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VOLUME LXXXIT,
FIRST EMIR
TWELVE O'CLOCK; NE.
FORTIETH CONGRESS.
[THIRD SESSION.'
SENATE: The Tenure-of-0111U •
Act and Suffrage Amendme • t
Diseussed—Oninibus Railroad
Bill. HOUSE: Bill to Pro.;
hibit Further Increase of
Public Debt, &C.—Adverse Re.
port on the Miutorial fo• Re
moval of AlleghenY Arsenal
—The Stationery Contracts—
The Military Appropriation
Bill Reduced Ten Millions—
The Purchase of Ford's The.'
atre. •
t ST Telegraph to the l'lttiburgh Gant' e.
WASHINGTON, February 6, 1869.
- SENATE.
The bill giving an additional term to
the United States Circuit Court of the
eastern district of Arkansas, was passed.
Mr. HARLAN,
,from the Committee on
the District of COlumbia, reported a bill
in relation to the elective franchise in
Georgetown, and asked its immediate
consideration. ,
Mr. EDMUNDS_objeCted, and it went
over. • - -
Mr. HOWE introduced a bill to grant
lands to the Superior. Indiana, State Line
Railroad. Referred to the Committee on
Public Lands. I '
On motion of' IMr. EDMUNDS, the
Senate took up the bill to repeal thoTen
ureestoffice law. 1 ,
Mr. EDMUNDS said the bill, as it had
come from the House, proposed to re.
• move all legal restrictions from the
President in the exercise of the power of
appointment and , removal. The Senate
Judiciary Committee had not thought it
wise to do that; and bad reported an
amendment modifying' the bill, so as to
permit the President to suspend a civil
officer whenever, in his judgment, pub
lic good may require it, subject to the
approyal of the Senate, and without
givingspecific reasons for each suspen
sion. The majority of the Committee,of
which he was not one, had thought it fit
the heads of the departments should be
subject to rerdovat at the will of the Pres
ident alone, and had reported an amend
ment to that'effect. .
Ma. MORTON was in favor of the total
repeal of the law. He believed it was
mistake in the beginning, and did not
,believe, the public services ever had been
in any way benefited tly. it; but, on.the
contrary, felt satisfied the law had beat
used to some extent to put thieves in
office and throw upon the Senate the re
sponsibility of keeping them there. He
liked' the amendment proposed by the
Committee, so far ask allowed the Presi
dent to choose members of his Cabinet,
and thought the idea of depriving a
President of that power absurd; but that
part of the amendment which would
allow the President tb suspend an officer
during the session of Congress, without
giving, reasons for such suspension,
would make the bill worse than the law
it proposed to repeal. - „
- Mr. HOWE did - not think it wise to et
cept Cabinet officers from the general
provisions. He coald .not see any reason
why a President should be allowed to
t dismiss a Cebinet officer at pleasure,
when he would not also be - at !loony, to
dismiss the head of the Internal Reve
nue departmenor any military, naval
orjudicial officer. He could not agree
with the Senator from Indiana (Mr.
Morton) as to the effectof the Tenure-of-
Office bill upon the public service, and
he believed an honest President could
just as readily dispose of a dishonest
officer uuder'it as he could before its en
actment., . •- ' •
Mr. TRAYER expressed the hope that
the Senator frOm Vermont, (Mr. Ed
munds) would press the bill dpon the
attention of the Senate every day until
it should pass, and be was in favor of
passing it in the form in which it has
come from - the Rouse, unconditionally
repealing the law.
The discussion continued until the ex
piration of the morning hour. when the.
Senate resumed the consideration of the
Constitutional Amendment. - -
Mr. DAVIS,was entitled to the floor,
but said he ws too unwell toopeak and
yielded to Mr. Doolittle..
Mr. DOOLITTLE argued that the gen
eral government has no power to control
the question of suffrage in the States.
The Senator from M.assacimsetts seems
to Bud it in the Constitutionosi .it -now
stands; but his great teacher; Judge St°,
ry,thOught the attempt to put such a pro
visioe in the Constitution would show
premeditated design to destroy:the State
governmeets. He (Dir. Doolittle) maLu
tallied that the right to fix the qualifica
tions of voters is mention° a republican
' form of government, and that no State ' ' ,
which has not the right to determine
for itself who shall and who shall not
vote, can be called' republican, for it has
lost the power to govern itself. I[ Congress
can determine who shall and who shall
not vote in Indiana, 'the people of Ludt
- ana no longerovern themselves. This
is not a. proposition_by, way_ of amend-.
