The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-14 00:00:00

'THE DISPUTES IN THE BUILDING TRADES AT MANCHESTER. The number of stonemasons now unemployed in the Manchester building trades, has been increased by the discharge of a large number of bricklayers and labourers employed at the Town Hall and on other extensive contracts, consequent on the cessation of work by the masons. Upwards of 450 men on the Stonemasons' Union alone have been thrown idle by the strike, and of this number about fifty left the city on Monday in search of work in other towns. A number of the men who have been anticipating the strike have secured passages to America, and will leave England in the course of a few days. No fo?mal communications have passed between the, employers and the men since the meeting on Friday night, but on Monday several of the smaller employers, in addition to the fourteen mentioned on Monday, conceded the proposal of the men for a reduction of the hours, together with a reduction of one shilling on the week's wage. In the meantime work at nearly all the great public buildings in ccurse of erection in Manchester has been entirely sus pended. The contracts which have been interfered with in this way include the new Exchange, the Town Hall, the City Police-courts, several churches or chapels, &c. SUICIDE THROUGH GAMING A suicide, occasioned by losses at the gambling table, occurred on Friday last at Wiesbaden. M. Tranchaut, a French merchant from Lyons, had peen playing for some weeks at Homburg, and had lost every franc he possessed. The administration, according to their custom in such cases, gave him forty-two francs on condition that he should immediately leave the town. This he did, and proceeded to Wiesbaden, where, finding himself utterly penniless, he blew hisbrains out. "It must not be imagined (says the Pa / 11 GazVc) that the charity of the managers is disinterested. Experience has taught them that the occurrence of such an event at Homburg injures their business by frightening many gamblers from the tables. Popular superstition still points out a dead tree in the park which is said never to have blossomed since a ruined gamester banged himself on it some years ago.' HORRORS OF AN INDIANA PRISON. The following extraordinary story appears in the New York Dimes :—The astounding disclosures made in regard to the outrages committed for several years past by the officials of our Southern State Prison, at Jeffersonville, have formed the chief topic of conversation in the last few days in Indiana. The sickening story of the infamies perpetrated by the villains -whom the venal directors, elected by the Le gislature, had intrusted with the management of the Jeffer sonville Penitentiary, has excited a thrill of horror through out the State. All the dreadful things related about the sufferings which the Poles had to undergo in Russian prisons since the insurrection of 1863 hare been en tirely eclipsed by the doings of these Indiana State Pri son wardens and jailors, who cruelly whipped and stamped insane persons to clath for no offence what ever, made a harem of the female der artment of. the Penitentiary, stripped the women on Sundays, and caused them to run races in purls naturalibus, terribly flogging such of the' girls who had pluck and decency enough left to refuse to submit to the loathsome em braces of the drunken reprobates who lorded it over them. The legislative report in whicb all these outrages are related abounis with each sickening details that the conclusions at which the mem bers of the committee who framed the report arrived appear exceedingly tame ; and the honour of the State requires' imperatively that the villains who perpe trated these atrocities should not be permitted to escape the punishment due to their crimes by merely resigning their offices. A very curious feature in connection with these State Prison horrors is the fact the several legislative committees who had, previous to the last investigation, beon sent down to Jeffersonville to re port on the condition of the Penitentiary - , allowed them selves to be perfectly bamboozled by the warden and his accomplices, and, after being dined and wined by them, re turned with the information that Jeffersonville Prison was a model institution. LAW AND POLICE. HEAVY DANIA GES. - A jury was empanelled at the Sheriffs' Court on Tuesday to assess the damages in a breach of promise case sent from the Court of Queen's Bench in which judgment had been allowed to go by default. The only question was as to the loss which the plaintiff, a young lady in her 21st year, had sustained through the breach of the engagement. The jury gave her £l,OOO. MADAME RACHEL AGAIN.-On Tuesday another applica tion was made at the Judges' Chambers, on the part of Madame Rachel, to put in bail in waiting the hearing a her application on the writ of error. ,Mr. West, optician, of Coventry-street, was the proposed bail, in addition to Mr. Johnson, the printer, who has been accepted. Further evidence Ava; requirPd by Mr. Jii.;:tice Montane Smith as to Mr. West's stock-in-trade, and the case was adj. , urned to a future day. RoEnrior of PLATE.—Two married women, named Bryant and James, have been charged at Lambeth Police court with stealing £5OO worth of plate from various houses. They used to go round to gentlemen's houses in the metropolis and in the suburbs under the pretence of soliciting votes fur charitable institutions, and during the absence of the servants they abstracted whatever plate or other property they could lay their hands on. Great interest was excited by the case, and an inspector of the L Division said that more than fifty persons had, during the week, made inquiries at the station respecting two women who had robbed them. They bad both been pre viously convicted several times, and were believed to belong to a regular gang of organised thieves. They were committed for trial. STABBING CASE AT NEATH.—On Monday two young men were charged before the magistrates at Neath with attacking three men with a loaded life-preserver. One of these, named Williams, lies in a precarious state. On the application of Mr. Phillips, the superintendent of police, the prisoners were remanded, bail being refused. In Oregon " bibulation "is said to be a pre ventive against smallpox ; and the modern style of drink ing invitation is " Let's disinfect." POACHING IN WARWICKSHIRE.—There was a sharp encounter between a gang of poachers and two of Lord Warwick's keepers in the Old Park, near Warwick, at an early hour a day or two back. The keepers met with eight men, who were armed with bludgeons, with which they assaulted the keepers, knocked them down, and severely injured them. The poachers also threw stones at the watchers, and having disabled them, managed to escape. Two men, residing in Warwick, have been apprehended and taken before the county magis trates, and committed for trial. THE GiitL LIVING WITHOUT FOOD.--The Aberyst with Times, in reference to the case of the little girl at Llantihangel-yr-Arth, who is said to have lived since the 10th of October, 1867, without food, says that a committee of respectable men was formed some time ago to inquire into the case, and three gentlemen were requested to watch the girl. These gentlemen, one of whomis a medical student from Llandyssul, another a scholar of St. David's College, Lampeter, and the third a medical assistant, watched the girl continuously from March 22 to April 5, and they state that nothing whatever was given to her during that time. So the story rests,. incredible, it is true, but supported by evidence which it is difficult to disbelieve. Mr. John Simpson, formerly a reporter on the Nottingham Daily Press, and subsequently sub-editor of the 31anchester Courier, committed suicide on Sunday last. The deceased gentleman hal been about a fort night in Nottingham, and the last few days lodged at the Oliver Cromwell Inn. It was noticed on Friday that he was depressed in spirits, but on Saturday he assumed his usual gaiety, playing at whist with some of the company in the evening. He retired at midnight, and not making his appearance at the usual hour in the morning the landlord sent his son to call him. The deceased replied that ho was getting up. At one o'clock the landlord became alarmed, as 31r. Simpson had not come down stairs. He then went into his_bedroom and there discovered the unfortunate gentleman dead. In one hand ho held a handkerchief, upon which he had vomited; the other hand was placed under his head. A bottle was found under the bed with the label scratched off. The bottle it is supposed had contained poison, and very little doubt was entertained that 3.1 r. Simp son had committed suicide. The unfortunate gentleman has left a wife and three children. A NIcE FAMILY.