his last message. Since then he had heard nothing to change his opinion on this point. ws, A. Liberated Slave in the Speaker's Chair—The First Negro Presiding Over the House of Representatives—Memor able Scenes. The haliof the House of Representatives during | this session has been the scene of events of more than ordinary historical interest. At the begin- ning of the session there came the wierd, attenuated form of the Vice President of the Southern Confederacy, the cynosure of all eyes. With & grace as delicate as it was magnanimous the House accorded | him the privilpge, extended only to one other, of selecting his #at, without the usual form of draw- ing by lot; again when he spoke for the first time the House massed itself aboutihim, eager to hear | every word from the infirm veteran, and gave him such attention as has seldom been equalied jim our Congressional halls, A few days ago the eulogy pronounced by L. Q. C. Lamar, of Mississippi, on Charles Sumner transfixed, as it were, every one present in the House. The Speaker sat with folded arms and gaze intent throughout its delivery, while silence unbroken pervaded the chamber. All this was con- stdered eminently proper, But to-day the other scene, the emancipated negro sitting in the Speaker's chair, presiding over the | Honse of Representatives, while Judge Parker, of Missouri was making an eloquent appeal in be- | nar of civilizing the Indian and elevating him to citizenship—that is the scene which will make the history of the se’sion memorable in American an- nuls, The honor of presiding over the House was accorded to @ colored representative for the first time in the person of Joseph H. Rainey, ; she Representative of the First South Carolina dts- | trict, Who was Dorn a slave in Georgetown in 1832, During the war he was forced to work on tue for- tifications of the confederates tn Charleston, from whence he escaped to the West Indies, returning to his hative town at the close of the war. He has been @ member of Congress several times and | fe bighly respected by the members of this | House. 1t was to this member that the late James Brooks went at tne close of the Crédit Mobtler matter and thanked him for the friendship he had shown him during the discassion, and other evi- dences of his esteem, remarking that his conduct cbalienged his admiration, and as a debt of grati- tude thenceforth he would be the friend of the colored race. The Question of Restoring the Ten Per Cent Tariff on Importations—A Large Addition to the Revenue Thus Obtainable, Iv is understood that the Senate Committee of Finance are favorably disposed to the views advo- cated by the committee of mannfacturera who appeared before them to-day. Tae application of the Ten Per Cent Reduction law, which would be @ measure of protective tarii, would have the effect of increasing the revenues to the extent of from $8,000,000 to $10,000,000 and would cnabie the government more easily to meet tts current ex- { penees, which the Secretary of the Treasury reports that he can barely do with much dimculty. it is known that the Secretary of the Treasury baw come to the conciusion that the government can- not be run sinoothly without additional taxation, and the President favors this increased ten per cent tux on importations and also @ tax on tea and coffee. A policy toreshadowing and contemplating this ts becoming more appar- ent dally, but tn neither house $s it believed posai- ble that it can carry any strength which will be in favor of disturbing the present Cutieson the two jatter named articles. The members’ of the Com- mittee on Wavs and Means are almost a unit against new legislation on tari matters this sea sion, The Duty on Sterl=A Specific Tariff Asked by Dealers and Consumers. The room of the Committee on Ways and Means was crowded .to-day with gentlemen repre- senting the tron and stee! interests, D. D. Dana, of Bosion, stated the views of those who ask for a modificatipn of the tariff? on Steel, so that the duty be made specific. They give, among other reasons for this re- quest, that English steel is indispensable to the Successful prosecution of their several industries, a8 the quality of the steel produced in this coun- try 18 not such as to enable them to manufacture the first quality of axes, saws, scythes, chisels, | pens and other articles that will successfully com- pete with those of foreign rivals, or that will satisfy the consumer; and further, as regards many articles, they are totally cut off from any export trade by the excessive cost of the only grade of steel that they can use and sus- taia their reputation with, and as re- gards other articles for which there isa foragn demand their business in them 1s restricted by Teason of the present duty on the raw material George Barnes, representing the firm of Barnes & Co, of Syracuse, N. Y., engaged in the manufac- ture of knives and sickles for mowers and reapers, said the Arm used 300 tons of steel a year and employ 300 hands, When they made a contract for steel it waa fora year ahead. The dificulty being as to price, the agreement with manufacturers was based on the probable variations of duty. If Con- gress would give a specific and reasonable tariff on steel, so that they might know exactly the cost of the raw material, they could, owing to superior American skill, compete with those in foreign countries, who pay no duty. American steel ig generally a dead failure. In his opinion the production of steel was not 60 much ®& matter of. skill as of method; put in course oi time we