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SEStIONqI SENATE : Duties on Copper Sic; -;zlEtedemPtion or Five-Turen ties-Public Debt-Judge Uri derstoodYi llecent Decision. at Ilichnsund-Alesoluti'on to Pay Sontheitilienitors-Monument to General l Ilearney--Resolu. 4, *ion Adopted Relieving Florida ?CitizeniTronriMabillties-1-11e- lief for root of District of Co luinbia-LEight Hours Work for TenlAElokirs Pay;-Conaderatio4 of Specie Resumption - Dill Speech by Mr. Morton. HOUSE: "Inkirisonment of Americans •=ln lielaniV-earklage of Emilio ;••" tsilre - Sitbshinces' on Passenger lressels:--Politicat Disabilities inilate Rebel states— , t. Amendment tp-Internal 'leve t flue taw=liegis•t6rs in. Bank '. illPtcY - -, - tb Take? Te stimony -- Certification of. Cheeks by 111a _ tional „Ranks—kensale Aployes, fpr Like ~SerFice; to Be i ceive Same Conipentation as • nalist—No L'aminisiloiter - Sent -49 rIBy Telegraph to the Ilttsbursth Gerette.l WaseiNGToN, Deceriiberls 1868. • . SENATE. •Mr StEkßMANyfiom the Finance Com mittee, reported baolc the . Mouse bill fixing 4,the dut. les, on, copper, , dm., and, also the Ibl - Jawing reaolution, which, on his motion, 'was Want' the table, to be :called up at an -early day. Rescimi, Ily . .the Senate, that -neither pnbili policy nor the good faith of the nation will allow the redemption of the 5-20 bonds !.*1 iintillhe United States shill perform its primary duty of paying its notes in I:4in, or ' making them equivalent theteto;and'tneas k'' .nreEi should be adopted to secure - the r&• .aninption of specie Payment at as early - a ' period - as practicable. , t; Mr. SHERMAN idao'reported back from the same Committee, without amendinent, t.......L.*.,.+T.,_'l o llofiwPipdan t Afitrodgg r ecly - ..'l 27l lmfia. - Navember, i 867, which read as . • follows : ';') • Joint resolution pledging the faith of the United States to the payment- of the pulic -debt in vein °en§ eqnlvalent: WhereaB, the public debt of the United States was, except; where specially other wise ordered, contracted upon the faith .of the United States that the same should tb9 paid or redeemed in omwor its mdirra =tjent;;and wherecta; dciutits have been raised ; ; „ as, to tho -duty . and -propriety of discharg .ing such debt in coin or its equivalent; 4.! - , therefore, • Resolved, by the Senate and House of :; Representatives of United tStates, dtc.; that •the public ,debt of the United States, ex- • kept incases wherein the law authorizes the same, or provision was expressly made, ie owing in coin or its equivalent, and the - faith of the United States is hereby sol emnly pledged to its payment accordingly. Mr. WILLIAMS offered a resolution in structing the 'Judiciary Committee - to in -quire - into the practicability and expedi ency of some immediate legislation to pre , vent the discharge Of persons convicted of t -cri-tne by the extraordinary decision of the • District Judge of Virginia. After discussiod ithe word liextraordin ary"--Wasstirick out, as 'perhaps reflecting on Judge Underwood. • • F The resolution was then adopted. Mr. MORTON offered a resolution direct ing the Secretary of the Senate to pay the tSeuators from North Carolina, South Caro. , Florida, Alabama, Arkansas and • Lonhilana, the legal compensation of Sena , 4 tors. _ • Mr. FERRY obiected. Mr. WILLILMS, from the Committee on Military Affairs,.reported tile joint resols e'., Son to donate condemned cannon to erect a monument to Maj.,Gen. Kearney. The resolution was adopted. 1 Mr. OSBORNE introduced a bill to re lievo sundry citizens of Florida from cid disabilities. chi his motion it was laid on the table. _ Mr. CONNESS introduced a resolution directing the Committee on Naval _Affairs k to inquire into the practicability of making Midway Island a rendezvous for United I States vessels. Adopted. Mr. COLE introduced a bill to provide a temporary government for. Alaska. Re. ferred to the Committee on Territories. Mr. VICKERS, from the 'Committee on :4 the District of Columbia, reported, a joint resolution appropriating 30.000 for the 4 temporary'reljer of the poor of the District, which was adopted. I - Mr. CONNESS - moved to take up, the bill to dx the compensation for labor perform ; •ed for the government,providing that there shall be no reduction of pay on account of the reduction of hours of labor. •I The motion was lost-22 to 38. Mr. CORBETT offered a resolution re , queSting the Secretary of the TreasUry to - inform the Senate off the total cost of the / Issue of United States' fractional currency ~i ! up to this time. Adopted. On-motion of Mr. FERRY, the resolution - .offered. by Mr. Moften - in regard to pay of • Southern Senators was referred to the diciary Committee. • On motion'of fr.SHERMAN, the consid. eration of hie Railroad bill was postponed 2, until , after recess. •; The Senate, on motion of Mr. MORTON, took ttp his bill -for the resumption specie payment, on which he spoke at length.' Senator MORTON, in the course of an elaborate speech, in reply to the - argument that the