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VOLUME LXXXTV.
MST
ICAVE-1,17E- O'CLOCIis M
HARRISBURG.
Proceedings o the Legislature—
t .
• Bill or Con ,ention to-Amend
Slat Consiitution—Resolu7
do on Suffrage—Frandulezit
.
Nat r a lizationi—Arrest of Lb+
sen Senators Authorized
.
The Franking Privilege
Death Warrant Signed by the
Governor. • : : 1
• - (By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette
HARRISBURG, Jarlatil l y 28. 1869. 1
• SENATE.
. PETITIONS.
-+
Mr. GRAHAM presented` . a petition
from property owners- of Ohio township,
Allegheny county, fora new. road law.
Mr. KERR, a Petition from New Wil
mington for a prohibitory liquor law for
Laivrence township, Butler county.
PASSED FINALLY.
The joint resolution relative to the
Civil COde Commissioners, requiring
them to report at each session till 1871,
with bills on each subject, passed final/y e
• The bill authorizing the Scliciol Diree-.
tors of the South ward, Meadville, to
borrow money, passed finally.
Inm e s INTRODUCED..
By Mr. KERR : Extending the limits•
of Butler borough:
By Mr. WHITE; Providing for call. ing a convention to submit amendments
to the State Constitution.., •--
By Mr. GRAHAM : Incorporating the
• Masonic Deposit Savings Bank; relating
to roads in Ohio township.
. . NEGRO SUFFRAGE.
By Mr. SEARIGHT-: Joint Resolution
requiring Congressmen to Vote against
the proposition for negro suffrage. :
FRAUDULENT, NATURALIZATION.
Bylltr. pun ERREPT : A bill preventin
andpunishing the issue and -procure
g
ment of-fraudulent naturalization cer
. titicates, ...tohich declares persons guilty
of perjury who falsely:swear, declare or,
! affirm. and the certificate obtained there-
I oft null and Void, and theemirts, On con
viction, shall recall and cancel the same;
judges of.prothonotaries issuing blanks,
or fraudulent certificates entity of mis
demeanor, to be -punished, by ini
t. prisonment,in' this penitentiary:for two.
I years mai a fine of %O thousand slollars3.
~: i tp.REST OF , ABSENTRES. .;
'
i . 'By Mr.. WHITE : .I,estilution repeal
.: ing the thirty:third rule, Mid empowtir
-1 ffig arree, of absentees when a quorum
.. is wanted, and public reproval by the
.. Speaker._ Adopted. ' '. , r. •--
HOUSE... •
BILLS INTRODUCED._
By M. IMSON : -- incorporutlng the
Allegheny GOld Mining Company; au
thorizing the Peoples Savings Bank to in
crease their capital stock to three hun
dred thaneand dollars; extending the
charter of lithe Bank of Pittsburgh.
By Mr. ROGERS, (plane.) 44- prevent
ing adulteration of drugs, and-,author
izink the• appointment of a State inspect
or of drugs. • - • .
By Mr. , KLECKN. g, of .Philadelphta:_
Protecting stoekhcildeors in close corpora-.
Lions.
By Mr. ADMIRE, of Philadelphia:
Providing for final adjournment on the
• tenth. of MaMlij alifo v Proposing -a'con
stitutlonal amendment giving the House
three hundred members, and prohibit
ing the passage of bins conferring corpo..
rate powers on private individuals.
By Mr. , BURRITT, of Stisquehanrui:
Joint radii - Julio!" urging` the general gov
ernment to establish postal telegraph.
,• By Mr. DUNCAN, of Venango: Incor
porating the Charlie and Shaffer Tubing
and In% Company : air, the Holiday j
Bun Tubing Company •
By Mr. PAINTER, a Lycoming:
ing Pennsylvania Congressmen to have
an act passed connecting the Pacific Rail
road with some road in Pennsylvania.
-nd.A•stnnvo PitIyILEGE.
By Mr. DAVIS, of Philadelphia: Joint
resolution to preent•abutioof the &epic-
Mg privilege, pEoVidiiig thaeri6 package'
• shall be sent under frank costing over
five cetitc-except departmental reportet
- Mr. WILSON, tif Allegheny; moved to
amend by providing that no member be
permitted to use his frank for other per
sons. ;.:•• ;iT `. •
Mr. REA, of Erle;moieili its referentha
to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Agreed to, but subsequently was re
considered, on motion of Mr. CLARK,
of Warren, and on motion of -Mr. , REA,
it was made the special order for to
morrow.
. .
GOVER-NMENT TELEGRAPH. , •
The House then considered the joint
resolution opposing the general govern.
• ..meat controlling telegraph operations.
