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WASHINGTON. The All Night Debate on the Civil Rights Bill. TPS PASSAGE IN THE SENATE, THE TEXT OF THE BILL. Beport of the Ways and Means Commit- tee on the Amendatory Tariff. WASHINGTON, May 23, 1874. Report of the Committees of Ways and Means on the Amendatory Tariff Bill—Duties on Silks, Wines, Liquors, ae. ‘The Committee of Ways and Means have agreed to report the following items in tho Amendatory Tarif Bill:—That from and after the first day of July next in ileu of the duties heretofore imposed on the importation of the goods, wares and mer- chanaise hereinafter specified, the following rates Of duty shall be exacted—namely, on spun silk for filling 1n skeins or cops, 85 per cent ad valor- ‘where could ‘ves more than ata phen Langneer) He teit interested in the matter, and wanted to know what was meant by places of amusement, as his State (Maryland) ‘Was under the shadow of the Capitol and his peo- ple aid not want to violate the law. If they should get Up an amusement and bripg out their lions and tigera would they violate the law by declining Ung up @ circus sometimes to bring out the peo- lee Politics will not do it; religion will not do it; but acireus will, (Laugpter.) He continued at some length in a humorous vein, and asked if it was not absurd for the Senate o1 the United States to sit here unui ater three o’clock in the morning discussing the burial of wn African, And you claim it under the provisions of the tourteevth amendment. (Great laughter.) The passage of this act might cause mischie/, but it would pever bring about the mingling ol the two races, They would march along ip two separate columns. Mr. CARPENTER, (rep.) of Wis., said he could not vote tor this bill ou account of one provision, aud that was in regard to State juries. He knew of no power in the iederal government to organ- ize State jaries any more than TO ORGANIZE STATE LEGISLATURRS. Be could not vote for the btil @ woole which contained one provision he deemed unconstitu- onal. ‘The question then being, on motion of Mr. Thnr- man, tv strike out the second section of the bill, @ Vote was taken at twenty minutes past four A. M., and ‘as rejected, Yeas 13, nays 32, Mr. SARGENT, (rep.) of Cal, moved an amend. ment that the bill should not be construed to prevent the organization of separate schools in Gny State or schoo! district, providing that there should be no difference in the conduct of the same, and that each should receive an equal allowance from the puolic tund tor school purposes, Re- Jected, Yeas—21; nays—25, as tollowa:— Yeas—Mcssra. Allison, Bogy, Foreman, Conover, Cooper, Davis, Hager, Hamilton ot Maryiand; Joha- ston, Kelly, Logai Mocreery Merrimon, Morrill of Norwoods. Ranso nt, Saulsbury, scott ‘and Blockionsate ee ea em; on silk in the gum, not more advanced Navs—Mesers ‘Alcorn, ‘Boutwell, Buckingham, | Car- \- ry munds, Flanagaa, Trelinvhuysen, jamlin, ‘Shen singles, tram, thrown or. organ- | fitivey, Howe, inealis: Mitchell, Morriif, of Varmont; gine 8 per cent ad valorem; sewing | Uglesby, Patterson, Pease, Pratt, Ramsey, Robertson, ailkin the green or purified, 40 per cent ad vale | HPaneer,Wadley, Waskbura, West, Windom an orem; on floss aillks, 35 per cent ad valorem; on lastings, mohair. cloth, silk twist or other manu. Zactures of cloth, woven or made in patterns of Such size, shape and form, or cut in such manner as to be fit for buttons exclusively, 10 per cent ad Valorem; on all goods, wares and merchandise not e@therwise herein provided for, made of silk or of ‘Which silk 1s the component material of chier value; irrespective of the classification thereof tor uty by or under previous laws or of their com- mercial designation, 60 per cent ad valorem. Provided, that this act shall not apply to goods, ‘Wares or merchandise which have as a component Material thereof 25 per cent or over in value of ‘Woo! or worsted; and all acts and parts of acta inconsistent with the provisions of this section gre hereby repealed, In lieu of the duties now required by law there shall be levied and collected on all still wines $1 50 per case and 40 cents a gallon, and on all still ‘wines imported in bottles $2 per case of one dozen bottles, containing each not more than one quart and more tnan one pint, or 24 bottles containing each not more than one pint. And any ex- ©ess beyond such quarts found in such bottles @hall be subject to a duty of 35 cents per pint or fractional part thereof; but no separate or addl- tional duty shall be collected on the bottles, pro- ‘wided there shall be an allowance of 2 per cent for leakage on the quantity which shall appear by the gauge to be contained in any cask of wine, ‘end 5 per cent on all wines, liquors, cordials And distilled spirits in bottles, which shall be de- @ucted irom the invoice quantity. All imported ‘wines of the character above mentioned which may remain in public store or bonded warehouse shall Be subject to no other duty on the withdrawal | thereof for consumption than if the same were tmported after the day this act shall go into effect, and any such wines remaining on shipboard | ‘Within the limits of anv port of entry, shall be con- sidered constructively in public store or bonded ‘warehouse. : On and after the 1st of July next allzarine is to Pay a duty of ten per cent ad valorem; chromate of potassa, four and a half cents per pound; mac- ©aroniand vermicelli, two and a half cents, and Preparations similar thereto four cents per pound; Bitro-benzole, ten; tin plates or sheets, one and a quarter cents per pound, ‘The following articles are to be admitted free of @uty :—Extract of hemlock bark, quicksilver, ship planking and bandie bolts, spurs and stilts used in the manufacture of ¢grtmenware and ecrockery- Ware and sugar-beet seed, Cases, barrels, carvoys, Srainbags, the manufactures of the United States ‘when exported filled with American products, or exported empty, returned filled with joreign Products, may be returned to the United States tree of duty, including boxes, barrels, rates and eases in snooks. ‘There is to be a drawback on bullets and gun- powder when manufactured tn the United States and put up in envelopes or shells In the form of cartridges. The drawback is equal to the amount of duty paid on the materials, The oath now re- quired to be taken before subordinate ofticers of | customs may be taken before the collectors of cus- toms of the several districts, or before any oMcer authorized to administer oaths to such collectors, Yeliow sheathing metal and yellow metal bolts, of ‘which the component part of chief value 18 copper, gre to be deemed manufactures of copper, and pay the duty now prescribed by law for manufac. | tures of copper. As Mr. Dawes was not successful in reporting ‘the bill, the committee at its session on Monday may make some alterations