currency is redundant and we _cannot return to specie pavment -until:con -, traction 'has taken place, said the entire f ; bank circulation 'before the.war was two hundred and two millions, and the specie held by the banks eighty-eight millions; but at the'same time gold and silver were - , in circulation, and it is probable there were more than onthnndred and fifty mil . lions in the country, besides that held by ' hanks. Then there, were alsol;the issues, of local banks, not Current except in the localitles where issued, which rendered ne - ces aat7 the payment of debts and cornmer ' cial transactions in bills of exchange and promissory notes, amountinf, to many hun dreds of millions of dollars annually. This form of currency is Still used, but not nearly to the same extent. Greenbacks and National . Bank notes are now trans ported from one section to another to the amount of many hundred milieus every He continued : The needs of the coun try demanded an increase of currency over 1860 of at least one hundred and fifty mil-' lions, end, therefore, when_ you add to the actual , crirreney' of 1860, viz: about foiir hendred and fifty, millions, the amount of ourrenry now used, in place of former bills of exchange and promissory notes, and the, increased demand for other purposes, it is' doubtful whether the currenoyls more re dundant nowthan ki,1860, 'When thebanks' were paying specie; and yupt ' relltindant, contraction lsnot's necessary preliminary measure to return to specie payment. Again, said Mr. Morton, it la said the` GoVernment 'cannot "turn, to specie pay ment nail We have chetked the Slow of gold to Europe by iargely reducing our impor tatiopsiof foreign *ands. I Thiele kolitar clear'' of putting the disease for the remedy. Gold, like every com• modity, is governed by te great commer ciallaw of demand and supply. It goes *hate needed and leaves tile country-, when* not in demand. In this countsy there is now but one demand for gold, which is to pay duties on imports. In whatever, i country paper money has been made legal t e nder, t has invariably driven gold and silver from eircedalion,,and'En a great part fronfthe country. Taus it is that Canada is flooded with American silver, and that American gold has gone to Europe in a steady stream torlve years. !Thus it was during -- the' French revointion, when the assignals, a legal tender like our o*n.- drove r'rench gold, into all the neighboring countries, , So when the assignors finally collapsed, initherilidin a siugle day,France ' found herself almost destitute of coin. And thus it was duringthe long suspension of the Bankaf England; when the English gold went 'oat and was: only recalled the preparations made to return to ,lpetne payment. During the first five years of the decide end ng June 80, 1868, our gold exports were M 1,268,211. During:the last dve years our exportit•were 1f.413,69ti,000, showing air increase of $14,422,000 during the -first fit**. - years. Oar ims pqrts of gold exceSded those of the last five years $19,389,000, which, added to $152,44000, would make 4171,811,000 of an increased gold loss daring, the last five years. We cannot retain our gold at home except by malting a demand 'for it. If we would reduce importation of foreign goo we must withholdthe gold with which they are purchased, and this we cannot do ex cept by making ; it more profitable to keep it at-home than to send it abroad. Mr. MORTON next alluded to the idea that we can only raise - the value of our cur rency by raising tbat of oar bands, and to this end we. post apply the surplus gold in the Treastiry,to the purchase of our bonds in the market to`be cancelled. This he held to be 'a misconception. • He: did not believe the existence of our bonded debt had anything to do with the depreciation of our currency. He believed it would be de greciated if the Government did not owes single bond, ;,or if our' bonds were at par. The currency was depreciated because the greenback note is a - nrombie to ray so many dollars on demand, which ; it does not pay, Thepromisd is daily broken and has long been dislicincli*, The notweraws no interest, and the Geveinment has fixed no time when it wall pay It. .Upder these • circumstances the note mint' be' deprecia ted. The solvency or ultimate ability of the promiser to pay never kept-over drie paper at par, and never will. Tq do-that, there must , be certainty .in the payment and time ofpayment, andlf the time of paYment be deferred, compensation must be made by the 'payment of interest. The taking of the gold in the Treasury for the purchase of • bonds puts the redemption of the green backs out of the power of the Government, and proclaims to the world that it does not intend to return to specie payment. The 1 -gold thus taken would not enter into circu lation, but would sink back into an article of mercbandize, to be gambled for, as it now is in Wall .street. The greenback cir culation is a part of the public debt, for the redemption of which the faith of the nation is solemnly pledged. The redemption