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VOLUME LXXXIV.
MST EDITION.
O'CLOCIEs M.
THE CAPITAL.
Callers on the President Elect
—George 11. Ste wart Will Ili t ot
Be in the Cabinet—Consoli
dation of Military Depart
ments—The Portugese Mission
—The Public Credit Bill—ln
auguration Arrangements.
EST Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
WasmNoToN, Feb. 26, 1869.
DEATH OP A , PAYMASTER.
Paymaster Wm. A. Winslow, son of
:Commodore Winslow, of the Kearsarge,
tiled in this city last night alter a brief
••illness.
PUBLIC DERr.
The public debt statement for the pres
-eat month - will be issued earlier than
usual in March. The indications of a
large decrease continue very good.
TIAIIEAS - CORPCS CASE ARGUED.
In the Supreme Court: of the United
States, to-day, the - cases cx parte Samuel
Arnold and Edward Spangler were ar
gued by Phillip Phillips, counsel on be
half of the petitioners.
PUBLIC CREDIT BILL.
The following are the amendments of
the Senate Finance Committee to Mr.
Schenck's bill, which make the find sec
tion read as follows:
Be it enacted, dc., That in order to re
moveany doubt as to the purpose of the
Government to discharge all its just ob
ligations to the public creditors, and to
settle conflicting questions and interpre
tations of its laws bvvirttie of which the
obligations have 'been contracted, it
is hereby provided and declared mat the
faith of the United States is solemnly
pledged to the payment in coin, or its
equivalent, of all the obligations of the
United States, except iu cases where the
law authorizing the issue of any such
obligations has expressly provided that
the same may be paid in iawful money
currency other than gold or silver.
The second section; legalizing coin
contracts, is not changed.
CALLERS ON THE PRESIDENT ELECT.
As usual, of late, large crowds of visi
tors called at the headquarters this morn
ing to pay their respects to the President
elect. Several delegations .of visitors
, from various States, accomparried by
members of Cougress from their respec
tive districts, called during , reception
hours, and were gratified at shaking
.hands and passing a few words in con
versation with General Grant. One del
egation of visitors from lowa, and two
or three from Pennsylvania were among
' :twee present. Several members of Con
gress from Southern States also called.
Ex-Senator Clingman, of North Carolina,
was among the visitors. Impressions
concerning the construction of the in
coming Cabinet multiply rapidly, but as
yet there is no ground for believing the
name of any of the propose& members
will be made public, oven an hour before
their nomination to the Senate, as"an-•
nounced by General - Grant to the Con
gressional Committee two weeks ago.
The Philadelphia Bulletin's Washing
' ton correspondent - says: General Grant,
in conversation last evening, said posi
tively, that George .13. Stuart ,would not
go into his Cabinet. He salci.While Mr.
-Stuart was a man 6f ability and Culture,
who would doubtlessacquit . himself
creditably in any position, the state of
his health, if there were no ether rea
sons, would preclude his taking a Cabi
net appointment.
THE PORTUGESE ;MISSION. -
An f interesting disci/Sidon took -place
in the House this afternoon on the pro
position to give Mr.. Harvey, Minister to
Portugal, his salary fOr the time it has
been withheld. .Mr. Spalding, the • only
- living member of the Committee on
4eproprhrtions who some years ago
was instrumental in, stopping Mr. Har
vey's salary, acknowledges he had
wronged the man. Mr. Maynard was
unwilling that Congress should confess
it had been capable of a petty, unworthy
squabble. They should wait until the
connection of air Hatvey with thePor
tue,-•ese mission should have closed, and
then the matter should come up as a
claim and be examined on principles of
justice. Mr. Farnsworth thought. .Ir.
Harvey should have the goad , manse to
resign and ccmie afterwards to Congress
for back eialary. He and Mr. Paine ex-
Tiressed an unwillingness "to stultify
themselves inthe matter. Mr.Waehburne.
, of Wisconsin,' thought the stoppage of
.of Mr. Harvey's pay a very small bind.
nes& Mr. C,ovodu expressed a wish that
he be paid, as he was poor and his fam
ily i3uttering. Mr. Schenck thought the
question to be. simply, that Mr. Seward,
or the administration, had insoplently
resolved that they would keep a rep
resentative at. the: PortugeSe Court
when Congress had decided not to
do so. Fie was - satisfied Congress
had done right, and had not to go down
--on its knees to. Mr. Seward and, the
ministration, and say youwereright and
we were wrong; - and,,thereibre ' we' not
only forgive that for W'hicit you deserved
punishment, but we will: sanction-it by
-backing out of °hi position. - And that is
the issue whichlibeifdre oWthat
issue I will refer to then only means by
which I can, rebuke Mr. Seward for
his insolence and defence of the law
making power, by saying we, will not
- pay your man, no matter. the character
•of the service he M,have
,performed,
for -you had no business Cu keep tam.
there. Mr, Spalding, again argued in fa
vor of his proposition. Ur. ()hauler de
clared-thearraignnient of Mr: Seward
by a member of till Republican party
was baselogratitude Hewes the fat pa her.
