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WASHINGTON, February 3;1869. ,` SENATE. t Mr. AfORRILL, Me.,•from Cominittee on APpropriatiohs, revirted th e bill pro ', viding for the payment` of salaries of em= ployes in the Patent office for- ; January and February, and moved its im m ediate consideration..., • Mr. FESSENDEWobjeatert. ' Mr. ROSS introduced a bill to-encour age She growth of forest trees. Referred. - • - Mr. CON 'lnt iadncdd a bill te encour4o thetuildingnreteamships in the United States. Referred to Commit tee on Finance. 1 Mr. GRIMES offengl - a.reiniution di recting the Secretary-4"We Ulterior to furnish a list of claims and claimants for cempensatiqnpridepreclatione [Tuunit., ;--" ted by Indians ihNorthweStlowa duriug 1857 and since. Adopted. • Mr. RAMSEY offerid a resolution pro- Tiding for the payment of messengers, :; clerks, dc.c.,""enaployed• by the Senate for the recess from JulY:to December last. On motion of. Mr. HENDR.T.CIES, the ''‘t Senate took- up the - bill for the relief of Margaret Hall, which-was discuaied till the expiration of the - morning bong. The Senate then resumed theeonsider , ' ation of the-Consular appropriatiOn bill. . . Mr. BUCICALEW renewed Maim:Aloe • to strike - out the appropriation 61112,500 to carry intigeffect the treaty forthe sup- . presslon of the African slave trade. Mr. DOOLITTUE 4hovedito add to the: ; clause making the appropriation,theft& lowingt "Frovidedrthato part of the money - hereby;appropriated !shah 4,o ---7 *--drawn.." from the Treasigry unless the President of thellnfeed States Mall, on application rto". the Moven:talent of Great Britain, beim -t'aPs.satisfied '-such-Goveij • • • anent opjects lathe disconlinuaucb ofthe 'onixed-courtit*Ovlded forty: tbel te = beforethelinirlitigt for 'heir tion brsuchtresty.7. -" After:discussion, My. WITYTE' - noved an amendment requesting the Eresident to ask - Great Britain to put an end to that part of the treaty which requites each govtrnment to keep up mixed courts, and providing that-if that government consent thesalarieeof the officers of the United States connected with said ' courts shall cease. ' This was adopted 'as an amendment, and ths,.proposition amended f agreed t4r •• The Senate thert-Yotod on-qhe ictetian" • of Mr. Backalew to strike out from the bill the paragraph as amended, which -• was lost by 13 yeas to 37 nays. Mr. PATTERSONOfNew Hampshire, offered an aMendment providing - that In collecting consular fees, foreign monies t shall be taken at the rates provided in Treasury schedule. Adopted. , Mr.. SUMNER, from the Committee - on Foreign offered aritendieentst, one increasing the salary of the Minister . Resident of the Argentine Republic, be cause of his appointment; also to the Ro . public of Uruguay; and another appro . r: priating 110,0001er - the repairof the Pro-- testant Cemetery of Acapulco. Adopted. Mr. RAMSEY moved an amendment,• to send a Consul to Wiunepeg, Selkirk settlement. Adopted. ' Mr t RAMSEY •moved lan additional section, providing that all Consuls and . -; Consular agents who are neither native 4 nor naturaliked eitizemr _shall be die missed within thirty days after the pas- , sagtt.of this act. 4 Rejected. • The bill then•passed.,- "notice 3" . ,Mr. GRIMES gave then-passed.,. that if the -•-• bill to repeal the Tenure-of-Office act •-• was not soon brought up by the Cominit ' tee having it in charge, he would call , it up himself at an earrit day. ' t. Mr. WILLIAMS said he believed the . 1 Chairman would call np the bill as soon rt• as he could have opportunity. • ML,-TRUMRULL,-frona..the ,Judiciary Committee, reported': back, with amend -,1 .• i mentd; - the bill — recejlt intreduced ; by )lotto amendl tbe 6 .7,* 1 13 , 1 •-,: ' LI of theUnitedfitites -AB amen in. Committee it reads - as follaws ; • --- Switost I. Be it encteled,.