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VOpliME LXXXIV.
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THE cirrAi i i
[ByTelegraoh to the Pitt' twin' Gazette.]
WASHINGT N, Feb. 16, 1869.
INDIAN TREAT Et 3 RATIFIED.
The Senate to-day ratified several In
dian treaties negotiated at Fort Laramie
by Generals Sherman, Harney, Terry
and Anger with the representatives of
bands of Sioux, Shoahones and Bzrt ,
,
nooks, who bad bee* at war with the .
United States., These bands of Indians
AM to be located on:reservations north of
Nebraska and west of the Missouri river,
in accordance with the policy of the
Peace Commission.
P.&VL BAGLEY, THEMIESIONARY.
A pa ,per, of which the following is a
copy, has been signed by forty Sem
tors and one hundred and eight Repre
sentatives:
"To Andrew Johnson, President of the
itinited ,hates: The undersigned re
spectfully request your Excellency to
give the hearer hereof, Paul Bagley, Mis
sionary, snob moral support or letter to
our Minister at the Court of St. .!am -a as
may enable him favorably to present to
the British Government such petition 89
he may desire of Our fellow-citizens there
, held as prisoneril."
This was delivered into the hands of .
Secretary Seward on the 12th inst. He
today read to Mr. Bagley a lettp which
he would forward to Minister Johnson
on the subiect. Mr. Bagley expects to
leave New York to-morrow, taking the
original document with him to England.
.701INBON'8 CABINET.
It is understood the members of Presi.
dent Johnson's Cabinet, exceot probably
General Schofield and Mr. Everts, will
tender their resignations on or before
the 4th of March, to take effect that day,
.and Secretary Seward has granted leave
-of absence to several of our `Ministers
- abroad, including Reverdy Johnson,who
desires to return home for a short time.
NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED.
The Senate C ow med the nominations
of Calvin J. wles, Assayer of the
Branch Mint at Charlotte; N. C.; James
H. Hucklebery, Attorney for the-West
.ern District of 'Arkansas; Henry D. Hall,
of Maine, and. Daniel B. Hodgson, of
~ ..New York, Captains in the Revenue
TE. , IIOURATICCI COMMITTEE.
The President of -the Senate has pointedap
i as a Committee ta - make arrange
ments for the inauguration of General
-Grant as President, Senators Yates, of
Cragin, or N. - H., and Met.lreer VI
•of "Ky.
A.LXBANA ,TREATY.
Sperials say the debate- in the "Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations to-day,
_.on the Alabama tr9aty, showed not a sin
:gle member to be in :favor of its ratifies
- tion.
NEW YORK CITY.
By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.
NEW Yon); February 16, 1868?
The Pneumatic Dispatch Company
:have been busily tunnelling under
Broadway for about three weeks, and no
owl outside the, Company was aware of
the operations until a day or two since.
The progress is very slow, being only
about tet, inches a day, as the earth is
not dug out but forced ahead.
Detective Ettstace leaves for Memphis
to-night, having in custody Thos: E.
Leonard, the L 15,000 County Treasury
forger, captured in this city on Saturday.
The CouoUninipaw and Hnds )rt City
,Stock Yard Companies have.been con
,solidated,'and_after this week the Hud
son City drove yards will be closed.
Alvin - Hunt, late night editor of the
New York World. died at Unadilla, this
State, of tho consumption, aged twenty
:eight. • • -
The Boston, Hartford and Erie Rail
road will be completed to Brewster's
Station, on the Harlem road, some time
next fall. ` About three thousand men
are employed along the line. •
In the McHenry perjury case to-day,
.Assistant C.onsnissioner Harland, of the
Internal Revenue Bureau, was on - the
stand and testified that the statement of
the defendant that he (Harland) had re
•oeived money from Mr. Pike, was abso
lutely false.
Samuel Tucker, who robbed'the Bank
.of Delhi,,Delaware county, this State, a
year ago; and was arrested and escaped,
has been captured and taken to the scene
•of the robbery.
Wm. McCutcheon was to-day sentenced
to imprisonment for life on the plea of
guilty of murderlif the second degree.
The Committee appointed by the Unica
League Club to, memorialize Congress
fora change in naturaiization laws, left
this evening for Washington. Their me-'
mortal is live hundred feet in length, and
contains over twenty-seven thousand
;signatures.- :The memorial, and also
the report of the committee on election
frauds, will. probably be presented to
Congres9 to morrow. -
The steamer„ City of New York, from
Liverpool on the, .3d, arrived to-night.
.