—WhoIe families are to be found engaged in particular branches of crime. Here is one : A man who gave the name of Hill was convicted of a robbery on the river, and sentenced to six years, of which he served al but some four months. While a licencee, he was apprehended, under suspicious circum stances, in connection with certain stolen rope, but was dis charged. Immediately after his sentence expired, he was talien with aman, giving the name of Thetford, for stealing lead from the roof of a house on the river-side at Vauxhall. They were sentenced, Hill to twelve, and Thetford, who had violently assaulted his capturer, to fourteen years. It turned out that they were brothers, and members of a family which the sergeant describes as being "about the worst family we've gut, sir." A father and four son; all river thieves, and all experienced at penal servitude, make up this charming family circle. They are rarely all out of prison together—indeed, they are all occasionally in prison ,alamt o 7,2la4r44l432l6Etsllti4La t z w AIM/4 IMPERIAL PARMA KENT HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. RAILWAY COMPANIES MEETING BILL. The Marquis of SALISBURY called attention to the fact that the bill naturally affected the standing orders passed to give shareholders the power of protecting their property. The bill, after a shalt discussion, passed through com- mittee. The Naval Stores Bill was read a second time. The Duke of Richmond •having been added to the Select Committee on the Law of Hypothec in Scotland, Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. IMPRISONMENT OF CHILDREN. Mr. BRUCE, in reply to Mr. Taylor, said no represen tation had reached him of two young children being sent to prison for stealing greens, and a boy only eight years of ege narrowly escaped the same punishment, against the decided opinion of one of the magistrates, Lord Folke stone. He had received no representation of the case, and it riot being the duty of the Home Secretary to review the judgment of magistrates, he had made no inquiry into the matter. Mr. TAYLOR gave notice that on the house going into committee of supply be should call the attention of the house to the subject. (Hear, hear.) ST. STEPHEN'S CRYPT. Mr. LAYARD - , in reply to Mr. Egerton, said the crypt was quite ready for the performance of divine service, but he proposed to take a small vote to complete the baptis • try. if it was thought desirable to have divine service performed therein the house would have to provide an endowment for the minister. NEW ZEALAND, Mr. MONSELL said it was quite true that the 18th Regiment have received ord3rs to quit New Zealand, and that there would be no imperial troops in that colony. The Governor-General would have no power to stay the departure of the regiment on any grounds whatever. ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL. Mr. BRUCE, in reply to Capt. Bartelott, said the Lord Chancellor had made no inquiry into the affairs of St. Luke's Hospital, but tho Lunacy Commissioners had, and were of opinion that the present site was most unfit for the hospital to continue to occupy. There was, however, great difficulty connected with the matter. TIIE GOVERNMENT OFFICES. Mr. LAYARD said it was proposed to take some fur ther space for the new Government offices. The bill had been proposed, and when it was brought in he would state the exact amount of space required. ARMY CHAPLAINS. Mr. CARD WELL said it was intendA to reduce the Army Chaplains' Department, and in what he had done be had acted in accordance with the opinion of the Chaplain-General. WEST KENT MILITIA. Mr. CARDWELL, in reply to Mr. Whatman. said the original intention with respect to this regiment going to Shorncliffe would be adhered to. IHE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. Mr. MONSELL, in reply to Mr. Adderley, said the money to ba paid the Hudson's Bay Company for the sur render of their Government amounted to £300,000, and one of the other arrangements was that the company was to receive one-twentieth of the land laid out for set tlement in the colony for the Lest 50 years. The agree ment was to be accepted or not by the Government within six months. THE IRISH SOCIETY. Mr. MAGUIRE rose to move that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she would bo ' graciously pleased to issue a Royal Commission to inquire into the manner in which - the Irish Society administer their property, which, according to their own admission in the law suit with the Skinners' Company they hold as trustees for the benefit of that trust; and to consider whether, under a totally different state of circumstances from those to which the society had its origin, it would not be advisable to carry into effect the recommendation of the royal commissioners of 1851 on the corporation of London, that the Irish Society should be abolished; and to advise such other arrangements as would be most in harmony with existing circumstances and most conducive to the public advantage. The hon. member took the op portunity of entering at length into the circumstances that led to the formation of the Irish Society by the English Solomon, James the First, in 1613. He contended that from the first stroke of the pen of the " royal puffer," King James, down to the present time, the whole action of the corporation of London had been to enrich and enjoy themselves without giving as much as a single thought to the improvement of the con dition of the Irish population residing in the country. The rule of the Corporation had nearly lead to the de struction of the city of Derry, and it was not until Alder man Allsop came to London and informed the Corporation that longer leases bad been given than was usual, and the sudden improvement was the result of the new arrangement. Tho Irish Society of London seemed to have a prodigious love of law, in fact it seemed as if the aldermen of Lon don were as foal of law, as it was proverbial they were of turtle and champagne. (Laughter.) All the society seemed to think about was the frittering away the revenue cf the society, and that being the Case it was, in his opinion, certainly fur the good of Derry and Cole rain, that the Irish Society should ba abolished. (Hear, hear.) The motion was withdrawn. Leave was given to bring in the following bills :—Mr. Goldney, to amend the law relating to the appointment of county coroners ; the Lord Advocate, to amend the Poor law in Scotland, and another touching the law relating to Endowed Hospitals in Scotland. The Libel Bill was read a second time. The report on Ways and Moans was brought up and agreed to. The house then adjourned. ANDREW JOHNSON AT GREENY7LLE. Ex-President Johnson made a speech on his arrival at Greenville, Tennessee, on the 20th March. In it be thus sketched his career :—" I came to this town in 1826, a poor boy, and a stranger. In your midst I pitched my tent, and leaned upon you for succour and support. I was taken by the hand by many friends, and step by step I have gone through what I have, and there is not a parallel in history. You elevated me to office, and, in the language of Mr. Nelson, I have never been ashamed of my origin and my professions, for it is merit and worth that make the man. In early life I was elected Alderman, then Mayor, then to the Legislature, then to the State Senate, then an elector for President and Vice-President. I was then in Congress for several years ; then Governor of the State for years. After which 1 was elected to the United States Senate, and was there when the war broke out. During the war I was made Military Governor. I was then elected Vice-Pre sident of the United States, and upon the death of Mr. Lincoln I became by an inscrutable Provi dence President of this great nation." He warned his fellow -townsmen of the danger arising from a usurping Congress in these words :—" The thing is at an end with me now, but I