"IT" 7 (Gt i PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 18GG. "VOL. "VI. No. 130. TB1TLE SHEET THREE CENTS. i FIFTH EDITION SENTENCED! Newton Champion Condemned to Death. William Mnfyiiiro Sent to tlie Iciiltcntini3-. Impressive Scenes In Court. TOL1CY ARB JUSTICE ft REIC AFFAIRS Lecture by Hon. Ceorae S. Bout well, before the Social, Civil, and Statistical Associa tion of Philadelphia. The Court of Oyer and Terminer, at which Judges Allison, Pierce, and Ludlow pave tbeir presence, was held ibis afternoon, for the pur pose of imposing judgment upon those who were convicted during the trial of the houiicido Cases. A motion for u new triil was made in the case of Dennis Leary, convicted of manslaughter, and the reasons filed were nbly and forcibly argued by Mr. Brewster. The Court held the matter under advisement. In the case of Thomas McVey, convicted of manslaughter in killing Thomas Judge, the motion for a new trial was overruled, and the prisoner was sentenced to the Eastern Peniten tiary for four years and three months. William Maguire was next called for seutence. His counsel, Messrs. Cassidy and Brooke, said they had nothing to say in regard to the ver dict, but would mention to the Court the former good character of the prisoner, his reputation lor peace ami quiet, his state of ir.toxication at the time of the kilting, and the fact that he ha. I alreadv been in prison nearly three years, hav ing been commuted Apiil 8, 1804. The Court, taking these facts into consldera ion, imposed the sentence of eight years and six mouths solitary coulinenient iu the Eastern Penitintiarv. . Then came the case of Newton Champion. 1 .Messrs. Brewster and burden argued their rea sons tor a new trial, but the motion was over ruled. The prisoner, upon being ques tioned as to whether he had anything to pay why sentence 'of 'death should not be imposed, gave no answer. and did not seem to have heard what was said. When told to do so, he stood tip, with a vacant stare, and during the w-)le time was apparently uncon scious o ..ui.. as going on. The three Judges then arose, and in a very solemn and impressive manner imposed sentence of death WASHINGTON KEWS ITEMS. Tim Cougretislounl Invi Htlgaditg Com mittee. By the United States Associated Press. Washington, December 1. The Congressional Committee to investigate the cotton and sugar frauds in the New York and other Custom Houses, will, ou Monday, ask leave to remove the heal of secrecy from the proceedings. It is rumored that their report will involve a number of hlch officials. Refutation of Charge of Cruelty to the 1'i-lKuut-in nt tlie Dry Toi'lURa. The following interesting report has been kindly furnHhed to the United States and European News Association by the Secretary of War, of the refutation of the charge of in humanity against officers at the Dry Tortugns, Florida: The officer sent to investigate the chaise con tained in the articie in the New York World, concerning the treatment of prisoners and sol diers at the Dry Tortugas, has just returned and made his report. The lollowing is the concluding portion of it: "The conduct of the ollicers in each indi vidual case mentioned in the World ha9 been grossly and maliciously misrepresented, but this is not to be wondered at, considering the course of that paper immediately after the appearance of the article in question. "A search was made in the quarters of the Chi cago conspiiator, Greenfield, and among b is papers was louud a draft of the same letter that had appeared in the it orid, addressed to Bradley . 8. Johnson, who, it is presumed, forwarded it to the World for publication. "Greenfield is represented as very unreliable, self-willed, and rebelltously disposed, and would be, any where else, a dangerous mau. His word cannot be depended upoD, even in the com monest transaction of lite, and haviug been de posed from the position of gardener, he has s-iuce endeavored to placpthe officers iu a very un enviable light before the world, by trumping up charges against them for inhuman treatment of the r risoners in their charge "Thecharges, which takethe'r foundation from the most trivial circumstances', were enlarged and exaggerated to such distorted proportions as only his low and sordid mind is capable of. "His diary shows that he has been in secret communication with Rebel sympathizers In the Houth, and that he has been led to believe that strung measures would be taken to effect his release. His game was then to draw attention to the Dry Tortugas, and the supposed outrages there committed, and through tne instrumenta lity of the influence thus acquired, to sec are his release, and enlist the sympathies of the public. He has miserably failed. "1 visited the cells of all the prisoners there, and tbeir cleanly and orderly appearance spoke well tor the care and vigilance exercised by the commanding officer for the comfort aud well being ot the prisoners. "The prisom rs received the same rations as the enlisted men of the fort, are neatly and comfort ably dressed, and the labor required of thorn is di a very ngni cnaracier. (Signed) "P. II. Sheridan, "Major-General, U. S. A." Probable Respite of the Condemned J'enlansi Canada West, December 1. It is understood that the Fenians recently seuteuced to death will probably be respited for three mouths, to await the result of appeals In their behalf before the Courts. Justice Richards yesterday announced that judgment in the case of Slav'lu would b given to-day, this being the last riav of the term, aud decisions are expected on the other caes also. The Fenians. Buffalo, December L The Stephens