iTP r H H A A. o Li VOL. XI- -No. 34. FHILADELPKIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1860. DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. r IEST EDITION EUROPE. all JDntoH to Jan. fi. lo JJarlingiime flUssKHi-ino Eastern Question-New Par ties in Spain. By the arrival ot the steamship America at jw Hctk. yesterday wc, have European advices January 26. SPAT?:. The Formation ot New Kirtlcfl. tent (he London Mews. Jan. 25. The Spanish newspapers ete the result of ft elections, eo lar hh has been ascertained li there can be no uouoi mat tue country n, r the time at least, decided In favor ot bnarchy. The ttlci;rap) gave the retnro3 as own on Wednesdny Monarchists, 223; Re iblicans. 7ft; Absolutists. 15; t'oubtlul, 10. iub one great point Is settled: Spain U to ive a king, liberal and constitutional, but still hereditary monarch. All that remains now is Ond the man. On tbis point we contra uch indifference. A Montneusicr er au fihan prince will probably make an nally good kin? of Spaiv. Whoever he (ay be be will have to nitgnify Prim, and Errauo, and Topets, and all the great people, id promote and decorate everybody. We are ore concerned with the character ol tue nvemmeut. The Assembly, which will ehoitly ime logeiber, will have to give Spain not only (sovereign but institutions. Will these main, lln the principles which have been cuuncatcd v the Provisional Government f If they do. in pite of the apathy of the less advauced popu Mlon and the hostility of priests and devout idles, the doom ot religious intolerance has een sealed, and Spa'u will no longer bo scandalously distinguished from the rest f Europe. Hut a firmer and more sautious guidance will be required under the pew constitution than under the Provisional yoveinmcnt. After the first thock of the revo itlon the ecclesiasticul and retrograde party in Spain was cowed, and iearel to nuke auy resistance to those who widldcd absolute power. tht suppression of convents and the Beculariza Uon of their property were submitted to in illence by those who had seen with dismay the Overthrow of an aucient and venerated throne. In an Assembly the discontented party always takes coorage. The legitimist or ultramontane member has a right to speak. His position is wcure.his character as a representative is sacred, te finds others who think with htm, and a party i not long in forming. We must expect an ex tieme right as well as an extreme left in the new Cortes. The Republicans are already avowed; bat of the monarchical majority we know not bow many may cherish an antipathy to the new order of things, If not to the new dynasty, there is enough Catholic intolerance in the mass of the people to give such a party con siderable weight, and to tax all the powers and Influence of the new leaders. These will need parliamentary skill and courage as well as administrative ability to maintain the constitu tional course they have proposed to themselves, and to defend civil and religious liberty against jits inveterate enemies, and, perhaps, over- THE EASTERN JUESTIOX. Review of li Priiit MCnntlou ami rem the London Standard, Jan. 26. Are the Greeks aud their friends and sup porters quite right In the disparting estimate tbey now form of the Emperor Napoleon and oi France? Is it quite so certain as they profess to believe that tho Emperor will never pluck up resolution to go to war ? Aud are they justided in assuming that F.ance wili'bear with equan imity every slight and insult ottered her because tue writers in the opposition louruals, and the. oonosition speaker in the Corps Legielatif, re ceive them all so aiany godscuds, and delight to portray trance to Freucnracu as muen irora ner high estate? -Ib it not more prooable that the apposition, by dwelling' incesnaatly upon the faults committed in alio wing Prussia to assert her supremacy over North Germany, anl by attacking the Emperor and tho principle of his government with so much virulence, will at lat compel him to bo to war ? And grauting that xni'h a war breaks out in which, from the nature of things, Russia will be au antagonist of Fraiice what will be the chances ot Greece? Can the Greeks suppose that iu such au event ihpv will be allowed to make their own little game? May they not much rather fear tost in such a crisis the old treaties which pro ' tected them will be torn up, and that the Otto man, for all bis numerical weakness md want of a future, will find himself in a position to tieat tbuiu de haul en boa. but the great war .mil not come. Is it the less dangerous for ;rcece to nave maae, or a aiemay or empty r, an enemy ot trance? we continue to ' Bcland as out of the Question. Has not ' , in the long run, more power to help or Airt Greece than Russia ? Are not occasions ly enough to arise in which the good-will i the trench Government might De worth eierjthmg to Greece? Aud this good will Ii it seems to be, destroyed, eo far as the flrtek Government can do it, to please HasKia ind Prussia, to yuin the applause of the mob in Athens and the encouragement and .miration ol a section ot toruigu politicians, w have never concealed our opinion that the fonfertnee was a great tony, una we have ex- . .retted in strong terms our opinion of the iiiirulous character of the results which it has .rhioved and of which the governments con- nurd afleet to boast; but the folly of England, Vr&uce. and Austria iu entering iuto a Confer ence 10 assert lu it bvuuiwiiijk iuhuuci vciibiu ntms ni international law wo