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VOLUME LXXXIII.
FIRST NM
co , ciAacmr. M.
D.,• *103'4 WM FM II Dre (310110 ;i
Saturday's Brashless--Bills Con
sidexed, Passed and Defeated—
! Passing'uf Bills by Titles Only--
Mr. Landon and the State Guard
—The Militia. Voted Down and
Reconsidered---Gas Inspection
Bill Still Pending---Northein
District Insane "Asylum Bill
Patel ,
(Special blepatch to file Pittsburgh Uazette.]
liA.RiusnußG, Apkil 11; 1868.
SENATE. - •
The Senate met at ten o'clock, a..m.
PrayeT ; by the , Chaplain,. Rev. E. L.
Bailey.. - - , •
Mr. COWLES, Chairman of the Corn-
I - rnittetroflocabilkivreported f as committed,
House - 11M for Silt Inipitetdis InPittaburgh
' and Allegheny cities.
Also, as, committed; House bitrauthorii
, ing the authorities of Erwin ,porough,
Westmoreland county to erect a lock-up
house.
Mr. ERRETT, frOm the Committee on
Railroads, with an amendment, supple-
Iment for the Pittsburgh and , Minersville
Passenger Railway Company. The amend
ment strikes out the 3d section, authorizing
the sale by Sheriff. •
The following House bills were called up
and passed finally :
- By Mr. BROWN, Rep., of Merber, an
act increasing the fees of Justices of the
Peace; die:, in Potter and Mercer counties.
By Mr. WHITE, Rep.,' of Indiana, an .
act- prohibiting liquor licenses in South
MahQning township, Indiana county.
By Mr. BROWNE,'Rep., of Lawrence,
• (Senate bill) authorizing the bondholders
of the Brady's Bend Iron Company to vote
at a meeting of the stockholders of said
company. ' •
He asked, that the joint rule prohibiting
the transmission of Senate bills House
within three days of final adjournment be
suspended. Agreed to.
By Mr. CONNELL, Rep., of Philadelphia,
House bill repealing so much of the act of
March 27, 1865, rebitive' to 'proeeedings in
partition, as requires monies arising from
. sales to be paid into Court, amended, by
Mr. Connell, giving the Court discretionary
powers.
By Mr. SEARIGHT, Dem., of Fayette,
House bill repealing the landlord and ten-
ant supplement of 1863.
Itep., of 4W,Aeny,.
House bill providing for the organization
• of co-operative associations in this Com
; .monwealth, under which any sefen citizens
may organize a co-operative association with
a capital of not'more than $200,000.
Mr. WHITE, Rep., of Indiana, called up
the House general militia supplement,
which exempts persons- on payment of
filly cents tax, except in case of insurrec-
I tion or invasion, and all persons over fifty
five years of agethe militia tax to form
brigade funds in each county, from which
each private drilling in r coinpanies shall re
ceive $l2 annually, ,Stc. - -
Mr. WHITE. moved to amend by substi
tuting a tax of one dollar and the age of
- forty-five for exemption. Adopted.
Mr. IicCANDI PSS, Dem., of Philadel
phia, moved to y exempt from the payment
. of fines all who have been honorably dis
charged froin* the " serviee of the United
States, having served therein at least three
pitrs, and all who have been discharge d
on certificates of disability. Adopted.
He also moved to make the bill applica
ble to Philadelphia, only so far as the re
mission of fines and exemptions embraced
in his ainendment was concerned. Agreed
to.
' Mr. WHITE
.nlso moved to amend, by
providing that the Ma3or Gi3neral of the
First. Divnicii (Philadelphia) shall have
power le appoint one Assistant Adjutant
General, with the rank of Lieutenant Col-
onel; one Coramissary General, with the
..,...rankof Major; onetQuarter 14f.aste.r General,
with the - - rank of Major; all to be commis
stoned by, the Governor.
Mi.'McCANDLESS offered a substitute
for the; amendment,
_providing, that the
commanding officer.of each Division in the
Commonwealth"shall have power to appoint
one Assistant Adjutant General, one Quar
ter Master General, one Commissary Gen
eral, one Surgeon General and one Pay
master General.
Mr. WHITE accepted the substitute,
which was adopted. •
Mr. WHITE moved to amend the first
amendment of Mr. McCANDLES,S by sub
stittaingmonths In lien of three
•
years.
hiusHhlß, RePublican, • of Lancas
ter, supported the amendment, which : was
The whole, bill was then voted down, as
having been rendered useless by the amend
- ment. •
LANDON, Republican, of Brad
ford, sent to the Clerk's desk and had read
an article from the Slate Guard of this
morning, - reiterating. the fact, denied by
the Speaker of the House, that bills had
been passed by their titles only, dtc. He
Said he hadino quarrel with, anybody. But
Abe Aate Guard was regarded as a Re
...publican newspaper at the State Capitol.
