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VOLUME LXXXIV.
SECOID EDITION.
F01:7 E.OOIK. A.
FINTIVIZT
House Given to Gen. Sherman
—Cane Presented to- General
Grant-Valedictory of Mr.
Colfax—Farewell of Presi
deni Johnson—Span gier and
~ . `Arnold Pardoned. 1 .
EBy Telegraph to, the Pittsburgh Gazette.l
.WASHINGTON, March 3,1869.
7 --
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
The public debt statement' review this
afternoon shows the debt bearing coin in
,
terest to he, $2,107;854,050; debt bearing
currency Interest, $711,400,000; matured
debt, $6,422,463,64; debt bearing no in
terest, $421,578,580,50; Pacific Railroad
bonds issued, $33,937,000; coin in Treas
ury, $98,711,260,72; currency in treasury.
$16,853,629,04; d ebt, less cash in treasury,
42,544,336,904,36; decrease in debt, $lO,-
866,753.
The warrants issued by the Treasdry
Department during February. to meet
the requirements of the Government,
amounted, in round numbers, to the fol.-
' - lowing: Civil, miscellaneous and foreign
intercourse $3,443,200; interest on public
-debt $2,206,700; War Department $2,492,-
400; Navy Department $1,028,000: Interi
or, pensions and Indians, f 5,496,200; to
tal, $14,657,500.;
HOUSE FOR GENERAL SHERMAN.
This forenoon the Committee appointed
by the subscribers, in New York, headed
-by--. T. Stewart, waited on General
t , -Grant and completed the purchase'of his
house
.for presentation to Lieutenant
- General Shoff/lei:4V by handing him a
rbool: for $65,000. The Committee sub
sequently obtained 'an interview with
General Sherman, when Mr. Ste Wart,
i holding in his harid the subscription
_papers, deed and bill of sale, addressed
General Sherman as follows: "General:
It is a great pleasure to me to be the me
dium of presenting this voluntary sub
scription of your friends and fellow
countrymen. If there ever was an in
stance of the pleasure being greater to
give than to receive, this is certainly that
one. I assure you this may be accepted
' without any feeling of obligation on your
part, as it is contributed in a sincere be
lief that your noble and effective services
in behalf of our country in her hour of
peril can never be compensated. We
trust that the kind Providence who has
in the past watched' over, guided and
Protected you on the battle field and in
the camp, may bless you with a long life,
that you may enjoy. l'the servant of a
faithful public reward, from a free and
happy Peeple-'' ' ;\.
Mr.
Mx. Stewart then handed Gen. Sher.
man the subscription lisp and deed and
bill of sale, remarking that the balance
of the subscription, now amounting to
nearly $lOO,OOO, would be forwarded to
him within a few days and after the
names shall have been obtained of a few
gentlemen whO desire to contribute, add
ing that a portion of this sum had been
subscribed by Gen. Sherman's friends in
Boston ' whose names would be added to
the list.
General Sherman seemed much affect
ed, and replied that this noble act of
kindness was entirely unexpected by
him 'until within a low days past. That in
view of his coming to. Washington he
had been engaged in making arrange
ments for living here in a manner prd
portionate to his income, and in an hum
ble but modest style. Of course this
gift would enable
-him to live in a differ
ent manner than he had contemplated.
He assured the gentlemen that it sould
be held by hint for the special Wine 't of
his family and education of his
children; that' except' as re ards
this puipose he never intended to
touch one dollar of it; 1 that
apart from this he desired the contribu
tors to understand that' he should al
ways be happy to welcome them in what
might be regarded as their house While
visiting Washington, in order that he
might know them and they him morn inti
mately, and that he could not furthtr ex-
Ness his grateful sense of their ind
neas, so unexpectedly and so generimsly
accorded. He then shook handsl (with
, :.all present.
__The Committee, after a brief and pleas
',ant Conversation, withdrew.
VALEDICTORY OF SPEAKER COLE ".
• In tendering his resignation as Spe ker
of the House to day, Mr. Colfax ape e as'
- '.l'ollowat. ~.. ,
Gentlemen: The opening of the I gls
lative day, at the close of which I ust
- -cater another sphere of duty, requires
.me to tender to you this resignation of
the office, which by your kindness l and
. -confidence I have held, to, take effec on
the election of a Speaker for the brief
remainder of this session. The parting
.amongst friends about to separate is al
• ways a regretful one, but the farewell
which takes rue from this hall, in which
-se Many years have been spent, excites
- in me emotloos which it would lie use
less to'attempt to conceal. The fourteen
years diving which I have bebn an
associate with the RePresentatives of
tbe people herb have been all Of
.eventful legislation, of exciting f issues,
and of grave,decisions, vitally affecting
_the entire Republic. All these, with he
accompanying scenes which so often e
• - produced 'in ',this Arena of debate t e
Warmth of feeling of our antagonizing
- constituencies, have , into the o
alainAV htstorY. and passed , l. but refer to them
-to express the'joy which apparently is
i
they the meat of oifr couritrym ,
that storm cloud of war, which h d
so long:darkeped our national horlzo ,
has atlast passed, leaving our d
;'Union saved, and that by the decree f
•our:people, more powerful than Pres -
dents, Congresses or Armies; Liberty wa
proclaimed throughout the land, to all
-the inhabitants thereof.