of this pledge is not only de, _mended by every principle of.national hon or, but is imprratively demanded by the interests of the people, collectively and in dividually, and if the Government were to take the only means - by which it ,can be' improved, and apply it to the purchase of bonds not due for many years, it• Would merit and receive the indignation and con tempt of honest men every where. Mr. MORTON enforced this proposition at length and then said: To the man who loaned this money to the Government to carry on the war for the "suppression of the rebellion, r am grateful. Whatever may have been his motives, he was'. a public benefactor and entitled to the thanks of the nation. To,hini the Government must keep faith, whatever that faith may be. Bat while our creditors should receive all they are entitled to in law and equity, It is not 'bad faith to improve the condition of the balance of the people. He then combatted the recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury for con traction, the result of a misapprehension of the causes which depreciate paper cur renew, and argued that the legalization of specific contracts to be executed, In Mill would result in evils and hardships, and could not appreciate the value of the cur rency any more than common contracts for future delivery in, gold. He also controverted the other recom mendationse of the Secretary for the fixing of a time when United States notes slyall cease to be legal, tenders, / except for gov ernment dues, as an act of repudiation, which does not differ in principle from the propoiltion of the 'President. to apply the payment of the interest to the.extinguish merit of the.-bonded debt. When the greenbacks have been brought to par and the government stands ready to redeem them, then, and not till then, can their legal tender charactey be taken away without repudiation. Alluding to the Supreme Court; he said: If they have any doubts on the question 'whether greenbacks are legal tender, they should be cast in favor of the legialation of. Congress. ,The Supreme Court should be Something more than tho rigid expounder of statutes Or collector of precedents, and should view such questions as statesmen as Wall as lawyers. 'H. e had full faith in the learning, ability and patriotism of that au gnst tribunal, and believed it would not render a decisiOn until the question has been viewed in ell its,. bearings and Gongs quenees. To return'to specie payments without a crash, is the-great desideratum, and this can only be done by making the process gradual. Time is a necessary element, and the first question to be considered is the' I period which should be fixed by the Gov ernment to begin the redemption:of green back notes, and in my bill I have ,stated the Ist of July, 1871. Fixing the tithe must be the starting point of any plan which proposes to bring about resumptina - without a crash and disaster. In proposing to give two years and a•half to begin the work of redemption, I heve several objects in view. First. By establishing the period of redemption, a Aixelit value is given green- ME MENA PITTSBURGH ! TIT UHS D back notes; now the gold value is fliirituating and deceptive, sometimes varying as much as ten per cent. in sixty days, and scarcely ever remain miningthe same " for a week at a time; but 1 by fixing time for its redemption, a cer tain vain is givdn it. If a note is• to be paid in g ld on the first of ,July, 7871, its value, tO-day can, be determined ,by the ordinarY rules of discount, arid will stead ily iraProve as the time for its redemption i r ' "approaches , and `other preparations being properly made; it will be at ott or before the day fixed for redemption by gradual appreciation. %BY fixing a time of. oxlemp bon one chief element in the value of all. commercial paper is gained, that of wtainty "in tithe of payment. , • Second. - By fixing .the period of re demption the country is notified and may, be „prepared for ,the..change. , Peo ple Will '?have. it in view id =making new contracts And arrangements in , business; debtors fearing'a dedihein pleas of prop erty will hasten to pay theirdebto during .41118.tw0 and a : . half, yeara; the , great body '3l*. , existing dehts among the' people will be paid;' the debtii now contracted, hot falling due before two years and a half, are very small and -generally, for real estate. The • great difficulty generally attending improyementii in the - value of the curren cy, in the resumption of specie payments, where they have-"been suspended, is the reduction in the nominal prices of property and labor, which operates injuriously on the debtor class, It is title, as the pur chasing power of the currency is increased the nominal prices of property are' dimin ished; but this effect Is sometimes Counter acted by the increase in' the volume of the curiency. The inflation of the currency, even_ though it be composed of geld and silver exclusively, increases the nominal price of property, of which we ; have a notable instance in the history of