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FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1807.

TFHEN OUGHT THE NATIONALDEBT BE PAID.

Thereis a class of persons who are con-tinually seeking to make thecountry feverishupon*the subject of the public debt; tbes:persons, of the 41 H.G.” description, clamoragainst any reduction of taxes, and Insistupon the payment of theNational debt bythe mostrapid process. Is it advisable os amatter of economy tocommence now to paythe debt by direct taxation through largrannual Instalments? We do not think it Is;and for this reason that to force a paymentat this time •will be an oppression for whichthere is no necessity and no justification;and because the postponement of that pay-ment for a quarter of a century will notwork any injury tothe holders of that debt,but wIU be a positive relief to the pre*entgeneration, and noadditional burden to thenext.

The value of the property of the UnitedStates, and the population, arc both ofrapidincrease. Tne population of the UnitedStates doubles every twenty-three years, andtheaggregate value of the property of thecountry doubles In less than half that time.Thus, the value of property in the UnitedSlates In 1850, excluding the slaves, was$0,100,000,000. In 1860, it had increased to$34,163,000,000. In 1870, it may be estimatedat $28,000,000,000, aud in 18S0, thirteen yearshence, it will be $50,000,000,000. The popu-lation of the United States in 1800 was31,000,000. In 1600 it was 30,000,000, in3SIO itmay be safely estimated at 42,000,000,and in 1800 at 72,000,000. The property ofthe United States at that time will have avalue of $112,000,000,000.

The present debt of the United States is,in round numbers, $2,530,000,000. The pres-ent needs of the Government to pay the In-terest ou the debt, and the ordinary es-pouses of the Government, require$295,000,000 annually; and the present reve-nue, collected by direct and indirect taxa-tion, will average $400,000,000 annually,"With these frets and figures before us, thequestion arises whether it Is the best policyto extort this debt of twenty-fire hundredmillions of dollars from tbirty-six millions ofpeople, owning twenty thousand millions ofpropeily, and who lor sis years have beentaxed to tbc utmost limit of endurance, orpostpone that payment until, witha popula-tion ofseventy-two millions and a properlyof one hundred and twelve thousand mil-lions of dollars, the debt will have becomecomparatively a very insignificant burden.

Isit not better to give some relief to thepresent generation who for six years haveborne the brunt of war and taxation, andwhose industry and capital arc now neces-sary to renew our commerce, to constructadditional avenues for trade, and span theContinent with lines of railway connectingthe oceans ? The present generation havepaid an immense proportion of the war debt.They have paid their hundreds of millionsfora number of years, and propose now topay tbc interest on the remainder of thatdebt until such time as thecountry with in-creased population, augmented wealth andrecuperated and relnvigoralcd industry, pro-duction and commerce shall be able withoutinjury or oppression, to take up and dis-charge its debt. It should be borne inmind that the National debt is not 1the only one arising from the warwhich has to he paid. There arc Statedebts, and county debts, town debts and mu-nicipal debts, contracted in aid of the war,and which have all to he paid from the taxescollected by local authority from the people.If In addition to these debts the people ofthe present day pay the interest on the Na-tional debt, and sapport and maintain theexpenses ol the Government, will they notbe discharging all that ought to be reasona-bly expected of them? Tne National wealth,as we have shown, israpidly increasing. Thesecurity for theNational debt is rapidly accumulating, and there Is no reason to ques-tion the ability of the Government, within ashort time, toreduce the entire debt to onestandard, represented by long bonds b cuingfive per cent interest. With the certaintythat at the maturity of these bonds the pop-ulation of thecountry will be seventy-twoor file millions, and the National wealthhave a value of one hundred and twelvethousand millions of dollars, the UnitedStates can safely estimate that a twenty yearloan at five per cent will not be long seek-ing purchasers.

In the meantime, if this was the declaredpolicy of the country, the present taxescould be materially reduced. The revenuenow is one hundred and more millions inexcess of tbc requirements to pay the Inter-est and defray the ordinary expenses of theGovernment. This sum is just so much un-necessarily taken annually from the sub-stance of the people, and so much withdrawnfrom their means of recovery from theextraordinary demands of the lost six years.That sum, iflelt in the hands of the people,would be of more productive value to thecountry, and could be employed with great-er general profit to the cation than can berealized from the retirement ot that amountof thepublic debt. Tax-payers are met atevery turn by demands for taxes. If thepayment of the National debtbe postponed—If the oppressive crushing operation of ex-torting that debt, principal and Interest, fromthepresent generation be abandoned, thenthe necessity for on annual revenue beyondthe actual wants of the Government will notexist, and the taxation by the General Gov-ernment can be reduced to tbc gum actuallyseeded.

The IPX on a countless number of articlesmight be abolished, and tbc revenue of theGovernment could be confined to a limitednumber of sources. This tax could be fixed.The rate of taxation upon the particularsources of revenue could be then fixed audmade permanent, aud the ordinary regularincrease in property and wealth would ofitself make the debt insignificant in a shorttime.

For instance, If the value of property inthe United States in IS7O, three years hence,be twenty-cigbt thousand millions of dollars,and the actual needs of the Government re-quirean annual revenue of two hundred andninety-five million* of dollars, the rate oftaxation necessary in 1570 to produce thatamount ofrevenue, if left undisturbed, wouldproduce twice that sum in 1830, when thevalue of that property will have increasedto fifly-gix thousand millions of dolla-e, andin Ifclib will he still magnified when collectedfrom a pjoperty valued at one hundredandtwelve thousandmillions of dollars.

Starting then in 1807, witha rateof taxationreduced to that sum sufficient merely toproduce the revenue required annually topay the Interest and the ordinary expensesof the Government, which is now two hun-dred and ninety-five millions of dollars,there would be, ten years hence, owing to thenatural increase of the wealth and properlyof the country, an annual revenue of fivehundred and ninety millions of dollars, andtec years later, an annual revenue of elevenhundred and eighty millions of dollars, auincrease that would of itself overcome andexceed the entire National debt. With thisfuture before us, we mustInsist that the pol-icy of working np taxation to the highestpossible petal, and of cramping and restrain-ing ibe already sorely tried industryand energy of the present generationby herculean efforts to pay off the debt now,even U it take the last loaf from the table. Isnot wise, Is not just, Is not statesmanlike.If we were like the old nations of Europe, atour maturity ; If we bad no right to look for-ward to a rapid increase both of our wealthand of our population; if, in short, we wereat a stand still, and as well off now as we 1couldever expect to be, then there might be ,some excuse forcommencing the wont thatwas only to be accomplished by a regularexaction ofa given sum from a capital thatcould never be increased.

Our fathers, at theclose of thcßevolutlon-ary war, fell thenecessity of building up aNational credit. The public debt was be-fore. them. They estimated that the threemillions whohad carried the country through

the war, giving their uttermost dollar.toprceci ve theNalional existence, would notsuffer in the judgment of posterity, if theycontinued to support the Government andpay the interest, leaving to the five,and eightand ten millions of population of later daysto pay the principal. Nota dollar was paidon that debtuntil after 1800 ; it finally gotmerged in the debt ofthe war of 1312, andthat debt was notpaid until the last days ofJackson’s administration, twenty two ortwenty-four years later. No Governmentupon earth everundertook to pay a dost ofthe magnitudeof ours without giving thenation breathingrime in which to recoverthe vigor aud thehealth prostrated by thedemands of aloag and expensive war.Twenty-five years hence, ■when the popu-lation will have reached seventy-five mil-lions, when our National •weatih will havebeen more than quadrupled, the people willthink nothing less of us for postponing the

payment of thedebt, and derating oar en-ergies and oarcapital to the developmentotthe country, and to theexpansion ofIts com'merceand its productive industry.

THE FlVfa PISTKICT COHUAND-ItUS.

Althongh It was announced fomo dayssince, that General Grant had made a verysatisfactory selection of commanders for thelire military districts into -which the rebelSouth Las been divided by the new Recon-struction Law, tbc report was contradicted;and moreor less fear has been entertainedthat thePresident would not consent to theappointment of officers so faithful as themen named in the despa’ch. The officialorder naming Schofield, Sickles, Thomas,Ord and Sheridan to these high commands,removesa grave popular apprehension, andIs eminently satisfactory to the country. It Isunnecessary to inq uirehowmuch personal an-imosity ibe President wos compelled toover-look in confirming this list, or by what meanshe was brought to do so commendableanact. The people, at least until better in-formed, will believe that the selection isowing to the firmness and patriotism of Gen-eral Grant and Secretary Stanton. At allevents,it has been made and officially promul-gated, and tbc nation has reason to rejoicein It as a pledge that the Reconstruction Law•will be faithfully carried ont.

The First District, consisting of theState of Virginia, is placed tinder com-mand of Major General J. M. Schofield,with headquarters at Richmond. TheGeneral is already in command there,and has been for several months past. Hewas sent to relieve General Terry, (a nobleofficer), and itwas generally understood thatthe change was doe to theradicalism of Gen-eral Terry and the conservatism of GeneralSchofield.., There is probably no doubt thatat that time the latter officer favored thereconstruction “policy” of the President.He believed that the Southerners had accept-ed the situation In good faith, and that nofurther guarantees of the national peacewere necessary. But his experience in Rich-mond and Virginia has entirely changed hisviews. In place of the good will and loyaltywhich he sincerely believed to prevail,he found the spirit of rebellionand malignant hatred of the Gov-ernment and people of the North. Froma “Conservative” the conduct of the ex-rebcls changed the General to a “Radical.”We do not make this statement withoutmost excellent authority ; and webelieve itwill he found that no one of the five com-manders will enter upon his duties with afirmer determination to administer the lawiu letter and spirit, than the commander ofVirginia.

Far from being an exception to the generalrule, the result of General Schofield’s expe-rience in Virginia is true of nearly every ofli-cerwho has served in that State. “ There isnolh'iJg like service in the Freedmcn’aBureau,” writes a highly intelligentofficer from Richmond to a gen-tleman in this city, “to bringa man out from the lowest depths of con-servatism to the light of radicalism. Iknowof no officer who has been ou duty here with-in the last year, who, if hecame here a con-servative, has not been converted by the at-titude and conductor the rebels. And thisremark will also apply to officers of theicgular army, not connected with theBureau, who have been onduty in Virginia.My opinion is that the old politics of the armyi-t thoroughly revolutionized.” He then refersto the change wrought in the views ofGeneralSchofield, and adds ;

“ The reason is thatGeneral Schofield Is a clear-headedand hon-est-hearted man, on whom truth makes theproper impression.”

The Second District, composed of the twoCarolina*, is placed under the control of theirpresent commander. General D. E. Sickles.At the outbreak of the war, General Sickleswasamongthe first to respond to the call ofhis country. He raised a brigade in NewYork,and distinguished himselfin theservice.He JostalcgatGeftysburg. Although a lead-ingDemocratic politician before the war, hehas ever since been closely identified withthe loyal party of thenation, and was a he-Jiever in negro soldiers, in the EmancipationProclamation and iu universal suffrage, whentill those measureswere very unpopular in thearmy. Of his ability and his fidelity tothe cause there is no question, and thecountry has reason to he glad that he hasbeen assigned to this important command.Under bis administration and the new powerwith which be is clothed, the North Carolinawhipping-posts will cease to disgrace thecivilization ot the age.

The Third District, comprising Georgia,Florida and Alabama, is placed under com-mand of one of the bravest and truest offi-cers of the army, General G. H. Thomas.His political opinions are no secret, fie is,and has been throughout, a firm and un-flinching friend of the policy of Con-gress. in the discharge of his dutiesin Tennessee and Kentucky, he hasnever failed to give the weight ofhis powerand influence on the side of the loyal men.He bas been their steadfast friend iu alltheir trials, and has given them all the en-couragement and assistance within the nar-row limits of his power. The people mayrest assured that wherever General Thomaswieldspower.it will alwoys be on the aideof loyalty, and the faithful execution of thelaw.

The Fourth District, Mississippi and Ar-kansas, is to be commanded by General E.O. C. Ord, a brave and failbfal officer, whodistinguished himself in several importantbattles during the rebellion. We can-uot speak as positively in regard to hispolitical views, as wc have spoken In thecase Of the other Genetals; but be is a truesoldier and will do bis duty. We donotthink there is any danger that such menwillseek to betray the Union population of theSouth, or the cause of the country to thejebcls.