Mr. - PLA.YFORD, of Fayette, moved
an amendment, :again& the passage by
• Congress of any bilge for the construe
' tion of railways in any State without the
consent thereof. ,Adopttid.
Mr. BURRITTi, 4:)1 'Susquehanna, op
posed the whole bill andilltvored thepera
, tal telegraph. 3. , , •
• Pending discussion, adjounisd;
e DEATH IVARRA'NT : SIGNED;
_
11Altuisnono, January, zo,Thia uov
ernor has signed' 'the death' ivatrant for
the execution of. Crerald Eaton, on the
25th ofFetirhaiy, for the inurdiff of Tina
othy Heenan.
: Mkt
'soars Legislature—The Contested
Elections.
LBy Tetearsaa to the ittleboritt Gazette.]
sr. ;tins, lall'aiirr.l ; l:s3oll/12: the lower.
house of the Legislature to-dity the Com
mittee on Elections' reported hawing re- •
ceived a co mmunication ,from the Secre
tary of. State, showing• his reason for I
throwing ont-the returns of certain coun—
ties
tion a leg to,be, that according to the Constitu
al election is based upon legal
registrituon, and. he had refused, to open
the returns from said counties because of
a wanton disregard and violation of the
reOuration law, which .he contends is
linply.o-oven .7by the documents sub
vitted: - The returns from Platte tzxtunty
fused to open because the abstract
thb County Clerk showed more votes
tolled•than there were regularly re is- I
• ared voters in the., county., The testi-
Aptly iv to be printed. •
11111101 FORTIETH CONGRESS.
. A [THIRD sEsbioN. ]
• _.......__
SENATE: Protest Against In
creased l'arilf on Refined Su
gar—Constitutional Amend
ment Concerning Suffrage
Taken Up and Discussed.
HOUSE : Army Appropriation
Bill—Georgia Representation
Referred to Reconstruction
Committee—The Pension Bill
Laid Over — Unsuccessful' Ef
fort to Get Up the Tariff Bill
—The Indian Appropriation--
Evening Session.
I By , Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
WASHINGTON, January 28, 1869.
SENATE.
.
The PRESIDENT presented the cre
dentials of Senator Scott, of Penn'a,
Mr. TRUMBULL presented a remon
strance of the wholesale grocers of Chi
cago against any increase of duty on re
fined sugar. Referred to Committee on
Prnance.
Mr. ANTHONY, from the Committee
on Nfival Aftlairs, reported a bill for the
relief of Captain Charles Hunter, United
States Navy, which was passed.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, from the
Committee on Naval Affitirs, reported, a
bill in relation to the appointment of
midshipmen in the navy from lately re
constructed States, which passed.
Mr. WILSON Introduced a bill to fur
nish supplies for the Indian bureau. Re
ferred to the Committee on Indian Af
fairs. ,
Mr. RICE Introduced a bill to provide
for the construction of lines of telegraph
between New York nod Boston and Bil
timore and Washington, under the di
rection of the Postofficas Department.
Referred to Committee on Postoffices.
Mr. MORRILL, from the Committee on
Agriculture, reported favorably the reso
lution proposing the appointment of a
Committee of five on Education. The re
solution was adopted. ,
takr. MORTON renewed tin to
e up the House bill for his
the m r o el o ief of
McGarraban, which, after, discussion,
was carried-27 against 18.
Mr. MORTON then _moved to ' send a
message to the House for the papers con
nected with this case. Carried.
The spebial Order, the Cotuatitutional
amendment;then came' up.
The amendment, as originalit- intro
duced by Mr. Henderson, is in these
words :
"•ARTICLE 15. No State shl deny
or abridge the right of its al citizens
to vote or hold office on account of race,
color or previous condition. '
"Ste. 2. Congress shall have power co,
enforce the provisions ottliii Act. t ,
The Judiciar repod as
a substitute for t these first ction the fol
.
lowing :
tale right citizens -of the UnAod 4
I states to vote and hold office Will not
denied or abridged by the United States
or any State on account of race; color or.
previous condition of servitude."
Mr. STEWARToffered an amendment
to the second section, which was adopted,
oonforminitto the language of the thir
teenth article, that Congress shall have
1 power to enforce this article by appro.
I plate legislation.
