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SPAIN. A Bloody Batt'? Immnont? Serrano's Plan for an Arnnlt on the Royalists. Bayonni, April 29, 1874. Tbe litnt despatches from the neat of war to band thin morning state that General Mannei de 1 la Concba, with a body of republicans, numbering 20,000 men, has moved from the seacoast In the direction of Vaimaseda. twenty-two miles south west of Bilbao, lor the purpose of striking the Car lists In tbe rear. Marshal Serrano, with a force equally as strong, la to make a simultaneous attack on the Insur gents from the frout. Tbe Carllsts are reported to be strongly en trenched. TH? Carllsts Firm In Position. London, April ???, 1874. A special despatch to the Dally standard from Bayonne donies that PortugaWte and San Querco have been evacuated by the Carllsts. FKANCE. The Postal Convention with Amerioa Signed. Paris, April 20, 1874. The Franco-American Postal Convention was signed yesterday uy the French government. The Duke Decazes will submit it to the Assembly Im mediately on reconvening alter recess, and request Its immediate cousideratlon. ENGLAND. Cheap Labor Tendered from America? Competi tion lot the Emigrant Transit Trade? Municipal Festivities. London, April 29, 1874. A meeting of farmers was held at Newmarket yesterday to consider the present difficulties with the agricultural laborers. Among the speeches delivered was one by a Mr. Wood, a native of Eng land, but now a resident of Ohio, who offered to bring from that state any number of persons who wero willing to work tor lourteen shillings a week in place or the laborers now locked out. tTJSAmUlt* COMPANIES' RIVALRY KOK TUB AMKKI can transit trade. A conference oi ownors aud agents or tbe steam ships which ply between Liverpool and New York Is liv session iu tne lormer city, and will end Fri day next. It 1b reported that the close of the con ference will be the signal for a system of vigorous compet.tion between the various lines, and that freight and passenger rates will be reduced. MANSION HOUSE FKTES. A magnificent banquet and ball were given to night by the Lord Ma>or at the Mansion House. Among tbe distinguished persons present were the Prince and Princ ss of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgn. The city was brilliantly illuminated la honor of tbe event. THE ENGLISH TURF. Close of the Epsom Spring Meeting? Baoe for the Great Metropolitan Stakes? Royal Gacrge the Winner. Losrox, April 29. 1874. Thte was the second and last day oi the Epsom Spring Meeting. Race for th? Great Metropolitan Stakes. The race for the Great Metropolitan stakes was won by Royal George. Inquietude caine in second, and Aidrich (the winner of the City and Suburban Handicap yesterday) third. THE BETTING. The betting Just previous to the start was 4 to 1 against Royal George, 3 to 1 against Inquietude, and 6 to 2 against Aidrich. Six i.orsus ran. THE BACK. The summary is as follows:? The Great Metropolitan stakes (handicap), of 25 sovereign" each, is loiioit and only 6 u declared by noon, February 3, with 2uo sovereigns added, the owner oi Hie second horse to receive do sov ereigns out of the stakes: about two nilles and a quarter (4 i subscribers, 17 of whom pi?y o sover eigns eactu. Mr. W. a. Crawrurd's ch. c. Royal George, by Toxophilite, dam (foaled in I8t*>) by Young Melbourne out of The Rescued, four years old. 1 Mr. Lefevte's b. i. Inquietude, by King Tom out Of Torment, three years old 2 Lord Rosebery'sb. c. Aidrich (late The Teacher), by Lecturer out oi Lady Lotty, tliree years Old 8 CUBA. An Extra Tax Levied on Income? Customs Da ties Payments? Municipal Taxation. Havana, April 29, 1874. A decree by Captain General Concha establishes an extraordinary contribution of ten per cent on* all incomes exceeding ti.ooo annually. Onlv the army and navy are excepted. The contribution Is payable In bank notes. The proceeds of the In come tax is destined to the payment of the public debt and the redemption of ihe paper cnrrency. CUSTOMS DUTIES. Another decree establishes the payment of duties and taxes, one-quarter in gold alter the 1st of May, and one-half in gold on the 1st of July, reserving the further Increase or the gold share to some future time. The stamped paper, lottery tickets and Income tax continues payable in paper. IMPORTS. Merchandise Imported previous to May l is not subject to the aioresaid schedule of duties. At pleasure the government will admit paper pay ment at a rate to be fixed as the equivalent o( the fold share due in luture. RESERVED RIGHTS. The government reserves the right to make ?pecial laws regarding the above lor such parts of the island where paper does not circniate. City taxes are subject to the same law. Hsvsns Exchange. Havana, April 28, 1874. Exchange qutet. On the United Suuo^, short sight currency U1 a 113 premium ; on London, l&l a 16a premium ; Spanish gold, 21 o a 242. Freights? Loading at Havana tor the United States, per tad. ol molasses, $3 26 a $3 60. JAPAN. Official American Report of a Provincial Insnr rsction? Foreign Naval Movement for the Protection of Nagasaki? War Feeling Aga nst Corea. Washington, April 20, 1874. Captain Calhoun, in his despatch to the Navy Department, dated March 21, says t hat ho fad re ceived iniormation that an insurrection was raping at saga, on the island of K.loo^loo, and that it was reported that a number of insurgents were marching on Nagasaki ; that measures were being taken to protect all foreigners, and