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HARRISBURG.
Legislative _ Procecdings—Read
, _
•ing of the Governor's Message--
Election of Miluor Officers Of
the House—Adjournment Till
Tuesday. Next --JtepublicAn
`Caucus Nominations for United
States Senator and State Treas-
neer.' '
[By Tetegraph - to thaYltisburgla Gazette.,
H.:StßlßlittliG, Pa., January 0, 1869.
SENATE.
After the reading of the Governor's mes
sage, Mr. ERRETT offered a resolution for
printing two,thousandeopties inEn glish and
one thousand In German. • --
Mr. FISHER, of Lancaster, moved three
thousand-English.
'Mr. LOWRIE, of Erie,'Moved five thou
'
sand. .
Mr. valurr,oppoel:i the amendments as
extravagant. _
Mr. LOWRIE withdrew his amendment
and the resolution Passed • with Mr. FISH
ER'S amendment.. I .
Mr. RANDALL, of Schuylkill, offered a
joint resolution for the ,adjournment of
bothihtitugie td-day till Monday mien
ling at eight "
Mr: STINSON, of Montgomery, amended
to Tuesday morning at eleven o'clock.
'
The res olution passed as amended.
By a resolution Purdob's Digest and
Ziegler's Manual were authorized to be
furnished Senators and Clerk.
•
ys.xoxs suirrAntnn.
A message from the Governor =vetoing
the acts 'passed last session -exempting the .
Pittsburgh Church Guild from taxation and
incorporating the Pennsylvania Express
Co., was read, and the vetoes sustained.
Adjograbd:
itotigr REPNESVINTAIIVE§:
The •,Governor's message occupied one
hour In reading.
• Mr. STRANOrPf Tioga, offered a resolu
tion to print ten thousand copies in Eng
lish and three thousand in German.
Mr. PLAYFORD. of Fayette, moved to
4tmaral by . substituting „live; thousand , in
- ...gfiguo and one tbetuauk4 in German. Lost.
~ .Theiresolutibn wazi,thep passed.. •
• ..4he Hourte concurred In the'Senate 'joint'
resolutiorrtb adjdnin'fitim to-day till
morning—yeas, forty-eight; nays, for . -
On motion of Mr. Etcerg,otehiladelphia,
Alielollowingloffieers were; elected:, Trans.-
Clerks—F; M. Magee, Philo Bar
ritt, W. B. Irwin, J. D.,Miller, R. Bernard,
Chas. Tubles; - . Sergeanteat-Arm&—.Tos.' W.
0oWell; Door Keeper—W. H. Clark; Mes-,
senger. , Tatu• MoCany; Postmaster—A-4:1.
Henry, and a long list of assistants and
-Mr. BROWN, of Clarion, moved to sub
stitute Geo. Schindler, a wounded soldier,'
for Seeba crone Of the 'palters and
folders, and presented a recommendation
frOm the Governor and heads of depart
ments. •
Messrs. Davis, Strang and Nicholson op.
posed.it, and were determined to stand by
the caucus noralnatlons. • „
Mr. BROWN alleged that Lott was an ea
member of the Legislature, and that Schind
ler was a Republican.-
The amendment was supported ,by
Messrs. Cornukart and Nice, but was lost.
The following Committee was selected to
try the 'contested election case'of Witham,
Dedocrat, sitting member from the Elev
enth District of / Philadelphia : _Messrs.
Strap& (of Warren,) Westlake,
•1 Wilson; Dill, Herr; Leslie, Philips arid ldll-
.ler, (of Allegheny,)—all Republicans but
The Committee meet
this evening' to
1 organize. •
On motion of. Mr. JOSEPHS, copies of
1 Pardon's Digest were ordered for air-the
.members and clerks. , ,
• REPTIIILICAIt 'CAUCUS.
• The Republican caucus of both Houses •
met at three o'clock this afternoon and
,unanimously nominated .John Scott, 'of
:Huntingdon,' for United Stated Senator, and
‘i 'Robert W. Mackey, of Pittsburgh, for State
'Treasurer ,
,1 '
• - .Shocking Accident at Rochester N. Y.
.01y Teleizaptito the l'lttsbargh Gazette.]
- • RocakerEft,Jahuary 6.—A. shocking ao
°eident occurred ; this evening by which
.eight persons were killed and thirty se-'
Momily injured. A floor in the school house
of St, Peters and St. Paula Roman Catholic
.ohurch'ictio way while crowded with peo
ple attending a holiday festival. Three
hundred or more persons, went down
and several' were instantly killed., The
wildest excitement ensued, and it was
some ;time before the wounded could be
taken from the debris. The following are
the killed: Bernard Downer and wife, Mrs.
. George Rink, Mrs. Charles Shari, George
Oap, Kate Lawrence, Emma Beers, and
Margaret Weiss. Many surgeons are at
tending the injured, some of whom will
probably The tuLbting was erected
Indian Depredttbni.
(By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh tiasette.l •
Sr. LOU/ ,Tangary B.—The Democrat's...
special* trim - Cheyenne sari a Tarty' of
Indians came within three miles of Laporte
last evening, drove,' two ' Men , . from - their
teams and captured four horses. They thin
drovo oft elghtponeihorsea BM:l,l:antes, be.
