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THURSDAY, MARCH 15, I- A
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NEUS OF THE DAY.
GTCXEUAL NEWS.
Mps-rs. Wakan m and Bogan wan bateo
Jaii?re Shipraan of the I'nitcd BMMe CireaB Ceait
yesterday, untl |Ma?ad not guiln on the Ohaiga el
complicity in the late t?rpido a.Tut. They roeogall A
tor Mab f'.i.'ti M Bf| ' : mea neM month.
Tho Hoard ol' Health yeeterda; adopted n re?
port ?in the unties of li ???ei-tors and ulm? a eoile of l'y
J.tiwf. impartant resolutions ante paaaeicaaeeratag
the removal ol olia!. Washington Market wai report? d
iu the list efaalaoMoa
The CoBiiiiittre ou tho Ann-?:. wideniagCBM
met atan jcsu-nla}. No heoMOM BppeaM to have
been transacted, ni.d ?in iiil;oiir'i!ii"rit t"ok place after
the ituttniei.t bud bena aasie that aottea * iii be given
of the next session.
The Board at Aldann?a cooaidered the Tax
Levy yesterday, nml adopted tho same by items, tho
list of which will bo lound in t'..e rt port in another
column. BeCOBatteaa hutiDg a strong Fenian Hage
MMO agreed ta
Tiie distillery tend i- bedag rapidly investi? j
gated at the Aster House. About twenty MMhUahr
menta have been aei/ed and an examination of some of
the Bceiued will bo Leid to-day in the L. S. Commission
et'B ofl.ee.
Tho Governor has appointed to ho OOBBB?B
Binnen to supervise the expenditure of certain char?
itable funds, Messrs. T. ti. Chalmers, Parke Godwin,
D. D. T. Marsha;;. Ira O. Miller a:.d A. li. Wetmore.
News t.?-day concerning Fenian mattandoei
not appear to be quite ga Bveaaoaeei as on several of
the lui-, ft-iv AtJA Petheae it la the c.ilm that precede!
the im: ending storm.
The Baathan BxptaM Company has paid
over to the 1 irst Nntioi al of Memana g;,00,000 of furn1.!
hat, while in tleir custody, by t!.e Mon iug np of a
iteamboat.
TLe HoiliT-muki :? Ofthe L iv.'?ar IlOfl Works
In this city contribu'eil g300 to Co Fenian authorities
at Maa Square yesterday.
The strike of longshoremen contfamoa al
Brooklyn?nobody being the loser?, apparently, but
the strikers themselves.
The failure of the Wriipplo File M.tnnfiKtur
lng Comply is reported from Boston. Liabiiitiei
heavy.
A man suppo-i-d to bo Quintrel), the tmgr.
tilla, was taken from this citv to Washington On Tues?
day.
Gold was steady yesterday, opinlig at I30f, sold
?? high a? 1311, and ti'?irg at ij'ij't iJl. Ad tlaa?e? of Oov
tri uaent bind? were ?tr.ii? ?nd klioav on advance in quota?
tion*. The mUcellaneoui iharet wer* d'.'.l lad ?teady, with
maa'! tiauiactiont. liai.?ay ?hare? huve been in a til? de?
mand. Money ?ho? t iucreaiin.'ea?e. aid ia in a lv ofltred at
6 per rent, witn * ga ,..! mauv trunactiou? at 5 pel eel : ( oin
mercial paper um 1, mr- J.
OONOBEM.
SENATE.
Mvrch 14.?Mr. Sumner repurteil a Joial
rtailution authorizing Commodore Wak liadforl M in?
cept a decoration from tie King of Italy. A memorial
of the Oregon Legislature agiinst the taxk.g of mining
and mitibg claimi was referred to th? Committee ob
Minei and Mining. <>n motion of Mr. MorriD. 4-' r?0U
were appropriated for the relief of the suffurcrs by the
late explosion of the United State! Arser.al in Wash?
ington. Mr. Trambull, from the Committee on Jadi
ciary, reported that the Committee hid agreed
to the House amendment!, and asked V..
immediate comideration of the bill. Objec?
tion being made, the bill has to lie over. Mr. Da
ria offered a resolution th it the Joint Commr tee on
Reconstruction ought to take the testimony of a rea?
sonable number of persons whose names may be sug?
gested by the Senators and Represe:, tut ives lrom the
Southern States. Objection bein* made, the n solution '
goes oier. A bill to grant land in utd of Mel
construction of a railroad from Platen die, Cal- '
ifornla, to a point of intersection with tl.pl
Pacific Hailroad in Nevada, wo? passed. On?
motion of Mr. Trambull. tim Semite concurred in
the House amendment to the bill in relution to t>
Couit of Claim*. Mr. Wilson called up the bill M in?
crease sod fix the military peace eitiit.liahmeiit of the'
United State!. The bill provides that the Airay of the
1'nitedStateial.nll c-ocsi-t of .1 regiments of artillery, !
12 r?giments of cavalry, at.d M regiments of infantry'I
-'regiments of cut airy end 8 regiments ti mfuiiiry to |
consut of coloied men. The bill w.n ?ashA bv a vote
of27to5.
BO! -E.
Mr. Wil-on (Iowa), fan Um ?Judieiiry Com?
mittee, reported back the Senate MB in ni. nuce to the
Court of Claimi, with amendment tis au fuliluional sec?
tion. The amendment wm agreed te and the hill passed.
Mr. ?Spalding, OMatahg leave to make a periorial ox
planation, remarked that the taxation of national cur
tenoy, proposed by him on lost Monday, did not apply
to the intercit-beariug bor-ili of the Covimtneut. and
thr therefore, Mr. Steven's charge of "rank re
pudiatlin" was uncalled for. Mr. Stevens
confeised that he misunderstood Mr. Spa!
ding, and that hil remark was inapplicable.