'of that faction Of po,iticil organization:
:•He was their inflater eptrit, and the mem
bare on the opposite'Side would not be in
their positions to-day'had not his , mind
found for them the dogma of tlio “Irre-
Pressible conflict." Messrs. Butler_ and
Higbee opposed the appropriation for
Mr. Harvey, which was fluidly struvk out.
REORGANIZATION XI? ARMY -DEPART..
MICI4TS,
The Rouse Coinuittes of Military Af
fairsato•day made a deport on the organi.,
zation and pay of tho army. They reconi
mend the creation of a Supply Depart
ment of the . Quartermasters, Subsistence
and Pay Departments, the consolidation
of thd Ordnance and Artillery Corps and
of the Engineer or. Signal Corps, and
think the engineers can do the work of
the coast survey. They also recommend
the substitution of - annual salaries for
commutation and allowances that make
up the pay of army officers, condemn the
present system of brevet rank and urge
its abolition, coupled with legislation
giving the President power to confer
brevets for distinguished service in the
field.
M ISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
The dispatch from Cheyenne alleging
that the Union Pacific Railroad has been
blocked for fifteen days by four inches
of snow, is considered absurd, as a des
patch received from Echo, Utah, to-day,
from the Superintendent of Construction,
says three miles of track were laid yes
terday.
Lieut. Gen. Sherman arrived today
from St. Louis, and is stopping at the
residence of his brother, Senator Sher
man. The hotrse purchased from Gen.
Grant for him .is, to be .thoronghly re
paired, and he will not remove to it be
fore June. •
The committee to arrange the inaugu
ral procemion have not yet fully deter
mined on a programme for the proces•
sion.
Hon. C , olumbiis Delano had a long in
terview, with Commissioner Rollins to
day, and that fact, in connection with
the mention of Mr. Delano's name in
connection with the Internal Revenue
Bureau, invokes considerableinterest.
NEWS BY CABLE.
(By Telegraph to thirgltts rgb Gazette.]
GREAT BRITAIN.
•
LONDON, February 26, 1868.
The Cobden Club gold medal has been
awarded to Dr. Joshua Leavitt,-of New
York. The Marquis of Harlington,
Postmaster General; has been elected to
the Howie of Commons, from Radnor.
LONDON, February 26.—1 n the case of
Lauren vs. Starr, during the trial of
'which exposures were made of convent
life in England, a verdict was rendered
for the plaintiff, who is awarded damages
of five hundred pounds.
The War Office has received official dis
patches from Nevi Zealand annouticing
further successes over the rebels. The
troops have carried by - assault the main
stronghold. The natives made a des
perate defense and lost two huilffred
killed and wounded, while the British
loss was twenty-two.
- . FRANCE.
PAttis, February 28.—1 n the I.Aorps
Legistatif to-day, AL Rather, Minister of
State, f ackowledgedrthat loans to defray
the expenses oriipprovements in t Paris
were not raised strictly according to law.
Satisfaction was generally expressed by
the members with the avowal and ex
planation of the Minister.
SPAIN
MADRID, February 217 1 / 4 WS.
It isexpected the niedifications which
are to'be made by Marshal Serrano in
the Provisional Government. will, in all
probability, provide . for the introduction
in the new Cabinet, of a representative of
the radical element.
FINANCIAL AND CO:IIaIERCIAL.
LONDON, February 26.—Evening—Con
sols, 03y,. FiveAsventies, 81%. Erie,
24. Illinois, 93%. - -The stock ,market is
firm. • '
FRANKFORT, Feb. 23.-13or1ds.` 83M.
FRANKFORT, Feb. 26.—Eveamg—U. S.
Bonds closed active and higher. Five
Twenties, ,Bs l4@ 9 s,i4. L 1
ii
(PAis, - 14ehruaty 26.—isourse steady.
Rentes,4l francs 50 centimes.
ANTWERP. Feb. 26.—Fieening—Petro
learn, 57®57Xf.