General Sheridan’s name appears as theCommander of theFifth District, Louisianaand Texas, with headquarters at New Or-leans. It is probable that with the excep-tion of General Thomas, none of tbe livenominations were more distasteful to thePresident than this. Its announce-ment will be hailed with joy byevery Union manin hisDistrict, white andblack, and will sound os a dcath-knelltothe hopes of Mayor Monroe and the gang ofThugs, cut-throats and murderers, who havecontrolled New Orleans ever since AndrewJohnson surrendered to the rebels. In fact,the appointment ofGeneral Sheridan to thiscommand is a complete triumph over theMonroe gang, and was a virtual admission,ou the part of the President, that tbc massa-cre ofJuly was what he [Sheridan], and notwhat he [Johnson], represented it to be;ih»t it was, in fact, a savage butchery, delib-erately planned by the State and city author-ities, and nota riot occasioned by the con-duct of tho Union population. Generalshcridan needs no commendation from us.flis record is among the proudest of themany proud ones won by tbe soldiers of theUnion. In his new capacity, or, rather, inexercising the newauthority conferred uponhim by Congress, he will be true to the sameflag he bore so triumphantly through theShenandoah Valley, forever made historicalby his victories.

OCI2AN XELfiGBAPII.A Cable despatch states that the Atlantic

Telegraph Company hare concluded not toreduce thc-Ir enormous charges for telegrams.This will be a great disappointment to theAmerican commercial public. Tho existingtolls are two dollars and fiftycents per wordIn gold—a rate perfectly extortionate andunwise, as tbc sequel will prove.

The messages now offered to theTelegraphCable do not occupy the wires on theaverage more than one hour per day.The tolls are so excessive that busi-ness men cannot afford to employ thewires except in rare instances. Tbe Ameri-can press Is tbe largest customer, and It isonly by distributing the cost among three,hundred daily papers that the excessivecharges can be borne. The slock boards ofNew York get brief commercial quotations,and a few of the heaviest Importers occa-sionally send despatches to their Europeanagents acd correspondents. The Cable Com-pany could reduce their rates to one-tenth ofpresent tolls, and have double their presentreceipts, for with such a reduction the wireswould have all the work they could do, in-stead of being wholly idle for twenty-threeout of every twenty-four hours. The policyof the company is to obtain the largest pos-sible amount for the very smallest service.By a continuance of this blind and selfishpolicy they will render themselves intolera-bly odious and hateful to the business pub-lic both of America and Europe, and createa necessity for breaking up a monopolywhich converts what ought to be an inter-national blessing into an unmitigated nui-sance.

A recent letter from a large stockholder,I'etcr Cooper, Esq., of New York, to theTribune of that city, shows that the workingof both cables is go perfect, and*the rapidityof transmission so great, that no possiblepretext exists for a continuance ol existingextortionate charges. It costs as much tosend a short business despatch through thecable as it does to cross the Atlantic in afirst-classsteamer. We take the followingextract from Mr. Cooper’s letter:

“It is now more than thirteen years since anocean telegraph was engeested and Its work he-»-unby myseii and associates. Undeterred by re-peated failures, the proprietors continued to per-severe, and, after an cspendilarc of over«ti OUI.OOO, successfully laid t'-.o cables, throughboth oi which the electric current Is transmitted> ith a rapidity and despatch limited only by thecanatlty ol the human eye 10 follow the signalsand ol unman lingers to manipulate the Instm-m«nts. Insteador bcingdestroyed, the cable la-proves with a<»e, and now, after debt months ofcorstant use. it has been shown that a battery,held by a single muster cap, Is sufficient to trans-mit the electric spark fromend to cud.

“Instead of the transmission being slow, thesetwo cables have been shown capable of transmit'Ung tw'nty (im.e the butinttt now offered anddonr, and will donbiies- be sufficient to transmitall Inalmay offer for years to come. The 'Atlan-tic Compaiiv,* (myself and associates, whobeganand persevered in the work) have, as yet, receiv-ed no dividends on our stock.”

It is very strange that Mr. Cooper docsnot

perceive the reason why he has receivedno dividends. It is in consequenceof prohibitory charges that only ontJwentMhot the business is olfcrcd which the cablesare capable of doing. If he and bis ass -

elates would reduce their charges to fiftycents a word, they would have ten mes a esoffered v> here there Is now one. Until tbetries arc placed within the reach of thecommercial public, the wires willcontinueto be idle twenty-three hours per day.

53T" ThePeoria Transcript says:“Every newspaper publisher In the country

knows that print paper d«v» not How Into thecouctiy as bmkiy under the present tariff as itdid six ycais ago; and wo insist that what is trueof one article of manufacture la likely tobe truecl others, notwithstanding the rnißUNE'a ‘‘unde*niable fact” that after each Increase of tantl*.makers and sellers of homeproducts put up do-mestic goodsto correspond with the tanSl”

The present duty on imported paper istwenty percent. Six years ago the duly wastwenty-five percent. When the Morrill tariffwas passed a number of leading publisherspulled -together, and succeeded in gettingfive percent struck off. If print paper don’tflow into thecountry as briskly under a 20 osunder a 25 per cent tariff, as the Transcriptalleges, would it not be wise to reduce theimpost to 15 or 10 percent., and thereby stopthe ‘‘flow” altogether? However thatmaybe, one thing is very certain, that the rulingprice of domestic paper forthe last four yearsLos been the same as tbc importer’s price.Once the price fell in consequence of somequarrel among Eastern paper makers. Butthe dispute was speedily adjusted, and theprice was put a shade above that which itwould cost publishers to import paper andpay the duty and nil other charges. Whenauy publisher imports a lot of paper thedomestic makers drop their prices justenough to deter others from importing. Ifthe duty were fiftyper cent instead of twen-ty, tbc price of print would bo twenty-fivecentsa pound in the west, instead of seven-teen or eighteen. We are very sorry thatthose journals which are brawling for“more tariff” cannot be accommodated witha fifty or sixty per cent tariff on print—-just long enough to cure them of the strangehallucination, that American industry isbenefitedby an increase of taxation.

ST* The Washington correspondent ofthe Worcester (Mass.) Spy, alluding totbc Military ReconstructionBill, in speakingof the politics of the army officers, says ;

“Grant, who was formerly a Democrat, Isnot nowa man of warm political feelings,ami may be set downas a Conservative Re-publican.” General Grant was formerly a“Whig ”—not a “Democrat.” Ho comes ofWhig stock. But disliking Fremont, osnearly all West Pointers did. Grant voted forBuchanan In 1850 ; but he supported Lincolnin iB6O, and has acted with the Republicanparty ever since, so far as bo has taken anypart in politics. At present ho is a decidedRepublican, and it' supporting the Congres-sional plau of reconstruction, which em-braces equal political rights and universalsuffrages, makes a man a Radical, then ho isone. It would be pretty difficult to distin-guish General Grant’s political sentimeatafrom those entertained by Radical Republi-cans, or to name any line of policy whichthey advocate that bo opposes.

We submit llm it if absurd'to say tbatAmerican manufacturers will not, under a hightariff, so nnJcrecli foreign goods as to drive (Belatter out of the market.—Peoria Transcript.

Very well, then why don’t they drivethem out ? The present tariff averages al-most three time *as high ns the tariff of 1857,and nearly twice as high as the Clay tariff of1842. The importations of 1860, under thelow twenty percent tariff of 1857, amountedto $362,160,254. The importations of 1800,under the Morrill high tariff, which averagedfifty per cent on dutiable articles, were$437,638,900, or seventy-five millions heavierimportations under a fitly than under atwentyper cent tariff. This Is “undersell-ing foreign goods and driving them out ofthe market,” with a vengeance. llow muchhigher, at this rate of “driving out,” mustthe tariffbe made, to sweep the market dearof the last “blasted furriner?”

C2T*The Whittle, for example, can better affordto pay SBO per ton lorIron if made in this coun-try, by workmen who buy and read mainly Amer-ican ncwepapere. than to obtain it for fCO fromEurope, where the iron-makers buy nothingof ns.acd, infact, arc generally too poor to bay news-papers atall.—A'eto York Tribune.

How much do thepaper manufacturers ofBelgium buy from the New York Tribunetand why docs It patronize them and therebybreak down the price of domestic paper?Why don’t the Tribune pay the home paper-maker twenty cents a pound rather thanscud off to Europe for whole cargoes of thecheaper products of “pauper” labor? Wodislike this thing of looking one way androwing another, as tbc philosopher of theNew York Tribune is doing.

George C. Bates, Governor of Idalio.A Springfield correspondent of the Times

has tbc following iu regard to tbc proposedGovernor of Idaho, George C. Bates, Esq., ofthis city;“ T here is a difference ofopinionamong tbc Re-

publican party Journals with regard to the ap-pointmentof Eon. George C. Bates, of your etty,as Governor of the Teirllory of Idaho. Whilethe Journal, ot your city, unqualifiedly endorses,the S'afe Journal, of Una efiy, as unqualifiedlycondemns him. It appears that when too Presi-dentbegan his removals from office, some timesince. Bales came to this city and made a“big” political speech. Be told the boys thatbe was going to Washington; tbat he wouldknock at the door of the White Bouse; tnat itwould be opened onto nim; and that ho wouldhave tbc then Republican office-holders sweptout. as a good housewife would sweep down cob-webs with her broom, and soldier boys put lutheir places. Bates kept his word; and amongthe first men swept out was Hon. D. L. Phl’llns,editor ot the Stale Journal, ofthis city, andtaeIheo UnitedSlates Marshal—the latter one of thevery fattest offices in tie Male, with unlimitedcnocces for speculation lu cotton. Phillips wentinto the oftlcu a poor, but perhaps honest, Baptistclergyman without u parish, a sort of backwoodsmissionary In parllbus injldehum. Be came outof ita rich man, with large investments in stocks,lauds and newspapers; and with, a man-sion and grounds, a mile or twoiromthis city, which might have satisfied tho cul-tivated taste ofa Dumas or an Eatcrhazy. Inolsce of Phil lips, tho President appointed ColonelJoin I.ogan, nude of General John A.Logan. TheSpringfield Jounal therefore calls for ino rejec-tion of Bates by tho Senate, on account of hisspeech in this city in favor ol removing barnacleslike Phillips from office, and appointing soldiersin their place. Thu Tribune, ot your city, on thoother band, calls tor the confiimatlon of Bates.This Is also quite natural. It pretera lobe Ihcorgan of Oglesby and tbe G. A. R., and Batesmade his speech iuthis city in the interest of thatfaction ol the party.”

[When did the Chicago Tbibune call forthe confirmation of Bates? What issue ofthe paper contains said “call?” We askfor information. ThePresident can send Inthe name of whom be pleases, to the Senate,and thelatter can reject his nominees If theydon’t please the Senate. A man who hasmade the sacrifice of reputation, principle,friends, that that Bates has in the service ofA. J., has good claims on his master forsome recognition or compensation therefor.Johnson is in honor and duty hound toap-point Bates, but the Senate is under no obli-gation to confirm the appointment, and cer-tainly tho Tribune has not advised that itbe done.]

AnOntragcouM Bill.A bill of themost infamous character was

smuggledthrough the Legislature at its latesession in one of the “omnibuses.” It is aregular black-mail swindling scheme. Wetake it for granted that Governor Oglesbyhas not signed lt.4 The following Is a synop-sis of it. It is entitled “An act Incorporat-ing the Firemen’s Benevolent (?) Associationof Springfield.” The most important sec-tions of this act provide as follows:

“Section four allows the Aerociation to loanmoneyon money, goods or things, et tbc rato of10per cent.••sec. 5. In any action or salt prosecuted bythe company a slockhoicer shall be a competentwitness.“Sec. C. Every foreign Insurance company do-

ing business or having an ngem in Springfieldshad pay to tbe company two dollars per hundredupon all prtmlnmß issued by !L

“Sec. 1. Evcryagcntofforeignintnrsncccom-panics most given bond In Ibcuenal sum of SI,OOOto tec Association, conditioned tbat be will annu-

render to the Treasurer,on the Ist or Janu-ary. an account, verified on oath, of ail premiumsreceived duringthe year preceding by nun or forhim by any other person; and that be wilt pay$2 per bneored on tho amount of premiums so re-ceived by him.

