The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-09 00:00:00

ingots, blooms, and billets the proposed duty was 34-c.
lb., but the House hasfixed 21c. On steel of all shapes—
cut, rolled, and hammered to pattern not otherwise provided
for—the proposed duty was 4c. per lb. ; it has been fixed at
31c. On Bessemer rails, now taxed 45 per cent., the Protec-
tionists proposed a dutyof 2c pe.r lb; it has been fixed at 316 per
ton. On steel wires 5 and 6 cents per lb was propoSeJ,
-but the House restored the present duty, .2.1 c. and 3c.. per
lb., and in addition 20 per cent. On steel railroad frogs,
&c., the proposed 3kc. was changed to 21c., and on
steel car wheels the proposed 3.1-c. was fixed at 3c,
the present duty on both being 45 per cent. Mr.
Paine front Wiseonsid introduced a bill iu case the
new tariff fails, providing that after next June all internal
taxes be reduced 20 per cent. and import duties 10 percent.,
excepting the stamp tax, the internal taxes, and import
duties on spirituous, malt, and vinous liquors mid their
compounds, and-on tobacco and cigars. The action of the
House on the iron and steel duties shows that the Protec-
tionists have abandoned the contest iu committee, pro-
bably with the-view of concentrating their strength to
defeat the bill when it comes as a whole, before the House;
and unless the Free-traders aro stronger than we thint, or
tnincr interests, protected by the now tariff as agreed to iu
Committee of the Whole, can throw some strength on the
Free-trade side, the irontnasters in Pennsylvania may
probably succeed in defeating the bill.
The new Govt rnor of Utah has arrived at Salt
Lake City, and so has Brigham Young. At first the
Brighamites affected indifference about the Cullom Bill,
asserting that it was the Lord against Congress, and who
could doubt the result. The employes of Sioe's Co-opera-
tive Store resolved to take another wife each should the
bill become law, and a committee elected from a meeting
held to petition the &nate to modify the House• Bill, SO as
not to interfere with family re!ations already made, called,
on Apostles Q. Cameron and John Taylor, in the absence
of Brigham Young, to get a pledge that the Church would
in future obey the law, if the past were left undisturbed.
Their answer is significant of coming trouble. It is a part
of their religion, they maintain, to marry all the women
they please, by which constitutional right they will stand
at all hazards. While the moderates were thus suppressed
on the one hand, tlw Gentiles at Corinne, who tooth .and
nail fight Mormonism, held a mass meeting to uphold the
House Bill, especially its most stringent provisions, and
to denounce their moderate brethren ; in this p-obably
giving expression to the almost unanimous feeling of the
Gentiles in Utah. Public opinion is still unsettled, aLd
we presume that much will depend on the attitude taken
by Governor Shaffer. The national laws relative to poly-
gamy are to be enforced, not those of the Territory, but
the question with many Mormons is whether those laws
are to be retrospective or prospective only.
The Darien expedition is engaging attention, and
the despatches from Commander Selfridge showing its pro-
gress, as well as t he newspaper accounts, are eagerly looked
for. It appears from what has been already received that.
the climate is better than expected, and no sickness has
as yet been experienced. The Indians were apparently
friendly, though unfavourable to tit) object in view. The
rains usually set in by May let, but the dry season having
- been late it was hoped that the rains would also be later,
when the survey would be completed. Already it is
shown that the Caledonian River rises only 50 feet to the
mountain spurs, whence to the plain of the Sucubti River
there is but a mile and a half of higher elevation, -not
more it is believed than 150 feet, when the Pacific Slope
is reached. General William Heine thus describes the
five lines, all which he saw and inspected, though for
lack of time superficially. No. 1 has a length of 30 miles,
but requires seven to eight miles of tunnel ; the pot t on
the Atlantic is very fine, that on the Pacific indifferent.
No. 2 may require one-half to two miles of tunnel, is about
45 miles long, and has on each side a beautiful
,port. No.
3 shows a gap with 400 feet at the crest, requires 60 miles
of canals, and has no good ports. No. 4 has a crest 200
feet high ; length of the canal, 30 miles ; the supports are
small, but can be improved, and some formidable obstacle
near the Pacific slope could be removed only with con-
siderable expense. No. 5 has 185 feet high on the crest
of the pass ; the port on the Pacific is fine, the ono on
the Atlantic middling. We regret, however, to hear that
the Columbian Congress has finally rejected the Darien
Canal Treaty. .
Much discussion on religion is going on just now
in the United States. The New York Methodist Confer-
ence has been held, and the case of the Rev. Horace Cook
disposed of. He resig,ned his parchments, and it was finally
decided to graut his request to withdraw. The young
la ly connected with the (lse being unwell was not pre-
sent, but her father was, and strongly expressed himself
• against permitting Cook to withdraw, as did many of the
ministers. The Rev. H. F. Pease, as the presiding elder,
said the main object was to keep the Church pure, not to
punish men for their sins. The question of sectarian
schools is occupying much attention, and was made the
chief subject of that Conference, resolutions being unani-
mously adopted, of which this is a specimen :—" Resolved.
That while we respect the conscientious and religious con-
victions of others, we cannot consent to the exclusion of
the Bible from our Common Schools without recreancy to
God and humanity, believing that the demand for expul-
sion originates in erroneous opinions and in settled hos-
tility to liberty, wherewith Christ maketh his people free."
Columns of the newspapers are now filled with this con-
troversy, which threatens to become the greet one of the
country, and many who do not otherwise care are reading
up its history that they may understand the subject. In
Winnepeg the insurrection begins to assume a religious-
character ; hiell and the half-breeds belt g bigoted Catho-
lics, while Upper Canada has a strong Orange hue, and
Lower Canada is French and Papist. The Orangemen vow
vengeance for what they consider the Papist murder of
Scott, and it requires but little to ignite that magazine,

