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MST EtMON.
TWELVE cp
HARRIST
proceedings of the Legislature--
The General Appropriation
rut ther VOtsiidered—Appro
priation for a New• Lunatic
Asylum Rejected—Revision of
Tax Laws ; egssed to a Second
Reading.
{By Telegraph to,tha rittehurgi Guerra.)
HAnnlstiunu, , Febillary 18, 1888.'
SENATE.
DILLS irrruonucan.
By Mr.. DUNCAN: 7 Arithorizing. the
,
Western Maryland Railroad CoMpany to
operate in a portioriof Pennsylvania.
By Mr. ERRETT: Relative to the dis
tribution of the Schopl Report.
By Mr. SEARIGHT: Regulating the
.
mode of voting in Salt Lick township,
Fayette tionnty; also, for. an additional
- Supervisor in said township.
By Mr. McCANDLESS: Supplement
to an act consolidating,, revising. and
amending the penal laws:
By. Mr. SEA.RIGHT: A bill reducing
tonnage tax ou coke and crushed rock
to legal. rates upon products of mines.
Passed flnalljr. • • :
v" , 11. bill from - tbs. House paying Mr:
_ Witham, the ousted Democratic Repre
sentative, full pay for -the session, was
favored by Mr. FISHER, who alleged
that the witnesseifor.Bunn, the Repub
lican contestant,' were = perjured. He.
thought Bunn acted in good faith.
The bill . was. vigorously: Opposed by
Mr. ERRETT.
Pending disaussion, adjourned.
Evenilig Session.—Tee tax bill recorn:-
mended:by the. Secretary of the Cot&.
monwealth, Auditor General. and State
Treasurer, embracing one hundred and
four sections, passed first reading.
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
GENERAL •
APPROPRIATION BILL.'
The considerationvof the General Ap
propriation Bill was continued. --
.Messrs. Strang, of Tinge, Niles, of
'Dogs; and McCullough, of Clearfild,
opposed the section appropriating one
lfundred thousand dollars to the pro
posed new insane, asylum at Danville,
and the appropriation was voted down,
the disposition being againstthe erection
-of the institution.
The bill passed first reading without
-other material change, though numerous
- motions for appropriations to-- various
additional charitable irstitutions were
made and generally lost,. except fifty
thou Sand dollars for military claims act
of 1882, being extended till -May Ist.
1870, and ten thousand :dollars to St.
Johns Orphan Asylum, Philadelphia.
Adjourned till evening.
Eveningi—On second reading of the up
;propilation bill. Mr. McMILLER moved
an amendment increasing the, members'
salaries to *1,500; thus adding, 068,000
the Legislative expenses.•--
- Messrs.Wilson Herr and Nicholson
spoke energetically in opposition, and
Mom' Motifiller and Davis, bf Pinta - del-
Phis. fu &ITN% 'After an excited discus
•aioti the amendment was lost—seas 28,
namely: Messrs. Adaire, Beard, Bossard,
Breen, Bunn, Cloud. Dailey, Davis,
(Philadelphia,) Foy, Goundie, Hervey,
Hong,' Josepba, Kleekner. Mc-
Cullough, McGinnis, McMillea, Martin,
Morgan, Mullin, Myers, Nelson,Nice,
O'Neill, Rogers, Scott, Stout and. West
ler. Nays 60.
Adjourned.
NEW YORK CITY.
By Telegraph to the Pittabergh Gazette.
,
' ' Niw•Yonir; February 18, 1869.
Two notorious thieves, who gave their
names as Lewis S. Cole and Henry, Mar
", i shall; alias Glo'ver, were arrested to-day
• c: hargeithwith robbing the Fecpaannock
• Bank, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, of
„1i1 t , 1 ,600 in bonds. The officers found in
IL () possession of the men - bonds repre
, sening426,soo anpawn tickete fordia
-; monde aiki other]ewelry worth- about
• 810,019, also belleVed to havebeen stolen;
, $26 4 0000•In current'itarkii, anti a anantity
of jewelov. were alio found on tie men. 1
James - W4 - 3417e? and Same, McQuade
were arrested a few AtIYS again this city
_; by Captain ;Young and detective Irving,
i -on a charge . or having been concerned in !
• the robbery of ope hundred and twenty
'. r 'five - thousand dollars worth-' CI Unite.,
' States Unicatfoillia and • Central Pacific •
: bonds froStethesElist National Bank of
.:• New 4 :*tifiliAirrolt„ county, biasy-
7 :A640323d. The prisoners
•had , 4 -- theLgOssosilon ninety-nine thou
,: sag a
. 440,1it' A list 4 • red dollars worth of
Icn - - operty was identified by
tljb&
1 '.4.11ft , the - bank; who came on
4-,411 - ..; 4 , •4 purpose and the prisoners
: r iiatf ; 4'. y delivered into the custody of
i . , ,..:_•% . 41tier50ri, - of Baltimore, to be con
• ~,,,,, cend.to Maryland Under a requisition
from tne,goverrier-nr that State.
