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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 3, 1870.

District of Columbia was considered. Pending its
final disposition the House adjourned. Feb. 3.
Mr. Cullom's bill to prevent polygamy in Utah
was reported and recommitted. Mr. Allison intro-
duced a bill to bring into use the metric system of
weights and measures. Mr. Reeves introduced a
resolution, which was referred, taxing dogs $2 50
each. The bill extending the benefits of the Bounty
Act to widows, children, &c., of soldiers who had
enlisted for less than one year was passed . On the
motion of Mr. Schumacker, the Banking Com-
mittee were instructed to consider the pro-
priety of, granting to any citizen the privilege of
banking on all United States bonds. On the mo-
tion of Mr. Schenck, the Tax Bill was made the
special order for March 1. Mr. Butler, of Massa-
chusetts, from the Reconstruction Committee, re-
ported a bill admitting Mississippi on conditions
similar to those in the Virginia Bill. The bill was
passed, a substitute by Mr. Beck, for unconditional
admission, having been defeated by a vote of 98 to
85. The bill making transfers of naval appropria-
tions, &c., was reported and passed, with an amend-
ment reducing the amount one-half, to $1,500,000.
The House then adjourned. Feb. 4—A resolution
was adopted authorising the Military Committee to
inquire whether any member had sold, or offered to
sell, his influence in securing appointments to the
Military or Naval Academy. The Committee is
empowered to send for persons and papers. Mr.
Bingham, from the Judiciary Committee, reported
a bill to permit Francis E. Shober, member elect
from North Carolina, to take the oath for those re-
lieved of disabilities instead of the test oath. The
bill was tabled by a vote of 89 to 78. Mr. Lawrence
introduced a bill prescribing a mode of paying pen-
sions through the postmasters, revenue officers, or
banks throughout the country. The bill giving
$30,000 to relieve the poor of the District of Colum-
bia was passed, with Mr. Logan's amendment
authorizing the issue of rations. Mr. Negley in-
troduced a bill to prevent the sale of illuminating
oils that will ignite at a lower temperature than 110
degrees. Mr. Cake introduced bills to create the
Northern Judicial District of Pennsylvania, regu-
lating the currency and preparing for a resump-
tion of specie payments. The House adjourned.
Feb. 7—Bills were introduced by Mr. Morrill, of
Maine, to allow a drawback of 90 per cent. on home
materials used in constructing sea-going vessels, and
85 per cent. on foreign material ; by Mr. Kelley, to
promote an international metrical system of coinage;
by Mr. Ridgeway, to abolish the oath of office, and
remove political disabilities from all Virginians; by
Mr. Dockery, requiring uniformity of railroad gauge;
by Mr. Stevenson, to extend the time for proceedings
in bankruptcy; and by Mr. Arnell, giving women
employds of the Government the same wages as men
in like positions. Mr. Marshall's resolution, declar-
ing for a tariff for revenue only, came up in order,
and was tabled by a vote of 89 yeas to 77 nays. A
motion to reconsider was tabled—yeas 91, nays 80.
On the motion of Mr. Orth, the President was askedto furnish the diplomatic correspondence with Spain
relating to Cuban affairs, with such information as
he may possess in regard to the struggle in that.
island. The Indian Appropriation Bill was reported.
It appropriates $30,088,930—less than half the ap-
propriation last year. After the announcement of
the death of Representative Hoag, the House ad-
journed. Feb. 9.—The report of the Election Com-
mittee declaring Mr. Covode entitled to the seat
from the Twenty-first District of Pennsylvania,
was adopted, and he was sworn in. Mr. Lawrence,
from the Reconstruction Committee, reported a
bill to enforce Constitutional Amendment, which
was passed. The Legislative Appropriation Bill
was considered in Committee of the Whole. On
the motion of Mr. Banks, the President was re-
quested to furnish information in regard to the
number of American citizens in Cuba. Adjourned.
Feb. 10—Mr. Roots introduced E. bill to encourage
the establishment of a mail steamship line to India
and China, &c The resolution calling for infor-
mation iu regard to American citizens imprisoned in
Great Britain wai discussed. On the motion of
Mr. Butler, the Secretary of State was asked for in-
formation as to why the Spanish Government had
not paid in coin the interest on claims of American
citizens, under the Treaty of 1834. Mr. Butler,
from the Reconstruction Committee, reported the
bill to remove disabilities, and it was recommitted.
The Legislative Appropriation Bill was discussed,
pending which the House adjourned.

