BUSINESS MOTIOEB3 "•'.wi’pirAN HOUSE. BOSTON, MASS,—The very to csS«usfßasjs^g^g. bein ma&of'oumeiomßaltM ■jSjwwpeteaTSatoo’entire houee thoroiißhly replon ° BON.Propricte™. ■ MEYER’S NEWLY IMPROVED ORES CEN S«T E Rt™OPIANO & MEWDEONS Arch »U»1. EMiih. 6 BULLETIN. BYE Wednesday) February 5, 1868. OH TO tTAIAT. lie mysterious and inexperienced person ■who prepares the despatches of political news cent frota Europe to the Associated Press Bometimes makes revelations that are puzzling; and he has the rare diplomatic tact to avoid explaining ini' subsequent despatches the puzzles that he has previously pro pounded. Several days ago he reported that an Italian fleet was about to sail from Naples for the Rio dela;Plata in South America! Inasmuch as Italy is nearly bankrupt; as her Partyof Action is about ready to rise in revo lution as Fraiice is getting ready, for a war that may be in defence of the Papacy against the Party of Action; as Italy has no import ant interest in South America, and as she has every reason in the ,world for saving money and keeping at home all her force, military and naval, the cis-Atlantic public is at a loss to conceive why an Italian naval expedition ehonld be about sailing for the Riode la Plata. But as yet no explanation has been voujjh safed. ' Another valuable piece of news from Italy, furnished by the «able newsman, is that the presence of Admiral Farragut and Ms squad ron at Naples is for the sake of counter balancing French power,in the Pontifical States, and to sustain theJLiberal party, or the Party of Action, in Italy. The French newsmonger from whom the cable man gets his report says that Farragut has intimate relations with the Italian Liberals; that he has offered aid to Garibaldi, and that he is await ing an answer to this offer. The presence of a North American squadron in the bay of Naples, and of an Italian squadron prepared for some important business, makes a coinci dence on which a sanguine or sanguinary writer might base some tremendous schemes cf warfare or conquest or annexation. Indeed, after Secretary Seward’s ventures in Walrussia, the Danish West Indies, the Fejee Islands and the dangerous Johnson shoals where he lies stranded, no one would be much surprised if he were to undertake to bargain for the Pope and the Pontifical States, and then to annex Italy, one and un divided, to’the United States. To one who can look so far as Russian America and the Fejeeß for conquest and glory, there can be nothing over-bold in imagining the acquisi tion of any part of Europe. There is notMng extravagant in an ex-New York Senator’s wishing to see a Roman senator at Washing ton. There would be something picturesque in the meeting at the Capitol of a Roman gladiator, like the lftte Hon. Johannes Spar taens, with the New York bruiser, the Hon. John Morrissey. Some specimens pf mosaics from Rome, if brought to Washington, might re-instruct the “Tribune of thb People,” A. Johnson, in his own lost art of Moses. There were slaves and freedmen in old Rome; the learned Secretary of State might derive from modem Romans some ideas on these classes that would harmonize with his and Mr. Johnson’s; and even though both were ri diculous and destructive, they would be clas sical and poetical, and could be prettily in troduced into a Presidential speech or a di plomatic letter. Decidedly, while we are annexing Arctic icebergs, West India hurricanes and earth quakes and Fejee cannibals, let us also turn cur attention to civilized countries, and Jet * begin the annexation of Europe with Italy. Mr. Seward must have some such scheme in his head, or why the mysterious rumors of missions to the Pope? Why this talk about helping Garibaldi? WJiy is Admiral Far ragut, with hiß squadron, at Napleß, at this particular time? Let the land of lazzaroni and macaroni be made ours. A national and now classic poem speaks of the famous Yankee Doodle, who “Stuck a feather in hla cap And called It macaroni.” , In this there must have been some faint, dim, oracular prophecy of thb Yankee nation’s conquest of the Kingdom of Macaroni, which was to be the proudest feather in it’s cap. By all means let it be fulfilled in the time of , Johnson and Seward, and let the rallying cry henceforth be “On to Italy.” GRANT AND JOHNSON# - The correspondence between the-President and General Grant, published to-day, will produce a profound sensation throughout the country. Never were two public men brought into more striking contrast than by this con troversy which has sprung from one of the mere side-issues of the general quarrel over the - War Department. The essentially low nature of the man who, in the strange order ing of Providence, sits in Abraham Lincoln’s seat, chines out in all its native ugliness, as his intrigues to rid himself of the one Cabinet officer who has remained faithful to his party, are exposed*by the manly fearlessness of the : soldier who is showing himself as mighty with his pen as with his sword., The contrast is between trickery and honesty, between meanness and honorable principle, between "falsehood and truth, between the plots of a man eager to de stroy all rivals, and the straightr for ward openness oflone bent' upon doing his duty and obeying the laws. Mr. Johnson works with all topis that come to his hand, and when General Grant charges upon him his complicity with the slanders of *lll6 National Intelligencer and the New York Worfd against his (Grant’s) character, even the President’s audacity is not equal, to • a denial of the charge. General Grant is as sensitive as Mr. Johnson is obtu3e,' and he repels the assaults upon him with the unmea sured indignation-of the soldier who dearly cherishes his personal and official honor. The main point pi this controversy turns upon Mr. Johnson’s effort to fasten upon General Grant the charge of. having broken faith with him, HU aslprtathat Grant agreed to hold on tO,the 'War Office, or to return it to him, and also to urge upon Stanton to ire sign. To support this assertion he details his interviews with Grant and backs his version of thO agreement by the, statement, that the Cabinet officers who were present at the last interview endorse his account of it . He also declares, that the statement made by the National Intelligencer is substantially cor- XGC^ On General Grant’s part we have a plain, ingenuous narrative of the affair, couched in language so direct that no one'can pos sibly mistake it. He convicts Mr. Johnson of trickery and falsehood, and declares that his letter is “only a reiteration, somewhat more in detail, of the many and gross mis representations” contained in the Intelli gencer and the World. He re-asserts bis statement of his interviews with the Presi dent, “anything in your reply to it to the contrary notwithstanding,” which is about as distinct a phrase as is usually allowable among gentlemen. He tells the President that he did not go into the War Office as his tool, to help him to rid himself of Mr. Stan ton, but to protect the, army from those em barsassments which it would experience in carrying out the laws, if some tool of Mr. Johnson’s should fill the office.. He ac knowledges that he went, finally, to Mr. Stanton, with the purpose of advising him to resign in favor of some such man as Ex-Governor Cox, but that he