ghtrowfey ftttrtftgflm WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24,1869. Tbe Contest Over the unices. When Grant was made Commander* in-C&lef of the Federal Armies he an nounced his intention of overcoming the rebellion by “ constant attrition,” and he proceeded to act upon his policy. With a reckless disregard of life he hurled his troops against the rebels, thinking himself lucky if he succeeded .in killing one when he lost five. His obstinacy stood him in the Btead of military genius, and he finally wore out his weaker opponent, and, with the assistance of Sherman, forced a surren der. His wife gave the key to his character when she said he was “ a very obstinate man.” Since he has been in the Presidential chair* he has found need forallhis cold ness, and his obstinacy is now being put to a severe test. He started out with the full determination of forcing the unconditional repeal of the Tenure of-Office Dill. He naturally chafed against any such restraint upon his will, and having picked up many friends of late, he wishes to be left free to reward them well. But, the Radi cals of the Senate prove to bo very stubborn. The Democratic members are ready at any moment to vote for the unconditional repeal of the bill, because they hold it to be unconstitutional. They are actuuted solely by correct principles, for to them it matters not who fill the various offices, so the ap pointees be honest and capable. They have nothing to ask of Grant, and are under no obligations to oblige him, but are ready to vote for the unconditional repeal of a bad law. The Radicals of the Dower House of Congress are eager to have the bill re galed. Twice have they so voted ; but tilie Senate still stands out against Grant and the House. That body does not wish to resign the power it wrenched from the hands of Andrew Johnson. The temptation to maintain their hold upon official patronage is too great to be re sisted. The extreme Radicals do not trust Grant. A hot debate lias been going on in the Senate for more than a week, and with its progress the advo cates of repeal have daily grown weaker. A caucus of the Radical Senators broke up in confusion after a hot discussion, several of Grant’s special champions retiring in anger, with the express dec laration that they would not be gov erned by the action of the caucus. Grant has a magnificent chance now for tho displuy of his obstinacy. He has thus far refused to send nomina tions to the Senate, saying to all who urged their claims that lie was waiting for the repeal of the Tcnure-of-Olfice Bill. The Radical Senate declines to repeal it, and the fight goes on. Whether Grant or the Radicals of the Senate will conquer the future can alone determine. interpretation of the Fourteenth Amend- The Georgia Legislature has rejected the Fifteenth Amendment. As the rep resentatives of the people they had a perfect right to do so. Bui, no sooner has this action been announced than it is proposed to turn that State out of the Gnion, to dec In re her to be that anomalous thing—an unreconstructed State. Military government is to be re-e.Mablishedin ail her borders, and her people deprived of representation in Congress, and denied the right to choose any Stale or local olfices, and to have sonio military satrap lording it over them until they voluntarily consent to make the negro their equal in all things, to allow him to sit in the Legislature, and to be recognized as lit to rule. A bill lias been introduced into the Senate of the I'nited Slates authorize ing the employ all the naval and military powernf the General Government to force the pcopleof Geor gia to readmit to their seats the negroes W’ho were declared to be ineligible to the State Legislature. 11 was supposed that when the Southern States were readmitted to the Lnion the control of Congress over their local governments wouid end. But, it seems that is not to be so. The Radicals claim that the fourteenth amendment to the (.'onstiiu lion of the I’nited States guarantees to ] negroes all the rights which are pos sessed by the whites, including the right to hold office. Lmler that interpreta tion the proposed law for the coercion of Lhe people of Georgia will no doubt be passed. Its adoption will establish the principle and render it of universal application. \ye shall have it settled for Pennsylvania as well as for Georgia. Let no man say the Radicals will not dare to attempt to apply their tyranny to the people of this Commonwealth. We have seen how steady have been tbeir encroachments upon the reserved rights of the .States aud the people. They stop at nothing to maintain their hold upon power, and are ready to carry out any .infamous scheme which they think will enure to their advantage. They will pander to the negro vote, and will comply with any demand which Lhat class may make upon them. The negroes of this Slate will hold the bal auceof political power in Pennsylvania, if the Fifteenth Amendment should be ratified, and they will (hen dictate their own terms. The Law or Libel, Thu English are a little ahead of uh in their interpretation, uh well as in the practical application of that most in definite of nil laws —the law of libel. There, an editor or publisher is more liberally dealt with than he is here ; but even there we see au ellbrt is making to soamendexisfing'tatutes sous toenhirge the liberty of the press. With thatview a bill lias been submitted to -Parliament providing that no proprietor of a news paper shall be liable to an action or prosecution for a faithful report of the proceedings of a public meeting, unless he refuse to publish a fair reply to the libel complained of. A defendant may pay money into court in discharge of an action for libel, and when the damages do not exceed Co the plaiutifl shall get no more costs than damages, unless the judge Certify that the libel was wilful and malicious. As to prose cutions, a private prosecutor will only be entitled to send up an iudictmentfor libel after lie has been before a justice and eutered into recognizance to pro ceed with the case and pay costs of the defendant as well as himself in the event of his being unable to substantiate his charge. The bill also provides that the defendant, in the case of an indict ment or information for libel, may be examined, as well as the defendant’s wife or husband. If theseninendments pass, journalists will not be as much harassed by brielless lawyers, as they are at present. On Saturday evening last about one hundred and fifty ladies and gentlemen connected with the New York press, sat down to au elegant dinner at De 1- monlco’s. Cigars were bauiehed, but light wines were drank, and mauy Bparkllng speeches were made. Among other subjects of discourse was “the right of woman to propose,” which was maintained by several of the fair •speakers. When that reform is affected •bachelors will be in a state of complete •consternation. They will find them selves married off with amazing rapidi ty. Who could say no to a pretty wo man? We never could—never. There are two prominent applicants for the Poetmastership of Columbia, Solatia Carolina. The one is a white Union soldier, whemarched with She rman to the sea, the other a negro car pet-bagger. All the Radical newspapers support the claims of the negro. That is consistent,, if not decent. Let the maimed heroes of the war stand back until the importunate blacks are all pro vided for. THE LANCASTER VEEKLt I2^TELLIG-E3STGER, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1869. Bore Special legislation for Sambo. The Radicals ought to have submitted the proposed Negro Suffrage Amend ment to State Conventions, chosen for the express purpose of deolding upon it. In declining to do so they violated the spirit, if not the letter of the Constitu tion of the United States. Every Leg islature which attempts to ratify it, without first submitting the question to the people, commits a gross and unpar donable outrage. This attempt to force it through,in.the hurried manner which 1b now being adopted, shows how sensi ble the Radicals are of the fact that a large majority of the.people are opposed to the project. But, unjustifiable as their course is, they already see that it is likely to prove unsuccessful. They are fn danger of failing in their attempt to force Negro Equality upon unwilling States. By the State