The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-01 00:00:00

ferred to on the last examination, and which con-
tained the paper upon which certain verses were
written, which we have already published.]
Cross-examined—l was a chorister of Ely Cathe-
dral before I joined the police, and have been
in the force since 1861, and most of that time
I have been engaged as a detective in plain clothes.
I first began to watch Lyttleton on the 22d of
December. I was about four or five yards from
Lyttleton when I heard the observations I have
stated between Lyttleton and the other man about
his being a Fenian. When the men separated out-
side the Rodney public-house, they appeared to kiss
each other. You, sir, may call it " fraternal greet.
ing," but I can only say some of the men kissed
each other—(laughter)—and did a great quantity
of shaking of hands. (Laughter.) The men,
when I was watching behind the bricks, talked
about Government, but it was not until
they had talked about blowing up some-
thing or somebody. I know they said a
monarchy would never do, a republic was what
was wanted, and that they were determined to have
it. I did not bear the word " democracy." I know
the meaning of the word monarchy. I first heard
of the word at school. (Laughter.) I received
my direction to watch the prisoners Lyttleton from
my superior officer, but I had been watching
M'Carthy long before that. Boutell is now stop-
ping at my house under my protection. I first saw
Boutell, my relative, in Lyttleton's company on the
10th of January, and I was very much surprised.
When he told me what he and Lyttleton had been
talking about, I told him I had been watching Lyttle-
ton for some time as a suspected person, and I last
saw Lyttleton on the Saturday previous to my
mornihg.
oMutoenlldaaybout what
hadl
ssome
mge him
conversationon th followingwtwith
i
bad taken place on the Sunday night, and it was
after Boutell had been at the police station I re-
ceived orders to apprehend Lyttleton from Inspec-
tor Griffin. I went on duty before I apprehended
Lyttleton.
Mr. Willes—What do you mean bfsduty—spy-
ing ?
Witness—Police duty.
Mr. Wontner—Such an observation is scanda-
lous, and ought not to be made use of by a profes-
sional man. I cannot allow it to pass.
Mr. Willes (very excitedly)—But I will. It is
an English word, and I have a right to use it.
Mr. Wontner—Oh, you may disgrace yourself if
you please.
The witness then went on to detail various other
circumstances connected with the apprehension of
Lyttleton.
The case was then again remanded for a week.

nate.

CONGRESS.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—The memorial of the
National Convention of Massachusetts was referred
to Finance Committee. A Bill to amend the Judi-
ciary Act of 1789 was read twice, and Mr. Sher-
man's bill on the coinage of gold and silver was
referred to Committee on Finance. Mr. Johnson
rose to a privilege question, and asked to take up
the resolution providing for the admission to his
seat in the Senate, of the Hon. Philip F. Thomas.
Mr. Johnson pointed out that the charge of con-
spiring with his successor, to depreciate the Go-
vernment credit, bad, after investigation by the
committee, been proved to be without foundation.
He reviewed the circumstances of the loan nego-
tiated by Mr. Thomas while Secretary to the Trea-
sury, and those which led to his resignation, show-
ing the allegations to be untrue. Finally, he gave
a detailed account of the charge that Mr. Johnson's
son had 'entered the rebel army, showing that it was
opposed to his father's wish and in spite of his oppo-
sition, and that Mr. Thomas had advanced him $lOO
to guard the boy against starvation on the road. In
the course of the debate which followed Mr. Howe
contended that Maryland was a State in the Union
as much as New York, Massachusetts, or his own
State, Wisconsin. One of her rights was to be re-
presented on that floor by two Senators. The Con-
stitution prescribed their qualifications, and if they
possessed these qualifications, they had the right to
be admitted. Mr. tioward asked—Were the State
of Kentucky to elect Jefferson Davis to a seat,
would the Senate admit him? Mr. Thayer,
from Nebraska,
sible case !" exclaimed, " Not an itnpos-
and Timothy 0. Howe, himself a
Republican, replied, "If the Legislature of Kentucky
were to send Jefferson Davis here, or John C.
Breckinridge, rankling as here,
or
been in
treason fur the last six years, he could not refuse to
admit them. They had no right to try before ad-
mittance. After admittance they might expel him
on a motion for treason. If they could try
him for one thing before admission they could
for another—if for disloyalty, or even for mur-
der ; but they had no right to add to the Con-
stitutional requirements." Mr. Stewart supposed
Breckinridge to be elected by the Legislature of
Kentucky while acting as Confederate Secretary of
War, to which Mr Howe replied that in such a
case Mr. Breckinridge would have been hanged
before he got to the door of the Chamber. Mr.
