Eancaster lintelligencer. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1871 Sumner's Deposition. Many and conflicting are the theories concerning the real motives of Grant in demanding the removal of Sumner from the Chair of the Committee on Foreign Relations. Ho could have destroyed Sumner's influence on the Committee, and changed its character to suit his ap parent purposes, without adopting this course. He had only to substitute a friend of the San Domingo Job on the Committee for one of its opponents. This plan was urged on him, but he would rest satisfied with nothing short of the utter degradation of his enemy, and the elevation of Simon Cameron. Now, all the world knows that Camer on is no more qualified, by education and experience, for the head of this Commit tee, than a Sadsbu ry Justice of the Peace. He is as densely Ignorant of internation nal law, as Dogberry was concerning the Pandects of Justinian. But for a knowl edge of that kind of diplomacy which is learned in traveling the highways and treading the slimy byways of po litical corruption, for more than half a century, Simon Cameron has not a match. Though years weigh heavily upon him he has lost little of his former boldness, and has gained vastly in cun ning adroitness and knowledge of the weaknesses of men. The reasons why Ire has been raised to a position, which only makes his faults and vices of char acter the more conspicuous, will soon be cofne apparent. Grant and his advisers, Morton and Butler, knew well what they were doing, and those who have attributed the deposition of Sumner to the vindictiveness and spite of the Presi dent,wlll discover a carefully-considered and well-digested plan of operations, to the success of which Cameron is essen tial. Humiliating and degrading as it was, to elevate hint to a position which has been adorned by tnen of the highest talents turd the greatest gal learning in the land. Howe and Scott and Conk ling and the rest of the slaves of the San Domingo ring had to obey on pain of imperial displeasure. In a short while the Sun Domingo commission will return, and lien Wade and his associates will bring with them as glowing reports of the land they were ment•to spy out, as 010,10 with which a Raleigh and a Pizarro excited the cu pidity and avarice of the Old World. For the Salt Domingo treaty a two thirds vote is to be secured in the Sen ate, since Grant has long since aban doned till hope of carrying his job through Congress by a joint resolution. It Is easier to obtain this vote of the Senate hi favor of the treaty than to bend to his will a !louse which contains nearly one hundred Democrats, rind large number of Independent and manly Republicans. When this Son Domingo treaty shall come tip in the Serrate of the United States, the peculiar talents of Simon Cameron will imne into full play. The genius which has shone so re splendently before a Pennsylvania Leg islature is to be everted for the last time, perhaps, to an eventful career of base intregue, hr securing the success of the vilestof political jobs, the annexation of San Domingo, which can be accom plished only , by the purchase, of a traitoi and the corruption of a Senate. Who so tit for this task as Simon Cameron '.' \\'ho in all that ring of unscrupulous demagogues who surround Grant pos sesses a tithe of his villainous craft:' Who so utterly devoid of conscience or patriotic instinct' Could any man man be better qualilie 1 for this job than he who, in a period of pub lic cahunity and distress, when tens et thousands were mourning over the fab len in brittle, converted the War (Mice into a den in which rapacious specula tors gorged themselves with the spoils of the country ',"co this Jonathan Wild of American politics is already consigned the task of obtaining the solemn sanction of the Senate of the United States to a corrupt bargain with a base traitor who is now waiting for the price of the betrayal of his poor a nil ig norant countrymen. Although but to little while ago there was in the Senate an apparent majority against the San Domingo job, the task to be undertaken by the Chairnmn of the Committee on Foreign Relations is not a difficult one. It will be considered that he is dealing with the most cor rupt and servile political body that was ever convened since a Roman Senate was persuaded to give the consulate to an Emperor's horse. The docility with which the majority bent to the demand of Grant for the removal of Stunner shows the material which Cameron has to manipulate. Already an appropria tion is asked that the work may begin immediately on the arrival of the Ar gonauts from San Domingo. Poor and trilling were the gifts wliicli have been distributed from time to time among the needy membersofa Pennsylvania Legis lature compared to what can be oared for a ratification of the treaty with Baez. While there will be eloquence in the appeal of Wade, and beauty in iris de scriptions of San Domingo scenery, the persuasions of Cameron will be irresist ible. He will have foreign missions and eollectorships for those who may incur the hatred of the people fur supporting this treaty, and there will be fat treas ury jobs, army and navy contracts, and custom-house positions fur their poor relations. In a little while no one will ask why Cameron was put at the head of this committee. The task which he has to perform requires neither high culture nor great ,intellect_ The only qualifications that are needed are a wily tongue and a bad heart. The Spring Elections By an almost unanimous vote the Senate passed a bill restoring the Spring Elections. A very brief trial sufficed to convince both Democratic 111111 Repub lican Senators that it is not best to choose borough and township officers at a general elepLon. During the ex citement of a heated contest, in which National and State politics is invoked, the voters fail to discriminate properly In the selection of those to whom the management of their• local are committed. They fail to remember that the State would be Lees likely to suffer damage from the choice of all lucumpe• tent Governor, than It would front the election of negligent Road S;:pervisons or incompetent School Directors. In our complex system of government its smallest sub-divisions play a most im portant part. If the townships and boroughs of the Commonwealth are well ruled, the immediate interests of the people will be eared for. With good clads, well-ordered schools and consta bles, who will discharge aright the duties devolved upon them, each neigh borhood will be peaceful and the every day life of its people rendered pleasant. The time was when the people did not allow politics to influence them in the selection of township and borough offi cers. Frequently men of both parties met together and made tip a ticket coin , posed of the best men in the community, and if an improper person was nomina ted by either party he was sure to be re jected. tinder the law mixing up these little local elections with those for State officers, all this was changed. The township tickets were tied up in the same bundle with the ballots for Congressmen and State olllcers,and not one voteri n ten undertook to read the names of the can didates. We are not surprised at the unanimity with which the Senate re pealed the act abolishing the Spring Elections, and we cannot conceive why BO fair and proper a bill should be smoth ered by a Republican committee in the House. It seems to us that there is no partisan advantage to be gained by the present system, which call compensate for the evils that are produced by it. Let some Democrat of the House take the proper steps for bringing the Senate bill before that body at once. We are THE LANCASTER WEEKLY INTELLIGENOER, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1871. sure there la no Republican who can give a satisfactory reason for continuing the present system, and we believe a vote upon the bill will Insure its adop tion by a large majority. A House Divided against Itself. A very profound sensation has been caused in the Republican party, by the war which Grant has inaugurated upon Sumner, in causing him to be deposed from the chalripanship of the Commit tee on Foreign Relations, because of his opposition to the pet scheme of the President, the acquisition of San Do mingo. There can be no doubt that this was the real reason for his deposi tion although, Senator Howe, in the Senate on Friday, in reply to a query from Senator Schurz as to the cause oj it, said that it was because "the personal relations existing between the Senator from Massachusetts and the President of the United States and the head of the State Department were such as to pre clude all social intercourse between them ; " yet in the same debate Senator Howe was proven to have given a false reason, as Senator Tipton said he had taken down in Thursday's proceedings in the Republican caucus the words which fell from the lips of the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Howe) as to the reason for this change. The words were : " That the majority of the Senate were in favor of the annexation of Santo Do mingo, and a majority of the Committee on Foreign Relations were opposed to it, and that was the reason for making the change." The Republicans of the country will now have to choose the side upon which they will array themselves in this issue between their President and their lead ing apostle; and as the difference be• tween them has arisen upon a point which has not yet been adjudicated upon in any Republican platform the mem bers of the party cannot be influenced in their choice by fealty to party prin ciples. It is evident, moreover, that they