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FIRST EDITION.
MMS7II3 4:::04= , 4:1C ):C.
FORTIETH °CONGRESS.,
Eiglitittil*Laiw—Legislative Ap-
prapriation " Arkansas
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Representatives Take qte'eath.
and 'Their 510itsle'rotestfro 1 ,1
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WAKIaIiGTON, jun° 24,.1568.
smsiVrt.
Mr. HOWARD introduced a bill relating
.to - .the Freedmen's Bureau, and to provide
ferits • diecentirknance. Referred to Com
p mitted On - Military Affairs. -,
Mr.•AOHNSON presented a memorial of
t the ladies: composing the Mount Vernon
r 'Association asking an appropriation of
PDX*.
161 r. CONNESS called up the bill ranking
rj, eight hours i day's wart for laborers and
A t mechanic:Sin government employ.
Mr. SHltttlitArf moved to amend by in :
[! sterling a•provise that unless otherwise pro.
V vided by law the rate of wages paid by the
United States shall be the current rate for
g . the sane labor for the same time at the place
4 of employment.
• After 'discussion the amendment was re
jeeted-16 to 21. •
t • Yeas—Messrs. Cattell, Corbett. Davis,
Edmunds, Ferry, Fessenden, Howard,
.`l - : Morgan,
Morrill, (Me.)'Morrill, (Vt.) Pat
terson, M. H.) Ross, Sherman, Sumner,
• Van Winkle, and. Williams.
Nays—Messrs. Buckalew, Cole, Conk=
t+ ling Conness , Cragin, Di xon, Doolittle;
Marian, Hendricks, Johnson, Morton, Mo
tt Donalti,'Meet, Nye, Patterson, (Tenn.)
Pomeroy; Ramsay, Stewart, Tipton, Wade
,-, and
The bill passed-2C.'to 11.
Yeas—M.esars. Buckalew, Chandler, Cole,
Cragin, Dixon-, Doolittle, [ Fowler,
Harlan, Hendricks, Howard, McCreery,
McDonald, Morton, Nye, Patterson, (N. H.)
Patterson. (Tenn.)_RamseY, Ross, Stewart.
jt Thayer, Tipton, Wade, Will' • ms,.Wilson.
• Yates.
:Nays—Messrs. Corbett, Davis, Edmunds,
• fl Ferry, Fessenden, Morgan, Morrill, (Vt.)
Ramsey, Sherman, Sumner, Van Winkle.
. ; The special order, the legislative appro
priation bill, was taken up, the question
4 .* 0 .il being on the amendment by. the Commit
. tee onAppropriations to the House bill.
The amendment - appropriating twenty
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.V; thousand .dollars for. the - Department of
Bdueation was agreed - to: Several minor
. • - 2 ,1 f, amendments were also agreed to.
Mr. SHERI.:N, from the Committee on
-• • 14: Irinance-,...tt partelL;afr.libiendment Increas
ing the appropriation for salaries , and ex
-4.. , i t peruses of internal-Revenne administration,
ti from Bimini:lllmm to eight millions, which
,41 was agreed to.
Also,, amendments, increasing incidental
appropriation fur Secretary • of: the , Treas :
ury's office to one hundred thousand, and
appropriating:one bundred and fifty , thous
, land fettemptirary clerks in the 'Treasury
Department. The former was agreed to.
;,P The latter:occasioned debate until adjourn
• xnent,' which, on account of Senator Hen
derson's weti . ding, was ordered to 2 o•?clock.
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HOUSE - OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The !SPEAKER presented a' message
from the President, with' . a report of the .
Secretary of Slate relative to the cases of .
Warren and Coate's; sentenced to penal
imprisonment_ in England. Referred.
Mr. SCHOFIEJM reported - from the
Conaxiiitt e ee , etrErectione , that the creden
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1.,' in proper form, with a resolution directing
'll the administration of the oath of office.
: I ) Mr. BROOKS presented a protest.
•„ ....Si,' The resolution was adopted-101 against
27—and the members were sworn.
.- t The protest presented .by Mr. BROOKS,
' ' s '`' ' 7 ' - ' ' h3taigifed by all the Democratic mem
- . ~ b' .i'whic
~ - - hers, and is lengthy, was read. It con
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''. , the people from the free States, in behalf of
..ri
our constituents earnestly and solemnly
ii . protest against. this violence upon our C0n
.,11 stitntlon and upon cinr'people, and do here
-1 by counsel and advise all friends of popular
government to submit to this force and
fraud only until at the ballot-box, operat
ing throughel, actions, this gteat wrong can
be pat 'right: There is no-law in the land
over the Constitutional law; there is no
government but - constitutional govern.'
ment ; and hence all bayonet-made,
all Congress-imposed Constitutions are .
pf , % no weight, ..-antbolity sl,r; .sanction.
• save that enforced by arms, an element of
power unknown to'Americans in peace, and '
never required, but as it acts in and under
the supreme civil law, the,Unistitution and.