Trumbull introduced a joint resolution appointing
and Peter Parker, of Washington, regents
of Connecticut, William A.
Theodore Woolsey,
Astor, of New York, John McLane, of New
Smithsonian Institute to fill vacancies.—
Ji
ne r stehye,

Passed. •
Jan. 7.—After the introduction of a few resolu.
tions, Mr. Sumner said, that on making inquiry at
the desk, he found that the bill for the further
security of equal rights in the district of Columbia
had been presented to the President oa December
10, and, as it had not been returned, he now would
ask leave to introduce it again. The bill was read,
when Mr. Sherman said there were strong reasons
for believing that the action of the President had
not endangered this bill. In his opinion it was
now the law of the land, and he thought the proper
course would be to certify the facts of the case to
the Secretary of State, whose duty it will then be to
promulgate it officially.
-,) suggested that the
subject be referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Sumner thought that perhaps it would be
better to have the opinion of the Judiciary Com-
Mittee, and had no objection to the reference. Mr.
Johnson alluded to the law of New Hampshire as
being similar to the law of the United States, ex-
cept that three days only were allowed to the Exe-
cutive of that State to return a bill, and the
Supreme Court of New Hampshire hal decided
that an adjournment was not an adjournment
in the sense in which it seems to have been
taken by the President. If that decision was
correct, then this bill was now the law of the
land. Mr. Suniner.--That might-be, but unfortu-
nately the President and Congress entertained such
different views that there seemed to be no choice
of reconcilement of opinion, and it was probably best
to have the whole matter considered by the com-
mittee. The bill was then referred to the Judiciary
Committee. On motion of Mr. Davis the Com-
mittee on Commerce was instructed to inquire into
the expediency of regulating the fares of the rail-
roads of the country, so as to make them uniform
and just, particularly in reference to connecting
railroads in two or more States. The unfinished
business, the bill exempting raw cotton from in-
ternal tax was taken up, the question being, on
the motion of Mr. Conkling, to postpone it until the
third Tuesday in February, and finally the amend-
ment of Mr. Conkling, exempting raw cotton from
tax during the year 1868 only, was agreed to by a
vote of 24 ayes to 21 nays. Mr. Drake offered an
amendment that nothing herein contained shall be
construed as preventing the levying again of the
tax after the year 1868. —Adopted. Mr. Morrill,
of Vermont, offered an amendment suspending the
duty on imported raw cotton from April 1, 1868,
to April 1, 1869.—Adopted. The bill was then
passed, and now goes back to the house for con
currence, and the Senate adjourned.
Jan. B.—Mr. Trumbull reported in favour of the
indefinite postponement of the bill amending the
Bankrupt Act.—Agreed to. A resolution was
passed instructing the Committee of Finance to
inquire into the expediency of affixing a penalty
upon any officer of the Government who shall au-
thorise a payment or appropriation of any money
for any purpose not previously authorised by law.
Mr. Edmunds, by unanimous cogent, offered a

resolution of inquiry addressed to the President,
reciting that the bill for the further security of equal
rights in the district of Columbia had been repre-
sented to him, and not having been signed in the
ten days allowed by the Constitution, whether it
had been transferred to the office of the Secretary
of State to be published among the laws adopted.
The Senate then went into Executive Session, and
afterwards adjourned.
Jan. 9.—Mr. Sherman, from the Committee on
Finance, reported the House Bill, to prevent fraud
in the collection of the tax on distilled spirits, with
an amendment striking out the words " in bond,"
so as to make the provisions of the bill apply to all
whisky, whether in bonded warehouses or otherwise.
The amendment was agreed to and the bill passed.
Mr. Williams, from the Committee on Finance,
reported in favour of the indefinite postponement of
the bill to authorize the conversion of common
bonds into registered bonds.—Agreed to. Mr.
Morton called up his resolution instructing the Ju-
diciary Committee to report a bill abrogating the
existing State governments in the rebel States, and
providing proper governments in lieu thereof. After
some discussion, the House Bill to suspend the
further contraction of the currency, was taken up.
Mr Sherman said it was understood that this reso-
lution contemplated further legislation during this
session, and some broader financial provisions would
yet be made. The passage of this bill was now
necessary to allay the anxiety in the public mind.
There was great stagnation in business, and that all
knew; many thought it was owing to the unparallel-
ed contraction of the currency, $140,000,000 out
of $7,000,000,000 in less than three years. Whether
this opinion were wise or not, it was held by many,
and it was but right that this action should be taken
to relieve the apprehensions. Mr. Morrill, of Ver-
mont, would say nothing, but that he was unwilling
that it should go forth to the country that this
measure expressed the unanimous voice of the Se-
Mr. Corbett was of the opinion that the
measure would be in the interest of the gold specu-
lators, who were fattening upon the distress of the
country. Mr. Fessenden saw no good to result from
the passage of this bill. In his opinion, it was only
by a reduction of the currency that the country
would be in a condition to resume specie payments.
