The New-York Tribune Newspaper, March 4, 1867, Page 4

AxericAN (WarTHAmM) WATCHES, 15 BEST IN THE WORLD. old Kverrwhers. T Youn Presupicnstand between e reliaf that will be abaolately sars to follow 1t corrocts acidity Amnsements. P8 KVENING~MF WINTER GARDEN SHAN Mr. Edwin Boath NT OF VENICE. Do NoT L. % cbi s GARD your u CROOK—Great Parisience Ballet tho us: stowds BoormiNG SYRUP. NIBLOY TRIS BYENING—=THE BLACK 1 relieves wind eolie, regilates the bowels, sofiens e . e s of the stomach, WALLACK'S THEATER THIB KVENING—A DANGEROUS GAME Mr. J. W, Wallack. gams, gives rest to the mo and Lealth to the child, Thirty-Sve ceats i BROADWAY THEATER ahottle. 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New-York Harmovic Sociely, M* e A3 10 CORRESPONDENTS. Mo motics can ba takea of Asonymoas Communications. Whatersr s fateaded for igertion must be autbeatioated by the asine aad dress of the writer—act nscessaily for publication, bub as & guarsaty for his good faith All businoss letters for this offies should be addrasssd b chiugs, Mosars. Thompeoo, Thomas, rhesir “Tax T oxa, New-York. e osaart undertake to return Business Notices. More TRIUMPHS FOR Heanina's PATENT S54PRE. A Tine a7 Wi RRING'S SAVE AHEAD OF ALL OTHERS . Wetrsvitey, N. Y., Feb. 18, 1097 feariNo, PARREL & SKExxAN, No 23] Broadway, New. York. "n the moruing of the Ist of Februars oar town met ralanity~tweoty-four buildings were buraed to the grouad. ‘Wore—s frame bulkding, three stories bigh—was cousimed by fog famas. We had one of your Champlon Fire-proof Safes .\I’Ml‘ our books snd papers and some bank bills, all of which 3% o4t anbarised, although yoar Safe was surrenzded b — quantity of kerosene oil on the south quantity of lubricating and w 1 aleo, nine or tes barels of braudics wid ot , ol g h were b fon_Safe, owned by us, Agvertisements ' for this woek's issuo of Tne Weeget TRisUNE must be haoded in 70-Day. P ] 15" The President's Veto of the Reconstruction, Bill appears on the second page, and. the Veto of the Tenwre of Office Bill on the third page. The Money article will be found on the third page. e . The State Semnate committee have reported favorably on the Dbill to establish a Metropoli- Your Ob ubjected to a fire three times - . e Seerifis, i tice the lengtl of time, as e wate of auotber waks | tan Board of Wharves and Piers, to be com- by York' & Chamberlaiu, sud our books cawe out in better con M ., P . £ s 0 Yours truly, Juoo & Co. | posed of six Commissioners, having full power Loirs. e, the audersigued, fully concur in the above statement. Horr & Lwis, Bankers. W. T. Banyss, P M R. & J. Dotv. Hexky L. Joxes. Exvmxsve Vix o8 Monive. x PanNo0es s, w. aRRNG, PaRREL umRMAN, Now-York: ‘Monivx, Ala., Peb. 18, 1887, way totally consumed Ly the grest fire on Saturday destrored nearly & who! uare of buildings in the [ patidn of our c ad oge of your Pateat Safea B use. | On Suaday 1 resched it and found it 00 bot to ‘Yhe, reins o cool until Monday, when | got i open. 41, ook, with ober conent wers prowerved ia ga. The corer of the books wate draws b the seam; ive b0 ce of having been through oug of (3 s tueTEvertoek plaoe i Mobil. Every whrd sad and 1 am more than plessed with e result. FruD. NECMANN, over our wharves, Maximilian has not, as was commonly ex- pected, left Mexico simultaneously with the Fronch troops, but he has gone northward to fight in person for his orown. -T'his determina- tion may increase his reputation for perso bravery, but it will hardly improve the pr peets of the empire or bis flmna-s of escape. The Tudemnity bill passed the Senate yestor- day by a vote of 80 to 8—Mr. Reverdy John- son of Maryland baving moved vainly to amend by striking out the denial to civil courts in the Territories or the District jurisdiction over prosecutions for acts done under military or Presidential orders. Gueat Pixe AT WiLovoun) QuEat PART oF u‘r'row ESTROYRD. 1LLOUARBT, Obio, Jan. 24, 1961, 08 No. 7 Safe? T bad one thirty stx-boup satus price | O AT XP1ON SAvis, ECTIO; #row Fine Now Kxowx. & BuEnxAY, way, cor cas-st, New-York. Pannur, Hunning & C s o Philadelpbia. The Conferonce Committee on the Legislative s & Samlyy, NowOrdeass . HERNING, FaRREL & 5 Appropriation bill disagreed Saturday, for the YEiho GOREAM MANUFACTURING COMPANY | refson that the House was obstinately bent on Provideace, R. 1., inform trade that they are . voee . e Beavtad pLavas Goobs, compriuag fal Dot Pex | throwing away the Nation'’s money into the pock- V! o B A N AEE o T e Hicko aliree apos | €18 OF its emiployés. The Senate, a trifle ‘more ‘"‘fl“:; L e o T tvd Jerusi | moderate, refused to approve one small section of o g h,:r:;-’:;" il o 4 Mo this spendthrifg bill, and the Houso has finally e e el "W e rodaction of Soutn suvan | reccded fromts disagreement. AR, s whioh tha7 harwbaes for many ‘yaars engaged. and they aow he “.M.._'m.-“«wl.‘,u.