LIS7 FOR THE USE OF VISITORS TO

271 E METROPOLIS.

INFLA7IOIV AND SPECIE PAYMENTS.

(From the Anglo- Amertean Times.)

The House of Representatives last Monday
adopted a resolution instructing the Banking Com-
mittee to bring in a bill increasing the greenback
circulation by $50,000,000, the vote being 108 to
73. In the face of the decision of the Supreme
Court, which has made the legal tender an illegal
tender for all debts contracted prior to the passage
of the Act, the success of such a resolution will cause
surprise. Considering that the debtor class exceeds
in number the creditor class, and that if wealth
weighs heavily in the Republic, numbers are even
heavier still, action hostile to the ruling of the Su-
preme Court might be anticipated. Indeed an
amendment to the Constitution has been proposed
to enable Congress to turn anything it pleases into
money, and decrte that debts can be legally paid
in that thing. Perhaps the most powerful of all
interests in the United States are the great railroad
corporations, nearly all of which are directly
affected by this decision. Taking the issue of bonds
by them alone at $200,000,000, and calculating gold
at a premium of 20, it follows that the momentary
effect is to increase that debt by popomo ; and
this, it must be remembered, acts immediately
against such cliques as those around Commodore
VANDERBILT, or Go u LD, FISK, and Co. Although not
so directly felt, the various States suffer similarly,
and when such interests head the army of debtors the
combination must indeed be powerful. In delivering
judgment, the Chief Justice observed that an Act
making mere promises to pay dollars a legal tender
in discharge of debts previously contracted is not
a power vested in Congress, such an Act being incon-
sistent with the spirit of the Constitution ; and that
it is therefore prohibited by the Constitution. The
grave question follows, —can Congress make a pro-
mise to pay, indefinitely postponed, a legal tender
under any circumstances ? The Representatives in
this resolution appear to assert the right of Con-
gress to issue such promises as legal tender, not
merely as a power to be exercised in war, or in some
great emergency, but as an ordinary piece of legis-
lation. Of course a violent opposition was raised,
especially in the Eastern States, as the resolution
tends to carty the country back from the specie
payments to which a conjunction of circumstances
had lately been gradually leading it. On the ques-
tion of contraction, the wealthy Eastern States are
at issue with the poorer West and South. A con-
junction of the Representatives from the latter sec-
tions carried the resolution, but the Bank Commit-
tee is, we believe, opposed to inflation, as are the
Senate and the Administration ; therefore there is
little chance of the resolution assuming the shape of
law. Indeed, we now learn that it had no sooner
passed than every element of opposition was aroused
in the Eastern States; the Senate on Thursday adopt-
ing a resolution declaring any further inflation of the
currency to be inexpedient. Senator SHERMAN'S Fi-
nance Bill was expressly designed to supply the need of
the West and South for more currency. Whether it
will have this effect remains to be seen ; but those
who best understand the subject hold that all such
legislation is futile ; that sections of a country grow
rich by vigorously using the gifts of nature to the best
advantage, and grow poor by neglecting them, coup-
ling idleness with extravagance; that where wealth is,
there will be currency also ; that where poverty pre-
vails, currency will be scarce ; that a reservoir may be
blled with water, to find it quickly empty, if there be a
hole in the bottom, the money flowing to the wealthy
centre as naturally as the water flows through the hole.
In other words, that currency is the mere medium
of exchange for commodities, and if those commo-
dities do not exist, currency is not required. Many
Congressmen appear to be under the delusion that
the currency is itself wealth ; that these bits of
paper, printed for and issued by the Treasury, are
in themselves riches, though it is a self-evident pro-
position that the nation would not gain a cent if the
Treasury threw them about in cartloads. We may
here remark on what appears to us to be another
common delusion. Many seem unable to separate
in their minds the evils inseparable to indebtedness
from the method of dealing with that indebtedness.
What a debtor has to do is simply to make for him-
self the most easy terms; not to pay JONES 6 per
cent. if he can get the accommodation from SMITH
at 5 per cent. If he, instead of assuming this posi-
tion, begins to whine about the evils of the position,
be does what is neither wise nor dignified. If the
citizens of the United States will not advance Uncle
SAM the money at 5 per cent, for the simple reason
that money is much more valuable in America,
Uncle SAM'S course is to get what he requires from
Europe, if, as money is there cheaper, Europeans
are willing to lend it a;.• a lower price. Nothing
appears to us more simple than this, but the oppo-
sition is so strenuous in the United States against
what is there called " peddling the National Secu-
rities," that it is doubtful whether any Funding Bill
can be passed. The main objection rests in complying
with the requirement of the foreign purchaser, that
the interest be paid in his own country—a matter of
dollars only, as far as we can see. Yet this small condi-
dition is construed into one not only of policy, but of
dignity. Under any circumstances, the Bonds of
the United States must pass into the hands of
foreigners; and the material point is, or, at any
rate, ought to be, for Uncle SAM'S agents to
make the best bargain for him ; that is, to pay
By
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mixingforeignersup
aslittle
this they can possibly
dignity-questionhelp. with a
mere
matter of business, the foreigner who understands
as
the subject gets what satisfies him—a very high
rate of interest considering the security, and he
only hopes that Uncle SAM will stand to the end of
the chapter on his dignity, for it is on that pedestal
he assumes The most interesting appearance, or, at
least, the most profitable. Europeans cannot dis-
sociate in their minds greenbacks and repudiation,
income, and other taxes, with payment in America.
Hence the disinclination to hold the National Securi-
ties. But let the payment of interest in Europe be
conceded to the foreign holders, and the rise in value
of these bonds would make a material gain to the
country. Although the connection between mea-
sures to inflate the currency, and a bill which may
enable the Secretary to Fund the Debt at a lower
interest may not be seen at the first glance, they
have a connection, at least on this side—the very
essence of the subject here being the payment of the
interest in Europe, asit severs their association of the
Bonds with greenbacks, and a misunderstood and
dreaded policy. The late extraordinary fall in gold
in NeW York shows how little has been the effect on
the market of the action in the House. It seems
as if the question Of a return to specie payment was
likely to Beale itself, and it ought not to be over-
looked that the decision of the Supreme Court has
made it the interest of the different States, Rail-
road, and other large Corporations to arrive as
quickly as possible at specie payments, because—.
they collect their revenue in greenbacks, but will now
have to pay at least a portion in gold.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Sales probably B,QOO or 10,000 bales. The market
quiet.

