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THE SUPPLEMENT.4I, CLTRI:ENCT BILL.

Sen-ttur Si rogue, of Rhode island, hat made an-
other curious speech. Senator ‘Vilson, of Massa- .
chusetts, p: op. se I to limit the paper currency to
$656,000,000, the excess, whenever found, to be
funded by- the Si-cretary of the Treasury into Ten-
Forty Bonds, and of this sum he would limit the
Bank-note circulation to S:35(1,000,000, the other
306,000,000 to lie in grambacks. In t4tpporting
this prorosi•ion he, alluded to the satisfactory con-
diiim of the country, which be thought so good
financially- that the public debt would soon become
a light burden. Mr. Sprague considered that greater
ignorance had never been display( d by the Sena' e
than in the discussion of this question. Ik had
seen a paragraph in his colleague's 1 aper (Mr.
Anthony, who owns the Providence Journal) to the
effect that his (Mr. Sprague's) views were attribut-
able to eunbartaistnent in his business an 'l to too
close attention to pub'ic duties. The latter the
Senate could.deny, and as regarded the former his
firm hail more prospered the last year tit in any
three years preceding. On alothia oceaci mhe
would expose the motives which inspired this para-
graph. He employed nearly ten thousand hands,
but were the mills in which they worked to stop for
two weeks all would fall upon the employers or the
town. If the manufacturers of New England
should close their mills, which they would soon V)
compelled to do unless business be made more pro-
fitable (now they were working at a loss), the
operatives would be thrown on the charitable. He
denied that New England was prosperous, and lie
went on to say :
" Any man who takes an independent position in this
country contrary to those who are wielding unbounded
control over the business, the legislation, and the
of this country—those who make Senators here the point
for their attack, and who corrupt whenever they touch—
must expect t 3 be met by such means as these. If there
is a man in-this Chamber or in the other Howe, .3.- oczupy-
ing any official position, who can stand against the cor-
ruptive influences and powers that in these times aro
brought to bear upon him, he is,surely more than human.
It cannot b 3 done by any ordinary man. These corrup-
tive inthenc--s arc ti-day riding rough-shad over all the
industrial interests of this country. Yet the Senator from
Massachusetts (Mr. Wilson) tells us that all is serene and
prosperous. The capitalists of the country, he said, were
col trolling everything-, and a capitalist was a man nho
had a large amount of money, or whose post: ion 4 nalle
hire to command it, and who 4enerally knew nothing
about the busim:ss interests of the people of the country,
and cared nothing about theta except to use them for his
own profit. The go-at banks of New York an 1 other
places,
.whieli oriel led th • capital of the cour.try, were n 4-
naged I.y men who knew nothing about the business in-
terests and relations of the people, an•l yet tile (.7onvress
and legislation of the country were influ-n • au I go-
verned by the managers of the banks, both by open
and by indirect corruptive influences. Ho knew himself
of a legis'ator, :t member of a Committee, who hail teen
asked to report up :1 certain matter iu a cer'ain way,
and the temptation hell out b. ford hint was $1.0,000.
The worst and most alarming feature of this hat.er
was that the moving powers could not be pnshod. S 111e-
tint .5 the people become aroused and s:rike d ,ova sonic
mere to +I of the eorruptionists, but the y could to v‘r
reach tlo• rt.ot of the matter except by the plug t mbedied
in his bid to providi for the loaning the pu'dle money. -
Ito Lai studied the condition of the country dt.e;;ly 'or the
last Circe years, and he be:ieved that he fully c
bonded it, and he had not exaggerated it. The S.:; at T
from Massachusetts (Mr. Wilsin) had uudetta%;•n to in-
form the Senate and the country that all was going well.
That Senato: no 1 tibt repeated what lied been t 11 him by
ethers; but his information. had ;icon derived from men
'rho expoted tv ha benefited by the ex rci-o of Lit i:;11
tnice in hiS Wglt 'position. Can th it Senattr (said Mr.
Sprague) Lai the Senate of his own knowl.dge that la's in-
formants speak truly? Can he tell that tlo,y knew the
truth of what th •y have him? Cer.altily not. What does
he know about, s ,eicty ? Row much of it d.;es he mingle
with? Il.e mingles with those that he comp'-bends. Aro
they such as can give a compreli -nave view of the po sent
situation? No man shall stand here and, either through
intention or ignoranc-, or from any other cans.-, mistake
or misstate the situation without being answered by mo
The Senator understands the creation of parties and
carrying them on successfully, as well as any man, but he
mistakes his calling when he undertakes to form a judg-
ment as to the business interests of the people of the
tit_l States. The whole capital of the courtry is col-
lected ia the large cities and is used to increase th• value
of property titer, The mann!'aeturers of New England
are manufacturing to-day at a los4, and they have maCe
no money for the last two or three years. Th., on'y way
iu which success can le atta'neil th, re nor is by the
cap.talist crushing ‘.tst all who arc tr:a.,e*l in the ca i.e
busine s wi It him."

