The New York Herald Newspaper, May 21, 1874, Page 6

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From our reports this morning the probabili- ties are that the weather to-day will be generally cloudy, cool and rainy. ‘Wait Srezer Yzsterpay.—The stock mar- ket was barely steady. Gold sold at 112} and 112}, closing at the latter price. Tax Apsournment.—The House yesterday agreed to the Senate resolution for an adjourn- ment of the present session of Congress on the 22d of June. Tax Oxzcox Exzcrion Next Monru.—The contest on June 11n Oregon will be between the republicans, whose gubernatorial candi- date is Judge J. C. Tolman, the Rev. T. F. Campbell, the standard bearer of the indepen- dents, and L. F. Grover, the nominee of that faction of the democratic party originally known as the “Belem cliques,” during the re- New York, Thursday, Tue Crxcrnnatt Femate crusaders arrested last Saturday for ‘‘obstructing the sidewalks,” in violation of a city ordinance, were taken before Police Justice Marchant yesterday. ‘The result might have been anticipated. The Judge dismissed them promptly, but whether out of gallantry or because he was anxious to get them out of his Court does not appear. He found a ‘lack of bad motives” in the fair offenders, but cautioned them not to do it again. Dmonactre Journatism.—The Oswego Pal- ladium is troubled greatly because the fair fame of the local journals is compromised by two individuals claiming to represent the Oswego press on the editorial excursion to the South. The Palladium very properly disap- proves of editorial junketing at the expense of the impecunious railroads and hotels of the South, Tar Catamrrin the Mill River Valley ap- pears the more terrible as the details become more generally disclosed. Yesterday some twelve hundred men were actively engaged in digging and searching for missing bodies, nine of which were recovered before night set in. But the absolnte desolation and privation occasioned in hundreds of homes is truly ap- palling, and at least a hundred thousand dol- lars will be required before the first necessaries can be supplied to the unfortunate dwellers in the Hampshire valley. This, we hope, will soon be subscribed by the generous and philanthropic of New York and our sister cities. At present, however, the amount sub- | scribed falls far short of this. Anxanaas,—The clash of arms in Arkansas has ceased, to be succeeded by the jangle of politicians. The State Legislature has taken peaceable possession of the State House, and the only novelty about their situation is the military guard at the gates. But there is @ rumored ‘split into various par- ties between the conservatives and anti- | conservatives,” and Governor Baxter, with much good sense, has deprecated the NEW .YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1874,—-TRIPLE SHEET. Sa an nesinernrceecromerser A 2 aca tn a a Ae EE mame Pa 5 RR SPS Sede The tiom of the Customs Revenue. Let us hope that the important bill for sweeping away abuses which has passed the House may not fail in the Senate. Unfortu- nately, it has passed ata late period of the session, when Congress has already fixed the day of final adjournment, It is accordingly in the power of a few influential Senators to defeat it by dilatory tactics if they perceive any party or personal advantage in suffocating it in ite cradle. They may pretend a pressure of other important business, which is entitled to precedence. It may be kept a long while in committee. They may cause the new-born measure to shiver and get benumbed while unfaithful nurses are pretending to get ready to dress it. While professing friendliness to its object they may smother it with specious substitutes or petty amendments of detail which protract discussion and consume pre- cious time, until the bill is lost by disagreement between the two Houses or strangled at the last moment in a committee of conference. Our merchants are too intelligent to be de- ceived by such parliamentary tricks or by any species of covert opposition. The merchants of this city, which is the great centre of the import trade, will be especially incensed and outraged if the leading Senator from this State shall prove untrue to them, or if he fails to act with vigor, zeal and promptitude in securing the passage of the bill before it is put in jeopardy by the near adjournment. The constituents of Mr. Conkling would feel no distrust of him on this subject if he were free from entangling alliances tending to bias the natural rectitude of his mind. He is the chief manager of the administration party in this State, and nobody understands better than he how potent an engine is the Custom House under the present system in protecting party ends. Money is one of the main sinews of politics, as well as of war, and the Custom House has been, time out of mind, under demo- cratic as well as republican control, a heavy contributor to electioneering funds. If this bill becomes a law, the Custom House must cease to be a great centre of political influence. With