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'WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1868.
Wu Plurr on the inside pages of this
morning's GAzuTtru—Second page: Ephem-
I
+era, nditstrial Items. l Third 'and Bath
.Pages Commercial, Mercantile and Tinan
cia4 titer Netts, Markets, Imports. Seveng
page::lnteresting Sete York Uteri, Miscel
lany.
'GOLD closed in New York yesterday at
13&.
Nrw Yonu •Lsrrzn.—On cur seventh
page will be found a spicy and interesting
Inner from our regular correspondent, F. D.
RAIULEY, Esq. •
Hu. MOORHEAD'S Tariff Bill was yester
day considered by the House in Committee
of the Whole, but was not disposed of. Sev
eral amendments were offered which may
delay its passage.
'Tim nomination of Collector Slrrron, of
New York, for'the Russian Mission, is LlR
drstood to signify certain \ new and re
markable combinations, by Mr. Jormson,
in order to pro'vide for his friends at home
u well as abroad. The Senate owes it to
the country to dislocate theie combinations
in . the most effectual way.
• THE Loss OF LIVES by the recent steam
boat murder on the Ohio is already known
to have reached a total of eighty-five.
Addini for unknown victims, it is thought
that fully one hundred persons must have
perished. The responsibility for this shock
ing disaster seems to settle more and more
,clearly upon the respective commanders and
pilots,'who are held to be equally guilty of
a criminal dereliction of duty. •
GENERAL HARNEY reports that a marked
suocess has thus Tar attended his eiforce
ment of the reservation policy upon a con
siderable number Of the Indian tribes. This
veteran officer has enjoyed perhaps a larger
experience with the red men than has been
known by any other man in military ser
vice, and this gives great value to his opiti 7 -
ion, that the reservation system, if faithfully 11
adhered to, is the best which cau be devised, 1 1 l
to meet .a' question which. has heretofore 1 1 1
proved so embarrassing.
THE re-union of the Soldiers and Sailors
of the'Army of the Union now being held
at Chicago presents a grand national spec
- tacle and one which should fill the heart of
every true American with enthusiastic
pride. The nlen • who bore the brunt of
battle give fresh encouragement to the na l
tion, in their abiding patriotism and love of_
country, and, though now enjoying the re
pose of peace, they are willing, if need be,
to again undergo the hardships of war to
preserve and protect the government and
Union.
THE Post assails our modesty after this
'fashion: •
, -
"Good men are always astonished at cor
ruption, and we venture to propose,bylvay
of illustrating our position, that the editor
of the Gazette, who is a gentleman of cul
ture, Who has fairly, earned a prominent po
sition In journalism, who is as convincing
upon the stump as he it upon the stool with
three legs, which the sybils of old made
memorable by their oracular outgiviings, -
,
should declare himself a candidate for Uni
ted States Senator, a position for which he
is better fitted than any man yet named by
the Republican party, and ascertain for
himself how much merit weighed in the
• scales with money, (legal tender) and then
look around, perhaps for .the first time, to
ascertain the cost of the office. We advise
the editor-of-the Gazette to estimate men
as they are, not as they ought to be, and
make, up his mind that it is not only -.a,
wicked world, but that it will require. dou
ble the amount to be elected United States
Senator that it did to buy a corner lot for
the Gazette printing office:"
In reply, we call.the attention of our con
temporary to the factlhat a gentleman who
had the same idea which it entertains of the
potency of money in a Senatorial contest,
announced some months ago, that" I "as the
Senatorship was up at,auction, and as he
had money, he had as good a right to bid as
any other man." Ho became a candidate
for that high position; but soon finding that
money would not carry him through, he
prudently backed out. In view of this re
cent case, Which completely undermines the
positions taken by the Post, we submit that
an experiment on our paii, in the same di
reotion, is superfluous. He who is not in
structed by the late failure, would not be
enlightened by airesh one.
Besides, we have gime so far through life,
doing, our full share -of political work, lint
never asking promotion at the handi of our
associates. We cannot bring ourselves to
change our settled policy even to gratify the.
curiosity of a political opponent whose mag
nanimous estimate of our qualities puts us
under very high obligations.
THE SUPREME COURT.
A bill is before the Senate to Increase the
number of Justices to fifteen, Including the
Chief, and dividing thd Republic Into four
teen Circuits. The bill does not, however,
provide for a correaxmding increase of Ju
dicial services on these Circuits. That in
crease 'becomes desirable; in view of the
rapid of the business of the Fed
eral: Courts. State lines are practically
growing fainter every day; important litiga
tions are • now almost always found to in
volve parties from different States, and the.
preference for Federal over State Courts be
tomes, and for good reasons, daily more
manifest. The jurisdiction of the former
'l;tesdlly Widens, and their business en
isrges, that.elready the profession and'
the country recognize the need for an ex
tended Judicial service.