wing of the Fenians was organized here last evening and money and arms were donated for the cause in Ireland. Roberts and some of ' the Fenians present thought the most feasible work was the inva sion of Canada, and opposed the sending of arms and money to Ireland, where they had no confidence in success at present. It a stated that officers of experience were . atquired to be sent to Ireland. One man douched a horse and buggy worth three hundred dollars. There l some feeling between the two wings, l)ut it is kept down, and all seem animated to work in Hijwtytbfti their object can beat fa Ltd, special phonograph jo report for , tub even iho tklkorapu 1 Last evening h large audience assembled In National Hall, to inaugurate a scries of lectures to be delivered this season, under the auspices of the Social, Civil, and Statistical Association. The entertainment was opened by the singing of a ballad by the Black Swan, with piano accompaniment, after which Hon. Mr. Bout wcll was introduced by Colonel William B. Thomas, in the following appropriate remarks: Speech of Colonel William II. Thomas. Fellow-Citizens: The country has just passed through live year or Intense trial a season which has tried the integrity of men, of the pri va c citizen, aud of the politician, and of the states man. During that time multitude cave been true to the principles, true to their country. But It is lamentable to acknowledge that a few at least of those who we have most expocted to rely upon, have, been unequal to that occasion. Among tuoso who have been true to principle, who have been true to humanity and justice and liberty and to tiutti, is iho eminent gentleman Yi bom 1 have the honor this evening to lntroduco to you. As a member of the House ot Representatives of tho United States, he has always boon found equal to the rrea est emergency, always true to tlte peop'e, always true to tho Union, opposed to every thing that was calculated to effect unja-tiy tho union of these States. Lecture of lion. George S. Boutwell. Ladies and Gentlemen : I am to speak to-night ot the policy aud justice of public affairs. By topic is not onobling, and my plan ot treating it will be simple. By Justice la publio affairs I mean that rulo of right or equity which men easily comprehend, and which cannot be very well scaled exoept in connec tion with actual fact And, certainly, by policy 1 do not mean the same thin, but rather, that course of conduct often pursued iu obedience to the purposes aud designs of men, regardless ol the right or the wrong of i lie actions they adopt. 1 propose, in the llrst place, to call your attention to some well known historical facts, and to the con sequences ot certain departures iroin the line ot justice in pubbo alfairs, and taen to apply, as well as I may bo able, tho lesson which those events teach in reference to the reconstruction of this Govotnmcnt. "Justice," said Burke, "is tho great stand and policy oi civil authority, and no eminent departure from It, under any circumstance, gets the suspicion oi being no policy at all." Ana tne most em nout fiieud of integrity declared that ''it was impossiolo to form b lasting power npon 11 Justice and treach ery." "These," says he, "may succeed lor months, and for a while ofler a flourishing appearance, but timo soon revea s tbeir weaknesses, and they tail into ruin of thomsolvoBs. As, in their structure, the lowest part should be the llrinest, bo the giound aud pi-incitles ot all our actions shoald be just and tiue." In proceeding in the discussion of the subject which I have assigned to myself, it w.ll necessarily happen that I ahull spea Ireely of tho course pur sued by some publio men ol this country, and espe cially by the person who now hold the olllce or President not lor the purpose of immediately in fluencing public conouct, but for the purpose of holding up for your gaze, (and, asfar as I may be able, to the observation of your iellow-citizena and of the coupitry at large, tho conduct of the man who iiirnlshos, in bis political, public, and ofllcial career, the most eminent and tho most lamentable depar ture from the principles ot justice in bis olhcial conduct I believe, and therefore I do not hesitate to do clare, my belief that, since the overthrow ofthe Stuarts in England, no man has been called to the administration ot tho affairs of a great State so utterly and entirely destitute of those poismal Dualities which must enter into every just adminis tiatiouof the Government, as the man who, since April, 1805, has presided over the arlairs of this couutrj. And I arraign him hi-re and everywhere, so long as I bciieve him guilty to tbo extent t do believe him guilty, tecause I know as well as I can know in reference to the future, that there can be no peace to this country, that there can be no resto ration to social order in the Kebel States, or there ' can be no restoration ot this Covommont no security lor capital lor business, no general pros perity until the governmt-nt of this country is put into the bands ot a man who enjoys the confidence ot the loyal teople. In modern times, one of the most eminent de partures lrom the rule of right in publio alTairs was that conspiracy oi tho Continental states ot Europe by which Polund was partitioned oil, and ceased to exist as an independent State ; and from tho date of tt.at act until now, every native oi Poland has boon, hetcver he louud a resting place in i.uropc, tuo enemy oi every Wovcrnuient that participated iu that net of Injustice, and concentrated there too, and has become the willing agent aud emissary ot every corn-piracy