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FORTIETH. CONGRESS.
[THIRD "SESbION.I
SENATE-: Union I,en;of Georgia
Petition for Relief from Perse
cution—Bills Introduced—The
-Site Murfey Relief Bill Consid
, ered. HOUSE: Variety of Bills
and ReSolutions Presented Un
der Call of States—Bill Repeal
ing the Tenure-of:Office Act
Passed.
(By Telegraph to ti4e Pittsburgh Gazette•
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, .January 11,1869.
Mr. CHANDLER presented a joint ieso-
lution of the Legislature of Michigan urg
, lug the passage of the copper tariff bill now
' pending in the Senate. Laid on the table
and ordered Printed. . ,
Mr. I'RELIN'GHETYSEN Presented a
petition of the citizens of Georgia, setting
forth that it is impcissible for avowed Union
men to live in the rural districts of that State;
that it is•inipossible to bring to justice the
ruurdererEi of Union men; that -intimida
tion and force-have been used to make a
certain class of citizens vote contrary to
their interests; that palpable violations of
the fourteenth amendment are constantly
occurring; and that legislation of some
' kind is absolutely necessary . lo remedy
• this state of things. Referred to the Judi
ciary Committee.. .
Mr. RICE presented a memorial of the
Legislature of Arkansas for the sale of
the Hot Springs Reservation. Referred to
Committee on Public' Lands.
Also, a joint resolution -of-the Legisla.
ture of Arkansas for aid to build a railroad
along the west side of the Mississippi river.
Referred to Committee on Pacific Railroad.
H. V. Miller presented his creden
tabs as Senator elect from Geork..ia, which
were, referred to the Committee on Cre
dential%
Mr. WILLIAMS, 'from Committee on
Public Lands, reported adversely upon the
claim• of John H. Russell ,to Hot Springs,
Arkansas. • • -
Mr. ANTHONY introduced a bill to de
fine and settle staff. and rank in the navy;
,also, a bill to regulate the rank of the
'medical staff in the navy. Referred to
Committee on Naval Affairs.
Mr. SHERMAN introduced a bill to
amend the act establishing the Judiciary
of the United States, approved Sept. 20th,
1789.. •Referred to Judiciary Committee.
, Mr. TRUMBULL introduced a bill to
Provide for the execution of judgments
-in capital cases. Referred to Judiciary
Committee. -
Mr. MORTON introduced a bill to pro
ivide for the construction of a wagon road
for military purposes through Dacota,Mon
tan* and Washington Territories. Referred
to Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. EENDRICKS presented a remon
stration against increasing the duties on
iron and steel. Referred to Committee on
Commerce.
The Senate took up the bill for the relief
of sue Murfv.
After debite, and without action there
on, the Senate, at 8:30, went Into Ekeentive
Session and afterwards adjourned.
' HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Under call of States a large number of
bills and resolutions were introduced for
t reference only,including the following:
To provide for improvement of harbor of
New York. Referred to Committee on
Comuierce. The bill proposes to applo
priate 05,000,000 per annum from January
1, 1t69, for improvethent of the harbor of
New York by removing obstructions there
't from and building substantial piers and
docks on the water front of Brooklyn and
New York; if that sum exceeds- five per
cent. of the customs receipts of the port,
then only five per cent. thereof to be ap
propriated. The Secretary of the Treasury,
011ectof of the Port, Governor of New
and Mayors of Brooklyn and New
'York are to constitute a Board under the
direction of which the appropriation is to
I be expended.
By Mr. LINCOLN : To award pensions to
widows and minor children of deceased
soldiers. Referred to Committee on Inva
lid persons.
By Mr. SCHOFIELD: To releacie from
liability the sureties of distillers of pe
troleum when the principals have failed in
consequence of removal of tax on oil,at the
last session. Referred to Committee on
Ways and Means.
By Mr. KELLY: To authorize gold con
tracts on the losses of the relative value of
gold and United States notes. Referred to
same Committee.
B Mr. BUTLER: Bill for administration
of justice in - the State of Virginia. Re
ferred to the Committee on Reconstruction.
The bill recites that a large majority of the
_ Judges of the State Courts are disqualified
Under the fourteenth article of the amend
ment to the Constitution, and that the Uni
ted States Courts in lhatßtate are dischaxg
ing from punishment criminals convicted
of-murder because of the' disqualification
of such Judges, and that great confusion is
being caused thereby in the administration
of justice In the little. to real , estate. It
therefore provides for the .suspension of
judgments and decrees until the question
of validity arising from such disquali
fication tie determined in the Supreme
Court'of the United States, all causes be
fore such Courts , to be continued, but no
farther proceedings to be had, until such
decision is made.
By HEATON, of North Carolina :To
repeal act of Jaly Rh, 1864, affecting the
Court of Claims, so as to give that
Court jurisdiction of claims for army sup
plies furnished by - loyal persons in the late
rebel States, except in Viiginia, MissisSiPPi
and Texas. Referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee.
