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FIRST EDITION.
7,17E.T.VE O'CLOC/C.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
ells Introduced, Famed Fina lly
and Defeated—The Free Rail
road ConfeFence Report in the
Eonse-Civll Code Commission-
ers--Reioltitions on Impeach-.
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' ntent ..a d Endorsing Stanton
Iteporte in licinse with Nega
tive 11. mmnenilation-- State
•Colksti onal Convention.
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[Special Diepat to the Plttsbutith Gazette. 3
._ • ARRISZUDG, March 19, 186 S. '
SENATE
• BILLS INTRODUCED,
lir. - ERRETT, of Allegheny: Incorporat
ing. the , Woman's Christian Association:
vaeating . pml. of Lawrenceville and Sharps
burg turnpike in Collins township.
PASiED' . IF,INALL
>Thtempn ,, Allegheny county from the_
act compelling railroad and other corpora
tions to pay comiaelfees of .plaintiffs inner-
tain'e• e 4;
Increasing the fees of the Surveyors . of
Allegheny county employed, as witnesses in
.
land suits, mnended so as to include In-
Incorporating the !Waters and Niechanies
Co-operative A.ssociation of 3fonongahela
City, . •
Extending to.Canibria county the fees of
the Coroner ofAlhagheny,
Authorizing the Sehool Directors 'ofJeffer
son township, Fayette c:ounV, to collect ad
ditibrial bounty tai. . .
Vacating a portion of Front:street in front
of Presbyterian church, Apollq
.Armstrong'
county, sand vesting the title - in the church.
- extending the .Ihnits of Bridgewater,
Beaver ccunty. ' • •
Preventing the sate of ligncirs in Believer
non Fayette county,
,Authorizing the Supervisors of Carrol
township, Washington county, to levy a tax
for county purpoies:,
I , .IOET'EAI'ZD.
.To lay.ont a EitatO roitti in Allegheny and
Washingthlionnuties.;
IncoOorating Venango Gas COmpany of
Westen;t Pennsylvania.
AFTERNOON' SESSION.
The folloWing bills - were.passed finally
'AnthorL7ing the ren , tpyal of darns and
locks of. Yonghiogliy Slackwztter Com
pany-
953icorpph,tting4-4*..l.lniort Grucery,"Pfcg•
vision and varieV pcoperative:-Osociatitliv
of'l3ltiiwrisville, FiOette county. •
t I,Fottending thp proxishxis of ~the act for
the draining of wet and spronti . rd lands to
coal ,and other mines in Westmoreland,
Armstrong and Somerset counties. •
Opening of(Lobust street Pitteburgh.
Restraining unlicensed peddling in ta
rentum, Allegheny county.
For vacation -and sale of the Associate
Reformed Church Burial Ground; Pitts
burgh, and removal of bodies.
Allowing the consolidation or the i'an
Handle 'Railroad with others.
HOUSE OF REPRMICENTATIVES.
FREE RAILROAD CONFERENCE REPORT.
Mr. HICKMAN, of Chester county, wish
ed to record his vote on the :adoption
of report of the Free Railroad Confer]
t
ence Committee last night. He.wished to
vote "no." •
The SPEAKER said that his vote would.
chartio 'the result-,,that it - would make a
tie vote and defeat the . adoption of that
report, ar d inasmuch as it had already
niessaged to the Senate, it would have to
be returned before tho gentleirdm could re
cord his vote. -'?.
Mr.- - HICKIifAN then recommended to re
call the bill from the Senate, but could
not obtain a suspension of orders to con
sider the motion.
PLIBLIO BILLS PASSED FENA.LLY !
Validating titles to real estate heretofore
sold and conveyed bye executors and adzoin
.;;;,l4l:ll.44:cr ":17 . --
• •
-'erirritinii4.l•thei3everht Marts of Common
Pleas and District Courtaf urisdlction of the
COurt of Chancery In all cases•of mortgages
given by' Corporations. • .
Providing for thesale of seated lands for
yIJBL,;C BILLS DEFEATED
Extentilag the act exenipting soldiers of,
'the lafe'war'iroirt county and per capita ak'
an,d'inilitarytlnets to the soldiers of 1812.
• Changing the modoof, ' evidence in civil
courts, .allowing all interested paxties to
• testify:. ; , • „` - -
• AIVETtNOON fiESSION.
.• •
The Senate ainennments to the general
pension - bill,;for 4 old - soldiers was conewr,Od
fin Pensioners must not be , worth more
than•five hundred dollars. -
/ .PASEIED FIALLY.
Providing that non-iecepting :school dis
t/riots, accepting after 1865 and :before' 1870,
shall receive appropriations - -
Extending to canal companies prlvi
ledge» Conferred on railroads, and author
izing the deepening and widening of canals
and the hnprovernent fncilities for trans-
Antilop'Ong Boroughs to regulate the
elleelikef railroad cars in their limits, not
beMeark- ndies per hour.
Thelaint reaolution increa.sing the
=
eta of t`r‘4l 3. uotie Cern toner's and extend
.,
ing tlie time far final =port to 1870.
:<) 4 < 4 BIiaLtirS*ODUCPDI
- •
Ap.tbe i ewniung l qesefo*. the follo*ing bills
ireie introducd;
,;By:Afr._FOrtD, validating the rale 9f real
estate to.Oilbert L. B. Fetterm a n and
Harrison, trustees of. Francis and AniliAlte.