,
' Mat I cannot leave you wit out one
word of rejoicing over thePrese t condi.C
Coon of our amongstßepublic th nations
f the earth. With out military power
and airdost illimitable resource , exem
plified by the war that develop d them,
with oat ,rapidly augmenting no ulation,
and the eloame at our gates o the op
pressed f all other climes, with our vast
and Increasing agricultural, meehanical,
manufac bring and mining capacities ;
with our vantage on the two great oceans
ot the I be. and our Almost completed
Paelfic •limed uniting those Opposite
slicires a d becoming the highway of the
t r aited ttdes, America commands that
il
respect among the powers, of the world
whiCh ensures the maintenance of
all its citizens from oppression or
injustice abroad. --Nor is filth all!
The triumphal progress •of free
institutions here has had its potential,
influence beyond the sea. The right of
the people to gdvern, based on the sacred
principle of our own revolution, that all
all governments derive their just powers
from the consent of the governed, is ev
erywhere advancing, not with slow and
measured steps, but with a rapidity that
within a few years has been so signally,
illustrated in. Great Britain, Spain; '
Prussia, Hungary and ether lands. May
we not hope that by the moral but pow
erful force of our example fetters may
everywhere bo broken, and some of us
may live to see that happy era when
slavery and tyranny should no more be
known throughout the world from the
rivers to the ends of the earth. I cannot
claim that in the share I have
had in the delebrations and legis
lation of this House,• as a member
and as an officer, I - ,have always done
what was wisest in action and in word,
for none of us are infallible.. But that I
have striven to perform faithfully every
duty, and that devoted; as all know, to
principles that I have deemed correct,
the honor and glory of our country have
always been paramount above mere
party ties, I can conscientiously assert,
and that I have fibilght to mitigate rather
than to intensify the asperities which
the collision of opposing parties so often
provoked,must be left to lay fellow mem
bers to verify. In the responsible duties
of the last six years I have endeavored
to administer the rules you have enacted
for your guidance' both in letter and in
spirit with an impartially unirifluenced
political antagonism; and I may be par
doned for the expression of gratification,
that while no decision has been reversed,
there have been appeals sometimes taken
as they are by a minority, as a protest
against the power under the rules of a
,m .
ajorty, which have over been decided
by a strictly party vote. If in the quick
ness with which-a presiding officer here
is often compelled to rule hour after
hour on parliamentary points, and in the
performance of his duty to Protect all
members in their rights, to advance the
progress of business and to preserve
order, any word has fallen from my
lips that has justly wounded - any one, I
desire to withdraw it Unreservedly. I
leave this mom with no feeling of tin-,
kindness to any member with whom I
have been associated in all the years of
the past, having earnestly tried to prac
tice that lesson of life which commands
ifs to write our enmities on the sand, but
to engrave our friendship on the granite.
But the last word cannot longer he de-
laved. I bid farewell to the faithful and
confiding constituency whose 'affection
ate regard has sustained and en
compassed me thrbugh all the
years of my public i life. 'Farewell
to the Hall, which in it's excitement and
restless I activity so often seemed to rep
resent the throbbings and the intense
feelings of the national heart, and
finally, fellow members, and friends,
with sincere gratitude for the generous
support you have given mein the difficult
and complex dutieis .of the chair, and
with the warmest a wishes for year
health, happiness a d prosperity, one
and all, I bid you farewell. - _
. QUARTERMASTER:) . DEPARTMth:T.
The following assignments have been
made In the Quartermasters' Depart
ment: Brevet Major General Rucker to
be eh ef of the Quartermaster's Depart
ment fn Missouri; Brevet Brigadier Gen
eral Miller, Chief Quartermaster of Fifth
Military District; Brevet Brigadier Gen
eral Tompkins, Chief of Quartermaster's
Department of Alaskai Brevet Brigadier
General Myers, Chief!o Quartermaster's
Department,of the DlStrict of Louisiana;
Colonel A. It. Eddy; Chief Quartermas
ter of Department of Santa Fe; Brevet
Brigadier General Saxton, Chief Quar
termaster of bepartment of the Colum
bia; Brevet Brigadier General C. G. Law
telle, Chief of Quartermaster's Depart
ment of California; Brevet Colonel J. M.
