C 0 j.% - relferne ,''-: :1•••'.."',? „,.. 7 . Ns ASE PRINTED, ;IrVIIII.ED-r- . ..,% S4forsto.O '''''' • ~ ift ,; .... /„.. ~,a., end Mr at., , iL''.:''...,---',-'•,-,--- • r d e d wbid, wlll reuk tle sal.. 1'....., lbonontloo Ls forro ta.r .. :'-.: T::,.' .4srlibtrs soonest os tlso rri d is, .. • I ' lilngle cople• In Clubs of nee Ii Clube or ten •nd upward. the Wittointvgit (Audit CITY. ITEMS. Ph,'Miriam', PrellobelrS and Poet• Coe halryer s ;Barbers , Soap. Only thirty cent:. nrake. • • itairjerfs Darber• Seep G nice—try It. Mily thirt7 mita s calm. ==33 The Great Sisal et Oat Sale Of Cloaks Anil Shawls, Barker's & Co., No. SO Market street.. • Greenback* Are At grant bargains, itt thofinal eleising out +ale at Eurkcr's & Co., N,'o. 59 Market street. • Mil thwaha ik Shawls • At about half tnlOe,"at. tho Anal dosing out sale, at Corker's & Co., No. 69 Market street. Win= 14t1U treater Redactions In blankets, flannels, shawls, cloaks, Oro goods and balmorals, at Shellaby & Barclay Now is lite time to buy woolens at a gre .sacrilltte, at 74 and - ;6 Market street. Tsretity-tice Cents a Tard For print.} ginghanisoxinsUrui,ehecloa, tick - 111gs, backnzies, &o" at ilhellaby .t Barclays. All of the above goods at less than Eastern prices, at '74 and 7G Market street. The UiDb Continuely The great rash to obtain Ladies , Furs still continuca, et the - extenalve Hat, Cap, and Ladira' Fur Mills° or William flaming, .fio. 189 Wend street. we'wlll continua to soli our Lallea' rum at as great reduction; until our immense atock laclosed out. Dry Gboda peaferi Will find a complete stotk, gmbrating a full line Of Bleached aid Berlin Sheeting% and - Shirting% and Pella* together with every oth er kind of Goods required for the present and coming season, at Barker's & Co., Iro. 50 Mar ket street, at much less than Eastern prices. 1 Laugh - 1146as 6.llwarsVree.ll3s:l pt., C. 8111,448 Peon street, who has been gic .ll4 tilt Nitrous Cixid Gas for more Allan two ,years to the people of Pittsburgh, oonanues to Administer this delightful agent; Ms rooms - are crowded every Any with persons delight -0 *ith aleOessi Teeth are furnished at This well-losoyie and responsible establish ment 4410, end high as .100 per set. An exiirieneed lady assistant is always In atten - dance.' tiOtt Is the Time to Buy Cation - goods, and Sheilah, d Barclays, 71 SaidXl4larket street, is the place to buy them Tcti Are no doubt well aware that Cotton and Liken - 100ft tire advancing in price, and the. advilifee;'frian present appearance, is likely to continue. : We repeat, therefor% that now Is thetirriC to. buy. The stock of - these goods in akeetings, shirting, pillowseasings, calicoes. tiekings, cheeks, table linens, shirting linens, tOWels, napkins, de„ which is now bemg, of fered by this firm, Is one of the largest they liqe had tho..pleaeure of offering for yearn They pitrehaied largely of the above goods early in the month of December. Sheliaby d Barclay aro still In the bee hive stand. Ton -can't Miss the piece.. lii-We!ilfit Worth lischt.v! TitlS t 'Priteet it: 4 plt is ajewel as easily lost .as, virtue, and In sene rases as .difilcult to Sr. isoVer;:'2fatire., in oar clbnate, and especial - ' , Sy at.tiltapenims, requires to be occasionally s vPlnforrel.:: 7tereverything dependa upon the vtuniO - ,eted fcs , iVas pmposo. ri.,ficin., "..tinqturenso4 - .piE; are eased on common at .l3harare'.#l4 Cit,4 o :Cus- 4 4 9TttiliCklY tiutioo . yirMforit, is aelo.i poi s o n , • ‘ona sate prpteoure trail. all unhealthy atmos pheric intittenees .exists, and one anti/. This TawerfulPreventivc Is Ilostetter's Celebrated Stomach 'Bitters, a cympolmd of the purest -stimulants ever manufactured,. with the tnost • ..ef.thetire. loates, alteratives, regulators and -ilepurators that , c•hensistry has yet extracted a Irons the botanical kingdom. Convalescents, • ' , languid andleeble from recent sickness, will dind the Bitters an_inearaparable nestorstrve, riot disagreebte to the taste, and eminently to tigorating. 2f oidher stimulant produces the atone effect as thhi Stomachic. It does not ex . - ;cettet or flutter the nerves, or occasion any no ; t • due arterfal 'action, but at once soothes and -strengthens the nervous system and the Oil s Isial spirits. Hostetter's Hitters At sold wholesale sad retail nt very low rates at Fleming , . Drug andnitent Medicine Depot, 64 Market street, corner of the Diamond, a ear Fourth street. Fall and 'llrlater flood*. It e with great •idetistcre ire Call the atten on of our readers to the aubperb stock of Pall .and Winter Goods - Just . . received by Mr. John 'Weer, Merchant Taller, No. lia Federal street, Allegheny. Ills stock embraces some of the most beautiful Cloth*, Cassnacres, Overcoat _ lags Bud Nesting, eves brought-to the western anarket Its essortment of Furnishing Goods, comprising Shirts, Drawers, Collars Neck Ties, Ximdkerchleft, de., cannot be ,surpassed snit or cest. :A. large stock of ready made Pant Alosts,,Teirti and Overt Mats, will also be found at his establishment. Persona in want of any thing to the clothing Nine should not fail to give Mr. Weler a oak. We ISM 'feu Tel , Coe'. Dyspepsia Cure; :it will help you. Con, stipation, one of the copses of iii health, is eons. pletely cured by the Wiet of the Cure. dts; sasses of tbo stomach and bowels, like sick: headache, heartburn, cramps, pains or colic, aro controlled instantaneously by the use of Coe's Dyspepsia Cure. Solo agent for Pitts. bowel; Joseph naming, Druggist, No. Si ket street. Thomas W. Parr? d Co., 2ructicatSlate ItoOfersosnd Don Jerkin Amery Call Slate of 'meows colors. Office at Alexan der Laughlin's near the. Water Works Pitts rit• Residence. No. 75 - Pike street. Or dery promptly attendedto. All work warrant t atlinter proof. Itepattfng done at the short est Uotice. Nettarge forrepalrs, provided the cot {snot atiumeil artrt it is put on. lllkorene . . "There. are nue, hundred distil:tot nervous Isel 4 eN eila - there U net. one or thorn that will • ant ytel.l to the great Invigorant, Ellkoreno. Why suffer the torture.of nervous 'Weakness - S'ornAlnyi The Elkorcne writ glre you luslant relief itha I , er:cm:tent strength. Sole agent for :YlDSburgh, Joseph Ficitettig, Druggist, No. di. "Market strut.. Sent by express any where. - - The World zed hie Witte. .And grown up daughters,' aro unarnm,is on •tone point. They declare Unreeervedly that laazOdOnt is a blessing to 'their months, that A linproreS and preserves their teetb, to vigor. .ateit their, gums and asteeteus °eery breath diazw: /Tenet they bay It. Ai 'Domini. . iiialaVatott rays , the sales art pro-gloug. Carpep4er Jobbing Shop. Haring-returned after:an absence of three ("Car; tp the army, I btroi re-opened pay shop, TfOrpnpottAot,JOhbutrin the• • carinutter line, jet the ola Rtaud, nifirituAller, between Sall tb etecetnnd Chin* Alley. Orders solicited Toad promptly attended te. =I STAR*: wpm; The question whether deserters can be lo Sadly disfratichEsed Without. due prooess of law ,las born btiniKht into toilet La the contested •Atdoetion ease Of lowe ve. Atengcr, for the of , ?ie of District Attorney, When lt was decided K+that the votes of such persons iould reveited... it "soot likely, however, Viet This il&dsion will be sustained, if appeal POundo-fSOS: Supreme. Ctsoyifiav,ini- ( =Mk"' dwide't "rifiaJOrite of the delegates and of the popular )Vote in 'Milford - county forGnrrrnor, on Ft-t. tiny kat, oomp.o titor aa - ..rne sc o, Jon dAN - ':' , ivittalnticiA from the add, as .was. mutually • IligeOed upon before - the primary election. ...,.;'ll% - itic tcei,tesiding Inithe eastern part of ;;Aced tiuphin cOunty, lams had six sons In ar ' :11.1e* o ninnyUnfon.tuad tlion,Th they patoMina ' in of tho moat blOcidy coati lets of the Lntar, they hate nil escaped without the 'flight; lie n injury, and have all returned home safely. months: ago a littit girl mulled Katy 7- isCabei- at , Conemaiiala Lotion,- got lowly burned fila;lnalthlt'shavings which were t01.112e..; Sho lingered:lt/Wee intense nuder lag Theowday, wheßhea : She died. Yot• had. too anger. of :ter tight 1 , 41 14 edi Off bi - near wheel, thee:Ali ' 'dayois,:ahe , atoopea to Nth. op sotoetizto g -' giVailtratic• Y GAZETTE! VOIXME LXXX.---NO. IG OUR HARRISBURG LETTER --o- Com-mm.l.