Several bills were also introduced for the
removal of civil and political disabilities.
Referred to Committee on Reconstruction.
''By Mr. CORLEY, of South Carolina : In
- relation to the Introduotion of disloyal text
books into public schools of Southall States.
Referred to Committee on _Education.
By Mr. WHITTEMORE: For repeal of
.the act to protect the rights of actual set
tlers on public lands. Referred to the Com
mittee on Public _Lerida - .
By Mr. ASHLEY, of Ohio: To preserve
the purity of elections in Territories. Re
ferred to the. Committee on ,Territories.
Also, concerning the boundaries of
Nevada, Minnesota, Nebraska, California,
Montana and Wyoming. Same Committ ee .
divide
B Mr: TRIM, of K entuck: To
Kentucky ßLE into two
.judiclal y dis
triets. Referred to thoJudi9ary Commit-
By - Mr. MULLINS: For the appoint
ment of a Commission to adjust and audit
the claitm (Vjoyal citizens of Tennessee
againri,t the Government of the United
States: Referred to the Committee on Ways,
an - d Means'.
Also, to remove and punish all unconsti
tutional office holders. Referred .to the
Committee on Reconstruction.
By XINTSII.IDD: To supply the Lincoln
Monu teiNlAssociation at Springfield, Ills.,
with i aged add captured ordnance.
Referre
t i t livb
ommittee on Naval Affairs.
By Mr.V.OMWELL: To amend the Con
i
stitution.Referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee.
By Mr. HOPKINS: To grant lands to the
Superior and State Line Railroad Company.
Referred to Committee on Publie Lands.
By Mr. CLARKE (Kansas): To incorpo
rate the Central Indian Railroad'in Indian
Territory. Referred to Committee on Mil
itary Affairs.
To grant a portion of Fort Leavenworth
military reservation to aid in the construc
tion of a Railroad bridge across the Mis
souri river: Referred to ICommittee on
Military Affairs.'
Granting the right of way to certain
failroads through territories of the United
States. Referred to Committee on Pacific
Railroad, .
By Mr. CHILLICOTT : To enable the
people of Colorado to form a State govern
ment: Referred to Committee on Ter
ritories.
By Mr. BANKS: To provide for .the ap:
pointment of financial agents of the United
States in foreign countries. Referred tOI
Committee on Foreign Affairs. 1
By Mr. HOOPER: To amend the revenue , I
laws so that a bond may be given for the
value of a distillery and the land on which
it.is situated, in case the property is leased
or mortgaged. Referred to Committee on
Ways and Means.
By Mr. ROBINSON: For the acknowl
edgment of Cuba, and securing its annexa
tion to the United States without purchase.
Referred to the. Committee on Foreign Af- -
fairs. - '
It resolves that Spain, having thrown off
its own government, has no right to' inflict
a government on the people of Cuba con
trary to their wishes, and it is the duty of
the United States to acknowledge the inde
pendent government now successfully es
tablished in Cuba by the people thereof, or
to take measures 'for the annexation or
Cuba as the people of Cuba may indicate,
provided no payment be made to the de
throned Queen or any otherperson arrogat
ing the right to dispose of or control the
land contrary to_ the wishes of the people
thereof.
The morning hour having expired, Mr.
WASHBURNE introduced a bill repealing
the act regulating the tenure of certain
civil offices, passed March 2, 1867, and
moved the previous question on its passage.
Mr. BUTLER, of Massachusetts, re
marked that it was the same bill which
he - had introduced, and which had been re
ferred to the Judiciary Committee. That
Committee could not in regular course be
called this session. Everybody had his
mind made up as to the repeal of the law,
'and he hoped that there would be a, direct
vote on it.
" Mr. FA.RNSWORTH. inquired of the
Speaker whether a motion to refer the bill
was in order?
The SPEAKER. replied it was not, pend- 4
ing a demand for the previous question.
The previbus question was seconded.
Mr. WARD—Does this bill come from
any committee?
The SPEAKER—It is introduced by the
gentleman from Indiana under the call of
States.
Mr. WILSON, lowa, Chairman of Judi-
Ciarr Committee, remarked - that the ma
jority of the Judiciary Committee had
agreed to report a bill repealing the tenure
of-office law.
Mr. WARD expressed his opinion that a
bill of such importance should be discussed
before being put on its passage.
Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois, objected
to debate. '
Mr. BENJAMIN called for the yeas and
nays on ordering the main question. lt was
ordered-116 to 47. • -
The bill then passed—yeas 121, nays 47,
as follows:
Yeas—Allison, Anderson, Axtell, Bailey,
Baldwin, Banks, Barnum, Beaman, Buck,
Bingham Blaine, Blair, Boutwell, Bow
men, Bo yde, Buckley, Butler, Mass., But.
ler, Tenn., Call's, Cary, Chandler, Clarke,
o.,Clarke, Kan.. Clift, Cobb, Coburn;
Coake, Corley, Cornell, Callow, Dal
lowes, Dawes, bewees, Dixon Driggs,
Eckley, Eldridge, - Eliot, Field, Fox,
Getz, Glossbrenner, Galladay, Gass, Gove,
Gritiwold, Grover, Haight, Halley, -Haug
hey, Heaton, Hooper Hopkins, Hum
phrey, Hotchkiss, Hunter, Ingersoll. John
son, Jones, North Carolina, J ones, - Louisi
ana, Judd, Julian, Kelly, Kellogg, Kerr,
Kitchen, Knott, Lash, Lawrence, Pa., Lin
coln,
Longhridge, Mallory, Marvin, McCor
mick, McCullough, Miller, Mungen, New
comb, Niblack, Nicholson, Norris, O'Neill,
Paine, Peters, Pettis, Phelps, Plants, Price,
Prince, Robertson, Robinson, Roots, Saw
yei, Scofield, Sitgreaves, Spalding, Stark
weather, Stevens, Stewart, Stone, Stover,
Sypher, Taber, Thomas, Tift, Trimble, Ky.,
Trowbridge, Twitchell, 'Van Auken, Van
Trump, Vidal, Washburne, Illinois,. Wash
borne, Indiana, Williams,ndiana, Wil
son, lowa, Wilson, Ohio, ilson, Pa., Win
dom, Minnesota, Woodbridge, Woodward,
Youngl2.l. _ ;
Rays—Messrs. Amos. Arnett, Ashley,
Nevada, Baker, Beatty, Benjamin, Benton,
Bates,.Brownell, Buckland, Churchill, De-,
lano, Farnsworth, Ferry, French, Garfield,'
Harding, Higbee,Jenckes, Kelsey, Kitchen,
Laftin, Maynard, McCarthy, McKee, Mer
cur, Moore, Moorhead, Morrill, Mullins,
Newsham; Perham, Pike, Poland. Paisley,
PomeroY, (Schenck, Shanks, Shellabarger,
Stokes, Taffee, Trimble, Tenn., Upson,
Ward; Welker, Whittemore-47.
On motion of Mr. WASHBURNE, Illi
nois, the.rules were suspended by a vote of
eighty-eight to twenty-eight, and a substi
tute for the Consular and Diplomatic ap
propriation bill, the same as was reported
to the House from the Committee of the
.-30C1Xt M.
Whole, omitting the pay to the Consul
for Valentia,‘Spain, but including the gen
eral sections that bad been struck out on
points of order, was allowed to be reported
and was thereupon passed.
Mr. ELA moved to suspend the rules
that he might offer a resolution for the ap
pointment of a seleet committee on the
`yells, Fargo & Co. mail contract, and re
questing a suspension of payment thereon
for thirty days.
The rules were not suspended—yeas S 5,
nays, 54,. not two-thirds. , r •
BOUTWELL, from the Judiciary
Committee, reported a joint resolution pro
posing an amendment to the Constitution
of the United States.
Also, a bill declaring who may vote for
electors of President add Vice President
and for Representatives to Congress.
Which were ordered printed, and which
be gave notice he would call up for discus
sion and action in the course of a week or
ten days.
Section one of the proposed amendment
'to the Constitntiod,provides that the right
of any citizen of the United States shall not
be denied or abridged by the United States
in any State by reason of race, color or pre
vious condition .of slavery by any citizen or
any class of citizens.
Section second gives Congress -power to
enforce by appropriate legislation the pro
vision of the first section.
The first section of the bill provides •that
no person shall be deprived of the privi
Z=Z
lege of voting for electors of President,
Vice President, 'Representatives in Con
gress, or members of the Stale Legislature
b:v reason of race or color.
The second and third sections of the bill
provide punishment for persons who inter—
fere with the exercise of the privilege:
The fourth section provides for imprison
ment at hard labor for, two years fore any
person who holds office in violation of ithe
third section of the fourteenth article of
amendment to the Constitution, and Sub
jects hint to indictment at any time within
ten years.
The'fifttk section gives to the Courts of
the,VnitediStates saclusive jurisdiction of
all offences against the act.
The House went, into Committee of the
Whole on the Naval appropriation bill, Mr.
Blaine, of. Maine, in the Chair.
The appro'priation for repairs of. the New
York Navy Yard was discussed, but not
changed.
• That for the Philadelphia Navy "'Yard
was reclined from $50,000 to $25,000.
The proviso to.'reduce the force of the ma
rine corps was st ruck out on a point of order
by, Mr. PIKE, that it was general legisla
tion and not in order in an appropriation
bill.
The third section regulating the rank
and number of officers of the marine corps
wits struck out oti a point of order by Mr.
BANKS, that it was general legislation.