cannot be neutral on the question ; for the war between the President and Sumner is a war a Posh -truce; the Presi• lent, after having been fairly implored and entreated for days by the most prominent men of his party not to do has thrown down the gauntlet of de , fiance to Sumner and his friends, with the imperial remark that these men must be taught to beware how they op pose the administration. The President Is manifestly Inclined to rule his party as he ruled his army, and to keep up the fight on the line on which he started out, regardless of ob stacles and regardless of the sacrifice of his followers. He does not seem to sus• pea that the policy which was success• rut In one case will be any less so in the ether; and it is left to Senator Sumner to teach him this sad lesson. Sumner is not of a disposition to tamely swallow the insult he has received, and the way in which he will be apt to make sheet lightning play about Grant's head for the next year or two will be very enter taining to witness. It is generally con ceded that any little chance fora renom ination which V. 11.4 left to Grant h'y his previous follies, has been entirely swept away by his last act of silly despotism. in ruining himself he has likewise ruined his party, and has rendered it nearly certain that even the hest Re publican candidate who could be select ed, such as Senator Trumbull, will be beaten in 1 , ;72 by the Democratic nomi nee. The Republican party is ruined beyond redemption. The insult to Sumner by his removal front the post which he basso long filled with marked ability, is made all the more apparent by the fact that Senator Cameron has been selected as his suc cessor. The total unfitness of Cameror for the post is known to all men, and in choosing him to till it the administra Lion must needs confess that it has re- Owed a very competent chairman by uric very incompetent; and that, in its opinion, it is far more important that a chairman of a,Senate Committee, who has in charge the foreign relations of the country, should be on personally friend ly terms with the administration than that he should know anything about the duties of his position. In fact we doubt not that Grant prefers a chair man who don't know too much and who being well paid, will do just what he wants him to do. From this stand point none will deny that he has selected a very excellent chairman for Iris pur poses. The Deposition of Sumner The deposition of Senator Sumner from the position which he has so long held as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations has called forth an universal burst of indignation against President Grant. Nce have got to see a single Republican newspaper which undertakes to defend the course of the President, and we might fill all our col umns with bitter denundations of this his crowning act of folly. The quarrel between Buchanan and Douglas is uni versally referred to, and the belief ap pears to be general in Republican eir, Iles that the present crisis is precisely similar. Grant is warned that he will utterly ruin the Republican party and insure a Democratic triumph in 1972, but the warning conies after the mis• chief is done. The disastrous effects of his stubborn stupidity can not be re paired. The gravest view of this matter Is to be found in the fact that a majority of the Republican Senators have been found ready to submit to the arbitrary dictation of the President. Trained in camp, and knowing nothing about civil affairs, Grant has taken with him into the executive chair the violent ternper and the arbitrary disposition of the mere soldier. Departing front his dec laration that lie would have no policy, lie has set his heart upon the acquisition of San Domingo, and he regards all who oppose his pet scheme as mutineers 10 the camp. To reduce them to subjec tion he applies military discipline, and will be satisfied with nothing lees than absolute and abject submission. lie has deposed Sumner with as little compunc tion Its lie would have drummed a cul prit out of the ranks of the army, to the tune of the rogue's march. He has alien ated tots of thousands of the best Re publicans by the net, and has gained nothing but contempt by the elevation of Simon Cameron to a position which he is unfit to fill. This blow is all that was needed to insure the disruption and the speedy destruction of the Republi can party. The determination to remove Senator Sunnier was finally carried out in open Senate by a vote of ayes 33, noes 9 ; ab sent or nut voting 13. AN attempt was made in the Lower House of Congress on Thursday to re peal the excessive and prohibitory duty on salt, and we notice that Mr. Dickey came to the help of the monopolists.— When it is remembered that the whole people are subjected to the payment of a most unjust and extravagant tax on salt for the benefit of less than half a dozen wealthy corporations, this act of our Congressman will appear in a light which will not commend him to the favor of his constituents. Every human being, and even the horses, the cattle, the sheep and the hogs of Lancaster county are interested in having cheap salt, and not a soul or a single living thing can be benefitted by keeping up the prohibitory tariff. If Mr. Dickey has no regard for the voters of his dis trict, lie ought to be willing to do justice to the horses and mules, the cattle and the hogs. THE testimony of five thousand wit nesses in the contested election case of John Cessna vs. B. F. Meyers has been presented to Congress and ordered to be printed. The evidence increases the majority of Mr. Meyers from 15 to over 100, and he will certainly retain his seat If justice is done. Conspiring Corporations. The members of our State Legislature feel the necessity which exists for put ting some restraints upon the railroads which enjoy a monopoly of the anthra cite coal trade. That they are now in possession of very dangerous power is universally admitted. Whether the Legislature has the right to restrict the authority which they are now exercising Is the question. A bill has been intro— duced into the House which limits the charges for transportation to fifteen mills per mile for each ton of 2,240 lbs, and requires the Companies to provide a sufficient number of cars for the trans portation of coal from all collieries on their lines. The debate on the bill was spirited. Mr. Strang, the Republican leader of the House, held that such ac tion was beyond the power of the House, and he quoted from decisions of the Supreme Court of the State to sustain the position which he took. The truth is that our State Legita lure has gone on chartering railroad companies and other corporations with out ever stopping to inquire whether proper restrictions were added for the protection of the public, or any rights reserved to the State. The Supreme Court held in the case of the Connells vine Railroad, that it must first be ju dicially determined whether the charter of the road had been forfeited before the Legislature could declare it void. We apprehend that Mr. Strang is right, and that the railroads which have en tered into a conspiracy and advanced the rates for transporting coal to such an enormous figure, are acting within the bounds of the almost unlimited power which has been conferred upon them by former Legislatures. Until they violate some of the very extensive provisions of their charters they can not be reached by any such act of Assembly as the One now before the Legislature. These corporations have the forty thous and miners who dig out the coal, and all who consume it, completely at their mercy. They might be punished by the imposition of taxes, but they do not fear any attempt at such discipline. They know the power which corpora tions have exercised over venal Legis latures in the past, and do riot dread the future. The railroad companies are rapidly buying up the lands of the coal region, and the time may soon come when they will control both the business of mining and of currying. 'Then they will fix prices to suit themselves, and consu mers will have to pay whatever may be demanded for fuel. Competition will be at an end, and a few gigantic mo nopolies will have absolute control of all the anthracite coal In Pennsylvania. Such is the condition to which the careless folly of former Legislatures seems to have reduced us, and such is the future prospect before us. It is not easy to see how these evils are to be remedied. There is to he a great battle in the near future of our country between the peo ple and the mighty corporations which have been granted such enormous and unrestrained powers. We are just be ginning to be made aware of the fact that great corporations, such as we have been so freely creating - , contain within their very nature a constant threat against oar popular institutions. frmer our form of government there scents to be at present no power capable of mak ing an elfectual resistance to their en croachments upon the rights of the pub lic. If the States are powerless, as Penn sylvania seems to be, it would avail little to appeal to the Federal Government.