-n, of Nit 'burgh .; a iette The debate in the Senate yesterday was one of more than usual iutrrest not only from the able mauticr In which the question before the body was argued, but from the fart that It was the commencement of the great railroad light which it has been rumored for home mouths post would eoMioff during the present sea- Mon. Mr. Bighorn's rOsolutiortafproved to be a bombshell which exploded among the rank and file of the opponents of a general railroad policy with wonderful results. The debate was confined to Senators Bighorn, Lowry and Clymer on one aide and to Senator Hall on the other, but It In rumored that when the subject again comes up other and equally capable ge.e. Um:ten will expresstheir view/amen the ques tion whichiti_the moat ridyttnlngeons to the State, a liberal railroad policy or a restrictive policy - 1 Yourpeople have for years been of one opinion Open the subject, but unfortunately fortliern.theY have net the 'Power to vote or to give their sentiments utterance to on ex tent which will control legislation save Ity so moulding the Wand,, of your Senators anti Repneseututives as to cause them to east t heti votes in favor of the Company which it Is re ported alit give your city other outlets than thota_Abel, .flOw po•iatas. Mr. Bighain . re marks were evidently: based uses n. determi nation to do his (lilt , / to his COtittlelltn, seers eer while he promptly !tarried eve MI ry query pro_ posed by-his-opponents, he dill ant allow the interruptions to (trivet - him from tilt regular train of !meld. Whether his renal nth,. win meet with the approval of a majority of t h e s enate eannot be definitely ascertained at this The joint resolution of Mr. McKinley, of Lawreuee, promises to elicit considerable it coesion when It rouges before the House for oonsideratiOn. Yonhave doubtless received a synopsis of it by tel but It Issuffielent ielmportant to send In toll. It is or !Mimi,: Terroit,d, de., That we 11 0 hereby declare It to our solemn conviction that treason merits the severest punishment; that the penult les incurred by the chief participants In the late relmllloo should-by noMeans he abated, and that the permit. whom We represent stern s,/ de mand that Jefferson Davis, the chief Instiga tor of, and the leader In treasonbrought before the civil courts: ors military cooling,. sloe, which even will Moat certainly secure the capital punishment, of Ids acknowledged guilt. DIM ELT The project to build a railroad up taw Mon ongahela Valley has been retired by the pre sentation of • bill incorporating a Company to be known as the M000naahol• Haitroika Company, with the following oorporators , Jeste Larar,'l. C. Flenniker, G. IL Bowman: W. IL Clark, P. L Kramer, Samuel Vanhook, W. E. Frazer, Jr., It. G. Mullin, J. L. Vtinvoor cleft, Job Johnson, L. M. , Speer, G. t . Lawrence, Samuel Walker, W. J. Alexander, J. H. Hop tins, W. B. Negley, Dr. J. E. Shaffer, and other.. The capital ..teck is to be te2,000 im. The road into . rim eloon.the Monongahela to West Vie giui• State line. The company can connect with any other railroad, and can build branch or lateral 1'0616 tO theemd-Ilelds of Al leghen3 Fayette, Green, Washington and Wratmorr land, which branches are to nave the name fa cilities for connection with other rt.ti% that the =ln line has. Senator White said Representative Quay have offered a bill, which will be acceptable, to the gallant men who fought durin the rebel lion, in the army of the Union. It provide. that all °Ricers and soldiers who have been honorably mustered out of the service since the first of September ISSI, or who are now In the regular or volunteer eervice, shall be ex empt from taxation for bounty purposes. The State Agricultural Society held their annual meet tog here yesterday. It web "tato that there are live hundred thousand dogs is Ohio, seven hundred thousand is Pennsyl vania, and one million In New York and as the increase in the number of canines has bran most disastr.ous to the growth of wool from their ravages among the sheep, a renols tion was adopted asking Congress and the Legislature to 'yrs - a tax upon the animals. The 25th, With, and of September were designated as the - days span which the next State Fair shall be held, and a committee was appointed to receive proposal's from the different Icealities which desire tote selected as the lace where the exhibition shall be held. The following offices, were selected to serve during the ensuingyear; President—A. Boyd Hamilton. Vies Presidents.—tot District, Jalles McCrea: 2.1, George Blight;24.l district, Vincent L. Wad. .Adrian C ford; 41.11o rnell district, ; tit distr ic t ,A. R.Congt; Will nth iam IL dlstrieKMt. , stein;:th district, Isaac W. Van Leer; Bth, din trict, Tobittellartopth district, JacobE. roy bill; lOtli district, John 11. Cowden; 11th dis trict, Joseph Sigmas 12th district„ Daniel G. 11th district, John C. Mori - Let 14th district, Amos E. Kapp;. lath district, George IL - Bucher; lath district, Ihodal O. Gehr; lan llstriet, distriet, Louis W. Hall; Isth district, It. Morris nib.; lath district, IL W. ilussellciVtli district, Michael C. Trout; 21st. district, George Utley; 251 district, John Murdotich, Jr.; rid distriet, Williate. Bissell; -2.lth district, Joshua Wright. Additional -limbers of the P.:recoils. Guntatt tre.—Willitim Colder, John 12. Ebs . , Bow. G. Peters, John II: Ziegler, Peter Hurdle, Freder ick Watts, David Taggart, Jacob S. Haldeman, Thos. P. Knox. CorreApondirify Scuretarg. , —Jumen Young Cht-wist fend iitologi:t.--S. S. I hildemla n. Lit ow riers.--Itcor.s. , Gilbert. • A I. sa named Evans, of Bedford, Indiana, a minister of the Gospel, ibrinerly a Professor to the Northwestern University, in Indianan. tilts, and author of the popular book called 'The Pioneer Ministers of the West," has fallen from grace. Ile went oil from Bedford In company with the wife of Thomas John son, and at the Jones Douse, tu llreeneastle, was caught in flogrEmte della° with the erring lady, having registered himself us somebody else and May. Ttleaffair has created a emit commotion in Lawrence .countv, and P.•ans . has been expelled from . the church, while Johnson tins applied for HAD - once. Evans Was himself a married man, with several children, and has heretofore borne a good character. Tax New,„lssre or Paseneess.t. Cellars.; r.— The statetnent recently made that the Treasu ry Department would taste ir.00,000 worth of new fractional currency in the Conine of is week or so ;to entirely Incorrect. The new notes will doubtless not he issued for sereral months to come, as the Department does not intend to put too muchotthe fractional cur rency In circulation, arid will wait for the re, demptlen of a considerable portion of the old lashes. The Department to still engaged in printing the Ofty-cent notes of the last issue. Sllxre Qr enenTtNED.—Abut forty English blooded sheep, worth lyroe Or each, arrived tit New York a day or two ago, and tinder the cattle-plague law they will not be allowed to. I land. They are detained ori boanl the steamer, but app/ [cation for a landing permit has been made to Washington, which has not yet been heard from. The enstont authorities Informed the consignees that there was probably no ; power under the law of admitting the ani mals on sliOre unless in the form of butchers' Meat. Tux tot.onst I—lt Ls a , say. the Hartford Tim lo r.s, rn. with reform curlnu.. to fac the t, late cold snap, that fora few minutes about flee o'clock, the Cold was much '.more intense than at any hoar before or afterwards. In Farm ington, at Whittnore'n green-hoote., attend ants were up all night protecting the plants against the cold. At .a quarter past five, they noticed a v.,' rapid depression In the mercu ry., which reached thirty-two degree.. intl.w zero, Latin a few minutes rote again ,evera I Argues. A W3NOPAL.I. /on Al.4.!Sillit.l k well undersl,el that the eoCrlparatlee poverty of H MaXitalun setes the principal mocroving Call, Of ht. p.e.replpnee Of the Mexican wn. T/114 difficulty has tow beollsemOved; for his wife. iv+ 111 , . daughter of thdnate 'Xing Leopold, of Itelgium Willow at once infollie poito•udon ut not IeNN ihan n million sterling, lace 4.1,(100,170,,, the King'. entire private format, being divi dedequally hetweeu hir three PAU. hiri. Two brothel*. named 'Muted and William Kimball employed oa the Poter,bure and Ft. Wayne Railroad one as 1.1 Motion ongim•er :Ina the ocher nn brakeaman; were nirreqteii gni Valparnbol, Imilana. ors Saturday, for robbing the trail - s of n large manual Of : property. They had been In the habit of pilfering daily from Ilse can.. rind a large LtiOant of plua.ler found an theb• premises : • WILLIA9 tin au.ow, of Sash,,,,, county, tillool• bar • moblenl) found ou n ,,lr .worth (1,000,0 00. IL comes-from Msgr..t . randfather'', estate In Scotland, whirl) 1•111% sold many years ano - thelprico brought bovine I since accomuinteci n the Bank of lie had preciously einarreleJ with ha win, and son, and has now. made it will cutting theta off without u 9SOK conimunced snowing Again In St. Paul on Sundap night. and the snow is now feetdeCp. This is deep er thou wa• ever known before In that locali ty. 1114 badly drifted and the reads are ha passahle. UOV. 1.1110WN1M.., of Tennex....a , wants the Legialatune to both] t wohlanachatTlitenrimclem, Eat for Et and the other for - 11 e•t Ten n,-._ ner, saying that lime pre , ent:. :hate prism, I. crowded with Al hundred prisoner, and t number in likelY'3.o.retich One .tlannran.l S.rrt. serviees hare been h.