The New York herald., 1871-01-14

miral Porter-The New Five Per Cents
Opposion 10 Woman suffrage.
The Senate spent the greater part of the day
yesterday in executive session, the result Of
the secret deliberation being the confirmation,
by majority Of three to one, of Vice Admiral
Porter as Admiral. The appointment OF Rear
Admiral Rowan to the rank of vice admiral
was not acted upon, but its confirmation will
naturally follow the other, and that action
effectually dlsposes of the House bill abolish
Ing the ranks Of admiral and vice admiral.
We think that the action of the Senate will
meet very general approval throughout the
country. Resolutions were presented In open
session from the Pennsylvania Legislature and
from the Philadelphia Common Council ask
ing the Executive to request the general CO.
operation and attendance Of citizens Of the
whole country in the proposed International
Exposition at Philadelphia in 1876.
The morning hour in the House was given
to the consideration of private bills. of which
about dozen were passed. This business
was followed by financial measure Of very
great Importance, which was disposed Of
satisfactorily and without unnecessary discus
sion or consumption of time. We sllude to the
Senate bill authorizing the increase Of the five
per cent bonds, provided for by the Funding
law of last session, from two hundred to Eve
hundred millions Of dollars. This bill was re-
ported back by Mr.. Hooper, chairman of the
Committee of Ways and Means, with two
amendments. One amendment was to leave
it within the discretion Of the Secretary of the
Treasury to decide whether the interest should
be payable quarterly, as provided for in tn Q
Senate bill, and the other was to add pro-
viso that the aggregate issue of bonds author
lied by the Funding law should not be in
creased. The amendments were agreed to,
and the bill passed. 1t will be necessary for
the Senate to concur in these amendments
before the bill can be sent to the President for
his approval.
Subsequently the House went into Com nit
toe OF the Whole on the Legislative Appropria-
ton bill, when much time was consumed over
and the Bureau of Education. The usual con-
fict over these subjects developed ITSELF
the distribution of pumpkin seeds and holly
hooks never failing to supply shafts of ridicule
with which to assail the one, and prison sta
tistics as to the proportion of criminals whose
education has been neglected furnishing equally
trite and valuable arguments to maintain the
other. The long-headed Farnsworth, of Illi-
nois, illustrated the weakness of the argument
based on the prison statistics, which showed
that ninety-eight per cent of criminals had
learned no trade and twenty-four per cent no
alphabet, by the suggestion that if there were
any force in the argument it tended to prove
that Congress should establish a bureau Of
trades aud mechanics rather than of education.
The items for the Department of Agriculture
and for the Bureau of Education were, how
ever, voted on, and the amounts increased
even over what were reported by the Com
mittee on Appropriations.
A bill to reorganize the Treasury Depart
ment was introduced by Mr.. Dawes, and
referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
It was drawn by the Secretary of the
Treasury, and is intended to place the salaries
of officials on fairer basis of equality than
that which now prevails, some officials having
had their salaries increased by special provi-
sion Of Congress, while officers Of equal rank,
who had not been SO rich in Congressional
influence, were not so favored.
Another important bill was introduced by
Mr.. Bufinton, Of Massachusetts,, and was
raforrod 70 tho Noyn,r;ttoo On Eo.o;~r H.;,c
1t provides for commission to audit all the
claims for damages by the Confederate
cruisers, and for the issuance of United States
bonds in payment of the same. This is in
furtherance of the views Of the Board of
Underwriters of this city, as developed In the
resolution passed unanimously by that body
yesterday.
The advocates of woman suffrage, who have
been on the rampage in Washington during the
week under the marshalship Of Susan B.
Anthony and Victoria G. Woodruff, were
checked in their wild career yesterday. Mr.
Loughridge, of Iowa, a man who would hardly
be suspected of such weakness, presented
his report, as member of the Judiciary Com
mittee, in support of the claim of woman suf-
frage but it was rejected by the committee,
receiving only the vote of its author and OF
Mr.. Butler, Of Massachusetts,. That action OF
the Judiciary Committee will, probably, suf-
fee to keep Congress clear of this demoraliz-
ing reform movement for the present session,
at least. The Senate will not be in session
to-day, but the House will keep up its reputa-
tion for industry and attention to public
business.
ANOTHER FIGHTER Row.-Fechter has sue
ceeded in getting up another sensational the
atrical row in Boston, based upon his proposed
complimentary benefit. Mr.. Fechter seems
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