Mr. STEV?A RT then made a brief
special] in advocacy tf the proposed
amendment as reported from the Com
mittee. ,
`""The substitute for the first section by
'the Committee was then adopted. -
Mr. BUCKA.LEVir moved to add the
following as an additional section:
The second ,elause of the lint notion
of article twentieth orthe Constitution
1 of the United States shall be amended so
I as to read as follciyvs:;.i!Eackstitte shall
appoint, by a vote of the -people thereof'
qualified to vote for Representatives in
Congress, a nuMber of electora equal to
the .whole number of Senators'and-ep
resentatives to which the State may be
entitled - in the Congress, but nq Senator
or Representative, or person . holding an
office Of-trust or profit under the United
States, "shall be appointed an elector, and
the Congress shall have p twer to pre
scribe the manner in 'Which mach efectors
shall bechosen by the people." '
He said that the amendment proposed
to make two changes: first to require the
electors-to be chosen by th in
stead of leaving it to the Legislatures'
,of the States to direct how they shall be
chosen'"" - and second, to authorize Con
loess to prescribe the 'mode of their se-
Action by the people.' •e' ~.,- -'. i:
Aft-et-considerable dismission, 'during
which the amendment was generally'
commended, though the opinion was ex
pressed it should be treated seParatel.V.s
Mr. Buckrlew withdrew his amend
ment, and afterwards Introduced it as a
joint resolution, whieh Wee.relerred-2'
Mr. WILLIAMS offered 'a
substitute
for the report of the Cotninittee, but the
Chair declared it out 'Of otter. ' ' '
Mr. DAVIS offered an amendment
proposing that all constitutional, amend
ments should be submitted for Fratitica
tion directlyto ; the people. „-
- Thetadka r /
party, he said; professed tiibeverYdern'
ocratic, and therefore they ought to vote'
for this most :'democratic'proposition;
but he- knew., they would , not,,because
they knew. that if they did, their pur
poses and proJecte, negrd - sUffrage 'arid
all, would, be overwhelmingly defeated.
Mr. STEWART anggested that ,to lan %
mit the amendbient to the' direct"ote 61'
, the people would be to violate the
_•, ,
' atitutlon. -i.,., -
Mr: DAVES-WelT,l#OPOietd,dnige
the Constitution. t .,- . •
Mr. WILSON said the 'Settatoi , ' frdirt
Kentucky and everybody else knew that
e struggle for equal" rights', for :au;
classes had always' been ntipopnlar,-add
.had been waged against great vested in
terests anti agatnet prejtidhiNthit *emits
of generations of wrong and ,oppression.
He had no doubt that the'negroluffrage
triestion had cost.theatwhilgansiutya.
quarter.of:L million: of vote.%
,but,: no
matter how' unpopnlat thh greet strtiggle '
might be, no matter whether it brgusia4
victory or defeat, no matter how muell'ft
hostt, p-iat
r wa s toprdnstsy io anndnhtie put
rspou od
have made the humblest 'citizen of the ,
United States •equal in the rights and
privileges of citizenship with every other.
Until that should be done, the nation
would be in a position at 'once illogical,
indefensible and diahonorable.
'Mr. HENDRICKS said Ida views in re
gard to the wisdom of extending the
right of suffrage to colored people were
unchanged, and he did not think the re
sult-of the experiment In the States re.
construeted upon that plan was very en-
PITTSBURGH, FRLDA
;'''"woomosoassaisom
couragiug to its advocates. But' the 1 Committee, so [the reconstructed States
question he proposed to discuss now, ! ma •he represented on that Commit
was that of the proper submission to - the' - wh eh was referred. ' tee,
States of the proposed constitutional I% r. BOUTWELL stated that he pro
amendment. The Republican party hadpo4ed to-rnorrdw to move the previous
carefully avoided making equal sntfrage I question on the constitutional amend
an issue in the fall electioes, and had, in- ment. Re also' proposed that to-morrow
deed, expressly disavowed it in the Chi- the speeches tal limited to thirty min
,
cago platform, in which, after assert- utes each.
ing that the guarantee by Congress of Mr. ELDRIDc4E objected.
equal suffrage to all loyal men at the Mr. SHANKS i offered an amendment
South was demanded. by" every consider- to the proposed, constitutional emend
ation of public safety, of gratitude and ment, which was ordered printed.
of justice, and must be maintained, they. Mr. STARICWEATHER offered a res
had added, "while the question of suf.._ olution calling for Information as to the
frage In the loyal States belongs to the. destruction of
Commercial *vessels by
people of those States." Yet now they Confederate privateers during the war,
proposed, in violation •of that Platform, which was adopted.
And of the pledge Implied in it, to sub- Mr. LAWRENCE, of Ohio, from the
mit this constitutional amendment to Select Committee on New York Election
Legislatures
presented, 'such' in' no Pro Per the arrest of . Henry Johnson, who h en
,plc
representing the will of the peo- sed to appear before the Committee when
,ple in regard to it. The party that could summoned. b'
e guilty of such a trick and 'fraud was Mr. BROOKS !suggested the Conamit
mwerthy of the su !suggested or respect of tee abould also investigate the frauds in
honest men., ' : . . the late election o r in New York.