(- hat_repuiation by the pro- - b 'ARK of such quality asd sxtceins durs- bi “d ic W o wil lagirs eutire satistuction o the paseaser. i scieise | The Dill for' a Board of Public Works has by thow are slamped ths: again been referred to tho State Sonate Com- mittee on Cities. Mr. Pierson, who moved to refer, appears to wish only for the postpone- ment of the bill, and if this be so every honest Senator should insist upon acting upon it to- morrow. The interests of this cityimperatively demand a Board of Public Works, and any legislator who votes to delay or defeat tho bill votes against the public good & amiANT, all 01ch ara fuily guarantesd. They frel it e aleutio of purchaters o the wDave tra already ostensivaly umitated. These g vwponsible dealers throughioat the o 0% Tar Kxamina: Uirsipryr or s Ty St o o what (e ider « g Iagredicnis of the rtisle and siso ite mode o prepsration (hey ks reaso to believe that it didfers in some ...,mfp.-m.lui lons of Malt knowo ander lbe vaime’ of Tieer o Speaker Colfax kept the Honse to its work, yesterday, and probably we owe to his thought- fulness and energy that important bills were not passed in hurry and confusion, and that the Appropriatio, Ils especially will be en- rolled and signed iy time for the President's approval. At tho close of a session there is caleulated o4 & mild toale, and some casas in which the ordinity flj’:' ‘uMnlI:‘ln consoquence of the .« in comparison with thcm, ifed Iu zocomssonding i 1o $ho profession for trial 14 s7pro Whls report guaraptees o fhe profeasion, as wall as to the Americs s grest alee of Horbs' Matt’ Bavasor Devaunin or , We foel justified in claiming a preforence for it over all touics 91 which &re preiged ouly by their propristors. Howv's Marr Exteacy Deeor o N 1"_” ':3'5’ y PR R Rf}s:-z?.:&'".." generally much business that needs hard, quick no s e biladatybia, ole agest for Peasegieana azl;;.::;:lltihol;.u&o‘izu inspired the House with 6 FASHION 0 , March B, will be offered at oy counters the Spr adress higs. The excelieuce of my fabrics wn ‘for years bave secured for e 50 1arge & palrogsge ity re- . fn this Spring patters be fully i while ln et fiwe will Le displared the fnest coliect s braneh of ‘over axhibited, being the products of the combined tasto aad skill 5 of The Crotans have @Gained another very im- portant advautage. The Governments of Frauce and Evgland having urged npon the Porte.the appointment of a Christian Governor of the island and the concession of n greater independence in poiut of administration, the Russian Government lias now openly declared itself in favor of tho aunexation of Crete to A —Buy the best % neve LRON-CLAD Bitick Maciive, Makes tiro kinde of brick oo same mackine, iz, Cowmen and Pressed. In qaantity and s achios bas w0 equal. Fivelundred dolars aved each rear Delek pon edge in backs or o1 i oon a8 draw cbine, therwlort ek Ut worbed I foul weathor as well 48 far. k Stats Fair, Macline was awanded Brat pre a “ o “ 57m1:¢eavu B avitn tuvestor and mag: | Grecce. Thus the islanders are slowly, yet lfimfl(":;l".a e st opes o exbibition ot Mer. | Steadily, approaching the realization of their Paigaieo. Cull nod o New York City, Ly J. A. Lavuwn, Taveutor | patiopal aspirations. for = — s - : Mr. Dovlin his introdueé@ a Lill in the As- sembly to make gas companies furnish dry meters, and to prevent thém ffom charging as much for poor as for good gas. This isright. But the gas monopoly has won a victory in Congress wihi will more than compensate for :;.::vl-;’:',v,y any fgat in onr. Legislature. The House e g s ‘&4 | Conferencé/ ;€ommittee, in agreeing to the clause in tl?m;%’l‘ux bill, which allows companics their taxes on con- sumers, sacrificed the wights of the people. The effect is that gas companies aré nol taxed by the United States, and that we bear their burdens. Nothing could be wmore unjust in principle. ROWN'S BRONCHIAL T1OCHES, when allowed 8o fissolre iu the mouth, have a direct influence to the affected parts; the osthing effect to the mucous lining of the windpipe allays Puliuos. eitation and gives relief in C own 12 which ptle » Tae EvRERA Brick MACHINE endid Brick per hor, v ar 4,38 per howr by stears o E Y : W out of order or J’ omiaand the app e world ighs, Colds, and the various Throat A siugers are Tue FRANKLIN Brick MacHINE, ly celebraiod (e perfeet simplicite, great b : %‘nm. 18 GUARASTRED, with ‘upu n'x‘.d'\-::’hfl-: . clay and ke 3,000 to 3,500 elmgant bricks per hour J. M. Rex10K, Propiietor No.'71 Broadway, N. Y., Roon 23. CoraaTe’s Hoxey Toirer S8oar. Thle celobeated Torer Boar, in mch universal demand, is mate fro the OWBIORST malcriais VKAGRANTLY NCENTED, Gnd et ;; In ita ackion apou the skiv. For sale by all Druggi . The Nerth German Parliament has chosen as its President Professor M. E. Simson of Koeni, be,rg" Prof. Simson has taken a prominent part in the various cfforts for establishing the ”:rrm:fd by Mercair's Geear Rueowarc Rex- | unity of Germany, having been, in 1848 and ~ ——— e 1849, Vice-President of the German Parliament of Frankfort, and, in 1852, President of the Parliament of Erfurt. He is now, as he was in 1848, a leader of the moderate Liberals, or, as they are more frequently called, the “Old Lib- “erals,” whose number has been, in late years, greatly reduced by the increase of the more democratic “Party of- Progress.,” The “0ld “ Liberals,” undoubtedly, are but a small minor- ity in the North German Parlisment, and the election of Prof. Simson may be regarded moro as a tribute to personal worth and a disposi- tion toward] counciliation than as a proof of the strength of his party. and i CHRONIC AND INY are bel Tacipicnt Serofila, o W, I Prixcs, ¥ TrocHE ses.Sold e Privo-Bi ind alt Throst a Har Dy le. s aly perfect dys—black or Genuine siguel Wi A INGS, SUSPENSORY ansn & Co's Radieal Cure Truse vey-of _Nllh.l Vignette, i:}’n-r dozen; edintered. R A. MER'S Pa Address ln_ Pa The Assembly bill for a Constitutional Con- vention should be passed to-day, the votes taken upon it on Friday proving a clear ma- jority in its favor, as it stands. It provides for the election, on April 4, of 160 delegates, one from each Assembly District, aud 32 from the State at large ; for she mecting of the Convention the first Tuesday in June, ’ FLORE Reversitle Feed SEwine-Macnixes. Best fuuily wackise la the worl Fronux tway. e Ty AT = PREMIUM SEW- ux)d |_Im submission of the Constitution it 20 Magwes, No. 65 Vicader will _h'umu to the people at the regular 'we Howr Maciix election in November. This is a good et WILLCOX & Ginns Skw been made to any of its provisions, by mein- L . i ot | gy i g Uous, Tl Souate Vill, i it NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, MONDAY, provides for the election by Sen- ate districts, each district to be entitled to as many delegates as it now has members of the AssomDly. We are glad that maoy Senators, who prefer their own plan, concede that there it las no advantage which would compensato for further postponement. It is time that use- less debate andfactious opposition should cease; there could not be a simpler and casier duty subwitted to the Legislature than the framing of a bill to organize a Convention, and the hair-splitting in which our representatives have been engaged o long lLas been unpardonable waste of time, pr.oacnl» shape, The Committee of the Judiciary, baving under examination the charges looking to the impeach- ment of the President, have made a report but have reached mo couclusion, With a grave senso of the duty imposed on them, they deem it not expedient to state more than the fact necessary to the vindication of their labors, namely, that the testimony thus far receiw} will fully justify a continuance of the investi- gation. Tho testimony in tho hands of the Committeo will now go over to the XLth Con- gress. e THE RECONSTRUCTION VETO. The Prosident and Congress are gravely at variance, on # question not of principle, but of-fact. Is the actual condition of the States lately in arms against the Union one of Peace or of War? Every thing hinges on the answer to this question. If those who were lately Rebels fare now loyal, peaceful citizons of the United ' States—if they have truly, heartily, unreservedly accopted the situation—if they treat their loyal neigh- bors and the loyal strangers who go among them with courtesy and kindness—if the courts which they have established and restored sinee April, 1865, stand ready to punish, and actually ‘do punish, ontrages and erimes whereof consist- ent Unionists are victims, and which have their impulse in the malignity and chagrin of discomfited treason—then is President John- son’s Veto of the Reconstruction bill a whole- some and necessary exercise of a constitutional prerogative wisely conferred on him by the Constitution, & B But if tho esisting condition is utterly differont from this—if the spirit of Rebellion, “hoaton, flot conquered,” fairly driven from the field of open, macly warfare, still lurks in byways and cowers in thickets, or shrouq,s itsolf in tho darkness of midnight, scoking a cruel, cowardly revenge on those it has found itself unable longer to meet in open warfare, heu this Veto is at once a blunder and a crime. And, of all men living, the late Mili- tary Governor of Tennessco—tho appointer, sinco Leo and Jolinston's surrender, of Milit- ary Governors, with dictatorial powers, over nine States wherein no Rebel flag still floated, no Rebel in arms still offered resistance to the National authority—shonld have been the last to interpose objections angl cavils to such vigor- ous, persistent exerciso of such authority as may. bo necessary to repress assassination incited by disloyalty and n-.