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- PITTSBURGII TIJ ES I)_k Y FEBRUARY ,23 E. 69. . .
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Caucus on' the Tenure of-Office
Law--Veto of the Copper Bill
--,President Johnson and the
Baltimore Committee—Ob
servance of Washington's
Birthday.
LBy Telegtaph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
WASIUNEYIN*, D. C., Feb. 22, 1869.
.0.!..11C1M0E TREE TES TIER' OF-OFFICE BILL.
A caucus . of the Republican Senators
'was held this morning at eleven o'clock,
to consider the question of the repeal of -1
the gent d•e-ofollice law. Messrs. Ed
tpunds and Conkling spoke against its
repeal, Mr. Grimes dilated on the evil ef
fect of, the existing law, and Mr. Freling
huysen favored its suspension for four'
:years. Messrs. Thayer, Morton and
Robertson were for its immediate and
total r elm], insisted the subject was
not one properly to be decided by a cau
cus, and intimated that they would not
vote in it or abide by its decision. -No
decision was reached, and the caucus ses-•
sion was resumed at half-past twelve
o'clock. Mr. Wilson favored dispensing
with the repeal until immediately alter
the 4th of March, because Mr. Johnson, in
..rapproving either a•repeal or a modifies
. tion,_ would take occasion to give s the
'Senate a disagreea.ble and sarcastic lec
ture.
The- caucus ,remained in session till
about twenty minutes past three, at
which tinie less than half of the Republi
can members ware present. On, a vote
for poOponing the consideration of the
question of repeal, until after the 4th of
March, twenty-two 'were in the,affirma
tivo, inclitding several who have hereto
fore prononncdd in favor of a repeal.
The other members of caucus then pres
ent, refused to vote and announced their
determination not to be bound_ by the
caucus, and withdrewt
vino OF VIE COPPER BILL.
- The President to-day communicated
The following -message" to the House of
Representatives:* . "
•
The accompanying bill regulating the
duties on imported copper and copper
ores is; for the renewing reasons, return
ed' without my approval to the House of
Representittiy_es;in which branch of Con
gress it origi nated: •
rlts immediate effect will be to diminish
the public receipts, for the object of the
bill cannot be accomplished without se
riously affecting the; importation of cop
per and copper ores, from which a con
aiderable-revenue is at present derived.
.While thus impairing the resources of
the government, it imposes an additional..
.... tax on theaireadalready overburdened people,
who sho uld not be further impov
- wished that monopolies may be fos
tered and corporations enriched. It is
represented, and the declaration seems
to be sustained by evidence, that the
duties for which this bill provides are
nearly or quite sufficient to prohibit the
importation of certain foreign ores of
copper. Its enactment therefore will
ptove detrimental to the shipping inter-,
est*of the nation. and at the same time_
destroy the business, for many years:
successfully established, of smelting ores
in connection with a smaller amount of
the imported article. This business, it is
asserted,_ has heretofore yielded the
larger share of the copper production of
the- country, and thus the industry
• which this legislation is designed
to encourage is actually less than
thit which will be destroyed by the-pas
::sage of the bill. Jt seems : alatto be evi
dent the effect of this meagure will be to
enhance, by sevepty--.Per cent., the cost
of bl ue vitriol , an . article extensively
• use in. the•dying and manufaoturing of
,peeikt.ed:and Oland ieletAti: TO produce
such an taugipentatidn in the price of
thiscomeked..o .slva be to discriminate
soap's 4410)1'100st branches'of industry,-
• - :aistF3t3r4iterejleing the coat to expose.
• ' 311 4 11 i-nuilo telfairly to the effeets'of for%
elgrOxpnpetition... I..egiabition can neith
....Or be, . wise,mor just which ,seeks the wel
„lhrel4 a le , Interest at the expense
• and tOthe i njury of the manY and varied
interests,equalty_inapertant and equally'
4eserifingthe emideration of Congress.