• 1.1 In West -Ininstet, Abbey. tin celebration of theation eiwn. hundredth anniversary of Ihe foond of the Abbey by Edward the Confessor. trAtre or Last. ix Loans.—;The alit Eagie - Tavern In.Gruee-chureb street trt . ee e.entt pulled doWn, stud the Site P.M 111' aue. tient. It contained .12,G09 feet, of whioh 5.0, rre leasehold for a long tettn, and the real freehold. The first bid Wan -.C50,010 and the Jinni one 091,000. _ Joni nEAVEr., of I'ortAniouth. N. IL, I,er.tn pll.l:vd tbf. feat that elty, , r4! ,.k of walking one hundrcil tnlina 1,, ono bundr..,l Liour,4,l44Ltoint vorni,leting the w,lc on Saturday evening at half-paq Serer Lt+ nntr„avtt expre..i.l it, "ft.1.0 3 t „, supl n. nelV.” A actrtY turrlYed-John Chinaman in Califor nia parcluvied nettle lee - last suttimer, iota fina -1,. It very . , wet laid it oat to chli ha Me oitos. On gulag to tool: Tor it again, be found it hail ills 'appeared, and fortbsrltti the whole Clitnesvnilglanirliood with lareuny. A general riet wan bite eOliiee,illenee. TICE {lnd Chattanooga Railroad has begini a snit against late President, for sl,ooo,ttti damages, in permitting the Coil federnt., litiverninellt to line the road Una its machinery during :the war. lire. Hesu Co ‘nn dropped ilenti nft.,r reach log ht. Niiirett at. rivieting. It. 3- on Sanaa,' morning, lloth limb, before ht Mel enter e d upon the atmue of , ;lhe day. 113,11 dlunlgtnnery (Ain.) Ledger think.. that therein more danger nf an Overnrop of cotton than of a failure this year. • 3ItR. vear 1)a ven pOrti Callan,lo.4 «Weide on Friday Jamt, Int , / it 4 • r El SI El T r FA PITTSBU 111 Gm G A ZETT i. 11Anaisanuo, January 17. 1.146 DIII ,Cisetwirsvi, Jan. IR.—The International ding on Byeamore street., between Third and l'ourlit occupied by the government for °dices, was considerably dutuagial in the fourth and fifth stories last night by lire. The building contained a large onantity of valuable books and parsers belonging to the government, which were Saved. nlO iOSA [tithe building Is not ascertained. The steamer. Sherman sunk, riegr Pailtlemt, on Tne.lay. 'The iym.t 11111 i '0001.(0 'Wan emitted at one lutudrthl Sad' forty thOusand. Incedly insured, VERY LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH Our Special Dispatches FROM WASHINGTON PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE. District Negro Suffrage Bill Passed. CLAIMS or SOUTHERN CITIZENS Southern Lighthouse Reestablished. Mita.. lEtc.... Elto Special I , l+patch to the Pittyburgh Clazett, WARIIINOTON, January Is, lAkil . . Those who suppoiont Congress could be eith er forced or frightened taloa backward move ment on the District suffrage question, evi dently failed to comprehend the spirit of the lion,, end theac who feared a apllt In what is technically rated the party evidently fulled to are how generally the people are to earnest to 'retire the fruits of their vietorie, on the bat tle geld. The vote try which the suffrage bill aas passed is proof sufficient that the r•rnn strurtion problem will not he solved with au due haute. The whole Interevt of the day , , proceeding, eentered in the House and parked generic, at tested the depth of popular feeling The Suf frage bill came up at lialfnast one, and Sidney Clarke, the now member from Simms, made his debut in • clear and forcible speech In fa vor of unireraal suffrage. Re war followed by Philip Johnson, of Pennaylvanlm from the op peedte aide of the House. Neither of these speeehe. held the attention of the floor or the •EVOrrboll) was 11111[10111 for n rote; yet the troubled anxiety berwine watch tut and calm when Governor Boutwell took the door and Representatives Crowded around him and I he galleries listened with rapt attention while he spoke for three quarters of an Mom In u a strain of eloquence rarely equalled. ST he hour of half past Orel:a:dr.:o,mnd Rep resentative Wilson, of lowa, who bad the hilt in charge, called up the main question Mr h lblack, of Indiana, rnored to lay the whole •übject on the table, and the eall of yeas and u.ays showed that forty-six believed this the proper course to take, while one h nnd red and twenty-three were of a different opinion. Mr. Darlington, of New York, believed the ides of March would bring new light upon the 'duty of Representatives, but Ms motion fur postponement wan lout by thirty-four to nun hundred and thirty-four. Mr. Hale, of New York, thought It best to lie. gin with qualified suffrage, but the 1i0n... did not agree with him and his motion to recommlt with instructions, was loss. by fifty-three, to one hundred and seventeen. IL was half -past four, and the dilatory motions had nil been de feated. The Main question wag reached, and for the fourth time the !louse roll of yeas and nays was called. The galleries remained crowded, and many Senators and distinguish ed gentlemen were on the floor of the Cham ber. Scarcely leas than three hundred colored men and women looked down upon the emene The roll call begun with a hushed booze, but when It was found that throe-fourths of the dent fifty members responded aye, the passage of the bill by a strong majority became assur ed and, the audience could scarcely watt for the end. On the announcement, when the speaker declared that the bill extending the right of eudrage to all negroes, had pavieil by vote of one bundredAnd edirteen to fifty-four. - • the floor end the galleries broke out tale most hearty apgdattso and when .0(11e member of the opposition called for or. der In the galleries, and the Speaker roMond ed that be could not be expected to enforce a rule upon the mdlertes, which the llndse did ant ittelf °beers e. The applanie was rvnaw- eil anil kept Lip with great entha.“,e, fur .001 e minutes. The follou Ing are the names of (hum elect ed a. Union members, who voted In the nega tive ; Kay, Kendall, Ilia.; MD, Stillwell, and Farquhar. Indiana; Smith, McKee and Ran dall, Kentucky; Noel, Yankton; Decilandn and Anderson, Missouri; Ilendorson. Oregon; flut. bard and Latham, Weltern CLAMS.' LOYAL SOUTREftlyai The large number and magnitude of claim. from citizens of states, lately lo rebellion, growing out of the destruction or damage to property, by the army or Davy. %lithe en. gaged In suppressing Insurrection, have com pelled the Boone Committee on Claims to give the matter their grave con•lderutlon• Ever eine< the formation of the Committee, ill December, these claims have been crowding noun them, and the great imtmrtance of es. tablisking some rule for the guidance or Con gress has each day become more apparent. Tle Committee Las at length adopted a rule which was pre.ented to the hots, to-day in the form of a resolution, declaring that until otherwise ordered, the Committee shall reject all claims referred to them for examination to citizens of any of the States lately to re elliop, growing oat of destruction or damag to, or appropriation of property by the arm• or nary during the late war. The Committee, in theft renort, diserisi the question thoroughly and ably, and come to the conclusion that there Ls no rule or law requiring the recognition, try Congress, of claims of this character ; that the magnitude of this public debt, created to suppres. the r,liellion.ronder. It !tupelollble for the G. erlinient to cOrunennate all the...e who ha t.I nlned Individual loaned by the mclion of h, • mhr. In the field, that the attempt to pay -.eh °lame would Impair .the uatlonat credit flebtrny confidence in the puWic en/ ales everywhere, Impose such ad,i,tior, burdens so los to give cause for diseoutebt and eutnplalnt, and lead to the possible encourage ment of sucti evil-minded persous an May be led to favor the policy of repudiation. I_lOllTllOl.7llEn ON . THE 4 .0111 . 11[12?: COAST The must Importnnt lighthoniloy on t _ighthou l u. Board; but A Isrgo narrDer bt . ninln unligtitrif, us. ing 10 it tleflefoncy in llit =MIMI THE PLOT TO LIBERATE LEM 'JILIN The Late Jamaica Iltaft.:tert .S t w ynne..laa In—The Hewer - I'4 Fort ret, NI ea rn correspondent says: The vigilance of the military authorities In their search fur any persons who may he concerned in the sup im,v,l plot to liberate Jeff. Davis has not been In any degree relaxed since the expulsion from the district of all who are known to ha. r riven at one tame In the rebel starrier. A slier', lookout Is still kept. on all arrivals, both WO: land and water, and the conspirators, If the plot really exista,are len little opportunity hn- the prosecution of their scheme.' - The Kingston-, Jamaica, tOondo,l, of lieu. 1011, In noticing the outcry with which the wholesale elel UttOra in the Inland hat been rreelein In Europe, re-affirms that the negrn mot was un aatounding arid horrible reality, and was only prevented from dere/oiling itself b. the raPlilsnoYements of the troops. Addrewo or Colored nee 10-the Members of Cotigres. s.IINGTOV, Jan. 11.