. art i cles circulated all cover ,the Corn
. rnoniVeidth; and such articleS these did
the Senate and. the House ma, injustice.
thereforp proper to take some notice
Of them.. He wished - to 'say a few words,
# 6 t , aWOrd too much, not a word too little,
, • not a *ord unkindly. But that he might
be itisided in expressions haluid penciled
down all he had to say in reference to the
matter, which was this
Mr. Speaker, we e.pecteelleuie frotili our
enemies, bra:: undeserved criticism from
friends id istpecially unkind. A failure to
repel charges, when made, must always be
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Supplement to an act incorporating the
Beaver County Bank and Safe Deposit As
sociation, changing the namo'of said Asso
ciation, and authorizing a change in loca
tion and increase in the capital stock.
Passed finally. . -
Prohibiting the sale of intoxicating
drinks in the township of Finley, Alleghe
ny. Passed second reading. •
Mr. JONES, Dern., of Berks, opposed the
bill, and two-thirds could not be obtained
to suspend the rule to pass the bill finally
on the same day. •
Authorizing the trustees of the . First
Congregational Chtuuti 7 .0 f -Ebensburg,
Cambria county, to sell certain real estate;
Passed finally.
-Incorpdrating the Indiana Gas Company.
Passed finally.
Mr. THORN,Rep., of Philadelphia, moved
to reconsider the ;Action of the House,
yesterday, in refusing to adnpk-the report
of the Committee of Ccniferente -accepting
Senate amendments to an act for• the ap
pointment of Gas Inspector in Philadelphia.
(The Senate amendments include Alleghe
ny county.) •
Mr. BULL, Dem., of Philadelphia, op;•
poled the motion. - The bill'-would entail
an unnecessary expenditure by the State.
Mr. FORD, Rep., of Allegheny, was' in
favor of the motion, which was agreed to—
yeas 41, nays 29.
Mr. BULL said he had introdticed a bill
himself, which be thought was sallsfactory
to the people. But this bill bad been emas
culated in the Senite. It was now a bill'
merely creating offices and places forlavor-
Res. Each of these Chief Inspectors had
unlimited poWer to appoint deputies—the
one Inspector in Allegheny, the other in
•
Philadelphia.
Mr. THORN denied that the bill, would
put the State to any expenditure. The gas
trusts paid everything. •
Mr. BULL asserted that the State paid the
salaries under this pill. . -
The question was then postponed' till
Monday afternoon. ' •
The House then resumed the considers
tion of Senate bills.
Providing for the payment, of the dam
ages awarded the. 'All egheny Cotinty(Agri
cultural Society by reason of the oecupa
lion of their lands by the Commonwealth,
under act of May 15th, 1861, to create a
loan, &c: - •
Mr, DAY, Republican, of Washington,
moved, to postpone the bill indefinitely.
Agreed to,
Mr. CHALPANT,:Democrat, of Montour,
called up the Senate bill for a new !State
insane asylum for Northern Pennsylvania.
Mr. MANN, Rep., of Potter, said this was
a bill offered and passed in the interest,of
a few physicians, (Drs. Reed, of Allegheny,
Curwen, of Harrisburg, and „Green, of
Northam ton.) The bill had never . been
petitioned for by the people of Northern
P'ennsylvania. By this Wan tax of $30,000
or 'JIO,OO would. 130 imposed uponithe die
trictit. He believed this bill had been "en
gineered" to its present stage by parties
not at all affected by the bill. 'Box pro
gress thus far had' been inscrtsitable -to'
him. The House amendment ,making
Drs. Reed, Cu r wen and Green.Com
-missleners t6ssilciet a 'site/ -1144 been
inserted , the Jridiciary Combittee
by. one member of that Committee; who
was not in any=way affected by the
(meaning:Hon. John Hickthan, of Chester,
Chairman of the said Committee who had
asked leave of absence for the bahmoe of
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construed into guilt or cowardice. The
statements of the Guard are unjust to it
self, for no public organ can afford. without
due cause, tolbrfelt the confidence of dis
creet thinking men, saying nothing of po
litical allies. The statements are unjust to
the Senate, for you, sir, know well, and
every man in this Chamber knows well,
the labor and gains-raking employed to
perfect our legislative enactments. The
statements are unjust to the public, for
they spread abroad a false and prejudicial
impression, leaving the people to suppose
that we rush through and consummate le
gal enactments without first studying their
contents or 'comprehending their purpose.
