The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-07 00:00:00

IN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING

NEWS.

AMERICAN AFFAIRS.

LURD STANLEY.
The Pal Mall Gazette uses very Strong language
in its denunciation of Lord Stanley. Our contem-
porary has throughout been " unable to see "
what has been so much praised in Lord Stanley.
While others were extolling him to the skies
for the Luxemburg treaty, the Pall Mall Gazette was
declaring him to have made a muddle of it. And now
when men are speaking of his honesty and of his
Liberalism, the Pall Mall refuses to admit either the
one or the other. . Lord Stanley, says our con-
temporary, admits the position of the Irish Church
to be invidious and indefensible ; he declares that
mere titular distinctions are not for a Christian
Church worth fighting for; he holds that funds not
really wanted might be secularised, and yet he allows
speaker after speaker to accuse the authors of the
bill of sacrilege and robbery without a protest, and
goes into the lobby with those who have so denounced
their opponents without dropping a hint of what
he himself thinks. He offers an unqualified
resistance to a bill which he believes to be
in a great part just, and afterwards explains
his reason fts being that the moneys are really
wanted by the Church. "We hardly know " (says
the Gazette) " a more striking instance of Dolitical
immorality unless la be that- suppnea ay tne party
which, after such a declaration, is still willing to
aoccept the author of it as its chief."'

(From the Anglo-American Times.)
NEW YORK, March 20.
The names of our leading politidans are freely
used to get up a sensation, and more freely still to
excite a flurry in Wall-street. One day, Ex-Sec-
retary Seward's name is bandied about till he be-
comes the subject of a red-hot controversy as to
who induced the Emperor of the French to with-
draw his troops from Mexico. Bigelow and Webb
are mixed up in the paper warfare, and there are
manifestoes, and cards, and rejoinders till the
subject sinks and rises again at the wave of an
editor's wand, when at a loss for exciting subjects.
Mr. Seward is very indignant at the pretensions of
the Minister to Brazil ; and is said to be preparing a
lengthy reply. The flurry was extracted from Senator
Sumner, who, it was asserted, intended to take
high grounds against England on the Alabama
Claims Convention; indeed,was about todelivera war
speech. Those who know Mr. Sumner had no doubt
that the report so diligently spread, even printed and
handed about, was untrue; yet it answered its ob-
ject, until the Senator pointedly contradicted it,
declaring that if he spoke at all there would not be
a war sentiment in his speech, and that it would
strongly favour peace. Among the deaths is that
of the widow of Dr. Lyman Beecher, and stepmother
of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, who was buried
last Monday at Mount Auburn, Boston. A young
lady also died on Monday, Miss Rebecca Talcott,
and I mention her, as for five days she remained in
a trance, thereby creating a sensation. For the
greater part of the time her eyes were open and her
appearance healthy, yet she was without any anima-
tion except the faintest, almost imperceptible,
breathing. Two gentlemen, well known in Wall-
street, are among the deaths, though one occurred
at Genoa, whither he had repaired in search of health.
Mr. Stephen T. Clarke was financial editor of the
Evening Express, then of the Tribune, which has a
long obituary notice of him. Mr. John A. Iselin
died in his office of heart disease, when apparently
in good health. He was once a member of the firm
of De Lanny, Iselin, and Clarke, and the Stock
Board adjourned when the news was announced.
Mrs. Frances Duer, widow of Beverley Robinson,
died in her 84th year, and Abraham A. Leggett,
also in his 84th year, both well known in our city.
I am told that Carlotta Patti will sing in the United
States next season, that Miss Nilsson has accepted
an engagement for the fall, and that Mr. Mapleson
will carry into effect the intention he before failed
in, of bringing out some European stars in New
York. Miss Kellogg, or,
as you call her in Eng-
land, Mademoiselle Clara Louise Kellogg, is our sun
here. She was said to have lost some of her sim-
plicity by her season in Europe, but to have re-
gained it after re-appearing on our stage. Sim-
plicity is certainly one of the great charms of this
lady's acting, and Miss Kellogg is a singer of
whom we have a right to be proud. Mr. James E.
Mayes, the manager of the Olympic, is expected to
arrive this week from England. Mr. James E.