%om the South to order and peace. What, then, are the easential facts? Wao cite first, a3 witnesses on the side of Congress, Mr. Johuson's own agents in uphold- ing loyalty and order at the South—Gens. Thomas, Sickles, and Sheridan. These are no fanatics—they are cool and able soldiers—they were uot even Abolitionists till the Rebellion left them no choice but between Emancipation and Disunion. Their testimony is before the country ; it isspocific and Incid; and they are wnanimons in representing the dominant feeling of the ex-Rebels at the South as still disloyal and inimical to those who stood by the Union while they were fighting to subvert it. We cite next the butchery at Memphis. A full year ago, some scores of peaceable, harm- less Unionists were murdered or wonndad thers —some of them burned to death in their own homes—by Rebels and sympathisers with the Rebellion. The pretext for this butchery was their color; its notarious impulse was their loy- alty. They were slanghtered as some hundreds of their race had previously been at Fort Pil- low (not far distant), and for the same reason. Yet, up to this hour, not one of their mur- derers has even been indicted, Wo cito next the kindred massacre at Kow- Orleans, where Whites as well as Blacks were unresistingly sacrificed to Rebel hato and ven- geance, and where none of their marderers has been tried for his erimo to this hotr, Wo cite tho concerted midnight assassination by Rebels of threo Union soldiers at Sister's Ferry, South Carolin The murderers were identified, arrested, and convicted before a Mil- itary Counrt; but, having been liberated by a Federal judge on habeas corpus, went straight to their homes in the neighborhood where the murders were committed, and were- there ceived by their Rebel neighbors as victorious patriots, not branded assassins. And no local authority has evor attempted to bring them te the fact that, whereas Black felons ave easily arrested, convicted, and punished throughout the South, no si Rebel White has, sinco the hour of Lee's surrender, been duly puuished by the local authorities for the murdor of a Black. The number of Blacks who have been killed by Whites in those States during the last twenty months cannot have fallen helow five thousand; yet not one White has been punished therefor in what Mr. John- son characterizes as the ten States wherein “ the “Inws are in undisturbed and harmonions opera- “tion; the Courts are open, and in the full “exercise of their proper authority; life, lib- “erty, and property are socured by State laws “and Tederal laws.” Such being, and long having been, the stato of facts, according to Mr. Johnson's conoeption, and the butchery of Horton, Dostie, Henderson, &e., at New- Orleans, having been specially justified by him, it is plain that we cannot expect better results from such rale, such “peace,” in the future, than in the recout ppst. If the States wheroin Union soldiers and negroes are now murdered with im- punity are loyal and entitled to like self-govern- ment and power in the Union fwith New-York and Ohio, then it is plain that a dozen wholesale buteheries per annum like those of Memphis and New-Orleans cannot divest them of such rights. To concede to them the charactor he claims for them i3 to admit that our murdered brethren in- voked and deserved tlhTmr fate. Oy thiy gradé issiie; the Loyal Milliens are at irreconcilable issue with Mr. Johnson. The ques- tion was fully argued before them, by himself and others, in our late elections ; and the ver- dict was direct and overwhelming. They know that it is their right to have ample protegtion for loyal men at the South, They confidently believe they lave power to enforee that right —they know hat, at all events, it is their duty to try. 1t Mr. Joliuson, or auy one else, fan- cies they can be wearied or bullied out of this determination, he will find- himself sorely mis- MARCH 4, 1867. speals of “tho doomed parties” under this act as “nine millions;” which is about the total population of the ten States in question. But of these* nine millions” over Three Millions are Blacks—every one of them an enthusiastic sup- porter of the policy of Congress, and an im-~ placable adversary of the President’s. Then there is a large class of loyal Whites—certainly not less than one million—who complain only that the act is mot so stringent as it should Dbe. Nomo of these Four Millions and over account themselves “doomed par- “ties” or the operation of the act an “ jgnominions punishment’—none of t}:em feels that it “degrades” or even “(isfranchises” them. On the contrary, the great mags of them are enfranchised by the act so roundly stigma- tized and railed at by the President—know that they would remain forever disfranchised pat for the interposition of Congress. And, though Mr. Johnson asserts that “The negroes “have not asked for the privilege of voting; “the vast majority of them have no idea what «jt means;” he has only to be & candidate for reélection to convince him that they both want and know Low to vote, aid that the characters of Moses and Pharaoh are discriminated and contrasted in the minds even of the dullest among them. The diversity of conviction evineed by the Yeto Message is 80 broad and clear that shere is no excuse for sophistry or pettifogging ; and the President’s allusion to past insurrections in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, &c., a8 paral- lols to the great Southern Rebellion, insults the understanding of Lis readers. In cach of these cases, the State wherein the insurrection arose was firmly attached to the Union, and the