The House resumed tie bill reported by Mr. Cook,
ameadotery ol the act of March i 1 -ni. relating to the
hibeoi corpus, and regulating jadleMI proc? dings in
certain casei. Mr llaiding opposed this bill; tho |
morning hour expiring before the close ofbis remarki.the
bill went over until to-day. Mr. Pike off-red a resolution
that the Secretary of the Nary be requested to Bend a
naval force to the fiihinp-groundi te protect our atttaeaa
In the snjoyment of their rights a? recognized hy the
tieaty of 17J3. Objection being mode, tho resolution
wm withdrawn for tbe pr?tent After going into Com
mittee of the Whole, the Hotue resumed the considera?
tion o! the Joint resolution in referenc? to the Paris
Exhibition.
LEGIMLATL'HK,
8ENATB.
Marcb 14.?Among the bills passed were
thoie spproprlsting f.^fhOfiO for the extenilon of the
CheoengoCanal, and authorning attorneys aiid touu
?elori of the Supreme Court, residiug in aaijoining
State!, to practice lu Court* of this Stu'e.
ASSEMBLY.
Hub van paaBai, aaaoag othan, to ngnlato
the Die of boat! ami vesse!! wiucii Ma M? tropolitan '
^Mlj2?*Umm* ti^MbmiUmmUxMiy kM 4 h) ,*.*..^
to limit tho tenm-e of office In the New York State Na
1 tior.nl Guard, to lnoorporat? t':e VgW?Y?fe Mntnal
| Gas-light Company.
lu the 7s.x""<ct Supplantant to-day Will be
und notices of New Publications fBAAltJiMPHi
an artidc on the Faaliioiie. letter? bom Texas,
North Carolina, and otter points, embodying re?
ports of thc'Reconstrnrtiou Convention in the
Slate lir.-t niciitioiied, and the tri i! ol C.ipt. Gee)
ia tha latter i aeeasnwuiieetloirfrenifBaB, Egypt,
concerning tin- Baal Canal; itenu o'' news, o? o
Vi-rv varied i ii.inn ter?ii..' ti hole COaopOBBtg 0
?baal of extraordinary importance and value.
The Civil Righta bill was repotted favorably
yeeterday to the Senate with tho amendmenM
ul' tlie llou-e. It went over under the rule-, on
objection from Garret Davis, hut will come up
to-:i.i! r.'Vi, ..nd, we lioju' an.lLili.-Vr, he pa--'d.
The Bonso at Represent u ve a' Washington
yaaterday eonsnmed the day in debating tho
appropriation foi tho French Exposition. The
hil! i a.-, ul hy a vote ol'C9 to 60, appropriating
>:?,,. oo, 118,000 of whick ii '?" ! e ? ^?" adad ia
payment ni -alarie-. The MOOnd section re
iir.i-t-i the President to provide public fessels,
which Sir. Washhurne in his spec li .-bowed
would cost about $300,000 more. We may
conn! on an ?'xpendituro of probably no! lan
than half a million.
Ti i- el'bratten on Saturday i ; to be not only
?in honor ol'the birthday of St. Patrick, hut ti
'the Fenian movement, the Hoard ol' Aldermen
being authority. Those gentlemen ye.-terthiy
pBOOCd a series of resolutions, in which, "with
a view of making their sympathy manif.-t "
with the oppressed und persecuted people in all
parts ol the world, on whooo behalf mmmj a
sitmo to speak, and especially tboao of Ireland.
'hey rocnest a IBSpfflMhW of business in the
Court.-* and publie offiOM and order a display of
liai:- on the public buildings. Whether among
the oppressed and persecuted who a-pire for
fiv 'tli.m they include a few million bin. k pooplo
of the united States, the Aldermen don't say.
Rut fruin their well-known philanthropic charac?
ter ii ?s to be presumed they do.
iii:, nu i: li ti a.'N' o\ FIXANC'E.
The Revenue of our Federal Government, for
the last quarter el 1866, wa- ai follows:
I menial 1'oxea Mil ?1.111 | Custom?.t!i.'ill\a^
'1.mil.*141.Bi:i.!>4.
There are other item-?Lands, Direct Tax.
and Miscellaneous; but the two former an
trifling, while the Misiell.iiieoii.- consist-, WO
?judge, mainly of receipts for vessels ami sup
lilies bought for War purjui-es, nn.l now gold
became BO longer reeled. Wo judge the real
income of the Government a little over <?:ie
1 Hundred and Forty Millions, or at the rato of
? Live Handled and Sixty Millions per annum.
The receipts from Customi an execs.-ivc.
We imported far too many goods durim; thal
quarter?" taloa too many. If ve eounl Thirty
Millions per quarter as the proper gam ta bo
' raised by ii wi-ely discriminating Turill, it ig
? quite enough.
If there had been no (heating the Revenue,
OBI Internal Taxes would have viel led at lea-t
ODO Handled .Millions, or at the rate of Four
I Bundled Millions per ennum. Let Boaappoag
i that Congress will now r? dv.ee the rates by
i one-third, while more efficient l?gislation and
elTort shall reduce the BggngBtO of frauds on
1 this branch of the Revenue by ore-half, ouf
j laoOBM from Intcrnnl Taxes euiiuot well fall
below Sixty Millions per quarter, or Two
; TI u ml red and Forty Million- par annum. V,.'.'
I will give ii- a total bhOOae from Customs and
Interral Taxes of Tiree Handrad and Sixty
! Millions per annum. Now the farlane! ??n our
I Debt, when it shall all be funded,cannot ?-xct-ed
One Hundred and Eighty Million-, while the
, annual expense of iiiaintaining our (?ovcrnment
| in time of peace must fall below One Hundred
?and Twenty Millions: bo that, on this ba-i-,
VU shall be able to devote at least Sixty
I Millions per anr.nni to the diminution of Hie
principal of our Debt. And this, if gym allow
the taxe- to r. main as they are and keep out of
foreign wars, would pay off our entire Debt
Within thirty year-', or before the tlo-c ol' the
pre?tent century.