wentof the Constitution. It is ta Propo
sition by, way of revolittion—a Tropoal
llon to overthrow the Constitution, the
very idea in which it was bcirn,-iledd in
which it has lived, and the preservation
of which our republican' institutions
cannot survive. Suppose the poropositiou
were to amend the Constitution, which,
declares the United States shall guaran
tee toeaehStatearepublican . form of gov
ernment, by strikieg out the word<"Re
publican" and inserting ' 4, licinarchlaW!
it would not be' an amendment to the
Constitution; it would be revolution. But
it is scarcely lese so for the Federal Gov
.ernment to take itself the control of the
suffrage in States, because in doing so it
strikes at the life of our republican insti-,
tutions. 2t is the liberty of a State, and
the liberty of the, iisdividual within a
State, - that the State shall be un
restricted in its power to govern
itself, end in order to govern 'itself it
must have the right to determine who.
s h a ll vote and who shall not !tote. - be
cause It is in this voting power that the
government of this, country resides.
Unless we can successfully real this
, tendency to
centralization, to which the
war gave new life, and which is hurry
ing um on with a velocity which snakes
•
every honest lover of his country tremble
for the future, and which makes the ex
cited and fanatical men of our time leap,
for ,joy,Lnnless we can successfulty
resist this lendertCy the: days of our
republican institutions are already num
bered. It shouli be remembered that
the great mass of our, rights and liberties
are defended, not by the laws of Con
gress,-but by the_ laws of the States in
which ,we live. What defends me as a
citizen'. of Wisconsin In., my rights of
person !and property? Not the laws of
Congress, but the laws of Wisconsin.
-and I repeat, that unless we can resist
this centralizing tendency, and revive
among Our people more loved for the
States and more respect for the rights of
the States our liberties are gone.
Mr. Doolittle cited from the successive
platforms and acts of the Republican
party extracts showing, as he claimed,
a steady advance towards centralization.
" Mr. BAYARD followed. He denied
the general gOvernment could properly,
under any circumstances, assume the
right to , control suffrage in the States, be
cause he regarded ours as a government
of specially delegated Dossers, all powers
not so delegated being reserved to tMe
States. But if Congress should insist up
on submitting this amendment, the sub
mission, if good faith were to be observed,
should be made to conventions or legis
latures elected with special reference to
the ratitication or rejection of the amend
ment, and if it were so made he felt con
fident- the neonle of the . several States
would never consent to surrender their
State rights. As to the special object of
the amendment, the enfranchise
ment of- the new's), he regarded
it as an experiment, which, if car
ried ' out, would result disastrously
to the black race, because he held it to be
a well established truth, that where:two
races of men in one country are so -dif
ferent in organization as terprevent their
fusion, 'equality of political power must
result in a conflict, between the "races.
To woman suffrage, Mr. Bayard de
clared.himself opposed on general prin
ciples.
Mr. WILLIAMS, fearing that • the
amendment proposed by him to insert
thO_Words "natural born"bofore "citi
zens," in the Constitutional Amendment
as reported by the Judiciary Committee
of the Senate, would be misunderstood,
withdre'w it.
Mr. CORBETT_ briefly addressed the
Senate in advocacy of his amendment,
excluding Chinamen and Indians, which
he said he had proposed, because he
thought it would be most unwise to ad
mit to.citizenship a race of . pagans, wha
worshipped wooden gods, anti:who if
allewed to vote, would come over from •
China in vast numbers and take posses
sion of the whole Pacific coast.
Mr. SA.ULSBUB.Y said he intended tO.,
address the Senate - -on the proposed'
amendment, but preferred not to do so'
now.
Mr. WILSON submitted the following
form of amendment:
"There shall be no discrimination in
any State among citizens of the •United-
States in the .exercise• of the electiVe -
franchise in any, election thitield,"ciein‘
qualification for office in `any Statn, on
account of race or color, birth, religious
faith, education or property."
Mr. EDMUNDS submitted'a concur
rent resolution that,
Vi7zereas, The question whether the
State of Georgia is entitled to represen
tation in Congress is now pending,
Resolved, That when the electoral votes
for President and Vice President are
counted, in ease the vote of said State
shall not change the minute, its vote
shall be reported in the following man
ner by• the President of the Senate:
Were the votes fora President of the Uni
ted States of the State of Georgia to be
counted, the result would" be for Presi
dent of the United States, —; if not
counted, for President of the United
States, —; but in either case
is elected President of tbe UnifediStites
—and in thb same - manner forlrial Pres':
dent.
