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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 shuts out all
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.

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CONGRESS.

THE SENATE.

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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 the
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-Otlice
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 ge
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 be
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 agricultural
land sold for non-payment of taxes in the South
shall be sold in lots not exceeding 40 acres NOs
introduced by Mr. Julian. Mr. Dockery introduced.
a bill to refund the special tax on brandy distilled
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 late
Minister there. A message was presented annouee-
ing the ratification of the Suffrage Amendment by
Massachusetts.—On the 22d bills were introduced
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 105
passed, Mr. Paine offered a resolution, which vles
adopted, providing that in contested election cases
no claim of a disqualified contestant shall be coo:
sidered, and no compensation to such contestant
allowed. The same gentleman introduced a 17e'
solution annulling votes cast for disqualified canal'
dates at Congressional elections, &c., which w 35
made the order for Wednesday. Mr. Logan frog'
the Military Committee, reported bills abolishing
the office of Chief of Staff to the General of 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 causes of the decline
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 States
free of duty. He also reported a resolution recoto-
mending the President to begin negotiations ford
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 their decisions as Circuit
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 resolutie4
rescinding the resolution for a Committee on the
Civil Service was non-concurred in, and a coil'
ference asked. The Senate resolution for a Joie
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 wer
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 NI;
Butler. Mr. Beck offered an amendment vestiob
the appointment of the Provisional Government
the President. On the 25th Mr. Butler introduce
e
a bill to provide a Republican Bill for Georgia. iff
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.

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Births.
CRAVEN—On the Bth inst., at Avenue de L'lmperatri
Paris, the Lady Mary Craven, of a son.
MARIffIP
TuN— On the 11th inst. at Brighton, the Hon.
Marton, of a son.

Marriages.
FENWICK—GADRTEL—On the 10th inst., at WanclssOtio
John Fenwick, eldest son of Captain Fenwick' of, rf
Trinity House, and Tudor Lodge, Wimbledon, to PIA
Pearson Gabriel, eldest daughter of Sir Thos. Gal)r-
Bart., of Edgecombe Hall, Wimbledon.
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PITMAN —HOWARD— On the Eth inst., at Christ, r
Clifton, Commander Robert Pitman, R.N., to Eliv"l`,.(l,
Anne, second daughter of the late Andrew Ross.'
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of Shaldon, Devon.

Deaths. col
OBBARD —On the 12th inst., at his residence, 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 inst., Charles Wood, of 2, 01-
flter
land-square, Walwortti, aged 74.

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