was satisfied, upon meeting Mr. Stanton, that such advice would be useless. He concludes his blunt letter with this bold declaration of his opinion: “And now, Mr. President, when my honor as a soldier .and integrity as a man have, been so violently assailed, pardon me for saying that I can but regard this whole matter, from beginning to end, as an attempt to involve me in the resistance of law, for which you hesitated to assume the responsi bility in orders, and thus to destroy my cha racter before the country." General Grant strikes the nail fairly on the head. Andrew Johnson has long been plotting to secure the Presidential succession, and his one idea is to remove all prominent obstacles from his path. The reputations of other men are nothing to him, and he strikSs-bigh or low, as occasion seems to demand, with a reckless disregard of all truth and honor, hoping to force himself forward by destroying all rivals. ' General Grant is no match for Mr. Johnson at sucirdirty work as this. He feels himself assailed and he strikes his assailant promptly and vigorously, and without respect of per sons. No one can read these ' letters without feeling that while the President is evasive, disingenuous, diplomatic and utterly false, General Grant is simple, honest, manly and to be believed. The word of Mr. Johnson and his servile Cabinet will count as nothing before the country, as opposed to the indig nant self-vindication of General Grant. Mr. Johnson’s whole Presidential course has been stamped with insincerity. He has deceived whoever has trusted him. He has been false to the Republican party, false to the South, false to. the freedmen, false even to the Democrats, and it would be strange indeed if he had been anything but false to General Grant The attitude in which Andrew Johnson has repeatedly placed our Republican in stitutions before the eyes of the world is a most humiliating one. From the "dark day when he disgraced the Senate Chamber with the damning spectacle of a drunken Vice President down to this revelation of his un worthy intrigues against General Grant and Secretary StantOn, he has continued to hold us up before the gaze of Europe for her con tempt and ridicule. It was a fatal generosity that condoned the first gross offence, and the country has reaped the bitter fruits of that weakness in a harvest of humiliation, which is, apparently, not yet half gathered in. OFFICIAL ACCURACY. In commenting upon one of the phases oi the Gettysburg Lottery Scheme, we had oc casion recently to refer to the processes by which that enterprise ’had been exempted from taxation by the recommendation of Col lector Diehl of the Second Revenue District Our publication of Mr. Diehl’s letter to Com mißßinnerßollins brought ont a prompt„de?_ nial from Mr. Meredith of any professional approval, on his partj of that scheme. We took occasion to remark upon the Importance of obtaining correct information, on the part of Government officials, in a way that has needlessly disturbed Collector DlehL De fending himself, in a long letter, as best he may, against ti\e attack of Gen. Van Wyck, he denieß that it was any part of his duty or of courtesy to consult the Attorney-General of the State before giving his recommendation for the exemption frdm taxation. Forgetting that the Attorney- General iB not a* mere lawyer, giving an opinion for a fee, or striving to make out the best case for his client, he asks “What does that amount to, if the Attorney-General does believe the scheme illegal? It is merely the opinion of an eminent lawyer, nothing more." Mr. Collector Diehl makes a grave mistake here, for the position of the Attorney-General of a Commonwealth is very different from that of another lawyer. , His functions are almost of a judicial character and he occu pies an office where he is bound by his oath, not to decide between man and man, but between men,and the laws of the State, so that his opinion is, in a certain sense, “of overruling j consequence." Mr. Diehl now says that he quoted Mr. Meredith, s in an official document, as one of the authorities for his action, on the strength pf an assurance from Mr. Collis, and that the latter gentleman was mistaken. • • This might have been a hint to Mr.- Diehl to be more careful as tat bis facts in the future, but it was not, for be falls into a still more serious error in this very letter. He .asserts that “another organization, kindred in char acter to the Gettysburg,’ embodying the same elements of a lottery scheme (meaning th* Washington Library Company) was in Ml Operation, without hindrance or against which no quo warranto had been issued, or other legal proceedings instituted, although it advertised that it was sanctioned ‘by the highest legal authority in the State.’" This lfl another instance of- tbo ltoportance i of getting at tie facts of a case before com mitting one’s'self to official a Ware, President of the Senate pro tempore. Received January 23,1868. ■ ROTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. The foregoing acthaving been presented to the President tor his approval, and not hiving been returned by him to the house of Congresa iii which it originated within the time prescribed by tbe Constitution At the United States, has be come a law without hla approval. Tbe Reconstruction Committee. [Special DeipaUb to II e Pbllada. Evening BuHetto-1 Wasiusotos, Feb. *6.— The Reconstruction Committee held an Informal meetog this morn ing, at which they agreed to a bill, which wll probahly be reported to the Honse to-day, remov ing the political disabilities Incurred by partici pating In the from Gov. Patton, of Alabama; ' . The Committee also had read and discussed for o short time, the correspondence between the President and General Grant, laid before the House yesterday. Action on it was reserved for a future meetlbg. • meeting of Army Officer*. Cincinnati, Feb. 5.—A meeting of officers of the Army of the Cumberland will be held here to morrow, for the pnrppte of organizing a Society of the Army of the Cumberland. Lieutenant- General Sherman, Major-General Thomas and staff, and a large number of other distinguished officers; will be present. The proceedings will close on Saturday with a banquet. Weather Report. [By the Wfatern Union Telegraph Company.! February 5, Thermo 9A.M. Wind. Weather. meter. Plalster Cove, N.W. Clear. 10 Halifax, N.W. Clear. 16 Portland, W. Clear. 3 Boston, W. Clear, ? Hew York, E. Overcast. 20 Philadelphia, N. E. Cloudy. 16 Wilmington; Del.,E. C lc, n6y- ~. WashUurton,D.C.,N. E. Snowing. 2» Richmond, B. L- Raining. 36 Oswego, 8. S! ear ‘ on Buffalo, E. C* ear - 20 Pittsburgh, Clear. 14 Chicago, 8. W. Clear. 23 Louisville, 8- Cloudy. 38 MobUe, N. Cloudy. 46 Hew Orleans, N. W. Cloudy. 