“Section eight provides that, forcach offence innot famishing bond as above, and in not payingtbcpcicen'ncc as above, each agent shall be finedto the penal sum of jf.OoO, which shall be collect-ed for tbe benefit of theSociety.••Section nine provides fora fineof SSOO incase

any agent of a foreign insurance company fails,within ten days after bis removal from one partofthe city to a- other, tonotify the Treasurer of theAssociation of tbc same, the fine to be appropri-ated to tbe decof the Association.”

TTlio Russian Telegraph Abandoned.Ata meeting ofthe Directors of the West-

ern UnionTelegraph Company last week, Itwas decided, that in view of the successfulworking of the Atlantic cable, it Is not ad-visable to expend any more money on theRussian extension at present. The distanceacross the Russian territory yet to be com-pleted is about 3,000 miles.

The Supremo Court ofIllinois.Brm.NGEiELD, lb., March 19.

To the Editor oftbc Chicago Tribune:I herewith send you a copy of tho recent

act of the General Assembly, changing thetimes of holding tbe Supreme Court in theFirst and Third Grand Divisions, which willbe ofgeneral interest to the legal profession.

The nest April term will be held as here-tofore, at Ottawa, commencing on the firstTuesday of that month, as fixedby the actofFcbmary 16, 1805.

Then in September next a term will alsobe held at Ottawa under the act of the lastsession. So that this year there will be twoterms of the Supreme Court held In theThird GrandDivision, at Ottawa.

N. L. Freeman,

An act fis'ng the terms of tbe Supreme Court Inthe First and Third GrandDivisions.Section i. That after the next April term of the

Supremo Court, toLe hold In the Tmrd GrandDivision at Ottawa, a# now provided by law, thesubsequent termsot the said Court shall be beganand held at Ottawa on the second Tuesday inSeptember of each and every year, and continuedas now provided by law.

Sec. S. Tbe said Court for the first Grand Di-vvies shall hereafter be began and held at Mt.Vernon, on the first Tuesday in Juqq of each andevery year, and continued as now provided byla?.

Bec. S. All processes which may have been, orshall be issued from the Supremo Connin theFirst Grand Division, and made returnable to toeNovemi cr Icnn shall be taken and held to be re-turnable to the Jane term, as established by thisac*.

Sec. 4. This act' (o take effect and be In forcefam and after itspassage.

GERMANY.

Important Political Events inAustria*

Hungary Eeleased from ImpsrialDespotism i

Bejoicings at the MagyarCapital.

The Carnival Season at Vienna—Mr. Motley’s Hesitation—

Proscription of Beards.

Tlie Organic law of’

the Norlh BermanConfederation.

The Federal Council and NationalAssembly,

AUSTRIA.

ASerlcßofImportant Political Evcate—-c The Imperial Government Awed into

SnbmltKloD to thePopular Demands—The Dawu of Promino for Austria—Hungary Relented from the ClutchesofDespotism—BrJolclngM at the iTlag-yar Capital—Xlie New ministry—Terms of the Compromise-The Car-nival Season! In Vienna—Mr. ITlot-lcy*>« Resignation—A Proscription ofBeards,

[Special Coircspondcncc of tho Chicago Tribanc.]Vienna, Austria, February 21.

The progress of events in Austria, of late,is wonderfully fust. For once the traditionalsluggishness of that body politic seems tohave given way to a truly astonishing pro-gressive activity. One important develop-ment follows the other with extraordinaryrapidity. The work of reconstruction seemsto he pushed along with the greatest energy.The rulers of the Empire are evidently de-termined to leave nothing untried to bring Itto a successful conclusion at the earliest pos-rible time. There has been, indeed, such arapid succession of important incidents inthe denouement of the prevailing crisiswithin the last few days, that the chroniclers'of current events flud it difficult to keep upwith their rapid and voluminous flow.

During the latter part of lost week thepublic ofthisCapital, no less than that oftbcEmpii eat large was in a state of feverish ex-pcctaticn. It was known that the newprogramme of the Government, as to thepolitical future of the western portion of theEmpire, would bo laid before the ProvincialAssemblies that were to meet In nil the pro-vincial capitals on the day before yesterday.It was also generally understood, that, atthe same time, a rescript would be addressedto the Hungarian Diet, formally granting allthe expressed wishes of that body as to thesuspension of the offensive Imperial decreefor the reorganization oMbe army; there-establishment of Hungarian autonomy bythe appointment ofa separate administrationand the full restoration of the old Constltu-Lion. Though the newspapers foreshadowed[ho nature of the concessions to the dale-

than Provinces as wellas of the rescript forHungary, very fully and correctly, the publicremained uneasy from eager anticipation,until last Monday brought the realization oftheir predictions and proved the reconcilia-tion of the Government with Hungary andthe revival of constitutional life on this sideol the Leitba to be accomplished facts.

In accordance with the decree of convoca-tion, all the Provincial Assemblies wereopened at noon on Monday, by the Cover'nors of the Provinces, on beualf of the Em-peror, As soonas they were organized, thesame officials read to them an identical com-munication from the Imperial Ministry,setting forth In detail the reasons for theresolve of the Government to revoke thedecreeof January ad, as well as the natureof the programme adopted for the constltu*tlonal reorganization or the monarchy.

The ministerial communication is entitledto the credit of great Ingenuity la giving thebest possible appearance to the moat abso-lute backing down of the Imperial Govern-ment, nndcr the pressure of public opinion,since the revolutionary days of 18«. Theremarkable emanation, which gives credit-able evidence of the proficiency ofUs’autbor,BaronBenst, In diplomatic special pleadlug.Is, however, nothing less than a formal con-fession that the Government found Itselfwrong,and too weak to Insist, as It regularlydid in • former days, upon Its wrong,in spitd of the protests of thepublic. Thattbe document, which was printed in all theevening papers ou Monday produced, by itsconfirmation of the most sanguine popularexpectations, thegreatest rejoicing here andIn all German Austria, can be imagined.The constitutional party has really achievedmore than it had Immediately worked for.Besides the prevention of tbe extraordinaryKieebsrath, it has secured the resurrection ofthe regular constitutional Legislature of theEmpire, and moreover tbe submission to it ofthe subject of military reorganization, themost important Issue next to the constitu-tional question. But the joy of the Ger-mans Is.as usually, the chagrin of theSlavishelements. .

At exactly Ihe same hour at which theGovernors read to the Assemblies of thoWestern Provinces the Imperial words ofpromise, the Hungarian Diet iistcuud to thereading of an imperial rescript convoyingto that body the lormal confirmation of thointelligence, which had already been knownin ihellungarlan Capital for ten days, andswelled the hearts oi the Magyars with thewildest delight, viz: that the King hadgranted the earnest prayers of the legislativeorgan of the nation by appointing a separateMinistry for the Kingdom, with the organl-zation of which he had charged Count An*dressy; byrestoring the old .Constitution,as modified in IW3, in all its parts, and stay-ing the execution of the decree for the re-organization of the army until it could borevised by the Diet. The recepttou oi therescript by the House of Denudes is thusdescribed by the correspondent of the AvwFree Frtu ;

‘•From an early hoar Ibis moraine Ibe streets ofFeetb bore vvidcnco of the deep and Joyous com-motion produced among tbc Hungarian peopleby the importantchange In their national pros-pect, which was to be consummated to-day.Great crowds ct excited people thronged themnil forenoon. In front of thuilonee ofDeputiesthousands of people, representing all clones ofsociety, bad assembled long before eleven o'clock,the boar for the opening ofthe session.

“Every available space Ini the galleries of theBouse was occupied by a vatt audience shortlyalter ten o’clock. On the floor the Deputies ap-peared in full numbers, gathered In, groups, andengagedin eager discussion of tho great event ofthe day. When they took their eeaU, after thePresident had given the sum for the opening ofthe session, with Ills bell, it appeared that therebud never been a more numeroas attendance onthe door. After the reading of tho Journal, thoQncstor of the House (Sergeani-at-Arraa) ap-peared, conducting tho messengerof tbc House ofMagnates to the President’s desk, to whom bedelivered, inaccordance wan old usage, the Im-perial rescript, for communication to the House.The PreeldcLtat oncebroke ibo seal and bandedthe rescript to the Heading Clerk. When tbc Tat-ter n-schtd the passageannouncing tbc etnyhig oftbc decreefor the reorganization of the army, thefirst ••eljcn *’ (the Hungarian cheer),burst out onthe side of thePeak party. Theannouncement ofthe appointment ofa Hungarian Ministry was re-ceived with three rousing “ cljcns." In which thegalleriesJoined. When the name of Count An-drasey, a-Minister President, was read, the wholePeak party, and a portion of tho Radicals, rosefrom their seals, waved their hats and cheeredtremendously, in conjunction with tbc galleries.Alter that, almost every senteuce wasgreeted with“eljcnP." A mighty outbreak of enthusiasm wascaused by tho passage m which the King remindsthe Magyars 01 the glorious example of their fore-fathers in self-sacrificing devotion to their legiti-mate monarchy,ana expressed Ihe hope that, likethem, theywill proveastout support to the throneand theEmpire. “Soitshall be.’’ It sounded bothfrom the floor and galleries, amidst tumultuouscheers and waring of hats end handkerchiefs bythe younger and the shedding of tears of emotionby the older portion of the andlcnce. At the con-clusion of thereading, a round of no less than ten*• cljcns" filled tho hall witha tremendous uproarfor several minutes.”

A motion was then offered, and unani-mously carried, to send a denotation oftwenty-nine Magnates and Deputies toVicuna, to convey to the King the thanks oltheDiet for the concessions made. After itwas disposed of, Count Andrassy rose and laa brief speech announced his resolution toserve hiscountry In the position of MinisterPresident, which be had accepted only afterits positive declension by Deak. with theutmost faithfulness and to the best of hisability. When the members left the build-ing, after the adjournment, they were greet-ed outside by the cheers ofan immense mul-titude of people that badbeen unable to gainadmittance. -

During the day the Hugarian Capital wasdecked with national flags. In the eveningtho city was brilliantly illuminated ami va-rious popular demonstrations took place.The students and citizens at large got upagrand loich-Ught procession In honor ofDeak and Ac dressy, both of whom werecalled outat their residences, and spoke totwenty, five thousand people. Tomorrowan address of thanks is to be presented toihe former by tbc municipal authorities anda monster deputation of citizens ofthe Capi-tal.

The Hungarian Ministry will consist, as ofold, nine porle/euiffcx, viz: of a MinisterPresident; ofMinisters of Finance, Interior,War, Public Instruction, Justice and Com-merce ; of a Postmaster. General; andofaMinister, 'Who is toact as organ of tilewholeMinistry,near the verson of the Emperor.

Tiie Minister President, whose 101 l title(I hope you will be able to pronounce it) is“Count Julius Andraasy, of Csik-Szentkir-algl and Krasznahcrka, is the bead of one ofthe oldest noble Magyar families. In thedays ofKossuth he represented the Hun-garian Republic at Constantinople. Afterthe failure of the war of Independence hebecame an esiio until 1800, when the Em-peror granted him a full pardon,after re-ceiving which he returned to Hungary audresumed at once his former part of politicalleader. He Is a manof Croatnative capacity,and enthusiastically devoted to the interestsof his native country. Hisrelations to Dcakare of the most intimate character.

Michael Loupay, another well-known poli-tical leader, President of the largest hankingInstitution in the country, and Vice-Presi-dentof the Hungarian Academy of Arts audSciences, is to be MinisterofFinance.

The portffetiilh of the Interior Departmentis to be given to Baron Bela Weoknelm, oneof the leading members of the House ofMagnates, anointlmate friendofDeak, whosuggested him for the place.

The WarDepartment is to be provisionallypresided over by the Minister President-Baron Eotoos, a writer of poetry and- prosa.of considerable fume, and at the same time avery practical mind, Is to be Minister ofPublic Instruction.

The htad of the Department of Justice isto be Balthasar Herootn, one of the Oral law-yers of Hungary, anda member of the HouseoiDeputies. He has played a prominent partin public life since IS4S, when ho. wasalready a memberof theLower House. He is

consideredone of thebest speakers ofthe lat-ter.CounlMrko,a Transylvanian Magnate,anddistinguished member of the Upper House. Isto be Minister General. Gorove, the Post-masterGeneral, owes his place to his ardentdevotion to Dcak.