Such are the au-piccs under which Mr. Sher?
man of Ohio submits to the Senate and the
country a proposition that our Greenbacks shall
not be redeemed und canceled to gaeta extent as
to reduce the amount outstanding below Four
Hundred and Twenty Million-, In other
Mords, "the United State prom'.- to pay"j
|1,$3, ft, .*10, .v.'O, .*:,i!, |100, .f 1,000, or
whatever may be the amount specified en the
I-i' i' ct any greenback, is t<> he made a lie by
statut?;?the I'nitcd States are not merely to
postpone payment of these their voluntary
pWiniBCO for value received; they an- to deolan
aiid -ii act that they trill not pay them ! What
ia thiri bit the ino-t ll.igrant repudiation? By I
what code of morals can it be justified I
Most certainly, the idea of per-iMent, chronic
irredecmability was not involved in their incep?
tion and leane? -Mr. Spaulding ol Bafida, who
WM on the Committee of Ways and Mean-, who
lir-t authorised them, states that it was the un?
derstanding that they were to be at all times
convertible into a twenty-years' nix per cent.,
whereof the interest should bo paid in Bpecie.
Thus the Tinted States were to say to their
crediton?, " Wa- have not money in hand; but
hen- is a mortgage OB the who!?; country, pay
able principal and interest in specie; take this,
and wait till we can do better by you."
The main impulse of Mr. Sherman's measure
is of course a desire to retain the Greenbacks iu
circulation, and thus keep the Currency abund?
ant, while saving the Intend on Four Hundred
Millions of Public Debt. Very well, Mr. S.,
we will meet you and your Behool half way.
Wo will accept your propoaKion, with this
amendment:
?* froeidei, That the united States notes afomald
?hall be alwayi redeemed lo ooin on preieutment at the
Sub-TreMury in New-York."
?"O! that will prevent the retention of
$420,000,000 in circulation."
No, it will not. The Government can pay
??ut Qreanbaakl so fast, at least, aa It will he
required to redeem them, provided it keep?
thom at par. California, Nevada, Idaho, Itali,
v\^ Ty* Rite ' ?i-iUUe iii UiUlUi aud Uvii kliiiiS,
of tbcm,. fio long .'i-? the}' aro at par ?vil?, specie
in I' ?,?.y. Wf ha?Jic ri-?ul $1,000,000 pet
annum lu our bitfines0, and w? r-houM BOTer
think of sending in a dollar fur redemption fio
long m it was kept at Mg? And what ?8 truo of
"*)'.!rTi?.-iii?.r i? tun- of almo?! everyone'?.
Here, then, in a fair /-round whereon tlie
devoteei of ('ivenii..ck.?may bbmI il- if they will.
Wl Baal bo better Currency Utan OiaaBBMiIrl,
jirovidcd they arc kapi of c'|iial value with OOfo.
Wit!- Poai litiml * -J Mil??i!i? of Greaabaeka,
Three Hundred M DJoUl in l.otcsof our National
Bank-, Bl d Bl liaat Two Hundred Million-? ol'
C( in,we .-hall have a veryahundaiit C'ircuLttinp
Undi UB| hut wa ure reconciled to that What
Wa an- not iecoii< ili-d to, and do not intend lo ho,
li a debased Currency? a -Currency Ot fog?a
" now you m it, and now you don't" ('t;rr?-n? y
?a Currency of vv.llfully broken pro.ii -e- ami
?ten i'?y?'( ?l Uea. If Mr. Bhanaan In hot tosh a
Curr-m ; .he is not BO .?ottnda thinker and leglta
Intoi ni vu had gappoaad biak Snob a C__innnj
will involve ti.? in iiinnineiit perils and im.,!-.,
grave di?...-lev-. Ii will stimulate ex? '-?ive Im
ptatatiOBB, BO nutter how high iha Tari?. It
".vill incite iiiordinate gpaetllatlC- and lin.inci.il
:? tabling O? all kimi?. It will h-.id this i ..untry
bj flowery paths to a precipice whence ve
?hall fail at length int?? general bankruptcy and
itagaatiaa* 'li;?? track i? a beaten mm?Ubmb
who Callow it have BO right to plead ignorance
Of it* goal. Either they know whither they are
leading na or they are out of their depth alto?
gether.
We move the Previous Question?th it ion
eendng Um rigktotoss O?iti ruinent ta lie when
there i.? BO net d of it. In time ??!' war, and of
gaggin Ml Financial requirement, when Mbody
wanted to lend it money, th?* Oon minent is?
sued it.? own notes and made them a 1? ;r li
lender. We hold it was perfectly right in M
doing. Hut you must BOt(Mjn Boikl I make
the extn me medicine of the ConititathBI ita
daily hrc.id. You (?aniio! pettit, after l'eai ? in
I mi --tension of the I InbOBB Corpus, nor in main
'other practice? perfectly justifiable amid the
lexIganoiM ofa terribie v\ ir. if the Qnvnraaaent
shall aadertake to maint ila Caneney intatlnw
after IYace shall have l?een fully re-tored, it
will i '. becaaaa it iboold, and baeanaa all as?
(U?e fog mab (leh.i eiii"Ut will have utterly
pnaaed away,_
mi .tit vi ? nu i..
The hill for regulating the military p BOB ? ?
tahllahBMBl i-f tha United S'.it.-s wai pi Berdny
repotted to tha Senate, di-, ob ad, a: ?l? aftei tha
adoption of ntuaaroai amendments, paaaad by
a vote tnT twenty ?earea to ii,?', aight< ? a Baaaton
not voting or being Bbaaat? According lo tin*
hill, the army of the I'mted Stn!?'? i- to
in times of pence of live n-ginicnt s of ur'.illt ry,
twelve rcLTiiii'i'it* ot e,r..t!ry. Bad Ii?rty regi?
ment? of infantry. Eight O? thl infantry reg.?
incuts, und, in aaaogd-BM vvnh an MMBdmt 'it
pcopoaad bj Mr. Wadi-, two of Um ? tvaliy reg*
(monta, are to be componed of colorid men.
j\n iiifantrv reginn lit has, bebida t!.'