that tho British gunboat Ringdove and the Russian cor vette Uogatyn were at that place. AMERICAN AID IN THE RESTORATION OP PEACE. Be (Captain Calhoun) says:? "l at cnce ordered tho Lackawanna to proceed to Nagasaki without delay. Sho arrived on the 28th uii., au.i captain McUauley reported the excitement abating. Ue again reported to me, under date of March 3, that on the 27th uit. the Imperial troops gained ? victory over th* insurgents, and on iho S^tn entered Raga. capturing the castle, and that tue Insurrection was quelled, saga, wbero the tnsurrecuon took place, is about lorty miles irou Nagasaki. It was thought that tue wnole province of men, tu which Saga is situated, together with the provinces of lltgo and SatsuniM. the three most, powerini provinces in Kinsin, were in revolt agulDSt the government, as they were said to be serionsly disaffected, but the revolt was quickly suppressed by the government roroes. The Insurgents were composed chiefly of the *amura class, formerly retainers of the Usimtos, and were said to be trying to restore tue uuimios to their toruer auuwntj ana w make war upon Ocrea.1' BAGDAD. Seriota Inundation from aa Overflow of the Tigris. CONSTANT! NOPI.B, April 29, 18T4. There haa been a great flood at Uutrdud, iu con sequence of tbe overflow of tbe Tigris, cause" by recent h,*avy rains. A great amount ot property f was destroyed, and several persona were drowned. MEXICO. Tha Stephana Mardsr? Indian Troubles- A Be* oluticn ?t Leader Aaiaaainated? Ameri oan Diplomacy for National Bee onciliation with France. City op Mbxico, April JO, \ Via Havana, April 29, itt74. ( Qulrino Rublo, another of the murderers of the Rev. Mr. Stephens, has been condemned to death. It is reported that two Ouadaiajara Journalists who attacked the Catholics on account of the mur der of Mr. Stephens have been foully dealt with. One has been poisoned and the other has disap peared. FRIENDLY DIPLOMACY FOB RECONCILIATION TO I'BANGB. Secretary Fish has Informed Minister Marlacal that he believed a favorable opportunity has ap peared to re-establish iriendly relations with France, and that tbe United States would lend its good offices for that purpose. Sefior Mari?cal in- ! formed President Lordo of Secretary Fish's pro- I poaal, and was answered that Mexico has already maniiested a desire and was still disposed to renew the relations with those nations which had interrupted them oy intervention, whenever such nations directly manifested this desire and equi table based could be adopted. The Diarlo (official) Bays since this reply no atepB have been taken in this buslnesa. INDIAN raid. Tbe Apaches are raiding in Chihnahua. ASSASSINATION. Sotero Lozano, a famous revolutionist has been assassinated at Tozon tepee. BBSIdNBD. Escobedo has resigned the Uovernorshlp of San Luis Polosi. THB CROPS. The cold weather has killed tbe wheat crop in Michoacan. RAILWAY CAPITALISTS CALLRD ON TIME. The concession granted to a company proposing to build Mux .can railroads and requiring it to make a deposit expires on tlie 30th lnst. The gov ernment lias notified the parties to come to time, It is generally supposed that they cannot comply. HAYTI. Tha Presidential Canvass a Source of Alarm. Kingston, Jam., April 25, 1874. Advices from Hay ti report tnat disturbances are foared during the approaching Presidential elec tion.^ 'No legislative chambers are sitting to con st! tutlonally elect a successor to the Presidency. FIRB. A number of fine stores at Jacmel have been burned. AMUSEMENTS. The Influence of a great art 1st on the dramatic taatc of a people 13 aptly illustrated by tbe Urge audiences attracted to tbe Academy or Music by Miss Cushman's readings. It is creditable to Now York, in this era of unhealthy sensationalism in the theatres, that a purely dramatic entertainment, appealing only to tlie intellect, can draw together, day alter day, a large audience of attentive listeners? people who come to be instructed and elevated, as well as amused. Readings do sot appeal to popular taste, because it is the spiritual lather than tne sensual element of our nature that is appealed to; audone of the most trying tests of an ai tist's power and genius Is to pass from the illusion or the stage to th<$ serene realism ol the reading deem. Few, indeed, have the elocutionaiy bk.Hi and high dramatic culture which command success unaided by the trick and carpentry ol tne stage, and ol these only the rarely pitted lew can so take hold or the imagination that we unconsciously crcate the lorms and personages of the poet's thought in our own minds by reason ot tne power and vividness witn which the passions and thoughts or the imaginary characters are presented to us. The lorce, clearness, and precision or utterance which marks Miss Cushinan's elocution is most remarkable, as well as the easy passage irom tencerness to the most powerful burst ot intense passion. The first part 01 the reading yesterday was devoted to "Mac beth, " where the vigorous thought and masculine energy ol tbe tragedienne had amplest scope. It was a real treat to uear Shakespeare's masterpiece receive worthy interpretation in all its points. Under the influence of Miss Cuah man's elocution, every line acquired new power and even lines usually intrusted to incompetent utilities grew into beaotv and sig nificance. It was a revelation or the lull harmony of tbe poet's thought, and the music was poured out without a snge discord. MacauUv's "Battle or