'lnclnnati Improvementa—Presbyterlan
Convention.
fiir Telegram' to the Pittsburgh Gazette.) e
CIiiCINNATI, February 16 Ven
members of the City Council n ill start
to Columbus to-morrow to urge Upon
the Legislatnnithe authorizing of certain
appropriations fcir public improvements
',./n this city.
Ar called conve, reresen b
ministerial and
,laynt ion
delegat p es irom ted
'the z
'Old and New - School Presbyterian
Churches, of Ohio, Kentucky and In
diana, held Its first session and organized
this morning: 'About one hundred and
fifty delegates are present. The reunion
of the Old and New' School Presbyterian
Churches will be discumed. A large re
presentation is ez,pected to-morrow.
Ili
Penns3lvania Central Railroad.
• .•
Uhr Telegrepr t to the Plt tehurgh e.
PHILADELPIIIA, February 16.—The an
nual report of the directors of the Penn
sylvania hilroad says their arrangements
will be applied especially to the increase
of rolling stock. It is proposed togive the
stockholders registered upon the books
-of the Company, on the 13th of April
nest, the privilege of subscribing 20 per
cent. of their holdings at that time in
new shares at par. With the proposed
Increase of capital the board entertain
no fear of , difficulty in continuing divid
ends of ten per cent. per annum.
HARRISBURG.
PrOceedings of the Leghilature—
Large Number of Bills Passed--
ct Incorporating the Central
Passenger Railway of Pitts
burgh Passed Finally—Nomi
nations-by the Governor. /
(By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.) /
HAuttuiatruu, February 16, 1869.
SENATE.
The Senate met in tho afternoon.
SENATE JBILLS PASSED FINALLY,
Authorizing the United Presbyterian
church, at Tarentum, to remove dead
bodies to Prospect Cemetery.
Changing the dividing line between
Beaver and Bridgewater boroughs and
the school line between Beaver borough
and Borough township.
Extendin much of the act of April
5, 1849, bein g g
a so
supplement for Alit:tale
ny City, as relates to grading, paving or
macadamizing streets, etc., to Tarentnm,
and repealing the act of April 3, 1851, re
lating to Tarentuin.
Incorporating the Corry Manufactur
ing and Lumber Company.
Incorporating East End Gas Company,
Pittsburgh.
Authorizing the Wilkesbarre and Pitts
ton Railroad Company to erect a tele
graph line.
Authorizing the Wilmington and
Reading Railroad Company to raise mon
ey by mortgage to, build lateral roads. '
Incorporating- Hemlock Creek and
Muncy Railroad Company.
Authorizing four Supervisors in North
Union township. Fayette county.
Incorporating the Allegheny County
Savings Bank.
Extending the charter of the Bank of
Pittsburgh.
Incorporating, the Masonic Deposit
Savings Bank, Pittsburgh.•
Legalizing acts of present and - former
school boards of Connellsville.
Authorizing the School Directors of
East Birmingham to borrow more mon
ey; same for UniontoWn; also authoriz
ing the School Board of Uniontown to
appropriate school tax to building pur
poses.
Authorizing. Bellevue borough. Alle
gheny county, to levy an extra tax and
prohibit We sale of liquor in said bor
ough. • •
Separating the offices of Prothonotary
and Clerk of the Orphans' Court and
Quarter Sessions of Greene county.
Enablimr Allegheny County Commis
sioners to improve public buildings and
pay for the same.
AuthOrizing Braddocks borough, Alle
gheny county, to . borrow money and
levy, additional-taxes.
Incorporating Union borough, Alle
lheny,.
HOUSE PASSED.
RepealingßlLL act ot FINALLY
1868. increasing the
number of Supervisors in Cowlinshan
nook township, Armstrong county. •
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Mr. MORGAN, of Allegheny, intro
duced a bill . authorizing the School Di
rectors of the Nineteenth and Twenty.
first Wards of Pittsburgh to borrow
twenty-five thousand dollars for build
lug purposes.
The following House bills were passed
finally :
Extending the time for the completion
of the New Castle and New Wilmington
plank road ten years.
Establishing a public ferry over the
Allegheny river at Samuel Bartley's.
Incorporating the Warren Gas and
Water Company; capital thirty thousand
dollars.
Authorizing the Meadville Council to
fix the places of general, special and mu
nicinal.elections.
Fixing Orineby borough' elections for
every third Friday in March. when -the
burgess and - six councilman `sh9ll be
elected.
Authorizing the Peoples'Saylngs Bank
to increase its capital twenty thousand
dollare.•
Authorizing the Mechapics Savings
Bank of Pittsburgh to invest in govern
ment securities.