Mr. MORIIILL, Vt., offered a resolu
tion iniiniring into the recent assault by'
one Deunpsy on Gen. Duncan, Assistant
Commissioner of Patents, which was laid
over.
Mr. HOWARD. from Committee on
Pacific Bairroad, reporteda bill to'ald
the Northern Pacific, the 'Atlantic and
Pacific and the Southern Pacific, of Cali
fornia, the Little Rock, Arkansas Valley
and Fort Smith, the Eastern Division of
the Union Pacific and tho Oregon Branch
Railroad Companies, to construct their
roads ' by guaranteeing the interest op
their bonds. Ordered printed.
Mr. WILSON wished' it tO''be :under
stood that the minority of the Commit
tee reserved the right to mako separate
reports. Mr. Morgan made a minority
report against the bill, because we (the
minority) thought it inexpedient and in
judicious for the Government to guaran
tee the bonds of any Railroad, Company
to any extent or for any 'purpose, and
also because there were special objec
tions to guaranteeing these bonds, im
posing in the aggregate an obligation
upon the Government of one hundred
and forty-four million's of dollars.
3fr. SUMNER moved an Executive
session,
which was lost, and at four
o'clockthe Senate adjourned. - •
must REPRiiISESTATIVES.
- After the presentation of a number of
petitions and memorlies, the Military
Committee was called for reports of rori
vide charactei, and submitted several
bills,, which were _passed.. Onci for the
relief of Benj. • Malone; late additional
paymaster.in the army, and his surities
releasing them from liability fiir36B4oo ,
government funds, of Which Paymaste'r
Malone, was robbed in Wnshington. on,
the'22cl cirFebruary, , lBo4;without &nit
•or. negligence on his part, was referred
Committee on the Whole; .7 ?
Adverse reports were made froirithe
same Committee on claims of officers
for three'rnonths 2 pay proper under the
act of. 3d, 1865, beyond the limits
fixed...by law, and on the blamer/al of the
Common • Council or Pittsburgh for. the
removal of the tllegheny Jo.rsenal beyond
the city limits. .
Mr. GARFIELD, from same.COmmit
tee, reported( a bill for the relief of John
E. Reeside and his stib-(iotitractor,whiOli'
The morning hour baying expired,
Mr. HOOPER, from the cointnittee on
Ways and Moans,reported the following
bill. and asked tnd it be printed and re.
committed, giving notice he would call it
-up next week: •
A Btnn to prohibit the further increase
of the - public debt and for other pur-
DOSeli. ` .
Be it enacted, &c., That so mtictrof any
existing laws as authorize the issue of
bonds by the Secretary of -the. Treasury,
except , for subsidies to the various
railroad companies now authorized by
P!'I'TsBUIGH, AIUNDAY, FEBIWARY 8 ; 1869
law, be and the same are hereby repealed;
provided, that this act shall not affect
any authority for the transfer of bonds or
,for the exchange of mutilated,or defaced
bonds, and that the Secretary of the
Treasury may issue, upon such terms
and under such ragulations as he may
freni time to time prescribe, registered
bonds in exchange for coup ai bonds
which have been or may hereafter be
lawfully issued, Such bonds to be similar
in all respects to bonds under acts au
thorizingissues of bonds offered for ex
change.
sac. 2. That the Secretary of the
Treasury shall publish, monthly, a state
ment of the public debt as it existed at
the :close of the preceding month, in
which statement United' States bonds
shall be classed as funded • debt, the Uni
ted States notes and fractional notes is
sued for circulation as money shall be
classed as currency debt, the three per
cent. certificates shall be' classed as tem
porary loan debts, and all • that is past
due or will become due within the fiscal
year, stating the same in detail, shall be
classed as matured debt, and the interest
on such Matured debt shall cease after
it becomes due. The statement shall
contain the amount outstanding of sub
sidy bonds issued to railroad companies,
navy pension fund and any other re
corded obligations of the Treasury.
SEC. 3. That frorri and after the pas
sage of this act, no percentage, deduc
tion. or compensation of any amount or
kind shall bo allowed to any person for
the sale, negotiation or' exchange of' any
bonds or securities of the United States,
or of any coin or bullion disposed of at
the Treasury, or elsewhere on account
of the United States, and all acts or parts
of acts authorizing, or permitting, by
construction or otheirwise, the Secretary
of the Treasury to, appoint any other
than some proper pincer of his depart
ment to make such sala or negotiation
of bonds and securities, are hereby re
pealed,
SEC. 4. That after the passage of this
act all exchange, purchases or sales ofthe
bonds of the United States, on account of
the Government, which may be author
ized, by law, shall be made by inviting
competition of the public by adver
tising for proposals for any 'such ex
change, purchase or, sale, which shall be
awarded'publicly to the best bidder or
bidders, the Secretary of the Treasury
reserving the right to reject any such
bids, should he deem it for the public in
terest .o do so.