Ivry," "Tbe Death ol the Old Squire" and Carle ton's "Betsy and I Are Out" brougnt the reading to a close. The audience many times interrupted the reuder, to mark their appreciation 01 her genius by well deserved applause. Italian Opera? Mlgnon. Even with the cramped ideas ol a librettist, the Immortal creation of Ooethe, In which that fantastio composer, Ambrolse Thomas, plays but a small part, tbe genius or Nllsson makes a success out of what would otherwise be a disastrous lallnre. Her impersonation or the wayward child or for tune, taken from a gypsy camp into the hails or nobility, is subtle and artistic, and, being in ex cellent voice and spirits, the Diva created quito an unusual furur in her Ira personation, 'that admirable artist. Mile. Torrlanl, repeated her rormer success in the role of Feuna. and Miss Carv was undeniaoly cnarmlng as Federico. Next to Nilsson's Mignon the leature ol the opera was the Willie m Mclster or Capoul. The lavorfte tenor sung tils two grand arias with such passion .and Are that he was called out repeatedly. "The Huguenots" will be given this eveniug, with Lucca and Capoul in the principal rOles% and on Sunday night Nllsson and Lucca sing a duet, on Monday, lor Capoul's benefit, Nllsson, Di Murska and Lucca appear together. Alter this operatic season Mr. Htrakosch takes Lucca and company on a concert tour, Musical and Dramatic Notes. Carlotta Le Clero is playing a very successful engagement at tbe Boston Theatre. The Transatlantic Novelty Combination give their farewell performance at Nlblo's this evening. The Globe Theatre, Boston, is to be rebuilt on a grander scale than was the original house. The cost is estimated at $200,000. Pleasure seekers in general and lovers In par ticular find the moonlit galleries of the Colosseum a pleasant and comfortable promenade. "Die Melstersinger," one or Wagner's pet works, has proved a disastrous failure in Berlin. The Zukunft school is dying out every whero. Mr. Jerome Hopkins' grand Orpheon concert takes place at the Academy on Saturday night. The programme is novel and Interesting. "The Huguenots" will be given to-night at the Academy of Music by the Strakosch troupe, with ' Lucca, Canlssa, Cary, Capoul, Del Puentc, Nan - netti and Scolara in tbe principal roles. Bonawltz's new opera, 'The Bride of Messina," has met with great success in Philadelphia, owing to the superb manner in which It was pro duced and the elevated oharscter 01 the musio, Robertson's charming comedy, "School," takes the place ot the "Veteran" at Wallack's to-night, with an unusually strong cast even lor this house. Lester Waliack appears in his original character as Jack Poyntz. Mr. Tooker proposes to pay his oorvrtre ol the Academy or Music, Mr. Fryer, a substantial com pliment by closing tbe Grand Opera Uonse on next j Sunday evening, the occasion^of the latter's bene- | fit. The next colossal operatic concert win be given at the Opera House on the lotb prox. A remarkable matinee will be given to-day at the Lyceum Theatre for the benefit of J. B. l'oik. Janauschek, Nellson and Stuart Robson are on the bill. Mr. Polk is a popular and deserving artist, and the compil> mciu&ry benefit tendered by ht? brother profes sionals will no doubt meet with a canorous public support. THE ARKANSAS IMBEOSLIO. A Majority of the Mta(? Hvnat* Pavariiif Brooks? Kxprrtcil Meeting of the flu preme Court? Vrrest of m. Ilr porter? Posi tion of the Combalsnti. Lmu Ror?. April n, 1874. The city In qnlet. A majority of the State senate have informed Brook* t!iat they recognize him and will not meet in Mar. in accordance with the proclamation of Baxter convening the legislature. It is said that the Supreme Opart will meet on Monday and take up the Brooks-Baxter matter and settle It. George Brown, a reporter of the Republican, was arretted ro-day by the Baxterltes and imprisoned two hour* in the guard bouse. They told him, on releasing him, that they were going to arrest all Brooks men and their sympathizers that they could. Brown reports the guard house in a fllthy state. Baxter's sixty-four pounder is on a cart at the corner of Scott and Markham streets, covered with tarpaulin. General Churchill has established the Baxter military headquarters at 3eavey, White county. General Barton has as sumed command for Baxter of the Eastern de partment, w th headquarters at Pine Blue It is rumored mat Baxter will appoint new State offi cers. Two steamers left for up river to-day to bring re inforcements lor Brooks' iorce. The band at the State House plays twice a day, and troops are con tinnaily drilling. It is now stated that the County Collector ot Jeiterson county managed to get his lunds awav before King White couM get them. Colonel John M. < luytou. with his colored men, about 100, trom Jefferson county, who rein oroed Brooks a lew day* ago, left with ills command lor home this morning. Colonel W. W. Reynolds, of 1'enton county, tias been made brigadier general bv Baxter und given conunnnd of tne Northwest. Business Is almost flat. Notwith standing the iiuletude of affalra a collision may oecar at any time. The United States troops occupy their old po sition at the 01 'y llall and at the United States Coirt room. Baxter expected to-day one piece of artillery Ironi below, with 20-) meulrow Hempstead county. Future Representations to the President j or Attorney General To Be Received Only In Writing. Washington, April 29, 1874. The statements b?lng oral y submitted to the