MO pul.ti?-, whiah i.':;i;hcr naybi b
at the 'li-( reta.n of ti e I'r?-rident to 1,000, Our
" pea.'?* e-til.illshlliellt,' t':er?'..,r?". Wti.lhl ll'dlll
i ber from 36*000 lo abOBl 70.000 B
The vote hy wl.ii h t'.i? Uli wa-, pi*- -,'. i? I?-*?
of a party character t!ian ?me might have gg?
pett'd from thl cl.i'ise rchiliV?' t" Iha BBglB
regiment?. D.mot rat y. ?.i aonree, Buniaannl*
fort t?. ostra?-?;.-?" the Belated d??f.-:.?l. BJ of the
BOBBtfyi bal an aii.emhner.t ofli-red to tbut
eui! hy Mr. Al. I>>.i|_iil was hiimmarily
voted down, the ?.cuate refu.*ing to order
t!,), ye,m lad nay?. On tho theil ?if Um
hill being put to a goto, Moon? Boekali w,
Guthrie, Join, OB, N?-mitti am! Stockton v?,'?.l
f??r it, notwithatanding the negra bIbbbb. Um
small nnnority of live is made up of three
Republican! (Grimea, Hani"*, Kirkwood) and
two Democrats (Devil and Kiddle), li' the
al,sent und non-voting meinhers had all Voted
i with!he minority, the majority lor the lull
would have heeii only four.
The lir.*t ?iiiprc?.*ion which the reading of this
hill mail flUkl upon every citizen of the I'nited ,
States is that of it. radical BBtlgOakflB to MB of
the most distinctive feature.?? of the policy
of the I'nited State-?. From tho close
of th? War Of Independence until the o.,"hreiik
of the Rebellion, it has beea BO! only the
law, hut it im? been Um boaet of the Dattad
States alone, of the great civilized nations of the
world, that they -Aere without a standing army.
In comparing their.*, with foreign institution*?, j
thei pointed, with a proud OOaaoioaaBOM Ot the
superiority Of OBI institutions, to the fact that'
amongBaobedionea tatholawi waaenforoed net
by mililitry order?, hut hy the univer-al respect
af tha law and, tfaeeeaaajy, by Um mil courts.
And uot only was this our boast, hut uearly nil
the leaders of the progressive party in Europe
found that we were right, and the reduction of
tim standing army and its gradual supplanta
tion hy the militia ha*? baan in-crihod OB tin?
hanner of tho progressive party in nearly every
European country.
Who would ever have thought af ?haiiginj; B
feature so fundamental in our institutions hut
for the lal? Kehellion ? How many nieiiibci?,
would have heeii found bemm 1-til, eitlu r in I
the Senate or in the IIouso of Keproscntativ.-,
to depart from a distinctive American policy
in order to advance one step tovvar 1 a hahit
of monarchical Europe, which is defended hy?
the aristocrats and reactionists, while the friends j
of progress were and are desirous tao-similate
it to the very institution which the Senate yes?
terday voted to throw overhoard T
And where, wc would ask, is the reason for a
change ho radical, and, therefore, ko ominous t
We have just paused through a military ordeal,
much moro seTero than a foreign power can
ever possibly ?ring upon us; and did not the
citizen soldiers nobly stand the ordeal und
wring unbounded admiration from the Old
World, including even those who, thus far,
had only behoved in standing armies I Can, in
view of the history of the past four years, any
one doubt the ability of the people of the United
States to repel triumphantly a foreign invader
of our soil l
Nor can wo lind any more reason for such a
bill in the condition of our own country. An
itrinv l_f M,O0O men instead ?>l |:t,non Mould not
Uiiu.-vulUl-n. K_lnJau? m 1:01, u.r wlU
it do bo in futir?. When the Lee?, Johnston*,
and other Southern Genera's deserted tho post
of duty, the privates from tho disaffected States
would have folluwcd, whether they were
counted by the ten thousand, or by the
hundred.
What, then, is the reason for pacing the bill I
If the temporary state of one or several States
requires the keeping of troops for putting down
or preventing an in-urrection, a hy not pr?vido
fur such a transitory emergency by special law
instead of saddling upon the country parma*
Bently an inatitution which is essentially
Luropeau and anti-American?
We hope the House of Repre.-entatives will
pence beam it gives ttaeooMontte n dangerona
au innovation.
A NIW IAIM10I,.
Certain active and unscrupulous property
bolden in Albany lobbied through our last in?
famous Legislature a bill providing for the erec?
tion of a new Capitol in that ? ?ty. The ca-h
cost of their business operation was $13,000;
Cheap enough; but the ruling spirits of that
Li gi-lature had sold thein-ehes so many time.?
that there wa-no v,v.ir and tear of cither con?
science or character to be considered, ami tin y
concludcd that ollicial corruption ought to he
cheaper when taken wholesale. A bill is now
b?-foro the present Legislature appropriating
$500,000 to commence the work, at a time
whan labor and materials are fifty per cent,
above natural prices, and when our people are
sweating under a load ol' taxation heavier than
WM ever burne by .-.? in.my Benoni mncc the
taxing decree ?>f Ciesar Augustus.
\v. pr?tait igataMl one dollar being appropra?
tad to this object tin- year, or at any time until
the people shall have biul a chance to vote on
the future location o? the Capital. If they TOW
for Albany, we will consider when and what
.?ort of Capitol to build. In our judgment, a
large niiij'rity would pn-fer anotln r locatiOB)
anti we think the voice ?d' the people ihould bo
heard. _^__^___?_^__
'?? OH I HOI.I.fcH" (LARK.
The letter ol' "Comptroller of the Currency1
clark to th.- Secretary of the Treasury, pub
li-hed in Tin: I kiium; yesterday, may be of
importeM ?? le 'io- writer, but m this latitudo it
i- regard) lae an iaqtogtinent bitecfonnee of a
?nboidinate witta aiattan solely in etiarge of the
Seoreteiy ??i Um Tnaaary, who very Jastly oom?