rebellion defied her authority exclusively or in conjunction with that of the Nation, A conspiracy of ten or twelve States, through theif organized governments, to divide and subvert the Union, is as different from this as chalk from cheese, and demands totally diverse treatment. And the fact that confederacy and in- snrrection are alike legally invalid, proves nothing beyond itself—at all events, proves nothing to the President’s purpose. But we cannot make room further to expose the ervors embodied in this most unfortunate Veto. Its obvious tendency todkeep the South- ern States unrecoustricted and unrepresented is iu every view deplorable. Had the President, one year ago, approved the Civil Riglts bill and advised those States to accept and ratify the Constitutional Amendment, they might all have been back in their proper places ere this, and on comparatively easy terms. They chose to listen to and trust in the President—with what result, we all see. Is it possible that they will now be misled into repeating a blunder so damaging to themselves and so injurious to the whole country™ THE VURE OF OFFICE. The Federal Constitution (Art. IL § 2) azys: t + * * shall nominate, and, '-[v and with consent of the Sonate, shall appoint, nd other public ministexs and consuls, ore Supreme Court, and all other officers of the Unitod States whose appointments are not herein other. Wise provided for, and which shall be established by law.” _~Weo do not see that here is any need of glossary or paraphrase. The President shall nominate, but the advice and consent of the Senate must precede an appointment. The power of the Senate in the premises is not initial but concurrent and codrdinate, No ap- pointment can be perfected without it, Let us presume an appointment to any post duly made by the concurrence of President and Sennte. May the President slone forthwith annul that appointment, by appointing another to the place, whether in the recess of the Sen- ate or without sceking and awaiting its coneur- rence? The question answers itself. Such an appointment completely nullifies and snbverts the constitutional power of the Senate. Yet we know that suchy guasi appointments the abuse has, at have beon made, and that length, become clironie’ and flagrant, as all tolerate: wses ftend to do. Had this been mapfully met at the threshold, there would bill regu- dent Jolm- have been no necessity for such lating the Tenure of Office as P son ineflectunlly vetoed on Saturday Befote Congress adjourned, in March, 1822, the House, by a vote of three to one, virtually instructed the Seeretary of the Treasury not to remove the Public Deposits from the Bank of the United States. *' esident Jackson, a few months thereafte nired that Secretary to do the very thing which the House had told him not to do. He (William J. Duane) refused to remove them—refused to resign lLis post— wherenpon Jackson remaved him, and appointed in his stead Roger B. Taney, who did remove them dircetly. The Senate rejected the nowi- nation of Taney: but what of that? Jackson was soon able to give him a better office; while Duane was not restored by his rej n, nor were the Deposits returned to the Bank. The usurpation of power by which their re- moval was effected proved, in the long run, suecessful ; and sucedssful usurpations always incite bolder and more flagitions. Had the very first Presidential eneroachment on the rightful powers of Congress been met by an impeachment, the country would have been largely the gainer. But the President is usually the chosen chief of the dominant party, the fountain of honor and dispenser of boundless patronage : hence we are as we are, Abuse of the Presidential prerogative of nom- inating has been growing for a full generation; faken. On a fundmental issne, Mr. Johuson is sadly in Mr. Johnson's hands, it has taken a long stride forward. When the present Congress adjonrned last Swmer, the Federal offices were filled by men in whose appointment the Senate had heartily conenrred. Hardly was its back turned when the President commenced turning out those officers and filling their places with successors who not only had not been coufirmed by the Sewate, but who, he well knew, would not be confirmed if the Sen- ate were then in session. Huudreds of capable, faithful officers were displaced because they sympathized with a great majogjty of the Senate, and did not regard the XXXIXth Congress as “a I&d{ l*wgin on the skirts of the Govern- “ment. hat this was a gross and*seandalous abuse of power—or rather, of opportunity—we see not how any caudid, intelligent person can doubt. 