Amending the jury act of 1867, by im
posing the duties of ?resident and addi
tional law Judges as Jury Commission
ers upon the County Commissioners in
Erie. Crawford, Warren, Beaver, Bucks,
Blair, Dauphin, Clarion, Huntingdon,
Fayette, York, Cumberland Luzerne,
Butler, Lancaster, Somerset, Montgom
.ery, Cambria, Lawrence, Columbia land
Montour counties.
The following Senate bills were passed
finally :
Incorporating the Central Passenger
Rail Way Company of Pittsburgh, "com
mencing ou Fourth avenue at Market
street, running on Grant. Wylle,"Fulton
streets and Centre avenue to East Lib
erty, with branches; capital thirty thou
sand dollars, with power to purchase the
franchises of the Pittsburgh and Miners
vllle road as conveyed to them by . the
Oakland- road in. 1864; consent of Goutl7
oils to use streets to be obtained, . eieept
as to streets used by the Pittsburgh and
Alinersville road; fare ton cents on their
road and ten additional on the Pittat urgh
and Minersville. Among the corPora
tors are C. Hanson Love, J. K. Moor
head, R. G. Herron, A. G. McCandless,
T. J. Brereton, E. P. Jones, A. H. Miller,
Gecirge Ewart, E. T. Cassbiay, M. K.
Moorhead. . • -
Authorizing trustees of the First Re
formed Presbyterian congregation of
Pittsburgh to remove dead= bogies and
sell property.
Extending Pittsburgh vehicle license
law to Etna borough.,
Defining and extending equityjuris
diction of Allegheny county District
Court:and validating certain proceedings
in_parlition in said Court.
Repealing so much of the socond sec.
tion of the act authorizing the Sharabnrg
authorities to levy a fifteen milrtax on
county valuation of 1668, approved April
13,18t38, as relates' to sehts4 taxes.
Authorizink Alirgbony Gas Company
to increase th - eir capital to live hundred
thonsmid dollars.
Incdrporating African College.
Changing the nanie of Pittsburgh Ale
and Malt Manufacturing CompanS , tp
Rhodes Ale Company, and reducing
capital. •
NOMINATIONS BY TRE GOVERNOR.
Gov. Geary to.ilay transmitted to the
Senate f)r conlirmat'on the names of F.
B. Penniinan of Allegheny, Dr. George
Bailey, of Philadelphia, and Jacob
Bomberger, of Harrisburg, as trustees of
the Peiingylyania State Lunatic Hospital
for three years from February Ist, 1969.
SBURGH, WEDNESD
NECOIO MTN'.
FOUR cyczArlex c 4. 7XL.,
NEWS BY CABLE.
Opening of the NeW British
Parliament The Queen's
Speech—popular Demonstra.
lions in Spain for Religions
Lib erty -- Reinforcenients for
•
Cuba—Greece ,and the Paris
Conferenie The War in
South America—Contradic
tory ACcounts. .
[Beiralempb to the Manures Gazette.]
GREAT BRITAIN.
LONDON, Feb 18.—The formal open
ing of the new Parliament took place this
afternoon. The members of the House
of Commons were summoned to attend
at the bar of the Chamber of Peens to
l ] hear the Royal speech. The Queen was
inot present, but Her Majesty's speech
was delivered by the Royal Commission,
and read to the assembled House by
the Lord Chancellor. The, speech is in
substance as follows :
The Queen assures the Lords and Com
mons that the relations of Great Britain
with all foreign powers are at present on
an excellent footing. The hostilities
which threatened to break - out in the
East have been presented by the
Conference of the Great Powers at
Paris.- The hope is expressed that
negotiatione with the United States will
place on a firm and durable basis the
friendship which should ever exist be
tween England and America. The die
turbances in the Colony of Now Zealand
are to be regretted, but the Queen is
sure that proclaims and moderation on
the part of the efbvernment will"prevent
a recurrence or such unhappy events.
The estimates which will be laid before
the Commons by Her Majesty's Ministers
are framed on - the basis of economy,
coupled with efficiency, in. the adminis
tration of the. service % The continued
suppression of the operation of the writ
of habeas corpus in'lreland is regarded
as unnecessary. The ecclesiastical ar
rangements for Ireland are to be consid
ered by Parliament. The legislation for
their final adjustment will make large de
mands upon the wisdom of both hoops.
On this subject the Queen concludes as
follows: I am persuaffrd thetas Owl il re
gard will be had to theintol*Sinvolv
w eit
and the—elßaaisPeetiefon, and that in
the application of the principles of equal
Justice to the question before them, Par-,
he a p!lamet will secur Irelanddivided feeling
of eople of On the side of
loyalty and law efface the memory of
the past commission and cherish, the
sympathies of an affectionate people.