-9eVen colored men representing, n largo n« tuber of colored rit item, north and south and in the District of Columbia, being authorized to speak, put. Ikh a card today, addressod to the members of Congress, respeetfully submitting that the I,o,tic now pending before Congress for the ex tension of the frattehhm, the action should ho based on the idea that there ean of right ho no privileged class before the law In a itopnbil earl Government. and they seriously awl most earn...lly object to any discrimination In such an II dent lon on account of oolor, because to do nu would be 'avid imuly affecting them and oz. po.ing them to a similar class of legislation throtight the land, and thus wake us Rubio to the grentr%t in) Ustiee. They want the bill to affect alike all loyal citizens in the Histri e t o f t ohntibia. Damaged by Fire-,lteambeat 'ank PIT NB URG FRI DAY, JANUARY- PENNSIIYA.NIA LEGISLATURE. ,ro, tat Ilispotch to the Pittabnrgh Gazette lianalean to, January Is, Ufa. Tne Legislature met today at the usual hour the noel number of members being in attell In nee. We bare the following In.ine-is or la serest to report• • "r`wTe—Mr. Hall, from the Committee , oll J udielary General, reported no committed, 141 act providing for the formation of a new .lndr riot District, to be called the Twenty-sevente. composed oflteaver and Washington counties Mr. Worthington, from the Special Commi tso on the contested case of Messrs, McCon• oughy and bundle, reported In favor of the former gentleman. Mr. Montgomery, hard er, who la the only Domoonst upon the corn• mitten, dissented from the opinion of the ma jority. Mr. bleConaughy being present, he !sworn In and toot his seat. The following bills were read In Ware: Ity Mr. Lowry—A bill changing the name Of the Union load and Mineral Company to tho Erie and Allegheny Railroad Company. TWA, bill went, through its readings, and wig gunny' panned. Mr. Connell read a bill regulating the rate a. interest to be charged by the hanks of the ommonwealth. Mr. Memos read an Act to Incorporate the, People's Savings Dank of Pittsburgh. Mr. Iloge read an Act to intairygrate the Lea t rat Railroad Company, of Pennsyl Van la rain) an Act authorizing an additional Law Judd., In the Eighteenth Judielal District, rompo.od of al ereer and Venango eonntiws A resolution aa. read and adopted, provi. ding that, if the Rouse will eonenr, when the senate adjourns to-morrow, it will be to mutt again on Tuesday morning next, at eleven creloek. The bill WO, ill Ina for the er.alOtl of the judicial district of Wt.htngton and Ileavdr eountles was read again, and finally passed, atter which the ornate adjourned. Hot:At—A joint resoledion was passed in the Mrse, which provides for the appointment Of it-Committee to prepare a hill to revise the revenue of the Commonwealth. Mr Boyle read n petttlon for the repeal of on Act WWI, to the l'ittkitrgh A Com:tells 'elite Railroad Company. The folio , " log bill. onre read in oltt,t• fly mr. 'user . to - relation to the u athdi u I of troops from the rebel wt•teu. BY Mr. I , avk . An not to allow !tarn,. ia. text/ate,' to testify in equity case:, Ity Mr. Ifonek An set to allow out mi. ler of Allegheny City to administer oatii. Tabs bill Went ttinfrugh the necessary era lingo, and was flnan y morn. Ity Mr. Mann' An art exempting real estate (rein State tai Ily Mr. herrn-on s 1.114 nermitidqi the voters of Loner county to decide by ballot, where the county scat shall Ito lorated. There was a resolution passed, to hold a sor- Mal session to confide eersolutlon• on the deaths[ Abraham Lincoln. Hellointim.. thanking Liedtnnant Grant and .Admiral Farragut, and the +oldtera and rallnr• haler them, wrrr pa•re.t The iiollll.o then adJonrned until ?Idaday next. It lit atattal that I.OV t Into oirt 1.1,1 In Nan 1 ork lagt arra log FIC H Viithvorable Aimee( of the Imperial Catpie. - £.ll'it lIS EIlLr:t(rC,111.011 CONSPIRATORS ARRESTED sere re Shocks of Earthquake Eat a*. cz, , E=l Nrlr TOale, Jan. Meats I'ams=.l ene resperrolent of JarNriirs 11th. says the latest tvl.. Tier, arc unfavoratile to the /imperial cause. The Inhabitants of Monterey feel no security In Ma altrillhin'4 Mention troops, and nre log the city on maw.. liter thirty thots.mmt 'loll to have left In Owe.. lays The cheat,. ate nanullog the.' gou.l. ealushlest to San Louis Potosi. The nett frt. the .lepurtment of Ittnalra l• oleo irlautuy for the Imperialists. ant elites for that city tints( pass through the reve nue Ins in/leers of the reputilicon Cl • Cler.l to ( moon lhe .llst ultra guerilla fort, of three hun dred. zttliong trh•nu 'a rt . ' til Id to he some .5 in,- • - Inns, rnpt ared n pinee named sae Just) lies dainupe //untafp.. After baring completely destroy,' 11, they left to utletelr the Inn n of Mlenel del Iljezecoltel. The gnvrillna wern hcalted Ivy two antis, Amerleana The Frrneh lon., had left Iturantto to at tuck be Impertaltvir, and claim n victory over the ,pubilean Itiencral Rezaler, rhu attacked Anglin:tits with over eight thousand On the lath nit. another yllatte, named Mantra- Ito, WM4 attacked by Itevzolev, but he nay revolved. The lo.flazt• of laheaha, near Tov puenlettpul, lend defeated the nod., Toper, In 1 neatan. They then attacked Lenn t lift. hot were reptilved. Llentenunt of En gineers Martine WZM killed, and Lopoe vra• to Ito tried by Coon Martial. Various other engagentento, with varied .ur oe.o. on either side, had taken plat,. enn•piratorn 1L.4%/14xiWMte the Minister or R"nr had 'teen arrotatvl al the very moment of carrying the scheme Into execution. The court martlal at Jalappa had %eaten cod vevern I goerrillav to death. . . The noirt martial had .olutenreAt vt. of leader. of thy )lundou. lomt•e., at Mart ue, to he three to ten year. hard lat and .rt oral other, to labor and'tent. The nialt4resi wpa 011011,141 , 11rnily rewire.) on herjocirriey from Vera Cruz to Onto a, A slfght.hoeh of nn earthquake was felt at Vera Crne on Jam:tory 341. Heavy Imperial reinforcements are on their way to Alontercy and italtilb, uttd bteneral reanlogro, ordered a roiltime of active opera tion. In conitn-tion with IleHla • to tenure the speedy pacification of the Rio t.re,tl.l, The &victim" of the 3d ea.,. It is to he feared that trouble will ()emir at Matamorn., not with the Malted 7•tates ; hot with the Federal troop', who have openly sympathized with the J imr hits, and given them material aid. The reinforcements reaching Mecivo front Ellrone, URI last trees In December, amber fire hundred. r.rtbri+.3" . wan felt mi. IlriZilba tittatige was tone anti several 11• Os 10, A severe shock wit. tilt at Pael.ila and a .11g1 One In the city. Atlelvea tram Met lon state that :tut the 1,1 Prat. ore rattling through the eauntry an rupturing the Imperial supplies ant ha," A f-„,r, 1 an het. dispatched (rant purntle them. Dr. Itendrielt Admitted to Dall—tioleide of a Mannish Admiral—Cholera rein Riming at Gondaloupe. Nro• Yonx Jan Iti.—lir. Ilendriek, surgeon of the whip Neptune, Ni hose ill treatment It al leged to be the CLl{L'itt of the death of a female passenger, hoe beet, aihnltted to hall, to a walt the action of the Grand Jury. The WortiPs Havana correspondent say (fur war steamers. are ready for sea, If any Ch Wan pirates; and they are sold to be plenty out In this port, should make their appearance. o neeretury Scatted had not reached Havana l he lath. fu Cron..., a Spanish organ, eon nrrn, the re ported oldie of admiral Pansjn after the rap.._ tore of the gent/vat euvudenga lay the Chits Hann. A eollhdon (Yearn' In the Bowery voter day at the sumo place where low' of Ale wa ovragtoned In Ocevmber lant,between, an he fore, Tillid-uvenue car and an Adam. Xc prem. ear. The fault an, drink. Of the former, fortunately-nn wasaorioti‘ly hurt, although several were brOlsed. Advice* from Vitudalotme via Bermuda, re port that the cholera to atilt prevailing, the average depth, ttelog one hundred and [Met one per day, In a population of ten thousand. Thernmored propolonl to cede the Island of St. Domingo to ngland he creating some emu most nt IMemude. The I , enlan,ll4 not meet ye:del-41u for i.o.nt of a quoruln. Derision of the Secretary of the Trengu• ry—TheOutbrftk ea the Me Grande— Preeldetat fierfolutlN ladlepowed. ure, Yog,ht.