We do. pass finally a certain class of local
bills by reading only their titles. But what
are the antecedent processes to which those
bills are subjected? First, the bills are
read in place by Senators who desire their
passage. Second, they are committed to
the appropriate standing ccimmittets, ..who
exanunt, amend, approve - ar disapprove
them, and report them back to the Senate
•accordhigly. "To guard the whole subject,
still more_closely, by special resolution of
the Senate, when those bills Sire put upon
the calendar for final action, every bill
must have associated with it the name of
some Senator, who is thus• made responsi
ble for its, character and contents., Third,
Those, and all excep
tions, are printed, bound in files, and placed
upon our desks and can be read by all par
ties and at all times from the beginning to
the close of the session.
Thus read, examined, printed, reported
and guarded, where is the good reason for
complaint if they pass finally by their
titles ;e: Itpublic journals' , upbraid=uilfor
the acts we pass, they should predieate
their complaints upon one or two facts,
viz: Either that the acts are wrong, or are
not desired by our constituents. It is a
well known fact that all those local acts are
solicited by those whom we represent, and
the bills being such as the people desire
and demand, editors' should not fall into
paroxysms of displeasure over the manner
of their passage.
Speaker! - Grumbling is a poor trade.
Growlers never bocome great reformers,
but generally die prematurely, smitten by
a fatal attack of public neglect.
Afr. CONNELL, Rep., of Philadelphia,
moved to reconsider the passage of House
supplement relative to liens of mechanics
and others upon buildings in Philadelphia.
Agreed to, - and the bill was laid over.
Mr. WORTHINGTON, Rep., of Chester,
moved to reconsider the vote defeating the
House militia bill. Agreed. to.
Mr. WHITE moved to strike out all ex
emptions except by payment of tax and
*age. - •
Pending discussion, adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The House met at two o'clock, P. m.
Prayer by the .Phaplain, Rev. C.H. Porney
of Harrisburg.
The following Senate bills on the private
calendar of last Tuesday were actedxpen :
Authorizing the" appointment of three
additional Notaries Public for the county
of - Allegheny: Passed finally.
.Repealing anact, entitled "an act to re
peal as act relatiwr.to the -purehase of .a
lawlibrary in the county of Butler,". ap
proved April Bth, 1867.' Passed finally.
Confirmatory of,the organization of the
Terbe Valley Railroad Company, and au
thorizing said Company to borrow money,
and empowering any railroad company,
having a •railroad connecting with that of
the Terbe Valley. Railroad Compiany, to-
purchase the stock and bonds of said Corn
pav, and to guarantee its bonds, and to
co dot for the use or lease of its road.
Lei izi fi g an ordinance of the Burgess
and . • Council of West Middlesex,
Mercer county, relative to the construction
of a certain railroad through said borough.
Passed finally.
PITTSBURG - IT, MONPAY, APRIL 13, 1868
the session" and was now absent.) Mr.
Mann moved to amend by striking: out the
names of Doctors Reed, of Pittsburgh,
Curwen, of Harrisburg, and Green, of
Northampton. The two former physicians
had charge of asylums of their own and
should attend to their management. He did
not want another Dixtuont Hospital in this
State; a hospital that had cost the State four
times more than it ought to have cost. He
repeated his ascertion and said he could
prove it.
Messrs. DURRETT, of Susquehanna, and
LA.VISHE, of Lycoming, asserted they
had presented petitions for the bill.
Mr. McCULLOUGH, Dem., of Clearfield,
said he had received petitions signed by
over one thousand citizens of the district.
Mr. WILSON, Rep., of Allegheny, op
posed the amendment. .
Mr. MANN'S'amernament was, lost—yeas
J
23, nays 56. '
Mr. WILSON then defended Dixmont.
The bill passed ' .
T:CAmnissunG, April 12, 1868
SESSION.
The House held session last 'night' till 12
o'clock. The following Senate bills were
passed, in addition to those :during the
afternook•seision:
Changing the time of holding Courts in
Westmoreland and Indiana counties to the
first Monday in February, May and Novem-,
ber, and third Monday in August.
Regulating •comriensatibn of assessors in
Allegheny county.
Authorizing the Temperanceville and No
blestown Turnpike Company to surrender
to Temperanceville and West Pittsburgh
part, oftbstr road. _
Authorizing` -the School Board of Collins
township, Allegheny county, to borrow
money..
' ,Extending the time for paying.the enrol
ment tax on the act incorporating the Pitts
burgh Tunnel Company.
Incorporating the Liberty Driving Com
pany of Pittsburgh.
Incorporating the Allegheny Presbyte
rian Theological. Seminary.
Prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liq
ours in Bellevernon ' borough, Fayette
county . .
Authorizing the appointment of two mag
istrates in the boroughs on the south of the
Monongahela and Ohio rivers, Allegheny
county, to hear cases of drunkenness, &c.
• Bill regulating the fees of sealer of
weights and measures in Allegheny coun
ty for regulating 'and testing platform
scales. Defeated.
Bill incorporating the Pennsylvania Fis
cal Asency, capital one million, with pow
er to increase to six millions. Defeated on
motion of Mr. Playford, of Fayette.