&e., That the Supreme Court shall hereafter consist of; the Chief Justice : df the, United :Stides, and eight Associate Justices, any' six of • whom:shall constitute a quorum, and for this purpose thereshall - be' appointed an additiog tjusticeof . safc Court. SECtItiN 2. That. for - eadh..6f the - nine existing juditilal circuits , . there, Abell- he appointed a Circuit Judge; who shall re , 'lsidesitakt4rcul.t scstesti-. l ,..l7,lteSethe. dame ilawgrr.,and jails ction etern the Audio" of the cliapiturie''Odurt !,ted to circuits; the Circuit Court in each ;circuit kV! be held by the '3iftstice of Ithe &Trento Cbutt allotted tto. the eir mult, or`by Distrial Judge of/the ifiEf: -t - ;trict, sitting. alone, Or by any.. two Of . Ithem, sitting together, and such Courts may be held at the same time in the,dif• ierent districts of the ,same: circuit, and • imorethantene, ouch-eourt-Aniis--beheld, „at the same titneittaatnedistriott.tbaCit,, lcuit Judges shall each'., reeelireati'matittlir `,salagyofls,ooo. • • 3 SEe.- 3. That nothing, in - fthis 'set Sffeet the Powers of the Justices of the upreme. Court as Judges of the Circuit . :curt, 'except In the appointment of • • clerks .in the -Circuit Court, which in each, circuit shall be appointed by tbe pinWt,ind g e of , that circuit, and the cl e rks of therdanct COurte s hall be ap- - r iv i e n i t y ed_by the rltidgeirthereof respec - SEC. 4. That it shali be the duty of each Justice:of the Supreme Court to at tend at least "one term of the Circuit Court in erich district of his circuit dur ing every one of two years. .1 1 / 4 1r. TRUMBULL, from the Judiciary ICOmtinttee, reported favorably a bill to provide for the execution of judgments in capital cases, published January 12th, and adversely on a ninber, of bills relating to the Judicial system and practice, among them Mr. Wilson's bill to reorganize the Supreme Court by increasing the number of Jus tices to fourteen and changing the judicial circuits, and Mr. Morton's to conform the rules of practice and plead -113gs in United States Courts to the laws of the respective States. Mr. CHANDLER, from the Committee on Commerce, reported, with an amend ment, the bill giving the consent of the United States to the erection of a bridge ' across the Delaware, between Camden and Philadelphia. ' Mr. WILSON, rem the Military Corn ', ltee, reported, with amendment, the bill amendatory of the act providing for the Bale of arsenal grounds at St. Louis - and Liberty, Mo. Mc;, WARNER ,introduced a joint - res- • olution proposing thd following atnend ment to the constitution: "Aim= 15. The right of citizens of the United States t- , hold office shall not be denied er .abridged by the - United States, or any State, on account of prop erty, race, color or previous condition-of servitude, and every male citizen of the United States of the ago of twenty-one years or over, and who is of sound mind, shall have an equal vote at all elections in the State in which be shall.have actu;. ally resided for a period of one year next preceding such election, except such as may hereafter engage in insurreefipn' rebellion against - the TJriited States; and' such as shall Tod duly convicted of,-trea son, felony, or other infattlous crime: 'SEC. 2. Congress shall have power - to enforce this article .by appropriate legislation." The Currency bill was postponed until to-Morrow and the Constitutional amend ment taken up. MI lifr. STEWART moved to amend it by striking, out the first section and substi tuting that reported by the Senate judi ciary Committee, viz: "The right of citi zens of the United States to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or by any State, on ac cottnt'of race, coloror previous condition ofiservitude.'!- - ,! i Mr. WILLIAMS moved to insert be fore citizens the words "natural born." Mr.:DOOLITTLE suggested that "na ,tiye born" woUld he-better. but. Mr. Wit liams'did not accept the amendment. - • ,' Mr. BUCKA.LEW Offered the follow ing, to beedded at the end : t‘The foregoing ainendutent shall -be:. submitted for ratification to the legisia. tufts of the several States, the most nu n:10011g branches of which shall be cho • sen next after the passage of this resolu- Alan." • '. 