must say to you that there is danger . approaching, and I feel it my duty to put you upon your guard. There is an arbitrary Congress, that assumes to dictate to the people. The time has come when the people must arouse and declare their rights under the Con stitution, for the Constitution belongs to the people. if Congress can wipe out all liberty, you had better have a Prince to rule over you. There has been much said about slavery of late years, but I have been the greatest slave for the last four years in all the land. I can now say that lam a free man. lam not in power a slave, but in private life a sovereign. But I must again call your attention to the ConStitutiou, and would say that if it is not rescued from usurpers in the next two years, our Constitution and country, with all our civil liberties, will be gone." 4 , Will you not let an old man, after he has borne the burden of his country for many years, and spent his time for his country's good, come back and live with you the remainder of his days ? Are there any that will deny him a little earth to lay away his body ? Is there one here so unkind that would deny me a little resting-place when I shall have passed from the land of defamation and persecution." Cannon were fired, and there was a grand display of fire works, but the ex-President's speech was couched in a despondent tone—probably under the first in- fluences of that siekucal which soon after prostrated him. IADVEIITISE3IENT.] ILOloWay's Pills. —Desirable Pos session.—Without health no amount of wealth, no means of pleasure, are of the slightest value. h is inzonceiv able how small a di6turbance of the anim•tl functions begets wretchedness, and how readily it may be rectified by a few doses of some put ifying and regulating medicine, such as these renowned Pills. These have proved the best friend to mankind in every grade, in every land, and under almost every circumstance. Holloway's Pills purify the blood, rectify digestion, stimulate the liver and kidneys, and regulate the bowels. When fevers, influenza, and other ailments are epidemic, these Pills should be taken 'occasionally by every one to keep the blood and system free from the Aced of the prevailing pestilence. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL. 14, [869 MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. mew mercer or zne Legisiatwe uouncu or New South Wales, seconded the resolution, and bore testimony to the absorbing power of the Australian colonies. This was carried, as were some others. It was decided that a deputation should wait on the Home and Colonial Secretaries to urge immediate attention to the subject. injurious on the quotation of the company's Mort gage Bonds, which had gone slightly above par, but have fallen 10 per cent, James Fisk is an indefa tigable worker, for while carrying on law-suits of all sorts, and directing gigantic railway corpora tions, he is only content with the management of two operas, and has leased the Academy of Mu sic, wherein " Lurline" is to come out. It was written by the late William Vincent Wallace, who became a citizen of the United States to secure the American copyright. He considered it his master piece ; though it made no great sensation. in Lon don, where it was first produced at the Covent garden Opera. But these do not represent all James Fisk's undertakings. He has bought up the Fall River line of steamers of Massachusetts, and established a monopoly of Sound boats. If you have a citizen on your side who can match him, I would like to know who he is. In the investiga tion of the Erie bribery case at Albany nothing could be extracted from Mr. Fisk ; indeed, none of the directors seemed to know what had become of the $500,000 paid to Mr. Eldridge ; but one man did undertake to tell what became of some of it, and the ill-natured world attaches all the more im portance to it as it implicates Governor Fenton. Mr. Thomas Murphy swore that Mr. Henry Thomp son, a director of the company, bad told him that in his presence two cheques of $lO,OOO each were paid over to Mr. Hamilton Harrison, the Governor's legal adviser, on the understanding that the bill when through the Legislature would be immediately signed, and it was signed within three hours. Mr. Thompson did'not deny this, though he fenced the question with the skill of a lawyer. He told the Committee that the scope of the investigation was confined to the Executive. Mr. Thompson is the brother-in-law of Mr. Eldridge, wbo took care to be absent from Albany. Mr. Jay Gould and Mr. Murphy's testi mony were certainly at variance, for the latter asserts that he asked the former to contribute to the Republican party funds, and that Mr. Gould.'s reply was that be had already given $20,000 for Fenton, and could not give any more ; but when examined, Gould denied any knowledge of the transaction. A raid has been made by the sanitary officers against the underground lodg ings in this city. There are two hundred suits commenced against the owners of cellars considered unfit for human habitation. A sp , ,, , cial cellar visitor has been appointed ; Mr. Warden, the officer, reports some queer treatment in going his rounds, but on the wholehe has been very successful. An awkward accident occurred to one of the publish ing firm of Harper Brothers and his family. He was driving in Fifth-avenue on Thursday evening, when his horses suddenly took fright, and Mr. Harper and his daughter, who accompanied him, were thrown from the carriage. Mr. Harper's injuries were of such a serious character that it was not thought safe to have him taken home, and he was con veyed to St. Luke's Hospital, where he lies in a preca rious condition. Miss Harper was slightly injured. The case of D. N. Barney against the Wells-Fargo Express Company, to recover $lOO,OOO damages for injuries received through the explosion of a box of nitro-glycerine at San Francisco some years ago, has been commenced before Judge Barnard. The Jenckes' suit has been withdrawn against the New York Central, but another injunction was issued on the complaint of a Mr. Nichols, who alleges corruption between'the directors and the Legislative Committee. The Rock men have struck, and gangs are going about terrifying those who continue at work. There has been a great demonstration at the Cooper's Institute, of working men. They en tertained the design of having something to say to the Government of the State, and are organizing to cast aside Democratic or Republican influences, as the following resolution unanimously adopted will show Resolved, That we, the working men of New York City, in mass meeting at Cooper In stitute assembled, do pledge ourselves in future to cast aside all party ties and predilections, and elect men from our own ranks to represent us in every department of Government." The officers of the ship fames Foster Junior, charged with cruelty, have been handed over to the United States Marshal, namely, the third mate, Jas. Murphy ; the carpenter, William Cuthers. The cabin boy, Felix Sobiesky, is held as a witness. Murphy is said to be very ill from the effects of the fever. The first mate has died, as well as the captain himself, and several more deaths among the passengers have been re ported. A suit has been commenced against the owners by some of the passengers, but the disclo sures lead me to believe that some of the officers will be trio 1 for murder. This miserable case has been disastrous, as yet, to all concerned, but may end in doing good, in as far as it tends towarls improving the regulations for the transport of emigrants. WASHINGTON, March 26. The whirligig of time makes strange changes; instead of Francis P. Blair, jun., presiding in the Senate as Vice-President, he is figuring as plaintiff in the Supreme Court of the United States against the State of Missouri, which bad refused to receive his vote at an election. The case went before the Supreme Court of Missouri, where it was decided that he was rightly excluded. Mr. Montgomery Blair, his brother, argued the case, for him. He said that F. P. Blair could not take the oath that he had never resorted to arms to overthrow the State Go vernment of Missouri, because that Government, really favouring secession, had taken steps it was necessary for him to defeat as a loyal Union man. But what Missouri called an oath of