Play ford,
APPROPALA:TIO:g
The Governor has approved the appro
priation bill.
SOUTHERN STATES .
[By 7:elegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
VIRGINIA.
RICHMOND, VA., April 11.—In the U. Si
Circuit Court to-day the case of Shephard
versus Virginia and Tennessee Railroad
was brought rip. The road had taken a lot
of flour to ship South, but connecting roads
being threatened by the Federal - army,
they.refuslXl to take-it snd-it was put-te at
Bristol; kept a' long time, and finally sold
by the Company. Tne Judge ordered the
plaintiff to be paid for the flour at its value
in good currency when sold.
GEORGIA
AUGUSTA GA.,April 11.—The attention
Ilef General Afeae having been Called to the
course pursued by Lieutenant Charles
Johnson, 15th Infantry, in arresting Judge
Hope, of the Circuit Court of Calhoun
county, Alabama,, and closing the Court,
owing to a difference in the construction of
orders in reference to impannelling juries,
the Generarcommimding. publicly declares
his assumption of authority to arrest as
deserving of severe, censure. General
Meade further says: The object of the
orders was not to declare all juries must be
in petit coinixised of. colored men, but sim
ply to remove any distinction the laws of
the. State made in this District regarding
color. The General' trusts this disapproval
will render subordinate officers cautious to
refrain from hasty and unauthorized exer
cise of power vested only in the highest
militsgy,officer.,
• AuocsrA, GA., ApriPll.--In • order that
there may be fairness in the approaching
election, Gen. Meade directs _that the bar
lot-boxes = shall- trot , be "operibd, or votes.
.counted, or, any information of the progress
of. :the ,election given, until- the polls are
closed. After the voting is closed the man
agers shall select , two men of character
from fippoifte parties, who shall be permit
ed to be present ß at the counting of the bal
lots, and to witness and verify such. count
ing.
•
. NOIITII CAROLINA.
• WiLmixa.row,;• April Registration
closed to-day !mild considerable excitement..
The total registration in the city for -five
days la: whites, 404, ,blacks 43,0. Total, in- -
cludlitg formbi'regittiaticm: ivhites 1,309,
black 2,073. ,The political excitement is in
creasing daily. Botk parties are straining
every nerve,o3olllsts. , frOm Bladen and
Richmond counties indicate lal•ge additions
to the white vote under the new registra
tion:,
• a
' LbuisIAXA.
NEW ORLEANS, April 11.—General Bu
chan= to-day issued. an - order requiring an
immediate inspection of the levies . by the
Pollee Juries in each- parish; and - weekly
inspection and reports on the condition
hereafter. The order prescribes regula
tions for the.protection' of levies and re
pairs in case of crevasses.
TENNESSEE.
NASIIVILLE, April 11.—An election was
held today for County Commissioners of
Davidson county. The Radical ticket was
elected without opposition, two whites and
one negro. Tile el action passed off quietly.
ON ,THE :MAIM
, Adelcer from the. IlerUs.i.4[laibils:lll a State
of Starvation.
tßy Telegraph to the Pittuburglit3asette..3 •
ST. LOUIS, April 12.--)festerday returns
"Were received at General Sherman's Head
quarters, froni forts Laramie, Randall, Lar
ned,Dtvzothh., Ripley,'Riley, enening and
;Kearney , containing the state ent OW no
events,of uripoitance'ihad occurred deriritt
the month...
. A Fort Bertholl letter,, dated March 2d
'says: Our ‘lildians3 here , are starving‘t
There have been 'thirteen, deaths tly .
tothis time and the Prhapeeht "eretinod, for
litany more dying belhre' spring, :for th&,
want of something eift,il l ther:have:
etant.idttlie WO, a- liticat , -MaityL of the*
hareem' and mules, • gni'' are killing them
daily forlOodth stuttaltitthet Web of hell;
chilaren. ' +.; _ • a.
_ '
Silver ExportaUon from coiled&
CBg.Tet4riapir7o thWrtitibiggikitaiette 1-
Tailor/me t , April 11.—The Mentrefartollitill,
have transported /120,000: in American :
ver to lessen the inconvenience:m:4ml a .
by the excessive quantity in circubdion.
MfEEME
MMM
SECM E 1110111.
FOUR cvcx...c• • A. M
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FORTIETH CO GRESS.
,
The Impeachment Trial—Con
tinuation of General Thomas'
Testimony --Genera c Sherman
on the Stand--Discu ion on Ad
missibility,. of Co Tersations
With the President-rObjectioni
, r the Managers SUstained.
l . -
tDy Telegraph to Pittsburgh Garotte ]
WASHINGTON, April IT, 1868.
SENATE.
A; l otion of the Impeachment Managers,
that e Court allow as many of the Mana
gers as Counsel to take part in the final
arguments, was rejected and lays over till
Monday.