•
Indeed, it is"t=eult to 4lnd any rea
sonAwlnch v.rlll': justify the interference
artagot-eminent with any legitimate
indnat, qacept so far may be: endered
inedeaW by the requirements of the
,X8V012114. As bas -beep already stated,
• hotvever, `:the 'legislative "intervention
provision proposed in - the present in
stance will diminishisnd not increase re-
ceipts. The enactment`of such a law is
urged as necessary • fQr the relief of cm--
- tai n mining IntOrestft on Lake Superior,
which are allextitto bo;l 1 laIrdellY
pressed condition; can only be sus
tained by an erihW,siticnt, of the price
-ed:eoPPar;: If this .reault should follow
. the passage of the'bill, -a tax Ter the ex
' •-Clusive Benefit of a singleclasiiiwould be
line/med upon the consumers •cd cop
, per thrdrighnut: the entikWrountry,
• not warranted by a need of the
government, and - the avails of which
"•• would not in any degree : ll44.4elr Way
into :the treasury of the nation. Ifitloe
mines of - Lake riuperior are in a timid'-
, , , tion of want, it cannot be justly affirmed
that the government should extend
ity to them in preference to those 0140
drizewt. who in other portions of the
country suffer hi like rrivmer. Least of
;`all, should the endeavor to aid them be
.•• based on •a method as uncertain and in
,
direct as that contemplated by the
blll,- , and which; . moreover, proposes
to continue the exercise of its benefaction
through an indefiniteperiod. Itis,besides,
- :'reasonable to hope p os i t iv e suffering
f rom wept; if it really exists, will prove
but temporary in a region where agri
'eultural labor is so much in demand and
no well compensa ted.
A careful examination of the 'subject
ippears to show that the present low
price of copper, which alone has induebd
any depreasion the mining interests
.of lake Superior may have experienced,
is Otte to causes which it is wholly impo
. uuc, if not impracticable, to contravene
• by legislation. These causes are,4n the
main, increase in the general supply of
co pper, owing to the discovery and
working of remarkably productive
• ' , and to a coincident reduc
tion >in the , 0 insuulption and use
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of cpp er, by the substitution 'of ether
and cheaper metals for industrial purpo
-
see. It is now thought to resist by arti-
tidal means the action of natural laws,
to place the people of the United States
in respect to the: enjoyment and use of
an imported commodity on a different
basis' from other nations, especially to
compensate private and sectional inter
eats for changes which are always coin
cident to industrial progress. Although
providing for an increase of duties, the
proposed law does not even come within
the range of protection, in the fair ac
ceptance oY the term. It does not look
to the fostering of a young and feeble
interest, with views 'to tho ultimate
attainment of strength and capacity
of self-support. -- It • appears to .as
sumo that the inability for successful
production is inherent and permanent
and more likely to increase than to be
gradually overcome. - ,in -spite of.
this, it proposes by an exorcise, of the law
making power to sustain that interest
and impose it in hopeless perpetuity as
a tax upon the competent and beneficent
industries of the country.
The true method for the mining inter
ests of Lake Superior to obtain relief, if
needed, is to endeavor' to make. these
great natural resources fully available
by reducing the cost of production. Spe
cial or class legislation cannot remedy
the evils which this bill is designed to
meet.. They can . only - be overcome by
laws which will effect a wise, honest,
economical administration of the. gov
ernment, a re.establishment of the spe
cie standard of value and an early ad
justment of our State, municipal and
national taxation, - especially the latter,
on the principle that all' taxes, whether
collected under theinternal revenue or
under a tariff, shall interfere as little as
possible with the productive energies of
the people. 'l° -
This bill is . ; therefore, returned, in the
belief that the true interests of the Gov
ernment and of the people reqiiire that
it should nokbecome slaw.
[Signed.] ANDREW JOHNSON
HOSPITALITIES TENDERED.
The Mayor of Baltimore, and a Com
mittee of the Baltimore City i Councily
called at the Executive Mansion this
morning for the purpose of presenting to
President Johnson the resolutions passed
by the Connell of that city, tendering
to the President the hospitalities of l3al
- during his passage through .
that place en route to Nashville, at
the close of his administration.
Representative Phelps, of Maryland,
accompanied them to Mr. Johnson.
Mayor Banks Iced the resolutiOns
and addressed the President in a few
brief remarks, making a complimentary
reference to his career. The President
expressed his gratitude at the compli
ment, and in reference to the invitation
signified he would be glad to accept it
and would at a future time designate a
'day when he would visit Baltimore which
would be satisfactory to all concerned.
Mr. Johnson spoke about two minutes,
And in the course of his remarks alluded
to his adMinistration af the .office of
President, which he stated had been ex
ercised in the interest of peace and
harmony and for the general good of the ,
country, without regard to any present(
or future Popularity. His constant alml
had been towards the restoration of
prosperity to the country and the happi
ness; of all its citizens. The proceedings
were - held in the East Room, about fifty
persons being present, the majority of'
whom accompanied the Committee from
Baltimore.