Moore, Chief of Quartermaster's Depart.
ment of Fourth Military District; Lieu
tenant Colonel H. C. Hodges, ordered to
take post at Chicago; Brevet Brigadier
General J. A. Patten, in charge of Quar
termaster's Department at Jeffersonville,
Indiana; Brevet Colonel H.- C. Enos, in
charge of Quartermaster's Department
at Philadelphia.
CALLERS ON GRANT - PRESENTATION OF
A CANE. :
Governor
-
Governor Geary had an interview with
General Grant. 'He merely called to pay
his respects, and was received in a cor
dial manner.
This morning Bishop Simpson, Revs.
prs. Punchon and De Haas, Mr. Pierce,
of Boston, and Messrs. Emory and Nor
met, together with .ladies
_were admit
;ted to an interview with :ladies,
Grant,
=When the Bishop presented to him, a
splendid gold-headed cane from the
:ladies of 'Baltimore. The wood was cut
from the estate of the late General La
fayette in France. General'Grant, in ox.
pressing his pleasure with the gift, said
he hoped never to have occasion to use
it, because if he took it out with him, he
might unintentionally leave it softie--
whore.
A delegation of seven colored menulso
called to pay their respects. They were
from. Nashville, and represent the col
ored people generally of Tennessee. One
of them is a County Commissioner or
Judge, anOther is a Justiee of the Peace.
RETIREMENT OF SpEAICEit {X)LVAX.
The following is a resolution unani
mously. adopted by the House to-day :
Reaolved, That the retirement of the
Hon. Schuyler Colfax from the Speaker's
Chair, after a long and faithful 'discharge
'of its duties, lean event in' our current
history which would
,cause general re •
grdt, were it not that '
;,the country is to
have the benefit of his matured talents
and experience {in the higher sphere of
duty to which he has' been palled by a
majority of his countrymen. In • part
ing from our distinguished Speaker, the
House records with, becoming sensibil
ity its high appreciation of, his skill in
parliamentary law, of his promptness in
administering rules and facilitating the
business of the body, of his urbane man
ners, and of the dignity and imparti
ality with which he has presided over
the deliberations of the HOtise.' He will
carry with him into his new field of duty
and throughout life the kind regards of
every mamba of the Congress.
BEAUREGARD'S PAPERS.
Gen. Townsend refuses, to give up . the
privato papersiof GA4. P. T. Ileauregard
captured at the elbse of tho rebellion.. •
• BRIEF AND TO THU SINT. • ,
the Inaugural cavern lose than five
pages of foolscap. It Is brief, endorses
the XVth Amendment, opposes any term
PFITSBLI H. .1111UIZSDAY,
.111APCII I, 1869.
Of re:pm:Hatton, urges paying our indolo
ediorss otr in coin unless whore) tho law
under which any part of it is :undo ox•
illicitly provides for paynoont In our-
SC 'l7 11.1.: 1') TO THE I !s:
Secretary Browning returzuj to (Olney,
Secretary McCulloch mottles
down near Washington; Mr, i Everts re
inains kir the present. as does Mr. Ran
dall, while Secretary Welles goes to Con
necticut next ‘imek. The President has
all the papers filed in the Executive
Mansion, properly endorsed and ready
to be transmitted to the department to
which they belong.
Vf,tO'WDED
The hotels, boarding housea and pri
vate residences are crowded with visi
tors. As high as a
. dollar per. hour has
been tendered for quarters and board.
Everything in the way of marketing has
quadrupled in prices, and for the brief
time Washington is the most expensive
place in the world to live.
THE PRESIDENT'S PAREWELI
At noon the President's private mum.
tioo room was thrown open to an im
mense throng. The President shook
hands with all visitors. many of whom
seemed much affected, being persons:
friends.
Tllll eAitiNir.or
'Neither the Southern nor Pamlie coast
States will be represented In the now
Cabinet, according to the aSmertlon .of
prominent Ge'noral who profemmen to have
learned that much from Grant.
VA MOUS MATT E RS.
It Is cstimattid 15,000 pooplo arrlvod to•
flay to attend tholnauguratlon corona>.
nits. •
The President last night signed the par
dons of Spangler and Arnold. Severn
other pardons were issued to-day.
. The Senate 'to-day confirmed severe
minor nominations, including Wm. C.
