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VOLUME LXXXIV.
FIRST 1111E01
crci.ociss
THE CAPITAL.
A State Can Exact Talc es in Gold
and Silver-LMississippi Destol
ration—Nominations by the
President—San Domingo An
nexation—Mrs. • Surrat Re
mains to be Disinterred.
[By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
WASUINOTON_CITY, Feb. 8, 18691
SUPREME COURT. DECISION:
In the Supreme Court of the United
States to-day Chief Justice Chase
ored an opinion affirming the decision of
the Supreme Court of Oregon in favor of
the taxes of that State being paid in gold
and silver, according to its law. The
Court held that legal tendernotes, being
receivable for all debts, with the excep
tions named in statutes, imply a satisfac
tion of contracts, or agreements, while
taxes are of a different character with
.such obligations, and that it is competent
for a State,to designate the character of
the money in which taxes shall be paid.
The following decisions were also given:
No. 31. Greene vs. Van Buskirk.
Judgment reversed.
No. 32: Gillinghurst vs. Van Buskirk.
Judgment reversed. The decision in
this case is that where a chattel mortgage
on personal ,property„in Illinois is•_ in
valid under the laws , of that State r .arid:
so, held by its Courts such judgment is'
a sufficient plea in the bar of a suit of
another State to recover against an at
taching creditor an whose suit the prop
erty is sold, and it makes no difference
that the own?r of the property Mortgaged,
the attaching creditor and the mortgagee
were all residents of the State where the
latter snit is brought and were at date of
the mortgage.
No. 319. Chiettgo,.Rock Island it Pa;
cite Railway Company vs. Howard et al.
Decree affirmed; opinion by Justice Clif
ford.
MISSISSIPPI RESTORATION
Hon. E. jefferds, one of the Judges of
the Supreme Court of Mississippi, pre
sented to-day.- an address to the Recon
struction Committee on behalf of himself
and others, claiming tb represent a large
.aad influential part of the Republican:
party who •opposed the adoetiorf of tue
Constitution voted dbwn in June last.
The address is in the naturepf a protest,.
and is a discussion of the condition of af
fairs in the State: He propcises a plan for
restoration as follows; It'irst, that Con—
gress shall declare all tbe offices. in the'
State vacant; Second, •provide for the ap
pointment
.of a Provisional Governor,
with power to fill, all the office thus
declared vacant, and with - power 'tio
remove all of his own appointeest,third,'
provide ,that the: proposed ,Constitution
-sliall tie' so ineditied:or amended as to
remove those features that are more
prescriptive than is reqiiired by the:
reConstruction laws of Congress; fourth,
provide for an•election at the time desig- ,
Dated , by the proposed Constitution for
lioldin,g the annual elebtlon for, the'
ratification of the Constitution as %amen
ded, and for the election of State, county.:
and municipal officers.,
NDIIINATIO.NS BY THE PRESIDENT.
- TherPresident:ribminited tothe teriate
Thornas.r. Smith, Conisul at IA Kbehelle,
to be Consul at Paris, vice John G. Nico
lay; W. D. Spaulding, of New York.
Consul at Yeddo, Japan; Edward Ste
phens, olNetv York; Consul at Man
-chaster, England, vice Wells; George H.
Kingsbury, Collector of Internal Rev
enue, Third district of Massaciutsette,
-vice '
McCartney to he removed; Commo
dore Andrew - A. Harwood, Rear Admiral
on the: retired list; Past . -Assistant ray.
ruasteeLeonard A. Ptailey, and Aesist;
ant Paymaster J. P. Loomis, to be Pay
masters in the Navy.
MRS. SURRATT'S REMAINS
In -compliance with solieitations of
friends of Mrs. Surratt, the President
has ordered her remains to be disinterred
and delivered to her relatives. Her
body was buried in the sauce enclosure
with Payne, Atzerot and Harold,%near
the place of interment of Booth's re
mains. The understanding is there is to
be no public demonstration, and what
ever funeral services take place must be
privately conducted.
SAN DOMINGO ANNEXATION
The Confidential Agent of San Domin
go is still actively engaged in behalf of
the annexation of that country.- He ;to-
*ay laid on the tables of 'the - members of
Congress copies of a pamphlet in fur
therance of that object.
77:!••: - :.. NEWS 1M . CAB.lig..._ ,7
I.:By Telegraph to the r:ittabergh qazette.3
' • GREAT BgITAIN.
Loxnw.:, Feb. B:—The Standard pre=
414cts that the Alabama treaty, wll be .I:e r
. .t4tot . ed, by the, thaited States, *hdlg. Eniie
the next administration will not get such
favorable terms for the settlement of the
question at iSFSIIO.