'longing , to `Jim &Work. They also:attacked
ark station but were driven off. A meSeen•
effione:Gray's rancho rep - cots all the horses
from that point to the Lower Cache Le
Pmfdre, numbering - one - 'hundred and
twelve, haVe been driven off since Chrisf
=as, and one hundred and' twenty horses
and mules from Laporte' and Whitcomb's
_rancho on Dix Elder. A party of Indian's
were seen,frpm the Ifluffs near .Liaporto this
afternoon. -
I Michigan Legisidture-ftepnblican Nona
nation for United States Senator.
„Ens Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
January 6.—At a caucus of the
Republican instal:ten of the Legislitiare bto ,
night, Ben. Z Chandler was nominated for
re-election to the United Stet e Senate , on
the j •
The Legislature-,convened!at Lansing to
;law-organized, and adjourned till to.mor
rew. 'Henry S. Sleeper, of Kalamazoo, was
g elected President of the Senate, and Jones
twa t - Woodman, of Van Bgren, Speaker
of the Howie. The messagesof the retiring
and incoming 9overnors will be delivered
to-morrow.
Memphb Municipal Miection.
air Tasman to the Putosratt Blizette.l
1 • Alitskilits; January - 6.—The M - 21110101
election which comes off to-morrow, froth
•t.-1 - present 'indication% Will be • very
Tp e fienublicans held a large meeting last
ii
n ghtfor consolidating the, forceS for the
cimsiort
' •
FORTIETH CONGRESS.
SENATE: Resolution to Reorgan
ize Agricultural' Department—
Bill to Prexent Persons Hohir
ing More than - ne 'Office at a
Time Sherman's Air Line
Railroad Bill. - HOUSE • Bill to
Increaie EfliCiency of the Navy
Medical • Department Naval
Appropriation Bill—Pension
Appropriation Sill ,
Consular and'Diploniatic Ap
propriation Bill Discussed.
(By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
A'Asitroototir, Jan. 6,1869.
• SENATE. • -
.Several Executive communications were
received and referred.
Mr. WILLIAMS offered a resolution di
ieeting the Committee on Agriculture to
inquire into the expediency of reorganizing
the Department of Agriculture, so as to
provide for the election of one person from
each State, familiar with the agricultural
wants and interests of such State, to occupy
.
, a semi-official position in Alia Department.
Adopted. -
Mr. SHERMAN presented a petition from
the citizims of Ohio, asking Congresotopass
laws to guard against` fraudulent naturali
zation. Referred to the Committee on Ju
diciary.
Mr.EDMUNDS, Iron:filo Judiciary Com
mittee, reported the 'following substitute
for the bill introduced by him on the 15th
of December to. preven t the. holding of civil
offices by mility officers; and to prevent
the holding of more than one office at
,the
same time:
Be, it enacted, - That no per* shall held, •
nor shall he receive a salary pr compensa
tion for performing the dUties of, more than
one Office or place - of trust:Or, profit under
the Constitution or law; of the United
Statettat the same time, whether such office
or piece be civil, military or njwal,-and'ony
person holding any , such office or place
Who shall accept or hold any other officeor
placetif trust or profit - under the :Constitu
tion or laws of the United.,.lijiates," shall be
deemed to have vacated the office , pr plebe
whiathe held at the time' Of. such accept
ance:- -
- •TheSenate took up the tci promote
comixterce between the States, &c., (the Air
Lb:ie.-Railroad bill,).WhiClO was - lead -at
Mr;_SHERMAN-gala that.the
had pot thought it
_necessary to :make a
written report in favor of this bill, because
a member of the - House frord Illinois (Mr.
Waahburne) had already made. a report
uponthe subject, disengaging fully the legal
question involved. The said, prO
posed' the charter of •three railroads,
one
flora Washington to New York, one front
Washington_ to Pittsburgh,. and- one fratn
Washington to Cincinnati, -
Mr:SRERMAN made an elaborate sign
ment in favor of the Air Line - Railroad bill
showing, first, the necessity for new roads
and, 'Second, the right of Congress to an- .
thorize the construction of them, by virtue
of its right to regulate commerce between
the States.
On his motion, it was then postponed un
til Monday next, -
The Senate" resumed the consideration of
the bill for the relief of Sue Murfey, of
Decatur, Alabama, which was discussed.
,without action, until two o'clock, when the
Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
On motion of Mr. PAID*, the Secretary
of War was instructed to communicate the
number of enlisted Men of the army,
on duty in Texas, Mississippi and Virginia,
who were citizens or residents of the late
rebel States during the rebellion, and how
many were sbldiera in the late rebel army.
Mr.. - POLAND presented • joint-resolu
tions of the Legislature of Vermont against
any reciprocity treaty with Canada and in
reference to public lands.
Mr, ELIOT introduced a bill-to Provide
for cases of micanoy in the office - niCollec- 1
for of Customs. Referred to the Committee
on Commerce.