The Minister near the person of the Em-peror Is to be Count Festetlcs, an Influential,and highly respected Magnate, at presentPresident of the Central AgriculturalSocietyofBungary. _

The draftof the compromise between Hun-gary and the Imperial Government, elabor-ated in the Special Committee ofSixty-seven,baa now lound Its way Into print. Tac fol-lowing arc its principal features :

Ofthe public aflairs of Hungary, only theregulation of the political relations of theKingdom to foreign nations and of armymatters is to be in common with the otherparts of the Empix e. Butthough themilita-ry forces ot the Kingdom arc to fermapartof the army .of the Empireat large, Hungaryreserves the right ol fixing the numberof re-cruits to be contributed from year to year,the time of service, the pay, food andamount of clothing, as well as of controllingthe distribution ol troops In permanent gar-risons In time ofpeace. The finances of Hun-gary are to be separate and distinctfrom those of the rest of the Empire, but theexpenditures lor the Interest recognized ascommon will be shared by the Kingdom.In the mutter of taxation, Hungary will In-sist upon the exclusion of all control otherthan that exercisedby her own separate ad-ministration. The Hungarian Diet is to havethe exclusive right of fixing the taxes, uponthepropositions of the Hungarian Ministry,which is authorized to collect and dispose ofthe public revenues. In the matter ofeasterns and other duties the Diet iswilling to come to an understanding withtheother parts ofthe Empire on the basis ofrecipicclty. While it does not recognize ana priori community of commercial interestsbetween Hungary and the latter, it will beat all times willingto enter upon treaties ofcommerce with all the diffeient Austriancountries. As to the public debt, Hungary,though not in clnty bound to do so, is readyvoluntarily to assume her share of it. Butthe Diet declares solemnly and emphaticallythat hereafter it will not admit its liabilityfor any addition to the general debt ol ihcEmpire, contracted without Us formal con-cent. For the regulation 01 the relations ofHungary to the rest of theEmpire, the Dietproposes to elect a body ol sixty delegates,for co-operation with a like number of rep-resentatives of the legislative organs oftheWestern Provinces; the two delegations tobe elected from year to year, to meet alter-nately at Pesth and Vienna, to deliberateseparately, and to communicate with eachotner In writing, each Jit its own language.The main duty of the delegations Is to bethe fixing of the yearly budget forthe public alfairs in common betweenthe twoparts of the Empire. They are tohave a legislative initiative. Any Delegatecan impeach a Minster. • The sessions of thedelegations are to be public. When theycannot separately agree upon a measure,they arc to meet together, but only for thepurpose of voting upon the points of differ-ence. Hungary wishes no other legislative

• representation in common with the rest otthe Empire. Common Ministers will be ac-cepted only for common alfairs. They areto be responsible to the Diet for theiradmin-istrativeacts, and not to be permitted to ex-ercise any authority beyond the administra-tionof the common affairs. In conclusionthe ptouosed compromise makes the dUtluctreservation, that no part of the Committee’sproposition be considered binding, unlessthe Hungarian Constitution be first restoredin Its original entirety aud constitutionaliulc re-established in the Western portion oftheEmpire.

Vier.na is now in the midst of the enjoy-ment of the Carnival season, during whichthe pleasure-loving Vienneseindulge in moredissipation than the people ofany other con-tinental capital, not even Paris excepted.The number of public aud private bulls givenhere at this time is almost incredible. Ihave seen as many os eighteen public mask-ed bails announced in a single Issue of thefavoritelocal advertising medium. Viennahasa great number ofvery large public halls,which enable immense crowds to participatein distractions of this kind. I know of ahalf dozen places In which thousands In-dulge night after night in the wildestrevelry. No more passionate dancersthan the Viennese exist on the faceof the globe, and no finerdancing music is furnished anywhere than at

these public balls. Tbc demi-monde isrelatively as largely represented hero as InParis—a fact which hardly adds to the re-spectability of this clat-s of public amuse-ments. In private society there has been like-wise a good deal of gaiety, notwithstandingthe usual winter festivities at the ImperialCourt have not taken place in view ofthecalamities that lately bcfel the Empire.Nearly all of the highest nobility ofthe Empire is in the habit of spending thewinter in Vienna, and throwing open theirmagnificent palaces for the entertainment oftheir class with the utmost liberality. Thearistocracy of no country in the world pos-sesses such enormous wealth as thehigher Austrian nobility. 1 couldname a score of Dukes, Princesand Counts whoso annual revenuesamount to millions, and dozens of all ranks,whocount their incomes bv the hundreds olthousands. Whatever distinction there maybe in extending tbc most prodigal hospital-ity, thy 1 certainly enjoy in the highest de-gree. you simple republicans can lorm noidea of the splendor of tbc receptions, soi-rees. the dunsants and balls at the fashiona-ble noble houses. Our Minister is a greatfavoritewith tbc aristocracy, aud ho aud hisfamily arc invited everywhere* He bus him--60l 1 given four splendid entertainments sincethe tirst of January, to each of which severalhundred invitations were issued. Membersoi the Imperial famllv, in addition to theflower of tne nobility,were among the regu-lar frequenters of his “salons.” Whether he,us the representative of the North AmericanRepublic, has reason to be particularly proudoi his social success in the mentioned spheresI leave your readers to judge.

The spicy correspondence between Mr.Motley end the Secretary ot State has justbeen printed in all the leading papers of thiscity. Unfortunately they all picked up thesame bungl* d translation first published inthe papers of Western Germany, which doesnotat all do jnsticc to Mr. Motley’s pointedreply to Seward’s disgraceful attempt toar-raign him on the strength of the denuncia-tions ol a contemptible tale-bearer. Thepress here, without exception, compliment-ed the former on the manly rebuke admiols-tered to his superior, while expressing re-gret ut his resignation. 1have,reason to be-lieve that similar feelings animate thecol-leagues of Mr. Motley, who will all be verysorry to part with the gcuial American. Xtrust the Senate will notapprove of his dis-placement by the gawky, uncouth Pennsyl-vania representative ol political flunkeyism.

i The tobacco-spitting boor would certainlybe a poor substitute for the lino specimen ofthe trueAmerican gentleman now filling the

' place, if the former should be sent to Vi-enna alter all, I would advise the Senate tor make an especial appropriation for Americanspittoons lor bis oentfil, for he will notfind such convenient articles here, and itwould certainly be a pity to have the inlaid

| floors ol the Embassy spoiled by him.i In conclusion I have to report another re-

I markable reform la Austria. Heretoforeneither officers nor soldiers in the Austrianarmy have been permitted to let their beardsgrow according to their individual liking.Officers could wear only moustehes or mous-taches and sldc-wbiskcrs, or moustaches or .goatees. Non-commissioned officers nod pri-vates were only permitted to wear mous-taches. A general order just Issued gives thelast named class morelatitude iu the cultureof the hirsute crops on their faces. Theyare to be allowed to raise side-whiskers fromthe dale of the order—another significantconcession to the “spirit of the age.” whichas a faithful chronicler Icannot omit to re-cord. A few weeks ago the application olcorporal punishment, to which, until then,non-commissioned officers and privates werealmost as regularly and frcelv treated as totheir rarions, was abolished. Ob, no, forsuch decided progress Austria Is not ripe—-but ordered to be confined to such offencesas thieving, desertion and resistance to supe-riors.

panaaiA.The Organic Law oftbu North German

Confederation—A Synopsis of fts Pro-visions—The Federal Connell and Na-tional Assembly —An OutrageousUsurpation,

[Special Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune.]Bebun, Prussia, February 15).

The anxiety of the public to learn the re-sult of the deliberations of the Plenipoten-tiaries of the Confederated Governments,that have been engaged here for two monthsIn concocting the organic law of the newFederation, has been intense all winterthroughout Germany. But Count Bis-mark showed little disposition to gratify it,aud seemed determined, on the contrary,not to raise the impenetrable veil of secrecythat has until now shrouded the doings ofthe Plenipotentiaries, until after the meet-ing ofParliamcnt, now definitely convokedby royal decree on the24th inst. The indis-cretion of someone In Mccklcnbnrg, howev-er, did not permit him to enjoy the satisfac-tion of tormenting the public until that time.The Correspondent, published at Schwerin,day before yesterday printed the proposedFederal Constitution, as agreed upon by theConvention, In full. The papers here eager-ly seized upon this precious document, andreproduced it yesterday. I subjoin a synop-sis of the main provisions:

The document begins witha solemn declar-ation of the objects of the Federal pact,“concluded forall times to come,” ana anenumeration of thesovereign parties to it,consisting ol two Kings, live GrandDukes,five Dukes, sevenPrinces and tho three freecities of Hamburg, Bremen aud Lubcck.In the Constitutionproper, the first provisionrelates to the status of the citizens of theseveral States. It declares that they shallenjoy absolute equality of civil rights with-in the limits of the Confederacy. Next, theextent of the Federal authority is fixed. Itis to be absolute upon the subject of moneys,both coin and paper,of weights and measures,In regard to banking, patents for useful in-ventions and copyrights for intellectual pro-ductions ; the regulation of foreign com-merce and diplomatic and consular repre-sentation ; the control of internal means ofcommunication, snch os canals, rivers, railand pest roads, and telegraphs, as well asrelative to the execution of judmeota. requi-sitions for the surrender of criminals, thedevising and enforcement ol a common codeof commercial laws, and the regulation ofrights of domicil, trade, and emigration.

The legislative Federal Authorityis to heexercised conjointly by the Federal Counciland the National Assembly (Rlechstag), thoconcurrence of both houses being necessaryfor the euaclment of laws. The Ibrmcr is toconsist of representatives of the Govern-ments composing the Federation, appointedby them. Prussia is to have seventeen votesin it; Saxony four; Mecklcuberg-Schwcrin,two; and each of the other States one vote.The Presidency of the Council is to bethe prerogative of the King ofPrussia, who is authorized to repre-sent the Confederacy internationally; to de-

' clarc war and conclude peace, and formalliances and treatieswith foreignPowers inits came. He is also authorized and requiredto convoke both the Federal Council andNational Assembly once a year, and to pro-ceed against recusant members of the Fed-eration, which can be punished to the ex-tent of being deprived of their sovereignrights. The National Assembly Is to be

elected by directvote every three years. Ithas the right ol initiating legislative meas-ures. It can be dissolved during its legalexistence only by virtue of a*ina)ority voteofthe Connell, approved by the President.The membersof the National Assemb’y are-representatives of the people as a whole, andnotbound to obey the Instructions of theirimmediate constituencies. No person hold-irg office under the Government ofany ofthe States is eligible to the Assembly. Themembers arc not to receive any compensa-tion for theirservices They cannot bo heldaccountable in any way for theirvotes orwords spoke in debate.

AFederal navy is to be organized, whichis to be under tbc sole command oftheKingofPrussia- The necessary appropriation torit are to be made by tbe legislative branchofthe Federal authority. The commercialmarine ofall the Federal States la to be con-aldcrcd as a national one, and to be subjecttoFederal authority. Its flag is to be black,white and red. The Federararmy i£ to beuniformly organized in accordance with tbePrussian system. Every North Germau isliable to military service, for seven years Inthe standing army aud five years In tbe re-serve. In time of peace the strengthol tbe Federal army Is to be not abovethe rate of one ner cent of thepopulation of the Confederacy, whichlatter is to be ascertained by census everyten years. The King of Prussia is Cotuman-der-m-Chief of all the military forces of theConfederacy, and as such has the supremecontrol over their organization, commandand disposal. He has also the right of con-firmation in all appointments of officersabove the. rank of Colonel. He is likewiseauthorized to fix the permanent garrisonsand direct the construction of fortresses.All the Federal troops are to swear alle-giance to him as Federal Comtnander-in-Chief. The several States of the Federationhave to provide the means for the support ofthe Federal army by contributing annuallytwohundred and twenty-five thalers for eachmanof their respective contingents actuallyserving with the colors under the orders ofthe Commander-In-Chief, who is to controlthe expenditureof the money contributed.