,; 7• A: 1 1* - tidiiiiired this evening at 217Fu1,,_4,144°411,•tr*-VottkaiFjostim
,,_4,1 44°4 11 ,•tr*-V o ttkaiFjostim tied by Short,'
rk-:" --- aoa.A. gtrer warehouse.
1,;:. - :.ftkir-wri?Pf,„ , , id. The second
E 4- ; 31 -6V 1 ,-;:-.. ...-, yH. L. Pierce,
1!-44,111, 3 140r40 1 1v, . 14 4 Ameolate. Loss 15,000;
.4-4 , ..1,494 nan nia 7... a.-.-:,
'
a;.
Steamboat ou klre7.-Natrow Packike•
fisriticesrays to the Plttabtirgh Gazette.)
Evessvii.r.E; IPebniiiry 18.—As
the steamer Glendale, from Cincinnati to
At. Louis, full of freight and people, was
leasing Green River Island, seven miles
above this city, at'two o r elock this after
noon, a fire broke out in her pilot home.
:The boat was run ashore andithe women ,
and children safely landed. In the mean
time Capt. Hare and ere*, with most of
the male passengers; by vigorous efforts ,
got the fire 1,, check, and finally extin
guished it, with a total loss • of the'pilot
house and a portion of the texas. Capt.
Fuller, . who stood at the wheel enveloped
in flames till the boat was landed, had
his eyebrows, whiskers and clothes
scorched, and inhaled some hot air, but
is all right. Captain Hare, the ChlefEngl
neer. and Wm. McClintock are highly
extolled' for their, coolnesk and addresa
in the pilot house._ The boat was full .of
paskengers, Including women and chil
dren; but no panic ensued. - Of the
freight only a few empty demijohns were Capt. Hare , e nters a protest
here; rigs a temporary wheel. and will
proceed to St. Louis.
SENATE:: House !Rill Provixling
for an Election in Virginia
Reported with Amendment's
—Prize i Money to Farragut
and His M e n—Pay of Senators
R
,
front .econstructed Statis—
The Franking Privilege.
HOUSE: rote On the Rank - hill
• Reconsidered and the Bill
Pa -- Mississippi Bee on•
sirtietion - -• , Milltairje Appro.
priation Bill Further Die-
Cussed at Evening Session.
(By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
Wasztiroarort, D. C., Feb. 18, 1869.
'SENA R. - • - •
Mr. CONNESS, from the Comlnitiee on
Postoffices, reported, with an amend
ment, the bill to encourage the building
of steamships in tie United States In or
der, to establish a line of Aniericati steam
'ships to Europe.
Mr. MORGAN, from the Committee on
Finance, reported a joint resolution AU- .
thdrizing the Secretary of the Treasury
to remit the,duties on the submarine tel
egraph cable imported by the Western
'Union Telegraph Company.
Mr. GRIMES, from the Committee on
Naval Affairs, reported a bill to compen
sate the officers and crew of the Kear
sagre for the capture and destruction of
the Alabama. -
Mr. ANTHONY, from the Cornmittee
ou Printing, reported a resolution to
print the memorial of Duff Green* in re
lation to national finances, Adopted.
Mr. THAYEI moved to reconsiderthe
vote. Duff Green had been a notorious
rebel, and he did not think it neceegary
to _recognize him to the extent of prim
ing his essays. Lie Moved to lay thepub
ject on the table. Carried.
Mr. TRUMBULL, from the Committee
on Judiciary, reported, with amend
ments, the House bill providing l'or the
election id 'Virginia. The first amend
ment provides that at the election for the
ratification or the Constitution, directed
by the House bill toles:held on Alie.27th
of next May, there shall be submitted to
a separate vote of the registered and quali
fied voters; thenueation of ratification of
the fourth sub-division of the first section
and the seventh section of the third arti
cle,:the vote on said question' to be for
disqualification or against qualification.
The other amendment suestitutea for
section fifth of the -House bill,
which requires the General Assem
bly, elected at the Barre time,
to assemble on the first Tuesday in
September. 186 a, a provision that the
said General Assembly, in case a major
ity ef nll the votes' be. 'cast for ratifica
tion or the Constitution, shall assemble
at Richtnoad on the first Tuesday in
July, 1869: but if a.majority be not cast
for ratification, the Aasembly shall not
convene, nor shall - any person elected
to office under the provisions of this bill
enter upon the discharge of the 'duties
thereof. The'provisions of the Consti
tution voted , on separately shall consti
tute a part of the Constitution, if a ma
jority of votes cast - on that question ,
be for disqualification,and Aim, versa.
