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Conferente Refused and Mo , tion - t Concur in House Prop osition Fails, Less than Two thirds Voting in the Affirms. - tive—The Agnentimentas i11e ... Portea by itidAtifiriCti4nialit tee Taken tip * , ittid , Adopted. 110117 SE:. The -- supplement to the 'National, Currency Act - • . Further Considered, Amended and Maid on Table -A tmy Ap pdkoriation Silt Dhoti:Bed at . EWeding Session. - LH/ Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.l:, WASHINGTON, February 17, 1868. . F SENATE. _ Sayeral petitions that the Alnilglity be recognized by the Constitution, and for equal suffrage, were presented. The.report of the Conference Commit tee on:the bill'amending acti.islating to the navy were discussed and agreed to. Axesolntion was adopted that the-At torriarGenend finish list of pardoned revenue' officials., , - '',-- • --. I f i `Bittit'diy - watirasitig r lied foil the "Oristid oration of the Naturalization bill, and Monday for the Finance MR. Mi. PONIVROY,, : frbirk the Committee on Public. Latidal'rePotted, with amend - ments,.the bill granting the right of way to ths - Memphis, - E1 Pasq-6t 'Pacific Rail .-road-and Telegrap h Companyfrom,. El Paso, Texas, to the Pacific Ocean.. The bill grants no lands. Mr; TIPTON, front the same Commit teeZreported, with amendments, the_bill granting lands to aid is the construction of .a. railroad from Siena City, lowa, to Columbus, Mebraska. It grants tenses - Lions per mile - on each side to the State of Nebraska for the benefit of the road. • ' Mr. -FESSENDE'N, fro& the Commit ,tes•on Public! Buildingti, reported-ad - verisely the bill to, purchase a site-for .tht'Executlie Mansioni and the Commit tetilvero discharged froirlits further. don '::sideration.,. q,_, -- . • • Mr. !STEWART, fro m the Judiciary ,Committee; - reported alkYersely onMr. - -.Sliernutreebill to istrike out from -the -:Naturalization Law the word ~ .white" .wherever it,eceurs. , i,.., • - Mr. CONELL.' 6 ;G: front' the same Ccim .-Anittee,reported adversely to - Mr. -5am ,...11,1048 bill to regulate prosecutiOn for ern bezzling and kmared effinteet.=. .• . t t - Mr. STEWART, from .the same "diiirii. •anittee, reported the credentials of IL V. / Miller as Senator elect , from Georgia. with a resolution that be be not allowed to take a seat. _I - -• . Mr. EDMONDS, from the same Com • mittee, submitted a report on the Pfeil dent's messagelregarding his Christ Mas Anlnesty. Proclamatibn, accompanied with a resolution that in the ,opt on of thb Senate the proclamation of the Preg dent of the Unit d States of the 25th of December, ..1868, purporting to grant a ...genernlamnestyd pardon-tit all per -1,31 drotis guilty - :cif treason and acts of hos - - tllllYto the triltectStatet duribg thelate • :rebellion, with re resto ration of rights, eta., etc., was not aut hor ized by, the Constitu tion,or laws. Mr.IIENDRIC stated he disagreed i 3 with the majorit of the Conmittee, and would exp ress h views when the report came up for acti Mr. EAMISE -, from the Committee pp k • Postoffieos, re ted t with. imendments, , 6- • the Sense bill o> restrict and .regulate the franking p 'vilege. The bill, as amended, provid it snail not be lawful for any officer oft e Government, mem .. ber of Congress o other persons entitled by-law to the fran 'fig Mr/dete r to ex orcise it otherwl than- by his or her 'written , or autho zed signature - upon ' matter franked, e ctipt heads of , depart ": menta and heads :o bareausnow&ttithad r- by ''law to the • f king privilegk Who shall be allowed t frank all official mat pertaining t their departmemits-or bureaus by the Ewe 'lie si. - 'stamp, which shall designate t e object for which it is --- -Jused r under such regulationtas the POP poster General WI - .Preanrinei and all letters or other ail matter not fradeed shall be charged with the rates of pest -.,age which are o may be established .; by ••Mr. •CONKLI G, from Committee oil :`Revision of Lavin, reported a substitate . . l'or. Mr. Drake% proposition ur'oonilidia . ... • Izullsaitreatitialn open session. The hf ' feet ofthe substitute,- Will be to remove ' • the injunction of sheivey with regard to pidisulcreatico,:although - they will , be ' considered in' Execptivesession; littr. TRUMBIII.,L,'frbIii Ockniiiittee on , Judiciary reported a substitute ~ for the bills Mating to'Judges of the Supreme , •'4 'Waft; tu introduced Isi .1 v iMeforso, 11'0'44 3 0 and S herman, which sas follows: • ','- -' illeit.estedd, - 4taVrtiat -, eror -Judge of any. Court, of Unitar Staten; • who -shall, after having attained ; itilit'age of ' ' of seventy yeare,,,reato...bia,oilleft, sha ll . therha ft er, during thdrisidue*of bis ' na-, • ttitallife,receive thrisaMesalary: whit% *ashy law parable.to him et the time of, - - hisresignattorii -. • , ta ,•." , -4. -r6 • - "! - Mr:STEWAEtimnved lotakuup Ais' lista:Mg° from theHeash 41,114 g a• - .COrnr, : mittee ,of Conference >int' ,the Conslita . - tional"Amendment.4 - Calded. l l:! - ' . ..T ' 4.24. STElVART,moyed,the Sonde: in 00 'en: its ametulment•-apt , agree to a' • Committee of Ceinftrenie.' `' 4 ' ' menra• wiminna 7and , .Buokaiew thought the subject too importapt.ite go -. to such a committee. ~, .„. , ~ ,- - . Mr. STEWART ' wthdreiv :the • motion • . , , and moved that pe(Vienate recede !and agree to the imenktit, of ' th e„ House. Mr. BUCHALEW tin iintitined libi r shaz,ks,,in. the copraag which he said in nearly every . OM of laie in Wtch . there . . had eon a disagreentent - between; the • Senate and the itonan the.. House, or rather the man 'who. controlled ', the ro„,had alwOys at list had his own thispoint, , . t in reply** a question by Mr. Trumbull, the Pre*lent ruled that - thtilthar appointed for the consideration , of the bill for the reor Eton- of the judiciary havingpsaseihat bill lost its place.- 1 , ~.... - . Mr. RUCK ALEW then aide an win ., , went to show the importathsoi ,the Sen. ~.., - ate insisting on that part of the conatica- nai.amendment providing that t3on gross shall have' power to - prescribe the mode of choosing electors of President and Vice President. *tie fivored the abol. ishinent of the. Electoral College and the direct election by the people, but many States would refuse to ratify such an amendment, because it would greatly lessen their influence. Another great Objeatidn to the cudsting , system was that it gave certain States an unjust and pre ponderatiiig influence in the Electoral College, thus - holding out constant temp tation, to ' , attempt to carry elections in those_States„ It was for this reason that . \money had been raised last fall, $60,000 In New York, $B,OOO or $lO,OOO in pant. morn and $50,000 In Philadelphia; to cor rupt hie own State, Pennsylvania. Mr. CAMERON said every one knew general - Fremont had' been - •cheated out - of - Pennsylvatila in" 1858 by tbe'Derbo °ratio party, and last fall by had been carried fraudulently by the same party. He believed Pennsylvania vas no worse than other States, and what.' ever wrongs she had done in this respect l er had ben .done by her _mocrats. [Laugh . ] He <mu; entirel yopp - ked to 'the proposition. of `his colleague, which, pr adopted, would allow the party in power before a Presidential election to gerryniander States for its own benefit. . Mr. EDMUNDS spoke briefly against . Mr. Buckalew's proposition. He agreed with' Mr. ' Cameron that, so fir as it would change at all the present mode of choosing electors, it would give the party having a majority in Congress on the eve of a presidential election power to.ar range the mode of choosi ng electors in each State to preserve the aseendancy. It was also in direct conflict with the de- sign of the framers of the Constitution whichivas ibat the, President should be elected by the States, and not directly by the people of the whole country. Mr. WILSON said he would vote against theinUloti of the Senator from Nevada, Mr. Ste Wart. He: had hoped that early in the session Congress would have matured an amendment securing to all citizens a the United States an equal right to vote and bold office. But the first part of the - session had been al lowed to pass without action on the sub ject, and, the House had sent to, the Senate a very imperfect propositionr for which the Senate had substituteda,More comprehensive one. He regretted that the. House had refused to agree to the Senate amendment. He was willing to vote for. he HOtiee proposition, if it could tie aminended so as to secure to colored ,citizens the right to hold office as well as "the right to vote. , , Mr. MORTON said the Constitution re quired that any Constitutional Amend ment submitted to States for ratification should; have tectiVed.the assent of two thirds of e ach Houle: which 'requirement could not be avoided by any parliament ary jugglery. , : The great object of the proposed -amendhoent to the Constitu tion was to guard against' colored citi zens being debarred from voting or hold ing office on account of race, or color, or :previous condition, and