The especial feature of the new bill_(in
troduced by Senator WrLsosr) is that which
assigns to the Chief Justice and seven of the
Associates, to be annually elufsen by tot, the
holding of a General Term, or a Court in
bane, at the Capitol, the other e seven Associ
ates transacting all the Circuit business of
that year. The object to be_gained by this pro-
Vision is palpably this—that .the tribunal of
final appeal shall be effectively redeemed
from the present pablic suspicion that its
members, as heretofore constituted, are too
completely isolated from. any - syniiiiihY
with the advancing sentiment of the age.
Coniposing a close corporation and holding
office by theife tenure, thecountry has been
forced by events to regard t the Supreme
bench as the last sanctuary of exploded pol
icies and supefann stet!, effete ideas, reac
tionary rather than urogresstve, and . in fact,
entirely outside of the public confidence.
So far, the Wasost bill is well devised to
infuseciato the Court fresh blood from the
popular veins, and to maintain it hereafter
in a closer responsible relation to the New
Republic.
HALF-WAY WISDOM.
The hill, of Gov. Mosmosr, providing for
a speide resumption, which we yesterday
printed in fa, will be altogether superflu
ous, in the event of decision by the
Ss
preme Court adverse to the legal-tender aetii.
If the . Court sustains these acts, the bill in
question will then deserve some considera
tion. Its proyision postponing resumption
by the Banks, for six months after the Treas
ury has returned to the specie standard,
strikes us as a surprising misconception of
the coming situation. With the Treasury
paying, and, of course receiving, cash in
all its transactions, the Banks and the peo
,ple must come to the same standard at once.,
The Senator may attempt to legislate for a
half-year of grace to the corporations, but
all the bills that may be piled upon the tables
of Congress cannot prevent the popular ac
ceptance of the Treasury standard for all the
- country. How long, then, are the Banks
likely to maintain their nondescript position,
—their legalized suspension, between alard
money Treasury and specie valuations in
all departments of business ? The $350,-
000,000 of legat-tenders will be transmuted
into gold-certificates
r at once, and held as
such out of circulation, except for Govern=
Meta use, and the volume of the currency
is thus contracted by fifty per cent. at one
stroke. Take the other view, and suppose
that the legal-tenders, not withdrawn, still
remain in currency as specie funds._ It is_
clear, in that case, that the $400,000,000 of
National Bank paper, not presently redeem.
able and_therefore depreciated, must itself
retire from use as a circulating medium.
For, the currency of par funds and of a
deprecated paper at the same time, as
component parts of the same circulation, is
manifestly out of the question.
' senator, Morron's proposition. as it
stands, may be'better entitled "An Act to
Contract the Currency by one-half," or,
perhaps, "An y Act to Establish a Six'
Months' Panic," or "An Act to repeal the
— Act Establishing the National Banking Sys
tem." Either of these titles would_ better
designate the results inevitably attending its
adoption.
' Our large and increasing corps of finan
cial doctors will do well to remember that
specie-resumption means a cash resumption
simultaneously in all quarters, public and
private. It - does not mean currency-con:
traction, especially by law, when the inter
ests and policy of the Banks themselves will
give us quite as much contraction as we
shall feePable to stand. Nor does resump
tion 'mean that - either Government or the
people propose or expect to dispense with
paper-money altogether. What we want,
and shall continue to have, will be a paper
currency based, as formerly, on a solid spe
cie value. The statesman who shall devise
the best method to secure' that result at
,the earliest moment, will entitle -himself to
rank With GALLATIN and PnkL.
WILL PITTSBURGH ACCOMMODATE
ITSELF I—NO. 2.
Recently the. Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany submitted to the Councils of this city
a plan for new Depots for local passenger
and freight trains. This plan is divisible
into two parts. One for a Depot kir local
passengeil trains coming and going on the
Pennsylvania Railroad and on the Pitts
burgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis road. The
other for freight Depot, in which all mer
chandize destined to this city or to be sent
from it can be reoeived, properly cared for,
and dispatched . or delivered without delay.
The first part of this plan involves the
vacating of Grant street and Cherry alley
from Seventh street to Liberty;; Fountain
street from Seventh to Washington, and the
construction of ' ' an iron bridge, starting on.
Washington above the Panhandle crossing,
and ending on a lot on the far side of Liber
ty, so as to admit the passing of vehicles
and Pedestrians. All the properties held
by other parties within the boundaries thus
indicated the Company purposes to buy,
and thep to build a suitable Depot for
the local passenger traffic on its own road
and the Panhandle. This would be an ex
cellent improvement in behalf of people
along both of those lines, thousands of
whom come to and go from this city every
day in prosecution of their respective voca
tions. All the local trains thus provided for
could pass back of the Grain Elevator, so as
not to increase the burden'of Liberty street.
Local .travelers would thus be relieved of
the necessity of picking their way 'perilously
over the various tracks now existing, and
probably to exist, betireen the intersection
of Grant street with Liberty and the Union
Depot.