Cooke has returned ; the Davenport Brothers have
also come back, and arc exhibiting in Steinway
Hall. Talking of that hall, the Tammany has now
followed its example, and commenced Sunday con-
certs. The Italian Opera Company is going to
Philadelphia. The managers of Walnut Theatre at
for Philadelphia are making elaborate arrangements
a "London Burlesque Combination," compris-
ing Felix Rogers, Jennie Willmore and Lizzie Will-
more, who have gained celebrity at the Strand,
New Royalty, and other theatres in London. They
present a popular burlesque, and as they left March
the 3d, following Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams,
they will appear in a few days. Little "All Right,"
whom you perhaps saw in London, is just leaving
Philadelphia with the Japanese troupe. The card
he issued on the subject of his benefit looked like
an extract from a tea box. But enough of
theatricals. About 40,000 persons are said to have
participated in one way or another in the St. Pat -
rick's Day demonstrations. The weather was pro-
pitious, and New York jained heartily in the Irish
holiday,
the Mayor and Common Council reviewing
the procession. The ship Bosworth arrived on Wed-
nesday from Java with jungle fever, and the name
so terrified the authorities, as no one knew anything
about it, that there was a general stampede. Those
who went on board, however, found all healthy, the
hverdescribed to be of a typhoid,remitten t character,
rapid and malignant, being gone. When she put into
Table Bay six of the crew had died, and only three
or four were fit for duty. The Nellie White ferry-
boat, from Harlem, ran into the wharf with 100
passengers on board. She intended to touch at the
foot of 12Gth street, and came up at full speed,
when she struck the wharf and tore away all her
upper works, but the passengers were more fright-
ened than hurt ; the Sylvan Stream had to convey
the passengers, as the Nellie White was too much
shattered to proceed. That steamer was the scene
of an Irish faction fight on St. Patrick's Day, when
some heads were broken.

CHURC2i
`The new Bishop of Mauritius is 'going to perrorm
the rite of confirmation at Brussels, Calais, Paris,
and Boulogne. The Bishop has not yet completed
above one-third of the time which is usually allowed
to elapse between the appointment to a colonial see
and the departure for it. Dr. Hatchard has still more than two years wherein to act as super-
numerary in England and Europe before he goes
into banishment in Africa.
Archdeacon Robinson has resigned the Mastersuy
or the Temple. This is really a portentous event for
pluralists. Dr. Robinson was formerly not only
Master of the Temple but a canon of Rochester,
and rector of Therfield. He resigned the rectory
in 1860, resigns the mastership now, and contents
himself in his old age (he is 79) with only a canonry.
The Western papers announce that the vicarage
of Sithney, worth £460, and a house, say £5OO
a-year, " has been conferred by the bishop of the
diocese upon the Rev. H. 11. Du Boulay, domestic
chaplain to his lordship." Mr. Du Boulay is a young
gentleman, not long in holy orders, and is the
grandson and the secretary of the Bishop of Exeter,
who is 92 years of age, and quite incapable. The
leading Western journal has been protesting vehe-
mently from day to day against Mr. Du Boulay's
patronage, and now, with a cynicism that is really
almost sublime, is presented to one of the best
livings in the diocese, avhile the whole diocese is
ringing with the complaints of men who have been
for twenty or thirty years labouring therein and are
still only curates.
THE AIR OF THE LAW COURTS.
Revelations of the darker side of human nature
nave occupied a fair share of attention within the
last few days. The murder at Norwich has caused
amazement from its commencement, and bids fair to
cause bewilderment to its end. The career of Mr.
Benjamin Higgs has called forth admiration at
his cleverness, wonder at the slovenly way his
employers went to work, and indignation
at his villainy. The revelations of baby farm-
ing have once more raised disgust. The
circumstances surroundin Sheward became ore
mysterious than ever. If the letter from Brighton
is a hoax, it is a well-planned one. That Mrs.
Sheward had a lover, one Worseltine, and that
he died somewhere about the time of the supposed
murder, has already been announced. We are now
told, further, that just before his death lie left his
own family o live with another woman to whom he
was devotedly attached. Was this Mrs. Sheward ?
Mr. Riggs, the great swindler of Teddington,
seems to be not only admired, but sympathised with.
One would think, to read a letter about him in the
Daily News, that he was the victim of some plot
hatched by himself against himself. We are told,
as if in extenuation of his offence, of his numerous
acts of charity. The poor of Teddington absolutely
love him, and some of them would not discover him
to the authorities if a thousand pounds were offered
for his capture. During the panic of 1806 he was
always ready with a helping hand, and averted ruin
from more than one person of position in the
City. A kind man Mr. Higgs was doubtless with
other people's money, but he did not scruple to rush
away from home without a word to his wife. He
did a bit of speculating, it seems, with the funds of
the Central Gas Company, and in one lucky hit
cleared many thousands of pounds. Then he went
home, gave it away to the poor, in concerts, and in
grand entertainments. Montague Tigg, Esq., in
Mr. Dickens's "Martin Chuzzlewit," though he has
often been denounced as a gross caricatufe, finds
more than a parallel in Benjamin Higgs.