24t It i the condemnation of abuse that it com- pels a limitation of power. An absolute des- potism would be the best possible form of gov- ernmout, if we could have an omniscient angel for despot; but thoe chances are decidedly against a suceessiop of such autoerats; and wo h:(‘u to frame constitutions and laws with an eye open to the melancholy fact that yoot ABCTR R DAwet ‘S pan, proued Dross'd in a it1o briot authory s Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heay As wake the angols weep.” In other words, we are compelled to forego sgme good that wise and virtuous rulers might do, in order to preclude the evil that bad ones surely would do if not prevented. The President ought to have the power of removing defumlters and peculators, vebels and lanaties, from every executive or ministerinl past subordinate to his own. 1t is unfortunate confused as well as agrantly wrong, U tat s power Las been s0 grossly abused Johnson paid $50,000 to farm it ont, and it ape pears (hat he made his profit by cavsing the charges against importers to be illegally raised, receiving 35 per cent, of which he kept 30, and gave Mr. Smythe 5. The small size of this plum caused dissatisfaction, and then followed a series of changes of agents, and changes of percentage, which we necd not detail, The substance of it may be with great clearness stated thus: The merchants complained of over- charges; Collector Smythe affirmed that he did not makea cent out of the business ; Senator Doo- little's son “got a very good place;” President ® Jolinson’s son got, orwas to get, $5,000; none of tho witnesses had any distinct recollection of any- thing; somebody had sworn a dreadful oath that Congress shouldn't find anything ont; and Mr. Smythe, who never got a cent, paid $500 to Mrs, Perry, though who Mus, Perry is, what she did, and why she did it, is not fully set forth in any of the testimony. Thus it i3 not plain who made the most out of the plum, though there is no doubt that the Goverpment made nothing. Those who have a ecuriosity to thread lahy. < yinthis will enjoy such mrcli:?om ; but weneed only add that the Committeé affirm that Col. . lector $mythe’s proflizate practices, Lis exteava. gance, his wanton interference with the rights of merchants, require his immediate removal, The rest of their report is valuabf as an aualy- sis of the Seizure Bureau—which it is argued should be essentially modified—and an investiga- tion of our Detective system abmdl {yom wlmt it is concluded that, to prevent the most flagrant gbuses of our Revenue systom, all Treasury detectives in other countries should be recalled at once. The Committee, of which Mr. Hulburd is Chairman, scem to have done their work well, and the report, which we print in full, descives the grave consideration . of Congress, and may possibly suggest to the ‘that Congress has concluded that the evils re- sulting from its abuse decidedly outweigh those to be apprehended from its entire withdrawal, Wo wish it had been otherwise; but that it is pot is not the fault of the Constitution, of Congress, nor of the People. e . DOINGS OF C ONGRESS. Except for its action on the Tariff, wellr_wc little fault to find with Congress for its action in theso last few days of its Session. It has enacted the Bankrupt law after a close and hard struggle. It kept on the tax on Cotton, into hali @ cent a pound, after a powerful effort to destroy it altogether. 1t got rid of the inflation policy of the House on as good terms perhaps as were to be expected, after the showing on that question. The Bankrupt law, after a great opposition in the Senate, finally received the support of a decisive majority in number of that body, of all shades in politics, and a still greater ma- jority in weight. After these many years of effort to settle this question, it is to be hoped we lhave finally touched bottom, and that the principle of a Bankrupt law is to be considered hergafter as accepted, even if all its details shall not be approved. Such a law was in tho contemplation of the founders of the Government, and it is bhardly creditable to their successors that a statute which would Dbear the test of time had never beei enacted. Of all countries in the world, it would seem that the United States is tho one which bas most -needed, and the most needs, such & law. In mno. country do peo- ple rise and fall in trade as in this. Nearly all our most successful merchauts have failed, or been within an hour of failing, at some time in the course of their career. The just liberality of creditors, always t]l:e highest wisdom, has Deen exemplified in the manner President that the Troasury would prolit g in which, without the intervention of the '_""‘"fn ,_". - b by clemency of legislation, men unfortunate in greater cafe in making his x\pp(-niltmmhs. i business have, almost uniformly, been able L ’_“ 38 will, we trust, bo able! to compound their obligations and start ancw. The XLth Colgres 4 : : . to survive the information that the Hon. Jesse D, The fact that insolyency in this country & o e st Laz oril Jeaves uo stain, such as it does in the Old World, Bright (now living in Kentucky) peremptorily. i f declines an election to that body. He says: is a_testimony both to the good sense of the “([ r‘t‘mld uulbclndll(vedwtnkelun{nmml such mey people and to its frequent oceurrence; and o ""“‘5‘:";‘22‘ ihe 'ul:'g:;]sy :&fi«l majority i Lo noxt Vs ankr aw to be a greater necessit ouse of Ropresentatives in Congroas.” b