Attorney General to parties here representing Arkansas have elicited the dec.siou of that official that no further business ot that kind can be trans acted with the government. In fact, the executive coincides with him, and both are sorely tried and hcartny sick of this kind or procedure and its trt ow ing frequency. All representations will, therefore, have to oe made in writing, and directions to that efftct have oeen given, l-pon these all opinions will he proved, and based npon them also will be all decisions, li any are to be made. THE APRIL SNOW STORM. By the almanac yesterday was next before the last day In the second month of spring. Already the "genial season" is two-thirds gone, yet nature appears to have overlooked the progress of Sol In his return towards the northern tropic line. During the present week we have had in New York three distinct and ccrtaluly suf ficiently decided snow storms, two of them occur ring yesterday? one early in the day and tho Becond in the middle of the alternoon, when the air was thick with the lalltng flakes, though the ground was so wet, not to say warm, as to melt It as It felt. While these un wonted winery visitants have fallen upon us wo have also suffered from such chill winds as belong only to February or early March. Under their frosty Influence neither the trees nor the ladies have shjwn many symptoms of donntng their summer suits. Still, with the thermometer ranging In the low thirties, the belles carry muffs aud the buds refuse to op?n their treasures ot freshly imported and new ly designed styles In green, pink, orange and blue for the grareiul inspection ot Central Park visitors. In all this region tne vege- I tation of the season la uuusualiy backward. More- j over, the late driving storms nave beateu a large portion oi the swelling buds irom the brunches, covering tne ground with the fragments aud ! largely contracting the prospect, not alone of the I wonted loliage oi early summer, but oi the fruit blossoms as well. The loiiowin; record will show the changes In the temperature for the past twenty-iour hours, In comp trlion with the corresponding day ol last year, as ludlcared by the thermometer at umlaut's pnarmacy, Hkrai.d Building:? 1873. 1874. 1873. 1874. 3A.M 49 33 3:30 P. V 60 40 0 A. M 48 33 8 1'. M. 55 35 9AM 52 34 9 P. M. 61 35 i2M 56 40 12 P. M 4S 33 Average temperaturo yesterday 06% Aveiage temperature lor corresponding date last year 52>{ Gloomy Account* from the Peach Dis tricts?Probable Destruction of the Entire Crop?The Blossom* Iilltely To Be BlMted by the Storm? Financial Rain of Many Growers Imminent. Dci.ava.re, Del., April 29, 1874. Great anxiety exists nerc among the peach growers m consequence of tbe severe weather, and all assert that unless the temperature rises before morning tbe entire crop of Delaware will be mined. The Messrs. Rybold, who are tbe argest growers la the country, and whose extensive orchards are located In Mary land, lnlorm me that they entertain the greatest apprehensions, and stave that the next twenty-four hours will decide whether there is to be a crop or not. The thermometer at sundown stood at forty ; it now stands at thirty four and is still falling. A WU.D THUNDER STORK prevailed last night and a severe snow Btorm raged during the morning, attended with strong winds and hail. Most of tl.e trees are in blossom >. nd the germs in the freezing temperature are likely to be blasted. The utmost lear exists, because last year all the orchards in this Mlddletown district ut terly lailed, acres ana ncres of treon bearing no irult at all. li a similar miaiortune lulls upon the growers tlus season hundreds of individuals must necessarily be Involved iu financial ruib. Private telegrams addressed to growers Here from Mlddletown, Townsend, Dover and .Sassafras Point, Hd.. state tnat there are no indications of warmer weather, that high north and west winds are threatened, and that, unless a marked change occurs, the germs must perish berore da.yilgnt. As so many people here are dependent solely upon the peach crop, mere are many anxious hearts through this region. To-night the air with out is cold and penetrating, and the numerous parties now assembled in public. resorts entertain THK GLOOMIEST FOHEHODINUS. One grower alone tella me 11 the germs do freeze his loss will amount to $20,000, and ne is only one of hundreds of others. This is the region ironi which the markets of New York, Philadelphia and other large cities receive the supply, and the wholsale merchants are anxiously Inquiring by telegrams concerning the prospects. All depends upon the weather. If no atmospheric change occurs beiore morning, Delaware and Maryland can lurmsh no peaches to the public markets at alL Snow and Rain In Philadelphia. Puir.ADRi.PBiA, Pa., April 29, 1871. Snow fell here this morning for three or tour bonrs, covering the ground, but it ha? now turned to rain. Vaainal Scene In Baltimore. Bai.TIMORK, Md., April 29, 1874. A brisk snowstorm prevailed here this morning. From four o'clock until ten o'clock it leil to tbe depth of three or four inches. Hall Storm In Georgia. Savannah, April 29, 1914. The weather was very cold last night, and re ports irom southern Ueorgta state that a neavy hall storm occurred to-day, which has injured the cropsi Ten Inchee of Snow Pa Hen. Lakk Mahofac, N. T., April 29, 1874. A heavy snow storm set In yesterday morning aoout ten o'clock, and continued throughout the day and night, and at the