The Committee arose and reported the bill
to the House.
Mr. WASHBURNE moved to suspend
the rules so he might offer as amendments
to the bill the sections struck out on points
of order.
Mr. BANKS moved an adjournment,
which prevailed.
NEWS BY CABLE.
The French Budget—War Be
tween Greece and Turkey to be
Obviated—Disturbances in Italy
at an End.. _
[By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Ciaretts.l
. TURKEY AND GREECE.
CONSTANTINOPLE. January 11.—The Sub
lime Porte has officially congratulated the
people of the Danubian principalities on
their loyalty during the recent crisis.
LONDON, January 11,—Tne indications of
the first day of the Conference on the East
ern question Wave little, if any, doubt of
its ultimate success. The Turkish govern
ment, through its representative, has con
sented to maintain the present status until
the close of the Conference. It is the gen
teral impression that but one more session
'will be held, and that war betw3en Turkey
and Greece will be obviated.
FRANCE.
PARIS, January 11.—The budget of M.
Magne, Minister of Finance, has been made
public. It shows the floating debt 'has been
'reduced two Million francs during the past
year.' The estimates for the fiscal year of
1870 promise an excess of eightpsix mil
-
;on francs in receipts over expenditures,
which is to be devoted to reducing the ex
traordinary budget, and four millions are
to be made applicable to the redemption of
renter. M. Magne congratulates the coun
try on the return of public confidence and
the general resumption of induitrial pur
suits, and concludes by declaiing the grat
itude of the nation is due to the Emperor
for removing the only cause of rupture
of European powers and of domestic dis
trust.
ITALY.
FLORENCE, January 11.—The recent dis
turbances in various parts of the Kingdom,
fomented by reactionists, have been sup
pressed. The unpomilar taxes are now be
ing collected without difficulty.
SPAIN.
MADRID, January 11. Additional troops
are to be sent to Cuba, and will sail from
Cadiz in a short time.
PORTUGAL.
lasnozkr, January 11.—The Duke of Sal
dama has been summoned to Lisbon to
form a new Ministry.
MARINE NEWS.
SOUTHAMPTON, January 11.—The steam
ship America, from New York, has arrived
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
LONDON, January 11,—Console 97, 7 4; +s,2o's
7514.,
. FRANKFORT, January 11.—Breadstuffs
79% franca.
LIVERPOOL, January 11.—Cotton market
active,, middlnir uplands • 113 d. Orleans
11%d.; sales of 15,000 bales. Breadstuffs
dull._ California white wheat Hs. 10d.a
128.;_red western at 10s.a.10s. 2d. Flour
275:" Corn.'37s. for old, 355. -for new.
Oats 3s. 6d. ss. Peas 455. Pork 925. sth
Beef 105 s. Tallow 495. 6d. Lard 735. 6d.
Cheese 71s. Bacon 595. Turpentine 295.
Linseed 011 30 pounds 10 shillings.'
LONDON, January 11.—Sugar 355. 6d. Tal
low 465. Bd.' Linseed 595. Petroleum firm
at 54a55 francs at. Antwerp. Cotton at
Havre 131 francs:
Runs, January 11.—Bourse quiet. Rentee
70f. 77e. '
HAVRE, January 11.—Evoung—Cottan
closed quiet, fres ordinaire on spot at 131
francs, low middling to arrive at 131 francs.
LOUISVILLE.
Severe Snow Storm—Baltroad Extension
..Plre.
Br Telegraph to the Pittsburgh tiatette.]
LOUISVILLE, January 11.—One of the
severest snow storms that has visited this
vicinity for several years commenced at
twelve o'clock last: night and continued
without interrupthin until six this evening.
Fully twelve inches of snow fell.
It is stated that the Ohio add Mississippi
Railroad will complete a branch of their
road from North Vernon to New Albany
during the present year.
At six o'clock P. at. today a fire broke
out in the wholesale clothing establishment
of Fawnrnan, Harris, .Nahrri dt Co., on Main
'street between -Seventh and Eighth streets,
destroying goods to the amount of $2,000,
which - is fully insured its local and eastern
offices. The building was but slightly
'damaged.
Cleveland and Pittsburgh R. R. Co—Pro
test of a ,Majority of the Board of Di..
rectvrs.
By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
CLEVELANp, January 11.—The herald of
te-daY contains a protest of Jas. T. Clark,
J. N. McCulloch and B. F. Jones, Directors
of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad,
against the action of the new Board of Dl
rectora.ttaken January 6th, consisting of
resolutions making a scrip dividend of fif
teen per , cent., a cash dividend of two per
cent. abrogating existing by-laws, ap
pointing an executitp.committee empower
ed to make a new iintickeial agent, with right
,t 6 hold the funds of the Company without .
giving bonds, dguble tracking the road,
appropriating five hundred - thousand dol
lars to be placed in the hands of the finan
cial agent to pay attorneys' fees, etc.