SOUTH AMERICA.
.
Loxbos, :February 16.—Accounts of
affairs in 'Paraguay are contradictory.
The Brazilians claim that the war is
ended, that their forces now permanent
ly Occupy Ascnasion and that the inhab
itants, who on. their approach, by order
of Lopez fled to the interior, are return
ing to their homes. It iS positively - as
serted Lopez has , abandoned the country
and gone to Bolivia. 'On the other hand,
accounts from' Paraguayan sources rap
?lntent the army of Lopez, after the battles
at Villetta and Angostura, retired in corn
parallyely good order and is still capable .
of ,making formidable resistance. The
Paraguayans base their hopes. of pro
serVing their indePendence and Volleying
their losses on the violent dimensions
which they say have broken out among
Generaktof the allied troops.
SPAIN.
14Atosin, February 15.—Popular de
monstrations have again been made in
. ,
thbretty in favor of freedom of religious
worship, and also for the abolition of
capital punishment. The people gathered
in the streets of Valladolid yesterday
and protested against military eonserip,
Cann, February 15.—Active urepariF
time are going on for the Immediate ern
barkatiou of six thousand mdre troops
'for cube. Esealanta •mil go out :Nith
the 'reinforcements with hotructitind
from the provisional government. • - ' '
4-
GREECE.
• PARIEI. - Feb. 18,M. Walewskl has reach
ad this city , „on Ws. returzifout ,Atikezny'
with the reply of the the Greek Gdiforn
ment to the resolutions °Mei COLAehtaice
of Paris.
~The Conference ; will meet
again to receive the reavonso of Greece'
, ..
.. ITALY, , ; - ;, ,_ •
FLonsNcE, February 16,--Complign
diplomatic relations between,/talk; and.
Mexico will soonlin .o re_store7 . ',, ~ , 1:• ., . :,
FINANCIAL AND COMO EitgA,L.
‘ , ,
LoNDON.FebrUkry 111-.Bveningt--ConT
sob!, 93. Five -twenties quiet . at. 78%.
Stocks quiet; Brie, 25; Illinois entral,*
9714; Atlantic and Great Western 35M. '
, FRANKFORT, February 16.-Bo ds, 82.
Pions, February 16.-Bourse quiet.'
Rentes, 79f. 32e.
Havna., February 16.-Cotton dull;
trek orninaire 189 f, on the sp ilt ; low Witt-
dling to arrive 140 f. ' ' 1 ,
ANTWERP, February 16.-Petroleum 1
IViRiNDOL, rebniary 16.-Cotton dull,
and declined, closing flat; sales of 5,1/09,
bales middling. uplands on thd spot at :
12@i22d.: to arrive - at 11,30; Orleans :
12q.@t2 1 )id. Manthester market heavy,.
Breadstulfa-Wheat declined to lls. for
white California and 9s. Bd.®9s. 9d. 'tor
No. 2 red western: Corn' 33i. for old arid
31s, for new, „Fleur 265,,, ...Oats Bs. sdi.
Peak 435. Barley :48; 10d.. Provision*T,
Beef 755. Pork quiet at 975. Lard quiet
775.. Rican declined to 58s8. 6d. Cheese
765. ' Produce-Petroleuth dull at 7Ad.
for spirits and le. 11d. forrefined. Fine
Rosin 15s. 6d. ' Linieed 011 £3olos. Tal
low 463.
. ,
LONDON, February 16.=--Tallow 458.6 d.
Sugar buoyant, at 295: 3d. for No. 12
afloat. Spi , its Turpentine 335. Od. Re
fined Petroleum is. It ticl.; spirits 830.
Common Ro.in 65. 3d@6a. ed.; fine rosin
las. 9d. Linseed Oil £27 158.0).228.
—At a special election held in Provi
dence. R. 1., on Mouthy, on the question
of the lotroduction of water from the
Pawtucket river, the proposition was
carried by 2,002 yeas to 714 nays.
Y, FI.II3IZUAR,Y 17, 1869.
FORTIETH CON CLRESS.
[THIRD SES!"ION.I
SENATE: The Proposed Pension
to. Mrs. Lincoln—The Tenure-
Of-Office Bill - Executive Ses
sion. • ROUSE: Bill for Remo
val of Pottical Disabilities
Passed—Su plement to the
Currency Act Considered--In
ternal Revenue Bill Finally
Passed at theEvenic g Session. 1
;By Telegraph to the Pltteburith 6uette.l
Waslttivorox, Feby, 16 1869.
SENATE.