present time tt is snow ing taster than at any time during the past win ter. About ten inches or snow have fallen. Hudson River Steamers Driven Ashore. TlVOU, N. Y? April 29, 1874. The neavy northeast storm continues, and re ports are coming in of steamersiashore along tbe river. Tne steamers A. B. Vaientirie and Marshal, with tows, run agroond on the cast shore in New burg Bay at two o'clock this morniug, but got off without damage. The Thomas Powell, of the Troy line, ran ashore on Van Orden's Point, three miles south ol catskill, and lies hard agronnd. She had sixty passengers on board, winch are being trans ferred to the eight A. M, train from New York, WASHINGTON.! The President on the Financial Need of the People. A STABLE CURRENCY. The Question of Restoring High . Tariff on Imports. HISTOBIOAL SCENE USf THE HOUSE. A Colored Statesman In the Chair of the Speaker. WA9HINnTOS, April 29. 1874. The President on the Measure of Finan cial Relief Needed and Desired by the People? More Stability on the Batlt of Gold nnd Sliver? Thirty Millions of Idle Currency at the Command ot the West and Sonth. Letters from busiuess men, merchants and others aie dally received by tlie President, thank ing him tn the most ardent mauner for the veto of the Senate Finance bllu They are not limited to sections, tlie South and Went pouring their grati tude upon the President for his action, as well as the Kastern and Middle States. Tne President j says that It Is very pleasing to him to I get these assurances of the good will of tlie | country, confirming the wisdom of his action. He did not hesitate In doiug what he did, when he had carelully considered the subject, and now hoped nioro stability would come to our duanclal credit than ever before. Allusion wus made to a compromise measure which would be acceptable to both sides, flo did not know what force was Intended to apply to the term com pro | mlse, unless it was an agreement to cany out the pledges of the country. That might be considered a compromise by those who originally deieated every proposition oflered dur ing the discussion In congress, and, by so agree- j ing, have reason to believe such legislation would meet with his approval. It has been said ne promised lu his last annual message to heartily support any measure Congress might decide npon. He did not intenu any such construction to bo put upon his language. What he did say then, and bad repeatedly said in other messages, and now repeated even la the very language of that portion of the message reierred to was, "The | resumption of specie payments Is an object de I voutly to be wished for by all, and by none more j earnestly than the class 01 people most directly | interested, those who earu their bread by the | sweat of their brow. The decisions of Congress on : tuis subject will have the hearty support of the I Executive." If he had not made himself under stood in those words, a more recent message would clear up anything like ambiguity. The one thing he had endeavored to make plain during his 1 administration had been that he was for carrying out the solemn pledges of the government at the earliest day possible, and a specie basis, the establishment of our currency on gold and silver, bad been uppermost in his mind whenever he sent to Congress his annual messages. He had not said what kind of a bill he would approve, and did not think it necessary to repeat his views on the subject of finance at this time. ' What bad been couvlctions of duty before were now made clearer by the light of criticism from all | parts of the country, and he could with truth re peat a sentiment now, expressed when he first | addressed tne people as their Chief Magistrate, ; I not to have any policy of his own j as against the will or the neople. i He vetoed the bill to pay Dr. J. Milton Best lor loss of property during the war, because he thought it would establish a precedent fraught with danger, and not because the case was not meritorious. It was his earnest hope that congress would dispose of the ; question. The redistribution of $25,000,000 ot ! banking currency, with $5, ooo.coo of notes belong ing to broken banks and banks in liquidation, in the South and West, ought to furnish for the present all that was asked for, and he had been assured since the veto of the Finance bill that the *ew England Banks were anxious to reduce their circulation, inasmuch as the bonds now held for circulation would be released and furnish them with a larger currency capital for loan than they now had. While our securities were worth in legal tenders sixteen and seventeen cents above par and national banking notes were bound to be secured under the existing law at so much sacrifice to the banking capitalist, he did not wonder the New England banks were anxious to cancel their notes and get their bonds. In fact this suggestion came to him early last fall, during the stringency In the money market, and he thought it worth calling the i attention of Congress to in his last message. Since then he had heard nothing to cliaugc his opinion j on this point. ? i A Liberated Slave in the speaker'* Chair? Tlie First Negro Presiding Over the Houm of Representatives? Memoir able Scenes. The ball of the House or Representatives during j this session has boon the scene of events of more | than ordinary historical Interest. At the begin- j nwg ot the session there came the wierd, j attenuated form of the Vice President of ' the Southern