Powell, 'United States Attornoy for Ari
zona, Peter B. Bailey, Postmaster at For
Wayne, Ind., and Joseph Ralston Post
master at Defiance, Ohio. •
Commissioner Rollins wilt resign his
position as Commissioner of Internal
Revenue immediately. It is expected
the nomination of Delano will be sent to
the Senate on Friday or Monday. Dep
uty Commissioner ifarlan will shortly
retire from the Revenue Bureau., •
President Johnson will remain in the
Executive Mansion to-night. Mr.% Pat
terson left this evening and is the guest
of Mrs. Gideon Wells.
The different heads of Departments
who have resigned took formal leave of
subordinates this afternoon.
The Executive Mansion was thronged
the entire day. At least five thousand
persons called: Many took formal leave
of the President, among whom were a
large number of officers of the 'navy.
The entire diplomatic body With ladies
of families took leave of the Secretary
of State and subsequently of the Presi
dent.
FORTHTILCONGRESS.„
[THIRD SES S ION.)
r. By Telegraph to the l'lttaburgh Gazette.;
WASHINGTON, March 3, 1365.
SENATE.,.:
At two o'clock this morning' the Sen
ate passed the deficiency bill and ad
journed.
The Senate met to-day at noon.
A joint, resolution instructing the Sec
retary of the Treasury to withhold all
payments to Mr. Ccircordn for the misuse
of his property during the war until he
takes the test oath, was reported. The
yeas and nays were ordered.
Pending this vOte, Mr. SHERMAN re
ported Mr. SAenck's bill to strengthen
the public crenit. lts provisions are
substantially unchanged. A debate en
sued. -
Mr. BAYARlEopposed concurrence in
the retort and.the general principle of
the bill.
Mr. SPRAGUE protested against it as
a measure calculated to bring about re
pudiation.
Mr. HENDRICKS thought the bill was
not improved by the Conference Com
mittee, and urged that Congress had no
right to change the original contract with
bondholders.
Mr: DOOLITTLE opposed pressing it
to a vote now, as the President would
not have time to examine it for approval.
Mr. CORBETT supported the bill, as
also did Messrs. Williams, Whyte, Mor
ton, Cole and Norton, and Mr. Buckalew
opposed it.
Finally the report of the Committee
was agreed to-31 against 24.
The following is the bill as agreed to:
Be it enacted, dc., That in order to re
move any doubt as to the purpose of the
Government to discharge all just obliga
tions to the public creditors, and to settle
conflicting questions and' interpretations
of the la‘vs by virtue of which such
obligationif have been contracted, it is
hereby provided and declared that 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 not bearing interest, known
as United States notes, and of the inter
est bearing obligations of the. United
States,:except in cases where the law
authorising the issue of any such obit
gatione has expressly provided that the
same ho'paid in lawful money, or other
currency than gold and silver; but none
of said interest bearing obligations not
filreadydue shall bo paid or redeemed
before maturity, unless Mauch time as
the United States notes shall be convert
ibleinto coin at the option of the holder,
or unless at snob time as the • bonds .of
the United States bearing a lower inter
est than the bonds; to be redeemed can:
be sold at par in, coin; and the United *
States also solemnly pledges its faith to
make provision at the earliest practicable
period for the redemption of the United
States notes in coin.
Site. 2. And be- it further enacted, &c.,
that any contract hereafter initdo,espe
cially payable in coin, and the Consider-
Lion of which may be a loan or silo of
property, or the rendering of labor or
service of any kind, the price of which
as carried into the contract may bays
been adjusted on the basis of the: coin
value thereof at the time of such sale or
rendering of such 'service or labor, Shall
be legal, and Inlay bo enforced ac
cording to its ternis; and on the trial of
suit brought for the mil/remnant o 1 any
such contract, proof of the real consider
ation may be given. • .
'rho morning hour expired and the
Army Appropriation bill mime uprai un-
Bashed businosa. '
After the diecuasion of Mr. Sumner's
amendment providing for tho payment of
tiniCelf
this IlatirmiC O r b4llll of Ai iv.:l.6llFilltf.4. It
WitM rlOl qll , l z ill to ;111,111111 'lto 14 II priiiHmi.
The Corcoran Johnt resrd wife 1.% DR WWII
plimm+ll-11 against 3.
The Simms ; mi tnotion ~ r. Nir. HUM
NEit, front 0 , 111)1'110es MI h reign Af
fairs, refused to Honour in t ill limns ,
amendment to tills Jolts resob 11011 fIX.
pressing Svinpaidtx with Hokin. .
M r..N Y E proposed to call lip the 11111
for the relief Mr. Norman % lard, but
Mr. , (MIMES i objected, and on . Air.