Constitution of Indiana it ie provided that a quorum of each branch of the State Legislature shall be three-fifthßof thebody. The Democrats, being more than sufficient in numbers to prevent a quorum, and finding that the Radicals would not submit the ques tion of Negro Suffrage to the people, unless compelled to do bo, resigned, and left the Legislature in a condition in which it could transact no business. They not only had a clear constitutional right to do so, but, under the circum stances, it was their bounden duty. They have appealed to the people, and their course iB approved by multitudes of Republicans. They will be re elected by vastly increased majorities. Such a condition of affairs ought to have the effect of checking the inde cent haste of the Radicals ; but, instead of that we find that it has only incited them to still grosser outrages. Senator Morton haß offered a bill in Congress providing that a majority of any State Legislature may ratify this fifteenth amendment. That is designed to cover the case of Indiana. It mat ters not that this pretended ratification will be in open and palpable violation of the State Constitution. It is proposed to accept it as sufficient. Do these Radicals suppose they are to be allowed to register their decrees in violation of all the fundamental laws of the land ? Do they expect the peo ple to respect edicts which may be thus rendered? If they do they will find themselves much mistaken. Negro Suffrage can not be forced upon unwil ling States by such foul means. Innu merable cases of conflict will speedily arise, the odious laws will be brought into utter contempt, and juries will never convict for a violation of them. The method which has been adopted to enforce equality between the two races will embitter the prejudices that now exist, and serious troubles "will ensue. The negro will not find it a pleasant task to attempt to exercise the doubtful rights which a law, enacted by such means, may be considered as conferring upon him. How the Radicals Lied The Express reproduces a number of extracts from the Intelligencer , pub lished during the canvass of last fall, in which we'expressed the opinion that 1 the electioh of Grunt would be speedily ; followed by the enforcement of Negro 1 Suffrage upon Pennsylvania. When we made those charges we were scoffed at by Radical orators and newspapers. From (Jeary down to the veriest whif fet, all their stump speakers denied that : any attempt would be made to interfere witli the right of the people of this . State to regulate the elective franchise for themselves. The platform on which ({rant stood was everywhere quoted agaiust us, and the masses of the Re publican party were told that Negro Suffrageinthe South was only enforced as a protection to the loyal men of that section. Our predictions have all come true, however, and the lies of the Radi cal leaders have been made apparent even to the most incredulous. When the Express attempts to claim that the people of this State endorsed Negro Kutl'rage by electing Grant, it utters a falsehood, so barefaced that every one of its readers' can detecL it. The truth is that thousands of honest people allowed themselves to be de ceived into voting the Radical ticket. The old animosities against the rebels I were aroused, and multitudes were willing to force Negro Suffrage upon them, who would have voted the Demo cratic ticket if they had believed that the present Legislature would dare to endorse the proposed Negro Suffrage Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. This State and Indiana would have gone Democratic by large majorities in October, if the people had not beeu de ceived by the lies which the Radical lenders told during the cauvass, aud Grant would have been defeated. That is the plain truth, as many of the readers of the Express will freely admit. Threatened War in Alaska. The millions which we spent for the icebergs and rocks of Alaska are likely to prove a costly Investment. The Rus- j sians kept peace with the natives who , shiver their lives away in that hyper borean region, but the Yaukees who J have gone there have already got into a quarrel with them and there is a talk of war. Roth our army and navy seem to have got at them, and there bus already been some lighting, or rather an organ ized massacre. The despatches men tion, as if it were a matter of regret, that the villages of these miserable Indians are too far from the shore to he shelled by our ships. Thete can be no doubt that mercenary traders and selfish squatters are at the bottom of this all'air. Still it is possible they may entail upon thegovernment ail the expense of a military expedition to that Arctic region. Most of our Indian wars have had their origin in outrages com mitted upon, the natives by lawless whites. They have been very costly, Not two mouths ago we were paying about a million dollars a week to keep up the operations of Sheridan and Cus ter, which resulted in the butchery of the inhabitants, men, women and chil dren, who were surprised in an Indian village built of poles covered by bufiulo robes. Ry and by Congress will be asked for some millions of dollars to pay for killing these poor Alaska savages, who are almost as defenseless as the seals which inhabit their inhospitable coast. Such is the boasted magnanimity and the advanced civilization 'of the people who live under the “ best goveru mentthe world ever saw.” A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun announces that a large lot ofsplen did statuary hasjust been bought for the White House. It is to be adorned and decorated in right royal magnificence. We remember to have read a speech from one Ogle, a Whig Congressman from this State, in which a terrible out cry was made about Democratic extrav agance under Martin Van Ruren. The number of silver spoons in the plate chest was given, with an elaborate description of them. It created a great excitement, and the author was after wards known as Spooney Ogle. But that was in the days when economy and Republican simplicity were deemed to be virtues in a President. We have got bravely over all that. The new administration is not only one of “peace,” but is fairly patriarchal in its realization of a strictly “family government.” There has been nothing like it since the first Napoleon set up his brothers os kings inEurope. It seems that Governor Senter- has relaxed the rigor of the martial law in Tennessee so far as to allow the civil courts to be held. What a boon for American citizens! Tennesseeans, like the Fenians, are fortunate in having so benignant a head Senter. Methods or Ratifying Constitutional Amendments. The ExpreB8 t in its eager champion ship of negro equality misstates facts and piisinterprets law with a reckleßß disregard for truth which is astonishing. Not only does it insist that a majority of the people of Pennsylvania expressed a wish for the enforcement of Negro Suffrage by Toting for Grant, but, when it comes to speak of the ratification of the proposed fifteenth amendment, it uses the following language: We have also shown that the proposition of Democratic members of the Legislature of Pennsylvania to submit the amend ment proposed by Congress to a vote of the people of the State for decision would be an act in defiance and contempt of the Con stitution itSelf, which provides that amend ments must be submitted to the Legisla tures and decided by them, and that, ratifi cation in any other way would be illegal, revolutionary, and absolutely null and void. Has the editor of the Express ever read the Constitution of the United States? If he has, and is capable of comprehending the meaning of plain English he must know that the above paragraph contains a mostglaring false hood. The clause of the Constitution providing for its amendment is in these words: “ Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall pro pose amendments to this Constitution, or on the application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a con vention for proposing amendments which in either case shall bo valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratification by thb Legislatures of the several States or by conventions in three fourths thereof, ;as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by Congress.” It is not true, therefore, as the Ex 2)rcss boldly usserts, “ that amendments must he submitted to the Legislatures and decided by them , and that a ratifi cation in any other way would be illegal, revolutionary , and absolutely null and void." On the contrary Congress has its choice either to submit proposed amendments to the Legislatures, or to State conventions chosen by the people. The object of the framers of the Con stitution is apparent from the language of the clause which we have quoted. They foresaw that questions of an ex citing character might arise upon which the people would naturally desire to express their opinion, and so they pro vided that amendments affecting the masses should be submitted for ratifi cation to State Conventions selected by the people themselves with a direct view to a proper decision of the matter at issue. Had Congress acted in the spirit of the fathers of the Republic it would never have attempted to force negro equality upon unwilling States, but would have waited for the people to origiuate a call for a convention to de cide the mntler. Had it regarded the constitution, instead of submitting the proposed fifteenth amendment to Legis latures elected on a platform which de clared against any such interference with the elective franchise, it would have referred it to State Conventions to be chosen by the people. This amendment is a gross outrage upou every principle ‘of our govern ment. It is iu opposition to the spirit 1 of the Constitution, and violative of the , origiual compact. The people of the i diflereut States never intended to give | up their right to control the elective | franchise, and the attempt to deprive ! them of it in the manner proposed is ; simply infamous. It is equal in enor- ! mily to packing a jury box with men pledged to convict. i The Democrats of our Legislature have made the best fight possible un der the circumstances. They have in sisted upou having this Fifteenth Amendment submitted to the decision of a Legislature elected with reference to it. The Radicals have refused that fair and honorable proposition. They insist upon forcing negro equality upon the people of Pennsylvania, by a des picable fraud. For that they will have to answer to the masses at the coming contest, fhe question will enter into the coming Gubernatorial and Legisla tive elections. The high-handed action of this corrupt and venal Legislature will not be final. The resolution of rati j ficalion can and will be repealed. Governor Geary a Liar. The Sunbury Democrat says Governor Geary told us in his hiuamrue at the Court llmi'm in lids place last Pali that Negro Suffrage WOULD NOT be forced upon the people of Pennsylvania, without their first having the privilege of L>Kul DING at the BALLOT BOX whether (hev would have it or not. Governor Geary LIiCD for the purpose of defrauding the people, and ho now recommends the ratifi cation of an amendment to the Constitution of the United Suites, which will force Negro Suffrage upon this State without giving the people uuy voice in the matter. The charge made by the Democrat is a serious one, but the facts bear it out. Geary did lie about that question of Negro Suffrage, aud, if Col. McClure is to be believed, and other of his Radical frieuds, the Governor of Pennsylvania has very little regard for his word. Not only did Geary lie about Negro Suffrage, but the Radical orators aud newspapers of this State all lied in concert. They denied that any attempt would be made to force it upon the people of Pennsyl vania without their consent. Foster and COvode. The Radicals in Congress know no law except their own will. Two years ago in the CofTroth contested election case, it was held that the party holding the certificate of a majority of the Re turn Judges was jwima facie entitled to his seat, and that his opponent must contest it. Cofiroth, Democrat, then occupied precisely the same posilion that Henry D. Foster does now; but now the Radicals give Covode the seat, and compel Mr. Foster to contest. This is one of the grossest outrages ever per petrated. It reverses a decision render ed by the same party only two years ago. The position they have took was in accordance with law, their present action is in violation oflaw, justice and decency. How long are such outrages to continue? Is it not high time for the people to rebuke them? That Henry I). Foster was fairly elected, there isno doubt, and the single judge who certi* fil'd for Covode, perjured himself. Ukttrns from all but three small towns of the recent election in Xew Hampshire foot up as follows Stearns (Republican) iJedeH (bemocrsit) Majority for Stourn*. Last November the Presidential vote stood thus: Grant Seymour. Majority for Grant Comparing the two votes, it is ascer tained that the Kadical majority of last fall has fallen off 3,192, or 4o 8-10 per cent.; also, that the Radical vote has beeQjliminished by 2,431, or G 3 10 per cent., while the Democratic vote for Governor exceeds that for President by 701, or 3-10 per cent. “Jest - so,” as Mr. Solon Shingle would say. How about the Consulship at Terra del Fuego in exchange for a full-blood ed St. Charles pup, now? How do post offices rule to day ? What is the latest quotation for clerkships? These are the conventional conundrums of the day on Pennsylvania avenue. Somebody at Washington announces that four translations are being made of“Badeau’s History of Grant,” into French, Spanish, Italian and German. Nobody has yet undertak jn, we believe, to translate it into English. The Detroit Pos* says Grant’s Cabi net seems to be physically feeble. The first Secretary of State retired on ac count of ill-health and the Secretary of the Treasury is only a Bout-well, Mr. Grant apparently conceives that the civil service of the country, was instituted as a reward to the peo ple who have done various civil services for him. Force There Fraud Here. A bill has been introduced into the Senate of the United States, declaring the State of Georgia to be out of the Union, and re establishing a military despotism over her people. This infa mous bill plainly states that the reason for Its enactment is the refusal of the whites to allow negroes to hold office. Here is the bill: Be it enacted, <£c.. That so much of the act passed Juue 25,1863, as relates to the State of Georgia be and the same is hereby re pealed. Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted, That the military government of the State of Georgia, heretofore provided for by law, be and the same is hereby revived, subject to the pro visions of this act. Sec. 3. That the government organized under said new constitution of Georgia shall continue in operation during the pleasure of Congress, as provisional only; and the expulsion of the members of said Legisla ture heretofore had, on the ground that they were of African descent, is hereby declared null and void, and they shall be restored to their seats, and such as may have been ad mitted thereto in their place shall vacate the same; and no person shall be permitted to hold a seat in said Legislature, or any office under said provisional government, who is disqualified by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Sec. 4. That it shall be the duty of the President to cause to be stationed in said Slate such part of the land and naval forces as shall bo sufficient to carry this act into full execution, and all officers in command ofsuch forces shall, on demand of the acting Governor of said State, render military aid and assistance in the administration of Government and in the protection of life and property and the administration of justice. He is a fool who claims that as a Re publican government under which such things can be done. Congress might as well declare Pennsylvania out of the Union and set up a military government over us. It has as much right in the one case as in the other. An attempt is now beiug made to force Negro Equality upon the people of Pennsylvania by a fraudu lent act of our Legislature. In Georgia the same thing is to be accomplished by military force. The end to be reached is the same, and the means employed are i equally subversive of liberty, equally infamous. Farmers UoTtog Southward. A strong tide of emigration is set ting Southward, and many Pennsyl vania farmers are seeking homes in the more favored clime of Virginia and Tennessee. Our exchanges from that region notice