which contemplated tne overthrow ol those Governments; and thus it is that lour of ihose Mules, from that day uuiil now, have besn paying i ho penalty ot that act ot Injustice. in later times we saw the course of Austria and Russia in relcrence to liuugary, and now that j Austria has been degraded from her high pos tlon in tin ope, we are able to see that the chief cajse I ol her downfall was due to the circumstance that by her policy in Iiungaiy she hud alienated twelve ' millions of people from their support to the empire. ! And now we have good reason to believe that Proia, engaged in further movements lor the an nexation of tbo Gorman (states to the great central I empire of Europo, Is influenced largely in bor move , meuts by the circumstance that the twelve millions ot Hungarians ate hostile to the Austrian Empire. And thus is Austria, in tho loss of Geiman Stales, on the ono side, and Russia, on the other, paying the just penulty for her injustice towards Hungary; and England to-day with hor rebellion in Irtilaud. w.th dissatisfaction in Canada, with hundreds of thou sauus ot natives ot liolamt in the United States ready to engage in any niovemeut calculated to d'ainember the British Empire, is pa ing the penalty of her in justice to Ire and Ireland, in 1450. containing a population of eiirht millions, which has, in these fiiteeu years, bteu re duced to six millions, and England to-day is engaged in movements lor tho suppression ot a rebellion in ire. and, and all the power of the Uritish empire is unable to restore Ireland to that condition in which she was twenty years ago, or develop nor, ill there is a change ot policy. Ireland possesses a beautiful climate, fertile soil, vast resources of gold iron, and other minerals, and wuter-power sufficient to turn the onuie niachinui-y ct Groat Britain. Bhe has fisheries wh'ch the f,on doa 'limes has doc'aiod to be equal to the unltod fisheries oi all England, Walos, and fccotiacd, and yet her population yearly dimin sIibb, all in conse quence of the injustice of the British Uovtrnment towards the people. Mr. Bright, in his speech at lub'iu, said: "That two things were neoossary for the paoifioation of Ireland. First, the abolition ot tho Es.ablisheit Church; secondly, the purchase of the large landed estates, and the distribution ot them, by sale among the people there." J hose two mea-ures it adopted with reference to Ireland aid tbeyare the least (bat can be required tor the paoifioation of Ireland toud to the destruction of the aristooratio part of the biitish Government, and, therelo'e, it is not an improbable event in thi tuture. But when it may be accomplished wou a be claiming the eye of pro phecy, which only Mr. Seward possesses. (Laugh ter.) Ferhups twenty-five years will pass before the inoet offensive Uovurumeut will be overthrown, through ihe Influence ot the concessions which tho Biitish Government will be obliged to make to the people of Ireland. . We saw again tbe course of Great Britain in refe rence to another fact. , When the eleven KUtes organized themselves into a Comederauy, so called, tbo British Government, early iu tbe month of May, within about thirty days alter tbe hist blood was shed In the eity of Baltimore, reoovuixed these elites li be lioui States, in the interest ot slave?, aa a bollifc'ertnt amone tbe powers of the earth; thutts, as a power haying the right to make war. And consequent upon that rooruition, they also ri!Ogii)M,d ihe rit'ht of the Iielml corsairs upon the oHittn or in anr British port, aud prepared vessels, wanned and tltiwd throuvh their aid, to course upon the high soax, aud to prey upon Amurioan com merce, and permitted the officers of these vessel, npon the'r quarter decks, to settle questions of prise law which i-eyer, id any ciy.)Jd country, were tletermined anywhere except in a court of justice. And this eminent deparmre from rhe well settled principles ot law and mht In roferenoo to the rights of bellirirents upon the ocean, was con ceded by the British tiovemment for tho unjust purnose of destroying Amerloan commerce. What was the resultf The result was that in font months our tot nage was reduced to two thirds what iUwa; it as el-her destroyed, or fleota ivoly turned over to otbor nai ions. Eng and acquired a victory over American commerce by her course, bnt shs reaps the remit long after, when l'rnsia and Austria combine lor the purposed wresting from the ancient kingdom ot Denmark the duchies of Sohlesw.g and Ho stein They soon saw that Austria, wt'h a lingle port upon the country, could command the entire commercial capacity of the people ol the United SUtes lor the purpose of dotroving hor commercn npon the ocean, npon tbeinnnciples recognized by her in tbe ca-e ot the Alabimti and Slientnd nh. And so Great Britain was oblfgod to wait and see Aus'na and Prussia dismember bor ancient ally, and from that day nntll now Great Britain has boon a second or thirrate power in the affair ot the worid, in conseqmnce of hor departure from tbe principle of right; and she can never regain that pos tion nntll she restores the ancient rule of publio and international law, in reference to tho right of belligerents upon the ocean, and has made compen sation to the Government of tho United Statoa tor the Iokbcs sustained for the damages in her own watt rs. iiul, gentlemen, the people of this country are never to bo diverted trom questions of domes w concern by any movements on the part of the Execotlve or Socn tary of State, either in rMorence to tho Alabama claims, or in reference to the con duct ot Napoleon in Mexico. Enough for us, at