shows a bankrupt law to be a gr y idering that Josse was in 1962 Kicked here than anywhere else, or if not a greater necessity, at least a greater propriety. For it affords the sanctions of legislation to the Dhabits, the tone of thought, and the practices of the people. And it removes the ability of exceptional Shiylocks to put ehains and fetters upon the sanguine and enterprising citizen who sometimes falls into their hands. We welcome the Bankrupt bill, then, in the interest of that ‘clemency whicli is becoming all people, and as a testimony to the growth of a spirit of just progress among us toward gocial amelioration. As regards the disposition of the Iouse propo- sition not to contract, but really to inflate the currency, we shall try to be content, in the hope that the administration of the Treasnry De- partment will try to so manage as to | inflict no mischief by means of these fifty millions of threc per cents as a partial substitute for the compounds, It is plain to be seen that a firm hand must be kept on our finances, out of the Senate as a traitor, and that Garret Davis helped kick him, we bope he feely better for the above. The King i»—dmlm King! The XXXIXth Congress expires to-day at uoop, The XLth Congress meets to-day at noon, The new Congress is composed, to a great ex- tent, of the members of the old, and will find its path made easier, in regard to Reconstrue- tion at least, by the legislation of its prede- cessor. The points of amendment in the Tax bill, as agreed upon by the Conference Committec, are reported to-day. There is a considerable and i tion to the free list, W TO TER TRIBONE. if we peac he land from GTON, March 3.—The Senate last night, in if wo are ever-to reach the lan W | e cechtlve Rossiun, confiFrmed the tollowing Romintivk: our presen heaving sea of pAper. MONEY. |~ “Tuited States Minister, A. 8. Willians, Sua Salvador: Ust Cousul, Avdrew N. Dagzan of Micbigan, Western country espeeially The conntry—the Dekots, Andrew J. Fa 13 w —is filled with the most i(llc_ dreams Jooks (thhs of Biotmamere v in. rezard to the paper cireulation, and Usited States Marshal, Thomas A. Rowler, for The W cviem + of Pennarivania; Associste Justice' of the Supreme (ot o . Eyester; District Jadge, Charles T. Soeramtn, o. Moneys~Austia Morgan at Jackson, Mie; n, Dakota d Ofice—\Wm. B. Tarlor, Jackson, Miss: Wo. B he, Ohio; Todian Ageot, Joel B. Daseot of Miua-wis, for tle Chippewas of Mississippi. : Pension Agents—Thomas Ringsland, Baltimore. Iod.; Fredk. F. Buy- uister, Phiiadelpbia, Pa.; Joba M. Doddriigs, Wheeling, W. Ve . P. Laries T. Hoteliuiss, Clicago. 1L ; . a Legiclature does not vote, nor a Chamber of Commerce act upon the subject, without dis- elosing the most lamentable want of just and enlightened views, I man in the country has suddenly twned finaneier, in view of the fact that times are getting dull, business slack- ening, and prices falling, in consequence of our transitio®® from a state of war to a state of peace. Aud instead of every man looking into., his own affuirs, and setting bis own house in order, wting or discharging his obliga- 1 diing his expenses where he finds them outrunning his income, and in general redueing his altairs within his ability to manage, s or the Treasury for forills which ave wholly se of lorado, Christian Northern’ Distriet Receivers of George Stickner, e, lnd. 7 Internai Revemwe.—3n Maive; Ges. W. Bros coad Dis nish Leans, Fourth Distnet of + of Viegaia; Aawa. itoierts A. Carpeater, Seeonl Distriet Dhitcict of, Tennesmeo; I1. . Follett, Nineto-nth b District of Mains; omae Browe, 8o senpe.~Dan ylor, Tndiaus, Pess.: Lasrence 8. Spaacer, 8, A 3 s is looking to Cougr he is lool ) g Podsdum, ¥, Y. ; Bdwia fe panace Cooperstown, some imposs Blows Poua D o W, Ecw inewrable by any process, except the exe "$ Riwis A Buhat | pradence, industry, and economy. B Ot i B e [ Bertase, Sods Brod K e Dodge, Malles, Mass. 8o N Theve is no escape from our financial dis- orders except by an inflexible adherence to the plain open road that leads to specie payments. Dallying by the way, turning aside, and above all twning back, is nothing but eruelty instead of kinduess. We want above all things, and more than all things, to get onr money and business concerns out of the hands of Congress, which meddles with them only to make mis- chief, and this never [can be done while Con- K. Sheppard, Oskaloos. R Breire, "M ass.: Howard Norton, Bristo!, Coun.; . Hartsaf, Port tinra, Mich Mrs. Amelia J 2, Poatiac, - Cor s gress has it in its diseretion to give votes on the Ilf)ml of . Washingtou, D. €. subject of the amount of paper money the nm‘,fl"&":‘,':u'::'l"‘l;lnn:&ld fluwrl;mg,tm Senato also cons country requ L, It is a merey to Congress to n,,:,_.: fl"“."