111 lilli- tie C1 .ii '?? :n <? of Hie lin.t'.u i.il public to
a rare degree. Hil Fort Wayne p. i h ami hi.?
ollie.al rip"-. ;?? :? therwttll !;i- l':'.'1' Bl udni;i.i
.-tration ?<!' the Treasury, bavo already pat the
ctintry far ?m the road to specie payment-, to
- -..1 of '? wild-cat" bank' ? in
Washington and eli whare, who no iu ipecio
payments the end of those sp?culation-, upon
which ti ? grown rieta it the expoaoo
of the < ' nid the people
I . i .' .ms of Mr. M. Culloch.
he hi : . iii., law, whether in com?
g componed note- .?r T-;i"s into long
bonds, or one class of ahort oocwiitiei into an?
other. 1 ?..'\? i oonoeded by the hw of
July II. l-l-.', whick give- the Secretary of
I power t ? " p lechase a' ti'
exceeding ti it of Um i arrenl market ami ooot
tri parchase no ? Dg one-eighth of ona per
Maleny bonds or certificatei <?t debt of th
Cuitad t i ? ?i'' ii!.u deem advisable."
'Ih' epowci ' '.. ttaer enlarged by the mt
ot Maicta 3. i-??'?. ? i ii mm ts thal "my tr.as?
arynota orod robl?gat?ont bearing internet,
i-- a--i ii- I. ?? n . .ii-f ol'Coiigies-, iu.iy, at the
Aarntieaoi I bj of the Treasury and
??! ii.- bolder, be ooMfartad
into any deacripl i at booda authorised bj
thi- a. t."
The " Comptroller** i equally igmuant When
be challenges thi i i i of the bal?boee ia
the Tr.ii im. Not being familiar with any?
thing beyond hi ? OW1 bl re ni of circulation, he
does nat ka ?a that the nomiaa] balance iu Um
Treasury npreeBBtl ifl ?ail I In- -nins due to di
bur hil' officers, ii., aggregate amount of which
m.iy BO Judged Iron? th." Tait that in thiscity. on
the It ml., they were fU?18,970, SO that,
though ii >nominalbalanee at Bew-Terk wm
1106,188,646, the real balaaaa was only $i?i,
646,161,1 v.ill !.- -it'ii from th. following
BgaiM
tnNVirVorkiti.il. Ifarel I. tlORIIRI.IM
Dm-.I ti urslogefl i sraoad. posli.SI'-.'.SIRtTO
lim.r .o i ?unit? Ml ? _
-II.!'.'4H'.
li.ti lana (eMeial) MeeeiB ol' tnited Sutes
Ti?.n ir.-i .....gol ?'H', l'"l
WhileMr.McCuU.n !i \t.i- "Comptroller of the
Currency" he rendered in ama] way very \al?
nahle a irk i s t" Um Tb i ary Department, and
at times, toe, whenhh labontold with gnat
ciii'ii m mpplying the public ?oilers; but them
is i ni a r? " i or published letter of advico or
caviling lunn bim to either S"crctanes Chase
or Fe ' lid n. in thi be set the pr?sent "Comp?
trollerM ?l'l ? Xatllpla' lu will do Wall lo follow
if he ?loe- ii.ii vista to be peetered m it.h imperti?
nent opinion ali. r he -in cecils to the mantle
of Mr. McCiillo. h as Secretary of T!i?- Tre i-iuy ,
winch i,- not Impossible.
Hie Hudson River i- not yet open to Albany,
but it very .non will be St Petril k niukes his
program on the I7tb, whick is next Baturdayi
and he alino-t always i ?ible to go from New
Vork to Albany by water. We b. Iieve it will
be so this year.
The Whipple File M.inufartuviig Company j
of Roxton f.iiled yesterday, baring sunk its
capital of $700,000. Wv presume this is one of,
those wonderfully prosperous Yankee concerns
of whoso great prouts so much ha? been
told of late._
The Commentai Ailrertiter asks?and The I
ThibUSK reiterate?:
'?Why li Clament ('. (Har kept In confinement!
Why ii ha not tried! Mr. City surrendered hlma?>lf to
meat the ehergei preferred ai"?aii'?t him in Nunton?
ih'lii tineiit of the BaaanaMe. 11? Ima aaked for a trial.
P.y th? I'onitttution, by tin- la?a, by public opinion, bv I
lafe precedent, by the claim? et Juitiee. he ii entitled
M a ?|>ardv trial or to an iBHOedlaM n-loaie. Mesara.
Stephen?. Mellory. Seddon and alheiBL memlit-riof the
toiii.-il.-nite Gtivertimi'i.t, un-nil at letgo. Mr. Clay,
Wim h i? i ot tia? niiji-i'i.ittii sgalnel I.im, i* ln'pt ni eloM
foullin mint. A grain wrong, aud one that anight toi
l.a ra mi illili, is done."
? We ?io not ?mame to judge the earn of
Mr. clay. Be may be gmitj of the blackest
*AJgaak, U bu, lui ou^lu lo 1% Um J, tuuv^Uul
- m
and punished. lint he stands publicly, offi?
cially charged with having conspired to have
President Line?la assassinated; and, when he
firbt heard of that charge, he at once set out
aud gave himself up to tho authorities; de
Bainding a prompt trial. Why is it not ac?
corded him ? _
Dt-ath ef J a red MparLt.
The death of ?Jarod Sparks, the eminent American
historian and former President of Harvard OoUegO,
took place at his residence in Cambridge. Mi-?..
on Wednesday, March 11. Mr. Sparks w as born at
Williugton, Conn., May 10, 171J, and ?as consc
(jtK'iitly within two month? of the completion of his
stn ( iity-s.i inth year at the timo of his death. The
curly part ni'his lile was spent in agricultural ami
nifchaiiicul pursuit?, aud it was not until li?* had
paused the Iga Of boyhood, that he determined to
obtain a collegiate education. He finished his pre?
paratory studies at Phillip? Exeter Academy, aadi
entered Harvard College ia 1H11, where he 'vas
graduated in duo course in 1815. After studting
theology in Cambridge, and holding the ollie?*
of tutor of mathematics in tho college for
two ruga, be was ordaued as minister of the I'ni
?
tanan Church in BaltiMON i" 181* It was ou'
this occasion that Dr. Channing delivered his cole- j
brated discourse on the Cuitar?an faith, which '
formel a new era in tho hi?t?,ry ol' ?' liberal Christi
nutty*"*1 in this country. Mr. Sparks wa? then in
the prune of manhood, fre*h t'r.'iu the intellectual '.