47 Ri Louis. Clear. KeyVrcst, N.E. . Cloudy. *74 Havana, E. Clear. T # 6 •Bar. 32.32; -fbar. 30.24. ■ FOMTICAL. fhe Excitement In Washington. IWuUncton Correeiondenc* of the New York World. Tins 1 president and gknkrad grant. The excitement produced among the friends ol Gen. Grant, and In General Grant’s own mind,by the official evidence of his bad faith with the President in respect to the surrender of the War Department, telegraphed to the World last week. Induced the correspondence between the General and the President which was submitted in an In complete state to the HpnseofEepresentativea to day, it Is a singular bntnot inexplicable fact that the resolution Introduced by Mr. Hubbard, of Va., yesterday afternoon, calling upon the so-called Secretary of War for a copy of this correspond ence, was offered at ldast one hour before Presi dent Johnson received General Grant’s last letter; ■ that the unfinished correspondence, as read in the House and sent to yob Tor publication In the morning, was in the hands of Stanton .before General Grant’s lastletter was in the Presidents bnndii, ]&.therefore, not donbtfnL The truth will appear that, although General Grant, Tu ms conversations with the President before and since the change in the War Department and in his private conversations; with friends within the last few dayß, has frankly admitted his opinion that Utanton should resign, be haaat the same time been probably In oouuaion with gtanton to effect tide afternoon’s demonstration against Mr. Johnson. So lmproper and shameless a call for a correspondence Cf sw* a’gind between,the Prod* dent of the United States and the General of the Annies could not, of coarse, have been prompted by any other except secretlnfotmatlon and active inspiration on the part of that party to the con troversy who conceived himself moatin need of the correspondence being made publlcat the pre sent time. That party was certainly not the President, who has not, as will be seen; yet got through with his portion of the evidence. Gen eral Grant, if yonr correspondent—whom the General accuses of “many and gross misrepre sentations”—reads his statements aright, must still And it incumbent ' upon him as an officer to defend himself more ex otic! tly- from the charge of: having disobeyed file President* his superior and the superior of the Secretary of War. H 4 the definite order of Mr. Johnson that he should ac cept no instructions from Stahton unless they ehonld he authorized by the President, and, at the same time rojecta tho President’s Qrder. lnasmuch as,he has not been informed of it himself, If,*as all.those interested in the ques tion of veracity between these two high officials expect to-nignt, Mr. Johnson has not ere now concluded the - correspondonee by reminding General Grant of his dereliction lii tidS and other respects, it will bo surprising. (Washington Correspondence of the New York Tlmoa.l Bat few members were aware of the nature or the correspondence, and its .effect 'on the House wasdeeldedly fresh and entertaining. The De mocrats werecompletely nonplussed at Its char acter, and were, .alternately . delighted and' char grined ap; they listened to the President’s letter . -and then to Grant’s masterly rejoinder. The reading of General ’,Grant’s letter was several? times Interrupted, by involuntary applause, and the whole was listened to with the most earnest . Attention. At the close theenthusiasm of some members broke out in propositions for votes of thanks, &c., but the matterVvas biiietiy referred clo the Beconatruction Committee. Aflto^tbe.Qrigln'ofthls correspondence, it is proper to state that ,sp far as Gen. Grant is con cerned he was forced .Into • iti.by the. repeated attacks on his character as a’ man and' a soldier, inspired by the President apd, spread broadcast through his partisan- organs. There iwaano ether way for Gobi Grant to ylndleatehlmaelf, \ THE HAIIiY EVENING WEDNESDAY , except by compelling the President to put In writing, om his bwnjslgffature. the he was so free to make through others, This done, Gen. Grant 1 could meet them atad refute them. It is noticeable that the President was slow to comply wlth Gen. Gract’s request to reduce his orders to writing, but haying gone so far, Mr. Johnson could not well do less than to comply, even with a bad grace. It Is reported to-night that the President will reply to Gen. Grant's last letter, and that he will reiterate, supported by the signatures of those of theCaWriet ne qtihtea, what he has heretofore said of the subject, but it will not alter .the case. ThePrealdent stands convicted In the ininda Of all unprejudiced people, of having, In Cabinet meetlßg on the 14th of January, purposely and deliberately made a bold,' unblushing and totally false statement of what, bad previously oc curred between himself and General Grant, for the express purpose of prejudicing, the minds of thoso of his Cabinet then present—a statement, (he aridoclty of which so surprised Gen. Grant himself, that he hesitated to believe that Mr. Johnson was really alncefe in lta utterance, and which in the charity of his heart, he refrained from then denouncing as it deserved,'simply be cause lie was surprised at its cool audacity, and was totally unprepared to believe that the Presi dent would seriously maintain It. MEXICO. Arrest and 'imprisonment oi Foreign Itlcrcljantsat HU Louis Fotosl—Ceij*. nrtrga mid Patoni in Captivity--*lie lamuullpai Flection. . [From theN. Y. Time*.! Bkownsvili.e, Texas, Friday, January 24th, 1868.—Late advices from Mexico state that con siderable excitement prevailed in San,Lais Potosi in consequence of the arrest of a number of for eign merchants. The Brownsville Runchero tons sums up the affair: . ... , . “In our yesterday’s Issue wo published • the news of toe arrest and Imprisonment by the Mexican authorities of Ban Luis, of Messrs. Davis & Pitman, two wealthy English merchants | of that place. Last evening we learned that not only were these .two gentlemen in prison, but some twenty cdper English, Spanish, French and German merchants; among whom are E. Verona, Antpnio Ramos, Manuel Anostasio Romano, Martin Dosal, Pablo Narazo, Luis Bcecos, Eduardo Claverie, and Antero Url zar. The tecond named merchant is a Mexican and a magistrate. The particulars of this whole Setty war on the commerce of Ban Luis we find 1 the Opposition, a newspaper oi that city. On toe 23d of December last toe State Legisla ture passed a law abolishing the system of in terior custom-houses throughout Ban Luw Potosi, and in order to make provision or substi tution for too income derived from the custom houses, the Legislature made a new revenue law. By the provisions of this law.whicn was approved by' Gov. Juan Bustamente on the 30th ult., the capital invested in commercial pursuits was to piy a tax of two per cent On the first of this month the,law was published. On seeing it, many of the merchants begun to place their busi ness in liquidation. ■ ' “ , The amount assessed upon the merchants ot the state is $BOO,OOO. Or this sum San Luis is ™iw upon for $500,000. The only merchants oi sillutnce are foreigners. The ownew of small shops only, says the Opposition, are Mexicans. The Governor, finding that there would be but few merchants to collect the tax from, by toe time it became due, or toe time appointed by law, issued a decree on the 4th inst. lor toe collection of a loan by anticipation. On the 13th Inst, there were seized an extensive amount and assortment of goods belonging to toe merchants and advertised to be sold on toe morning of the 14th insL, by Frederick Meade, toe public auctioneer. The gentlemen who refused to pay their apportionment could have escaped imprisonment; by payment of a fine of *5OO. They preferred, however, to contest toe whole procedure. The papers de nounce the outrageas illegal,unconstitutional