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V6LUME LXXXIV.
;6IIIIIOL
FIRST
ArE.I. I7 E O'CLOCK t M.
HA.RRISBURG.
Proceedings of the Legislature
Investigating Committee
Death Anuounced--Bills I 1 -
traduced. . •
By Telegraph to the Piate*Fgh Gliette.lr - ,
HARRISBTTRG,FfIbitTa* 0869 -
HOUSE. OF REPRi*NTATIVES
INVESTIGATING COiIiiITTEE.:.• ''. . 1
Evening—The Speaker appointed .11
the Special Investigating Committee .n
franking, illYgertiseiirienti of neireptipe ,
&c., Messrs,' Dlln4n of Penang°, Sara. g
of Tioga, atid_Nelion, of Wayne !
IN MEMORIAM.
Mr. CLOUD, of Philadelphia, offer d
resolutions-relative to the death of H n.
Georg . T . Thorn,.Member of tbe \ 1 t
House. Adopted. : i
- i BILLS INTRODUCED.
Mr. JACKSON, Armstrong : Auth r
izing Apollo borough to levy a tax fo a
bridge over the Kiskiminetas.
Mr. , HUMPHREYS, Allegheny; Jo nt
resolution against Congress grand g
public-land Subsidies to railroad Ccma
nies, or to any but actual settlers. j -
.pir. LONGANECKER, of Bedfo d:
szi:,
Changing punishment for infantiCid to
twenty years solitary confinement
Mr. DUNCAN, Tenango: Bill anthor
izing Pleasantville borough to increlise
taxes, legalizing something like the
Crawford county-system of primatY elec
tions, and making primary officers/le
gaily responsible. -
Mr. Davis does-not wish his speech, ( of
i'riday list to be construed as particutar
ly against the Pittsburgh GAZETTE, to
which paper he wrote an explanatory let
ter. i
CHICAGO.
The Becker Poisoning Case—The Ball
road Fare 11111—Girl Scalped In a
Woolen Mill.
[By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Guetteil
Camino, February I.—The Superior
Court Grand Jury, id' their investigation
of the alleged poisoning of Becker, a
barber in the Sherman House, two weeks
ago, have discovered a bottle in. the de
ceased's shop that contained a most
deadly p o ison. It is new . helleved that
~,tloC:nppgcation of the poison to Becker
can be proved upon Dr. Zaremba; who is
now in jail awaiting trial on the charge
of 'murder.
It was announced hi Springfield to-day
that Goi,ernor Palmer will veto Fuller's
bill to regulate the fares on the railroads:
in this State.
In the Woolen Mill at Peoria, Illinois,
on Saturday, a girl had her scalp torn off
by beibg drawn into a carding mill. She
is likely to recover. •
Memphis !texas. ,
By Telel:Flub to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
MEMPHIS, February L—The body of
an Irishman named Thomas Hennessey,
belonging to thesteamerSt. Francis, was
found off Gaosa street this morning
horribly muti lated. Three''men named
Lorenzo, Pender and Droyer, with whom
be was last seen, have been arrested as
the murderers'
A negro named George Brown, knock
eddown and attempted to rob another,
near Elmwood Cemetery last night. The
noise attracted a large crowd, who made
three attempts at hanging Brown, which,
owing MA° bungling manner oT . adjust
ing the rope,. were unsuccessful. _ The
- negroes, believing that he had some su
pernatural existence, beat him nuttier
, cifully, marched ,him to the cityand gave
"Incaup,to the officers , ' •
_ Appeal's Vicksburg cOrniSPondent
"says: On F.4iday night five notorious
horse thieves, two named Evans, ano th er
named'lllbodY; other names not given,
were taken from jail there by citizens of
the - lace and shot to death. No attempt
at disguiseltiu3 made, and nearly all the
4ltizens participated in it.
Terrill:4e Tragedy'in lowa—Wife Mut.
der aut Attempted Suicide.
[By Telegraph to the - Pittsburgh Guette.l
Cutmoo, February I—.A. terrible trage
dy.occurred, in Merida countk, Xowa,
thirty miles from Desmoines, on Satur
day. A man named George Shaffer, who
had twice. deserted - bis :wife,. returned
recently and ordered her to leave her
father's house. On Saturday be went
there with-a loaded revolver. His wife's
mother met him at tbit. door; and after
knocking her down with a chair he served
his wife eiltnibialy; and then shot her in the
head, killing her instantly. He next tired
three times at himbelf, without effect.