the moiety system in full vigor it is worth from five to ten thousand votes in this State to the party that holds it, according to the importance of the election. The republican party never stood in greater need of this auxiliary than in the New York election of this year. In military phrase, New York is the key of the situation in the great Presidential contest for which both parties are beginning to prepare. The demo- crates, to the surprise of their opponents, elected the State officers last year, and came near electing the Legislature. Unless the re- publieans recover their supremacy the demo- crats will be encouraged to make a strenuous fight for the Presidency, and the outlook for the republicans will be ominous and alarm- ing. It is easy to see, therefcre, that it re- quires no ordinary virtue for a politician standing in Senator Conkling’s shoes and cherishing his ambitious hopes, to forward a measure which cuts off the chief source of political supplies at a time when his party is about to engage in a contest so important and so doubtfal. But even as a politician he cannot afford to let this bill be defeated, and as a statesman he should not hesitate a moment in pushing it to success. This is a matter in which he cannot ride two horses, He must support the bill with vigor or be held responsible for its defeat. The fact that it was introduced and advocated in the House by Mr. Roberts, of the Utica district, admits of two opposite interpre- tations, according as it is viewed by Mr. Conk- ling’s friends or his foes. Which is the correct interpretation will appear from his course during the next ten days. His friends in the mercantile community would fain believe that the introduction of the bill by the member from Mr. Conkling’s own district is a favor- able omen. The natural presumption would be that they hold similar views and work in concert, If this be so Mr. Conkling has acted generously towards a rising young mem- ber with whom he has local and personal ties, in giving him the initiation of the reform instead of introducing a bill of his own in the Senate and taking to himself the credit which the mercantile community would have awarded him for so valuable a service. But those who distrust him or look with suspicion on his known relations with the Oustom House clique, will not believe him a friend to the measure until he demonstrates it une- quivocally by his public action. If he has been acting in concert with Mr. Roberts, why did he not incite him to introduce and press the bill earlier, so that it would incur no risk of failure by the close of the session? If it fails, and fails by any want of prompt, resolute zeal on the part of Mr. Conkling, it will be charged by his enemies and believed by the merchants that he has been acting a collusive part; that the bill was introduced in one House and smothered in the other in the hope of winning a party advantage by imposing on the public. Let Mr. Conkling and his friends be assured that they cannot play their card and have it too. They can- not claim the credit of attempting to sbolish the present scandalous system and at the same time retain all its party advantages on the pretence that the bill barely failed to pass the Senate for want of time. If it fails it will not be for want of time, but for want of good will. Whatever excuse there may have been for | the introduction of the moiety system, with its exorbitant penalties against smuggling, its | continuance is indefensible and intolerable. | The methods and channels of importing goods | have entirely changed since the birth of the | system. Before steam had abridged the time | and cost of internal transportation the im- | porting business was widely distributed. When goods had to be carted in wagons from the points of importation, every port of entry in every State was an original landing place for the foreign goods consumed in the section of | country immediately beck of it, In major- | ity of the ports the quantity was small, and, ened in consequence of the reduction of profits by competition and mostly larger sales by fewer firma, The tendency to concentration is also increased by the monster iron steam- ‘ships, which are monopolizing the best part of the business. Nearly all the cargoes they bring are discharged in New York. They are almost the sole vehicle of the kinds of goods on which smugglers expect to make a profit Only heavy goods of great bulk and compara- tively little value are imported in sailing ves- sels—a kind in which a successful contraband trade is nearly impossible. To prevent all such smuggling as would very much impair the revenue it is only necessary to keep close wane of Wie enaeh, Waitancot the regular With the concentration of the importing business of the country chiefly in New York, with the enormous importations and heavy invoices that accompany this change, the moiety system is a lure to rapacity which ordi- nary human weakness cannot be expected to resist. In confiscated invoices there is a for- tune for informers and