THE BOYS IN BLVE
The torchlight display of the Boys in
Blue to-night was quite brilliant, not
withstanding the rain. About three
thousand ' five hundred 'were in
line, and at ten o'clock the procession
reached General Grant's residence, in
front of which it halted. the band play
ing , 66 Hairto the Chief." A Committee
of gentlemen representing ihe or
ganization were introduced to Gen.
Grata. , ' who subseqUetdly received
; the proem:lion. No speeches were
made, General ;Grant" idinarking to
the committee that it would be im
possible to, , be heard by tho vast num
bait, and desiring them to return hilt
thanks to , the Boys in Blue for their kind
consideration. Re was pleased to see them
celebrating the anniversary of the birth of
'the Rather ,of, his* country. - Afterward
the ;Oel or warcifyras again formed and
the'processlon - moved to ttid residence
or Speaker Colfax, intending to _pay
their, respects - to that *gentleman, and
Subsequently called upon Senator-elect
Carl Schurz. •
DEPARTMENTS CLOSED
Some of (the Executive DepartmenM
observed to-day by closing fit an earlier
hour than usual. The Treasury clotied
at one o'clock. The War Department
was closed all day, as far as clerical du
ties were concerned. General Grant has
been of his headquarters all day. Sever
al visitors;called, but nothing of special
interest, transpired. Cabinet officers
Welles, Schofield and Everts hid a long
interviewwith the President-this morn
mg.
JOHN 0. BRECKENBIDGN,
Wbo has been here for several days, le
the city this evening.
Army. f the Potomac organization,
(By Tubirriiptilo the Pittsburgh Ousitite.l
_
VIM YORK, 7 February 22.—A prelimi
nary meeting of the Army of the Foto.
mac was held to-day at tin, twenty-second
Regiment Armory. It was very largely
attended and lurmonions. Among More
Rresent were Generals Slocum, Sigel,
Franklin. Wrig ht, VcOrellan; Butter
field, Ingalls, Newton, Gibbon, Pleasau
twisi Cary, Beintabbitan, Fianch, Sicklei;
litaliantmck. The'tneeting was called
to ordeit . General Butterfield, who
,brietly,shitatl.the object df 69 *ll and
nominated the senior cfilibef , present ea
temporary chairman. which
and General' lieffiellan'tOok the chair.
An executive committee to make the
neeessan% arrangements for a re t nnion,
to select an ,eratert &A.', and also a com
mittee on: Perinlintiot organizatfee. bY=
laws and constitution. were appointed.
The fifth, of July and the city of New
York were determined upon as the time
and place for the,grand remnion, and it
was decided that a permanent organize.
tion should be made at that time. Great
harmony and good feeiing prevailed,
and the meeting adjourned to, July 6th,
after a session of only two hours.
Polities in Georgia.
By Telegraph tothe Plttatnuth ahesette.l
ATLANTA, February .—Fester Bledc
ett, Chairman of the State Central Re
publican Committee, issued a call Satur
day for the Committee to assemble here
to-day. Many were not able to be pres
ent on such abort notice. The meeting
was picked and finally bgoke up in con
fusion. A. convention will be called to
meet hero on the sth of March.
EDITION.
POUR o , c.rAocu... A. DI.
FORTIETH CONGRESS.
[THIRD sESsION.I
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SENATE: Evening,Session- The
Constitutional Amendment
Taken Up and Discussed with
out Action. SENATE: Call of
- States for Bills andßesolu
tions —`Resolution Adopted
fitraniting Right of Way to the
Memphis, El Paso and Pacific
Railroad Company—Bill Rel
ative to Public Credit and
Gold Contracts Taken Up, but
Laid Aside —Postoffice Appro
priation Bill Passed. ,
[By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.) ,
WASHINGTON, February 22, 1868.
SENATE.
•
Evening Seasion.—On motion of Mr.
SHERMAN, the unfinished business of
Saturday, the bill to repeal the Tenure.
of-Office act, was postponed, and the
Currency bill, as amended in the House,
was taken up.
Mr. SHERMAN moved to non concur
and asked -a Committee of Coabrence,
bat, at the suggestion of Mr.SMorrill,
Vt., allowed the bill to pass until there
wasa larger attendance.
Mr.' SHERMAN called up the bill to
abolish the office of Superintendent of
.Exports and Drawbacks.
Mr. FERRY movedlo amend so as to
abolish also the office of Naval Officer.
Amendment rejected and bill adopted.
Mr. ANTHONY, from the Committee
on Printing, reported the House resolu
tion relative to certain purchases of Sta
tionery by the Interior Department from
Dempsey et O'Toole, which passed.