He tlienigashed t w i his throat a butcher
knife. The neighbors found him lying
with his head on the bosom , of his dead
wife, and with one of his children in his
arms. 'He 'declared his premeditation
to kill his wife, even if he had td murder
the whole family. He was taken to Red
Rock. His age irtwent3f-five.-
• 'Terrible Dleaeter In'Connecticut.
LB; Telegraph to the Pittehlirgh Gaiette.)
Dlronlay, Conn., February lA. ter
rible disaster, deidroying a number of
lives and much property, 'occurred here
last night. The upper Kahan= dam,
wiidehluppliek the _borough witikwater,
gave way, forcing another clath below,
when the two bodies of water rushed
forward, carrying. all • before them..
Flint's dam and .three bridges were also
swept away. Houses. and small build
ings ‘were destroyed and carried off iu a
flood ofire,.. rocks, trees, ad: Mr, A.
ClarlOs dwelling was; carried away. with
his family. consisting of himself, wife
and boy, in it, and all drowned. Miss
Hunaphrey, Mrs. Hinted, and Mrs. Chas.
Andrews were also drowned. A num
ber of ;other persons are , missing., It is
supposed twelve or fifteen lives were lost.
Death Warrant lashed:
{By Telegraph to the Plttehergh Gazette.?
s .
,
• HAnutsnunce, February '1 =The 'Gov
'ernor has issued a warrant for the ea
edition, on the of February, of Wm.
Brooks and Chas. Orme, sentenced to be
hung -at Stroudsburg, Monroe - county,
for the murder of Theodore Broadhead.
_ •
FOR I IIETH CONGRES,S.
SESION.I
SENATE: The Indian Bureau
Transfer— Interior Depart
went Extension—Miss Vinne
Beam's Plaster Cast of Lin
coln—Consular Appropria
tion Bill—Telegraphic Com
munication Between the
Eastern and Western Conti•
nents—American and Asiatic
Cable Colnpauy. HOUSE:
Variety of Bills and Resolu
! tions Introduced and Referred
—Additional Compensation
fot (Ain Eiliployes Refused—
Resolution for the Annexa
tion of San Domingo Laid
on , the Table-=-Pension and
Military Academy Appropri
ation Bill r Passed Finally - 7
Philadelphia Custom. House
Appointments—Futile Effort
to Get Up the Tariff Bill—ln
terrial Revenue Bill-Even
ing Sessions to be Held.
(By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
WASEUNOTON, February 1, 1869
SENATE.
Mr. POMEROY presented a memorial
of the Kansas" Legislature, asking Con
gress to reimburse that State for ex
penses incurred in repelling the invasion
of the rebel Gen. Price.
Mr. COLE, from the Committee on
Claims, reported a resolution referring to
the Court of Claims the claims of the
University of. Kentucky for damages to
'building and apparatus while occupied
as a U. S. hospital.
Mr. CONKLING objected to the reso
lution, because it seemed to authorize
the Court of Claims to • inyestigate the
claims of damage done real estate, con
trary to an existing statute.
Mr.:DRAKE took the same view and
moved to lay it on the table. Carried.
Mi. MORTON presented a 'resolution
of the Indiana Legislature asking an ap
propriation for the improvement o 7 :11' the
harbor at Michigan City.
Mr. RAMSEY presented resolutions of
the Minnesota Legislature in favor of
Congress aiding in the construction of
the Northern Pacific Railroad, and ask
ing an appropriation of eloo,ooo to pre
serve the Falls of St. Anthony, an thus
preserve navigation above.
Mr. POMEROY presented resol ions
of the Kansas Legislature agains the
ratification of the Osage Indian T eaty,
asking for tho prcitection of settle a on
Cherokee lands, and in favor of th pay.:
,ii
ment of the claims of Kansas Volunteers.
Mr. MORGAN, from the Commit aeon
Commerce, reported back the bill o en
courage and facilitate telegraphic com
munication between the Easter and
Western continents, with an amendment
in the nature of a substitute. It pr vides
that the American and Asiatic Tele reph
Company shall.have the exclusive right
for fourteen years to construct and ain
tain a line or lines of subniatine able
to connect the two continents; pro dad
,
such line or lines shall commence San
Juan, Washington Territory, and laid
by way of Alaska; and provided the ork
be begun within one year ancLcom leted
within five years from the passage f this
bill. The second section acithorizei the
1) 1
Secretary of the Navy _ to detail oe" or
more steam vessels to assist in m king
soundinge, transporting material anlay
ing cable. Section third provid s for
giving the United States priority in the
use or the lineti and the right to .conneet
military posts with thein; also author
izes the Secretaries of War and the Navy
to protect them when necessary. The
last section reserves to Congress thb
right to add to, alter or repeal the fore
going provisions.