loyalty he called an oath of disloyalty, for it required a man to swear that he had stood by the Government of his State which made war on that of the United States. Senator Drake argued on the other side. He showed that the plaintiff bad declined to take the oath framed by the Constitution, but was ready to take an oath framed by himself. Steps are being taken in preparation for the coming census. Gen. Garfield has reported a bill for the establishment of a census bureau for the Interior Department. A superintendent is to head the bureau with a salary of $4,000, and an assistant superintendent in each Congressional district, each with a salary of $8 a day for six months, with authority to appoint the necessary enumerators with $5 per diem. The bureau is to be closed by the Ist May, 1872, when all publications are to be completed. The census is to be taken in two months; and after being com pared, checked, and revised by the Secretary of the Interior, the Attorney-General, as well as by the superintendents, it is to be communicated to the next Congress. The basis of representation is to be 150,000 population for each district, which will give an increase of about 40 members, making the House up to 270. The Eastern States will lose and the Western States will gain. We have had a delega tion of Philadelphia Quakers urging a mild and humane policy towards the Indians. A remonstrance has been presented to Congress by Lewis Downing, chief of the Cherokee nations, showing that the Government had made treaties with other tribes, allotting them portions of the Cherokee domain, in plain violation of the treaty of 1866. They were not even consulted, and while earnestly anxious to ob serve the treaties, he deprecated.this action fearing it would be beyond his power to restrain the Che rokees from resisting encroachments from other Indians. 'The Secretary of the Indian Commission, in a letter dated March 15, writing from the Che rokee country, says :—" I have seen many Indians of the Cherokee, Creek, Osage, Delaware, Neosho, Shawnee, and Paola tribes, and in cleanliness of person, respectful quietness of manner, the con struction of their cabins and fences, they are quite as far advanced as the majority of the white settlers, their immediate neighbours." The rumour that General Custar had been captured by the Indians proves to be untrue General Nichols had received advices that on the 4th March he was on the North Fork of the lted River with his command, near the base of the Washita Mountains. Commissioner Delano has tasted the sweets of office. He is said to be flattened by the pressure, and so completely to have been driven to the wall that he now shut s ou t a ll visitors except members. of Congress, and those who announce that they are not after office. Col lector Wilson informs him of a vigorous campaign he has commenced in the mountain counties of Tennessee, where he is having a regular distillery hunt with detachments of United States troops against outlaws who defy the Government ; five distilleries have been seized, and terror and con sternation carried into the gang—you others also are learning that there is a change in the Washington Administration. On the night of the day I last wrote to the Anglo-American an attempt was made to rob the banking house of George W. Riggs and Co. The burglars commenced at the back while there were five watchmen in the rooms facing the court-yard, who were profoundly ignorant of what was going on behind. The wall there was several feet thick, but the robbers penetrated through five layers of brick leaving one only between them and the vault, through which they drilled so as to discover what the protection of the safe was. In side the wall had a heavy grating, and there was a chilled iron safe, weighing several tons, which was supposed to be burglar proof. On s3eing this they gave up their little game, leaving the watchmen in front quite satisfied that all was right. If the Com mercial A dvertiseris to be believed the President talks freely about the Tenure-of-Office Acr. said that as a citizen it no more affected him than any other person, but as President it would prevent him from removing those he ought. Mentioning the head of a Washington bureau, who he did not con sider fit for the place, he said : " I do not think he is a fit man for the place, and yet probably I could not make out a case against him. If 1 knew as much about his doing as ho himself does I think I could, but as it is, if I should say to the Senate, 1 be. lieve he ought to be removed,' he and his friends—and he has a good many—would begin directly to show why he ought not to be removed, and I do not know but the Senate would decide in his favour." In answer to the suggestion of another removal, the President smiled and said— " Well now, only yesterday I had some gentlemen here who begged me to keep him in. I know him well, and never heard but that he was a good citizen ; but I am convinced, and the head of that department is convinced, that the public interest would be benefited by putting a mau there who is not mixed up with things of Mr. John son's Administration. Some people say that he is honest, and some say ho is not. lam inclined to think he is, but if I undertake to put him out and put somebody else in, he'll rally against me all kinds of opposition. He and his friends would work among the Senators, and might convince some of them that I'm a very bad man because I don't think he's a very good man for the place he's got." Finally, General Grant observed-- "If I'm liable to be called in every case for charges and specifications and evidence, I shall have to look over the field thoroughly before I begin" Senator Stewart must have enlightened the re presentatives of other Governments thenin the diplo matic gallery by his dicta on international law. He certainly has not received much credit from the newspapers here, some insinuating that he is an ass, and others a child. The facts are as follows : During the rebellion some of our cruisers captured certain merchant vessels suspected of carrying rebel supplies. The vessels were brought into port, but after trial before the United States courts the captures were declared illegal, and decrees passed awarding the value of the vessels, which had in the meantime been used by our Government. The money could not be paid, however, without its be ing appropriated by Congress, and months ago Mr. Seward urged the matter upon the committee on foreign relations, and Mr. Sumner brought in the bill early in the last session, but was never able to get it through on account of the opposition of Mr. Stewart, and it is still pending. Mr. Stewart con siders that it is proper and lawful at any time to seize British shipping, and he would see that effete monarchy anywhere before he paid a cent before the Alabama Claims were settled. Touching those Alabama Claims, time works a cruel irony ; and it probably will place us in a position regarding Spain such as that held by England towar.ls the United States. This is one of the dangers in keep ing open the settlement, which it is extraordinary is not better seen here. However you are to have Mr. Motley as Minister, and I doubt not he will effect a satisfactory settlement. If Mr. Hooper's in formation is correct, we will not enjoy the anticipated pleasure of seeing Brigham Young's wives in a row walking through our streets. Brigham was said to have detailed twenty, who are already onl the road to Washington. What this delegation propose to do is not announced, but the delegate from Utah asserts that the ladies have not left Salt Lake City. ..,011[.. ...,.....• -... CONGRESS. THE SENATE. 