atmosphere of Cambridge, with a mind disciplined j
by severe and exact Mudies, a hold and Moolala. If
not un original. thiiiKer, and the master of a plain '
and forcible style of expression and delivery. Bl
enterad apon the discharge of hi? new dntiei witt
dignity, aaal, ami ia__nvkabla aa_n t. Ho was alone '
BHong tin? ?h T/yiii'ii of lluliinior?- M the advocate
of tho Unitarian theology? His preaching wetted
much attention in the most refined and intelligent
, circles of th.it city, and called forth a ??reniions op?
position from tho reprt ?eiit.itive? of the popular
i r o,l. Not long alter he was hoiioie?! I illi the ;:?>
|>? ?. ii t m? nt of Chaplain to Congress, a tribute to the
independence ead MMtUnaaBOf his character, and
the mental energy ,,t hit pleaching, in ipite St his
derotton to vih.ii was tint deemed a aove! and un
fiishionalile religion. In 1890, henubUlhod ar. ?labo?
ral?? ai.il learncil work ?>n "The Kunai and DoetrittM
of the Bplaeopal Chnaah," and the aneaeedlng yaei
aatabllahed a monthly periodioal, eaUed '? The Uni?
, (?niau IflaoaUaej." whick be rontianed t?? adit ?lur?
ing his r? sul'-iice in Ilaltuuore, writing the geaoM
part of its contents m ,th h.s own band. In this
wnrkhet'omi.ienci-dacontrov r*ywith Dr. Miller, of
i' ton, on " The Coanyarettva Moral TBndei sy
of the Trinitarian and Ilutar?an DoOtrinoe," which
was conducted on bil part with gnat vigor and
good temper, aad terminated with the incre.ibe of
mutual nepeotj and ladead a sincere peganunl
!':?.'inlship on both sides. Tho tottan of wbick
t! ? disenaaloa aoaatolad. were afterward collected
in a volume and published in ISO, Daring this
period, he edited a '"Collection of Essays and
Tra,".* in Theology,' comprisingnnuuib??rof fain
d! |g iii'tinigriiphs fruin einii.ei.t writers of difibmnl
( hristian d??ii()inii.ations, but agreeing in tho en
,I, ?i\,,r to give ?. rat mini Interpretation a
iti ?, tina t?> the moaiveddoet-ineoof leHgloBs Tins
nui completed m IM, toreUaggls fotaMoaof rare
lli'er.st t?, the l.b-'ra; ?n d? t ??! Il.eology.
Mr. "?par'?.? - . kith 1 " ame impaired Bit? a few
yeera by the ardnone labora of bia prefreaiou at a
p.,.?! .ibuh demanded p, rpataal rigllaaea ami ?lert
iies.? of spirit, untiring BMIgy of action, and an
? exclusive reliance ?>u hu own resource?.
Hu Maacdingly naigned i..s paeten! thargo in
I-.:!, and having pur? lased tho " North American
U.vii'w," of which ho was ono of tho original
founders, eoutintied t?. t'llit that journal in Holton
for a period of .?even tears. In U90, ho published
a '? Li!'.? of Jo bl I."dyartl. ' the c1, brut,-,1 American
tmvaler, drawn up in great part from napahUahed
material?.
Tin- attention of Mr. Sparks was early directed
to the subject of Ann riCM hi?*t? ry. In tho four*'
, of bil .-nairns he formed the plan "f publishing the
of vY.i-[_?_!gt';.i, nith editorial lo'.'s ami
UoBa. Wit.i this view if- r..a,|e ii Vi-ii L")
' Europe, in 18v!8, where he remain,-.! a y, ar in the
. a itm: alton of tot nunn ti to Ike pun?a ahn m of
Loii'l'tii aad Paris. The collection of W..?hIngtoa s
| p M, with a life of the unter, was pub'
me'v.? getane v.iiumes batwoaa it"-'., und !??_-.
! Wini" preparing thia voluminous wmk Mr. Sparks
atoo pnoliahad "Tho Diplomatic CnninjundenfM
af the American lion*!,.turn.' ami MTho Life" of
Qonvcrneni Morris." In 18-10 ha completed the I
piil'lic.itioii ?,f'?The Work? ofBenJnmto Franklin,'
with a biography i-f tho author, in ten va,lunns.
He tin n mad?- a second royaga to Europe, ami, d r
lii'.'lus researches in the Krein?h archives,discovered
t!ie famoLS map, with the redline, which played
'.such un important part ia UM debates Upon the
Ashburton treaty.
| AU-Oagthg other literary labors of Mr. Sparks,
; may be mentioned tho "American Almanack."
windi he established, and of ? huh he edited the
' first volatile; a id the " Library af American l?:,,g
iraphy,",,f whiih twenty-live volumes were pub?
Uol ? ,1. ils ti, Bag troth on American Biston wm
I the ??Correspondence of theAmori, an .{evolution,
m I'niir i,, bluies, comprising letters,,! eminent men
to Qaotga Washington frota th?" time of his taking
(ann! "?.rill of the anny to tin? end of his pr?sidence,
edited fn,ni tlie original manuscripts.
Mr. Sparks was nl_o distinguished by his services
in the cans? of edueatwu. Ho was professor of
lu. ton in Harvard ('?'liege from is;"1.! to ISO, ead
pn su lent ofthat institution from 1S|9 tolSo^cotn
1 rifling a term of acad. mtc l.ib.ir of thirteen years.
As in instructor, ho was lucid in his expositions,
In ni in his manner, and bringing tho fruits of a
large experience and varied knowledge to the illus
trutioii of his subject. His duties a?s preni.ling ol.i
aagafthe eotlege were dlaohnrgad with eminent
ability. His administration wiis marked by equal
vigor and discretion, and it' not so brilliant as that
of some ol'Ins predecessors, was singularly ollie lent
and salutary.
.Mr. Sparks was a man of attractive and imposing
potaoaal appaaiaaaai H,s looa black eye, dnrk|
complexion, classical mouth, mid erect figuro gave!
the impression of distinguished manly beauty. His
manners arara simple and unalfocted, his native j
frauknisi ami good humor amply atoning for the I
want of artificial grace Ia point of intellect his
quail ties wen? not showy or captivating, but sub?
stantial, sound, and worthy of the highest trust.