numerous sales of real estate to persons from this State. Those who have located there since the ter mination of the war are delighted, and through their inlluencevothers are in duced to make a change. There are many advantages possessed by farmers in that section. Land is cheap, very cheap,when compared with similaraoils in Pennsylvania; the crops grown are the same ; the methods of farming em ployed here produce a larger return there; the winters are so mild that stock is reared and kept with less than half what it costs in our rigorous climate; the seasons are more regular, and the work of the farm sub ject to comparatively few Interruptions; seed time is more protracted ; harvest comes earlier; and there are many other advantages which will readily suggest themselves. The people are anxious to have emi grants settle among them. All who go with the design of becoming permanent settlers are cordially welcomed. No part of the country oders such induce ments to farmers of moderate means, and the tide of emigration which is now setting in will continuetolncreaseuntil lands advance greatly in price. Those who go early cannot help realizing largely on investments which they may make. Equal KlglH.s, The State Guard has the following paragraph in its editorial columns : The law istublishing oqunl rights ns to blacks and whites in the District of Colum bia is very important, for it is the begin ning of the end in reference to the rights of negroes to hold office. The abolition of shivery commenced in the District of Co lumbia, and so did negro suffrage. 'Da* third ami last step in this programme of '•equal rights” Ims now been taken in the same district, ami it is tantamount, under the circumsiances, to a settlement of the question throughout the United States. The Radicals will not stop when the negro is given the right to vote in Pennsylvania. They cannot do it.— That will only be the stepping stone to complete equality. The Radicals see it and boldly admit it. The Chambersburg l?cpositc»'>/, for merly edited by Col. McClure, has an article charging Gov. Geary with lying in reference to the appointment of ex- Gov. Curtin to a position in Grant's Cabinet, and not only charging it but ; proving it. Geary is regarded by alarge . number of the prominent men of his I party as utterly unworthy of belief, and ! we have no doubt more than the requl j site number, necessary to discredit a I witness could be got to swear that they would uot believe him on his oath. Affidavit Ashley wants to be Gov ernor of Montana; not that he cares so much about the territory, but if he cau only get that little pinch of snuff erect ed into a State and come back as Sena tor, that would be a big thiug. There are not more thirty-seven and a half people out there, it is true; but trust Ashy for all the affidavits as to neces sary population, intense desire of the same to come in, auiPso on and so on. From St. Louis comes intelligence of the alllictiug fact that Boggs is no more. After the firm of Boggs and Grant dissolved, and like the baseless fabric of a vision, left not au asset be hind, the bereaved Boggs went into the “picture frame business,” in which he prospered till lie died. It is pleaded in mitigation of the descent from Dix to Washburne as our Representative at Paris, that Wash burne can’t speak French, so that he will not be able to let people perceive how little he knows. But, alas, the Emperor Napoleon speaks English* The JCxprtxH selects a couple of sen tences out of au article we published in relation to Bishop Simpson. Let itpub lish tin; whole of it, if it wishes its readers to have a correct idea of what a perfect flunkey that Reverend gentle- Grant said he would not hesitate to veto, improper acts of Congress. We notice that he lias promptly signed the bill striking the word white from the Charter of the District of Columbia, and negroes are now put on a perfect equality with white men there. Two walking-sticks; a broom; one dozen pair woolleu socks—nice for spring ; pair of boots, eagle on the legs; four years’ pew rent; ami his picter, are Orant’Blatestgifts. “He gathers them In; he gathers them Jti. The Delaware Legislature has promptly rejected the Negro Suffrage Amendment. It can not be ratified by the requisite number of States before next fall, and the people of Pennsyl vania will have an opportunity to elect a Legislature pledged to repeal it. Four huudred new bills have already been presented in the Forty-first Con gress. At this rate, they will soon sur pass in number the “ bills ” which are now crowding in upon General Grant. There need be po immediate anxiety about Alabama claims. Mr. Grantwill not be ready to attend to our foreign Re lations till he has satisfactorily settled all his own poor relations. The Nashville Republican Banner Is looking every day for some Washing ton Jenkins to “ interview” Brownlow, Another sort of Jenkins, with a forked tail and a hot and sulphurous breath, is likely to do that interview. Grant’s “ reticence” is discovered t mean that things generally must be “kept in the family.” Triumph of the “ Bing.” The would he virtuoua^editor of the Jjirpresa has a rough time 'or it ’when I he attempts to interfere with the whole sale and wide-spread corruption and rascality which prevails in his party. He finds the thieves to be utterly in corrigible. The Thugs and the “ Ring” stop at nothing which promises to bene fit them. They know they can rely upon the support of the Express when a ticket is set up, and they hold its de nunciations very cheap indeed. Why should they heed its eludings when they know it will have nothing bnt words of adulation for the very men it now condemns, if they should succeed in forcing themselves upon the ticket as candidates? Just now the Express is properly in dignant at Gen. Fisher and the “Ring,” because a very judicious act, providing that the County Commissioners shall give bond for the faithful performance of their duties, has been defeated by the Radical. Legislature. 11 therefore heaps maledictions upon the heads of the of-- fenders as follows: “ On Tuesday the bill requiring he Com missioners of Lancaster county to give bond for the faithful performance of their official duties, came up for iioal consideration in the Senate, when Senator Fisher, who has been opposed to the bill from the first, suc ceeded in haviog it defeated. Senator Bil lingfelt, speaking in behalf of the interested tax payers, urged its passage in a speech of some length and great force, but the ‘Ring,’ championed, by Gen Fisher, succeeded in defeating this mostjust and highly necessa ry measure. The fact is, the thing was “ set up” against the. People, aud ibis tells the whole story. That a bill throwing reasonable safe guards around the disbursements of the County Funds, where the tax-payers are now absolutely without any protection whatever, should have been opposed and defeated, can be explained upon no other hypothesis than that it was somehow the interest of the Court House Thugs to have it done. As we have before shown, the County Treasury is absolutely without any protection. While the Treasurer is required to give bond for the faithful performance of his duties, he has no control whatever over the disbursements of the funds. He is bound to pay all orders drawn by n major ity of the Commissioners, any two of whom can draw out all the money in the Treasu ry; and should it subsequently be discov ered that a portion of the money thus drawn was used iu violation of law, or in utter dis regard of the interests and rights of the tax-payers, they would be without any pe cuniary redress whatever! To be consist ent, the Court House Thugs ought to in struct their Senator to have an act passed repealing all laws requiring public disburs ing officers to give bail for the faithful per formance of their duties. There is just as sound reason for the repeal in the one case as for defeat in the other—just no reason at all. We rest the issue with the tux-paying voters. They now know who to hold re sponsible, and if they continue to allow the Thugs to control the Cotiuty offices, and to shape even our local legislation, they must put up with the consequences.” Why all this seemingly virtuous in dignation? Does not the Express know that the “ Ring ” has been Bupreme in every Radical Legislature? Does it not understand that