A day or two hclorc the election, theNorth German Gazelle, the recognized organof Count Bismark, made a much noticed re-mark la reply to the assertion of a Liberalpaper, that the people need not be muchcouceerned as to the characterof the FederalConstitution, hatchedout by the twenty-twoPlenipotentiaries, inasmuch as theParlia-ment would hare the lost say in the matter.It rejoined encerlngly that theParliament,instead of being allowed to tinker the Fed-eral pact agreed upon by the several Gov-ernments, would find that all it could dowould be “to take or let alone” that instru-

ment. The character ofthe Constitution, asshown above, illustrates the meaning of thisindirect announcement of the determination,on the part of the Prussian Government andits princely confederates, not to permit theNational Assembly either to modify, amendor reject tbe organic law devised betweenthem, but to let that body simply ratify itin its present form, if it chooses to do so,and il it should rclusc to ratify, to enforce itnotwithstanding the non-ratification.I have no lime to-day for extended com-

ments upon the main features of this extra-ordinary production. But 1 am satisfiedthat it will be universally denounced by theLiberals as an outrageous cheat upou thepeople. Under its provisions, tbcNationalAssembly will be but a shadow of a legisla-tive body, shorn of the most csential pow-ers. The article relating to the support of theFederal army by Federal contributions, byfixing in advance tbc militarybudget oftheCoulcderacy for an indefinite period of time,will deprive It of the most precious privi-lege of a legislative organ of the people, andol the most effective means of checking tbcabuse of monarchical power, viz: the rightto control the use of tbc public money.Under this monstrous usurpation the KingolPrussia willbe absolutely independent ofthe National Assembly, and be able, by vir-tue of his unchecked control of the military

• resources oi the Confederacy, to shape hispolicy within and without tbe Confederacymuch more arbitrarily, according to hisliking, than ever before. Again, the provi-sion requiringtheconcurrcnce ofthe Counciland Assembly for the enactment of lawscannot fall to result In the grievous disap-pointment of those who hoped for an en-largement of the liberties of the people hytbe Federal Parliament. Tbe fact that theGovernments of tbc States appoint the mem-bers of the Council, will surely make thatbody an insuperable obstacle toall politicalprogress.I expect to recur to this subject in my

next. lam confident that I shall have torecord In it a general outcry of indignationagainst tbe conspiracy for the consolidationof monarchical power in Germany, whichthis to-culled Constutution {lucus a non lu-evido) in reality is.

Trichina;.The Janesville(IVis.) Gazette has the fol-

lowing : A few days since Mr. WilliamBooth, ofMagnolla, was taken very sudden-ly eizk after eating pork; and finding thatthe symptoms of his disease were similarto those described In an article in tbc Ga-zette on this disorder, bo brought a portionof the meat to Dr. Harvey, or this city, formicroscopic examination. Mr.Booth gives thefollowing Interesting history of the case: InJune last he bought a sick swine of adrover. At tbe time of tbc purchase thehog was emaciated and paralytic—unableto walk without staggering and frequentlytailing down. By active treatment, how-ever, be soon recovered, aud fattened readilyand well. He butchered tbc hog, and ate ofthe meat on the following day. Two daysafterward he was attacked with severe ab-dominal pains, followed by copious andbloody stools, and other symptoms charac-teristic of this disease, which continued sev-eral days. On examination ol the pork,trichina! were fonnd very numerous, both en-cysted and free. Thus itappears from manyexaminations made In this city, that trich-ina; have been found only in pork from hogsKnown to have been diseased previous tofattening.

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Gustave Dore’s hard-worked muse is nextto be set at “The Faerie Queen,” ond afterthat there is a threat of “Suukspcarc.”

Tbe frigate Galatea, under tbc commandol bis Royal Highness the Duke of Edin-burgh, lias left Plymouth to make the voy-age round the world. It will be absent twoyears.

Herr Dobm, editor of tbe Kladdcradatsch(the Prussian I'unch), has been sentenced totight days’ Imprisonment for ridiculing thedoctrinesof the Roman Catholic Church Inhis paper.

Congressman Bingham declines to be acandidatefor Governor of Ohio.

General J. W. Singleton has just receiveda canc that was stolen from him eighteenyears ago.

The Alton Tclgraph gays that Senator Met*calf, ofMadison, and RepresentativesYeager,of Madison, and Alexander, of .Bond, whilein Springfield, during thesession of theLeg-islature, purchased a very valuable lot ofland, located near the site of the contem-plated new Stale Moose, as a speculation.We hope tho fact that these gentlemen werethe ardent and indefatigable champions oithe newState House swindle, willnot induceover scrupulous people to suggest that theirsupport was influenced by interested mo-tives.

Alfred "Wild has realized tho handsomesum of $050,000 fiom the sale of his interestin the Harmony Mills, at Cohoes. When Mr.Wild first became connected with the Har-mony Company, it was In the capacity ofclerk, at SOO per month. He Is now worthover $2,000,000.

The Varis Patric contains a most mysteri-ous anecdote. Young married woman, rich,elegant, lovely, on the point oi death, to herhusband: “1 must confess something.You’ll be astonished that I have proved un-faithful.” To which the following reply ;

“Not more astonished than you will bo tohear that I Knew It, ami for thisreasonpoisoned you.”

Not even English annals can surpass thesecases of French snobbishness: Baron The-naid announced, while giving a- chemicallecture before Charles X., “These gasesarcgoing to have the honor to combine beforeyour Mgjesty.” A courtier lost a son;toconsole him Louis XIV. grunted himsomefavor; whereupon a friend, another courtier,wrote; “Tho Ihvors.. accorded you by theKing show mo that His Majesty Is worthy of

-the service ofall the earth. It is'only nearhim thata parent can find some pleasure(quclque douceur) in losing his children.”

The Janesville Gazette publishes the pecu-niary results of the lecture season in thatcity under the auspices of the Young Men’sAssociation, The following lecturers didnotpay expenses: Rev. Mr. Mllburn(tho blindpreacher), Horace Greeley, G. W. Bungay,Theodore Tilton ond Ralph Waldo Emerson.The largest loss was on Tilton—s2o. Thepaying lecturers were Anna Dickinson, P. T.Barnnm, Rev. Mr. Thompson (a homo lec-turer), Wendell Phillips, JohnB. Gongh. Thelargest amount of profit was on Gough’slecture—sl7s; the next largest, on,WendellPhillips.

Mr. Stanislas Julian, the first Chinesescholar In Europe, and memberof the FrenchInstitute, has hcon dccoratcdby theEmperorof Russia w ilh the insignia of the grand crossof the order of St. Stanislas.

Mayor Norcross, of Boston, save a grand,reception at his residence on Wednesdaylast, at which over a thousandof notables ofthe first political and social orders werepresent.

Rev. Jabez W, Swan, a well-known andhighly respected revival preacher, has be-come deranged at his residence In Now Lon-don, Connecticut, in consequence of excess-ive labor.

The Amesbnry TOToffcrcontradlctsa rumorthat Whittier, the poet. Is about to followthe example of Senator Sumnerand take awife. The story Is at least an Improvementupon that which was started on one occasionwhen he was a candidate for Congress thatho was an unkind husband, and treated hiswifebadly I

PrincessMargaret ofParma, a niece of theComte dc Chainbord, was married tho otherduyot Frobsdorf to the infant Don Carlos,eldest tonof Don Juan, the legitimate pre-tender to the throne of Spain.

ijlio prohibition Question la IQassa<ebiuetu.

The latest evidence taken by the Massa-chusetts legislative Committee on Prohibi-tion Is of a remarkable character. The fol-lowing Is asnmmary, Includingthe testimonyof Professor Agassiz:

Bishop Eastburn testified to the Increaseof intemperance, but did not believe In totalabstinenceas a universal principle,

Bcv. Dr. Lambert, ofCharlestown, be-lieved the prohibitory law was contrary tothe genius of our institutions.

Rev- Dr.Ellis, ofCharlestown, deemed alleffqrW to coerce menIn matters of private

babit made them more determined to con-tinue tbcpractices whichwere assailed.

Rev. Dr. Neale, ofBoston, was in favor oftbe greatest possible restrictions on the saleof liquor.

Rev. Dr. Worccsler thought a coercive lawwas impracticalc. He raid bs knew noth-ing, in the Old or New Testament whichcounselled prohibitory lcgislatlon, andhedldnot think It was in harmony with the Gospel.

Rev. Dr. Putnam #fHoxbury, believed thatthere was more moderate drinking at thepresent time than twenty or twenty-flveyears ago. He thought a prohibitory lawcould not succeed, as men who wished forliquor would have It, and It were better tohave a law to restrain the traffic and restrictthe evil.

Rev. Joseph Tracy, of Beverly, said that: the form of effort ior temperance In 1526and

1527 was tbe most efficient which had beenemployed. He did not think a prohibitorylaw wasa bar to moral agencies, but that itformed an excuse for a neglect of tbe use ofsuch agencies.

Professor Agassiz said •be hailed with joytbe efforts to cultivate grapes In thiscoun-try, as he considered such cultivation oneof tbc best means of making a tcraperancepopulation; he thought if the cultiva-tion was more general there wonld be noneed fora prohibitory law. He stated thattemperance societies bad assisted In import-ingpure wines into Norway,and that In thatcountrv and in Denmark and Sweden, in-temperance had been greatly checked bytbeIntroduction of snch wines and ferment-ed liquors—especially beer. He expressedamazementat the interference of our Gov-ernment with the modes of living of the peo-ple. He had nodoubt that onr facilities—

especially in Ohio, Missouri and California—-were as favorable for wine growers as thoseof Europe, and that the pursuit might be-come a profitable part of ouragricultureaudcommerce.

HORRIBLE MURDER.AWoman Brutally murdered In Kings-

ton, aiarquelteCounty, Wisconsin.[From tbe Milwaukee Sentinel. March 11]

On Thursday evening last, a widow, namedMcCulloch, living a few miles south ofKingston, in Marquette County, was brutallymurdered. From our informant we learnthat the deceased was continually at variancewith one or wore of her tenants, andduring the the day of the night onwhicli she was murdered, had been toKingston to consult an attorney as to thepropriety of having one of her tenants ar-rested on a charge of stealing some turkeysfrom her. The lawyer advisedher to aban-don the idea, and go home. It seems thatthe deceased had told her tenant—onr in-formant forgets his name— lu the morn-ing, that she was going to Kingston for thepurpose above stated. • Mrs. McCulloch re-turned home in the evening, and, alter sup-per, thinking that she was likely to takecold, having got her feet wet in walkingthrough the enow, had a tub of hot waterplaced near her, and while sitting with herfeet in it, some person crept tip to the win-dow immediately behind her, and dis-charged a gun. The charge struck theback of her head and passed completelythrough the skull, scattering the brainsaoont the floor. Mrs. McCulloch had sevenchildren, all living with her, and six of thesehad gone to bed. Tbe one that remained upwas so frightened that she ran Into an innerroom, and, onreturning after her frightwaspartly over, found her mother still in thechair, quite dead.

The news was conveyed to theneighbors,who, on turning out, fonnd tracksleading to and trom tbe honsc, and themarks of a gun muzzle here and there inthe snow. The tracks led to a house wherethe tenant lived about whom Mrs. McCul-loch had tried to complain, and, whenmeasured, were found to compare with, hisboots, and the other tracks were found tocompare with the shoes of the tenant’s wife.Agun was fonnd at her house the muzzleof which compared exactly with the marksin the enow. The gunhad been very recent-ly dhcharged. The mao was arrested, andon the examination undertook to prove anahhi, and rje are informed, the justice,before whom the examination was heldwas about to discharge tbc accused, whenthe people assembled stated that if bo wasdischarged they wonld bang him at once ;

thereupon he was committed lor trial. Sucharc the facts os detailed by onr Informant.■We pass no opinion on the guiltor inno-cence ofthe accused. Of one thing there canbe no donht, thata most coid-blooded, pre-meditated murder has been committed.

XbeFccsof Justice* and Constables InIllinois.

The following is a copy of the new lawestablishing the fees of Justices and Consta-bles in Illinois, approved February 38th,1607 :

Section 1. That the fees of Justices of thePeace oml Constables of this State shall hereafterbe as follows,for the services herein mentioned,

o-wlt:justices’fees or ciuauffAi.cases.