Mr. Sprague said it was generally understood
among business men that the Secretary had retired
at one time twenty millions, thus destroying at one
fell blow this amount of the property of the coun-
try. Mr. Henderson argued in favour of the pas-
sage of the bill. The bill was further discussed
by Mr. Howe and others. The Senate at 3.45
went into Executive Session and then adjourned.
January 10.- —After some business, the following
resolution was introduced by Mr. Henderson, and
referred to the Committee on Finance :—Resolved,
&c., &c., that the Committee on Finance is in-
structed to inquire into the expediency of reporting
to the Senate, for its consideration at au early day,
a bill containing the following provisions, to wit:
The consolidation of all the national indebtedness into
long bonds bearing not more than three and a half
per cent. interest per annum, but payable semi-
annually. Principal and interest of the bonds to
be paid in gold, and to be secured against taxation
by State authority. The repeal of the provision in
the national banking laws, limiting the amount of
the national currency to three hundred millions of
dollars, so that any person or persons depositing
the new bonds, and otherwise complying with the
law, may receive national currency for the purpose
of circulation, to the extent of seventy-five per
cent. of the par value of the bonds, such an amend-
ment to the banking laws as shall require the banks
already established to deposit within a given time
the new bonds, or surrender the circulation now
secured by deposit of Government securities.
In case the banks surrender any part of their circu-
lation already issued, so as to reduce the amount
outstanding, that the Secretary of the Treasury be
authorised to issue a similar amount of United States
legal tender notes, and to use the same in the pur-
chase or payment of bonds which at the time may
be redeemable by law. The creation of a financial
board, composed in part of the Secretary of the
Treasury and the Comptroller of the Currency, who
shall have power, in case the national bank currency
shall not be materially diminished, to cause the
United States now outstanding gradually to be
funded or cancelled until the resumption of specie
payments be authorised, in times of commercial dis-
tress or money panic, to cause to be issued and de-
livered to the banks, in proportion to their circula-
tion on the deposit of bonds herein provided for,
United States legal tender notes to an amount not
exceeding $50,000,000. The House bill to sus-
pend the further contraction of the currency was
taken up.
Jan. 11. Several petitions were presented, and
other business transacted. Mr. Sumner introduced
a joint resolution declaring the adoption of the
amendment to the Constitution known as Article 14.
The resolution sets forth that the amendment pro-
posed to the Constitution by the 39th Congress, to
be known as Article 14, has been ratified by the Le-
gislatures or 22 States —a sufficient number—and
that it is now valid, and a part of the Constitution.
Mr. Sumner said there was no doubt in his mind of
the validity of the amendment, and moved that the
resolution be referred to the Judiciary Committee,
which he. appealed to to make an early report. It
had been the custom heretofore, he knew, to leave
such matters in the handa of the Secretary of State,
but he thought it was peculiarly the province of
Congress to pass upon it. The bill was then re-
ferred to the Judiciary Committee.
Jan. 13. —Among the resolutions offered was one
by Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, requesting the Com-
mittee on Post-offices and,Roads to inquire whether
in the postal convention recently concluded with
foreign countries privileges have not been granted
to citizens of those countries which are denied to
our own citizens.—Adopted. Another by Mr. Ed-
monds was referred to the Judiciary Committee, to
inquire into the expediency of regulating by law
trials in cases of impeachment, and in case the
public safety should require it, providing for the
suspension of officers who are under trial of impeach-
ment. Mr. Howard moved to go into Executive
Session, upon which Mr. Sherman demanded the
ayes and nays, when the motion was agreed to, and
the Senate accordingly went into Executive Session,
and then adjourned.
Jan. 14.—Mr. Thayer introduced a bill to reduce
the number of major and brigadier generals in
the army. Referred to the Committee on Military
Affairs. Mr. Frelinghuysen introduced a bill to
restore the possession of lands confiscated by the
States lately in rebellion.—Referred to the Com-
mittee on Judiciary. The resolution of Mr. Davis
relating to the appointment of a tribunal to deter-
mine constitutional questions was then taken up,
and Mr. Davis continued his argument in its favour.
Without action on the bill, the House Bill suspend-
ing the further contraction of the currency was
taken up, the question being on the amendment
limiting the suspension to the Ist of July next. Mr.