SPAIN
Mitourn, February B.—Exciting ru
wore haye d,sen circulatlng all day in
*gar& to, tha movemei3ta
One' of these • reports IS that ittEl/earlista
attacked Sautona, in the province, of San
tandar, but was repulsed after 'a' short
fight. - ,- '
. •
GREECE.
PAnts, February B.—A dispatch from
Athens says 'King George las 'declared
that Greece must either accept the Pro.
Pool of the Paris Conference= or receive
.his resignation.of, the Crown. •
•
oiriNANclAir*ND C091114RC1*14..
• LoNDers; Febrti dry 8.--Evening---Con 7
eels for money 93X, account 93;‘. Amer
ican securi•ics quiet and steady; , bonds
76%, Erie 25q, Llinoia 93k, Ailantio and
Great Western 40%.
FitarmrouT, February B.—Bonds Say,.
-Lormori, February B.—Tallow 465. 9d.
_Linseed Oil £2B. Linseed 588@585. 6d.
_ANTwEitP, - February B.—Petroleum
59 @si franca sc.
114 - vnE, February B.—Cotton' easier at
1 42 r. on spot; 144 f. afloat.
HAvRE, Feb. B .—Cotton closed easier
at 142 francs for tres ordinaire on the spot
and'l44 for low middlings to arrive. '
SiCM
FOVI A.. 1.
FORTIETH. CONGRESS.
sErsioN.i. •
I
SENATE: Petition for the Be. .
cognition of tilt Almighty in
the Constitutio —Adverse Re
port Sroin CoMmittee on-Pa
cific Railroad— The Constitu
tional Amendment Furtuer
Discussed—Elect9ral Vote of
Georgia—Bill to EnCourage
American Steamship Lines.
HOUSE : Variety of Bills In
troduced—Bilillegulating the
Election of Representatives,
Registration and Naturaliza
tion Referred to , Committee
on Election Fronde—The Cop
per Tariff Bill Passed Finally
—The Military Appropriation
Bill.
tsy Teleirme to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
WAssirlo.rox, February 8, 1869.
. SENATE.
Mr. SHERMAN presented a petition
for , the recognition in the Constitution of
Almighty God as the source of all civil
.authority, and made a few remarks in
favor of such an amendment to the GOn
stitution.
Mr. HOWARD, from tho Committee on
Pacific Railroad,reported adversely upon,
and asked to he discharged from the fur
ther consideration of, a large number of
bills and memorialsgranting or asking
aid in the construction of railroads and
telegraph lines.
Among which. were the following:. A
Bill to aid in the construction of the Cen
tral Transit Railroad from Now Orleans
etc.; Bill in addition to the act granting
lands to aid in the eougtruetioircif
road and telegraph line Seem Lake Su
perior to Puget Sound; Bill to aid in the
construction of a railroad and telegraph
line through Miisouri and Arkansas-to
the Pacific ocean; Bill in relation to. the
Union Pacitic:Railroad, Eastern Division;
Bill to aid in the construction of the
Southwestern 'Railroad and Telegraph
Line lto the Pacific Ocean, with connec
tions and branches; Bill to, aid. in the
construction of a - railroad and telegraph
line from the Rio Grande to the Pacific
Ocean; Bill to aid in the construction of
the Arkansas and Paciffei Railroad; pelt- , -
tiou of Franklin Itiven ' and others
ofiering to construct the Northern Pacific
Railroad and Eastern DiNlsion of the
Union Pacific Railroad, noon receiving
the same land granta,now given to: nitl,
said Company; Bill to aid in the con
struction 'of the Oregon.branch of he Pah
eine Railroad; memorial of the Lagisla %
turf) of Oregon in favor of the contain&
tion of a railroad fr_oin Salt Lake to the
Columbia riveillineinorial of W. Cornell
,jewett, asking that all subsidies should
be withheld from the UniouPaelfic Rail
read; memorial' of the Leg.islature ;of
Minnesota 'asking for ale in the construe:
tion of the Northern Pacific Railroad;
memorial of the 1.4 g. Islature of Itansaw
asking for aid in the construction of. the
St. Joseph and Denver Railroad.
IfAMs.gY introduced a bill toi
amend the act. granting lands to Minne
sota. Referred. •
Mr. MORTON introduced a bill to re
fund
_to Indiana the tnteiest and diseettut
on money borrowedto equip, pay, sup
ply and transport troops tier the service.
of the United States in the recent war'.
Referred to Commtttep on Military . Af
fairs.
Mr. MORGAN introduced a bill to se
cure copyrights for painting, drawing
and statuary Models.