The neonnd part of this'plen involves the
vacating of Try street from Third to Old
avenue; of Watson ntreet from Try to Shin
gins; ofleourth from Rill to' midway be
tween Try and Ross; and the erection of a_
bridge on Third over the Panhandle Rail
road crossing. Thin tract encloses the
south end of the cAllroad tunnel. Here it
is designed to put hp a spacious and com
plete warehouse, ci suiliclent dimensions And.
PITTSBURGH GAZETTE : WE DNESDAY, :DEUEMBER 16, 1868.
with the; appliances requisite to accom
modate fatly all the freight arriving: ;at or
departing from the city by both roads.
This done, 'the track through Liberty street
will be taken up, and the warehouse at the
Point be dispensbd with. •
These improvements would involve the
expenditure of large sums of 'stoney by the
Pennsylvania Raikoad Company, which
would be recompensed -
:"by the superior
facilities obtained for the transaction of its
business. Bat the convenience and profit
of the Company are not alone concerned
therein. That side of the matter belongs
specially to the Corripany to consider 'and
determine so far as it is'at„liborty to act in
dependently. The obverse Aidethe inlMbi
tants of the city, through their repressmta
fives in the Councils, wilrlhave to dis Pose
of. That side may be expressed in a single
question.
WILL TEE CITY ALLOW ITECIWX BUSYNESS
T 9 BB ACCOMILODATED ?
Through travel is admirably served at the
Union Depot. No completer establish
ment of the sort exists in thkinountry. Oar
own people, taking oxsiress -trains for the
east or west, and people from "famed arriv- .
ing here by such traias, would 'Manage to
get along comfortabif,if only, the changes
sugeeisted in those columns Yosterday should
be made. But a new Depot for local pas
san,ges train's, situated at sash 'a point as to
avoid' the necessity for passlng over a
multiplicity of railway tracks,swith a con
stant liability to encounter moVing trains,
is a convenience earnestly to Ibe desired,
and to be obtained even at the expense of
some concessions, either of feeling or of or
dinary street facilities.
Very little, if any, through , freight changes
card in this city. It proceeds, except in
ninsual cases, to its destination in the cars
in which it started. Additional facilities
for receiving' and forwarding freight are
demanded, therefore, not , to serve other
towns or districts, but to meet the wants of
this city and vicinity. It would certainly
indicate intense infatuation to reject over
tures to this end, either because the Com
pany has sometimes heretofore used its
power arbitrarily,and to the damage of our
people, or because it sees proper, in the ex
ercise of Its undoubted right, to seek pri
marily,its o'wn welfare. Railway Compa
nies are not organized as charitable institu
tions. When new roads are projected citi
zensliv in g along the contemplated lines often
subscribe and pay for 'stock, from which
they anticipate no direct returns; but this
they do not tinder the impression that the
Companies are the recipients of charity at
their hands. What sums they expend Lin
this way they expect to receive back again,
if not directly in the form of dividends,
then in the enhancement of the value;- of
mil estate and' in the facilities furnished to
their daily vocations. In tbisr latter calcu
lation they are never mistaken. Though
; this city and county foolishly wasted millions
of dollars which they invested in railways,
still the outlay has paid abundantly. The
city and county are vastly more prosperou
and wealthy than they would have been
had no railways connected them with other
places. , As -the result of unreasonable
rage, vast pecuniary losses were sustained,
which self-possession and prudence would
have avoided; but the railways exist, and
are constantly used to 'increase the riches
rind happiness of the inhabitants.
The railway companies want additional
room to transact the business which neces
sarily exists-here. Of course, they expect
to make money by what they may do, just
as the individuals or firms whom they serve,
expect to make ,gains through 'their skill,
enterprise and capital. What, therefore, is
proposed touching new depots' is for mu
tual advantage. In this light the prciposi
ton should be examinee and
by the City Connell&
At this point it is urged, by rival compa
nies, as well JIB by individuals who are not
altogether, disinterested, that conditions
ought to be imposed, preliminary to vacat- -
ing certain streets, as desired. Doubtless,
in cast; the City should incline to vacate por
tions of streets, as requested, it would be
fair and prudent to make the act contingent
upon the fulfillment by the railway compa
ny of 'its offer, and within a proper amount
of time. Clearly, the City authoritlei, while
exhibiting a cordial willingness to do their
share towards providing, for the business
wants of the railway companies and the
citizens, should avail themselves of the oc
casion to perfect as full an arrangement as
possible for delivering the City . from the in
conveniences under which it now labors by
reason - of the streets being occupied by
tracks. The necessity is; urgent, and the
occasion is propitious. The embarrass
merits that yress upon the City are felt in
equal degree by the Companies. Hence,
there ought to be no doubt about securing
that kind and degree of cooperation which
will reach the case and provide remedies. -
But, more than this is demanded; of
which we will write to-morrow.