—Tbe Ihrald'a KW(' The Llimadtan delegation are not to Washington inelutlf of the ileciprocltv Treaty Ina to ascertain If II in not possible to establish friendly commercial relations between the n countries. The Mlles' Washington spacial soya: The Secretary of the Treasury has decided the pro hibition of the importation of cattle from Can ada. does not apply to the importation ofdressed beef. The World'. Washington specittl save: There Is a curious rumor here to the effect that the outb beliefn the KM Grande wan precipitated bye that Borne muterstanding had been reached between our Government and Atari enabling a withdrawal of the French troops and a quest recognition of pr even t The raid wasinado,says report, to any bath result. The Pee ildent was considerably intltsposed last evening, though no fears are entertained of serious Senator Nominate(' ( . 1,1 I NRAI Union caorm, ut Columbus, last nlgin. nominated John Sher mw/ for Senator. Tin: ballot stood: - Sherman, 19; Sehenek..; Bingham, 13. Tin, Legislatur e meets In Convention for the election to-day. nenolutionl In linear of Unnffing Jeff Davis. ST. Lorre, .tap„ 18.--The lirtvias Slat° Senate, yesterday, passed a re.olalloa favoring the trial, marvietiod, mot loseging of Jeff liav Mi lervinm nt Ow late rc4cll IIY gniltY Of trto4l2ll. MERCER'S FEMALE EMIGRANTS Action of Congressional Couunittees COLUMBIAN COMMISSION IN SESSION. New Yong, Jan. lf l ,—Colonel [leery sfeJn . gab, of the United states array, died at Matt.- burg, In this state on Tuesday. The Continental sailed yesterday for Wash ington Territory, with one hundred and twen ty-ere passengers,seventy-fire of whom wore women for wives of settlers to that territory. It was expected that a much larger number Would have gone. Mr. Mercer's enterprise to failure. The Pour Washington special says The Ways and Means Committecarrived at no con elusion. this morning, upon the Loan bill They held an Interview with Secretary Ma.- ton, that it CulrOoh. It la generally believed, In Washing will be adopted Mr Conklin Is preparing a constitutional amendnient, for reference to the Joint Com mittee on the Reconstruction. There is little doubt that first report of the Reconetruc ;ion CoMMlttee will embody a proposition for an nmennment to the Constitution. The II end& • Washington special mays: Gen eral Gordon Granger is about to resign. The Commercial's Washington speoialsays The authorities are investigating the cause of the tires in the several buildings, occupied by colored persons, last night. It in thought to be the work of a few rebel aympathisers. The admission of the Tennessee delegation to Congress Is regarded as Merely a matter of thee. The Herr, special say, The Columbia, commission met ea Monday and Tuesday, and disposed of some fifty more cases—Col. of, for the United States, and Gen. SolseerCol umbia, being present. The eases disposed of were those which were unrepresented except by ba-Judge Dean, of New York, who was appointed to examine them, and who, ending no proofs, discharged them. There are only about thirty CAMS remaining. The most imtiortant ones, the cases grow ing out of the old Colombian bonds represen ted by S. S. Cox and John Sherwood, of New York, are postponed until Monday a w sok, When the commisslon will meet again. The Vises of the Pacific steam chip company, and the United Mates steam ship company and rename railroad, are to be argued on printed brief 4 and orally when the court meets again. It t, understood that a bill to prevent smog aline will be introduced in the Senate to-day. The clauses have mainly been• made up from nuggivilinnii of the Trea.sury 3 Department, and the penalty for Aire/Mont of duties open Im ported goods has been made much heavier than ever in vogue before. XXXIXth CONGRESS-FIRST SESSIOI I P•stnarrms,,.llttaunry 0,146.; Morgan, from the Committee on Own- Melee, reported without amendment, the Mout, hill to extend the time for the o alb dra seal of goods from Wailed warehouse. amt public utoree. -Slex a bill to a nthorige the con. strortion of a telegraph line bet Wenn !sew York and the West Indle.. Mr. xrti,,<,,, c'ered it resolution, inntruetiref ;L e t mom,' ,ee on Piloting to enquire tilt° nod report the umOttin paid to the Waolitng ton city newspuper, for Government ad vorthing, anti ender what law etc. Passed. The House joint resolution for the appoint ment of t'rorf,oonal Governor, in the Southern "dates, wan then taken up, Mr. Nesmith ad dressed the Senate at length. Mr {Slime lotroduced a bill to amend the net of Ine-orporation of the Freedmen., Say. Inns and Trust Company, so as to authorise the Secretary of the Treasury to dertignate that institution or any of its branches, aa de positorie• of any money Wedging to freed men, to the hands or under the control of any eivitor military officer of the United States, mad to direei such money.' to be so deposited, the Company in all things conforming to the directions of the /Secretary of the Treasury. It was refereed to the Committee on Finance. A joint resolution was reported and pasm.l distributing the writings of 3Ladison among the States and the govenunental depart b entA A bill for the admission of Colorado as a State wits reported 3lr. Nesmith favored the reemodruction pol icy of Preablent Johnson, sr. opposed '0 en tire suffrage, and folvpratud a generous policy towards the booth. lir, Wrote followed. Ile argued ;mated a mitlln tbeSouthern !oaten at `,Marne Mr. {fade , of Ohio, followN Mr. Nesmith nt ~great length. Ile Raid he liatTnot Intended to anytiong on thin great subject. ile au n t predweed in waft for the report of the Cetninittee to whona the matter hail been en trusted for investigation, but as the Senator Isom Wiseatisln had. In his elaborate speech, yesterday, failed to touch upon some of the moot Important parts of the outeirct he frit nemmtrained to say something. Mr. Doolittle heyran Ley In /towing us of sue principles that Mr Lincoln heal entered upona policy ea to the nand...eon of some of those metes during the period of the lust Congress. I believe that question wan imitated before us. All the •r,ru. meats presented failed to con•love me th a t the time had come when it wog sofa to admit any of thew, Therefore I en:Mended against tt aud fur that I aml those with whom I roust tire accused of being a little cootiens and wets said to be filibustering. agalri-t the will of the majority. Now, I think Mr. Johneon hat made a great Improvement Ou this subject over his precirerasor, although he fan not touched upon the point where I think the difficulty begins. Mr Lincoln ad shoed us to admit Loularta Into the United State., sidle I r ibnbly more than a half of her terri tory was trampled beneath the Motile foot of the enemy, and our flag did not cover half the territory mitt perhaps at, of the imputation nt Lim state 1 did not think It would be safe to admit thr State upon ouch terms. I bad not seen anything In their conduct or pro:med.-Ago to warrant use a Haying that such a courim would be ult.. 'Yon will recollect that Sir. Lin coln did not require anything more from them than that one -tenth part of them should lake ceHain oath, not very difficult to take. Mr. Johnson has made an Improvement --a great impros t Meat upon this, fur lie dock re. quire that they shall Nonuse, alarm- ) Ile requires that they shall repudiate the rebel deb,. Ile requires that t hey shall renounee the right of sereasion. requires that they shall aeree to the conatitmlunal amendment aholiabing tdavery forever. These, In my $ll/Igltient, are great Minn's - meets noon the system of Mr. Lincoln. 11.1 Mr. Lincoln him self, at that time. required them, thing., a nd had the states come up to It • I believe that could have ) Witted to hie whams and elven him my vopport bet, oil, I have never had but 000 principle to my notion and that I adhere to, whether I amln n majority or In a minority. I ne•or intend to be tempted front it one single inch. I hare fixed my eye^ upon 1 11 . f: 1 i - r h o . % p i r x ingi n pl m e a oLsiter um n p al jnuteltylerhartoeul through nil difficulties In m legialat lye career s Since I bad a scat in this hod, I can tri umphantly say that I have atomd upon this floor when / had not ten men to ad against toe entire Senate, alien the prin..3ple I advocated wan nnfortunately inure ni far than these 1 announce to-day. lioa no u the whole :Senate startled by the Idea of ant. serial emancipation, ten or fifteen, Lot even dye vearo ego. to i Talk about unpopular doctrioes and at [s tempt nt itnidnte me by the Intimation that hall be found In a min.-My among the people. I know tile people bettor. I think I know that I trend the great pathway of rectitude Lind right. I think, ale, that I can say with Paul. that we have fought a gond tight. We are loft entirety through with It. / n,imlt t 1,41 Mc bare a little further to go In thy same lion, but our path h !OM Ono Lily easier limo it has born a, I give the Presidentl full eredit for all lie Min done, end honor him fur the manner In which ho hue Matelot, on the _great guarantees I have already allotted to. Ile has corumeun ed, m it were, to complete thin great arch of freedom right. Me has told the foundation deep upon the rusk of Justire and right. lie has demolietruttel that before the Inn", all non shall he equal. lie has deruauded that slavery shall be almitslital. I egret. with Illm an for, and linnor him who 1 1 , ftau th fintity. But, slr, he hat, filled to put A ' the kev yo uon arch that be an built, and Ify leave the h elt where It It, It Dingo to Ch ruin. I want, when thhi question Le well nets to tied, to be entirely done with It. I don't want on to be fighting over thin question of .larery Lt and the distinctions among the rights and s, f - i • , privilege of the American people. 