His aptitude for liternry labor was such as is rarely
found among scholars of the present day. Ho was
patient of research, and though nothing of a book?
worm, was never weary of oxploring archivos, com?
paring anthorities, and collecting documents. His
style mis like himself, plain, Solid, direct, and
vigorou*. He was sometimes betrayed into the
uso of figurativo expression, to which he was not
natur.illy inclined, but this was au exception to his
prevailing manner, which bore the ?tamp of utilitv,
rattier than ?.f rhetorical ornament His contribu
lion? to ih" Materials ?? ?neriean hlateiy ona
siai'ieivbe rated at too high B vaine, although he
ha? lett bo original work vateh w.n be naked *i a
?*.-,?-..-.til pl.'liK. i.'li.
_;*. ? , - .-mm_ ? ??'
FBIUANIMVt.
The Ininn-asjanr? Hradqunrter? Contri
builoaa from ihn Firth-nvraa*> llalrl
nae the Bailer-aaahers?Tbn By ?te as ?I
Reconnue?Tke Feaiaa N>?irrht>?d .4
lair la bat II rial A a Imitif-diaie Ui.i?|
la Inland ant Prahahle?Eaglaad'e
Estiy in Mir F. Brace a Fealaa.
A visit to the Fenian Headquarters, at Union
square, on any day in the week, would eitab?ib the fact
tt.at?howeter other Intereiti may itsgaate or decline?
Fenianlam exhibits no symptom! of depression or decay.
Hundred! of delegates, emlisariei and messenger?, mil?
itary and civil, as weil as others of the softer sex not a
few. daily come and go on busincm connected willi
t!ie movement more or len important. Yoiter.lsy th?
throng of a Litoria wai* unnsualiv barge, and therefore wa
conjecyire that conaiderahlc business must hai.- heen
transacted. The presiding genmaof the orgaui/ation.
Cul. ? ?'.M n h? ni v. li still absent, but the various other
olliciala oro at the ln-wi of tli.'ir respeotlve dopartmeuta.
'IHR ACCOrSTS.
Immediately on ?nter.ng tho premites at I'nion
s<liiare the visitor finds bimielf in the presence of 4
J.initor, who eves him rsther suspiciously, ami alte
getUr comports himielf with a gravity and Importeur*
befitting ins responaible position. On tho right
I nu.I is a Inrge apartment, railed olf like a bauk
oltire in-ido wtiich are some eigl.t or tendeiks covered
with largo ita'? mi rt- book?, p?.pers. documents, tog'-ther
with all the paraphenalia of an office doug an exten?
sive business. The floor is covered with oil-cloth, and
a few pictures of prominent Irish revolutionist! ?dom
the walli, while a magnificent chandelier ii BMfOaiei
li mu I bt ceiling. Some nine orten clerk! BM kept
busily emploved in this department, which is termeil Me
i lemury. Ilere all the luoueyi are recited ai,il duly
credited. The followiug it the system of accounts:
Kadi day'i receipts are entered in a l-irgn book called
th.. ireiu-ral entry baiok. Me entire aaaoeBt halag anaaMi
Bp daily anil handed over to the Treasurer, who rec-ipt?
II at the end of the page. Sepurjte accounts ure then
opened vtM Me different department! and cm !??* and
io. 1 IpM linly forwarded to the proper ofliccr? in each
i-tib-organi/ation.
l'r?ntcd requisition! are made on the Tn>tic:'i>r fur
the money to be dllbuiscd. for which, when haa?li
over, he re' a-ive, a vender signed and tt;unt.'r?igned
by the head und clerk of the department in wl.tse ia
tOVMl it i? ex|M?nded. The accounts are balanced t|uar
ft:.1. 'I lu accounts of the Sisterhood are kept by ttia
ladles 1 di alni tin/ that branch of Me orgini/ttion. but
ttie moru'is go to a common tre tairv. Mr. M. -I. Hel?
fet u?n nas charge of the aorrcpomlence of the Hrutti
erheei, and Mr. Cavanagh iii the privat? SeOftai j of
the Head Coaler.
A FAIR TO RE HEM) BY THF. SISTERS.
A Fancy 1 air and Hu/tar under the auspice? of th-?
Sutcrhooal, is to be 0|?ened in Gernania Ball on the
I?th of next month, to continue about two week- It u
stated that the Sisters intend to solicit contribution?
from tia? ladies of America, and that each Circle m th?
country is to be rrpreieited.
IMMEDIATE U0t*TILniL8 IN IREI.AN H SOT PKOBABI.X.
I'romineut meniben of tho I'.rotherhooal aMMthak
there 1? no probability of imm?diate hostilities m Ire?
land. It is itated thot one nf the fundamental BtlBflpMa
t of the Fenian Hrotherliood is, not to strike until ?ucea ata
1 is a most certain. The leaden of the organii tuon ia
j Ireland aai m this country will not, it is alleged, lae
' alriven from their plan of perfecting their lalieniei by
MaaasenMM the Old Country, and that ti.a ?tnngeut
ineis'ires of the British l?ovtrnment will not prema?
turely force tl.em into revolution. At the pre.-tcnt time
roihing ti at may eventuate, except the rearrcat of
1 -lamei Stet on?, will ca.i?e Me ??hedilinir of blood, iiial ia
j the event of luch a i-atustrophe to Fcnianitm and the
li"i'?'s of the embryo republic, au aesnli 1* certam te
tik place.
KJfGtASDS INVOV A ?EMAX.
it is said that some iaya aga the BritishMialsMr ti
ti rtoa, S.T V. Braoo, reeeiied innKirunt dis
peta .'i- - from th? Hoine Government, through a gmtle
nain iiigti m ilie confidence of Me Foreign Obm iu
Lonjea, but tint. "hoeribhiM any," Me sl>oi ?-men?
tioned ieMgaM from England pit.tl his devoi.s to the
?mahoney heMre proeoeiii i t?> Washingtos t?? the
representative of ll'-r Majesty Victoria Fit.: ?n au?
thorities, when f|ne?ti.?n?'d relative ta) the ni.i'vr. du
not give an open denial, but, by Meenie s?;ic?rte
countenance Ma ruuicr.
