The New York Herald Newspaper, January 29, 1875, Page 6

UNITED STATES SE ATF, $$$ Senator Conkling Takes Up the Gauntlet for the Administration. Military Interference in Louisiana Upheld | Pity by Legal Argument. A BLOODY REVOLUTION CHECKED. | Arraignment of the Southern Democrats as Assassins and Rebels. NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY. JANUARY 29, | by the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Schurz) the | honorable Senator irom Omo yesterday engagea | the artention of the Senate lor four hours, aud what Was is speech ? He meant no disrespect | when he said that speech was | A CARPING CRITICISM. |. The Sepator denounced the acts oi the President, | the acts ol the State Executive of Louisiana and | the acts of he judiciary of the State and of the bation, Dut there was no denunciation of the | deeds of violence and turmotl which keep the | Souta in commotion; no denunciation of the acts | of tue 14th Of September last in New Orieans, wien men where shot down like dogs im the streets ol that city, It was the Senator trom Ono | (Mr. Thurman) to whom the nation looked more thao aby other man to originate the pelicy of ms The Senate listened tu him four hours yes y. Did it learn the policy of the democrat party or the practical measures of legisiation it | proposed ip respect to Unis Southern question? | Biatthe Senator teach nis. IeLow Seuators what to | doin this embrogito in Louisiana? [t was easier | to be @ crit.c than an arenit:ct, easier to puli | down than to batid up, and the speech of the leader of that party consisted in denouncing what- ever Wus done by those cuarged with the adminis- tration of puoltc adfairs, | THE POLICY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY | consisted in abusing its adversaries. The honor: | | aole Senator (Mr. Thurman), when commenting | upon Southern outrages, said in effect, tf such Was | the condition of suciety in the South, it was time | | that the party which had been in power througn | | the war and smce the war snould give way and | let another party come in. SHERIDAN’S RECORD AND CHARACTER DEFENDED. | SENATE. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 1875. Numerous petitions were presented by Messra, Jounsroy, (dem.) of Vi DENNIS (dem.) HamILron, (dem.) of Md.; Scotr (rep.) and Cam- ERON, (rep.) Of Pa.; SHERMAN, (rep.) Of Odio, and LoGaN, (vep.) Of Lil, against the restoration of the duty on tea and coffee and for the repeal of the act of 1s72 relieving certain foreign products of ten per cent duty. Reierred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Dorsey, (rep.) of Ark., presented petitions from citizens of Texas, Indian Territory and Ar- kansas, for the passage of a Dill to organize the Territory of Okiohoma. Referred to the Committee on Territories. Mr RUENT, (rep.) Of Cal, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, made @ report in relation to the expediency of reducing the number of navy yards and naval hospitals. Ordered to be printed. Mr. CHANDLER, (rep.) Of Mich., Irom tle Commit- tee on Commerce, reported without amendment the Senate blll to promote economy and eMciency in the marine hospital service. Placed on the calendar. REPEAL OF THE PACIFIC SUBSIDY PROPOSED. Mr. Bo@y, (dem.) Of Mo,, submitted the follow- ing :— Whereas the subsidy granted to the Pacific Mail Steam- ship Company in 1874 was obtained by improper means and influeuces. theretore Resuived bat the Committee on the Judiciary be in- trucied to inquire into the legality and exvediency of repeating the act of June l, 1872, authorizing @ subsidy to the said Pacific Mail steamship Company. Mr. SPRAGUE, (lib,) of RK. 1., Ovjected to the pres- ent consideration of the resoiutton, and it waa relerred to toe Judiciary Committee, Mr. MircHRLL, (rep.) of Oregoa, introduced a Dili making an appropriation for the improvement oi Coquille River, iu Oregon, by the cons:ruction of & canal connecting Its waters With {nose of the Pacific Ocean, Reierred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. HAMLIN, (rep.) of Me., from the Committee on Post Ufices and Post Roads, reported favor- edly on a bill for the protection of the postal rights oO! the inmates of lunatic asylums. Placed bn the calenaar. Mr. MORRILL, (tep.) Of Me., trom the Committee on Appropriations, reported favorably on the bill to pay the imterest on the 3.65 bonds of the Dis- trice of Columbia and asked its tmmediate con- sideration, as tue interest falls due on Monday ext, and the federal government veing responsi- bie for tt, o: course it must be paid. Joe vill was passed. tue CHarr then called for the business on the calendar, the Committee on Public Lands being eniitied to the door, and the following bills were disposed of :— Senate bill for the relief of certain settiers upon homestead and pre-emption lands, Lata over, Senate bill to extena the time for proo! aad pay- ment on pre-emption claims upon the public wands. Indefnitely postponed. Senate bill to quiet the title of settlers on cer- tain railroad lands. Indefiuitely postponed. Senate bill to provide a revenue from the sale of public iands. Indednitely postponed. Senate bil. providing 1-r the permanent location of tue southern terminus of the Oregon Ceatral Railroad, aud to amend the act entitied “An Act Granting “Lands to Aid tn the Construction of a Railroad ana Asteria and McMinovilie, Oregon.” Laid over, House bili granting the right of way and depot frounds tothe Oregon Central Pacific Rai ed Company, through the puviie lands of the Unites States ftom Winnemucca, in the State of Nevada, to the Columoia River, via Portiand, Oregon. Passed. Seuate bill providing for the appointment of a i sion. | the There was the ciew which upraveiied this wed. ‘That had been tne | ospel o: the democrats since the veginning. ake reconstruction a failure, make It a mise cariiage, keep up an agitation, disturb, ferment and revolutionize, and the time wilicome when the country, wearted and worn with commotion, will accept Sor hing for a change. The uonorane Seuator trom Peunsyivania (wr. Scott) Kaew how | true this assertion was. Witness alter witness appeared vefore the committee of which he was chairman and explained tt. When the Ogiting ceased a the Souta , the right to vote was just as sacred there asin the Commonweaith of Massa- chusetts. No man was denied that right, mot even | Je Davis. Did they exercise it? No, sir. They reiused by every method to second tue efforts of the government to rebuild and rehabilitate the South, and pow the republicans were aenounced by tne democratic ieader ou Cuis Moor and charged | With oniy partial success. THE HATRED OF EQUAL RIGHTS and of the sudrage jor biack man had ruled the hour, Had the menu who received the jorgive- ness Of the nation received it in good taith, this Jhamber would not ring to-day with this discus- The honoradie Senator from Obio, in hy argument, weut back io the election of 1s ani made that period a background | tor events of three weeks ago. Who | made the election of 1872 a iraud? Lt was War- | moth, the leader of the opposition in Louisiana, ve champion of the democracy who was to carry the State tor Greeley and thus heip to make nim President. The election of 1572 in Louisiana was an organized fraud. The testimony beiore the | Senate committee showed that warmoth’s control | ol the eieciion machinery then was equal to 20,000 — votes, In every lorm 1p which this question had been tried the decision haa beeu against McEnery. The consutution of Loutsiana provided the mode by whicn the election could be contested, it was pre. sented to the State Court in Louistana and tue de- cision in every instance was against Mcknery. The | question Was then present. d to the House ov! Repre- seutatives and the decision was against Meboery. it Was then presented to the senate oi the United | dtates and the decision Oo! a committee of that | body, with only one dissenting voice, was against Mcbuery. it Was true the senator from Indiana | (ar. Morton) and the then Senator trom Georgia Telegraph Line from Portiand to | (ar, Hill) did not concur in the report of the major- ity on all