ColiniV9r4lieghenY.
RIDK.En.Provi i)
ding for the s
%iii.weile6'efrisie4iis -of Bait .in Pitts
burgh and Allegheny cities, and fixing the
EMS
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~... 4,
standard weight of a barrel of salt at two
hundred and eighty pounds.
DILLS 'DEFEATED.
Establishing State Insurance Depart-
AlloNving:.&initii*bbonge venue.
Preventing confinement of persons as in
sane without judicial investigation.
' Directing the State- Trea.surer .to pay in
national currency_ to Banks holding specie
certificates the difference between the value
of gold : :
STATUES OF EMINENT PENNSYLVANIANS.
Mr; ARMSTRONG, from the Committee
of -Ways and-feans,- iepo,rteil.a joint reso
;Hann designating statues•of eminent Perin
syhimians to be placed in the old capitol at
Washington - , and providing for *the 'execu
tion and - cost of the same, :'with an amend
ment substituting Robert M i nkris for Robert
Fulteri, and with a -n 7 egative -recommenda
tion. -
IMPEACIIMENr ItZSOLUTIO'NO.
. _
Mr. HEFT., "rout the Judiciary; general,
fepoited - the''Sertati joint 'resolutions rela
tive.to the impeachment -of of. John
50.1.1 and endorsing Edwin-X. Stanton, with
a negative recommendation, for the reasen
that the Committee believe that'the iris
peachment of the President is unadvisable,
owing to the expense incident thereto, and
that he can belndicted at common law for
bribery and broken of his. commission.
COIS9TITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
Mr ,JENTCS, freni same Miiiiifittee, an
s tiet canine, tiCon'tiqition• to revise the Con
etitntion(of the ,State,with recom
mendation.
ritEr. R41143.0.kp„.1.1..w,
the Frtio . RaiirciadlaW; as'agreed upon
bet Ween both Houses,- organizations may
borrow double - the amount of , capital stock
paid in.
FORTIETH CONGRESS.
Committee on Invalid . Pensions
i _Unable to Agreen-Political Dis
abilities-ReliefOf Manufactu
. rers Front Revenue Tax—Tlje
-. Rill Passed Amended—Tax on
"Petroleitin Reduced One-Half
'''.-L-Text• of .the Bill as Passed
he Senate—Bill to, Fill Facade*
in Chief• Justiceship---Freed
miliuNC BOreatt
„latension Bill
,Passed-Slander on Gen. How
-IByTqlegrapb tu the Pittsburgh Gazette.;
WAsaiNGToN, Mari+ 19; 1868.
SENATE.
MANUFACTURERS TAX.
.
The (.711AI:ft presenteiltho proceedings of
a meeting of citizens of Wisconsin, in favor
- kirtlie'clingbill for the removal of the
UNABLE TO A.GIEtEE
.
GRIMES, from the Cominittee of
Conference on Invalid `Pensions, reported
that they had been unable to. agree on the
provisiortforreducing the rates of interest
oh the Naval' - Pension 'Fund to three per
cent. He moved that the Senate insiat i and
another Committee be appointed, which
*as agreed to.
POLITICAL DISABILITIES
Mr. TRUMBULL called up the bill to re
lieve the political disabilities of . Roderick
B. , Butler, •bf Tennessee, which he ex
plained.
*Mr. BUCKALEW moved) to amend by
striking out the words the :"Constitution
or" inrthe clause relieving him from dis-.
abilities imposed by , the "Constitution or
acts of Congress." He saidit would other
wise have the effect to reec*lze thelour
.
teentli amendment as valid.-
It appearing the Senators , desired to de
batelhe bill, -
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241r;.;SIIERI4LA.N, insisted the order of
the day. )
Intr. To RELIEVE II'ANUPACTIMERS.
The Senate took up the bill to relieve cer
tain manufacturers trOm internal tax.
The question was on the amendments.
made in Committee. . - •
Mr. MORGAN moved to strike out refined
stigar andproducts'of sugar refineries from
thelunentWient of the. : Conunittee continu
ing the tax on various articles.
.141 ORGAN iiiiVocated amend
ment.
1• Mr. /MERMAN and others opposed it.
' The amendment" , *as loat--twentyrone
!wd in twenty-four._,- ~..... ,
I : iMr.- moRRILL;: Arezipoat t then offered
his amendment, striking
. out the provision
in reference to refined sugars, &c., and in
serting one includis g. •all sugars except
those pro uced from sorghum or irnphee.
Rejected,
• :MK- V KIX moved to strike out
the tunendment of the Pommittee to section
one, having it as it passed` the House, and .
striking out the tax on turpentine, coffee;
' and its substitutes, stn . des, refined sugars,.
jewelry, &e. Adopted-48 to 24. • ,
- The question recurrerU •on Mr. VAN
WINKLE'S amendment, offerOd ~TtleedaYr
reducing the tax onz; petroleum one-half,..
•and,it was adaptod-2719,18.•
An 'amendment' of-', Committeepro
viding that no drawback shall bo made in
the exportation of amtputieln A after the Ist
of April, Mr. MORGAN moiled to amend by
inserting , after the •Werri ii!drawback" the
words "on account of internal taxes paid."