General Thomas' examination was con
tinued. He explained that the President in
structed him to "take charge" not to "take
possession" of the War Office:-• He assented
to the general. correctness of Mr. Barleigh's
testimony before the House Committee.
• Cross-examined by: Mr. BUTLER-Was
positive the. President only told to
take charge of, the War Office. Admitted
calling Karseners a "liar." Never said "we
will have that fellow, out, if it sinks the
sidp." Had - not talked with. Gen. Town
send and others about-his testimony, given
yOiterday. „Ile corrected certain portions
ofhis testimony given before the Congres
sional Ccfmriiittee.
'Glen. W.' Sherman was called. itei tes
tified he arritted- in Washington on the 4th
of Deceniber -last, and remained a month,
coming here on business connected7with
thilndian Commission. About the middle
of Decembir was assigned to duty on the
board to revise army articles. Had several
interviews With the Presldent regarding
difficulties • before and after Stanton's re
moval;
Mr..STANBERY asked i What conversa
tion took place between you and the Presi
dent on the 14th of January in regard to
Stanton's iffnoval?
The 3fann. era *Wed. _
The CFIIYRJUSTICE ruled the question
was admissable, - and - a decision by the Sen
ate was called for, but before the yeas and
nays were taken - -
Sir. STANBERY said he regarded the
testimony sought to be introduced as vital.
tbthe He went on to remind the
Court that the Managers thtur introduced
much testimony in an effort to raise a:pre
sumption of criminal intent on the part of
the President, testimony relating to
events which occurred months - before the
iist of February, and argued that the coun
sel had ,an equal right to bring forward re
butting testimony in order to prove the.
President's honest intent. In support
_of
his position he quoted at length from re
ports of the State trials of Hardy and Lord
Gordon, and claimed the decisions then
ma et were precedents to determine preSent
Mr, BUTLER rejoined, saving the _Man
agers in attempting to introduce Mr. Coop
er's Iti a mony sought to prove acts, not
conve . tions. In the course of his re
marks he referred to General Thomas as a
weak, vascillating old man, pampered by a
little pride, and nt to be a tool. He said
counsel, had tried to influence the Senate
by rending simple arguments of lawyers,
alarming authority, and this attempt he
characterized as. unprofessional.
Mr. STANBERY called on the Chief Jus
tice to put a stop to such assertions -of his
conduct, stating he read the arguments as
explaining the decisions made.
Mr. BUTLER resumed and. spoke at
at length with more usual thap vehemence,
arguing that the rules of evidence'reflected
on Mr. Stanbery and General' Thomas, and
claiming in conclusion that Senators were'
a law unto themselves. - _
Mr. EVARTS quoted *Om , the records
i
of this trial to how'that Mr. Butler had
assumed the same position acid , done the
same things that he now - dendunced as un-_
professional. He cited and commented
on numerous charges mhde in the
articles which imported evil intention to
the President, and argued •„the .admissa_
bility of the question on considerations of
law, reason and justice. When he finished
the Senate Wok recest‘ for fifteen minutes.
On "re=assembling Itir.-WILSONread from
the.report of. Har,dytluit the position taken
by ?if?. Butler was correct, and-intiated"that
the declarations of the President might
have been made solely with the purpose of
concealing his intents. His effort of ltut
ting,Stanton out of office would lurk been
to preient him
„from applying to the courts,
so a decision would not have 'been reached.
The CHIEF JUSTICE re-stated his opin-,
ion that the question was adinissable under
ruling of yesterday, because, like that ask
ed yesterday, its_ purpose was to elicit testi
mony regarding the intent of the President.
A conversation occurring shortly before the
"commission of an act was as admiesable as
that concerning which took place after-
Wards, even more so. .
The yeas and nays were then taken and
resulted twenty-three to twenty-eight. So'
the question was not allewed. •
Mr. STANBERY asked Gen. Sherman :
What do you know about the creating •of
the Department of the Atlantics.
Mr. BUTLER said there would be no' ob
jection, providing the Chief-Justice would
instruct the witness not to give heamay,
evidence. • ' . '
Mr. STANBERY declined to give as.sur
ance that the witness could not be ques
tioned about what the President had said.
The CHIEF-JUSTICE submitted the
question of the admissibility, and theen-,
ate, without division, decidedin the nega
tive.
Mr. STANBERY then . asked if the
President hadteridertid him the position of
Secretary of - War ad interim?
Mr. BUTLER objected.
Mr. STANBERY replied, and Mr. BUT.
LERrejoined -that it was -an attempt to
bring in the conversation. • r.' .
The Senate decided the question cimild be
put, and General Sherman testified the
president tendered him the office of. Secre
tary of War ad interim, on two occasions,
January 25th and-30th.'.Re replied to these
in.writing on the 27th arid 81st, that_Mr.