the pomnts, buat they concurred in the fact that the baliot box in Loulsianu bad been pol- luted and no result lavorable to McEnery could be achieved except by fraud. The question was pre- sented to the President ui the Cuited states. He deciged against McEnery and the Senate by its pon-action had affirmed the judgment ul the Prest- dent. The Senaor irom Ohio came with @ special plea, seeking by that to cloak or | alliate the deeds which have been done in Lou- siaua. Tne Senator (Mr. Thurman) made the customary assauit upon Judge Durell and charged tuat he was supported oy tne President; that he issued an order wbich had no seai upon tt, as if tne President in Washington knew whether it | haiaseal or not, and, said the astute, i not un- cbaritable, Senator irom Ohio, “How came the President, through his Attorney General, to send the telegram to Louisiana announcing that the precepts of tne United States Court must ve obeyed before the order was is- sued by Dureli’’ The Chiet siagistrate of the United States answered that question upon the very first page of (hat Message whica toe Senator irom Onto iound so conspicuous in omissions. A temporary restraining order baad been issued already by Judge Dureil, and tt was absolutely duaregaraed by tuose against whom it was directed. That was a clicumstauce preceding the telegram compiained of. The Presiaent said it had been male koown to him chat the United States Court hud veen defied. there was an answer to the Senator irom Omo, The President's wees iM Was that the aecrees of the Court must ve yed. ‘What eise could ve nave said? THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 4, This debate all revolved upon one pivor. An | occurrence on the 4tn of January last took place in @ novel in a d:stant city—in a hotel o: the city jew Orleans, leased'by the state for public use. the o. bit in which, ostensibly, this de- oived. No responsibility tor the doings In | New Orleanson the 4tn of January touches tne President of the United Staves, he first intor- com missioner to ascertain the rignt of suojects of _ Mation lie received in regard to them was simul- Great Britein to lands in the territory woich was the suvject of the award of the Emperor of Ger- many under the treaties of 1346 and 1871 between the United States ana Great Britain. Passed. The Senate bill ameodatory of and supyiemen- tary to act of March 1, 1872, entitied, ‘An act to set apart a certain tract of land jytog near the headwaters of the Yellowstone River a8 a public park.” Passed. The House bill, to confirm pre-emption and homestead eotries of puodlic lands within the limi's of raiiroad grants, in cases where such en- tries have been made under the regulations of the Public Lunds Department, Was discussed till the expiration of the morning Nour and then laid over. Mr. Harvey, (rep.) of Kansas, gave notice he would move Co take the bill up next Monday. Mi. ANTHONY, (rep.) of R. L, introduced a Dill to provide ‘or the distribution of the regular official ecitions of certain panic documents and Congres- siOual records. Referred Printing. Mr. KaNsoM, (dem.) of N.C., imtrodaced a bill ring to the Court of Claims certain claims wing out of the war of the repeliton. he Comittee on Claims, Ou Motien of Mr. BOUTWELL, (rep.) of Mass., the bill vo promote econo’ emoency in the Marine ospital Service was recummitted to tne Cominittee on Commerce. Mr. SARGENT, Of Calllornta, presented the peti- éions « citizeus Of the District of Columoia in savor of th ssaze of the amenument suumitted vy him to the pul to frame a government jor the Dis- trict of Columbia. Laid on the taoie. CONKLING ON LOUISIANA. The Senate then resumed consideration of the Tesolution of ar, Schurz, instructing the Judiciary Commitee (o inquire Wuat legisia:ion by Congress 18 becessary Lo secure bo tie people of Louisiana the rights of sell-government under the consti- tuto) M reie UONKLING, (rep.) of N. Y., said bis own judg. ment of the fitness of things and of the value of time in this brief and last eboing session woald not lead him Mto this debate. Certamly no value Placea by himself upoo avy opinion o: nis own woud jead mim to consume an hour; but waen days aba weeks had been allotted to serious and excited alscussion on tais subject; when many Sena ors had expressed (ueir views at large and some tad reiterated them, he tnought the time had come when silence ceased to have even the merit of diuinishing tue flow of words. The Pres- dential campaign of 1876 nad veen jormaliy opened. it Nad been opened tn the senate of the United States, and legislation waits. [ vad been Opeced With a somewuat dramatic edect aud much upon tne ‘The Ronoraole sena- nsanoual order, tur from cnio (Mr. Thurman), leader 01 the Oppo- sinou, came (u alter the Vacation, armed with a resvlucion of Inquiry armed at Mis Excellency, the Presicent of the United States; and its language Was suci that all “ere led Co veieve the President had commitied some gr wrong. He (Mr. Conk ling) suggesied an amendment 80 as to nave the resolution courteous and in the ordimary form, when suggestion Was not acceptanle to tue other ate nu the action of those Senators, like a signal gud, told us in a moment we were to be charged al aiong (he ine. Every supporrer of the admiustration (n this Cuamoer Was ready to vote jor the resolution and adopt it on the Spor, oul Immediate action or an immediate re- sponse (0 the inquiry Was not the end aimed at by the Senators on the otner side, and accordingiy days Were Worn out in accusations and denuncia- tions based On assertions which time disproved. This was not the work of the i They waited ond remoustrated, while the mover Of Lhe resolition and Mis associates Wore ont days in debate. At last, when Frivay came, the mover Of it moved to postpone tt lurther cousideration uptii the Monday jollowing, and then it was that Senators, sustaining the aumiistration, insisted that it showld be passed and ho mure time Wasied, apd let the imormation come. nis, aa a political Move, Was not bad poucy tor bis ITiends on the other aide, becatise (hey Kad @ press so thoroughly Joyal that ié Lad veen publisned ali over the coun- try that the repuolican tajority in the Senate Wis deleating the resolution. He then read jrom the Movile /aily Tribune oi January 7 an article expressing thanks to Senator Tharman for ms efforts to get the resolution through. Continuing bis argument he said THE OPPUSITION PREJUDICED. Among those who took part prejudging the case Was the cevator irom Deiaware (Mr. Bayard). That Sepator ait not sorget to notice the amend- ment propesed oy nim (Mi.Conkiing), Watch he had ventured to stggest lor Lhe purpose of making the resvintion courteous. Mr. Cooking then read irom the debate in the Senate ol two years avo, when the resointion Of Mr. Bayard was u», calling tor iniormation in regard to the conduct of Major Meriiil, where a simuar amendment Was pro- posed, and quoted the expressions of Mr. Bayard, agreeina with apon the propriety o: the ameodment, He then said it was the quaint con- cher that “nis joresignt Was Times had changed nad changed with ession of another te better than his tinesignt.”” since then, aod Senators them. The Fesvintion of bis iriend irom Oulo (ar. Thurman) passed, and the inormation was sent On us desired, but the denunciation still went om Under the guise Of @ resolution offered to the Committee on | Relerred vanecus with the {oformation, given to ali the citizens at large. The newspapers of the foliow- aay were bis frst intormers. if there were those in Wasuington who knew that a revo- Junon was to be attempted on tne ath of Jauuacy, the President of the United States was hot one Oi them. On the 24th of December tne President hud requested General Snertaan to make @ tour of observation iu the Southein | States. Loursiana was uot tne only State mec- tuoaed, There was no personal conlerence ne- tween the President und General Sheridan. Genera! Sheridan was in Chicago. The communi- cation to him was in writing. it was referred to General Sherian, and the substance of ail was the order from the Secretary of War to General Sheridan, stating that