or additions, Yester- day the committee seemed to be in favor of insert- | ing 4 Clause relative to the duty on steel, put this does not appear in the present bill. ‘The ruling of the Speaker to-day, by which the Army bill was sent to the Commitiee of the Whole On the State of the Union, will also send the Tarur bill to the same committee, unless, by a two-thirds | vote, the rules can be suspended on Monday so as to free it from liability to be sent there when re- ported. Such motions will doubtless be made both in regard to the Tarif and Currency bills, put it Is Not considered probable that two-thirds can be se- cured for either motion. If their consideration must first take place in committee final action ‘upon them may not be reached this session owing tothe pressure of otuer business, Proposed Reduction of the Army. In the House Mr. Coburn, of Indiana, reported a bill to provide for the gradual reduction of the army of the United States, reducing the number of cavalry regiments to nine, artillery to four and fulantry to twenty. The Funeral of General Dyer. The funeral of the late General Dyer, which took Place this afternoon, was largely attended. The pail-bearera were Generals Meigs, Ramsey, Eaton, | Barnes, Humphreys, Townsend, Shivar, Alvord, Whitely and Hayner. The remains were interred ‘at Oak Hill Cemetery, THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, Continuation of the Discussion in the Senate—The Effect on the Common School System—The Vote on the Final Passage of the Bill. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 23, 1874. ‘The debate on the Civil Rights bill, which occu- | Pied the Senate during the entire night of Friday, ‘Was ended this morning, After Mr. Merrimon’s @peech, which was concluded at two o'clock A. M., the Maryland Senator, Mr. HAMILroy, took the foor and spoke against the pas- sage of the bill. ‘had given a limit to the late amendments to the constitution, which was rejected by the dominant party in this Senate, It was nota political ques- téon which the bill undertook to deal with. It eame right down to the soctal relations of the People of the land. What did the bill mean by “places of public amusement?” Was a Presiden- dial _levée or 4 gambling shop such a place? He wanted some definition of Place of public amusement. some Siates sanc- ioned places of amusement which were acemed crimes in others. He was surprised that here in New York and Baitimore, where colored people were 80 numerous, they had not first class inns of | their own, and wondered that some of our white | brethren of the North did not help the colored people to build hotels and schools for themselves. Be thonght it strange that bis esteemed iriend trom New Jersey (Frelinghuysen), a good religious man, should want to open tue theatres, with all their vices and liamora.ities, to tue colored man— the fheatre Comique and ail that sort of tuing, os ter.) Why did not the Hon. Senator clude Sunday schools and churches, He Mamiiton) would rather see our coldped Srienas at Camp ting, That was a place He said the Supreme Court | The question then being on Mr. Boutwell’s amendment, he modified it 80 as to read as fol- low: Strike out in the first section the words “antl also of common:schools and public institutions of learning or benevolence supported in whole or in part by general taxation,” vhereoi the words, “and also of every common s8chov] and public insticution of learning or benev- olence endoweu by the United States or tounded by any State or that hereaiter be endowed by any Stare or supported in wiole or in part by geueral taxation,” Mr, STEWART, (rep.) of Nev., said he was opposed to mixed schools, and did not think they wuuld be for the interest of colored people. ° Separate schools should be provided, If tais was a practical measure for education, the amendment o! the Senator irom Callfornia (Mr. Sargent) was rignt. On the other hand, if it was a measure 10 CONCLLIATE EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND VOTERS then tie amendment of the Senator from Massachu- setts was right. He believed tnat i it was not for these 800,000 voters there would not be five votes in this Chamber in favor of this amendment. So faras he was concerued, he would nos vote jor “| this bili as @ political measure. He wouid only Vote for it as & measure Of practical education. Mr. PRELINGHUYSEN inquired of Mr. Boutwell if he desired to force attendance at the schoois, Mr, BOUTWELL replied lie could not do that. Mr. SARGENT—Ifis @ pity you cannot, you are so anxious for 1t. Mr, FRELINGHUYSEN £ald the Judiciary Committee had Uestowed some care bs ips the words proposed to be stricken out, and ha original bill as proposed by Mr. Sumner. Mr. BOUTWELL—Yes, and changed it in every- thing else. In answer to @ question by Mr. Stockton, Mr. BourwEu. said he offered that amendment with the view of having children educated together, that all prsjudice mignt be eradicate: Mr. Si0cKTON—Now, I wish to ask my colleague (Mr. Frelinghuysen) if he supports the bill on the (Mr. Boutwell). | Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN Said he submitted his views discussion now, Mr. Stockron said, then he might state that his | colleague here, a Senator from New Jersey, sup- ported this vill upou tue More advanced ground of the Senator irom Massachusetts—that is, to have tne children educated togetiier, ia the hope that oe egecice might be eradicated. . FRELINGHUYSEN said he did not say he sup- ported the bill upon that ground. On the con- i HAG he opposed the amendments oi that Sena- for. Mr, STocKToN—Then it seems the Senator from and the Senator from New Jersey on another, I ask again, do you or do you not mean by compul- | Sory education 10 educate tae young people o: dif- ferent colors tugetuer, that ail PREJUDICES SHALL BE BRADICATED? Do you mean amalgamation or not? Do you mean to prostitute the white race or not? Answer me one way or the other, Lim he would’ answer in the negat.ve. ‘Tbe vote Was then taken on Mr. Boutwell’s amendment, and it was rejected—yeas 5, nays 41.