the present moment, snuatod as we are, in the adjust ment of domostia difficulties, and last, and least of a I, sbon.d the people of this country iutrust the difficult question of interference In forolgn afluiis lo a man or to men who have shown themselves utterly incapable of managing them own homo difhcnitles. And we can afford to wait. Ihe people ot Groat F.i i 'am will compel tbo Uovernment of Groa. ISrl tit1 n to compensate us for the losses sus ainod by their injustice during the Uebollion as toon as we shall be unler the necessity of receiving compensa tion And as far as Moxico is concerned, nnlust as is tuo conduct of Napoleon, unjust as is tho nsurpav tion of Maximilian in Mexico, if thev don't choose to leave, wi enever our Government is in sate hands wo can banish all these gentlemen from this conti nent. But we havo had, as you very well know, in onr own experience, a more ; ei tinent illustration ot the danger of departing from jus ice la the organization of the Government. If a Government bo not jus: in its organization, you cannot ex ect it to bo fust either in its domestic policy or In its foreign. When our lathers made the 1 onstilution in 1789, thoy re cognized in it the iustiiunon of slavery. They ro cognized that insiitul.on In three forms; and, it yo.i consider slavery if you analyze it you will fiud that it is only one of the worst forms of injustice, and every otliei degree or kind of injustice is the samo in kind, upon analysis differing, possibly, on y in degree, l'hev recognized the institution oi s avory in that provision which permitted the im portation of such persons until tho year 1808. Ihey recognized the institution of slavery in that provis-'on of the Conatitunon which providod for the return ot persons escupod from servioe In one State into another. 1 hey recognized the institution of slavery also in jhe provision of the Constitution by which those States in whicii slavery exL-ted were to be represented in Congress in proportion to the number of free persons, to which was to be addel three-tilths of all other persons, thus conceding to slavery and to slaveholders, tbe woist insiitut on in the country aud ihe worst class of men in the coun try, political poser disproportionate to the political power enjoyed In the liee States of the Union. Some ot you 1 presume all of yon have heard ot the b air family. (Laughter.) And they are, as a lamllT, a lit le discreditable no v, espeoially snioug'the friends ot liberty; and, ns 1 possibly am under some obligations to the Blair family, I will mentli n a circumstance, for the purpose of making anobscrvation. ., In the year 1838 I visited Washington for tbe first time, In tho month ot January ; I was the e a veok, ino uding the Sabbath. On Sabbath morning I went out tnwaros what was tbon known as the slave peu, as I remember it, and a dingy yellow brick building, surrounded by br:o walls of the samo color. As I was walking towards it, I met a black woman, who may have been upwards of sixty years of age. I had a little curiositv, which, perl aps, was not com moudablo; and 1 said to her. po ntiug to the Slave pen, "What building is that?" 8he at onco burst into tears, and said, "lliat is the place where they keep the poor colored poople that are going down to Louisiana." Louisiana being then among the btao i people, the peneral name lor the w joIo unkuown region ol tho Sontb. Upon a iurthor inquiry I found she had boon to vHt for the last time her dau cuter, whom I under stood to be a girl of eighteen years ot age, who had been sold and was to -leave the next morning. She was tbe last of seven childron, who had boon taken away from her in the same wav. As I was leaving her, "Who was your materlf" said I. She said it was Mr. Blair. Such was mv experience in that brief inter 'lew with ibat woman, that 1 then made a resolution, which 1 have to this day keot, that I would never utter or write ono word in defense of the Insti tution oi lavery, and positively 1 have not. Ol courso I cannot know whether this woman told tbo truth or not a? to whethor this was her master. For. it she told the truth, I am somewhat iudebfi i to the Blair family lor the resolution. As they o.e under tbe weather now, I feel that It I am ever to say an thing for their benefit, I may say it now (ai pluuso) in view of the fuct thatinthoir ca e, and in tbe case ol others, we know that tho sin oi slavery is a sin so toul that it corrupts not only those who participate in it, but their children, even down to tbe third and louuth generation, ; aud I think that tbe peop'e of this country ought to reBo ve that they never will support for the first or second office in the nation any man who has bought or sold human flesh. (Enthusiastic applause). And the nation never cau be sate whlio in the Executive chair there is a man who has bought and sold human flesh. The whole Soutberniconntry to-day is laboring and suffering under the inlluonceof the effect that the whole body of the slaveholders have become, what a Virginia statesman hfty vcarg ago sad they ould be, a taee of tyrant, and they re spect nothing butpower. Wherever the artnv is, or wherever they know, that the power of this Govern ment Is and can be exercised tor the protectionof loyal men, loyal men lor tho moment are sato, but thoro is no safety within the region which has been cursed by slavery, except loyal men are protected by ibe power oi this Government, and tho ditliou ty is, that during tbo last fifteen months the whole Rebel popu lation oi the discontented States have felt, whethor trulv and lor reason er not, that the man 'at the