Mr. WILSON, from CoMmittee on Mil
ltary Affairs, reported adversely the
joint resolution in relation to the grades
of General and Lieutenant General 'in
the army, and Admiral and Vice Adlni-e--
rat in the navy; also adversely to the r
solution granting a portion of the mili
tary reservation at Ft. Leavenworth to
aid in the construction of a railroad and
wagon road across Missouri.
Mr. WILSON introduced a bill to es
tablish a line of American steamships
between the 'United States and Europe,
which was referred to the Committee on
Commerce.
It provides that for the purpose of en
couraging American ocean commerce;
all money received by the United States
from ocean and inland postage on foreign
mail matter carried between the United
States .and Europe, not exceeding, two
million dollara 'annually, shall be set
apart for ten years, and its' expenditnre
authorized as follows: The Postmaster
General is directed to contract with citi
zens of the United. States for the trans
portation of foreign mails on American
steamships, numbering not less than two
tier more than tour departures monthly
from New York, and from two to four'
departures monthly • from Beaton, the
steamstaps,to beat least two thousand
eight huifdred'tons register: tifeir'sPeed:
must equal the average speed of steam
ships of like clase.noWnmployed between
the United Ste*, • and Europe; they are
I to carry withodicotnpeneltion all agents
of the Udverament, for. ivihoth passage
may be requested by the several Depart
tuents,-and all mailmatter offered by the
Postoffice ,Department, bitt,the, United
States shall' reetiiie • We s ' titAttgto there
from., For all this the Poscliaaster Gene
rat is to pay to the owners of said steam
shipa from , tbe' , ftind-:/aboVei:iprOvided
the sum of twenty thousand dollars for
each round voyage to Europe and back,
provided the anionnt :derived from pos
tage shall lie sufficient therefor, and if
not; then such sum 'as pe derived
from said postage 'shall be apportioned
ratablY eacp„ship for mitt ,yoyage,
prdilded that be deticiendy of Any ode
voyage may be made up from the exceed
of any other during the continuance of
the contract;' in' tline 'of whr or prt!)l4s,
danger the Secretary; of .the Navy may
[take po.ssessiOn of any alrthe stiiiint.
ships eintiloyed . under the foregoing pro
visions, and rise them -in ;the service Uf
the United States, bat the owners shall
be paid in fair compensation for the nab
of their vessels and . for any damage
which they me Y thereby sustain. •
On motibn of Mr. EDMUNDS ! , his res
olution in relation to the mode of cotint
ing the vote of Georgia for President and
Vice President was taken, up.
Mr.. TRUMBULL maintained that"
Georgia, having complied with the con-
PITTSBURGH - , T _ES 1 )AY, • F KKR Y 69.
ditiOns of admission imposed by Con
gress, was prima facie entitled -to have
her vote couuted, and thought the reso
lution unnecessary In_
any view, if. as it
assumes, the vote of 4.leorgia would not
change the result.
Mr. EDMUNDS thought the evidence
conclusive that Georgia was not entitled
to have her vote counted;, but as there
was a ditrerence of opinion, he had intro
-duced the resolution to- avoid the neces
sity which would iixiat ftiinti hasty:deter
mination of it.
Mr. HENDRICKS briefly diecussed
the r6solution, and said the amount of it
was, that fora white - in the' counting of
the electoral votes the vote of Georgia
was to be collated, but finally it was not
to be counted.
Ur. WITYTE could not see .any Pre
priety ih raising the question, as to the
right of Georgia to representation, or to
have her electoral vote counted, when
she already had Representatives sitting
in the Rouse.
Mr. CONIML.NG said those Represen
tatives had been elected before the im
pediment, if there was any, arose.
The discussion was interrupted by the
expiration of the morning hour, which
bn,ught up the Constitutional Amend
ment.
Mr. SAULSBURY was entitled to the
floor, but Mr: EDMUNDS appealed, to
him to give way for a vote on the resolu
tion with regard to counting the vote of
Georgia.
Mr. SAULSBURY declined and pro
ceeded to' address the Senate on the
amendment. He regarded it not as an
amendment to the Constitution, but as
an attempt at the subversion of it, and
all other State Constitutions. The
fathers of the Constitution had solemnly
voted down, in Convention, a proposal to
make the Federal Govejument a national •
one; but their wiser decendanta, who
had the advantage of living in an age of
progres.s, and learning their political
philosophy from the newspapers, now
gloried lu doing that which the great
men of the revolutionary period bad so
carefully. avoided. This amendment,
however, was simply a part- of the pro
gramme of the Radical' party, a
party already guilty of such ty
ranny that it would be well' for
the coming generations if forgetfulness
of their atrocious acts *Mould. come
over the mind, and the historian's
pen be paralyzed In recording them. Ha
warned the- adyncates of the measure,
who were opposed to - repudiation, that
they were proposing to admit to the suf
frage a ekes or people whose interests
would be very-likely to make tbem.vote
for repudiation. The Senator from Ne
vada had declined to give any reasons
for, the adoption of this amendment,
thinking ft was enough to say thylit was
the crowning act of the Republican par
ty.- Ile (Mr. Saulsbury) thought so too.