'Mr. HOWARD offered the following as .nialastitute for the joint resolution re ported by, the Judiciary Committee : -"CitiAens of :the :[Untied States of, A.fri t ciiitiescent shell ate the earhe right - to vote and hold office es other citizen 4,7 Mr. CORBETT moved to add: "But Chinamen not,borri. in the. United States, arid Indians mot-4atied.,4thaitcnot dfismed as madeiiitizens.w -•-- .Mies°, and t otber f lmendniants,oirened vole ordered - printed. Mr. FERRY being entitled. to ,the Lim.. moved to adjourn, and the-, Senate adjourned. 14.01:J8E OF. REPRESENTATIVIN. Mr. BECK introduced a bill providing for the holding of an election in Missis sippi. Referred to Committee on Recoil; etruction. , ? Mr. ELA, from the Committee on 'Printing, reporteclthe joint resolution In 413ference_to. the „stationary. contract of, the Interior Department with. Dempsey it O'Toole. It directs.:SheSecrettrYnot to receive or make payment for three hun dred thousand - sheet' of , btrnd }taper claimed to have been ordered at $21,000, and to withhold payment of V 2,380 for printing seventeen,.` thousand - I *tent heads, the work 'nor Wising_ been - pav formed; "aispja withhold the value of forty thousahl sheets of bittt,Palier ar t eight cents per sheet now fn'the custody of contractors; also, to deduct frog' their unpaid bill the amount charged for goods not included- itrlhe-mntract above the ordinary market "pried:' -..'" - ' - During the discussion which,followed, Mr. LAFLIN said the Committee had. prepared and would soon report a bill _placing the supply of stationery under the same law and regulations as the sup ply of public printing paper. After - nearly an, hour's discussion, the joint resolution pasmd. • . Mr: ELA also reported a bill to provide' stationery for Congress and thekseveral departments. The tall provides that the 'heads of each of the Executive and Ju dicial Departmentsat. Washington, and the. Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House, shall have estimates triode quarterly, and at each succeeding session of Congress, of the stationery re quired for the year, and the same is to be 'supplied by tne Congressional printer under contract. The bill passed. Florence Hcarinell, the witness Who had refused to answer certain questions put by the Committee,on New York election fiends, lags, brouglft lietbre 'Mel 1 tiar of the House,Ta coat of ' " the SO:- geant-at-Artas. •- • .1 .' • -.. . ~, Mr. Scannell professed his readiness tc; answer all questions, and•he remains in custody till he can be examined. e Mr. Henry Johnson, another witness, ulso summoned, and who had, not attend 4, *as ` . brought before the House and stated that he had not intended to cow- Mit an contempt, and was ready.fo tea. tify. lie remains in buis*sly until ekam- Ined. Two bills giving,. the consent of Con- I &ass for bifdges across the;Connecticut I river, near Middletown' were passed. Mr. COOK reported ,: back. the, bill to anthorize the buildingat Amalitary and, Isinttal road - front Mashington „In New York, and made a - sfolich in supportthereof . ' ~*..11.t the; expire ion fth mo in flour the bill went over till to-MOrroW. - . , „—Mr. SPAIDIriti; from' tlit'Opnferilitet cortimittee,.6l 3bint i llesoirdlen providing `for the dispoilAttof certain papprs rela ting to, millteurtiairnit accruing in the Department of the West, "rePorted they had , been tinable . 3o agree. 110' 4 litin itioied that theflenlite ;.SEtten client' be agreed ton ithont amendment. Carried. Mr. POLAND' introdttced a bill provi ding for a uniform system of naturaLiza-: Ron: Referred to-Committee >on Revi- elon of Laws. , The • bill . proposes to ad mit aliens to. citizenship _tinder a Gonna one residence in the United States of fonr,:years_and six months; promedingi for naturalization are to be restricted to Circuit and District uris of the United PI TSBURGH, HUII,BPAY", FEBRUARY 4, ,1.569. Stites, and the Court of highest juris dition in each State and territory which ha his stated sessions in each county for t e lit trial of civil cases. It requires a no ti of intention to be filed and sworn to o e year and six ionnths before aatu ri lizition, also a notice thirty days he r') e application, stating name, age, resi d nce occupation,&c. ? ir. PILE introduced a joint reiolu ti n relating to steamboats and other b ats owned in loyal States. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. the House went into a Committee of the Whole, Mr. Wilson, of lowa in the chair, on the Indian appropriation bill, and tha, bill appropriating $lOO,OOO for Yanckton Sioux tribes. ',After disposing thereof, the Committee rose and reported them to the House, which, without action, took a recess till 7:80, tne evening session to be confined exclusively to thelnternal Revenue bill. The session was resumed at 7:30, .in Cemmittee of the Whole, Mr. Schofield in the chair, and. the consideration of the Internal Revenue bill was resumed. TI:o3 income tats ection 'was amended by ex= empting military anti naval pensions. • Mr. HOLMAN moved to impose a tax o ten per cent. on interest accruing from II ited States bonds, which . was ruled O lof order, as proposing a specific tax o a rartleular species of property. - Air. PETERS moved to amend by re dacing the tax ou the first thousand dol hira to above one thousand dollars. Opposed by Mr. SCHENCK, who thought it better to let the law run as - lt WO till it expired by its own limitation, at the end of the year 1869. . Mr. PETERS—It will be renewed. hii: SCHENCK—It way or •may not be. \Be believed the receipts from cus toms and internal taxes tbe• next fiscal vear will exceed four hundred millions of ciollars, leaylng a handsome margin, after the payment of all ordinary ex penses and interest,,, on„the .public debt, tOwards the gradual extinguishment. of the debt itself. - • • Mr. ALLISON moved to amend the section by strikine out the part Alimiting Ittnauration of the income tax to the near 1870. He hoped the, tax might be i ispensed with, buttild not wish to have vT implied promise on the subject, de. big to have theybole subject of tax tton open. His own judgment was that afore entirely dispensing, with the in= me tax they 'ought to reduce 'the er ventage gradually, perhaps to two or hree per cent. next year, and afterwards one percent. The amendment was adopted. . . Mr. WOOD moved to reduce the tax to three per cent. Rejected. Mr.HOLgAN moved a new section taiing Interest on United States bonds ten per cent. 'After a long discussion a vote was fak4n on the amendinent, and the House found without a quorum. 'The amend ment was informally ,passed over, wi4i7 out action. The reading of the rest of the bill was 'completed without. amend manta- being Amide, and the House adjourned. Noss.—The reserved sections on die , tilled spirits and tobacco= and Holman'a amendment are , to be acted upon here- IZEI rittetter.^"" -- rii* Febituirk.B;lBB9c General Grant arrived in the city late laat evening and _drove :to tlrk tvaidence , of 'Hamilton Fish; in SeVenteenth street. About midnight he went to a charity ball, at the Academy. of Music, where be remained about an hoar. He will remain in the city a feel day**, the guest of Mr. Fish': • • •••• • Ak In the United States Court yesterday, in - the case of the United - States vs. Wat son tic Craig, distillers, charged with the illicit removal of,spirlis from a distillery,, ths Court directed thajury to bring in a Verdict for the Government., which was done. ,‘ The Tribline deno.nitees the Alabama treaty and says it appears as if Deverdy Johnson and Andrew Johnson bad eon opted to disgrace this country. raid w•as made hy'a gang of ti ck_ pickets on a passenger train on the ladt son railroad, this morning, in the upper part of the city. ' , Several passengers had their packets relieved of wallets, watch es, &c., wiyie crowding Item the rear. to, the forward cars, in accordance with an order of a thief who persdnated the con ductor. . The anrtouncetnent ' •of the arrival of General Girant is premature. He leaves Washington to-morrow, ' accompanied, only by General Dont. - • , ThetfilSgrr4l,3nltertnan, charged -with frauds on ther , Itecvannei I were•tcsday, 'with the consent of Ithe District Attor ney, inettharged from custody, the, °v.