and arbitrary, and tending to ruin toe whole com mercial interests of that State. Liquidation, the Governor savs, will not save them. The goods must pay wherever sent, or whatever be the dis-, position made of them. GEOBGE FBASCIS THUN’S FETTERS From tbe CorK.Ja.il. CotXTV Cork Jail, Cork, Ireland, Cell 12, Jan. 20, 1868. — T0 the Editor of the Mia tork World : Enclosed cable despatch stopped by Governor of Jail, also letter to London Times: Cork Jail Cell, Ireland, Jan. 18 — Editor World, New York : Imprisoned. Cause: Citizen, People, Pilot, Fenian Volunteer, World In my trunk. American citizenship is nothing here. Geo. Francis Train. \s I am not permitted to write The World, I write directing to yon personally. Felon’s celL Hardtack. .Nought No paper. But England will lose. I shall win. Wrote these lines after my letter was stopped on a piece of gun-wad, that is all I have left. THE CRACK OP DOOM. DOWNFALL op babylon PREDICTED IN A FELON’S CELL BY A PRISONER OF STATE. As the handwriting in the Banquet Hall Foreshadowed there Belshazzar's lall, And Daniel in the Uon’s den Gave judgment to the sons of men, Perhaps from out some felon's cell Wnacus England plays her game of Hell, With Murder, Arson, Theft and Rape, Some outraged Prisoner of State May light the fuse of Rodman’s gun •That rinks the modern Babylon !_ Americans ask what they think right, Pay your blockade bills or strip for fight, Release our citizens— change your law, Or clear yocb decks for bloody war. What! No money after all your ill-got gains? SeU Ireland then for th’ Alabama claims, Or one live American in Cork • May teach forty mUlions how to talk. Haik! To hear our corsair’s boom Get ready! Tis the crack of doom! Geo. Francis Train. [Mr. Train’s letter, it will be observed, is dated January 20. The postmark, however, bears date January 23, a fact which shows, doubtless, that : t i me^ftS :.takcg^tarcpeatSlrJftm^Grahftinft-| practices upon the envelope. The despatch by cable, to which Mr. Train aUudes, was afterwards | sent, doubtless without Us knowledge, and, after his jailors learned that they had no right to de tain him. We have yet to learn that Mr. Seward ventured to utter any demand for Mr. Train’s ÜberatlOTjOr that he ever has so much as pro- THB COURTS. Supreme Court.— Chief Justice Thompson and Justices Strong', Agnew and Sharewood—The Philadelphia Uat is Btili before the Court. Nisi Pkius.—Matilda Caldwell vs. The Cata wlsaa Railroad Company. Before reported.. BtJUon*frlal, the plaintiff not having closed her Ca f?isTßicT Court— Judge Hare. — Allen J. Huttbs ya. The City of Philadelphia. An action to reco ver for three sofas furnished a school-house in the Eleventh Section, by order of the Directors of the Section. The defence deny the liability, of me city, 88 mere was no appropriation for this, pur-, pose, and therefore me Directors had no autho rity to contract me bill; and having done bo, are personally liable to plaintiff. In leaving the case, to the Jury me judge reserved me question for me court in banc whether the director?. had the ■ right to make file contract, &c., but left it to the jury to decide whether these sofas could'becon-, sidered “necessaries” which me directors • claim the right to obtain. Jury out. r „ District Court — Judge Stroud.-—John 8. Lentz vs. Adam S. Haubert An action-On a promissory .note. Verdict ‘for plaintiff' for • James Young and Franeis Hubley. An action to recover damages, f Plain tiff was a tenant under Mr. Yonng, and; had de posited a sum of money with him as security for. the rent, 'During the temporary absence of plaintiff, it is alleged that hor property was put; into the street and she thoreby loßt the greater portion of it. On trial. Quarter Sessions—Judge Ludlow—Henry Williams and John THotnae, convlpted ol burglary: were sentenced., the former, to lhreu vears and sit: months, and the, latter to. three years lnlhe'Eastem penitentiary. Edward Collins, Edward Kelly, and Henry Slccper. threo boys, were convicted of lartcny. Thev visited a number of etoree in Gerigantown, two boys, ■were acquitted of fl charge of larceny.. THIRD EDITION. LATER FROM WASHINaTOII. THE ORDNANCE INVESTIGATipN. GENEBAL DYEB’S DEFENCE. FROM LOUISVILLE Arrfist of a Embezzling Teller. Tbc Ordnance Investigation. [Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.] Washington, February b.—H full meeting of the Joint Committee on Ordnance was held this morning. General Dyer, Chief of. Ordnance, appeared before the Committee and read a sworn statement, defending himself against the chargee made against him and heretofore sworn to, by several witnesses before the Committee. General Bntler afterward cross-examined General, Dyer at considerable length. All that could be obtained from him- was a flat cpntradiction of the testi mony of the other witnesses. ■' During the cross-examination Qen. Dyer re flected somewhat upon what he considered the ! unfairness of the Committee, whereupon Gen, Bntler became excited and told Gen. Dyer, that he did not propose to be lectured by any anny officer when discharging what he considered to be bis duty. Gen. Dyer rests his case on the I statement made to the Committee to-day. From EoulHville. LOWSVH.I.E, Feb. s.—Joseph Bloomgail, Assist ant Teller United States Depositary of this city, was arrested yesterday for embezzling Govern ment money to an omonnt over $12,000. Bloom gall made a written statement acknowtalgiog his guilt, and stating that the money, had been spent. ‘ A Minister to Greece. [Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.! Washington, Feb. 5.-The Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation bill was considered to day by the House Committee on Appropriations. The session was consumed In discussing an amend ment proposed in the Committee, providing a salary fer a Minister to Greece. It was urged by those who favor the amendment that, as Greece had accredited a Minisier to our Govern ment, we could not do less than send one there. No vote was taken, but from the expression ot sentiment* it is probable the amendment will be adopted. ______ XLth Congress—-Second Session. Washington, Jan. 31. Senatk.— I The folio wing 1 communications were laid before the Senate and appropriately referred: From the Secretary of War,with a statement 01 the contracts ter the Ordnance Department and Quartermasters Department. From the Secretary of the Treasury, In regard to the acts of the Quartermaster’s Department. From the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the condition of the lowa Indians. From the Second .Auditor, relative to the dis bursements to Indians dnring 1867. Mr. Cragin (N. H.) presented the petition of the Haytien Consul at New York, praying for a subsidy for a line of steamships thence to the island of Havti. Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Mr. Henderson (Mo.) presented a petition from the St. Louis Board of Trade, praying for a subsidy for railroads as is now granted to the Union Pacific Railroad. - Mr. Morton (Ind.) introduced a bill to remove the disabilities of Thoa. Swann. Referred to the Judiciary Committee. . . _ Also, a bill to constitute San Antonin, Texas. | a port of delivery. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. ..... , ; Mr. Howard (Mich.) reported a bill authorizing the Secretary of War (o employ counsel in cer tain cases, to defend Generals Meade and Roger, or any other officer proceeded against because of I the Reconstruction acts. I Mr. Hendricks (Ind.) asked whether any no- I cesslty existed for the resolution, whenl snail I power already existed. Mr. Howard presented a letter from the Becre- I tary of War, saying that those generals had ap plied for counsel to defend them against pro ceedings of the late Governor Jenkins, andep- I commending the passage of such a resolution. I Mr. Howard referred to the fact that the At- I lorney-General, whose duty it ordinarily was to defend the War Department, had on very I important occasions declined to appear and de fend it in the Supreme Court House.—Mr. Beatty, member elect from the Eighth District of Ohio, appeared and had the oath of office administered to him by the Speaker. , Mr. Cook (Hi.), from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the bill authorizing the J building of a railroad from Washington city to I connect "with the Northern Central Kailroad at or I near the State line between Pennsylvania and Maryland. Ordered to be printed and recom- I motion of Mr. Wilson (Iowa) the Senate I bill for the protection, in certain cases, of persons I making disclbnres as parties or testifying, was I taken from the Speaker's table and referred to I the Judiciary Committee. ■ I The House then proceeded to the conßidera- I tlon, as the unfinished business of yesterday, of the\m declaring forfeited to the Umted States 1 certain lands granted to aid in the construction of railroads in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida. ■ ■ FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL, Ttie .FlUladelpbli Bales at tin PMladeli rinsT i $3700 TJ S T 3-106 Jy 107)4 3900 BSB-208’62 cp bB 111)4 100 do 110 800 N Peima B6a c9O 1000Fenna6al sera 108)4 8000 Pa 6a 2 aera Its 107 1000 Fenna 6a war in ! ; eonp 10134 fSOCO N Branch Cl Isds C 5 700 City 8a new 101 % 4MO City B’a new lte 10* SO eh lildgc Avo 7 8 eh Acad Maslc 67 SOahPennaK 84)41 'SO eh do Its 64)4 MB all Sch NaTpf.c 21)4 87 sh Minehillß- 80)4 80 sh Leh Nv sOt 28)j 100 eh Gr Mount S BXTWXE] 800 8-206 TJB ’67 ,cp 108 1000 Warren d@B}ilper.cent,,and tbo limited amount of good mercantile paper offering to takenat 6@9 per The stock marketwasquite unsettled, and the bottom fell out of the entirelis tof fanciee.Tho hotterclassof securities sympathised with thifldo wnwerd turn, and closed week. Government Ldnns' were' dull,' and prices feebly maintained.-. State Loans were In Bruited request* with Baleaof the first BerlCs at loB,'and the second eerier at 107; City Loana. of tbe new Issues, eold at 10l?l@102. " Beading Railroad, Svhlch opened yesterday at47'i, de clined to of %\ PenmrylvahlaTtailroad declinod lf;! MlnoHlll Ba£lroad, Phlladelphla and EneßaU; road, >)?, and' Catawle«a Ballroa4:Preferred, U- “J-* was Md?fbr ’, ’'Oo» » r . Germantown Railroads 83J4 for Northern Pennsylvania Ballroad. and 43« for North Centrn^Ballroad. ' Canal Btooka were heavy. LehighNaylgation closed at S8’l; SchnylklU Navigation Preferred at 38>d, and Siuque hannaatiaJdi ■, s In Bank and Passenger Railroad shares there were no ,trapeactlone. ’ ■‘Vr'.'-'P- , i Jay Cooke 4t Co. quote Government securities, etc., m day, aa follows r-Cuited States 6'e.lBBU niW@m«i 'fcSO Bonds, UW®|lJillN,ef',:>ffiPondß,.l^4,; 'Wjl®!®: Mo; Bondfc 1866, .MOJltStlO; 6-SOTBondB, July, 107,»@1«^; ■ Bonds,' jBB7.',lo7Jf@l()B: IMOu Bondi. 10t‘.«@l»»>6' 78-10 1 MO. July, 107«@107Ji; Gold, Bmith, lUndolphfi Co.; flashem, W South Third etreot quote at ll o’clock u follows :,aoi4, l«K; United BW«, Btiee,lBBl.U2X@tta« i United Btetee * lUK«m«: do, 1664<; 109@I0B«; do; 1868, July. IKB. l«J»@lt8: d<£'lB®M«K@loB; tWted’W?*** ,o M*VBre. DeHaven * Brother,' No WSouth Third etreet, make the foUowlßgqnoffttUuM of the rates of J Jfc M.: V. 8. to, oflBßl. liiKfclltft; do,, 1M 2:30 O’Oloolc. bi Money WorKet. rhla Stock Brtiiange. IOAF.I). ' 100 sh Phila&Erie 27 100 sh do bswn 27 200 sh Ocean Oil b 5 3 If 200 sh Beadß to 46& 100 sh do 810 46.31 100 sh do' 860 46.09 100 sh do 48.81, 100 sh do e 5 46.81 300 sh do lie 46 V 42 sh do 46Ji 150 sh do 4651 200 sh doeCwn&m 46.69 200 sh do s3O 46X 100 sh do s3O 46.69 100 sh do 46K . 400 sh do b3O 46.69 200 sh. do 46.69 100 sh ' do b3own 46.69 I BOASES. lo sh Leh Navstk 2ds2Ssf' SPenna R 10 sh Commercial Bk 61 ISO eh Bhlton Coal 6 100 sh Butler Coal 7 200 sh Gr Moun 3 100 ah PhlldtErieß 27 28 sh Sprtee andPlnc 26 100 sh Cataw s 26# do., test WMgagwfoi do,.* 1866, new. 10%@108; do-,1867. Fives, Ten-forties, 104«@l(fl>l;7 3-10e,.fnne,107M@l(Wi: Jnhv mmmii compound M 64, 19,40( July, 1861, 19.40 i August, JB6M&# S 1864,19.40; December, 1864, 19,40; May, 1866, August, 1865,16ii@16Af: September,'Wh ;a°cto her. 1866,155»@1&H; American Gold, J41@141,'.i; Silver, ItmtMXi ' \ ' ' . Fbilodeipbla jpxodace MairKot*' PniLAPKti’jiu, Wednesday^, February 6.—There Is more'demand for Flour for the supply of* the homo consu mers, bails Is mostly for the choice, grades, which may bo quoted 25 cents per barrel higher; sales of 600 barrels common, and . choice North -West Extra Family at 810 600?I2;. smalHots of Pennsylvania snd Ohio do. at 81U4512 25; fancy lots at st3@l4 58; Ex tras at $8 60@» 60; and • 800. barrels - Superfine at ,#7 60@ 8 26. Byetlsnr Is selling In a small way at 88 60. There Is but little Corn Meal here, and no sales hive come under ur notice. . ' ■ . : ' There fa not much good Wheat here, and this descrip tion meets a steady Inquiry at full prices. Sales of 3,000 bushels good' and prime Fed at S 3 60083 60 per bushel, and 600 bushels choice Western white at $3 15. RJe 2c. lower, and 1000 bushels Pennsylvania' sold at 81 68. Com fa active. Sales of 6,600 bushels at 81 tl@Bl 18 for New YeUow, and 81 !2<§Bl 25for Western Mixod, Oats are unchanged. Bales of 2,600 bnshefa Pennsylvania at 76@78c., the latter for light In Barley snd Malt no further sales. Clover Seed ranges from sB@BB 75 and Flax Seed $3 70 to 82 78. Small sales of Timothy at S 3 75@83 per bushel, The New York money fflarkefa Febsuaey 4.-®’report*?rom e ‘hat the Treasury bad sold fifteen millions of Ten-forty bonds In January and that the next public debt statement would show an increase of aboutlwenty millions of dollars over the preceding one strengthened the 1 tone of the gold marxet this morning, and,the opening transactions wore at 141’,'; but this proved tho highest point of the day. and the closing transactions prior- to the adjonmment 0! the board were at: the lowest price touched— namely; UlJi, following which 141 WaS tho host bid. Cash Gold was superabur dant, and loans were made at rotCT ranging from five to seven per cent; for carrying. The gross clear ings amoonted to 849 317.000. thegold bat ancea to 81,663 313 ana the currency balances to 82.249,696. The President having sighed the bill exempting cotton grown after 867 from ton, snd providing for the free Importation of oreign cotton after the Ist of November, the Sonthera plantera have some Uttle encouragement to prepare for the next crop; but such fa their own poverty and the demoralization of tho labor system, that It fa very doubtful whether it will be as large as J the last one even, and meanwhile 'foreign competition la likely to teep