• statnter enacted In pursuance thereof. We
• protestithei, in behalf of the free people of
the. - North7toul , West4Apilnit"the right of
' this, wain:try oligarchy, established in Ar
kansas or:elseWhere in the- now igeruslis.ved
state ,of ' , the, South; 14.:,ImposelsOlt, us,
thronghCongress,tageler cuitpteecebther .
laws te illairdUll#9l4lSvirrAFlx'Ped
tartnell-c;Baresifi,;We ,fieltetit, going
lritttthePrelterelt . LOOpertneraMptif-military
dictators and negroes in the administration
or this .Gfovernment. We demand in the
name of the Fathers ,of the 'Constitution
and for the sake of poiterity, not its recon
. struction, bat the - restoration of , that sacred
'instrument which has been 'to ali of ns a
fire pillar froml7B7 onto its present isier
throw. And in, all solemnity, before God
andliiita;:tinder- a - fulf sense of the respon
ssibility.of all we utter, we do hereby fix our
/mamas to this pretest:slimiest the admisidon
ottbese three personfelahning to be roam-'
bersel Congress from Arkansas." .-
- The Haase we it into Committee of the
Whole on the tax bill. , ' • _
'• - Mr. IHARDING'S amendment,' o ffered
yesterday, was rejected., ~,
s, ;-Nolimandmeite were ` made -So -section
eleventh, which prohibits distillation - in
breweries or sugar .refineries._,
Seetkin twelfth ' was emended by making
, the tax_on registered distilleries, on mash
' big and fermenting capacity, as follows:
! ' Oruthe first twenty bushels of grain or six
- -ty gallons of molasses or less in. Arrenty
four hours, two dollars for every" Similar
excess of that amount.
; On motto' of Mr: SCHENCK, the COrn
s mittee rose, and the House ordered all de
bate on the bill 'closed down to - section
. forty-Mt: .7., ..,-:. . , 4 ,...- .1?
The House again went into Committee.
1- Motions to strike out the twenty-ninth
,and thirty-third sectlosxwere'relected.
I : ,Noumendments other thait verbal', were
made to `sections froa twelfth to forty.
_ sixth, all relating to distillation::
mr. 'LOGAN, - from the'•Coriunittee on
1 Ways'and Means, offered three:bow- sec
tions, to.come after lecithin • forty-sixth: the
lira providing for the appointment by the
Secretary of the Treasury, on the recom
'mendation of the Commissioner of Inter
rad Revenue, of one officer for each United
ewes Judicial District, to be called a Sn-
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pervisor of ; Internal.R,evenne on distilled
spirits and tobacco;' the second directing
that. no ,general or special agent of the, '
Treasury Department, in connection - with
the Internal Bayonne er.lept as : provided
for by thlit act, shall be appointed by the
Commisbloner, employes or retained in
office; and the third declaring that no As
sassor shall lat anthorirkd to' enter - any dia. -
frict than the one for which he &AS been
appointed for the'pnrpose of exercising an
Ater etplimalien the' second' and third:
sections were agreed to.
Mr. KOONTZ moved to amend the forty--
toventh section by providing that the oom
peaeation', of internal revenue stori3keep
ers be 'paid h'Y the United Stites Airreed to.
At Mr. JUDD'S suggestion the amend
ment offered to the first section of the bill,
which.wasieft tindisposed of,-was taken np.
It was modified to read as follows and
adopted t' • • ,
Add to the requirement of the payment
of fifty cents taxes on every 'gallon by the
distiller, owner or any person having pos
session thereof the words "before removsl
from the distillery warehouse." This al-
lows no exceptions.
BOUTWELL offered arCarnendtiaent
to the forty-ninth section, providing that
the business of distilling alcohol and spirit
uous liquors for exportation may be an
thorized. i:oy the-Secretary of the Treasury
on application of distillers, and that distil
leries not so authorized shall not distil for
export.
After discussion, and without action, the
Committee took.a recess..:,
EVENING SESSION.
The House in Committee of Abe
Whole resumed 'the consideration of the
tax bill.
Mr. LOGAN offered a siibititute for Mr.
Boutwell's amendment, allowing a draw
back on spirits.
On a division no quorum voted, and the
Committee rising, there was a call of the
House and absentees were brought in.
A quorum being obtained after nearly an
an hour's delay, the Committee of the
'Whole resumed the: consideration of the
Mr. LOGAN advocated his amendment.
Mr. SCHENCK opposed it. The former,
at the suggestion of Mr. Allison, modifying
the arneridinent'sothat the amount of draw
back shall not exceed fifty cents per gal
lon, it was then adopted-53 to 46.
t The,questionrecurringon Mr. Boutwell's
amendment as amended by Mr. Legan:
Mr. BROOMALL proposed to amend by
providing the drawback shall not exceed
the actual tax Rejected.
Mr. INGERSOLL.. moved to amend by
adding to the tallovranee 'of drawback the
interest on the, amount of .tax paid. This
was lost, find 'Mr. Boutwell's amendment
was rejected.
On Motion of Mr. LOGAN, the fortjAiinth
section, regulating. the exportation of dis
tilled spirits, was struck out.
The fiftieth section, authorizing bonded
warehouses at ports of entry being read,
Mr. PRICE moved an amendment, provid
ing that no whiskey shall be removed froni
the place of distillation until the;tax. r has
been paid: _ ,
Without action the. Cougaittectrose.`
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tive coutihunications. - -
The SPEAKER stated he had decided
the Arkansas members should receive nay
from the 13th of March, the day of their
'election; but as they'clalm pay from the be
ginning of Ccingrese, he would refer the
matter to the Judiciary .Committee..