woulda produce as good an article as the foreign, We have made as good cutlery as the European; but this was an ex- ception to the rule. fhe prejudice here was so much against American steel for knives that their customers bound them to make the knives of Eng- Mish steel. The committee adjourned until to- morrow morning. The entire cast steel manufac- turing interests of the country are represented by gentlemen irom Pittsburg and New Jersey. They wiil be heard in opposition to the consumers of steel. The Lazy Action of Congress—Adjourn- ment Afar OffObstinacy Threatened by the Inflationists. Senator Morrill, of Vermont, chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, com- plains of the tardy action of the House on the ap- propriations, which'1t has had unaer considera- tion so long and only just passed, In this connec- tion he laughs at the idea of being able to fx a time for adjournment as early as June next. He says that according to the way business is going on, it wil! probably be late in August be- fore it will be possibie to adjourn, as everything will be rushed in at the Jast moment and there will be such @ pressure that they will not know what to commence at first. Unless there is an un- derstanding reached satisfactory to all on the cur- rency question, there are mutterings that tt will go hard with the final affirmative action on any appropriation bill which comes up, until terms are acceded to by the administration which will favor an increase of the circulation, Developments in the Bank Note Print- ing Monopoly’ Investigation—Who Printed the Confederate Paper Money. The Confederate records are a never-ending source of unpleasant revelations. In how many ways they have saved the country from impoasi- tions in claims presented to the Southern Claims Commission no one cun tell but the Commissioners themseives. The letter of Caleb Cusning to Jefferson Davis, though unexceptionable in its tone, was instantly construed ag evidence of disqualification for the office of Chief Justice, and its production in the republican cau- cus of Senators will not soon be forgotten by those present. At the other end of the Capitol to- day, in the room of the Banking and Currency Committee, was a scene of simtiar ins terest to the committee and spectators, The Committee were engaged in hearing the representation of the New York bank note printing companies against the Columbia Bank Note Printing Company of this city, the question being why the printing of fractional cur- rency, legal tenders and bonds should not be done in New York to the exclusion os the Washington company. In the midst of the argument the attor- ney for the Washington company produced copies of two letters addressed to C. G, Memminger, Secretary of the Treasury of the Confederate States, and E. ©. Elmore, Treasurer of the Confederate States, from the American and Na- tional Bank Note Companies, setting forth the pe- cultar faciities they had for printing bank notes and bonds, and the desire to serve tde South by providing it with paper money, even to the extent of working day and night. The opportunity offered to know what the federal government was doing might also be relied upon as an inducement for the confederate government to intrust the work to one of the northern cdm- panies. The letter sent by the National Bank Note Company was written after the {all of Fort Sumter, and the other a few weeks before. The committee at once requested the Secretary or the Treasury to produce the originals irom the Contederate archives in possession of the govern- ment, ana to explain whether he knew of their ex- istence, When the existence of these letters be- came known application was made to members of the committee for copies. Upon inquiry it was found they had been kindly loaned to the attorney of tne New York companies and were not in possession of the committee. . Appropriations for River and Harbor Improvements—Action of the House Committee on Commerce. The House Committee on Commerce have com- pleted their River and Harbor bill. Owing to the financial condition of the government, the com- mittee have concluded not to report in favor of new works, but confine their recommendations to the preservation and completion of those already commenced, Among the largest items of appro- priations in the bill are the fellow. ing:—Harbor of Refage, Ohicago, $75,000; Harbor of Refuge, Calumet, Ml., $25,000; Michigan City, $60,000; Grand Haven, Mich, $50,000; St, Mary's Falla Canal, $200,000; [arbor of Refuge, Lake Huron, $75,000; Toledo, $75,000; Cleveland, $30,000; Buffalo Breakwater, $75,v00; Harbor of Refuge, Oswego, $75,000; Falls of St. Anthony, $50,000; Upper Mississippi, $25,000; Des Moines Rap- tds Canal, $400,000; Rock Island Rapids, Mississip» River, $50,000; improvements Mississipp!, Missouri and Arkansas rivers, $100,000; removing Red River raft, $60,000; improving the mouth of the Missis- $130,000; Mobile Harbor, $75,000; » $30,000; Appomattox, $30,000; Cape Fear River, $100,000; Delaware River, at Fort Mittin Bar, $50,000; Schuylkill River, $20,000; Hudson River, $40,000; Passaic River, $20,000; White River, above Jacksouport,' $50,000; Osage River, $25,000; Mississippi River, between mouths, Of Ohto and Missouri, $200,000; Ohio River, $150,000; improvement of the Great Kanawha, $25,000 Upper Monongahela, $25,000; Tennessee River, above Chattanoogs, $25,000, and below Chatta- nooga, including Mussei Shoais, $100,000; East River, Hell Gate improvement, $225,000; breakwater at Bloek Island, $20,000; Stoning. ton