Mr. RANDALL would like the gentle
men from Massachusetts to indicate the
time when he would call up the Ibill, as
it was a very important one, and there
should be a Nil House to consider it. In
his opinion it, should be passed. ! •
Mr. HOOPER said he pn'oposed to call
it up about the middle of next week.
Explanations in reference to the sec
ond and third sections were made by Mr.
SCHENCK, to show that they were not
plagarisms from another bill introduced
by Mr. Judd, and referred to the Com
mittee on Banking and Currency, and by
Messrs. JUDD, RANDALL and others
on the same subject. '
* The bill Was theta. ordered printed and
recommitted. -
Mr. ELA, rising to a privileged ques
tion, referred to the assault made yester
day In the Patent Office building by Mx.
Dempsey. of the firm of Dempsey dr.
O'Toole, on _Samuel. A. Duncan, one of
the witnesses examined before the Com
mittee on Printing, in relation to the sta
tionery contracts with the Interior De
partment, and asked leave to introduce
a joint resolution reciting the facts and
stating that there was good reason to be
lieve the same contractors had practiced
fraud in supples to the Postoffice Depart
ment, and directing the Postmaster Gen
eral and all other beads of departinents
to rescind all contracts with that firm.
Mr. KERR objected to the introduc
tion of the resolution, becanee there was
no eyidence before the House to sustai n it.
Mr. SHANKS, from the Select Com
mittee on the treatment of Union pris
oners, obtained leave to make, a report.
No further expense Is to be 'incurred In
examining witnesses.
The Senate bill providing for two terms
of United States Circuit Court for the
Eastern District of Arkansit, on the
seeona Mondays-of April and October of
each year, was passed.
Mr. PAYNE offered a resolution call
ing on the Secretary of the Treasury for
information as to whether all the money
arising from the purchase of captured
and abandoned property had been cov
ered Into the treasury, etc. Adopted.
Mr. PAINE, from the Reconstruction
Committee, reported a bill to remove
legal and political disabilities from a
large number of persone in reconstructed
States. •Ordered printed and re-cow
witted.
Mr. HOOPER, , from_the Committee on
Banking and Currency, reported a bill
regulating the reports of the. National
Banking Associations. Ordered printed
and recommitted. •
The,.bill requires National Banks to
make reports to the Comptroller of Cur
rency, on the 'first Monday of every
month, in lieu of the quarterly and
monthly statements now required, the
reports for January and July to be pub
lishedin some newspaper at the expense
of the bank. '
,The House then went into Committee
'of the Whole, Mr. Ferry In the chair,
and resumed the omusiderittion of the
Army Appropriation Bill.
Mr. BLAINE, who ,had charge of it,
stated that in view of the sentiment of
the House, as presented iti the discdssion
.:yeateiday; he had been authorized - to
propose amendments' which would re
duce the amount ten million dollars.
A 'discussion sprung }up betweeti
Messrs. Eldridge and Blaine on the sub
lett of the purchase of Ford's Theater, in
Washinggton..-
Mr.-BLAINE spoke of the huildinwai
thb, place in which the greatest tragedy
of modern times took place. and remark
ed that ,it WaS Very. ungracious on the
psrt of the gentlemari from Wisconsin to
with the Secretary of War, be
caw the place where that great tragedy
was enacted had not Veen left open as a
place .of vulgar amusement. Dld„the
gentleman mead that? '
Mr. f ELDRIDGE—No. sir. Will the
gentiernan allow me to state wilat I do
mean? - , ,
Mr. BLAINE-It was to, rescue it from
that degradatiorr, that the Secretary of
War took it under his 'control, and that
Congress afterwards gave ;him money
to vest the properly in the United States.
Mr. ELDRIDG—I wish to state that I
Intended to make no charge, other than
this, that the Secretary, as lam advised,
took possession of the building without
the authority of law; and the gentienian
from Milne asks me whether I apptoved
of it or not?. I answer him that Ido not
approve of It. I approve of no act of
any person, whether high or low, that is
in violation ur without authority of livr. i
I I say that, not because the Secretary 'of 1
War took possession of. Ford's Theatre,
in which the tragedy to which he refers
was perpetrated. rdo not have any issue
with the gentleman on that subject; but
if you allow the Secretary of War to
make a purchase of this kind, tir:n you
may allow i him to do any other act, I care
not what.