ild be trifling COmpsreu WHO mai ui inm-c iu iuukuuhv jenjmg ine riaut ui iu: yuwcio rt"u Ber sucu a ievu. (Titan Kt'turl for TurkiNh ronoeNalonn, The following letter appears in the Parla Siec'.n 0i the -ma uit.: " uoy peraotis who ymptbire with tbe (uffarlnm BJy oounirv, i'f , uae uanuu ue wnnuier w Ljhiult ourseivfii glu id tne uUan. I i tbe naiua 1. .it mv cr.uiitiyiuen. whose indditiiiaole will X ex- !!f.rc. ediimrBinrd by diuUmiuc.y. nuandon Da: never n we again (all und.r tila yoke. The massacre of cbluireo, vt our wlvoa, muii of our aged uii of our axftl inu In I. A blood by lb TurUtHti atuiv. uodur Uie order of SiuiiaDtm 1'abUa ad t Omar Puiba, caa we ever .f - mlulit nftrdnn thftwa tirmm.. hntnn all thA rnaHa .. Cre" Vbe boae ol our laihert cu ?or. dragued Iruiu tbe touib 'lr iv wMiie do nut P'rtul o to t rnt o wo centuries or I'Tknia; hnw L fulfil mir ua n h.u Jlih"rM fulfilled It tlm la, I iVib'aln our uu cn Willi i; hub no buuian l'irc will in I'i'fihil mine iwii man, reHLO. our OonilLrv. tnm Ji.h no r.uuiBQ lorce will Dd utilu Ui mDirata m. y. iawl'hlhia unanimous tenolutinu of m oouutrr. St tb h" ml'blun I m now ou arced wltU lo llie ,uA aiatee tf America Ih connrrind. .,.)()nt or me r.-oviaionai uoverament o Crete, .ua Kovoy Kx'raordlnary lo America. fifia. liiaua UUICI, January a, uu, FRANCE. TtaBarlliiRniue MUNlon la l'arln. ' , (he iarto Oalignani, Jan. 85. nu Knofiliency Mr. nurliuganie. the Chinese his two colleagues, were K'" Bmneror. ma onajesvj wivs aueuuou oy tno ' nois de la Vallette, Minister of Foreign iJl the officers on Bervin, and severtl 1 a A Jit? a . . , W - I) Ii . .ired the following address: lfl Tln benall of mr-ll , T MOClau I have Bl' .a urS'ent our letter ol crtd-aoe to jour W '"'hji U Juuiwwi el VkOaa, aud tn hi aaoMi li urrtm rood wlnn. Tor the health and hiaBVlnrws , of Tour M.leity, the fJmpreia. ibe Prlaoe Imperial, and Octree. peopfenver whom 70a preside. Among the minister at Pekln none eootr'bn'od more to promote -that policy than tbe enlightened r prenentail ve ot your Majraty, M Btfrthemy, and it svoa a great conaolailon 10 no alt la that al.taut land to know that oar view were warmly supported by yonr M.Jeaty'a Government, and mat uotUuiDa nope tbat the same aenae of Justice that) appreciated and anna ned thoae vlewa In the beirlnnlng will attend tbem as tby are carried forward into more enduring lo, mar Tbe mlimlen la a novel one. It In the first that has er been sent by China to tbe nation of the Went. H la the expression of a iluvtre desire on her part to enter Into the family of nation", to 11 ohm It her q ea tlona,aa you luhmll yuir tjuPSilona, lo Uleenliiibtened Jiidgment of maualnd, and to avail hareelf of the privileges, while she hi (tailed upon ti aocept the obligations, of International law. This deelre was the outgrowth of a better app-ecla'ton of too olvill k.iIoii ot tbe Weat, reanliluK from a considerate policy eatBbliah'd and uialnialnid by tbe representa tives of the treaty powers on no ml tig Into more Im mediate rtlmlons with the great men of the empire rt Pekln, That policy was the substitution of fair diplomatic aclon fur the caprice of Intercut and tbs rude energy ef force. The fciuperor was pleased to make a most gracious reply. Mr. BurlioBame then made a sign to Mr. Biown, his secretary, aud the latter advanced holding a pert tuned case of yellow satin tied with ribbon of the same color, and which had figures of tbe dragon with uve rlawe, tbe imperial arms ot China, worked Into the tnture. From this receptacle the functionary proceeded to draw out the credentials of the embassy, a document nearly six feet In leueth. It was written on thick yellow piiper, with a wide edging of emblematic dragons. The text was In double column one Chinese and the other Mantchou the characters In both running from right to left. In the middle was the imperial beal, a square of about four Inches, signifying "the imperial jewel" tn ancient, that is, Mantchou lettering. This curious mannscrint of tbe Celestial Empire was haaded over to tbe Marquis de la Valette. After the audience the ambassadors had tbe honor of being received by the Emoress. sur rounded by the ladies of her household. Court carriages conveyed the Eastern envoys to and from the palfice with all the ceremonial em ployed on such occasions. MARINE DISASTER. Lob of the Iti-lff Brilliant So Mercy from tbe Waves. The (-teamehip Europe, of th Anchor line, rrived at New York yesterday morning. Cap tain Craig reports that they experienced very strong westerly gales during tbe entire passage. On the 28th of January, iu latitude 50 deg. 46 miu., longitude 27 dcg. 14 mln., a ship was observed about five miles to the westward, which proved to be the brig Brilliant of St. John, N. B., bound for Liverpool, having on board Captain McCart. It. Desomond, mate, and a crew of five. The brig bad sailea lrom cape Fear river bar on tke 8th of January, with a cargo of rosin and Turpentine. The following is the statement 01 mr. uctjari, captain 01 tue brig Biilliant: We sailed from tape rear mver ear January 8; bad fine weather for two days, after which we experienced a succession 01 m irom me westward uutll the 19th, when we encountered a gale ol great violence from tho 8. W hauling round to the W.; took in lower topsails aud foretopma8t staysail; at 7 r. At. blew away ioretopsail; duriug tbe night several eeas boarded us, staving our best boat and water cai-ks on deck ; about 8 P. M. the vessel began to leak badly, and at 10 A. M. on tbe 20th she bad four feet of water in th hold ; the wind was at this time moderating, ffnd we threw overbrmd a portion of our cargo. The pumps had been kept constantly going since the night before, and we found we gained on the water a little as tbe gale went down. From this time until tbe night of tbe 26th, tbe sale continued from the westward, tatll it in creased to one of the heaviest galea that I bad ever seen. At 7S0 P. M., the forctoDmast stay, sail was blown away. At 230 A. M., 27th, the tonsail narted. Between 12 and 4 A. M., several heavy seas ooaraea ns, oreamng in caom win dows ana snuuers, ana put mm iar.