Harbor, $20,000; Bridgeport Harbor, $20,000; Penobscot River, $20,000; Portland (Me.) Harbor, $20,000; Boston Harbor, $100,000; Galveston Harbor, $00,000; Fox and Wis- conain rivers, $300.000; Duluth Harbor, $10,000, ‘The bill antharisea about forty surveys to be madd, 9 Ss Es EER, EE I fifteen ui them iv the south, Provision i mate for @ survey from Randall's Isiand by way of spuy- teu Duyvil Creck to the Hudson River, The enttie ainount Of appropriations 1s $4,590,000 or $1,000,- 000 less than the amouat in the bit reported te the House by the committee last year, An approoriae tion of $75,000 1s made for surveys tn addition te the appropriations already made. ‘The Compulsory System of Pllotage—Re- monstrance trom New York Insurance Companies Against Its Abolishment. Mr. Conkling to-day presented to the Senate @ memorial signed by the presidents of the Atlantis, Mercantile, Sun, Pacific, Orient, Union, New York and Commercial Mutual Insurance companies ana the Phoenix and Great Western Insurance compa- nies of New York, protesting against the passage of Mr. Hamlin’s bill for the abolitien of compulsory pilotage fees. The memorialists assert that the result of the passage of such a bil would be the immediate destruction of all existing State pilot organizations and regulations, 80 a8 te deprive commerce of every safeguard to life an@ property now supplied by skilled and experienoed Pilotage in and out of the ports ol the United States. So viclert and sudden @ change, they say, would tend to caase untold loss and disaster, The systems ef pilotage provided by New York and other mati- time States are, they say, the fruit of long expert> ence and of many efforts to adjust com flicting interests. It aims merely to a0 goy- ern the service that upon fair and eqnuat terms it may be availabfe at all times and seasons and to all vessels. This ent can best be accomplished by subjecting each tm- coming and outgoing veasel to the due proportion. of moderate, regulated expenses of the general servico; and what are termed compulsory, or “hall? pilotage fees, are in truth the port charges ° requisite for the accomplishment of this great end. They are the rewards of readiness, which canaes be properly secured in any other way, Panishment for the Late “Hazing” st Annapolis. The third class of naval cadets at Annapolis are to be deprived of their vacation this year in pum ishment for a breach of discipline, whto& has already resulted in the dismissal of the rimg- leader. The Secretary of the Navy takes ocoaalom in his order to reiterate a determination to sup Press hazing or to expel all the offenders, THE WASHiNGTON RING. Secret Sessions Held Yesterday—Probable Important Developments. Wastincton, April 20, 18%, The joint special committee investigating the Dis trict of Columbia affairs held a secret session this. Morning andjexamined Edmund P. Grayson and William F, Mattingly. The committee are reticens and no facts relative to the testimony can be @be tained, but it is alleged to have a bearing in refer- ence to the mysterious whereabouts of B. Kire- land, who is Grayson’s son-in-law. ‘Yue commitéee reassembied in executive comin at two o’ciock, and examined Ira B. Hoime Chicago, who purchased the De Golyer and McU! Jan notes from A. B, Kirtland, At half past three o’clock the committee com. vened in public session and ager to again ex- amine ex-Governor Cooke. The witness stating he desired to visit Philadelphia on business of imper~ tance, the eXamination was deferred until his re turn. Itis probable that to-morrow’s session will be public, PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Colonel J, S. Thrasher, of Texas, is at the Starte vant Hense. Py General R. B. Ayres, United States army, wat: the Brevoort House. Ben Holladay, of San Francisco, has apartments at the Gilsey House, Professor 0. O. Marsh, of Yale College, is staying: at the Hoffman House. ‘ Miss Rebecca Rice is Professor of Mathematics em Antioch College, Ohio. General John E. Mulford, of Richmond, is regi#- tered at the Astor House. Profe: Theodore D. Woolsey, of New Hayen, is at the Everett House. Professor W. C. Cattell, of Easton, Pa,, is residing at the St. Nicholas Hotel. . “Ben, Bolt!’ is the advice a Western paper ders to the Essex statesman. Colonel G. W. Gile, United States Army, is quar- tered at the Metropolitan Hotel, ‘ Rev. George Hamilton, of Quebec, is among the recent arrivals at the Brevoort House. Paymaster Thomas H. Halsey, United Statea Army, has quarters at the Coleman House. Lieutenant Governor Talbot yesterday assumed. the duties of Acting Governor of Massachusetts, Miss Crocker, of Boroboo, Wis., bas obtained. $1,000 from @ conductor who forcibly Kissed her. The widow of General Mowey, postmistress af New London, is highly complimented for efiiciency. Senator Schurz is to manage a German paper im this city for $10,000 a year, the Chicago Inter-Oceam gays. Ex-Governor Alexander H. Bullock, of Massa- chusetts, yesterday arrived at the Fifth Avenae Hotel Ahatrpin recently enabled a convict to escape from 2 Georgia jail. He should retain that ‘ere pin through the remainder of bis life. it ia reported that Waiter Shanley, engineer of the Hoosic Tnnnel, will succeed C. J. Brydges aa manager of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, Died. Burnstivg.—In this city, on Thursday, April 30, at his late residence, No. 19 West Filty-sixth street, HENRY BCRNSTINE. Notice of iuneral hereafter. [For Other Deaths See Tenth Page.) 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