'or harrowing stories are told of Scott's execution. In

Utah the United States have a religious difficulty of their
Own j and even ➢l'Farland's trial is tinged with religion.

It is reported that the Sioux Indians are resuming
hostilities, and that there are 20,000 of them on the war
path. The Government is sending troops to the west to
meet the emergency. General Schofield, who is in com-
mand at St. Louis, had prepared a plan for the Indian
eunnuer campaign, but his superior officer, Gen. Sheridan,
is also at St. Louis, and it will probably be carried out
ruder his directions, particularly if Schofield be trans-

ferred to San Francisco. In Wyoming eleven Indians,
including Black Bear, a chief of the Araphoes, had been
killed by a party of whites on the 7th inst., but the Indians
were found to increase in number as the whites proceeded,
and they had to retire ; troops were arriving at the South
Pass. The Indians in Nebraska had cut the stringer on
a bridge of the Union Pacific Railroad, and fourteen cars
were thus thrown from the track and the Indians plun-
dered the train, but most of the brakesmen got on the
engine and ran on it to the next station.

BEWARE OF FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINED RAILROAD
BONDS. - Messrs. Dalmay, Morgan, and Co., of New York,
notify the loss through fraud of the following First Mort-
gage 7 per cent. $l,OOO gold bonds of the Kansas Pacific

Railroad Company :—Nos. 677 and 3,310 to 3,350 inclu-
sive, and Nos. 6,001 to 6,020 inclusive. The case is as
follows:- "About noon on April 12, Geo. Weld Thoma,,
of 42, Exchange-place, broker, entered the office of Dabney,
Morgan, and Co., 53, Exchange-place, and purchased sixty-
two 81,000 7 per cent. bonds of the Kansas Pacific Rail-
road. Messrs. D., M., and Co. sent one of their clerks and
a porter with the bonds to the office of Mr. Thomas to get
the money for them, and on arriving there Mr. Thomas
took possession of the bonds, and told the clerk and porter
that ho w'ruld ho back in five minutes with oho. ks for

them ! He has, however, been probably detained on his
way back, as both he and the $62,000 of bonds aro still
unto: g the missing !" The l'all-street Journal attributes

ie i=uccoss of the shallow artifice to the members of the

firn► not reading the newspapers and keepingtlen; on file,
otherwise they woull not have been ignorant that this G.
Weld Thomas started au office, in July 16th last, at 23,
Nassau• street, whence he removed without paying either
the I eut or his advertising bills. He was next heard of at
48, Broad-street, and finally turned up in the basement of
42, Exchange-place. It is probable that these bonds -have
been or will be offered iu the Europea❑ market,, and in
the interest of commercial men we give this prominence to
the information. Another ease showing the effects of stock
gambling has come to light in St. Louis, where the City,
Treasurer, Mr. Susisky, made away with city funds
amounting to $120,00. It appears Susisl:y lent a friend
$lO,OOO, which not being returned he raised the money on
his own individual note and replaced it. The note he re-
deemed with city funds, and to retrieve theloss sent $45,000
to Belden, New York, for speculation, but with Belden's
failure went the money. $25,000 were sunk in a further

attempt lo retrieve, and, to crown all, he lout a former city
treasurer, a speculative philosopher, $lO,OOO, which also
went " where the woodl_ine twiueth," with minor sums,
and as Susisky has no money the prospect is by no means
cheery for his bondsmen.

Mr. C. L. Burlingame arrived with Lis father's
remains at Hoboken on the 19th April in the steamship
Silesia from Hamburg. He was accompanied by Mr. Ed-
ward Livermore, brother-in-law of the deceased states-

man. A special meeting of the Chamber of CoMmerce
was called when the arrival was known, and Mr. William
E. Dodge, the president, and Collector Grinnell, proposed
the nomination of a committee of escort, which, being una-
nimously- approved, a number of gentlemen were at once
elected. The body was taken in charge by Adjut. General
Cunningham and Major Cassello, sent by Governor Cluflin
from Boston to New York, and, accompanied by Mr. Bur-
lingame and Mrs. Burlingarne's brother, the remains were
conveyed to Massachusetts.