Mr. BUTLER inteothiced d joint resolu
tion relating to fisheries. Referred to Naval
j Adjeurnedi . .
International Convention' of the Young
_ Men's Misttau Asseehition.
(By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Garette•l
DETROIT, June 24.—The thirteenth an
nual International Convention of the Young
Men's Christian Association convened here
this afternoon. The Convention was called
to order byH. Thane Miller, of Cincinnati,
President of the last Convention. F. H.
Smith, of Washington, was chosen tempo
rary Secretary. The exercises began try
reading the IbOth Ptialm by Rey. Mr.-Alli
son, of Michigan, followed by Inver by
Rev. Patterson, of Chicago,. - •
A-Committee on Permanent Organisation,
composed of one delegi4e trom each-State
and one from 1 , 101% Scotia, was appointed.
The rules .of the last Convention were
adopted. -
The clergymen of this city were invited
to sit as corresponding members, as were
also the members of the Association not
delegates. - _
H. Thane Miller, of Cincinnati, was unan
imously elected President, and R. R. Mc-
Sauey, New York; O. O. Howard,
Washington; B. Z. Mcxxiy, Chicago; Prof.
Northnp Connecticut; P. B. Simmons,
Pennsylininla; Iron. ChfuledYclinig, Prince
FJWard's bland; F,.D.,Tayler, Michigan,
and Dr..Jas. CarlisiToronto, were chosen,
VicePititlidennu P. H. Smith, Washington;
H. C. Pollard, Pennsylvania; IF. ,C, Skiff ;
Minnesota, and , 3. C. 'Mclntosh; Secrets
- The delegates were welcomed on behalf
of the citizens'by Mayor Wl2eaton, and by
Dr. Duffield on behalf of the churches of
the city. Responses on behalf of the dele
'gates were made by President Miller and
General Howard. So far about seven hun
dred delegated have arrived. More are
expected. Much interest is manifested.
(Sir Telegraph to the rittstrnigh Gazette)
NEW YORK. June 14.—The eighth animal
re-union of the Alumni Aioiocliitiorief
Theological Seminary was celebrateu Ato -
day at the ARtor House, and was attended
by thirteen of the leading clergymen of the
Itigh Church branch of the Episcopal
Church. Addresses were 'delivered : ,by
Bishop Potter, Revs. Dix, Stubbs and
others.
Forty thousand tons Scrantoncoat "were
fold at auctionet $3,67%®4,72% per ton.
Prices are about-the-same as lastrinonth:
The boat race between ,Tyler, tlfßOston,
and Brown, of Portland, to have occurred
to•day, was postponed on account lof high
wind and rough water.
The steamer Bavalu, Acorn ,Poutbanapton,
has arrived. , •
Warrants were issued to-day fit the
arrest of-ex-Alderman Mcßile6, one Mcln
tire and others, for Alleged concern in, the
Shelby College lleutticky Lottery,'the main
charge being the swindling- of Adam Ra
fter to the mount Of $20,000. Idefitien
has absconded: The others have been ar
rested and committed for examination.
Horatio SoymOur will address the De'.
mocracy pf t h is pity to-morrpr ;v(004 on
the political issues of th 6 day 6 •
[l3frtktilipli to the PittabailbsGuette.3
Orria.ww, June, 24.—A. dispatch received
from the' Colonial Office, in reply to the
Nova Scotian aPpnal. i memnrial f repreeents
the union as an fdiperial as well as Priiv f ri=
policy, And relies on- the Joys* of
Nova Sc otia to support it.
gen- Guileld 1 4-70 111111 gittat
titi b refeiriisa aiglivitisbuisbiiiiseiie: , • .•
CLEvErawn, June 24.—Gen. J. S. Gar
field, Congressman elect from the Nine
teenth District, was again nominated by
acclamation from the same District to-day.
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SECOND 11111111.
V01:1/1 O'CIAWIN. A. M.
THE CAPITAL.
ilFitions—The .
erman—Treas
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-y ents-- kg llour Bill
,--titateol-lianas--Omiiibus Bill.
Eli) Telegraph to the Pittaburgh Gazette.)
;WASinillittacti . ,lune 24, 1868.
NOMINATIONS.
The President IvilinOmlnated - Francis R.
Webb, of Massachusetts, Consul at Zanzi
bar, and'Perry Fuller, of Kansas, Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue.
4TREVICITB OF THr. MUM
The estimate sent by General Sehofield,
Secretary of War, - to the Committee on Mil
itary Affairs, shows that by expiration
of terra of service the army will, on the first
of January, 1869, be reduced to 29,667 men,
and on the that of July to 17,159.
SXPATIIIATIGN BIGHTS.
The Pregident sent to the House to-day a .
meSsage covering a letter by Secretary
'Seward to Benjamin Moran, in charge of
our legation at London, enclosing a cop y
of the resolution passed by the House relit-
tive to the case of Warren and Costello,-
sentenced in Great Britain for words and
acts spoken and done in this country, and
calling his attention to the fact that a bill.
had passed the House and is now engaging
the attention of the Senate, the effect of
which, should it become _a law, will be to
require the President to make reprisals in
case of judicial denial' in Britain to nat
uralized Americans of the rights which are
conceded to native American citizens. Mo
ran is instructed to read the communica
tion to the British Minister of. Foreign Af
fairs.