Spain. When resumption takes place, all gold and silver wililie set free and poured into the volume, of the currency, thereby inflating it ta a considerable extent, causing the whole amount of gold and silver to be very much greater than the whole amount of greenbacks th4t. will be ; presented for re. deuiption . _ . ' ; But, as efore stated, the piriod of re deMption is' postponed so long that the great body of the existing debt will be paid before it arrives, and the declension in the price of propertY, which is likely to be small, would effect but a very limited class and scarcely reach the general best ness of the country. The time given is ,so long it :will - become stale in' the public mind, all excitement and panic will pass away, and the change come and go so'grad. nally that the people will at least have for gotten it when it arrives. Third. By fixing the period of -redemp tion so far off, the Government will have time to collect the amount of gold neces- Morton explained the remaining per- . dons of his bill. He estimates the gold and , silver in the country at four hundred mil lions, the pioduct of the mines for the year 'ending June"3oth; 1869, at seventy-five mil; lions, and after that one hundred millions. per annum. But the amount of gold in the country is ;by no means so important as may be supposed. When the . greenbacks_ begin to appreciate in value, our bonds will inevitably advance along with them. It will be a very easy tnatter for the Govern ment then to procure enough gold abroad twits hands, added to that , which .18 ru the Treasury, to redeem the whole greenback circulation. He concluded as " follows: The currency is not redundant. as.l have before under takenle show, and contraction shoUld not come this side of repudiation; and only by an actor redetnjition. The green beck notes redeemed may be cancelled. and the coin paid out for them will_take their place in the circulation. The currency will becothe :nixed; the volume will not bediminished. Bringing the, greenbeek notes to par will set free all the gold and silver in *.the land and pour them into the volume of curren cy,• thus inflating it, but the inflation will be legitimate. . The National banking. system' should be made free, limited or restrained by the re- . quirt:if:nerd of redeeming their notes in coin. Then there will be one currency for all the` peoPle and--One man's- incerne—will, be., eq ual to another's of like amount;-thenour boifdiclifiving •kept - pace 'with the ap. Predation of the currency, will be at par and their disastrous flow to Europe will be - checked; then the goirernment can sell Bev en,per emit. bonds in the market at par, and with the proceeds pay off the present •bonds, if holders refuse to exchange them, and thus reduce the aggregate interest on the debt more than forty millions per an num; then the business of the country will be upon soli d foundations and its prosperity enduring. _ At the end of two years reconstruction will in all probability have taken place; the blessings of peace will.prevail through out ,the land. ' the prosperity of the South in great part restored, and cotton; though nevermore called king. will play its former part in our foreign exchanges. After the ocean has been swept by the-angry tem pests that have engulfed gallant fleets and strewed the shore with the wrecks and bodies of the dead, comes ,a.. calm; the the mountain waves sink to gentle billows. the fierce gale hills to a prosprous breeze, the suirshines forth in, splen dor and sur viving mariners with joyful hearts again spread their sails, resume their course and speed away to their distant haven. So with our country, when peace, recon struction and resumption ha e come. It has been swept and cut b y the storms of civil war; the land wash strewn by the dead and every wherd are visible the ~vestagesof the conflict; but peace has Come, and with it reconstruction; the bright aurrof prosperity shines forth in a cloudless sky; industry, beside commerce, again flow in their accustomed channel with accelerated currents: the tido of emi gration, rising higher and higher, sweeps across from the old world; the Wilderness of the west yields up its golden treasures and blossoms as the rose, and our country moves on gloriously to its great and final destiny • • •At the conclusion of his speech, Mr... MORTON moved to refer his bill tp the Finance Committee, which was done. On motion of Mr. CATTELL the Senate took up. the resolution-xeported by the Finance Committee expressing the Senate's 4isapproval of the financial views of the Fresidentoaxpressed in his message. Mr. - DAVIS offered a substitute, which he afterwards withdrew, declaring the. measure , of liability of the government upon its bonds!te he their value in coin at the dates of issue. with interest thereon. • Mr. HENDRICKS. thoughti the right way for the Senate to express its disappro bation of the President's views Was by re fusing to legislate according to his recom mendation, and not by a resolution of cen sure. He offered the following as a sub ittlttite- for the risolution: • Reto/ved. That the Senate cordially en dorse 'the sentiments in the President's message, that our nationalcredit should be sacredly observed, and declare that the public debt should be 'paid as rapidly as practicable, exadly in _accordance with the, terms of the contract under which the sev eral loans were made,, and that when the obligations of the Government do not ex pressly state upon their face ' or the law un der which they were issued does not pro- Vide that they shall be paid in coin, they MEM Y, 11E0FAIBER 17, 1868 might byright and justice to hd paid in the lawful money of the United States. - After discussion the substitute was lost —7 against 44. 