Mr. STEWART. in reply, said the Re- There being it quorumquor present, a Tote
publican party would submit the amend- was not taken o the resolution, and the
ment for ratification in the mode prori- • Howie, at lE minutes to 5 o'clock, took a
ded by the Constitution, the • mode in recess,
which the preceding fourteenth amend
ment had been submitted and ratified, -
EVENIINO SESSION.
The House re,sumed session at half
past seven, the Speaker in the chair.
and evenif it were the. desire to submit
it to the people in a more direct way, it Mr. BECK opened the debate in a
.conld not be done, because the Constitu- I speech against the proposed constitu
tion did not point out lany such way, tonal amendment and bill in relation to
The clause of the Chicago platform, cited suffrage, reported by Mr. Boutwell, from
by the Senator from Indiana, meant that Judiciary Committee, contending t he
vote
people Of the loyal States were to exclusive control of the States over the
vote through their repre4entatives in the qiiestion of suffrage, the bill proposing,
Legislature upon the question of suffrage. however, to take control of suffrage
pact could not have meant that they
should vote , upon it directly, because from the States.
Mr. BURR followed in opposition to
there was no constitutional way of doing both the proposed amendments and bill
so. The Chicago platform did not under-
take to drnend or override the Constitn- Adjourned.
tion.
Mr. DAVIS withdrew his amendment..
Mr. HENDERSON at this point report
ed, from the Committee on Indian Af
fairs, the House bill torestore the Indian
Bureau to the War Department, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute,
creating a Department of Indian Affairs.
Mr. DIXON rose to continue the dis
cussion on the 'constitutional amend•
went, but gave way fcr an Executive
Session.
joarnThe Senate some time afterwards ad
Senate
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. BLAINE, from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported the Army ap-
PrOpriation bill, 'which_ was referred to
the Committee of the Whole and made
the special order for Monday ;next, after
the morning hour. It appropriates 1,43,-
199,000. •
Mr. PAINE, from the Committee on
Reconstruction, xeported:the following
resolution:
Whereas,.: Itla provlde4 by the 'Ream- -
struction act, passed March 2d, 1868, that
'until the people of the late rebellious
States shall be by law admitted to repre
sentation in Congress, any civil govern
ment that may ;exist therein shall be
deemed previsional only, and - that. no
Verahns shall.We eligible - to office in - such
provisional •governments wbo are nut
e tt alified - for-ollice-by-4he • Fourteenth
Amendment of the ;Constitution • of thsr
United States; and whereas, it is reported'
that, the Liesiatire.cik Georgia has ex
pelled coloked wea whitesreel and ad
mitted to their seat men who re
ceived minorities of votes at the politi,
and that members of said Legislature
who had been, elected thereto by votes of
colored men joined= in inch action,)ind,
that twenty-seven alfqpalitlimlwhite-ratin
hold seats In said Legislature in Viola
tion of the Fourteenth Amendment and
the 'Reconstruction Acts of Congress;
and whereas. Senators from Georgia have
not been admitted ,to ;the Senate of the
United States; therefore,
.111esolved, That the Committee on Re
construction kke.ordered? to inquire and
report whether any, and" if any, whet
further action ought to be takett during
the Fortieth Congress respecting the rep
resentation of Georgia In the IloUse.
The previous question .was seconded
and the resolution adopted=yeas 127,
nax a 33.
..- ,
Mi. CHANLER moved to lay the pre
amble on the table. .Disagreed to. ..,,
The preamble was' hen adopted.
Mr. up DAWES, Chairn of the Elec-
Aloe Committee, calledat one o'clock
the report of the Ccinamittee in the Con
tested election case of Christy and Wim
pey, from 'the Sixth • Congressional Dis
trict of Georgia. The report ends with
a resolution -that J. IL.Christy, having
voluntarily given aid and countenance,
counsel and encouragenient to persons
' engazed JO grimed hostility to the United.
States, is not entitled to hold a seat as a
Representative, and that John A. Wicn
lay, not having received a majority of
the votes eaSt, is not entitled to the seat.
mr. DA.WES suggested that after the
vote to-day, referring to the Reconstruc
tion Committee ~,the question ;whether
Georgia should be 'represented in .the
House, he did not know but what this
subject should be also referred to that
Committee. , . .
..,,,
Considerable discussion took place on
Mr. PAINE moved the posipimenierii
of the resolution till the, third Tuesday
in February.