this abject wo uldi lititedred'by the proPosltion;-131of Mudd. vote for it, although he would have pme ferred.smamendment securing[ the, right thvote.and holdoffiee to all atizeis- He was also in favor of Mr. BEickalewia proposition, but he did not think it wise to rzsk:the defeat of the; ending amend mientit attaching to it , evert so good a proposition as that of -the Senator from Pennsylvania„a proposition of so much merit that sooner or later It must receive thstisuoport of men of all parties. y, after some confined discus sion' as to the effect of receding from its amendment,' the President pat question 'to the Senate, and it was decided 'that such action would not pass the Constitu tional amendment. " The Seuate then receded from its amendment by a vote as folloWs: ma—Messrs. Anthony, Cameron. Cat tail,- Chandler, Cale, Conkling, Corbett, Cragin, Drake, Edmunds, Ferry, Fessen= ded;Frelinghuysen,liarrls, Hciward, Kel logg.McDowell, (Me s ,) Morrill, (Vt.,) Morton,Nye, Patterson, (N. H.,) Pomeroy, R obertson. Thayer. Trumbull, Van Wanckle, Welsh, Willey, Williams, Yates. , Nays—Messrs. Abbott, Backalew, Da ! " vis, Dixon, Doolittle, Fowler, Harlan, Hendricks, - McCreary, Norton, Osborn, Patterson,' (Terms,) ) Poole, Rice, Boss, Sahisbitry,Sherman Spencer, Vicke rs,: Wade, Warner, Wh yte and Wilson. Motions by Mr. WILSOS to agree to the House proposition , as amended to secure to colored citizens the right to hold office, and by Mr. SUMNER to re cousider the,vote to recede and appoint a Committee of Conference, were ruled out of nidei; •• ". ' ' Mr. SUMNER suggested the matter go to the Judiciary • Committee, but Mr. EDMUNDS said they had already fully considered it and reported a resolution which he thought the Senate could prep- OrlY adopt; ' , e - • • - • ' fdr.,EIDEVVAKT 'appealed toll:lose anx ious to db`Soinething for the cOloied rage to stand by the House proposition, the` adoption of which would. redeem Mary land, Kentucky and Delaware. Mr. SAULSBURY—No, it won't. • (Laughter.) Mr. ST WART begged pardon. He hoped_ there was still a chance of redeem-, ibg thtgreat'State;" (Latighter.) - r; , Messrs.: ikEsprti 'War SA.WYER op. posed the Millie 'proposition - ateentirely too inadequate. Mr. SAULSBURY said his State had been called in derision a great State by the represenative of buffalo and other wild animals of. Nevada. .As to-redeem ling it, thimatotifffas mistaken. If the.e - S - colored,men of D, laware were allowed splots,';the DeniobFgitia. vote, would greatly increased. -. pr. MORTONthougitt it best to recon :Sider the vote , d - , whichl the Senate re ceded from the amendment and appoint a Committee cif,:',Crfilerise, :atid - pade that motion. . Mr. HENDRICKS said he' understood the eagerness of his colleagne to get the amendment. passed withoutdel. so it bouldbe difilmitted to thee:bun Legis latures, and not to the people. But hhiis colleague was mistaken, if he thought a Committee of Conference could so shape theitineljdnientrthat it lirotild be adopted, . without debate. - •-i - Mr. Mortiin's)ciiolion.waelOat-7-220 34. . The Senate then "refused- to 'eoixtror in the House pronositiOit by, the. following Yeas " Messes. Anthony, Cameron, Cattail, Chttndler, Cole, , 93nk,lip D g, Ora gin, rake, Ferry; FOSSBllderlj' Feeling. haysenr Harlan, Harris, Howard, Kel logg, - Morgan,- Morrill, (Vt.) Morton, Nye, Patterson, (N. El.) Poole, Ramsey, Rice, It - sbert son ' " Sherman Stewart, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Wade, Wil liams, Yates-41.—not two.thirds. .Ncivs--Mecsrs. Abbott, Bayard, Backe law; Davis, Dixon, Doolittle, Edritunds UGH, _TH (IRS DA Y, PERU ITARY . 'lB, .1869. Foarleti, Grimes, .11endricka,.. Wereerv, M'Donald, Norton. Osborne, Patterson, (Tenn.,) Pomeroy, Ress, Saulsbury, Sawyer, Thayer , Vickers, ,Warner, Welch,TW Whyte; Wilson. Mr. STEWART moved to proceed with the consideration of the Constitutional Amendment reported from the ciary Committee, as follows: "The righte lo of citizens of the United States to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged by the 'United States or any State, on amount of race, color or previous eonditien , of servitude." Mr. WILLIAMS moved to adjourn. Lost--21 to 85. '• Mr. STEWART'S motion then carried,-'and the amendment reported from the Judiciary eorotatttee - wma be= fore thellenate. i Messrs. NYE and HOWARD opposed the iesolution and Mr. WELSH favored Mr. DRAKE renewed an amendmes he: bad formerly-,-.offeretic,Which. Wde , rejected, as were several other amend ments.. ' - Mr. NYE moved to strike out all after the enacting- clause and, substitute the amendment as it came from the House. Mr. HOWARD renewed the offer of, his substitute as follows: "Citizens of African descent shall have the same right to vote and bold office in the States ' and. Territories as other citizens." Lost—yens 22. nava,27. • Mr.