The proposed amendment, striking down -
ono of the great rights of the Sates, was
indeed an appropriate crowning act of
that infamous party, in regard to which
his own descriptive vocabulary had been
exhausted. -He could only say, in the
words •of Holy - Writ, that from the•
crown outs beset to;he, sole of its foot,
there was no health in ij,„ That party
was-the murderer oLtlie.CobatitutianeZ
'this conutry,iand in disenisaing it he
might use the language of the Judge
when he has pronounced sentence on a
murderer; ONley, God e! !nerdy on
ybur soul" '
Mr. NYE suggested that always when
the Judge reached that point he stopped.
[Laughter.)
Mr. SAULSBURY said he would 'an
swer. the Senator with one of his own itn
ecdotes. A man passing along a road
discovered a neighbor, whbni he knew
to be a Universalist, beating a dead
skunk, whereupon he remonstrated,
saying.”.liow As it you, who do, not be
lieve punisbMent after deat.h:'are In
flicting it upon this poor skunk ?" The
• Universalist replied, "to be sore, he. did.
not generally believe in punishment
after death, or the justice of -it, bat be
knew this particular skunk deserved It;
and be was bohnd to give it to
So, Mr. Saulsbury, although lie had-pro
nounced sentence Upon that party, he
felt bound to go on.
Mr. , NYE suggested that the dead
party was not the Republican party, but
the other.
Mn SA.ULSBURY—No, sir; it lives; it•
lives; and you saw the manifestations of
its Mb whenlyou took wa your candidate
a man who had always-professed to be a
Democrat, and ;von folind it necessary to
take 'Mtn to carry you tlarough.the last
election.
Mr...EDMUNDS suggested, in view of
the day on which electoral votes would
be counted, it warnecessary to take some
action on his resolution on the method
of counting ,the: vote of. Georgia. He
therefore asked the senator from Neva
da (Mr. Stewart,) to suspend tho 'debate
on tho amendment to allow. the: Senate
to act on that resolution.
Mr. STEWART consented and the res.
olution was then passed-3I to 11.
The Senate then resumed the discus- -
sion of the Constitutional Amendment;
on which Mr.' FRELINGIIUYSEN made
q : brief apeech. tie thought it unneces
sary to reply to the argument of Sena
t.pre in favor of - States rights:, That had
been sufficiently discussed in this court,
try, and in regard to it he would may
say, if a State which could neither make
walr, treaties, coin money, and whose ter
ritory was subject to the law of another
end 1 higher power, the supreme law of
the laud, was a /sovereignty at all, it. was
only one In ' nathe, and he` was surprised
that Senators - en the Other aide deposed
the pending amendment to the Constito
tion, because they called themselves
Democrat's and professed to believe in a
Demottatic Gtivernauenhtuid the. object
of this amendment was to give
to four millions of free taxable citi
zens. of the republic , a voice In the Gov
eriiment-,e4horciugly detiMerittie objeet;
There) was another reason why they
should not oppose the amendment. They
had complained- that the establishment
°Pantile stiffrage at the South wase ty
rannicial discrimination against that
portion of the Country; but this
amendment was_ a proposition to
extend the same rule all over the
StatesAhtis,selleving the &inflation" hi.
exceptional position, and therefore they
ought I to support It.' He preferred the
atnetilltnent as reported - from•the - Juar
ciary Comnilttee Loney of the Sublitltutes
offers , because it did not propose to de
prive he States of the right to .regulate
suffra e, each for itself. lie did not like
the proposition of the Senator from MM.
saohusetts, (Mr. Sumner,) because It
prop4ed* to take away that right from
the States, and because that Senator's
arguntent had failed to satisfy him that
the Ginvernment had a right; as against
a State, to regulate the suffrage.
Mr. DAVIS took the floor and announ
ced that ho proposed to discuss the pend-
tea aweadteent for euieral hours,
wlelreupon the Senate took a reces s .
Evening Bcssion—The President, an
nout.ce.l the appointment of Mr. Harlan
as an additional member Of tile Coninilt- .
tee on Indian Affairs.
Mr. DAVIS, being entitled to the floor,
yielded to Mr. ABBOTT, who made an
argument in' favor of the amendment.