The House then took ntr,-iti the orn-'
ing hour, the bill relating to Pensions,
before the House yesterday. • 1
.Idr.
with ins NTBLACHmOvedito rep torscO
ortmninback the
bill, tructions
with the second - section stricken out,
; and all that portion of the first section
ifriqkenout lo t to the.yridow tieing a non
resident "of the United - States: ' ' -
Mr...PERHAM spoke in advocacy of
`the bill; Which; at-the expiration of the
,morning hour, went over till Tuesday
;twit,
..f . , "1 '..: . . - ' . .4 i 1) .1 ... ...7..
Thq House then went into Committee
of the Whet% lir. itintientlrin-ths-Chair.'
, ' On motiou-of ate, -; BUTLHELOf 'Mans
chnsetts, the Legislative bill was laid
(Wide on account of the sickqese of the
Chairman of the Committee on Appro
priations, (Mr. Washburn,of Illinois.)
.:The next bill onthe,calendar,being.the
:Indian Appropr!Mfoh4 bill; ' Mi.' WAY=
`NA:RD moved to lay it aside, in order to
take np the Tariff. bill.
•
M. 11113011 HEAi3'hupported the' mo;
Mon, and some discussion took place, the
Tariff men favoring the motion.
The motion was rejeetetl-48 to 78, and
the-Committee proceeded to the conside
ration of the Indian Appropriation bill,
Mr. Wilson, of •lowa, in Abe . Chair.
The total sum appropriated by the_ bill is
$3,132,280, being 151,021,822 lose than the
amount appropriated led year. '-
' After considerable discussion about the
general Indian system, -the Committee
rose without disposing of the bill.
Mr. ROOT offered a resolution , to add
two members to the Pacific Railroad-
JANUARY 29, 1869
NEW
:By Telegraph to thel Pittsburgh Gazette.]
NEW YORE, January 28, 1809.
The Chamber of Commerce to-day
adopted the following : "Resolved, That
a Committee of five be appointed by the
Chair to prepare for the consideration of
the Chamber, at , its next regular meet
ing, a memorial on the resumption of
specie payments, with the following in
instructions : Fir l st—The public debt
shall be paid in coin ; Second—There
shall be no further issue of paper money:
Third—There shall be a' contraction of
the legal tenders td the amount of 110,000,-
000 per annum till Specie payments are re
resumed;Ol contracts must be
d; Fifth—Forbid all secret sales of
geverninent gold and bonds; Sixth—
Make Re point to loan money of legal
tenders or National bast [ notes; Seventh
-Grant no moreubsidiea; Elghth—Se
-care an equitable distributiop of the tut-,
do al currency and economy in collec
tion; Ninth—Apply 1140,000,000 annually
of the gold received for customs to the
_payment of into and.the reduction of
f_tto national,debv , , . -
, The at op )teitiy o the 'Woman Clearwa-
I ter, given ilac well's Island before
1 the Qu'oner's Jury, is as follows: On
I the night before the murder of Rogers
1
James Logan mint the whole night with
her ‘ leaving , tier at seven .o'clOck next
morning: this was the morning Rogers
was murdered, the event having, occur
red at half-past six. She further testified
that Logan came back that evening and
' staid all night; he then had a different
overcoat from that he wore in the morn-.
lug: she asked him Where his other Over
coat was, he replying ad he had changed it'
because the other hbeen 'torn In a row
with the police; she Was shoWn remnahts
of the coat, which were in the possession,
of the Coroner, bat said it was not Lo
gan's coat, and she never saw it before.
This puts the case into still deeper mys
tery, and the police are again bellied.
" A Cana was robbed of fourteen
thousand dollsrs last night in a Broad
way gambling saloon:
d: J. Therriott, a clerk in theexportbu
reau of the (Antalouse was arrested
. and brought before United States Com
missioner Osborn today, charged with
complicity in forging papers to obtain
drawbacks on, goods falsely elaiined to
hafe been exported after having paid
duties as imports. Held II:LC - 4000 bail.
Thomas.S.
11l Leis,
hateslsh,siding lately in Illineis, been arrest
ed, charged with ob sluing money by
false pretenses on a og
Inane fastener. ins patent for a
A joint.committee f the Legislature
has been appointed t -inquire whether
any money has, bee drawn from the
Treasury, except by appropriations made
bylaw,. and whethe ' any money has
:
been drawn by Execu ve warrants with
! out authority of law.
A joint committee 1 as' been appoint
, ed 'to visit 'those sections of the State
i where it is reported [lawless men are
roving about and threatening the lives
,of both whites end blaiiiks, and otherwise
disturbing the tratillity of the com
munity. If the CO7lllll ttee find the re
,.ports true, they are instructed to• report
why civil authority 'is not exercised to
anpprel3s theaame:
• ' The Speaker of the 'Hse IS in favor of
appointing a special Committee to Visit
Waahington to consult with Congress on
ttmstatus of the State. I The Committee ,
spoken of consists of Herschel V. John• '
sun, Alex. H. Stevens, iMd other_distin-,
guished Georgians. I• ' .