ENCOURAGING FROM KANSAS.
Col. Smoot, who recently surveyed the
Osage Indian lands, has arrived from an
extensive tour in Kansas. Ile reports the
Indiana slong its frontier quiet`and peace
able. The crops in Kansas are reported the
belt ever known. ' Corn and wheat are par
ticularly fine. The expected average is
thirty bushel., •to the acre throughout the
State. An estimate from ahonipetent source
places the immigration to Kansas the pres
ent yer,at, one hUrslreilttiblisand.
TREASURY PAYMENTS.
There will be paid out`of the Treasury on i
the let of July about thirty-five millions
in coin, seven millions of which is the prin.,
cipal of the loan of 1844 and the balance `is
interest of &20 and six per cent. bonds of,
18V.
As usual at the close of the fiscal year,
no' public.debt statement wilibe issued.
trbeeonttitililorli Malt of .ten days al
lowed.the President to consider the Omni:.
bus Southern States admission bill expires
• to.morrciw,-when - s veto may be - eipected,
or the bill becomes a law by default.
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• :A. dispatch has been received from G.
Sherman, who has arrived at St. Louis froml
New Mexico, where he,
,with Col.,Tappan,/
has been etiperintendlng the removal of the'
Navajos Indians further South.
rnori.crion OP FpiRSIMEN.
The Senate Foreign ommittee have deJ,
aided to report against the House bill au
thorizing the President to send a war ves-1,•
sel to the Gulf of St. Lawrence to protect
the intereate of Americanfishermen:
FREEDMEN'S BUREAU.
The bill submitted tci the Senate to.dir
ki\
for the discontinuance of the Freedmen"
Bureau after the first of January next, was
prepared by 111 r. Eliot, Chairman of .the
House Committee on Freedmen Affairs.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL 2tOMIN AT lON
The nomination of 51r. Everts for At
tiCrney General has been postponed till
Saturday by the-Senate Judiciary Commit-
tee.
EIGHT HOGE LAW.-
,
The eight hour setibr laborers, workmen
and mechanics employeo, by the goyern
'mot, only requires the President's signa
ture to become a law. •
TREATY APPROVED
The Senate has recently approved a Con
sular Convention and an extradition treaty
with Italy.
California Items.
(By Welegzapb to the PlitsburSh Gazette.l
SAN FRANCISCO, June 24.—The U. S.
flag ship FeDIICOIII, AdMirsdThatcher,iiro
.
ceeds to Victoria. V. 1.,'t0-day. The ad
miral will confer with the commander of
the Saulestown, now lying in Flag nituanx
harbor, on the affairs of Alaska. The dis
position ,of the -Indians and their attitude
towards the new white population makes it
a consideration whether the presence of a
War vessel on that coast, and even a fort or
two, is not necessary for the safety of
trsdara.
Minute guns were: fired to-day from the
Governmentyessels in the harbor in honor
to the memory of Ex-President Buchanan.
Itie:State tide land .Commissioners are
preparing for the survey of the San Fran
cisco front:. The opirdop,ufethErhommercial
class Is ganerallynposed_tonny material
extension-into the Bay,
Parepo Roan had swarm reception froin„ l
the rans/cianft - oflthS city litstrdght. A
verylarge`ooncourse 4if-"rejgdif heard the
double serenade given her.
Thpirutaßill,-a leading broker,:and well
known Republican politician,
,dlcd last
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tits Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Eissutle,l ,
Ellatiepiel;P; Juno 24. --
The
grand.:hiasoni& celobiration tO•daY was a
complete success. Puldlo MA privets
buildings were deooteted'aiid the 4py
served as a general holiday. The proces
sion of Masons and Knights Templar was
overe itillejeof64PolUM.ft. IboUt 2,500 of
the Order. The oration was , delivered by
Rey. Win. R. Alger, of Boston.
Alleged Fillibusters Discharged.
(By Tetegrspb to the PitteburghOesette.l
I N11111 1 08L11)&4 3"titte' , 9l:;- I The'slapixned
fillibustering expedition proves a mistaki.
The prisonem were brought before Com
missioner Woller on an affidavit of the Idex;.
-ioan Consuirbut he not bedurterpossession
of sufficient roost ;Were discharged.
They allege ihev were employed to •work
on a railroad in Middol:o3. ze.
A s l~ew~epa~ot :' i c sed.
,Telogromp tithe Pittsburgh (setts. ';
t3BLUA, 3Une 21.—The Tadeeloosa
:Monitor' was suppressed yesterdaN'Under
orders tufAlenerati , Sheillardf fel% alleged
violation of general order No. 51. Mr. n
dolph, its editor. 'has avoided arrest, and
will proceed at once to Washington and lay
the facts before the President and General
Grant.
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Thanksgiving Day , in, Great Bri
tain—Allocutions by the Pop
I:!epasationt Warms for the
Celebrations of th: Reforma
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tkon-7.l!!entrality i eular from
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Lormelf, ,
24.4..Smidav next has
been aPpointeif as a daY of Thanksgiving
throughout e Great Britain for the success of
Abiesiffian . eipedition.
-SOUTHAMPTON, June 24.—The United
States squattron,--under conftnand of Ad
miral Farragut, has arrived off Cowes. The
Unit 94 Sta,tesatsteamer Cfmandaigua is ex
pected hourly from Lisbon to join the fleet.