officers. It is not for their interest to prevent smuggling, but to give it underhand facilities and encourage- ment, and lay traps by which the unwary are enticed into it. Besides the moieties they get when their victims are led on to overt and provable smuggling they derive another reve- nue from the fears of small detected offenders, who try to preserve their commercial credit by bribing the informers to silence. Origi- nally the system, though bad in principle, was not necessarily corrapting. But at present it is a gigantic and odious system of organized and protected robbery, one of the great shames and scandals of our time. Let it be thoroughly uprooted. Urgent Appeal fr the Louisiana Sufferers. The Mayor of New Orleans says that unless the resources for relief be increased to a mill- ion dollars many thousands must perish by faming,and that even that sum will not more than suffice to save the lives in the inundated district till the flood subsides and the over- flowed lands are again lillable. There are, un- happily, many calls upon the people and even upon government for assistance. Latterly we had the distress in this city to provide for. Now there is a call for means to relieve the sufferers from éhe terrible flood in Massachu- setts. But a large class of our people are and there is an abundance of wealth in New York and other cities, as well as throughout the country, There is enough surplus means to relieve the pressing neces- sities of the distressed, both in Massachusetts and Louisiana. Whatisa million of dollars to this rich country, or even to this rich city? ‘We have reason to be proud of the large libe- rality of New York for all charitable objects, and do not doubt that it will respond gener- ously to the appeal of Louisiana. There is also a selfish side to this matter. By assisting the people of Louisiana we help them to re- newed industry in the cultivation of those prod- ucts—cotton and sugar—which enter largely into the commerce of New York. But the relief to be afforded must be immediate. The cry for help comes from present and absolute want. By and by, when the rivers fall and the waters are drained from the land, the rich soil and warm sun will bring food enough. The people of Louisiana are proud and not likely to ask for help only in great extremity. We hope and believe their appeal will not be in vain. Emigration from Russia. Evidently the Czar does not fancy the idea of his faithfal subjects coming to America. The Hastern Budget informs us that General Todleben, the famous engineer who defended Sebastopol, is now on a mission from the Em- peror of Russia to the Mennonites with the view of deterring them from emigrating to America. It appears that the Emperor in- tended from the first to grant special privi- leges to the members of this sect with regard to the new military service law, but fhat his intentions were misunderstood by the officials, and that the Mennonites consequently deter- mined to emigrate. The concessions now offered to them are more extensive than those made by Prussia under similar circumstances. The Mennonites in Prussia were simply drafted to the sanitary branches of the army, while in Russia they aret o be employed ex- clusively in military hospitals specially set apart for the members of their sect. Nothing seems more natural than that Germans and Russians alike would shrink from the fate which these vast standing armies impose upon every one of them. Instead of keeping their sons at home to be marched off to war at the whim of an emperor they prefer that they should find comfort and peace and a chance to live at peace with God and man in America. The first step towards the diminu- tion of emigration is to dissolve the standing armies. ‘Tue Coxxecricut Sznator.—The election of Mr. Eaton as United States Senator from Connecticut gives offence in certain quarters, because it is alleged that the new Senator was & “rebel sympathizer’’ during the war which ended ten years ago. Poor Toombs has his counterparts at the North, who find it impos- sible to learn that we are at peace and a united people, The election of Senator Eaton is only significant as showing that in Connecticut they are disposed to adhere to the old party lines, and that when they have the chance to send a democrat to the United States Senate they take care that his democracy shall be of the positive and unmistakable type, Pavrzrs raom Evrors.