the price of the American etople bo Tow that out cotton exports will fail to turn the .exchanges. In our favor and so influence the gold premium to our advan- T&0 stock market bos been artificially deprcssedby several of the leading cliques tor tlio purpose of enabling the .speculative director and those cooperating with bim to buy Erie so that this wet blanket might no longer stand In the way of a general upward movement. Ibe agreement to swindle, the Btreet by this scoop game ” was faithfully carried ouband so far there proved to bo honor among thieves. The emissaries of the specnlative director exerted themselves all day to create a panic, and told more falsehoods than usual about stocks in general and Erie in particular; but it is note worthy that Erie declined lew than any other of the active railway shares, and that the men who were the loudest In talking It down were the mmt vlgUant ta picking it up. The break In Hock Island was the leading feature, the stock having declined below 98 a garnet mu yesterday moniing.ThUwaanialuly owing to a strategic movement on the part of the pie sent directors o! the company In causing a biUto be in troduced in the lowa Legislature providing that the sale oi ibc $4,800,000 of new stock shall be declared valid and the proceeds appropriated to the construction of the extension line from Des Moines to lowaeby; and,fnrther tr ore; that the Hoard .of Directors shall postpone the annual meeting of stockholders for. the elec»ion of directors until the first Wednesday in June, 138 J. and in the event of tho company not proceeding with the construction of,th« raad it Is to forfeit to the Btate ajl its franchise and. corporate acts, and all lands which have been granted to aid in the construction of the road* The eagerness with which the directors, who arc suti posed to be still largely "short” of the stock, sought the publication of this bill betray* its origin; but it aims to accomplish too much, and will therefore fail of its purpose. The provision for a postponement of the an nual election is something that neither lowa nor any other SUtc has a right to .enforce, rha*. is a matter 1 which property belongs to the stockholders, and they alone can authorize such a poetiwnHiient although i there are cases, like that of the Pacific. Mail Company, where an election may be prevented from f taW gPIMe by injunction granted by the courts. ITid MU in question is a stock jobbing operation, performed by the individu als who were concerned in the inane of the new stock, and it reftects still further discredit upon them, while it marks the member of the lowa who intro duced this preposterous bttl as their willing tooL Messrs. Tracey. Dows and others are very anxious to retain con trol of the company by hook or by crook, and the contest between them and their opponents promise to be very spirited at the next election. There .Is nothing in the present condition of affairs to cause a decline in stocks, but much, on the contrary, to stimulate an advance, and a sharp iroward re-action is therefore inevitable, prices having, to all appearances, Money is extremely abundant, and the banka lend freely at four per cent on Government securities T and five on miscellaneous collaterals, while firstfhua commerolai paper, of which the supply is very limited, is in renueat at 6J4@6J4 per cent The supply of loanable Hinds waa increased at ihe end of last week by tho disbursement, of the Bub-Treaenry in the purchase of seven-thirty noteß, and the effect of these wifi be seen in an increase in Uio legal tender reserve of tho banksin their next oveeltly B a moderately active investment demand for government securities at the counters of- the leading deal ers ; hut so far as speculative transactions are concerned, the msrkct was dull, and in the afternoon prices yielded a fraction. The indications are, however.that their general tendency is upward under the prevailing abi dance and cheapness of money, and the steadiness oft he gold premium. Considerable purchases of fivo-twentiee are being made by some of the foreign bankers far ship ment, but the decline in gold late in the day had the effect of checking these for the time being. [From To-day*s World. 3 , . , Feb. 4.—'The government bond market Was quiet, ana the prices were a little off. owing to the non-receipt of telegrams from Europe and the receipt of a flood “/sensa tion telegrams and minors from Washington about the in create of the national debt $20,000,000 during the month, the sale of $16,000,000 of ton forty bonds, and a quarrel be tween thelresident of Commissioner BoUinsKd the proposed action of Gou creee on the same. Tho* rumors intended to depresa the price of governments are circulated chiefly by those who axe buying them,, but prices have de clined only a fraction, and few .honii 0 .are offer ins. As the readers of The World have been led to expect for some time past dhe Central Pacific Railroad Company have advanced the price cf ibelr first mortgage bonds irom 95 to 96, and this morning to 100 and interest. the to creasing sales at the recent price, 96and tote cat, the amonnteold yesterdaySbemg about BLOW.OOO. The bonds can bo leaned only as tie work of construction pro greaser, and the growing demand for .both home and foreign investment is taking the bonds in advance of their receipt from California, and may render a further advance necessary. The Company haa on hand a Large amount of cash in excess of its wants, and the net traffic receipts of the road are more than sufficient to pay tue in terest on the bonds. . , [From to-day’s Tribune. 1 February 4. —Money is offered in luge amounts at per cent, upon anything salable at the Btock Exchange. Commercial p* per is in gdod demand for best names at and names less desirable can be sold upon favor & that the Treasury was obliged in January to sell Ten-forty bonds to meet current demands, bad leas effect upon the. price of Government stocks than would have been shown If .the teeung were not deep-rooted in the public mind that at an early day more lear*- tender notes will be issued under some pre text. Thia being accomplished, a further advaneb iff gold and gold-bearing stocks is predicted by speculators, at tended bv an in all local secunties and commo dities. It Is evident to all ordinary observers that the drain upon the. treasury is large enough to ex haust all it* income, and make it impossible Dntthl i Th? people are getting more and more troublesome about taxation, and do not look so calmly on while the public treasure is being wasted. This state of things among the tax-payers docs not at all cool the ardor of the swarm of leeches who deplete the public coffers. It offly stimulates them to discover sources of supply, which wiU not create further alarm. As there is a of persons in Congress laboring under , the delusion that wore paper moony will cure the evils uf the present glut of irre deemable paper, that delusion will probably be availed of i to sectirb the” re-issue of greenbacks to -toko, theplaeeof the plain legal tenders and compounds which hare been withdrawn, regardless of t the Injury it Is to intilct upon the commuE-.ty., Uistobe hoped tlmt.thia wrong will not be consummated If the Senate, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the veto of the President can prevent it. A paitophtefc has been, published on the resumption of spedepayments by Mr. O. D. Ashley, of E*chan* fl jPi?