1 Messrs. BUCKALEW and SAULSBURY oppc•sed 'the original resolution, and Mr. HOWARD supported it.' Without 'a vote 'thereon the Senate ad jof rued. 1 ,:- -.....ct---. ~ HOUSE OF REPRESENTAT/VES. , . , Mi. ROBINSON offered a preamble and resolution on the subject of imprisonment 'iraridnd of Americans: . - . ~.. --.. , , , u - Mr: BiNGHAM said he would - 'object n less the resolutions be referred to the Com- , ~., _ mittee orilnieigri - Affalis.•-'' Mr. ROBINSON withdrew the resolution., Mr. ELIOT introduced a bill prohibiting the carriage as freight in passenger vessels of nitro-glycerine, petiolensa, or other ex ploiden atilettandes. , '4l4ferred to the Corn-: mitten on • Minnie / roe. Mr. PAINE, from Committtee on Recon strugtion; reported a bill to relieve from legal and political disabilities about a dozen citizens of South Carolina recentlY elected td,office, which was,' on motion .of IIdr. , .RARNSWORTH, amended byadding Jett C. Senter, Lieutenant . Governor, of Te essee, and. passed. Mr: PAINE also reported-a bill to repeal the sixth, section of the army appropriation bilnif hfirch 2d," 167, which prohibits the organization and maintenance of militia in the late rebel States, so far as it applies to' North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama and Louisiana. Mr. ELDRIDGE inquired why Georgia Wa§ left eut? . , . was 'Mn PAINE replied that e w not sure Mit he should be in favor of admitting Georgia, but' there was an inquiry going on betore Congress as to the condition of that State, which made it Questionable whethex this bill should be eitended to it now. • The bill passed. / Mr. SCHENCK, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported a bill to amend the eighteenth section of the Internal Rev enue bill of July 20, 1868, by extending the time fixed therein from the first of Jan. troy, 1869. to the 16th of February, 1869, so that the sections will provide that after the 16th of-February, 1869, allsmoking and fine chewing tobacco or snuff , shall be deemed as having been manufactured after the passage of the bill. The bill passed. • • Mr. LAWRENCE, of Ohio, offereda-res olution calling on the heads-a - thelvariona departments for reports as to the deduction that can be made In the number. of em ployes. • Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois, offered a resolution requesting the President to trans mit to the House the r'port of the Special Commisaioners to examine into the work of the Union Pacific Railroad, Ac t 'Adopted. Mr. DAWES. from the Committee on Elections, reported a bill adding registers in bankruptcy to the officers designated by law for taking testimony in contested elec tion cases. -Passed. - Mr. JULIAN asked leave to :offer a prier amble and resolution, reciting :that bun dreije of persona are still held in slavery in Kentlicky, and 'instructing the Judiciary Committee, to inquire into the expediency of,proyiding by law for the appolutrnentof :United States Commissioners -in Kentucky to hear and determine applications in cases Anyelving illetaridaveholding. 2 - • tßijeetioli was niade •by Mesits. BECK' and TRIMBLE, ,of Kentucky, on the ground that the allegations in the.pream- W - e were untrue. Mr. PAINE offered's resolution instruct , ing the Committee oh Banking to inquire 1 into the propriety,of reporting a bill pro hibiting; under severe penalties, any Na.' tional Bank from certifying any check un less the maker has on deposit the funds ne cesliary to meet it. ' Adopted. Mr. °NEILL introduced a bill givingthe consent of the United States for toe 'tree tioil of, a bridge across the Delaware river, between Philadelphia and Camden. Re ferred to Committee on Commerce. Mr. VAN WYCK introduced a bill sub. jeering oompounders of, liquors to the same - provisions as reetitiers, and providing that ncreqmpoundlug establishment shall oe 111- _, lewiermititin six., hund,red feet of a dis tifiery.Refaireid to'COmmittee on Ways and Means. ~ • - Mr. CLARK, of Kansas. asked leave to oiler a resolution, directing that public lands diseficum berad of Indian titles should be opened to settlement under existing laws, or under such regulations as Congresa may prescribe, and that their sale to• carp(); 'rations rind speculators by treaty stipula tion is contrary to sounitPUblio policy and in derogation of the rights of the people. Mr. MAYNARD objected, remarking he did not see any good reenlist° be obtained. Mr. MUNUEN offered a resolution of in quiry relative to the arrest of Americans in Paraguay. 