The' SPEAKER appointed Mr. Roots, of
Arkansas' to fill the vacancy in the Com
mittee on Education. . •
Mr. STVVENS, of Now3laraps-hire, from ,
the Committee on Naval hipdited
a bill to increase the efficiency of the medl-,
caLdepartment of the navy. _The btll, was
discussed "'at wine length by'. Messrs.
' Stevens, O'Neill and Kelley in favor, and ,
by Messrs. Paine, .Lpgan and Washburne,
of Illinois, adversely, the latter opposing
It.because it provides fontoormany officer%
twelve Medical Item:teeters
and emoluments as Commodores, assim -
lated-to the rank of Brigadier General in
the airily; eighteen medical directers.‘ tvith
rank of Captain assimilated to the rank of
Colonel, do. Before any action- was taken
the morning hour expired, and the bill,
The SPEAKER submitted a -request of
Mr. LAWRENCE. Chairnian of Select
Cominittee on the New York election frauds, ,l
now in session at New York, Unit the tes
timony be printed as soon as written out.
It was so ordered,
Mr. WASOURNE, 'or Illinois, fro,
Committee on Appropriation!, reported the
naval appropriation bill for the year ending
June 30th,
1870. Ordered to be printed and
recommitted:
The bill ,appropriates' $15,273,672, being
82,091,578 teas than• that appropriated for
thisiear. It comprises 157,000,000 for , pay
of Navy and 8450,000 for pay of Marine
Corps,the numerical strength of which it
fixes at fifteen hundred men, to be officered
by one Colonel, None Lieutenant Colonel,
two Majors, one Assistant. Inspector, one
Paymaster, • one - 'Quartermaster, one As;
Blatant Quartermaster. twelve Captains,
eighteen Fait Lieutenanti, and eighteen
Second Lieutenants; the Sergeants, Corpo
rals and Clerks are tabe reduced two-fifths.
The reduction of the officers arid non com
missioned officers, are to be determined by
the latter.
The House then went into Committee of
the Whole On the Pension Appropriation
Bill, Mr. Allison in the Chair, and Mr.
WASHBUItNE, Illinois' addressed*. it on
Government economy, dm. Mr. Washburn -
spoke at, considerable length.
When he had concluded, Mr. WOOD said
the Houaealwayslistened to the gengenal4
from Illinois with pleasure but his remarks
now bad
an additional importance. In
view of the supposed connection between'
that-gentleman and the incoming adminis
tration, bismpeech might-be deemed a4t.iin
introductory _message' laying the • founda
tion far 'the policy of the next administra
tion". lie Was
the
that he spoke the Ben
tin:write of the minnrity of the Rouge, when
he said that so faros .General Grant would
faithfully initiate or carry out any reform,
the,minority would give it its feeble sup
port. ale country wanted refoim—not re
form in speriches, not promises, not merely
the ourtaliment of`eapenses l but measures
BM
-SESION.I
PITTSBURGH, THUIS !MA', JANUARY '7:.1869
that would produce harmony and the gen t
eral pacification of tho country. - ! ,
The Anion bill, which appropriates!
per_ •
$13,250,000; was ordered to bereported tO i
the Hofise, and was subsequently reported''
and passed.
The constilar and - diplorhatic bill was
taken'm ,
Mr.ROOKS l moved as an amendmen
to inse an appropriation for a mission to
Rome. I
After debate it was rejected.
.
Mr. BUTLER offered an amendmen ,
providing for but one Minister to Nicar -
gua,Honduras,San Salvador and Costa Rica,
and - but one Minister to New Grenada, vk
nezuela and Ecuador,which was agreed to.
Mr. BROOKS . moved to strike out the
appropriation for carrying out the treaty Of
1812 v‘fith Great Britain, for thq suppression
of the'slaVe trade, astne United States hau
no longer any responsibility for the exist
ence of slavery. I . i - 1
Mr. WOOD moved to strike out the ap
propriation for a mission - to \ Turkey. Br -
. . •
jected.
The third, fourth and fifth sections were
struck out, on points of order, as contain
ing new legislation.
The Committee rose and reported the bill
to the House, and its further consideration
was postponed to Monday next.
Mr. KILSEY asked leave to, oiler a reso
lution inatriacting the Committee on Fin.-
eign Affairs to inquire into the expedieacy
of taking steps to secure the abrogation, or
modificatlon: of‘: the;;_traats ',with Great
Britain for the suppression of the slave
trade. .
• Mr. ARNEL objected.
On motiou of Mr. MORRELL, the Seine
lary of the Treasury, was directed to furn
ish-a
statement as ,to the sales of golfflby
the Government since the Ist or January,
1863.
Adjourned.
NEWS BY CABLE.
.--+O._
Cretan Volunteers Leave Can
—Disturbances in Italy C ;
time—Siege -of Midrid Bai l
,-7-General Prim Denies a Des ,
to. Disarm !•Vollittiteers
Foundered - tit - Rea; with Los:
all on Board.
CBy Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
. . GREECE.
LONDON, January 6.--A dispatch from
Athens reports that „all Cretan vollan,tAera
hive left Candla and returned-to Syria.