LoNnoN, February 26.—Tallow, 455. 3d
©153.6d: 'Sperm Oil, £9B: • _Sugar -dull;
spot, 39; - afloat. 295. '6d.. Whale Oil, 365.
' Calcutta Linseed, 595.
LIVERPOOL, February 26.—Cotton
easier but not lower; Middling Orleaw,
12, 1 0.; Uplands, 11Xs,; sales, 6,000 bales;
sales for the week ending' 'last evening,
57,000 bales, including 8,000 bales for ex
port and 9.000 bales on speculation; stock
estimated at 282,000 bales, of which 108,-
000 - bales. were Atherican. . California.
White Wheat, 10s. 964' Red western. 9s.
7d. @)9s. Bd. Western Flour, 255. Corn,
31s. dd. for old; 3113. 6d for new. Oats,
355. sd. Barley, ss. Peas, 425. Gd. Pork
975. Beet, 955. Lard, 745. 6d. Chee%fa,
firm at 765. Bacon. 575. 6d. Spirits Pe
troleum, 7M41.; Refined, is. 910. Tal
low, 455. Turpentine, 425. Linseed Oil,
30 pounds.
HARRISBURG. '
Proceedings or the Legislature—
A djourninent Until March
Sth.
Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.l,
liAnnuntuno, February 26, 1869.
SENATE. •
• /
The Philadelphia Metropolitan Police
bill was deteated—yeas 14, ,nays 20—
Messrs. Fisher, Lowry, Osterhout, Stutz
man - and Taylor, •RePublieins, voting
nay. Thls bill is effectually killed. I
Adjourned until Monday evening,
March Bth.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
BILLS FINALLY PAIERID,
Conferring the chartered Privileges of
East Blrcriingham to Millvale, Alleghe
ny county.
.Furthet supplement to Washington
borough.. ,
Adjounied- until "Monday evening;
March Bth.
Dental froth Gar. Geary.
HAARIBBOAIG, - February 26.—Governor
Geary today - telearObed to Gen. Grunt
denying the published statement that he
had written or telegraphed him on the
subject of his' cabinet. The Governor
says if General Grant has received any
such communication it is a forgery.
Charleston Decided Upon its the Capital
of West Virginia.
(By Telegraph to the Ptttsburgh Pasette. 3 •
Wunsitrich. W. Va., Feb'. 28.—The
•Housel3lll - locating the Capital- at Park
.eraburg was defeated' in the,Senittejtile
morning, j ', and' Charleidon, ~Kanawha
county, sUbstituted. Under a mignon
-Bioll of the.rules, the bill was passed and,
repotted to the House. The House 0114
afternoon concurred, so Charleston has
been selected as the permanent seat of
government. The bill takes effect April
Ist, 1870.
PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY, FE Fit [JAR it v 7, -18 OR
MGM DMA
FOltat O'CI_,C)CII.
FORTIETH CONGRESS.
[THIRD SESMON.I r
The Constitutional Amend
ment Adopted by the Senate
After Considerable Debate
Appropriation Bills Further
Considered.
By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
WASHINGTON, February 26, 1869.
-
SENATE.
The report of the Conference Commit
tee on the Naval Appropriation bill was
made and concurred in.
Mr. SHERMAN, from the Finance
Committee, reported the hill for strength
ening the public credit, with an amend
ment. He will call it up to-morrow.
The Committee on Finance was dis
charged from the further consideration
of the bill to encourage the building of
{steamships in the United States.
Mr. HENDRICKS, front Committee
on Public Lands, reported with amend
ments the bill granting lands to the
State of Wisconsin to aid in the con
struction of a ship canal from Green Bay
to Lake Michigan.
' . Mr. STEWART, from Committee on
Public Lands reported with amend
ments, the bill authorizing certain land
grants to Railroad Companies in Minne
sota to connect their lines with the North
ern Pacific Railroad.
I The omittee was dischared from
the consideration of a large number of
bills for want of time. •
Mr. MORTON called up the resolution
to pay the Senators from reconstructed
States from the commencement of the
Fortieth Congress.
, The pending amendment was that
offered by Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, to
provide for payment only from the be
ginniething of the 'Second Session of the
Fert Congre.s.
Mr. MORRILL withdrew the amend-'
ment and Mr. MORTON renewed it.
Mr. WHYTE maintained the Senate
had already so decided in its resolution
that these Senators be paid only from
the date'of the admission of their respec
tive States
Mr. MORTON thought that did not set
tle the present question.
Mr. SHERMAN was willing to pay
them from the beginning of the Second
Session, bat not from thecommencement
of Congress.