Stanton was in office in Mit office.
.Mr..STANI3ERY asked lf• anything cilia
occurred between the: tness Free-..and the Pres
ident about the of f er when firstmade? •
BUTLER objected and warned thii
Senate against the attempt l tb bring in con,'
'it vgrsation under the pretense of proving an:
ZtY'-' • - •
. ,
Mr.ARVARTS called attention to
Butler, shaking his finger in warning the,
Senate as malpractice of 00m3{4, mitsaia
nothing was plainer than that the cireum
stancesptplafning an act woro admissablo
as eVidence concerning it.
Mr: BUTLER. replied, and ;the . !piqstion
was siibnilt4l to the genatty.: .
Th:e yittult - `and*Vel were' lemanded and
itaitiftMetWebeAbillito4*EstityAline ' •-•
. 184 :, t t 1 i , .9 1 teet,140 4 0 P/d e g !nlq4i#Bsa
ble:7.l
.• .
The examination was iisuined--,At the
TE=M;WHE
second interview, when the offer was re.;
viewed, there was further co.nyersation.
Mr. STANBERY then asked if the
President had in any interview stated that
his intention in offering , witness the ap
pointment was to bring the matter before
the l Snpreme Court? -
•
Objected to.
Counsel said they only wished the ruling
to appear on record. •
The question of admissability was sub
mitted and decided in the negative by a
vote. Of seven to forty. •
Mr. STANBERY then offered the ques
tion, ,modified as follows: Was anything
said in conversation as to any parpose of
bringing the matter before the Court? '
Mr. BUTLER objected to it as being out
rageously leading, and Said it was designed
to gain time.
Mr. STANBERY remarked that this was
too grave and solemn a proceeding to allow
of IoW personalities. He repelled with
scorn tbe insinuation that he had resorted
to the tactics of the old Bailey practictioner
with regard to leading questions. The
questions which he (Mr. Stanbery) had put
were not, as the Managers admitted, in
tended to elicit anything the witness was
not about to say without theirleacling form.
Mr. HENDERSON offered aqUestion,
whether in any interview the President had
expresSed any intention with regard to
making the appointments.
Objection made and yeas and nays taken.
Not admitted-23 to 27.
The Senate Tefused to adjourn-25 to 27.
Mr. STANBERY asked the question: At
either interview was anything said in ref
erence to the use of force, intimidation or
threats to get possession of the War De
partment, or to the contrary?
Objection made and sustained without
The Senate again refused, to adjourn-20
to 32.
Mr. STANBERY said under these rulings
the counsel were not prepared'at present
to asli. further questions of Gen. Sherman,
but perhaps might desire to re-call him on
Monday, whereupon, at 4:40, the Court del
journpd.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. WOODWARD introduced a bill to
test the Constitutionality question 4if acts
of Congress. Referred to the Judiciary
Committee.
The first section provides that any act of.
Congress that shall be vetoed by the Presi
dent on the ground of the unconstitution
ality of its provisions, and shall afterwards
be enacted into a law over his veto, it shall
be lawful for the President to order the At
torney-General to file in the Supreme
Court a feigned issue to test the. constitu
tionalityi of such arts of the enacnnent as
were specially o ected, to by him.
The SPEAKE prelented a letter from
the Justices of the Supreme Court, trans
mitting amendments of rules in bankrupt-
UReferred to Committee on Revision of
nited States laws.. ,
Mr. COBURN Introduced a bill to provide
for the payment of back pensions in cases
where persons "entitled bud been infanta or
insane, or without guardians, during the
time !they were with Out 'guardians. Re
ferred to Committee on Pensions:
The House rwled into Committee of
W
the 'hole and proceeded to the Senate, no
business to be one on return.
(By Telegraph .to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
The newspaper called 'Every Afternoon
expired this afternoon, its 'editor frankly
avowing. in his valedictory thatit too ranch
resembled an old fashioned weekly.
-- • .
I -
Thos. Lloyd, an accomplice of the coun
terfeiters Chatterton and Doran.. was to
day arrested and committed for trial; in de
fault of $lO,OOO bail.
Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., "denies the
statement that he has again violated the
canons of his Church. Ile says he has no
intention of disobeynur , the canons of his
'Church, his not disobeyed' the Church
laws since his late - trial, and has not re
ceived any notification of arraignment for
such alleged offence, has never jo gn inell any
plan to defy the' authority of-the Church;
will never attend another trial, and - finally,
he will continue to preach from . his pulpit
until ejected therefrom by nu) police.
In the Common Pleas Court to=day the
Sheriff's °Meer made return thatlay.Gould
is in Albany and refuses to leave to answer
the summons of the Court."l,The Judge is
sued an ordei, returnable on Tuesday, re
quiring Gould and counsel to/show cause
why they should not be punished for con
tempt.