the vresident wished him | to visit Louisiana and Mississippi and ascertain Jor himseii and lor the tniormation of the Presi- | dent tue general coudition of affairs in tose States. He was directed to extend his visit to otner States if he desired, What the Presiaent desired Was lo be advised and receive such sug- gestions Irom General sheridan as he migot tink advisable. HARROWING TALES OF OPPRESSION, | Mr. ConKLING here read the letier ol the Secre- tary of War to General Steridan, He next re- Jerred to the remarks of . Bayard in reteren to the President, and said he would commit to tae hea cor the din of this oceasion the Cuiet Magistrate and we comment of tae Seuator irom Delaware (o stand side by side and testify of eaci other, Beiore the letter of the President directing General Sheridan to go South tue fresiuent oad been compeiled to listen to tales of suffering to whicu ho man coud be deaf. They did not con- cern the election, but they concerned tne lives, the omes auc property o1 toose Wao Nad been faise wo toe country’s Mug, and moder that flag Were hunied as it tuey were wild beasts. ‘These entreaties summoned the Curet Magistrate to ms feet. One of their entreaties had reached him but three days beioce. It came irom one who jor tweniy \ears liad been a resident o1 Shreveport— @ judicial oicer, bot appointed by tue President, but appointed by tne Court, Mr. Conkitng spoke of scenes of disorder and had Mr, Koutwell read for Dim trom che testimony taken by tuc commit tee in reference to scenes in iver parish, where it was charged that the ireeamen were driven irom their nowes oY Lhe whit WHAT GENERAL WASHINGTON He said troops were stationed in Louisiana, and their presence there Was lawful, because the slender remnant of our army must be stationed somewnere, [f must be stationed in some state, aud ho matter wuere found ts rignt to ve there Was ulquestioued, and is witharawal .tom New Orieans would have been possible only with a chief magistrate i Open connivance with murder- ers and traitors. Woac woud General Washing: e Suid aDOUL Ordering the troops away from ere tae air Was murky aod beavy stationing tem somewuere where ail W ?‘yhis ques'ion was preseuted to Washington when four counties in the vestera part of Pennsylvania resisted a whiskey tax. An inspector aud a surveyor were res.sied, dud Wash ington ordered out and pat on loot 5,000 men, aod went tacommand them himself, The revot’ was abandoffed, but armed meu in great vumbers trod the soll of Pennsylvania vo preserve the peace and prevent any turther outoreak. Mr. Conkling tere seut to the Clerk’s desk, and had read irom the Message of Washington in relerence to that occurreace. Resuming his arga- ment, he said troops were first sent to New Orleans under a requisition of the Governor oi Louisiana, and were aowed (o remain there Co aid in eaiorce ing the laws of tue State. He (heu reverred vo the seizure of arms in New Orleans in Sepiemver last vy tae White League, and said they liad bever been given up, aithough the President by ms p jamation called upon tre insurgents lay down taeir arms and repair peace. ably to tneir homes. Yet alter more than three months elapsed tney stood defying the feverai governmest. The arms ool returied con- sisted of two mountain fowitzers, 624 Springtield iD. b to breech-ioad! 1 Winchester rifles, 664 Enfleld rifles, 98 Spencer carvines and 1,594 bayo- hets, ‘Ihese arms were carried by tnese men to- day, and tiey were in ION AGAINST THE PROCLAMATION commanding them ‘o lay them down. The Cntet ! Magistrate required no dejence tor allowing sol dier# 01 the Union to Le tate of Loui. sana after the 14th of hen tney tad been summoned there to arrest a ousiness so vioody. Forty-eight hours veiore the Me gage of the President was sent 10 tne Senate, the honoratie Senator from Missourt (Mr. Schurz), declaring be intenced to speak with caimness and impartialiiy, tulad the country he Was Ih possession 01 ali the Information necessary to form is judgment, and proceeded to arraign the President as (ne 6 Wf deeis in Louitiava on tue 4th O| January, Mr. Conkling here r from tne remarks of Mr. s+ nee to the President, and sa’ f ngaage of the Senator irom Missouri, woo, standing, as tv were, apon the ashes vf Human ambition, assumed to wemh in exact scaes and with unfevered | hand the motives and acts of one charged of the jaws, Toe | With the admimistranon | factors. | sucn as he has offended, object to it. meanest culprit was entitled to be heard in his | tentiary of Nebraska were n: own delence, and there was an assumption of his Innocedce until be was proved guilty; but for an | naie there puch 18 American President in an American was neither hearing nor assumption, | Passion: such 1s | THE HOT BREATH OF PARTY PEELING. | General Sheridan was equally undeserving of praise or blame tor the doings tu New Orleans on the 4th of January, as he was no° in command when the Legislature met, He states tois fact bim-sell, aba with chacinnate heroism which will be Worn as one of the brightest trophies of the na- tion when Nis traducers are forgotten he says he is willing to be held responstole for what others did to preserve the peace, though under the law he cannot make himsell responsibie ior acts which , he did not do, When a great conflagration had visited a proud | city of the West, when blocks aud hemes and stately edifices were crumbled to tne earti those whose piatiorm consists in irreverence to all law followed the fire, as sharks fol- low a ship, for the purpose of plundering the property ot others, Genera! Sheridan, with the soldiers Of this country, made witn their bayonets @ cordon around the goods and chattels of the Beanie of that city and saved them from robbery. yet the Gove! nor of the State of lilinois made him the object of speciai chastisement im a special Message. Men went bejore the Grand Jury sec! ing to have him indicted, seeking to trail his plume in the dust. THE “ALL OF US’! DRSPATCH. Mr. Conkling here sent to the Cierk’s desk and nad read General Sheridan's despatch to the Sec- retary of War, saying, “I see my way clear tt you will only have confidence.” Comment- ing upon this despatch he said:—General Sheridan, tm a@ seething caldron of cor rupuon, feared that rumors might cause his superiors here to Jeei @ distrustin him, and sent | this despatch to the secretary. it was then that the secretary repied in naste:—"All of us ap- prove your course.’ Later in the day fe seut him another despatch, to the effect that the President and Cabinet were firm in the belief that all acts oO; fis In New Ovicaus ad been and would judicious, Referring to the *oanditi.” despatch, Mr. Conkling said that General Sheridan did si! gest impossibie and violent moues of proced Asa lawyer he couid hardly obtain a diploma. He doubted i! he could optain tne degree of LL.D. irom any charity college in the lund, If Sheridan caled murderers “banditti”’? what code bad he offended ? He applied the term to notorious maic- Those who robbed and plundered, and Sheridan had been ena anaes in this chamber to breathe the Iree air of the Republic, But. should the day come when a degenerate apostate would judge bim unfit to breatne the free air of this Republic, tuen we had better burn the memoriais of our fore:athers, dance on the tomb at Mount Vernon and fling down the ovelisk on Bunker Hill, Sheridan’s sword was | not the stained sword of an assassin. The blood upon tt was of those who tried to destroy the lairest lavric of a iree government that a world has ever seen. It was the sword of a soldier who aad been fighting that free government might not perish irom the earth. He (Mr, Conkling) would gladly in this chamber let bygones he bygones, bat when this ‘Must lustrious soldier was denounced the retrospect Was lorced upon bim, Sweeping denunciations ana dispiragement of the nauonal authorities Wul not paciy the South. ‘hey will not carry the next Presidential election, When Governor Kel- loge is impeached or indicted, when General Emory or General de Trobriand are prosecuted by court martial or otherwise, then grave questions may arise. The Senator from Ohio (Mr. Thurman) cried out yesterday, “What excuse has Emory?’ He (Mr. Conkling) did net know, He oid vot appear ior General Emory. He did not appear to vindicate the Presideut of the United States. He needea no Vindicauon, He was a stranger to the whole proceedings. He did not appear tv champion the repubiican party. The repuoiican party was in no sense privy to Lhe record of the transactions in New Orleans. Mr. CONKLING next referred to the New York | meeting, and said it had deen asserted there that the Legisiature expired when the five men were removed. He read from the speeck of George ‘Ticknor Curtis, as reported in the New York Times, to the effect that! a single member of the Legis- lature was removed by any interierence the jegal existence of the Legislature was destroyed, be- cause tts autbority was destroyed, and that senti- ment met with applause. ORGANIZATION OF THE LEGISLATURE. Resaming bis argument, the Senator said.— Much fad been done in Louisiana on both sides which he couid not approve. He did not appear for Governor Kellogg, vut he spoke for common sSepse, for common right. Ii there was @ délect in Kellogg's title to the office of Governor, that had nothing to do with this case. He argued that the Jawa of Louisiana required tne Clerk of the former House to cali the roll of the succeeding one, aud that law was made for the very purpose of avoiding a stratagem and conspiracy 48 was Witnessed in the Legisiature on the 4th of January. He read irom the statutes of Louisiana the law touching this case, and argued that it was for the pose oi facilitating the organization of the Tespective oodies that the Secretary of the Senate and Clef Clerk of the House oi Representatives should old over from one term to another until the qualitication of their successors in oitice. suid the stat- te applying to the lower House of Con- gress, and all the States of this Union bowed to that scatute, bo matter bow bigh party malice rap. He then spoke of tue meeting of the Legislature 3 =. on the 4th ingt., and said of the 102 members | filty-two_ were republicans and filty demo- crats, He next reierred to the kidnapping ot Cousin, and said after the Legislature was organized he was set iree, and one of nis captors, a Mr. Picavuae Smith, signed a recog- | nizance that he would appear to answer the charge of having embezzled $3 two years before | wale Coliector of Taxes for two days. What | Senator had risen on tie other side to denounce this acs O1 lawlessness? He had no right to reier to tne proceedings of the other House of Congress; but the newspapers in- formed us that @ special committee had been faised to iuqnire if a witness summoned before the House could be ar- | rested for delamation of character while attend Ing as a Witness, He meniioned this to show that the urmost care snould be taken as to guarding tne liberty not only of a Legislature, but even of a witness before a legislative budy. ‘The senacor Jrom Onio (alr, Thurman) said yesterday that ne disapprovea of outrages, James Buchanan disap- provea of secession, byt said he did not know any way to put it down, RESPONSIBILITY OF NORTHERN DEMOCRACY. Mr. Conkling then argued tnat it was the en- couragement whic the democrats of the south received from tuose of the North that caused them to commit outrages. The relied upon the North- ern democracy 0: 1861. Did any man here believe shat 8,000,000 of people without saitlied lavor, with- out résouices, Would have waged a bloody war against 21,000,000 of people with the mesns to cong beyond any other people men- tioned in distory had they not relied for assistance upon their party in the North? He remembered the assertions then from Southern men that the Coniederate troops would be paid in coin trom Boston banks and that they would water their horses in the Hudson. ‘The Senator jrom = Obio — had spoken of inhuman butcneries im the South as homicices* not warranted by jaw. it was no way to deter stroug-headed men from Violence by telling them that they were right in complaining of ail thetr grievances. If the demo- crats wanted to deter violence in the Soutn they could not do if by denouncing the laws of Con- gress, He said, on the night before tne meeting Oo; tue Legisiature, a man who resem sled a repu lican member of tiat body was snot down in the streeis of New Oriean him iis lite, That showed THE EXISTENCE OF A CONSPIRACY. The Senator commented at considerable length upon the meeting of the Legislature, saying that filty-two repabucans nad agreed apon Michael Haun ior Speaker, and the Atty democrats bad agreed upou Wiltz, the five men who were seated by tne democrats had no right to participate in the Legisiature, and the contrivance by which Wilts seized the chair was void unless fiity mea could outvote filty-two. and ne cou not s OW that could be dove, though bis (rie in iront of hits (reserrmg = to Se. tor Edmunds) reminded mim = that the flity were democrats and that democrats were very proific m voting. (Laughter) The democrats, aiter getting possession of the Legisiature, com: peilea (he attendance of republicans vy brapdish- lng Knives aud pistols, and luid hold of them vi et ers, forcing them to suomit, He read at ienath from the iemorias sent to Congress by the con. | servative memoers of the Louisiana Legistature, and said thosi myers Were the Grst to appoint a Committee to Walt Upon the military and request Its intervention. Upon the appearance of Gen- eral De Trovriand and fis stair toe Legisiative hall rang with democratic approbation, and it was then that — this Speaker iaid the thauks of tue State of Lousiana at the feet Of Geuerai De Trobriand with his sword at uis side, saying that he thanked fim, ior he had prevented bivudsued, He next referred to the denate of Louisiana, saying 16 Was the duty ot ail its members to be present, bus every democratic Senator absented himseit rout that auly on we écniust., and were all in caucus With toe members of the House, Tne democratic Senators intend to seceae from the lawl Senate aud join the House in the recogni- Won Of tae Men Who inaugurated Lhe bloody revo- iution ta September, This CONGLOMEKATED BLOT AND BLOODY REVOLUTION Was set on iovt by Wen Whove very existence to Gay testified to tue laxity o the laws, The Senator trom Marylana (Mr, Hamiiton) had contended that the voveroor of Louimana nad no right to inter- lere in the Organization of @ Legisiature, No one said a Governor cuuld organize a Legist ture, The Goverbor of # State lad notame Lo do With cousecrating @ bishop or dedicating a cuurch, bul Hf a tamale should arise at such consecration or dedication, the civil masistrate had as much right to suppress it ay ff it wad broken vat ata race course, (0 a play house or a skating rink. The CiVi au‘horities 1a Switzeriand had nothing to do with yaptizing chudr out the other day When soci baptizing in Geneva was attenved With disturbance not oniy the civil author ties, out the military jad strong arms | upon Wwe offenders, je next referred to the recent disturbances in the Penitentiary at Lincoln, Nev. aod the call of the Governor tor tea from Omata, Which were rmme- diately sen . Mr. PACKMAN asked where was the law for fur- Nisuiog troops Jor queding the disturbance im Une Penitentiary? Mr. CONKLING said he was glad that humanit | Went so lar that even the convicts im the Pen when | The right of | pur- | His resemblance cost | usorping | it without somebody was 0 to speak {or them, Why tt that of all those who had _ supported the | Temple of Liberty none had brougnt torward | @ resolution in regard to the use of troops av Lin- | coin? There had not even been a spasm of virtue here in regard to it, Mr. Conkling then read from *4 Wharton.” “2 Campbell,” — “Ruse seli on Crimes” and other legai authorities as to .what constituted a conspiracy and riot, and argued that the courts had ruled irequently in cases where there was less evidence of conspiracy than in New Orleans, there was sumicient cause lor arrest, indictment and punisn- men Without concluding his argument, at twenty minutes past five P, M. he yielded to Mr. Sargent | Jor a motion to adjourn, which was agreed to, and