head of th s GovernmePt was not disposed to thr extent of his ability to protect lo at men; bonce tin massacres of Memphis and Mew Orleans. Had there been at tbe head of tbe Government a roun like Mr. IJncoln, he would baveemp'oyod the powers ol this Government m sustaining tho rights oi the loyal Convention in New Orleans. The con vention had a right to assemble, whether it was a lepal body or not, but if it were a leiral body It bad the power to control the Government of Louisiana. O soure it had a right to assemole, nolwithstand inp it was not a legal body. It had tbe same right to assemble that you have to nitrut, and had Mayor Monioo known that the President wou:d have exer cised his power to the utmost iu tbe protso ion of the members ol the Convention, we would not have hal the bloody page we now have upon our history. But our lathers permitted the institution of slavery in this country, lh-y founded a Government in pai t upon freedom and in part upon slavery. 1 ii 1868 Mr. Lincoln deolared, In his great contest with Douglas in Illinois, that the Uoverninonc loundod in part upon freedom and in part unou s avery could not staud. Indeed, in the lliotlme of many ot ns there was no Union. Uore wers two civilizations, poised npon antagonistic and hostile idc a, and from the year 1820 to the opening of ci 'lull and bloody war, there was really ni union bci ween slavery and tbe free State that were organized under the Constitution, and finally diflxultieB terminated in tbe war ol 18U1. in w I ich we have sacrificed ot loyal men thre j b dred and fitty to lour hundred thou sand, and exponded from three to four th msand mill ons of dol ars. ana tbess are the pera'eioa we pay for tbe mistake ot our fathers iu ittteniptmg to found a Government in part upon fru-Oom and in part upon slavery, in part upon justice, and in part upon injustice. 7 he Government which they founded is fallen. It lias ceased to exist. It can never be restored. Republican Institutions have not failed) there has ben no laiiuie on the pare of the people to estab ish and maintain a democratic policy and Government, but the expe intent of founding a government in part unou justice and in part upou injust ce has la led, and now we are inv tod to renew this experi ment, and reconstruct this Government in part upon justice aud In part upon injustice; but inarniug something, as I trust, from the lessons of the past; believiue, as I do believe, that this sacrifice aud sul ( oniimieil vn the h'iflii 'ije ) XXXIXth CONGRESS. SECOND SESSION. The Character of the Great National Legislature. List of tlio Mombors. Sketches of the Leaders. The Work to bo Done. Impeachment of the President. Xlio DP I a ii h Proposed. History of Previous Impeachments The New Financial. Schemes. Tnltc Oil tlio Taxes Tho Mexican Question. The Meeting Next Monday. Etc. Etc. i Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc. Die Senate of the United States. OFFICERS. 1 retiJent of the Senile, pro tempore, and" Acinj Vicf-1'renident of tlio Uiufmt S'ates lion. .Lafayette S Foster, of Connecticut, feim expires March 4, 1867. Secretary oj the Senate tToh n W. V ornoy, of Tennsylvania. Term expires March 4, 1867. JTetident of the Senate, sit I inn as High Court of Jmi eachmcnt Hun. Salmon P. C iasa, of Ohio, Chief Justice or tbe bupremo Court ot tbe United States. lilst of Members. CALIFORNIA. John Covness. J. A, M'-Vouiall, cowmtoncuT, James Dixon. I.ulayeiU) 8. Foster. . DKLAWAKK. Genrfe Head Middle. Wtllard. Sartlebury. ILLINOIS. Lyman 1 rumbuil. Jtlchard Yates. II DIAKA. Henry S. Lane. X. A. Hendricks. IOWA. J. W. Grimes. . James Harlan KAH8A8. S. C Fonieroy. U. X. Coob. KEMTJC'KT. Garrett Davie, James Guthrie. MAINE. LotW. Morrill. William Pitt Fesspuden MARYLAND. Rttterdy Jolinxon. J. A J. Crewell. MABSAOnUSKTTS. Cbt rles Sumner. He. ry Wilson. MicmaAW. Zui liarluh Chandler. Jacob M. Howard. MTNNKSOTA. Alexander Kamsey. Dui.iel ti Nor on. MISSOURI. J. Ti. Houdomou. B. Gratz Krown. NEVADA. .Tamos W. Nye. William M. Stewart. KIIW HAMPHUIBK. 4aron H. Cratrin. James W . Patterson, NEW JKRSKT. Frod'i W.Frelinnhuvsen. Alexander G. Cattell. NEW YORK, Ira Harris Eiwin 1. Morgan. OHIO. Bonjamin F. Wade. John Sherman. OREGON, J. W. tinsmith. Goorge U. Williams, PENNSYLVANIA. Edgar Cowan. Charles K. Jiuckalew, RHODE ISLAND, Honry ii. Anthony. William Spranuo. TENNESSEE. Joseph 8. Fowler, David T. Patterson, VERMONT. Georce F. Kdmuuds Luke P. Poland. WEST V1RQI.VIA, W. T. Wtllev. I' G. Van mnk'e. . WISCONSIN. James nooliltle. Republican majority. House of Representative. Schuylor Colfax, ot Sou h Bead, lnd., Speaker. Edward McPhorson, of Gettysburg, Pa., Clerk. Uuionists(n Boinan), 139 ; De uocrats (iu lta(ic$), ti. Total, 185. CALIFORNIA, 1 I onald C. Mciiuer 2 M lliiam Uiuby 8 John llidwell COLORADO. I Geortre M Cbiioott CONNECTICUT 1 Honry C. Doming 2 Hamuel L. Warner 8 u Justus Brandaee 4 .lobn II, Hubbard DELAWARE, 1 Jvhn A, Nicholson ' ILLINOIS 1 John Went worth 2 .1 bn F. Farnsworth ti IC'.ihu B. Washburue 4 Abuer C. Hardimr 6 Kben C. Innersod 6 Kii i ton C. Cook 7 H. H. P. Bromwell 8 Shelby M Cuiloui 0 Lewis W. Hots 10 Anthony lhornton II Samuel S. Alarnkall 12 Jehu Baker NEW JERSEY, 1 John F. Starr 2 William A. Aewell 8 Charles Sitgreaves 4 Andrew J. Jloners 5 Edwin. H. V. WriqlU NEW YORK, 1 Stepluin Tabor 2 Tennis J. Bergen 8 W. JS ltobinsoii 4 Morgan Jones 5 Net ton Taylor 8 Henry J, lltymmd 7 John tr. Chmler 8 James Brooks 9 William A. Dar'lnx 10 William Hadford 11 Charles If WtnMd 12 John H. Ketctium ;13 Edwin N. UabMt 14 Charles Goodyear 115 John A. Grlswo d lti Robert 8. Male 17 Calvin T. Hulburd 18 James M. Marv n 111 Domas Hubbard, Jr 18 Andrew J Kuykendall ,20 Addison 11. Larlin At 'ante, ti w. uouiton u ltoeooe (JonKune INDIANA. 