— Messrs, Aicorn, Boutweill, Robertson, Speucer and West voting in the affirmative, MR. JOHNSTON, (dem.), Of Va., called up the amendment of which Mr. Gordon, of Georgia, the first section o/ the bil the ciause grantin the privileges of the common schools and Inst, | tutions of learnmg or benevolence, supported wholly or in part by general taxation. Lost—yeas 14, nays 80. Mr. Scort, (rep.) of Pa., moved an amendment to strike out irom the sixth section the words, “and any district attorney who siall wilfully aii to institute and prosecute the proceeding herein | required, shall for every such offence sorieit and pay the sum oO: $600 to the person ag ved thereby, to ve recovered by an action in the case, With jull cosis, and snail, on conviction, be deemed | guilty Of a misdemeanor, and be fined uot less | than $1,000 nor more than $5,000.” Agreed to, Mr. SCOTT moved to amend the clause directing oMcia's to institute proceedings against persons Violating the act, 80 as to provide that they should institute such proceedings “upon tne information furnished by the party aggrieved.” St—yeas 15, Nass 23, Mr. McUREERY, (dem.) of Ky., moved an amend- ; Ment to tue first secucn of the biil, go as to pro- vide “that nothing herein contained shali be so construed as w apply to schools already estab- lusned.”” Rejected. Mr. ALCORN, (rep.) of Miss., moved an amend- Ment to the first secrion, so as to make it apply to | Scnvodis and institutions of learning and lence supported in wuole or in part by general taxation, or im whole or 10 part supported or en- dowed by the United states or by auy State, | Rejecte as 9, nays 37. | Mr Fee the first section, 80 as to make it apply to tostit.- tions Known as agricultural colleges endowed by tue United States. Agreed to. He also moved an amendment providing that the flue imposed upon officers ialiug to summon colored Mon as jurors OL uccount of Color should be not more than $1,090, instead of $5,000, Agreed to. Mr. SARGENT, (rep.) of Cal., moved to amend the firsc section so as to read, ‘And also of the com. moze school s7stem and public institutions of learn. ing or benevoleuce supported in Whole or in part,’? Ce Mr, EDMUNDS—That fs the same old question, Mr. SARGENT—Very well. question, but 1 bave the right to raise it in this jorm. He did not believe the Fourteenth amend- meut enjoined upon Congress the duty of ESTABLISHING MIXED SCHOOLS. Every Senator well knew that there were strong efforts being made tm every part of the country by powerlui religious organizations to overthrow the | public school system, | right to think It should be overthrown. They had the same right to 80 believe that he (Mr. Sargent) had the right to believe it was the grandest feature of our system. Such legislation as tuis bill proposed would oniy strengthen that feeling against the schoois, This strong as any human influence could be, and there were States, North as weil as South, where this | inftuence, set at work and aided by euch legisia- tion, would break down the common scnool | system. Mr. EpMUNDS sald the Senator had adopted the democratic idea about the Fourteenth amend- ment. \ ara misrepresented Mr. SARGENT said the him, aud did it knowingly ‘The OHaik (Mr. Carpenter) said the remark was out of order, Mr. SARGENT said the gentleman (Mr. Edmunds) must know he wis misrepresenting nim when he (Mr. Sargent) had so oiten expressed opinions on | this floor directly oppesite to thuse of the demo- cratic party. | Mr. EpMuNps said he accepted the apology of the gentleman, | Mr. SARGENT—I make no apology at all. Mr. EoMunDs said the Senator (Mr, Sargent) had aliuded to tne influence of @ certain church Against the common schools, and expressed the opinion tnat that mauence woukl e made stronger by Congress passing this bill. As little as he (Kdmunds).agreed with that Church in tts re ligious teachings, he must say it never made any distinction in its great works on account of race or color, In his opinion the REDEEMING TRAIT OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH was the jact that it never discriminated against children of color, However misguided its beliefs might be, Hts benevolence was world-wide, might ve the creed, color or nationality. He did not tuink such an argament as made by the Sena- tor should be brought into this chamber, and hoped the time was jar off when any question | woud have to be discussed here on sectarian grounds, Mr. SARGENT fald since manhood he had been a straightiorward, consistent republican, and ne thought it unkind in the Senator (Mr. Eamunds) inus to misconstrue his remarks. He (Mr. Sargent) did not wish to be understood that he appealed to any religious preju- dices, .He merely reierred to the iofnence Against schoolx, and said that this legisiation would tend to strengthen it. He did not see why to admit the colored people? He believed in get- | and inserc in liea | jJollowed those im the | same ground a8 the Senator irom Maszachasetts | “po 3 | Uniced siates shall have exclusive of the courts of ths several days ago and did not propose to prolong | Mr, ELINGHUYSEN said he did not recognize the mghe-of the, rn (Mr. Stockton) to criti« cise bim; yer regard he éntertained- for Rave nutice several days ago, to strike out trom | nevo- | HUYSEN moved an amendment to | it is the same old | He did not criticise their | Its | manile oi charity was everywhere, no matter what | Massachusetts Supports this bill'on one theory | 5' influence to which he referred was as immortal, as | | 1 had a great many papers to sign, and I had a | payment of $7,281 50, | the actual amount of grading to be 19,667 yards, + Congress should be putting its nose into all the affairs of the hotel keepers and raliroadjcompanies, as it Was not authorized todo so by the Fourteenth amendment, Ii Congress could go into a norel aud inquire what kind of a bed u man had It might inquire, how bis dinner was cooked, ‘The vote was then taken on Mr. Sargent’s amendment, and it was rejected—Yeas 16, nays 25. Mr. EDMUNDS, Of VI., Moved to amend the first section by inserting the words “citizens orher,” soit would read “that all citizens other persons within the jurisdiction of the Uni! States shali ve entitled to the iull and equal enj ments, &c.’? reed to, Mr. ilAMILTON, (dem.), of Md., moved to strike out the jourth sec:ion of tne bill, which provides Wheat citizen, possessing ull other qualifications, “be disqualified ior service as grand or petit ¥ , i. any court of the Untied states or of any ti, OB account of race, color or previous conul- tion 0! servitude, and imposes a fine ol $1,L0) upon auy officer failing to summon any citizen as a juror on account of color. Lost—) cas 15, nays 23. ‘the bill was then re: orted to the Senate an‘ the amendments made in Committee of the Whole were then agreed to, PASSAGE OF THE BILL. {t was then read a third time and passed—yeas 29, nuys 16—as to' lows :— Yxas—Alcorn, Allison, Boutwell, Buckingham, Conk- ling, Edmunds, Flanagan, Frelinghuysen, —itainlin, Harvey, Mowe, Inglis. Mitchell, Morrili of Vermont, Oglesby. Vattersou, Penge, Pratt, Ramsey, Robertson, Sargent, Scott, spencer, « tewart, Wadieigh, Washourn, West, Windom and Wrizbt—29, Navs—Boay, Boreman, Carpenter, Cooper, Davis, Hager, Uamilion ot Maryland, Johnston, kelly, Lewis McCreery, Merrimon, Norwool, Ransom, Saulsbury an Btocktoa—I6. Messrs, Morton, Cameron, Hitchcock, Chandler Ferry (01 Michigan), Overman and Logan, who would bave voted jor the vbl, were paired with Messrs, Stevenson, Tiurman, ‘Tipton, Bayard, Dennis, Guidtuwaite and Gordon, who would have voted against it. When the anoouncement was made by the Chair | that the