Mr. - HENDERSON, from the Commit
tee on. Indian reported the bill to
transfer the radian Bureau to the War
Department, and recommended its in
definite postponement. -
The joint resolution making appropria
tions for the improvement and extension
of the Interior Department buirding,
and authorizing the Secretary to erect an '
additional, building, was debated and
amended aas to merely authorize the
Secretary of the Interior to lease a fire
proof buildinzon G street for not more
than.slo,ooo a year, and to destroy only
the models tar patents not granted and
passed. ' ~,,,
___,,:---
-Mr. SHERMAN. offered a resolution,
Which was adopted, directing the Secre
tais, Of the Interior• to transmit the, re
port of Mr. Williams, -,Dlrector of the
Uaion NORIO Railroad. `"
The PRESIDENT presented a commuls
nication from the Secretary of the In
terior, stating Vinnie Ream has com
,pleited her plaster cast of Mr. Lincoln.
which is really like the original, and ask
Inc the promised appropriation of $5,000.
The Senate proceeded to consider the
Consular appropriatien bill. Most of the
amendments reported by the Commit
tee on Appropriations were agreed to,
among them that striking out the clause
of the House bill for consolidating of
the South American missions.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
A number of bills and resolutions were
introduced mid referred, including the
following :
By Mr. BOUTWELL: Referring to
'the sale of United States bonds and but
lion.- . .
By Mr. ELIOT, of Mass.: To prevant
the collection of Illegal Imposits under
`Color of State authority. meaning tax on
railroad passengers.
By Mr. ROBINSON: For the increase
of the salary of the Preiddent of the Uni
ted States to $100,000; also, payment of
$75,000 to the widow and children of
Abraham Lincoln. • '
By Mr. COBB: Joint resolution of , the
Wisconsin Legislature paying Congress
to make appropriations to Improve the
navigation of the Fox end Wisconsin
rivers. - -
By Mr. ORM : Joint resolution of the
Indiana Legislature relattve to the har
bor of Michigan City. • •
By Mr. SHANKS: Directing • the Sec
retary of tue Navy to deliVerpossessiori
and title, without cost, to the Greek Gov
ernment, through its accredited Minister
PITTSBURGH, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2. 1E69.
to this Government. the two monitors
Nliantowsh and Oganam, in their pres•
ent, condition and where they now lay in
harbor.
a g
By Mr. SPALDING: Amendment to
the Constitution o • the United States in
reference to' the ode ofichoosing elec
tors for Preside 't and Vice President,
and for Representatives in Congress. It
proposes the creation of electoral dis
tricts by Congress in each State, and
such districts Ito choose an elector for
President and Nrice President. , t 1
By Mr. LAWRENCE, of Ohio: Re
lating to the Cherokee neutral lands.
By. Mr. WILSON, of Ohio: - To amend
section two oflthe act of.FebrnarY -28,
1867, for the relief of certain drafted men.
By Mr. BRIGGS: Several bills in refer
erence to grants of 'public' lands to the
State of Michigan. '
Bv, Mrs - WILSON, Iowa: To increase
,the number ofJUdges a the 'Supreme
Court of the District of tbiumbia:
By Ur. HIGBY: To aid in the con
struetion of the San Diego' Railroa(l: also,
to relinquish the ) interest of the United
States in certain lands in the city. and
'-county of San Francisco. •
,By 'Mr. DONNELLY: To secure the
navigation of the Mississippi river above
the falls of St. Anthony,
By. Mr. LOGAN:, Auiending the bank
rupt law. ,
By Mr. INGERSOLL: Suppletuentary
to the national currency act of June 30,
18 ;4.
By Mr. ELLIOT, Arkansas: Granting
public lands to Arkansas fur the Missis
sippi, Washita and Red river Railroad
Company.
By Mr. JUDD:.To regulate the method
of converting go d into currency.
By Mr. BENJ . MIN: Concurrent reso
lution of the Missouri Legislature on the
subject of the Co. tral Pacitic Railroad.
By Mr. DRIG S: To promote the ce
lerity of the post: service: also to ena
ble the Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw
Railroad to than _ e its northern terminus
to Marquette, M'chigan.
Mr. KERR in .roduced a joint resolu
tion allowing t•n per cent. additional
compensation to civil employes in Wash
ington, whose a odes are under $2,000,
for the past and • went fiscal year,
and
moved the previ.usquestion on : its pas.
sage. ?-
Mr. MULLEN: moved to lay it on the
table. Carried—teas 79, nays 74.