Mr. TRMMBULL also reported ad
versely the following: Mr. Henderson's
bill to establish.a-Department ionitome
affairs. Mr. Robertson's joint resonation
proposing by Constitutional amendment
-to establish an Electoral College Tribu
nal, and Mr. Sawyer's joint resolution
extending the time - for the commence
ment of suits the,
the recovery of captur
ed or abandoned property in the Court
of Clairee. '
Mr. GRIMES, from the Committee • on
I Naval Affairs, reported favorably, with
verbal amendments, the House bill rela
ting to captures made by Admiral Farra
pnTs in the Mississippi river, May;
1862. It deelaree the, vessels which * , par
ticipated in the opening of the river and
capture of New Orleans shall be now en
titled to the ben.-fit of the prize law In
the'same • nitinner as they would have
been had the Eastern. District 'Court
,ef
Louisiana been then open and the cap
tures made by, said "vessels been libelled
therein, and any United States Court
laving admiralty jurisdiction may now
take cognizance or cases arising out ,of
paid cif.ptufes. The shares in such cap
tures which may ber awarded to officers
And men entitled to prizes are to be paid
Out of the Treasury of the United States.
Mr. THAYER lofted need is bill amend
ing the pre-emptiiin and homestead laWs,
80 al 40 require the planting of trees on
' lieniestead andie.eipption lands. ' Re
ferred.to Committee on Public Lands.
On mition of Mr. MORTON the Sen
ate took up the resolution trPantliorize
the payment of Senators from the recon
structed Stevie from the - commencement
of the Portiettr Ocn grass. - • ,
Mr. MORRILL; of Vermont, moved to
amend- so as to pay,them only frem the
beginning of the 'second session of the
Fortieth Congress..
Mr. YATES adVociated the original re
solution. .11e.had .examined the ques
tion and found all the precedents to show
that where Senators or Representatives
were entitled to compensation .for any
part of the term they were entitled ton, for
the whole term. When- the question was
np before, the delicacy of Senators from
,
Southern States had prevented them
from voting, but now, if it should be ne
cessary, to dedde the question - rightly,
he would insist op their overcoming
their scruples and voting, to pay them
____
, Mr. STE WART had also examined the
precedente.. but had founduone in favor
or paying these Senators.
The m u tter wa s briefly Map:seed and
then, cin !notion of Mk. MORRILL, of
Maine, it was , postponed, and-the Indian
Appropriation bill was taken up.
The Cmmittee on Appropriations re
portedfiod explained the various, amend
ments fecorumended" by them,' which
weregenerally agreedto, and the -cony
sideration of, which occupied ,the time
until half "past three, when, on;motion of
Mr. SUMNER; the Senate went into ex
ecutive Session and soon after took cv
recess.
Evening 'Session.: - The President pre
sented the credentials of Allen G. Thur
man, Senator elect from Ohio. '
The Senate then proceeded to. the con
sideration of the business reported frOm
the Committee on Postofficos.
The bill to regulate the franking priv
ilege was reverted by the Chairman of
the Committee, with two amendments,
OCj;M.
Mt.
~: ~~
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FORTIETH CONGRESS.
[Tialltl)
HEE
P 13U RGH, , FRII ) A
Put alter some discumstoii, It was passed
exactly' as it came frcitn.the -Hattie.
Mr..RA.MSEY then. reported the bill
niplishing the privilege after July Ist,
eldr. - CONKLING , moved as an amend-
ment a hill repealing all acts am:4ons
of acts conferring the franking privilege
upon members of the Senate and House
of Representatives.
Mr. Conkling's substitute was adopted
and the bill was then Nected by the fol
lowing vote:
Yam—Messrs.!" Anthony, Oonkling,
Corbett, Ferry, Howe, McCreery, Mor
gan, Mcirrlili (Me.,) (Vt.,).POnite
,voY, RaMiey, 'Trumbull, yliads, Whyte,
Willey da d• Wilson-48:
- Nays—Mann. Cole. Fessenden, Fow
ler,, Harris, Howard, Kellogg, McDonald,
NYtt..oaborn, Rice, Robertson,-Sawyer,
Spencer; Stewart, Sumner, Tipton, Welch
and . •
Messrs. Grimes, Hendricks and Patter
son, (N. HO who wottld'have voted in
thel affirmative, were paired off with
Messrs. Cameron, Sprague and Patter
son, (Tenn.,) who would have' voted in
the negative. -
Adjourned, ,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- -
Several petitions wore presented. The
bill providing for a term of the United
States District Court in Vermont was
Teased.
The Election Committee have reported
against Thomas A. Hamilton's claim to a
seat from Tennessee. Ordered to be
printed.
The vote laying the bank bill on the
table..was reconsidered.. Mr.' ,Piameroy
moved that the bill be recommitted, with
instructions to report back forth witirthe
first three sections of it. The House re
fused to second the previous question,
when two more amen d mantel were offered
and notice given of others.
Mi. 'HOOPER moved to Instruct the
Committee to strike out the second sec
tion.' Lost-1! to 146.