Frelinghuysen thought it would be a lack of judg-
ment for Congress to attempt to fix a day when
contraction could be resumed. 'The amendment of
Mr. Buckalew was then disagreed to. Mr. Corbett
moved an amendment, that nothing in this act
should be so constructed as to prevent the Secre-
tary of the Treasury from substituting notes, pay-
able in gold on demand, in place of an equal
amount of legal tender notes, in such manner and
at such time as he may deem best, Which was re-
jected by nays 40, ayes I—Mr. Corbett. Mr.
Morrill, of Vermont, moved an amendment, that
the suspension shall cease when the price of gold
rises to 140 in United States notes, or to 100 in
coin.—The amendment was rej,!cte I. Mr. Sherman
moved to amend by providing that the amount of
United states notes now existing shall not be re-
duced until Congress otherwise provides. At 4.30
Mr. Sprague rose and moved to atljoarn, stating
that he was too feeble to remain longer. The Chair,
by unanimous consent, before putting the motion,
laid before the Senate the Report of the Indian Peace
Commission. The motion of Mr. Sprague to ad-
journ was then put and disagreed to. Mr. Sprague
then took the floor, and proceeded to argue against
the pending bill as being a measure of temporary
relief only. After the conclusion of Mr. Sprague's
remarks the Senate adjourned.
Jan. 15,—Several petitions were presented, and

Mr. Sumner reported a joint resolution to provide
for the representation of the United States at the
International Maritime Exhibition at Havre. Also
one to pay the $28,000 to the Spanish Government
on account of the steamer Nuestra Senora de la
Rega, seized by General Sherman at Port Royal,
and afterwards taken for the use of the Navy De-
partment. The morning hour having expired, Mr.
Sprague, who was entitled to the floor, said the
present greenback circulation was the most power-
ful element of speculation now in the country.
There was no head of the financial system. The
circulation was distributed among three hundred
national banks. What would be thought of a man
who, on the verge of bankruptcy, would send his
money out through a hundred different agents?
There is nobody in the world who depreciates the
paper of the United States as much as the Treasury
of the Government—there is no greater speculator
in gold than that Government. Mr. Sherman said
it was almost the unanimous opinion of both
Houses that contraction should be suspended ; it
was the opinion also of the Secretary, and the ques-
tion might therefore arise, Why pass the bill then ?
For the reason that the power to contract has been
given by law ; that a new Secretary of the Trea-
sury might be appointed, and new contingencies
arise, and therefore the contraction should be pro-
hibited by law. The only question is, Shall we
withdraw from the Secretary the power to contract
the volume of United States notes, or shall we not ?
The question then recurred on the amendment of
Mr. Sherman, that the amount of United States
notes now existing shall not be reduced until au-
thorised by Congress, which was adopted. Mr.
Conkling moved to amend that the amount of such
notes shall not be increased until authorized by
Congress. Mr. Fessenden advocated the amendment
as having the effect to quiet the public mind as
to inflation. It would give the assurance that
Congress intended to go no further than to suspend
contraction. Mr. Sherman said the amendment was
of no possible account, as there was now no power
vested in the Secretary to increase the currency.
Mr. Wilson was in favour of taxing the Govern-
ment bonds, and ;there was not a bondholder in
Massachusetts, as far as he knew, who was not in
favour of a just taxation upon them. The bill was
further discussed by Messrs. Cameron and Conk-
ling, both in opposition, and the latter modified his
amendment so as to provide that nothing herein
contained shall be construed to affect the power of
the Secretary of the Treasury to maintain the re-
serve authorised by section 4 of the Act of June
30, 1864. Mr. Doolittle protested that any infer-
ence should be drawn here or. elsewhere that be-
cause of the passage of this bill the Senate was in
favour of an increase of the greenback circulatiOn.
Mr. Morton alluded to the necessity of a return to
specie payments, but it could not be done in less
than three years. Considerable further debate took
place, but of an uninteresting nature. The amend-
ment of Mr. Conkling was rejected. The bill was
then passed, as follows :—Yeas—Messrs. Anthony,
Buckalew, Conuess, Cattell, Cole, Cragin, Doo-
little, Drake, Fowler, Frelinghuysen, Harlan,
Henderson, Hendricks, Howard, Howe, Morrill of
Maine, Morton, Norton, Nye, Patterson of Tenne-
see, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Ross, Sherman, Stewart,
Thayer, Tipton, Trumbull, Wade, Willey, Wil-
liams, Wilson, and Yates —33. Nays—Messrs.
Conkling, Ferry, Morgan, and Patterson, of New
Hamphshire-1. The Senate then, at 6.30 p.m.,
adjourned.