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complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sort
throats, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears,
rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia,
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ache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sickness,
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all Grocer! and Chelniita.

REPRESENTATION OF ROXBURGIISITIRE.
Sheriff Patterson having fixed the nomination for Wed-
nesday at twelve o'clock, it took place at the hustings, at
the county bililding,s. The attendance was large. The Mar-
quis of Bowmont was proposed by Admiral Elliott, and
seconded by Andrew Haddon. a farmer, of Honeyburn.
Lord Bowmont thanked the electors for the honour they
had done him in electing him to represent such an impor-
tant county as Roxburgh in Parliament. He alsothanked
the Conservative party for allowing him to be returned
without opposition. He did not think it necessary
to go over again the opinions he had ex-
pressed at the various meetinge he had
addressed. He had declared himself a supporter of
the present Government, and throughout the entire
county he had found predominant a feeling of entire con-
fidence in- Mr. Gladstone and his Government. They saw
their most important measure brought in without any
opposition, partly because they were so well prepared, and
partly because the Conservative party was in a state of
disorganisation. They might look forward to the Session
as one of much useful work, and they might rest assured
he would attend to the interests of his constituents regard-
less of party feeling.

The report that Mr. Smith has been fired at is
contradicted by his relatives.
THE RETURN OF THE SEPAAATIST.—Lord James
Butler took his seat in the Irish Church Convention on
Tuesday, And requested permission to withdraw his resig-
nation. His return was hailed with loud cheers. The
resignation of another lay delegate was received in
consequence of the decision in the matter of the bishops'
veto.

THE THREATENED STRIKES IN SOUTH WALES.
—The colliers of Monmouthshire and South Wales have
given notice that they intend to discontinue work on the
31st of the present month. The result will be that a vast
amount of capital will be rendered useless, and much
suffering entailed on the men, if no agreement is come to
previously. The cause of dispute is said to be trifling, it
is whether a certain advance of 10 per cent. in the rates of
wages shall be granted on the Ist of April, or the Ist of
May.