bill passea ten or twelve cvlored men in the culiery, where they had been ali night, ap- lauded, Mr, CONKLING, (rep.) of N. Y., moved that when the Senate adjourned it be to meet on Monday next. Agreed to, Mr. CONOVER, (rep,) of Fia., said when the vote was taken on the vill he was in the restaurant down stairs. Had he been present he would have voved for it, Mr. MORRILL, rep.) of Me,, moved that the Sen- ate take up the Deficiency Approgriation bill. | reed to. The Senate then, &@ quarter past seven o'clock this Morning, alter a continuous session of twenty hours, adjourned till Monday next, alin Text of the Bill. The following is the text of the bill as passed: Allcitizens and other persons within the jurisdiction | of the United Siates shall be entitled to the tull and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advan: tages, iaciiilies and priviieves of inns, public convey- ances on land or water, theatres and other places of public amusement, and ‘aiso of common schoo and ublic instivations of learning or benevolence supported in Whole or in part by general taxation, and of cemeteries 80 supported, and aiso the institutions known as Agricul- tural Colleges, endowed by the United states, suoject only to the conditions ant limitations established by Jaw and applicable alike to citizens of every race and color, regarulass o1 any previous condition of servitude. ‘SECTION 2 —That any person who shail violate the fore- cole section by denying to anv berson entitled to its neti(s, except for reasons by law applicable to citizens md regardiess of any previous condition of servituie, the full enjoyment of any ot the accommodations, advaniayes, facilities or privileges in said section enumerated, or inciting such denial shail for every such offence :orvelt and puy the sum of $800 to the person aggrieved thereby, to recovered in an action on the case. with full costs, and shall also tor every such offence be deemed guilty of a'misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereot shali fined not more than $1,000, or shall imprisoned nut more thin one year, Provided, that the party aggrieved shall not recover more than one penalty, aud wien the offence is a ro- fusal of burial, the penaity may be recovered by the heirs-at-law of the person whose body bis been refused burial, And provided further, that all persons may elect t sue for the penalty afore-al or 1o proceed under their rights at common law and Staie stacutes, and having so elecied to proceed in one uy or ibe other, their d in the other jurisdiction shall be barred. Bat the proviso shall not apply to criminal proceedings either under this acc or the ciithinal law of any state. Dee. t the Disirict and Circuit Couris of the ot every race and color, several dtates cognizance of all crimes ana offences against and violations of the provisions of this act. and acons tor the penalty given by the preceding ecetton nay be proseenied ti the Verritoria!, District or Cineult Courts of the United States. wherever the derendantmay be found withou. regard to the o:her party; and the vis- trict Attorneys, Marshais and Deputy Marshals of fhe United | Siates and Commissioners y and. ‘Territor:al the United states, with powers of and imprisoning and bafiing otvenders laws of the Untied States, are hereby specially author- ized and required to institute proceedings against every person who shail vio ate the provisions of this act, and sied and imprisoned, or bailed, as I betore such court ol the United erritocial Court, as by law bas cognizance of the offence, except in respect of the right of action a to the person aggrieved, and such disirict atior n Cause Buch proceedings to be prosecuted to their termina- tion asin other casey; provided that nothing contained | in this section shail be construed to deny or deteat any right of civil action accruing to any person, whether by Teason of the act or otherw'se. Bac. 4.—That no eltizen possessing all other qualifies. {ons whiclt are or may be prevcritied by law shall be isqualitied or parle ‘as grand or petit juror in any gourt of the United States, or of auy Siaie, on account of col revious servitule: aud an, omietr or ober peri asged with any dire in The selection or summoning ot iurors, who shall exclude or Jail to summon aay citizen for the cause aforesaid, shall be deme gullty of a misdemeanor and ve fitted not less n 1,000, Suc. 5.—That all cases arising under the provisions of this act in the courts of the United States shall be r viewable by the Supreme Court of the United States without regara to the sum m controversy, under the same provisions and regulations as are now provided .y law for the review of other causes in said Court. of in all y THE DISTRIC’ INVESTIGATION. Testimony ot the Engineer ot the Board of Public Works on the Measuxe. | ments—The System of the Board not | the Men Blamed—Fraudulent Measure- ment Discovered. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 23, 1874. Adolph Cluss, the Engineer of the Board of Public Works, was cross-examined upwards 0! five hours to-day. He asked the protection of the | committee, inasmuch as he was without counsel, Many additional papers, which in his direct testi- mony he had no recollection of signing, were pro- Guced and he was forced to admit his signature, He complained more of tne informalities of tae Board of Public Works than of any direct fraud, and stated that he did* not wish it to be understood that he charged frand; had the Engineer’s ofice made all the measurements under its own supervision he would not have assigned Oertley to making gov- ernment measurements, but would have used Mr. Barney, in whom he had confidence. With refer- | for there are but few clubs at which supper can be + LONDON GOSSIP. Politics, Pleasures, Pictures and Plays. ‘The Duchess and the Draw- ing Room. Lonpon, May 12, 1874. On Mon4ay week Earl Russel: rose in his place in the House of Lords and mane a speec, ending with @ motion for the production of certain papers | connected with foreign affairs, Earl Russell is | eignty-twa years old; ne has been twice Premier, twice Foreign Secretary, twice Colonial Secretary and once Home Secretary; has filled many other Important offices of State, and as Loid Joho Rus- sell sat in Parliament from 1813 to 1861. And yet, with alt this experience, while making what was for him @ studiously moderate speech, he asked questions and moved for the production of papers which, answered and produced, would have made every Eppopean Minister extremely uncom:ortable, Lord veroy, like the Chancellor in Tennyson's “Day Dream,” in courteous words returned reply, paid @us:compliment to Lord Russell's patriotism and energy, showed that a compliance with his re- quest would occasion something more than great inconvenience, and, “smiling, put the question by.” Lord Derby has earned tor himself great credit by his genial diplomacy on this occasion. HOURS OF LABOR IN FACTORIES. Mr. Mundelia, M.P. for SheMeld, has brought in @ Factory Acts Amendment bill. It proposes to raise the minimum age of children employed in factories trom eight to ten, and of {ull timers to fourteen, and to reduce the hours of labor to women @od adults to tilty-loar a week. The Home Secretary, in reply, announced an intended gov- ernmental measure, according to which the hours | of women and adult; would be fixed at fifty-six a | week, and the age of half-timers raised to nine Jor | the next twenty months, alter which it will be raised to ten. Professor Fawcett protested against further legislative interference with women and adult labor, and the debate was adjourned for two weeks, THE NEW “WHIP.”’ The office of “whipper in’ to the opposition seems to be a very fetiguing one and to be not much reiished, Mr. Arthur Peel, who took upon himself the duty of summoning and worrying nto attend ince the members of te liberal party so soon as they were out of office, bas given up the berth after @ very few weeks’ experience. Jt is said that bis health bas broken down, and that he will have to go abroad for rest and quiet. Mr. Peel is Jorty-five years of age; he 1s the youngest son of the great Sir Robert Peel and brother of the Present baronet. He is succeeded in his functions by Mr, W. P, Adam, ‘Willie Adam,’? as they call nim, a pleasant and courteous gentieman, but without much influence or will. THE DRINK. While the “women’s whiskey war” is raging with you the new licensing bill brought in by the | government is occupying our attention, The great point of this measure is that it seems to | have disappointed everybody. Clergymen, coun- | try squires, landowners and magistrates complain with great bitterness against the extension of | the hours o! keeping open public houses till eleven | P.M. The Licensed Victuallers Association have | held a great meeting to express their regret that hali-past twelve is fixed for the latest closing hour for London, and their opinion that the hour of ono | o’ciock is absolutely necessary to meet the require- ments of the metropolis. A large class of London- ers are furious that tiie exceptional licenses, under | which certain houses could be kept open till a later hour, are to be withdrawn, It is: useless, they say, to talk about their clubs, had, and ifthey have jadies witn them they ask where can they go. Even under present circum- stances that question ia very dificult to answer, Ifsome whe would start in London a place like Delmpitiico’s,..a8 well done and as strictly con- Gucted, he would make-a for!uné, THE QUEEN'S DRAWING ROOM. The ceremony of “the drawing room” js very well known to some of your fair readers. It means the presentation to the Queen of the younger female scions of aristocratic families, and 1s the means by which the more mature fe- male members of the upper ten pay their annual homage to their sovereign. As @ ceremony !t is simple enough, the ladies merely passing in single file before the Queen and making a salutation, which she returns. But although this reads as a very eaey performance it 1s, in fact, @ most trying ordeal, and one agatost | which a most indignant protest is just now being raised. The ceremony begins at two o’clock, and | its length, of course, depends upon the number of ladies taking part in it. This number has now grown to be so enormous that the Queen, who has to stand all the time, finds the fatigue too much for her, and during the iatte: portion gets one of the princesses to take her place. Last weck the throng was sO immense and the arrange- ments for ingress and egress #80 shame- | fal that many ladies who left their homes at half-past one did not reach them again | Derby will combine the duties of Premier with | until nearly seven P. M., and then in a most piti- | able condition, weary, faint—they had had nothing to eat—their splendid Parisian dresses crushed and rumpled, their feathers broken, their laces torn, Itis truly complained that what the British | to the Connolly voucher, where witness claimed double the amount of excavation was allowed, the voucher of payment was siown witness, with his signature atiached. He was also compelled to adit his signature to vouchers upon which the vans Concrete Paving Company received pay- was measured up by Mr. Forsyth, an assistant in | his office, without his knowledge, Mr. Allison, in this connection, read a telegram addressed to the committee irom C. E, Evans to the effect that he 18 willing to have all work done by him in this city remeasured at his own expense by any competent engineer the committee might suvgest, as he did not want one cent more than he bad honestly earned. By Judge Klack,—Q. The Board of Public Works Was in uperation @ year belore you were ap- pointed? A, Yes, Q. When you were appointed you had no doubt the President and the Board wanted u competent man? A. No, sir. q. You aid not think the Board were rogues? A. No, sir; I would not have accepted the appoint | ment if f thought so. | Q. Was tt possible for the Board to defraud with- | out your knowledge? A. The contractor, no; the United States, yes; gross errors have been com- mitted against the United States. without the con- sent of tne engineer, he not being privy to the transaction; the engtueer in charge 13 not respon- sible jor errors, because they were made by an assistant in his office without bis Knowledge. Q. Was it legal to get money from Congress without your approbation? A. 1 thought so; [ was Gebarred from doing my duty; appropriations were obtained upon estimates of which 1 had no knowledge, qQ. You knew it was your duty to stop it if it was wrong? A. What coula[doas a single member of the Board? it took me until the latter part of last september to become acquainted with the complica ions of the Board. o Toe measurements you approved of were right?’ A. To the best of my knowledge; if there ‘Was an error it Was an excc pion, and correctness is the rule, Q When papers were handed to you were you not to approve or disapprove, as it was right to | do? hadn't you #8 good @ right to say no as to | say yes? A. [had aright to refuse; I didn’t want to impede the operations of the government; at that time I was justified in relying on Mr, Oertiey; my contidence is shaken ip the tab.es I have seen in the Governor’s answer, which I would not sign; right to depend on my first agsistant; tne Secre- tary of the Treasury was led into the same error in signing the Sanborn contract; | blame the sys- | tem of the Board of Public Works, not the men; I think the system will end in corruption with an. set of men; it will lead to bad resuits in the end. ‘The witness was further cross-examined by Senator Stewart. He denied generally all the charges of fraud alleged to have been made by him, but thought the system of the Board was loose for the large amount of business which was being carried on. He will be recailed on Monday. Mr. Blickensdorfer, the expert engineer of the committee, testified that he had made further Measurements since he last testified; he found on Oue street that the Board had allowed the cor- tractors 41,000 yards of grading where he measured up 19,148 yards, the same being an over On another street he found Wierein the Board ailowed the contractor ior 44,870 yards, On the same street he the amount of curbing 7,491 ieet, ior which the Board sHawad the conuractor 0,268 leet, | | ments, Which in his direct testimony he stated | held in the wretchediy narrow area of St. James? | | the ceremony should be held in the evening, which matron looks upon ag her greatest nonvr, giving | her, as it 18 supposed to do, the cachet of respecta- bility (though some very dubious persons have | been received of late years), is dearly bought at | such acost. So long as the drawing rooms are | Palace, and s0 long as the present enormous crowd | insists on attending them, it will be impossible to | obviate the dificulty, As a remedy it has been suggested that instead of passing beiore the Queen the ladies should be drawn up in line, down which Her Majesty should pass, Or, again, that would give it more of the character of a reception. “PRECEDENCE! AGAIN. “The absence of the Duke ana Duchess of Edin- burgh from the last drawing room has given rise | to great talk. It is stated that the great question | of precedence is still being mooted, and that as the Queen refused to allow the Duchess to take the | pas of the Princess Beatrice the bride decided on keeping away from the ceremony, OTHER REASONS. Other reasons have been assigned which your correspondent can best expreas by some quota- tions from the London journais. The Times of yesterday says :— The absence of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Edinburgh from the last drawing room has been very gaat remarked upon, but, so far as we know, the real though very obvious cause has not been assigned. We believe we have good groands for announcing that Her Royal Highness has hopes of aa event that would increase ber owu happiness and that of the Duke of Edinburgh, and which would be most welcome to the ioyal subjects of Her Majesty, who are ever delighted to greet | every adaition to her family. To-day the Morning Post responds as follows:— We have been requested to state that the para- tap) which was published M4 a bg fie 4 yesterday respecting the Duchess o! Edinburg! ‘was inserted without the authorization or knowl- edge of the Duke of Edinburgh. The best comment on this I take from one of the provincial newspapers :— The announcement in the Témes of to-day about the Duchess of Edinburgh has been the cause of | more laughter and not very complimentary talk than any announcement which has appeared io the public papers for many a day, The thing has | been universally condemned as tndelicate, and | surprise has Veen everywhere expressed that the | Times should haye been made the victiin of what may turn out to be a laughable hoax, Meanwhile, it 18 perhaps as well that the Duke of Edinburgh 1s not responsibie for taking the whoie world into his wule’s confidence three months aiter her mar- riage. Some of the London papers have to-night been informed that what has been done in the Times was done without his consent and without his knowledge. PUBLIC DINNERS, This is the season for public dinners on behalf of | the funds of various charitable institutions. Sev- eral took place last week—that of the News Vend_ ers, at which Mr. Edmund Yates, in returning SHEET. Hope, the proprietor of the Saturday Review, W20 Was in the chav, tor the attacks which are always being made by that journal on professional literary men; that, of the Literary Fund, at which Lord Coleridge spoke earnestly of the claims of litera- tue, and the Artiste’ Benevolent Fund, where Sir Hen:y James, the late Attorney General, rendered @ similar tribute to pictorial art. HYDE PARK. . London is crammed and the season is verging to its height, Erom five til! seven o'clock an im- mense line of carriages, four abreast, fills the Drive irom the statue of Achilles to the Albert Memorial. From time to time through the slowly moving mass gallops a mounted policeman, ex- horting the drivers to keep in their ranks, And close behiid him comes alow victoria, drawn by two bandsome black horses, and containing the | lovely Princess of Wales, bowing right and left to the uplitted hats with which she ts received, Sometimes she 1g accompanied by her children, sometimes by @ lady in waiting. Perhaps the next time the policeman gallops aown the lane it | is in advance of @ big, heavy barouche, | with powder-headed coachmen and foot- men, bearing the royal arms and having inside the Duchess of Edinburgh. The public take no notice of her, and she looks very plain und not very good tempered. In Rotten Row there are bupdreds of horsemen; half the Legisiature; the Duke of Beaufort, a heavy man, but riding a lignt thoroughbred tor a hack; Robert Lowe and Mr, Ayrton; sharp-tongued Eari Grey, bending | douvle in bis saddle; young Mr. De Rothschild, | always doing the haute ¢cole on his blick hack; | Uishops on cobs and judges of the land cantering | with their daughters; the editor of the Zimes, on | arather scrubby looking pony, talking to Bernal | Osborne, the ex-M. P.; ladies of all kinds sitting | in the chairs and doing an immense amount of | execution. A motely crowd, my masters; @ motely crowd, indeed! PICTURES, In addition to the works of art noticed in my last there are several very noticeable pictures in the Academy. It is pleasant to see American paivters coming forward to exhibit among us. | Mr. Boughdon has an admirable picture, which has | attracted much atiention, of Chaucen’s Pilgrims setting out for Canterbury. Mr. Bierstadt exnib- its “The Big Tree of Caltornia,” and Mr, W. T. Richards, ot Phtladelpaia, a ‘View of the Coast of | New Jersey.” Miss Chariotte Taompson’s “Calling | the Roll Aiter an Engagement tn the Crimea,” and | representing the different type of soldiers in a | grenadier regiment—some wounded, spent, ex- | hausted, triumphant, drinking, rejoicing—is | the picture of the collection. On the day of the private view for the press the Art critics selected it, the next day the Duke of Cam- bridge saw it. He is not a great judge of art; but, finding the uniforms correct anda general air of | vraisemblance, he called the Prince of Wales’ attention toit. Tne Prince wanted to buy it, but | found it had been painted as a commisaton at the | price of only £100 jor @ Manchester manofacturer, | who declined to yie<dup his right. Miss Yhomp- son bas since been offered £1,000 for tne same pic- ture, but it ts not hers to sell; and while she has | now secured