=2
SECOAD EMIR
FOUR O'CLOCK A. M.
THE CAPITAL.
Congressional Business—Joseph
11. Bradley, Esq., -Restored to
Law Practice—Missionary So
ciety Anniversary— National
Bricklayers' Union—The Nom
ination for Minister to Russia.
(By 'Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gaze,tte.)
WASHINGTON, JaUllary 11,1869.
SUPREME COURT
The United States Supreme Court to-day
Issued a peremptory mandamus to the Dis
trict of Columbia Supreme Court, to re-
store Jos. H. Bradley the right to practice
in that Court.
CONGRESSIONAL BUSINESS
A bill was Introduced in the House by
Mr. Ashley, of Nevada, to loan 5 per cent.
bonds of United States to the amount of
$5,1;X)0,000, for the construction of a Sutro
tunnel in Comstock, in that Territory.
The Niagara Falls Ship Canal bill comes
up in. the House tcHnorrOw.
A. bill was introduced in the Senate by
Mr. Sherman, providing that any Judge of
any Court of the United States who is now
seventy years old, or shall attain that age,
may, upon-his written application to the
President, be retired upon a life pension
equal in amount to his full salary; but if
and such Judge shall one year after the
passage of this act, on arriving at the age
of seventy years, continue , to hold his of-
See, it shall be the duty of the President to
nominate and appoint an additional Judge,
who shall perform the same duties, receive
the same compensation as the Judge acting
in such Court or District, and shall, in the
absence of his senior, hold the Courts pre
scribed by law.
MISSIONARY SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY.
The fiftieth anniversary of the Missionary
Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
was celebrated here to-day. Rev. Dr. Har
ris, one of the Secretaries, stated the con
tributions last year amounted to $614,137,
and the year before to $686,320. He gave
the aggregate contribution of each of the ,
five decades, which amount to $8,531,377.
There is a debt of over one hundred thou
sand dollars. a loan, on which the interest
is being paid. Bishop Janes, Rev. Dr.
Chapman, of Boston. Rev Dr. Hare and
Judge Reynolds, of New York, delivered
addresses.
THIS' susslAz; MINISTRY.
The Senate was engaged about an hour
and a half in Executive Session this after
noon on the nomination of Henry A. Smyth
as Minister to Russia A motion to post
pone consideration and lay on the table
was rejected-15against 21. Notwithstand
ing. this apparently favorable action, sever
al Senators are of the opinion, Judging from
the tenor of the debate which followed, the
nomination will ultimately be rejected.
NATIO:CAL BRICKLAYERS' UNION.
The National Bricklayers' Union com
menced its session to-day
_at Odd Fellows
Hall. The attendance is large, there being
representatives from nearly all-the associa
tions of the United States embraced in the
jurisdiction of the Union.
ALBANY,
Breaking' up of the Ice on the Hudson—
Threatened luunnation—Dreat Damage
to Property.
(By Telegraph to the Pltt , borgb Gazette.
ALBANY, N. Y., January Il.—Tta3 ice on
the river above the city has broken up and
and the water is rising, threatening sin in
undation of quay street. A barge and
canal boat loaded with coal were driven dut
of the basin into the river and will proba
bly be destroyed. Two buildings on the
pier, at the soutli-east end of the Coln mbia
atreet bridge, have been badly damaged by
the ice. The weather is now growing colder
and snow is falling.
LATEII.—The water in the river is rising
slowly, and a severe storm of rain and hail
prevails. Nu heavy inundation is appre
hended, but owing to a remarkably strong
current that set in from the east side of the
river, north of the city, and which pours
into the basin in great volumes, vary merl
ons damage Is being done to property on the
river between the east end of the Columbia
street bridge and the out through which
pass the Hudson River and Harlem Rail
road ferry boats. Buildings 77, 78 and
79, which were occupied by Van
Sanford and by Schuyler Vasburg and
Briggs as barge offices and store house, are
B
ruined, tho west wall having fallen.
The contents, mostly flour belonging to
Waterman it Buell, wore nearly all got out
before nightfall. The west wall of 80
has also caved in. This was a six story
building belonging to S. T. Washburn, of
Wert - Troy street. It was filled with
oats 'belonging to Trowbridge tt. Crom
ble, a cargo of wheat belonging to
E. (lay 6c Co., also, with barley, a
largo quantity of which is. lost. No. 81,
occupied by Trowbridge and Crombie, is
damaged, the west wall being badly crack
ed and the foundation apparently sapped.
This is a new building and Bost 825,000._
It stands upon thickly studded piles driven
into the bed of the river some thirty feet.
The walls are twenty-four Inches thick..
This building contains a large amount of
grain belonging to various parties. Nos.
82 and 83, formerly Patton's steam flour
mills, Is also in great danger. It contains
five thousand barrels of flour and eleven
thousand bushels of narley, and belongslo
John T. Weddell.,: The grain is owned by
several firms.