The State . Workingmen's Convention
agreed to present to, the Legislature bill&
.making it lawful for all trades unions, to
meet peaceably and establish necessary
'by-laws for their own government; pro
viding for the abialition of the prison
contractsystem.; providing that no State
Work shall be done unless in accordance
with the eight hour law; I and providing
for apprentiPeship system. The Conven
- tion•also recommends to all labor unions,
of the State to join the national union.
The electin. of officers takes place to
morrow.'.'. ' - . '
r Legislature.
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„ (By Telegraph iti the Pittsburgh ()suite.) .
, e , ATLANTA, January 274-Iti the Senate
a resolution to tarnish protection to per-,
sons driven from their homes on account
of politics wait tabled. - • .
in the House a resolution to investi
gate the charges of lawlessness in Warren
and other counties was rejected—eighty
four to forty-nine. X.res lutiou to ap
point a committee to pro eed to Nast
ington and confer'with e ngress, with a
view to reseating •of negrs in the Leg
ishiture, was referred. •
It is reported that the Constitutional
ce,
Convention of. Georgia will soon re-as
semble. Lis also reported the Legisla
ture will permit , Conamissioners to go to
Washington, in connoctio. with the re
construction measures of i ongress.
(13T Telegraph to the Pfttsburgh Gazette.?
Wasurrio rox, , January 28, 1868.
1., GOLD REARING BONDS.
L.E. Chittenden, formerly Register of
the Treasury, now a broker in New
York, appeared this morning before the
Committee of Ways and Means and sub
mitted an argument in favor of the re
moval of the existing prohibition 'of :hi
ther issue of gold bearing bonds. It is
understood the Committee favor the re,-
moval of such prohibition.
VIRGINIA RECONSTRUCTION.
C. H. W'hittlesey concluded his argu
ment this morning before the Recon
struction Committee against the removal
of disabilities from judicial and other of
ficers in Virginia, and against the plan
of the Committee of Nine . . Col. Bald
win spoke briefly in defence of the Vir
ginia Legislature of 1866. He said the
labor measures were adopted idler con
sultation with the principal officers of
the Freedmen's Bureau, and the vagran
cy law was copied from that of Pennsyl
vania. John H. Verret, a negro, 'from
Lynchburg, addressed the Committee in
opposition to the Committee of Nine.
This closes the argument, and the Chair-.
man announced the Committee would
hear no more verbal statements in rela
tion to the removal of political disabili
ties. All future applications and argu
ments must be In writing.
ARMY APPROPRIATION.
The army appropriation bill contains
the item of one million dollars for repair
and Improvement of the Armory at Rock
Island, Illinois, one-half of which amount
is to be devoted to the construction of a
bridge connecting Rock Island with the
cities of Rock Island and Davenport.
The total appropriation is ten millions
greater than last year.
SENATE EXECUTIVE ,SESSION.
The Senate Went into Executive Ses
sion this afternoon. The calendar was
called, but nominations were severally,
passed over. There were none on the list
that the Senate believed required imme
diate action, Messrs. Smith and Cum.
wings included.
ORK CITY.
cusToAts.
The receipta,of customs from January
18th to the 23d, inclueiya,were $3,450,137.
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Capture of -an English Schooner With
Cuban Insurrectionists on 1302id--113,-
surgeuts Claiming the Benefit of the
Amnesty—Places ofArausententClosed.
113.1 TelestaPh to the rittsb . argra tissetto.l
HaxescrA; Yanita-ry
,Rpardsh
man-of-wati After a sharp
chase, captured -near • Romano Rey -an
-English schooner hailing from Nassau.
Twenty-two native Cubans were, found
on board on their way to join the-insur
gents in Cuba. It- is 'reported that dur
ing the chase the men on the schooner,
seeing capture was inevitable, threw
overboard a quantity of arms and animu
,
`Spanish accounts continue to represent
that the insurgents in the department, in
large numbers, are presenting themselves
to the authorities and claiming the bene
fits of the amnesty proclamation.
The wrecking schooner, Arrieta , seized
on suspicion, has, after , investigation,.
been released, there being no evidence
that she we's 'engaged In carrying sup
,
plies to the'rebels. The charges against
Capt. Adams, of the steamer Iduro Castle,
for carrying passengers , without pass
ports, have been dismissed: =e•
Since the. recent diSturbances in the
city the theatres and all-other places of
public aintisementlfave been Closed. -
Sugar- market;_ business reviving, -but
grades suitable for export are scarce.
