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VOLUME LXXXIV.
6
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TIETH CON(
ILTHIRD SESSION.I
FO
SENATE: onsular Appropria
tion Bin • mended aii4 liyassed
—Bill Re ailing the Tenure
of-Office A —Amending Ju
diciary Systen—The Suffrage
Amendmet Tti s ken and
Considered, Without Action.
HOUSE : Stationery_ COntract
—Election - Fraud Witnesses
Brought to the Mir Or Con-'
tempt4niform Systria, of
Naturalization—lndian 'Ap
propriation and Internal
Revenue Bills Conl . lofie:d;in
Committee of th 6 Whole;
(By Telegraph to the PittsburgtiGaze4e.)
. .
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<mutual plans, if the latter they can
not create,a guarantee fund; life compa
nies must make a deposit with the - State
Treaserer; companies that have such •a
deposit at home are' not required to de
sit in the State. ' -
Margetirby Telegraph. --
Cirroacto, February 4.—Evening.—At is
the aAternoon board the Grain markets
were, Quiet, but' piices were a ;Shade' `
firmer; sales of 'No. 2 Whbat were made
at $1,15 y,a1,15%,, closing at the outside .
figure. Oats inactive and nbminal. One
sale Or new Corn"was reported . itt 58c on
the spot. In the evening nothing was
done in grain and ,prices were nominally
the same as above quoted. Provisions
are thin; sales 200 bbls Mess Pork were
made at $32,25 on the spqt; 480 MAR. dO.
Davenpnrt sold at $3l, seller, last, half.
February; 400 bbls Waukegan mess; to'"
be delivered Imre,' brought . $30,50; buyer •i
February, and 50 bbls do. seller March,
at $33. 100,000 pounds dry salted
`shoul
ders, buyer March, at 13%c; 100 tierces
Sweet pickled hams sold atl7c; 50 boxsEl
short rib middles, „, , • -
a NEW, ()ALBANS, February 3.--Cotton
dvaliced tinder a beaVy demand froth '•••
Great Britain and the North;• middling
28%e; sales ten thousand bales; re50P1 4 . 3. ,,-
8,191; exports 4,805. Gold 136 y,. Sterling
483 y. " Commercial 4711473,r. NeYr York '•;"
Sight ).‘a% discount. Flour firmer;
perdue $8,37; double extra 57a7,25; treble ,
$7,50. Corn dull at 780. Oats firm at
70c. Bran dull - at' $1,15. Hay.
Shoulders 15a; Clear Elba 1830. Clear :
Sides 19c. Lard higher at 20'4c in,'
tierces, and 2.36 in kegs. - Sugar and Mo
lasses firm- and unchanged.-- Whisky ~
and. Coffee firm and unchanged,
BUFFALO, February 3.—Flour is neg
lected and unchanged. Wheat; tifere lei •
no demand. Corn in- fair diimand. for
new, with sales of 8 cars-fit 7 k saBoo on
track, and 1 car Western ‘at%4o. Rye is -
held at 51.35. Bailey iandSiiiiiiirat $2,10.
for : Canada; 1 car Pooe6tql&at
Seeds unchanged. Po*.ht Iti at $32.
Lard; !folders are asking2lc. ! . Rlghvildes
nominal and held above the views of -
buyers. it! , •
NASLIVILLE, Februqry 3.—The Cotton
market is firm; low Middlings sell at - ,
2 . 710; good ordinary at 26X; stock on:;
hand 4,400, bales.
SAN FfsatvorsoO, February S . —Flour '
14.75; superfine $5,75. Wheat 51,70a1,80;
sales good shipping at $1,75. Legal Ten
der! 74X.