Mr. ORTH in odnoed the following
joint resolution a d moved the previous
question on its passage, remarking he
di&so with the • ish of a large majority
of the Committer on Foreign Affairs:
_Resolved, by t .e Senate and House of
Representatives. That the territory be
longing to the S .minican Republication,
on application o the government and
morile of said Re .üblic, be admitted into
the Union as a 'erritory of the United
States, to be ca ed the Territory of St.
Domingo, on the conditions and in the
manner followin , :
First—The pe.ple of said Republic
shall adopt a rep blican form of territo
rial government .y deputies in conven
tion assembled f r that purpose.
&mod The ii = ion by tke_peoplp' shall
be with the oo ht And •••VRtelcro'llf
the extatin g gave nMent of said Republic.
Third—Such fo m of government shall
thereafter be an matted to Congress for
its approval.
. Fuurth—Tho . mission of said terri
tory shall be wi ha view to the ultimate
establishment o a State government, re.
publican in form in and over said terri
tory, in conform ty to the Constitution of
the United State , with the approval of
Congress,
•
• NE, of Illinois, linpE4l
.tlon would not be see-
Mr. W..4.5H8
the previous quej
onded.
Mr. PRUYN d
tute. j
ired to °front cubit'
Mr.•ORTH de , lined to allow it..
The joint r:.talon was laid on
table—yeas 110, nays G 2..
The Senate amendmenti to the Pen
sion bill, Military Academy bill, and
Naval Appropriation bill, were taken
froth the Speaker's table. The amend
ments to the two first were concurred in,
and those to the last were referred to tho
Committee op Naval, Affairs.
The bill making appropriations to pay
the clerks in the Patent office for Janua
ry and February, 1889, was passed.
Mr. DAWES- offered a , resolution au
thorizing the Select Committee on the.
New York election frauds to employ ad
ditional clerical force. Passed-109 to 81).
Mr; DAWES . also offered a resolution
directing the Sergeant -at-Arms to arrest
and bring bolero the House -Florence
Yerumrel, for contempt in refusing to an
swer questions put to him by the Select
Committee on the New York election
frauds. Adopted. ,
Mr. SCHOFFELD offered,a resolution
reciting that the Collector of the Port of
Philadelphia had, acting under orders,
dismissed twelve of the Custom House
employes, and that the • Secretary of the
Treasury, acting on the suggestion of cer
tain official personages iestdlug in Phil
adelphia. refused to confirm the dis
missal and named twelve other men for
diaMissah that the action of the Secretary
of the Treasury is believed to be with
out -precedent or warrant of law, and
the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish
the correspondence 'on the subject and
Suspend payment to the dismissed offi
cers until further action of Congress.
Adopted.
Mr. SCIENCE said he desired to know
.whether it was the purpose of the House
to act on the tariff bill and Internal Rev
enue bill now in Committee, of the
Whole. Thorefore, as a test gdestion, he
moved there be an evening, session in
order to take up the tariff bill and re
commit it to Committee of Ways and
Meal
. :
• After discussion a vote was taken by
yeas and nays and the rules not suspend
ed—yeas• 76, nays 4a----not a two-thirds
majority.
Mr. SCIENCE renewed his motion
foe an evening session to take up the—ln
ternal Revenue bill, of which the Com
mittee efthe. Whole had. gone through
three-fourths at the last session.. •
After discussion -the rules Were sus
pended, And it was ordered
morrow - the' 'titanic) 'shalt hold evening
sessions for the purpose of considering
the Internal Revenue= bill in Commit
mittee on the -Whole. •
Mr. GARFIELD moved to suspend.the
rules that he might offer an amendment
to the . Indian office bill, transferrlAZ
the Indian - btirean to the War Depart
ment.
Mr. WINDOM opposed the motion.'
The
The rules were not suspended-81 tO
71,-note two-thirds majority.
Mr. MOCfRIIEAD moved, _When the
House goe's- into Committee on the.
Whole, all prior orders be laid aside and
the tariff bill be lakOnAp.
- Mr. BUTLER' rdovhd - to• prbeeell to
business on the Speaker's table.
Mr. MOORHEAD said the House
might' s well regard that as a test ques
tion, and called for tha yeas and nays.
The vote resulted—yeas,, 91; nays,63.
So the House decided to procee to
business on the Speaker's table.
The Senate concurrent 'resolntion for
the appointment of a joint committee
on the expedieney of re-organizing the
civil service In the several departments
of the Government was concurred in.