Mr. SHERMAN renewed his motion
concerning the Currency bill..
-Mr. CORBETT - offered - an additional
section, which was rejected,
The Senate, by a vote of 27 to 26, re
fused to concur with the House and asked
a Committee of Conference.
The bill to regulate the` appraisement
and colleetion of duties on imports was
supported by Mr. TRUMBULL, who
said its object was to avoid delays in
New York in .the inspection of goods
consigned to interior points, and opposed
by Mr. MORRILL, (Vt.), as requiring
ncreased expense, and fostering corrup.
ion. • .
• Mr. MORGAN also oppcsed the bill.
He yielded to
Mr. STEWART,who moved to take up
the Constitutltional Amendment.
Hethen moved to non-concur , with the
House. • ~
Mr. BUCKALEW appealed to the
Senate not to yield to the dictation of the
House. , .
Mr. WARNER moved to concur.
Mr. POMEROY - objected to the Con
stitutional Amendment being pressed
now, when everybody understood the
session to be devoted to the omsideration
of business.
Messrs. Sherman, Morgan and Camer
on were appointed a Committee of Con
ferc on dad Currency bill.
0 Constitutional Amendment was
briei ;discussed and postponed, at the
insta e of Mr. Cameron,. for the bill
supplementary to theact authorizing the
construction of ' a lateral branch of the
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, which
was passed.
The bill to incorporate the National
Junction. Railway :Company was taken
up, but without action the Senate ad
ourne d.
HOUSE - OF' REPRESENTATIVES.
Under all of States bills and joint
resell:idol* were introduced and referred.
By Mr. ROBINSON: To rots:ignite the
Independence .of \Cuba.
By Mr. PRUYN: To require persims
applying for copyrights to deposit a copy
of Iheirworks in.the State Library of the .
State ln.which they, psi de.
By Mr. NORRIS: A joint resolution
of the Alabama. r ..Legislature urging on
Congress the payment of the interest on
$103,001 of the two and three per cent.
funds that accrued between the years
1820 and,lB2l.
By Mr. , PIERCE: To devote part of
the public lands in Alabama to works of
internal improvement in that'State.
By Mr. JULIAN: Relative to soldiers'
bounties.'
By Mr. PILE: Resolutions of the Ml* ,
souri Legislature in favor of equalizing
soldiers' bounties.
By Mr. WASEIBURNE, of Wisconsin:
Resolutions of the Wisconsin Legisla
ture for the extension of the time for the
construction of the St. Croix. River Rail
road to hayfield to the Northern Wis
consin Railroad Company.
By Mr. DONNELLY: In relation to
agricultural evrip.
Mr. CLARK, of Kansas: ResolutiOns
of the Kansas Legislature in reference to
claims for damage occasioned .by Qtian
trail and other rebel raids,v to a Court
House and Postoffiee at Topeka, a Ado
tem:llene°. and. Postofficx) at. Leaven
wortb, and in faVor of further subsidies
in money and bonds for the Central
Branch of the Union Pacitic Railroad.
By Mr. TIFT: To amend the National
Basking law.
Mr. WILLIAMS, of Ind., introduced 'a
joint resolution granting the right of way
to the Memphis, El I .Paso• and Pacific
Railroad Company from El Paso to the
Pacific Ocean, and moved the previous
question on its passage.
Mr.WASHBURNE, of Wis., remarked
it was a yeC,F important measure, and
apPeoled to the Bouso;not to second, tho
previous question.
It was seconded and the main question
ordered—nays 45, yeas 122.
• Mr. LOUGIIBIDGE moved to lay the
joint resolution on the table. - Negatived
--Yeas 34, ,nays 124.
The Joint resolution was then passedw.-
yoits 122. tlayl 90. . •
Mr. SCUD NCK called up the bill intro
dtleed,by .hint.!and !opened from the
Committee on *rays and Means, to
strengthen the public credit and relating
to contracts for the payment of COW. He
moved to suspend the rules, so as to lim
it the debate' to two honrs.'•the speeches
to be confined to ten mtnutes each.
Mr. SCOFIELD stated the Cominittee
on Appropriations would endeavor to
press the appropnation bills at the day
and evening sessions. He reandbd , the
House that the legislative and judiciary
bills and postale° bill were:still pen*
ing, and the Indian approp iati.n bill
had come ba6k fr6m the en. to ith a
large, number of amendmen . s. a d he
said unless the House would go at those
bill to-day and keep at them aver day
this week they could not be passe this
session, and the next Congress wold re
quire to have a long session after t e 4th
of• March.
r The SPEAKER , added there were
seven privileged reports of Column tees
to be made, some of which would
give rise to debate.