'Mr. COBURN moved . to amend by in
structing the Committee to report back
the fourth sectiop as amended yesterday
by the adoption of his substitute. Car
ried-97 to 76. -
Mr. INGERSOLL moved to instruct the
Committee to report back the Sections
'he offered yesterday as amendments and
which were then adopted by the House.
Rejected-73 to PS.
Mr. MILLER moved the bill be tabled.
Lost-81 to Sd.
The question was then taken on Mr.
Pomeroy's motion tq recommit to the
Committee on. Banking and Currency,
with instructions to report forthwith the
three first sections as amended by Mr.
Coburn. to include his fourth section,
and It was agreed to without division.
Mr. POMEROY imniediately reported
back the bill as instructed.
The previous question was then second
ed and the math question ordered on its
adoption as a substitute for the Senate
bill.
The substitute was adopted—yeas 02,
nays 76.
Mr. woop moved to lay the bill on the
table. Lost-70 to 110.
The bill as amended was then passed
-106 to 77.
A motiod to reconsider the vote by
which the bill .was. passed was tabled.
Yens 03, nayslu:
_-Mr. BOUTWELL said he desired to
make a statement to the House. The
attention of the House being secured, be
went on to says It was my purpose until
very recently to report from the Recon-
struction Committee a bill for the estab-
Bailment of a- provisional government
for the State of Mississippi. After a full
and free conference. with gentlemen ou
the other side. especially with the gen
tleman from Wisconsin, (Mr. Eldridge,)
and hs,ing been assured, by them very
frankly that it . was their purpose
to . resist the
Passage of the bill
be Such parliamentary mean s ' as
theycan Command , -T. -felt obliged to
abandon:the tireparittlOn of it. At ibis
time there is other public business of
great importance pressing, and as I have
reason to expect that the bill would be
vetoed, and it would be useless totpnss it
unless passed by both Houses betwee n
this and next Saturday night, I feel con
strained by a sense of public duty to
abandon the measure for a time, with
asiierance to our friends on the other
side: that immediately, after the 4th of
Mardi we will test the captioity of this
side to pass that or a similar measure.,
Mr. ELDEbrucr, salu :.s° gentleman
frcm Massacbuoetts -had stated that it
was our purpose to resist the passage of
the bill to which he refers, territoralizing
'Mississippi. He has stated with entire
frankness what I said, that we did in
tend to reaist to . the utmost Of our abil
ity.' We Vielleve, we bevel always be
lieved, that _the State of hltsaissippi is a
State in this Union, ehtitled to all the
-rights - and to ivileges of ,every other
State, and she has been so !ever since_
the war against ~he rebellion was see
cessfel, and we shall now and at all
times resist any effort to turn it, into a
territory, or any ;State in the Union.
Mr. PETTIS, from Committee- on
'Elections, ailed .ttyp the Neiw Afexice
contested election case, and was address
ing the House in, advocacy of i the report
of the Committee wieen, at half-plat
four, the House took ay.seetel.
-Keening Becsion—ln Coermjttee of the
Whole, Mr. Ferry in the Chide, the con
sideration ofthe Army Approprith'ion bill
was resumed..
I• Daring the diseuzsleb Mr. GARPIPIL ' D
said they had 'been told to'-dliy by the
flecretary of War and by the Getrertil of
the Army that they bad not any more
troops than were needed for the actual
necessities of serviSe, and that Gen. Grant
does nof recommend. any rednotion ex
cept by atsorption.
Mr. DOME offered the 'following' sub
stitute for theamendment reported ftom
the Military Committee: That after
March • 4th, ig9), the _Presidentof the
UnitectStates ie - anthorized to make the
following reduction and' consolidation of
the army. as the* benefit of the service
may, require:, ConsOlidation of regiments 1
Of infantry to , thirtyeeonsolidation f ar
tillery corps and ordillance departments,
consolidation of quartermastars, snbsis.
tenon ancrpaY'departliffmts, and such re
duction inother staff departments as the
reduced -strength of`the* army may re
quire; no appointments be, made in
any grade until the nu ribtir of the sur
plus officers in that grade' is reduced to
the number of officers requifed
consolidation and reductiner herein au
thorized.
The substitute was 0 4 1 ` 00 & 1 46-48 O.
Mr. GARFIELD offered an amend
ment regulating the pay. of non.commis
sioned officers and privates, but on, a
point of order by Mr. BLAINE, the
amendment was ruled out of order.
After discussion the amend m eu t offered
, • .
.. . .
FEBRUAItyI 19 1 1869.