Nplv CAsTLE.:UroN:TYNE, June 24.—The
Northumberlarid plate was won byCaptain
Gray's colt, -Fortunis, Us^ 17altigettribeating
Johnston's- Tyndale, second, ' and
Mr. Bowes geldinct Torah= by Eataplan;
3d., Nine started.
LoNDON, June 24.—1 t is reported-that the'
Italian government, has issued a circular
no •
te to its representatives abroad, announc
ing that Italy will remain strictly neutral
in the event . of a war between France and
Prussia. , •
-Lor4norr, Jane 24.—The text of the Papal
.Allocutioa „on the State, of Religion in Aus
tria has' beengead. 'Th Pope,defalates that
the Coneordat should have been regarded
by Austria as perpetail In effect, and he
warm all persons who , approve of thelaws
recently passed.by.theßelchsrath concern
ing the press, religious toleration, civil
martutgo - and publio .edtmatiOn, " to beware
oh the pains and'penalties'
e ttached_to
Ist - tons of the sacred rights of the Church.
On the occa siqn of,the delivery of this Allo
cution 'the Pope also announced be had
granted general pardon -and amnesty to
those'rtho invaded the Stab* of tbe Church
last year; with a few specified exceptions.
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Wonms. Stine: ; 21.---Iratensive prepara
tions are being made 'for the forthcoming
- celebration tif the _ Beforination. Theprin7
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cipal streets, squares. and historic -places
are to.e decorated with fiagfiand triumphal
arches. All the Protestant denominations
unite in the celebration. Crowds of vial-.
tors from every part of _Slermapy, are pour-
Irit„into the - eity,-"rand •ti. great- number of
foreigners, the majority of whom are Amer
icans, arrive by, every train., The Roniark
exiles: at - Rcimaniqiie have sent their On
grat Anthills to the managers of, the festival.
AUSTRIA.
113 N ti A,June 24.—The Reie heraih, has act...
ickurned untfl • ttiii.ll.tet ONO' Imitter
Ton puesjelanauted time. - :Members - that the
tbreata Of thal3latioris would not hinder'
• the rigid enforeementhy. the: Government
of the law in regard,to confessional.
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MADRID ..Iline.'23.—Alver Rubicon as
taken- pos;eision of the Ministry' of he
Colonies and made an address to his snbot
dinates in which he urged them to devote
all then energies to the formation of the
commerce and prosperity of the colonies of
Spain. t ' ,
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Lomaorr, Juno 24.—Evenittp.—Consolvt
94%; Money, 04%; Account Bonds, 73:X;
Illinois, 1015; Erie 453 4 '.
FRAN xvor.r, June 24.—Evening.- 7 -11onds,
77%®78. •
I,tvEnroot„ June 2.4.—Cotton irregular
and rather more active; sales of 9,ooopieces
off fraction uplands at 11%a11%,‘c; Orleans at
Breadstuffs quiet. Provisions
Rteady. Turpentine, 28s. Refuted Petrol
eum quiet. Soirits advaileed to Ws. Su
-I;ar, 265, to arrive. Linseed 011,825. Other
e~prkets unchanged. '
AjiTWELtr, June 24.—Petroleum quiet.
PitbhurglO• Steamboat •Captain Charged
With liesinchle—Editoriat Esti/aren't-ix.
(By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh uazette.•:, -
Sr. Loins, Infie 24. - -LCaptaie W. B. DePti l
aldson, of the steamer great Republic, was
found gtilityl-o-day by a- Oironer's jury of
killing a negro named Henry Henderson,
about, one o'clock this morning on board
the steamer Great Republic. From the ev
idence it seems
.Henderson, the, texas ten
der. was :put. in icons between Memphis
and Cairo for mutinous conduct and con
fined in the baggage-room. -Another boy, I
named Mwrence • Glover, was also ironed •
and confined for refusing to scrub when or
dered to do so:by the steward. On the ar
rival of the boat at the levee a little after
midnight, • Captain Donaldson went to the
baggage-room drunk, with'a pistol in each'
hand, and after sorno talk 'with Henderson,
-shot him :through the head.: Donaldson
left the boat immediately afterwards, 'but
did notary to escape and was arrested to:
day and held for , exa mination en a charge •
of • murder.' There is tome' Mystery in-•
volved lathe affair, which s wW probably be
cleared up at the exaudruition before the
Felice Court to-morrow.„ ; -
.and Wisconain EditOrial
party, ere met at Alton this evening py a
special committee, representing„ the city
governmenti'lloard - ..0f :Trade and Mer
chant's EkelliatgoitidAvelcomed in an ap
propriate_ speach_by,Hathan tole, a prowl.'
nent merchant ; after which the party tame .
to this city, and are now quartered at-the.
Sot:Ahern Hotel.; The party consists of One'
hundred and twenty-three persons the'
larger portion of whom represent thlleMin
nesota press. , A considerable , num r, of
them. Went. to the Varieties Theatre to4tight
by Special invitation. To morrow there
will be a more fortnid reception , and the
pro i ramtrte hriftbiorerOporttid WWl* tar-
Virginia kelps.
to t 1 u rltisbarith Gazette.)