- , deuce failing to sustain the case of the government against them.; It. appears a civil suit has been corn promitel.by their .paying 03,000 to the government. The fur store, 317 Eighth avenue, wes damaged-by.tire this morning 12,900; insured 87,000. '• - Counsel for James Logan Ido. 2 to-day procured a writ of habeas corpus, return able on Friday - in the Supreme,Court.- There are no d f ther developments in the 4togers mtir ease,'excent tbe,reported identification y the mate of a sloop of the coat and hat found on the morning• of Abe murder as given by himself tp her, who was arrested a'daY or two since. The strike of the - book printers has e nded by the employers_, paying. the termsdemanded: The'sailors"strike apparently a_ failure., Several strikers ktl ship today at old rates.' • ..-Heavy rain, thunder and lightning to-. 1 night.-'2O severest snow, storm of trap season 'prevailed it Attgltstii, tMe.,- - night. ; • Pennsylvania Editoilid Convention. 11Anlii8iiime, PelritiitY, 43..1-at the ti l st a t e ~g 4 yoyjal Convention yesterday,' H. s Dar IngWit7irai idiretyd - prettldent;' A rebel 1.6 n, wtiO -Addpkid .urging`the , jegifilitlii eXcianionokthejlbel law, s? as to allow the • OtnlsslOn 'Of 'thoi • truth in ev id ence ., After transacting other busi ,,ness the i 00 4 ;11 . 1311 ittcR aVonVl)Od t . Pr :imp year: ' •-"- - 2` - ''''-' "" • 4 ' 1 Adv anC ' • ba • t u 'lliver4orebrnari ,ll c - Thh cite 1a eq tirely tranquil. A steamer arrived With epsoo i the to S wn of. from pam. A Belloot occur. d in ; ltejueal ws few days . since, resulting in several Spaniards and Oabans being killed. .. - Vir ,011 4. 11 ;, 13 . lienatere 2.—The contest ..`• s r:". • —" store for United the choice of ..7 7 7za i n. i nto o tr , h F ree c s b Let : I n ts a e F in e •,;`. rthur I. Boretnan. SECOI FOUR 0'Ci....4211C'1C. A. ht. HARRISBURG. Proceedings of the Legislature— Common Pleas Courts to Change Title of Corporations —Wein Forney Confirmed as State Librarian—Bill Passed Finally Relative to Board of Directors Ft. W. & C. R.R. [By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.] Yttichtsztuno, February 3, ISO. - ' SENATE. Mr. TURNER Introduced a bill ena bling the Courts of Common Pleas to change titles of corporations. , M. WHITE offered a resolution amentling the rules, authorizing four Senators to order a call of the Senate, in the absence of a. - quorum voling, and punishing the refusal of Senators to vote who are present, by exclusion from the Senate. Pdstponed. The Senate unanimously confirmed the nomination of Wien Forney for State Li- brarian. Mr. GRAHAM called up the act amend ing the act reorganizing the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne Lt Chicago Railroad, intro duced by him. Passed finally. Adjourned. - A large number of private bills were Passed, of no interest to Western Penn sylvania. • The only important business was the concurrence in the Senate bill amending the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad act, which authorizes the Board of Direetcra to classify the Board so that the term of one•fogrth of the : . members shall expire annually, and the stock holders and bondholders shall elect to fill vacancies. Mr. WILSON, of Allegheny, called up the bill as soon as it came from the Sen ate, and it passed finally. Counterfeiters Arrested—Pollee Stmts. • tlca—The Bankrupt Law—The Snow, Storm In the Northwest. [BT Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.] Louis, February 3.—8. F. Newell and F. , Allsop were arrested to-day for having about five hundred dollars In Counterfeit greenbacks' in their posses sion. The police of this city last month made seven hundred Aurd' Anode, two hundred -end ratty-Mr*. of whit/ veer* for drunkenuesit. Two thousand -six titildred dollars worth of stolen proper ty and six thousand , three hundred dol lars worth of eatray property was res tored to its owners. ' • The Board of Trade of this city have endorsed the protest of the Philadelphia Board of Trade against that clauSe of the bankrupt law known as the fifty per cent, provision. . Thos. Allen, the pugilist, arrived here =yesterday and will .go Into training, at once. The third dePosit was, made last night, and the fourth and last