1 say to President Johnson, to the denanernt. hr le party, and to the people of the United Staten that I norm will In the contr.- my until all men In Amer ea shall stand upon an equal frrotinn, equal before the law In every respect. 'When they will Ai lt, - ho that it can he dene,l will gh'e lop the controversy is Nell 7 hare been engaged for so Many years, and no man will rejoice more than I, that have been relieved fro It.to Mr. Wade further said, m that Congress, under "" the conntltution, wee the peOple, and the only , tribunal that can wattle the great titiestiMa of the tolmieslon of a state. We are the only men hi ott, in free goYernment, to declare' upon what principle any slate outside of the Government shall be admitted to It. I do not twee for what purpose—whether It Is a terri tory of the United etatem, or whether it la state that has forfeited till right and all ability to net for itself—it does not belong to the Pre, kut o t and if it did, the free government tif which we boast so much would he the most concentrated despotism of earth. Now on the subject that the Senator from Wisconsin did not toilet, I have already said, here arc four millione of people oatruebd from this Gov. °raiment. to he made serfs forever, nottrith .tond In g your deelarntienn of freedom, until yen eon ;Intl mane ;Ray 'tiler,' this right coo be Berta rent I. leo. one of those who was nn early mire. 'Cate of bringing theta entered people Into the army; invoking their aid to put down the re bottlesn. Oyer and over did I urge It upon the Executive, two yearn befork it took eel et. I feel that according to the power with which I wan invested, I did as tutteli as lay In my power to bring the Execut No and Congress up to the work of invoking and bringing to the ail or the Melon, those colored people, both In the army, .and navy, and every where else Where they have IlS•neOft Thetr employment In that capaellyell=COSUPOlt MO my duty. IVould I lend to,sultan oil.. one to Induce that people to jeopardize. their lives In detente of their country, and then tern them over to the merry of their enemies ! The mon that would do It, deliberately and knots - - Maly, Is the moaneet of God's creatures. Tempt them into the timice, let them light through the War, and then desert t hem to their elle/Must. be debar - med. m i t t.etintor from Wloconoin, did not allude to OA., at ail. Ills whole sympathy wal bYtp inn 19, 13 rebels, men won endeavored to destroy the 4 onstitut ton. Men who hove brined three or four hundred thousand of Our bravest sons, were the men who had his sympathy; but brows colored men, weak and uninfluentlal, yet who gave you the strongest aid, Without hich, you could never b*ve got through the war, they have no part Of year arisPathY• Mr. Wade discussed the temper and.dispoei lion of thee dl full nth whieh, be said, dialOyal and f Mite against the Onion. lie would keep t e States of the South out rd the Union t eygmm the right Of suffrage to the negro y legislation or by COLlStltuttoxal the t on the same prin ciple that the President d that certain Sena . tors did a groat many o rthings, andJast ae the President compel' them - to adopt the th e Amen ant, and repudiate the rebel debt. There 1r e much right to do the ono as the other. Mr. Wad.) then referred to the Manner In which the ConstitutiOnal amendment and other propositions of the President had been adopted by the South. ltist as the non venueun were about to adjourn •they read a dispatch from the President telling them them that un less they did certain things, they would not be readMitted to the Union. They acquiesced, of course, but It was ender duress mad he couldn't blame them If they repudiated every thing of the kind when the military power wan withdrawn. The bill enlarging the powers of the freed -11.1141 bureau was taken up and an amend meet offered limiting titles to land given to negroes by General Sherman to three years. Mr. Stewart took the door, in reply to Mr. Wade. The bill giving the widow of President Lin coln franking privileges for life was passed. The Senate went into crieentive session, and afterwards adjourned. HOUSE. Mr. Jenks, of Rheale Leland, reported a bill to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United iitates, which was made the special order for the 10th inst. Mr. Delano, from the Committee on Claims, reported a resolution asking to be relieved from the consideration of all claims growing out of the appropriation or destruction of property l ibon t he N amy iannide navy o in n suwppn resakeng on the subject. Mr. Lynch, of Maine, offered a resolution which wan referred to the Committee on Com merce, that all remelts which were once Amer ican mad been placed under foreign flags Sr foreign registers during the late war, should he treated as foreign built vesicle, and never again to be allowed on American registers. Lie also introduced a resolution, which was adopted calling on the Secretary of the Treas ury to inform the Reuse how many of such vessels have been allowed new registers. The bill amendatory of the sot granting lands to the States to aid the eatablUhMtuit of ag ricultural and mechanical colleges,' was re ported. It extends the time for States to ace cept the provlsiOns of the act, and include. the States lately In rebellion, provided no dis tinction is readegts to race or holor by them in diapenaing Its benefit. Consideration of the bill wan assigned to neat Thursday. Mr. Darling, from tie Naval • Committee, re. ported advernity on the resolution claming pilots engaged during the Illi — r OTSGOVernment ysels m officers. A hill reported amending the aet,Tfitatillsh ine a freedmen'. bureau was made theapecial ader for Tuesday next. The Mouse renamed the eamideratiotkOf the 1,111 extending suffrage In the district Myel itis-dna Mr. Clarke, of Kansas, argited at some lAigth 11 Hint mimed men are always Included In the term of eltiretin of the republic. He advoca ' ted Impartial ungrege In the District, and said the passage of the pphill would be hailed everywhere by the Id ibis of freedtim as a return to national junti ~ Mr-Johnson said that ow • for the first time, it was sought to confer u n the negroes part in the management, di Hon and control of this •Giarernineut. For this there was no fou.ntiation to right or intim. Never yet on the him of the earth has a popular Gov irrument been Organized, and maintained by the Afritan race, The 'right of stilikage be iiiitga only where tie GorernMent belorign and la maintained. We tan have a republic without cbnceding to all the prlVUeges of the elective franchise. VI:011g won to be Intro duced here such an prevailed in Baltimore in Know-Nothing limes, when a certain amount of money earn placed in a precinct to secure a ern - lain somber of vote. Mr. Boutwell wan opposed to all dilatory me Ilona on thin hill, and to the instructions moved by the getitleman from New York, be ans he saw In them no advantage to any body, and because he apprehended from them 1 mach cell to the country. When we emend. pitted the black people we not only re , Hewed ourselves on the institution, land net only eonferred freedom upon theM, but we did more. We recognized the manhood of these people, which by the old Constitutimt and general policy and usage of the coentry had been denied them. Those who believe In the Government are forted to aeveld the remits of emancipation, and to say now, having given freedom to these people, they shall not enjoy the tights and privileges of freemen. is to aban don the principles of emancipation, and tac itly to admit that the a hole emancipation Mlles; is erroneous. W. are bound • to treat the Mark man as we do white men in the mat ter of noting. The restoration of the, rebel lious States shonlil be coupled with or prece ded by the condition that the negroes of the both should sot!, without which we open. iv a from which there is no ese.e. fro the deseraction of the Government. The rebels are .till Med Do, and only seek the Op pos4llll4l, r to strike a blow. They are manning ln %Iroffni he n, South Carolina and I.,mislana cm ma to t amount of thousands of millions of oilers, on unt of depredations eau_ in 1 teil by our urn s ien, In conclualon. he op prod Ihn. palling of a property utudiamt oe ‘ flier. The uegre,ea bv their nervier., he field, have a ri,lit