—It appears from our news of this morning that the Secre- tary of State has sent to the House a correspondence on the subject of increas- ing pauperism from Europe. The Secre- tary suggests the passage of a bill empower- ing the President to send back to the countries whence they come all paupers, vagrants or convicts who may be landed inthe United States, and to make the companies which hasty and inconsiderate legislation which | perhaps, nothing less than # moiety would brought them here responsible for their re- prompts the House to abolish necessary | have sufficed to sharpen the vigilance and in- | turn. It is also suggested that a heavy fine be bureaus in the State government simply be- | spire the activity of Custom House officers | | imposed on vewwls known to be engaged in cause they are filled by Brooks’ men. The Governor has also disclaimed knowledge or indorsement of # foolish sddress issucd by General Newton to his soldiers, assailing the | Legislature for admitting to seats members | who had borne arms under, Brooks. Gov- ernor Baxter's action will confirm the general and informers when the low prive of suuggled goods was a benefit to ther immotliate neigh- | bors and operated ss » loow exemption from | taxes. But railways hove nevolitionined the importing business by oonvontroling i in a few principal ports ‘Yhe retail dealers of the interior ame fue on- this trade. It will be very difficult to pass such o bill It is difficult to determine where the line showld be drawn. Every poor immigrant ia not ® pauper. Poor men have helped to make np the aggregate wealth of the United States, and a man, simply because he is poor, is not to be shut approval of his recognition by the Prosidemt. | sbled to solect from lege svoks | vat from the vrivilowm of the Republic. Bill for Reforming the Collec- | anda greater variety, and goods are cheap- The Charges Against the Department of Charities and Correction. It is very evident that Mayor Havemeyer does not intend to make any proper investiga- tion of the serious charges against the Com- missioners of Charities Correction em- braced in the late presentment of a Grand Jury, or of the gross irregularities and malad- ministration known to prevail in that depart- ment, Men who have the care of the most important institutions in the city; men who have the almost uncontrolled expenditure of a million and a half of the public money and the purchasing of large supplies; men who are at the head of the department of the city “charities and correction”—words which are significant of the grave responsibility of the position—are charged with acts which draw down the severe censure of a Grand Jury, and the Mayor of the city endeavors to impose upon the people by a sham investigation, con- ducted in a manner which brands it as an im- position. If the respectable citizen who was induced to lend Mayor Mavemeyer his counte- nanoa during a portion of yesterday's farce has any regard for his reputation he will refuse to be again a party to such a disgraceful pro- ccoeding. Mayor Havemeyer is incurring a serious re- sponsibility. The purchases of dry goods made through a brother of Commissioner Stern's son-in-law may form the subject of in- vestigation before a court, in accordance with the rights secured to the citizens of New York in the present charter, and, if rumor speaks only half the truth, they will involve other de- partments besides those of Charities and Cor- rection. Other suspicious circumstances con- nected with the latter department may also be dragged to light through the same means. If it should appear that the Mayor has been neg- lectful of his duty in the pretended exami- nation he is now making into these affairs an appeal will be made to Governor Dix for his removal, which the Governor may not ven- ture or desire to disregard. Meanwhile it is in the power of the Board of Aldermen, as the representatives of the people, to take up this matter and order a thorough investigation of the whole Depart- ment of Charities and Correction. They can instruct the Commissioners of Accounts to make the investigation or they can appoint a committee of their own body and require the Commissioners to act with them in the ex- amination. They should take such action without any delay, for the people are dis- gusted with the disgraceful conduct of their “teform’’ officials, and their patience is about exhausted. The New Ocean Telegraph Wire—Pre- caution Against Cable Eaters. The new ocean cable between our shores and England promises to defy all the subma- rine enemies and to stand the severest strains that may test it. The cable eaters of the deep sea, 50 long despised by scientific men, are no insignificant obstructionists to the enterprise of modern ocean telegraphy. On the Atlantio cable which was raised by the steamship Hi- berniaw year ago (when a fault was indicated about two hundred miles from Brest), the up- lifted strand was perforated by mollusks in its outer covering and coated with their shells. This cable had been laid in 1869, and in the ‘| intervening time the marine life had pene- trated the outer covering and had passed between the iron wires to the gutta percha core. Here alone they were foiled, aud in vain made their attack on a substance which resisted their indentations and proves itself the most important shield of the ocean cable. In the new cable of the Direct United States Company, to be laid by the steamship Faraday, this agent is to play a more extensive part than in any former structure of the kind. The core of the new strand is composed of a thick copper wire, encircled by eleven very fine copper wires, served with four