having ae
otliiie I f the e::tr,to.dintry pt ospt ri:y
that attended It's own hu,inefs through the plea-
sant way liebas of •~ living and lettinglive," he p-sed
to the social constitution of tli couutry, deftuding
his former remarks from the attacks to which they

had been sulij,tetud. Senator Anthony rising to de-
fend his paper and himself, totally dissented from his
colleague's gloomy views ; indeed, Mr. Spr,iLtu, had
refuted his own as-ertionsby telling of his prosperity,
which, no doubt, was shared by other New England
manufacturers. This Mr. Sprague denied, attri-
inting his success to his amiable method of crush-
ing out all smaller competitors ; and he who had
lectured the galleries had lectured thecouatry and his
fellow Senators in no measured language handed up
the following paragraph in his colleague's paper as
that to which lie took exception. " Senator Sprague
made another speech in the Senate yesterday, in
%.% high he reiterated views previously expressed,
and depicted the prevalent low tone of public
morals in society as well as in politics. Tile S
nator's intense application to his duties and to
his extensive private buziness, we fear, causes hm
to take a gloomy view of the general situation."
Senator Wilson, though not a great cotton manufac-
turer, could not see why he should not know something
of the condition of the country. Finally the bill passed,
but not without a hard fight, the Eastern Senators
attempting to neutralize it by amendments, which
were firm'y resisted by the Western and Southern
Senators, the debate being carried on till eight
o'clock p.m. We do not give this long bill passed
by the Senate, as the house Committee propose im-
portant modifications. One of these is the Coburn
amendment, to which the Senate is fixedly opposed,
and it is therefore thought that it will be lost as be-
fore, though likely next session, in a modified form,
to become law. Bat shoull the House pass it we
will publish the full text. —Anglo-American Times.

GARIBALDI'S ENGLISHMAN.—CoIoneI Whithead
Peard, of Trenython, Cornwall, Garibaldi's well-known
Englishman, is at present High Sheriff of Corn-
wall. He went specially to Exeter, during Easter
week last, to help et the Lifeboat Bazaar and
Fetes, and not only made extensive purchases but gallantly
assisted the ladies who presided at the stalls to sell day
after day their articles, thus showing how thoroughly he
appreciates the noble lifeboat services performed every
winter on the coasts of Devon and Cornwall.
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James Harper, the son of a respectable farmer,
the senior partner of the well-known New York book
publishing firm, died March 27, 1869, in consequence of
injuries received when thrown from a carriage. He was
born at Newtown, Long Island, N.Y., iu 1793, and in 1811
was apprenticed with his brother John as a compositor.
At the expit atioa of their term the brothers started a print-
ing establishment with the small capital they had accumu-
lated by their industry, performing most of their type-
setting and press work themselves. Wesley and Flete.er
Harper were apprenticed to them, and the firm rapidly
grew into a largo and prosperous business. The younger
brothers in 1822 were added to the partnership, and the
name of the firm was changed to Harper Brothers. For a
snort time James took an active part ia politics, and was
elected mayor of New York City in 1844, but next year
retired from public life, giving his undivided time
to his business. The publishing house became eminent
throughout English speaking countries, and was built up
wholly by these brothers. James remained i.i active busi-
ness life until the day of the acci3ent which has termi-
nated his existence. He enjoyed robust health, and exhi-
bited the mental activity of a much younger man. Perd-
sonally he was a high-toned gentlenian, gene.rous an
charitable, a firm friend, and a warm-hearted, sociable com-
Pu . A meeting bltiosheexrspraensds it)hosotkrs eslyl enri
ela
puln(:dboireePtnind distinguished a citi-
zen, and the Board of Aldermen met for the same purpose,
at
aa tt) foroffi thece lossof
Appleton
as did the emi.logds of the firm, when Mr. li. M. Alden,
the editor of Harper's Week/y, and A. 11. Guernsey, editor
of Ilarfer'B Magazine, address.2.l the assembly. The fune-
ral service was performed at St. P..ul's Church on the
30th March, ttn.l ou the next day the remains were taken
to Grecuwood Cemetery for interment.
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