Mr. FERRY has in favor of_Adhering
to the decision of the Senate, already
made, to pay them only from the date of.
of the admission of their respective
States.
Messrs. Trumbull, Williams and
"Kellogg took the same view, the latter
stating Shat even if, the resolution shoulrt
pass, he would not avail- himself-of it.
He had held a federal office up to the
time or his election, and bad no desire
to draw pay for a time prior to his admis
sion to the Senate.
At'the expiration of the morning hour
the resolution went over.
The report of the Committee of Con
ference on the Constitutional amend
mentilen came up.... , _.
Mr.- POMEROY said the Committee
had exceeded their powers and violated
parliamentary law, by tampering with
the text of the bill. as agreed upon at
different times hy-both Hauses.
'. Mr.. HOWARH regarded_ the amend
ment in the form agreed upon by the
Committee SS inadequate to tho de
mands of the °mishit'', and likely, if
adopted, to lead to difficulties in •the
future. . _
Mr. EDMUNDS said the Committee
hadstruck.out the very life of the text
by strilting„out one-half of an indivisible
truth, find had made the remaining half
in reality a falsehood. From the amend
ment agreed upon by the Couirnittee, it
would seem that Congress was so eager
to do something by way of amending the
Constitutrion that they forgot that it
made any difference what ;hey did.
Mr. WILSON said for nearly . thirty
three years lie had done all he could by
vote and work against slavery and all
things connected with it. He had al
ways demanded what wasright and done
his best to attain it; but he had also acted
upon the idea of taking what ho could
get, believing one step taken made the
next easier. He would act upon that
principle too, though with more regret
than ever before, and some degree of
mortitication, because he had hoped that
early in the present session the majority
in Congress would seize the opportunity,
when twenty.tive groat States were in
the hands of their friends, and when the
hearts Of the people were warm with the
love of liberty and lthe 'sense of justice,
to make an amendment which would
Secure equal rights to' all . men of
all races, classes,
and colors in this
country. To such an amendment there
could have bees no Considerable opposi
tion anywhere. because the rights of all
would be involved. But the' amend
ment proposed bY the Committee of
Conference • might be ntrongly i opposed
in Oonnecticut,where the , tirstNatio was
to be fought, and, In other ,States, as a
mere negro proposilion.-He a ould vote
for this nvw, because he could get - nothing
'better,but woilld continue to agitate it un
til the equal rights of-the negro• and of
all men should be undisputed here. He
hoped and believed that that time
would soon tome, aria tleen the people
and their representatives would be at
liberty to work to build' up the United
States Into the formost nation 'of the
world.. , ~ . .
Mi. EDMUNDS asked the 'Senator
from Massachusetts .bow he knew. that
was the best he coo d get?
Mr. POMEROY wild that as soon as he
c)
could get the floor z lie'tvosild move'to dis
agree with the report of the Committee,
and ask for'aluither conference.
Ain WILSON would favor that ,propo
salon, if it would secure a better amend-
Anent; but it was not safe to run much
'risk itt this late time. ' . ,
Mr. POMEROY moved to disagree and
ask for a further conference.
Mr..STEWART raised.the,point of or
der' that the miestion'of el:lncurring had
precedence.
Mr. MORTON said 'the Committee had
"exceeded their powers•by striking out a
vital portion of the text Which had al
ready been agreed to. . ,
mr, CONKLING asked him whether
ho meant 6 say the SenatO Cothinittee of
Conference bad agreed to anything that
the Senate itself had not agreed to?
Mr. MORTON replied he did not. His
assertion was that when the two Houses
had concurred in a proposition, a Com
mittee of Conference had no rigl;t
strike it Out, and both Houses had con
curred in the provision in this Constitu
tional amendment that no State should
deny the right vote or hold office for
certain specific reasons; but the Com
mittee of Conference bad acted, not only
in violation of parliamentary law, but
most unwisely, because they bad timidly
agreed upon a form of amendment which
would be far weaker before the people
than if its provisions were more compre
hensive. The Republican party, If this
amendment would ba adopted, might
reasonably be nharged with being' willing
to let the negro vote upon the condition
that the offices should be reserved for
white men. Believing it ' was not
wise to reject half a loaf, because one
could not get a whole one, he would vote,
to agree to the rephrt of the Committee
of Conference, if nothing better could
be Lad; but the result in this case would
be a warning to him never again 'to en
trust any important measure in the hands
of a Conference Committee.