He believed the time had comewhen the
power of the generalgovernment should
be felt over every foot of its territory, to
protect all classes of citizens in their
riahts, and if it had not, power enough,to
make itself so felt, he was in favor of
giving it such power. Hai wished to have
the:Constitutional Amendment adopted;
first; because Congress had the Constitu
tional authority to propose it; second, be
cause it was equitable; third, because it
was expedient. lu regard to the form of
the amendment, he preferred one.of an
affirmative charadter, as suggested by the-
Senator from Indiana,Mr. Morton.
Mr. DAVIS resumd tue floor and
spoke at length against the amendment.
He insisted that the power of Congress
to propose an amendment to the Consti
-tutlon was a restricted power. Congress
Was authorized by the Constitution itself
to propose amendments to the Constitu
tion, but not to propose, by way of
amendment, anything mconsistent with
the scope of the design of the original
Constitution. To determine whether the
change proposed was a legiti in ate amend
ment, or a revolutionary prdposition, It
must be compared with the original In
etrunient. This amendment, tested in
this way, would be found revolutionary
and subversive of our system of govern
ment. It proposes to effect a change, not
only of the Constitution of tue United
States, but of all the Constitutions of
every State in the Union, and he asked
any advocate of it to show where Con
gress could get power to change the Con
stitution of ti State. ' But it was useless
to argue the question of 'Constitutional
right to the propcHers of this amendment,
because it was not based upon any such
right, but upon a selfish- desire for the
perpetuation of party power._ But Con
gress having authority to propose amend.
ments to the Constitution of the United
States only, this provision is not intended
to apply or in any way to affect the
prquilples and forms of government of
the several States as organized by the
respective Constitutions:
Mr. WILLIAMS then offered again
his eubstiute for the report of the Com
mittee, that Congress shall have power
to abolish or modify any restrictions
upon the right to vote or hold otlice
prescribed by the Constitution or laws of
any State.
Mr. WELCH made an argument to
sh,vc how futile and trivial 'were all the
objections to giving' the negro' the right
of suffrage on account of; race, color or
ititelleetuat unfitness, when weighed
against his transcondaut patriotism.. ' .
Mr. ROSS way in favor of giving the
negro the suffrage, beciiiise it was right
to do so, and for other reasons which
were inandable in the reporters' gallery.
noun OF REPRESENTATIVES
_ .
Dlr. SCHENCK presented the poll
.
tiOUS of Adams ,lewett., and two hun
dred and thirty-four otoor citizens of
Dayton, praying Congress to repeal the
franking privilege. Referred to the
Pastcalce Oommittee.
Several bills were introduced and re
ferred, including the following
By Mr. - ELA: Toreeeind all stationery
contracts with Dempsey .k O'Toole.
By Mr. ELIOT: To regulate and pro
tect the fur trado_and seals on the
Islands of St. , and .St. George,
Alaska.
'Mr. WARD introtinced a hill fixing,
the time for the election of Representa
tives in Congress for. Tuesday utter the
first Monday in December in each alter.
hate year, commencing in lhit.), prowl ! ,
ding for the, registration of electors bv
inspectors appeinted by the Secretary of
the Interior, and; that naturalization
shall only ho made, - by United , States
Courts and United States Commissioners,
only one of the latterhr be appointed for
every quarter of a Millen of •pepulation
of' cities; all naturalization papers held
by persons in cities of over twenty thou
sand of population, issued since the Ist
day of January, 1804,,t0 bo surrendered
within.one year and ..new ones taken if,
thdold ones aro genuine, the expense to
be paid by the United 'States; all papers
not AO surrendered to be void.'
Motions to refer to lbeCoMmlttee en
Revision of Laws anti ;to the Judiciary
Committee were rejected, -end the bill,
at Mr. Ward's desire, was referred to the
Select Committee on New York Election
Frauds. ~
A hill Nits also introduced by Mr.
BARNES for the exchange of gold for
United States del.:laud notes, and to pre
vent the sale (4f gold. ,
By 'Mr. BROOKS : 'rp encourage, the
building of stearrishipili - in the United
States.
• 13v Mn •MORRILL Regulating the
value of extra rations otifarrny officers.