~i.
Mr. BLAI E—l asked the gentleman
whether he knew anything wrong in
that transaction, and if he did, to state it
1
w
to the House
Mr. ELDR DGE—I state to the gentle
man that eve y act done without author
ity of lacy rong.
Mr: BLAI E--The wrong alleged is,
that whereas that building was the scene
of that naercilesa tragedy of the 4th of
'April, and while Congress was riot to
convene for nine months, the Secretary
of war stepped' forward, and using the
power of the government, said that that
building should not be devoted to pro
fane and possibly even obscene amuse
ments. He did that with the approval of
the vast loyal masses in the United States,
and I should regret to know that a gen-.
tieman, even on that side of the House,
should object to that action of the Secre
tary of War.
Mr. ELDRIDGE—I will not make, any
charge against any gentleman; but I re
peat, such acts should not be done with
out authority of law, and when the gen
tleman from Maine says it was a place of
profane and obscene amusement, 1 ask
what he means to be understood? Would
the President of the United States have
been assassinated in that building, if he
had not been called there by love of
amusement, to which the gentleman re
fers, and on a day which some say
should not be violated ? I deny that a
theatre is a scene of obscene amusement.
Mr. BLAINE—I modified it by the
word possibly.
Mr. SHANKS—The murder of Presi
dent Lincoln was itself an act of war, and
it was the' uty of the Secretary of War
to take such steps as become a nation In
time of war.
Mr. BLAINE—I think that this discus
sion has gone far enough. I will close it
with the remark; if at this late day the
gentleman from Wisconsin, or any other
on that side; desire to criticise acts which
he may think to be outside of the laws,
he made a' very , unfortunate selection
when he attacked that act; for among the
many acts that commend the name of
Edwin M. Stanton to the patriotic people
of the country for all -time, that will
have been among the last remembered
with praise.
Mr. ELDRIDGE-11e\ has fforie many
more that! will commend him to eternal
infamy. -.
Mr. ROBINSON suggested that the
building should be turned over in fee
simple to the family of President Lincoln.
Kr. MULLINS gave his views on the
subject of the amendments of the House.
air. SCOFIELD made the point, that
I discussion was out of order, and ,the
I Chairman so ruled. -
iMr. WINDOM moved to reduce the ap
i
1 propriation for the Quartermasters' De
hi partment from $5,000,000 to. 53,000,000,
l'antl - prbeisWe4.,,,•,atiowing
waste, extravaganCeand toorruptirin - oi
Quartermasters at distant points, at
the same time expressly reserving the
Department at Washington from-the ap
plication of his remarks.
After considerable discussion the
amendment was rejected.
Mr. BUTLER, of Mass., moved an
amendment, providing that the
.coin
, manding officer of a post may lease any ,
vacant land or buildings belonging to the
post to civilians, and turn over the pro
ceeds to the treasury. Adopted.
The item appropriating one million of
dollars for an Arsenal and Armory at
Pock Island, Illinois,one-half the amount
to be applied to the construction of a
bridge connecting Rock Island with the
cities of Rock Island and Davenport,
gave rise to discussion.
Without disposing of the subject, Abe
Committee rose. : -
The following are the reductions made
in the, bill by the various amendments
adopted : For recruiting service, from
$30u,000 to $150,000; for pay of army,
from $15,000,000 to 511,000,090; commute*
tion of officers' subsistence, from $14000,-
000 to $1,500,000; subsistence in kind for
troops, from $5,500,000 to $4,500,000;
-Quartermasters' Department, from 55,-
000,000 to $3,000,000; cavalry and 'artillery
horses, from 5500.000 to $250,000; mileage
for officers, from $2,000,000 to $1,000,000;
transportation of army, from 88,500.000 to
$5,000,000; commutations for officers'
quarters, from $2,000,000 , to 81,000,000;
military surveys, 010,000, struck out.
Mr. GARFIELD, from the Committee ,
on Military Affairs, reported an amend
ment for the reduction of the army, and
Mr. DODGE, from the minority of the
Committee, offered another amendment
on the same subject. ,
Mr. BUTLER, Mass.,- offered still an
other.' •
The amendment offered by Mr. Gar
field contemplates the reduction of the
rank and tile of the army by ten thous
and men, and of. the . commissioned-Offi
cers by, six hundred and seventy, the
latter, by gradual absorption; also, the
consolidation of the Quartermasters',
Commissary and Pay Departments, and
the consolidation of -the Artillery and
Ordnance Corps.
The amendment offered by Mr. Butler
contemplates the direct mustering out of
supernumerary officers.