CONK El NtPkOntol Pm the senate wont
into executive session.
After coining out of Executive sessionolo SMIlltO took ii recess.'
if:wanly &Anew—Mr. SUM N E I t called
np the Joint (solution to carry into
effect the deo ec of the United Ntates
Court of Now 'ork in relation to a Brit
ish steamer. 'mined.
Mr. MUNINE I moved to take up the
Joint Tesolutio I to carry Into effect the
decreer, of lb . United States District
Court of Louis anti In relation to certain
other British s eamers.
Mr. tiTEWA IT - objected, and f4lllll ho
was opposed o compensating British
I N
subferts for 1 uses incurred, no mat
ter under. wh t circturistances, during
the Into war, all Groat Britain shall
Altair take son c positive notion for the
,payment of th Alabama Molina.
' the civil an iniscellanoeum appropria
tion bill was than taken um
An amendment, giving •the Sisters of
Mercy, of Charleston, $20,000 in recogni-
tion of their services to Union soldiers,
was opposed by M fo•arit. Drake and How
ard, the latter onthe ground that the in
flencoof the Catholic clergy, with a few
honorable exceptions, bird been against
the Union.
Mr. HENDERSON denied this. • ,
Messrs. SAWYE R and SHERMAN ad
vocated tho claim, which was, however,
,reJected-20 to 22.
Mr. CONKLING reported from the
Committee or Conference, on the Poet
alike Appropriation bill, which was
agreed to. 1, •
Mr. DAVIS offered the following:
Emolved, That the thanks of the Sen
ate aro duet and hereby tendered to lion.
13. F. Wade for the' ability, impartiality
and Justice with which he gas discharged
the dudes of Presiding Officer during
the time he has occupied the Chair.
Adopted unanimously:
The amendment reported to the Civil
Appropriation providing for the pur
chase of a portrait of President Lincoln,
was agreed to. • .-
I, Mr. HARLAN offered an amendment
to reimburse lowa . for expenses in the
war of the rebellion, "$21 3 ,848.
Mr. EDMONDS raised the point of
order that the amendment had not been
reported from any Committee.
The - President overruled tne point.
The intendment was agreed to.
Mr. CHANDLER offered to amend by
an appropriation of $50,000 for improve.
ment at the mouth of the. Mississippi.
Agreed to.
Mr. WILSON, from Commitee of Con
ference on the Army Appropriation bill
made a report, which was concurred in.
-, LEIIIIAI 4R.l4oPriatloq, bill was then
repertedand passed. - .
At 12:30 A. m., on motion of 'A r. CONK
LING, the Senate went into xecutive
session.
ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
_ -
The galleries are crowded. A message
from the Senate was received stating that
the Postoffice aind Legislative appropria
tion bills had passed. The House non
concurred in the .Senate's amendments,
and asked a Committee of Conference.
Mr. Colfax then deiiverod lily fare Well
speech, and was greeted at the conclu
ion with applause.
Mr. Wilson, of lowa, took the chhir of
the Speaker.
A complimentary resolution to Mr.
Colfax was unanimously adopted.
Mr. Pomeroy was then unanimously
elected Speaker, took the oath; returned
thanks, and business proceeded.
A joint resolution for printing the med
ical history of the rebellion passed.
The Detiolency bill, as amended by the
Senate, was received.
The Cpmmittee on Treatmentof Union
Prisoners made a report. Ordered to be
printed.
The report of the Committee on Ac
counts relative to contingent fund was
taken up.
Resolutions that no carpeting or fur
nishing be done unless authorized by the
Committee on Buildings, and that the
Sergeant -at-Arms be reimbursed for ex
pense of summoning witnesses and com
pelling the presence of members, in lieu
of fees and mileage, were passed.
Resolution to pay Clerks of. Cominit
tees six dollars her day when - actually
employed was passed.
A motion to suspend the rules and re
scind the resolution to.pay tho Louisiana
contestants 12,500 was made, and alter
debate was tabled.
The bill amendatory of tho not to tax
spirits and tobacco, extending tho time
of drawing whisky froth warehouses till
the 20th of April 1870, was reportod and
passed.