The property lost, ,together with that
in danger, is valued- at V 500,000. Tho
water seems to be under-running the
whole stretch of the piers south from
Polumbia street bridge to railroad
ferry cut. In the Patten mill there are
some two hundred thousand bushels of
grain, and although the walls of this build- -
ing are stilt apparently firm, the engine in
the engine room has settled several inches.
The , Cuban Insurrection--Efforts to Res:
tore Peace.
(By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
Jauar 11.--A comion o
in HAVANA,
fluential citiz n y ens of Havana, mnativssie Cu.f
bans and prominent mrbers of the Lib
eral party left here esterday on the
steamer Montezuma fo Neuvitas, ow the
way to Bayotna, to meet the Revolutionary
leaders and to attempt to bring about the
restoration of peace.
Florida Legislature.
[By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh (layette.)
TALnannesnaanuary IL—ln the Senate
to-day, Mr. KremminFrer, Republican, was
elected President pro tem, and defeated Mr.
Pearce, colored, and Mr. Purham. Demo
crats voted for Kremminger, who is a Con
servative. and opposed to Impeaehment.
Nothing was done in the House.
RIVER DISASTER.
The Steamer Silver Cloud Burn
ed in the Ohio—Deck Passenger
Loit,
'By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
P4)ILEROT, 0., Jan. 11.—The steamer Sil
ver Cloud burned to the water's edge this
afternoon three miles above Point Pleas
ant. One deck passenger was lost. The
crew made a harrow escape. Ash Taylor,
a watchman, was badly hurt in jumping
frOir. the hurricane roof. The balance of
the crew and 'passengers are all safe. The
steamer Energy being close by came to onr
assistance and gaye us all possible aid.
Capt. J. S. Dowry, Clerk Earhart, Mr. Al
shire and the whole crew have our sincere
thanks and shall never, be forgotten oy us
for their kindness in any way. The crew,
and passengers lost eyerything they had.
J. C.
Tennessee Legislature--Raid by the Ku
lux—They are Drivel OW by Negroes.
Clip Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette. 2
NASHVILLE, January 11.—The House of
Representatives adopted a - resolution to
day authorMng the Governor and Secre
tary of State to employ counsel to prose
cute Rutter, the Memphis banker, charged
with embezzling a large amount of the
State school fund.
A band of Ku-Klux I made a raid into
Livingston, Overton county, on the night
of December 30th. • What particular object
they had is not known, but they left after a
sharp conflict with a party of colored men,
forgetting to carry wLh- them six horses
and their shrouds. The negroes claimed
the horses as trophies and sent them away
for safe keeping.. The Ku Klux returned
on the night of the second of January
largely reinforced, and demanded of Mr.
Lewis, the State's Attorney, the disposi
tion of‘t he horses. Mr. Lewis did not know
and so informed them. They then exacted
a promise from him to ascertain, and stated
that they__ would return again. Some of
them visited the town the next day and.
were very threatening. Mr. Lewis, who
brought news of the raid, is here trying to
get the State authOrdies to take some ac
tion on the subject.NThe sheriff of Over
ton has an armed posse of fifty citizens,
who await further demonstrations of the
K. K. K.
San Francisco Item!
CBI Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
Sax FnANcisco, January 11.—The Board
of Underwriters and Chamber of\Com
merce have adopted 'a memorial to\the
Light House Board at Washington, asking
immediate action toward locating light
house and fog signals on Points New Year,
Reyes, Arenas and Pigeon Point. The me
morial shows that within the radius which
would be illuminated by the erection of a
light house either at Pigeon Point.or Point
New Year nine vessels were wrecked and a
million and a quarter dollars worth of prop
erty destroyed last year, and tfty-One lives
are known to have been'iost. During the
same period twelve vessels went ashore at
Points Arenas and Reyes, involving a loss
of over eight hundred and five thousand
dollars.
The Captain of the ship Clarissa reports
sounding for eight hours on ft shoal extend
ing fifteen miles east and west, and in a
west and north course from Point Reyes;
distance not given.
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
—United States Treastirer Spinner con
tinues very ill.• •
—A hail storm prevailed in Philadelphia
yesterday morning,
—Three inches of snow covered the ground
at Cincinnati yesterday.
—Ai contest for prizes with velocipedes
took place at Pike's Hall, Cincinnati, last
evening.
-4here were two fires in Cincinnati on
Sunday, resulting In a damage of five thou
sand dollars.
—An iron safe in a grocery in Cincinnati
was blown open Sunday morning and
robbed of $3OO.
—A six feet run of superior coal has been
discovered - on the line of the Denver and
Pacific Railroad.
—A hog drover was robbed of seven hun
dred dollars by a courtesan in Cincinnati on
Sun ay morning.
bales' of silk worth 510,000 were.
stolen from a Bremen steamship at Hobo
ken on Saturday.