— In order to deal with corporations it would be compelled to assume powers refused to it by the Constitution of the United States, and the dan gers to De apprehended from the forma tion of an irresponsible centralized gov ernment are sufficient to deter the peo ple from countenancing federal inter ference in such shape as it would have to come. Corporations have controlled State governments in the past—they might control the national government if Congress should undertake to manage the railroads of the country. The Penn sylvania Railroad gave a seat in the United States Senate to one of its solici tors, and he seems to be chiefly con cerned about the interests of the cor poration whose servant he still is. Should Congress assume control of the railroad lines of the country we might expect to see both Houses tilled with the creatures of corporations. Sueh a rem edy would be infinitely worse than the disease under which we are now suf fering, and that is bad enough in all conscience. Railroad corporations have sapped the virtue of Stale Legislatures and corrupted courts. They have gone into the halls of Congress and obtained leave to parcel out among themselves stretches of the public lands sufficient to constitute a mighty empire. .1 low to check their growing power and to re strict them within proper limits is the great problem of our future. We do not wonder that our Legislature is put to its wit's ends by the conspiracy among the railroads in the anthracite coal re gions. Exempting Property from Taxation. The ease with which acts exempting property from taxation are put through our State Legislature is one of the grow ing evils of the •day. Corporations, churches and societies join in this move ment. If a city wants to borrow money it asks that the bonds be exempt from taxation ; if a line of steamers is to be established, the corporators demand that all the property of the company shall be forever exempt from all tuxations.— Churches demand exemption for their property, benevolent societies ask to be relieved, and counties insist that all the machinery which is used in manufactories established or to be established within their limits shall be placed beyond the reach of the tax-gatherer. Members of the Leg islature admit that this whole busi ness is wrong, but they continue to vote for bills of exemption one after an other. As a rule all property should be made to bear an equal share of taxation, and no exemption ought to be made by any special act of Assembly. No good reason can be given for exempting the property of one society or institution which will not apply equally well to all others of a like character. If this thing is to go on In Pennsylvania as It has been going for a few years past, the burthens of taxation upon property not exempted will be constantly increased until it will become very oppressive.— That the present system of taxation for State purposes, as pursued In this coun try, is radically defective, Is admitted by many of the most sagacious thinkers. It will only be made worse by the pro cess of exemptions now practiced by our Legislature. We can not expect a reform while the present loose system of passing bills continues. Members of our Legislature are careless about the sacrifice of a principle when they can secure some favor for interested con stituents. They sacrifice principle to expediency, and are ready to stultify themselves for the sake of adding to their local popularity. THE Harrisburg Slate Journal has the following good hit at Mr. Gowan's memorial to the State Legislature: Perhaps it would be a good plan to con stitute the Philadelphia and Reading Rail road Company a perpetual commission to govern the anthracite region. Give it power to starve the miners into submission, bank rupt the operators, instruct the Legislature in its duties, and dismiss the Governor of the Commonwealth, if he presumes to in terfere with the functions of the commis sion. Would that be satisfactory to the company? THE Puritan stock in Rhode Island is not extinct. The Republicans have just nominated Seth Padleford for Gov ernor, and Pardon W. Stevens for Lieu tenant• Governor. We would at once conjecture that the mothers of these gentlemen rejoiced In the names of Char ity and Prudence. Senator Scott on the Coal Duty. Hon. John Scott was largely instru mental In deflating the House resolu tion repealing the duty on coal. In oppoSing this very proper reform, he only performed a part of the duty which' he conceives to be due to the corpora tion which gave him agent in the highest legislative body of the nation. Mr. Scott was not the choice of the people of Pennsylvania for United States Sen ator. He was never thought of in con nection with that position until he was put forward by Mr. Thomas A. Scott, as the candidate of t Penns vania Railroad. That power oration wanted to place one of its agents in the Senate, and it selected John Scott, Esq., who bad long been one of its salaried solicitors. A Republican Legislature was readily brought to see that the com paratively obscure attorney, who had always lived in a small country town, was a marvelously proper man to rep resent the great Pennsylvania Rail road in the councils of the nation. Of the arguments which were employed to convince members of his fitness we need not speak. Suffice it to say that they were of a substantial character. Of course Mr. Scott is opposed to a repeal of the duty on coal. The man agers of the Pennsylvania Railroad, the men who run the corporation and di vide immense profits after paying the stockholders the interest on their bonds, are opposed to the repeal of the duty on bituminous coal. They own coal lands in 'Westmoreland county and carry large quantities of bituminous coal to Philadelphia to be used in mak ing gas. Not only are they in league with the gas ring of Philadelphia, but they have arrangements in other cities for supplying them with this West moreland coal. If the duty was repeal ed, in would come the Nova Scotia coal, which is an excellent gas producer, and the profits of the party of gentlemen who made a Senator of Mr. John Scott would be suddenly lessened. A repeal of the duty on coal would not, affect the production or the con sumption of our anthracite region, neither would it be seriously felt in the bituminous section of the State. The truth is that a tarifron coal injures Penn sylvania. The only people in this State who profit by it to any great extent, arc the owners and operators of a couple of companies, In which the men who made a Senator of John Scott have a large and direct pecuniary interest. That is the secret of his vigorous opposition to the repeal of the duty. He was acting as special pleader for one of those com binations which have fastened them selves like barnacles upon the Pennsyl vania Railroad, and did not even rise to the dignity of representing the corpora tion whose servant he is supposed to be. Exempted Property The Board of Supervision has just completed a catalogue of all the property I exempted from taxation in the city of Philadelphia, and the aggregate value of that which has been relieved by special legislation is found to amount to nearly fifty million dollars. This does not include property belonging to the United States, such as League Island, the Mint, Custom House, Post-Office, &c., nor the city buildings, wharves, water works, and the beds and tracks of railroads having their termini in the city. The exemptions have been made from time to time on application of members who desired to secure votes by favoring corporations, churches,societies,charita ble, establishments and other institu tions in which certain classes of people were interested. The same kind of thing is now being done every day on motion of memberS of the Legislature from different counties in the State.— The city of Philadelphia finds its reve nues greatly reduced in consequence of the extensive exemptions which have been made, and, unless a speedy stop is put to the practice the different counties of the State will find themselves de prived of the right to tax ninny kinds of property. This subject will call for the attention of the Constitutional Con vention. The abuse must be cut up by the roots, and the powers of the Legisla tore curtailed. Experience has proven that members will sacrifice public in terests whenever they imagine they have a chance to make votes for them selves by yielding to the improper de mands of societies or corporations. Since the above article was written we learn that a bill has been presented in the House repealing all special acts exempting property from taxation.— That bill ought to be passed at once. Forged Election Returns In the Philadelphia Court of Quarter Sessions, on Saturday, John Brill, a Radical Return Judge of the sixth di vision of the Sixteenth Ward, was con victed of altering the returns of that pre cinct, and of making a false return to the Board of Return Judges. In his charge to the jury Judge Pierce, himself a Republican, referred to the absence of any evidence for the defence, and told the jury that they must decide the case on the testimony as presented by the Commonwealth. The Philadelphia Led ger, in a leading editorial headed "Now let the law ke executed," uses the fol lowing not too severe language in refer ence to the case: " Defeating and defying the will of the people by forged returns is sufficiently in famous and dangerous; but beyond this lies the fur more lorntidable danger of vio lence, mob law, revolution and anarchy which such crimes are sure to provoke if they are permitted to pass without the so verest punishment. In the present in stance, the forged return was made part 01 the general return for every man voted fur iu the Sixteenth Ward in Octo• her last, from School Director to the Judgeship of the District Court. It was counted for the How offices, Congressmen, Senator, member of the Legislature, COWL • oilmen, and was intended wherever there wan a close vote for any of these officers to throw out one set of candidates and make them all contestJuits. It was a far-reaching conspiracy against, the elective franchise, and it Is a great pity that the arch consffira tar is not ill the dock to receive his deserts along with Brill. Even now a member of Common Council holds his seat by means of this forgery. And again it turns out in the course of this trial that the records of the Court of Common Pleas have been mu tilated or plundered to cover on an election fraud. 