The bill to aid the Green Bay and
Michigan Railroad passed.
The bill authorizing the transfer of
lands by the Union Pacific Railroad to
the Denver City Railroad passed.
A resolution 'passed for the appoLnt•
meat of a Committee of three on the in.
auguration ceremonies.
Mr. SUMNER, from Foreign Commit
tee, reported and recommended the
passage ofa resolution to refund to Maine
and Massachusetts the interest on ad
vances made to the United States for the
defence of the north eastern frontier.
The bill to establish an assay office in
Idaho passed.
Mi. DRAKE presented the credentials
of Carl Schurz, Senator elect from Mary- I
land.
Mr. MORRILL, from Committee on
Finance, reported with atnendments,
House bill forbidding National Banks to
certify checks not drawn against bal
ances.
Mr. CATTE,LL, from the same Com
mittee, reported a substitute to House
bill regulating reports of National Bank
ing Associations. The substitute pro-
vides that in lieu of all reports now re
quired by section thirty-four of the Cur.
rency Act, every Aesociation shall make
to the Comptroller of Currency not less
than five reports each year, according to
the form prescribed for them, verified by
the oath of the president, or cashier, and
signed by at least three directors, and
made - up to any past daYspecified by the
Ctimptroller. The reports are to be pub
lished in one newspaper of the locality of
the respective, banks, and a penalty of
five hundred dollars is prescribed for
each day after five days for not making
them:
Mr. SUMNER moved to take up
joint resolution giving a pension to Mrs.
Lincoln, which was carried: - He then
moved to filtupthe Veld; veiththe worth
:oPilviiiimrcutand dollars."
The reptrt of.tho Committee on Pen
sions was read, setting forth they see no
legal.grounds on which Mrs. Lincoln's
request can be - granted.
Mr. DRAKE opposed the resolution as
proposing a dangerous innovation upon
the pension law.
Mr. LX/NNESS moved ( to erase the
word "ponsion" and insert the word lial
lowance.” • „
Mr. HENDRICKS opposed the re.solu
Hon.
Mr. HOWARD favored a pension, but
opposed an allowance.
Mr. VAN WINKLE defended tho ac
tion of the Committee on Pensions,
though he 'would favor giving Mrs. Lin
coln a suitable sum annually In some oth
er form.
Messrs. MORTON and YATES favored
a pension. • ,
Mr. VAN WINKLE said he had been
informed Mrs. Lincoln had got 130,000'0f
her husband's estate. which. with the
balance of hLs salary for the year in which
he was killed, gave her 30,000, a very
c'omfortable provision for a single lady,
whose children were grown up, and oth
erwise provided for.
Idr. CONNESS withdrew his amend
ment.
Mr. SUMNER supported and sir. TIP
TON opposed the renolution, which, at
the expiration of the morning hour. gave
way to the unfinished business of yester
day, the Washington market bill.
Mr. MORTON moved to suspend the
Order of bosiness to take up the bill to
repeal the Tenure-of-Office law. If that
UK should be passed, with the amend
ment by the Judiciary Committee, the
President would probably veto it. It it
should be passed as lt•had passed the
Rouseonconditionaily repealing the law,
and its passage should be within ton days
of the end of the seasion, the President
would probably kill it by withholding
it and leavathe Tentire-of-Office act as a
legacy to the next administration. The
a ?
•
was of great political importance.
in order to prevent the possibility of
el failure it:was:necesserV it should be
pissed with , ajladit, or two,
314.r..YgW oppqsqd op. payola.. The.
f
I. of.T. , ,11,(0044.141411,5*ft1iut
f- . 7 • COO, ' , tenititiehOie atic4 the - Mil
di
.. eld IDE
,im.i it;nf' decent market
tt a t i ontl6nnit'goo 4 that the bill
r • , • mil, ' such - Makurtislodation was
• : t . i pie SeisatailwttoPed it would be
_tan
______,',
.). MiI.. , EI)MUNDS said he had tried Bev-
Alines .10 getfthe bill to repeal the
Tstmga-aficifilocant before, the Semite,
'and rte desired It abOulti be speedily acted
mi. r .j • t• • . 1
r Mi. SIXERMAN 'had never before, in
•ts 'exkrience in - the Senate, seen ; so
rge a pronortioucif business beforiCon
' grass po.TAr behind at thisletagealho
session. He thought it was now chiefly
Wattse the ordinary 1 ales of she Senate .