The House refused to suspend the rules
for a two hours' debate.
Mr. SCHENCK said he did not wish
to press such a bill without some debate.
He moved to suspend the rules so as to
have an hour's debate.
The House moved to suspend the rules
for that purpose.
Mr. §eIIENCK said he would then
have to go on with - his remarks and
move the previous question on the pas
sage of this bill. He spoke at length in
favor of the bill.
Mr: BUTLER, of Massachusetts, moved
the House resolve itself into Committee
of the Whole on the Postoffice Appro
priation bill, thus cutting off Mr.
Schenck's bill for the present.
The motion was agreed to—Ti yeas, 47
nays.
The Speaker, before leaving the chair,
announced he would tomorrow morning,
lay before the Howie the President's
veto message on the copper bill. r
The House then went into Committee
of the Whole, Mr. Poland in the chair,
and resumed the consideration of the
Postotlice Appropriation bill, the ques
tion being on Mr. Beaman's motion to
reduce the item for •letter carriers from
*1,000,000 to $500,000, and to abolish the
the free letter carrier system in-cities of
less than one hundred thousand inhabi
tants.
The amendment was rejected—yeas 38,
nays 75.
'Mr. BINGHAM moved to reduce the
item to 1800,000. Objected to.
Mt. SCHENCK moved au amendment
providing for the extension of the letter
carrier system to every city hiving a
population of more than twenty thou
sand.
Mr. STARKWEATHER moved to
amend the amendment by, striking out
twenty thousand and inserting ten thou
sand. Adopted.
Mr. 'Schenck's amendment was then
adopted.
Mr. MYERS moved to increase the ap-
propriation to $2,000,000. Rejected.
Mr. STOVER, moved to strike out the
item. Rejected.
The item was then agreed to, and the
letter carrier system extended to all
cities with a population of over ten thou
sand.
Mr. ELA moved to reduce the item
for postage stamps and stamped 'envel
opes from $300,000 t0t400,000.
After discussion, in which Mr. Ela re
flected on the action of the Postoffice De
partment in making a contract for
stamps, and Mr. Farnswprth defended
it, the amendment-was Yojected. •
Mr BEAMAN moved lb redu e the
item for detecting and preventin mail
depredations and for special agents from
§llB,OOO to $82,000. Agreed to. •
On Motion Of Mr:FA r 7 ,:s s WORTH., the
item for mail - bags was increased from
$30,000 to $120,000.
Mr. BEAAIAN moved to redn e the
item for miscellaneous payments, i elud
ing balance to' foreign countries, from
t , 575,000 to $250,000. ( Agreed to.
Mr. ,BRAMAN moved to redo e the
item, for deficiency . from $5,740, 00 to
$4,771,153.
Mr. Mk opposed the amendment,
and spoke of the extravagance of the
Postoflice Department. He moved to re
duce the item another million. Re
jected. :
Mr. Beaman's amendment was agreed
to..
Mr. MAYNARD moved a proviso that
the Postmaster General may direct the
mails on any route to be carried by rail
road, steamship, stage, horseback or by
special messenger. Agreed to.
Mr. PHELPS moved an amendment
abolishing the franking privilege, but.
Mr. BEAMAN having made a point of
order, it was ruled out of order.
The Committee *se and reported the
bill to the House.
The amendment extending the letter
carrier system to cities of um thousand
inhabitants was rejected.
The amendment authorizing the Post
master General to send malls by any
mode of conveyance was rejected.
All the other amendments were agreed
to, and tho bill passed. Recess until half-past seven.
Rucning &ision—The House went into
Committee ou the Senate amenemonts
to the Naval Appropriation bill. Sev
eral of them, making reduction in minor
appropriations, were non•concurred in,
and the bill then laid aside and the Leg
islatiVeAppropriation bill taken up.
Amendments we r o otlered striking out
the appropriation for newspapers and
stationery for members and for public.
printing and rejected.
Mr. PETERS moved an amendment
increasing the salary of the-President of
the United States to 840,000.
Mr. BUTLER, of Mass., opposed the
amendment.
Mr. ARCHER, of Md., moved to make
the amendment 00,000. •
The amendment was rejected only
ten members voting - for it.
The Committee rose and Mr. BUTLER
presented the report of the Committee
on Appropriations on' the estimates of
General" gamey and Sanborn, relative, to
deficiencies in Indian appropriatios,
which wore ordered to be printed.