'Phis is another aspect of the great dangers we have drilled into, and that need the heavy hand of the Calm or the pro' ec tion of the public." THE following figures show the ag gregate amount appropriated by the ap propriation bills of last Congress. It will be seen that the appropriations for 1872 are in excess of those for the cur rent fiscal year: Indian $ 5729,309 22 Fortifications • 1,477,500 00 Rivers and harbors 4,305,500 00 Military academy 310,069 50 Consular and diplomatic 1,409,134 50 Pensions 20,050,000 00 Post Office 21,151,413 00 Army 27,719,580 00 Deficiency 10,50,559 75 Sundry civil 22,583,500 00 Naval 10,841,306 25 Legislative, executive, jUilll. 19,207,749 24 Total approprla'ns for 1872..51A414,681 Total appropria'ns for 1871.. 157,831,131 64 THE Grand Jury at Washington City, have found a true bill against the Radi cal Congressman Bowen, for marrying Mrs. Pettigru King, while Mrs. Fran ces Hicks Bowen, was living in Augus ta, Georgia. The indictment on which he was formerly tried was at the in stance of another wife in Florida. So this bright and shining member of "the party of great moral ideas," stands twice indicted for bigamy. The failure of the jury to agree on the former trial, which was caused by the deliberate re fusal of a negro juryman to consent to a verdict of guilty, does not operate as an acquittal from the former charge, and he will be tried upon It again. GRANT dictates the removal of Sum ner and gives his instructions to the Speaker of the House in a private let letter. That is the way he keeps the promise that he would have no policy. SINCE the arbitrary deposition of Sum• ner the Republican leaders are fully con vinced that Grant has not a particle of policy in his composition. , Mr. Cowaa's Memorial. We publish elsewhere the memorla addressed to the Legislature by the President of the Reading Railroad Com pany. Mr. Gowan denies that the Com pany has violated its charter by increas ing the freigiit on coal to three times the amount usually charged, and we have no doubt that he speaks the truth. The charter of the Reading Railroad was granted before the adoption of the clause in the State Constitution which refers to corporations, and does not come un der Its provisions. ,But the concluding proviso attached to that constitutional amendment Is of such a saving charac— ter, that it Is exceedingly doubtful whether the railroads since chartered, and which have combined to control mining operations, are subject to any such legislative restriction as has been demanded. The truth is that the Leg islature of Pennsylvania has given almost unlimited powers to the various great railroads of the State. In so doing members were no doubt often actuated solely by a desire to develop the wealth of the Common Wealth. A few years ago no one dreamed that railroadswould as sume the dangerous powers which they now exercise so freely. The State gave liberally of its authority to its creatures, not dreaming that a time would so soon come when they would grow to be great er than their creator. Mr. Gowan undertakes to throw all the blame of the existing suspension upon the Workingmen's Benevolent Association. That association is com posed of the miners themselves, and was formed for their protection. Nearly all the miners are connected with it. They elect the members of the association,aud their representatives are responsible for their acts to those by whom they are chosen. If they did not fairly reflect the sentiment of the miners they would be displaced and others chosen in their stead. The propriety of such combina tions is a question which has been much discussed, but the workingmen have al ways insisted upon the right to unite for protection against the encroachment of combined capital. The truth is that many of the strikes, which have occurred In the anthracite regions of this State, have been instigat ed by the operators, and made at their suggestion. There Is more capital eni ployed and more machinery operated than is sufficient to supply the demand for coal. If the miners were allowed to work the whole year round, the market loran th racl te coal would be overstocked, and suspension of work or bankruptcy of operators would necessarily follow. If there were no union among the miners, the larger corporations, which own both railroads and mines, would be enabled to crush out the rest, and secure a com plete monopoly. The railroads which have advanced their rates of freights so largely, all own Immense bodies of coal land, and they are rapidly Increasing their possessions. A paper published in the coal regions, declares that it Is highly probable that In less than five years all the coal lands in the counties of Schuylkill, Lehigh and Lucerne, will be owned by four railroad corpora tions. %henceforward ' consumers will be completely at the mercy of these monopolies. They will then be able to regulate production and to fix prices to suit themselves. If therailroads owned no coal lands, they would have left the op-rators and the miners to settle their difficulties between themseves, and would have been inclined to reduce freights rather than to advance them. It is said not to be true thatthe miners are paid more than they ought to re ceive. Wages inside the mines, where the work is disagreeable and perilous to life, average twelve dollars a week, and outside they range from nine to eleven dollars. When it is remembered that living in the mining districts is fully twenty-five per cent. dearer than it is in the agricultural regions of the State, the wages received by the miners will not be considered extravagantly large. We are glad to learn from a reliable corres pondent in the coal regions that the re ports of suffering have been exagger ated. We do not undertake to defend the action of the Workingmen's Benevolent Association. It may be that the leaders of the organization have been in the wrong in preventing a resumption of work on the basis offered by the opera tors ; and no one can excuse any vio lent attempts which may be made to prevent individuals from resuming work at such wages as they may be willing to accept. But the action of the railroads in refusing to carry coal at moderate charges for the small opera tors, who were willing to pay the prices demanded by the miners, is just as in excusable in principle as the attempts of the miners to preventcertain of their number from accepting work below the price fixed by their association.— If Mr. Gowan had made an impartial statement of the whole matter, his me 'nodal would have read quite different ly. He is a good lawyer and knows well how to present his side of a case in the best possible light. THE Louisiana Legislature, composed mostly of negroes and carpet baggers, closed with a characteristic orgie. The members reeled over the fluor crazed with liquor, or scuffled around the Speaker's chair, while the Speaker him self puffed a cigar and bandied vulgar jokes with the screeching crowd. The negroes fought like wild-cats, and over turned tables and inkstands In their struggles. In the midst of this pan demonium the black chaplain pro nounced a lengthy benediction, and all hands united in a burlesque doxology. Here is the practical result of Radical ism In the South. Decency. has been outvoted and ignorance and brutality have the helm. FORNEY'S Prens commences an edi torial In its last Issue as follows: President Grant's new Governor of the District of Columbia, lien ry D. Cooke, made a speech. We do nut know ii . hen we have seen a more characteristic sentence, or one fuller of meaning. The riot of the peo ple of the District of Columbia to select their own rulers was taken away from them, because it was found that the ne groes who swarm in Washington were totally unfit to exercise the elective fran chlse,and now Grant owns thetiovernor. What a commentary upon the conduct of the Republican party is this 13:132131132 General James Potter, of Lewistown, Mifflin county, died suddenly in his room, at the Bolton House, in Harrisburg, on Friday morning. He had been complain ing for several days, but did not regard himself as seriously ill. The servant on entering his room found him in convulsions on the floor, and he died in a few hours af ter. • General Potter belonged to a historic family—one of the oldest and at one time the wealthiest in the State. His grand father, General James Potter, was a major general in the Revolution, and for several years an officer on the staff of Washington. He possessed the entire confidence of his commander in -chief, and at the close of the Revolutionary struggle was sent at the head of a detachment of troops into central Penn sylvania to overawe the Indians and pro tect the settlers. Pottersls fort, in Penn's valley, Centre county, was built and forti fied by this expedition, and at the termina tion of the Indian troubles the commander was so charmed with the natural beauties and advantages of that region that he took up his permanent residence near the site of the " Old Fort," and here the subject of this sketch was born. At an early age he em barked in business and for several years was highly successful as an iron manufac terer as well as in other manufacturing and commercial enterprises. But reverses swept away his large fortune, and at the time of his death he was comparatively poor. Perhaps no man in the common wealth has a larger circle of acquaintances, or was more universally esteemed by his friends. At