—±swelve States will be represented in
the Convention of colored Men at Washing
ton City to-morrow.
• —Arrangements are making for the in
auguration of Gen. Grant as President in
the new Capital building. •
—Sunday night burglars entered a store
in Cincinnati and escaped with four hun
dred dollars' worth of goods.
-Tho county court house at Aymer, Can•
ada, was burned yesterday morning. The
papers and records were saved.
—Wm. Prettyman has been arrested on
suspicion of having murdered two young
men in Philadelphia, on election night.
—The argument upon the motion for a
new trial in the Twitehell4llll homicide
case, 4 Philadelphia, was heard yesterday.
—The stave factory of Regue, Harris dr
Co., at Antwerp, Ohio, was totally destroyed
by fire Sunday night. Loss p t ooo. No in
surance.
—The Controller of St. Paul, Minn., is
impeached for refusing to countersign city
bonds for the Superior Railroad on techni
cal grounds.
—At Hartford, Conn., on Saturday night
last, General Kilpatrick was presented with
two thousand dollars' worth of silver Ware
by s'Adiers.
—The interest on the debt of the Hanni
bal and St. Joseph Railway hal :;been paid,
also the $16,400 taxes due the State of. Mis
souri. The road is properous.
L-The trail from Richmond on Satnrday,
was robbed of a package while being taken
from the Potomac boat. Most of what wait
stolen, however, will prove unavailable. !,
—Trouble between white and negro sol
diers at Fort Earned has occurredaind con
flicts had become so frequent and so serious
that the negroes had to be removed from
the post and quartered at a l distance from it.
—The loss of the brig A. R. Dunlap, from
BOston, with thirteen lives, -is fully con
firmed. Portions of the wreck and one
body, recognized as Miss Talbott, have
floated ashore in Prospect bay, thirty miles
from Halifax,
—A dispatch from Denver, Col., reports
that two men, named Cisco and I3oarnhees,
were killed by Indians on the Smoky Hill
route on Friday. James AlcCabe was shot
and killed by one Cook, at Echo City, on
Sunday night. Cook Isoaped.
—Current rumors sa • Father McMullen,
of Chicago, who went o Rome two months
ago to complain agains Bishop Juggar, has
an order from the Pro. • ganda, citing the
Bishop to appear before the Council, and
show cause why he re .toved Fathers Mc-
Mullen, Roles and Mc - overn.
THE COURTS.
District Court—Judge Kirkpatrick.
The District Court opened at the usual
hour yesterday morning, Judge Kirkpa
trick on the bench.
The case of Jno. B. Gibson vs. Ardesco
Oil Company was taken up. This was an
action to recover damages alleged to have
been sustained by defendant, by an explo.
sion which occurred at the refinery of the
companyin 1866. The plaintiff was au em
ployee of the company, and while at work
one of the from some cause,expiocied,
and the fire resulting caused the explosion
of a second' still. The plaintiff was seriously
burned about the body and hands, and his
eyesight was greatly impaired. The case
was .tried at a previous term, but upon rea
sons urged by defendant's counsel a new
trial was granted. The case not yet been
concluded:
The following is the trial list for to=day:
118. O'Leary vs. Green.
119. N. A. Oil and Mining Co. vs. Ar
deseo Oil Co.
120. Neville vs. D. M. Edgeton. .
121. O'Hara vs. Pa. E. R. Co.
131. Hagerman, for use, vs. C. Schoad.
135. Brookville Bank vs. Baum.
176. Same vs. Heithrone.
49. Cochran heirs vs. Auld.-
Quarter Sessions—P.efore Judge Mellon.
•
Court met at the usual hour yesterday
morning, judge Mellon on the bench.
ASSAULT AND BATTERY..
James E. Patterson, indicted for assault
and batterV, Wm. McLaughlin prosecutor,
was placed on trial. The jury returned a
verdict of not guilty and directed the pros
ecutor to pay the costsi
O'NEIL RIOT.
The case of the Commonwealth vs. Bap
tiste Dotte, Bernard Hoffman ' Peter ', Grant
and Henry. Kramer, indicted for riot; John
O'Neil prosecutor, was next taken -
The defendants were charged with'partici
pation in the O'Neil coal riot, the facts of
which have been previously published.
The case was on trial when Court ad
journed. •
I , ZOT GUILTY
In the case of William Ormsby, indicted
for perjury, William Gilmore prosecutor,
tried on Friday, the jury returned a verdict
of not guilty yesterday, and directed the
defendant to pay the costs.
LIST FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1869
Corn. vs. Wm. J. Robinson.
Corn. vs. Bernard Haney.
Corn. vs. John Ryland.
Cohn. vs. Robert Foster.
Com. vs. William Morgan.
Com. vs. John Hoover.
Com. ys. C. Durning tt Co.