Mr. DOOLITTLE believed so import
ant a measure, as an amendment to the
Constitution. should never be sent to a
Committee of Conference. He appealed
to the Republican party, iu view of their
internal differences on the-subject, to
abandon the attempt to "amend the Con
stitution and fall back upon their past
avowals. that the right to regulate the
suffrage lies with the States.
Mr. SAWYER said probably rather
than lose the amendment altogether, he
would agree to the report of the Com
mittee, but. before doing so, he wished to
make the Senate understand clearly the
position in which the adoption of that
report would place, the Republicans in
the reconstructed States. For two years
they had lain under a reproach that the
Republican: party put the negro on ono
platform in`the North and upon another
in the Sonth; they had met the charge
by saying it was only a few weak-kneed
Republicans who were afraid to stand up
for equal rights in the North as
well • as In the :South, and when
ever the question should be fairly
submitted to the great National Republi
can party, it would be. decided by put
ting the negro on an equality with the
white man 'all over the country. But
here was anamendment proposed which
plead guilty to the charge, and for what
reason? It was said a more comprehen
sive amendment would involve greater
risk. The answer was, there would be
risk in nay case, acid thati whatever risk
was to be taken bad better be taken for
the right. He put it to the conscience of
every Republican Etenator, whether he
did not believe that every citizen had. an
equal right with every , other to vote and
bold office? Thendvocatesof this propo
sition said, after all it meant that Cie
negro should have the right to hold office,
because the right to vote carried with it
the right.to hold office; but if that were
true, why not say so boldly in the.
amendment. He, too, believed that
within a short time the negro Would have.
both rights seeurod to him by tho Wax:
orable_togic..et events, but not berthis
amendment.,
. ,
Mr. sTE WART.Baicl it Was very easy
to say that Whatever risk must be taken
ought to be taken for the right; bob the
difficulty was that no • twu Senators
seemed to agree exactly as to vrhat
E .
was. right. The. Senator from apses
(Mr. Pomeroy) wanted female si ffrage.
The' Senator from Vermont 0, .: Ed
m unds,) 'and others, wanted to give the
negro the right to hold office. T l e Sen.
ator from Massachusetts (Mr. NS iison,)
desired that rio discrimination should be
made on account of nativity. Under
such circumstances the pending propo
sition seemed to be the only onq upon
Which an agreement Could be secured,
and unless it were acted upon now, the
opportunity to amend the COnstitution
at all Would' be lost, because the session
was near its.close, and therChakman of
the Committee on Appropriations had
announced his intention to press bills
froiwthat Cotunaittee against th/s and a/..1
other measures..
FREYILINGRUYSEN—And there
will be no chance for the amendment, in
the next Congress, becaueethere will not
be two-thirds In favor of it in the other
House. " - •
Mr. STEWART—YeB; it will have no
chance at tho- next session, Lsicauso we
will not have two-thirds iu tho House.
The Legislatures are in session waitin,
ready to act upon the amendment. If
we act upon it now, it can be ratified; but
if we disagree and ask for another con
ference, all Is lost. This amendment
might not be the best, but it is the only
one that could new be had, and its adop
tion wasabsolutely necessary to Meet the
state of affilfs In floorgia and elsewhere
in the South.
Mr. S.A.WYER-1 ask the Senator
what effect he thinks the adoption will
have on Georgia?
Mr. STEWART—It will place in the
hands of the black man of Georgia a - rod
of power, before which all politicians
quail, and so it will protect hint until
some further action can be had In stay
the hands of the oppressive rebels.
Mr. DAVIS, to comfort the Senators
from Nevada and New Jersey, remarked
that the case of the Republican party
next session would not be so desperate
as they seemed to fear; because, by, re
sorting to their party tactics, they could
expel Detnocrats enough to give the Re
publicans a two-thirds vote. [Laugh
ter.] As to the proposed amendment,
he was, of course, opposed to •it,
because he did not believe the
negro was At to veto or hold office; but If
ho ,would, believe him fit to' vote. he
would not think of depriving him of the
right to hold office: He believei, how
ever, that it was there demagogueism to
assort that either of these was a natural
right, common to all men in this court.
try. The real problem was not whether
the white man himself was capable of
self-governthent.
Mr. HENDRICKS thought this debate
was,more extraordinary than any one'
preceding on this subject, because of the
character of the appeals made to the
majority of the Senate; and he asked
the Repnblioluas to 'consider how those
appeals would-be regarded by the peo
ple. The Sen4or from Nevada (Mr.
Stewart) had vehemently urged rthe
adoption of the amendment, even in Its
present unsatisfactory form but had
taken his chief reason frotrahe Senator'
from New Jersey (Mr. Frelinghttysen.)