coatings of gutta percha. These percha coatings, instead Of being applied, as formerly, in long narrow strips of india rubber, are put on from the soft mass of the gum while yet fresh from the steam heating process and in a donghlike con- dition. The pliability of the Direct Com- pany’s wire is somewhat sacrificed to the su- perior conductivity it will possess, ow- ing to the greater thickness of the central copper wire. To make the central wire proof against attack it is not only in- sulated by the gum shield, but by Manila hemp, which adds strength also. The whole core is sheathed by ten iron wires, each of which is hemp coated, and each hemp coating thoroughly steeped in the tar preparation, which seems to serve nearly as good a pur- pose as the gutta percha. These, having been all put together, are wrapped in Italian hemp for double security. The most exhaustive tests with Thomson’s reflecting galvano- meter have been made of the splendid wire on board the’Faraday. Its immense strength will undoubtedly secure it against any possi- bility of strain or fracture from the action of any submarine current, or from attrition against the ledges of any submarine furrow over which it may be deposited. If success- fully laid it will insure, in almost any prob- ability, perfect and uninterrupted telegraphic communication, whatever fate might befall the present lines. Nevapa Pourrios.—This State has always been republican since its admission to the Union, except when, four years ago, the miners. combined against the money power and elected a democratio ticket. The San Francisco Chronicle announces that William Shoron, the agent of the Bank of California at Virginia City, in the fall contest will represent the money power and mining cliques, and remarks that the history and position of Nevada favor & political outbreak at this time, ‘he im- mense mineral resources of the State are in the hands of cliques and rings, which use them for their own aggrandizement and in utter defiance of the rights of others. The admin- istration of justice is a farce where the rings are concerned, and purchased and purchasa- ble judges, and bribed jurors, and suborned and perjured witnesses are all so common and frequent as to excite no comment. It is doubtful whether a mining case was ever tried in Nevada in which all these elements did not largely provail. Tae Swina Tniaz Enpep.—The trial of the Rev. Dr. Swing before the Presbytery of Chicago has done much to bring Presby- terianism into contempt, Dr. Swing had been guilty of the sin of preaching for the benefit of a Unitarian brother. For this he ‘was accused of heretical leanings by the Rev. Professor Patton, a late Brooklyn minister. ‘The trial has ended as it ought to have ended, and Dr. Swing is acquitted to the entire eatis- faction of the common sense section of the American people. Orthodoxy, when too tight- laced, as it evidently is in the case of Pro- fessor Patton, is more dangerous than heresy. Dr. Swing is victor for the present ; but the Professor, who is a few centuries too late for fellowship with Torquemada and the Inquisi- tion, proposes to appeal the case. Better let bad enough alone, Professor ! Cuban Belligerency- The question whether or not we should recognize tho belligerency of the Cuban Re- public will soon be again brought before the Senate by Mr. Carpenter. In view of the little prospect there is. that Spain can ever succeed in putting down the insurrection there ought to be no hesitation on the part of the government and representatives of the United States to recognize people who have been gallantly fighting for independence against overwhelming odds for more than five years. Spain has no right to expect that we shall delay indefinitely the recognition of the Cuban Republic as an accom fact. During the five long years we have stood by, while Americans have been butchered at our very doors for wishing to enjoy that heritage of freedom which our forefathers won for us with the sword, the Cubans have had claims on our friendship that should have entitled them to a much mors generous support than they have received; but even now it is well that justice should be done. Public opinion will sustain Congress in any steps it may take look- ing to the recognition of Cuban independence. Let this only be done promptly, and we feel assured the sanguinary conflict will have come to an end. All that is needed is to give the Cuban patriots a chance to supply themselves with munitions, and the result of the conflict will not be long doubtful. Congressional Censure of the Secre= tary of the Treasury. The course of the Ways and Means Com- mittee in proposing, as reported, to introduce into the House a direct resolution of censure upon the management of the national Treas- ury, is good evidence that the average Con- gressional mind is not just now disposed to whitewashing. It is an unusual course thus to rebuke the misconduct of a Cabinet officer by resolution ; ut the measure is practical,’ and will likely be effective. The proceed- ing