.
by Air. Butler was eil d. to---57 to 56, 111E 1 1. gftalk e li r lliag RI •
and added, to the s h itute offered by l i' 1
Mr. Dodge. It prey de as follows:
.Tor I. i
a .ti lit till
the discontinuance o th office ofGencral
0
of fire Army afer th 4th of March, 160 e; --- -
kir the continuance ft e office of Lieu- • .
le
tenant , General until" , a meaner in the
same shall occur, and rt longerr againi3t
greeting any more brev t eommiselons,
except for meritorious i onduct and im
portant service in the', jpresenpo of the
enemy; fOr 'reduaing 1 the, nun ter of
i s
Major Generals to - three after Julylst,
H 1 t. for reducing the number`of -11.11ga
dier Generals to aixtifter the same date;
that the, offices of Adjutant 'General},
Cauertertuaster. • Geuerai,,,, Commissary
General of •• 13 . ubsistence, Chief of
Ordnance, Chief of Engineers,; Pay-
Mister General, Surgeon' General and"
Judge ' Advocate v General - shall be
filled by the appointment or assignment 1
ment of an officer whaled:lan have the
rank and pay of a Colonel; for reducing
the grade of staff officers; for fixinthe
yearly pay of officers, aa f
;follows : Lieu
tenant-General,'sl2,ooo; 'Major General,
$1,500; Brigadier , Gene al, 1$5,000; Colo
nel $3,600;:-Lieutenan Colonel, $2,750;
Major, 52,500; Captain, mounted) 52,000; I
Captain, (dismounted,) $1,800; Adjutant,
$1,800; first Lieutena t,' (nounted,)
$1.000; first 'Lieutenan
~ L(disthouated,)
a 1,500; second ' Lientehant, (mounted,)
151,400; second Lieutenant (dismounted,)
$1,400; Chaplain, $1,2u0; Aid de
Camp to a Major GePeral $2,600; Aid-de-
Camp to.a Brigadier General an addition-
al 5150; Acting Assistant Commissary an
additional 5100; these sums are to be in
full of 'all. commutation of quarters, I
fuel, forage, servants' wages and cloth
leg. longevity, rations and all allow-
mica% fluid are to be paid monthlyieffi
cars retired from active service, not on
account of disability from wounds, are
to receive forty per cent. of the pay of
their grado,•and when retired on account
of disability from wounds to receive
seventy-five . per cent; for the re
duction of : the army to twenty-four
regiments of Ituantry, in Wing
three . of the reserye corps, four of
colored troops, six of cavalry, in
cluding two of colored troops and three
of artillery; for the consolidation by the
Secretary of War of the existing organi
zation into that number of regiments;
for the discharge , of all j bands; for the
muster out of enlisted men, till the total
force be reduced to 21,0u0; reorganizing
bureaus of military jtistice; abolishing
the office of military storekeepers; keep
ing the medical officers to the rate of one
to every one hundred and fifty men: to
take effect on the fourth of March. 1869.
The Committee rose and reported the
bill to the. House. I •
Mr. BLAINE moved the following nsa
substitute for the amendments of alesars.
Dodge and Butler:
Be if further enacted,. That until the
Military force is reduced to twenty regi
ments of infantry, tive regiments of cav
airy and live regiments'of artillery, - no
new commiasious shall be issued in any
regiment; the Secretary otWar is hereby
directed to consolidate the regiments as
rapidly as the regal remehts of the pub:
lie service and the reduction of the num
ber of. officers 'will permit. until the
aforenamed mu:annum Is reached.
And be it further enacted, That until
otherwise directed by law there shall be
no new appointments and promotions in
the Adjutant General's Department, in
the Pay Department, in the Quartermas
ter's Department, in the Ordnance De
partment, or In the Medical Department.
Without taking a vote on the amend
ment the House adjourned. • ' -'
Political Affairs In Georgia.
.By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Usuette.l
ATLAI 4 :TA, FebruarylB.--An adjourned
meeting of the Republicans-of Georgia
was held here on the 15th inst., The po
sition of the Governor was endorsed and
Cl:agrees requested to consider his me
morial asking Congress to restore the le
gally elected colored members of the
Legislature to their seats end enforce the
reconstruction laws' by additional legis
lation. Certified copies of the resolu
tions have been forwarded to General
Grant, Messrs.-Colfax, Wade, Trumbull
and Boutwell.. The Conservative Repub
licans of Georgia held a mass meeting
to-night and protested against the above
action, and deny that it was a meeting of
the Republican party; that the whole
thing misrepresents the ;opinion of the
party, and deny that the loyal are ols
pressed; they claim the movement is
gotten up by extreme mon hostile to the
policy of Congress and the incoming ad
ininistratioq, ,-
1=21:=21
' The lusurre2iioil hi Cubs,
, .
thy Telegraph to the rittst;urge tisuietted
HAVANA, Feb. 18.—Engagements be
tween the rebels and troops are reported
in the vicinity ofjCienfueges, but are
t.tated to be mere skirmishes. Two
thousand troops are expected to-morrow
from Spain. The Spanish party - appear
confident that theribellion will be anal
ly put down. Tile authorities' are filling
the prisons with suspected partie, wile
the emigration of Cubans from thel,ll- ,
land is increasing. Several tugs have
been chartered'and armed by the govern
ment, and are now cruising along the
shore to intercept the landing of parties.