And such
.a reason! That •the Republi
can party would not •have a twathirds
majority in the next Omgrees.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN said ho had
since ascertained that , the Republican
party would have a clear two-thirds
working majority in the next House,
and therefore he withdrew the reason.
Mr. HENDR/CK4said the withdrawal
of the statement of the fact could not
hide or excuse the had principle implied
in the reason given by the Senator from
Now lerst-y for immediate action upon
1110 panding proposition. If the first
statement of that senator had been tine,
til i
it wo Id ho an excellent ream/ why the
amem nient should be delayed until It
could )0 pased upon by the last elected
Reprettentatives of the people. ',the the
ory of the Government was that the will
of the people should govern, but the de•
siro of the majority now seemed to
be to take the people .it a
disadvantage and force thbrainendment
upon them before their voice could be
heard. The whole tenor of the debate
on the Republican side seems to be: we
bane Started in this business, we must
haveatomething altered, whether mar
judgm, nts approve it or not. An extras
ordinaky spirit in, which to consider stv
grave i matter as a Constitutions/ amend
ment,- hanging the form of our Octvern
meat. His colleague had expressed his
willingness to lake nalf a loaf if heeonid
t .
not ge .a wholoone; but it was the people
of Indiana, anti not his collenrue r who
would 'aye to eat the bread. Mr. Efeu
dricks ild no intention to set up hisewii
Will in this matter, but merely desired
to repr seat the people of Indiana.
Mr. RAKE inquired whetther the-re
sult o the Indiana election last All
might not be reasonably taken that the
Senator (Mr. Hendricks) did not repre
sent the will of the people of that State?
Mr. HENDRICKS raped that the
Republican party had succeeded last fall
in dece ving the plain, honest people of
Indian , by telling them that it was D
slander to say that that party meant to-
*force n pro equality upon them. If he•
looked nly t , party considera , ions, he
might esire that the Republican party
should orce tits amendment upon the
people, nd lie believed that if the ques
tion-wh ther they would surrender the
right to reaulate suffrage and the bold
ing of o ice were now submitted to the.
people f Indiana, they would refuse by
a very 1 rge majority to-imake the sur
render.
Mr.ff
when t
Rveßi
pension
Mess
Whyte
Commit
tion bily.
The Senate resumed the eonsideration
of the Constitutional. amendment.
Mr.POStEIIOY raised the point of or
dkr that the Conferen6e had 'exceeded'
their 'powers in •strikir ' , out the words
"hold office," in regard to which there
was no disagreement.
Mr. DRAKE fiercely-inquired if the
Senator from Kansas meant to impale the
rights of man upon a point of order?
Mr. POMEROY said ho felt bound to
raise the• point, but it would not cause
any delay,as it must.be decided upon at
once. . . '
The Preeident ova-ruled the point of
order. . ,
ndricks spoke until four o'clock
•
i e Senate took a rooms.
g .YeAnon-..---.Some- thirty private
bills were patoied.
. Sumner,. Frelinghnysen And
• ere appointed a new Conference
• i on the Consular Appropria-
Mr. BITOKA.LEW *ke in opposition
to the a eud meet, which he denounced.
Mr. M vi* Vermont, urged a
(vote.
Mr. ANTE - I'ONY favored the reoort. -
Mr. MORTON called attention to the
fact that although this amendment would
Probably he adopted by the Senate, yet
it would not actually have the sanction
of Senators con.stuuting the two-thirds
who would vote for it.
Mr. WARNYII said he-would vote for
this, if ndthing better could be had, but
would do fie with regret'aud
and be in favor of rejecting this and
making another effort to gets more corp.
preheusi e amendment, if he believed
14 could possibly be done at this time:
Mr. FOWLER. remarked. the'amend--
ment reported by the Conference Com
mittee was an adinission that the,Consti
tution of the United States does not de
cure to Allcitizens equally the right to
h. yid office, dud an explicit ratification of
the Georgia .Legislature in expelling
colored members, and Congress was
about to put itself in this inconsistent
and ignominious pi shim, from a weak
regard for the prejudices of the people
of certain Nertheru States, who wished
to put anon the shoulders of others
heavy burden' which they would not
touch with Hteir own fingers.
The Senate then agreed to the 'report of
of the Cominktee of Conference-by the
following vote:
Yeas Messrs. Anthony, Cattail. Chan
dler, Cole, Colliding, Couness, Cragini
Drake, Ferry, Fuesenden, Prelinghily
sen, Harlan, Harrie t 'Howard, Howe,
Kellogg, 'McDonald, Morgan, Morrill.
