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VOL. XI- -No. 34.
FHILADELPKIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1860.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
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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.
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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