1 William E. Nihlacl 2 Michael ft Kerr 8 Ralph Hill 4 John II. Farqubar 6 tieoriro W Julian 6 libenezer Duuiont 7 Daniel W. Vooiheet 8 Oodlove 8 Orth 0 Hchuyler Colfax 10 Joseph H. Delrees 11 1 nomas W. Stillwell IOWA. 1 James F Wilson 2 -In am Price 8 Wllbam It. Allison 4 Josepb U Grinned 5 John A Kasson 6 Asabel W. Hubbard KAliBAH. 1 Sidney Clark ' KENTUCKY. 1 y. S. Trtmbl 2 ButweU C. Hitter 8 Henry Grider 4 Aar.n Harding 6 Until H Jiousseau 6 Ureen Cay Smith 7 Georye 8. Shankliii 8 Wiiliam H. KandaU 0 Hamuul JoKee MAINE. 1 John Lynch 2 vciney I'rrham 8 James U It lame 4 John H R ce 6 Frederick A. Pike MARYLAND. 1 Iliram Mc.Cuiiough 2 John L. Thoma-, Jr 8 harles E. Phelps 4 Vr.ncis Ibnmas 5 Jlenjamin G Harri MASflarnrsaTTS. 1 1 homas I). Kliot 2 Gates Ames 8 Alexander II. Rice 4 Sanmfll H otior 6 John U. A-ler fl Nathaniel P. Banks 7 Ceorpe itoinwoll 8 John I). Baldwin 9 William B. Washburn 10 Henry L. Pawos mcniUAK. 1 Pernautio C. Beaman 2 Charles Upson 8 John W LoDKTcar 4 Thomas W. terry 6 Rowl'd E Trowbridge 6 John F Drip irs MINNESOTA. 1 William Windom 2 Ignatius Donnohy MISSOURI. 1 John Hotjan 2 Henry 1 B ow 8 Tluymas E Moell 4 John H. Kolso 6 Joseph W. HoClnrar 6 Kobrrt T. Van Horn 7 Henjamin F. Loan 8 John F Benjamin 9 Gcorpe W. Anderson NEVADA. 1 Delos K. Ashley NEW HAMPSHIRE. 1 (ii man JMarston 2 Koward H Rollins 8 James W. I'atteison PKNNPYLVAinA. 1 Samuel J HnnttaH 2 Charlos O'Neill " 8 tonard VI vers 4 Wi Ham D Kolloy 6 M. Russell Tha7er 6 B. M-M-hley B iper 7 Jiihn M bioomall 8 byduntiam K Aueona 9 naddnns Slovens 10 Mirer St rouse 11 Philip Johnson 12 Charles Denison 18 Ulyssos Me rrur 14 tieorge F. Miller 15 Adam J. Glosslrrenner lfl William H. Koonta 17 Abraham 4. Barker 18 Stephen V. Wllaon 19 Glonni W. Schoflold 20 Charles Vernon Culver 21 John L Dawson 22 James K Moorhead 123 f homas Williams 24 Ueorr V. Lawrence RHODE ISLAND. 1 Thomas A. Jenckos 2 JNatiian U lJixon VERMONT. 1 Frod'k E Woodbridso 2 Justin E Morrill 8 Poitus B ix tor WISCONSIN. 1 Halbert E. Paine 2 lthamar C. Sloan 3 Amasa Cob'J 4 Charles A. Eldridge 5 l'hiletns Sawver 6 Walter I). Mclndoe TKNNESSICB 1 Nathaniel U. fav'.or 2 Horaco Miynaid 8 William it Stokes 4 Fdmund Cottier 6 William B Campbell 6 8 M. Amoll 7 Isaac R. Hawkins 8 John, W, Lettwiclt V. U. Howe. Democrats and Conservatives in italic. RECA PITULATION . t otal nunibei of members, 62. Republicans 33 Democrat and Conservatives 14 21 122 Sidney 1'. Holmes 123 Thomas T. Davis 121 Theodoro U. Pomeroy 25 D,ininl Morris M Giles V. Horohkiss 27 Hamilton Ward !28 Roswell Hart 29 Burt Vanborn 110 James M Humphrey 81 Ucury Van Aer-iaiu OHIO. 1 Benjamlu Eirir'nston 2 K-itherford b Hays 8 Kobert C Sohonck 4 William L-iwrenoe 6 F C. Le Blond 6 Reader W. dark 7 Samuel Sbellabarjer 8 Jamoj K Huobed 9 Ralph P Buokland 10 James M. Ashley 11 Hezek an 8 Bundy 12 William E. Eink 18 Oolumbns Delano 14 Martin Wa ker 16 louias E. Plants 10 John A. Hinvham 17 Kphraun It Eokley 18 RufusP. 8paldinK ,19 James A Garlleid ORKOON. I 1 John II. D. Heodersou SKETCHES I f THE I. JO A U10 IIS. Senate. CHARLES SUMNER was boru in Boston, Mass., January C, 1811; graduated at Harvard CoIIcrc in 1830; spout the three following jean at the Cambrid.cc Law School; had the editorial chnrgc tor three enrs ot the American Jurist; was admitted to thi- bar in 1831, and settled iu Boston; was subsequently Reporter of the United States Circuit Court, and published three volumes, which now bear his name; was lor thrpe win ters a teacher at the Cutnbriiipe L tw School; so n a'tor edited ''Duulup's Treatise on Adiui mlty Practice," and about this time he declined a prolessorship tendered him by his Alma Mater. In 1837 he visited Europe, was received with marked attention iu England, aud re mained abroad until 1S4C. During the yeaw from 1844 to 1848 he produced an edition ot "Vepcy's Reports," in twenty volumes. Fioiu that time onward he frequently appeared in public as a speaker on various philanthropic and literary subjects, and two volumes ot his orations were published in 1850. In 1851 he wai elected a t-enatnr 1n Congress from Massa chusetts; in I860, for word's uttered in debute on the subject ol slavery, be was asaulted at his desk in the Senate Chamber by Preton Brcoks, a Represettative in Congress from Soum Carolina, from the eftVcts of "which his health Buttered. He again visited liarope, hav ing been, just before bis departure, re-elected for a second term to the Senate. In 1853 he puolished a work on "White Slavery in the Bar bivvy States," and in 185( a volume ot "Speeches and Addresses." In 18ii3 be whs re-elected to the Semite tor the third terra, ending iu 1809, serving ns Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. LYMAN TRUMBULL. He was bom in Colchester, Conn., iu 1813; adopted the profession of law; removed to lilt-non-, and became a mum tier of the Legislature of 'hat 8tate in 1810; wau Secretary of State in 1841 and 1842; Justice ol the Supreme Court of Illinois from 1848 to 1853; was elected a Repre sentative from Illinois to the Thirty-fourth Con gress, and was elected aSanator in Congress for the term .commencing in 1855 and ending iu 18C1, serving as Chairman of th Committee ou tbe Judiciary, and as a member of tbe Commit tee on Public Buildings and Grounds; and wu re-clcctee for the term ending 1807. In 18i;i he was appointed a Regent of tue Smithsonian In stitution, to nerve until December, 18o5. LAFAYETTE 8. FOSTER was born in Franklin, New London