Coniedcracy, the cynosure ot j all eyes. With a grace as delicate as { It was magnanimous the House accorded t htm the privilege, extended only to one other, of selecting his fcat, without the usual form of draw ing by tot; again when he spoke lor the flrst time the Bouse massed itself about'.him, eager to hear every word from the infirm veteran, and gave him such attention as has seldom been equalled in oar Oosgressional halls. A few days ago the eulogy pronounced by L. Q. C. Lamar, of Mississippi, on Charles Sumner transfixed, as It were, every one present in the House. The speaker sat with lolded arms and gaze intent throughout Its delivery, wnilfc a silence unbroaen pervaded the chamber. All this was con sidered eminently proper. But to-day the other scene, the emancipated negro sitting in the Speaker's chair, presiding over the House of Representatives, while Judge Parker, > of Missouri was making an eloquent appeal In be half of civilizing the Indian and elevating btm to citizenship? that is the scene which will make Me history oi the session memorable in American an nals. The honor of presiding over the Houso was accorded to a colored representative for the first time in the person of Joseph H. Ralney, ; the Representative of the First South Carolina dts ' trtct, who was born a clave in Georgetown in 1832. i During the war he was forced to work on the for tifications of the confederates In Charleston, from ' whence he escaped to the West Indies, returning [ to his native town at the close ot the war. He has been a member of Congress several times and i is highly respected by the members of this j House. It was to thrs member that the late James Brooks went at tne close of the credit MoblUer matter and thanked htm for the friendship he had shown htm during the discussion, and other evl ! fences of hts esteem, remarking that his conduct challenged his admiration, and as a debt or grati tude thenceforth he would be the friend of the colored race. The (Question of Restoring the Ten Per Cent Tariff on Importations?A Large Addition to th? llevenae Thus Obtainable. It is understood that the Senate Committee of Finance are favorably disposed to the views advo cated fcj the committee or mannracturers who ! appeared before them to-day. Too application of i the Ten Per Cent Reduction law, whioh would be a measure or protective tariff, would have the effect or increasing the revenues to the extent of from $8, 000,000 to $10, 000,000 and would enable the government tnoro easily to meet Its current ex ? penses. which the Secretary of the Treasury reports tnat he ran barely do with much difficulty. 1 It Is knuwn thai the secretary of (he Treasury ban I com* to the conclusion that the government oan* j not i>o run smoothly without additional taxation, j and the i'resiu at favors tint) increased ton per cent tax on importations and also , a tax *>n t?a und cofffee. A policy foreshadowing j and contemplating this is becoming more appar- ; eut dull;, but tu neither house la U believed posai ble that it can carry any strength which will be iu lavor of disturbing the present uutieaon the two latter nair.ed articles. The members of the Com mittee on Wats and Means are almost a unit against new legislation on tariff matters this sea sion. The Duty on Sturi-A gpcrlflc Tariff j Asked by Desiera and ('oniumer*. The room of the Committee on Wars anil Means i was crow oed .to-day with gentlemen repre senting the iron and stee> Interests. D. I>. Dana, of liosion, stated the views of those j who ask lor a modification or the tariff on ' steel, so that the duty be made specific. | They give, among other reasons for this re quest, thai Kuglish steel is indlsoensable to the successful prosecution of their several Industries, as the quality of the steel produced in this coun try is not suon as to enable them to manufacture the first quality of axes, saws, scythes, chisels, pens and other articles that will successfully com pete with those of lorelgn rivals, or that will satisfy the consumer; and further, as regards many articles, they are totally cut off from any export trade by the excessive cost of the only grado of steel that they can use and sus talj their reputation with, and as re gards other articles for which there is a foreign demnnd their business In them is restricted by reason of the present duty on the raw material. George narues, representing the firm of Barnes & Co., of Syracuse. N. Y., engaged In the manulac ture of knives and sicklcsior mowors and reapers, said the firm used 300 tons of steel a year and employ 300 hands. When they made a contract for steel it was lor a rear ahead. The dlfilculty being as to price, the agreement, with manufacturers was based on the probable variations of duty. If Con gress would give a specific and reasonable rarlff on steel, so that they might know exactly the cost ol the raw material, they could, owing to superior American skill, compete with those in foreign countries, who pay no duty. American steel is generally a dead failure. In his opinion the production of steel was not so much a matter of. skill ss of method; but In course oi time we would produce as good an article as the lorelgn. We have made as good cutlery as the European; but this was an ex ception to the role. The prejudice here was so much against American steel for knives that their customers bound them to make the knives of Eng lish steel. The committee adjourned until to morrow morning. The entire cast