The Senate bill appropriating $BO,OOO
for the relief of the poor and destitute
people of the District of Columbia passed.
The Senate amendment to House bill
regulating Onties on eopper apd copper
ore'eptbing up, Air. SCHENCK • rrioved
to •nspend, tie rube to consider the
amendment now.'
moved to adjourn.
tdr:. BROOKS asked what condition the
bill would helm Honseahould now
,40.1oure, ;
The SPEAKEtt..replied the motion to
suspend the rules Nv 4 ould come up next
Monday.
The ilouse adjouined.
NEW YORK CITY.
The': Hegira Miirder Case—Distillery
Burned=Wall Street Operators Held
to Answer—Methodists Moving. to Sup
ply .New Churches—:St: Mining° An
nexation. - •
(By Telegraph to the Ilttsb , rgh Gazette.?
NEW Yortx, February 1, 1869.
The jury in the Rogers murder "Asa
found a verdict to-day that the deceased
came to his death by a stab wound in
the abdomen at the hand of some party
or parties unknown. They further state
it to be their belief that a considerable
porion of the 'evidence was deliberate'
perjury. The prisoners were taken be
fore the District Attorney, who refused
to take any action in the matter of their
release for the present;
Sergeant Lowry, of the Fifteenth Pre
cinct Police, at one o'clock this after
ternoon, arrested a noted 'English thiPf.
whose name is suppressed at the request
of the authorities, against whom, it is as
serted, there is most positive proof that
he murdered Mr. Rogers. The man
who was accessory had not yet been sr
rested,-bnt his whereabouts are known
and the pollee feel confident that they
be able to effect it to-night. It is said
the murderer has served a term in the
State prison and that the motive or the
murder was robbery.
The distillery of Hanlon. Newman fit
Co. was destroyed by fire this morning.
Loss $120,000, partially insured.
At the Tombs Court this morning,
Frederick A. Goodall, Westly Lynn,
Simon Wallis and James Wilkinson,
known as Wall street operators, were
brought up and held for examination on
a charge of defraudiing the Union Pacific
Railroad Company out of first mortgage
bonds to the amount of $124,000.
The Methodists have resolved to raise
half a million dollars for new churches
and chapels in destitute parts of this city.
Onelhundred thousand liollars of it is al
ready subscribed.
The man named Whipple, reported to
berePto ll .3%treBo.l3l.l,
cased of arson st.,•Rntlatick.afti was not
ii
Tho ' as H. Whipple, a prominent mom-
ber f the police agency of this city,
'Chi igo and St. Louis, neither was he, so
far the police authorities know, a de•
tecti - e at all.
A , t. Domingo letter says the portion
of I; resident Johnson's message, in
whl h be treats of the annexation of St.
petulDoi Ingo to the United States, has been
read there with the liveliest satisfaction.
It is egarded by all parties as the only
ful solution possible of the existing
difficulties. Special instructions have
beehsent Mr. Taboos, Dominion Envoy,
to press the matter at Washington.
Markets by Telegraph.
NEW Tout, February I.—Dry Goads—
There Is very little change to notice in
this department; the market generally
Is somewhat languid, but firm, for all
staple styles of cottons, influenced by the
. eztrrie prices prevalent for raw mate
rial. Stocks, in the meantime, are accu
mulating, and if trade should continue
quie for another fortnight some Colima
aloha would have to be yielded, although
at present prices prevalent for raw ma
terial there is but little margin on the sale
of goods. Heavy Brown Sheetings steady
at 10 1 4a170 !for beet makes, and heavy
Brown Shirtings at t4a1434c. Fine Brown
Sheeting% of best makes, are in steady
mutest at 1:3 1 4a14 1 ,4e, while Pepperell It
bring 15c. Printed Calicoes are in mod
erate request at 13a1334c for Amosketig,
Aliens and American; WO for. Merri
mack D and Sprague's best styles. Cot
ton bags are still in some speculative re
quest, and prices look upward. Cotton
Spools of best makes aro depressed. at
Ode, and it is probable prices will drop to
80e.,
NEW ORLEANS, Febauary I:=Cotton
stiffer, operators restricted on account of
the weather, middling 28c; sales of 1,690
bales, the receipts since Saturday, were
4,770 bales and the exports were 3,417
bales. Gold 1345. Exchange Sterling
148V e . Commercial 147 f/0147;. Sight
Drafts on No York at 34a% discount.
F our, superflne'd $6,37%, double extra
s6,9o:treble extra $7,25. Corn 76a78c.