I lad been disregarded and Iptivitte bills'
Ibeen allowed to Occupy , time, to the ex-
Ohlmon of measures ofgreat_public inter
l•eat4 , He was in favor of disposing of first
the hill repealing the Tenure-of-Mice act,
twhich,he thought 'had operated = fojttri
°Wilt to the' public.service by preventirm
''TrMii of reVenue, and ' bein
eat incitement to frandi he wished g
to a
reefs it' tirfednditionally repealed, for it
'tircittlfilstsinlavornf ortecting the Con
ititutiOnal aktilenximent. , ~
____
• bin. 4 EDMUNDS •...retntnded himthat
.
.8431a044384 ;ago be bad voted ,against his
(idreEeknunds') 'notion to take up tho
01110 repaal the Tenure-Of-012re act. •
'Mr. 'SHERMAN Mid ha had voted
against taking it up in the morning hour,,
when, it taken up, It could not liayobeen
considered. • •
After further discussion as to the or
der•ofhOsiness, Mr, FESSENDEN, de
apairingof gettlng.any business done to
day, moved to, adjourn. Afterwards he
substituted a motion to proceed to Ex
ecutive business, which was carried, and
at 2:45 the Senate went into Executive
Session, and soon after took a recess.
Evening Session.—A large number of
pension bills were passed.
The bill granting pensions to surviv
ing. soldiers of the war of 1812, who eery-
e.l at least three months, was rejected—.
19 against 20.
The House bill removing pOlitical dis
abilities from a great many persons was
considered and after discussion passed
by a unanimous vote.
The House bill to allow Midland_ Rail
road Company the right of way through
the grounds of Fort Ontario, at Oswego,
was passed.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI.Va,
The bill to prevent the loaningof money
on United States Bonds passed.
The bill for the relief or Leonard
Pierce, late Consul at Matamoras ' re
funding, him eleven thousand dollars paid
duringthe war, passed. . .
pubELA. introduced a bill to provide
forishing the Congressional Record
daily from and after the 4th -of March,
two copies for each Senator and member
of the House, also six thousand bound
voinfoes of the same—five hundred for
the Senate and the rest for the House;
the facilities of the Government printing
office to be extended to the Congressional
printer, who is allowed an additional
salary, unfixed, and an additional clerk
of the fourth class. Referred .to Com
mittee on Printing.
The House resumed the consideration
of the bill reported from the Reconstruc
tion Committee, to remove disabilities
from a large number of persons in the
Southern states.
Mr. McEEE supported and Mr. BECK
opposed the former's amendment to
strike out the names of D. H. Smith,
Phillip Lee, J. R. Harry, David 0. Har
ris and James W. Schotting, all of Ken
tucky.
The discussion of the hill was contin
ued by Messrs. Paine, Boutweil, Boyden,
and Rauni in advocacy, and Messrs. Sy
pher, Shellabarger and Shanks in oppo
sition to tt.
Mr. SHANKS protested against the re
fusal of a proposition made by him to
let members from - districts where per-.
sons proposed to be relieved reside, be
heard.
Mr. FARNSWORTEI said not a single
member from the South - protested against
relieving the persons whom the bill
named.
The discussion being closed, the ques.
tion•was takenqn the amendment offer
ed yesterday by' Mr. Butler,' of Maass
chusetts, to strike out 'the name of John
W. Right, Stieriffof Rich,mond, Va. Re
jected-16 to 76.
Mr. McKEE'S amendment was reject
ed-55 to 109. -
The next question was On the passage
of the bill. • • •
Mr. , BUTLER, of Missachuse_ ,tts zn
gutted of. the Speaker te tteOlettrisifetlit&
was not entitled tifraYete bre - iiicet name
separately ? There were some men
named whom he was willing to vote for,
and others whom he - cleared to, vote
against. • • , -•
The SPEAKER ruled .the gentleman,
faun Massachusetts had .no.rbcht to de
mand a tie orate vote on- individual
names, but the bill must be=taken as a
whole, and if it was 30 laden down that
more than one-third of the members
were opposed to it, the Nil would be de
feated.
The bill passed by the requisite two
thirds majority—yeas 130, nays 48. The
Speaker voted in the affirmative.
The House then resumed the consider
ation of the bill reported on Saturday,
from the Committee on Banking and
Currency, supplementary to the National
Banking bill. Mr. Blaine in the Chair as
Speaker pro tent.
Mr. addreased the House in
elucidationßAßNES
of the principles and objects
of the bill.
Mr. COBURN followed in advocacy of
the amendment which he offered last
Saturday, tn , reference to the redistribu
tion of back circulation.
Mr. LYNCH spoke in 'advocacy of an
amendment he also offered last Satur
day, for an additional eirculation -of
;12,000,000 itk,States and Territories hav
ing less National Banking circulation
than five dollars per inhabitant.