Mr. James Greenwood writes to the ,S 7 a). com-
plaining of the decision in the Bow baby farming
case. Hero was a woman who had harboured eleven
babies, of whom five had died. The fifth death 's
such that a coroner's jury is called upon to
investigate it. It seems that the nom.
ere.thire Dad seen found d`...1 in its boa,
said bed consisting of an egg box. But what
had caused its death ? There was nothing to sbew;
till Mrs. Savill naively explained that in the
month
of October she "slipped down," and, falling on the
child, broke its thigh, and that it cried very
much, but she put it to bed, and did not dis-
cover its dreadful injury till next day. And so it was
allowed to languish and die. The coroner sent away
the womaai without a stain on her character, the jury
wanted to censure her. Why they wcra not allowed.
to do so does not clearly appear, except that append-
ages to verdicts as a whole are not considered
proper. But the public is likely to do
what the jury could not. That a woman
who keeps a child in straw in an egg box, falls upon
her, and does not attend to her cries until next day,
should be allowed to go away without even a word
of warning, to repeat, maybe, the same thing, looks
very much like misplaced leniency. If babies are to
be "put away," at least let us do it without unneces-
ary cruelty. We do not break the legs of kittens
before we drown them.
THE ARREST OF LOITERERS.
A story is told in the papers concerning which
...ord George Lennox has given notice of a question
to the Home Secretaiy, and which is. likely to be used
in the debates in the Habitual Criminals Bill. It
appears that a most respectable Scotsman, Mr. Peter
M'Donald, an assistant in the delivery of Treasury
messages, was on the 20th of last month, at about
eight p.m., engaged in the performance of his regular
work about town. In the course of his duty he was in.
Piccadilly, when one Robert Croucher, police-
sergeant, came up to him, and insisted upon knowing
what he, Mr. Peter M'Donald, was about. He replied,
"Mind your own business. What's that to do with
you ? You're too officious. They've removed several
of your sort, and they ought to remove you." Ser-
geant Croucher instantly collared the cheeky
"loiterer," and whipped him off to the station.
Peter M'Donald protested in vain. Croucher said
that Mr. M'Donald was loitering, an id not
give a satisfactory account of himself. At thestation
he was detained till " the necessary inquiries Wore
made," and then ho was allowed to go free. This
will probably be used as an overwhelming argument
against giving policemen power to arrest criminals
who are merely loitering. But M'Donald was not
a criminal, and Croucher did not know him as such,
and, therefore, had no right to apprehend him. Nor
would he have a right under the Habitual Criminals
Bill.

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WASHINGTON, March 19.
Some individuals, at least, have found the dif-
,erence between General Grant's and Mr. John-
son's Administration. Among them is Second-
Assistant Sawyer. That young
gentleman,
when an officer in one of our war-ships,
Engineer George P.
expressed the opinion that "Mr. Johnson was
liable to impeachment, and ought to be impeached,
and he hoped and believed the Senate would im-
peach and remove him." On his repeating this,
and maintaining that he could not be punished for
the simple expression of an opinion, he was reported
and tried by
a naval Court-Martial ; suspended a
year from rank and duty, repriManded, and placed
on half pay. Mr. Sawyer resigned, and took an
active partin the late Presidential election. Secretary
egress, revoked the Borie, on his attention being
Representative Davis in Co drawn to the case by
sen-
tence, and obliterated the record, as far as possible,
which was promptly sanctioned by the President.
Last Wednesday we had a great row in the House,
Benßutler, of course, the chief actor, and the cause is
not a little peculiar. The last the A Congress in passing
Appropriation Bills enacted that the owners of
bonded warehouses were to refund to the Govern-
ment the salaries is paid to storekeepers. In some
way or another a whole section of the bill was
omitted in the enrolment ; General Butler in-
sinuated—by design—as it involved a million and a
half of dollars. The engrossing clerk was said to
have omitted it unintentionally; he and his fellows
had been 40 consecutive hours at work (I imagine
presented to them w
this is no small exaggeration); and the Report when
In reply,
as
Butler held up the MSS., calling
confused and difficult to un-
derstand.attention to the omitted paragraph underscored
with heavy black lines. The opposition came from
the Chairman of the Committee on Ways and
Means, from Mr. Reck, Representative of one of the
largest distillery
districts, and from the Chairman
of the Committee on Enrolled Bills. To this the
latter replied that the remarks were unworthy of
any gentleman Occupying a seat on the floor; and
it was the first time that such a mistake had been
coupled with the design of defeating the deliberate
legislation and theexpressed will of Congress.Astrong
effort was then made to legislate, so that the sec-
tion should beleft out, against which Butler protested,
declaring the omitted 'section then to be a law of the
land, which could not afterwards be altered by the
accident or design of an enrolling clerk. He then
alluded to the
pressure brought to bear b
to which Mr. y a lobby,
Schenck, Chairman,of the Committee
on Wayland leans,
took exception, whereon the bad
blood generated boiled up. Butler was not to be
diverted by a side issue, and Schenck dared him to
reduce his insinuation to the shape of a direct
charge. "I dare said Butler, "for the
Treasury of the United
courage
States;
age td up,"
Ohio has ahi aonur
te the gentleman from
g stand up for: the
Whisky Ring. The country may judge between
us'" " lIC may state what he knows to be untrue,
if he knows anyti,in-
g about it," was the reply ; and
Butler sail, 4,1 understand the gentleman from
Ohio thoroughly, I know fully all his ins' and
and outs,' and some day he shall have them in-
vestigated when he desires it." Butler's con-
nection of Mr. Schenck with the Whisky Ring has
generally been condemned, but the clerk's error, to
say the least, Was strange, and the country allows
some latitude to those who thus Practically watch

GUTTER CHILDREN.