*®‘ He would bavo an act passed by Coo areas providing, eh ange. at the rate of $1 m go^orBl 80in l otes; on andaftebJaD. 1, 1869, at ft 28 ’. ™, July 1,1868. at 81 85 ton and after July 1,18 IA at $1 20, on an! after July iTjwi, at 8115; on md after JuwE. 1878, at 81 10; on and after July 1, 1878, at $1 05, OB ana AftcrTbcpLeafteof thisact,aU gold.coinpaid into the,Treasury from customs, or from .other sources* shall bo retidlioj by tho Secretary of the TVsae'UT. Aral forthopaymentof intereston the public debt; »C«P®A, for the redemption of legal-tender currency, as above tional bank notes, a? herelnrfter nrovidedi to the extent of the legal.tendemjfe inthe^eastwyv UonofYheeSdHational Bito™no^telhSus■ security for the legal tender notes thus exchange A.’- ! Xt»o Latest Telegraph,_■ Nnw YoßK.Feb.s.—fitockß actSve.hutheavy. Chicago and , Rock Island, 9679; Reading. .Mj9t < Erie,- 7254; ClevelandandToledo, 16959;Cleveland and ' Pittsburgh. ; 9559 t Pittsburgh: an* Fortj.WeyM,, MWaJx -Michigan Centraf:TlB»iMfcMga®®>nthOTn, 89K; New York Centrah 125 M: Uljnpls Ccntral. 18454;tbimocrUnd, Preferred,/ 86;'|V{fgfala .fe.tikt fM&eow ; Hudson River, 144 K lEn'tod/States 1862, ° N*\y Yraib'hW dull at !& -declined *@loo.' SaleatofS,soo. barrel# ;BtatesiJK@|o 76,, F ® B; fc-JCoikm lN»W*4«4W®^J^j2Wbji parited. >•_ nn\VAKY5 r mB. FOURTH EDITION. BY TELEGRAPH. ATEST FROM WASHINGTON. NEW BRITISH MINISTER. TBE DELAY IN PRESENTING HIM. Mr. Seward Going to England. HE 18 TQ SUCCEED MR. ADAMS. GRANT- JOHNSON QUARREL. THE PRESIDENT IN A FLURRY, HE WHITES ANOTHER LETTER He Dillikes General Grant Language HE WOST STAND IT AGAIN. The New British minister. [Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Evening Bulletln.l Washington, Feb, 6.— There Is considerable comment In diplomatic circles here about Secre tary Seward’s failure to present Sir Ed ward Thornton, the hew British. Minis ter, to .the President yesterday. Mr. Thornton, it appears, had made all his amu)gemeßts to meet the President at,the time stated, and had so notified Mr. Seward. Tester day morning bo informed Mr. Thornton that circumstances had arisen on account which it would be necessary to postpone the presentation. The British Minister Is In profound Ignorance as to what these circum stances were. It is well known here, however, that the President wished to lay his views on the Alabama claims before the Cabinet previous to meeting Mr. ■ Thornton, and that this was the cause of the postponement. Mtr. Seward. Going Abroad. [Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Evening BnUetin.l Washington, Feb. 5 It Is announced that the Prtsldent will nominate Mr. Seward Minister to the Court of St. James, in place of Charles Fran cis Adams, resigned. Mr, Seward’s friends say he will accept the nomination, and the Radical Senators say they will confirm him if he will agreenot to meddle in politics, but leave the country at once on belng confirmed. The President Irritated. [Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Evening Bnlletln.l Washington, Feb. 6.— The President Is ex tremely Irritated at the conduct of Gen. Grant In transmitting copies of his letters to Secretary Stanton to forward to Congress, and has not al lowed Gen. Grant to have the last word, bnt to day replied to Grant’s letter in very sharp and strong language, reminding him, it is said that he. Grant, is subordinate to the Presi dent and that It ill becomes him to use such language ae that contained In his lastletter to the Commander-lh-Chlef of the Army. He further intimates that he will not submit to such language again. It is probable that Congress will coil for this letter. An Impeachment'BUl. [Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Evening Bullotfa.l Washington, Feb. s—The Judiciary Com mittee of the Senate had under consideration to day the bill introduced bv Mr, Edmunds, pro viding for the suspension of the Presldentfrom office when under trial for impeachment, and will soon report it to the Senate. By the Atlantic cable. London, Feb. 5,, Afternoon—Consols, 93% for money and account; United States Flve-twen* Liverpool, Feb. 6, Afternoon.-—Cotton more active, though unchanged; the sales will reach 15,000 baleß. Beef,’ 117 s. fid. Pork, 735. 6d. Lard qnlet. * _ ; , , , Antwerp, Feb. 6, Afternoon.—Petroleum flat at francs. ' \ • Pennsylvania Legislature. . Hakrlbbubo, Feb. 5,1888. Senate. A petition and remonstrance were presented by Messrs. McCandless and Connell, In favor of restoring pensions to the soldiers of 4he war of 1812. ' _.■■■* ' Mr. Coleman, a petition from Lebanon county infavor of making the Conner pay the expenses of repairing the bridges over the Union canal/ . The same gentleman announced that he had received a communication from Philadelphia, which was anonymous, on the subject of the in juries done Philadelphia by freight charges on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and the Bchuylkill Navigation Company, which comma nication, of course, could not be presented to the Senate, unless the anthor wag indicated. The following bills were reported by the Com 'mittce: - „ Mr. McCandless, from the Special Committee of Philadelphia Senators, reported favorably an act giving the use of Penn Square to the Academy of Natural Sciences, the Philadelphia Library Company, Academy of Fine Arts, American Philosophical Society, Franklin Institute and kindred institutions. The bill reported is sub stantially the one recommended by City Councils. The Railroad Committee reported an act authorizing the Chestnut Hill Railroad Company to alter their track. The following bills were introduced: Mr.tiGlatz, of York, one incorporating the American Raft Company, „ , Mr. Connelly, one extending the powers otAhe ’eommlsslunersappolntedby tnecourto ofotber States, authorizing them to compel the attend ance of witnesses in the same manner as the Pennsvlvania commissioners are empowered by actofFebruary 26,1831; also, an act relative to taxes, as follows: • . , _ , “Tiat It shall be the duty of the Board.of Re vision mentioned In the act of March 14,1866, to which this Is a supplement, Immediately after the annual assessment in each year, to classify the real estate so assessed, In such manner and upon the testimony adduced before them, as to dis criminatebetween the rural and built-up portions of the Bald City, and they are heteby required to certify to Connells, on or before Nov. Ist of each year, the valuations of the built-up portions, the valuation of the rural or suburban property, and the valuation of the lands exclusively used for agricultural and ; farming purposes respect ively; and it shall be: the duty of the sald Coun cllsin determining the rate of taxation tot each year, tb assets a tax upon said agricultural ind farm land.. equal to one-half ,of the highest rate ' Of' tax! required for said year, and the rural or surbnrban portion of said city, a tax not exceeding, two-thlrdß of the highest r ale of tax required to be assessed as aforesaid,, so that on real estate, as assessed Iu said city, there shall be three rates„of taxation. Referred to the Judiciary Local Committee, and five hun dred copies ordered to be printed. < . Mr. Rldgway introduced the following bill /That when any vessel; car, or other conveyance shall have Imported or brought Into tpo city of Philadelphia any com ot grain, crushed grain, malt, or mill feed, -and the same is sold or consigned or ready to be deUvcrcd to the purchaser br conslgnee.'thd seller or consignee thereof shall give notice ii writing to the officer appointed, agreeable to the act of Assembly, wbo- shall, within two hours; thereafter, proceed himself; Or send one or. more of-hiS deputies, who Bhall truly aid faithfully measure tho same, aud render an account therefore to the buyer and seller/ tocon -flienee or consignor thereof, • u g E( . 