Adjourned.
Tennessee Legialataret.
tar Telegraph to the Pittsburgh ammo
Nam:tom - ix, TENN., February 6.
Colonel Blackburn, State Controller,
tent to the Hone of Representatives to
day a letterjof apolqgy for bis•bgeach of
decormm in striking Representative
Brown for words spoken in debate. The
apology was accepted and the Committee
of Investigation dismissed. The affair
was exaggerated, only one blow having
occurred.
The Union and American published an
article intimating that Colonel John
Brownlow had.written a letter acknowl.
edging the receipt , of 43,000 of the school
fund, and that Governor Brownlow was
not,above suspicion. Colonel 13rownlow
denounces the letterlas a fewer,. One
of .the editors of the Union and American
was before the Committee of Investiga
tion to-day. What happened has not yet
been made known. •
It is probable that .Bpeaker Richards
will come out of the Investigation with
clean skirts,
A Female Incendiary.
T KNOARTER,Feb. v
e•7oVerat attempts
were made recently to llre the Children's
Home, containing two hundred juve
niles. A girl of fourteen years, an in
mate; named Ellen Doyle, has been
arrested and confessed her guilt.
=Z
NICOIII
FOUR. O'CLOCK. A. M.
NEWS BY CABLE.
Matters in Spain ' The Carlists
Moving—Another Proclama
tion from Queen Isabella 7
Greece and the Paris Conven
tion—London ,Times on the
Alabama Claims Treaty.
Cl3] , Telegraph to the Plttsburgh Gazette.]
GREAT BRITAIN.
LONDON, January 6.—Benjamin Lee
Guineas, M. I P. for Dublin, has been un
seated.
LONDON, February 6.—The Govern
ment has resolved on the abolition of the
University test.
The Times denounces the Alabama
treaty and says: "It is incomprehensible*
and without order. Unless it was a
secret stipulation, somewhv i re contrary
to the consideration of thb - question of
the recognithin of the Southern States
as belligerent, it was plainly provided
forin this treaty. Nothing was excluded.
The defects of the treaty have grown oat
of and are owing to the semi-public
fashion in which the negotiations were
conducted. If the Senate hesitates to
ratify the project, we will not chafe. It
le'desirable that the whole treaty be re
tired and recast; as it is now, practically
every claim may go to an umpire for final
decisiop." If this is a settlement, the
Times asks for a new definition of the
word.
=::so
SPAIN.
MADRID, February b.—The Provisional
Government will present to the Cortes
the draft of a Constitution, embracing a
clause prohibiting slavery in all, the
Spanish possessions. It will be left to
the Cortes to decide as to the method of
freeing slaves.
MADRID, February 6.—The Pope has
forbidden the Prelates recently elected
to take their seats in the Cortes.
MADRID, February 7.—lt is said that
Prince Ferdinand baa consented to be t a
candidate for the throne of Spain.
Orders have been issued for the execu
tion of the assassins of. the Governor of
Bergos.
It is generally conceded Senor Olasa ga
will be chosen to preside over the Con
stituent Cortes. a
Many rumors prevail About the pro
posed Directory. Some assert the mem
bers are to be elected for (lie years.
Many political arrests have lately been
made. 411 the prisoners are charged
with being engaged in the Carlist move
ment.
Queen Isabella has issued another man
ifesto, denouncing the revolution In Spain
and asserting her rights to the throne.
Vibrato; - February'-7.—The .name of
Prince Gergentl has been stricken from
the e
oils of the Spanish army. • The Car
lists are very active and there are indi
cati s that they are laboring to produce
an i surrection. It is rumored that the
14th instant has beim fixed upon by them
for n demonstrations against the Pro
vial nal Government.
GREECE
AIIEENS, February 6i-The new Min
istry is a failure. - Bulgaris former
Prime Minister, has been recalled. The
King adheres to the protocol.
Pests, -February 7.—The announce
ment is made on official authority that
lateadvices from. Athens give the French
Goyernment good reason to hope thst the
pacific policy of King George will' tri
umph: over the excitement of the hour.
Great agitation still prevails in Athens.
PARIS, February 7.—The Great Powers
have granted a delay of - eight days for
the Greek government to make its final
decision in regard to the pkbposals of the
Paris Conference.
FRANCE.
PARIS, February B.—The early pay
ment of one installment of the Mexican
debt is promised.
•
ARRIVED OUT.
GLASGOW,
February 6.—The steamer
has Caledonia arrived from New York..