What is Miss Rye going to do with her "gutter
children" when she gets them into America? Place
them in reformatories for a time ? If so, why not
place theminreformatorieshere, and take out, instead,
boys of from ten to fifteen years old who have
already had some little training ? To this there
would not be the objection which she will certainly
meet with in America, that she is bringing over un-
trained children with whom we have failed to deal, and
calling upon a nation to nurture them to whom they
do not belong.

ARBITRATION IN THE IRON TRADE.
The first attempt at arbitration at Darlington is
now being made. The Board of Conciliation met
on Monday to consider whether the wages in the
iron trade should be raised or not. The discussion
was very long, we are told, and warm. In the divi-
sion the votes were equal. The County-court
judge of Worcestershire has been appointed to
settle the dispute.

oYsTEns.
1 Why are oysters so very scarce, and? therefore, so
very dear ? Who is to blame for keeping the public
without its favourite dainty ? Mr. Francis Pennell
says that over-dredging has produced the scarcity,
and the Government is to blame for not enforcing a
close time, and for not making such regatis as
shall ensure the quietness of public beds
during the
breeding time. Not so, says Mr. Frank Buckland.
'La the weather not Parliament, or ahy other
esarthlofy body, that has done the evil.
It
i no use making arrangements with
Mr. Bright. Those who would have cheap
oysters must to Allolus. The President of
Board of Trade may initiate legislation. make this
rule and that all very wise and good, but he will not
make oysters plentiful. But if .lEolus would only
supply zephyrs, not cold north-easters, in Juno and
July, we should soon have a good market. The god
of the winds, Mr. Bucklaud informs us, was very
good last year; and if he will only be as considerate
in the coming season the public need not fear that
oysters will always be dear. Time must be allowed,
however, for the small ones to grow.
The Naples and Florence Observer says that a
portion of the American European squadron is expected
in Naples in the early part of this month.
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over its interests. Gener__ als Sheridan and Scho-.- lost and the joint resolution passed. The Senate
field have, left, the former for Chicago, the latter resolution relating to the provisional governments
for Leavenworth. Mr. Washburne, having handed in Virginia and Texas was passed.—On the 18th
over his office to Secretary Fish, will in a few days Mr. Hooper, from the Ways and Means Commit-
follow his family to Galena, Illinois, which he will tee, reported the Supplemental Whisky and To-
leave to embark for France in May. The feeling bacco Bill. Among the ons one
here runs high in favour of Cuba. General Banks,
the time for withdrawingpfrom bondis , subjeectxtendi to nn
who has been reappointed to the new House Com- additional tax of one per cent. per gallon a month.
mittee on Foreign Affairs, has called on the Score- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. The Senate
tary of State for the latest information on Cuba resolution extending the time for removal of dis-
and St. Domingo. Grant favours the view taken qualified officials in Virginia and Texas, was re-
by the Legislature, as well as by the nation, but I ported and recommitted. Mr. Bingham introduced
am sorry to say not by the Spanish Mission. They I a bill to protect the freedom of transportation and
have had the bad taste to remonstrate against our commerce within the United States.
efforts to reconstruct Cuba, and have drawn up a I STANDING COMMITTEES.
strong remonstrance and protest against the aid The following Standing Comm arc an-
ittees
and countenance the insurgents have received from nounced (Detnocrats are marked time) :--
the United States. Secretary Bode is strengthen- Ways and Means—Robert C. Schenck, of Ohio,
Allison,
air-
ing our squadron in Cuban waters. Two ironclads Im an ; Sir ue I Iro op er,
Maynard,MaTsseancnheussseetets. ;
WilliamWilll'
as well as a part of the Pacific squadron, have beenDil. AKelleyn'
Poennas;ylvlca.3. *Jaines Brooks, New York; Austin Blair,
sent to Key West, there to await orders from the Michigan ; Dennis M'Carthy, Now York ; *Samuel S.