l.; nhaer in the Go, Went, If the elect b., franchise were dent he Inc w not how colored people %ere to proivel ed, unless It be •uch protertion a. given to the lamb shell it is 1.1111..b.d ovet Tilt Hoff. 1211^31 Mr Wilson, of town, said the drat motion to .4. acted opoo, erns to postpone the further imisideration of the bill, until April. Thin motion ens placed In antagonism to the exer cise of th• elective fraurhise by ;my person of rotor, in order that decision bet ween them might be mode. Ile demanded the previoun got... Don 11 r Xlidek moved th.l the whae soJect la Id op. t n he table This ens 'trebledl b in the begatis r, by note or 11l v ens, to 143 Ilaya, Mr Dale, of New 'Vrb, had moved a- a n amendment to the niotio e n that the bill br re. committed for amendment so an to extend suffrage in the District to all persons cunning within either of the following classes, lyre. sprotive of rotor, but subject onl) to the - boting ' , rot (Rion', and qualified, to wit: First, those who can rand the Constitution of 'lie Cnited States Second, those who are :messed for,and pay tares o real or per .sol property within the di n 4triet Third— ' " Those oho hi, VO served In and hocn honorably Incharged from the military or naval ...orrice. and to restrict each right of suffrage to the Macias named. and to include proper provl - elm tiding from the right of autTrage those c he lave borne arm• against the rutted States during the lute rebellion, or Oven aid and comfort to the mild rebellion. .•• • . Mr. Wilson, of toms briefly slate i hts ob,iees lone to the instructions. The house strutult from the instructions the property 1111311tictittOd clause nod then refilled to recommit the bill to the (. 0 1-I , dldit•lt of the JI/diallrV st it It the remainder the lust/me t ion by tSS against 117. The Moose voted nn the till as ern, inally ntendocal by Mr Kelley, and reported back ) Sir Wilson. of loss, from the Committee en Judiciary, Without amendment, and which I• 'ides that from nil iners awl parts of law s . pretteribing the qualiflestiotne tsf einetnts for any illet , to the District of Colotottitt, the weed - white• he and the stone le hereby 4,10,n oat, anti that from sod after the pas - age of this net, 130 pl.rt,llll ilittld he d L•aa oat pled from Tollag It near; eleetlon held In said bst Het on account of rotor. `section 2. A °gibe of pont., raaaaal, That all ets of Congrtss and ull lure of the sorts of Nl•trylund in force in smut District, anti all u ,l Mauer. of MaJitington and Georgetown M.. , mstslient. s OM the provisions of this aet. are Iterrby,repealed and annulled t.r:r;in , 01.,116; nay, 41. %V Ile. the rel.lt of the vote plau,e followedlfrom Ulu coot and !he 3..1112 ncontir In Executive lacwsion—Nonfluar tiores Voniiirmeclland Groot% to Cen tro enelllo Mnilroad. The Senata, lu executive Session, confirmed lir limning nominations: Itotwrt It. % sn ob., berg, of New York, to he mioloter, rent rot of the United States, to J 141.1, vice ban cv William Depetr, declined; Carl 801 l totted States Marshali for the North n atrict'of Idahoc; Martin 1. Rider to be nite 1 States Marshall for Western Towles . Alvords, of Idaboe ten - Dory, to be nit States Mondial-I fur tbelintrict of Ida- ~_, M weli Introduced a bill granting lands Mil in the conntruction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Central Pacific Bail road to Cluilforain to Portland, Oregon, and hie i i , w y• ill probably soon be favorably ieport loa the Select, Committee on the PacMc Al ad. The bill also authorizes the Puget no and Columbia River Railroad 'Company co etruet a road to unite with Others on c P odic Company. The usual grout, of ado td other privileges urn conferred, The elaabe and Wetlinty Oise—Gen. • • tler's Bear to Grant's Report., NEW Tome, January the rase of John 11. Mc abe against Horace P. 'Whiteley, the wort, as morning, non -salted the plaintiff, holdin • that the article complained of pur ported to be what occurred before the Grand Jury, and that the evidence of what occurred before the Grand Jury aubstantlally amen With the statement. The Judge gave the de fendants the extra allowance of 61.70 and di rected exceptions to he heard In the first In stance at the general term. It is nited that lien. Butler's reply to Gen. Grant Is nearly finished and will soon app with the Imprint of a New York publisher.ear [Railroad Case In Miestottri. LOCIP, Jan. V.—Platte bounty, Missouri, bas brought sult'against Col. Osborn D. Car penter, foe lti:0,000, with anew of cancelling mort gage executed by the Weston and Atchison& et. Josonti Marotta Companies, in favor of Win. C. Wetmore and JottnA, bte,s. art, of New York, as. trastoes, to secure an is sue of bonds, atuounthast to 81410,000, which it is alleged hove been fratutulently executed. Penunylsanin Literary Ifintion. Miti,nrrrinA, January Pi.—Thr Litoeurr, tnlon of Pennsylvania, Will pal l [ a meeting on Monday evening, the t tvontleth of Jan nary. nt tids._eity, Widen all the soeletic. itelhe State,'not represented, are requestud to 11.1 five White delegates. Senator 19perausu 1te.11:1e,121.41 (Ott um . , it 212:2 2 4112, —42.1122 ' , hors" 02.2..21 . !I to 101. e then adJoutned PRICE THREE EN is THE CAPTURE OF RIGDAO Massacre of the Imperialists General fl eitzers lititerfirepate liEW Ontosso, Tan. 15.—A 'private letter from the Inspector of Custorni at Clarksville Torso s /Mpg The lath colored infant, y, ends. Colonel Davis, took all the skiffs in his charge, crossed and captured llagdad. They began plundering the plaae and killing the people. The 'scene was Indescribable. The . neerroes shot men dawn for rellising to give up am money. • n letter from 8ra.7.0e. Of the 7th, to the says Bagdad was cantered on the morn Ins . of the sth. The nttaeking any -consiste d' of slzty men. They captured neatly three hulas drea prisoners, half of whom turned Liberals end formed the garrison of the town, the at tacking Party disappearing, Liberal loss, four killed and eight wounded. Iniperiallsta' loss, eleven killed and twenty-seven:wounded. Generals Crawford and Eacobeilo, on yearly of the intelligence , alerted for Patgdad. . eel Weitzel ordered Colonel t Revenue °Meer, not to allow any one to cis until the arrival of General Esedbedo. t.etteral Crawford arrived In advance of General Eseo - and assumed command,' hut when the latter arrived, General Crawford was cool- pelted to relinquish all authority. Upon assuming commend, Gen. Eseebedu requested of Gen. Weitzel two hundred mar. to preserve order, which was agreed to. and the men were ordered down A French corvette shelled the tn.., 6th all day, without tlutringl. Col. Mega, kl , ,eobedola late rotvirnacitler. ha only about a ilozen reliable men in flug.l,a The rest have Joined Crairtar,l, w ho ha+ thou on board a steamer tied up to the bank al Bagdad. Constitution of JAMAICA) AbOI Inked --E. Emperor MonloaqUe. r New Yong, Xan.lS.-LAdrieci from the IT,. indica Mir, the bill abolishing the old Consti tution of Jamaica. Investing all legislative power In the hands of nomineel of the English Crown, passed the Colonial Parliament with closed doors sometime ago, Apt tt requires the sunction of the home government to become a law. A letter from the Leland of Citroen, ear., Es Emperor of ioulonque of llayti, with him tzar , lly and suite, had arrived there where he pro pose. to fix his permanent re+blenee, h:trin; been banished from hit place of exile bi Ja maica. Claim, for Mum sgo. by the Rebellion. RICIIIIO./, Vs., Jan. IS.—The Governor sent o communication to the H.Oll, of delegate, to-day, endondust the memorial of the Near York and Virginia Steamship Company for compensation for two steamers valued at CM,. 000, rel.,' at the wharf In Illchmond at the he. ginning of the rebellion. On Refinery Burned l'astarwancao, WEST VA., Jan. 14.—T1, oil ryllners of Geo. .1. Wells t Co.. withvighl hundred horiels relined oda was destroyed - by Ore 10-day. Loss slaty thousand dollar, North Carolina Legislature. Itstelon. Y. C.. Jun 111.—The LegLstatore met to4ty at the ea!l of 1:ov. Worth. There was a quorum In the Senate but .none in the House. The Governors Message trill proba. lily he sent to to-morrow, booth of Hotta John D. Davi•. Trans FlAr.rm, (Ind..) Jan. 10,410x,,T .0. G. )flvl., long • member of COngre,* !rum thl . l *Arlo% Moil here this mOl - fling of appo p) nx r We have ft announcr4 ij telegraph that senator Sherrnau bas been re-elected by the obis Legislature. At the repnblican caucus on Wednesday, on the first ballot. the sot,. stood. Sherman, forty-sht ; Schenck, twenty elaht , Bingham, stxteen. tan the second lt,l_ lot Sherman was nominated. receiving torty nine votes to twenty-elght for Schenck, and eleven for Bingham. The discrepancy of the two votes Is accounted for by the atatemetat, that two friends of General Schenck delfued to vote on the second ballot, aro! their vote was made up by two soh-3 froth Bingham. Judge Thurman the derboera tic candi date. The Philadelphia Concealed Election. lion. C. inn stir Meuse in the emirs.. id a Pl no behalf Of i he COtalailler Eiretl.lll., ilia 'the .eat Coition h. in the came of the Sixteenth DM triet of Pear...yin:min. During the pending contest theCumui Met , stood flee to four. hoe Koontz Shellularm. ir. Paine and Ranter, all Re publican,. For Cogroth—Rad. p ford, Daniels, Upson, Marshall and McClurg, three Democrats and two fleputalmana. It Is hardly prohnble that the }louse will ratify the action of the Committee, nithomxil then. are many n'emb.