LivEßpooL, February 7.—Tbe steamer
Nebraska, from New York, has arrived
out. . -
=I
Fl ANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Lo DON, Februaryi`6.—Evening.—Con
sole, 03% for m0ney,193% for account.
Five Twenties quiet at 76%. Stocks quiet
and steddy. Erie, 25M, Illinois, 93%,
AU. do and Great Western 40. •
P RIB, February - O.—Bourse firmer;
rent :s 70 francs, 90 centimes.
F : ANICIPOUT, February 13.—Bonds 80%.
L -Eitrom., February 6.—Cotton active
and %d. higher; sales 20,000‘bales mid
dling uplands at 12%; Orleans 12%. Cali
fornia White Wheat lls. 4d.; red west
ern 9s. 9d.®9s. 10d.- Flour 265. Corn
31s. for new and 326. 6d. for old. Oita,
Barley and Peas unchanged. Pork 97e.
6d. Beef 102 s. 6d. Lard 78s. Cheese
765. Bacon 595. 6d. Spirits Turpentine
30s. 9d. Tallow 48s. 3d. Common Rosin
6s. 3d. Petroleum unchanged.
LONIXtN, February 6.-Bpirits Turpen
tine 355. ed. Tallow 465. 3d.
ANTWERP, February 6.—Petroleum
584@59 francs.
HAVRE, February 9.--Cotton firmer at
141 francs on spot and 143 afloat.
I
ANICTORT, February 7.7-Five-twen
ties closed on .Saturday at 1.39yi; to-day
the were flrmer and higher; quoted at
B ° s •
NEON, February; 7.—After closing
the market reports on liatardav Spirlta
Turpentine advanced to 38.5. per cwt. in
London and to .355. fid.• In Liverpool.
Common Rosin at - Liverpool closed
steady at Oa. 3d..: ;
Flretuen*s Riot In Philadelphia.
ißy Telegraph to the PitteburikiLiazette.l
PHILADHLPSIA, February 7..--One
company of the p resent volunteer fire
department of this city removed to anew
location yesterday, and as usual in 'such
cases a building near, by was set on fire
to celebrate the event. This brought
other companies on the,ground, • and a
riot ensued, resulting in the mortally
wounding of one man with an iron lair.
pubsequeutly the house of another com
any was bombarded with stones and
much injured. The frequency of similar
affairs has started a movement in the
City Council for a pAid fire department.
,NUMBE
THE CAPITAL.
Reconstruction Business—P a
cifie Railroad Omnibus Bill
—Public Debt Statement for
January—Braine, the Pirate.
[By Telegraph te the:Pittsburgh Gazette.]
WASHINGTON, February 6, 1869.
RECONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE.
The ReconstruCtion Committee this
i
morning agreed t report a bill remo_v
ing the legal an ,
political disabilities
from between th ea and four hundred
persons in Southern States.
Gov. Brown' and Judge Sinnatt, of Mis
sissippi, were. heard before the Commit
tee in favor of the re-submission of the
Constitution to the people of that State.
The question will be acted on next Wed
nesday. /
ruBLIC DEBT.. -
The following -is a statement of the
Public Debt on the first of February :
D.Li Bearing Coin Interest.
5 per rent. Bundy $ =.589,300 co
6 per cent. Rondo. lfril =1.677,400 00
0 per cent. 5-a) Bonds ' 1,502,582,X0_00
--.-..--
Total •
,$2.107.850.,Ct50 00
Debt L'enring Currency Interest.
Three tier •-•-tV; (3 ,- rtl"oatel . ..... 57 410.000 00
Navy Pension Fund. at 3 per cent- 14,000,000 00
I3=l
Matured Debt not Pregented for Payment.
3-year 7-30 Notes due August - 15th.
i*37. June mod July. 1888. ...... 1.977,150 00
Compound Interest Notes '
matured
June 10, July IS. August 15. ()eta.-
ber 15, and December 15, 1867. and
May 15 and August Ist. teptem
ber lst and 15th, and October Ist
and 16.11. 1608
Bonds, Texas laden
Treasury Notes. Acts
and prior thereto..
Bonds. April 15. 1843,
1847, and March 31,
Treasury Notes.
Ma: ,
Temporary Loan... .
Certificates of bade, tedness,
ntry
- Jmy 17, 1561
January 2.1t1a,
18 , E1
.rch 3. .1b6:1 '
Total ..
Ng no Interest
nett Bert,
• ,
S. Notes
Fractional Currency
Gold Certificate.; of
Xe
Total
Grand total
6 per cent. lawful in.
rued to Pacific ital
t,onds Is
,road Co's....