RICIIMOND, June 24,r-Robert H. Glass,
editor or the Lynchburg litpublicent — ,"has
been nominateAtor :Vangregatir the !Click
servativ es. p
St. John , / day - maitedlebratedby a Mason
ic excursion to Ashland. Gen. Stoneman
was innoiut theeictirsldubde. ,
it`'
.*+b 'iprk.,
L~fTotegThiti to the
NEw YORK., boat mae took
.place late this afternobdibtitivien4 Walter
Brownn s of i pOtjand u and! hp Jo Atyler of
BoWirWAbt iSM ,iiiddiat l igdiatanee two
Iles, in , fl st i raigbt, ligs.,„l,t i was - WPWAY
tlyhttritege 263 4 (' iebanda.
iteeiz.
fley releasable the Pittetatit Otelette3
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brated by the' 'Masonic; fraternity with' a
grand pie tile at James Park. An address;
was delivered by A. J. Wheeler, and the
remainder of , the day devoted to dancing.
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BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
,
' ' :—Sorithern Idaho is now within six days'
Wive' Of San Francis:xi.
*--ThDeocratic Convention at Piffle
phik
rn
del nominated Daniel W. Fox for
Mayor: , , •
, . •
—Weber Kimball, Second President of
the Mo i rmon Church, died at Salt Lake yes
.,
terday - •
• —The Fourth District (Philadelphia)
Deirtobrats have nominated , Jas. B. Nichol-
Son for Congress.
—The'assessed value of property in Ne
braska is 132,000,000, an' increase of 1,14,-
000. \ over last year. - •
ter advices from Arizona render the
probe le election of McCormack, Union
delete, to Congress.
Col a
e latest advices from South America
state t at the Spanish Pacific squadron had
arrived at Rio Janeiro. ,
1
—A mile trot at Rensselaer Park, Troy,
N. Y. yesterday, was won by the horse
Gen. herman. The prize was 12,000.
•
—A large number of trains , started east
from It Lake last week to convey emi
cant,. from' Europe to'the "Promised
xtr
-- tthew Vassar, of Poughkeepsie, New
York, founder of Vassar College, died sud
denly esterday morning, aged seventy
aeven ' - • _
--T e Baltimore Democrats have sudden
ly 'co e around and are advocating Judge
Chasefor the Democratic Presidential nom
ii
biatio .
—C of State Constable Jones, of Boston,
has 14ued an order to subordinates to - rig
• idly enforce the law against unlicensed
liquor sellers.
--The brick makers of 'Philadelphia have
fixedthe wages for first class workmen at
four dollars and, second class at three dol
larsrd a half per day..
.
n. Wrn. Lawrence was unanimously
reno inated for 'Congress by the Republi
can nvention fbr the 4th Ohio District,
held at Urbana, yesterday. -
-A, dispatch from Dales, Oregon, states
that one block in' the prinCipal basil:less
portion of Idaho City was destroyed by fire
on the , night of the 18th inst. .
—At Cleveland, yesterday, the base ball
match, Athletics, of Philadelphia, ,versus.
Forest City, of Cleveland, ,he score stood
85 to 11, in favor of the former.
—lt is authoratively announced that both
Mr. Everts and Mr. Groesbeck have finally
declined Cabinet apii(iintments from their
late client in'the impeachment trial. --
-The Democracy-'of Philadelphia have
nominated Samuel Randall for. Congress is
the Fiist DiAtrlct, Thomas B. Florence in
the Second District, and John Mei% in' the
Third District. . : .. • • , '
•••48., call is to be published, in a fe w days,
fora convention of the leading represerda
tivt%s of the Fenian Brotherhood to meet in
Ne • York city on the Fourth of 'July at
the office of Theirs . •
• ..
•The haat lii_lll,aLmak = autall4igii4
___
rir•bdr""" 4- .
Co thelfsehuti r*,,lerPrincetort Co ege,
suited in a l viet,ory for _the ,Harvard: Club; -
by ti score of seventeen to sixteen. •
=-Govorner Stevenson, of Kentneky,Jeft
for Now York yesterday for the purpose of
oonclddieg arrangemeffis. fbr- redeeming
6740.000 of Kentucky State bonds issued
many years ago for public iMproiements.
=The Detnocratic District Convention
for the Fourth' Congressional District,
Maine, nominated George W. Ladd, of
Bangor; for Representative in Congress, and
,Ifon, Sohn B. Tratton for Presidential
elector.
—Statements published in' Eastern pa
pers in regard. to the ravages a, grassbop
pen3 in 'lowa are greatly exaggerated.
Only fourteen counties are infested. Some
fields are badly injured, but none entirely
destroyed
—The members of the Wisconsin and
Minnesota Editors and Publishers Conven
tion left Chicago yesterday for St. Louis.
The Chicago Board , of Trade has deter
ruined to give them a banquet on their re
turn on Friday..
—Aleck Randolph, a freedman, ravished
a nesrro woman near Bolton's depot,-Miss.,
Sunday. and then murdered' her. He was
arrested on Monday, and that night, whilst
under guard, the negroes of the.neighbor
hood came up and shot him.
—A terrific storm of hail, rain and wind
visited what is kneown as the Neck district,
in Dorchester county, Maryland, on Sun
day evening last. Trees were torn up by
- the roots, and the corn and wheat crops in
inveral places much injured. -
-2Bispatches from Madrid (Spain) an
nounce that the news of the proposed me
diation of the United States in the question
dt JESUS behieriff•Bpain, Peru and Chili is
generally accepted In official circles as the
practical termination ofsthe war. .