3 ss~ On the 19th ult. a bill was presented amendatory'. ' of the laws relating to the settlers upon public lands. The bill continuing the educational and collection departments of the Freedmen's Bureau was passed. The Tenure-of-Office Act was discussed, but the Senate adjourned without acting upon it. On th e 20th Mr. Fenton introduced a bill prohibiting secret sales of gold. A bill fixing the status of Judge Advocate in the Army was reported and indefinitelY postponed. A resolution was adopted for the ar poiutment of a select committee of nine on political diabilities. Mr. Sumner offered a joint resolution making the rates of ocean postage the same as those GU land, which was referred. The Tenure-of-Otlic e Act was discussed. On the 22d a bill was reported and passed, granting the right of way to the Wicl- i land Pacific Railroad. • Officers were elected g e follows : Sergeant-at-Arms, J. R. French, cf North Carolin t ; Clerk, J. M. Morris, of South Carolina; Congressional Printer, A. M. Clapp, of New York. Mr. Sumner introduced a bill to amend the naturalization laws. The House resolution , correcting the omission from the Civil Appropriation Bill of the bonded warehouse provision, was con' curred in. The bill to amend the judicial systerr was considered. The Tenure-of-Office Act owe up as unfinished business, but the Senate adjourned without acting upon it.—On the 23d Mr. Anthony was elected President pro tem., during the absence of Mr. Colfax. The bill extending certain penalties to violations of the Currency Act was passed; also a bill introduced by Senator Sherman, authorizins prepayment of interest on the public debt, for A period not exceeding one year, on a rate of .6 pet cent. The bill in relation to compensation of De" c puty Collectors and Assessors was reported ad- versely. The Tenure-of-Office Bill was recommitted- The bill reorganizing the judicial system was passed. It provides for nine additional judges to hold Cir cuit Courts.—On the 24th the modification of the Tenure-of-Office Bill, as agreed upon by the Judi ciary Committee, was reported, and, after discus sion, passed by a majority of 37 to 15. The pre- sent bill gives the President control over his Cal' I net, and power to suspend officials during a recce° i and appoint others until a meeting of the Senate- l, Such suspension and appointments must be reported t upon the reassembling of the Senate, for its eon' currence, but the reasons therefore need not be communicated. During the sessions absolute re' I movals cannot be made, but nominations may b e sent. The bill goes to the House for concurrence. —On the 25th Mr. Hamilton, Senator elect horn Maryland, was sworn in. Mr. Patterson intro duced a bill to reorganize the diplomatic service , and Mr. Rice one to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment in Georgia, and give that State a Re' publican form of Government. Mr. Sherman'e Supplemental Currency Bill was taken up and eon' sidet ed. • HOUSE OF REPRESENTAT[VES. On the 19th a bill requiring that agricultura l land sold for non-payment of taxes in the South shall be sold in lots not exceeding 40 acres NO s introduced by Mr. Julian. Mr. Dockery introduce d . a bill to refund the speci a l t ax o n b ran dy di s tille d from apples, peaches, or grapes. The Indian AP" propriation Bill was passed. A resolution was re' ported directing the Foreign Committee to investi gate the imprisonment of Messrs. Bliss and Master' man in Paraguay, with the conduct of our la te Minister there. A message was presented annouee ing the ratification of the Suffrage Amendment by Massachusetts.—On the 22d bills were introduce d by Mr. Lynch for resumption of specie payments; Mr. Kelsey, to prohibit secret traffic in gold by tb° Treasury ; Mr. Wood, to repeal the Act relating i ° certification of the cheques by the National Banks; Mr. Asper, to make an additional State called Lincoln out of part of Texas ; Messrs. Kerr, Poland , and Jenckes, relating to naturalization. Mr. Wino° introduced a bill granting the right of way to the Memphis, El Paso, and Pacific Railroad, which 10 5 passed, Mr. Paine offered a resolution, which vle s adopted, providing that in contested election case s no claim of a disqualified contestant shall be coo: sidered, and no compensation to such contestan t allowed. The same gentleman introduced a 1 7 e ' solution annulling votes cas t f or di squa lifi e d canal' dates at Congressional elections, &c., which w 35 made the order for Wednesday. Mr. Logan frog' the Military Committee, re p or t e d bill s a b o li s hing the office of Chief of Staff to the General o f the Army, and prohibiting a=signments to duty of re: i tired officers, which were passed. Mr. Lynch OW' a resolution, which was adopted, for a Select Coroi naittee to inquire into the cause s of th e de c line our commerce, awl what measures are necessary 9 revive it, the Committee to report at the session. Mr. Lawrence offered a resolution re' calling the adjournment resolution from the Senate , but atter discussion it was tabled without a division' Mr. Schenck, from the Ways and Means Co' mittee, reported a bill, which was passed, admit' ting works of art for exhibition in the United State s free of duty. He also reported a resolution recoto mending the President to begin negotiations fo r d a renewal of the Canadian reciprocity, which W adopted.-- On the 23d Mr. Poland introduced bill to prevent Judges of the Supreme Court frorg. hearing appeals from thei r d ec i s i ons as Circui t Judges. The bill extending the time for codifyir? ,' the laws three years was passed, with an amen?: ment requiring the Commissioners to devote tbc" rd whole time to the work, The Senate resolutie 4 rescinding the resolution for a Committee on th e Civil Service was non-concurred in, and a coil' ference asked. The Senate resolution for a Joi e Committee on removal of disabilities was also Hoof concurred in. On the 24th the Committee on 0/ 1 , Service was ordered to be continued. Bills we r introduced to enforce the disabling provisions of th° Fourteenth Amendment, and to equalise the NW: ties. The Census Bill was reported, ordered to h ; printed and recommitted. The bill providing Provisional Government for Mississippi was re' ported from the Reconstruction Committee by N I ; Butler. Mr. Beck offered an amendment vestiob the appointment of the Provisional Government the President. On the 25th Mr. Butler introduc e e a bill to provide a R e p u bli can Bill f or G eorg i a . i ff Senate Tenure-of-Office Bill was taken up, and W" Butler moved its reference to the Judiciary COW mittee. Mr. Logan moved an amendment vacating all the offices except the judgeships on June 30t next. The bill and amendments were referred 0' cording to Mr. Butler's motion. [A.DVERTISENIENT.]—Henceforth no one will doubt the vo,luk, properties of Du Barry's health-restoring R eva l en t a Araio;,o Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thous an d s o f blessil' it has already received from Invalids whose po s iti on h a d bev ,'ll deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness the poP:i whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty Yee r° o unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the " Gazette y Midi," July 25th :—" Romed uly 21, 1866. —The health of the o_ . . ° e , Father is excellent, especially s i nce, a b an d on i ng all other On, dies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revale„.°l, Arabic°. Food, of which he consumes a p l a t e f u l a t every 0;1 It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, f .t-Nro his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly:' of extract a few out o f rnore t h an 63,000 cures: —C ure N o. 58,216 il l the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' liver cornP l3 .' o o, wasting away, debility, nervo u sness, with a nervous palpitati ni , all over, bad di gest i on, constant s l eep l essness, an d th e most de tolerable nervous agitation. Cure No. 1.771: Lord Stuart Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspeP: l o, No. 49,832: "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspel , lo, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, speet'fr, sickness, and vomiting —Maria Joly." Cure No. 46,270: James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased luv*, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and pariial deafness. .40 portant Caution—Beware of the many unsavoury and more L';'4 sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liepla name is most audaciously attached. In tins, at ls. lid. ; 1 lb. 2 s. Ad.; 2 lbs. 4s. 6d ; 5 lbs. lls.; 121 c0'„ 22s ; 4 lbs, 40s, Also Du BARRY's REVALENTA AF nicA LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cups at 25., N' t ,pa cups at 35. 6d., for 48 cups at 6 5., for 288 cups at 305., for g 6 c,i jj 9 a t 55 5 .—being about one penny per cup. The 30s. and 565. f e e are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Order. — BARRY Du BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street. 