Col. Lome arrived yesterdaY with Senor
Ildeata, a Spanish oflicial of high rank.
as a prisoner. ' -
Hlebinund.,Va., Itt'lllll.
My Telegraph to the PlttsbOrgh Gazette.]
RICHMOND, February 18.—Jas. Grant,
who has been out on bail since the mur
der of Pollard, was today committed to
wait his trial.
'etter Phillips, under sentence of death,
4 ;14 ,0 case involves the legality of the
Vi
and Which is to be heard
Inn*ltitilUnited Supreme Co
respited by the Governor u
tit March leOth' _
—.Cherles IT. .Ludl m, Or Brooklyn, ,
died of hydrophobia on Blonde
..bout, a month ago a little dog which h
Gowned bit him on the hand. The ustai
.r 4 imedie* were apoll4d a; the time an
th Itwound apparently healed: On Satu
d at v last, however, unmistakable sym
ton'le Of u 3 ciroohobla sooeared,-. and be
die 4 I in'*great agony., „I'wo children al
diet 1 lest week from hydrophobia in ti4t
viol! "Ity of Brooklyn,: andMo
uses are reported.
Illinoiti X,egielatnre re.aasernbl •
at spr‘Aingtield yesterday.- The report.'
th e s e , 'nate Finance Committee, mint:Lin . 1 .
t h e Ad Intent General's salary to fiftee . '
d dollars a year, MA approve,'
, The Fuller tuilread bil
w a ,, .ed up, and after much opposil
tion, w#. I referred to - the Judiciary Com
mittee. Great utunt3ers of lobbyist:
trem - s ch Ictrro are present, and the ex
elwrneat about the Lake front bill is lu
creasing.
Form, trci..6c-ir. A. Ai.
.
TILE CAPITAL.
'next of the , flanking Lasvas it
Passed the; Illouse,..Treaties
l'onsidgred—yhe Ileiection of
t4e Alabjuott,,Clolinis Treaty
to be Itecommetiged—Nonii
, nations,and Coofirariations—
Ahll to Railroads. . •
cur 'Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
IVAism4TraiN t February 1869.
PIXEPF t NDI , NG TREATIES.
The Senate Ltalmittee , on Foreign
Relations thfs morning agreed to recom
•mend to the' favorable action of that
'body the naturalization treat with Eng
land; also, life treaty leaVing to the 4ov
ernment of Switzerland the arbitrament
of the. San Juan Island diopute. The.
CoMmittee came to the unanimous con
clusion to recommend the rejection of
the Alabama claims treaty.
An effort will be made to-morrow to
g 6 into 'Executive session to corisider
these reports. ' -•
THE BANKING DILL.
Thefollowing wine banking bill as it
plmed the House: .• • ,
Be it enacted, tic., That elery Notional .
Banking Association 'Selected as a de
pository of public Moneys under .the
provisions of sect ion forty-fifth of the act,
entitled an act to provide a national Cur
rency, 'etc., shall depissft United States,
bonds with the Treasurer of the United
States as security, for such deposits, and
whenever the public moneys deposited
in such Association shall exceed. ninety
percent. of the..l:ands zo-held by the
Treasurer as security, itaball be the duty
of theTreasnror forthwith, by `drilit or
otherwise, to reduce'the amount of such
to an amount not exceedipg ninety pail
cent.laf the bonds deposited as
specified; and National Banking Aitsocia-'
lions in the city of Washingum, or in
any city or town whore there hint' Assis
tant Treasurer of the United States, or a
depository Of public money, designated
under the act of Augpst Bth, 11366, shall
not be selected as public depotitories,
and the Secretary of the Treasury shall
require all public moneys collected In
any such city or town to be deposited bY
the officers having custody., of. ;Mach
money with the Treasurer, or Assistant
Treasurer, dr*depository in such city or
town, ander such-regulations tts he may
from time to time prescribe, and if any
officer or agent (5f any association desig
nated as a depository of public moneys
shall pay or offer to pay any inoney or
other valuable consideration, directly or
indirectly, fur the purpose of obtaining
or retaining, deposits of public money,
or if any officer or agent of the govern
ment shall receive any money or other
valudble consideration., directly or Indi
rectly, fop making such deposits of pub
lic) money, finch officer or agent shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, .and on
conviction in any Court having jurisdic
tion shall be punished by a fine of' not
less than one thousand dollars, or im
prisoned fa' not less than one year nor -
more than five years, or both, at th 6 (pa
oretion of the court.