rascality is the rule at Harrisburg and honesty the rare excep tion ? Is it so green as to suppose that any bill intended to benefit the people can be passed if it is opposed by inter ested parties who are willing to pay for its defeat? Let the Express bottle up its indignation in time. We predict that it will 3oon be found laboring with all its energies in support of a set of Thug can didates ; that it will not have a word to say in condemnation of them, and that, it will call upon its readers to rally to the last man in order that they may all be elected. How silly such ravings as it now indulges in will then appear to be. Outrageous Legislation On last Monday night a bill abolish ing the oftice of Associate Law Judge in Lycoming county was read in the Senate and rushed through in a few minutes, under a suspension of the rules; it then went to the House and was put through there in similar hot haste; deary was conveniently present in the Lxecutive Mansion, and between 11 aud 12 o’clock lie appended hi 3 signa ture to the manuscript, aud it became a law. Thursday Mr. lleck, Senator from the Lycoming district, told how the thing had beeu done. It seems that one Peter Hedric of Williamsport had taken advantage of the absence of Mr. Beck, and being skilled iu the manipulation of Radical Legislatures had managed to sneak the concern through in a sum mary manner as stated. Mr,)Beck paid his respects to Peter Herdic in the fol lowing very plain language: The man who engineered it through— Peter IlJrdic—l say hero to-day, is the most corrupt man in Pennsylvania, and, if be had his dues, would Jaavo been in the peni tentiary long ago. That man goes around the streets of Williamsport, and boasts that ho can buy the Legislature of Pennsylvania the same as be would cattle at the shambles to butcher. Still he can come here and put legislation through over a Senator’s head when he knows that Senator is absent. The Senate seemed to be con viuced of the truth of the charges so boldly made by Mr. Beck, as the bill was at once repealed. It is now before the House, but fears are entertained that the corrupt riDgln that body may prevent justice from being done. What excuse can Geary give for his shameful subserviency in setting up uutil nearly midnight to await the pas sage of this outrageous act, in order that he might append his signature to it within five minutes of its passage? Congressional Investigation Illustrated. The Boston Traveller (Rad.) relates the following: In ibe year 1863, Van Wyek’s investiga tion Com'miiteo ran against a.stump. Van Wyck went to John JCoyode lor advice. “How is it," said be, “that you succeeded well aud I fuiled?" "Ah! that is easily accounted for," said honest John, “I ran the machine over my enemies; you are run ning it over your friends !" . That was “honest” partyism. “Hon est John Covode,” in ferreting out ras cals, rau his machine without mercy over all such as he found were Demo crats ; but when he came across Repub lican rascals, he steered his investigating machine to one side and saved his friends. Van Wyck was so circum stanced that all thcrascals wereinoffice, all were stealing, aud all were Repub licans, so he could not run the machine at all without running it over his friends. A Gubernatorial Auction The Fulton Republican concludes an article on the coming Radical State Convention as follows: We hope that whoever is chosen, will be instructed to vote lor Governor Geary, first and last. We desire to call the attention of the Committee to the fact that, if a delegate is sent to the State Convention uninstructed or instructed for any other man than Gov ernor Goary, that delegate will be bought. What a humiliating confession that is. It is an admission that money will be used to control the nomination of a candidate for Governor. We have Been the office of United States Senator put up at auction twice within three years. Simon Cameron bought the position he now holds, and Johu Scott’s seat was purchased for him by the Pennsylvania Railroad. And now the Radical nomi nation for Governor is to be sold, not exactly at public outcry, but in an equally shameless manner. How can any honest man support such a party. The Georgia Legislature has adjourn ed after rejecting the Negro Suffrage Amendment, and all the Radical news papers are urging Congress to declare the State out of the Union. The clannishness of the old Scotch Grants reappears in the American branch. The Scotch Grants believed in keeping everything In their own fami ly, even their own itch. What a scratch-back administration it is. You tickle me and I’ll tickle you. Well is he named U. S. It spells us— me and my friends. Jesse R. Grant prognosticated the Presidency of his Bon when he wrote (for the New York Ledger) that “ Ulysses, when a very small boy, was very fond of money and presents.” The present administration is said to be like lead—it readily receives and per manently retains Dents. ♦ .Geiieral Fisher and the County com missioner Bill. Borne one who evidently understands the subject upon which he writes has addressed the following communication to'tho Express. We commend the fol lowing review of the course of General Fisher to the Badical voters of Lancaster county, as we understand he aspires to re-election: 1 o the Editor* <4 the Express : It it) well known that when Gen. Fisher desires to ascertain the wishes of hiaconstit uents upon any matter before the Legisla ture, he seldom travels farther than to George Brubaker’s Thuggery Lodge, of which he is a sworn member, and acts per sistently according to advice received. I am not, therefore, at all surprised that in his letter to you denying that lie “is the rep resentative of the ring,” he said no man in Lancaster county, or elsewhere, ever asked him to vole /or the bill introduced by his col league, Mr. Billingfelt, requiring the County Commissioners to give bail for their faithful performance of duty, but he very carefully omits stating that he was told to oppose it, for we all know that his very dear Thug friends, the Commis sioners, and their satellites,are all opposed to any acknowledgment of responsibility to the people of the county. Why did he not openly avow that his constituents de sired him to oppose it? I answer, he could not do it with truth as respects his constitu ents generally, and if he did as to the spe cial few, he would be letting the cat out of the bag. The General knows very well that the report of the Couuiy Auditors shows a wilful and corrupt misapplication of the county funds by the Commissioners, espe cially to aid the election of the King of Thuggery to the office of District Attorney. He knows there was ample ground to be lieve there was a semblance of fraud be tween them and others in the building of bridges. He knows too that the Commis sioners have absolute control of the county funds without giving security, while al most every other official of State or Coun ty having charge of public fuuds i 3 required by law to give bail. He knows, too, that there was no good reason why they should not give bail, and therefore as a represen tative, desirous to protect the interests of his constituents, be knew it was his duty to vote for such a bill, for the people expect that a failbful representative will not al ways wait to be petitioned and driven to do this or do that, but always do what is best and right without reference to or con sulting with cliques, rings, or corrupt poli ticians who are to be controlled by his legis lation. It is not usual for representatives when new measures are introduced to write to aud consult their constituents, which the General openly proclaims he has not done, as if he were indifferent to their opinion, and as an excuse for opposing the measure on the pretense that be did not know what the people wanted. He says that he told his colleague that if he would introduce a general bill , requiring all Couuty Commissioners to give security, he would supportit. Bless bis innocemsoui what has he been about? A general bill was introduced early iu the session by bis colleague for this very purpose, which was referred to the Judiciary Committee, of which I believe Gen. Harry White, the especial friend and pet companion of Gen. Fisher, was chairman, aDd which bill was reported negatively by the same General White just about the lime that the Thug