-lIIMDRICKS coffered an amend went like that offered in the previous discussion by Mr. Buekalew, providing that the C-onstitutional Amendment should be submitted to the Legislatures, the most. numerous breach of which should be elected after the adoption of the Constitutional Amendment by Con gross. Lost—yeas 12, nays 40. • ' Mr. DIXON offered his proposition hat the amendment should be submitted for ratification to ,Conventions• initead of the State Legislatures. Lost. Mr. VICKERS offered an amendment providing that no person should be de nied the right of suffrage because of par ticipation in the late insurrection, unless actually convicted of treason. Lost. The report of the Senate Judiciary Committee was then adopted by the fol lowing vote: - - I Yeas—Messrs. Abbott, Chandler, Cole, Conkling, Cragin, Drake, ,Edmunds, Ferry, Frelinghttysen„ Harlan, Harris, Kellogg, McDonald, Morgan, Morrill, of Vermont, Morton. Osborn, Patterson, of New Hampshire, Pomeroy, Poole, lain say, Rice, Robertson, Roßs, Sawyer, Spencer,Stewart, Thayer, Van Winkle, Wade, Warner, Welch, Willey,, Wil liams, Wilson-35. Nays—Messrs. Bayard, Buckalew, Da vis, Fowler, Hendricks, McCreery, Nor ton, Patterson. (Tenti.,) Saulsbury, Vick ers, Whyte--11. -... At 11:45 o'clock the 'Senate adjour ~ : d. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIV The Election Committee reported iersely to Simon Jones, J. W. Men, or Caleb Hunt being entitled to a from Loolitiani. -Ordeund printed A" resolution was - passed ng the Secretary of War to have the Harbor of Chicago surveyed, with a view to enlarge its facilities to meet the wants of commerce. The act supplementary to the National banking bill was then conaidered.- The previous question having been seconded yesterday. Mr.- POMEROY. who reported the bill, being entitled to the floor to cloie the discussion, yielded part of his time to Mr. POLAND,whio ar gued in snpport of his amendment looking to the conversion of legal tenders - into new 'brisids 'tour pet cent. Interest and redeemable in thirty add fifty 'years. ' He defended New England from the charge of grasp. I ng, saying they took -the -national-our- tenor neCaUSO :Western' States did , •.not • -choose to. He also declared for a free banking system. - (74, Mr. BUTLER advocated his amend; meat to the second sectioni , irk refetencei n to the mode of littlng,hankiegoinglnto - - , liquidation. Mr. Pfllekaaid the rinkirilhg of it was , , that no bank,donld wind up as a National' Bank until it had turned info the treas. ury the identical money reoeivad, and no hank could wind' up in less than ten years. • •••_ • Mr. BU TL ER said they never ,w i nd should up until they , pay back the money 4nm...received. , • \ Mr. WOOD argued against any dia• turbanco of the present distribution of currency, which •he believed would be followed by tne most severe monetary pressure seen , for years., He then sup ported , his amendment. providing for a central point of redemption. Mr. GRISWOLD spoke in favor of,Mr. Polund's Juxienment. En objec to the prirtston'of th e present law fo rare- " eirafilation and deposltraff un necessary and onerous, and also to the Ingrdailorial character of hank e,x3iminan , • MrIINGERSOLL explained hleamend,.. meal for j a free system. ' Mr. PRICE • asked Mr-Ingersoll as to •the aindition of the currency in his State ten years ago, under a free banking sys 4 tern? • • , ; gr. XNE/F,RSOLT, itiMss vety bad, wretched; but that was becatise - there was no security behind it. Mr. PRICE remarked that it was based on/State bonds. ' • • , / Mr., INGERSOLL. adinitted that, but "aalathey were banda -of the' States that ,went into the .rebellion afterwards, and a t e.people.of,Plbo/8 heokiVeitetod a loss millions 0n... that currency alone; -hat that 'no such 'dill:101V itntid arise Mr. POMEROY coneinded the debate: Me favored the amendment of Mr. But ler, so far _as it applied to insolvent batiks,' but`tait se: to sol Vent banks, and Spoke generally in favor'of the bill. The, debate being closed, the House Prodeedod tavote on the amend tns ING pendig.n Mr g. ERSOLL had the rule read; *bleb forbids members interested on the' result of any question to