Adjourned. ,
Initials legislature.
:Bp Telegraph to the PitttburghAssette, .
Febcnary22.ln the Illinois
Senate to•day a joint resolutio was
passed appointing a select Commi n ttee to
detect.thelniluence . that iontributed to
UM passage of the Chicago 'Lake Front
bill in the House. The . passage of the
bill by the Senate is doubt fu . The bill
to .establish a Normal Un versity in
Southern Illinois was pass•d by the
Senate. It appinprlatesli7s,o U for build.
-lugs, which mit to be located i the town
appropriating :the-cost-hunt ey. Jicsob,
Burns and three others sent • 'cotnninni..
cation to the House offering . contract
to erect atld finish the new i't4..te
as . dealgned„ for 0,006,080. p oylded the
money is furnished us requir.d.
- Accident Firing l!
.
jIIs Telegr.ph to the tellurgtl
ilitititlsßUßO, Fe 6rd:try 2;
,E3tato Arsenal this morning, vv.
was being Elrod, a prematnrol
of a cannon blow off tin, rig.
GOo. Church. and the loft han
named Marshall.
NEWS
(By Telegraph to
GRI
LospoN, Fel.. the Come
mons to-day, Mr. Fortescne said the
government proposed to release from im
prisonment forty-five Fenian, who were
convicted of treason lastyear in England
and Ireland, includirg several leaders.
Baron Lionel.De Bothschilds, Liberal,
has been elected to. Parliament from
London city, in place of Mr. Bell, Con
servative. -
GREECE.
Lownolv, February 22.—Dispatches
from Athens announce that the Greek
Chambers have dissolved, and the elec
tions for meuibersof the new Legislature
are to be held in May. •
TURKEY.
CCINSTANTINVLE, February.22.—The
decree and orders recently - issued by the
Sublime Porte against the Greeks have
been revoked, and Turkish ports thrown
open again to Greek shipping.
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MADRID, February 22.—The press of
the country urge ,upon the Provisional
Government the necessity( of preserving
the friendshiP of the United States.
FINANCIAL ANLICOMAIERCIAL.
LONDON, February 22.-Consols, 934;
5.205, 78%. Stocks quiet; Erie, 24!.4; Ilii
nois Central, 96%; Atlantic and Great
Western, 36. Sugar 365. 9d. bri the spot.
Tallow 455. 6d. Linseed 011595.
LIVERPOOL. February 22.-Cotton
firmer; sales 12,000 ba es middling up
lands at 12d.. Orleans 124 d. California
white wheat 109.9 d., red winter 9s. 7d.©.
9s. Bd. Flour 255. Corn 30s. 3d. for new,
and 325. 3d. for old. Oats 3s. sd. Barley
ss. Peas 435. Pork 978. Beef 955. Lard
765. Cheese, 765. Bacon 58s. Petroleum
unchanged. Tallow 455. 3d.
FRANKFORT, February 22.-Bonds 82%.
Ayrwsup, February 22.--Petroleum
57% francs.
HAVRE, February 22.-Cotton closed
active; low middlings to arrive 138@139
frlnes. •
The, Cuban Insurrection—Great Excite..
ment in Havana.
(By Telegraph to the Plt,sburgh Gazette.]
HAVANA, February 22.—The Seventh
Battalion of Volunteers, which forms a •
portion of the present garrison of the
city, yesterday sent a deputation to the
Captain General and - demanded that vig
orous measures be resorted to against the
rebellion and to save the Island. When
relieved of fluty during the day, the sol
diers of the battalion shouted •:Death to
Traitors," "Viva Espana " These dem
onstrations caused great agitation, which„
however, subsided toward evening. •
To-diythe exaltement was renewed.
The volunteers sent another Committee
to the Captain General to reiterate their
demand for seyere measures. General
Duke replied firmly thitt he. could not
permit any interference with the political
or military plans of the Government.
The Captain General lias resolved to
effect the pacification of the Island with
in the limits of the law, and in this deter
miination he stands firm. The volunteers
de nand those revolutionists ( arrested
during the late riots, and whom the - v
assassins, be immediately put to death.
Gen. Dales replied that the Courts must
first try these prisoners. He declares he
counts on the endorsement - and aid of
Spain, and on the sympathy and moral
aid of the United States, because he in
tends to act in accordance with law, and
he believes, as a matter of policy, that
precipitate action in the existing state of
affairs would be highly imprudent. He
is determined, If it becomes necessary,
to repel force . by force, although he would
regret the shedding of fraternal blood.