her fame she must 109k to the future | for er fortune. Another picture which attracts | vast crowds is the ‘“Uasuals,” by Mr S. TL. | Fildes, @ young Yorkshireman, who, as you | may remember, was, on Mr. Millais’ recom- | mendation, selected by Dickens to illustrate “Edwih Drood,” This picture represents a group of wails and strays waiting outstde a police sia- | tion for the tickets of admission to the casual ward 01 8 workhouse. In its general aspect and in its every detail it is wonderfully and bitterly | true, Poverty stricken wretcnes of all kinds are | to be found in the group; here is the swollen, | bloated, red-faced sot, who has drank himself to degradation, and who now, w.th his bands in the pockets o1 his ragged trousers, stands swaying to and iro on lis bulbous feet, little caring what may | happen. Here is the professional mendl- cant, the houseless family from the coun. | try, the starved foreigner, refugee, Com- | munard, what not, with hunger written in | his pinched Jace and in his cramped attitude. | In contrast to the group are two well-fed, chuoby | Policemen attending to the tickets. all tne de- taila—the lurid lisat from the station house lamp, the penetrating fog and rain overhead, the cling- ing mud under foot—are all admirably rendered, | Mr. Fildes has made his first distinctive mark and has a great career before him. THEATRICALS, Mr. Dion Boucicauit has arrived in London and will shortly bring out his “Led Astray” at tne | Gaiety. It willbe rather a composite company, as Mr. Bouctcault brings two American gentlemen from Union Square, and is going to Paris tosce if | he can find a French lady who can speak English for his herotae, our leading English actresses being | all engaged. Mr. Boucicault returns to America | on the 18th of July to open Booth’s Theatre, | When this change takes place and Mr. Toole | leaves London for his final provincial engagement | before starting tor America, the undying “Mme. Angot” will be moved to the Globe, | MR. DISRAELI’S HEALTH. I have just heard, on excellent authority, that | Mr. Disraeli 13 seriously out of health and that his state is causing great anxiety to his friends. His disease is said to be one which ts always trouble- some and frequently fatal. In the not unlikely case of his having to retire for some time Lora those of Foreign Secretary. MIOROSOOPIOAL BOUIETY OF NEW YORK. There was an invitation exhibition of the Amer- ican Microscopical society of the City of New York lat evening at Kurtz’s new Art Gallery, No, ¢ East Twenty-third street, A large number of la- dies and gentlemen attended and were manifestly much interested in the various microscopical wonders disclosed to their observation, More than forty instruments were ia pusition and tiese | were supplied with a continuously varying series of objects, It would be dificult in the bewilder- ment of cholce to particularize, for nearly every- thing was in itself a wonder, Exquisite Intle diatomacew, arranged hy haad with miraculous exactness; 400 minutest shells in the space of one- eighth of an inch square, sections of tue retina of the human eye, snaii’s eggs, the lively water flea, transverse Sectivns Of woou, motus’ and butter- flies’ tongues enlarged to seem like the probos- cises of elephants, and numerous other objects, many rendered especially pretty under the polir- ized light. The exhibition of microscopes com- menced at eight o'clock, and shortly after ten the hydro-oxygen polariscope was exhibited under the airection of Mr. George Wall, of the Stevens | Institute. ‘The Committee of Arrangements con- sisted of the President of the society, Dr. John B. Kich; Proiessor D'Oreimieulx, Messrs, 0. G. Mason, . F. Cox and J. P, Wintringuam, who were unre- mittingly courteous and attentive to their numer- ous guests. OUTRAGE ON AN AMERICAN SEAMAN, New York, May 22, 1874. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— I arvived to-day at tweive o’clock M. in the | schooner Carrie C. Miles, from Nagsau, New Prov- | idence, where on the 2d day of March last (then being chief mate of the American schooner Annie Lee), 1 was arrested on board my vessel at the | oath of a thief. who had been detected in the act | of stealing on board the Annie Lee, and thrown into jail, where I was kept sixty-three days to await trialon a charge of attempting to kill the thief by shooting. While so confined my vessel was allowed to depart, taking with it all evidence in the case necessary for my defence, without an investigation of the affair. being clearly shown that | was guilty of no offence, 1 was unanimously and honoraoly acquitted by the jury. desire to call the attention o1 the yovern- ment and people to the unjust and oppressive policy adopted toward American seamea by for- eign governments. 1 must state that I was kinaly treated by the Governor, Hon. John Pope Hen- neasy, by our Consul, Hon. Mahion Chance, and by Mrs. John C. Fremont, who visited me in jail and did all in their power to soiten jor me the rigor of British Colonial law. Very respectfully, your obedient servan JOHN A. HAZELTON, CUTTING WITH THE KNIFE, Fanny Clifton complained that she was cut in the head with a knife in the hands of Addie Howard. Mr. Joseph H.. Stiner, counsel for de- fendant, moved for a discharge on the ground of variance in the prooi and complaint. The defend- ant swears that the complainant's name is Mary McCarty, instead of Clifton, A sentence of oue thanks for she press, took to task M.. Beresford | che Baltic passed. | toris stepped on board. Upon my trial, it | 5 THE WHITE HOUSE WEDDING PARTY The Departure of Mr. and Mrs. Sartoris for Europe. Scenes at the Pier and in the Harbor. The steamship Baltic left this port yesterday for Europe, carrying, among other passengers, Mr, and Mrs. Sartoris, he morning was one of the most delightful of this backward spring. The air was warm and the sky clear. Never did the grassy slopes of Staten Isiand look more charming as they taded out of sight tn the lower bay; never did @ young bride leave for a new home tn a for- eign country with more just claims for pride in her own native land. TUE MORNING OF DEPARTURE. The preparations for departure were early made, About ten o’clock the bridal party left the Fifth Avenue Hotel in carriages and were driven to the foot of Twenty-‘ourth street, North River, whence they ali embarked on the revenue cutter Grant, The immediate friends who accom- panied Mr. and Mrs, Sartoris were the President and Mrs. Grant, Miss Dent, Miss Barnes, Miss Drexe!, Mrs. Creswell, Mrs. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Reiss, Mr. Jesse R. Grant, Mr. U. 8, Grant, Jr. ; General Babcock, Collector Arthur, ex- Collector Murphy and Mr, Pullman. Among others who subsequently went on board the revenue cut- ter Grant were Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer and Mr. and Mra, Luddington, of Chicago; Genera, Porter, General Forsyth, General Sharp, Mra, Sharp, Miss Sharp, General McDowell, Naval Officer Laflin and General Rufus Ingalls, THE VISITORS ON THE STEAMER, The Baltic was early thronged with visitors, who came to see the steamer which was to carry abroad the daughter of President Grant and her young husband, The crowd about the pier became very dense by ten o'clock, and the passengers elbowed their way on boura with the greatest dimcuity. Fioral offerings began to arrive. The 120 cabin passengers who were going were, fortunately, not all objects of great pub- lic interest, or the whole city of Jersey would not have held the multitude who might have been there to wish them a pleasant voyage. Many were under the impression that the bridal party would come on board the Baltic at her wharf; but such was not to be the case, and the several thousand persons who waved adieu to the steimer as she backed out into the river did not even have their curiosity satisfed by so muci asa giimpse of the bride and groom. DOWN THE BAY, Meanwhile the revenue cutter Grant left her moorings and steamed slowly down the bay. The hundreds of citizens upon vessels in the harbor, evidently ignoraut of the programme, paid no attention to the vessel which actualiy carried the bridal party; but when the Baitic started on her course toward the Narrows, the steamer State of Virginia dipped her colors and saluted. The monitor Roanoke, at anchor off the Battery, fired a national salute irom howitzers on her deck as The Commander evidently be- leved that President Grant was on board. The Roanoke was trimmed wit1 a complete set of naval signals and several large national flags. The Folland, of the national line, displayed all her bunting, As the Baltic neared the Narrows & salute was fired from Fort Wadsworti, on Staten Island, THE LAST “‘GOODBY.”” The Baltie slowed down just below the forts, and the revenue cutter steamed up alongside. The gang plank was soon out and Mr. and Mrs, Sar- President Grant stood on the hurricane deck of the cutter and, with Mrs, Grant, waved a parting iareweil to the young couple. Mr. Cortis, the agent of the steamship company, weicomed the party on board the steamer, Captain Kennedy being eugaged on the | bridge, Mrs. Sartoris was dressed in a light | brown ‘silk dress, gray overdress and a hat | trimmed with gray and brown to match her dress, 1 She carried a larce bouquet and smiled charmingly | as she ascended to the hurricane acck of the Baltic and proceeded, leaning on Mr. Sartoris’ arm, to their cabin. The bell rung, the engine started and the country had bidden farewell to Mr. and Mrs, Algernon Sartoris, After leaving the Baltic tue W. E. Chandler took the Presidential party again on board the revenue cutter Grant, while Mr. and Mrs. Sartoris were being placed on board the Baltic. Ata quarter to one o’clock the Grant headed up the bay, Shortly afterwards she came to a halt at the Battery, where she landed Lieutenant Fred Grant and several friends ‘in small boats. At five minutes to two o’clock she started for the Cunara dock, accompanied by her tender, the Chandler, | The Presidential party left for Washington by the three o'clock P. M. train, and comprised the Prest+ dent, Mrs, Grant, Gencral Babcock, Colonel Larned, Mrs. Drexel, Miss Dent and others, ANOTHER POLICE OUTRAGE. SEL On the 15th of this month Mr. Mack, of No. 111 West Broadway, was taking some goods into his store from a truck. ‘The “skids'? on whicn the barrels of staff were being roiled crossed the side- walk, and for a jew moments intercepted travel. A man, whose name 18 unknown, knocked his knee against one of the ‘skids,’ put said nothing, and passed on. Mr. Lowenstein, however, thought he snould say something, and ferchwith began to abuse the shipping clerk who was keeping “tally.” Words got hot, and Mr. Snipping Clerk hits Mr. Lowenstein on the nose, whereupon that gentle- man wentfor an officer to have the clerk arrested. Lowenstein returned with an officer in uniform and met Mr. Mack on the doorstep of his place, | The officer said he wanted to arrest the clerk, and | Mr. Mack told him the clerk had gone out, dus would return in a few minutes, He told the officer | that he would not allow him to arrest any of hie employés on the premises without @ warrant. By | this time a crowd had gathered around and Officer Stevens came up the stairs in citizen's clothes and | said to Lowenstein, “Show me tho man that hit | you and I'll arrest him.” He did not show his | badge or say he was an officer, and when Lowen- stein said he could not sce the man Mr. Stevens in- vited nim to go into the store with him and 4ook forthe man, Mr, Mack told Stevens that he would not allow him in, whereupon the police instinet of Stevens showed itseil, and he took Mr. Mack, who Js about five feet high, by the throat, threw him on the ground and beat him as weil as he could. When Mr, Stevens got through ms pummeiling, Oficer Cotton, the uuliormed man who came wi Lowenstein to make the arrest, stepped in, and Mr. Mack was dragged into the street. At the ears nest request of several o; the cruwd he was per- mitted to stand up and walk. He was brougit to the station house on charge of assault- ing an officer, The cuse came up yes- terday at the Special Sessious, and Mi- chael Tiner was cailed for the complainant, Stevens. its story corroborated Mr, Stevens’ in Most points, but by diligent cross examination, Counseilor Hummell elicited the fact that Stevens never showed his badge or told who he was, On motion 0: Mr. Hummel, the charge w: Stevens, it appears, 1s a special oficer, he can be detailed jor wal duty when he does not know the “ruies’’ which are read to, and should be studied by every man on the jorce, is someting « which 1s yet to be expiained. Rule 603 of the Mau- ual states that ‘An officer shall not enter a louse to look for a person charged with a misdemeanor unless armed with a warrant,” and, as assault and battery is a misdemeanor, it is plain be was a trea~ passer in Mr. Mack’s store, THE DOMINION PARLIAMBAT. The Disturbances in Manitoba fn 1860. Orrawa, May 23, 1874, In Parliament Mr. Mousseau has given notice of” the following resolution :— That the evidence Jatd before teis House by the committee appointed to inquire tnto the cause of the dimiculties in the Northwest In 1860 and 1870 1s suicient to establish that 1¢ would be just and ex- pedient and for the advantage of the Province of Manitoba that an amnesty should be granted to the persons concerned in the disturoances | occurred in that province in the winter of | and that an bumble address be presented Majesty the Queen praying that she wi ciously ment to a A a Le ted to all persons charged mitre connection Month in the Penitentiary was imposed, however. was excepted to bY tas eoubess” weeny mitied during and in turbances.