2 Tho said officer shall be entitled to dc rniahd,' receive and recover-f«>m> .ttiei.ibuyers or < Consignee of all kinds pf grainicorg.ffialt.cmshed grain or tf>M‘ feed at the rate 0 | , seven cents tor leverv hundred bushels BO meiflured. and the dep intyi who shall have measttred the same Shall be entitled to. demand and reoeivo iSixtv cep ts for every .bunted bushels and no measures. Provided, that nothing iu this act 3:15 O’Olbofc. shall be construed to extend to anV retailers torn or grain in or ont of liny store or public market-place, but when such retailer of a buyer liom such store or public market-place shall re quire the services or a legal measurer, the above named .fees shall in all cases be demanded and received. ■ • ••. ■ ■The third section authorizes the head measurer tc remove hla deputies, and punish any depntF who shall act niter having been removed. (Re ferred to the Judiciary Local Committee: . X I.tti ConurresK-Second Session*' ' f Sen at from Third KilUion.l Awyatribg®proceeding judgmentluul! bcch pronounced by the Supreme Court that tho; Congressional legislation was unconstitutional! 11 Mr? thought that the Attorney- General, having: ; openly commuted Mmself against the constitutionality of a.law, ought hot to be called upon in any new case under it, ana he should not be censured, because be had been required to advise tbe Prepidentin a judicial ca pacity on this law. Doubtless the Attoniey- General was honest in tbit opinion.. . , ■: Mr. Johnson (Md.) agreed with , the . last speaker. The President or anydepdrtment had the tight to call upon the Attorney-General, who had acted, In his opinion, honestly, whether mis taken or not, and doubtless the - 'Senator from Michigan (Mr. Howard) would have acted ln tho same manner. ■ • • ‘ Mr. Howard said if the, Attorney-General was conscientiously of Opinion that tho recon struc- ’ tiou laws were unconstitutional, tho ,simple remedy was for him to resign. Congress would not force him Into couit against his convictions. Ho could allow some' gentleman to appear wbo would perform bis duty. , . ; ■o. Mr, Davis (Ky.) recited tho clrcumßtancesof the McArdle case, and claimed that tho Attorney-' General could not do otherwise. , . Mr. Hendricks argued that neither the A.ttor ney-General nor any other 1 lawyer should sink , his convictions for any purpose, and asked whether the Senator thought- that gentleman should appcaftbeforc a court or cabinet in any case whatever and maintain an act of Congress afl the law, when he believed the Constitution to te the law. _ . . „ , Mr. Howard said the Attorney-General’s opln lonswns 'given when the bill was before'the President, and before it passed by a two-third, vote, and again condemned the course of tho At torney-General. ‘ , Mr. Hendricks asked if the passage ot the bill by a two-thirds vote made it constitutional ? ; Mr. Howard (Mich.) said—l think it does. Mir. Hendricks continued, alluding to the; em ployment of counsel at large expense by depart ments heretofore, when the authorized counsel was in court. He believed this was simply an ef fort,to make a parade before Congress,and the country when no Caße was yet brought against the generals. ■ , The morning hour having expired, Mr. Bucka lew (Pa.) objected to 1 further consideration; but on motion ofMr. Conness (Col.) the special order was postponed for 20 minutes., . _ r . Mr. Conness referred,to a case in Mississippi last year' brought by Mississippi against the President, where the Attorney-General apprawred, and in an, able argument ■ convinced the Court that it had no jurisdiction, and procured a dismissal of the proceedings. - ' Mr. Buckalew said that the jurisdiction of the Court was only a question. He appeared to dis cuss, and proceeded to condemn tne resolution as conferring power without limit; ■ ' After further discussion the resolution was from Third Edition.) The amendment of Mr. Arnell, to exempt from forfeiture the lands of the Nashville and Decatur railroad, was agreed to—yeas 87; nays 58. . Mr. Taber (N 7 Y.) moved to lay the bill on the table. Negatived—yeas 68,nays 84. The amendment of Mr. Pile, to exempt _• * lands of the Alabama and Tennessee Elver Rail road Company, was not agreed to, and the bill was then passed. Yeas 86, nays 72. ; P jclarea forfeited to the United States all the land, with the exceptions above stated, in tates of • Alabama, Mississippi; Louisiana Florida, which were granted to those State's In 1856; to aid them In the; construction of railroads, and which have not beon lawfully disposed of by the United States, such grants : having expired by limitation, ana declares that such land henceforth is subject to homestead entry and settlement under the act ot June 81st, 1866. / 1 ' ; Marine intelligence. . Fortress Monroe, Feb. S. Arrived ■—Brig Gertrude, from Rio de Janeiro, withcoffeo, waltr lD The brig Baltimore, from Liverpool for Boston, has put m here. She encountered a heavy gale December 27th, in Ist. 38, long. S 3, and had her stern-head and carried away. COT BUItLETIN. • STATE OF THE THERMOMETER THIS DAY AT THE BULLETIN OFFICE. ■ 10 A. M... 23 deg. 18M....Mfleg. 8P.M....29deg. WtajpjOrthoast., Professor Lewis’s Exhibition. — annual exhibition of Professor Lewis’s Physical Institute was given at the Academy of Mgeic last evening. The performers, both professional and amateur, were fit excellent training, and they delighted a crowded audience by their gymnastic feats and exercises. Good music gave variety to the entertainment and the affair throughout was eminently enjoyable. Reconstruction—The Georgia Conven. (From the N. Y.Times.l _ Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, Feb. 4.-Gen. Meades letter informing the Convention that he will only sanction the payment of *30,000 more out of the State Treasury for the Convention's expenses, has caused considerable sensation and harsh com ments. The relief question will be settled to-mor row. Richardson is easier, but Is stlllln at most precarious state. The Bradley committee vnu report to-morrow that the proof of hla ’ Identity with the Sing Sing Bradley Is believed to be com plete. Three members of the Committee will probably recommend his expulsion. _ , : c AR]) “ I have received by the “PERSIA” An Invoice from Bwlticerlattd, eemisttng in part o The most elaborately EMBROIDERED LAOS CURTAINS EVER OFFERED, TOGETHER WITH NOVELTIES IS FRENCH BROCADE, . STRIPED TERMS, * is PONCEAU VERT VIP ;.r? 5 '’ aot» v ■ ' azuline. They areROW open for lnipgtUoß, I. B. WALMtEN, MASONIC VJfLhU MO Chestnn* Street. . .the Uh>,l<*nG; Border. p and SAMOEL. , jj, ' . sot Oheny (treew i t', h’ ' 1 "