deputation from Lancaster county, consist ing of the Commissioners, their learned ! and accomplished Solicitor, and our verita ble Sheriff, went to Harrisburg to sneak through a bill giving the Commissioners power to pay costs in certain cases in the Criminal Court, by which they conld make a little more money than they now can. I would nsk the General what pains, if any, ; he took to have this bill reported favorably —or if he was desirous it should become a law, why, when it was reported adversely, bo did not move a recousideratfon in the Senate and pass it over the heads of the Committee. Ho is a very able par liamentarian and knows that such things are done. But he seems.to think that as there were no petitions for the local bill, he was not called on to support it, ns he says he would not insult his neighbors by requiring them to give bail while Com missioners of other counties did not. Did he consult his colleague and ascertain his reasons fbr introducing the bill? Not he. But if the conduct of his “neighbors,” *by j whom he of course means the Thug Com missioners, was such as to show thepropri ety of such a law, as it certainly did with his full knowledge,ought lie not to have uni ted with his colleague in support of it? Certainly he should and would have done so; but he had his orders from the Grand Commander, and the public interest was made subservient to tho private interests of his friends. I tind, however, he is not al ways so punctilious. Last session very many petitions were presented for a law to prohibit the County Treasurer fr<3m loan ing out tho county funds, and also to give to the Court the right to appoint the County Auditors, so as to prevent the Thug organ ization, with the County Commissioners, from selecting their own suitable tools, and a bill was reported to that effect, which tho General, under full orders from tho sanhe drim of George tho First, liatly opposed until the clause relative to the Auditors was stricken out. I would ask him, us a matter of recreation, to state whether, without any petitions from any one, he lias not projected a iaw authorizing the Governor to appoint an Oil Inspector for Lancaster county, and whether ho did not quieily and privately go to tho Goyernor and get him to promiso that if the law was passed the Geueral'sson in-law should bo appointed tho Inspector. Low’ eh End. Georgia and the Constitutional Amend- The Legislatureof Georgia, which not long since gave its approval to the loth amendment to the Constitution, giving the suffrage to the negroes, has recon sidered its action, and in deference to the public sentiment in the State has withdrawn its approval from that amendment. The Augusta Chronicle , commenting upon some remarks of ours as to l the willingness which the Georgia Legislature showed to aid in fastening upon the people of the North the curse of negro equality which a Radical Congress has inflicted upon the South, speaksof theactionof the Legi slature and the sentiment of the people of Georgia as follows: tVe wish our northern friends to under stand that the Democracy of Georgia do not approve the action of our Legislature. The Democratic members who voted for ratification did so in known opposition to the wishes of their constituents. Not a siDgle Democratic press, out of more than one hundred in the State, so far as we have observed, has favored ratification. None of the acknowledged leaders of the party have advised tbts action, and the party is not, and ought not, to be held responsible for the votes of those gentlemen calling themselves Democrats who favored the amendment. We fully appreciate the condition of the Northern Democracy, and keenlyifeel.lho rebuke which is contained in the above ex tract. The true Democracy of this State do not desire “to have Negro Equality forced upon” any portion of the North or West. Wo groan to-day under the heavy incubus of negro suffrage—we have tasted the bitter cup—nay, drank it to the leas, and we know what it is. Forced upon us, though it was, in spite of all our opposi tion, by Northern anil Western influence, we are not yet so far gone in political de pravity as to wish to fasten the same wrong even upon those who fastened the yoke upon our own necks. The Democracy of Georgia is opposed to negro suffrage per se, but above and beyond that, they are opposed to the interference by the Federal Government with the elective franchise in nny way. Not even to punish our worst enemies would we be willing to permit this violation of the vital principle in organization. Our friends at the North mistake our character when they attribute such motives to the pure Democracy of old Georgia. Twitcbell’s Cane Again. Yesterday morning as the Court was about proceeding to tne argument of coun try cases, Mr. William Wheeler Hubble appeared before the Bar, with a large pack age of papers in his hands, and staled that in the case of George S. Twitchell, plaintiff vs. the Commonwealth, he wished to move for a re-bearing of the application for a writ of error, and for this be had the authority of the Constitution of the United States. Chief Justice Thompson said, “this has already been before us once, when wo ex amined it fally, with great interest aud anxiety, and passed upon it.” “Not upon the reasons here presented,” Mr. Hubble rejoined. “ These papers as sign entirely new reasons, sir, founded upon the Constitution and laws of Congress.” Chief Justice- *" It appears tomethat this motion islate. When was judgment entered in this case? ” Mr. Hobble—“ Sentence of death was passed on the 30th of January ; but a mo tion for an allocatur was theD made within the specified time, and this is only as a con tinuation of that motion,Jit being simply a prayer for a rehearing; and, therefore, I think it is not too late.” Chief Justice—“ Well, give us the papers ; we will consider the matter. The documents handed to the court were the record of the trial; a manuscript recital of the assignments of error, and a printed book of Mr. Hubble’s argument, which is intended to prove that the verdict was against the evidence. As to himself, how ever, the gentleman in this pamphlet says that he i 9 “a member of the bar; has for many j ears been engaged in professional and scientific pursuits, and is accustomed to the examination of;physical principles, particularly when involved in suits.” The principal constitutional authority ad duced is that of the sixth article of the amendment of March, 1789, setting forth that all criminal prosecutions the accused shall be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation and shall be confronted by the witnesses against. It is maintained that these requirements were not fulfillod at the trial, and therefore the signing of the death, warrant by the Governor was illegal, the judgement of the Court not having been by due process ol law. —Philadelphia Age. Some of the trouble of reconstruction is seen in the declaration of the Arkansas Assembly which has declared its Speaker ineligible to the place he holds because he is a non-resident. Beautiful Extract. Hon. Daniel W. Yoorhwa recently left his seat in Congress to stomp his district in Indiana, on # the XV amendment. He made a capital speech in Terse Haute, last week, from which we extract the following: A government oould not be bnilt up of such materials. The race had had every opportunity for advancement, but had never risen above barbarism. They had had a fruitfnl land, a land of fertile soli and mighty rivers, where the wealth of nature was boundless, but it had been all to no purpose. The Saxons, the Angles and the ancient BritODs were once savages, but when the day dawned for them they ad vanced upon such a career of greatness as adorns and illuminates all history. The negro has had the same advantages, but the result has been entirely different The people of Indiana want no such partner to assist them in their government The career of the African in the past is an illustration of what his future experience must be. The speaker said he felt no bitterness toward the negro, who was a being brought into corroding contact with the white race, which was his superior, and the inferior race must gradually diminish, and finally become extinct ft Is not prejudice but wisdom to preserve the white race in its purity. I would keep the powers of this Govern ment in the