—B. 11. Payne, tried in the Criminal
Court of Nashville, Tennessee; for the mur
der of M. S. Allen,- seducer of his wife, was
acquitted on Tuesday. The cause occupied
the Court a week, and the pry was' but a
short while in agreeing upon a verdict.
—Joseph Ferry, of Chicopee, Mass., ar
rested on Wednesday for an incendiary at-•
tempt on a dwelling house in that city.
last night, because a Cady, one of the occu
pants of the house, had • refused his • coin=
pany, attempted to commit suicide by
, taking laudanum.
—Joseph Bloonigart, who embezzled
about $13,000 of' government funds' while
employed in the Collector's office, at Louis
ville was convicted a few : dayssince in the
United States District. Court and yesterday
.sentenced by Judge Ballard to six years'
imprisonment in the penitentiary.
—The Wisonisin and lowa Editorial Asso-'
elation inet'on Tuesday, at Milwaukee, and
a grand banquet' - Ulm` giVen •them by the
citizens in i the :evening. The party, con
sisting of about one hundred .and fifty edit-
Fors and their ladieB; left be in excursion to
Chicagwand St. Louis At raidnight.
—Thomas Fitzgerald; a soldier who -was
have , been hanged to-morrow,_ ;at
White Plains,. W estchester county, New
Yerk; for the muider‘ of :Ellen Hicks, has
been respited 011.1:October gth, bv Governor
Fenton, to. enable 'hie Excellencr,to. en
qulreelosely, into the facts of, the case.
Chtirles F. Thornton; grandiori 'of
General Harrison, ex-president, committed
suicide at Cleves, a few miles fr om Obtain
nett,' by at
_ hie throat..and , sta bbing
• himself in'• the heart with 'a - pen - knife.
Thornton made attempt to take his life
some weeks ago, )).ut was prevented , by the
interposition
number of a rent working on a
new drug ibtabliahffient in Philadelphia on
Tuesday asked fOr cream of tartar to put in
their water,. which has , an exhilarating ,
effect. - Instead of this; tartar 'emetic was .
rain hy mistake, andien'orthe men •who
cirank*ere polSonedvbut medical' id was
procured et once; and the men recovers&
repOitat killing Of two buil car
flare, Molkinild" , anft•Artiblet; near Pert
Totten,hyliultanti a feW&WO' *IMO' cOlir
finned.goveraloher Indian outrages are
reported near Fort Benton, On wednes
day eveninglast Ordnance Sergeant Frans
ker and four childre_n., at Fort Ripley, were
burned to death. Mrs. Franker luui, in
consequence, become's raving maniac:,
ME
NUMBER 151.
TOPICS AND GOSSIP AT THE CAPITAL.
President Johnson, received a! dispatch
~
from Jackson stating that MissMippi has
gone Democratic by a large majority,. The
Constitution is defeated, the people repel
the reconstruction acts of Congress, and
Jett Davis' State endorses lain and' his
course fully. J'
Mr. Everts has consented to laCceptkhe
office of Attorney Genertd, and there is but
little doubt that he will be confirmed. Gen.
Butler is working against this. 11 -
- President Johnson has had an; elaborate '
proclamation of general amnest:t drawn up
by Mr. Everts, Mr. Groesbeck, udge Cur
tis and Judge Cushing, which e has con
sidered and will issue on the; Fourth of
July. He believes it will be considered in
all future time as the magna cheater of the
South and a token of magnaniiiaity of 'the
'Government and the Northern finesses. '
The passage of that part of the tax pill
reducing the whisky tax to fifty cents is a
substantiallriumpli of the .whisky dealers'
association, which was in session hete dur
ing the winter,,and whose members then
fruitlessly wrought with the Committee on
L Ways and Means to obtain a report to the
I House in iltvor of a reduction ;of theta lkto
sevetitty-five cents. The CoMmittee lEti- ,
matelhat their views were changed by rea
son of developments in the Ittitier inquis
itorial investigation, especiallY with regard
to the - transactions . with Wooley and 'his
coadjutors. • ij • -
The Senate has rejected th nomination
of Hon. S. S. Cox as Minister' to Austria. •
Mr: Cox, it is said, will run for Congress in
the Sixth district of New York. ;
The Senate agreed with the l i Preddent in -
the suspension and removal tf. Anderson,
Collector, and Patterson, Assessor of Inter
nal ReVenue, in Yirginia, These men were ,
some days ago sentenced by 1 phief justice
Chase for violation of the revenue law.
Gen. Grant will not leave I here for St.
Lords until after the final passage .of the i
. Omnibus bill for the admissien of the re
constructed
. .
States, and he gives such or
ders as are needed for the military comnian
den in those States. He expects to visit
both the Omaha and HansaS i Pacific Rail
roads, in company with Gendral Sheridan,
.but he will not go beyond - the end - of the ,
Railroad as finished, and will probably, be
gone froth Washington about four weeks.
Senator Grimes is reported to be very low
and not expected to recoYer.k . . . .