For taking each complaint lit writing underoalb, tbirty-flve cents ; ior taking the examina-tion of tbe accused and the testimony of wit-nesses In cases cf felony and lelnrnmg tbe sameto tbc Circuit Coart, for every one hundred words,flDecn cents; for each warrant, tbirty-flve cents;taking recognizance and returning tbe some,seventy-five cents: ior cacb snbpmna, tbirty-flvecents : admlristcnog each oatb, ten cents; forcacb jnry warrant, in trials of assault andbat-tery, inlrty-five cents; fur entering verdict ofjorv, fifteen cents; for each order or Judgmentthereon, thirty-five cents; for each mitumos.tliiny-flve cents; for each cxcbnUon, tbirty-flvecent-; forentering each appeal, thirty-five cents;for transcript of Judgment and proceedings incases of appeal, one dollar.

justices’fees is emt gases.For each warrant, summons. or subpcaui, twen-

ty-five cents; lot each continuance, fifteen cents;administeringan oatb, tencents; issuing cfafimusto take depositions, thirty-five cents; taking eachdeposition when required, lor overy 100 words,twenty ’cents; cmcrlig lodgment, thirty-fivecents; baaing execution, tbirty-flvecents; enter-ing sccnrily on docket, thirty-five cents; scirefacias to be served on security, thirty-fivecents;notification to each referee, thirty-five cents; en-teringthe award of referees, fifty cents; enteringthe appeal from Justice’s judgment, thirty-fivecents; lor cacb transcript of toe Judgment andproceedings before the Justice on appeal, thirty-five cents; issuing process ot attachment and tak-ing bond and security, Jl; entering Judgment on(hesame,thirty-five cents; docketing cacb amt,twenty-five ten's; taking tbe acknowledgment orproof of a deed or other instrument in writing,thirty-five cents; for each precept on forcibleentry and detainer, sixty-five cents; foreach jurywarrant, thirty-fire cents; for cacb marriage cer-emony performed, two dollars; foreach certifi-cate thereof, twenty five cents; for taking ac-knowledgment of chattel mortgage and enteringthe same on docket, thirty-five rents.

CONbTABUCd TEESIN CIVIL CASES.Servingand returning warrant, summons, thir-

ty-five cents; ecrvlng and returning subpceoa,ffltcencents; serving and returning execution,73 cents ; fldvenislne proper'y for sale, forlvcents; atundiDß tnal before justice in each Jurycase, forty cents ; serving jury warrant in eachcose, forty cents ; serving Jurywarrant in eachcase, eevuity-Cvc cents, ami mileage five centseach wayforjuror accepted; eacn day’s attend-ance on the Circuit Couh when required, to bopaid out ot the county treasury. $2.5L1; mileage,when servinga warrant, summons, or subpeena,toand from the residence of deteadaator witness,to tho office of the justice, five cents per mileeach way.

CONSTAnLIB’ TEESIN CBOUNAL CASES.For serving a warrant on each person named

(herein, thirty-five cents; serving each subpxna,fifteen cents; taking each person to jail wuencommitted, thirty-five cents; for summoning aJury in case of assault and battery, seventy-fivecents; mileage, when serving a warrantor sub-. ianOy five cents per mile each way; mileage, inaking a prisoner to jail, ten cents per mile, fromthe Justice'soffice to the Jail.

r-Eo. s. This act shall take effect and be in forcefrom and alter its passage.

Approved February 23,16G7.

Holders or Tax Certificates to Talce OatHeeds or Lom Ihelr Claims.

An important act of thelate sessionof ourLegislature, just signed by the Governor,has the above title. It provides that—“In all cases of sales for taxos orassessments,

whether made for city, State, connty, orany otherpurpose, or under and In furtherance of any lawof tee State, heretofore, now or Hereafter to be Inforce, unices the holders or owners of certificatesof each safes, the timefor redemption from whichsales bos not expired, shall, within twelve monthstromand after the passage of this law, take ootthe deed or deeds contemplated by the law to beIssued in pannancc thereof, each certificatesshall be absolutely null, and shall thereafterconstitute no basis of title, and shall cease tobe a cloud on the title to the property towhich such certificates rc!er.” And also, “thatunless herealler holders or owners of such certifi-cates, the time forredemption from which has notexpired, and of all such sales hereafter to bomade, shall, within six months from andafter thetimeat which such privileges of redemption shallexpire, take oat the deed or deeds so as hereinbe-fore stated to be contemplated, the sold certifi-cates, and (be sales on which they are based, shall,trom and alter the expiration or six months, heabsolutely null, and shall constitute no basis oftitle, and shad ceaao to be a clond on the title tothe property to which each certificates refer.”

ALaw In Relation toHarried Women,The following is an official copy ofan act

passed at the recent session ot ourLegisla-ture in relation to married women, os ap-proved by the Governor;

** Section 1. Be it enacted by the people of theStare of JUinolt, represented in the General As-sembly, That married women who, without theirfault, now live, or hereafter may live, separate andapart from their husbands, may have their remedyin equity, in their own names respectively,against their said husbands, for a reasonablesupportand maintenance while they so live, orhave so lived separate and apart; and, In deter-miningthe amount to bo allowed, the Conn shallhave reference to the condition of the parties iulife, and the circumstances of respective cases;and the Court may grant allowance toenable thewle toprosecute her Bull, as incase ofdivorce.

“bEo. 8. Proceedings under this act may bo in-Ftitnlcrt in the connty where cither the husband or(be wife resides; and the wife shall not be re-quired togive security forcosts In any snch pro-ceeding.“Szc. S. This act shall take effect from and

after Its passage. 1’Fay of members of Use Legislature,It is alleged that each member of the Leg

islatureat its late session drewthe followin'wages for his fifty-three days’ service :

Per Diem, 53 days $35Postace . 75Newspapers, avenge. 150Stationery 50Appropriation 200Geologicalreports, two volumes, at $lO cacti,

ten copies 500Bent of committee-rooms, on an average to

each committee of f100, avenge 45Mileage,average 400 miles 40Committee Tecs, S3O loreach member of Sen*

ate and House Committees on Penitentiary*,State Institutions andIndustrial University,whole amount SI,BOO, average 16

Penknives 5Total.

The amount, divided by fifty-three, thenumber of days of the session, gives an aver-age of a little over $10.50 to each member,which is certainly a very fair per diem, evenin these days of inflation.

The Tax on Distilled Spirits.The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has

issued the following order concerning thetaxon distilled spirits :

■WAsnwoxotf, March 0.1867.Sib: The recent act of Congress provides that

whenever distorted spirits shall be sold or offeredforsale at a less price than the tax imposed bylaw thereon, such selling or offering lor sale shallbe iokeu and deemed prima facia evidence thatsaid spirits were not removed from hooded ware*bouses according to law, and that the tax has notbeen paid, and too same shall without furlnercviaccco-bc held liable to seizure and forfeiture.Information has been received at this office that,notwithstanding this law. spirits ore Ireely offeredin the Kew VorK market at (be tax less 3U to 26per cent discount. This la obviously an evasionol the law, and all ihe *plrll3 sold in ttus mannerarc liable to seizure and foiMtnre. Promptmeasures mnst be taken toenforce this provisionot the law.

E. A.EoiXihs, Commissioner,

ENGLAND.

Intrigues on the Reform Ques-tion.

Dissensions Among tho Tories andLiberals.

The Troubles In Ireland.

Delates in Parliament—The IrishPeasantry and the Fenians—

John Bright's Position.

minister Motley’s Resignation.

[Special Correspondence of the Üblcizo Tribune.!Mascuxstsu, Ed?„February 23.

INTRIGUES ON THE BEFORU QUESTIONThere is still nothing talked of, nothing

written about, worth speaking of—north,south, east and west of this realm of Britain—but the Reform difficulty; and difficulty Itis to Ministers and Opposition alike. Weweic promised a meeting of Liberal mem-bers at Mr. Gladstone’sprivate residence forlast Thursday; but as the Government, not-withstanding repeated interrogatories, hadmanaged to keep its secrets undivulged dur-ing tho week, thereby leaving its oppo-nents without information; and more-over, Inasmuch os Lord Derby hadsummoned bis supporters to aspecial interview next Monday, the Opposi-tion cbiefi have thought it advisable to post-pone theircaucus until next Tuesday. Thereore far more important reasons than merepolicy, or tact, for this postponement. TheGovernment ofLord Derby is allowed onall hands to be in a most shaky condition;the resolutions introduced by Mr. Disraelihave damaged the party almost beyond re-demption, and the whole country is cryingout for the House of Commons to put a stopto the prevailing uncertainty hy a vote ofwantof confidence In her Majesty’s presentadvisers. But then supervenes the ques;tlon, “Whatafter?” Mine illcc laehrymu, or,as the “divine Williams” pntleth it, “Aye!there’s the mb!”

The country haghad enough of Earl Rus-sell as Premier, and seems to have deter-mined that the Queen must not send for himagain, Bat, then, who is to be the leader ofthe Liberal party; in other words, Earl Der-by’s successor? If long public services,brilliant genius, prestige, and the voice ofthe country were taken as the criterion, Mr.Gladstone would be first, and all the rest'nowhere; but that statesman has becomethe belt noire of the aristocracy, and our ar-istocracy govern the Empire. We are, infine, up to our eyelids in intrigues; and thedifficulty now dividing the Liberals into twocamps may, possibly, prove the salvation ofthe present Ministry. The Whigs of noblelineage, and the not less high-born Adullam-ites, have been trying to settle matters totheir own liking, by inducing Mr. Gladstoneto become the lieutenant ofEarl Granville—-a proposal somewhat analogous to request-ing General Grant to servo under DonCarlos Buell, or Chief Justice Chaseto bow to the legal opinion of a NewYork city Judge. Earl Granville is an esti-mable politician, and has seen service ; hewas formerly Secretary of State for ForeignAffairs, and has likewise held the offices ofPresident of tiie Council, Master of theQueen’s Buckhounds, Vice-President of theBoard of Trade, Chancellor of the Duchy ofLancaster, Paymaster General of the Forcesand Treasurer of Navy,—which facts go toprove that there is an advantage in beingborn a Lord, for, with his calibreand enter-prise, had he been simple John Smith orJames Brown and with little property, Ifany, to set off those titles, he would certain-ly not have filled many of the above offices.Earl Granville, however, is one of the bestmenin the Upper House; bat it is simplypreposterous to talk ofplacing him over thehead cf Mr. Gladstone, who, moreover, is sixyears his senior.

Next to John Bright, onr aristocracy mostfear and hate William Ewart Gladstone;and the same determined opposition whichdrove him from the representation of theUniversity of Oxford Is nowbeing organizedto prevent his attaining the Premiership.The pretext of the conspirators is that Mr.Gladstone evinces irritability In his dealingswith.the Opposition and his own supportersalike; bnt ifthe accusation were at all wellfounded lost session, ho has certainly dis-played an uncomfortable suavity during thepresent. The whole Liberal party appear,in this year of grace, to be suffering from anexcess of charity, but ‘what some peoplevery properly call humbug. Not merely hasthis been the case In Parliament—with theexception of Earl Russell, who acts like asnapplng-turtle stepping ch hot cinders—-but the amiability Is actually carriedinto the law courts; for wc find Colonel Nel-son and Lieutenant Brand daintilytreated and addressed as “gentlemen” bythe very counsel who are seeking tobringhome to them the charge of murder in con-nection with the Jamaica massacres. Allthis Up-salve and scented kld-glOTcismmnstsoon give way to sturdy vituperation andhard knocks; and-tbe sooner it does thebetter, lor the change will be more naturaland more honest.