Agreed to. ' , • ,- ' -
The remaining amendments were agreed
- • Mr...-EDAIUXIXELAVYKIA, substitute for
the first section, reducing ihe rates of taxa
tion ' one-half i ascent on ewlines, snuff and
other manufactures of tobacco. - Lost--ten
41;11111st thirtYlivio: g c....:, , ; , , i
Mr. TRUMBULL offered an amendment
that, on and after theist of April, 1868, in
lieu of the duty now imposed there shall
be' levied, collected andvaid, in the manner
now provided by law, a duty of one dollar
per gallon for first proof spirlts, other than
brandy,.. maftilfacPured: or Asti/lei/ rfom
grain or other mahtdrial. ' ' , • ...—...-..
.
Mr. DAY/1 3 ofofail a • substitutb, provid
ing that from and after tho 30th day of June
next.there-shall be paid.by the distiller, on
whiskey of • shy proof, fifty cents on each
and every.grdlon thereafter distilled, and
no more. • • • ' '' '''
Both, amendraent
Mr. HENDRICKS moved to 'mend
adding tothe Kritterfeetiom the wordd "Oh IIIa;
monde, emeralds, ioreetous stones and itril !
tations thereof; find on jewelry." Lost. 3
The i bill then, passed-:-yea* 'thirty-eix;
nays threer-Megers.'COrbett,Feeeenden and
Fowler.
”Thwblll-1111-pa B Sed - korthe-Senate reads
.;:fbilers
Zie it enacted. &c.; That se c tion
four and ninety Age. of afyast a r nailed" an
act to provide' iiiteha rbveque support government, to pay intere ' on public
debt, .and for .other „ purposes,. approved
Awe 30th, .186,- and 41:act4 - and ingts,RX
ISE
acts amendatory of said sections, be and the
same.arebereby/.repealq,,,oxcept only so
much of said sections and amendments
thereto as relates to taxes imposed thereby
on gastmade of coal, oil, wholly or in part
of any other material, or illuminating oils,
or articles, theproducts of distillation, re,
distillaficiii - of refining' of coal, shale,' peat,-
asphaltum, or otherbAnininous substances, -
or wines, therein described, or snuff, and
all the- other fnanufiictrires of tobacco, in
chiding cigarettes, cigars and cheroots; pro
vided, that--the =products:,' of - petroleum .
and bituminous sub Stances hereittbefore
_mentioned, except illuminating ga.s," shall
-from and, after the trisNiage of - this act be
'taxed at one-half the rates hXiatl by g.ii - d.soc4`,
tion ninety-four:
,
Suc. 2." That nothing in this act contained
shall be construed to repeal or interfere
with any law, regulation .or provision for
the assessment or collection of any tax
which, under existing laivs, may accrue be
fore the first day of April, 1568, and noth
ing herein contained shall be construed as
a repeal of any tax upon : - machinery. or
other articles which have been, or may be
delivered on contracts made with the United
States prior to this a.ct.
"SEC. 3. That after , the first clay of
April next no allowance for drawbacks on
account of internal tax paid shall be made'
on the - exportation of any-article of domes
tic manufacture on which thereis no inter
nal 'faX of exportation, and no claim for
drawback on any article exported prior to
June 30th, 1800, shall be, allowed, unless
presented to the Commissioner of Internal'
Revenue within three months after this act
takes effect. ' ' • =
SEC. 4, That every' person, firm;' or cor
poration, who shall manufacture by, hand
or machinery any goods, wares or mer
chandise,, not' otherwise specifically taxed
as; nell; ox sjiall be-,#456.ged. in the. Manu
facture or 'preparation for sale of
any articles or compounds not ether %
wise specifically taxed, or shall
put up for sale in packages, with his own
name or trade mark thereon, any articles,'
or compound not otherwise specifically
taxed, and wbose annual sales exceed one
tiuhdted . thousatif.Udoilars' shall pay for.
every • additional ono . ' thousand. dol
lars inexc_ ess of. ten'. thousand dol
lar's, and the amount: of sales with'
in the year beyond ten thoukitricl
4.liillara be.... returned monthly
to the Assistant Assessor, and the'tax on
sales in - excess of ten thousand dollais shall
be assessed by the .kssesSor and paid. •
The bill goeS to the'Hotise for concurrence
in amendments.
On motion of Mr. L‘fOillIT.LL, of Maine,
the Postoilice Appropriation bill wits made
the special order for to-morrow.
. ,
ET Mr. BANKS: Regulating labor . cam
penkition rti r ivv yards.
By 3tr. DAWES : To aid in the constrnc
tion of a railroad and .te4 . ..graph from New
Orleans and Mobile... • -
By Mr.-CLARK, (KanSas): Authorizing
the sale of twenty. acres of land in the Mil
itary Reservation at Fort; Leavenworth.
The Senate amendment to the Post-route
bill was concurred in with amendment.
Mr. BOUTWELL,from the .Judiciary
etratfilllgoor,-,reporte back: Mr.s.Aligt,:a
relative to the Supreme Court, With Afnend
ment. The bill passed, •r.
TipS bill is as follows:
,BC it emceed. AT., That in case of the re
moval of the Chief Justice of the Supreme
'Court of the United States from office, or
of his death, resignation or inability to dis
charge the powers and duties of said olice,
the same shall devolve on the Aims-late
Justice of said Court, wliese conunksien is
senior in - time until the' inability shall have
beettremoved or another appoi nt tit ent ahall
'bo duly nuide and a Chief (Justice of said
Court shall be duly qualified.