Commercial interests have suffered
greatly, through the "alarm created by
the violent proceedings of the volun
teers, and today business is at a stand
still, paralized by the fears which agitate
the city.
Reinforcements from Spain continue
to arrive. Yesterday twelve hundred
regular troops landed. Official reports
state the organized forces of the rebels
in the Central ,Department are disband
ing and the rebels there are presenting
themselves in large numbers to the au
thorities to receive pardon. The Span
iards taken prisoners at Bayamo were
liberated and have arrived here.
Senor Udala, late Governor of Bayamo,
is under arrest in this city, and is to be.
tried ,by courtmartial on charges con
nected with the circumstances of the sur
render of his post to the rebels..
Murdered on the Ice
(By Telegraph to the Pittsburg a tiazette.
TROY, N. Y., February =,—A young
man named Edward , Flynn was mur
dered by roughs on the ice while cros
sing the river last night. Thiee •of the
murderers, Thomas Nugent, Michael
•Mickel and Wm. Robertson, all youths,
were arrested. The prlicipal assailant,
Robert Packet, has not yet been secured.
—Messrs. Bliss and Masterman, recent
ly.heitt SR prisoners by the Dictator Lo
pez, in Paraguay, South America, ar
rived,at NeW York, in the steamer Mis
sissippi, with orders to report at Wash
ington. Mr. Bliss - states they were ar
rested on charges made by the brother
of Lopez to attract attention from him
self, he having been detected in robbing
the national treasurV. Bliss 4,nd Master
man weie examined by a military tribe-
nal and 7 subjected to• repeated torture,
and when finally released they were com;
polled to attest the truth of the. state
ments extorted from them -in the pres
ence of United States naval officers.
—A Japan letter of December 28, says:
The Mikado retains ex-Lieutenant Griu
nell, an American, as Chief of, the Naval
Bureau, and has appointed' General Paul
Frank, formerly of the. United States
army, Goneral-In•Chief of the Japanese
military force, at a salary of 812,000 a
year. The 'English and French, repream
bitives protested" against these appolill-
Anents,.but were =met by the .reply that
JApan was an independent nation, and
does not recognise their right to question
.or. dictate its policy.
- - --et' WashingtOp sPeCial 'reports Gen.
i s
giant as expressing 'himielf rather free
ly-concerning his Cabinet and assaying:
'DI shall invite civilians to; 1111 -all the
Cabinet posions. If my elections shall
not,nroye ju it dicioua in the first instance,
I oliall feol justified in , correcting tho
mistake by making a second or a third se
lection; if necessary."
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Proceedings of the Legislature--
House Only in Session.
By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
HARRISBIIRG, February 22, 1868
A large number of bills were intro
ducal in the House this evening, among
them one by Mr. STRANAHAN impo
sing the duties of Adjutant General upon.
a clerk in the Auditor General's office.
Also one by Mr. STRANG, giving five
hundred dollars to the families of Joseph
Church and Marshall Quay, who had
their arms shot off to•day in firing a
salute by order of' the Governor in honor
of Washington's birthday. Passed
finally.
Mr. TAYLOR presented a bill chang
ingthe Occupation tax of Penn township,
Allegheny county, to three dollars; also,
authorizing the School Board of the Six
teenth ward, Pittsburgh, to borrow fifty
thousand dollars.-
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.-
—Senator Saulsbury fell from a car
riage in Washington, on Sunday, and
broke his leg. '
—James Watson Webb sailed yester
day for Brazil to resume the duties of
his mission.
—Dispatches'from various places east.
state Washington's birthday was,appro
priately observed.
—The Union Park Congregational,
Church, (a wooden structure,) at '
Chi
cago, was destroyed by tire on Sunday
evening.
—At Hamilton, Ohio, Sunday night, •
August Schwager was shot and killed by
Charles Elyck. Both were intoxicated,
and they quarreled about a dog.
.L-A skating match between Maggie El
wood, of Brookville, Canada, and Nelße
Dean, of Chicago, at the Rink at Buffalo,
yesterday, resulted in favor of the former;
score 44 to 43. •
—lt is stated that EL Billings, Esq., of _
the firm of Billings & Driesbach, has left
Louisville, Ky., a defaulter in the sum
tits6o,ooo. Mr. Billings had borne, an ir
reproachable character.
—The old Franklin House at Bridge
port, Conn., the lower part containing
several stores, and the upper portion' oc
cupied by families, was burnt yesterday
morning. Loss $40,000; nearly covered
by Insurance.