steel manufac turing interests of .the country are represented by gentlemen irom Pittsbursr and New Jersey. They win be heard in opposition to the consumers of steel. The liazy Action of Congress? Adjourn ment Alar OA? Obstinacy Threatened by the Inflationists. Senator Morrill, of Vermont, chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, com plains of the tardy action of the House on the ap propriations, which it has had under considera tion so long and only just passed. In this connec tion he laughs at the idea of being able to fix a time for adjournment as early as June next. He says that according to Ihe way business is going on, it will probably be late in August be fore it will be possible to adjourn, as everything will be rushed In at the last moment and there will be such a pressure that they will not know what to commence at first Unless there is an un derstanding reached satisfactory to all on the cur rency question, there are mutrcrlngs that it will go hard with the final affirmative action on any appropriation bill which comes up, until terms are acceded to by the administration which will lavor an increase of the circulation. Developments In the Bank Rote Print ing Monopoly Investigation? Who ! Printed the Confederate Paper Money. The .Coniederate records are a never-ending : source or unpleasant revelations. In how many ! ways the.v have saved the country from Imposi ; tions tn claims presented to the Southern Claims | Commission no one can tell but the Commissioners themselves. The letter of Caleb ensuing to Jefferson Davis, though unexceptionable la its tone, was instantly construed as evidence of disqualification for the office of Chief Justice, and its production In the republican cau cus of senators will not soon be forgotten by those present. At the otber end of the Capitol to day, In the room of the Banking and Currency Committee, was a scene or almliar la* terest to the committee and spectators. The Committee were engaged In bearing the representation of the New York bank note printing companies against the Columbia Bank Note Printing Comnany of this olty, the question being why the printing of fractional cur rency, legal tenders and bonds should not be done In New York to the exclusion or the Washington company. In toe midst of the argument the attor ney lor the Washington company produced copies or two letters addressed to C. O. Memmlnger, Secretary of the Treasury of the Confederate States, and G. C. Elmore, Treasurer of the Confederate States, from the American and Na tional Bank Note Companies, setting forth the pe culiar facilities they had for printing bank notes and l>onda, and the desire to serve tde South by providing it with paper money, even to the extent of working day and night. The opportunity offered to know what the federal government was doing might also \>e relied upon as an inducement for : the confederate government to intrust the work to one of the northern com- I panics. The letter sent by the National Bank I Note Company was written after the fall 1 of Port Sumter, and the otber a few weeks before. | The committee at once requested the Secretary or ' the Treasury to produce the originals irom the Coniederate archives in possession or the govern ment, ana to explain wnether he knew or their ex istence. When the existence of these letters be came known application was made to members 01 the committee for copies. Upon inquiry It wns found they had been kindly loaned to the attorney or toe New York companies and were not in possesion or the committee. ? Appropriations for River and Harbor Improvements? Action of the House Committee on Commerce. The House Committee on commerce have com pleted their River and Harbor bill. Owing to the financial condition or the government, the com mittee have concluded not to report in favor of new works, but confine their recommendations to the preservation and completion or those already commenced. Among the largest items or appro priations in the bill are the follow ing:? Harbor or Rerage, Chicago, $76,000 ; Harbor or Reroge, Calumet, III., $25,000; Michigan City, $60,000; Grand Haven, Mich., $50,003; St. Mary's Palls Canal, $200,000; Harbor of Reftige, Lake Huron, $76,000; Toledo, $7.\000; Cleveland, $30,000; Buffalo Breakwater, $iu,tn>0; Harbor or Rernge, Oswego, $76,000; Falls of ft. Anthony, $30,000; Upper Mississippi, $20,000; l)es Moinos Ran ids Canal, $400,000; Rook island Itapids, MIsstsslr>;? River, $60,000; improvements Mississippi, Missouri! and Arkansas rivers. $100,000; removing Red River raft, $60,000; improving the mouth or the Missis sippi River, $130,000; Mobile Harbor, $76, MO; James River, $30,000; Appomattox, $30,000; Cape Pear River, $100,000; Delaware Rivor, at Fort Mifflin Bar, $50,000; ScnuylkiU River, $20,000; Hudson River, $40,000; Passaic River, $20,000; White River, above Jaoksouport,' $&0,000; Osage River, $26,000; Mississippi River, between mouths, or Ohio and Missouri, $300,000; Ohio River, $160,000; improvement of the Great Kanawha, $25,000; Upper Monongahela, $26,000; Tennessee Rivor, above Chattanooga, $26,000, and below Chatta nooga, including Mussel Shoals, $100,000; East River, Hell Gate improvement, $226,000; breakwater at Bioek Island, $20,000; Stoning* ton Harbor, $20,000; Bridgeport Harbor, $20,000; Penobscot River, $20,000 ; Portland I (Me.) Harbor, $20,000; Boston Harbor, $100,000; Galveston Harbor, $00,000 ; Fox and Wis consin rivers, $300,000; Dulnth