the Senate adjourned. THE YACHT JOSEPHINE. | | | REPORT OF HER CRUISE IN THE WATERS OF | THE WEST INDIE8—A HOSPITABLE RECEPTION | EXCEPT BY THE SPANIARDS—CAPTAIN PHENIX | CLASSED AS A HERALD SPECIAL OBSERVER, HAVANA, Jan, 28, 1875, The following is an extract of the log of the schooner yacht Josephine, of the New York Yacht Club, Captain Lioyd Phoenix, which arrived here on the 17th ins The Josephine led from the foot of Twenty- eighth street, North River, New York, on Novem- ber 7, 1s74, On November 17 she anchored off the town of | San Carlos de Aguadiiia, Porto Rico. 19th—Satied for island o1 Santa Croz and arrived there on the morning ot the 2 | | 24th—Sailed for St.Thomas and arrived same day. | _ 28th—Sailed for Basse-Terre, Guadaloupe, arriv- ing December 2 | _ December 3—Sailed for St. Pierre, Martinique, | arriving 00 the 4th 7th—Sailed tor Barbados, arriving on the 9th. 1sth—Satied tur Port of Spain, I'rinidad, arriving | th—Sailed for Laguayra, arriving 28tb, | 31st—sailed for Sautiago de Cuba, arriving Jano- | ary 6, 1875. Pe ded 12—Sailed for Havana, arriving on the th. Captain Phepix reports the yacht as being an | excellent sea boat and a good ler. | AHOSPIT\ BLE RECEPTION EXCEPT BY THE SPANIARDS— | SUSPECTED OF BEING A HERALD YACHT, | The Josephine was hospitably received at all the | above poris except San Carlos, 1n Porto Rico, and Santiago, in Cuba, where she was looked upon | with suspicion. A rumor prevailed at the former port that she was tne NEw YoRK HERALD'S yacht, sent Out to take observations in advance of some grand expedition in ald of Cuba. |THE CENTENNIAL STARTS IN NEW YORK. HEADQUARTERS ESTABLISHED NICHOLAS HOTEL, | _Atlast, and after much trial and travail, the United States Centennial Commission, who are to | build torty-eight acres of Exhibition building, to | be ready before July 4, 1876, in Fairmount Park, | Philadelphia, nave found a habitation in New York | city. The headquarters in whicn the New York | portion of the Commission will be located will be on | the second floor oi the St. Nicholas Hotel, and here ex-Governor Bigler, of Pennsylvania, who is floan | Glal agent, will preside over ail the arrangements, Capitalists and exipitors will be turnished | with information at these headquarters, and the bureau will always be in charge of clerks who will attend to their duties with prumptness. Tne character of ex-Governor Bigier for probity aud | integrity will be a guarantee of the success 01 all | aT THE S&T. 1875.-WITH SUPPLEMENT. THE NAVY YARDS. Report of the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs. A WASTE OF PUBLIC MONEY. Philadelphia and New London Yards Useless for the Purposes of the Department, Senator Sargent, from the vommittee on Naval Allairs, yesterday submitted to the Senate a long report, of which the following are the chief points :— ‘The Committee on Naval Affairs, who were instructed ey of reducing the number hospitals, and authorized to visit the Pert n ys yards and naval hospitals on e ‘ouipwine eat purpose of such inquiry, make the Y, rd 6. avy ya is on the coast are at Washing- fiadelphia,- Brookiys, te ty Aber, bie ti ¢ Mice believe that. thres ot ih rds on ‘ominitte ree of these yards on the Aulantic coast may be alspensed with without injury to the service and greatly in the interest of economy— viz. the navy yards at Washington, Vhiladelphia and w Lon.ion. “ihe reasons tor this 1, igen will be given as we remark upon the separate yards, For severat vears past Congress has hesitated to make me ¢ Lnprove! at the navy trom FRIMLY lesirableness o1 retain- Yards aw to which could be dis- b quently but comparatively small ‘e been appropriated, either for preserva- Uon oF repair, or for important works of improvement; and these works have been suspended in many in- stances, and have sustained the usual injur, re- mained incomplete. It would most desiravie to change this teeling of uncertainty, and for Congress to determine upon a plan of action by which usevess yards or those improperly located coula pe aboll nd those actuaily necessary tor the public service, and best suited by location and other natural advantages, could ot efttc: be putin a high sta lency, Atew yards imple in area and sup- pled with the best factlite ecuting work rapidly aud well, would be much more useful to the country in Gase of war thin many vardy scattered along the const, diiticult of detence, poorly improved and they are apt to be where so n peace it is of obvious economic Humber of civil organizations paid irom the treasu bach navy yard must have a staff of officers, clerks, watchmen, éc., to superintend and direct its work, keep its accounts and guard its property, The staf necessary for a small navy yard can manage a large one, and, by concentrating the work, 4 building up a tew tary yards and dispensing with the others, the wants of the government can be better served, and hosts of stich em. ployee can be dispensed with and the money expended Jor then: remain in the treasury or go turiher towned accomplishing the purpose of navy yards, the creation and maintenance of an adeguate lavy, The recommendations of the committee are not de- vy, but to nake itefticlent, It ‘antage to lessen the atate mnany comparauvely poor ones the country now has, and the moneys appropriated by Congress produce more beneficial results tothe navy, that we recommend change. Every sound consideration ot pubile policy re- quires fosteritix care for the ik and udequate prep- arations at our dock yards to utilize, im case of emer. gency, the skill and strength of the country. We wust depenit on naval resuurces to prevent the blockade of ouc seaboard cities, and intrust the detence of these cities a8 uch to flouting as to fixed defences. The nay; is necessarily the chiel protection of the coasts an commerce of the country. A isw navy yards of high eitic: within reach’ of and sapplemented by the commercial and mechanical resources of reat cities, will combine the force and séilt of the nation to make’ that detence cheap and ettactive. NEW YOKK NAVY YAKD. ‘The site of the navy yard at prob yay Y,, is excel- lently adapted to the Wants of the navy. It bas'an ample area, buy nut too large, there being 1% tor timuer docks, basins and buildings adequate to the wants of @ first class yard. she improvements at the yard are gen- erally of & permanent and judicious character, and the yard is capable of indefinite development at moderate e there have been some speculative projecis of ins dividuals for the breaking up of, this yard, butit would preiimiuary Management, To-day tne headquar- | ters 01 the Centennial will be open tor basiness at | the St. Nicholas Hotel. Mr. N. M. Beckwith, | Charles H, Marshall aud Orestes Cleveland Will as- | sist Governor bizler in the great work before tne | New York branch of the commission, ‘Inere will | | aiso be a Board of Finance, composed of Abram S. Hewitt, Tuomas Dudiey, Jobn Price | Wetherill, John Wannamaker, PR. Short- | ridge and Eaward ‘I. Stee! ‘the Ad- | visory Committee comprises also many | ol the wealthies: aud most induential citizens of | the metropolis, among whom are Peter Coupe | Joho Jaylor Johnsou, Willtam E, Doage, James M. | Brown, 8. B. Chittenden, Jonathan Ogden, Wiliam L, Strong, Frederick Ss. Winston, Williant L. Pom- eroy, Julius ‘iemaun, J. Pierrepont Morgan, Kugene Kelly, L. P. Morton, George T. Hope, | ‘Yheodore Roosevelt, Frederick P. James, A. P. | Darling and Samuel Hawk. The Director General | 18 A. T. Goshorn, of Ohio, and John Welsn, o: Phila- delphia, is che Presivent of the Board of Finance, The names spi for themselves. ‘The sum of $760,900 18 asked irom the city of New York as her share of the subscription, and it is doubtiui if there will be any trouble to getting it. THE FLOATING ICE. THE UNFORTUNATE WESTFIELD AGAIN IN DIF- FICULTY—THE BAY BLOCKADED. The ice in the rivers did not impede travel very | much yesterday. There were but Jew large masses floating up and down with the tides, and these were of such sult, air-biown ice that they were | Other vessels; Iu the siternoon the peiting rain | became a new force in dissipating tue ice. It honey-combed