vote, and said , he would leave the matter to the sense of. honor of members. The, itmendisterit . Offered' by , itir; Price to the fOurth suction, to. i neremi t the al lowance, of ; circulation to banks with 'capital not exceeding twenty thousand eightY to ninety per cent. of the ea plud, was agreed to. • ' Tbe Ana, almond and 'third amend :mono, offered by •the Committee on Ban king- and Currency, being merely formal, were agreed to. • Mr. Buckland's amendment regu• lating bank - circulation ;at the rate of 11,2.50,000 for each member of Congress item st a tes, was rejected. The amendment by Mr. Smith, to in creme the maximum limit of national i cireulation bytes hundred million dol lars; was re.frete . • The amanita) nt of ,Mr. Coburn, as a su*titute fort e fourth section, for the isll2o of circulating notes to banking m agi:4oons organized In States an Terri torles having less than their pry rata bat lting circulation, ka., was adopted yEalt. fst.'nays 86. , A 'Landon to reconsider the vote on Mr. Cobbni's amendment was tabled—yeas 90, nays 84. • This made the action of :the House final. Mr. MILLER moved to lay the Nil on Orb toble,•remarking he adoption of that amendment destroyeid the bill. The motion was rejected—yeas 65, nays 0 2 ' On Motion of Mi n GRISWOLD, ,the Moond section was a ended by er.tend ing the tbnifor 'payment by liquidating banks of the amount of thoir oircula.lon from thirty to ninetyt days after the „as sage of the act. _ Mr. BEITLIMEt. amendment was re• jetted—yeas. nava 87. The amendment °Flared by Mr. r eioll to strike out 'sections 2d and4th, apd substitute other sections for then!. The point of order Wall made, that the Rouse having thready adopted a subeti lute (Mr. Coburn%) for the fburth sec tion, it was not in order to strike it out. The Speaker pro tem (Mr. Blaine, of Memo,) overruled :the objection, and , ruled that as the motion was to strike out other matter besides the fourth section, it was in order. The Howe refused to order• the yeas and nays on Mr. Ingersoll's amendment, but agreed to it on a count by tellers, 84 tetSFS. So tho second and fourth sections were attack out.. The other sections substi tuted provide for the Issue of circulating rotes, provided that not more than one sixth part of said noteushall be of less denomination than five dollars, and that after specie Payment shall be resumed there shall benoneof less than five dol lars; also, for the issue by the Secretary OS the Treasury of 1tD,000,000 of coupon or registered bonds, Payable after twenty years, at four per cent. interest in coin, saki bonds to be issued at not less than par ' and to be deposited by banks with the Treasury of the. United States as se curity for the circulation and govern ment deposits in lieu of other bonds held by them; banks failing to comply there with within six months to be wound up. The Secretary cf the Treasury is also authorized to buy up any gold , bearing bonds of the United States with money re ceived from the sale of those hereby au- thorised bonds so redeemed, to be can celed end distroyed and prohibited from otherwise using said money. Mr. Wood's amendment, providing for *place of central redemption of notes, was rejected-16 to 149. Mr. WOOD then moved the bill and amendments be tabled, which was agreed to-92 against 78, as follows: Yeas—Messrs. Ames, Archer,. *ad win, Banks, Batnea Barnum ,. Beatty, Bingham.. Blair. ~.!Boutwell. Boyer, Brooks, Broomali, Butler. (Maas.) Wks, elkatiter?, • •elreitchlik '''(olithe; Cornell, Covode, Dawes, Dodge, Els, Eliot, (Mass ) Ferris,Ferry, Fields, Fox, Gar field, 0, tz, 01s, Griswold. Haight, Hal- Bey, Hamilton, Higbee, Hill, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Hubbard, (lowa,). Hiabbard, (W. Va.) Humphrey, Jencites, Johnson, Judd, Kelley, Kelsey, Ketcham, Kitchen, Koontz, Laflin, Lawrence, (Pa.) Lynch, Marvin, McCarthy, Miller, Moore, Moorhead, Morrell, Myers, O'Neil, Paine, Perham, Peters, Pettis, Phelps, Polaud, Pomeroy, Price, Ran dall, Robertson, Robinson, Scofield, Seleye, Smitit, Spaulding, Starkweattier, Stevens, Bunyan, Taber, Thomas, Twitchell, Upson, Van Eaniam, Van Horn, (N.Y.) Ward, Washburn°, (Wis.) Washbarsie; (Mass.) Welker; Williams, (Ps.) Wood and -Woodbridge-92. Naye=idessrs. Andersen, Ashley, (of NevadA) Baker, Beoli,Benjamin.l3enton, Blaine; Boynton, , - Broomall. Buck land, Buckley. Burr. Butlery (of Tennessee,) Gary.;, Cobb, Corley, ..Cullow, .Dewees, 'Dockery, Eckley, Bidridge, Elliott, (of "Arkansas,) Farnsworth, Galloday, Gove, Gravely, Grover, Haughey Hawkins, Beaton, Holman, Hopkins. Hunter, In loerioll,Jones (of North Carolina) Jones, f Kentuck y,) Julian. Kellogg, Kerr, nott, Lash, Ixiwrence, (of Ohio.) Loan, Loughridge Mallory. Marshall: May nard...WOO:mil*, McKee, Newcomb, Newsliain,':Niblack, Nicholson, Norris, Orth; Pierre, Price, prince:Baum, Roots. 