The bill amends section eight of the
present law so as to allow a bona to be
given for the value of the property in
'the case of a 'distillery erected before
the 24th of July, 1868, on land leased,
mortgaged, or owned by a minor or other
persons incapable of giving the assent
required by that section. It amends
section twentieth, that in small distiller
ies less than one hundred gallons of
mash or beer shall represent one bushel
of grain instead of forty-five gallons. It
amends section fifteenth so as to extend
the time' for the withdrawing of distilled
spirits from bonded warehouses until
the 20th of May, 1870. It amends section
seven by requiring special stamps for
the tax on tobacco in packages of one
pound or more, to be numbered and re-.
glistered. •
Mr. SCHENCK offered' a resolution
that while tho House did not admit any
right in thCEiecutive and treaty Mak
ing power of the United States to con
elude treaties or conventions_with for- •
eign governments, by which — import
duties shall be mutually regulated, it is,
however, of the' opinion, and so recom
mends to the PrOsident, that negotiation's
with the government-of Grbat
should be renewed and pressid as, soon
as possible to a, definite conclusion re
garding commercial intercourse, and se
curing to American citizens tho'rights
claimed by thorn in the tialierlos on the
coast of the Brittsh-Ainerldan provinces,
and the free naVigatiou of the St. Law
rence to tho sea. , In response - to a quos.
than from Mr; Pike, ho stated his opinien
that this government ought not to enter
into any reciprocity treaty with the 'Bri
tish provinces; but the people of those
provinces ought to ho treated as all other
foreignern and made to 'pay the same
(utiles. The resolution was relerreo to
the roininiitee of the Whole.
. Mr. SCHENCK, from the Committee
on Ways and Means, reported a joint
resolution remitting the duty on sub
marine cable imported by the Western
17nion Ektenston Telegraph Company,
for the abandoned Russian American
line of teleuraPli. Passed—yeas, 69;
navy, 61. ' •
. SCHENCK, from the same Com
mittee, reported s bill repealing the law
wii!cli gave to the Supreme Court juris
diction over revenue eases' where the
NUM involved i& less than ki2,000, and-i
lea , lug the final decisions in such
_cases
to Circuit Courts, .Passed. '
Mr, OAREIELD Introduced a bill ap
pointing Thomas 0. Osborn, of Illinois,
manager of the National Asylum for dis
abled volunteer seldiers, to MI the va;
curacy occasioned \by the resignation of
Oglesby, of Illinois. Passed.
Mr. SCHENCK, from the Committee
of Conference on the bill to strengthen
the public credit, made a report.
After discussion, Mr. SHANKS moved
to layt i he report on the table. Negatived
—52 to ill 9.
The Conforonco report was then agreed
to-118 , to 51.
The
i t
ill now goes to the President for
nignat ro..
The louse took a recess.
Evening Smion.—On motion of Mr.
DA %TES, the rules wore suspended and
thej olnt resolution to pay Menkrd and
Hunt, claiming seats from Louisiana,
$2,500 each for time and expenses, was
taken up and passed-73 against 72.
The Senate amendments to the ar
my ;appropriation bill were non-con
curred in and a Committee of Conference
asked, Messrs. Ciartield, Beaman, and
Dodge being appointed on the part of
the House.
Mr. FARNSWORTH, from the con
ference Committee on the bill removing
disabilities, made a report, which he ex
plained at length, particularly as to the
ease of Judge Parker, of Virginia.
Mr. SHANKS brought out the fact that
ho was the Judge who sentenced John
Brown to be hung.
Mr. FARNSWORTH was ignorant of
any constitutional amendment (Hagan
tying anybody for trying or hanging
John Brown.
Finally a vote was taken and the Qm
ference report non-concurred In-61 to 77.
Another Committee was asked
Mr. ELA, from Committee on Printing,
reported that they had been unable to
agree to a contract with Rives Bailey,
of the Globe fur reporting and publish
ing the debates of Congress, and be re-.
ported a concurrent resolution that the
PublioPrinter be directed to have the de
bates published from the 5t of March
until definite action cau be had.
The Committee of Conference on the
Postotlice appropriation bill reported,
and it was agreed to.
Finally, at half-past twelve, the concur
rent resolution was agreed uit—yeas
nays 51,—giving the publishing and re
printing of debates to the Public Printer.
31:. INGERSOLL moved to recz...-vider
the vote.
Per.dz, the.',tlol3. Mr. BUTLEilior
Massa,: hosett.s...f4sn the o:inference Com
mittee on the Inman Approt:Nriazion bill;
reported the Com mine* ha 4 agreed not
to consider the subject any further at
present on ago, unt of want of time, and
had agreed to report a resolution for the
appointment of a Joint Select Committee
to take into consideration the whole shb
ject of Indian allairs.
The point of order was made and sas
tained that such a report was not privi
leged.
Mr. RANDALL, from the Conference
Committee on the bill requiring month
ly reports from National banks, made a
report, which was adopted.