THE BISHOP OF STRASBURG.—The Bishop of
Strasburg has issued a charge to his clergy and the faith-
ful people of his diocese, condemning the two letterswhich
the Abbe Gratry sent to Mgr. Deschamps, the Archbishop
of Malines, as containing propositions which were false,
scandalous, and outrageous for the Roman Church, and
opening. the way to errors which had already been con-
demned by the Sovereign Pontiffs. This charge forbids
the perusal of these letters by the clergy and others, and
extends the prohibition to the subsequent writings of their
author, unless they have been submitted to the supervi-
sion of the canonical printer.
THE ORLEANS PRINCES.—A. writer to the
Figaro contradicts a statement that appeared in that jour-
nal to the effect that the Duc d'Aumale, in the name of
his family, had signed a formal protest against the Liberal
Empire inaugurated by the 011ivier-Daru regime. He
says that the whole tenour of the lives of these princes has
proved their devotion to their country and their zeal for the
Liberal cause, and that they cannot fail to approve of
those who seek to further its interests, whether their own
position is affected by the change or not. If the frontiers
are closed against the princes they should not be misre-
presented in their feelings and sentiments.
THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN PARIS.—It is
rumoured in Paris that the extreme Right of the Chamber,
who succeeded in mustering fifty-six votes against the
Ministry on February 24, intends to form a party, which
will be less numerous, but not less energetic in its resist-
ance to the Liberal movement than the old circle in the
Rue de l'Arcade. Jerome David is to be the President,
and Clement Duvernois the Vice-President of this party.
The latter has published an article in the Peuple Francais,
which partly confirms this intelligence. He speaks.
confidently of the triumph of the " Constitutional
opposition," and is only apprehensive that it may be too
rapidly achieved. The Debats, in commenting on the
matter, thinks this fear is well grounded. It is very
probable that the extreme Right, by choosing their time
carefully, so as to secure the votes of the Left, might de-
feat the 011ivier Cabinet ; but as such a victory would
probably entail the speedy dissolution of the Corps Legis-
latif, and the election of a more independent body, the
Ministry would not have much to fear.

A report has been issued by Mr. J. W. Bazalgette,
engineer to the Metropolitan Board of Works, on metro-
yolitan railway, tramway, and other schemes. Mr.
Bazalgette is of opinion that if we are to have tramways
in London they should not be carried out by competing
ompauies, but according to a general system approved by
the Metropolitan Board. He thinks also that before
tramways are multiplied we should have more experience
A their efficiency and advantage to the public.
The Earl of Shaftesbury, at a meeting in London
_)f the Young Men's Christian Association, last night,
Iwelt upon the present aspect of the education question.
He believed that the local boards to be established by Mr.
Forster's bill, in order to get rid of the worry in which they
were sure to be involved about religious instruction, would
throw religion overboard altogether, and that thus the
Governmeut scheme, without any intention that it should
be so, would become a purely secular system of education.

The Earl of Derby hai written to Mr. E. Harper
.cknowledging a letter of the 28th ultimo, written ou
helittlf of the Loyal Orange institution, and expressing
the sympathy of that body with Lady Dorby and himself
:at the occasion of the irreparable loss which they have
austained. His lordship says he has laid this letter before
Lady Derby, who joins with him in offering to the Loyal
Orange Institution their warmest thanks fo: this mark of
respect paid to the memory of him whom they have lost.

The Birmingham Post states that at the request of
the Executive Committee of the League, Mr. Gladstone
has consented to receive a deputation from the members of
that body, at his official residence, Downing-street, on
Wednesday, the 9th instant. The deputation will be repro-
3antatiVe of all the branches of the League and will include a
largo number of Members of Parliament and ministers of
religion. Its object will be to explain the provisions of the
Government Bill which require alteration, in order to ren-
der the measure acceptable to the advocates of a national
system of education.

ALLEGED MISCONDUCT OF DOCKYARD OFFICIALS.
—Alfred Gorton, leading man of butchers at the Royal
Clarence Yard, having been convicted of systematically
taking ..ifts from contractors, was, the Telegraph states,
on Tuesday dismissed the service. It cannot be too
widely known that all contractors who maybe ascertained
to have paid douceurs or bribes to officials in any of the
departments will in future be struck out of the list, or
prosecuted, as the case may be.

_
MEXlCo.—Advices from the city of Mexico state
that Escobedo had been compelled to retire before the
Revolutionists. The Revolutionary Generals Toledo and
Martinez combined their forces and proved too strong for
him. The insurgent forces in Guanamate far outnumber
hip army. During the past week the Government had
forced 4,000 men into the army. A new president has
been proposed in opposition to Juarez. At Orizaba there
was a revolt of prisoners, but the citizens took no part in
the affair.