the pieces, aud made them friable, 80 that as the activn of the water turew them against each other, they crumbled at each shock. Early i the morning, however, the upper vay was jammed with immense masses of ice that down tne North River with the ebb £5, cake struck they unfortunate ferry. boat Westfield as sie lay moored ai the Cliton Janding, She was vroken luose trom her muor- ings and driven against the steamer Josephine, watch lay in the same slip, crusuing in the piank- ing Oi her broadside, The same mass was swept against # canal boat, loaded with 250 tons of | Iron ore, lying at Keuben Lord’s coal yard vock, and sunk her, the crew having barely time to save themseives by jumping ashore, losing most of their | Clothing, papers and other vaiuables. ‘Ibe poat was | owned by ihe captain, who stated thac her | Value was $4,500, and that he had Bot a cent ol tn- | surance upon ner, ‘The tron ore, which Was worta | $4 or $5 a ton, Will be a total Joss, but the buat ; May be raised. | ECLECTIC MEDICAL COLLEGE. | CONFERRING OF DEGREES AND ANNUAL MEETING LAST NIGHT. Last evening the annual distribution of degrees | Of the Eclectic Meaical Coliege of the city took | place at Association Hall. The hail was about halt sull, and the platiorm was occupied by the members of the Faculty and several clergymen. ‘Lhe proceedings began with a prayer by Rey. W. P. Corbit. Tne Rev. Charies Laren, M. D., then made an address. The report of the Faculty was made by J. M. Cousins, M. D., and showed the scnool to be in @ very prosperous condition. | Alexander Wider, M. D., President of Ut Bourd of Trastees, alter music | organ, then conterred degrees of upon the Jolowing graduates of tue Medical year 1874-5:—James Briggs, Robert s. Galt, Vincenzo Golnowski, ‘thomas J. Kilmer, Charles Larew, Vaientine Mott Lawyer, Wiinam W. Joun &. Roesch, David L. Spaulding, HW. Vou Liliienschivid, W, H. Weaber, Franklin N. Wright; and upon the following the aegree of “Ad bundum’ H. bone, M.L.; Benjamin Brand- ret, M.D. Robert Hamiton, M.v.; BE. J. Mat- tock, M. 1).; George Newby, M. D.; Russell J. White, M. D; and upon the fuilowimg an honorary degree of “Ad Eundum”’:—c, T, Gireenby, M. D.; Mrs. Clemence S. Lozier, D. All the graduates p of New York, Atver this ceremony an adaress was deivered by Rey. W. P. Corbett, and a vaiedic- tory by F. N. Wright, D.U.. «With @ beneuiciuon | the meeung came to an end. THE GLENDENNING CASE. | ANOTHER EFFORT TO PREVENT THE PROMULGA- TION OF SENTENCK. Although at the late meeting of the Presbytery | of Jersey City the case of Glendenning was dis, | posed o1 finaliy, 80 lar as (he jurisdiction of the | Presbytery was concerned, Mr, Giendenning has | not yet given up the ship, His iriends in the church have thas jar succeedea tu his courch, The Prespylery appomted a com- mittee Of nine to conier with the trustees of the Prospect Avenue Churen, tiou of Mr. Gleudenning’s pastora: relations With It acd to fave the judgment promulgated. Wednes+ | day eveniny Was named as the Ume for the meet- | ing, but owlag to the absence of many of the mem ‘sthe meeting Was not held, A private mee mg was held iast evening at the rn aeace of kider Howell, the object of | which was, it is understood. to di: pense if possible with the promuigation of tne Judgment, bus to this the committee of the Pre: byvery refuse to conseut. Oue of the ewers re- Warked to a HkRALD teporter in speaking on the subject, “YOu teed Dot be concerned woout the Puviication OL Lue judgment from the pulpit; when toat comes (o pass the congregation Will he so canty that the committee will have to address tue Walls, ‘That issettied.”’ And the elae \urned on lus heel aud walked on, SUICIDE BY SHOOTING. Coroner Croker was yesterday called to No, 250 Broome street to noid aa inquest ou the body of Wiliam Gleish, a Gorman, thirty-five years of age, who committed suicide the evening pievious, at his resivence, oy shooting himsell through the head with a pistol. Deceased, who had been @ carian, Was thougnt to have been Insane, | yards and inacame shops, with their yreat numbers of easily crushed by the prows of the ferryboats and | preventing | | the publication of the judgment trom the puipit ot | to declare the disso.u- | be seriousiy detrimenta: to the interes of the govern- ment to accede to them. This yard is wholly within the defences of the great city—defences which must be kept up ior the ‘protection of the unmense in- terests centered in the commercial metropolis, aad which, .tthe seme time, pri t the property of the kovernment at the yard and gi security which could not be had tor the yard alone, except at immense and unnecessary cost. ” As it Is, the defences ot the city pro- tect the navy yard. Away trom the defences of # great | city, and anywhere within available distance of the sea, the costot protecting the gard would be equal to the cost of a first cass yard, ‘this is a consideration of high inporiane ut there isanother of equai vaiue. iis navy yard is surrounded by private dry docks, ship skilled artisans and vast stor ot macerial, which the nation needs in case of war. ‘these ali become auxitiary to the navy yard in (ime of Wary as available as if a part ot ud are directed by its skilie val constructor: officers aud equipment offic and mechanics. The yovernment has the tn- mediate Use of all the resources creuled by a xreat com- merce, which tind private employment and cost it nothing in their creation or use in time of peace. but Whicd soso commercial employment at the commence. ment of hostuittes and je af once subsidiary and invaiuabse to (he ceutral navy yard, to which they are contiguous, and which directs, instructs and oversees their Vast Capacities tor usefulness, All these advan- tayes are lost by the removal of this nuvy yard ton Point remove trom New York, even It within What are calied its waters, Absoluie contiguity to the city 1s necessary to retain them. ihe committee believe the government has 4 rivht to consult tts own Interests and te public weltare and aetence im deciamy upon the propriety of retaining and improving its own roperty, even if some private or specuiative advan- wes AY be subserved by its yielding up its possessions, Besides Considerations of the greater efficiency ot the Navy yard as at present located, adding to its capacities the whole corstrucive ability of iu surroundings, by which three-fourths of our fleet would be equipped tor hostile operauons, it is estimated tha’ 000,000 would | Motreplace it on anotuer site, where this added effi- | ¢tency Would not exist. The committee do not believe 1t well io embark on such expenditures or to lorego the advantayes of the present site. Our observations at tie Brooklyn yard led us to con- clude that the appropriation imest urgently demanded there is for the@reservation and repair of the valua! cob-lock, now In extremely bad order, but which can be made a rk An wumual a4 lew years would be very judicious. ‘The butidings on the yard are numerous and ge suitable tor their purpose. Needed repairs on U estimated to cost about $95,000, Lhe yurd is well supplied With iarge tools and exccilent machinery, and is in Tespects man excellent state of efficiency. ‘The money expended on it should be tor permanent ard sys- jematic improvements to develop its capacities and Wake it A Urst class vard in every respect. Mouey #0 expended will be weil invested, and bring good interest 1m national safety and honor. LEAGUE ISLAND, PIMLADELPHIA AND WASHINGTON NAVY YARDS. . These navy yards shouia be concentrated at peagne Isiand. Congress provided, by actot February 18, 1807, “that ected, the navy yurd at d With und disposed of by ¢ public convemence wiil tion has provided for tie sirom the bniladeipma yard, feris completed and that yard beter, The navy yard at Poiladelphia has n any ot sthan twenty two acres— p ‘of the government, Is Wuch exposed to fire aud its site would sell tor several Milhens of money. ‘The location of the yard nas re- iarded the growth of the city in that direction, the un- devewped Water iront below having Jong been necued Jor commercial purposes as weil as the site of the yard fuse