Sec. 2 That section forty-second of said
act be so amended as, to provide that
within ninety days from the date of no
tice served upon the Comptroller of the
Cerrerney by any National
„Banking As
soelatlon, that its shareholders have
voted to go into liquidation as provided
in said section, the said Association shall
pay over to the Treasurer of the,United
Suites the amount of., its outstanding
notes in lawful money, of the United
States, and take up bonds which the
said Association has on deposit with the
Treasurer for the seeartty of its circu
lating notes, which bones shall Ibe as
signed to the bank in the manner sped
fled in the nineteenth section of said act,
in!default of which the Comptroller of
the Currency shall sell said bonds to the
highest bidder, at public auction, at the
steclt exchange in the city of. New York,
aud frees the proceeds thereof.shall pay
over to the Treasurer of 'the. United
l' Stat a, in lawful money, an amount
' equal to the outstanding circulation of
such association, and shall payover any
surplus remaining to the officers of the
j i
assn !ellen; and (My asseciatiOn which
,bas heretofore gone into liquida
wad tinier the previsions of the section
tojwilich this Is an amendment, shall pay
overitothe Tr,easure'sr laivfal !matey equal
in amount to, its' outstanding circulation
within ninety days from the date of the
passage of this act, in default of which
its bonds shall be sold ad above provi
ded,,and from that thee the outstanding
notes shall be redeemed at thelkoasurY t
and aid association and the. sharehold
ere t,tereof shall be discharged irom.all
liabi ity therefor; provided, that any as
soeistion winding up its affairs, ,for the
purpose of consolidation with, auother
be kl, shall not be compelled to pay to the
Tr atturer the amount of its outstanding
circtilation in lawful money, norshall its
bonds be Bold as ,above provided.
Thai there shal allowed to
Receivers of National Banking Associa
tions; appointed in accordance with the
provisions of the National Currency Act, ,
in fall compensation for their servile 8. '
fiftee hundred dollars per annum. and
in addition thereto a commission of two
-per ni ,ntu on, the first sloo,ooo, en
ootopo, a Co
inissitt,q one-half ef. one Per, cent. Qll •
si
all e above-1460,00, ananotekeeed.
frig ?
,000; and a dotrimisSton' of one-
1 fourt of one per cent:en all shatatver
sauo,opo that maY , be otnleeted; ',Which
salaty,and conimission shall' be paid by
the Cotoptroller of Currency out af -any
moneys realized from :the amulets
.banit se in the hands .of ;the,Reeeiver;
providedi that the , payment , of ,onedialf 1
tbncoratuissions inay.be,restiryed, in the
(Secretion of the Comptroller ; 'Aintit the '
e l
,atral ,of ' the;':banh are:tinnily dosed,
Whic NUEII sb4ll then:' be Paid - to the re-.
eeiver or in erase more than one receiver
has an ad, it shall be apportioned among
them by' the Comptroller , 'according
to ego ty; and all Receivers appointed as
afor d shall be aoneidered, officers or
agents of the . Government, and shall
have the •right to , bring snits, in the
ptut+Al States, Courts, and may invest the
assetsi of the .bank in their hands in
bondser the United States while the af
fairs or the bank are in process of liqui
dation, which bottde akin be . ifeposi tad
with the Treasurer of the Unlit% States,
subject to the order of the Comptroller;
and the Receiver shall ale° make a report
I 1
to the Cotuptroller )of all their acts and
proceedings, and the Conmtroller shall
be - authorized to sell such bonds from•
time to time in order to- make • the divi
dends nod payments provided lorin the
pfteenth section of the act to which this
act is supplementary; and the Judge of
the United States District Court, for the•
district in which suits are brought, shall
fix the fees or compensation to be allowed
to attorneys for each seryices, haying
due reference to tileainotiiit . of labor per
formed and to therinitirest of the credit
ors of the bank. .
I SEc. 4. To insure a better distribution
of, the National Banking currency, there
map beisiued circulating notes to Bank
ing Assuclations'organized in States and
Territories having a loss banking
,circu- •
lation than theirpro rats as herein authot.=
ized; Which shall within -three years if
I required be withdraws pro , recta from
Banks organized in Stales, ,baving a cir
culation exceeding that provided for by
the act entitled "an act to amend'an net •
entitled an act to provide for,sltiational
currency, Secured by pledge or United
States bond; and to provide for the ciF-
culation' .tuld redeMptiok! thereof," ap
proved March 3d, MIS, to ascertain which.
the Comptroller ofeurrensy shall, under
direction of the Secretary of the-Treas
ury, make a statement . , showing the ;
amount ,of . circulation. to be re;,
tired by • eieh. of • said Banke, and
shall, when the ckrenlatica is required, •
I'make a-requisition for suck amount on
said benk; cotinnebeing with 'itatikto in
States having the largest- excess! of sir- t
I eulation, , and z,edneing ouly.thti ;Innis
ti°o of those hsVing the greatest proper-
..