Corn. vs. Riley Jackson;
Com. vs. Rachel Kinney.
Com. vs. Mary Johnsou.
Com. vs. Daniel Hobaugh, two cases.
Corn. vs. Robert Holmes.
Corn. vs. Bernard McGuire.
Corn. vs. Rudolph and Ellen Prysi.
LIST FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13.
Corn. vs. George Forsythe.
Com. vs. Ernest Dengal.
Cora. vs. A. A. McGinnis, two cased.
Corn. vs. Daniel Williams.
Corn. vs. John A. Kohrson.
Com. vs. Solomon . R 'Spradling.
Corn. vs. Robert Campbell et al.
Corn. vs. Ann Campbell.
Com. vs. Frank Foner.
Com. vs. Patrick Rogan.
Court of Common Pleas—Judge Stowe.
Court opened at ten o'clock yesterday
morning, Judge Stowe on the bench.
The jury in the case of Bongers - and wife
vs. Emmerling having been out since S it
urday came into Court .and asked to be dis
charged, stating they bad not, nor %rust
there a probability of them agreeing. It
appears they stood seven for the . plaintiffs
and five for the defendant. They were
discharged.
The first case taken up was that of John
Bell vs. M. Johns. This was an appeal
from a judgment given by an alderman.
The jury found for the plaintiff in the shin
of Z 62 29. ck
Charles F. Peak vs. Woods do Co. This
was an action to recrver amount alleged to
he due for binding Business Almanac for
1867. The jury found for
.plaintiff in the
sum of $244 35.
•
The People's Brick Machine Company vs.
Samuel Riddle, John B. Livingston and
John W. Barker, These were three suits
brought to recover amounts of subscrip
tions to the capital stock of the company.
On trial.
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TRIAL LIST FOR TO-DAY:
193. Frishcorn vs. Donning. •
126. °snipe vs. Johnson.
199. Vernon dr, Son vs. Sullivan.
203. Appel vs. Haigh. L
207. Michel vs. Rosenbach. A
213. Cove City Coal Co t , vs. Silverman
dz, Co.
217. Kennedy et al. vs. Dltbridge.
230. Lambert vs. McMasters.
2W. Lauer vs. Arbogart & Co.
61. White et al. vs. Kearns et al.- ,
Markets by Telegraph.
NEW ORLEANS, January 11.—Cotton has
declined %o; middlings at 26%c; salds
-2,700 bales; receipts since Saturday--8,566
bales; exports-3,853 bales. Gold at 1853 a
135%. Sterling 'at" 147. Commercial at
146qa146X. Now York discount at Ma%
pen cent. discount, - Sugar easier, with
sales common at 9y( t alo, priMe at 12;4a12X,
and yellow clarified' at 'Wane..Molasses
declined 2c, with sales common at 580,•and
choice at 7 0a72c.Coffee unchanged. Flour
weaker, with sales super at $7,40; double
extra at $7,60; treble• extra at $B. Corn
quiet, with sales white at 7714a780, and yel
low at 85c. Oats drooping at 05c. Bran dull
at 11,30. Hay ull, with sales prime at
$24,50a25. Pork active' at $30,75.- 'Bacon
, t
scarce, with sale shoulders at - 143‘c; clear
rib at 18%c, and-clear sides at ',19%c. New
Sugar Cured Hams at 21a21, 1 4c. Lard firm,
with sales tierce at 20c, and keg at 21c.
CHICAGO, January 11—Evening.—At the
open board this afternoon the grain mar
kets were ver3k,quiet and priaes a shade
easier; sales of r .No. 2 'at $1,14a1,141; cash.
and seller, the month. At the Sherman
House board to-night there was nothing
. done; the market closing at $1,14. There
is scarcely anything doingin Hay. Pro
duce: prioes easier. Mess ,Pork offered at
$29, and Lard at 19e cash, s ith sales, 0f.200
bbla mess at $29,25. Sales of 11,000 _ ` lbs
short rib middles at 143 o, and 50 his d , ).
at 15%c on spot. -
ilnrFALcyJan. 11.—Flour dull.. WLeat
nominally unchayged. Corn dull; sales 4
car lots new at 80c on traek; 1 car at 81h in
store. Oats dull; sales 850 bn at 55einstore.
Rye nominal at $1,40. Barley held firni at
$2. Pork, lard and dressed hogs dim and
unchanged. Highwines firmer; sales 70
bbls at 96c. ' -
ALBANY. January 11.—The supply of
cattle is liberal, with a light demand, and
prices -dropped off y, i ; sales 8,000 head at
7aB for , ligbt, 8Ma91.4, for good to prime fat,
and 10 for extra tine. Sheep plenty and
somewhat neglected at, 5a6;.i. Dressed
hogs 133014 N.
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NAsuvri•m-i, January 11.—Cotton market
steady, low middles 27c,•g00d ordinary
262,4 c,
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