•
. • SPECIAL rosTorr)'tE AGENTS.
Mr. WASTIBUILNE, Indiana, offered a
r6solution calling on the Postmaster Gen
eral for'information as to Special Agenttof,
the Postothee Department. Adopted.
FREEDMEN'S rty.
The }louse ' proceeded in the' morning
hour to the consideration of the bill to con
tinue for another year tho Freedmen's Liu-
UM
Mr. WOOD addresse in oppo
'Bitten thereto: He argued against, its con
stitutionality and present and - future
neteisitY; that it had failed •to- elwompllmh
its object; had been a heavy bnrden on the
Treasury; had worked injury to the freed:.
men, by, encouraging idleness; prevented
proper working of Southern plantatiouN
that the Bureau agents used their-posittena
to enrich themselves and obtain political
preferment, ae: After allusion to Messrs.
Butler and Schenck, he said, referring to
General .1 toward, t Chief of the Freed
men's Bureau, he held in '1 his
hand • a statement, which, however,he
would not, read, charging that officer
with holding revolting sentiments in refer
ence to the amalgamation of tbe races. If
this were so ,• he was totally unfit for the
pesition he held. Ho would . make no ac
citation against General Howard's integrity,
but he would say that that officer had become"
a man of large wealth. -He is said to own
more real estate in the city of Washingtchi -
than, any newcomer, and lands which ho
had bought- for fifty-dollars an acre had
been sold to Freedmen for two hundred
dollars: Be did not endorse this state-
meet.- -He only -repeated ..astiatit he had
heart]. ,If true, it was proof of the philan-
ThroPhy and bcinevoletircare which hoax-:`
ereised over those poor people.
r. - ARNELL stoke id support of the
bill.
. Mr. closed the debate. Before
proceedi to answer the argument against
the o desired, to brush away a foul
Slander which]had ifonnd a mouth-piece
here. The gentleman from Now York, (Mr.
Wood) was to becongratulated on having ,
found an opportunity to inject into the dis
cussion a slander, born of private' .4114
will, ;There was nealander so foul, or so
destitute 'of truth; that would not, when
thrown on tho air by an envenonted tongue,
find some friendly voice to give it
- circulation,'Und the Otfhpring cif f this calum
ny might be himself eongratulated, as the
offspring'of his ; : -mind And.. hmrt, having
found-a fit god father in the gentleman from •
New York. When
,that- slander first aux.a
to his (Ittri i rt's) notice he had:addressed
aAsota.,Lo. ronunandet:;o4,,tbe stibiee4 =
an he read Ns answer. It was as
• "-
Washinclow De gy p L.. Aft C Wi s .iii , 11368—T
T.
Hon. LEAS have
called my attention to an urd charge
airsdiad Me, Unitatutynsald or done sontel
thinyvhich looked as if I favored the in
.t9rin tar*/ ;kw marriage of whl.e antrbluelr
poP ation. • 'rhis L cMge fi iiiWnated with •
l ootVri LooMr l :lo i btde • Of course there
Den sittidortitith'ili.iLf' In 'all the Bu
reau work .promoting marriage, I hive had
no ease 'of thinkind fo act on, and none is
=tit my office, tts. the Board !or Akita
-rioter; to My knowledge,Ovattel • '
ly or ottlobillyesonght to do so; Ivtover
tru
of mooXONl!=;Viedi-t4Ogargl?
lONIMedol 6-wAltroy
Major General Commanding, dte,
Mr:YELIOT Went on to say the rumor that
Gen., Howard had, peva-rich. with his ad-
MOUSE:
B;l444NTupowgp
CHIEF JUSTICE SUPREMnE COURT
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PY.TeltVigq ' i,tp,oo tlttipurgli Ciikett.c..l•;:
'tiOVOAtO‘ AfaVelvl9:—The proprietors of
the Buffalo Driving Park •deddetto.4l4 to
hold:tbreo ,days running =eating 6 during
the third veek.in Juneo the ,contest to be
open.ta all parts of the coubtryand Othitda.
It has been deelded^holtl the p iril' great
trotting fair in fAugtatte- Th pretniums
wail xurinuat 6 to 11,29,00e r agd teS divided into
91 - ght o4ses, Including one pregiinAf
War ~ 'wmilgoi6 never beaten 'in 240.:
•'3 lA.: r.
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1; 1.,
~u'"~.4w..:.ts^.:s:~..x'~.~..t..iAlF+','"¢'~a;~%'..:.'~wt",..::~"'F - c;~~:i-n sF,s~w'~a~',,V'r`~."~.~atr
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Ministration of the ; keedinen's Bureatwas I
also false, foul and -otnderous. ,
J Mr• BrutlNE ad ~ ed his denial to that ofi
Mr. Eliot,' and de.lared a more upright,
Man than Gen.-Hoisard did not exist in the i
j.lnited States, and 1
, hat any gentleman who
Madeifixsp„positesh rgeonlidisvaced and I
dishonored ifunself in so doing.-•
"Art.AIVOO:D `retha .k - ed if - the r!gentl , emen
on the other aide - ould give him a Com
mitte6 of inieStigrthM; ho would " prove I
some of the statemdnts.