county, Conn., November 22, 1800, tud is a direct de scendant of Miles Standish. He graduated at Brown University, adopted the piofesoiou of law; was a member ot the General Assembly of Connecticut in 1839 and 1840. In 1846, 1847, and 1848, and 1854; was-Speaker of the House in 1847, 1848, and 1864; Mayor o' the city of Nor wich for two years, -and was cho-cn a Senator in Concress lor the term commencing in 1855 and ending in IRG1, serving as a member of the Committees on Public Lands, I'eusions. and the Judiciary. lie was re-elected in 1800 for Ihe tei in ending in 1867, and during the Thirty seventh and Thirty-eiuhth Congro-e;; he was Chairman of tho Committee ou Pensions, and at the extra session of the Senate in l.M) hp wa-1 chosen President pro tern, of that bodv, lue dmth oi Abraham Lincoln and tbe elevation of Andrew Johnson to tbe Presidency makinorhlm acting Vice-President of the United State. During the subsequent rccea, as a member of a Hjiocial committee of the Senate, he visited t-onie of the Indian tribes west ot the Mississippi. WILLIAM PITT FESSENDEK win born in Boscowen, New Hampshire, Oct jlicr lo, lMOG; graduated at Ho wdoiu Collese in 1823; studied law aud was admitted to practice iu Poitland in 1827; was a member of the Maine Le-Lislature In 1832, and re-elected iu 1810: was a Representative in Congress from Maine from 1811 to 1843 (declining further rervice): was u;;aiu iu the Legislature in 1845 and 18H, and ic-elected in 1853 aud 1854; aud he was elected a Sei utor in Congress for tho term eoraniencius; In 1js53 and ehding in 185'J, serving on the Coni mi tee ou Finance; and in 1859 he was re-elected fo; six years, serving as Chair man of the Fiuaucc Cininittep, and also as a regent ot the Smithso niiin Institution. He was a member of the Con vention which nominated Henry Clay for PreM oi i.t ih 1832, and also ot the Conventions which no minated Generals Taylor and Scott. In 1868 the degree ot LL.D. was conferred upon him by Ilo-vdoiu College, of which he was an oversaer. He was also a member of the Peace Congress of 18(U. In July, 1864, he whs appointed by Presi de, t Liuooln'Secretury of the Treasury, in the pluceof S. P. Chuse, resigned; also received in tht t year the degree of LL.D. from Harvard Uiiiver-Mty; and he was re-elected to the Senate for the term comnuuetng in 1805, and ending in 18; i, receiving his old position of Chairman of tii. Committee on Financed His scat la the t&iiinet be resigned Maicb 4. 1865. PRESIDENT OF TDK UNITED STATES. BENATH. The present President pro tennjmre of the Senate, and heir apparent to the Presidential cb -iir, sliotild Mr. Johnson die before the expira tion of his term of ollice, is Lafayette S. Foster, of Connecticut. Mr. Foster's Senatorial term, however, expires on March 4. 1867, and the chuice of bis successor, as President pro tempore, is already being agitated, the most prominent candidates being Senators Wade, Sherman, aud Anthony. It has heretofore beeu customary for the President of the Senate to vacate his chair a lew das prior to the beginning of a Conirres slot ol iece.8, in order to allow of the choice ot a successor, and Mr. Foster will probably pursue this course, in order to permit a successor to be chosen beloro March 4 next. House of liepreseutatl vci, SCnUYLFR OOLKAX. Ho was born in New York city, March 23, 1823; received a god commonscbool educatiun; was bred a prlntpr, anil settled in Indiana in 1836. From the time that he became of ago until called away by his public duties he wat the editor and publisher of the South Bond Rsqislpr: was a member in 1860 of tbe State Constitutional Convention: declined a'nomin-Uion tortheS'ate Senate in 183R; in 1848 and 1852 he was a dele gate to the Whig National Conventions of those years, and one of the Secretaries of ech Con vention. He was elected a Representative from Indiana to the Tiirty-lourth Concress, and re elected to each successive Congress, including the Thirty-ninth, serving two terms as Chair man of tbe Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and also as a Repent of the Smith sonian Institution. He was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives for tbe Thirty eighth Congress, aud dnnm? the recess preceding the meeting of the Thirty-ninth Congress he visited the coast of the Pacific on a tour of pleasure. WILLIAM D. KF.LLEY was born iu Philadelphia Jn the spring of 1814; received a good English education; commenced active life as areaier iu a printing ollice; spent seven years as an apprentice in a jeelry estab lishment; removed to Boston, and followed his trade there tor four years, devoting some attention to literary matters; returned to Phila delphia, studied law, aud whs admitted to the bar in 1841, and held tli olli'-e lor son? years of Judge ol the Court of Common Pleas in f'bilai dolphin. In addition to bis pobtcal speeches, a number of literary addresses have been pub lished fiotn his peu. He was elected a Repre sentative from Pennsylvania to the Thirty seventh Congress, cr in? an a member of the Committees on Indian Atiaiis aud Exp-oditures on Public Buildmes. Re-elected to tbe Th rty eight Congress, serviuc ou the Committees on Asricultnre and Naval Ail'uiis; and re-ulecied to the Thirty-ninth Congress. NATHANIEL P. BANKS. Born in Wfiltbnm, Massachusetts, January 3D. 1816, his parents being respectable operatives in a factory. Hj received a common school education, and eaily acquired a fondness for readinK instructive book. His first venture bclore the public was in the capacity of a news paper editor in his native town, and he followed the same pursuit at Lowell. He