proposed in the declaration that the House, as a resuk of its investigation, censures the Secretary of the Treasury for laxity and carelessness in the administra- tion of his department, will put the subject before Congress in a way that will open it quite as freely as it would be opened by a bill of impeachment. There will, of course, bea sharp debate, and in the flow and fury of the stream of Congressional eloquence much will be said that calmer consideration might conceal. It is greatly to be regretted that General Butler is not likely to take part in this debate. It isa pity he isill In def- erence to his desire to say something in the matter the House yesterday laid over the con- sideration of the Sanborn iniquities. Over- worked Congressmen must be permitted to pay their penalties in physical illness from time to time; and if a man must be ill some sime, itis clear in General Butler's case that he could not, for Secretary Richardson’s sake, have broken down at a more fortunate time than the present. The delay thus secured should be utilized by the Secretary in i He may, however, shamelessly brave out the in- troduction of the censure and abide the result of a vote. Naturally there will bea party rally to some extent to defeat the resolution; but the public mind is so justly excited on this subject and so close a scrutiny will be exercised as to the course of members that it seems very likely the party pressure may fail and that the resolution will go through, which is an eminently desirable result. State Assessors-Where Reform Ought to Commence. There are doubtless many abuses in the assessment of property for taxation all over the State. It would bea good thing for all property owners from Lake Erie to Montauk Point, if a fair valuation could be placed upon every foot of realestate in New York both in cities and in the rural districta, for then the burden of taxation would be equalized and lightened. No reasonable person could object to a thorough reform in this direction. But it has been the fashion in the Legislature, where the country members are in a majority, to ossail the valuation in the cities and especially in New York as unjustly low, and the State Assessors who are now laboring at this end of the State will prob- ably endeavor to increase the assessments here under the pretence of equalization. Tho fact is that the farm lands and villages of New York are notoriously under-asseased, and ifwe are to have any reform it should commence in the rural districts. New York city is already heavily burdened with taxes and pays too large a proportion of the ex- penses of the State government. Of course the State Assessors are supposed to examine every county and to make an equitable de- cision between them all; but they are gon- erally too apt to overvalue city property. At the present time New York suffers from the evil of an incompetent, discordant and inert government, under which all progress is checked. This is not the moment to increase the load already piled on the real estate of the city, especially when it is notorious that the country escapes its due proportion of taxation by under-valuations. The Tae Ovnanp Srmamsnirs anp FRicnTxnEp Bosrontans,—The Board of Tradv and Com- mercial Exchange of Boston are in a dreadfal state of anxiety about the proposed withdrawal of the Cunard steamships from their port. They met in conference committee yesterday and passed resolutions, preceded by a number of whereases, to avert the calamity. In order to retain the steamships and to compete with New York they want cheaper freight by rail- roads and cheaper handling of it at the port. Well, we want the same, and shall get it, probably, as soon as Boston. But the com- merce of New York can be maintained even as it is, The truth is, Boston cannot rival this great commercial emporium, and the Cunard Company has found that hed 4 ane disposed to be generous, and would not °o! ject to recommend the Cunarders to send one 0 ae veasel a month to Boston, however small it might be, just for the sake of appearances and to relieve the minds of the people of Boston. ‘The Northern Pacific Railroad om Another Raid. Tt isa curious fact that just as one bill is under the circumstances would be surprising, authority to issue five per cent thirty years gold bonds to the amount of fifty thousand dollars a mile, and the interest at five per cent to be guaranteed by the government. In brief, this railroad, which has proved such a disas- trous failure, which is not needed now, and which could not pay for thirty years to come, isto be constructed with the money and at the cost of the taxpayers of the United States for the benefit of a set of speculators or another Orédit Mobilier. We wonder that the House of Representatives was not indignant and honest enough to throw the proposition out at the instant of its introduc- tion, Thevillany, robbery and scandal of the Union and Central Pacific railroads, the Crédit Mobilier frauds and the fact that the people yet pay the interest on the bonds of