31r. ADAMS moved to lay on the Cable
Negatived. • - '
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The bill then passeclz--yeas ninety-six,
nays thirty-seven.
RXPRNSE APPROPRIATION.
Tho iffiuse . proceeded to dispose of the
amondtnents reported two weeks since from
the Committee of the whole to the sundry
civil expense appropriation bill.
Mr. , L(XL4N moved "to- amend the 4irst
paragraph of the bill by reducing '.t.be
amount appropriated for carrying into
effect the several acts of Congress author- ,
izing loans and isstit of Treasury notes from
1,500,000 to $5(14,001.
Mr. RANDALL deslied to offer :'an
amendment that no part, of, the 'abut:ain't
should lie used for, payine.Ctenirtissions for
sale of bonds.: r .
Mr. WASHBURNE, Illinois, said it WaS
entirely 'unnecessary, as it ~could not :E r
used for that purpose. : -
Mr. WASHBURNE movbd the previous
qUestion on the bill and amendments.,
- - • -
Mr. WILSON,.of".Ion - 8, desired an oppor
tunity to discuss some of the amend-
ments.
The Honso refused the previous- clues
tion--tkirty-ono to sixty-seven.
The House then proceeded to.vote on the
amendments,
- Mr. ItANPALl.offered his amendment,
before alluded to, and it was agreed to.
'Mr. LOGAN'S amendment, thus amend
ed, was adopVd.
'Mr. PETERS faVored tho sale of vessels
in preference to lityhigAliem up, and. Offer,
ed such amendinent..
. .
WASHBUIM; of•_illiriois, again
moved the
,previous — iffiestion . and the
Mug° again refused to seemfd
Mr. HUHLBURD O of New Yorlt;-offered
an amendment directing the !Secretary . of
to*ithdrawitorneoMmisston
every revenue cutter ontlne: 'Atlaritie coast
not actually needed for constant service..
Mr: t... 4 A.WYElkoffered an aMendmerit for
the 'erection of a new light !tense on Lake
Michigan, between Dailey's. Itarbor and
North lily, on *completion of which the
light house at Bailey's Harbor be discontin.
tintigd., Adopted:. ' •
Thel'interidtuent directing six :'steatn
enne cutters on the Lakes to'belaid tip in
ordinary being reached, - Mr. SPA umnso
spoke in opposition, and Moyers.. WASH
BURNE, of Ill:, MELEYE and CHURCH-
HILL in - advocacy.
Mr. PETERS' ametidutent wax rejected.
Mr- . IIITRLBUILIVS sins adopted, and Mr.
:CHURCHILL'S amendment; .as . thus •
•
amended, was agreed to.
The amendmenWritaking appropriations
for public buildings were reached. The
firit, being that Increasing the appropriation
.for Appr.usen' store at Phlladelphut from
i'25,000. to 515,009, rejected—forty-tive to
siktv-itwo. • •-• • - •
ThQ next amendment was to increase the
appropriation for the construction oft court
house inDes Moines, lowa, from V 15,000 to
MOM
Wit4Pllt-tt voto ,BITTLIM, from 00
Conference Con ndttee on Invalid Pe*lons,
reported they were unable to agree, and a
new Committee was appointed. '
Adjourned.
THE CAPITAL.
Examination of Cleveland Wit
- nesses;on Inipeachment-LLand
grants to lawo.—Death of Hon.
David - W-ilnitot—The Connecti
cut Campaign.- ,
oly T,hcsr.ipb e. the Pi !SAW rgb G ay clte.l
• , WASMINGTONr MILTUI3 19, 1868.
TIIE IMPEACHMENT MANAGERS
To-day examined several witnesses from
Cleveland, Ohio, as to the correctness of
the reports bf the .President's speeches.
Niessr.s. Staubery, Curtis and Everts were
again in consultation with tha - Pri3sldent
this morning.
LAND GRANTS' TO lOWA.
The Secretary of the Interior, in reply to
a resolution of the house with reference to
the` grant - of landk to-Iowa; te • aid in the
conStruetiolitir a*Vailroad front . Dubai - vac to
fs4oux. - .Ckty l , prior the,Doparpnent certified
Itondwa forldb fend theqnantity that- in
curred for the whole
_gran t, amounting to one
million two hundred - and twenty-six thous
and seven-hundred andr. sixty-three acres,
I subject to, all the conditions in the granting
ngivrtt OP LION. DAVID WILMOT.
The death of Iron: David Wilmot, one of
the Judges of the Court of Claims, which
recently took place at ToWanda, Pa., will be
annofinced,in Court to-morrow.
TRH CONNECTIEPT
' Representatives - Eknmelfy, -Illair, Wash
burne,. Indiana,. Garfield, (kolyarn, , . and
`WillittraS;lndiana, are , about to take part
in, the Connecticut atmpaio.
iitinittikrroNxi:iooPvaiiticirrr.
The House Library Committe* has deter
mined to lay the question of International
Copywright aside as inexpedient, and op
posed to the litte.rest. authors of the Dnl
-4,M f4tlttes.:: - ....=. - I
CUSTOM. nackitria.
The receipts of customs for the weekend
ing March 14th, were V3,549,23'1
NASHVILLE.
Rentoriter in'ataw.ollice--Street Shooting
Affair—One of the Parties Mor11;*
- Wounded—Arrest for Zildnappluw.