_'“';:::'l*l;‘r,'l-"v nu-un, Longaker, Sixt] I'Mnn: put it where it will not be badgered by its con- ot Distret 0 M e tr e o i Nisth Do stituents on tl,i* suhjvs’l. ‘-:‘:;"?h’-“u,\“fim. As to the third and important matter of the e Davit Wiits cofton tax, which Congress has reduced half a RSy . T. Harvey, Doyles- cent a pound, we have heretofore expressed our views, We see no reason for the reduction, and can only rejoice that, as that body got a mag- got in its head on the subject, the revenue n. Heurs F. O} e Brovet; Capt. James F. Ward, ot T, 6. Coal |:'wb;-qlll‘i;:vn; TRe ment U\ 8. Cavaler; A, Vou Schroder, to be Major 89th Regiment i Cavalty, to be Lisut-maat. L to be Major Geacral Brove: eseapes with so small a loss. Jndian Ayents—. L. Tarlor, Shawnee Inliaas; Goorge B Saow v Osage andother Lodians; Jolin W. Welly Fiat Houls aad Gouf~foraiad - assington, D. €. s United States 4 Collectors Inter ls, Twenty-second D ternab Reveiwe—Jo THE The report of the Committee on Public Ex- penditures upon the frauds in the New-York Custom-House is long, because the frands were great; so that from a glance at the Sare . Fiflh Distriet, Tean.; as. Frasier, First i v €al; Jos. B o':-i."h:f Foori )’ Fourll™ District, i Joseph nal Paymasters Thos I ilalsay, i bert D, Clark, C. M. Major Job: columns we devote to the subject the reader f‘"i"’ il iy may infer to what an unusual extent the v T - - ad fl"llh fon of Collector. Smythe de- | The Senate rejocted all tho foliow ing nominations: parted from the strict path of wvirtue. A | Gorermor of Kano—Jobn Medur, great deal of propeity and DIODEY DASSES | {hiied sintes Saeral ot Form, combecs Doriet o Missaanpi through our Custom-House, tho value of | p A fioe Monegi—Robert B Cralg, i, . T e imports ,in 1866 being 8302,505,819, on | Pl of Pablic Lands.~Juo. A, Milier, Leoston, Mo.; Jobe @. Wellsahy, Booneville, Mo, Agegts.~Forrest G. Page for the Kanses Agencr; Nutbaoiel 160 Kickapoo Ageney. Ind which a duty of $131,823,141 was collected. tllu::: o(l; this lxm-rchumllso is necessarily sent ol ':4—0*‘&&;:':““' Quizer, . oy onen O s, vk . 0 | 2 0 M e arg ¢ paid. is evident that an Mk, Jus. 1 Wiiiacas, Bt Johus enterprising man might ke, i e iectors of, OustomiewBichord 1.~ 8 ta lt g BT Seop this store to | Cors o Ol ame 1. M advantage, and so Mr. Smytho seems to have Plair, Par eraburg, W. Va. | Ardou . Suish, 81 Loni, Mo.; Clas P, of & b . wll, Portl . :‘hmmln when he looked around for a stove: | ¢ 'F'fli"‘i"“”fi""'{q’"'fl . Qrosmec Rocond District ot ceper. Indeed, the Committee found that soon Ry T MMy KRy ] after his appointment, last Summer, Mr. Smythe averred that “the North River General Order bygjuess is thg big plum for the Collegtor,” of Minuesota. Asvessors of Internal Revenus.—Adolph Sorrenson, Fifth District ot aoin; Alfred ¢ 80 be thrust in his thumb apd he pulled out Missouri; W. P. Cullen, Fifth District of I'l Gty 5d District of New-York; Roger K. Cook, Fourth District o Maryland; Frederick Jones, District of Columbin; Jobu W, Dickerson vict, N J. 5 " Stokes, 1Vth Distriot’ 4 Ist aroand 8. , VIth Distgict of Mo ; Hour; istrict I, the f)llul! and, we judge from the yeport, e ul’mj‘ g ie plum, , (b, r ;hlvu&-d all that was eatable with his .3‘;‘?:‘..%’}.: n.vfb:.u.u..' ves, uler‘L - viends, and then gendfonsly presented | geeq W Carlton B Bach, duston ; Astinan 3 the Government with the stoue. The O e B Wein W S ‘barleston, 11l oler, Shellurne Fails, Ml ses | Samvel G. Seariug, 81 STioer ¥ Bagnets: Cube aries K. Miller, Baagor, Me.j s of Jutcrval Revenus—Rev. 1. L. Bevast, Ninth District 1li. i . ton, Pu Dt iosons, Antaun 1, Geroiaot, 0., Gridloy, Second Distriet bosinanat # t;: bktl"\' Jersey ; I“'l,- Dl ‘JVnwnh ecklesr, Ngcond District Jerery § :_:}ul:rvi.mu Second fistrict lx-m:-'-.'& 0. rmh.' ';t.-umv’w of Internal Rengnue.—Jo'm Will ind Distric [T s Nesmutts Dt W iagerd, o et ou1 h Uhorw, Filth Distric o Jemey; 1' Distric i O o “ul Jomer; Smih Jones, Thind lstrict Tadinza; O, R Mallin, Seveute-uth Pullic Moneys.~M. W. Quackeabush, Bast Saginaw, Committee undertook to examine the way the plum was divided, and found that Mr. Smythe had sold it to Miller & Conger, for £10,000 a year, of which Senators Dobdlittle aud Patterson wore enchi to have 5,000, Mrs, Perry, “a Washing- “ton woman,” #3,000, others other amounts, leav- ing $10,000 asa “political fund,” of which Mr. Smytho appointed bimself Trustee. Mr. Humphrey, who formerly Kkept the store, was to have had a share, but died before getting it, an | Michigsn. o000 F L0 Wieg, M . " Postuasters—N. W, N i ssoth, event which§ may have agonized the hearts of Kewauee, 1| Silas Deroy, Aliad, baine; l'l“nn?na'u'.u?n Paq Poter Purcoll, Wilkes! a.; Auson Spencer, [thacs, N. Y, Thoay NOW Me Attorneys ~8. T Warran, Western District, Teouesseay Massachusett . 1. Whitney, for Major in 3ed Unitod States Car Moutgomery, for Depaty Quartermastor Genoral . Harbesou, Phgadglphia, P ). W. 3o v o, M. Wolf, Frederick, Md.; Price J. Booth, Plummer, V&.; Nair, Mingeapolis, Mina, . United Stal his collcagues, though the only expresssion of grief recorded is that “there was one less to “divide with.” However, Miller & Conger did not get the General Order business, and it became neeessary o Lind auother purchaser, M, G C. alry ; Major Ale Sure tfl:n of Custor goie, Loy g0, M