tt, which i peratess as an effectual barrier t necessary colmmunication 1 aided by traine League island ve We be lush he t absolutely required the rd, tor local must give way to general Island is a better place tora navy ‘fs such, as we shail show. but these 1c a Avior thy great rise in value of the old site commerciatty, and guarautee thatit Will sel for a sum (hat will dupiicawe all its tacilitles at League Island in a permanent ana substantial manner, even a @ forces sale. Leis an absurd ty to prolong asiate of things by which two navy yards are mautamed Mii three miles of each vtuer; aud the government Should hasten the work at League tsland, #9 as to abolish the Pui hia yard) stop expense of repairs f und ‘readze for the Treasury. the Dp He of its vaiuable site. The baild- tgs at the Phiiadelvaia yard ace forty-two in namver, Walch twenty-two are wood, and the repairs ard estumated at 5.0.00), Its sireets are marrow and tortuous and the ironsportauon of inber and heavy arucies trough them is extremely dificult. [¢ has but B40 leet water trout measured on the port-warden’s Li and of this tront more than one-hit (440 feet) 1 taken up with the tloaung sectional dry dock, is deep berth and shaliow basin, and the openings for the launching Ways of the ship houses. ‘There is but | one pier. the buildings are crowaed in together, with | litle regard to pla nd the work atthe yard is hin- dered sive by contusion resulting from Pt other inconveniences, ‘To put the Will cost $119,0W. The tools and ma te, and will be available tor the plant y Yard hag too sma! tor hinent, wn has of ta nN for 4 repairrg and manuracturing yard | than for buiding.” tie approach tw it is by & crooxed | | and dieu channel; ir istar from the sea; is remote | J suppiles of tunber, iron and coal we number | skilled arti is limited; and there is | vo work done at it that cannot ‘be more cheaply | done and the wateriais more cheaply ovtained at | | League Island, when that yara is pat in proper con- diuon todo It." he Washington Navy Yard is well sup- | phed with good buildings tools and machinery, and in | @ beiter icmity tor It purposes would be of reat an arei ars value. The estimate tor repairs of buildings 1s about B1Y.000. League fsiand has many striking advantages as a site for anavy yard. It is indecessibie to a hostie eet (ror the sea, beibg within the deteaces of # great city; ® kreat manuiacturing population surrounds | it—skiltul Wood aid iron Workers, vusy im time of peace in the creation and repair of the commercta! marine, and fur: DAshiNg au smexhausiioie suppiy of skilied Iabor; it is in the inidst oF 4 great coal and tron regi itis ample | nd has a waler front of great extent and its tresh water is needed to preserve our iron Jin the Delaware River, be. is and immediately above t) ‘il, and distant about tiles south trom weat street of Ph island proper ts4 buca channel, aud Governt 4 banks of the es; vetween back channel 37.25 acren, and 18 of Avene, a Danks to the Port Warden's line, 70.29 ‘acres, making a@ | fou. area of governinent property of 923 weres. he | io possession of the government and en- | The arrangement of a Water trontage Sehuyikill o1 neary e frontage on the the velaware trout © tatlow wawr By md extending entirely has Leen found that a strain | t grave! and bowlders exist ata fel less depth than was berore supposed. =a min: mun depth of 1.7 teet aod a maximgm ot 22 teet. ihe ensttneers of toe government find this favorable tor eco- Homteal and subsiautial foundations for extensive pub. A comprehensive plan for t velopment inprovement of this siation has been not Yards and Docks by a board loc the purpose, Ague Island to the purposes Of a large and eficient vavy yard are given at lengtin, with a description of the works already competed or in | smoke. progress 6) consiruct Tue ‘Oummuittee are of nee to the plans for the adapta. | } this yara and equal sum to tne im ent of League Isian aga they think the prossed of the old yard Mead be ample jor the conaruction of a lar better one on the island. No right of way for street or hig! Way pu Should be granted over the island, which should be exclusively under the control o} the general government to secure the proper care Of tte vast property interests therein, This navy yard ts favorably stunied. witht fonces of Boston; has at its command the skill and resources of @ rent ally, a ter front, part of which has de: de: able of gre: <n ge men Day ation, and should be periected a the emergencies arising from the chai vesvel and fitting s! pment of soguriog protect struction: a1 re needed bere tor ps, to relieve @ water front a he vessely trom injury from storms large rise and tall of tides, and trom ice. ne val board in 1369 recommended the purchase of the flat River, Iving between the navy yard and the spital rounds, which have achainel on each can be made deep enough. These flats would a convement site for » ie mM of wet basins, rves, slorehouses, building and @ depot for coal. A Davy yard as fat north Boston is valuable for sanitary Durposes, for the repair of ships long exposed to_the pernicious int mences of tropical climates. The nav: ate well supplied with tools and machin ery, a! it compare favorably with those of any other yard, except that too much woot hi used in the construction of buildings increasing the lability to tire. The wooden buildings should be gradu- ally replaced by structures of brick. {t 1s estimated that $70,000 will put in thorough rep ir the var lings at ace Bsa this vard, Comsnaranie senendicares are however, and should be at once mi to Di prosohee Hy “agate front in betier order, repair the th asin, &c. The c ittee deem this yard important, useful and The commit xe NORFOLK NAVY YARD, yard was great'y damaged during the wat sse8 natural advantages of ig situated near the Capes of the Elizabeth River, and its near- This nav: of the rebellion, but it, superior character. I ol peeke Bay, on 8 firm and well culated for heavy structures. The harbor is nd le atall Seasons of the ye ir and tree irom ico. | Work can be done at this yard ail the year round and more cheaply than in regions of extreme cold and heat, and terials for constructing vessels can me of the buildings that were burned during the late war have been rebuilt, but much remains to be done to render the yard adequate to the necessary de- Pens upon it. The area of fhe yard can be increased byt le purchase of the land on thé opposite bank of the Hzaneth—probably he cost of farm land—and thie purchase should every toot of land on both sides of the river could be utilized, to the great advan- tage of the government, in the erection of buildings the storage of material; the construction, repair al sate keeping of shipg needed in peace and war; the manutacture of cannon and munitions of war, hemp and wire rope and other esseniials for the’ naval service. Here should be dry docks and wet basins and all the requirements of a ‘navy yard on a large scale, ‘The site is an important one, worthy of development and °° ood lines by sea and land, By reducing the number of the navy yards, as the committee propose, more funds will available to develop those that remain, we Oe nation would address Itself in earnest to this 8 ‘There are about sixty buildings on this yard, including foundry, saw mill, machine shop and workshops. The estimaied cost of repairs of buildings is about $40,000, NEW LONDON NAVY YARD, In reference to this yard the committee state Many weighty reasous why it should be discon. tinued. It has a iront on the Thames river of one mile, with a mean vreadtn of 670 feet. Opposite tt the river channel 18 80 narrow that an ordinal government vessel could not awing at anchor wit! the tide without striking on either shore, while vessels of the largest class could be turned about only with great cure without strixing oow and stern. Great expense would be needed to grade the grounds for the necessary works, the salt wa ter 1s injurious to iron ships, the location 1s par: ticularly accessible for au enemy's fect, and mast be protected ior itseli solely, not being near any large City, and tnis distance from a city