The Army bill, as amemled, provides
that no new enlistments or promotions
shall be made and no new commissions
given until the total number of infantry
regiments is reduced to twenty-five,
and that the Secretary of War shall
consolidate the infantry regiments
to . twenty-five; that nol appoint
ment' of Brigadier General shall be
mane till the number is reduced
to less than eight, and that brevet rank
shall not entitle any officer to precedence
or command. excdpt by special assign
ment from the President, which Is not to
entitle the officer to additional pay or
allowances. •
At 1:30 the House was still in session:
and likely to, rem ain so all night.
Transit Duties in,, , 7,New Jersey
By Telegraph to the rittab — urgh Gazette..l
TRENTON, March 3—The bill to abolish'
transit duties on railroads and canals
passing through this State, was to-day
passed by the Senate unanimously. Its
prompt passage is expected in the House.
FVsst Virginia Ratifies the Amendment: ,
(Il)kelegiaph to the Ntt burgh liazette.) .
Winciatarto, Va., March 3.—The
West Virginia Legislature has lust rati
fied the Constitutional Amendment by a
vote of seventy-two to nineteen in the.
House, and ten to six in the Senate.
—Sudo Clarke, at New York, over
ruled a motion to dismiss the libel suit'
of Roado vs. Sweetzer, on the ground
that the objection made that - .Reade had
no standing as an author in this country,
owing to tliere being an international
copyright law, was untenable.
Markets by Telegraph.
LONDON, March 3.—Evening—Consols,
973 g. AmeriCan Securities steady. Five-
Twenties, 81, 2 ‘. • Erie, 24N. Illinold,97y
@)9B. , Great Western, 32. Sugar at 395 4 .
Calcutta Linseed at 58s. Ret.ned Petro;
loam at is. 93 11. Tallow at 455. Gd.
ANTWERP, March 3.—Petroleuni, 57%.
FRANKFORT, March 3.—Bonds, 88g.;
LIVERPOOL, March 3.—Cotton 'quiet
and steady; middling uplands at 113;
Orleans at 12,q; sales, 8,000 bales. Wheat;
California white at 10s. 7d; red western
at 9s. Gd@Os. 7d. Flour at 255. Corn at
31s. for old, and Ns. for new. Oata at as.
13d. Barley at Cm. Pew at 425. 6d. Pork
at 97e, ad. 'Beef at 955. Lard at 745:
Cite - fiat; MIAs. ,tiacon at 575. Gd. Refined
Petroleum at le. ffEd; spirits do. at 734 d.
Tallow at 455. 3d.' Turpentine at
Linseed Cakesnt 10f. 158.
NEW 'ORLEANS, March 3.—Cotton is
stiffer; middlings 28}0; sales 2,800 balesi'
receipts '2,121 bales; exports 10 bales.
Sugar nominal; common 12%©13e; prime
15.;(3115,4(0; yellow clarified 1734 c. Mo
lasses dull; Prime
(:)75e.Whisky
72 - 3
dull; western rectified 92 1 ,..',@97xe. Cot
-4 W
fee steady and unchanged.
eltiCAoo. March 3 Evening. —Grain
Inarkiit after .tho close of ,change was
fairly active at. a lower range of prices.
No. 2 Wheat closed firm at $1,133i•
Corn 58c. Oats 551355,1‘c.. At evening
board No. 2 Wheat was quiet at fl/13,.;
on spot. Nothing done in Provisions..
N OMER 56
PRESIDENT .101ENSW8 LAST
WORDS.
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[By Te:egl.ll,ll to tho I . lt , llllrirli
i'ON, March 3, isee.
T o the People of th- United Slate.: —The
robe of office, try Constitutional limita
tion, this day talk from my shoulders to
be immediately assumed by my sin:rea
son For him the forbearance and co
operation of the American people, in all
his efforts to ad trilnister the Government
within the pale of the Federal Constitu
tion, are sincerely invoked. Without
ambition to gratify or party ends.to sub
serve, or personal quarrels to avenge, at
the sacrifice of the peace and welfare of
the country, my earnest desire is to see
the Constitution of the Republic again
recognized and obeyed as the supremo
law of-the land,.and the whole people,
•North, South, East and West, prosperous
and happy under its wise provisions.
In surrendering the high office to
which
.I was called four years ago, at a
memorable and terrible crisis, it is ray
privilege, I trust, to say to the people of
the United States a . few parting words
in vindication of an official course so
ceaselessly assailed and aspersed by po
litical leaders, to whose plan*. and wishes
my policy to restore the Union has been
obnoxious. In a ueriod of difficulty and
turmoil, almost without preciadent In the
history of any people, consequent upon
the closing scenes of a great rebellion,
and the assassination of the President,
it - was perhaps too much on 'my part to
expect from devoted partisans, who rode
on the waves of excitement which at the
time swept all before them, that degree
of toleration and magnanimity ;which
I sought to recommend and enfore,
and which I believe in good time would '
have advanced us infinitely farther on
the-road to permapent peace and pros
eerily than we have thus far _attained.