The Arkansas admission bill , has _ been
filed in the'State Department i as - the law of
the land. i, . ' •,. ,IL
The President has concludedto nominate
Perry Fuller as Commission&of Internal '
Revenue. ' ' 11"'
- The Alaska appropriation , will not be
considered until Decemlber.. 1:. __.., .- , ~)
Mr. Stevens denies that ho is .about to ~
prefer new chargeir against the - President
before; he Dante...; . ... . - t
• Mr. Eliot, ,Ohairznan of.th s-1 e - Committee
On Freedinen's Affairs, has prepared a bill
proicidlng ter trdisboittnatbati3O the Ertied
men'ff,Bnreausin and after the Ist of Jana-
Jirs , next, j*4,ing.ge : i l ig sti lAyrcise-
c.iWi~eil..!%oo, - 4 0! • WS'
443,,itettufttp- 4, ...r...r - ,;.,..-+ -- -.... ~.. 0. „....._
The intelligeatcer made another .04'04 on
lie.lroCtillcich.this mormrig,Saving that the
feet
Is becerffing peifeetly apparent that it
is his Intention to remain at the head of the
Treasury Department in open defiance of
the 'wishes of the President , and fh - at he
shonld.tender his resignation.. The article
says that Mr. McCulloch intends to fallow
the footsteps of Stanton and remain in office
' until theTresident makes 6. direct - rerdoval.
In he [louse, en assembling, the Commit
tee on Elections reported unaninicusly ; in.
favor of the admission of Arkansas mem
bers: Mr. Biooks entered A=writterr pro
test signed by all the Democratic members,
against the adMission of these representa
tives. The report of the Election Cominit
tee was then adopted 'by. a strictly-party
vote, and the new members t.ppeared at:the
bar and V*: the oath of office.
' In the Senate, the first buiariess that cable
up w,as the bill making eight hours _izi-Gov
ernment workshops a day's work. Mr.
- Sherman proposed an amendment that the
wages of laborers .and workinen should-be
correspondingly reduced if the time was
scut down from ten to eight hems. A num
her of speeches were made both `for
and against the bill. Ana it is likely tcgbe
discussed during the most of the day The
Senate finally , rejected Sherman's amend
ment., and the original bill was passed by a
majority of six votes. %), • , :. ;
The Secretary of War tas sent to the
Howe an , estimate from 1 e Paymaster
General Of the amount required to . retiet
,deficiencies in the appropriations :.for the
execution of the reconstruction acts
' to June
80th, 1889, which is 5830,57825: " •
—Haytien advises of the,23d - state ; tat
had ordered an exchange of priso
ners at Cape Haytien; as ho Wishes' to pre
vent the population'at the ;Capital from-re
volting., He threatens to bombard the city ,
rather than let the insurgents ,get: posses
sion.. He threatens the , earns' thing if any
foreigners are caught introducing warlike
material or,etores, - and he. has so neti9ed
the foreign Consuls. It is' 'army
consistsof - only seven hundred ;nierr and
threq :hundred • - oyprians; ; Solnave - insults
all foreigners Americana: •An English
bearer of dispatches was meltreated bfhlm
_and afterwards put in prison. _ Gen—,Fan
belt attaeked Fort 'Alexander four. days
itgb,.arid forty of his troolsiWere killed and
wounded: Among,thalatter -wasLGeriefal
Narcisse. Sobeave refuses; all 'Arley, apd
is determined not torelinquish.. the _Zresi
denoy till'compelled to.
The cortiatatone of the new ,Idasonba ;
temple in Philadelphia Was laid with_ipp
propriate ceremonies on Wednesday, HOD.
Hibbard:Naar, Grand Matter; Hon. -- 11,. A.
Lamberton,,Dennty Grand Masteri:Sanniel
C. Perkins,. Senior Warden, and, Charles
Sohinder, Vrand Tyler, Officiating; asserted
by Pastmasters, Hon. 11thirFM.
John .Thompionx James A'age . aud'otliers.
After the stone was laid the Grand Master
delivered the oration,' and the deinOnatra
tioikwas concluded at hair two o"clock.
• A banquet was held in the. evening. ,
=Mrs. Srr
o e ti Oak Tu es, esda l wi T tliof
sop ..‘ lie • th d e t4 - 3 lide
the
s u p re the court
.ef for a
writ of ' habeas comet dire4hig
Steinway, the pisno•fOrte
produce her nAtildren, •
`have been unlawfully withhela, from. Fier
lay the respondent and - placed - in charge r bf
a p e tty magistrate in Getnnitir..,:-Jrnigeell
bed ordered the writ to ha.bisnech and the
case will 'filior,tlY be brought - befote
Court when singular deteloprr. exits *a ex-
'-•The'Vresideilt ta again Isiirdoidlig am
terfetters. foram* and:lltabals:.l7onoinba
ritzpraldodio,wasuidaaced,kosrlaan fbr
oikci year' in Matnefor assault and battery;Alfred Deastastne, "iitiubl, was 'aolivictid
knaMagi, eaunkerfeit, mail-bagAlieroo and
sentenced toAmnitenthirv, Sot Ahrpo,yeap,
and Wain - 141m ex=l,fatbk-Golketal
.iof
, BebetaimYt4zwthOlatlat libJectsii Exe-
—Toe Flouring mill Of Coekrill & Lyk
ins, Platte City, Mo., was totally destroyed
on Sunday morning.. woolen mill be
longing to Mr. Balteriby, in the same
building, was also destroyed. Total loss
$20,000; no insurance. 1.
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