- iiu-muucs of water into the cablu; & forecastle was at this time utterly untenable; and all hands were att, and tho pumps kept constantly goimr. At s'ba A. ai. a tremendous Bea orone.ovcr the stern, washing the first and second mates, J who were at the wneei. overooara, ana oreat- ing the wheel all to pieces; the- mate had a bowline around hia waist, by the assistance ot which he was enabled to get on board again, but the second mate was drowned; the vessel having lo:t her Blearing gear, broached to ou the port tack, and lay down ou her sido almost under water, tbe sea waking a clean breach over her; cut away the foremast to ease her, and the wreck of the foremast holding on lor ward bv the wire stays made her He with her head more to sea; between this lime and 12 M. many very heavy seas boarded us, breaking iu the forecastle doors, and tilling the cabin with water; were obliged to lush -the men at the pumps, which we kept constantly going; In the afternoon we got the lee anchor olf the bow, and paid out about au fathoms cnaiu to Keep her head -more to the sea; the wind was mode rating, and we had been working the pumps for 36 hours, without a dry stitch of clothes, or anything to eat but biscuita and ater. and without steep tor over 4 nours trio brig, having more than four feet of water in the bold, I determined to abandon the vessel on the flrtt opportunity; at 10 A. M.. 28th, we saw a steamer to the eastward, which proved to be tbe Europe, bound from filaseow to New York; wo were Uken off and brought to this port. 1 beg leave, on behalf ot mvself and tneu, to tender my mostVmcere thanks to Captain Craig and his officers, not only for saving our lives, but also for the great kindnesses which were shown us while on board the steamer. Americans In Farin. List of Americans registered at the Banking Oflice of Messrs. James W. Tucker A Co., 3 and 6 Kue Hurlbe, Parla (furnished by Hnaltb, iUa- doipn Jt uo., rnuaaeipnia), tor me weua ending January 14, lou: Mr. and Mrs. Ueorss A. Ileum. New York: Thomaa H. Wood, Philadelphia; He v. Thomas F. Fairs and wife. Waltnatxi. Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. F. bawreuoe, New York; Mr. and Mrs, James II. Htehblns, New York; Mr. and Mru. H. J. Macy, New York; tbe Misses Maoy; Mr. and Mrs. H. P Dewey, Ban Francisco; P. 8. Klniner, New Yora; 11. P. Tappan, Now York.; L.uon Level, Berlin; Mrs. W. T. Hatch. MIhb It. M. Hatob, BrooKlyn; Mrs. George Downing. New York: Mies C. K. I)anlell, Miss Minnie Danielt. Boston; Fran H. Daniela. Brooklyn: Mr. and Mrs. Malt. Kills. New York; Itwla T. Barney, New Yore; James Wllloox. New Yora: Mr. Kenzey, New Yorh; S. I). Vlckerson. Thomas W. LBne, Boston; Levis Stock well. New Yors; B. D. Macl'heiBon. New York; Mrs. Juliet Grid ley, Illinois O. U. Maquay, Florenue; Ueorge W. Dlx. New yora; josepn Mainson aiiu family, L C. Hiroug, Troy, New York; J. Q. A. Warren, San Franolsoo; Dr. Theo. F. Buck, Bprlnpneld. Mass; W. U Brldgefml, IjOuIb ville. Ky ; Mr. and Mra. A. It. Kuo. MIhb Neitle Kno, W. P. Kno, New York-; Mr. W. U. Boilti, Mli-s H. B. U Smith, New York; Mr. and Mis. Henry A. Hurlbut, New York; Mr. W. W. Marpby. Frankforl-ou-Maln; Kdwln Lamson aud fHrnlly, Bobiop; Parke Godwin, New Yark; MIhs Minnie Godwlo. Markets by Telegraph New Tons., eb. 9. stock dull. old, 115. Ex ch.Dge, lOUSi. 6-lua. isel Ui', do. 1K64. linJi; do. 1WW, lllJi; new. lt.9: Jt7. loi l0 4us, m'fi; Virginia , 8;,! Miaaourl sa. ': Ciinlou (Jo . tT7,7,; (Juiuberl.nd preferred 8V. New York Oeutrat, Wliii Reading. ; Hurl sou illver. la; Michigan 0ntrI, imi4: Michigan Hoalbern, Vl Illinois Ceutral i CIvelaod aud PllUbnrg,91,.; Cleveland aud Toledo, l'rt'-i,; 'hloajjo and ltocJK Island, ISO.; Plltaburg and fort Wayne, Wit. Stock annotations by Telesrapli 1 1. 31. KeoetvtMl by telegraph rroiu Uiendinnlng, Davis A Go., Block. Brokers, 48 H. Third street: N. Y. Cent, k l2 Weat. Union Tel... 87JB N. Y. and Krle R. .iii'.f'lwliiiiil.t Toledo. 101 Ph.andHea. K ..(H'ilToledo k Waby. Mloh. B. and N.I, K. n M II. A Bt. Paul Ho tili uie. and Pitt. K. 91V, Mil. A Bt. P. nref. ... 