It is reported.that the course of the Amer
ican fur companies, In this region, is calcu
lated to destroy the trade. Under the re
strictions Imposed by the Russians, one
hundred thousand fur seal skins per an
num, were exported from the Islandsof
George and St. Patti, the market being fully
supplied and remunerative prices maintain
ed. The American traders, however, have
this year taken off two hundred and twenty
ftve thousand skins, and the result will
probably be that the seals will desert 'the
Islands. The dishonest practices of other
traddra,'in regard to the natives, are also
runions to the prosperity ofi-Ogitimate
commerce. The natives give ivory, whale
bone and furs in exchange for ritm, and It
is asserted that caske .in outward appear
ance of five gallons capacity, but really
holding only two, are palmed off upon the
unsuspecting inhabitants. So, too, colored
water is sold for rum, a glass of the gen,
uine liquor being furnished as sample.
These tricks can only be played once, but
their_effect is very Injurious. -
—A fire at Rockland, Me., Yesterday, de
stroyed the dwelling and auction store of
F. W. Wolff, B. Littlefield's store, Atlantic
block,.containing three stores, and Atlan
tic Jaen; also, Burpee's large furniture
warehouse and dwelling, and, the barber
shopof F. A, Lencha. Loss §2.),000; mostly
insured.
=I
Alaska.
FORTIETH CONGRESS.
[THIRD SESISIONqI
SENATE: Resolution of Sympa.
•
thy for Spain—Resolution Con
demning the President's Repu
diation Sentiments Laid Over—
Holding of Civil Offices by Mil
itary Men—Claims Against Ven
ezuela—Alaska Fur Trade—
Violation of the Fourteenth
Amendment—Political - Disa
bilities—Militia - Organizations
in Late Rebel States. HOUSE:
Improvements in Mississippi
River—Granting Lands to Cali..
fornia—Union Pacific Rail
.
road—lndian Policy Petro.
lenm on Passenger Vessels—
Civil Offices in Southern States
—lowa War Claims—Moorhead
Tariff Bill Considered in Com
miitee i:of the Whole—Amend
ments Offered but not Disposed
of at - Adjournment.
Mr Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.l
WASHINGTON, December 15, 1868.,
SENATE.
Mr. SUMNER, from the Committee on
Foreign Relations, reported, with amend
ment, the joint resolution offered by hinr
tendering sympathy to the people of Spain.
Mr. CATTELL, from the Committee on
Finance, reported the resolution offered by
Mr. Willey, yesterday, 'as folloive
(Resolved, That the Senate, properly cher
ishing and upholding the good faith and
honor of the nation, do hereby utterly dis
approve and condemn the sentiment and
proposition contained in as much of the
late annual Message of the President of the
United States as reads as follows;:[Here
follows the paragraph in reference to liqui
dating the national debt.]
Mr. SUMNER moved its immediate con
sideration.
Mr. M'CREARY objected and it was laid
over.
Mr. EDMONDS introduced a bill to pre
vent the holding of civil offices by military
officers, and to prevent the holding of more
than one office at a time. Referred to_Com
mittee en Judiciary. '-
Mr. SUMNER offered a resolution re
questing the President to communicate in
formation in reference to the action of_the
mixed Commission for the adjustment .of
claims of citizens of the United States
against the Government of Venezuela.
Adopted.
Mr. PATTERSON, of New Hampshire,
offered a resolution requesting the Secre
tary of the Treasury to communicate in
regard to Alaska and particularly in regard
to the fur interests therein. Adopted.
On motion of Mr. FERRY, the Senate
took from the table the bill introduced by
Mr. Stewart yesterday, to punish the crime
of holding office in violation of the Four
teenth Constitutional Amendment.
Mr. FERRY sPoke at length, advocating
the removal of all political disabilities in
the Southern States.
Mr. STEWART argued in favor of the
bill. While he was-anxious to remove the
disabilities, he'._thhught there should be
reciprocity on the - part of those to be ben
d:Med.
Mr. WILSON'S bill to repeal the prohi
bition of the organization of -the militia in
the rebel States mos taken up, and gave
rise to a debaterMessra. Wilson, Fessenden
and Conkting.zapeaking, in favor, and Mr.
Hendricks niralist it. 11
Mr. EDMUNDS moVed to amend by con
tinning the prohibition as regards Vir
ginia, Misscssippi and ;Texas. The bill was
referred te 7 the Judiciary- Committee..
Adjourtted.
HOW OF ( REMESENTATIVES
Mr. ELIOT' offereo resolution calling
on the Secretary of Wirfor supplementary
reports of Major Oenefil Wilion concern
ing the improvemedi of the Mississippi
ri ver at Desinoines! and Rock ISland Rap
ids. Adopted. s y.
Mr. JULIAN, POI:a Committee on Pub
lic Lands, reporati back Senate bill grant
ing lands to California to aid in the con
struction of railroad:. and telegraph line
from Valejo to,Hutaboldt bay. Ordered to
be printed and s ii4mmttted.