the time of Ida death General Potter was inithe fifty-fourth year of his age. ELEZE=II The Washington and Spring Garden Hose Companies of Reading have con solidated. Capt. Geo. W. Skinner, of Chambers burg, lectured before the Democratic Association of Reading on Saturday eve ning last. York steel ore is revolutionizing the entire business of railroad rail-making. It is one of the wonders of the age. The Pennsylvania deaf and dumb in stitution had two hundred inmates last year. During the same time the insane asylum had five hundred and seventy four. Three citizens of Chester county died recently whose united ages were 258 years. They were Philip Fillruan, Sr., aged 88, Col. Jacob Christman, aged 83, and Mrs Rebecca Davis, aged 89 years. A mine superintendent named Mor rissey was killed while coming out of a shaft near Minersville, Pa., on Friday, by his head being caught between the car, and the roof of the mine. SL Peter's Catholic Church, Reading, will be re-dedicated on Sunday, the 16th of April. Bishop Wood will officiate in person and will be assisted by Bishop Shanahan, of Harrisburg, who will preach a sermon. Weather permitting, navigation will be resumed on the Schuylkill Canal this week. The total number of boats on said canal is about eight hundred, of which 200 belong to private individuals. The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company now control the canal. Roth candidates for (speaker of the National House of Representatives— Hon. James U. Blaine and Gen. George W. Morgan—are natives of Washington county, in this State. Each attended Jefferson College at Canonsburg, and belonged to the same literary society. The fact is a curious one that coal, after all expenses of mining, breaking, screening, hauling and royalty were paid. brought only $2 50 at Port Carbon, yet it r, qui red $2 18 per ton to transport the same ninety-three miles, to Phila delphia. The carrying business is evi dently better than operating the mines. John Laubach, of Middletown, was killed on Tuesday at that place while in an outhouse, near Raymond & Camp bell's machine shops, by a number of cars which were being taken from a sid ing to the main track of the Pennsylva nia Railroad. The brake chain was broken, and the train ran oil the end of the track demolishing the outhouse and killing Sir. Laubach. The deceased leaves a wife and four children to mourn his loss. Mr. Jonathan Meek, a resident of Bethel township, Berks county, while driving across the Blue Mountain, be fore daylight on Monday morning lust, was attacked by three men, one of whom caught hold of the horses. and another attempted to drag him front the vehicle, while the third fired a pistol ball at him, which passed through his coat sleeve. The horses became frightened at the re port, and Mr. M. thus made his escape from his would-be captors, who tired three more shots after him, two of which struck the wagon. Between 12 and 1 o'clock on :tiondny night, a man named Solomon Bucher, of all entrance Into the house of ex-policeman John Lawrence. He took two coats, an umbrella, a pair of gaiters and several yards of gingham, and had got out into the alley, when Mrs. Law rence having overheard the noise went out and seized the intruder, and held him for some time until Quiver Herman appeared and took him in charge. The fellow made a desperate struggle to es cape, in the course of which he received several blows in the face from his cour ageous captor, who held on to him with equal determination. Bucher was com mitted by the Mayor of Reading, on Tuesday morning., in default ot i.zrino bail, to answer. I==! In the Taylor will ease at New York, involving over 51,000,000, the Nvill has been admitted to probate. The woolen mill of James Legg & at Burrillville, It. 1., was burned on Friday night. Loss, S:70,00. George Swain, a soldier of 1512, and fattier of Thomas W. Swain, of the Phil adelphia .Yundull Jerpubli , •, (lied at Alex andria, Va., on Sunday, aged SO years. In New York, on Saturday night, Richard McManus fractured his father's skull with an axe,and it is believed the old man will die. A San Francisco despatch says that Mr. Mendel, of the firm of Mendel, Vi moot & Co., liquor dealers, has ab sconded, leaving ;the firm involved to the full extent of their means. The liabilities and assets are not very large. At Chicago on Saturday, two men named Schuler and Wither, employed in a distillery, got into a quarrel, what) the latter struck Schuler with a bar of iron, inflicting injuries that will:proba bly prove fatal. /Mobile was visited on Saturday by a severe rain and thunder-storm, which lasted five or six hours. A colored wo man was killed by lightning, and the eastern and w , stern sections of the city were flooded, the overflow causing dam age to the amount of $lO,OOO. The tornado which made such havoc in East St. Louis a few days ago, de stroyed the little town of Fayette, in Green county, 111. Among the build ings destroyed was a church, a seminary and a steam saw mill. No lives are re ported lost. At Jefferson City, Mo., on Saturday, while the prisoners in the jail were en tering, the breakfa tr oo , one of them named Thomas Connolly, stabbed to death another named Lafayette Burns. Connolly said he (lid it, because Burns had been trying to poison him for six months. Messrs. S. C. Tardy & Co. of Rich mond, Va. sold a few days ago, eight hundred barrels of whiskey. The new article (nine unoothsi sold from $1.210. 51.30 per gallon; that two years old from 51 35( ,, 51.-10 per gallon. 120 barrels su perior old for 51.70 per gallon. The case of Mrs. Ann Staley vs John Fauble, for seduction awl breach of marriage promise, damages laid at $lO. OM, was tried in the Circuit Court of Frederick County, Md, and endeu on last Monday evening, by the Jury ren dering a verdict in favor of the Plaintiff' for $7OO. This case excited considerable interest from the fact that Mr. Fauble is about 73 years of age and was for many years a prominent church member, and always had the character of being an holiest man and good citizen. The young women of Wisconsin are not to be baulked in their designs upon young imin. Some time since the lover of one of these young women married an other fair Wisconsin ite, and the first young woman engaged herself as a ser vant to her lover's wile. 'Three months after the marriage, the wife, on return ing Irwin a visit to her father's house, found that her servant had carried off the husband, and all the household fur niture to the value of $3,300 There is a wife that is going up and down the Stale of Wisconsin with vengeance In her eyes and a cow•lible in her pocket. Vinnie Ream is spoken of by some writers its n'• sculpt ress. - The correct ness of this expression is open to ques tion. Supposing she had devoted her self to pictorial art, would it he proper to designate her as a pain tress 7 These " (.SSCS ought to be disemitinued, their effect upon the English languoge 'wing to augment its already disagreeable sib nation. As mark Mg the feminine among the lower animals, the use of the adjunct in question is very desultory and unfixed. We say a tigress, :for in stance, but who ever talks about a wolf :ss, a bearess, or a dogess? The war indemnity assessed upon the city of Paris, amounting to $40,000,000, has been paid. 'l•he entire sum was conveyed to the Gefundl Headquarters, at Versailles on February 1:1111, and was composed one half of drafts upon Berlin, and the other Main notes of the Bank of France, in closed in two sealed iron chests. The Ger man commissioners at thst desired to count the notes in the chests, but abandon ed the idea when the tact that the seals were untouched was pointed out to them. The German commissioners also produced a sum of fifty millions of francs for $10,000,000 in French notes, which, seem ding to the treaty, were to be exchanged by the French commissioners against thirty millions of francs in guild and twenty millions of francs in silver. The exchange occupied several days, and the German commissioners, af ter endeavoring to count the coin, aban doned the task and checked the payment by weighing - the gold and silver as it was transferred to them. Death of on Old Defender ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 12.