79 Chi. AN. W it. coin- K'iZ'AdRma KinrwiH.. phi. N.W. K. prt. Weli. Fargo A Uo. 2iH ChL and K. I. K ISO-:;! U. B. Ezprees Uo. j-nu..w;anauni,ii7U renn, es, new. . . w I WvW ... ...m "iSf? SECOND EDITION LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. rroposed Suffrage Amendment to the Constitution-TIie Senate in Session All Night-No Vote Yet Reached. Affairs in the Wost-Indian Feuds Tennessee Le gislation. FROM WASHINGTON. Tbe Official Notice. Special Despatch to The Evening Ta a graph. Washington, Feb. 9. The followlug is a copy of the notification which will be issued to General Grant after the declaration of the vote of the Electoral College to-morrow, and which will serve as the certificate of his election as President of the United SU'es. It is in the handwriting of Mr. C. C. Sympson, of Illinois, one of the clerki in the oflico of the Secretary of tho Senate, and is written on a sheet ot parchment nine and one-half by thirteen inches. In the left hand corner at the bottom is the seal of the Senate stamped in the parchment. The same geutle' man wrote the notifications of Abraham Lincoln and of Andrew Johnson, and also the summons which was served on the latter when he was impeached. Be It known, that the Senate and House of Representatives of tbe United States of Amerlsa being assembled at tne Capitol, la the city of Waeblngton, on theseoond Wednesday, being the 10th day of February, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, the under written President of the Senate did, In presence of the said Senate and House of Representa tive, open all the certificates and count all the votes of the electors for a President and Vice President, by which it appears that Ulysses S. Grant was duly elected, agreeably to the Con stitution, President of tne United States for four years, commencing on tha 4th day of March, 1869. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed tne seal of the Senate, this 10th day of February, 1869. , President of the Senate, FOKTIETII COAGKESS-THIRD SESSION Tbe Nljfbt Senslon of the Senate. Washington, Feb. 9. The following Is the continuation of the report of last nlgnt's ses sion of the Senate; tne discussion being on the proposed constitutional amendment. At three o'clock this morning Mr. Morion made a very ingenious attack npon fcttate sovereignty, and upon the Demo cratic pai ty, whlon ne said bad lived for twenty years npon Its hostility to the negro, and was now embracing the putrescent oorpje of slavery. Mr. Doolltile replied in defense of State rights. Mr. Morton said he did not deny the exist, ence of State rights, but only of Stale sove reignty. ;ilr. Doolittle said that It was essential to the continued exlsleuce of oar Government Uial tbe rights of the States should recognized us well as the rights of the Federal Government. In the course ol his remarks be expressed tbe opinion that if tne Supremo Court bad decided in tne McArdle case ttiat the military tribunal Oy wbloh he (McArdle) was tried was Inconsistent, the Ublef-Jumlce would have been nominated at New York for President, and would hve been elected Mr, Drake asked htm whether if the court bad declared tbe tests of Congress unconstitu tional,. that decision would nave been of any force ? Mrj Doolitile thought It would, and would have been acquiesced in by all departments of the Government. Mr. Drake dtnied that the Supreme Court had a constitutional riht under any circumstances to pronounce any act of Congress anconstt tutionnl. Mr. Whyte (Md.) asked him whether if the Supreme Court suould deotde thai tue leg ti. tender aot lo be unconstitutional, the decision ought to be respeoted? ' Mr. Drake replied, not at all, and he would be found standing to his position, and both houses of Congress would have lo eome to that posi tion at lust, or else sweep from the benob of tne Supreme Court tbe men who ;dare attempt to cripple, by their Judicial decisions, the law making power of tbe country. -Mr. Norton, at 2 20 A. M., moved to adjourn. Lost Yeas, l'i; nays, 25. Mr. Davis spoke lor one hour In an elucidation of his views of the capacities or incapacities of the negro. Mr. sawyer wlshei that the Sena'.or from Kentucky had lived for a time in a reo in structed State, beoanse then he would have Been that the negro, although not the equal of tbe white, bad vet witniu him the germ of itn- Firovemetilwblob will enable him to develop Uto an Intelligent and good citizen under our Institutions, xue objection made lo ine amend ment, that It proposed to change the relation) of the H tale s to the Federal Government, seemed to him a strange one, because mere could be no amendment of the Constitution that would not in some respects change those relations. Al'4 A. M. Mr. Norton took the floor to Ad dress the Senate, but yielded at tbe request of Mr. Sumner for a motion to adjourn, whion Ws lOHt yens, 12; nays, 25. Mr. Norton then read a large portion of Mr. Sumner's speech, made a few days ago, on tne amendment, adopting it as his own, and ap plying Mr, Sumner's language, used about slavery and caste to what be called Federalism nnder tbe alias of buman rights. Mr. "Wilson spoke In advocacy of the amend ment. Mr. Drake offered an amendment in the fol lowing words: "No citizen of the United States shall on acoonnl of race, color, or previous condition of tervltuue, be by the United States or any State denied the right to vole or hold otllje." Mr. F.dmunds was unable lo see any differ ence between this and the report of tne Judi ciary Committee. Mr. Drake called attention to the different arrangement of the words, which he thought avoided the implication contained in me amendment reported from the committee that aright to vote ur hold ottloe existed lndepou dent of any constitutional or legal uraut of sueh light. Mr. Howard made the same objection to the amendment of the Senator from Mlsttourl that be bad made to the report of the commlltoe, namely, that it left it si 111 possible for a Slate to deny a mau the right to vote or hold ottloe upon some other grounds lhau race, color, or previous condition of servitude; for instance, for re llulmia belief. Mr. Edmunds said he was one of those who believed that the fourteenth amendment. properly understood, already conferred the