..,-31r. PRICE offered a resolution directing
the Seer'ettify of the Interior to transmit to
tho House reports made on Union Pacific
Railroad by the Government director and
special commission. Adopted.
Mr. SHANKS offered a resolution direct
ing the Committee on Military Affairs to
enquire Into the propriety of having the
inmates of the Soldiers' Home furnished
annually by the Government with two
suits l of army clothing. Adopted.
Mr; CLARK,.. of Kansas, introduced a
joint resolution changing the policy in ref
erence to Indian tribes. Referred to the
Committee on Indian Affairs. '
Mr. PERHAM offered a resolution in
structing the Committee on Invalid Pen
sions to inquire whether any further legis
-lation is necessary to facilitate the payment
of arreara of pensions, under the sixth sec
tion of the act of'July 12th, 1868. Adopted.
Mr. PILE offered a resolutioninstructing
the Committee on Commerce to inquire
What further legislation is necessary for
the security of life and property and the
promotion of commerce on the rivers flow
ing into the Gulf of Mexico. Adopted.
Mr. GALLADAY offered a resolution in
structing. the Committee on ,Commerce to
inquire into the propriety of prohibiting
passenger steam vessels from carrying pe
troleum or other inflammable fluids.
Adopted.
Mr. HIGBY introdnaßl a.bill tO provide
for the annual inspection of Indian affairs.
Referred to the Committee on Indian Af
fairs. •
Mr. WHITTEAtORE asked - leave to offer
a resolution declaring vacant all civil
offices in the Southern States filled by die;
qualified persona, and making it the duty"
of the commanders of the' military dia.;
tricts to fill the vacancies so created.
Mr. CHANLER objected. • .
Mr. SYPHER asked leave to offer a reso
lution directing the Judiciary Committee
to report a bill, for the enforcement of the
3d section of the 14th article of the amend
ment of the Constitution.
Mr. CHANLER objected.
The bill reported last week from the
Committee on Military Affairs, fixing the
amount found to be (hie lowa on account of
claims against the United Staten for mili
tary expenses incurred at $229,848, came up.
Mr. GARFIELD, in the absence of Mr.
Dodge, who had charge of the bill, ex
plained and advoted its provisions.
The bill was also supported in debate by
Messrs. Wilson, of lowa, Allison and Price.
• Mr. WASHBURNE, Illinois, argued the
bill should be referred to the Committee on
Appropriations, and moved to add a pro
viso to tho bill that no payment shall be
made until after the accounts had been ex
amined and approved by the Secretary of
the treasury.
M . WOOD opposed the bill until all the
States were placed on an equal footing in
that respect. ,
Finally Mr..PARFIELD moved the pre
vious question. The House refused to see
ond it-43 to 70.
Mr. WOOD moved to refer the bill baOk
to the Committee on Military Affairs, with
instructions to report back a general .bill
on the subject.
Mr. PR IPLN suggested an amendment to
the general law of 1861, to. provide fQr cases
of informality in vouchers.
Mr. WOOD accepted the amendment and
the morning, hour having expired, the bill
_went over until the next morning hour.
The SPEAKER announced the Select
Committee on New York Election Frauds
as follows: Messrs. Lawrence, of Ohio;
Dawes, orMassachusetts; Blair, of Michi
gan; Dickey, of Pennsylvania; Hopkins, of
Wisconsin, Marshall, of Illinois, and Hub
bard, of Connecticut. • -
Mr. SCHENCK moved to go to business
on the Speaker's table, and gave notice, af
ter consultation with the Committee on
Ways and Means, he would move on the
6th of January to go into Committee of the
Whole on the first special order, which
was the tariff bill. Considering 'that to
morrow was likely to be the only day for
work, announcements of deaths of members
being arranged for Thursday, and.Frfday, it
had been thought advisable not to make a
motion to go into\Committee of the Whole
on the \ special order before the holidays.
He therefore gave this notice, that all per
sons might be prepared.
Mr. MOORHEAD, another member of
the Committee on Ways and Means, asked
Mr. Schenck to yield the floor for a motion
to go into Committee Of the Whole on the
tariff bill.
Mr. SCHENCK said he was 'perfectly
willing to let the motion be made. ~ ,
Mr. MOOP.HEAD made that motion. and
remarked that the bill was printedan¢ l had
been before the country for a.long tina .
Mr. 'BROOKS inquired what bill w s to
be taken up in Committee? The short
tariff bill reported by the Committee on
Ways and Means, or the one which the
gentleman (Mr. Moorhead) had reported,
as a sub-Committee ?
Mr.tMOORHEAD replied the short bill
was the bill now pending in the Commit
tee of the Whole, and which would be of
•course taken up- ,
Mr. BROOKS intimated that it would be
very improper in the present unprepared
state of the country and of the HOLM to
take up the tariff bill and press it to a pas
sage. On the other hand, it was very
proper to give notice, such as Mr. Schenck
had given.