-ry who promised tr , rote for F.Ticing (.broth !DeMoCrat) the nest, because he voted for the null-slavery amendment at the last session. Thaddeus Steven.. says, if necessary. he will ominine Into the Matter, nint net lion ninny men bartered away their oft, nt the laid kession for II st liminted price, i mid who were the parties to it.-phitud,q,4l;„ /•••1[,,,, et KTI., Njr. IV hit, toetrktw, of the Pacific Railroad Corn tulkklon. left tiem Mottles on the 11E14 for the Cot On arriving , at Shank rlvrr, - it iron fro retv ko that reaches maid not pays, and the I oznall.sloners slant,' to croak on foot. When half tray aerate, lb. lee broke and they fell In. After much difficulty [her escaped f and u•re obliged to walk three before raarbrn 7: 3 bourn. riper's...nem: severe bUlTerlug. QM ll.tay —on —Wean...4.y evenlnt, t 9 o•elo.cL j o i ralp.l.. DA V 11) nA ln the ,•,.te of hl• The frfrnals of the .1eee3...,1111, re•peetfollr vit i to aatru,l lai, lencral from hise resi•Jenee of 11,, .u. No. let mandueltl +try., Allegheny. no Into,' t.V.N,(i. at lOo'clock. ..)316Painialowizi I lILLDAILE I ILLDA1LE CEMETERI(...A ru— ral atilt most picturesque place of Sertilltore. tlt thate 00 the uands Inamedlatrly nth of Alter tirisy sty, nn the N ew lielghton nowt or Pert°. tet,lttrot to .4.1..1.1 Burial Lute. will apply at the honerintena ens, office, at the Cemetery. title DeettS, Permits, IVd all other business will he attended to at the I 'rug art house of the rind. ralgocd. corner of a odes, and LOMINIKi streets, Allegheny. OW, A. KELLY. Baoreinti Ind,Tre.sure4 EDUCATIONAL. WILK' EVSBURG A CILDEMV MALE AND EMMA: ENGLISH AND CLASSICAL SCHOOL. LEVI LUDIMIC, A. 8.. Principal. MRS. SARA LP Analat... Suet a sitaintance will be obtained as the ram to of the Ochool require." Piro!. P,asion will commence on MI ft Al Jar,,,. Ilth. atal continua twelve week.. ;au eclailar admitted fOr lea. than half section and no dealuctan fur absence, except on ....mot of sicknear. late, of tonic. for .ration of twelve works: Primary Branches. &NCO: Common lir:inches, $lO, Latin and bight, English. {in. 1.3t0 rench an. SIN .01n0te, $lO. Every elfort will be m ade to male 1.1.11aa gmt—cias School •71 19..11 FLOWERS. - - BoQuETs FROM.: tcR AIN •h GREEN-IfoVsll., Furntrhed daily at the Jewelry Slot,. of J. R. Mr- PADDEN a CI.. No. tr:,. Ilarket virtu-4, Rithinurgh. Having removed our Grven-llousn. to Wodds. Run, convenient to the terminus , of the Pflfrtniegh and Martchcater Street Railroad. and the Wodele station on the P. W. tC. 11.11. We aranotaftte. Pand to fttWfah ihßluen, Wreathe.lot 'Flowers and Rackets of lloa rev; also. neat Pot PLatata and Rang ier Itar eee for window eleeorat ion. 1113:Ivra ;REENHACKS ' ARE GOOD. NEDICHANT- TAILORS. • ..... WART G. RALE. MERCHANT TAILOR , NOETHATST CORNET OF PENN t SL CLUE BREIT& PITTSBURGH. PA. Tates great pleasure to annourtelng to his numerous costumer. laud the public generally, that hit purcha ses andarrangementa for the fall Kaman an now completed, having been personally Selected from the gret-class cloth houses In the Estero wrocks clam Of goods as con really be meow:wade ilt be ober/A, which embraces the ormest and mos t approved materials and Myles; the entire :loci be. log ver7 lazy, ruled sod select. hlr. Hale has touch Conddeoce In Inviting an early Inapection. bunertlne black, colored and akill akin% as usual, Year,ranted fast In colors, and sound teeter., Btell.:lntileang Other new coating., new style for rotten sults. ,A great variety of flue cassis:leen for Pantsl, , eats, for morning and evening irrar, p!". 130111 V OVERCOATS. . . BOYS' SLTITB, _All Styles and Sizes A LARGE ASSORTMENT, Grenll3 Reduced Prices., TO CLOSE-OUT WINTER STOCK. GRal* I L0G.i.,1; C T. CLAW STECTg. TUErrinpuncia GAZINT: EleaCrie.f , 713. trurrANAGNA; Inrsnmst 31.ccita ea. nratitarbar TSS (74,1s.r.rs'AS'SOCIATI. '• No. 3: Fin= SrasiT..rlttsburgh. : 1- ` , N.. 1 , 1 F..rrmv. by '''''' ,17os OO• ...... • • • • Mr ; r arrlers. MORNING Or EVENINU, per BOOTS AND SHOES. 186 GO WHERE YOU WILL You cannot fail to see the Relics of 1865, fr ib BUT AT THE fi s LESHATI/1 e 4 41 CO MIT HAa SffoE SOIL RP TIIFY /nibs sand Pair of Shoes in a AVor ITII / FIND A LARGI I 9 - D FRES K 4 Fashionable Goods, Kept coma:sun, on hand and selling' cheaper than rabbis* elsewhere. floAng out, our Gen t 's 'Preach Calf avid Heavy Kip Boots al Coil. THE BEST IN THE CITY. _No. 60 Fifth Street. M(MIEN - G. T7IOITNAND DOLLAE3 TII.LNAND DOLLARS WORTH VOlttlf WOHTII MEN A ROY!• Cll=ll, MEN A SO 110Y1i. CI MME A!..D DM'S' Ca:Vann AT LTISS TRAIT AT /ANY -TITAN AT LESS TRAIT X- '4: tl "rv lU - k:i tCill ertr c"l" EZ:a AT 1111114Ptrcan AT TIIM POPULAR' AT TIII!PUPTILAZ , PYriflAg ROM" 4 LOTEIP‘4.IIOUItIiI 4 '1.071115M lIMISH tar C:1 • op--v— -ea F7FTII STREET, 14 FIFTH STREET, 61 FIFTH STREET. Opposite.the Opera .11•. Jal: FOR RENT TO LET cNic cc‘cic Tri ran FLOORS, c,rk.bc.. or lor.gr; olsa half 61'411 c ric.cr ..r arrbocc..., N 0.22.1 LLBERTY t317.1.er. ;1M:1 P°' J. T. Iracititt.nr&-67; BORING TOOLS. j AMES 11 42N V A MIA; QF IMPROVED BORING TOOLS, L..4.•,1 urf ER. WE L lA, No. 136 Wood street, Pittsburr.l, pa, Tool , vrarrant , tittade of tb•rery bestSLWltlkAtillt I.ttty M 41.111 IltttN. Writ borer•- Ittrotatte.ll at I..c.vvoisrt Qa X.xLooss, withx, .rll,lr- I , 2r. no . ...nary• h coodoPt O rallota a. A SVII.h, II ATCAETS. 14:L lailP n, sAw.yy, 1110131 EH, PLIENCIff". SHOVELS. PLANE:4, PICK:\ I. E., TLIETt GUM asELTiNti, All of o Idet: Iha e rost , tnntly IC BUN, cazaat pETROLIA MAC/ME WORKS. r_ancicir. a. 3.?. Ohio IlitreeS, Aliegrhelay. I;==!El ImpraiTElS 110111X0 TOOLS, AXIS FIXTURE! UNKII OIN KING OIL AN - ra SALT WELLS. Follett!. attention Invited to Ills Patented ba r .... , ctri . r n ola L i o n . Jaks oo rTd r. ..T u oints, undo of Jualatts6 It standard Maas, sal nunit;arerl, that ps.;cs can be ordered by mail er telepritt I' und p eet tit at, all tbass6 also famish ropes, brltimr. smaU m achin el*.E I. ttio a s C o t may vtisla It. Eneirses sad work node to order. Orders by rstall promtly attended tb. lam prepared to grant trenies otber attratltetu tur,,„ far these Improvements on liberal teßajt. 13• E V. It. tr. moat. ALAlitfl? ACTIMEIRS . ARSENAL GLASS svomis. MODES, RYRIE & CO., r. NIA nu Carton,- of ItEat Cif, iIIiEEN MLA-U -lf lirtqw“, Mae h , ottle,, DondjobaeCeri boys,Sr. archouve—No. 11l AV ATE/C Penna.u buittaneld sad Grist streets. Pitistattgille erb *arrant onr Wares to be ettperlor to anent*. ofneemed eel of the Itor.ntaln, .Heaps on= Glaesaarr of . rbe above description. Ail pretuptly ettroded to, Particular atlentlolapeftte private moulds. 'ARE GOOD. 1 1 0LIITA JAMES IRWIN & ACT CREW OF OIL OF VITRIOL AND AQUA AMMONIA, O 100,18 nXicimixotat. • _ PITTBBIIROII. Y. CoI.I.LFS MECUM COLLINS & WRIGHT, nrit .lM% tanta ttru,s and Sheet AletarWorkarlAkit°." tore, Carbon and Lard viz p it p/dern. sty lee of Brlttaula neati ny Waxy 31dnall__SM PrefW". V.141!" -- N"'BLCU. Yl•=r S SEVERANCE, No. SS WATER • Pittsborch manuttetoretor IICII•LIER 11 1YETS.wr.outiirr coceloa az4 :MIME or erery description. Particular raced or el:taped:l4la and Slet; Laren orl.niall, made to order at abort notice. 6 good 44- sortment cot:Manny on band... • BENNETT MatirtElCtet IC:.7ll)ll3%.naViS t betweed wood ma Mskrket mufti; PllllVanh• add PAiNTERS, j.631t n 6.0• 6, •••• LONG, LANE /6: Coy SIGN ARTISTS AND HOUSE , PAINTERS. No 60 SMITIITLELD al. , PITIIII3IIIMM. Lettering of all kinds exeented protapay sating nanrpaaced elegance. atascitui Carda.ou remolded 'popes of as 7ors, -aud Gilt Mead gls”, .u4a4e loOrdey &YU 1 140 0 : i ti m pa i r,t4re c runlz. - witty - oirtutt. ..atner. - • • Houle roLattng damn witlx sreirartici onriblllty ringrar of colar, and neunes, of di:4A, Jur An work m rea.onable rate*: . .1211637_ 7 ILLIAIB2ILIOROWII, vf tlar Lm Of BROwN =I =I PIT R OH I=l LOST. ylL,rn—LosT-otitirridav: cuss, r:sh inst....somewhere on elm route From the ,Tenirgi‘: l.l f y iun to 1' ltpu 4iut.l.'`,ll;tll:;'W.Y,tlllll7l,l4l r. er , t, Ili be Vain le tte -amp at OX or th, ra,shionr of Ilse •‘..- ers •sse Mort,. belt !cliath-Nramv • 31:ArZiTt . 6 *.t, _ _..mss El =Lill
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