right to voie, aud all other rlahtsand privileges of citizenship, and he deprecated the attempt of tbe itepubuoan party to pass tnis count uu tlnnul amendment because It would be con strued as a legislative acknowledgment that the Constitution, even with the four tecum amend ment. did not cooler those rights and privileges. Incidentally be remarked that In case the rlicht of suffrage were given lo women, his only fear was that tbe bad women would all vote, while the good women would slay at borne. Mr. Warner ai-ked the Senator from Vermont how soon In his judgment. It would be before, without the proposed amendment, the colored population would be allowed to exercise tbe rights wbloh be thought were conferred by the Fourteenth AmeudmenI? Mr. Edmunds replied that that depended on the vigor with wbloh Congress would assert ihir rights for tbem. It reciutred lnterven. tlon. not outside the law. bat with the law at lL weapon of intervention. Mr. Drake thought Mr. Edmunds' view of the ot'Jtct of the Fourteenth Constitutional Amendment a very Incorrect and mlsohievous one, and made an argument to show that it was so. M r, Sumner was understood to take tbe same i view as Mr, Edmunds of the scope of tbeFoar teentb Amendment, Mr. Howard remarked that he had been a member of tbe Joint committee which had re ported that amendment, and tbU was tbe first time he had beard the olatm made that it wax designed lo confer or that it did confer the right to vote. At 7 40 A M. Mr. Bumner moved to adjourn. Messrs. Crugin and Stewart opposed tue mo tion, and the latter called for tbe yoos and nays, which wero ordered. The motion was lost yeas, II; nays, 87. Mr. Cragin was surprised at the position taken by tne Senators from MaBSnohinetts and Vermont (Messrs. Humoer and Kdmunds). In regard to thedeslgn aud eflect of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, beoanse he remembered that at the time that amendinsut was piihsed it was distinctly stated by more than one Senator, and contradicted by none, that it did not confer tho right to vote upon anybody, nnd he protested aenlnst the Intro duction of this view at this time, because ho believed that the debate would be continued ou this eronud for tne purpose ol defeating the present, amendment. Mr. Y ates explained bis positiou upon the Rtiftrugo question, and contrasted it with Unit of the Democratic pirty, much to the dlsud vantage of the latter. Mr. Morrill (Vt.) urged the friends of tho pending umendmout, to come to a vote wuhiut further debate, as they would probably nv future opportunities to bo eloquent in the Senate chamber. ..... . Mr. Hendricks made a brief defense of thj Democratic party from the attack of bis ool lengue (Mr. Morton) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. YBtes), which he thouebt unpro voked by anything that had beea said by tbe Dmocratlo Senators. In thecoursoof the debate Mr, Norton said that If this amendment was adopted if would be adopted not by the will of ihe people b it by tbe will of a party, and by the operation of party machinery. , . Mr. Yates reminded him that he had been elected by the Republican party. Mr. Norton. 1 was, sir. Mr. Yates. Then permit me to say that I think the party made a mistake. (Laughter.) Mr. Norton said he felt greatly complimented by the remarks of the Senator from Illinois, and went on to tell at length the reason wny. The question was then taken on the amend ment of Mr. Drake, which was rejected. Mr. Howard offered again his substitute for tbe report of tbe committee, In these words: Cltleensof the United States of Afrton de scent shall have the same right to vote and hold office as other cltlaen. electorsof the most numerous branch of the Legislature." Mr. Doolittle made an aruument to show the mental and physical Inferiority of the negro, and the inconslsiency of the Republican party in seeklne- to at ve him the ballot while denying It to the Chinaman. The amendment was then rejected ayea 16, navs85. . . . . The question was then on the amendment or Mr. Warner, wbloh was pending at 11 30 A. M when the Senate adjourned till 12 o clock. FR OM TENNESSEE. A Lively Time In tbe Lefrislatnre. Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph. Nashville, Tent)., Feb. 9. There was a fierce discussion la the House yesterday in connection with the School Fund swindle. The committee appointed to investigate the case of Speaker Richards submitted their icport exonerating the Speaker, and recommending that ho be reinstated in the chair. This was the signal for a lively debate, and duriug the discussion one oi the members excitedly called auother a liar; the latter made for his assailant, but before the parties clinched thev were taken in hand by their Irlends. Mr. White, who ued the otlen sive language, was asked to apologize to tho Houf-e before he was allowed to proceed. The discussion occnp ed nearly the whohs day. It is quite probable now that very little will result from the present investigation, and that the guilty parties will bo whitewashed. FROM OMAHA. Skirmishing between the Indlanion tbe riiilnet The Npeelitl ICIeclioii. Omaha, Neb., Feb. 9. Montana despatches L'lvc the particulars of a fight between war par ties of the Pcid Ore l!eajaa3 Bloods near Fort Shaw, on Son river, in which six were killed and four were wounded of the latter, the Lusedeslosluir all their stock. A detachment of troops was eent in pursuit, but the Indians escaped. The Omaba special election yesterday, autho rizing the payment of ten per cent, interest on bonus already issued to purchase depot grounds for tbe Union Pacltic and Eastern connections, and alto a further Usue of titty thousand dollars for the same purpose, was carried by a large majority. Tbe work on the gret bridge is rapidly going forward. FROM NEW YORK. Deatb of Janice T. Brady, Et. Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph. New York. Feb. 9. The Hon. Jamej T. Brady, one of the most eminent lawyers in this State, died very sudden at four o'clock this morning, ot an attack of paralysis of the brain. Mr. Brady was a native ot this city, and was, at the time ot his death, in his fifty-fourth year. u v,.ir) Hiln.l thn nrlipHs nt'Cnrnomtloii Cnuusel. President of the Friendly Sous of St. Patrick, and President oi tne uramauc r uuu. was tbe Democratic candidate in turn ror the Attor-ney-Ceneralbhlp and Governorship of the State. FROM BOSTON. Price Flffbter Fonnd Hull ty Accident Fh. i In the case of O'Baldwln. tried in Salem for p'i.e nghttug, the jury, after two hours' deliberation, lound the defendant guilty. Exceptions were taken by his counsel and the decision wao rraervcu. John Sullivan, employed at the Eagle 8u?ar Retir.ery, on tjraj's wharf, fell Into a vat of boiling sugar last cvcninir. Ilia i-kin peeled otf from his waist to his neck, aud be U not ex pected to survive. THE E UR OPMANMA RKETS. By Atlantic Cable. TliU Jloralmc's Quotation. London, Feb. 9 A. U. Consols 931 for money, and 93j(l693t tor aceount; Unttel Htatei h'm, 70J. Jtrie ttailroud, i!54; Illinois Ceu- Ltial, 935. Tblsj Afternoon' Quotation. London, Feb. 9 P. M. Cousols for ncaount, 93,. Erie lUilroad, 25; other securities un changed, j , Liverpool, Feb. 9 A. M. Cotton dull aud unchanged; uDlttuds middling, 12Cttl2ild.; Or leans, P2i(ai2d. The saWs ot to-day aie esti Qiaied at 10,000 bales. Tho Ehipmeuts lrom Bombay to the 6ih, since the last report, is 18.600 bales. , , Breadrtutr quiet. Turpentloe, 32s. Cd. Liverpool, Feb. ".Cotton Is a shade tlruier, bat not higher. Mess Pork la nominal; Bacon. 69.; Lard, 57r. 6d. London, Feb. 9 P. M. Turpeutiuc, 3s. Cal cutta Linseed, 6Hs. OJ. Tallow. 47s. London. Feb. 0 A. M. Tallow, 46'. 91. HouiuAatrvoN, Feb. 9. Arrive J, steamer Ne-v York lrom New Voik. Liverpool, Feb. 9 P. M. Manchester ad vices are less favorable, and cause somedullneso in tbe cotton market here. Cali'ornla wheat 1b quoted at lis. 3 J.; corn, 83. for old and 81s. 3d. lor new. Other articles uuiLcgcd. THE REVENUE. Speech of the Hon. William D. Ktilcy in Renew of Com missioner Wells' Report. Tho Truo Wealth of the Coun- try, and its Wonderful Increase. Wo r,ive below copious extracts from tho Fpceth delivered in the House of Representa tives ou tbe 4th iastant, ty the Hou. William l Kcllcy, of this city. In review of the recent report on the revenue by Special Commissioner D. Ii". Weils. Mr. Ktlley faid: As tbe condition of the savings Ivnks furnish the truest and most general iudex to the condition of the laboring people, the inc'.a I am about to prevent will overthrow tutu who is In error, be the judgment of the gcueral public what it may, I am confident tint the mertory of every workingman who remembers tbe experience of IHtiO will sustain mu in this controversy. Having shown the loss of depohit ois and deposits in the only banks from which I could obtain information on those points In or about 18G0, let me compare the condition in there respects ot the same banks in 18i 7 aud 1808:- Increase in Stale or City. Tear. New Hamp8hlre,.18tl7 Massachusetts lK(i7 Rhode Island lst)7 Philadelphia ......lt)7 number of depositors. 4,7 81,740 6.HI5 2,liU Inert as of deposits. $2,072 150-05 li,ti!lU,3t9 10 3,05 1,93 fit 079,748 03 The contrast these figures present to those ot 1860 docs not give the Commissioner's- theory much support, and casts a shade of doubt over the accuracy of the position taken by the gen tleman from Oh'o. It may, however, bt re garded as exceptional, and 1 therefore propose to present a broader range of facts, embracing the amount ot deposi's in the banks of Al tine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Ne.varlf, Sew Jcreey, and tbe only institution at Philadelphia from which I have been able to oblaiu thi inlormation for the years 18G0-61 and 187 - 68. I have sought for corresponding facts from all oihcr New fcn gland States and New Tort, but bave not been able to obttin them. These tables are, therelore, as complete as Industry and tbe broadest research possible in so limited a pt riod could make them. As, however, they present to general a correspondence lor both periods, It is lair to presume that they indicate tbe condition of the savings-banks and their depositors throughout tho country. The tot.tl amount of deposits In the e b.iuks in 1308-til was as follows: 1861. Maine $l,4tl 457-56 New Hampshire 4,8li0,021 86 M arsaoa u sett s. ...... ...... 4-"i.t'5 1 2-US DO Rnode Islana 9.103.760-41 1881. 31,e'20.-270 2i) 4 590.6 V2 18 41 78a 419 00 9,282 879 73 2.251.616 46 1,639.932 31 L'Utf 182 07 6o,830,0)2 65 Pnlladelphia 4 08t.iio-ZS Newark j1. 0K7.t51-Gl 253.8'20-72 B8.5tllt.807 81 ."),330,002 05 Decrease (1 239 304 C9 By tbls'statement it is shown that the savings banks in these three Htates aud two ctiie-i in ouc year, during what the Commissioner culls a season of great prosperity tor working people, lost deposits a nountiutr to $1 239, 30H!!). The total deposits fur 1807 and 18(18 in the banksof tbe same cities, the same Institution in Pnlladelphia,. the same iu Newark, with the addition already relerred to of a rlinio savlujs inbtilutioii which was not in existence in 1861, were as follows; 1867. 