Mr. RANDALL made an argument in
advocacy of the amendments reported
from the Committee on Banking and.
Currency, the principal one being to
strike out the fourth section of the Sen
ate bill, and to substitute for it the fol
lowing: oThatupon the transfer and de
livery of United States bands to the
Treasurer of the United States, as provi
ded in section sixteenth of the act -to
which this is supplementary, the Comp
troller of Currency may furnish to the
association making such transfer and de
livery, circulating notes' of different de
nominations in blank, registered and
countersigned, as provided by the act to
which this is supplementary, equat in
amount to ninety per cent. of the current
market value of United States bonds so
transferred and delivered, but not ex
ceding ninety per cent, of the amount of
said bonds at par yalue,•if bearing in
terest at the rate of not less than five
per mint. per annum, and the amount of
such circulating notes to be furnished to
each association shall not be more in
proportion to its paid up., capital than as
follows: To each association whose, capi-.
tat shall not exceed $200,000, eighty per
cent. of such capital; to each association
whose capital shall exceed $200,000, sev
enty per centum,of such o ipital; to each
association whose capital shall exceed
#500,000 and shall not exceed 81,000,000,
sixty per centuna of such capital; to each
Association whose capital shall exceed
$1,000,000, - fifty..per centum - of such capi
tal:- butt do association . shall have an
amount of eitculating notes exceeding
81,000,000. Every' associatidn - having a
larger amount of circulating notes - than is
herein prescribed, shall as soon as 'prac
ticable withdntw from circulation and
retnna to the Ccimptrtiller-of Currency,
to be cancelled, all the oirolliallug pates
In ; excess of the amount herein. pre
sullied, and on failure toivithidrivrfrOM
lay cause such excess of"-circulating
notes before the lirst day of October,
1869, the Treasurer: i( the United States
is hereby required to thereafter retain
and hold any interest which maybe/come
due on any bonds deposited lathe Treas.'
ury belonging to such Association until
such reduction IS made; iand it is farther
made the duty Of the Comptruller,of Cur
rency to require, in such niannetas he
may deem expedleht; all National' Brink- -
ing Aistociations having achtulation'in
excess of the amount herein •Preacribed,,
to withdraw and return to the Cohiptrol-'
for Of Currency such excess of circulating
notes, and the Comptroller shall.issue to
banking"associations which maybe or
ganized under the provisions of the act
to which this act is supplementary, In the
States of. Kentucky, Missouri, Virginia,
Norin Carolina, South Carolina, Tonnes-
Georgia,, :Alabama, Flo' Ida, Missis
sippi, Loulsiatia, - .Texas and Arkanalte;
circulating nobs au provided hi this, get
•
Ito Au amount not exceeding lz,uuti,ooo,
and - to the new banking associations
wh ch may be orgatilzki under the pro
visions of said act in the States and Ter.
ritories.other than those above named,
which have heretofore s, cured the least
ratable proportion of circulating notes,
an amount of circulating notes directed--
under the I rovisions a- this act to bewail.
drawn and returned, provided the circa
ration hereby authorized shall be issued.
only Recirculation is withdrawn and re
turned, so that the aggregate of circula
tion of the National Banking. Associa
tions shall not at any time exceed 000,-
000,000."
Mr. POMEROY moved the. previous
question on the bill and amendinents.
It waneeconded, with the understand
ing theta vote Will be taken to-morrow,
and the Reuse took a recess, the evening
session to.he for the Consideration of the
Internal Revenue bill. -
Evening &safest—The. Mouse met in
Committee of the. Whole. Mr. Schofield
in the chair, and resumed the conildera
tion of the Tax bin: • •
ALLISON, from the Committee ott
Ways and Means, offered a large num
ber of amendments, &deity verbal, to
tobacco sootier*, which were formally
agreed Ice •
The only amendment - of inumiance
seems to be tte To require
'Stamps to be purchased only. from the
Collector of the district; to change the - tax
on paper cigarettes so as to made It read:
on cigarettes of paper, not exceeding one
pound four ounces per thousand, fifty
cents per thpusand; on cigarettes of pa
per exceeding one pound four ounces,
and not exceeding three pounds per
thousand, one dollar and fifty cents per
thousand; providing that all cigars now
now held in any. United States bonded
warehouse, subject to import duty,
Shall pay the same duty as though im
ported after the' passage of this act.
Mr. HOLMAN offered a new section
to tax Interest on United States bonds
ten per cent. No quorum voting, the
amendment was withdrawn, with the
understanding that it might be offered in
the _House.