—The tower of the Methodist Church
at Morrissiana, New York, built of free
stone and one hundred and twenty feet
high, fell on Sunday morning. The
building was much injured, and the total
loss is'estimated at $40,000.
- - --Sohn_ H. Bell, of Middletovnfil and
David W. Reeve, of Wawayanda, Orange
county, N. Y., prominent Democratic pol
have.beszi - taken to•Washingtoti
by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the . House
for refusal to answer questiohs of the
New York Election Committee.
—The New York.Hei•ald urges the set
tlement of the troubles in Mexico by an
nexation to the United States, one of the
results of which will be the preventing
of any of the Isthmus routes from ocean
to ocean, between Darien and Tehuante
pec, falling into the bands of sngland or
France. -
—Rev. James B. Wiley and his &nigh-
ter ' aged nineteen years, passed through
St.Louls Saturday, en route to .
Scotland county, Mo., to stand trial on
the charge of murdering an infant two
years ago, the child being the fruit of
incestuous intercourse between the father
and daughter. •
—Despite the protestf of Bishop White
house, of the diocese. Bishop Cummings,'
or Kentucky, preached in Chicago &m
-ay morning -.and evening. Bishop
' hitehouse is high church and Bishop
•ummings low church, and the latter's
iscourse in the evening was dentincia- 7
. ry of ritualism. '
—A. heavy anew storm cotruneaced at
oon yesterday at St. Louis, and snow
ell in considerable quantities west and
• orthwest. Mercury was below freezing
.oint at Omaha. The river has closed
gain at St. Louis, with the mercury at
ero. Trains on the Union Pacific Rail
oad were delayed west of Laramie by
-now, and west of Cheyenne the'Zmer
• . y ranged ten to fifteen degrees below
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Markets by Telegraph.
Iftw Yoitk. February 22.—Cattie 2fdr
-- Eeevest.receipts for the wegk, 5,026
d; arrivals yesterday and to 7 cfay. 2,767
h ;ad; there were few buyers at, One
andredth street and very little oing •
Communipaw. Bowers were out in
' 11 force and good cattle sold readily at
p ices ruling all the week; for common
a d medium, which , made the majority
o the droves, there was little compa
ct ion and prices were barely 'sustained;
ine of the beat steers were pot oaths
6 es at 17c, dress sixty pounds to the
g ass hundred weight, and the thinnest
w stern cattle sold at 12@13e; on a low
'Meta' good droves sold at 15@i6e;
w quote extra, 17®17%e; prime, IWO
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pr cei fully sustained; good stock t 7go
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a Lambs--recelpts for_the week, 2,000
h d; those yesterday and to-day were
,7,. & head; trade to-day was fair and
73- 4 ; sales for the week, 21,906 head, and.
tot 5./00 head; during ihe week a
oho ce lot of Jersey weathers sold at 100.
Ho -receiptsfor the week, 11,800, and
to-day 4,516; there was no market to-day
and prices nominal, at 1034@a10 for live..
and 141(0)14, 1 4e drealied, for city; and 18K
®lB3;c for ;western. ,
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NEW Ohmura, February
has advanced ic; iniddinge 28y,e;
is a strong demand but light offerings;
sales of 2,900 bales; incelpis, 9,306 bales;
'no exports. Sugar higher; common 123
®1234e, prime 15;0, and clarified 16%c.
Molasses higher; prime 79©81c.• Flour;
low grades scarce and firmer; superfine
~,,,,,,, dou bl e e xtra 87,25, and treble extra
fi i a H a y; prime 128®30. Pork de
°lining; sales at In 'Bacon`nominal;
shoulders 15c, .crear rib- sides 180, clear
sides 18340. Lard ;011 and depressed;
tierce 20e, and keg 1.)234e. Whisky firm;
western ( remitted $1,90®1,05. Coffee is
firm; fair 15016 c, and prime 1734®1834c.
.
MEMPHIS, February, 22:—Cotton firm.
at 285@28% ;:receipts 1,810 bates; ex
ports 3039 do. Flour dull; sales of super-
Ciao at $8,25®57,90: Corn at.7oe: Oats;
white at 78e; black at 82e. Ray. at 1527.
Bran at -\
seal. 5
, Corn Meal at $3,40@8, 50. P0rk t $34: 4 -41tilk Meats weak;- clear
stdll4 a 174017. L .Ind sb9pl4ertkat 14%
Dresse : 11o8ay . B@l2V). 4.!,
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