—Geo. Swain, a soldier of the war of 1812, died here to-day, aged eighty years. He was originally (ruin Newburyport, Massachu setts, and coming to this town, volunteered for the defense of the government, and was with the army that operated around Wash ington at that Mile. lie is the father of Thomas W. Swain, of the Philadelphia .Sunday Republic. Chas. M. Wetherill, Professor of Chemistry in the Lehigh University, Bethlehem, wasfound dead in his chair on Sunday morning about half past ten o'clock. He had prepared to attend church and was waiting for his wife in the library and when she entered the room she discovered him sitting iu the chair lifeless. The:cause of his death was heart-disease. For tho Intelligencer The Coal Question NSW CASTLE, Marell 4113, 1871 Afes,tra. Editors :—Perhaps a few lines, at this time, from the anthracite regions, might be interesting to the readers of the INTELLtonwcan. Our miners and laborers —or in other words the "Union"—are so misrepresented by some of our Radical' Journals, that I suppose we are looked upon by those living outside of the mining regions as a kind of barbarians, having no rights which the consumers of coal are bound to respect. The idea.seems to pre vail abroad, that an untold amount of des titution and suffering exists In the coal fields; that the miners and their families are suffering for the want of the necessaries of life, and that children are dying by doz ens. This is certainly not the case, for we know whereof we speak. We live in the mining regions—are surrounded by coal mines—and consequently, by the men and their families, and we have heard of no case of actual suffering superinduced by the suspension. The health of the people is good at the present time; good order prevails, and not near so much lawlessness as we have seen when times were good and money plenty. Should the suspension con tinue much longer, there is no doubt des titution will follow to a considerable ex tent. The notion prevails abroad that the employed are alone responsible for the sus pension, and consequently the high price of coal in the market. This we think is not correct. We believe that the operators desired a suspension at the time it took place, that they might get a good price for the coal they had in market. We do not either say that the "Union" is altogether blameless, but the Republican papers of the country try to convey the idea that the employed are the only party responsible. The men are willing to work at a fair re muneration, and sonic few of the operators would resume, but the Reading Road has advanced the price of tolls per ton, from two to four, and now to six dollars. We verily believe that a majority of the opera tors and the railroad monopolies, have struck hands to crush the laborer—it looks so at present. While we du not look upon the " Union" as a paragon of virtue in all respects, we believe something of the kind is necessary to protect the minor from the rapacity of these large corporations. We do not think that the men demand more than a fair remuneration for their work. The three•dotlnr hoof., would give the in side laborers twelve dollars a week, and outside eleven. This we think is not too high, fur you must take into consideration that the price of living in the mining dis tricts, is from twenty-tive to lifty per cent. higher than In Lancaster county. The miners, as a general thing, work by con tract, by the yard or wagon. Some of them make good wages, It is true, but they have to incur many risks, they do not average more than eighty dollars per month, and at best, for not mitre than eight months in the year. SCHUYLKILL. For the Ito,' Con Cool-corrvinir Componles be M=:CEI Metatrs. Editor 3 :—Tito Philadelphia and Heading Railroad Company, is subject to its charter approved in 1833. t hte section declares : " That the toll on any species of Property shall not exceed an average of four cents per tort, per mile." At that time railroads were stocked with individual cars, and could only charge for use of road and motive power, and not for carriage or transportation. Since, individual cars have been driven oaf, and the carrying and trans portation of freights are monopolized by the railroads, or the rings comprised of railroad employees. It Is true, the Legislature has the author ity to revoke or amend theircharter, when ever the provisions of said charter Is viola ted. But, as there is nothing in their charter limiting the charge of transportation, there can be no violation, and the Reading Com pany can charge just what they please for the transportation of all freight. In 1837, the following amendment to the State Con stitution was adopted: "The Legislature shall have power to alter, revoke or annul any charter of incorporation hereafter con ferred by or under any special or general law, whenever, in their opinion, it may be injurious to the citizens of the Common wealth, In such manner, however, that no injustice shall be done to the corporators." Thought this Company has been inflicting, daily, upon the citizens of the Common wealth, great injuries by charging three cents or thirty mills per ton, per mile on coal, when the actual cost to said Company for transporting or carrying, (including all expenses,) is but four mills per ton,per r am sorry to say, this amendnent of the Constitution will not apply to the Reading Company, as their charter was obtained under the act of 1833. Is there arty remedy? Have the people any redress? Br are we completely enslaved by the overwhelming powers, obtained from time to time by soul less corporations, from subsidized Legisla tures. The power of railroad corpora tions must be limited. They are dangerous to the liberties of the people. The old C. S. Bank In its most prosperous days, had not half the demoralizing effect upon legis lation and the people, that our giant rail roads now have and/exert. Su INCRI Columbia, Marchhl, 1571. For the f intelllgerlrer. Wine Cult re of California Scarce fifteen years have elapsed since the discovery was made that the sell and climate of California, were peculiarly adapted to the culture of the grape, and the production of wine. Yet, within that short space of time, developments in that direc tion have been of a character so astound ing as to elicit the wonder of both the old and the new world. The yield of wine in California, has been of such magnitude that, to repeat it herb, would appear fabu lous. Millions upon millions ur gallons are stored in the cellars and .vaults of that State, and of such a quality too, that the most expert connoisseur will find it dlll cult to distinguish them from the best for , eign brand. Some who have given the matter limited attention, have come to the erroneous conclusion that all the wines of California were too " heary.'"l'hat that they contain too much of the sacchar ine or sugar of the grape, and therefore, ere more "alcoholic." Some even have gone so far as to assert that there must lie spirits contained in the wines, because they were so very "fiery" as they eat! it. This is an egregious error. There are chemical and atmospherical causes for this, which can all be explained by scientific men, and they will bear evidence to the tact that the pore wines of California are as free froth spirits or other foreign substances, as the best and purest Rheinish wines. That most or these wines are too sweet, is an admitted and ac knowledged fact; but, it does not follow that, because most of them are so, that are so. Experiments in the grape culture have established the fact that the white Riesling grape of the Rhine, will produce a juice equal to that of its MUM, country; and the skeptical can satisfy themselves, if they will take the pains Li) (10 sic, tidal the white (so called) tart wines or California are even "superior" to those of Germany. Prejudice alone has kept those home-pro duced wines from the table of opulence in our country, That prejudice once re moved, and our people will drink only the product of their own land, and the wine trade of the world will, by this means, be revolutionized. Some of the most experi enced vintners of the old country, are now engaged in the cultivation of the grape in California, and the progress they are utak ing is truly astounding. San Francisco is, to-day, one of the greatest wine marts of the world ; and will, 'ere the lapse of ten years more, he the greatest. Even to-day, vessel after vessel leaves her wharves laden with her wines, and those wines are being distributed over the Union, and quietly working themselves into favor .among the people, doing more towards cultivating a taste for pure beverages than all the temperance lectures delivered since the days when Gough was in his prime.— This is what we want. We want to dis place the poisonous concoctions called liquors, which bring want and distress, rum and death among our laboring classes, by substituting a pure, unadulterated grape juice in its stead. Since man will indulge in these stimulants, let us give him some thing which is harmless in its effects at least, and by that "means we will be his benefactor. A Terrible Trngedy LOCKPORT, March I2.—Wm. Bullock, of the firm of Bullock Bro'a. was shot dead last night at the corner of Main and Prince etreeta by Arthur F. Pierce. Five shots were fired at Mr. Bullock, two of which took effect. The breaking of l .romises and toe betrayal of Pierce's sister axe said to have been the cause of the shooting. Pierce belonged to this city, but latterly he has resided iu Chicago, and has borne an excellent character. Ile Is now In jail. Mr. Bullock moved In respectable circles here. THE FINAL DEPORITION OF SUMNER Esc/ling Scene to the Senate WAaIIINOTON, March 10. When the report of the Select Committee was presented to the Senate, the contest be gan. Mr. Wilson moved to postpone its consideration for a day. The Administra tion men would not brook delay. They seemed eager for the sacrifice of the doomed - - Chairman of the Foreign Relations Com mittee, and they wanted an immediate vote. The debate which followed was one of the most extraordinary in many respects that has taken place In the Senate since the re• moral of Senator Douglas from the Chair manship of the Committee on Ten rdories under almost similar circumstances. The excitement ran so high that Senators on both sides of the question frequently ound themselves betrayed into a revels- tion of the caucus secrets. The galleries of the Senate were of course crowded, for the news of the debate spread speedily, not only through the Capitol but over the city. Many members of the House found the -Senate debate more attractive than the question of the removal of the duties on coal and salt. The floor of the Senate was thronged all day with such as had access to it. Mr. Sumner sat in his seat as calm as usual, an attentive listener to the debate and the cynosure of all eyes. He was defended by the ablest men on the floor of the Senate—men like Trumbull, Sherman, Wilson, Logan, Schurz and \tor• rill, of Vermont. Others who considered themselves bound by he cameos to vote for the report or