1,0 don; and all Grocers and Chemists. Births. CRAVEN—On the Bth inst., at Avenue de L'lmperatr i Paris, the Lady Mary Craven, of a son. MARIffIP TuN— On the 11th inst. a t B r i g h ton, t h e Hon. Marton, of a son. Marriages. FENWICK—GADRTEL—On the 10th inst., at WanclssO t io John Fenwick, eld es t son o f Captain Fenwick ' of, rf Trinity House, a n d T u d or L o d ge, Wi m bl edon, to PIA Pearson Gabriel, eld es t d aug ht er o f S i r Thos. Gal)r- Bart., of Edgecombe Hall, Wimbledon. o t !' PITMAN —HOWARD— On the Eth i ns t. , a t Ch r i st , r Clifton, Commander Robert Pitman, R.N., to Eliv"l`,.(l, Anne, second daught e r o f th e late Andrew Ros s. ' ` l of Shaldon, Devon. Deaths. c ol OBBARD —On the 12th i ns t., a t hi s res id ence , 4, Sla"„. 0 (1 Viilas, De Crespigny-park, Joseph Obbard, Esq., " 74. PRESTON—On the 12th inst., suddenly, John C. rr, e %•clit Esq., of 71, Great Towr-street, and East Dui aged 66. WOOD— On the 12th i ns t. , Charles Wood, of 2, 0 1- flte r land-square, Walwortti, aged 74. a London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TRH Srn Oinc3, 14° 0 1 Strand, in the Precinct of the Se vov to the (P‘ l° ' 7 Micldlese7. ; +Wednaday, April 14, 1869, Ma. WHALLEY ON HIS P)z. T ON. Perhaps among the surprises of the first division in the House of Commons on the Irish Church, none was more surprising than that Mr. Whalley, of all Protestants the most extreme, should be found in the lobby with Mr. Gladstone. It was hinted at the time, it has been hinted since, that pressure from his constituency had not a little to do with his vote. At last the Telegraph said plainly that the hon. eentle. man had voted, not according to his principles, but as was most calculated to secure his success at Peterborough. Mr. Whalley writes contradicting this not very complimentary statement. "More than eight years ago, he says, I took up the May nooth question on the understanding that it might be necessary thus to deal with the Established Church, and I have since become convinced that this Church has been, and is, an ally and a buttress to Popery. That the Romish hierarchy entertain the same views is apparent from the fact that they support the measure only on the condition, as lately stated in Przliament, that the revenues of the Church shall be applied to the irrevocable endowment of Maynooth, and other wise in their interest, as proposed by the bill. It remains to be seen whether the Liberal party will sanction this compromise." It is pretty certain that the Conservative party will not seek to upset it. LEVELLING UP. The Quarterly Review has the courage of its con victions. It believes in a levelling up ecclesiastical policy for Ireland, and it ventures to say so. It affirms that allthegreatest.statesmen since the time of Pitt have been in favour of endowing the Roman Catholic Church ; but they are afraid to state their convictions, and the Quarterly believes that there is now no chance of this policy being adopted. The Conservative Review attributes to the influence of Mr. Bright and the Liberation Society the timidity which has come over our leading politicians with regard to this matter. LIFE PEERAGES. Mr. Thorold Rogers has written at some length to the Star on the subject of life peerages. He thinks it probable that the unanimity shewn by the House of Lords on the subject will prevent the Lower House from offering any serious opposition to Lord Russell's bill. For his 0w 4 3 part, Mr. Rogers looks with disfavour on the innovation, thinking its motive to be shallow and its futility manifest. He denounces the narrowness and selfishness of the aristocracy, .or oligarchy, as he terms it, in the days of its former influence, and draws out a catalogue of their political. crimes and blunders, giving them the whole credit of our dynastic wars, of the rupture with America, of the continental wars, of the pressure of taxation, and of all delays in the adoption of every just and reasonable public measure. It is not surprising that Mr. Rogers thinks the changes proposed by Earl Russell will be powerless to reform such an assembly, but he is afraid that the proposed translation to the Upper House may exercise an evil influence on the unlucky recipients of life peerages. Does anyone, he asks, imagine that a member of Parliament who withdraws from the Lower to the Upper House after ten years' service will carry popular respect with him 1) Such expedients cannot, he thinks, revive the energies of the House of Lords, since Lord Russell's bill will depreciate the old hereditary peerage without giving reality or.value to the new life peerage. As for the argument that some distinguished persons, unable to enter the Commons, and too poor to support an hereditary peerage, may join our legislators by this method, Mr. Rogers condemns it altogether. Politi cians, in his opinion, need not be legislators, for the greatest masters of political science which this country has produced lr .ve never sat in either House. Mr. Rogers, after setting forth his own views at some length, decides that " preposterous vanity" induces others to state their opinions. Mr. Rogers is him- self, no doubt, over modest. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. The politicians of Brecon have fixed upon their candidates. The Liberals bring forward Lord Hyde, a lad of 22, and son of the Earl of Clarendon ; the Conservatives will oppose to him Lord Claud John Hamilton, son of the Duke of Abercorn, who was deeated at Londonderry. The Marquis of Camden, who, as Earl Breeknock, joined the Cave in 1866, hcs graciously announced that his tenants - may vote as they please. - At Youghal, where Mr. Weguelin (L) has been most righteously unseated for most lavish expenditure before the election, the Liberals have fixed upon Mr. Montague Guest ; and Sir Joseph IWKenna, who was defeated last year, and who has been the hero of many defeats, will stand in behalf of the Conserva tives. Mr. Guest is the second brother of Sir Ivor Guest, who, like his younger brother the member for Poole, is a Conservative. TEE MONEY MARKET. The Russian Government continues to ask for money, and will continue doing so until English capitalists are weary of giving. The latest Russian loan is for the subs!a%tial amount of £11,110,000, secured by the imperial guarantee. It is expected that the United Stites will shortly be compelled to barrow largely in Europe, and letters from the other side of the Atlantic warn us of a probable financial crisis at New York. An American paper estimates the claims of the United States Governnwnt against our own, on account of the Alab.una difficulty, at no less than 650,000,000 dollars, an amount which there is not the smallest likelihood of our admitting, and is, in fact, equal to about a sixth of our whole national debt. THE REWARD OF INTENTION. It was stated some two or three years ago that the late Mr. Snider, inventor of the rifle which bears his name, and who was so cruelly ill-treated by the `War Office, was actually threatened with legal proceedings to recover 21 2s. 2d., said to be due from him for materials furnished during his experiments at the time that be was waiting for the award to be made to him by the Government. Mr. Clode, the solicitor to the War Office, denied the statement most posi tively, and as Mr. Snider's papers were then in the hands of his creditors, it could not be sub stantiated. The letter has now been found, and is clear and curt enough. Mr. Snider is told that unless the above sum is paid " on or before Wednesday next, I (Mr. Park Nelson) shall, take proceedings for the recovery o f it." If poor Mr. Snider knows anything of what is going on in that world which was so cruel to him, it will console him to find that he did not suffer martyrdom in vain. His case was so hard, so disgraceful, that the War Office has been compelled for very shame to turn over a new leaf ; and so while Mr. Snider, the inven tor of a new rifle, died in bankruptcy, Captain Moncrieff, the inventor of a new gun, gets a fortune. OUR DEFENSIVE FORCES. Field-Marshal Sir John Burgoyne has just pub lished a pamphlet on " Our Defensive Forces," which deserves careful attention. He refers to the gradual increase of military power among the great European nations, and observes that until the rapid successes achieved by the Prussians