'Referred to. the Committee on Foreign Affairs. ' - L Mr. DRIGGS intrtinced, a bill to more effectually 'provide provide relief for claimants under the convention between the United States and Venezuela. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. JONES, of Kentucky, offered the fol lowing,.aud moved the previous question : Resolved, Thin all females in the employ ment of the Government be allowed equal pay when they, perform _like services with males., The previous question' Was seconded, the main question ordered, and the resolution adopted-Iz3 yeas against 27 nays., . Mr. BINGLIAM. introduced a bill to in corporate the University for the Blind in the District ofeolumbia. Referred to Com mittee on District of Columbia. • Mr. JULIAN Offered a resolutlpn in structing the Judiciary Connnittee to in quire into the expediency of enacting a Uougressioind registry law for Territories. Adopted. The dr.E.I.KER stated that he. was in fortued that %trutorruw, after- the reading of the journal, the • death of Mr. Stevens 'would ue unuuuuced by his successor, Mr. Dickey, mud that eighteen , gentlemen de, sired to the entire day would be occupied in t hat, way. .It was alai) the, in- . tent hm, on IrrhAuy, at halt-past twelve, to annpunt.b. , the ileatit of Mr. Finney, by hi s successor, fir. Vottiii. • 41.'he,SPEAli4lit presented a communica- Mon from the Secretary of the TreasurY, with a copy of --a. bill 'for the coinage of nickel copper pieces of five cents and un der. Referred to Committtee on Coinage. Also, -a Message from the President,.With a letter Iron' tile Secretary of State, in ply to resolutions of Inquiry us to sending a,Cinuntlasion.tr- to Spain. Mr. Seward imeyti nn Commissioner . has recently ben sant to Spain by the EXt3cll.• titre. I;eferrud. r. Mr, V,T.A.SIi 131.T.13,NE suggested that when the {loose ady.,llrned on londay, it adjourn. until,M'onds . , , , , witli the understanding that no liusjoew;svilt be done on that day.. tni4:6iicm ;ca:, made. The- 5pt , . 61,7( , )• not 'expecting to be in the city on •Montl:yi, got authority to appnitit'a: Sporiker pro ton for that day. kJ . • l'enasyt vaunt State Debt.. tlty molt r o tut itttabarial 0.2;e%te,3 I)en' - ember 16.--Governor it , st!A(l a proelaination annoutte• IN :kat i.lit •.,tate debt of Pennaylvania has two million four hundred tc , ( , )! . I ,qlara during the past year. EZIRE -, -.~~~~ 1111110 votat, cncout)cirL.A.. ImPdrfect, .Tranquilit, in Spain —Leaders Pledged to Avrait.the Action of the Cortez—Pairs:pent of tkeAnierteltnitebfinqreen. backs Considered yet an Open •- Question -- ItLinister; , iteverdy Johnson Contifdeto Peace ulth England Certain- 1 -7kb Ultima _ turn of Turkey to Grebes-Hu mor that Grireeers lias Tie!did -Fends Alum*, Troops in Italy in the Puntilicailiervite—Ans trio -Cautioned by France and England. (By Telegraph tothe"gittgbtxrgh Gazette.] MADRIDO:OeCettIbOr 15.—Matters are not perfectly tranquil. The . Governiaent t re caving congratulations.from the provinces on there-establishmentk of 19:W *and order at Cadit„. - • • - - • 'Cnanz; December 16.--The_ igrith Gen. Dulce on board, sailed• yesterday for Cuba. MADRID, Dec. l&—The leaders of all the political parties have united in makings solemn pledgeto use all their influence to preserve peace and order through6tit the country tintil the Constituent Corlett WA met and settled the questions atisinie. The prompt stipPression - of the rev . It de Cadiz has greatly strengthened the handsVf the orovisional government and dissipated the alarm which previously prevailed. The Minister of Finance has already corn menCed the payment of the Jakuary inter est on the public debt in London and FarES. The subscriptions to the new loan have beeri closed. They amount toMVOO,OOO Reels. -. is officially announced that, the elec tion of. Cuba n. Deputies to the Cortes will be held immediately after the arrival of Captain• General Dulce at Havana. - PARIS, December 16.—The following of ficial news from Spain, is published here: "The country is entirely tranquil, and ad dresses Intended for the heads of depart ments In the provinces will not be for warded." LONDON, December 16 —A letter from Reverdv Johnson to the London Working metes Society jut; ides the friendly inter course with Laird and other friends of the Southern States; by the examples-of Grant's and Sherman's treatment, of, xebel.mflicers. .1f he is`guilty of l treason,. so is Grant and She , mart. General Grant-has - entertained at his riven bona° disiingtilthed rebel lea der. He ascribes the attacks upon-him in the American newspapers to -a secret dis, like for the' preserirstion of peacell.ll rela lions between England -azul, the United -states.- ' • Lottnolr,'Dlioti'mber 18.