hands of those men to whom our fathers gave it. How greut has teen our career under their wise precepts. When I look back I feel as Adam and Gve must have felt when driven forth from Paradise; they looked back and through the half open eates caught a glimpse ot the beautiful flowers, the shady groves, the sweet fruits and all the luxuries they had lost forever. So we to day stand amid the distraction of the elements, and see around us the effects of the curse of civil war, of mixing races, of jarring jurisdiction and everything in con fusion, as when the curse came upon the world, and the clouds swept low along the tree tops; the birds dew shrieking through the air, and the beasts fled affrighted across the plain. To-night in the midst of this con fusion and disturbance of political princi- ples, with the clouds lowering over our heads charged with thunder, flashing with the lightning and ready to burst wilh fury upon, as I looked back into the beautifui past, where our fathers’ precepts adorn the gallery of our glory, it seems as though we had been driven from Paradise, and 1 long to go back nnd drink one more deep draught from the fountains nf their wisdom. It is enough*for me to point out what has been achieved by their great doctrines. It in clines me to turn away from these modern innovators who call themselves reformers, and contemplate dignity and glory of these ancient men. As for myself, I shall never bow down to thisthiDg. I would, os I have just said, keep the powers of this Government where our fathers placed them as best for your safety, for the safety of your children, and also for the safety of the black man. These men who propose negro equality are the •worst enemy of the colored race. As for myself, 1 would throw around the negro by oar own wise legislation, the safeguards of the law. I would not put him in the schools with jour children, nor upon the jury bench, nor into the Legislature. I would to God that I could be heard all oyer my dis trict, and all over the State, upon this qu#3- ; tion. I would to God that there was to be a general canvass, and then that the peo ple might be allowed to decide this issue at the ballot-box Then we should know whether thev wish the negro in the public schools, Legislature, uud beside them in the jury box, for that is what ne gro equality meanß, and nothing else. Do not make mistakes in this matter. You are a great powerful.nation, the great est that the world has ever seen. You have forty millions of people, and you are the strongest nation the sun ever shone upon. The rivers of South America uro brpader and deeper than ours. Their groves are spicy and their fields groan with tho richest of the earth, yet they have no rank among the nations. They made the same mistake which the Republicans are now making, and incorporated an inferior race into the body politic. It led at last to an admix ture, and finally to equality, and those great countries are inhabitated by mongrels, anti yet they are countrymen of Columbus and the descendants of the followers of the great Cortez. A Modern Komunce .—The HnrrlniiC of ft Royal t*riuec to a nerchiiut'H Waugh- Uuo of those eveuts which occasionally transpiro to assort, in the most emphatic manner, tho loveling spirit of the age, oc curred on Saturday in this city. This was no less than the marriage of a Prince of the ancient and conservative House of Bourbon to the daughter of a Cubau merchant. The story—u most romantic one—is as follows : Some three or four years ago Mrs. Hamil, the wife of a well-known merchant in Ha vana, left that city to place her dnughtor in a school in Paris. They stopped for some time in this city, having rooms at Del monico’s, and mado many wnrm friends wherever they wero known. Tho daughter possessed of more tbun ordinary accomplishments and per sonal charms, attracted much attention among the best society of the gay French capital. She was received in the most ex clusive circles, and it is said wus n frequent guest at the Imperial Court. Among tho many distinguished gentlemen who paid her their court was Prince Louis de Bour bon, son of Louis, Count d’Aquilla, one of the chief members of tho Bourbon family. The Prince proposed to her and was accept ed, under the mother’s sanction, but when Count d’Acquilla learned the intention of his son, his pride revolted at what he and others of royal blood considered a mesalli ance, and he not only forbade the match, but used his influence with the Em peror to induce the latter to discoun tenance it should the Prince seek his sup port. The lovers, in company with the lady’s mother, then determined to go to England and there fulfill the marriage, but the father interfered, and succeeded in pre venting them from carrying it out. After moro than one disappointment from the refusal of the Catholic clergy to perform the ceremony, the persecuted ones determined to proceed to the United States, where they hoped to fiDd no difficulty in fulfilling their contract; but even in this free country the influence of conservatism prevailed so far that the Catholic clergy still declined to have anything to do in the matter. However, a marriago ac cording to the civil rights of the country was consummated on Saturday evening last, and thus all opposition and persecu tion was overcome. This mnrriage, al though, perhaps, it would not be acknowl edged among the crowned heads of Europe, is perfectly legal in the United States and all Protestant countries, and as such it will never be disputed. The Prince, it is un derstood, should his family still Iprove ob durate, is prepared to renounce Ids rights as one of the royal house of Bourbon, and will content himself with the possession of his beautiful wifo.--.ZV. Y. Tribune. DoaDlo Tragedy—Harder.null Suicide. Newark, (N. J.,) March 22.—Yesterday afternoon the inhabitants of this city, in the vicinity of West and Marshall streets, were thrown into great excitement by one of the most fearful tragedies that ever occurred in this city. A young German, Frederick Neidler, murdered the girl he loved and then immediately shot himselt. It appear ed that Neidler had visited Augusta Kock erie for some time as her accepted lover. Recently, however, 6ho preferred the atten tions of another young gentleman. In con sequence Neidler became very much de jected, and, neglecting his work at times, became almost insane. Yesterday after noon, shortly after 5 o’clock, he entered her residence, No. 91 West street, and, after a few words of upbraiding on account of her inconstancy, drew forth a revolyer, and placing the muzzle of it at hor left temple, shot her in the presence of her family. Without waiting for a word of explanation, he immediately rushed into the back yard and with the same pistol shot himself in precisely the same manner, the ball enter ing above the left temple ,and coming out on the opposite side, forcing the brains with it. He sank to the ground and expired in a few minutes. The girl whom he bad shot was immediately lifted from the floor and placed upon a bed in the same room where the tragedy was enacted. She survived only about an hour. She was but seven teen years of age, and exceedingly fair look* ing. Her father recently went ou a short visit to Germany, leaving a wife and two daughters iu this country, ull of whom were much esteemed by their neighbors for their industry and amiability. mrcct the lowest bid der. After some discussion, the bill was recommitted. The House ut two o'clock adjourned. WAsniNOTON, March is. In the Sennto, yesterday. Mr. Trumbull, frem tho Committee on tho Judiciury, re ported, with an amendment, but without recommending any action upon it, tho bill re-establishing a military ilopoli-m in Georgia, and overturning the present civil government. The credentials of the Sena tors elect from Georgia wore reported back from tho Senate committee with the recom mendation that they lie on tho table until the status of Georgia be decided. A num ber of bills and joint resolutions were intro duced and roferred. At the oxpiraliou of the morning hour, the bill to repeal the tenure-of-oliice act camo up as unfinished business, and Mr. Kdmunds resumed his argument against its repeal. Mr. Shofmnn followed in favor of its repeal. The debate wus continued by Messrs. Cole, Carpeuler and Morton. At four o’clock, the Senate went into executive