Doubtless had I in the commencement
of my term of office 3 / 4 11 n esita tingly lent
its powers or perverted them to purposes
and plans outside of the Constitution,
and become an instrument to schemes of
confiscation and of general and oppres
sive disqualification, .I would have been
hailed as all that was true, loyal and de
serving as the reliable head of a party,
whatever I might have been as the Ex
ecutive of a nation. Unwilling, howev
er, to accede to the propositions of ex
-tremk-ts, and' bound to obey at every
personal hazard my oath to defend the
Constitution, I need not, perhaps,' be
surprised at having met the fate of others
whose only reward for upholding Con
stitutional rights and laws hae been the
capaciousness of having attempted to do
their duty.
At the time a mysterious Providence
assigned me to the office of President, I
was, by the terms of the Constitution,
the Columander-in-Chief of nearly a mil
lion of men under arms. One of .my
first acts was to disband and restore to
the vocations of civil life' this immense
host, and to divest myself as far as I
cemlei of the unparaleUed powers then
incident to the office, and whether or not
- J....kis Kea was right, mad how far de
`erring of she approbation of all, the
p-i - oale can 'now, on refiectfon, judge,
when reminded of the ruinous condition
of public affOrs that must have resulted
from the continuance in the military
service of sixth a vast number of men.
The close of our domestic conflict found
the array eager to distinguish itself in .
a new field, fly an effort to punish Euro
pean intervention in Mexico. By many ,
it was believed and urged that, aside
from the assumed justice of the proceed
ing, a foreign war, in which both sides
would cheerfully unite to vindicate the
honol• of the national flag and further il
lustrate the national prowess, would be
the surest and epeediese
wins of
awakening a. national enthusiasm,
renewing . devotion to
_the./ Union,
and „occupying a force concerning
which grave doubts existed as to its wil
lingness, after, four years of active cam
paigning, at once to return to the, pur
-1 - suits of peace. Whether, these specula
tions were true or•lialtiOit will' be zcon
ceded thet • the y,4141.411;,. and. that the
predilectimis - of' the: arS were, for the
titne fir flip , di ion 'indicated.
Taking, Adfahlage `of that feeling, it
would have* been • easy, as the Com- '
Mender-in-Chief of the Army Mid - Navy, .
with all the power and patronage Of the,
Presidentialoffice at My !disposal, to Pcuzifi
the concentrated strenth of - the nation ,
against French interference in Mexico ", -
and to inaugurate a rnavatirant-which
would have been received with•fevor by
the military and a large' p:Ortion of the
people: • ••• ( . •.1
It is proper.in this Connectianetbat I
should refer to the almest.unlithated Addi
tional powers tendered to`the Piecutive
:by the • measures: relating, to civil - rights
and freedmen's bnteau..,Contrary to most
preeedents - in the experience , of public'
men, the powers thus placed within my
grasp were declined, as being in violation.
of the Constitution,dangerous to the liber
ties of the peoPle, and tending to aggra
vate rather than lessen the 'disciarda nat
urally resulting from our civil war. With
a large army and augmented authority,
it would have been no difficult "task to
direct at pleasure the ,destinies or the
Republic and to make secure my contin
uance in the highest office known to our
laws.
Let the people whom I am ,ad
dressing trom the Presidential chair
during the 'closing houra of a laborious:
term, consider how different Would ,have
been the present condition hadl yielded
to the dazzling temptation of foreign con
,
quest, of personal aggrandizement, and
the desire to wield additional power.
Let them with justice consider that if I
have 'dot unduly:magnified mine office,
the public burdens 'lave not been in
creased by my acts, and perhaps thou
sands or tens of thousands of lives sacri
ficed to visions of false glory.
It cannot, then, "be charged that my
ambition'has he,en of that ordinary or
criminal, kind which, to the detriment of
the people's rights and liberties, ever -
seekssto grasp more and unwarranted
powers, and to accomplish Its p
panders too often to popular orejltiresa
and party aims.
What, then, have been the aspirations
which guided me in my official sets?
These acts heed not at this tithe an elab
orate explanation. They hive elsewhere
been qomprebensivel and fully dis- ,
,cussed and become a part of the nation's
history. By them I. tuzi willing to be
Judged, knowing t lug however imperfect,
they at least show to the impartial mind
that my, sole ambition has been to re- -
store the union of the Statestfaithfully
to execute the; office of President, and to
the best of my ability preserve, pro
tect and defend the Constitution. I can
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