-:-"The „milky Fete='' grapyn a leader on The financial' portion of •President Johnson's , message, andits• treatment by Congress, complains that the resolutions condemning - repudiation which have,been Calledlorth by the•zneeisaire still leave open the question of, the, payment of• the national debt in greenbacks. John Stuart Mill has written a letter on the result of the recent" electionsi He as cribes the defeat of the •Workingmen's can didates to the heavy expense of the canvass as now conducted: - As a remedy for this evil he urges the government to pay the necessary expenditures and:make all other OntlaY penal. , Mr. Johnson,' 'American Minister, in a short speech at the anniversary of the French Hospital, declared that Lord Clar endon Was of the same tnind'as Lord Stan ley in regard to the settlement of thequeso tions pending between England and Amer ica, and peace betiveen the'two countries was certain: ' - . The ultimatum addressed by the Sub lime Porte to the Government at Athens,' demands the disbandment df the volmateer forcealn Greece within five days, the pro-. hibition of further volunteering, the imme diate dismantling of vessels, used for con veying supplies to the Cretans, the restora tion of Cretan refugees to the Island,. the punishment of the persons who assaulted and wounded a Turkish officer sit 'Syria. and strict conformity with the terms of all treaties. It is rumored in Paris that the Greek' Government, presied by the Great Power: ere. has yielded to the demands of the Sultan, but none of the French papers to day allude to such concession. The Mold-, teur says all the European ,powers recent/ mend King George to respect the rights of nations, but they insist upon moderation in Constantinople as well As in Athens. The.Molliteur th in k s this harmony of coun— cils among the powers Is a pledge of peace, in the East. • . FLORENCE, December ls.—At a popular meeling held here it was resolved to send , deputations to the Senate and Chamber of Deputieswith petitions requesting the inter vention of the Milian Government to isavb the lives. of A. Gano and Luzzi, veni,),a re condemned to death at Rome: Great ani mosity exists in Home, between the native and foreign born troops in the Pon.titical service. Two more trials are to talc% place next xveek, and both defendants wilt; KO abl . be sentenced to death. LONDON, December 15.—1 t • is 'reported, that the representatives of Fr,tnce and' England at Vienna have been instructed to, represent to the AuStriatt Government the dangers that may, result to the peace of Europe from .its, attitude on I,he Eastern ciestiou.. The recall of the AI Astrian am bassador 'at Constantinople bas been the result of their representation' a. GERMANY.:; , ': SONDERBIJMN December U.—Orders have been received from the PrlAssitm Gavern ment hir the completion of ;permanent fors tiflcations at Sonderburg wad Duppell. • .. FINANCIAL AN LiCiiMmEitezAL. LONDON; December 1 .0--Evening.--Clou• sole for money 92%; aciptints 92%. Ponds 74%. Erie 27%.; LtrEnrciot., Deceml.ier 10.-Cotton quiet; sales of 10,000. bale,N . middling uplands 105‘d.; ...Orleans 1090. Breadatuffs dull. Petroleum:firmer; refined Is. 73 d. Cheese Mc.. Bacon firmer ; ' at 13a. Cid., Other arti cles unchanged. LONDON, Decernber la.—Sperm 011 £93. Calcutta Linseed 57@6Ts. ad. Sugar firm.' Spirits Turpentine 28s. 3d. Tallow 40s. 6d. flAynn, Dectimber 16.—Caton quiet. Potts, Dee. 16.—The Bourse has been buoyant and excited. Rentea rime to 70u franca '7O centimes, but after the close of the Bourse there was a partial reaction and they fell to 70 francs 55 centimes. t . rFRO2,4 EUROPE. SPAIN. E=S29 GREAT .BRITAIIN. ITALY. AVSTRLA. FROM WASHINGTON. 1. LBy T;egtapb totbe Pittaburiii Gazette.) WASHINGTON, / DeCClll6er 16, 1868. BECONSTICUCTION BusamisS. • The Conandttee on Deconstruction today further elyunined witnesses as to affairs hr Alississippl, and also Gov. Buhock relating to tuTaire in Georgia. NOZ.AVSYN. S. • The President nominated to' the Senate this afternoon J. 5. Marks as Colleator of Customs, for Philadelphia, in plass of Cake, to lie reniored; Simnel T. Cooper, Marshal for Vasconsin; .John P. O'Neill, Attorney, for tiie - Eastern District of Pennsylvania- J. S. CrOwland,- Marshal for Western Dis trict ofArkansas;PeterP. BQiie . r Ftratmas. ter, Port , Wayne, Md.; Walter M. Small wood,-, Postmaster ibr New „Orlearm, vice Tallafero. , • . .corzzoron• - solumxptoi wes tp-day -risiminated as Collector of the Sixth lowa Dlitrict. NEW:YORK CITY. tßy Tele!inkoll to the Plitt-burgh Gazet NEW Yong, December ld, 18E3.. • In the case of Whilply 3+13. Erie. Railway 'Confpany, Which vras•argued at great length before Judge Nelson arcouple weeks ago, on motion to vacate Judge Blatchford's order appointing Jay Gould Reoelver, and on motion to. make Belmont and. Lucke parties the suit, Judge Nelson in an elaborate opinion ducides thatlielmont and Lucke shall be perm &tett to- join as parties to theault, that the linjuncition be diesolved, and the order appoh Wog a Receiver by the Judge in , the United States . Court Cham bers be vacated and net aside. The decision virtually leaves the Central part.of the road