Admiral in command in the West Indies. 'ben- Marshall, Illinois.
ezer D. Bassett, the coloured principal of a Phila- Appropriations—Henry L. Dawes, of Massachusetts,
delphia school, is talked of as Minister to Hayti; the chairman ; Fernando C. Beaman, Michigan ; William H.
gentlemen of colour seem to have set their hearts Kelsey, New York ; Cal wallader C. Washburn, Wisconsin;
•
on this appointment, desiring, above all things, to
William Lawrence,iver J.
lva
have a dark representative abroad, by way of telling Indiana; Dickey,*James B, Penns
B. Beek-,ntucky.YKenia ; *Willi:tut E. Niblack,
the world that a negro, a native of this country, Banking and Currency —James A. Garfield, of Ohio,
is, in truth, a citizen of the United States. Diffi- chairman ; John Lynch, Maine ; Norman B. Judd, 111. ;
culties can scarcely fail to arise as well with that John Coburn, Indiana ; Worthington C. Smith, Vermont ;
island as with Cuba, and we will require in both
to be well represented. Whatever may be said John B. Packer, Pennsylvania; Israel G. Lash, North
Carolina; *Samuel S. Cox, New York; *Thomas L. Jones,
against Mr. Seward, it is generally admitted that Kentucky.
Reconstruction—Benjamin F. Butler, of Massachusetts,
be has steered skilfully to avoid embarrassing re- chairman; John F. Farnsworth, Illinois ; Fernando C.
salts from foreign complications. He resisted a I Beaman, Michigan; Halbert E. Paine, Wisconsin; Hamil-
strong pressure on Mr. Johnson from the agents of ton Ward, New York; George W. Julian, Indiana ; Luke
Cuba's revolution to recognizeits belligerency, and he .Pj.aPrnoelsannd, VBeeremkont •
eßniuFc.kWlTGtemore, South Carolina;
even favoured the issuing of a proclamation for- r(sehioW. Woodward,
Pennsylvania; *George W. YAlorgan,
bidding any aid to be sent. The most important Reorganisation of the Civil Service—Giles W. Hotchkiss,
subject discussed in the Cabinet has been the of New York, chairman ; Thomas A. Jonckes, Rhode,
policy which should direct the nominations to office. Island ; William H. Armstrong,- Pennsylvania ; Horace
Nothing is known of the result, but it is considered , Maynard, Tennessee; *Michael C. Kerr, Indiana.
The Nin,h Census—William B. Stokes, Tennessee
significant that important nominations, believed to
1 chairman; James A. G. Orfield, Ohio; Nathaiel P. Banks'.
have been decided on have not been sent to the , mass.; William
B. Allison, lowa ; Addison 11. Larlin,
Senate. General Butler has been working bard , New York; Shelby M. Cullom, Illinois; Morton S. Wil-
for Mr. Joubert, a coloured man, for assessor, at I kinson, Minn, ; *Richard J. Haldeman, Penn. ; *John G.
New Orleans ; and his relative, Parker, for the i Schumaker, New York.
Posinastership of the same city. General John ! Pacific Railroads—'William A. Wheeler, of New York,
Cochrane is an applicant for a post in the New . hairman • John A. Logan 11l • Danii-1J Penn •
Rcobert T'• Van Horn, Mo.' Benjamin in -17..H0 Morrill,Hopkins, Wis. '
York Custom-house. John B. Allison, formerly a : James Buffington, Mass. • 'Joi:lj rynch, Marne ; Francis;
Member of Congress from Pennsylvania, will re- 1 W. Palmer, lowa ; Logan 11. Roots, Ark. ; *Philadelphia
ceive the appointment of Register of the Treasury, I Van Trump, Ohio ; *Daniel W. Voorhees, Ind.; *Samuel
vice Jeffries resigned. Secretary Boutwell has B. Axtell, Cal. ; *Eugene M. Wilson, Minn.
nominated the Hon. Henry D. Moore, formerly 'Claims—William B. Washburn, of Massachusetts, chair-
State Treasurer of Pennsylvania, to be Collector of the man; Giles W. Hotchkiss, New York ;*l,sVillkiam ST. -
Port of Philadelphia. The President will send his
Jmaacno,b Ind.; dri3;.
IlAmasa.
N.H.; Coolbivb,erl Wis.,
Dockery, North &
s.
'eEry, tosroelinna
M.Hot !
nomination to the Senate. Secretary Boutwell has
Moore, ---. ; *Joa D. Stiles, Penn.
also appointed C. B. 'Carter, Superintendent ofCommerce— Nathan F. Dixon, of Rhode Island, chair-
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing of tbe ' Charles O'Neill, Penn. ; Ebon C. Ingersoll, Illinois;
Treasury Department. Frank Moore is to be Second Philetus Sawyer, 'Wis. ; A. G. Finckelnburg, Mo. ; David
Secretary of the Legation at Paris. The White S. Bennett, New York OscarND.PCotntegrerisTAelwichy.o;:kWin. S.