these railroads, ought to have made any one ashamed to introduce such a bill. It would have been too much, indeed, for anybody but @ modern Congressman. If Congress were not utterly demoralized there woul@ be no neces- sity for these remarks, but as may be danger of the stupendous fraud being enter- tained by that body it is our duty to denounce the scheme in advance, The government should neither be responsible for any more railroad bonds nor give away any more of the public land to railroad speculators. After Glimpses of Greatness. It seems odd to read of a mam being said for the repose of the soul of Napoleon I This was among the recent ceremonies at Chiselhurst. Cen tainly few souls in the other world need repose more than that of the mighty Em peror. We think of him as of one who lived centuries since, and yet the other day he came as in life before an Irish judge and jury. A witness eighty-two years of age testified that he had served in the British army unde Wellington, and that while in that service he was stationed at St. Helena during the im- prisonment of Napoleon. ‘‘Well,” said the counsel, ‘‘what kind of a fellow was Bony?"' “He wasa right little fellow, and there are few like him now. We conquered him, ol course, and he was made prisoner, and I was often out in his vessel with him.’’ “Did you ever discuss religion with him?” ‘Like my- self, for a long time he did not profess much religion—(laughter)—but I remember two priests coming to the island to him. I often sat at his table and used his silver knives and forks and drank his wine, and that was anhonor. Thatis more than you can say, sir.’’ (Laughter.) The counsel must have been bothering the old man, for he showed temper in his answer. But this is an after glimpse. of greatness that shows how the greatest things in life are connected with the most trivial, and that the imperial Napoleon may even serve to point a cross-examination in an Irish Court. Tae Entermvc Wepor.—The House yester- day, after a spicy debate, adopted an amend- ment to the Post Office Appropriation bill, making the Agricultural Report free of postage. The amendment was declared by some mem- bers to be the entering wedge which is to split up the abolition of the tranking privilege, and from the tone of the debate os well as by the vote would seem that the wedge is likely to do its work effectually. Nearly all the members are anxious for the restoration of the power to send their docu- ments and other articles free through the mails, and probably those who are the least willing to admit it are the most eager for re- turn to the old abuse. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Judge R. D. Rice, of Maine, is again at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Chancellor John V. L. Prayn, of Albany, is at the Brevoort House. Dr. Samuel G. Howe, of Boston, is stopping at the Westminster Hotel. Governor John J. Bagley, of Michigan, has ar- rived at the Windsor Hotel. Judge George F. Comstock, of Syracuse, is stay- ing at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. M. Thiers has received a magnificent album from the French residents of Santiago, Chill. Lieutenant Colonel W. L. Elilott, United States Army, is quartered at the sturtevant House. Deputy Quartermaster General Robert 0. Tvier, United States Army, bas quarters at the Albemarie Hotel. Prolessor Benjamin Peirce, of the United States Coast Survey, has apartments at the Brevoort House. Berlin on the 9th inst. to succeed Count Arnim as German Ambassador at Paris. Franklin B, Gowen, President of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, is among the re- cent arrivais at the Brevoort House. J. M. Walker, President of the Chicago, Barling- ton and Quincy Railroad Company, and J. F, Joy, President of the Michigan Central Railroad Oom- pany, are at the Windsor Hotel. Ben Butler says that he will not be a candidate for Governor of achusetts, but “will take a trip to the Fiji Islands for tne benefit of his health, and while there eat two missionary babies.” The Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria has been scattering his favors in Italy. Messrs, Minghettl and Visconti-Venosti, wo members of the Italian Cabinet; Count Nicolts de Robflaut, Italian Minis- ter at Vienna, and Signor Agherno, Victor Bm- manuel’s Prime Minister, have been respectively decoratea with the Grand Crosses of the Orders of Saint-Etienne, Leopold and Francis Joseph. Mr. Alderman Proctor, of Bristol, Engiand, has supplied to that city the Mansion House it has lacked since the riots of 1831. He has presented to to the city a house and grounds, vatned at £16,008, for the entertainment of the Mayor during iis Year of oMce., Mr. Proctor had expected to be Mayor of Bristol himself, and had the house bullt for his oMcial residence, intending to present it to the city at the end of his term. Infirmitics have compelled him to give ap the expectation, so he Presented the Mausion House Daw. on the amendment, 110 to 68, it ~ Prince Clovis Von Hohenlone-Scbillingsfirst left ~