,18y 'Telegraph to the PAttahurgh,Gatette.j
Ilfaretil9:=a - rencontre !took
place this aftetnoon in Smith and Guild's
law Office, between Ron.. M. M. Brion and
Oscar F. Novel- The .latter_shot'att. the
Judge, but mimed' hini:- °Brief' used his
cane freely and finally Novel flea.
Shortly afterwards a shooting affair on.
ciltred inliolat of the , Markot Houi6;
tenant Reiik C. Barr, policeman, fornierly
of Stokes' cavair3r, and Colonel J. W. Law
!Asti.97nerlv of.the.Fifth.Kontucky canal
ry, now cid& at, ; the \Vett Rouse, ;Wing ,
the parties. Several shots wore excinmged*.
Lawkess was mortally wounded, andia , nct
atirldifiel byi.iw.a4. shot in th9;.:9B't.
Both were Radicals.
L...D..liegle, late of Indiana, was ar 7 r .
restistilo4llVche.med with -kidnapping a
• ollMlboY - and.sending,hun,aitua. a servant
tOnneakeMber,of - the Legtslature.
•
SECOID EMTIOI.
FOUR, Q•CLOCK':A_ M.
FROM EUROPE.:
English Parliament = The Budg
.
et=-Explanation as to Fenian
Processrons—lrish Representa
. tion—Change in Boroitgh Fran
chise--Appearance of. the Na
poleonic Pamphlet Advices
from South .America- No Furth
er War Movempnti—Revolt at
Montevideo Civil Marriage
• 'Rite to be Authorized W I Aus
tria.
DB) , Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
GREAT BRITAIN.
TILE BUDGET-FENIAN PROCESSIONS
Loypox, March 19. 7 -In the House of
Columens last evening, Mr.. Hunt, Chancel
lor of the Exchequer, promised the appear
ance of the budget;on the 16th of April.
.-
During the debate on the Irish question,
Lord Ma.3 - o made an e.xplanation in regard
to Fenian Processions, The Offer of Pardon
made to Johnson,. who% - was accused of
participating in the Illegal procession, was
not held out to SUllivan and Pigot, the Dub-.
lin editors, for the reason that their cases
widely, differed. • • ,
ON TRIAL FOR TREASON.
Capt:lfackev, recently tried at Cork on a
charge iiikinuider and acquitted, iva.4 to-day ,
put oetrial on a charge of treason and fel
ony. Messrs. Mazy, Corydon and Mulany
Ore the chief witnesses against the prisoner.
mnrszt ILEPRESENTATION A_ND FRANCHIS E .
,
LONDO;C 7 . _March 19- r ,,ifidnight.=-In the
House of Commons to-night, Earl Mayo
presented the Government bill for areform
the representation,.of Ireland in the.
Commons. There is to be. no alteration m
thd county franchise, but in boroughs the
right of - voting .is to bo.g,iven to all five
(,+:5) pound -householders, instead of ten
ptiund, as at present. No action was taken
upon the measure. • -
SOUTH AMERICA.
NEWS MN-IMPORTANT.
Lisnom,•March IP.=--The mail steamship
from Itio Janeiro-has arrived. News from
the armies on the Parana is meagre and
unimportant. The allieahad not yet made
an attack •on the fortified position of the
enemy at Ifuntita.- A:strong pressure had
been brought to bear on the Brazilian 'Em
peror for the removal of Marquis Caxias,
Commander-in-Chief of the allies, but the
`Emperor. emphatically refused to comply
with the urgent appeals.
revolt had broken outhrMontevideo,
and threatened to become formidable, but
Was effectually suppressed.
" FRANCE.. • ..
TILE IMPEJ:IIAL P4)fI'IILET.
,
Pints, March 19.--:-Evening.—The niuch
loo'ked for Imperial ynimphlektrtixdO itu
peartmeo to-clay. The writer, after giving a
lengthy, history of; the early popular votes
in .Fraiiee, proves therefrom that the French
ckmstitution is based upon the will' of the
,people only, and is changbable only by
NOte of the people. He then passes on to
"review the course of the Emperor . towardS
-I,lln people, and contends that in the decrees
Of 1560 and 15(17, wherein certain liberal- re
forhis were guaranteed .them,. the EmPeror
manifests that he seeks . to adopt the cove
nant to progress and liWrty.
AUSTRIA.
RITE; OF CIVIL: ZkI.iRATACiE
•
"VniiirTA, March 19.--In Beichsrath to
day the announcement was — made by the
Ministry that the projeet for the I aathoriza,
tion of the rite of civil marriage •ought to
pass in spite olthe Concordat. While they
regretted the of the Pope; th©Min
istr enactment indispen-,
sable to the well being.ofspelety, and should
press its adoption.
FINANCIAL ANp COMMERCIAL.
. .
LONDON, lkfarch 19--Evesing.—The week
ly statement of the Bank of F..ngland shows
that the bullion has increa.sed.£lo2,ooo ster
.
ling. - ' -
LONDON, March 1 9 -Evening:,—Bonds
723,4. Others unchanged. •
Fitxlcyon.p, •March M.—Bonds firmer.