CUSTOM ROUSE OFFICER ARRESTED.
The Assistant Appraiser in the Cusitom
Ficiuse was to.day held in 000 to_ an
swer a charge of passing. a case. of
through the Custom House without collect
ing proper does. •
AGAIN PUT OVER.
In the Summe Court to-day the hearing
in the Rrie Railway matter was again Post
poned till Thursday next.
COTTON corrvravriox.
A Cotton Mainifaeturers' Convention is
to be held at the St. Nicholas Hotel on the
29th inst. •
FROM EUROFE.
The steamship City of Paris, from. Liver=
pool,: Mi
April Ist, d , Queenstown 2d, has
arrrveo.
HAVANA, April 11.- 7 The, Spanish steam
-
er Pelee; *ere Vera Cruz, on the 4th has
arriveil. • A railway was projected from
Preaido del Norte, Texas, to the Pacific.
Fears were entertained at the capital of an
invasion of Sonora, LoWer California,- and
Sinolcia, by Americans. The election in
Yucatan was suspended. Eligio Ancana
has been made ‘l3overnor of Merida, in
lace 'of Crepida Nernamdrc of Blatorrea.
were expected 'to' sail for Vera Cruz
about-the end' of April. The anarchy in
Yriefitan was quieted. - • • •
• Nzw' Yens,' April)..l2---The Herald's
special, datech , Guaytunasi March 28th, via
San Francieoo,:Apnl 11, says serious diffi
culties exist there.between the citizens and
troops_ • , General , arrived
from Mazatlan, fearei.thei affair wouldlead
to bloodshed: Mazatlan Merchants' bad
been. urumccembal - in • 'their _lnterview
'with GOvernor Pesquira 'and the Collector
of Customs, m making arrangements for
discharging, aeredtmd duties, their shjps
lying .oif - Nl'azattan F harbor..s.ll Is not be
lleved the parties would be able- to come to
_au understeding.,A .new Ant of\etWs.
between that city irldi Toecap Nelda em'
M ene e - ruulliWettPri. , 0 5th `
A speelitlroM s
March 80thvitt gan — FianciaoilltYt
Lower CidifOrtthi'ytetiattbdted:teeti:-=,
'rebellion. • Seine eattitrr de O l t e ' ruo k Gal;
dlseatisSed with the action of
lan and call der eine* election- LumfrE
torio iegiraature,,WalL trk" ft e n : u tk°*
cide what measures were ••••• be
• - Nirsf Ic9Rx
NEW YORK,'Ailril 11; 1808
NEWSPAPER DEATH.
COUNTERFEITER ARRESTED
DENIAL FROM REV. TYNG
-ATTACHMENT Pori. CONTEMPT,
An6EICAN NEWS.
NUMBER 88
THE CAPITAL.
Currency and Reventte—Appio r
priations Exhausted—Statimtic
of Imports and Exporti&.---lle' t
nevs - al of Indian Troubles. .;
[Hy Te;egrabh to the Pittsburgh Gazette. I
WASHINGTON, April 11, 1868. !:
FINANCIAL.
The fractional currency issued , for th:-
week was $408,000; amount shipped, $312;
580; notes shipped, $597,335, including $500,'
000 to the Assistant Treasurer at St. Louis;
and $50,000 to the "United States Depository
at Chicago. National bank notes issued,
$75,600; fractional currency, destroyed,
$337,000. Receipts of internal revenue for
the week, $2,705,843.
APPROPRIATIONS EXILVUSTED.
The appropriation for defraying the ex.
penses of collecting revenue from customs
is exhausted, and the Secretary will be un
able to pay the salaries of collectors and
their employes until the appropriation' is
replenished by Congress. The funds for
continuing the Treasury extension are alsO
exhausted.-
INDIAN TROUBLES
Well informed parties from the Indian
country, who are now in Washington en?`
gaged in transacting business for the inter+
est of the various tribes on the extreme
northeast, express their apprehension of a
renewal of the Indian troubles before ihs,
summer months. In several localltieS
from which reports have from time to titrici .
been received, the dissatisfaction. among
some tribes manifested is - owi no— in a gteat
measure to the delay in fulfilling stipu 7
lations, and also on account of outrages
committed by whites. The Commissioner`,
of Indian Affairs has repeatedly urged Con-1
gress for appropriations of money to make
good the promises and negotiations of, the
Peace Commissioners, but legislative action
has been delayed by the impeachment
trial.-.