House has undergone the clearing and brieshteningi Holman, Indiana; *Clarkson., vJulian,
of Indiana,chairman•
' Public Lands—George I .
process, and the President and his family are now ,
ensconced therein. John il Ketcham, New York; Washington Townsend,
The Minister of the Argentine '
Pa.; Thomas Fitch, Nebraska ; John B. Hawley, Illinois;
Republic, Don Manuel R. Garcia, has been intro- James J. Winos, Ohio ; William Smyth, Iowa; *Eugene
duced, and in responding to his remarks the Pre- i M. Wilson, Minn.; J. R. MiCormick, Mobile..
sident said :—" I notice that your letter of cre- 1 Post-offices—John F.llll!irinSWJOlhthn of
Hill,l i i CNOIR,J C.haGili'Mucarn ;
dente is signed by your predece&sor, now the Chief ,TrNhvoitruciaisenW.
MF.t.ssFe.rry,m
Se pro. .11. H. Boyd, Mo.; James M.
Magistrate of the Argentine Republic. The per- Tyner, Ind.; ThOmas, Fitch, Nevada ; *Joseph S. Smith,
sonal and official character which be maintained Oregon, *George M. Adams, Ky.
while here warrants the assumption that in select- 1 Manufactures —Daniel J. Moerell of Pennsylvania,
ing you as the Minister of that Republic he was chairman : Oakes Ames, Mass.; Philetus Sawyer, Wis. ;
actuated by his usual discretion, and had no reason Worthington C. Smith, Vt. ; Stephen Sanford, N. Y. ; W.
H. Upson, Ohio ; Samuel Morrill, Me. ; *Orestes Cleve-
to apprehend that your career would not justify his
land, N. J. *John M. Rice, Ky.
choice. A similar confidence is entertained by me."
Agriculture—John T. Wilson, of Ohio, chairman; Wm.
Mr. Roberts, the newly-accredited Minister from Loughridge, Iowa; John Fisher, N. Y. ; Wm'. J. Smith,
Spain, was presented to the President to-day, and Tenn.; David P. Dyer, Mo. ; Jacob Benton, N. H.; *J.
General Grant replied to his remarks, which did M. Krebs, 111. ; *Samuel B. Axtell, Cal.; *Henry A.
not convey a word about Cuba, as follows :—"The
Reeves, N. Y.
recent events in Spain, to which you advert, lndian Affairs—Sydney Clarke of Kansas,si chairman;
have
I.
have excited, and will continue to maintain a lively RobertTaffee T. Van
Nebraska;
;EJohEnailPe., C.
N.
yi, Shanks,
John • T.
interest here, hoping, as we do, that they may ulti- 1 Deweese, N. 0•; Wm. H. . Armstrong,y Penn.. ; *William
mately lead to an increase in the welfare and hap- 1
, Mungers, Ohio ; *L. S. Trimble, Ky.
piness of the people of Spain. The disposition I Military Affairs—John A. Logan of Illinois, chairman
which you express to exert yourself during your I Amaze. Cobb, Wis. ; James S. Negley, Penn.; Jasper
mission, to the end that these friendly relations 1 Packard, Ind.L. Stoughton, Mich. ; John S.
i Witcher, West Vs. ; Joel As er, Me • *Goo W
_Morgan,
which have always existed between the two coup- ,West Ohio; *lfenr W. 'Slocum, Nia Y. ' ' .W.
tries may be strengthened, will be cordially recipro- 1
The Militia—John P. C. Shanks of Indiana, chairman ;
cated by me." The President has discontinued : Sydney Clarke, Kansas ; William Smythe, lowa ; Thos.
the military guard which, since the assassination 'Boles, Arkansas; James B. Donley-. Pennsylvania ; Elia-
of President Lincoln, has been mounted over the ' kim 11. Moore, Ohio
l; *L.. S.,Trinable, Kentucky; *John
White house, and Captain M'Keever has been or- ' H.,,eD Reading,iPetenonf svznia
J.
Columbia—Burton es B.
t 1.1 eecko,oKkenotfuleililyn.ois,
tiered to join his regiment at Atalanta, Georgia.
chairman ; Martin IVelker, Ohio; William William's,
Lscut.-Coluncl V. R. Pease is to be relieved from Indiana ; Calvin W. Gilfillan, Pennsylvania; Thomas
duty as Professor of Military Tactics at the State Boles, Arkansas; Charles M. Hamilton, Florida ; George
University of Wisconsin, at Madison, and he will, W. Cowles, New York;i *Frederick Stone, Maryland; *J,
at the end of the present college term, proceed to PrTochtorj.Kudniocti.t,ryKe
nJtouhencyi. Bingham of Ohio, chairman ,
his borne in Brooklyn. As the President has signed The
IN Davis, ;mi., New York; Benjamin F. Butler, Massa-•
the bill for the further security of equal rights in - chusetts; Burton C. Cook, Illinois; John A. Peters,
the district of Columbia, the word "white" has Maine ; Ulysses Mereur, Pennsylvania ; William Long-
been stricken out of all laws relating thereto, and it bridge, lolw,da.; *Charles A. Eldredge, Wisconsin ; *Michael
is now a punishable offence for any one to enforce
t cLitKeveo7utioniaar—na.Clai S of Missour
such a restriction. Ex-President Johnson took
chairman; JacOb A.' . Ambler,n Claims
much
e mopbrioo
.HWilliamßoydF.