in the German war, it was not supposed that any Power could gain such a preponderance. The military pre eminence of Prussia is, he thinks, partly to be explained by the readiness of the people to make any sacrifices for the establishment of a great military Power. The placing of the resources of the minor Powers at the disposal of the paramount State was, in Sir J. Burgoyne's opinion, an alarming feature in the late contest; and the complaisance with which the other Great Powers acquiesced in the spoliation of Denmark was equally unsatisfactory. He is appre hensive that if we diminish our forces while the other nations of Europe are increasing theirs we must fall into the state of one of the minor Powers. It is a dangerous fallacy to suppose that our navy could protect us. Steam navigation has opened many new modes of attack, and our seamen are no longer what they were.. After reviewing the different branches of our army, and discussing their efficacy, Sir John says that he has drawn a low estimate of our actual military force. He thinks our great want is a reserve, composed, as in Prussia, of men who have served three or more years in the regular army, with a proportion of com petent officers. His general conclusions are as fol lows :-1. Bodies of volunteers will not be available as a field force, but will be of great service as garrisons for fortifications in time of war. 2. With our small standing army and voluntary enlistment, the maintenance of a reserve of trained soldiers is impracticable. 3. The main basis of a reserve must be the militia, and efforts should be made to improve this service, and to arrange for the rapid transfer of its members to the line. 4. That with our existing organisation a manoeuvring force of 120,000 infantry could be called together, of whom 80 : 000 would be available for general service. But with the this would be the utmost extent of our resources, and would be insufficient when compared armies of foreign countries. EMIGRATION. On Monday a public meeting; was held at Exeter Hall, under the auspices of the National Emigration Aid Society. Its object was to urge Parliament to adopt a national policy of emigration to British colo nies. Mr. Chambers, M.P., presided. Letters of apology for non-attendance were read from some distinguished persons. The chairman declared that the meeting possessed great interest for working men, and indeed all classes could recognize the importance of its object. It was a reproach that the richest country in the world should be burdened with the largest amount of pauperism. The National Emigration Society sought to stem this pressure of destitution by providing the means of emigration to those in distress. Mr. Torrens, M.P. 2 proposed a resolution to the effect that the meeting considered emigration one of the most efficient remedies for the misery in ouz towlia. w .and rural d istriz€A- DISCHARGED DOCKYARD WORKMEN. A public meeting was held at Portsmouth on Monday, and a statement was made by the Mayor and other gentlemen, . who had waited on the Government authorities in London, respect ing the emigration of the discharged work men. Mr. Childers had placed two ships at their disposal, and stated that the Government would give them a free passage out, but a small sum must be proVided for their rations and the dollar tax. For every £4OO thus subscribed, Mr. Childers will give £lOO from a private source. The British and Colonial Emigration Society will give five hundred towards the fund, and altogether, the Mayor said, a thousand pounds was now available. It was not yet definitely known who would receive the emigrants on their landing in Canada, but the Emigration Commissioners would doubtless under take that duty. No persuasion of any kind had been used to induce the men to emigrate, and the work of the committee began and ended with those who had determined to leave this country. Admiral - Hope had no wish for large bodies of skilled wor k men to leave England ; but if it would benefit them he must agree. If it were certain that the men and their families would be taken care of in America he would do all in his power to aid their emigration to the New World.. The Mayor explained that the telegraphic reply to the Government message sent to Canada would no doubt contain a definite assurance on this point. The meeting was attended by a number of the discharged dockyard men. THE COST OF WAR. A suggestive fact is stated in a recent work issued by the Peace Society, entitled " Contemporary Wars." It is said that the wars from 1853 to 1866 cost £1,913,000,000, an amount which would pay for the construction of railways to an extent equal to the circuit of the globe-23,000 miles—at £BO,OOO per mile; or it would build and fill with objects of art and interest 1,530 such magnificent institutions as the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, at £1,250,000 each ; or would erect and endow 382,600 schools, at £5,000 each. The number of men who perished is set down as 1,740,000. VOLUNTARYISM IN THE ENGLISH CHURCH. ft is stated that in a single parish, Islington, the Church, without any help from tithes or church rates, has built twenty churches within the last thirty years, and keeps them up and maintains their ministers by the voluntary system alone. This, too, is done without resort to the weekly offertory, which would probably bring in at least twice the amount which is now obtained. (From the Anglo-American Times.) NEW YORK, March 27: This is Passion Week ; and the Ritualists are mak ing i nuovations, and will soon be as far advanced, as the most advanced in England. Indeed, they will be further advanced if what I hear is true, that the candles have been put out in some of your highest churches by the recent ecclesiastical decision. Bishop Potter has endeavoured to check the ten dency as much as possible; but at Christ Church, St. Alban's, and the Church of the Annunciation, fresh ceremonies have been introduced, and these churches have been filled morning and evening throughout the week. Th e New York Times had the following adve r ti semen t :—" Wanted to hire or purchase a pew in a Protestant Episcopal Church, near Thirty-fourth-street, where the services of the church are conducted same as during the past 300 years ; no candles, no choral service, no incense, no gaudy robes, no processions or other mum mery or nonsense." It is satisfactory to have the post of Collector in this city filled. New York gives more trouble to the Executive at Washington than the rest of the country, and General Grant stated that he found it so, as did Mr. Lincoln. In the Custom House sinecures still remain, and no small sensation was yesterday created by the an nouncement that another batch of them was to be done-away with. Several office-holders received a semi-official notification before the appointment of Mr. Grinnell, which created as much surprise as consternation, as the Government was supposed to be too busy to attend to such matters, and will have to work through the Cellector after he had been appointed. The emigration to California is growing and likely to prove immense, during the summer. Independent of the vast attractions of that land, as genial as it is fruitful, a White Pine mania has steadily been spreading East. There are rich new diggings also in the lower part of that State, as well as in Nevada. The Rising Star, which sailed last Saturday, was crowded with passengers for California of the well-to-do emigrant class, mostly Eastern men, with small sums to in vest. The " real estate" mania is as great as ever. Last week the auction sales amounted to $3,535,369, making $20,123,264 since New Year's-day. The prices steadily rise, and every effort is made by the speculators to make their announcements as attrac tive as possible. Rents are not falling, but remain about the same; comparing the terms of those to let, I find that they are not under the rates of last year ; indeed in the upper part of the town the ten dency is towards higher prices. The case of Fisk (junior) against the Union Pacific Railroad Com pany Supreme Court, before Mr. Durant, vice-president of the company, oumdgp e Barnard. a b ny s been rwn ahrod. , o you 0 trial in the may recollect, was arrested atu Queenstown with George Francis Train, on examina tion, said be was a stockholder in the Credit Mobilier ; did not know where the funds of the company were ; thought in barges, locomotives, and in the hands of the contractor Hoxie. He had not received funds from the Union Pacific Railroad Company, ra 3o ,ooo shares of Union Pacific stock , ownedfor which fully he had paid par price on two-thirds. The dividends received were in the Wil liam M. Tweed, jun, continued until the trial was nature of allotments. On the motion to have finihed as receiver of the road, Mr. Tweed stated on affidavit that be could not find any of the rail road property in New York, either at the Nassau street office or elsewhere. When examined on Monday, Mr. Durant said that the road had cost the company from $42,000 to $98,000 per mile ; that Oakes Ames was the only member of Congress he knew of interested in the com pany ; the Credit Mobilier had paid no money. _ . that he was aware of to any member of Congress ; he was questioned by Mr. Dudley Field as to the books, papers, and moneys of the company, but Mr. Durant only knew of those deposited with Cisco and Son, and in the Fourth National Bank as security for loans. Mr. Tracey, the company's counsel, resisted the pressure brought to bear by Mr. Field for the production of the books and papers. Judge Barnard decided that the books should be produced, but Mr. Tracey said lie would advise his client to disobey, as the Court had no power to make such an order. Mr. Field moved, in that event, that Mr. Durant be committed to gaol, and the judge repeated that he must produce the books or be committed. On reassembling after thefr from recess, to enable him to respond, an affidavit m lr. Durant was read, stating that the books and papers were in the company's safe, of which the Sheriff had the key. Next morning a letter was read from Durant to Mr. Ham asking for the key, that the order of the Court might be complied with. Mr. Ham replied, that he would be in town that day, but he bad not as yet arrived. To the demand of the defendants, that the Sheriff should be required to give up possession of the company's office, Mr. Field stated that if the motion were entertained be would sul mit an affidavit, setting forth thattheCredit Mobilier had constructed the road, so as to enable the company to divide 700 per cent. Hoxie failed to fulfil the contract he undertook to build 100 miles of the railway, and the Credit Mobilier finished it, and received the pay. It was incorporated by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, and if Mr. Fisk's affi davit is proved, it must have been rather a profit able company. lie says it divided among its share holders bonds and shares of the Union Pacific Rail way Company, as well as money, amounting in all to $752 on each share of $lOO ; while an undivided surplus still exists of about $5OO per share more. Mr. Durant said that the Railway Company had spent in bribes $500,000, and that they kept up a Secret Service Fund of $700,000. The Senate Committee on Pacific Railroads on the 26th March authorized their Chairman to present a substitute for the House proposition, by which both the com panies may elect officers in the city of Washington ; but _Fisk has agents in Washington, who will strongly oppose the resolution. The effect has been RECENT IVO,IIINII77ONS. Among the appointments made by the President is that of J. C. Bancroft Davis to be Assistant- Secretary of State of the United States. Ile was born in 1824, graduated at Harvard College, was Secretary of the American Legation in London under both Abbott Lawrence and George Bancroft. On his return to America he became the correspon dent of the London limes, and was connected with that paper for eight years. When the war broke out he found he was not in harmony with the great London journal, and resigned, to practise law. He became a director of the:Erie Railroad and attorney for the Board. Like his colleagues of the Erie he is rich ; Radical in politics, fluent with his pen, and, perhaps, the best read Representative in the New York Legislature, to which he has been returned by the First District of Orange, and is Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. He is a son of ex-Governor Davis of Massachusetts. Moses H. Grinnell, Collector of the port of New York, was born at New Bedford, Massachusetts, March 3, 1803, and was educated at the Friends' Academy, with a view to mercantile pursuits, in which he engaged early in life in the firm of Fish, Grinnell, and Co., whale oil merchants, New York. Preserved Fish, the senior partner, having with drawn in 1832, the style of the firm was changed to Grinnell, Minturn, and Co. Joseph Grinnell, his brother, retired in 1829, and the conduct of the business was mainly entrusted to Mosea H. Grinnell, who, in 1839, was returned to Congress from New York. In early life he was a Democrat, but soon withdrew. He was a Presidential elector in 1856, and throughout the war was active in his sympathy for the Union, subscribing liberally when required. He is one of the wealthiest, as well as one of the oldest, of the New York merchants, and his charac ter is said to be above suspicion. His residence is at Irvington, near the city. Mr. Grinnell, being desirous of complying with the law of 1799, though unconnected with mercantile firms for the past eight years, on the 26th March, sold 30 vessels. The same law which barred Mr. Stewart's appoint ment enacted that no officer of the Customs shall own, either in whole or in part, any ship or vessel. Alonzo B. Cornell, of Ithaca, New York, ap pointed Surveyor of Customs for the port of New York, is a son of Ezra Cornell, the founder of the Cornell University. Alonzo was born at Ithaca, Jan. 1832, and at the age of 14 became a tele graph operator, his father being a pioneer of tele graphy in America. From 1818 to 1851 he ma naged the Erie and Michigan Telegraph Company of Cleveland, and from 1855 to 1858 the New York and Buffalo Telegraph Company. He then retired to Ithaca, where he established the First National Bank, 1864, and is now its Vice-President. During the war he acted as supervisor, and being a strong Republican rendered essential aid in procuring re cruits. He has repeatedly declined to be a candi date for any public office, or Legislature, yet he was nominated by the Republican State Committee of New York, in 1868, but was defeated. The ap pointment gives satisfaction in New York. Gover nor Fenton desired and strenuously pushed Merritt for the appointment, but this was bitterly opposed by his colleague Senator Conkling, who as warmly advocated Cornell and the Secretary, saw no better way out of the difficulty than in giving Cornell the Surveyorsbip of Customs, and making Merritt the Naval officer for the district. Brigadier-General Edwin Merritt, now Naval officer for the port of New York, was Quartermaster-General of Gover nor Fenton's Staff. He was an officer of some distinction in the A r my of the Potomac, a resident of St. Lawrence county, and an intimate friend of Governor Fenton, to wham he owes his apromtment. The IVall-street Journal announces that Messrs. J, and W. Seligman and Co., bankers, of New York, have been appointed agents for the periodical transmission of funds to London, for the use of the State Department at Washington in the Diplomatic and Consular service abroad. I)uNvILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largeat holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports. tion. Quotations on application ►to Messrs. Dunville and Co., Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, London, W.Q...-(M -yertisement. RINAHAN'E PrizTiells celebrated edal. It Pure, Mild, M Sold in Bottles, 3' the Agents in the pri GREAT ' S V Observe the Red han's LL Whisky. LITUAL (Ineorpoi 14, RUSSELL-S 1 And AMVA_NCES 310 NE bold or Leasehold I able weekly, month' F erns free on recoil ItOYAL Pre Cont , nued F Mr. Arthur L'oyd Original Christy 'a 11 ( Mist of the (la y—Pri CRe)—Lolia and urton, the or i rf i --Miss Pneker fret Miss Lizzie noel. Sc IDuettists—ftnil a hnl Notiee.—Mr. P. ('( plaeo on IVr dnes,la tnat will take the el -05— MAC L, New and 13eautlfal It AC TI and nun under ten, 01.; eats A RG YLL -LA. EVENING 1 Rooms have been zn and Co. The colet an attr Mactive Frog Dance usic. Doors ~fuei WIND. cal Direct ORIGINAL ipp THE above Luncheon. 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