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
The Director of the Bureau of StatiaticS,
who has just issued his monthly rep9rt, i
fdrnishes the following statistics of
ports and exports, including the. Pacifici
ports : Imports for the year ending De-.
cember 3lst, 1867, $381,1.15,192, of which
$10,864,318 were gold and silver; during the
month of January, 1868, $21.),012,326, of
which $702,237 were gold and silver; dur
ing the month of February, $27.965.091, of.
which $641,843 were gold and silver; foreign.
exports for the year ending. December 31st;
1867, $23,594,905, of which $800,506 were 1
gold and silver; during the month of
January, 1868, $1,779,735, of which
$849,447 were gold and silver; during the
month of February, $1,091,349, of which'
$425,000 were gold and silver; domestic ex.,
ports for the year ending December 31st,i;
1867; gold and silver, $7,459,092. Total as;
reported, mixed currencies, $466,377,371;
total, reduced to specie currency, $316,153,
826; during the month of January, gold and
silver, $7,287,767: total as reported in mixed
currencies, $39,486,043; total reduced to
specie currency, $31,000,498. During the:
month of February, gold and silver, $4,005,-i
632; total, as reported ih mixed currency,::
$36,146,665; total reduced to specie cdrren=
cYI
THE CANADA ASSASSINITION
Result :of the Investigatio,n. not Made Pub.! ,
lic—An Important Development.
OTTAWA, April 11--The Crown prosecu.
tor was engaged all day yesterday in the
examination of the circumstances connect,
ed with the assassination of McGee, but
he declines to divulge any of the facts :
certained for publication. The whole atten
tion of the Government is directed to th
1
prosecution of this. investigation.' It i
stated the Government is in possession o
evidence which very - nearly completes th
testimony against Whelan. The polio'
i
have discovered new facts regarding ths
murder, but they are enjoined to secrecy!
The excitement is intense, but the public!
feel confident the authorities will succeed
in bringing the murderer to justice.
OTTAWA, April 11.—The detectives whe
are taking evidence against the prisoner
Whelan, have found a house nearly oppcii
site. Mrs. Trotter's, where McGee - boarded
which has for" some time been vacant and
the doors been left *unfastened. On the;
'back door'steps of this house -- tracks are
visible.. They are those of a man who
passed inwards and outwards
? nee. Whel,
lan's boota fit the tracks in the snowexacti
ly. - This discovery accounts for the. sudl.
den disappearance o` the murderer, vilii
evidently pasiecrthrough the - hduselo Welt
liiigton street, a short distance .frorn :the
Russell House, , wheretWhelart . :was- seeri
shortly after the murder. When Asked
for his beets this morning he' stild athes
are riot the boots I wore the night Pith ,
murder."
WM
FROti EUROPE
illy Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.] t
FRANCE
THE MITITARIC CHANGES--EFFECT_ UPO'b
THePEOPLE
PARIS, April 12.—The Monitorr to-da:r
publishes an official report made to:the
Emperor by Minister Phiardin
an account is given of the militz4ichangee
which have been made since the bill forth*
re-organization of the armv.-"his' gone "into
operatiot!, and the - eittot they: - ..haVe
had on the country.- • The, Minist er, states all the refermsintroduced grithe
Gaxd Mobile in accordance 'with the
provisions of that bill-are not oompletadi
and ha asserts these changeu,kave been lei
ceived with popular applause alipOst every
where throughout the
i = w i i /re 4 " 3 / 1 ,
tradicts -the reports of' wlj z 2 i i
declares that the new army,YaKie,
ed and defended by the - yiatrleffmof. thel
French people, who •thlisgiveli , iinew Prool
of their confidence•ln OP. .1"1143/"Ar'''
701tri.r.'. . .
ARRAVED,,m.,,- iim,:ittie
-Apra '" " 7-- ii -- e- - 4:0 the
SOPTHAMPTON,
steamship Union, from
voikntslooklhii
2d inst., arrivel__'l3,-RVilwfwicigaielLon4
afternoon and awl"' ' - ,bid'treitthciiafte
don paseeleger B ' •
~,: , ‘ , - -t 4 , i : 1 '-= 1 :. -
for Bremen.‘
.
FINANCIAL ANP l mtEntLuE.
LONDON, April IL — Evening.'-46417,the
weather has been deEghtfulanti tamable;
FRANNFONT, Aprn
Twenties closed - atqfayiti7sWP r 3
. „
Fate Array Ftetween Gambhirs,A,
gro flanged by a Mob:
Tetoiraph to the Pittmorel '
April.l2:,:-Lost , night -hi an I
ar ra y, on- Cedar. :atreet ~E D:inry-Aloakerani
was shot and killed by hack Cnnningham
Gangheran waalife aggreenoivlaving fired'
the Arst shot. *Minding', Cunningham in;
the left .shouldmr . Cunningham tam'
latialui and Ganiteniii was a Nl'ew York-i
er i leoterbeing gain " • 'l.,
I , teligiritePatriolt.tt newe r artur_hang e d',
k epwe o he a
: Mav ; i,r7 H oenuw t e y e , c b
Faith burning. t • e oflament
near Coltuntla -
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