FRANCE
Lorrnos, January 6.—The dullness of-the
Pads houise yesterday, and. tile' tgaiiiiial
dioline in Itentes, were due to tbideniaids
said to have been made by the Russian
EmpeiOr.oli tile. emblime Porte. •
ITALY.
FLonzitax JanuiTry 6.—The dieturban
me moused. by the collactiop of unpopular
taxes continue. - There' is Vmett agitation
in Reggio ar4Bolegne. Lfentenant General
el. ins, KlMM,Mdabre.of-16helentiterrdtvi -.
sion of Florence, has been despatched to
Parma, to restore order in that city.
SPAIN.
lkiAnnto,Janua.ry 8.:--A prociatnation has
been issued raising the state of siege of
Madrid.
official circnia l r, de.
General Prim, in an . _
dares that the Provisional Government
does not intend to disarm the volunteers.
senor La Gasta, the Minister of the In
terior, has issued --a circular in whiCh he
ascribes the recent troubles in Cadiz and
Malaga to the intrigues of reactionists, and
he charges that their object in fomenting
these disturbaneesis to prevent the taking
of the pleblscituna.
MARINE NEWS.
, .
Pixxounzt, Eng., 6.—A vessel pat in
here to-day which reports that the British
ship Southern Empire, Captain Dunlap.
foundered in a heavy gale on the 3d inst.
The captain and every one of the crew
wereikist. The Southern Empire sailed last
from New Orleans on the 13th of Ndv., for
Liverpool laden with cotton, at which lat
ter port,she waaowned.,
Quntrurrowit. January 6.—The steams
City of London arrived yesterday.
FINANCIAL AND COIEftCIAL. ,
LONDON, January-6.-Consols forimoney
9234; account 93. Bonds dull at 74%.
StockA .firmer; °Erie 23%; IlUnois Central!
.95X. t • , 1
FRANKFORT, January 6.—Bonds 79%a
79 , 4.
fornittPOot,,l January 6.--,OottOn quiet,
with mtddltug,' , uplatids :at llall d. Unit
Orleans at lly,,ally,d; sales twelve; thous
and bales. , California white wheat Ills 10d
102 8 ; rbd westeirt lOs 3d. Westertt , 'Flour
27s a27s 3d. Com 36s for new, and 37s 6d
for old. ~ O ats; 3s 6d. Barley, ss. peas 44s
6d. Pork 91s . Beefloss. Lard 590.1 Cheese
70s. Bacon 575. Spirits Petroleum: 7d: re
lined 1s 7d. Tallow 4756 d. Turpentine 295.
Lounosr, January 6.—Sugar 36s 6d. Cal
cutta Linseed 568.6 d a 575. .Petroleum tit
Antwerpiirmat.sl:s4. francs. Linseed Of'
at London M 7 10s., Tallow,47s. '
PARIS, January 6.- 7 -13ourse stead;
tee 70f. 11243. • -
H,tvnii, January 6.—Cotton firm,
spot and to arrive; latter wets'
francs.
The entiiittinsurrec
By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazettif
HAVANA, January 6.—The Commercial
Bulletin of, a lqading firm in Cardenas says
the insurrection is beginning to !decline,
and all apprehensions that it might extend
to the vicinity of Cardenas,is now xemaved.
The sugar 43rop -premises's yield fUlly equsl
to that of last year. The statement publish
ed in =New York that cholera had', brol;e11
but among the SpatilSh troops herb is un
true. A number of Cuban political prison
ers have been set' free within. the = past few
days. Reports reached the city of an en
gagement between the troops an insur
gents near Nuevitas. Result unk nown.
Puerto Principe remains quiet. Its gar
rison is too weak to attempt the offensive
against the rebels.
Throughout the! entire eastern ! depart
ment, and . in some portions of , the central
department; provisions are extremely,
scarce. The troops are prevented from
m d ving,rapidly forwant of adequa te means
of tian9ortation and necessary supplies.
• _
•
Cincinnati Itetna.2
• CB, Telegraph to the 'Pittsburgh Gazette :3
:Ci 2fATT. ,Janpary,
rilsb Young,
gritiee o InterhaV Iteveime,- seized
Antoin Friedman's rectifying house today.
The new Cincinnati hospital wills be dedi
cated tamorrovi.
• • Certabi• country districts oppose 'being
annexed - to the city. It Is thought they can
be induced -to consent., A Committee is
no* pressing this matters on the legislature;
—AI Abe aulAual el c ootion of ofticcers of
the S Lonia - Merchantlit •Exohangb, 43. P.
Plant was: elected- / Prealdent, and ~Henry
flattalYor and Nathan vole Vice Pnbidents.
*. -- w wEat ' ..,.:-.:✓/~Yemw.~ ".`.:.v.Fwi~..+~e;r3
SECOD•EDI•TIOL
F4:31711, OPCI.OOISC A. M. , ,
APITAL.
Public. Debt Statement—Official
Report Concerning the Diffi
culty with Negroes on Georgia
Plantations—Cowardly , - Con
duct of a Sheriff=Spiech of Mr.
Washburne on- the Public Pi-
nances.
By Teligraph_to the Pittsburgh Gazette.] '
WASHINGTON, .Tanuary . 6,18 GD.