Prosser
much interest in the discussion of the Tenure-of-
ITennessee; William L. Stoughton, Micliigan ; John S.
Office Act, but when some long-winded speakers Witcher, West Virginia; Alexander H. Jones, North
got on their legs he is said to have bolted, making Carolina; James S. Negley, Pennsylvania ; *John Mor-
tracks for Tennessee. rissey, New York; T. W. MeNeeley, Illinois. Public Expenditures—john Coburn of Indiana, chair-
man ; Philetus Sawyer, Wisconsin ; John T. Wilson,
Ohio; Isaac R. Hawkins, Tennessee Charles S. Knapp,
SENATE. 1 New York ; James B. Donle
On the. 15th ult. various bills were introduced. J.Patrick Hamill,onesNorth Carolina , *J. awrence Getz, Pennsylvania;nnsylvani; Alva. H.
.
Mr. Trumbull, from the Judiciary Committee, re- I
Private Land Claims—Godlove S. Orth Indiana, chair-
ported bills relating to the removal of officials in
man;
Charles O'Neill, Penn.; Nathan F. Dixon, R. I ;
Virginia and Texas, to reorganise the judiciary sys- '
i Martin Welker, Ohio ; Horace Maynard, Tennessee ; C.
tern, to suspend the Tenure-of-Office Act until O. Washburn, Wisconsin *Thomas Swann, Maryland;
the next session of Congress, and to enforce the , J. Proctor Knott, Kentucky; *C. N. Potter, Now York.
disabling provisions of the fourteenth amendment. I
WNFaevrarl Affair,—aGnle. nAnaieroWn.FScshtofield, cNhairman ; Thos.
Mr. Morton offered a resolution to enable a majority
:Ketcham, N. Y.;° George W. M‘Cervaernys, ,Johnlolia..E F.
of any State Legislature to ratify a Constitutional
Hall, Maine; *Stevenson Archer, Maryland ; *Chuaerelese
amendment, even where two-thirds are required to 1 Haight, New Jersey.
form a quorum for business. The House bill to Foreign Affairs—Nathaniel P. Banks of Massachusetts,
strengthen tbe Public Credit was concurred in— , chairman ; Normanß. Judd, Illinois; Austin Blair,
yeas 42, nays 13. After an executive session, the I Michigan; M. S:
Wilkinson,Viwril M. innesota; Porter Sheldon,
Senate adjourned. On the 1G th the House re- 1-N
'Ambler ' Charles
Willard, Vermont ; Jacob A.
Ohio ‘Fernando Wood, Now York ; *Thomas
solution for an adjournment on March 26 was _
o wenn, Maryland.
tabled. 11.
4r. Sherman introduced a joint resole- 1 Territories—Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois, chairman
tion authorizing the recognition of Cuban indepen- i Hamilton Ward, New York; John Taffee, Neb. ; David
dente. Mr. Grimes's bill reorganizing the navy was P. Dyer, Mo. ; Charles Pomeroy, lowa ; Elialtim H.Moore,
passed, with amendments. The bill suspending the Ohio ; Isaac 11. Duval, W. Va. ; *Samuel Hambleton, Md. ;
*Orest?s Clevelan N J
Tenure-of-Office Act was discussed. On the 17th
Revolutionary (1,
. .
Pensions--John T. Deweese of North
Mr. Wilson introduced a bill continuing the edu-
Carolina, chairman; Chas. W. Willard, Vermont Ch
cational and collection departments of the Freed- s. Knapp, Iv©w York; Calvin W. Gilfillian, Penn ;;Jamaess,
men's Bureau. Mr. Trumbull, from the Judiciary J. Winans, Ohio ; Robert B. Butler, Tenn.; *john M.
Committee, reported the bill to enforce the Four- Rico, Ky. ; *A. A. C. Rogers, Ark.; *Joseph S. Smith,
teenth Amendment in Georgia, and also the cre- i or6gon.
dentials of the Senators elect from that State, with I Invalid Poensions—John F. Benjamin of Missouri, chair-
s recommendation that they be tabled until the re-
' moahnn B. Hay, 111. , D
;
.tona,r
Iv/a- H.
P.lLlp.Jso,hpnelnln. W•
Cil.sCon.d, 'BoOti:eion;
solution is acted upon. M J
r. Morton introduced
S N.J. ;
his resolution relating to proceedings by State I.C. ; Randolph Strickland, Mich.; *John T. Bir
Legislatures on Constitutional Amendments wat. M. Sweeney, Ky., and Roads and Canal—Ebo C. In of chair-
on his motion, it was tabled. The bill to repeal
man; Oakes Ames, Mass. ;n Clintongersol L. Cobb,lllinois, N.C. ; John
the Tenure-of-Office Act was discussed. On the A. Smith, Ohio ; William F. Prosser, Tenn.; James C.