The Was taken by tellers on
Mr. MOORHEAD'S motion, and the vote
was 77 ayes and 45 nays.
The yeas and nays were then called, and
the motion agreed to—yeas 104, nays 69. as
follows
Yeas—Messrs. Ames, Arnell, Ashley,
(0.,) Bally, Banks, Beaman,Beatty, Ben
ton, Bingham, Blain; Blair, Boutwell, Bow
en, Boyden, Boyer,—Broomall, Buckley,
Butler, (Tenn.,) Cake, Collis, Churchill,
Clarke, (0.,) Cobb, Coburn, Corley, Covode,
Dawes, Dewees, Dickey, Dixon, Dockery,
Donnelly, Driggs. Eckley, Ela, Farns
worth, Ferris,Ferry, Fields, French, Gar
field, Getz, Halsey, Haughey, Heaton, Hig.
by, Hubbard, (ir. Va.,) Hillburd, (N. Y.,)
Jenckes, Jones, (N. C.,) Kelly, Ketcham,
Kitchen, Koontz, Lash, Lawrence, (Pa.,)
Lawrence, (0.,) Lincoln, Lowridge, Lynch,
Mallory, Marvin, Moorhead, Moore, Mor
rill, Mullins, Myers, Niesham, Norris
O'Neill,: Perham, Pettis,
Plants, Poland,
Price, Prince, Randall, Robertson, Scho
field, Seleye, Smith, Spalding, Starkweath
er, Stevens, (N. Y.,) Sypher, Taylor, Trow
bridge, Twitchell, Upson, Van Horn, (N.
Y.,) Vidal, Washburne, (Ill.,) Washbnme,
(In d.,) , Washburne, (Mass.,) Welker,.
Whittemore, Wilson, (0.,) Wilson, (Pa.,)
and Windom-104.
Nuys—Messrs. Adams, Allison, Ander
son, Archer, Axtell, Baker, ,Barnes, Bar
num, Beck, Bromweli, . Brooks, Burr. But
ler, (Mass.) Casey, Chanler, Clark, (Kan
sas,) Cook, Cullom; Eggleston, Glossbren
ner, Galladay Gravelly, Uroover, Holman,
-Hoopei, -Blins, Hotchkiss, Hubbard,
Humphrey, Hunter, Johnson, Jones, (Ken
tucky,) Judd, Judson, Kerr, Knott, Loan,
Marshall,
.JilcCullough, Morrissey, Mun
ger], Newcomb, Niblock, Orth, Peters,
Phelps, Pike,Pile, Pruyn, Robinson, Ross,
Schenck, itgraves, Stewart, Stokes,
Stone, Stover, Taber ' Taffe, Tufft, Trimble,
Van Aernam, Van Trump, 'Van Wycke,
Williams, (lnd.,) Wilson; (lowa,) Wood,'
Woodward, Young-69.
The House thereupon, at 2:10, went into
Committee of the Whole on the State of
the Union, Mr. Dawes in the chair, and
took up the bill to increase the revenue
from duties on imports and tending :to
equalize exports and imports.
Mr. BROOKS being entitled to the floor
when the bill was up at the last session, re
marked that the gentleman from Pennsyl
vania, (Mr. Moorhead) had been omnipo
tent in arresting the ordinary:bourse of bu
siness in 'bringing up a bill to secure a
monopoly to the State oflPennsylvania.'He
intimated there would appear to be some
sort Of collusion between that gentleman and
the gentleman from Ohio, (Mr. Lawrence).
who recently offered a resolution looking to
the driving out of six anti-tariff members
from the city of New York. It would be
shown in that connection that nearly
.1.500,000 had been contributed by the Union
League of the city of New York, in collu
sion with--the League of Philadelphia,
mostly composed of iron and steel men, to
corrupt the elections and carry the States
of Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania and the
anti-tariff State of Maine. _The grand jury
of New York had had that subject be
fore it, and had prepared a paper, constitu
ting an indictment of some of the most
eminent of the men of the country and the
Hon. Senator from New York (Mr. Mor
gan,) had been summoned to appear'. be
fore that grand jury to give testimony
which weuld Show the immense sums
which he had contributed to corrupt elec t
tions, but had twice refused to answer the
process of Court, and had only escaped by
leaving the city, or by availing himself of
his privileges as -A member of Congress.
Mr. MYERS asked whether the Senator
of whom the gentleman was speaking was
one of three State Senators who had voted
in Philadelphia last October ?
Mr. BROOKS declined to yield, and went
on to speak of the contribution of A. T.
Stewart to the Union League.
Mr. MYERS made the point of order that
the gentleman was not discussing the ques
tion before the Committee.
The Chairman overruled the point of
order, remarking the bill was not a special
order.