studied law and came to the bur, but did not practise it to any ereat extent. In 1848 he was elect"d to tbe Legislature of Massachusetts, serving in both Houes, and ofliciatintr (or a time as Speaker! lie was chosen President ot the Convention held in 1853 for xevising the Constitution ot Massachusetts; whs soon afterwards elected Representative iu Congress from Mas-achusetts, serving from 1853 to 1857; wa3 Sp -aker of the House during the Thirly-fourth Congress, and it bus been snid io his credit thnt not one of his decisions was ever overruled bv the House. On his retirement from Coogrcs in 1857 he was elected Governorof Massachusetts by a majority of 24,000, and was twice re-elected to that oftioe. At the commencement of the Rebellion he was uppointed a major-general of volunteers, and saw much active service in the field, and In 1865 he was elected a Representative from Mas sitcbuseits to the Thirty-ninth Congress, in the place ot D. W. Gooch, resigned. JOHN A. BINGHAM. He was born in Pennsylvania hi 1815; re ceived an academical education; spent two years in a printing ottiee; entered Franklin Col lege. Ohio, but his health prevented him from graduating; be studied law in Ohio, and was admitted to the bar in 1840; from 1815 to 184!) be was Attorney for the State in Tuscarawas county; and in 1854 he was elected a Represen tative from Ohio to the Thirtv-lourth Contrress, and re-elected to the Thirty-filth Conress. During his first term he was a member of the Committeee on Election-), and made a repjrt on the Illinois contested cases, which was adopted by the House: and he also served as a member of the Committee on Expenditures in the State Department. He was alo re-elected to the Thirty-sixth aud Thirty-seventh Congresses, serviug ou the Judiciary Committee. In the early port ot 1864 ho was appointed a Judge Advocate in the army, and in the latter part of the same year was appointed by President L'n coln Solicitor of the Court ot Claims; and in May. 18G5. he was the Assistant Judge Advocate in the ttial of the conspirators tried for murdering President Lincoln. Re elected to the Thirty-ninth Congress. . JAMES A. He was born Ohio, November 19, 1831; graduated at Williams f ollece, Massachusetts, in 1850, and adopted the profession of law; in 1859 and 1860 he was a member of the Ohio Senate; iu 1801 ho entered the army as Colonel of the 42d Regiment of Ohio Volunteers; was appointed a Brigadier General iu 1802, the day that he fought in the battle of Middle Creei, Kentucky. He subse quently nerved at Sbilob, Corinth, aud in Ala bama, and tally in 1863 be was appointed chief of Ftuff to General Rosecraus, with-whom he served up to the buttle of Chickaniauga. In 1862 he was elected a Representative front Ohio to tbe Thirty-eighth Congress, serving as a member of the Committee on Military Affairs. Befote taking his seat in Congress he was ap pointed a Mujor Generul of Volunteers "for gal lant, and meritorious services in the bittle of Chickumauaa, Georgia, from September 19, 1803." Re-elected to tho Thirty-ninth Congress. GEORGE 8. BOUTWELL. He was born in Brookline, Norfolk county, Massachusetts, January 28, 1818; when a boy he had some experience Iu fur ruing ; was in the mercantile busiuess as apprentice, clerk and proprietor for twenty years; studied law and came to the bar somewhat lute in lite; served seven years in the Lecislature of Massachusetts, between the yeais 1842 and i860 ; was a member of the Constitutional Convention ol 1853, and alto of the Peace Congress of 1801 ; was a Bank Coromi.-sioner iu 181! and 1850 ; was Governor ol Massachusetts in 1851 and 152 ; was Secre tary of the Board of Education for eleven years ; was a member for sis years of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College, aud Commis sioner ot Internal Revenue from July 1862 t Match 1803. In 1862 he was ekc.ed a Represen tative from Massachusetts to the Thirty-eighth Congress, serving on the Judiciary Committee. He was aUo a delegate to the Baltimore Conven tion of 1864 ; and was re-elected to the Thirty ninth Congress. Shall Congress Ucmatn Iu Coutlnual Session. Congress has beeu in the habit of assembling upon the first Monoay in December so long, that an Idea has become pretalent that it cannot meet at any other time, ex.-ept upon the call of the President. This is a mistake. The Consti tution expressly provides that "the Congress shall assemble at least once in every vear. and such meeting bball be on the first Monday in I December, tmf tlieyi shall by taw appoint a i different day." There can be no doubt but that I the last clause of this section, which we have italicised, was inteuded to give Congress the power over its time ot meeting. The Ciucinnatt Commercial, in a careful article on this subject, shows that such was the opinion of the early lathers, and produces the following instances as proof! "The first Congress elected under the Consti tution lu-sembledon the 4thof March, 1789. It sut over six months, adjourning Septembers, 1789. Just before the adjournment the follow ing act was passed : " 'Be it enaoted, etc., That after the adjournment of the present session, the nxt meeting OouKreM shu II be on tbe first Monday in Jauaary next.' "The npnolntment of a different day from Hint named' in the Constitution was repeated a follows: On the 2d of March, 1791, Congress passed an net providing that 'after the third day of March next the first annual meeting of Congress shall tie on the fourth Monday of Oo Continued en tlte Second Paqe) GARFIELD. m orauge, Cuyahoga couutv.
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