751 ) 10753.4. " •
Lii;sn.root., March 19--Evening.—Cotton
is quiet and steady at'lo3.4d. for uplands ou
spot and afloat; sales 0f,10,000 bales. BiVad-
Stuffs dull. Corrideclined to 40s: 6d. Lard,
active and advanced, at'sB.4:6d. Others un
et Inged. ;
ANTWERI', March 19.—Petroleum, 4334 f.
• NEW YORK.
. *
(By Tolegragh to the-Pittsburgh Gazette.] r
' ..s. NEW YORE, 'March 19, 1868.
i -_ , s TRIS. METE RAILROAD WAIL
- ..lri the SdPititiact Court p-Oay Judge Bar
' rlardVadatOti . ah ardor, staying proceedings
in, the Erie' Railway citses obtained from
Judge tier's. last even g,. and appointed
George A. , Osgood receiver of the 1, 4 .8,000,000
of stock issued recently. ,-
The Assembly tonimittoe on - Railroads
lias before it a bill legalizing the recent is
sues of.stoc s by the Directors:of the Erie
Railway. ' :• , ~ „..- .- .• : .-•
not,t. . O MILL DAMAGED lII' FIRE. .
Last nigl afire in ;,the- rolling mill of
Lawrence (.1 . Barry, At,itipuyton, ' Devil
x i
Creek, cau d damage : AD the
. 4ttnotint: of
870,000, covered by.i.nsm:anee.• . .:.•
...:
,:
1 ,
RAILWAY t wis,uriuPTlON. •
On the Erie Railway thailxvi•ore detained,
yesterday 'in consequenee of We waibilag
away of about sixty Net of .track at , Pipe
Creek, about sik• mildn from Oswego. A.
temporary track was ihniekly - cen.structed
over-the creek witbaurqber r and trains were
enabled to proceed.— .? : ' , .• • -
, .
ARRIVED FROM EUROPE; t
The steamengstobra.ska and Belloria,frorn
,Enrope, has arrived. - '
RAILROAD.PAR,R, RED UCTION
The 'reported "roductioh 'of fare via the
Erie Road to itrematkiie.
~,
MayPraltY or Portland,Me,..
Itty Tereirriph to the Pltftbuneti'aliette.) - ' .:1
PORTI,AND, ME., March .19. - '- - -' rii the Cltv
Connell :le-day,. the Independent Republt:
eons voted,the stralghlt tleltet, and , Meelel.:.
Lan:
_RoPubiLeani tw l ol - Saectr-AraYor: Wr."
uulaioet! vevea, against, 91e, , ;for Putpam ) ,
X 1 9 1 . 346 9=0 6 c Pc9d*ii.l
? '
il
PI Eli
_Di buy, Dikirlt _ er4,1 1
(spgetzu corre,i•oniteilietussle mizaPl• ) i
NEW
OilyzAziA, 9 ek' .:- - tThe oider.oe
General Reyntora; woiftsin;f:commarili of
the'fifth rolliteryillitirletiwes received to„
Austin by telegraph .thiatimmtlng.., 4,
Reynolds was'
. I fix , Plos ) AIM° fet' thr: l
s li
Or eons, • .. 1 ~.„, . , ~ ,)471T- , rl ,
.4. ,
lIME
.
LATE STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION.
Pearful Condition of the - Passengers--
Attempts at • Rescue—The Killed" and
Wounded., •
The - telegiaph; on Thursday; afternoon,
furnished full Particulars of the, disaster to
the - steamboat Magnolia on.the Ohio river,
between Cincimaati and Maysville, on
Wednesday. ri m v 'the Cincinnati papers
we glean the following additional 'partieu
,
Jars. The Enquirer says:
One of the most terrible steamboat disas
ters that has occurred in this vicinity_ since
the bloWini rip of Mozelle, took place
yesterday, a. short distance below California,
at the mouth of Crawfish, and about seven
miles up the,river.
The ill-fated boat was the Magnolia, one
of the regular Chkeinnati and Boat
packets, and the, most popular Boat upon
tho line. She left her- dock at the, usual
honk, 12 with, as is estitnated, fully one
hundred and six pasSengers on board, and
in about an hour afterwards the .e - Ai.plosion
took place.
'Mr. Gus' Miller,. who resides-A:visite
where the cataStrephesiceurred, put, offin a
skill to the rescue of the unfortunates on
board. He, states that after the explosion
the boat went some distance . ahead r and he
pulled a milo beibre the flames burst forth,
so that he estimates the interval at nearly
ten ,minutes. When - he-arrived - - near the
wreck, a most fearful sight presented'itself.
Beneath the guards a dozen . men were
clinging; and shrieking' for - help, while
the dames were seething their heads,'hands
and faces.. ... • • ' -
'rhe heat was so intense that it was im
possiple for the skiffs to approach' near
'enough for their: rescue, and one by bne
they dr,-...-pped into the water.: Ono man who
still ,renatmed on the boat, with a little
girl in his arms, Shouted to the men in the
skiff- "for God's' sake to !save the child."
While the fire was scorching behind, until
the:heat.becoming intolerabie, he:dropped
the little girl - into the water,, and then
jumped overboard himself. --
In the meantime other skiffs had put out
from the Ohio shore, and by desperate ex. ,
ertion - Many persons, principally ladies,
were rescued from .the burning wreck.