Mr. BROOKS was proceeding to speak in
the same connection of William E. Dodge,
and of the means by which that gentleman
hid gained possession of his (Mr. Brook's)
seat In the House, but the Chairman stated
he was unable to see the pertine ncy of the
remarks. -
Mr. BROOKS then applied himself to a
more regular discussion of the tariff bill,
which he opposed until the Committee rose.
_ - -
-Mr. MOORHEA.D moved the House again
go into Committee of the Whole. Agreed
to—yeas 91, nays 64.
Mr. BUTLER, of Massachusetts, moved
to add to the paragraph on copper, blue
vitrol and sulphate of copper. Agreed to.
Mr. PIKE moved to reduce the proposed
duty on copper in plate, &c., from forty-five
to twenty per cent., and argued in support
of the amendment as bearing upon the ship
building interest.
-- Mr. MAYNARD opposed the amend
ment, which was rejected.
Mr. PHELPS offered-an amendment al
lowing s draw back of duty on imported
copper where smelting establishments
give bonds to use two tons of copper mined
in the United States to every ton of im
ported ore. He advocated the amendment,
Arguing that it was neeessary , for the suc
cess of copper smelting establishments.
Mr. KELLY said Pennsylvania had no
copper interests to stibserve.• There were
copper interests, however, to be protected
in ihigan, Virginia, Tennessee and Ala
bama, and there was not protection enough
now to develop those interests under this
bill. However, all varieties of copper ne
cessary for smelting would be produced.
Mr. BRIGGS argued in support of the
increase of duty. Out of about one hun
dred mines in Michigan there. were only
eleven in operation for want of protection.
If smelting establishments in Baltimore
could not live without ruining the copper
interest of the United States, they should
retire from business. e
'Mr. TWICHELL - moved to add-a proviso
that the copper used in the manufacture of
yessels shall be admitted free of duty.
Mr. ALLISON opposed the amendment
offered by Mr. Phelps, and argued that as
no manufactured copper was introduced
into the country, the copper mannfactur.
ing establishments at Baltimore and else.
where had an absolute monopoly, and there
was; therefore, no necessity for an increased --
duty on manufactures of copper. He did •
not admit there was any greater propriety
in allowing drawbacks in favor of ship•
building interests than in favor of any
other interest.
Mr. TWICHELL'S amendment was re
jected.
Mr. MAYNARD argued against the
('amendment offered by Mr. Phelps. g e
said it was in contravention of the policy
of the bill. which was to encourage domes
tic mining:
Air—PHELPS suggested that his propest_
tion would be an encouragement to domes.
tic mining.
Mr. SPALDING moved an amendment
providing that copper in any form, used in
ship building, and actually imported for
that purpose, shall be entitled to a drawback
of twenty per dent, ad valorem. Hemid
he was ,in favor of protecting the copper
interest, but he did not wish to injure the
ship building interest. He thought his
amendment a fair compromise.
Mr. KELLY declared that if the ship
building interest would give to the copper
interest the monopoly they had, no other,
tariff would be asked. The .law gave tc.
the ship building interest an absolute mon-,
opoly of the coasting trade, the lake trade
and the river trade of the country, greater
than all the foreign commerce of the world.
There never had been such a monopoly.
He approved it, and was willing to go far
ther, and remove all tonnage duties from
internal trade, and to stimulate by every
means the development of internal com
merce; but the interest which was protected
by the most absolute, and grandest monop
oly that the United States had ever conce
ded, should not be allowed to'crush out the
copper' interest of Lake Superior, Virginia,
North Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee.
Without disposing of the amendments,
the Committee rose, and the House ad
jonrncd.
NEW .YORK CITY.
August Belmont and the World—His Lib.-
erality in Contributing Funds to the Dem
ocratic Party—Confiscation of Silks__
Memorial from Toba'cco Men — A Debtor
Released from Imprisonment. •
CBy Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
NEW YORK, December . 15, 1868.
__The Herald, taking for its.,text a pare
graith floating from the Washington cor
respondence of a New York journal throngt:
the western press, says that-'-August Bel-,
mont is not now and never has been an
owner or pecuniarily interested in the.
,World or any fraction of it; that no Demo-
Brat sought the success of the party more
earnestly than he, or contributed more lib
erally to the last and former canvasses; that
the amount thus given by him; distributed
by Committees, is nearly $lOO,OOO, besides
notoriously liberal contributions to the ex
penses of ratifying meetings and other po•
-
litical machinery; that the Democratic par
ty has never spent the one-tenth of the
money in any election in ,the last twenty
years than its opponents have spent in the
last campaign, the National - Committee
received scarcely one dollar from any other
State or city than New York; that all it got,
except a beggarly fraction sent to Marne,.
was spent in Pennsylvania, Indiana and
Ohio; that $2,500,000 would not have satis- -
fled the demands received from every State
in the Union; that the money 'contributed.
has always been contributed by about
twenty Democrats in New York city and a
half a dozen in New York State: that the
Committee received not a dollar of the de
'mend assessed on the several congressional
districts, except by one State near the Rocky
Mountains, which followed up its contribu
tion of $lOO by a request for $lO,OOO.