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
The 'following is a statement of the
public debt of the United States for the
month of December, 1868:
Debt bearing coin interest... . . 2.107.M.3.50 00
Debt bearing cerrency lute •ert 69,865,000 00
Matured debt not_ presentell fur _ _
payment..
Debt uearie
no interest
EMI
Coln
nr
i: c Tr l easTry
cu ainry
Total
pita lease:loi in the Treasury .2.540.7U7,an Ita
THE DOSTUREARCE IN GEORGIA.
The following dispatches were received
at the,headquarters oflhe army today:
Philadelphia, January 4,1869.—T0 General
U. S. Grant, Washington: I transmit the
latest dispatches received from Gen. Sibley,
commanding in Georgia, in relation to the
reported difficulties on the Ogechee. Gen.
Sibley has been instructed not to permit
the organization of any armed bodies,
v,thether..white or black, in contravention
of ,law, to preserve the peace at all hazards,
to cooperate 'with the 'civil authorities - in
cage he finds the same are. acting,in good
faith, and that this action is necessary for
the preservation of the peace, and not, as
at Camilla, the law made a pretext for com
mitting -outrages *on, the negroes. At the
same time he .is instructed to disarm and
dior i rse all assemblages of negroes. and
req re them to submit action
to the legal
of the Civil authorities. - • ,
'Signed.] ' Oro. G. MEADE,
Major General.
Telegrant received at Washingten. Janu
ary 4, 1869, from Headquarters District of
Geota—Savionnah, Ga., January 4,,1869;
ToMajor Gen. GOO. Al Meade, l'hiladel
phitt-1 have.the honor to report my arri
val fit this place and to report the follow
ing statement' by CoL ,Williams: : The
troubles on th&Ogechee' are confined to
Middletown's and Luckers plantations.
Middletown accused the negroes of stealing
sloe, and pot oht wariante to arrest them.
The Sheriff applied to the military to exe
cute , the arrests, but was refused ,and for
nishBd with a copy of the Cirdular of Sept.
25,188, for hit information. , " He went with
1 two 'deputies* VS - make the Etirista, but
got frightened: at the negroei assembling
end renotL-- He-called fur a posse andima
out with one hundred and - .Went" then.
When they got near the station tliey saw a
boy about fourteen Tears old and hot him
through theileg. They saw some other ne
groes at the station and ordered them to
wive up their arms. The negroes ran and
they tired on them, wounding two or three.
All this time the Sheriff was- in the cars,'
away from his possa. They were then advis
ed to return to thil city, which they did.
The citizens then called a meeting and or
ganized three battalions, commanded by I
General S. and Cols. S. and C. They have
enlisted from five hundred to eight hun
dred men and are still organizing, I or
dered Mayor Perkins" to go out to see the
negroes and went with him myself. We ,
arrived at night and found the negroes very
touch frightened, brit when we made known
our intention not to trouble them they be
came pacified and, gave us their side of the
question. We found the newspaper ac
counts totally incorrect. There were about
fifty mein. Three guns and one bayonet on a
stick were all the arms I saw, and-if they
bad others we would have seen them.
There are no fortifications and no hostile
demonstrations, further than to watch for
their:own safety. . The negroes -, against
whom Warrants were issued were anxious
to come in' and surrender themselves; and
wanted to come with us, but were afraid to
come alone for fear of being fired on, They
deny having resisted the posse, and I think
they tell the truth. .I remained with them
all nigh; arid made arrangements for them
to come in to-night and surrender= them
selves .0 the Sheriff under militiry
protection. They are to come, in tonight,
as they_nre `afttddlte Come In by daylight.
r t
To-day e Sheriff reported officially that
he coul not enforce the law and called
upon, 't e military. to. do,'ll. i-. think -no
mere t pa will be required 'here at Ares
'fn ent. 0 dal report , will be. ent to the De
partmen headquartere by mail.
i j Sign . •B. ~ • ,C. C. St-DX,ln't •• '..
ildreve rig, Gn: U.S. A. Comd'g. de.
' Telegr . received .at Washington,-D.
C., Janu y 4, 1869, A'o4.l.§aYgirtah, 430 -
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gin; Jan itry4 1869 : - .
To, At 1
'or General Gee'; 6. Meade—Tour
teen of the men against whbm warrants
have been issued, and who liva on the
Ogechoe , plantations, have: voluntarily
surrendered to the military authority,
four of, the, original number'of7 Warrants
that the Sheriff had to execute. I under
stand that one hundred and fifty or two'.
hundred. additional , warrants have been
taken out, but as the Sheriff has made no
effort to execute them, I do not feel justi
fieg, um er present instructions, to, aid
him till he has made an effort to execute
them. hese warrants are for insurree
rection nd inciting to ineurtection. I
would a vise' the use Of *tbe'Mintriiy;ls
I think I would be almOst atiroto result in
• a confli t if the Sheriff, were to ,go-out
with a se of the people. ` There is much'
exciteme t here, and many,of the
,people
would n t be adverse to a fight: •
[Signed] • C. C. SIBLEY.
a i
Brevet Brigadier General United .States
Army, C nareanding. , . , , ~ ..