will be made next Tuesday night. Great interest s felt in the coming fight; betting is uite lively. The stcrin throughout the northwest 'continues, and a large amount of snow has fallen. It has snowed here all after. noon, and a blustering west wind pre vails. Viiri&s" Connecticut Republican Convention. Lily Telegraph yo the Plttaburgh Gazette.], Febr New Ilavnx, Conn., ary 3..LThe Republican - State conventi n met here taday,' Gen. J. R. Hawle presiding. The folk:twine nominations were made: For Governor, Marshall' J well; Diem. tenant Governor, Francis N ayland; Sec retary of State, Hiram Appl man; Treas urer, David P. Nichols; 'omptrolier, J.W. Manning. Resolution were adopt ' . ed, declaring the conlidenc of the Con-. vention in General Grant ad pledging 'him their support;, askin full free dom and citizenship for all citizens, and that the conditions tof suffrage' shall apply- impartially to — "all men; condemning repudiation and corruption;• and demanding that the national debt shall be paid in gold, except wliere the original contract, otherwise_.provided they also call for the exercise of the strictest economy in the mariagern.int of ,the geyernment, oppose all subsidies and . and appropriations to enterprises outside the indispensable machinery of the gov ernment, ask an impartial collection of taxes, and . an .honest application of funds: -lio colleeted to the reduction .of national debt; also..a resumption of specie payment, a 'uniform currency, and removal of taxation from lab& and the I : riecessities of life; congratialate the State 1 (113 its good credit and call for more rigid economy. in the administration of its af fairs; renew their thanks to the soldiers and sailors, and expresasyrnpathy with those who have suffered bereavement in the cause' Of the country: assert that the gtitityof the ballot box la .indispensable to , the perpetuity. of Republican . in ititutionsond heartily endorafi 'the oz: edidates nominated by th Conventien.,llL , . , . . Tennessee Legislature.' ' ` tar Telegranh to the Plttebar,chgitzette.) .Ntisitvitax, February` 3.:---The report of the Committee of Investigation on. the Mission School Funds continues to excite deeptinteiest. In the House of Repre. sentatLves taday a resolution," was adopt. "ed providing for the ~ p rosecutiou of. all parties Implicated. , I-. -, - ~ Speaker Richards, 'made an affecting speech, defending, himself from the Coin mitteels chargeS, Subsequently a' resialti• ! - tion'Was offered' to - expel him for recelv/' Ing a. bribe,. and he declared that he , could not retain-his position as Speaker' whilst it was pending. Colonel-Prosser, Rep., from Davidson...was , thereupon elected Speaker pro tern. . • A ' mmittee of„ Investigation was theniap nted and the resolution to ex l the esker ,- b 444) referred to it. ' The Committee will also investigate the charges against other members impli cated. • . 01110 1 HOUSE ST. LOUIS. NEWS BY CABLE. Greece 'Refuses to Sign the Paris Conference Protocol, and the inistry Resigned—Revolt in Algeria—Yacht Challenge Ac cepted. By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.l GREAT BRITAIN. LONDON, February 3.—Mr. Ashbnry, owner of the British Yacht Cambria, ac cepts the challenge of Mr. Douglas to race with . the New York Yacht Sappho, and suggests, the race . be from Cowes around the Isle of Wight to Cherbourg, France, and back to Cowes. LONDON, February 3.—The petition of the Irish Bishops for the right of convo cation has been rejected. W. E. Foster, President of the Board of Health, retains his seat in Parliament as a member from Bradford, the petition against his election having failed. There is now no doubt that the. Greek government has agreed to the resolution of the Paris Conference. FRANCE PARIS, February 4.—A formidable in surrection has broken out in Algiers. The revolt is confined to the wild tribes in a district remote from the French settlements. The Duke of Ma gouts has been ordered to Algeria. PARIS, February 3.Evening.