(Maine,) Morrill, (Vermont,) Morton,r
Nye, Gandrne, Patterson, Ramsey, Stew
art, Thayer. Tipton, Trumbull, Van
Winkle, Wade, Warner; Welch, Willey,
Williams and Winion--39. . •
Nays—Messrs. Iliyard. Bookalew, Da
vis, Dixon, Doolittle, Fowler, Hendricks,
McCreery, Norton, Patterson, (of Ten
nessee,) Pool, Vickers and Whyte-13.
The President announced that two
thirds of the Senators present having
voted in the affirmative, the joint resolu
tion had passed. • •
Mr. DAVIS raised the point of order
that the-Constitution expressly required
for the passage of a proposilion.to amend
the Constitution a vote of two-thirds of
the Senate, and not merely of two-tlurds
of the Senators presort, and there being
now thirty-four States in the Union; the
Senate properly consists of sixty-eight
members, so a two-thirds .yote would be
forty-five. •
•
Mr. Davis went on to explain and elab
orate his point of Order. ' James., M.
Ashley, of the House, being present, was
greatly amused, and laughed ostenta
tiously in the face of Mr. Davis, who
thereupon remarked, "Yes.. chuckle
heads may laugh and interlopes may
laugh, but, the point I make - is techni
cally, constitutionally, logically right."
[Laughter not confined to Mr. Ashley_
Mr. HENDRICKS made a suggestion
in support of the point of order raised by
Mr. Davis.
Mr. HOWARD objected to, any debate
upon the question of order, and asked.
the Chair to decide.
Mr: TRUMBULL reminded the Presi
dent the same point had been raised by
him (Mr. Trumbull) on the passage of
the constitutional amendment forbid
ding and tbrever abolishing Slavery, and
the Senate had decided a vote of two
thirds of the Senators present could paSs
a Constitutional amendment.
The•Pre.sident decided, us this amend
mentlad,been 'mimed In the same way
as the preceding amendments, Mr. Davis'
pointer order was net well taken.
• adjourned. '
ITOXISE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
'rho Civil App — ii)pristion bill was fro
ported anti nude tit° opeolal order for to•
=9
Au was passed that the testimony
NUMBER 53.
relative to army reduction, and in refer
ence to bridging tee Ohio, be p tinted.
The Deficiency bid, presented in Com
mittee of tee Whole, making an• appro
priation for the Custom House an d Post
office building at Nashville, was re, iected.
Twenty-five thousand dollars we.. es ap
propriated for .the Cus.toin House and
Postoftlee at St. Paul, Min nesot a. Ta, Telve
thousand dollars were appropriated for
the Ogdensburg Custom House. Th,e ap
propriation of one hundred and twer ity-
Jive thousand dollars for the San Franc us
co Mint was rejected. A n.iotion to i 'e
duce the Quartermaster's ariprepriath in
from two and a half millions to half a
million wee rejected.
Mr. CHANLER moved to' strike out
the appropriation of $1,500,000 for cav- -
airy and artillery horses, wields; after
discussion—in which Mr. bledlins ap
peared as the champion of the 'Commit
tee on Appropriations. in reply to Mr.
Chanler, who had said there wa s great
stupidity or dishonesty at the ;basis of
the whole matter, for there were, in his
opinion more mules than horses' n the
Quartermaster's Department—was re
jected. -
Mr. LOGAN moved the appropriation
of $3,000 for thopurchase of a portrait of
Abraham'Lincoln for the 'Eseentive
Mansion;
to be selected by the inetmaing
Preeident,
Oa a point of order by Mr. Schofield,
the amendment was ruled out of order
in a Deficiency bflf.
Several order amendments were offered
and excluded on the same ground l- ,
Mr. JUDD moved an aprropriation of
$25.0014 for continuing the wok orrithe
Marine Theseital at Chicago. Jedopted.
Mr. STOVIER moved an appropriation
of. $6,924 for the Register and' lieceiver
of the Land (Ace at. Boise city, Litho.
;Adopted. ,
After a long 'discussion the ken tcepay
back salary. nethe Minister at leortmeal
was struck- out of the bill, and ;the-bill
was reported hat* fo ( the Muse ai al laid
aside for futurieaction.
Reports of Conference Committ eeeron
the Nava. Anprepriationiell and 'onthe -
bill in reference to the pay of feepdter
Collectors and eesistant Atisessors of n
ternal Revenue, were made and a grcd,
to: .