i Lion in excess, leavtng undisturbe'd those
having asmsdler Ivor:ellen until these in
, greater excess have ; been reduced., - and -
'thus continue to nialin the re;itictlon of •
those having am excess until the circula
tion of thich banks shall;be as:neaxly. as
possible equalized , among
~ the. States
and Titrritoriegf according to the' ap
praised value of •WI property ; real ,
and permute!, within Eatch States
,and Territories, the same.,to,be ascer
,teined- by -, certified statMnimits; of the -
Governors of such &stet end Tenitories,
'made by the Secretary of the. Treasury;;
provided that this act shall not apply to
over one hundred' and •iifty million -dol
htte.of said circulation,: which, shall be-
distributed according 0 'representation,
in Congress, and upon the failure of such'
bank to return:the annulus so required
within one year as, eforesaid it. shall be
the duty of the Comptroller . of Currency
to sell at public auction, • having:
given' twenty days' notice in a,
newspaper, printed in , Washington,
and New York - City, an amount of bonds,
deponited by said bank SP seeurity* foe
its circulation, equal ,tathe circulation to
-be vrithdrawii•from, such b.ank, and : with
the proceeds to redeem so many notes of
said bank as may come into tile Treasa
ry as will equal the amonot required
from it;' provided the circulation herein
authorized shall be issued as the circula
tion is withdrawn, so that the segregate
circulation shall Lot at any-time exceed
1$300,090,000: ' -
LA:3I) 411AN'TEL
The Commissioner of the General
Land office has transmitted to . the Gov
ernor of lowa, land officers and railroad.
companies, twenty-one certified (ran-.
scripts of and s °imbruing an aggregate
of 93,5.58 acres, as lands granted by acts.
of Congress of May 15th, 1858, and June
21,1884, to aid in the construction lof the
Burlington 411- Missouri Railroad.
A.UI TO RAILIICAte.
A majority of the Senate Committee,
on Pacific Railroad' are preparing a re
port on the bill granting aid to the North.
western Pacific and other railroads, giv—
ing the consideration which has induced.
them to accept the policy of aiding at the
present time with government credit the
cou,struction of additional lines of trunk
railroads, nod vindicating the provisions
of the MR.
NOItINATIONS CONFIRMED.
The Senate in Execut are session today
confirmed the; :following nominations;
Alex IL Bantis, of Kansas '
Agent for
Indians In Upper Arlon:nuts, vice Wyn
koop resigned; Horatio Fox, of Maine.
Consul at Trinidad, Cuba, vice Cavola
resigned; =Diane Goss, Assessor of inter
ma Revenue Eighth District, Ohio, Tice
Milton' W. Warden deceased.
FALSE REPOUT.
The statement that W. H. Sanders,
.Postmastek at' Salem; Mass., had ,ab
sconded as a defaulter is untrue. He has
been in Washington four weeks, and to
day received a certificate of the adjust
merit of his accounts; showing a small
balance ,6 hid favor.
NQMINATIONS HY THE PRESIDENT.
The Presidenenthninated, to day, Gen.
F.. Smith to be. Consul at. Trinidad,
Cuba: Edward W. Wynkoop, Agent for
Indiana itt New Mode°, and Wm A.
Fowleby Pension Agent at Brooklyn,
'New. York.
CUSTOMS RCILIPTS.
Customs r U
eceipts fr II
om- February Bth
to. February 18, inclusive, were .10,-
286,410.
vamous ITEMS.
&neinl requisitiona upon the Treaeury
by Marshals of the United States Courts
have been refused. as the appropriation
for the Judiciary is exhausted. -
The next monthly ;statement Is ex
pected to show considerable redaction
in the,public debt.
The President and family 'will vacate
the White- Hoare on the Su of March,
and will probably leave Washington on
the sth. The usual , number of visitors
called daring the reception held at the
headquarters of the armyi s morning.
The cityls rapidly filling pp with visit
ors to attend the inatignratioll.
. Foreign - Markets, byeable.
R ye ,' in n . —Con
Lonnwc, February 18.— -
ants at 93. Five-Twenties at - tug Erne, :
2 424 Tlliilota, 96:4. Stooks steed
t e nazoraluer,`Februazy 18:—Bon ds,
ANTWERP, February 18.—Pe
at 6834 franca. .
B m on
'LonnoKrebinary 18. tbs
n ds'
Bank of England increased 62, oo -opou,
ster,iing s)tate.last Thursday...l:---
FniampottT, February 4 .... 77 1.47, 7-: ; .A.:;,, , , ,
twenties closed at 43 2X@M4'. 'L Aloe
Rutin, December 1 8.---11 0 9x7 „ .
strong. , Itantcal If. 270 ?
. i wo odt_.`
Livattroo4 FebrtiarY
Refined Petroleum deollnoo ro
Ilevax, -February-18:7- ~,,,"
186 on spot, an d 1 3 7 afloat. .
'„•061..
Ltrunvoor, Abruarlr. v , oe,.
-
middling uplands ,at •11
Wbeat—sale9 6 .2?,1 0.01 •
California at 10s. 11d: 7,7
,5101-: •
8d.(419a, 9d.. Western
Corn- 4 • No. 2 mixed 14E1;1,
old at 82d. 6d. OAR as $ 1 . 1: . •
6s. Pea 9 4t 435. k
beam.,
66a. Larliat 778. p e p
at 5&4. ad. Spirits pt
refined ls. 10Xd. „,.