THE ERIE RAILWAY.—The Erie directors are
taking defensive measures in anticipation of the attack
from English shareholders. They declare the stamping
and taxin of the stock by the so-called Protective Com-
mittee to %e illegal, and they will not permit the transfer
of shares that have been so stamped. The Erie directors
have determined that the expenses incurred by the corpo-
ration in resisting the attack shall be assessed upon the
stock held by the parties inaugurating the hostile pro-
ceedings, and that the general stock shall be free from
such assessment.

FAILURE OF A CRACOW BANK.—The principal
bank of Cracow, that of Messrs. Birchmaycr, has failed.
The head of the firm, Herr Vincent Rirch, escaped before
he could be arrested. The assets of the firm are valued
at 1,300,000 florins, and the liabilities at 2,300,000 florins.
The plant, &c., of the well-known Polish newspaper, the
Czar, which was the property of the firm, has been confis-
cated on the requisition of Count Adam Potocki, one of
the principal creditors.

THE RED IlivEn.—The main points of the
Bill •of Rights proposed by the Winnipeg insur-
gents are that the territory be governed by a local
le;islature in . conjunction with the Governor and
Executive Council ; that a two-thirds vote shall override
the Governor's veto ; that universal suffrage be allowed ;
and that there be no direct taxation, except by local legis-
lation. The bill is to be presented to the Commissioners
from the Canadian Government as the basis of settlement,
but the French and English delegates of the joint Win-
nipeg Convention have not vet finished its discussion.

A man named Joseph Lynch was passing through
Kilpatrick, county 'Westmeath; two men sprung from be-
hind a hedge; one fired and shot him in the thigh. The
only rearion assigned is that he had entered the service of a
new employer.
It is stated, in connection with the late outrages in
the Lake District, that the curate of Orosthwaite, near
Keswick, has received a letter purporting to come from a
member cf the Fenian Broth:•rhocd, threatening that if the
men in charge be not released the church and his house will
bo burnt to the ground. The curate has no power to release
the men.

The Exeter Employment Committee have on their
list 546 men who aro out of work, and have declined to en-
tertain further applications. Accoording to the Exeter
Gazette, the small rate of wages hitherto paid will be still
further reduced at the end of the present week, so that
those yet in their employ will have every inducement to
seek for other work.

Dr. Callaghan, chairman of Mr. Kickham's corn-
mittee, has written to the Cork papers, alleging that tele-
grams have been detained and suppressed by the Govern-
ment. and that intimidation in various forms has been
practised. He declares it to be the intention of the com-
mittee to petition against Mr. Heron's return.

A. telenTam from the Fen country informs us
that ahoujforty yards of the east bank of the river Ouse
at Wiggenhall St. Peter's Norfolk, slipped into the river
this morning. The consequences may be very serious,
but measures are already taken to repair the damage. If
there should be a high tide, the Fen country will bo
flooded, and an immense amount of property destroyed.
The Record announces that a series of "Popular
Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity " is likely to be
arranged in several London districts. A conference of
the Christian Evidence Society is to be held on Saturday
next, "to consider the best means of counteracting, on a
more widely extended scale, the strenuous and systematic
efforts of infidelity in the metropolis and throughout the
country, which are now assuming so alarming a charac-
ter." The Bishon of London will nre.3ide.
It is reported that the vacancy on the Scotch bench,
occasioned by the death of Lord Barcaple, will be filled by
the appointment of Sheriff Mackenzie.
ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OF AN ALLEGED MURDERER.
—The newspapers reported a week or two since an
attempt by Rutherford, one of the men committed for
trial on the charge of murder at Creswell, to escape from
gaol. Since then he has been confined in another cell,
boarded about 3ft high all round. Rutherford succeeded
in removing one of these planks, and had loosened some
of the bricks by scraping the morter away, concealing the
rubbish between the pannelling and the wall. He' also
pulled off the wire surrounding his panniken. On this
being missed, further search was made, and his plans were
discovered.

I lie Austrian Lloyd steamer Pluto has been totally
wrecked off Varna. The loss is estimated at £17,000
sterling. •

It i 3 reported that 0.2 yncp..ncy on the Scotch bench,
occasioned by the death of Lord Barcaplo, will be filled by
the appointment of Sheriff Macliebz!e.

The venerable Dedn of Winchester completed his
ninety-fourth year on Saturday, when the cathedral bells,
as custoniary on his birthday, " fired " the number of
Fears h 9: 44 attained.