also in- creases the difficulty of procuring Libor and sup. plies. The committee recommend that the site be reoonveyed to the State of Connecticut, irom which it was a gut to the Union, THE KITTERY NAVY YARD, This navy z inerally known as the Portsmouth (N. H.) Navy Yard, is situated on an island within the boundaries of the “tate ot Maine, near the town of Kit ir with which it ts connected by a bridge, and is op. posite Portsmouth, N. H. ‘The yard prover an area of sixty-six acres, an availabie water tront of one mule in éxtep portion of it very deep water. ‘Tie depth of water along the front of this yard is greater than along any other yard in the country, and no dredge ing 1s ever required. — In 1356 a contiguous island, called seavey's Island, was purchased. at a cost of $105,000. It contains about i05 acres, and when improved will add p water front 10 the v: ‘The yard proper xtensive quay walls, substantially built of granite, ich afford ample for hertning vessels an landing materials of a inds. it is otherwise well improved and convemently arrranged for a small rd, an: plied with good workshous, tools and ail Necessary facilities tor the pertormance of work, and all the buildings are of the best and most substantial char- Actor. | steam vessel of war can, be Dullt at thie, navy yard, hull, spars. engines an lers complete. ra no side doen. Dus has one or the best outing docks it the country, with @ stone basin built in the best and mostdurable manner to receive it, and a permanent Ways, With the necessary machinery tor taking ships from the dock to the ay making its resources in this respect equal to two dry docks. the improvements are mainty on the yard proper, but little having yet beem done fo improve seavey's Island. There are, however, two ioundries, a number of coal sheds, a limber shed and ordnance buitdingon the isiant, together with @ number of dwellings and a lake of Pare. Ree water, capable of supplying all the wants of the va: A portion of Ssavey’s Istand ts quite bigh and rocky, ford: defence of al ing eites tor fortifications for the ci the harbor. wo ‘git almost immediately under the gung ot eno forbs the firs trom watch obuld be divected ‘upon the omy": rtion of the island immedi- any Vessel entering would y'sdecks. A lark ly aajacent to the yar a proper is of an easy ele don and can be readily reduced in grade moderate cost if it should be needed. This island was purchi for two reasons—one. that the original site was too snail for an extensive navy yard, and contizuous terri- tory was needed lor the storage ot coal and mater! and for the jocation of certain buildings, which although very necessary, are not desirable in the worke ing part of the yard. “Another and im) ortant reason was that at the tine of the original purchase, Congress incauuously granted a right of way across the navy Yard to pares owning and occupying seavey's Isian This franchise in course of time became seriously de- irimental to the public interests, and its annulment wag very desirable and could only be accomplishes by ac- quiring a litle to the whole isian« The admirable character o: the improveiments in the yard proper, its unrivalled water front. with its 1,300 feet of excellomt granite whatt, the great value of the station as a harbor of reiuge tor shins infected with fevers froin long cruises in tropical climates, and the numbers of skilled workmen who have been trained in in the shipyards ot Maine and New Hampshire, with the abunuant railroad facilities for the transportation of materials ot ali kinds and a harbor easy of access and never clogged with ice, are weighty considerations for retaining this yard. [t shoud also be eo destructive feredo navaiis, the bane of 18. has no existence in the stro he site and finprovements which have been perte have already cost the government up- ward of $4,000.00, and if they should be avandoued this immense property would become comparatively value- leas, She buildings aud otuer improvements are gener- ally In excellent condition of repair, $1u,0W0 only being needed to put them in thorough order. PENSACOLA NAVY YAUD, This navy yard should be put in order for possible con- im the Guit of Mexico and the West indies, A ppropriation for revuiding the sectional dry 3 already been made, and there should be a tur- ther appropriation for this and a moder ai Propriaion for rebuilding the wershops. destroyed during the tate war, Nortolk 1s now ard at which vessels can be repaired. ‘ard i needed tor the repair of ships, an @ cond ition of eflectiveness tor thal B and would not availa- le, for uring purpose oO Te pair the present yara buiidings, gaurters ana wharves Will cost, az per estimate, about 391,00). ° MARE ISLAND NAVY YARD. This is the only navy yard on the Pacific Coast, te within the derences of San Francisco and suppiied by the resources of that great city, All the coudiuons ure presented here to create a great dockyard. There is an ample area, an extensive water front aud solid tounda- tions. the Pacific and Asiauc fleet depends upon this yard for necessary repairs. Congre-s his always recog mized the necessity for ¢ Chaval establishment on the Pacitic coast, and been al of appropriations lor improvemenis, whieh have been, in ihe ielously expended. A dry dock, of ‘the best is being constructed at this yard, which should be speedily completed. she quay wall com- menced should be continued,’ and a supply of tresh Water for fire and other purposes should be created, The roads should be paved, they now being wearly im: | passable in the wet season, These are the present prins cipal necessities of this yard. ‘The yard buildings and quarters are reported to be in good condition, aud be estimate for repairs is submitted, ‘rhe committee discuss the subject of the Naval Asvlam at Philadelpnia—a prison alongside of a ditch, an uncomfortable residence for the ancient | mariners—and recommend its removal to some more suitabie location, suggesting New London, vonn, They also suggest that the number of naval hospitais 18 excessive, and recommend the ciosing | Ol those at Annapolis anu Philaaeiphia, leaving those at Nortolk, Va., Brooklyn and Chelsea, Mass. High commendatfon is given to the man- ageme%t ol the torpedo station at Newport, R. L. | Tue propriety and necessity ol a naval prison 1s urged and Congress asked for the requisite appro priation thereior. MRS. SARTORIS’ RECEPTION. Itewas intended that many friends should greet Mrs, Sartoris yesterday in @ somewhat formal manner, bat this plan could not be carried out in consequence of lier sudden departure from the city. On the preceding evening Mr, and Mrs. Sare torts, with Colonel and Mrs. Fred Grant, had at- tended the representation of the “sbaughrauu” Waliack’s, Where they were all greatly pleased and lrequently applauded, Mrs. Sartoria expressing great delight at the joy of seeing such a product of American genius On the first night of her return tothe jaud of her virth, Yesterday morning a telegfaphic mes-age was received trom the Presi+ dent. in response to Wi ich Mr. and Mrs. Sartoris and Colonel and Mrs. Grant (ook the halt-past nine o’clock tram jor Washingtou. [tis tne intention ot Mr, Sartoris io remain with his wile in this country some jour or five months, after whica they wili retura to their English home. NARROW ESCAPE OF CHILDREN. Another instance of the recklessness ot parents in leaving cotldren unprotected in houses occurs red yesterday in Jersey City. A woman named Mrs. Vershine, who resides at No, 230 Tenth sireet, Jersey City, locked her two children in the room yesterday alternoon and went out to visit a neighbor. Shortly after a volume of smoke was seen coming irom tue Window of the room, and some of the members Of Truck Company No, 2 ran over with fire extinguishers, On breaking open the door they found the two children tying tisen« sible On tie Noor and almost suocated with Removal to the fires air qaickiy resvored vhe cotldren to cousctonsness, bul ib Was a pure | Opimion that Congress should cause Lue Od Phiia- | delplua yard to ve valued, and appropriate an Tow escape, The fire was caused by the childrea biaying with matches,