The House (then took up the as nand
meats to the Legislative and Exeinitere
Appropriation - bill. • . I
The amentimeneto discontinue tb e s l el- -
shy of Mr. Welles, Special Commit :sign
er of Revenue, wax withdrawn by •Bir-
Moorhead-who had originally offerisd't e
stating as his reason that he had isu -
oient cenfidence in the incoming ad mi -
istration to hellevaltevouhenot keePeirn
proper officers in] their positions. II„
The appropriation of 160;000 for the.
Commissioner of ;Education was agreed.
to-79 t 039. ;
1 '
On motion of• M r -. BUTLER, of Massa-- '
chusatts, leave was granted to increase
several items-in the bill where eueliz hi—
crease was made necessary by the vote
increasing the salary of telltale clerks. I
This question then came up oh INlte
P - .sland'asinientiment telnereasetteepate
of Clerks In, Washington.reesivink:
over $l,BOO a year, and on Mr O'Neill'tt
-1
amendment thereto exten ing ft to
clerks, mirlers- and empleyees of. the
Philadelphia postoflice.
Mr. O'Neill'aemend meat-was rejected, / .
and after• considerable discussion thee
amendment was agreed- to—yeas, 87;
nays SO.
A Motion to lay on the ;table the mo
tion to reconsider was rejeoted--82- to 83;
Til& vote was reconsidered4—yetu3 96,
nays eiDi and pending a• final vpte.on the ,
amendment the House took a recess_
Reenito Session—•Ths • Speaker presid—
ing: the. House proceeded to vote on, Mr..
Poland's amendment, - and it was rejoined
toSt3. • .
Mr. LAPL/N, Chairman of the Eem—
mittee on Printing, called up the Senat&
joi ur, resolution providing for pu bl
the debates or Congress and of erect
amond inenta,adding.tothonamesol.eives.
andßailey, the name of the other )rivate•
bidder, Jos,?ph T. Crower/i and reAneing•
the amount, appropriated from g33U 000 to.
2.50,000. -
The House seoonded the previous.
question, but refused by seven majbrity
to order the main question, and the:joint.
resolution went back to the Speaker's
table unacted on.
The consideration of the Deficiener
bill and amendments for public hi:did
lugs at the following places was agreed
to—(yeas 79, nays 59): Madison, Wisc,
a25,1100k Springfield, 111., $25,0110; Phil,t
delphia. Appraisers' store, $37,000: Cairb,
111., Dastoffica, $25,600; St. Pxul, Vijr i n,„
Custom House, $25,000; OgdensV.4g, Y.
Y., Custom House, $12,50u; Chicago MA
rine Hospital, $25,000.
The amendment appropriating $.3,.€124
for compensation for the Register and
Receiver of the Lsnd Office in Raise City,
Idaho, office rent, Sc, was agreed to.
Mr. SPALDING asked a separate vote
on the amendment striking out the para
graph for the salary of Mr. Harvey for
the time it was not paid.
The vote resulted, yeas 66, nays 68.
So the House refused to strike out the
Paragraph and the appropriation remains
in tlie
All other amendments were agreed to
and the Deficiency bill passed. •
Mr. DAWES, from the Committee on
Elections, asked leave to offer an amend
ment for the pay of John D. Young, of
Kentucky, and John G. Wimpy, of Geor
gia, claiming - seats asmembers, remark
ing that in the first case a resolution
already adopted was" not according to
law, andln the second case the matter had.
been referred to the Committee on .Re
construction and could not possibly be
acted on this session. I •
Objection was made
Mr. CULLOM, on leave. introdiced- a
joint resolution declaring that.the Con
gress and people of the United States
are not indifferent to the struggle for.
national independence now goink on in
°the Island of Cuba, which has .:peen so
long delayed by the exercise of RaroPean
monarchial powers and African` slavery,
but now begun under auspices as favor
able to American interests as tualyersal
freedom. Referred to -Committee on
Foreign Affairs.
Mr, UPSON called up the election caws
from the Second Congressioaal District
of .uisiana, and„then gave way to
moth n to adjourn.
Ad ourned. -;
•
Ineenalarlmi In Californla
rtlyTetegraph to the Pittsburgh
SAN 'FRANinsoo, IPebruary-:26.-;-Theo
burning of Naglee'a distillery is attrihn
tort to ineetltaristn, on aceoutit We,
employment of two Olii - .:ose laborers.
'rho Methodist eh u reh was burned in the
same town Jose, recently, after
the pa -toi. had roJei lied a letter threat
ening it, because he taught Chinese with
a view to their couversiou.