Oats 3244 c. Bacon, shoulders 13;0, clear
rid sides 1.8%, clear aides 19c. Lard de
pressed, tierce at 20140, keg 2:410., Sugar,
common at 10 1 /0103;c prime 12Xa130,
yellow clarified 143415 c. Molasses,
common 604164 c, prime' 67a68c, choice 69a
70e. Coffee fairly firm at 14101430d5qc,
prime 16 1 ,017 e.
Camaao, February I.—Evening.—ln
the afternoon there was a fair demand
for No. 2 Wheat at $1,44,4a1,443j, closing
steady at 31,44y01 445 f. Corn and Oats
are dull ' and nominally unchanged; in
the evening white Corn; sold at 341,14%,
closing with sellers at this price. Pro
visions were. moderately active. Pork:
sales were made of 2,271) bbls mess at 831,
cash; 1,000 bbls do. on Mississippi river
sold at 331,50, bnyer, 'February; 500 bbls
do. buyer, February, $31,75; sweet pick
eled, Mc, cash; Cumberland, 1510,
'cash: dry salt shoulders, 13c, cash; do.
bilyer,. February,. at lexandria, Mo.,
IWe; rough sides, 150, cash. ,
February' BUFFALO, i —Flour inactive.
'with sales 75 bbls western spring at 17,62
0,75.' Wheat, Oats and Rye nominaL
Corn; old nominal, and newsearee; sales
of 3 cars at 800 on track. Barley held at
$2,10. Pork held at $3l; market dull.
Lard dull at 21e. Dressed Hogs nom
inal,- Highwines can to bought at 96c;
no demand. !
- -.ll.y,_Februl , 1.. -
,AxuAr4x, - --- -iallrl.The Cattle mar
ket opened with a liberal supply , and
slow demand; racist of the stock . Is of or
diudrs ,and inferior quality, and Prices
j
/olower, the range he b ei ng from (3a70 for
cotillion, IlitiBtien for ordinary to fair,
and 9a9y,e for good to est extra. -Sheep
are In good request at 4%a79;e. Dressed
Nogg at lbakie.
' SECOID EDITION.
FOUR O'C - 1...0en. A. :NI.
NEWS BY CABLE.
Affairs in Spain—The People
Clamor for Religious Libet Ty
—Greece will Aceept the,Con
ference Protocol—The United
States Otters Media4on—Trial
by Jtizy in Austria—Minister
Diz Entertains the Chineie
.Embassy, at Paris,
tEly Teiegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
. ,
SPAIN..
February Is nuderstood
that the prat business of the Constituent.
Cortei; soon to assembre, will be to es
tablish a directory to govern the country
until a sovereign is chosen. A deputa-
Ltion, composed of citizens in favor of 'a
Republic and of freedom of religions
worship,' waited upon the Ministers yes
terday and requested them to issue a de
cree declaring the absolute separation of
church and state. An immense crowd
gathered' in the streets in front of the
Ministerial palace and clamored for re
ligious liberty. The Ministers replied.
they would refer the whole subject to the
Constituent Cortes. The government
has prohibited large popular demonstra
tions and the utterance of. political :cries
in the streets as liable to lead to disturb
ances of the public peace and order.
FRANCE.
Pants, February L—General Dix,
American Minister, yesterday received
Hon. Anson Burlingame and the Chinese
A mbassadore, with their suites.
Princess Mathilde gives a reception this
week to the Chinese Fmbassy.
A report is current that General Dix
protested against the unusual honors
with which Mr. Jefferson Davis:was re•
cently received at St. Cyr while on a
visit to the military schools there. It is
officially denied by the French Govern
trent that the Minister of the United
States has made any such protest.
PARIS, February I.—Evening—ln the
Corps Legislatlf :the opposition speakers
demand the restoration of diplomatic re
lationa with the Mexican Republic, on
the ground that French interests suffer
by their interruption.
GREECE.
LONDON, February I.—A dispatch from
Athens, dated yesterday, announces that
the majority of the Greek Cabinet have
decided to agree to the proposition of the
Paris Conference. When the question
„was brought to 'a final witeleurblinisters
0% 4 '451116 vbiesiritir tdpmingthermitneol;
and tneee, including hi. Bulgaria, Presi
dent, of the Ministry, - voted against it.
TURKEY.
PARIS, February I.—A telegram from
Constantinople asserti that Mr. Morris.
American Minister, as instructed by Sec
retary Seward, has offered to the Sublime
Porte the mediation of the Government
of the United Staten in the quarrel be
tween Turkey and Greece.
AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, February I.—The Relchsrath
has adopted a bill allowing trial by Jury
in all oases of violation of laws for regu
lating the press.
ARRIVED OUT.
QUEENSTOWN, Feb. I.—The steamship
Virginia, from New York, arrived ikere
yesterday. •
OUEENMTOWN, rOblgary L—The steam
ship City of Boston, out New York on
January.2lst, arrived to-day and sailed
for Liverpool. •
The steamship City of Manchester,
from New York via Halifax, arrived
here to-day on her way to Liverpool.
SOUTIL All MON, February 1. The
steamship Union from New York on
January. 21st, arrived
The steamship Ville de Paris, from
New York on the 23d of January, ar
rived to-day and shortly after sailed for
HaVie.
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RINANCIALANII COMMERCIAL
LONDON, February I—Evenini.L.Con
sols, 933: Seven-Thirties have advanced
7153 u; Erie; 26; Ilfirmil, 9234; other
stocks are firm. •
FRANKFORT, Feb Miry I—Etlerting.
Five-Twenties, 7144@7914.
LIVERPOOL, February I—Evening.
Cotton is firm at ligti for middling up
lands. and 1170 for Orleans. The sales
to-dsy wero estimated at 15,000 hales.
The shipments from Bombay since the
last report, January 29th, amount to
10,000 bales. Wheat; red western is held
at Os 9d(a)9s 11d. Corn; old is held at
33s od, and new at 33s 8d for new.
Lon Don, February I—Evening.—Sperm
oil Is in demand at .£94. Sugar is steady.
Rosin, fine, 16s 6d(4)175.
HAvax, February I.—Cotton is held at
135 franca for fres ordinaire on spot.
LONDON, February I—Evening.—Con
sols closed at 935;. American Securities
are quiet; Five-Twenties, 751(. Railway
stocks are steady; Erie, 251.; Illinois,
92%; Atlantic and, Great Western stock
is flat at 44.
LIVERPOOL February I—Evening.
Cottcfn closed -
active; middling uplands,
1130 @UV on the spot, and 1130 to
arrive; do. Orleans, 11704612 d. The
sales amotmted to 20,000 bales. Bread
stuffs and Provisions are unchanged.
Petroleum is quiet, with sales of spirits
at 9d, and refined at is 11d. Other arts
des are unchanged.
LONDON. February 1--Evening.--Tur
pentine is held at 38s 6d for spirits. Cal
cutta Linseed, 555@555 6d.
thtynE, February I—Eyening.—Cotton
is firm at 135 fraud foi fres ordinaire.
ANTwERP, February , 1--Eyening.—Pe
troleuna, 58%@)5834 francs for standard
white. •
PARIS. February 1.--Bourse firm.
Rontes 701. 600. -
Retireld Lease Approved.
lßy Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.
Cowman, 0., February 1.--At a Meet
ing of the stockholders of the Panhandle
Road, held at Steubenville to-day, the
lease of the Columbus, CiIIORIO and In
diana Central -Road to the-. Panhandle
Road was unanimously approVed. The
old Board of Directors were reelected
for the ensuing year. .
NUMBER 31.
THE CAPITAL.
Decisions in Supreme. Court—
Arkansas Bank Failed—Po
litical DisabililieS—The Ohio
• River. Bridges—The Paciac
Railroads Choctaw Land
Claims.
By Telerraph to the rittsborgh Gazette.]
WASHINGTON, February 1, 1869
BRIGHAM NOT SICK.
Delegate Hooper received a telegram
from Salt Lake City denying the report
that Brigham Young has been attacked
by paralysis., He, le quite well.
SUPREME. count,
In the United States _Supreme Court
today, in case No. 43, Pacific Insurance
Company ys. Frank Sonia, on a certi&
sate division of opinion between the
Judges of the Circuit Court of the United
States, district of California, it was held - -
that it was the duty of the assistant asseii- -
sors to reduce to their value in currency ,
all returns made in coin ; that personsor j
corporations making such return are lla
ble to pay an income tax on the amount
thus returned in currency; and that such
income tax is not a direct tax, but a duty,
or excise, and as such obligatory and
valid. Opinion by Mr. Justice Swayne.•
The following decisions were made in
the Supreme Court to-day :
No. M. Board of Supervisors of Mer
cer county. Illinois, vs. Cowden.' Judg
ment affirmed.