'For* ed from PhltadelPilia, January
4, 1869..
L. SPEECK OF / I °. WASTIBURNE,
Mr.Washburne, of Illinols, - In the course
of his speech in the House. to-day said,
After alluding to the election of Gen. Grant :
It is time that, the ',ltenresentatites of
the people were admonished that they are
the sery fits of the pecople;niid'are paid by'
the pe9p e; that their constituents hate
conflide to their: the great trust of guard
ing thei rights and protecting their inter
ests; t atff• - :- their positl6ll "a1241' -their
power to . be used.for the benefit of the
people horn they : represent , : and not for
theirbW ' bfffefit" ' and; the; benefit of the
lobbyist , the gamblers and the specu
lators, o have come to; Washington to
make a aid upon the Treasury. The time
has also come, in my judgment, when pub
lic nien re to be held / to a more strict ac
conntab lity, to a more strict discharge'of
their dt v, and when their actions will, be
scannedlby a more critical eye, Much Is
expected of the new administration, and
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the public expectation will not be disap
pointed; but as much as Grantcan do, and
as much.as he will do, in 'his owe sphere
of action, it is idle .to suppose that he can
do everything that the country requires to
be done to secure those reforms in the pub
lic service which are so imperatively de
mended. As President, General Grant"
must have the earnest and cordial support
of the other branches of the Government,
particularly of the legislative branch. The
responsibility of this Congress, so far as the
next administration is concerned, is corn.
plete. .The great masses of on - r constitu
ents—the bone and-sinew of the country—
the men who have no schemes of plunder,
and who desire only an honest administra
tion of the Government—the men who
fought the battles of the republie and poured
out, their blood in its defense—require of
us a decrease of our expenditures and a
reduction of taxation, regardless of the
mysteries of finance. They see that our
credit can be improved, the public faith
vindicated, a return to specie payments
made certain, a reduction of the interest
on the public debt secured, by keeping
dovin the expendithres of the .3overnment
to the lowest possible point, and by the
honest collection of the revenues. It is for
Congress to keep down the expenditures,
and it is for the President to see that the
laws are faithfully executed, and that the
revenues are collected butit is for Con
gress to see also that they do not keep the
fetters upon the limbs of the President, so
as to render it impossible for him to faith
fully execute the laws.
Liter stating in some detail the expenses
of the last four years, and the estimates of
the Secretary of 'the Treasury for the next
fiscal year, Mr. Washburne proceeded to
the consideration of the question of what
this - Congress will be called upon to appro.
priateifor deficiencies for the present fiscal
year ending June 30,1869, and to carry on
the government for the next fiscal year end
ing June 30,1870. First, as to the estimates
made by the Secretary of the Treasury of
additional appropriations required to com
plete the service of the fiscal year ending'
June 30, 1869, and previous years. It is for
Congress to inquire rigidly into the necessi
ty and propriety of voting these deficien
cies, which the Secretary estimates at the
enormous sum of $21,000,000. Of this amount
514,000,0001 s for the • army, necessitated in
a great measure, by a 'consuming,
Indian war, which is entailing extraordi
nary expenses ,on the Government. The
next current amount is the estimated de
ficiency for the Poatoffice Department of
over $4,500,000, incurred by extravagant
contracts for unjustifiable mail service.
Then there is the scandalous estimate of
nearly $665,000 for 'deficiencies for public
buildings, when we were promised that the
-large amounts we appropriated , last year
should finish the buildings. Add to this
amount 'of six hundred add sixty-five
thousand dollars, demanded as a deficiency
for this fiscal year, to the amount demanded
for the same purpose for the next fiscal year
of $2,434,000, makes I2;099,000, which we are
asked to vote for public buildings. At this
session of Congress, and in the present
state of the treasury, or, indeed, in any
state of the treasury, I feel bound to de
nounce it as the most extravagant, unjusti
fiable andprollligate expenditure of the nub
ile money ever asked of Congress. There
are other deficiencies which' have' been
Made, and which we are . called upon to
'make.thatr-are without—justifi
cation, 'if it be considered that Cod-
Ames has any newer over ,the treasury, in
view of the state of our finances, and deem
ming it indispensably necessay to reduce
our expenditures for the present year in
every way possible. And in full light of
all the facts, COngrees appropriated a given
amount, which was $450,000, for the Coast
Survey this year, In contempt of the so
tion of Congress, a• deficiency in that ap
propriation of - $160,000 is now demanded,
not one dollar of which, I trust, will be
voted. The Columbian Institute for the
Deaf ann Dumb, a private institution in,
this District, .which has obtained nearly
half a million dollars out of the Govern
ment, ~was given $12,500 for this fiscal
year for instruction, &e., ' which was
deemed ample and even generous; but
with a familiarity with the whole ac
tion of Congress on the aub'ect, the
President of this private corporation, ; with
unparalled effrontery, arraigns!. Congress
for its action: and demands of us $175,000
more as a deficiency for this year. There
'are other deficiencies estimated for, which
will be scrutinized by the Appropriation
Committee before it reports any bill. But
one thing is clear, if Congress cannot con
trol the expenditures of the Government,
it cannot curb the Executive officers of the
Government in spending the public money,
and if such officers are to be left practically
tn, determine the appropriations, then, I
say, let Congress abdicate; and let the peo
ple be saved the expense of keeping up this
expensive and somewhat ornamental insti
tution; - •
• Mr. Washburne then gaye The items of
the Secretary of the 'Treasury's estimates
for the next fiscal year and said: It will be
thus seen that $303,000,000 is the amount
asked for, and it is for Congress to deter
miue how much of that sumit is absolutely
necessary to' appropriate to carry on the
Government. 181 ow much willlitbe? It will
let the permanent appropriations stand as
in the Secretary's estimate, although I be
lieve the amount of interest on the public
debt is overstated 12,000,000: That amount
is $128,690,676, which we must regard as
fixed and definite. Then there is the other
amount, of $158,014,011.74, made , up of the
items as set out in the estimate. The clues
ton recurs, how much can the amount be
reduced without detriment to the public
service? It .is now impossible for .me to
state how much', the first item for $45,000,000
can be reduced, as the Appropriation
Co - mmittee has not yet proceeded far'
enough; in the consideration .of - the va
rift" amounts, making up the sumv but
we shall relprt a reduction of more: than
$lOO,OOO from what was asked for ,the ex
pepsea of foreign intercourss, and nearly,
$1,000,900 from:what is asked-tog° into the
legielative,. executive and Jitfficial bill.