'lt is reported that proceedings are about
to be commenced by the Collector of Cus-•
toms' for the confiscation of $300,000 worth
of smuggled shawls found concealed in•
clocks entered In this port.
The Fine Cut Tobacco Association of New
York and New Jersey have adopted a me
morial to Congress against the extension of
the time beyond the first of January for
selling fine Cut, smoking, chewing, shorts
and snuffs without %ompliance with the
law of July last in relation to each package
having the required stamp.
One Wolff, formerly a merchant of Chi
cago, who failed in 1862, and has been im
prisoned here at the instance of creditors,
was to-day discharged by Judge Ciirdozo
under the 11th section of the Stillwell act,
having stated his willingness to execute an
assignment of his property for the benefit
of his creditors.
Markets by Telegraph.
- lavEnroot„December 15.—Cotton has a
downward tendency; middling uplands.
10%d; Orleans 10%d;' sales eight thousand
bales. Wheat; white California 12s; red
western 9s 9d. Flour; western 265. Oats
3s 7d. Barley ss. Peas 465. Pork 86s Gd.
Beef 105 s. Lard 635. Oheese 67s 6d., Ba
con 52s (Id. Petroleem 80; refined do is
63yd. Tallow 49s Gd. Turpentine 275.
LONDON, December 15.—Tallow heavy
and weak at 49s 6d. , ,
ANTWERP, December 15.—retrolinm
firmer; 55frs bid, and 55N asked. •
Havit.E, December 15.—Cotton 125 frs on
spot, and 121 to arrive.
BUFFALO, December 15.—TheFlour mar
ket is quiet; sales are reported of 600 bbls,
at e 8,35 for western spring; - 19,50 for amber;
$10,50 for white western. Wheat is quiet;
sales are reported of 3,000 bush No. 2 Chi
cago at about $1,49; 2,400 bush amber Can
ada at $1,80; 1,300 bush No. 1 Milwaukee
club at $1,60. Corn Is a shade easier; sales
of car lots of old western at 90c; new, 93c,
on track; '9oc for kiln dried. Oath are dull
and sales are reported of one car load at
66c. Other articles are dull and unchanged.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., December 15.—Beef
Cattle; receipts, 1,253 head; demand not
very active, but ort_some lots full prices
have been obtained, while on ordinary
grades there was a decline of yolic per
pound; sales of extra at $12,50a13,50; first
quality at. $11a12; second quality slo,ooa
10,50, and third quality $7,50a9,50. Sheep
and Lambs; receipts, 7,410 head; market
inactive but sales at s2a3 per head.
CHICAGO, December 15.—Markets this
evening quiet. Wheat, No. 2 sold at $1,15X
a1,16. sellers for tbis month, with sales at
inside figure: Oats 47c, seller for this
.1
month. Nothing done in Corn.
—A Havana dispatch of the 12th says: •
The government troops suffered fearfully
in recent encounters and Valmaseda is
in Nuevitas demanding reinforcement&
Risings are reported in several large towns.
The insurrection is now within one hun
dred and fifty miles. of Havana. The Brit
ish Consul notified English subjects to im
mediately register. The authorities re.
quire 54000,000 for immediate use;
and
have authorized the Spanish Bank tomalte-•
an additional issue of paper to that amount.
DIIED: • .
• BIVEN—On Monday. December 14th, at ' 2
'o'clock P. is., Mrs. eARAM EWEN. wife of Mr..
Samuel Sly en, in the 73d year of her age. - I
The funeral wUI take place fame the residence, of
he; husband, ou the corner of A4ixander street and ,
Sienbenvtlle Pike, TentperanceviN, on Tura (Wed
aesday) AFTERNOON at 2 o'clock. The friends of.
the family are respectfully invited tSot attend.
TODD—At Philadelphia. on Saturday, the 12tir
inst. Mrs. VI.SOINIA TODD, daughter of the late;
lteade Washington. Esq., of this city. '
LEWIS—On Saturday. December 13th,_at - Ics•
o'clock r. 31. Mrs. CAURIP, COOPER LEWIS. w l -1 43 •
of Dr. 1). W. Lewis, aged 34 leans. _
The funeral will takepiace from the residence of
her husband, East Liberty, on. TIIIIRSDAY
x9oN at 2 o'clock. Carrlagos will leave Moreland .
& Mitchell's Stables at 12 o'clock.
TOBIN—At Portsmotith. Ohio, De cusbei .2d t •
Mr. Ism . . J. TOBLN, aged US years, 5 inonOs and
3 days.
PERRY—On Monday, December 14th /5 1313 4."
his residence, Germantown, rhilmielphia, JO
F. PERDY, brother of H. Perry.
Notice of the funeral will be given.
Ltitcubebrille papers please copy.:
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