session, and soon after adjourned. in the llou-ie several resolution extend Ing tho time tor taking testimony in con tested election oases were adopted. Tin* Indian appropriation bill was reported and I made tho special order for to-day. A joint resolution to supply oortaiu omissions in j the appropriation bills of lust session guvo rise to debate. Mr. Butler, of Masaaehws -1 etts, insinuated that oue of the omissions, i which requires tho owners of bonded ware ! houses to reimburse the government forthe i salaries of storekeepers, etc., was intonllon I al. Thodiscussion between Messrs. Butler, I Schenck and Holman, was quite angry in , Its tone. Mr. Butler accused Mr. HehencU of being a parly to tho omission, which in j volved a loss to the government of a million * and a half dollars a year, ami Mr. Schenk 1 asserted very confidently that Mr. Butler (lied; ull, however, In parliamentary Inn - | guage. Thejoint resolution was adopted. | Yeas, 100; nays, 111. After some further | business, tho House, at half-past four, ml i journed. Washington, March B». The Kenulo met at tho usual Lour yester day. Tho bill to incorporate (ho Washing trtn General Hospital Asylum passed. Al- so, thejoint resolution authorizing the sale of the Chattanooga Rolling Mills to the Southwestern Iron Company, and tin* lull to remove tho charge of desertion from certain soldiers of tho Second North Caro lina Mounted Infantry. A resolution was adopted directing the Committee on Print ing to inquire into the expediency of pm curing and printing the journal of the late William McClay, Senator from Penn sylvania, containing a sketch of the secret debates of the Senate. The bill for tie* re- lief of Orlando Brown passed. Tho Ini) supplementary to an act to establish a im tional currency, secured by a pledge of l’ lil ted States bonds, was taken up,ami detailed until the expirnlion of the morning hour. The bill|lo. repeal the Tenure of ollice act then came up as unfinished business. Mr. Morton concluded his argument in iuvorof repealing tho law. Browulow had lho Sec retary read an argument in opposition n> its repeal. At four o’clock the Senate ad journed. In tho House, tho Senate joint resolution authorizing the removal, from the Capitol grounds, of the public stables, steam saw mill, etc.,'wuspassed. Various resolutions in reference to contested elections, relerring papers, extending time for contesting testi mony etc., were offered and referred to the Committee on Flections. One of these of fered by Mr. Woodward, in relation to tin* Twenty lirst District ot Pennsylvania,gave rise to considerable discussion. Finally at at half-past 1 o’clock, the discussion ceased, aud the resolution wus, on motion of Mr. Schofield, laid on tho table—Yeas, 1 (JO,nays, 44. Tho Committoo on Reconstruction re ported a substitute for tho Senate joint res olution in relution to tho removul of civil officers in Virginia and Texas. The sub stitute provides that theolficorngcomniaml ing in those States shall havo thirty days i<> complete the removal from ollice of civil officers who connot take tho lest oath. Mr. Butleropposed it. Mr.Faruswortk replied* and some sharp words wore exchanged. Thejoint resolution uud umendmem were recommitted. Thejoint resolution for tin* relief of Blanton Duncan, of Kentucky, was | then taken up nnd discussed for an hour, j The amendment providing that ;Mr. Dun ' cuu shall first release all claims for rents ot 1 use of his property prior to the passage ol I the act, wus agreed to, nnd tho joint reso | lutlon passed—yeas 82,nays07. Thollou*.. 1 at four o'clock adjourned. Wahhinoton, March 20. In tho Senate, yeslerduy. A bill wav pussed continuing tho educational und col lection departments of the Freedmen’s Bu reau until January 1, 1871. Tbo bill to carry into effect the decrees of United State* courts relative to compensation for BrltiGi vessels illegally soized during the rebellion, wns debated during tho remainder of the morning hour, when it went over. The ’teiiure-of-oflico act came up us unfinished business, aud Mr. Scott resumed his argu ment against the repeal of tho uct. Mr. Sprague followed with un argumeut for re peal Messrs. Corbett uud Bayard spoke on. tho same side. The Senate, at 4.40 F. M., went into executive session and soon alter adjourned. A number of bills wore introduced ami reforred. The House then went Into Com mittee of the Whole on tho Indian appro priation bill, which calls for appropriations to tho amount of $3.413.810, and is tho same -bill that passed the llotiso lust session. Tho Senate thon amended it by nddlng appro priattons to tho amount of $-1,341.902, and tbe two houses failed to agree. Mr. Dawes explained the bill. Mr. Wood denounced the system of making treaties with lndiuns aaairaudupon the Trensury. Mr. Law rence characterized the Indian Bureau us utterly rotlen. At quarter past four the committee rose and reported the bill to the House, and It was thereupon passod. The House, at 4:20 adjourned, i washinoton, March 22. In the United States Senate on Saturday, Mr. Fenton introduced a bill prohibiting secret salesof gold. A bill fixingthostalu ofjudgo udvocate in thoarmy wua reported and indefinitely postponed. A resolution was adopted for the appointment of a Heleoi committee of nine ou uolilicul disabilities Mr. Sumner offered u joint resolution mult ing tbe rules of ocean postage ihe mmo a*, those bn land, which was referred. The Tenure 'of»()llleo Act was discua-ed,' Wahhinoton, March 23. In tho United Stales Senate, yesterday, n bill was reported and passed, granting the right of wuy to the Midland Fucific Rail road. Officers wero elected, as follow*: Sergeaut-ut-Arms, J. R. French, of North Carolina; Clerk, J. M. Morris, of South Carolina; Congressional Printer, A. M. Clupp, ot New York. Mr. Sumner intro duced a bill to amend tho naturalization law’s. Tho House resolution, correcting tin* omission from tho Civil Appropriation hill of the bondod warehouse provision, was concurred in. The bill to amend tho judicial system was considered. Tito Touuro-of- Office act came up as unfinished business, but the Senate adjourned without acting upon it. In the House, bills wire introduced by Mr. Lynch for resumption of specio pay ments. Mr. Kelsey, toprohibitsecret traffic in gold by the Treasury. Mr. Wood, to re peal the act relating to certllicatiou of checks by the National Banks- Mr.'Asper, to make an additional State cubed Lincoln out of part of Texus. Messrs. Kerr, Po land and Jenckes, relating to naturaliza tion. Mr. Wiuans Introduced a bill grant ing the right of way to the Memphis, El Pn so and Pacific Raifroud, which was passed. Mr, Paine offered a resolution, which was adopted, providing that in contested elec tion cases no claim of a disqualified con testant shall be considered, and nocompen satiou to such contestant allowed. Tho same gentleman Introduced a resolution annulling votes cast for disqualified candi dates at Congressional elections, tfcc., which was made the order lor Wednesday. Mr. Logan, from tho Military Committee, re ported bills abolishing the office of chief of staff to the General of tbo Army, and pro hibiting assignments to duty of retired officers, which were passed. Mr. Lynch offered a resolution, which wus adopted, for a select committee to inquire into tho caUses of the declino of our commerce, aud what measures aro necessary to rovivo it, tbe Committee to report at the next session. Mr. Lawrence offered a resolution recall ing tbe adjournment resolution from the Senate, bnt after discussion it was tabled without a division. Mr. Schenok, from the Ways and Means Committee, reported a bill, which was passed, admitting works of art for exhibition in the United Status free of duty. He also reported a resolution re-, commending the President to begin negoti- \ ations for a renewal of tho Canadian rc ciprocliy, which was adopted. It Is now announced that a near relative of the Mr. Boggs, Mr. Grant’s former St. Louis partner, nas been found in a‘Mr. Wm. M. Boggs, of Clermont avenue, Brooklyn, and that he Is to have a substantial reward for services performed in time of need. The Collectorabip of the Third New York Dis trict, now held by Mr. E. T. Wood, is said to be the little office In rich reserve. Immense quantities of wheat are still held by Minnesota farmers. They iefose to sell at present prices.