Pensions,lndian department and army pro
per, mut:remain about ,:the same as
stated ih • the estimates. The military
academy we'redUCe nearly $50,000. In the
estimates: for armory and fortifications $4,-
694,200.ara asked, and I believe we can get
along with $150,000. For harbor and
river improvements and public build
ings $8,486,018 ; In my judgment 13,-
000,000 will be as much as Congress would
wish' to appropriate .under both of these
heads. ~ F or the Naval establishment $20,-
993,414:59 are estimated; but in the 'Navy
bill already prenare,d this is reduced to
about $16,000.000, which, it is believed, will
answer every purpose. There are some
$15,090,000 which it is thought can be cut off
from the estimates of the total expendltnres
for the - year ending June 30th, 1870, of
1303,000,000, as submitted by' the Secretary
of the Treasury. That will leave for the
total expenditures for the fiscal year ending
June 30th, 1870, 129,8,000,000. Add to that
MOOO,OOO more for various other expend!.
tures, arid we have a total of 5290,000,000.
It Is my,l:fellef that the ,expenditures can
be kept .down to that point, and that the
Government can be administered for that
hum, and if that can be done, as it ought
to be done, a good showing, can be made,
I have made no estimate in relation to
the revenue, for the next fiscal year, but for
the' present fiscal year it appears from the
Secretary's repert that the actual revenue
74 635.034 GS
467, 36 - NOM 64
.$2,652033.662 23
. 13 0113,102 12
$ lIL 01,461 of
receipts. for the first quarter amount to
$95,000,392, and that the Secretary esti
mates the-next three , quarters at $246,000,-
000, :making the total estimate of the Sec
retary $341,000,000. But Mr. Wells, Special
Coinmissioner of the Revenue, who has
gives this matter great attention, esti
mates that it will reach $356,000,000,
being $15,000,000 more than the estimate of
the- Secretary, Assuming, therefore, that
we shall not collect more revenue for the.
fiscal year ending June 30th, 1870, than the
Secretary'estimates we shall collect for the
present fiscal:year, and assuming • that our
expenditures will not exceed $290,000,000,
there will be a sUrphis of $51,000,000 for the
year ending June 3Qth, 1870. But, with an
holiest collection of N the revenue, and
without any increase of the taxes, I think
we can collect four hundred and fifty mil
lions of revenue. If this can be done, and
our expenditures can be kept even within
$300,000,000, we shall show a surplus lit, the
end of the fiscal year lgTo of 575,000,000.
With an exhibit of this eharavoter, which.
is an exhibit that can be made, if Con
gress and the Executive shall act
in harmony to that great end, the
credit of- the Government :vrlll be estab
lished on an enduring basis, our bonds
will go to par in Europe, greenbacks will
approximate to gold in value, taxes ma
then be reduced, and the country will enter
on a career of prosperity, glory and power
without parallel in the history of nations.
A ItEINTD3rENT PROPOSED
The Secretary of the Treasury has pro
posed to Congress a section, to be made a
part of the general appropriation bill, as
follows : That the Secretary of the Treas
ury be, and he is hereby authorized to
allow and direct the payment of any' ex
penses necessarily. incurred in collecting
,debts dne the United States, and in making
'sales of land acquired in such collections,
ont of the proceeds thereof; in. all cases
where such payment is not provided for by
law.
JOHN a. strititArr.
The Grand Jury has disinissed the case
against Surratt, on the ground that the
President's amnesty proclamation pardons
him of all past treasonable ciffentes against
the Government. ......
BELIEVED.
By direction of,the _Secretary of War,
Gen. 'Reynolds - is rlletred from duty as. As
sistant Commissioner •of the Freedmen's
Bureau for Texas, and Gen. Canby assigned
to that duty.
COST OF PRINTING..