'Rose; Sairyer, Shanks, - Stone, (stover, Taffe, Tilt, Trowbridge,' Van Horn, (of Missouri.) Vati.Tramp, Washburne, Indiana,) Whittemore, Wilson, (of Ohio) Windom, Woodward, 'and Young-78. Mr. WOODWARD movedto reconsider the vote and lay that motion on the table. Mr. INGERSOLL moved to adjourn. Pending the vote' by yeas and nays, the hoar of half past four arrived, and the House took a recess ' the evening session to be for appropria tion bills. The bank - billoomes - up to-morrow 'on %Motion-Ur'. reconsider: Warship -SeanoThe House, in. Conk- Mittel!, of the Whole, Mr; Ferry in the resnined the consideration of the 'Army, Appropriation bill, the auestion being on Mr. Butier'santendnient fpr the .redUctioit of the - army, Mr. TLER ad vocate BU d at soniA length Lis amendmen4 which Weald:reduce the army to 25,000 men and save 1}35,000,000 per annum. -His remarks were both ha l:l:korona andargumentative. Mr.ySELELLABERGER thanked Mr. Butler for his ablePargu m en t on economy, but thought thatGenerill Grant was best .able to Jadge.what ,the, strength of the army should be kept up to. .. ,Mr. BOYER repliedqo the ,former speecliof Mr. Blaine, who had reported `that the artily' cost loss now than under Blithartan, and , firgiled the Republican 'party did not Intend-to red* tue'army materially. • - The.ComMittee rose and - Mr. BLATI3E gavenotice he -would move to-morrow to close the debate in twenty minutes. Adjourned..,; ~:: '''The'PrisbytcrisiaCeav Won. CINCINNATI, February 17,-The Pres. ~ .byteriari Convention,- id session here, ,is large y attetided, Discussing the kind Of preaching needed, pr. Thomas , made' thd fatly/lag remar ks: ""Take away, the pulpitt borne nearer the people; remove the formality of the minister: , We build up this bulwark of Satan, the pulpit, Twenty veuralego I kicked mine out so as to got nearer the people." , • . MiesWhip' Flotilla Organiaation. Sp. Louis, February 17.—The naval of ficers of the Mississippi flotilla will meet in Cairo to-morrow - ' to form an itrganiza tlon blmilar to that of the Army of Ten nOssee, Ohio, Ito. A large attendance is expected. NECOIII ElllllOl. .siotrzt, CPCLA)CIi A. M. HA tRISBURG. Proceedings of the Legislature—. Spirited Discussion •on the, Subject of Pay of Additional Officers—General Appropria tion Considered CB, Telegraph to the Pittsburgh 'Untied ' • H umartuno, Feb. 17, 1869. SENATE. B , DAS INTIGODUCED. By Mr. G r. A HAM : Providing for the regiatratton • f lots in Allegheny City; authorizing Allegheny. City to issue Water Bond=; relative to plank sidewalks in Alleghen • CUT. By Mr. Fl : HBR : Supplement. to old Soldiers: pen =ion act. By Mr. RIsEAT : Supplement for Pittsburgh Fruit Bruise Asooelatfon; sup-. p)ement for Monongahela 'Water Com- pany; relative to public roads in Scott township: providing 'for the election of three lucense Commissioners , in each of the townships of Scott and Robinson, to whom all applications- for liquor license shall be made. By Mr. CONNELL:: Proyithng for old and faithful teachers discharged for other causes than moral delinquency, giving them half pay. By Mr. WHITE: Amending the char ter c4 l the. Cambria Iron Company by changing the name an& increasing the capital - stock. By Mr. GRAHAM: Relative to Reserve Township Retool District. Allegheny; incorporating the Peonies Turnpike and Plank Road Company; prohibiting the sale of liquor in Finley township, Alle gheny county. STATE AGELICULTIIRA.L.COLLEGE Mr.. LOWRY called up the resolution offered some time ago by him instructing the Educatioual Committee to investi gate the affairs of the State Agricultural College and report any misapplication of funds.. Adopted. CIVIL CODE COMMISSIONERS Mr. BILLINUFELT introduced a res olution instructing the Judiciary Com mittee to examine into the propriety of revising the joint resolution of 1867, for revising the civil rode, or to modify the same so as to reduce the expenses of the Commonwealth. Adopted. REVISING TAX LAWS. At the afternoon session the bill revis ing and - consolidating tax laws of the Commonwealth, recommended, by the joint commission consisting of the Sec.re tau of the Connnonwealth, Auditor Gen eral And State Treasurer, being the , spa ciatorder, snmodfty