in the hands of the .Directors„pensling the decision of Judge' Ca rdeze in the matter of appointing Judge Davies Reeelver. - .1 40 , Nan hes a;ruinor that the Brie direc tors are pieparing to construct a tunnel' - under the 'Hudson river at au4stimated coat of. Over three millions;;-: - Report says S. N. - Pike is. to build.a new opera house-at the intersection of Broad way, Slath avenue end 'nifty-fourth street. BRIEF TELE9,BASS. —W. L. Boggs, a prominent merchant' of Philadelphia, died yesterday. —Francis Doyle was killed at Baldivin's loeosnotivis Nvorks t Philadelphia,.. on Mon day.. —Judge TliontaeS. Chalsor,. formerly of Petersburg, 'Va.., died suddenly at 'Savan nah, Ga.; on. Monday. . • —The Piesddent has. ordered. the-last in stallment of boncls.to be handed over to the Union Piciftc Railroad , —The danghter of Hon. H. S. Bundy, of Hamden, Ghia, was-killed on the 15th• by being, thrown from a horse. —Of 23,545. emigrants who, arrived in Canada dur - '-'ng the past season, 19,734. Passed thronila the western States.. - :."--Arratigeinents have-been made-for- the completion cif, the -.Leavenworth and Des moinealtailreed:from Leavenworth to. Chi-- Dr: ~Fenwlak ; one'of t he .ririncipal gdiS,„han been ;com mitted- for mai ona arse = or - eonittatimb i - - a rape on a girl sisteett years old: • It • , lies - peeled: that Whalen will get a • new :trial and the Venue - be changed, so that I.he trial will take place at Toronto or in or ie,of the county towns near it. . • , • 'lo T. Deweese,. Bapreseritittlye in Con gress from North Carolina, has bean in dict ed for a violation. of the Postofacelaws ands abuse of the franking privilege. • • • - Jibe elastic. rooting establishment of Gatchell,.on Linn street, Cineinnati,. was en tirely consumed by fire yesterday Morn in g. Loss,4l3o,DoQ; insurance, flOMNik Alai • bon, sprinter of Louisville, li:y., bits fallen heir to eight thousand r ,ounds sterling bequeathed to. hint by, a de r kased relative at Manchester, Engbind. --Three bodies ware reccivered from the Wreck Of the 'United States at riorence, In diana, on Tuesday. One of them is believed to be Lew-EL. Vance, of Madison,,lndiana. —While timing, to navigate the ice boA through the Delaware and Raritan canal on Wednesday, below Trenton, N. J. five men, workmen on, the boat, were drowned. -W.-Cozad, of lowa, won artuming match in 'New:York, Tuesday, for two thousand dollaritagainst F. Terry,' distance seventy yasds. Cozad tson by three feet; time 7 . y.‘ ' seconds. John KetselLwas murdered and robbed in Philadelphia; on Sunday;night. last: Ho Was found in= the street in an insensible. condition, and was taken Ito• , a hospital, where he died on Monday. • —The New Tork EferaUsays there is no need•of apprehension from the reports rela- tiVe the action of the Supreme Court on -the legal tender act, as the higher law of , public necessity , and public welfare will govern the matter. —Sadly Andersen, sentenced to death at Richmond, 'Va., for arson, but discharged last Saturday by Yudge Underwood on the ground of the Illegality of the court trying her under the fourteenth amendment; has been rearrested by order of the Mayo;. • , —The bodies of the Reno brothers, hung • - at New Albany, _lndiana, have been deity ered.to their friends, and taken to Seymour for interment. The remains of Anderson. were buried by the county authoritioe. He. was at one time mate. of, the steamboats Louisville. • -.Markets by Telegraph. NEisr Oto.p.a.us, December 18.--Cotton. stiffer; middlings 113a2310; sales 7,150 bales; receipts 3.0914 exports 5,345. Flour firm; • superfine f7,10a7.12; double extra F7,54:4. treble extra $7,75a8,00. Corn in good de. mend at 78a80o. Oats anti at 64c...t1ay firm, at 8240.5: no prime - or choicest (awing. 'Pork dial at 827250327,75. Bacon; stock light; shoulders ISgal334c; clear' rib 18Xa, 183;0; clear sides 19}6e. Sugar Chredßams 15ablo. Lard; tierce 17a17j0; kt/g, 12c. - sugar active; commonNa9Xo; prima 12340; yellow clarifled- - 12a125fe. Molasies active and advancedi common 50855 c; Primo 60a620; choice 64a650. whisky , $1,120,17. Coffee unchanged. BrPPALO, December 16.--no Flour mar. ket is steady and, sales are. seportediff 800 bbla at Fa 7,50 for city Eputtd sping , 4B,23 for Minnesota spring. Wheat inactive and held at $1,50 for .No. 2 Chimp - spill:4. Corn Is lower; sales in oar - iota of new 'et We; old brought 11,00; the former cn track, the lat ter in store. ' Oats. atwnorainal at 68o: Rye; sales are reported of thiewears on private w. terms.; Pork, $26 for heavy.. Lard. 1 € 4170 . Barley is in bettur denims:l; sales 1,50013u5h- Canadian at 1,2. / 'Highwines, $l. SAN' Fneittlsco, December 16. - -Flour dull at 84,75115,75. Wheat; sales of good 4o Choice at,fl 80a1 85. Legal 'Tende , .., 74. , . ~ . . "uvAGO. December 10 Even ing. the evening board No. 2 wb.:(at sold at $ 1 ;1535. Nothing doing in_Corn or Oita. t; NASHVILLE, December lo.—Cotton mar ket firmer; low middlings/ 22C; good oriß‘ nary 21Xe. ° /
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