By Mr. KOOK`.' AnTeridatory of Sol
.diers bounty net Of iiily;lisco. • •
By•Mr.HAIJOHEY: tiviatiye to rights
of loyal citizens in
By Mr. DELANO:. Authorizing the
President to appoint Cotomissioners to
revise the. Tariff laws tio9. report, to Coo
lly, Mr. 313 1 LIAN f To' rent' the right
of 'way to the Memphis,. I Paso and,Pix
cilicßailroad. •
. 13vMr. BAKER: At:landing the Nat-.
uralizatiou laws, by girring ',validity to
certificates issued by Loin, file Courts of
inferior jurisdiction, mut rpcNnYing
doclarations,lif latent AO before, anch
Courts. '
By Mr- SAWYER: Gretitlng !elide:to
Michigan, Wisconain and Minnesota to
aid In the ceinsixtiction nif ` certain
'roads. ' 4 ' '•
By Mr. rounß : Ptesaribe alarm.
and- rule of naturalization, •fixing pre-,
vious residence in the .Uoited States sk i
.one year and in States six months, dis.
pensing vrith: the first declaration of in
tention, requiring only thci,reath Of
glance, and leaving the subject of 'natur•
:la/Adieu to Courts gel , ph#lng j
Ali epprepriatel,y
Messrs. S LEYE and MILLER intras
cluqed Conuthutiohal'amdticinients,, -
Mr. BENSAMIN,"' resolutions of the
Missouri Legislature roliitivir' to certain ,
railroads. , • 'I . •
Mr. CLARK, resolutions of the Kansas
Legislature thanking Gene. Sheridan and
Custer and declaring want of,sympathy
with the peace c,omnalsalandrh,
Mr. POLSLEY. the resolutiOns of the
West. Virginia Legislature,;' asking a
grant of phtilic lands to aid fit the con.
strnction or the Vtintral Webt Virginia
railroad. • t,
f• Mr. HOLBROOK,' resolutions of the
Idaho Legislature for aid to railroads, etc.
All referred.
Mr. JULIAN introduCed and moved
tho previous question on the passage of
the joint resutution to prevent the 2 „furr
tiler sale of public lands of the United
States, except as' provided for, in the pre
emption and homestead laws, and for
disposing of town sites and regulating
grants of lands ia aid of railroads, so as
to limit the sales of land td actual set
tlers in quantities not greater than quarr
ter sections to any purchaser, anti the
price not to exceed :',2,50 per acre.
Mr. HOPKINS moved to lay the joint
resolution on the table. Negatived—yeas,
33; nay s, 133. _
The 'Morning hour expired and tbe're
solution went over till Monday next..
Mr. MILLER presented a memorial
asking an appropriation in aid of the
National Homstead, at-Gettysburg, lbr
orphans of soldiers. Referred to the.
Comsnittee on Appropriations.
The next business in order was the
motion made last Monday by Mr.
Schenck to snspend the rules to coo
alder in the House, and with reference
to the Committee of the Whole, the
Senateam endments to the House bill reg
ulating the duties on copper and copper
ores.
Mr..ELDRIDGE asked Mr. Schenck
to yield, in order that he might offer' a
resolution for the appointment of a Select
Committee to investigate the reported
murder by the Arkansas militia, under
.General Upham, of the three citizens at
Marion, Arkansas, on the 21st—oflanua
-17 last.
Mr. ROOTS objected.
Mr. ELDRIDGE desired one minute to
explain the matter.
Mr. SCHENCK said he did not like to
yield for that purpose.
Mr. ROOTS said he would object to his
yielding.
Mr. ELDRIDGE said the sister of Ma
jor Geo. Harney, one or the murdered
men, was in the city on her way to Ar
kansas tb obtain the body of her brother,
and was very anxious to have an inveiti-
Mr. SCHENCK remarked that it was
no part of the resolution.
Mr. ELDRIDGE admitted it, but
claimed there was a reason why the rea- -
olution should be , adopted. •
Qbjectiou was not withdrawn, and the
-resolution could not be offered.
Mr. PRIETYN 'Offered a resolution
structing the Committee on Ways rind
Means to inquire into the propriety of
reducing or abrogating the duty now
charged on flowering plants brought
from fOreign countries. Adopted.
lir. SPALDING, from the Committee
oil Appropriations, reported back the
Senate mend tnent.ta- the Consular and
Diplomatic Appropriation bill. - -
Made the special order for 0-morrow.,
Mr:JUDD offered a resolution direct
ing the Secretary of War to have exami
nations and surveys made.at the t ort of
Cliicitgo, with a view tosecure additional
and enlarged harbor facilities, as the ne
cessity (if commerce demands. Referred
to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. GARFIELD, from the Conimittee
on Militant Affairs, reported back -the
Senutejoint,iesoltfbon fur itigniringlnto
the .utility and practicabitity. of the,
Ityan-IlitclreOck. mode • of" fortification.