]]]'Grew, W. Va.; *Erastus Wells, Mo.; *Boyd Winchester,
18th various bills were introduced and reported.
Mr. Conkling reintroduced the Naturalization Bill Mines yand Mining—Orange Ferris of New yon,of the previous session. The Supplemental Cur- man; Aaron A. Sargent, Cal.; Isaac R. Hawkins. Tenn.;
rent Bill was considered ; also the Tenure-of- Randolph Strickland, Mich.; Charles Pomeroy, Iowa;
Office Act. Mr. Trumbull said he would press a Isaac H. Duvall, W. Va.; Logan 11. Roots, Ark.; *Edw.
F. Dickinson; *Benj. T. Briggs, Del.
vote upon the latter to-day.
Freedman's Affairs—Olivery IL Dockery, of
Carolina, chairman ; John P. C. Shanks North
'lndiana;
H. Bailey, New York; Lewis Tillman , ana ; Alex.
, Tennessee ; John
*John Hawley, Illinois ; James C. 3PGrew, Nest Virginia;
*John Moffatt, Pennsylvania.
Reduction and Labour—Samuel M. Amen, of Tennessee,
setts; ; John Betty, Ohio ; George P. mennessee,
Hoar
setts ; Washington Townsend, Pennsylvania • 7 assachu-
Hamilton, Florida ; Sam. S. Burdett,
mobil ,
.Charles M.
Tyner, Indiana ; *Thomas W. 1.4% 1 -e , James M.
C. Rogers, Arkansas. OO ey, Illinois; *A. A.
Revision of Laws —Luke P. Poland
man; Orange Ferris, New A, ,
.of Vermont, chair-
York •
George W. M'CrarYl Iowa; Ge , Austin Blair, Michigan;h
setts; G. A. Finckelnbur). moobr.ge. P.
.IL.aar, Masusac u-
Ohio ; *Dan. W. Voorlieeendi Ile
' William
11.
Upson,
California. Indiana ; *James A. Johnson,
NoCrtohi nea ge!
Weights, and Measures —David Heaton, of
altforeia, chairman ; William D. Kelly, Pennsyl-
vania ; Samuel Hooper, Massachusetts: John Hill, New
Jersey; Noah Davis, jun., New York; *Francis E. Shober,
N. 0.; *John A. Griswold, New York.
Patents —Thomas A. Jencks, of Rhode Island, chair-
man; Aaron F. Stevens, New Hampshire ; John A. Smith,
Ohio; Lewis Tillman, Tennessee; Jesse A. Moore, Illi-
nois; *James A. Johnson, California; Stephen Sanford,
New York; *Dan. M. VamAuken, Pennsylvania ; *Harvey
S. Callan, New York.
Public Buildings and Grounds—Benjamin F. Hopkins,
of Wisconsin, chairman; John fleetly, Ohio; William J.
Smith, Tennessee ; Adolph H. Tanner, Now York; *J.
Lawrence Getz, Pennsylvania.
Mileage—lsaac R. Hawkins, of Tennessee, chairman ;
Ulysses Mercur, Pennsylvania; Jasper Packard, Indiana;
Job E. Stevenson, Ohio ; *John Fox, New York.
Accounts.—Henry L. Cake of Pennsylvania, chairman ;

CONGRESS.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
On the 15th ult. various bills were introduced,
among them the following :--Establishing a free
system of national banking; regulating the conver-
sion of gold into currency; to prohibit further in-
crease of the public debt ; relating to gold con-
tracts; and to repeal the act requiring military
orders to be issued through the general of the army.
The Standing Committees were announced. Mr.
Schenck is chairman of the Ways and Means ;
Dawes of the Appropriations ; Garfield of the Bank-
ing and Currency ; Butler of Reconstruction ;
Logan of the Military ; Bingham of the Judiciary;
Banks of Foreign Affairs ; and Scofield of Naval
Affairs. Mr. Kelley, from the Coinage Committee,
reported his Nickel Coinage Bill. On the llith Mr.
Kelley's Coinage Bill was considered and recom-
mitted with au amtlndinent by Mr. Batler, pro-
viding that the purchase of material for the coinage
shall be by public advertisement, and frotnhe
t
lowest bidder. Mr. Beaman introduced bilis div
ding Texas into several States ail, Territnories,
which were referred.---On the 17th the India Ap-
propriation Bill was reported. A joint resolution
was also reported to supply omissions in the enrol-
ment of some of the appropriation bills last session.
One of these was the section requiring owners of
bonded warehouses to reimburse the Government
the salaries of storekeepers, &c. Mr. Holman moved
to strike out this paragraph, but the motion was