Aiisprnsiea af Ruaiiru Kia on ?he
It 1?uUa ? Watching the Hililia ? Snllry
?Illunie ia I anuda.
M'NriiFAU Wcilni-gdiv. M ?r 1. I ?-''?ti.
The excitement 111 regard to the Pentan forer
le ?'?li at f-vcr heat. Indeed, pi lie credulity :- li
to swallow any rumor, however -lid.
I'.imi.??.?.?, o? which va m-ver lime much. U now it a
stand-still, and noboaly tares to buy or seil
As min! in such excitement!, there ia a run aSSO Uti
-ling.? Hanks, und the small depositors are converting
Mell balance! into gold.
The people and the newapuperi are v?ry il!-tomp*r*d.
and i.-i-ii?titiitlj berate the Cnited States linveruuieBt
I because they do uot restrain the dreotiful inv iden who
1 ore to cou.??bv ai d-'iy?to snatch Canada from the
I banda of ','.<? n Victoria.
Our prii.cipal nuimcment now con?i?ts in wateine
t' ? ?volution.! of the militia. There are drills inauy
time? a day, and the poor victim? look the picture ?ii
I despair.
All our public buildings are strongly guarded, oat
I ba.aks ure rest mt re tl.eir diaconat lina M Ma uioel
teVU-kfaWn Ifnl WeTM'W'.?*<>al eJitonitr*. and tbey
1 very generally refusa) to advance upon auy aaBoMoal
1 locuntv. "-?
WBBMOM C. W.. Wednesday, March li IM I
j The excitement oil along the frontier 11 training force.
I Mysterious locket! luive been leal up .?n the Ami-iicci
lha TO, uf.il it ?a believed here tiiat lorne moveau-ut ol
. Fenians 11 in progress.
I CanadaJsyeM'warm for Americans, who are liable
to all manner or Insulte.
I About 1,000 vo'.urteer? here are keeping a Marp tinto
, ? mt. A number of iu?j Iciott characters ,11 - daily
ereeataaMnhoriar. lhere u unusual itir auiougtho
j Detroit Fenian?.
' FahUO uieotii.gs have been held here and two com?
panies of volunteer* for the lloma O uard battt ry are on
their way up fmrn London.
I lo- IMrJU City Council have accented an invttatioa
; to joui the Feuiam io celebrating St. Fat ral s Day.
Rensnt?oael Report front Berheetrr.
RocUKsiEK, *f. Y.. WcSBegiar, March li, l?.i<?.
There ia g npott iu circulation here that the
Fenian* have purchased the fi.nr tarnest tMOBBata ol
tl.e Aiiiertcun line on L^e Ont-uio. now lying 11. this
harlinr. This is uot credited, however. The steamers
are lifting out for the Spring trade
It is understood that the Oovernraoat ofl'uit!? aro
keeping nu eye upou these boats a:id bSUh in the
harbor belovthe city.
Fallare at ihr Whipp!?- File Tlaauiariar*?
iag t'onapnay- liabilitrri Heavy.
Boston, Wcilnesilav. March 14 I(i?5??.
The hilan of tbe Whipple File Man r.'u'tur
Mg Gee peal wa* aaaeaaeai to day with hfat ? liabili?
ties. The Mp?lnl Batneh of the eeenBanr was ettMOm
nuil 1! recently i'.-tifirin ii tor a further nure i?e The
s i-pi !i?:on ii .ittrtt.iiioil te the company having on hand
a large stoeh of goods which cannot lie sold except at a
great loss. The means of the company have been some
what cnppled recently in efforts to sustain Its credit
Important Cerrertiaa?Errar ia the Qaa
talina af I - N. Bande.
In the London market of March ',', pel
steamship Hibernian at Fortland, the price of Crated
Stitt,--? l-'ive-twenties, ns printed in some ol'the lnorniBg
pi!>?'rv. B wrong. It .simulai read "I aitedSUtes live
tweaOes, Wi" nat ";6i."
Iroii-Foaadrra' Caatratioa.
AiiiANY. Weifyie?ilay, March ii, IWI I
Pennant tonatim the National Convention
af Iree Founders asifmbleit in thi? city at the lloael
ti Trailn roonii ?t noon to-day. Between M and l?t
ialo?otlts wore In atteudant.? from nearly all the North?
ern, aaeteig and WeeMra States, es alan from Canalla.
The Convention was organized by the election ?a
Chiirlei Fddv. ei.]., of Trov us Fresident: ?lei. John
F. Kttthhone'of this oilt. Vice-l'reiideiu, aud Uciijaoun
Burl?n. BOO., of this citv. Seeretery.
The rre?!tii?nt elect ?Uted tie object of the Contes?
UN briitlv but forcibly. At the to-ieluiiou a e "lan'l
ta-e was appointed tai prepare 11 Constitution and res?la?
te.ni. Bevel al gentlemen aaldresscd the Convention bul
as their remarks referred to organization mid matters 1
ot tiii-iiin-sH exclusively, thev were not intended fur pob
li.'.itinn. The atternmin was passed iu ronatdt ition iw
an iiiterchnng?'ait views. At dusk the CouteUiou ad?
journed till to m now.
Th? meeting? of the Contention are not public, bel
the Ki. 1 utlve Comniittte Will prepare a report of th*
praeoodiBgsi for publioutiou alter the orgauiiaut? is
^rfected.
The Uoiver.salisls of this City bali a general
meeting this evening in Dr. Chapm a Church, No.
-51S Hraiiidway.
Mons. Huit in Cooper Institue.?Tim
second of M. Bluf! lecture! am " Thtt A rt of Cooking*
oeetiri 011 .Saturday evening, as per advertiaemuut.
Koine? oil Koine?is iccrcusiiig in population
She had -'OT.:?? inhabitants at the close ol' la*?
year; hating gained ;i,ll.' iii I6iii>.
The perfonnatice at the Academy AtrntAm
to-night i? for thelfiieflt of Madame I.armot, wtn'o a
1 urittt gi jilettiiiuu iiUterl?iuui?lite we to be ?iiea?