TOTAL DrilT
pia Tretteury
Amount
C01n.....
Cut rency
Total
Amount of Debt, legs Cash in the
Treasury ^,556,205,655 ce
The warrants issued by the Treasury
Department in January, to Ineetthe re
quirements of the Government, amount
ed in round numbers as follows:-
Civil, miscellaneous and for, lieu in.
tere,ts 4.44,440.000 OD
Interest on'Tia bite Debt 30 704 ODO 33
IV ar Department 0,5:4,00000
Navy Department 1,3:0. LC to
Interior, Pension and Lucian 00
The warrants issued for redemption of
public debt are not included in the above..
Fractional Currencyprinted dttratg
the week 869.000 00
Shinmeotto 604,631 00.
Natlunal Bank' Cur, cncy l eueu M 16.460 03
moon. In eircniation.".... Z 9,789,361 4XI,
Fractional currency [ redeemed .438,614 00
THE °ADULTS EVLROAD_ BILL. '
Senator Howard, Chairman of tho Pa
cific Railroad Committee, to-day reported
under instructioiri 3 s, what is known as the
Pacific Railroad mnibus bill. It is un
derstood the vote in the Committee on '
the question ofi reporting the bill as
finally agreed oni was: For the bill, San
atom Drake,Cenness, Stewart, Rice,
Ramsey an Abbott; Against the bill,
Senators Howard, Harlan, Morgan,
Sherman and - Wilson. -
Nynex IIT PROVIDES.
The bill reported yesterday by Senator
Howard, from Pticitic Railroad Commit.
tee, provides tht4 the act of July 2, 1864;
granting landsin aid of the Northern
Pacific Railroad; shall not be construed,
as granting such lands, but such alter
nate sections be ;set apart for the benefit •
of the company and reserved from sale,
except as hereafter provided. All the
above named companies, except the Ore- •
gon Branch Company, are to beafforded
government guarantee of the payment of
the interest on their thirty year 6 per cent.
gold bonds to the extent of $30,000 per
mile, the principal ofsaid bonds to consti
tute a first lien upon all their real and per
sontil property. I The companies are also
authorized to issue subsequent mortgage
bonds on said property, not, exceeding
one-half the amount per mile of the
bends first mentioned. As security and
indemnity, for l!s guarantee, the United
States governor nt will withhold the
payment of all duos for the transporta
tion of troos and government property,
retain all moneys realized from the sale
of lands where ny have been heretofore
granted, and at er securing the payment
of the interest apply the residue to the
redemption of bonds as they 'may ma
ture; and also require said companies to
pay into the Treasury of the United
States ten per cent. of their gross
earnings and receipts,' exclusive of the
proceeds of bonds. If any company Abell
tail to pay over semi-annually ten, per
cent. of its gross receipts, such default
may be treated as evidence of bankrupt
cy and the company will be subject to
Proceedings against it under the .bank
, rupt laws. > The Oregon branch of the
Central PaciticAnd Union Pacific, East
' ern Division, companies, are authorized,
by combination, to form a corporation
under the style of U. S. Southern Pacific
R. R. Co., to construct a railroad and
telegraph line between lhe 34th and
86th parallels, through New Mexico, to a
junction with the. Southern . Pacific of
California, on the Colorado river. The
bill going almost immediately to the
government printing office, it is impossi
ble to give further details, which , relate
to the description of the Southern trunk
line to be ,conatiueted by various com
panies, and `to ttie inanner of receiving .
and sailing lands, making reports, dtc,
, ,•
;BEATHE, THE CONFEDERATE PIRATE.
Senator - McCreary and others had a
lorig interview "yesterday with Attorney
General Everts in•relation to . the release
of Jno. C4;.Brainer of the Confederate
Navy. Mr. gvarts expressed some doubts
as to whether Braine's case could be
reached under the President's am
nesty proclamation, but listened atten
tively ancLfavorably to the plea for fliercy.„
Att714:58-tE3 AITAIBS.
A dispatchfrom brevet Major Maj. Gen.
Auger, Inspector. General of the Depart
ment of Louitilana, corroborates- the re
cent report of Gen. Horace• Porter on tho
anbitaq,of the Arkansas militia, etc.
El
71.410,000 00
3,a99.170T0
2Z6,0u3 00
MEM
219,400 00
44. 00
193,313 00
13.000 00
6,910,935 64
356.021,073 00
35,511;1= 54
=659,620 QC
424.191,723 54
^_,670.363,70) 16
52,017,000 00
2,W1.879,707 111
88,7=4118 414-
17.441,3= 68
105.174,049 10