Mr. Gladstone's appointment to thePro-,mlcrship involves much more than his ownIndividual position. IfLord Russell were tosucceed EarlDerby, the whole tribe of Bus-sells, Greys and Elliotts would get good po-sitions. If Lord Granville were sum-moned by her Majesty, wo shouldfind a - hungry crowd rushing out ofthe Cave of Adullam, and Lords Grosvenor,DunkelUn and Elcho, with Bob Lowe, Here-inan and Laird climbing upon the Treasurybenches. Bat should Mr. Gladstone be sentfor, such men os John Bright, John StuartMill, James Stansfeld, Goschen and William£.Forster will stand the best chance, andtben weshould have reform in earnest. Themeeting next Tuesday will, probably, givesome indication as to which ofthe three setshave the inside track ; audit is not, perhaps,necessary for me to state that the vast ma-jority of Englishmen are callingaloud for the last; but, as Mr. Cobdcnused to say, “the majority have no votes.”Mr. Gladstone might buy up the support ofthe Adnllamitcsby the bait of office ; batwill be do it? We may learn whatare hisintentions during the ensuingweek; for thevery efficient “Whip ” of the Liberal party,the Hon. B. B. W. Brand, has jnst resignedhis position, and the appointment of his suc-cessor will Indicate In what direction Liberalpatronage will hereafter fall. Everybody isanslons for the arrival of next week, Inas-much as suspense and intrigue will thencome to an end, and the people will at lengthunderstand If they ore once again to becheated.I stated a weekago that every division or

section of English society Is at the presenttime undergoing the process of disentegra-tlon; and this fact has made itself more thanever apparent during the past week. Thewould-benow party, known as the Adullam-ites, are already quarrelsome; part ofthem holding with the Tories, and othersendeavoring to make their peace with theLiberals. Robert Lowe heads the latter sec-tion ; and, If he can induce Mr. Gladstone topromise him office in the nest Administra-tion, he will probably endeavor to explainaway his opinions and action of last session,and come out in fhll panoply as an icono-clastic Radical. Pretty Lord Elcho, how-ever, with a few others, hang about EarlDerby’s coat tails, visit him in St. James’Square, and rub their knees against his fes-tive mahogany. Earl Groavenor, the Chiefof the Cave, sticks to the idea of forming a“blood and culture” party; and we noware threatened with the immediateestablishment of an Adullamltedaily paper in the : metropo-lis, Grosvcnor’s papa, 'the Marquis ofWestminster, finding the £60,000 ($300,000)for the purpose. As that much-to-he pillednobleman manages to exist on a paltry in-come of £520,000($3,600,000) a year, it is tobe hoped he will not miss the spondulics heis about toinvest for the honor ofbecominga newspaperproprietor. There is no chancewhatever of the speculation becoming a suc-

cess, for the AdnUamltesdo not exist outsidetheHouse of Commons and theLords; be-sideswhich theentire gang Is composed ofvain and disappointed aspirants after officeready to sell themselves to thehighest bid-der. TheMlnister would effect a splendidoperation who chose to buy the lot at theirreal value, political, moral and Intellectual—selling them afterwards at theprice theyputupon themselves. Only purchasers arenot always fools ; and, besides, there wonldbe some difficulty in finding a market forthe rubbish. We are enteringupon ■ revolu-tionary scenes ; and now thatFalmerston Iscobwebbed up in the venerableAbbey, emas-culated dough faceism doesn’t go down anylonger with the family of Bull.

The dissensions in the Tory camp are muchmore important,and it will require a fargreater amount of tact than Earl Derby canboast of toreconcile them. There are twofactions in the Cabinet; the first led byDisraeliand Lord Stanley, and the other byGtneraLPecl and Lord Cranbonrne. Theformer wish to swim with the current ofReform, and to remain in office by conced-ing a large extension of tbe suffrage ; where-as the latter think they can brave publicopinionand, Ifneed be, pat down thepres-ent political agitation by measures similarto those adopted in Ireland, and whichproved so successful in Jamaica. Theresolutions introduced by Mr.’' Dis-raeli were intended to act as a compromisebetween the two factions, and were drawnup, I learn, by Earl Derbypersonally. They,

in effect, conceded'to insraell andLordsiUn-ley their much coveted Reform BUI, whiHtpromising to Peel and Cranbourae-theobapicp of tfcat measure; But Lord Derbyseems to hare ignored In his calculationstho-opintoa of the Opposition and the determina-tion of the country ot large. The pasttwelve days hare proved conclusively thatthe principles embodied in those resolutionswillnever be accepted by Parliament; allclasses of the community are crying out foran immediate settlement of the question;and it Is now rumored that Mr. Disraeli, onMonday, will propose to withdraw theJectlonable clauses and to introduce a Re*form BUI forthwith. The meeting of Torymembers next Monday is for the purpose ofgaining the consent and support ofthe partyto this procedure: and IfLord Derby be suc-cessful in this object, be and his coadjntorswUIremain in office a few months longer.But onr Tories are astiff-necked and perversefeneration; and It remains to be seenwhether Disraeli’sobstinacy orPeel’s stupid-Ity will carry the day on that occasion.Still, as I remarked above, they have a loop-hole of escapethrough the divisions in theLiberal ranks ; and those Adnliamltcs maycome to their rescue at the critical moment.CONTINUANCE OF THE HABEAS CORPUS SUS-

PENSION ACT IN IRELAND.The House of Commons determined last

night that theAu&ras corpus act should con-tinue to be suspended in Ireland daring theensuing three months. The bill went rapid-ly through the usual stages, aud will bepassed In the Lords and receive herMajesty’ssignature on Monday. 1 should confinemyself to the simple mention of the fact butfor the very lucid, able, and kind-heartedspeech of the Secretary of State for Ireland,Lord Naas, in introducing the bill, and theopportunity afforded me of expressing mysatisfaction at the altered tone of Parlia-ment in reference to that unfortunate coun-try. Lord Naas gave a truthful account ofthe exact condition and prospects of theFenian cause In the Emerald Isle, and thedifferent Centres and dupes of that organiza-tion rejoicing In the protection of UccleSam1will do weQ to listen to his words;“The leaders,” said the Secretary, “it is

very well known to this House, have beenanywhere except in Ireland. * * * Ex-perience has shown ns that as soon as anyactive operations arc intended in this country,they speedily become knawn to the authori-ties, and uo difficu'ty whatever has been ex-perienced in obtaining ample notice of every-thing they hare Intended.”

HisLordship then proceeded to give someinformation in regard to the people detainedin the Government prisons, and his state-ment is interesting:

“When the present Governmentcame IntoofficeInst year, there were about 330 prison-ers detained under the authority of the LordLieutenant's warrant. On the first of Sep-tember, that numberwas reduced to2So,andso satisfied were we with the general appear-ance that presented itself of tho decline ofthe conspiracy and partial abandonment bythe treasonable persons oftheir designs, thatwe were enabled by the release of prisonerstoreduce the number on the34th of Novem-ber to IS. *** In the month ot Septemberlast, onlyonc warrant was Issued, in Octobertwo, ana inNovember, only five.”

Then came a statement of the revivifica-tion of the movement, the numerous seiz-ures of arms daring the past two months,the arrival ofstrangers wearing; square-toedboots and American-cut clothes, and theconstant flow ofalarming reports from thesouth and west of Ireland, winding np withthe late—to many of us mythical—rising inKerry ; all ofwhich seemed to justify theGovernment in asking for a continued sus-pension of the habeae corput act. tThero Isone particular portion of Lord Naas’ speechthat shouldhe read by every Irishman andwoman in the United States ; for it will ex-plodea chimera npon which the Fenian agi-tators are basing their chief hopes of ulti-mate success. It has reference to theDISINCLINATION OF THE IRISHPEASANTRY TO

AID THE FENIAN MOVEMENT,Lord Naas says; “The rioters assembled

and used all the means they couldto induce the agricultural population tojoin them, but they signally failed in almostevery instance, and no sympathy for theirproceedings was expressed. Although, ofcourse, much terror was created by bodiesof armed men marching through thecountry, they did not succeed, except underthreats of armed compulsion, in obtainingsupplies of lood Crom the peasantry. * *

* * * * At the end cf Novem-ber, when I thought the movement wasalmost at an end, I obtained areturn, which is interesting as showingthe occupations of the persons imprisonedunder the Lord Lieutenant’s warrants fromthe beginning of theFenian movement, andshowing how mnch they ere contincd to oneclass of thepopulation. Of the whole num-ber of 752 persons arrested up to the end ofNovember last, there were 314 tradesmen,artisans and small shopkeepers, fifty-twoshopkeepers, twenty-five publicans, four orfive cleiks or commercial assistants, thirty-two shopmen, andonly thirty-five farmers,with twenty-six farmers* sons; the remain-der being national schoolmasters to thenumber of twenty-nine, members of theAmerican army and hand-laborers.”

Lord Naas proceeded then to show that allparties in Ireland, at least in the disturbeddistricts, were desirous that the present pre-cautionary measuresshould be continued for& short time longer, giving the House as oneof bis reasons a resolution passed unan-imously last Wednesday by the magistratesof the connty ofKerry, the resolution inquestion being moved by Mr. James O’Con-nell, a near relative of the famous Daniel,and supported by Catholics and Protestantsalike. He then wound up by stating as fol-lows:

“Money is the principal object sought bythe men encased in this conspiracy, la1848 men of high character, of great talent,and almost of genius, engaged In thattreasonable movement which resulted In thewretched affair ofBallmgarry. Bat thesemen work altogether in the dark; theirleaders are hardly ever seen. The reputedleader of this moremeot has been hidingsince the 28th of October last, and even inthe midst of a large Irish population in theUnited States who sympathize with themovement, he has not dared to show hislace.” Lord Naas concluded his speech bysaying: “To enable the Government togetrid of these pests, and drive them from thecountry, Iwould ask the House to pass thesecond reading of the bill.’*

Therewere no objectors to the course sug-gested, and the debate might have termi-nated with little requiring further com-ment, hut for the stupid malignity of one ofthose detestable Irish Orangemen, whothought he had a duo opportunity for anni-hilating John Bright. Major, the Hon.William Stuart Knox, secondson oftheEarlof Ranfurly, grandson of an Archbishop,and member for Dungannon (may the Lordhave pity.upon bis constituents!), advisedMr. Bright “not to go roaming about Ire-land, and raising hopes which certainlynever could be fulfilled, and which were cer-tainly not for the benefit of that country.So far as he (Knox, forsooth)was concerned, be regretted that theGovernment had not proposed the suspen-sion for a year instead of three months.”Now It is well understood la the House ofCommons that John Bright don’t like totake this kind of thing sitting down. TheBight Honorable theSpeaker looked at him,he lookedat theSpeaker, and thisfollowed:

Mb. Bbigst. ** I bad no intention of say-inga word in this discussion. Bat I can as-sure the honorable member who has Justspoken—l presume he is a member from Ire-land—thatI shall say nothing to him as toany opinion he may have about me, or aboutwhat I have said or done.”

So much forKnox. Mr. Bright then forafew minutes spoke with much feeling on theunfortunate necessity which called for arenewal of the suspension of tbe HabeasCorpus Act in the sister Kingdom, callingupon the Government to treat the prisonerswith the leniency and consideration due topersona not yet tried, and praising theMinistry for not asking a suspension of tbeact beyond three months. Tben, by way ofa clincher to Knox, he concluded as follows:“I hope thereIs not on that Island, or from

that Island, any man who could have stoodup before the Imperial Parliament of thiscountry, and could have expressed. I wasabout to say—and ifont of the House Iwould say—the atrocious sentiment to whichthehonorable member (the gentle Knox) bosgiven utterance.”

Thereupon he resumed his seatamidst“loud laughter and cheers.”

Let me give you an anecdote about JohnBright which Iknow to he fact. Your con-temporaries will certainly copy It, and oughtto credit tbe Tmiurcrc with it. One day lastsession Mr. Bright was crossing Recentstreet, when he met the Bishop of Oxford,midway- They arc old acquaintances (notvery Intimate, of course); so they shookhands and slightly confabulated. Mr.Brlgbtsuggested an adjournment to tbe sidewalkas a judicious procedure, when “Soapy Sam”remarked:

“Ah. it would be a strange announcementthat the Honorable member for Birminghamand the Bishop of Oxford were yesterdayran over in each other’s company.”“Yes,” replied Mr. Bright, “and I won-

der, mj Lord, whether we should be as farapart In tbenext world os we are in this.”