Passed.,
1
The motion of gr. Schenck, to [impend
the rules, In order to 'consider in. the
House'the Senate amendmehtS to ihe'
Copper Wl', was agreed to—yeas 118, nays
The amendments are as follows: after
the word "enumerated"insert the words
..including sulphate of copper or blue
vitriol," so as to make it subject to a
duty of live 'cents per pound. At the
end of the o II insert the woids "on cop
per in rolled plates, called braziers cop•,
per sheets, rods', pipes and copper bot
toms, anti all manufactures of copper, or
of which copper shall be a component,
not otherwise provided for, forty-five per
cent= ad valorem; provided the in
creased duty imposed by this act shill
not apply to any of, the articles therein
enumerated which shall have been in
course of 'tranisit to the United States and
-actually , on ship board on the 19th; of
January 1869." .
Mr. PIKE itSked Mr. Schenck Whether
he would admit discussion_ on the bill?
Mr. ScHENCK - s'ard'he would not; he
thought it had been sufficiently discuss
ed. He moved to ccncur in the Senate
amendments and decrianded the pte
vious question. --
.Mr. BROOKS would: be .glad if , the
gentleman from. Ohio would: answer a
few questions, so that the amendments
might ho understood.
Mr. SCHENCK declined, as that would
be a system of debate under disguise. •
Mr. BROOKS said the tax of live Cents
per pound on sulphate of copper was a
tax on every old lady's dye pot in the
country. Bine vitriol cost in England a.
little over five cents, a pound, so the tax
was 96 and .la-100 per cent, ad valorem,
and only for the benefit of three or four
companies in the East.
The previous question was 'seconded
and the main question ordered.
Mr. BROOKS moved to lay the bill on
the table. Negatived-66 to 109.
The amendments were then concurred
in—yeas, 112; nays, 56.
The bill now goes to, the President for
approval.
Mr. KELLY offered a resolution calf
ing on the Secretary of the Navy for in
formation as to the autount, expend:.•
ed fn experiments on steam exp maim
under the direction orthe department 13r
'bureau of steam engineering. Adopted.
The Honse then want into Committee
of the Whole Mr. Ferry in the chair,
mid resumed, the cpnalderation ,of, the.
Artny Approprirtion, bill, the itentunder,
discussion,being that which apprOpriat3d
a million dollars for an Arsenal and
!Armory at ;leek Island, Illinois. ' • '
'After ti disausstbn, lasting over an hour
and a half, the•paragrapti was amended,
on motion Of Mr. PHELPS, by reducing
it for Rook Island Arsenal from one mil
lion dollars to lifty thousand. dollar&
. _ .•
BLAINE-ttien moved to appropri,
ate,tbree hundred ;.thousand ; dqllars for
tbe Rook Island bridge. ,
Mr. LOGAN moved as an arneridnient
that Rock island be ceded to the State of
Illinois. , ' '
A point of orderbeing raised, Mr. "Lie
}pots amendment was ruled out of order.
Mr. BLAINE'S amendment was re.
jected.
Without further progress the Hoese
took ,a recess.: ,
. Evening Sesaion.—The lions° in COM I ,
mittee 91 the,Whole; Mr. Ferry, ba the
chair, continued the consideration of the
Army Appropriation bill.
On 'motion of Mr. SEIEGLABARGER,
an 'appropriation of twenty thousand
dollars was inserted for the Arsenal at
Columbus, Ohio.'
The Corgmittee= having reached the
end of the bill,
NUMBER 37
Mr. GARFIELD, Chairman of tue COM^
mittee on Military Affairs, offered are
amendment for too reduction of the
army and for the consolidation of the.
departments.
Mr. BUTLER, Mass., made the pAint
of order that as the whole amendment
was'offered as an entirely new sectiOn,
and as the last section, provides for the•
transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War
Dopartment, for whielf fierrnisSion was
not given by the House, the amendmenC•
was out of order. a
The Chairman sustained the point.,
but oh the statement by Mr. Garfield
that he wished the amendment consid
ered section by section, and not as an.,;
entirety, the Chairman 'reversed his de
cision, and overruled the point of order. -
Various other points of order were
made and overruled.
Mr. GARFIELD took" the floor to
explain, and advocate his amendment,
which be offered section by section, the.
first section being a provision that no
farther appointments shall be made in
the grades of General or Lieutenant Gen
eral; that no further appointments shall
be made in grades of Major General or
Brigadier General, until the number
of Major Generals shall be reduced below ,
four, and thereafter there shall be only
four Major Generals, and the number of
Brigadier Generals, exclusive of staff, is
reduced below six, and thereafter there
shall be but six Brigadier Generals, ex - -
elusive of staff.
Mr. BUTLER, of Massachusetts, offer-
ed his amendment for the reduction of
the army, which was read.
Mr. GARFIELD withdrew from his
amendment everythiug relating to the
transfer of the Indian Bureau, and then
offered the rest as an entirety. He then -
yielded the floor to Mr: WILSON, of
lowa, whb moved the Committee rise, irt
order that the concurrent resolution of
the Senate as to the counting of the •
Electoral yote might be taken from the
Speaker's table and passed.