1868. $8,132,246 71 13 541,631 !M UI. 838,338 51 24,408,03 l5 5.705.2s0 61 6 430 874 00 1.338 500 01 408 100 71 Maine New Hampwhire Massachusetts,... .. $5,9li.600-26 .. 10.403.4 18-50 .. 80,431.683-74 Hhode lland,... ai,4i;i.ni7 14 Philadelphia 6.1)03,379 42 (4.4Uo.74 Newark - 1,110 762 2(1 I 32o,920 u7 $128,760,038-32 $153,823,007 07 . 128.759,038-32 ....825.034.023 65 Increase.. This exhibit is as unlortuna'.e for tho Commis sioner's lacts and theories as that which preceded it, lor tbey show that, hi spite of all hU rhetoric about the crudities and oppressive character ot the legislation of Congress, tbe deposits in them banks, which fell off bo lanrely iu his season of prosperity, have increased $25,0G4.628m3 during the last j ear, and that the aegregate deposit at the close of 1868. his disastrous period. Is largely more than double that of 1860, which he enye was so prosperous, lo the pursuit of a complete comparative table for these four years I have obtained an amount of Information which, thoueh it does not relate to the particular years alluded to, will not be without interest to the Houee aud the country, and I will thercforo preceed to present the figures with as much method as I can. Through the kind assistance of the honorabble gentleman from the Troy dlstiict, New York (Mr. Oriswold), 1 have authentic etatUtics from tbe savings-banks of his State; and though wo were unable to obtain the figures for the "years 1861 or 1868, 1 can present the number of do pobitots, the total amount of deposits, aud the amount deposited during each year for the years 1860, 1866, and 1867. They were as lollows: Tulal tte pnilli il idir iixi the year. fit 1114.271 84,705.051 09,117,321 Ulital number Tutnl amtyint Yt ar, o tUj'ititori. of jiotits. 18(10... 3W)t93 JH7.410..W7 ISbO...... 4H8.601 181 769,074 1867. 637,406 151,127,562 From Vermont I have been ablo to obtain only the total amount of deposits Kr 1867 aud 18C8. They were as follows:' Total amnwU Tear. of drpoxits 187 Jl.S9S.107 -58 1808 , 2.128 01152 Prom Connecticut I have otily been ublo to obtain the total amouut of deposits for 18 10, 1861, and I860. They are as tollo ws: Total amount Year. of dcpoxits.Z 1800..... IS 132.80 0J 18til 1!) ,377,1)70 00 1866 31,221.101 25 TbuB the figures derived from every qumter are consistent with each other, and the contrast between the condition ol things taat prevailed between 18C7 aud 1861 twr the return to which the Corumibslnner siuhs-aud that from 1961 to the elore of 1868, which he so depreca'.os, Is In itself Btilllclent to show the erotosiiuo absurdity of hid thtoiy, that the bealofeveiy family could save money aud muka deposits in I8u0, and that none but unuitttrled people could do bo iu 1867 and 1868. Let me repent his lutigango on this point: "Unmarried operatives, therefore, gain, while those who are obliged to support their own families in hired tenements lose. Hence de posits in savings-banks Increase, while iaar. rlage Is discouraged; and the forced employ, ment of young children is made almost a ne ceBsity In order that the family may live." The country will hardly believe that when every bead of a family anions the laboring people of New JToik could save money the whole number put at interest but $34,000,(100 per auuutti, and that when their couditiou had been to sadly Impaired by tbe unwise legislation of Congress that people feared to marry be cause their wages would not ouabla them to support families, they deposited $99,000,000 annual J, ox nearly tk.ee dollars iu; ou?, uul that the number of dcpoM'ors nearly doubled and the total amount on deposit to their credit ran op one hundred and twenty-five per rent. Thus, In defiance of the Commissioner's facta, heartily as they are indorsed by the eent'eman from Ohio, the returns from savings banks prove that, with our labor protected and a cheap and expanded currency, our email farmers and wrrkingraen have been able to lay up hundreds of mill, on ot capital upon which they receive Interest and for their support in age or adver sity. They are happily corroborated by other facts, which in a striking maotier prove the pnperiority of the present condition of the c'assesof people to which I allude over that to which the Hpecial Commissioner of the Re venae w ould lead them back. Mr. Kellcy then reviewed the Life Insurance business in similar manner, and continued: It is not improper. Mr. Chairman, that in con cluding this bram h of my subject I should cay that I bave presented ho statement which Is not warranted by official Indorsement, and that I hesitate not to asert that could the tuifinef-s ot tbe savings hanks and life insurance companies ot the whole country be Investi gated the results would conform to those I have produced. They are truly surprising, aud should they, through our wide'y diffused j etitdicalp, Cud their way across tbe water?, will prove an abundant antidote to the Com miss oner's notice to those who bave thought of emigrating to this country, but who desire to live in wedlock, that they may not hope to do to nnder the legislation of that Congress which has for sevet al years been in such abso lute governmeut of the c untry as to render the veto power of the Executive nugatory. They are, in my Judgment, tmportaut enough to produce some eflect npon tbe credit of the coun'ry, tor