the conlinittee did not do so without expressing their reluctance and their personal regard tor Sumner. Schurz was very able In defending the independ deuce of the Senate. The feeling to-night among the He publicans is that a great blunder has been columnated, a blunder which, while it can not injure Mr. Stunner, will re act upon those who are either directly or indirectly responsible tbr it. Mutt say better have dismissed Secretary Fish and the whole Cabinet, rather than have attempted to disgrace Saunter. lie is unquestionably the nnist popular man in the Capitol to night. THE I'ItOCKEIIINI , IN SF:NATE. i 1 r. Omitted a reonlutiuu wit 11 a lia of the standing committees determin ed upon by the Republican caucus. ill r. Sumner rime and said that he saw that his naine was at the head of the 0)111- 'IOIAV° un Eleel.llls and Privileges. Ilii ached that his uuuie beelintillate,l trams the piney it occupied on that Committee. Ile would say that liner twenty years of ser vice in the chamber he had a right to ex pect that his associates would not nnposo Upon 1,1111 3 new class of duti e s when he es presidy stated they w ere not welcome to 1%! r. Snlnner's reque,t %vas granted. The nutaition recurring; on the adoption of the resolution, Mr. Shure it Seas well known to the country that there were certain clhutgreements with regard to the appointment or tiles° cow mitteem now nut, united t. the Serial... It wimlil ht. noticed lhal in that re,ohttion a t•hangti 1,1 Nome iniimrtance had been mods in Lite tee on Itehtlhl:l+. Thu late chairman, the Senator from M as aitchusetts j>l r. Sllllllll . l'], wns his personal friend, and were he not his judgment. would net be altered. Ile spoke the unanimous sentiment the solute itiiiiirt the country, when he said thrtit the dirties devolvlng upon the ellairman et lire Serrate Commit tee on Foreign Altair. hall been fulfilled uv the Senator null 114,1.1letIllSetl./4 \Vail great credit I, Illlll,lelf and thin committte, and with general satisfaction to the country.— 'that gentleman llp,ll ill 1.110 Senutu us 1110 by study Mill training, sus mina 1116'1,4111y fitted to fill just that position ahoy,' all others. The resolution siihstitettiti in his !dais, the Senator l'erinsylvania not now in his scat [Mr. Cameron], whose profound FillltheS of 1111,r11111.i011111 Intro All,' general experience, especrally in the tliplornatte service, lilted hint lor the place, Mid is all whom at its 111 . 1k1 the CIJIIIIIIIttett would, iu the highest degree, enjoy tire confidence of the country, but he [Mr. Schurz] was free to say that that geutleuann was not se vastly superior to the gen tlenirm from A1LU3,1111.1111- setts that his appointment would Mr a 1110- Ulellt be en tertamed on that account. It was evident that there wits something else. \\dam a movement was made to de grade an eminent member of the Senate It V. as tall illstY to I hat member, to the Senate, and to thin whole enuutry that the real rem sons for which suet' a change was proposed should be 1.1. id bare to the public ;;ale. Ile would therefore ask the SeiLator who lied proposed the resolution [Mr. I what were the 1 . 1..a.,11,1 why such a change 11 am mudo ? • Mr. Howe rose to reply. Mr. Stewart would not answer Several Senators. No ; do not. Mr. Howe said in deference to that rule of courtesy which lie had made the rule of his life, he would make a civil answer to a civil question. lle would briefly state that no question had been raised /LS to the ability of the Senator from Massachusetts, atilt no pretension had been made that he was sur passed in any respect by Mu gentleman proposed to su c ceed him. But it was known that the personal relations between the Senator front Uassacliusett.s and the Presi dent and the head of the state Department were such as to preclude till socuil inter Course between them. In brier, the infor mation was that the Senator from Massa chusetts refused to bold personal inter course with the Secretary of State. \I r. Sunnier—Just the contrary. Mr. Howe (continuing without noticing the remark) said that the Senator had nut held any intercourse , With the President of the United Slates. In view of these facts it WaS deemed hest that the Committee on Foreign 1-telations should have in head who would IJO at least "II speaking terms with the President and Secretary of State. Mr. Schurr replied that lie was ererl bly informed that the Senator from Massachu setts had not relused to enter into onlcial relations either with the President or Sec retary of State, Mr. Wiison. Then it comes to this, that the oldest member (.I the Senate, the Chair man of the Committee on Foreign h (nations through the past ten years, is to be removed Irom the chairmanship, and Iron, the com mittee itself, because of the social relations between the President, the Secretary of State, and himself. Ile [NI r. Wilson] be lieved that it saes 110110 of thin business ut the :Senate what those relations were, or what were the social relations of any Sena tor with the President or any other mem ber of the Government. Ile thought the only question Was WY to Whether the mem ber; held proper official relations With the President, the Cabinet, and other members of the I iovernment. lie was opposed to the change because it was lull or danger to the lulu,' of the Re s publican party. 'there were hundreds and thousands 01 Republicans whose hearts would be wrung by the intelligence of this action, and who would see neither justice our wisdom in it. The• party was in no condition to do that which would wound and otte•nd hundreds of thousancls nit the purest anti best teen of the country. For one he washed his hands, and now' moved that the further consideration of the sub ject be postponed 1111111 to-morrow. n 1 r. Schou Z said the personal relations be tween the parties should not govern the Senate. Inist tho Senate helm(' appoint ing a chairman of a committeelvdt a Presi dent, or a Secretary of State, how he likes the choice, and how 110 likes to (humor sup WWI (hilt ? ust there be it prec•ine understanding between them about cook ery or any miler detail 01 social lile. Commenting on a despatch issued front the State I)eparttnent, ut We instance of the l'resident, relative to Minister :%lotley, in ti Lich sundry allu,iuus were made to the President's abliorreinai of a betrayal of eon lidence, Schortz said these m, ere direct references to .t 1 e. Sumner of Lin run ist un lilf• San Domingo scheme. Could Senatrorm require any !manlier ut 010 body who had the lea,t sense or dignity to bend his knee told cringe and fawn before those who had tines spat epee hurl. The remons assigned tor such n degrodation ivero but tlnu.y pretext... Intring the Ad ministration of lid reNv .1ot) !ism) theChair uuut of the l'oniniittee on Foreign Itela• tioll4 Wai not on silttalcitig, terms w ill, the President• and yet the grave question of the press ol the french army iu Mexiet) Was 101,1 V:111, 1 / 4 treaties 1./Opilsell by the Senate were first. Appo,vtol by that Committee. Attrilading the present difficulty to the determination id . the Preneleilt to prosecute the San Domingo nelo Our, and urging the Senate not to to Executive dictation, he went on say that there were ruinorn abroad that in the change proponed the President had taken a ',ripening power which wan radii r stronger than had hereto lore been deemed compatible with the dig city of that office. It Wily perhaps now LIMO for the Republican party to consider whether they Wene ready to neuritic° their eause to the whims of one single man. Mr. Wilson said it Was useless to den, the filet that the San Domingo seheme wRY tilt, reason Ihr this aetion. We all know that it this annexation or San Domingo had not COMO up there never would have been any effort to change the composition of the CMninitteee on Foreign Relations. It iVas a small matter at the best, and he regretted that it had ever been brought in to destroy the harmony of the Itepubliran party. Ile feared it would be what Lecommon was to the Democracy. He did not believe that there were a hun dred men in Massachusetts that would not indignantly condemn the outrage in strik ing down an eminent stateskinn of twenty live years' scuttling on a question as to whether he replied to an inquiry put to him by the Secretary of State. Orem timid ! was such a farce ever be:Me played before the American people. He invoked }cis party friends to close up their ranks, as they had no forces in reserve. He protested against it In the name of the Republican party of the whole country. The motion of Mr. Wilson to postpone the further consideration of the subject was rejected as follows: Yea.r—Bayard, Buckingham, Casserly, Cooper, Davis (Ky.), Davis r\V. Vs.), Kelly, Saulsbury, Schurz, SpraltiSO, Stevenson, Stockton, Thurman, Tipton, Vickers, NV il son Says—Ames, Boreinamßrownlow, Cald well, Chandler, Cole, Conklin, Corbett, Cragin, Edmunds, Fenton, Ferry, (Mich.) Flanagan, Frelinghuysen, Hamlin , llar lan, tiitcheock, Ilowe, Lewis, Morrill, (Vt.,) Morton, Nye, Osborne, Pomeroy, Pool, Earnsey, Sawyer, Scott, Shermau, Stearns, West, IVright-31. The question then being on the adoption of the resolution, Mr. Bayard moved that the title of the committee be changed to that of the Committee on Personal Rela tions. [Laughter.) Mr. Edmunds moved that the chairman of that committee bo Mr. Bayard, of Dela ware. After further remarka, tho resolution adopting tho committeo'N roport, was than adopted—you 33, nays 9, the last all Demo- crats: Atacnt or not voting—Bayard, Bucking• ham, Cameron, Carpenter, Crean', Forty (Conn.), iiii,hort, Hamilton, Hill, Kellogg, Logan, Pratt, Rico, Haulebury, Schurz, Spencer, Sprague. Stockton, Sumner, Tip ton, Trumbull, Wilson, Windom-23. In the House, tho bill repealing iho duty on malt and coal wan further debated. Slantlin&rCommittermofthefultedfitneew Tim first-named in each condnitiee I. chairman : Foreign Relations--Messrs. Cameron Harlan, Morton, Patterson, Schorr, I lin and Casserly. Privileges arid Elections—Messrs. Sum ner, Stewart, I 1 Orton, Rive, Hamlin, II ill and Thurman. Finanve—Messrs. Sherman, Morrill, of Vermont, Fenton, Scott, A mes,Wright and Bayard. A pproprintionm—M evsrs. Cole, S prop ue, Sawyer, Edmunds, Windom, West and Stevenson. t'ommerco -Nlessrs. Chandler, Corbett, Kellogg, Spencer, Buckingham, Conkling and Vickers. Mantoactures—Messrs. Hamlin, Robert son, Boreman, Gilbeit and frank P. Blair. grieulturo— Messrs. .Aforton, Cameron, Robertson, Tipton and Davis. Miiitary Allitirs—Mtssrs. NVilson, Cam eron, Atorton, Amos , Logan, West and Naval A liairs—MessrB. Cragin, Anthony Nye. Osborn, Caldwell. Ferry, of Michigan and Stockton. Jutliciary—Messrm.Trunilmll,E,lttilmtk, Conkling, Carpenter, Frclinglitiymen, 1'0,4 and Thurman. Peat offices and l'est• roods—\l& ~r.. I ;jlbert, Cole, gall, Ferry, of \Leh igun, and Kelly. Public Lund.