MB. MOTLET’S BESIONATIOJf.Our papers are publishing the fellow Mc-

Cracken’s letter to Mri Seward, upon whichyour Secretary of State thought proper towritehis extraordinary epistle to Mr. Mot-ley. The English press, without distinctionof party, are loud in condemnation ofMr. Seward’s action In the matter; andall unite in expressing their respect andesteem for your late representative atVienna, and their admiration of his manlyand dignified rejoinder. Mr.Seward has notmany friends in thi* country, especiallyamongst those who Lave sympathized withthe cause of ihe North from the outset; andhis apparent complicity with Andrew John-son In the latter’s Border-State oppositionto Congress and the enormous majority ofthe Americanpeople, conpled with his un-warrantable treatmentof a gentleman whohas cast lustre on the Republic, arelosing him all the esteem once felt lor him.TVe do not feel any sorrow for Mr. Motley,

-because we know that his fellow-countrymenwjjj make up the loss to him tenfold.theimpeachmentof president JOHNSON.lam as yet unaware of the exact charges

brought against the Individual whom thepistol of JohnWilkes Booth made President

er the United States. There to cever, which 1, as an Englishman,bring against him. All onr ne<'which maligned the Union datee^years, which exhausted tho entireln»y of abuse against Presidentwhich helped on the rebellion _

means in their power, are noing Andrew Johnson to tho seventh■Whatever you may think of this inIcannotbelieve thatany mao, end,such authorities,' ought to bethe United States. From the lheaped npon him, ard the iliarrhcra <

nltycast npon the North by the Tits satellites, I am almost persuaded -Ucvc they Know him to be a trauocountry. I really think that onr arifreedom-hatingpapers ought to before the Judiciary Committee of tht/iiof Representatives, so that It may 'jJ|who are Andrew Johnson’s friends.

John BnP. S.—l bad almost forgotten to

that the Princess of Wales has gotrheumatism and the baby—no! thetlsm and another baby. lam Sorryevents; bat the latter will cos; •.

twenty-five to fifty thousand dollarsduring the whole of its continuance,can’t folks keep their own babies?monarchy Is a delightfulSamuel told the children ofthey wanted a king—like other fools 3J^;

THE PAPACY.H »o»

France and Rome.TheFrench Yellow Bwk ’

lowing despatch, addressed by Ixr [>■tier to the french Erabassadorat l!mODa

Paris, December i TCount: The Emperor has always il.-se,.

independence of toe Holy See ami thf ; Adenceof Italy. Each of these two Interc?have preferred tobe the object ol one p»thpreference; but, uolwithetanoine thcd;;lreconciling their claans.Aho Emperor h:pcixnittedhimself to forget tae double (,

posed npon him. To-day. Italy being «i.3constituted, the confolldatinn or the /»H,potcer becomes the •principal ot-our effort.*, and Inc lioly ■# thas the inlicst right to await the result .

with confidence, and to ensure our sue*,such wise measures os his conscience may* LDoumless the depar.nre of oar rroops wlcion(be Holy Father emotions which we < r̂comprehend. Vet no moment cornu betvoiaole for confronting the situation than? 1which the national sentimentin Italy was Wing anch a complete satisfaction as loutca.the acquisition of Vcnetfa- We fclicltaselves open these circumstances becau-«pamoat desirable >bat onr occupation.a terootmeasure, which preceded malcria'iysolidaling morally, and wbicn could notindefinite without destroying the power UJOto defend, sbocld cease. ta

IheCatholic world ought lohuowthatw 'fully adjourned so longa measure whose > .tj bad become manifest, and It conld totInjustice Ignore the fact that when Ibisn-sibecame icsuimountable we did what we ci-

sterns to the Holy Father new and more v“guaranteesfor tho free anri tranquil csejtiAla do vble sovereignty. -qj

The Convention ot the 13thof Scptcral "spite the efforts made tobelittle Its impo”attests In the highest manner our sluceridonr forecast,It vras amoat difficult task to direct that•

IrretiistabluCurmn .»Mchßoemc(Todrawalf^■ toward Home. Wo assumed this dirilcu jand Ihe selection of Florence a* capital w ’first pledge of the new policy wnlch we advrInItaly, and the wisdom oi which will cont 1bt- demonstrated. Need 1 pome out the fnlUnty whichreenlis to ibe Pontifical Goveifrom the obligation contracted bv the C wmentol King Victor Eznanccl to preserve •late, even by force, the frontier of (he Po; ■Stales fromexternal invasion, denying itss*power tocross these frontiers ?

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We are convinced *hat the Cabinet ofFlcjwhote reiterated promises cauco; be di-ert®will fatthlariy znain’aia mat which we ■ ifrom it. Obtaining from lialya pledge toa*its ehai cof the Pontifical fiet-t, we have no 1repaired an Injustice, we have also rellevHFeral finances ofa weight which wm cfl ■them, What remains to be done docs not centirely npon ourselves but onr counsels at |inilcccre c.iJl be employed, without ci-asUimprove tbcsitnulloo j'ibereligions negotiations of the last ye.reopened under new condldluors, which,*the frierdly disposition of the lulran G«Jmeat, and encourages ns to hopofcrafavcjresult. Ihe return of the bishops «o *

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dioceses will givea great satisfaction to the*- •Father, and greatly conirlrnteto the tnnqjof consciences. We donot donbt that Piuwill take those steps which are required b; -

nature ot things, ihe opportuneness of whi*.-demonstrated. He knows onr idcat npoc‘subject, and that we suggest notbii.g to !which can cause him to hesitate, or indue*,to draw back from dispositions which b-spontaneously maiaicsted. 1We believe itposnble, in these condltiorfound the relation of the Uo'.y to Its sub 'and to the rest of Italy "pona natural ana <

bie foundation. Inspire the Holy Father •*

this conviction, which will trim courage to mtake the work without dciav. 'jell hlmlba 'retirement otour troops does not Imply the i-domuent of the great interests which for s»teen years we haveguarded by onr presence,which, near or distant,weshall contrive to vover with entire auction. >

You are authorized to leave a copy of thU 'rspalch with the Cardinal Secretary oi State.(Signed) YlocsTn’’!

Plus Ihe Ninth on the Condition ofClmrcti In Italy,

The following Is . the allocution which?Pope addressed to the Consistory on the'ofFebruary:

Vessuaslb EnExnusa: The love of Clurging upon us the duty of inquiring wh;.man; dioceses have been Jill vacant is I‘alr*sent an autograph Idler In the month of MaISCS, to tho Sios i serene Kingot Italy, asging ’tosend to os some penou with whom we c>treat on such a serious subject. When he

ceeed to our wishes negotiations werenewed, ba>, through no mall of ourstalnly, they cate© to no result. Theynot fulfil our desire, although moved byardentsolicitude forme eaivabon of sonls,which the Holy See has always given priorityall things, we condescended to Invito these "

gotlatlons. Tie ma’*erwas iccemly takenuthe desire of thme who are masters ol aSalr?Italy. Urn. It is impossible lor ns, veaenbrethren, to treat of this subject wl'honi ex- r •tug ‘ profound sorrow and bitier griel 'ihctprelates who waare about «o sen<T *o the vacsees willnot only find the ecclesiastical lr.as-ruined, bnt they will absolutely find themsclin want of their ordinary means of support;what is still worse, they will find the atonesthe sanctuary scattered,iho asylums ofrcligi,perfection deserted, the inmates of the cloi-1reduced to niter destitution, a-.d the h'virgins excelled from the religious <

fleet*. where with the Le'.p ot Ok), t'bad retired to live and die on the kisses ofhcavtnly tpon-c. It is fad and jiaimul to -«

buiiora to such sees, especially In a crisis if phe aiiaiis like the present, hut 'that is todone? Give up the project for these rwurNo. These laborers will return >o the vplantedby God and watered with theblood of Ibon, relying on tbe Almighty’? aid they *ill cceed to iheir woik confident in (be protectionthe Mother of God, who can powerfuassist them. It Is she. Indeed, the useat of wisdom, who with her la ’ '

online the efforts or Ibe pastor*, will brito them. Id ber qoaliiy of refugo of sim.ers, grnumbers of waouenog souls. Comforter ot iaflllctefl. she willassuage through them the $finings of me wretched;protectressof Jbrislioishe willbring hack to the pastors the reaped afilialaffection ot thepeop'c, and thus In tut- dexlly and love of the flock tfier will fluarelief freIte weightof their onerous functions, as wellconsolation In the cortust they wiu hare io s:tainagainst the enemiesof God and the nowerdarkness, who are endeavoringto seize the whefield ofthe Gospel In order to make V. a dcsohabode.

Therefore, amongst the new bishops, we s’provisionally name some who belonrto Italy.h,mg confidence that in future CouaMorier wc whave an opportunity of mccomr-lng olntand O'hera sltli, if the Judgmentsmen who Uvo according to the esigonUof the time, will harmonize with onespecially !u what concern? the election of ic.vidnals. Ic would not he opporture to cay mi-tn the present state of things; but the fat ;;

unless the justice of the Almlglbrings about a change. is Imt tclearly Indicated oy tue pa«t series ot medistressing events. Still wc mmahave coaflduin God, who, In copctn with the Immaculate vgin azd the holy apostles, has. Id so sMkirmanner, protected us beneath the shadow of hwings; and whoIn the end (such at least is ohope), will change our sorrow Into joy. Le: tendeavor, venerable brethren, to hasten andripen this result so desired tooar prayers, bv ticoncord of our souls and the exercise of evciChristianvirtue.The Woodward Tioccdy la Indiana—

Brave Little Girl, and Her Story ICoort.

[Bedford (Ind.) Correspondence (March D) of UCincinnati Gazette.]Tour readers wilt doubtless remember th

Woodward tragedy that occurred in OrangCounty, last June, in which three per .were murdered in cold blood, and a fonrtian old lady, horribly, wounded. It s~~that the assassin entered the cabin In tbalter part ofthe night.slew David Woodwwithan axe, and then proceeded to despatthe other victims with a knife. While thihorrid butchery was goingon a little dir .*ter of Woodward’s, only seven years oldseized the babe and secreted herself behind idoor, at the same time holding her hamover the child’smouth in order that its errmight not betray their biding place, amby tbat means saved the lives ot both. 'Alittlesen, some five years old, managed tcescape by hiding under a bed. Never havtwc known such presence of mind exhibit,by children as youngas they.

A manby the name of William Sand:..!charged with the awful crime, and is nowortrial before his Honor Judge Blckncll. B-dersIs a young man, rather dark complcctctand seems totake matters rather coolly. Hucountenance is not very good, and yet oneone.would hardly take him to be a man w’was fitted for such deeds of olood.

The jury to try the case was sworn onTuesday afternoon, and the opening speechesmade by Mr. Wler, on the part of the State,and Judge Carlton for the defence. At nineo’clock, Friday morning, Mrs. Woodward,the old Indy who was stabbed and left fordead on the night of the murder, wasaw. rn.She seemed to tell a very consistent story,and testified most positively that Sarnie,was the man who committed the deed. Thecounsel for the defence labored hard to makeitappear that she had testified differentlybefore the Coronet’s jnry. The witnessstated that she was afraid tosay positivelythen that Wildam Sanderswas the murderer,lor fear that she would be killed beforecould get ont of the neighborhood.

The next witness was Woodward’s littledaughter. She is only about seven years old,and very small forore of her age. She is avery bright child, and answered the qnes-lions pnt to her with a candor and franknessthat la seldom witnessed iu older persons.The first thing was for the Court to deter-mine whether she was competent to testify.The Judge asked her name. She gave it iua clearand distinct tone of voice.

The Judge then ordered the witness to beswore, and she was then examined closelyIn regard to what she saw and did on thatfatal night. She told all about how she hidbehind the door with the babe, and how sheheld her hand over its mouth to keep it frommaking a toise ; how she went for theneigh-bors about daybreak, and many other thingswhich It is impossible for us to enumerate.The recital was very affecting, and if thedefendantat the bar was the guilty party becerfalnly must have bad terrible emotionswhile the story was being told.Legal EeguJailon of Telegraphln HU-

noKAmong the acts of onr late Legislature,now a law, is one compelling comiKtio**lines of telegraph in the Sta*c to take mes-sages from each other for transmission, un-der forfeiture of their charters. This actreads:

* And the company, person or persona mana-ging any tclcgranh line In this Siam who shall re-fuse toreceive ana transmit despatches from othercompanies or persons managing telegraphlines in this Mate, shall fur&lt ull xtgot to trans-mi* telegraph business la this State, acd may becnjclniu therefrom by bill of complaint hied Inany Courtof competent jurisdiction, and be lia-ble topay all damageswhich shall accrue by rea-son of»och rrfueal, to the person or companyodetlng such despatch for haosnuasion.”

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