they show that our laboring people are raving and putting at lotereH hundreds of ni Uions of dollars aouually, and that the people at inri;e are paying from their abundance more, largely more, thau the interest on our national debt to lite insurance companies, as a provlelon for their widows and orphans when they shall no longer be able to provide for and protect tbem. The Commissioner's theory ths.t our Initia tion is making the rich richer and tbe poor poorer is that which was hurled at us by every copperhead orator, from Horatio Seynsoar down, during the last cinvass. We also en countered it in every rtebel paper in the South, and there were those who feared that it might produce an cff ct upon the popular mind. I was not one of them. The American people are intelligent enough to know when they have the toothache, or are Involved in a lawsuit, or are being stripped of prooerty through tbe nicdinm of a shiriU's sale, aud remembering the disas ters of the last free-trade and b-ird-money era ot tho conntrv. I contrasted it with their present condition and relied confidently upon their judgment. In order to test tbe accuracy of my memory and Judgment on this point, I appealed during tbe canvass to the statistics of my own city, and among other lelliug facts found", as I have already told you, that in 1860 the Hheriff of Philadelphia bad received seventeen hundred aud forty writs for the sale of real estate, and that in 1867 be had received but seven hundred and six a tlecreaee of more thai sixty per cent., although tbe population of tbe city had increased more than forty per cent. What makes this fact more siuniQcaat Is, that nnder our system of selling Innd uuder ground rents tbe purchase of a hemestead is the savings biuikofthe Philadelphia workingman. I also ascertained the number of suits that were in stituted in the years 1867-5S-59 and 1865-C6 and 1867, respectively, In our local courts. The evidence from thiB source n not less significant than any that baa preceded It. The Court of Common Pleas is emphatically the poor man's court. It obtains juris hctlon by appeal from the judgments of miel8tratei, and the amount at issue before its f ti ry is for sums leas than $100. The result of my investigation showed that the number of th a suits brought iu tbe latter years-, notwithstanding tbe io crease of population which bad taken phice, was but little more than one half the number instituted in the former period. The figures are as fol-. lows: BUTTS IN COMMON VLEA8. 1857., 2503 2651 3041 185 1859., .1500 IStiti.. 1867.. .1461 .1072 4633 Decrease of cases 3562 The jniisillctlon of the District Court extends to all cases involving more than $100. Its records are consistent with those of the Oom mou Pleas. The figures lrom the records of that court are as tollo ws: DISTRICT court. JK77., 1859.. , 0.89 1 9.702. 7,22 26.858 IKR 4 977 1S6 6,716 187 0,671 17,387 Decrease 9 471. I am sure I do Mr. Wells no injustice when I complain of his palpable negligence in omit, ting to appeal to such sources of information as I have indicated, aud attempting to deduce general laws by which to guide our legislation from tbe lame and impotent array of knots he has digested. We pay him a salary which be deems adequate. Ilia travelling expenses are at tbe cost of the Treasury, end he is sur rounded by a competent clerical force, and that he should bave rested all bis theories upon an array of facts so meagre and so easily disproved lo, to say tbe least, not creditable to his industry or judgment. I have not been able to ascertain the number of depositors in all the institutions to which 1 am referring for each year, but have them lrom tbe Saving Fund Society of Philadelphia, and the eavlncs banks of New Hampshire, Ms cbusetts, and Rhode I-land. On the 1st day of January, 1860, ther? were twenty-one thousand two hundred and sixty five depositors lu the Institution at Philadel phia, uud on the 1st of January, 1861, there wt'ie but twelve thousand six hundred and ijxty-two; aud tho to'al amount of deposits n nd gone down from $4 .083,450 to $2,261,640, or little more thau one-half. In AHasucbueU8, us an otlicial statement before me shows, the number ol depositors h is fallen off In but two years from 1834 to 1868, inclusive. In 1865 the total decrease was one hundred aud twenty-eight, an utmost lucalcuUbly small fraction of ouo per cent., but in tho year 1861, lu couequcuee of the want ot employment iu 1-860, the number fell off five thousand aud ten, or two and ouetdxth per cent., and the deposits remaining at the close of the year were reduced $268,797. Tue number of d"positors in the savings-b-Htiks of Rhode Island has receded In but one resr from 1HQ5 to 1868 inclusive, which was in 1801, when they fell od five hundred and nluety elght, notwithstanding which the aggregate dei-osit Increased $'19,113 33. Ihe extreme loroe of the depression which, as the result of our adhesion to free trade and au exportable metallic currency, overtook tue conntrv In 1857. and terminated only ""'"A, issue of the currency known ai groeno ci end the passage ot th protective taritl 01 seems to have fallen upon Hew HinPB 8 a early as 1858. ... .,hr ol From 1850 to 1868 Inclnslfe. th depositors in savings bank 1?' 'Visoa. la . decreased In but two jesrs. ltori (eU oir the latter year the number of go nearly one per cen .. yotw b 1 1 im lu the deposits 1 nsd ntf'per cent, or thirteen t?XTJ, .nd the 4epWU
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