Pawnbroker Arrested for Receiving Sto
,len Goods—The Kellogg Concert.
[By Telegraph to the rlttsburgh Gazette.) ,
Citticaeio, January 28.—Robt. M. Free
man, a pawnbroker, was arrested to-day
for receiving stolen goods. Oh the 14th
of December Carson, Pierce & Co.'s store
was robbed of $5,000 worth of silks, for
the recovery of which $l,OOO reward was
offered. A. few days since an agent of
the thieves, who were, boys of seventeen
years, Sto . obtain the reward followed
home the thieves, frOm whom it, was.
learned that the silke, bad been bought
by Freemanlor ninety-five dollars. One
of the boys has been arrested and is ex
pected to turn State's evidence. Free
man is held for trial in $3;000 bail.
The result of the sale of tickets for the
Kellogg concerts to-day is almost unpre
cedented in America. The line began to
form at four o'clock this morning and
until six o'clock, - when, the box office had
to be closed. The day's sates realized,
$5,500. It is expected the rush will be.as
great to-morrow. •
Millard Match at Montreal.
Illy Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
MoNvEA'An, January 28.--The great
billiard match between Joseph Dion, of
Montreal, and Melvin Foster, of New
York, for barre d ,
a side, 1,200 points; push
shot barred, commenced this evening In
Mechanics Hall, Foster leading. At 9:15
the score stood,Dion 178, Foster 46. , When
Dion was at 113 a dispute arose regard
ing the balls being jawed, and:he refused
to play unless under protest. A dia
gram was made showing the ImsitiOn of
the •balls and signed by the
..referee and
um pire,alloWing Phelan, of New York, to
make a decision, when Dion proceeded
with the game, ending the run at 120.
At 12 o'clock, at. , the game stood, -Foster
1;090, and Dion, 929.
Cleveland and ' Mahoning , Railroad—
., Meeting of Stockholders,
Lily Telegraph to,the Pitts burgh Gazette.
C;.EVELA2p,, 0., January 28.--At the
annual Meeting 'of the Cleveland and
Alahoning railr9ad yesterday, the stock
holders voted to sustain the action
of the directors in protesting against
the transfer of a lease by the At
lantic and Great Western to the Erie rail
road. The new: board was authorized to
hike measures to recover control of the
road,it being claimed that under,the laws.
of Ohio the Atlantic and Great Western
has forleited its lease of the CleVeland &
Malioning,:by attempting to transfer'it to
a corporation outside, of Ohio.
SECOATO EIJITIOI.
FOUR O'CLOCK A; M.
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TEE CAPITAL.
HAVANA,
CHICAGO
NEWS BY CABLE.
[Bp Tolegrtipb to the l'lttibureh Gazette.)
MARINE NEWS.
HAVRE, January 28.--Details of the
disaster to the steamship Periere state
that she encountered heavy gales and
high seas from the day of leaving Brest.
After five days out a tremendous sea
boarded her, csinpletely flooding the
cabins and killing one passenger, Miss
Funcketburg, of Germany. The vessel
was tossed about to such a degree that
passengers were thrown from One side to
the other, and her forward deck cabin
and second-class dining room were com
pletely swept away. The priest, Calla
ghan, and Mr. Foulquir, were second
class passengers, as was also "the young
lady killed. None of the
,first-class pas
sengers were killed. Three of the crew
were killed, and several persons Injured
by the tossing about of the vessel. The
passengers will leave for New York by
the steamer St. Laurent, on Saturday.
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NANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL-
LoNnoN, Jan. 28.—Evening.—Consols
for money 93!4; account 9338@933‘; 5-20
bonds quiet, and steady at 75X; stocks
easier; Erie 26v; Illinois 9244'. •
FRANEPORT,jan. 28.—U. S. bonds 79X
@79N
PARIS. Jan. 2S.—Bourse firm; Rentes 70
francs 32 centimes.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 28.—Cotton quiet;
middling uplands 11y,. on the spot; 11%
afloat; Orleans 1194@)11%; sales 10,000.
bales. California white wheat Ils. Gd.;
red western 9s. 10d.€1, 10s. Flour 265.®
265. 6d. Corn'34s. 6d. Oats 3s. Gd. Bar
ley ss. Peas 445. 6d. Beef 105 s. Lard
775. Cheese 745. Bacon 58s. Spirits Ps
troleum .95.; refined Is. .10%d. Tallow
465. 9d. Turpentine 31s.