The motion wasagreed to and the Com=
mittee accordingly • rose, and
DA.WES took the chair as Speaker . pro
teat.
Mr. WILSON then moved to sitapei:rd:' 3
the rules to take from. the table'and.passr •
the concurrent resolution as to the j cQunt
ing of the Electoral votes.
M. MAYNARD Inquired" wlltzither
amendment to include Lonisizuw,would. -
be in order?
The SPEAKER pr - d' fem said whenever
an amendment was offered the Chair' I
would decide upon it.
Mr. FARNSWORTH—Under this mo
tion no amendments"Wili be 'in order.
The SPEAKHR pro telao the Chair
rules,
Ikir.ARNSWORTII—Then, I hoPe the ,
gentleman from lowa will modify - his
motion so as si to ply. to suspend the rules
and take up the resolution.;
Di
r., WILSON-Oh! no. '
Mn FA RNSWORTFI—I. want to know ' 1
if there is ally precedent for putting , billki.-
through iu this way?
Mr. RANDALL—I desire to ask wheth
er 0114 legislation is not in the nature of
a law, and does not require the signature
of the President ?
The SPEAKER—The Chair does
regard that as a point of. order. . -
Mr. RAND,A.LL , --I shonld- like the
Chair to answer - that question, or some
body else for him. ' •
Mr. MAYNA.RD—I appeal to the gen
tleman from lowa to allow an amend
ment to be pioposed to include the - State
of Louisiana.
Mr. WILSON decliusd to do so.
On the motion to suspend the rules
Mr. WOODWARD demanded the yeas
and nava. .Not ordered.
Mr. ROSS moved to adjourn and de
mended the yeas and nays, arid tellers
on veas and nsys.
The demand for tellers, on yeas and ,
nays was refused and the motion to, ad
journ rejected.
On the vote by tellers en the motion to%
suspepd,- a quorum was not.present,...
Then by . general ._consent.a vote was
taken by yeas imd-nays, resulting, yeas •
97, nays 17., !' , • ' . . --
se,the rules were anspendedaod the,
concurrent resolution taken ,up and
adopted. •• •
On motion of Mr. BUTLER. of, Mass.
the rides were suspended so an amend
ment to the Army Appropriation 'bill Air
the reduction of the. ay of army bands
might be proposed. j,
It was proposed that Friday evening of
this week be set apart Tor debate on the
subject of Hayti and St. Domingo, as em
braced in Mr. Orth's resolution, offered ,
last week, but not received.
Objection was'-raised by 'Mr. FARNS- -
WORTH.. • ,
Mr. BANKS moved to suspend the
rules.
Mr. FARNSWORTH suggested /that
the subjeFt could be discussed without
acv special order.
Messi-A. SCHENCK, -GARFIELD and
others expressed.opposition to.the intro
duction of the resolution.
Mr. BANKS said he did not want it In
tmduced.
On the. 'nation to suspend the rules no
quorum voted. . '
The House adjourned: "I•
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
G. IL Thurston, President of the P,„ 4
TelegraphCOrnpany.„ is In. Cincinnetl.
—Edward S. Piper, alias C.
a forger, has beewsentenced at Portland,.
Maine, to the State prison for eight -years„
man named Gregg„jumpeti oyer
board from the steamer Haien during her
list trip from Quincy;- wiur
drowned. •••*. •
—The • trial of, Worruald
win, at Salem, Mass.;` for engaging in, a:
prize fight in Lynnfield,Was commence*
yester d ay. •. - • • •- - A--
-H. C. Shock. cm Saturday night/felt
underneath a freight train•on theHarmi
bal and St. Joe R. R., hear Woodfield,
and was instantly • •
—The Governor Getieral of Canada has
expressed the opinion ,that •Morpreal
should be the seat or Government, and,-
he will rise his influence fo'beve•it•there.
. .
—The dead body'. bran Infant, trbose
skallbed been ?fractured, was found on
Monday morning near. Csrimadale,
nois. No clue , has "been' obnilned fp tbe
murderer. '• •;• • - •.- ;
• —The Crescent Inahrance Company, at
Cincinnati, has paid 120 thejull ammint
of the insurance on the' beats lost In the
Warsaw •tilsaStee last TRlCenaber. Othei
companies will contest:the .Payn2ont
the Courts.
—A. lire at Littleton, N. 11., on Satur
day, destroyed the builditi occupied by
the Latuiasterfitarch Company, Ric
eon's turpentine , factory, . and Moral 4 k.
Co.'s - pek factory; bias twenty tour thoun4..
end donate; inenreid. 1