sec tions passed. At the first reading. Adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ADDITIONAL OFFICERS. Mr. VANKIRK, of Washington, intro duced a resolution reciting that the ne cea-ity for twenty-seven additional offi cers having ceased to exist, that the remainder of the twenty-seven not already discharged by . the Speaker and Clerk be relieved from duty, with pro rata pay for, the time served, at the rate provided by act or 1888. Mr. DAVIS. of Phila., moved to amend by making it a Joint resolution. It, was• the only way in which the pay could be obtained. Mr. NICHOLSON, of Beaver, said the Senatsi would never agree to it, as they had voted it down once before. Mr. ROGERS, of Philadelphia, Demo crat,. took the same view, and opposed the payment of unauthorized officers. Mr. hic.CULLOUGII, of Crawford, Democrat, supported the resolution and amendment. de would remain here the whole year before he would yield to the Senate in this matter. Mr. WEBB, of 'Dogs, Republican, asked if he (Mr. McCullough,) had not had man appointed among the twenty- Wren? Mr. MoCULLOUGH answered yes, And he would see him paid, if he paid him himself. Mr. WEBB asked him who told him he might have a man? Mr. HERR, Republican, of Dauphin, answered that the Republican party had given him permission to name a man. Mr. WEBB denied that the Republi cans had done any such thing. He knew several Republicans who had not the privilege of naming a man. He himself had not been able to get a single appointment. Mr. STRAND, of Tioga. supported the resolution. He would also stay here a year, if necessary, to accomplish their payment. He animadverted severely upon the press for criticising his action in introducing the original resolution for 'additional officers. He had offered it by instructions from the Republican caucus, and he believed: it was necessary. , • Mr. MoMILIIEN., Democrat, of Mont gomery, also ,stipported the resolution. He had been abused by his party for doing so, but. was conscientious and would be right in spite of any, criticism. Though he had not obtained an appoint ment, he favoied Vankirk's - res= olution, if made a joint one. Mr. PLAYFORD. Democrat, of Fay ette, said that after the Senate had refused to concur in the House proposition, the House had no business to create addi- Alomil officers, and they had.no - reason to expect pay. Mr. WILSON, of Alleghenycfavored Mr. Vankirk's resolution,, and hoped it would be made a joint resolution. Re ferring to a paper in Ebensburg as abutt ing him, he thought all that editor want 7 ' ed was five dollars to tell the truth. Mr. VANKFAK spoke at length in • support of his resolution. He thought thg additional officers ought to be dis charged, hut they , ought to be paid for time. Mr. DAVIS withdrew hisamendnient, and Mr. STRAND renewed it. Mr. CORNMAN, of Cumberland,de fended the Democratic party from the charge of extravagance while in power. The additional officers had been faithful; but the party that appointed them should see them paid. Mr. STRANG'S amendnient was adop- MN • ted. Mr. BUNN. of Philadelphia, moyed to amend by confining the pay to actual days served. Adopted. The matter Was diScussed spiritedly NUMBER 45. i for two hours - , and the joint resoluttent I passed finally and went to the S-, nate, GENERAL APPROPRIATION RILL. ' Mr. WILSON called up the Generol i Appropriation bill., Eight sections,. pm's viding for the departments, passed Lim r , reading in Comtnittee of. the While. Adjourned,until evening. OTI...AND PIPE COMPANY. - .J 1 t the evening session Mr. AMES, oft Crawford, ealled up a manuscript act, .` just reported; incorporating the Western Oil and. Pipe Company. • . Mr. PLAYFOR.D opposed it. It was a gigantic corporatfen. and the bill erbotild be printed. He moved to postpone it until Friday.:- . ~,_ Mr. NICHOLSON pronounced the pro ceedings infamous. He feared a *lid i story he beard last night was. damnably true. He wanted fair play. After an excited' discussion the Parties compromised by laying the bill over on the second reedit:sr, ' . , ". APPROPRIATION lIPLL. • , - ( - - The appropriation bill wasifuramr 0010. sidered. '• Mr. STRANG oSered an xmenidtrisitt; providing that no greatersumre all- be applied by the State Treasnrerto egieliv tive expenses than 'provided. AdOptekr. Mr. MOMILLER moved en amendments increasing the salary of members- to fili teen hundred dollars. Lost. Thirty-seven sections were parsed first; reading with Out any material; amnia ment. , Adjourned. NEWS BY C.ABLE. [By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Clasette.l -- &R EA C BRITAIN. Loza:nox, February 17.