LONDON, Jan. 28.—Tallow 475. Petro
leum at Antwerp 58y4(459 francs. Bull
ion in the Bank of England increased
122,000 pounds.
HAVRE, Jan. 28:—Cotton firm at 134 on
the spot and 136 francs afloat.
LONDONDERRY., January 28. The
steamship North American arrived here
to-day.
QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 28.—The steamers
City of New York and Tarifa arrived to
day.
S.T. LOUIS
Cotton Shipped East by River and Rail
road—Woman's Suffrage Convention.
Mx Telegraph to the Pittsburgh tiazette.)
Sr. LOUIS January 28.—1 t is stated that
arrangeMents have been made to ship '
20,000 bales of cotton from New Orleans
to St. Louis, thence east rallrOad.
About 1,000 hales- have already arrived
here, and 1,000 left - New Orleans yester
day.
workinawomen's meeting, was held •
hereto-night` under . the auspices of the
Women's Suffrage • Asseelation; The
meeting was very well attended - and' ,
considerable interest manifested. It is
designed to - organize a weikirigwOmen's ,
society for the .general bi3nefit of that
class, and also to co-oporate with suffrage
associations in their effort to obtain the
ballot. Several- ladiesland gentlemen
spoke and another meeting was called
for next week, when an organization
will be, entered Into.
Monthly Trade Sale of Wool.
By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Bazette.l
NEW Voila - , Jan. 28.—The first month
ly trade sale of wool to-day was largely
attended. The, bidding was spirited and
the result satisfactory. The following
are among the prices obtained: Western '
unwashed 32c; tub washed 47a60c; lowa ]' _
fleece 47a51c; unwashed Michigan fleece.
29,134 c: unmerchantable Ohio fleece 3430;
loWa do. 42e; western do. 38c; unwashed
lowa 34a36!.4c; do. combing 65c; Ohio No.
1 50105234 c; Ohio X sk; Ohio XX 51c; .
Michigan :X 4934a50c; Western Virginia. ;-• -
XX and Picklock 60o; Ohio No. 2.53 c;
coarse fleece 45c: extra pulled 41c; No.l
scoured $1; No. 2'do. c; No. 3 do. 80c;
No. 5 do. .7.7 c; No. 6 do. 60c; country su
perfine pulled 45a47c; XX do 5034 c and
superfine -do- 44c.
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
..k—Gen. Sherman and family havegone
o New Orleans.
—The statement that Gen. Sheridan
was daily expected to return from the
plains is incorrect.
—George H. Reynolds, of Peoria, 111.,
fell dead in his house, on Wednesday
night, from heart disease.
—The decision of the Supreme Court
on the constitutionality of the Lezal
ender act is expected on Monday next.
.
—A Woman's Rights Convention,u rider
t e auspices' of the Somas, will be held
a Chicago on the 11th proximo. Anna
tickinson will attend.
—John M. Lane, of Concord, N. H., has
I r - covered a verdict for 81.150'33 against '
1 h a mother.in-law and brother-in-law, for
e. tieing away his wife. . . . .
At Bethlehem, Pa., Wednesday even
i . , at A. it 0. Luchenbach's Ilcorink,,
ills, three buildings were destroyed by .
fie, inyolving a loss of $20,000. ..:
- The Maine Temperance Convention,
a. opted'resehltions favoring a prohibl-
to v liquor law and the. establishment of
a tate constabulary to enforce it.
Tile tobacco- dealers desire lre ,
st mps for all tax paid On tobacco in .
a ..
h .d, and that further sales *under the
of stencil inspectionbe prohibited.
Th g e nited States
p nut tactory, and •
th engine house andpattern building , -
ad oining in Boston, were destroyed br
fir Wednesday evening. Loss .11,00.
—The. Illinois division of,the Grand
A
In
y of the Republic .is in session in
Sp ngfield. General Thos. 0. Osborne,
l
of hicago, has been elected CoxnutandeN
in Met
'The New York State Workingmen's
A. :oclation, in session at Albany, adopt
ed resolution authorizing the raising of
a mtnittee to prepare a bill for prpsen
tati , n to the Legislature, providing that
all apprentices shall - serve not lesszof,
Imo e than five years at their trades 'The
La it Committee reported' favor "of
the total abolition of prison labor, but
the eport was recommitted for znodiii
catbri.
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=The Wool Growers Association held
their annual meeting at Syracuse, New
York. on Wednesday, Perry S. Randall
presiding. Resolutions ;were adopted
reconnponding the reductionhf tho tariff
on wodl by treaty or otlyarwise, and it
was decided to hold a fair the present
year. A resolution was offered denounc
ing the proposed reciprocity treaty
Canada as destructive to the interests of
farmers of the United State% - '
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