-.\learn. Pomeroy, Tip ton, Osborne, Sprague, Wllllllllll, Logan and Casmerly. Private Land Claims - lessrs. D:tvis, ni lootOoky, Forry, ol ('onovotomt, Saw) or, 11.1vard and Blair. I s ndian A Ilairm—Messrs. Harlan. Corbett, Ittlekingliatn, Stewart, Vrelinglnlysi•n, I lilt 21.10 14tV IS, of Kentucky. Ponsions—Mo..r.. Edmund., Tipton, Pratt, Brownlow, Ferry, ichigan, Wost and Saul.burv. Itevultitioin;ry - Brownlow, Curbett, Cragin, l'lainui—Nles.irs. I how e, Scutt, Sprague Pratt, Ituretnati, Wright and 1)."1.. District 1,1 . - Paciersun Sunnier, Lewis, Spencer, l'altlw ell, II itch cuck, and V it•ker.i. Patent 4 - of rift, if MAffit., ‘Vtmlom and Hamilton. Ituilding4 and I; rountl4 of Vt.rw, , nt, Inholl, and 'ler! itorlcs—Nle.sr4. Nyo, Schur/. Itorentn, Hill, Hitchcock, atm l cwiT. Itailroinl—Nli,mrs.titewt soy, Wilson, Harlan. hire, Fentn, So,p(r. lellogg, Hitchcock, Blair, and inn. and NI mint; Nit...mi., It ho, Cit,ti II ler, Flanagan. Le,' t., Logan, rikl,l Isom and Saillmbury. RevisiOn (he - Nlum+ rm. Conl s ling, Carpenter, Pool, Trull Mid 111111IHIck13. Etillvittlon anti 1.1114c,r—N10”.1.11 . 5. sawyer. 1,1 Vt,lllllllt, Flitilllgllll, i 1•1•1.11 uud 1/1111, 1 .. 0111..11 Printing - l'unnorl l'. Lilornry--)lc,r4. anti :•11,Jrnittii. Etigrwised - Alf., null Davis. Ite% iNi,lllOl thn Itulus I'. 111,...y Edmunds .111t1 Bayard. 'h.,: .111..., t, \'ic isprs Ilurkirigli.iin Levees of the Mississippi Itiver 'lrunlhtilL 1,/11 tipuoml ( . 11111fIlittN. :•;1111thel s il 1)11tr: , g1, NyCl and liuvurd. Thf' Juint SCIVI•L Itolrrn0•h• un•nt ou.•n disomitintio.d. ' Fine I nrnnw • t ' ax 11118, it nee m., a per sbdent foe el the new l'oeinossioner, I'leasanton, and, it iv hoped, shook' 'on - gross continue its session Mr general legs. , nation a few weeks, we may he rid nil the nuisance of 'nal: Mg :mother tax return. It is said he is preparing to urge (Ili Um new Uppligrese the measures he eleleartpred b. Lace atlepted by the last. one. Ile is ill the opinion that 'enjoin more reel:1111e Will lie gained it the income tax in repealed, and I tine exportation of whiskey %van the draw back perinitted,thite under tine pre.entlaws. lie also desires the enactment 01 some nee' regli 1111.101111 to secure additional revenue from the various 141.50,1 I.olpaceo. 1u this el/11110.11411i We linty here state that until the 111.11' is repealed all Minna! 1113.1121 ur,• no be as se-sell in the month of each year, and assespopre are required to complete their assessments and place the icon° inn the hands of igisessors oil ur before the last day of that month. The assessor is then allow ell time to hear appeals or complaints, but the complete list !nest be placed ill the halals of the collector for 0u11e.,1011 oil or belopre tin :kali (lay lII' April. During the month 11l Miry the taxes, including tilos...an Incomes, must be paid. It is Made the May of et cry person or Inwtul age whose gross income during the year preceding 1,711 oxrrul rd *2IIOU to make and lender it return 4pll or M— ime the day designated by law, to the asspt tallt 11SSesSor 01 thodintrirt 111 ill Which Inc re sides, of the gross amount nil his income•, gains mind profits, and inlet cry guardian and trustee, executor or administrator, and any person acting ill any other fiduciary capai ty or 11, 11,141e111. agent for or of partner M . all)' (leriVillg ell incu we, gains and profits limn any business ur reShillll, or front rem LS, to tual<e a r ellirn the liSsistalit ahseesur of the 111 , trict which Lo resides of the amount M . Ineolio. or 'lily minor or person fur whi rw Le urns, Whitt and how much tas is LO be ilia punch rs thus Set IPPrill: InVillentla declared by cor porate/11S, any sure] useari led McMillin:mit Wild, and iliter,loll, and outip.oisul, hoick I rior to August 1, 15711, are subject to a tax utG per cent. All dividends ueelared and prolos carried to eotruugent 1 . 111141 m by em - ',orations lOr the null Months Irian A 1114.4. I 1.0 Decelliber :11, 570, are exempted rum (liVltlell.l tins, rvru Wlll.ll sail OlValell4l, are comprised wholly or in part or ',slat. accrued prior to A ilgtist I, 1 , 711. Nor 4 . 1111 tax inc withheld from Interest Mr oullpulls rep resenting interest) suing due am' payable within the said live months. Dividends and all profits carried to surplus, if composed wholly or forOlil,o,l - 1101 4pr carnet! pi lIM to ingest 1,157 U, are liable to tins at the rate of 21 per cent.; 11 composed par fly or prone, arc rued prior to August 1, par tly nil 111.1,0 accrued Within the last fly...imiths of 15711, and partly nil those ace, nett since Jalinitry I, 1 , 171,a1 the rate of gY per cent. 111.011 sin Warn 01 the dividend its repreSelitS lorclitsaccrued either prior u, Allgliet I, or enn.cynent ltr 1/ecumber 31, 10711, excluding prows it thit last live months ml Is7o. J'iolits charnel t. the accounts 4.1 a Wad, Jail. Ist, lii 1, are 1111 beet to the Sallie till as urn lliVidelptls above described. tic much of Mani iirolits IN were earned prior to August I, or bse (Men L to De•neunber 31, 1:70, are taxable at the rate of :!1 per cent. Profits or corpfas- Liens flamed or nice rued within the last live months of IS7O are not taxable when v ded or carried to Linea...met of a to December 31, 1 5 70. ' lllO saute rule governs as 1.0 interest ur coupons, hulk being sin inject to 21 per cent. except lor the live months named. ho !Midi iL creed within that lime no tax Is to he 11 11 11- Ledyer. 1'..1. 1,t111 . 11111g i1 . ..111 a 1111, 1.. vllll,llOl, fuel VOlllll 110,V11 from Ala.,. oti Alonday night's train, rrucLitig Oglnillorpn about unto o'clock. i.ettitig all at ltin depot or the latter Intact., he gas u Ills 111111 d ill of 1101/1.11 to a negro ulna, unmod Jura b, awl started walking home, followed immediate ly by the servant, Proceeding [Amain,. lIIS 110111 c, ho reached the heart of the taw u, and truel,ll,sillg tilt tine 1011 or tir,, ~,art house, when a glint wa, ',red ill hill) from thu,luor of ,hie 11111111111 g, open ing or. the strict, the snot tak ing ellect 111 0111 lull side of fliti lane atul neck and inflicting a 111 , AmL gi.antly and gap ing wound trout wluch Col. I . Inn I lin, al omit:. lit, fell d,r want on hint right side, out titter. rile the outer cdgn of Lial roldl2Wllll, Quid cu fly :loser 1110, lug alter he LOlllll,l Lire ground, tin' hmn urine were I . } nig the one easily by his side and the other 011 Ills breast, his satchel nearly Just where It bud !dipped irolll lute 11111111, 41111 1114 LA•IlV1 , 1 . toe the sidewalk where IL 1111,1 111,11.1a11. Hie overcoat was buttoned up elllhe to the chin, and about Iwo had been dislui bed in any Way, although he had on a gold watch, money about Inn person and oilier valuables, plainly hilllW ing that the lurking linsa.,llll, aho had fir. ed the Instal shot sought 110 hilolls Mid p 0- iltS, list 111/1111111 blood and human The servant SILO walking, according to his own uccouut, to the jolt and a lime Lu the rear of Cul. Fish, and when the gun tired, dodged down, squatting, and then turned and rail off frightened. lie ut once woke up some gentlemen sleeping not tar off, who found the betty as above demerit. ed, the warn' blood gushing proiusely from the several arteries, and the halt breath fluttering on his dying lips.— : l uyun ell, ( ;o•oryla, ChrUnlde and Nenttlid. Arrival of the Tenntissee. KINosToN, Nlarch 11.—A to the New York Wored nays the Unite.: Stales nteamers 'Tennessee and Nantaskes have at rived here with all well on board. the COUllillbhlUtlerb are unanimous Inc the an nexation of San Dotinngo. They were badly received in liayti, where General Caloria communicated with them that be bad uu battle with President butt. The Commis ateliers return to the Coded States by way of Key West immediately. The Stepp...ft Nat has 31 unlrr cr. New Yong, Mar. 11.—A ileypaieli was received by the Superintendent of Police yesterday, which scented Lu cam a consid erable excitement among the detectives. As the Superintendent and ccr oral of the detectives are nut at their posts at police headquarters to-day, it is ruumreu that they have received information regarding Forrester, the Nathan min derer, and have gone to make an arrest. Lowmm, March 12. —A party of foots roughs, this afternotm,essauted a 1111111 Mid WOLIMII walking neer the fairground in the suburbs. The Mull Wes beaten keneelees, and the woman was ravished by each of the party. No arrests have been made, _ _
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