—The addieas• in reply •to the Que_en'a 'speech was agreed to unanimously byr: hotb Honeea• of Parliament. In the Commons last evening D'lsraell expressed his sorrow that the.catification of the Convention with tha 'United States was not announced. He hoped, howev— er, for a speedy completion of theireaty. Mr. Gladstone was sure the negotiations would- end In the same spirit in width they commenced. The final issue would' doubtless be , satisfactory to both coun tries. March first has been namedffo - f the opening of the debate on the questioroof the disestablishment of the-Irish-Church. SPAIN. MADRID, Feb. 11.--Conshlerable meat was created yesterday by an IMMO- - cessfal effort to assassinate Gen., Prim. Three arrests were made. • PARTS, February 17.—The rep orts that ex-King Ferdinand of Portu had-con— sented to be a candidate for t e Spanlah throne are premature. Though strongly urged, he still refuses to allow his name to be used in connection with the 'sover— eignty of Spain. The majnity ; of the members of the Constitutent Eortes, now eesakat; , are opposed -10 %Duke Maim peusler;sadiantreJa,little nroapeet_ofT: his success. , • MADRID, February 17.—In4iddttton to the large , detachment of rebsforcements about to sail from Cadiz for Cuba, tho government will'send out, as-soon 'lathe necessary transportation is-ready, an other expedition numberingat least, six thousand men. • FINANCIAL AND COIIIMSRCI LONDON, February . 17.—Eijiftr. ,, --C on -8018'93; s•2o's 78yrt• Eries 2414; Illinois 9634; Atlantio and 'Great -Western 38. Stocks steady. Sperm oil 98s.' Whale Oil 37d. Calcutta Linseed 58s. 6d.(i)593. Sugar quiet at 391. 6d. on the spot: Re fined Petroleum Is. lyol. Pine Rosin 178. 6d, Spirits Turpentine 335. 6d.g 335. 9d. Tallow flat.at 45. LlTEspoor.,Febrtiary 17.—Cotion flat, middling uplands. UT4al2;:Orleans, 1.24 a 1114: sales of 7,000 bales..Calliornia white. wheat lie., red western OS. - 11d:@9s. 9d. Westerrt Flour 255..6di =sCorif33s for , 31s. for new, Oats 3s. sd. Barley 53. Peas 4.35@)445. 6d. Pork 975. Beef 955. Lard 775. Cheese 765. Bacon 595:6d. Spirits Petroleum•lidg., maned do. is. Tallow 465. Turpentine -325. , " • ANTWERP, February 17.=-Petroleum. - . . Film; KFORT,Februaryl7.Bonds 82)4. FRANKFORT, Feb.Tr... l 4ff. S; bonds.. closed at 82. PARIS, Feb. 17..-Pourae quiet Bente& 70 francs 27 centimes. ANTWERP. Feb. 17.—Petroletrin closed at 58X franca. LONDON, Feb. 17.—Tal.low declined to 458. Railroad Meeßolm BY Telegraph to the Pittsburgh. 6uette".l CINCINNATI, February ' 17.—The an nual meeting of the stockholderalof the Marietta and Cincinnati -Kalman Com pany was held in thlicityto•ilaY: One hundred and thirty-Ai thousand - shares, were represented, and 1. tba followin g gentlemen unanimously elected., as: Di rectors: geasrs: John' King ' Jr., John. Hopkins, Thomas Whlteridge, G. Oliver • O'Donnell and H H. Chapman, of Balti more , Henry.O. -Lord,Hathanidl Wright, R. M. BishOp;.lii. 1E834 and 'Jr D. Smith, of Clucinntitl, J., N. - cOulen. Parkersburg, W. H. ,Oldham. of Mariet ta. and W. T. MeClinteek, of Chillicothe.. At a subsequent meeting of the Board, John King, Jr., was elected Frdsident. At a meeting of the Cincinnati and Bal timore Railway Company, held today. W. T. McClintock, EL >C. • LOl`d, Keener Girard John King. Jr., W. EL- Oldhrun. J. D. Smith and C. Oliver O'Bonnbli were elected Directors. and W. T Mc- Clintock, President. - Terrible VP iftr Marder and Suicide. (ny Tglezirsali to the Pittabcosh 6siettet.l Loutsynx.E. Feb. 17.--At Lexington, Ky., yesterday morning, Jonn W. Lee 'murdered his will) by cutting Her throat with a vazor. 'lle sate:wards ,committed suicide by. ousting his own throat from_ ear to ear with the same razor. Mrs.. Lee, in addition to the gashes of i hoz , neck, one of which had severed -the Trig. w a r vein, had both of her hands .nearly "cut in two, iihowing that she had at :vg. ,i e ddesperately to eseapethe murderer. Pinancho embarrassment is said to ;have brought about the terrible traged7 . —A. Washington dispatch says :there is a report that the confidential ;relations heretofore egisting bettvemi General Grant and his confidential secretary. General Badeau, have beef's "broken off, and that General Badeau %vas instructed to remove his desk from. the room occu pied ty General Grant another apart ment. The cause of the rupture is not, stated. '
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