The official statement sent to, the Senate
shows the the total cost of printing int&
timid currency to data is $1,355,948, _or
about 18.36 per cent of its value..
CAM ARGUED
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The case of the heirs of the late Stephen
Girard against the city of Philadelphia, was
argued in the Supreme (prt to-day.
GEN. SPINNER.
Gen. Spinner is somewhat better. but un
able to resume Ws offidiil..duties.
BRIEF TELFRIR,9IS.
•
—The receipts for pews in Henry Ward
Beecher's church,. in Brooklyn, on Tuesday
night, amounted to 1)97,004).
—The.striamer Rising Star, from Aspin,
wall, has arrived at Nair .York; -- bririging.
over'half a million dollar* in treasures
—The indications.-are.-that:, Hon. - WilL
Crimback will be chosen United States
Senator from Indiana. The Legislature will
meet to-day. - •
—The Maine Legislature organized yeA
terday, by the election of . J. D. Drummond
as Speaker of the House, and S. D. L'aidr
aey as President of .the Senate.
—The Desmoines Valley Railroad Compa
ny intend intersecting the Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad, fifty-three mites
north of Desmoines by next 4th July.
—The New Hampshire Republican State
Convention meets on. Thursday. There
will
be no contest over the nominee for Gov
ernor, as it is conceded to Mr. Stearns.
—Unofficial returns from Florida show
the election of Colonel Hamilton,the regular
Republidan candidate for Congress, by a
majority of two thousitid. The 'vote was
light.
. —John E. Weed, whose mysterious dis
appearancefrom Port Cheater, N. Y., caused
much anxiety, has returned. He wandered
to Richmond,Va., while in an unsettled
condition of nind.
-Es-Judge Wm. N. Leonard having de
clined the appointment of Jades of the
Suprenie Court of the city of New York,
Gov.' Hotiman has appointed John J. Freed- :
man to fill the vacancy.
—Late advices from Paraguay say that
American Minister' cslahou had a satis
factory interview' with. Loper; and full"
atonement has been accorded for recent.
outrages on Americans.
—A - Fenian meeting at Cooper Iriititute,
New York, was addressed by. person
lately imprisoned In England, and closed
by the audience singing a song while the
speaker danced upon the plstform.
—At Indianapolis, 'Md., on Tuesdiiy•
night, a fire destroyed the agricultural itti- •
1 plement establishment of ,A. C..Bracken
bush 41E Co., and the 'grocery store of An
demon it Bro. Loss SIO,QOO, covered by in-
surance.
—A dispatotarom Princess Ann, Mary-
And, states that, Bound, Wilson and Wills,
the Chesapeake pirates, have been respited
until March sth, to await the trial, of their
companion 'Varley, which • will• cblnmence
next week. . - _ •
—A ,eaueus for the nomination er a candi
date 'for United States Smarr Is to_lie
held in St. Paul, Minnesota, en - -the
instant. Wilkinson's friends. are hopeful,
but Ramsey's supporters deem his melee
tion certain. - •
Markets by 7 elegraph.
lcme OnLeans, Jindary 6.—Flour steady
and unchanged. Corn; white, 76a776t yel
low, M. Oats,•6Ba7oc. Bran dull at'll:3 4 n
Hay unchanged. Pork quiet; prime, 829;*
a 30,00. Bacon ,scarce ; - shoulders, 44 %4
clear rib sides, 1814 c; dear sidcat, ' 1930.
Lard; tierce, 1834 c; keg, 1934 e. Sugar-and
Molasses active: common Sugar, ; 9a100:
prime, 123:c; yellow clarified, 14a14N0;
common Molasses, 553057 c; prime, &UM;
choice, 69a71c. - Whisky; *western rectified,
81,10a1,11. Coffee steady; prime Rio./730
11 c; fair. 143 c. Cotton lower; middling,
I 253;c; sales, 2,500 bales, receipts, 3,051 bales;
I exports, 2,401 bales. Gold. 185 X. Sterling.
147 ; Commercial Exchange, 145%,a145M;
, New York Sight Exchange, 34a,6 oiLseennt.
Osman°, January 6.—This afternoon Ile.
- 2
Wheat sold at $1,15a1; th m arket- la
closing at Inside figures. ,l6 A lot of old ;No.
2 Corn sold at 61c, seller for the last half
Of April. Provisiobs were. active, .with
sales Mess Pork, buyer to January 15, it,
828,75. Dry Salted Shoulders ht 11)4c ; short
ribs at 141 c, and clear sides at 15 o. laird,
seller for February and' March, at 19c; \ In
the' evening N 0.2 Wheat sold at 11,14 N a.
I,ls;ldosing at 111,15,4.' . . -. ,;-,, . ;,...• .
I•lssaviiiLi. January 6. ' Th e Cotton %tat'.
ke; Is dull and prices have 'deblined.ilbvi
middlings sold at 2510; good , ordinary At
24}iaziyie. . •:,. , i
SAN FnAlicisCo, January .6. ;41ciiii."4i4t, ,
at 84,75a5,75. Wheat 51,70i1, 8W Tor choi*
shipping brands. liegal.tefidOrS74X,: •• r
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