Mr. RANDALL offered a new section,
making it unlawful for the Commissioner •
of Internal Revenue to re fund any thoneV
paid on account of taxes where the sum
exceeds '5OO, and providing that all such
claims for taxes improperly paid shall
be prosecuted by the claimant in the
United States District Court in the Die- `•
trlrewhere the revenue was collected.
• Afich considerable discussion and some
modification affecting the stibstantiar
merits of the amendment,' It iras agieed _ ~ ;
to: •
On motlost... ....witrz.r,•=.V
psragraphltaxib
teen cents.'per pound was amended by
making it also apply to twist.
The Committee reported the bill to the
Rouse, with the recommendation that it
pass.
Mr. HOLMAN offered his amendment,
taxing interest on United States - bonds
ten per cent.
le. ALLISON then moved the pre
vious question on the bill and pending
amendments.
The question was then taken on Mr.
Holman's amendment and.was rejected,
with only eight affirmative votes.
The bill then passed. -
Adjourned.
The Cuban Insurrection
My Telrgraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
HAVANA, Feb. 13 via KEY Wssr, Feb.
16.--Many of the Spaniards, as well as
the lower class of people, are opposed to
the policy adopted by the Captain Gener
al. Members of the Cuban party are
alarmed and continue to fly from the
Island. The citizens are to raise ;25,000,-
000 for the government, and live battal
ions of volunteers are organizing. The
rebel farces • in the districts of
Villa Clara and Cienfuegos number
over five thousand. They are divided
into three parties. They have destroyed
railways and telegraph lines. A great
number of young men are leaving the
cities and Joining the rebellion. An en
gagement took, place at San Cristoval.
The insurgents were undeithe comir and
of Garcia Prieto. The Government troops
were defeated and compelled to retreat.
An action took place at Gtiananjay, in
which twenty Spaniards were wounded.
The rebels hold the line of road between
Segue and Villa Clara.
. Advices from Santiago to the sth
state heavy rains had fallen and milita
ry operations were suspended. The ar
rival of troops from the army of. Velma
seda had baffled the Plot of the Creoles,
who intended to take the, city by sur
prise. Antagonism• between parties in
that city was increasing and an outbreak
imminent. The.eholera was raging with
increased violehce. . .
Markets by TelegraW.
NEW Orizzairs, Feb. 10.--Cottoli mar
ket is unsettled .and lower, with sales of
middlings at- 28a28 ;c;. sales amounted
to 2,000 bales; exports, I ,oB3Bales. Gold
135%. Exchange Ster/Ing,-14811Commer
cial, 145%a1.46X, and. Neff York Sight,
par. Sugar is arm; sales of common at
12c, prime at He, and Yellotrclarified at
160. Molasses is active at - 75c forprime.
Flour is quiet, with sales of . superfine at.
10,38; double_ extra at $7,25,• and treble
extra at $7.40. Corn is scarce !at 78a80e.
Oats firmer, and prices are qtyped at 730.
Bran is steady at ;W. Ray; prime is
held at $28,50a28. Pork is dull and held
at 324,25. In Bacon there was only .a
jobbin,g business done, and, pales were
made of shoulders at 15c; clear rib sides
at 18e, and clear sides at 19e. :Lard dull
at 22i40 for tierce, anct'.223p3 for keg.
Whisky is unchanged. Coffee is steady.
, February 16.•:-.15.;ening.—In
'the afternoon there was 'a fair movement
in the Grain Market; No. 2 spring. Wheat
was in moderate demand, , selling at sl,ls
end the market closed at $1,16%.
Corn IS quiet,. and brit few sales were
madef new is held at 54069Xc. There
was nothing done in
,Grain at' the even
ing board. Provisions are"moderately•
active and firm, with sales of 500 barrels
Mesa Pork at 993,50, <buyer ~for March;
.200 do. Milwaukee brand' at ,1432 cash.
Lard sales of 200 tierces at buyer
for t his month. Salt :Shoulders; sales
were- Made of 200,000 pounds
,at 13ka.
buyer for March.
Cameraman, February llL:Cattle Mar
ket--Beef Cattle—receiptss43 head; Pri
ces not quite so firm as last week; extra
113,50a13,75; first quallt3r $12:113; second
-quality $10,50a11,7a; third quality sBalo.
Sheep, and, ,L anabs—reoelpts 2,909 head;
no improvement in price for common to •
rneditrin grades; sales at 4a84.
Friesoisco, February 10.=-Flour
dull ;and tmehanged.• Wheat; choice n:.
shipplagla voted at $1,75.; Legal T-
derk,74lf. The steamer Conquest cleaenr
wfieat ekter LiVerPool with 15,000 sacks afro" -
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