Harbor, $10,000. line bin tnthnruei about forty sarve.rs tv be made. nrteen of them In the South. Provision m -nade lor a survey Irow Randall'* Island by war of.puy teu Duyvil Creek to tlie Uuasou River. Tne enttas amount of appropriations w m.arm.ooo or Sl.ao?. t)0o less than the amount in the Mil reported to the House by the committee last year. Au approoria. tlon ol $70,000 is made for surveys tn adatuon ta the appropriation* already maae. Tlte Compalwry Syntem of Pllning. He ?uunatrauci' Irom 5iew York I ii<Uiann Companies Agalntt Ita Abolishment. Mr. Conklmg to-day presented to tbe Senate a memorial signed by the presidents of the Atlantic. Mercantile, Sua, 1'aciflc, Orient, Union, New York and Commercial Mutual Insurance companies an* the I'hucnlx and Great Western Insurance compa nies o/ New York, protesting against the passage of Mr.' Hamlin's bill for the aboliOao of compulsory pilotage fees. The memorialists assert that the result of the passage of such a bfll would be the Immediate destruction of all existing state pilot organizations aud regulations, sou ts deprive commerce of every safeguard to life a Ml property now supplied by skilled and eXperienoe4 pilotage in ana out of the ports ol tte United state*. so vlclent and sudden a change, they say, would tend to oaaM untold loss and disaster. The system* *t pilotage provided by New York and other mari time States are, they say. the fruit ot long expert* ence and or mauy effort* to adjust con flicting interests. It ulms merely to so gov ern the service that upon fair and equal terms it may bo avatiabfe at all times and seasons and to all vessels. This eo<l can best be accomplished by subjecting each In coming and outgoing vessel to the due proportion of moderate, regulated expenses of the general servlcs; and what ure termed compulsory, or ??half" pilotage fees, are In truth the port char*e? requisite tor the accomplishment of this great end. They are the rewards of readiness, which eanaoc be properly secured in any other way. Punishment for the I<ate "Hailsg" at Annapolis. The third class of naval cadets at Annapolu or* to be deprived of their vacation this year in pun ishment for a breach or discipline, wMoh has already resulted In the dismissal or the ring leader. The Secretary of the Navy takes occasion In his order to reiterate a determination to sup press hazing or to expel all the offenders. THE WASHINGTON RING. Secret Seuloni Held Y est erd ay? Probable Important Development!. WASHINGTON, April 29, 1874. The joint special committee Investigating the Ml tricl of Columbia affairs beld a secret session tbis niurnlug an<l;examtued Edmund P. Grayson aad William P. Mattingly. The committee are retlceat and no facta relative to the testimony can be ob tained, but it is alleged to have a bearing in refer ence to the mysterious wnerealiouta of A. B. Kin laud, who is Grayson's soti-lu-Uw. 1 lie committee reassemiiied in executive sessloa at two o'clock, and examined Ira B. Holmes, of Chicago, wlio purchased the l)e Qoiyer and McClel lan notes from A. U. KirUand. At half past three o'clock the committee oo?. vened In public session and proceeded to again ex amine ex-Governor Cooke. The witness stating be desired to visit, Philadelphia on business of impor tance, tue examination was deferred until bis re turn. it la probable that to-morrow's session will be public. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Colonel J. 9. Thrasher, of Texas, la at the Start* vant House. , General R. B. Ayres, United States Army, it at the Brevoort House. Ben Holla<iay, or San Francisco, has apart men* at the Oilsey House. Professor 0. 0. Marsh, of Yale College, Is staytag at the Hoffman House. Miss Rebecca Bice is Professor of Mathematics m Antioch College, Oblo. General John E. Mulford, of Richmond, Is regis tered at the Aator House. Profeusy Theodore 1). Woolsey, of New Haven, is at the Everett House. Proieasor W. C. Cat tell, of Easton, Pa., is resUHag at the St. Nicholas Hotel. ??Ben, Bolt!" is the advice a Western paper tea. ders to the Essex statesman. Colonel G. W. Gile, United States Army, is quar tered at the Metropolitan Hotel. Rev. George Hamilton, of Quebec, is among tfee recent arrivals at the Brevoort House. Paymaster Thomas H. Halsey, United states Army, lias quarters at the Coleman House. Lieutenant Governor Talbot yesterday assumed the duties ol Acting Governor ot Massachusetts. Miss Crocker, ol Boroboo, Wis., lias obtained $l,ooo (torn a conductor wbo forcibly kissed her. The widow of General Mower, postmistress at New London, is highly complimented tor efficiency. Senator Scburz Is to manage a German paper is this city for f 10,000 a year, the Chicago Inter-Ocean ?ays. Ex-Governor Alexander H. Bullock, of Massa chusetts, yesterday arrived at the Fifth Aveane Hotel. A hairpin recently enabled a convict to esoap* from a Georgia jail. He should retain that 'ere pla through the remainder of his life. it is reported that Walter Sbanley, emrtneer of the Hooslc Tnnnel, will succeed C. J. Brydges a* manager of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada. Died. Btonstin*.? In this city, on Thursday, April 8Q. at his late residence, No. lu West Fifty-sixth street, Hkkky Bcknstine. Notice of iuneral hereafter. [For other Deatlis See Tenth Page.1 Damp and Cold are Death's Porveyon, tint the lung difficulties they produce are speedily re moved bv the llntely use ol HaL^'cI HUNK? 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