No. 458. Chicago, Burlington and Quin
cy Railway Company vs. Emigh. Judg
ment affirmed. •
In the case of the Northern Central
Railroad of Pennsylvania against Jack
son, the court decided that railroad bonds
held by foreigners abroad are taxable,
and that companies can withhold the
amount of ta.X. -
PACIFIC RAILROADS.
A special says the Senate Committee
on Pacific Railroads to-day nearly set
tied the details of their new plan to en-
courage other routes across the conti
nent. They will in the futuie favor the
guaranteeing of interest on first mort
gage bonds, retaining•the title to public
lands as security for the interest, the
proceeds of sales of such lands to be de
voted to its payment.
CHOCTAW LARD CLAIM.
The Senate and House Committees on
Indian Affairs held a Joint meeting to
day, and decided to report favorably upon
the long standing Choctaw claim of one
million eight hundred thousand, dollars
for lands ceded by the Choctaw nation
many years ago, that amount to be in
serted in the pending appropriation bill.
OHIO RIVER BRIDGES.
A numberi or Western steamboatmen
and coal dealers are bare looking after
their interests in the obstructed naviga
tion. They are opposingi the short span
bridgets and urging the canal enlarge
ment and improvement of the Falls of
the-Ohio it Loniaville.- '
ARKANSAS BANK - . VAITATRI
~
It is thought at the Treasury Depart
ment that the Government will not lose
anything by the failure of the Merchants
National Bank tit Little Rock, Arkansas.
The count owing by that bank at the
time iin
f failure will probably be covered
by tb 'Securities in the hands of the
treasury. '.
strE-00M - MITTEE APPOINTED.
The Reconstruction Committee to day
appointed Messrs. Paine, Morris and
Beck a sub - -committee to. consider arid
repoit upon all applications for the re
moval of political disabilities.
THE PERUVIAN MONITORS.
Intelligence was received here to-day i
from Pensacola that the Monitors Oncon-1
tato and Catawba, sold by this govern
ment to Peru, will leave Pensacola this
week for Moe.
lIISPAREft, IZOT,IIIMSELF
Bon. Thos. B. Florence is not dead, as
telegraphed. hence. His paper, ' the
Daily rnion t auspended • publication on
Saturday.
BRIEF TELEGRAMS,
—The bill' transferring the t, capital
building of Nebraska to Omaha-has be
come a law.
—The Colnmittee of the Ohio Legisla
ture on th&location of• the Agricultural
College have reported in favor of Urbana.
--The New York Tribune's announce
ment of Thomas B. Florence's death - is
incorrect. He still Byes, though =in bad
health.
—Private despatches- by able an
nonuce the death of Miss Ag.nes Eliza
beth, youngest daughter of Governor
il
Claflin of assachumetts. -
—Captai . T. E. Stacey, Governthent
agent, last week closed two distilleries
in Lincol and one in Franklin, Tenn.,
for violati n of Revenue laws.
—The ouse of Representatives- of
Ti.nnesse yesterday passed, on the third
reading, . bill to sell railroads which
have not . aid the interest on State bonds.
—There were only thirteen: tires in St.
Louis last month; all of them small
ones.' T. tal loss, 0,795; insurance,
/4,253; p .bable loss to 'insurance com
panies, - ,145.
—The j • welty store of Archibajd Con
ken, in I avenport, lowa, was robbed
Sunday 4ictht of eighty new watehes,
about thi tv of which belonged to cus
tomers, tuini rings bracelets, &c., amount-
t i
, _ ,
ing in all o about (14600.
=An e ne attached to a freight train
on the Ce tral Ohio Division of the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad, exploded near
Barnesvil e, Monday morning, killing
_; t,
the engin er and fireman, and severely
injuring t ree trainmen.
1
—Three laborers were killed and five
'wounded y the premature explosion of
nitro-glyc rine at a rock blasting, 'on the
Lebanon aliroad, in South Petersburg
New Yor, Samiday morning. Thos e
killed were horribly•mutilated.
—Miss . elloefg received a perfect.oVa
tion lasts • ening at Chicago. The Opera
House was • crowded from, pit to dome.
and ' groa .'enthusiasm was manifested.
The unprecedented success has impelled
the man ement to surrender other en
gazement and she will remain in Chica
go All thi week. ' '
—A lett r from Porter Cl . Bliss, dated
on board he flag ship Ourriere, off Mon
tevideo, comber 19th, states that he and
Maaterm i ri who were arrested by Lopez.
had , been . Ivon up to Admiral Davis on
condition ill% Ahoy should be sent to the
United 8 : tes as prisoners to be tried for
alleged . nspiracy against Lopez. '