Two, however, were swept beneath the
guards, and every effort tow,rescue the
was in vain. One . .man Was , seen- haning
to the hog-cliai?,,t his beard.-and the hair of
his head burning. Mr. Miller Shouted to
him to let go, and he dropped- into the
water and was saved,, although' terribly- in
jured by the flames. Another, badly
burned, was taken off the rudder, 'but tho
raging element was so rapid in - its progress
that but short. time was votteliSafed either
to the victims or those who came to their
`aid. •
The steam tug Falcon came up, arid took
some twenty-foiir Of. the - injured. on board.
The steamer Panther, too, was headed -as
rapidly as pessible•te the scene of the dis
aster, and brought a great 'number of the
unfortunate people to the city._ The scene
on these_boats....ms of the most harrowing
deseription. litany of the Poor creatures,
half charred, were moaning pitebusly,while
others lay in a state of stupor,, happily, for
the.time being,,oblividus to their
_terrible
condition. During;the progress to he city
every attention was devoted that kindness
'could suggest, and nothing was left undene
that enind in any wise alleviate' their 61.1 -
TER .iInA. — *.AND ADV.
The books were all destroyed, SO "ttiat it
is impossible, at this time, to ascertain how
many, passerigers there 'were on board, and
how many perished. • And this suggests not
only the; expediency, but the necessary pre
caution which should be adopted by, all
passenger steamers before quitting port, of
leaving-a duplicate register. In thepresent
case it may be impossible to ascertain how
many haVe been lost by this terrible dis
aster.l ' '' •
Tho Commercial furnishes the following
list of those of the, passengers and prew who
are reported killed: • ""'
Losr—Captain H. Prather ; Jarnes 5t4...-
vens,,,second engineer; Perry Miller, see-.
and mate ; Williani Evans, bai-tender •
Mary 'Copin, chambermaid',
Rees, of Felicity; Ohio, was dnawned ; Wm.
Evans, • boatman, inissin_g ; Miss Betts..
French, of .hiasoncounty, Kentucky, is sup-
Posedlia be drowned ;' R. Bradford Ripley,
Ohio, is also reportedanst ; six deck hands,
whose names are unknown,are also-reported
lost, which makes alotal of fifteen lives.
• A *gentleman named Oche,: a cattle
dealer, living• on the.eorner of -•Fifteenth '
and Race streets, was One of the unfortu
nate passengers on..,the 'ill-fated Magnolia.
He: suffered severdly fitap. a 'broken leg,
fractured skull and. severe'. nternal
ies. He was brought here by the. Panther,
and died last evening at half:past six
o'clock. ' . "c' • • •
• • • 1 7 1 6' 1 PP/SV: I. - • f
The following incident ettcurred at the
time of the explosion qady, from this
•city, nanuidrldrs. - Thiele,;thn daughter of a
hatter • residing on i ,Vine,„ , opposite Green
street, took passage on the Magnolia for
Ripley, together with her Eion• aged. about
_six. years:. When the ,best_caught fire the
little fellow.wai so frightened that,he jump
ed overboard.' mailer:in order tp save
her nipped inaftef hlm, and cling
ing to.; him,' endeayored ,to carry him to
shore, but her strength failed and
mother and child were abettt.'to perish,
whenVolorect deck hand,f who -was badly
scalded; plunged into the river after them,
and Skcceeded getingthein ashore safely.
We wereunable to hear the - cninne of this
noble te llow. . .
A ni.BURGMER ABROAD.
The Gazette says: At the Spencer House
we fotilidhfr: A. C. - krill, sinanufacturer at
Pattehtith.li was;,in. his;stateroom,
asleep, at. time of the explosion. As he
Waked. he' sprung to the saw the situ
ation:at onced J
, anumpink overboard, clung
to the' hull until picked Anaby.., one of the
skiff..,3lr. Hull had hardly recovered
m
'fro 'some'. slight' had
- lie received ,
• orrc) the .bidnulopolis ; and Cincinnati..
Railroad,. when the • train he, was on was
thkOß*D'ltoiti the track at Whitewritor bridge
on , ..Tdesday by, the'" storm. Mr..'
110.11,',0n his' trip up the river from Evans
yu as We learned t on a boat which
lel& fire. He escapetiwith slight injury
'font-the, disaster otye,sterdaY, 'being but
Aittle bruised. His • trunk was fortunately
; awaiting him at the Spencer House, where
lin.had left it. Reis an'elderly :gentleman,
Zlitul) at- the time We were at-the Spencer
House, had retired to. rest •
The, Magnolia was built sit Cincinnati in
'October, 1659; and wia2oo feet in length, 33
feetlicsun; . (vith 6- feet depth ofdiol(L • She
had. three boilers, each 24 feet inilength, 46
Inefies in diameter and 'six feet Striake. The,
total d 'ciss of life will probably exceed; one
;hundred per:Whs. • -
• c
h
Drowned in Lake C amplidn.
Ri Telegraph to - thellitsbuigh tiaret . t 0.3
.Witrxr. N. X.; - March.; 19.—Two
442 hters, of. Captain_ ?nine, light house
keeper at Crown point, were drowned yes.
;ter yin an attempt CO e..koss, Lake Chem-
P l 4 ll l on the Ice• Th! ) CAPtainAMI his son
wete saved. -
--,...4lltho,oporatiVea hl4BPragne's cotton
znititßaltit,VPerigLectleu t•gpok for high
ei wagta yesterday !rho • - •mulias stopped
Work.: s' ' •
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