—Dews has been.received from Algiers that the insurgents have been -defeated and the revolt suppressed. The department in which the disturbance broke out is now tranquil. Bourse buoyant; rentos 7117 q. GREECE. - Losnes, February 3-7:30, P. m.--A dispatch has •just been received from Athens conveying unexpected intelli gence that the Greek Ministers have re fused to agree to the protocol of the Paris Conference, and that they have tendered their resignations to the King. SPAIN ?damn, February 3,—Five prisoners, implicated in the assassination of the Governor of Burgos, have confessed their guilt. CEO= FINANCIAL' AND COMMERCIAL LONDON, February 3—Evening.—Con sols, fur money, 93%; for account, 93%. Five-Twenty bonds, 76%. Stocks are steady: Erie, 25M; Illinois, 93%. Fttawkrony, February 3.—United States Bonde, 79 8 4. Livenyoor., February 3.—Cotton is buoyant, with sales of middling uplands at 12d, and Orleans at 12%d. The sales amounted to 20,000 bales. California *bite wheat is held ~ at lls sdQlls 6d, and red western at 9.s 9d@9s 10d. West ern flour, is , held at 265. Corn; mixed d. 33s 6d; new, 318 6d. Oats, 3aaBd. ley, ss. Pork, 97s 6d. Beef, 105 s. rd, 78s. Cheese, 74s 6d Bacon, 59s 6d. rpentlne, 30s 9d. Spirits Petroleum - firm, at 83id quid i.relined -at tb l / 4 311, iitvr;Nithset. - ',lAnieed oil, 00 10tr.;• - ,'• ,LoNuos, February 3.—Sperm oil, £96. Sugar is firm for both afloat and spot. Tallow, 46e 3d. • Calcutta Linseed, 58s. ANTWA.RA February 3.—Petroleum is firmer at 58'4@593 francs. ' \siITAVIIE, February 3-Evening.-Cotton' active and unchanged. LONDON, February 3.—Tallow last quo. ted at. 4.65. ' • Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne s%r: Chir,ago itallread,,the Erie Clique Check-- mated. (13P Telegraph to the Plttaburgb Gazette.] limousnuno, February 3.-.--The fol lowing 1111 passed both Houses of the Legislature this morning, and received the signature of 'tbe Governor. It is de signed to prevent the New York .rail road companies from obtaining control of the Fort. Wayne it Chicago railroad. The bill reads: "It shall be-lawful for ,the Board of Directors of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad Colima ny4v lot or otherwise, to so classify the members thereof that one-fourth; as near as may be, shall terminate their official terms as Directors at the first (next) annual election. After being thus cies allied the stock and bondholders Shall elect only members of the Beard of Di rectors necessary tl.fill vacancies created by the expiration of the period of Barytes fixed as aforesaid." • . A Drowsy “Detectivf:" By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.) MEMPHIS, February 3.—John Brown, a Nashville detective, who tbr a month has been in pursuit of a notorious char acter named Webb, a fu g itive from East Tennessee, arrived here tonight, and re ports having captured Webb near Vicks burg„.the Governor's reqmsition for him having been approved by Gen. Gillem. After ironing him securely he started for Nashville, but when near Sardis, Miss , to-day, Brown fell asleep. Webb gut hold of the hey of the handcuffs, un locked them, and walked off at Sardis, where the train stopped, leaving Brows asleep. Rewards to the amount of 15,000 are offered for Webb: —ln the United States District Court yesterday, at Chicago,'a decree was ren dered respecting the Goodyear patent, as applied to the use-of vulcanizdd rubber Tor dental purposes. The decree finds that the ~ re-issued patent of 1868 in. the Goodyear application was. vested in the administrator, and that under it there is agezclusive, right for the manufsclure of certain articles made of'lndia rubber, which includes the device for znanufao• ,taring plates for dental purposes, con sisting of India rubber and sulphur, re duced at a high temperature. The case specially decided was that of . Dr. Allport, but a similar decree was entered against Dr. , Hen Singer. It , is, understood that thes,e were, test suits, which determine the result - Of title entire'complaints made against dentists in the district of Chicago. —The litternitional . Efotal, in St. Paul; lifinneitota, and liver • adjoining frame structures were destroyed by fire on Tuesday morning. The fire caught in the