Jan. 16.—The bill suspending the tax on cotton
as received from the House, with the refusal of the
House to agree to the Senate amendments, was read.
Mr. Sherman, from the Committee on Finance, re-
ported in favour of the Senate receding from its
amendments, but inserting the proviso that imported
raw cotton shall be exempt from duty on and after
July 1, 1868. He asked for an immediate vote, but
it was postponed till 1 o'clock, on the motion of Mr.
Trumbull. Mr. Chandler called up the bill providing
for the appointment of line officers of the navy to
consular positions, and asked for a vote on his mo-
tion to refer it to the Committee on Commerce.
Mr. Grimes said since the discussion of yesterday
he had further looked into this matter, and had
found that numbers of our consuls and commercial
agents were in the receipt of from six to sixteen
thousand dollars per annum. Mr. Sumner asked
for the names. Mr. Grimes said the names could
be found by a reference to the list. Mr. Sumner
said if such was the fact these officers were acting
in direct and palpable violation of the law in retain-
ing such amounts. Mr. Grimes said the Sena or
was wandering from the subject. Some further
discussion then took place, when Mr. Stewart
moved to postpone the pending business on the
Bill to " Establish a National School of Mines"
being proceeded with. Mr. Stewart took the
floor in advocacy of the bill, reading from printed
slips, and first discussed at some length the
immense wealth of the mineral regions of the
United States, which were superior to those of any
country in the world, and it was a reproach to the
country that it depended upon foreign. ers for the
proper management and development ofits mining
interests. After a considerable amount of business
in supplying deficiencies and appropriations, Mr.
Sherman asked to take up the Cotton Bill, which led
to some discussion, but without action the Senate
went into Executive Session, and after some time
spent therein adjourned until Monday.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Jan. 6.—The Speaker called the House to order
at 12 o'clock. After the call of States and Terri-
tories for bills and joint resolutions, Mr. Upson, of
Michigan, introduced a resolution directing the
Committee on Reconstruction to inquire into the
expediency of authorizing by law the several Consti-
tutional Conventions elected under the Reconstruc-
tion Acts in the State lately in rebellion, to appoint
all civil officers, whether State or county, in said
States, to act temporarily and until State Consti-
tutions shall be adopted therein, and officers shall
be chosen and qualified to fill said offices ; and that
for this purpose the said Conventions may remove
all civil officers now acting in said States, &c. Mr.
Boutwell, of Massachusetts, moved to amend the
resolution, by adding, to instruct the Reconstruc-
tion Committee to inquire into the expediency of
authorizing the General of the army to detail offi-
cers for service in said States ; also to inquire into
the expediency of constituting said States each a
separate military district under the command of the
General of the Army ; and also as to the expe-
diency of providing additional legislation to secure
the elective franchise to all, and also to declare by
Act of Congress that the Provisional Governments
set up in said States by order of the acting Presi-
dent are not Republican forms of government. Mr.
Upson accepted the amendment, and Mr. Chanler,
of New York, moved to lay the whole subject on the
table. Not agreed to—yeas 28, nays 66. The re,
solutions were then adopted. Mr. Eldridge offer
a resolution declaring that the thanks of Congress
are due, and are hereby tendered, to Major-General
W. S. Hancock for his wise, patriotic, and kindly
recognition of the first rights of the citizen, and for
the patriotic order issued by him upon assuming
command of the so-called fifth military district, and
for his determination promptly expressed to enforce
the supremacy of the civil law within his command.
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, desired to amend by a re-
solution condemning the President for removal of
Stanton and Sheridan, and approval of Gen. Grant's
course in relation to such removals. Mr. Eldridge 8
t
de-
clined to allow such an amendment. The resolution
resolution
was laid on the tablelbvyisa.covnostieno, of
offereds yeas
a o 28
nays.
71\dlercialr\irnag hshtbuarth
l:' of
is house utterly condemns the con-
duct of Andrew Johnson, acting President of the
United States, for his action in removing the gallant
soldier Major-Gen. P. 11. Sheridan from the corn -
maul of the fifth military district, and that the
thanks of the house are due to General U. S. Grant,
the General Commanding the armies of the United
States, for his letter of August last, condemning the
act of said acting President for his removal of Secre-
tary Stanton, as well as for his indorsement of Gen.
Sheridan in relation to affairs in the State of Texas,
The resolution was divided on the demand of Mr
Chanler, of New York, and the first part
agreed to by a vote of 79 yeas to 28 nays,
and the second part by 82 yeas to 23 nays.
Mr. Wood, of New York, sent to the clerk's desk
and bad read a number of letters from
American