laundry from the careless use of a candle. Nearly seven hundred guests were in the house, many of whom were carried out fainting. They lost their clothes and baggage. Parties from Louis villa, Kentucky, had neftoliatid for. the huibling,offering for it 4110,000. Afyon Brothers the owners, had an insurance of 1136,000. E. C. Belote, proprietor, lost $28,000 in furniture. The total loss ex ceeds 0100,000; insurance divided among several companies in small sums. IVUMBEit 34. TILE CAPITAL. [By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.l WisumaroN,•February 3, 1369 POLITICAL DISABILITIES. Thus far political disabilities have baen removed by Congress. from about one hundred persons. Three or four hundred applications are pending in the Committee on Reconstruction, ono third of them from Virginia. FORGEIfY O\ .TAE TREASURY Some time since the Receiver of the Land Office at Bayfleld, Wisconsin, mailed to one Richard Clinton, of this city, the sum of $1,075, and subsequently $l3O more, on what has since proved to be forged instructions from the Treasury Department. A package of checks amounting to $6,000 was also forwarded about the time the letters reached Wash ington. A party named Henry W. V. Clinton was arrested in Panama on a charge of passing a forged bill of. ex change, and it is surmised he is the party who sent theEfrandulentlinstructions to the Receiver. The amounts were all re covered at the postoftice here. BRIEF TELEGRAMS. —Thompson's hotel, at Carlisle Springs, Pa. was burned on Tuesday. Loss, $20,P00. —A Washington special says the pub lic debt statement will show an Increase of $11,000,000. —Charles H. Duff's wholesale and re tail grocery, at Chicago. was destroyed by fire early_,Wednesday morning. —The' carpenter shops and lumber yard of Valentine Jobet, in Peoria, Illi nola, were burned on Tuesday. Loss nearly $B,OOO. --The sale of revolvers to merchants and other citizens of New York city, for personal protection, is said to be unusu ally large at present. —The entire village of Craigville, Orange county, New York, with five hun dred acres of land and a cotton factory. has been sold for $40,000. —Several cattle have recently died from some unknown disease on Haight% farm, at Flahkill, , New York. There Is much excitement among farmers._ —The Grand Chapter of !Assonant New York commended its annual convocation at Albany on Tuesday, upward of two. hundred chapters being represented. —The aide wheel steamer' Lexington, took fire yesterday at New Orleans, and was totally destroyed. She was lying up to be docked. Insured nearly to the full value. —The Wisconsin Senate yesterday morning ratified the resoltitions hereto fore passed increasing the , Governor's salary to $5,000, and the Lieutenant Gov ernor's to $1,900. , --Weston, the pedestrian , passed • through St. Albans, - Verrtiont:Tuesday, and reached Rous',s Point early yester 'day, on his tramp from Banger, Maine. He has lost six pounds in flesh since he' ^ ,7 ,5441101 . itenicOttelTAsatrrrelararOttif Post.l 15 of the Grand Army of the Republic, • at Boston on Tuesday was robbed of $6OO and some personal valuables, at his f office, by a m •. who, suddenly seized him from heti' d, then threw him down, bound ' him rid presented a pistol, threatening t shoot him if he made any noise. —By the gi ing way of the reservoir, situated one hundred and fifty:feet above tbe level of the DanburY river,; distant four miles from-the town of Danbury, Conn, through which the river ,•runs, it is estimated that one hundred thousand dollars worth of property was destroyed. Thirteen persons were lost and only five of the bodies recot'erd. —The 'bill wihieb has been introdneed In the 'Missouri Senate for the govern ment of insurance companies_ proposes first to create an insurance department, seconit to`enact a law regulating fire and marine, live stook, health,. accident and other, companieg; none but-fire and ma rine comps es can be organized upbn the mutual' plan; companies from other States must have one.hundred thousand dollardpaid pp capital unimpaired; life conspanies'cAn be organized 'upon stock oi