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VOLUnF:„LXXXIV.
FIRST EDITIO
'I*WEALIVE Co'CLOCIEB M.
HARRISBURG.
Proceedingsof the Legislature—
Both Houses Adjourn :Viral
•
Monday , Evening. . .. , .
By, t Telegraph to ibio Pitisinrgh Gasette.o
• • • EARRIFIBURG, March-19,1869.
SENATE.
PtmitotPAusrmso.
Mr. WHITE introduced a resolution
rquestltig the geeietaiy of the Common-
Wilelth to interx the,peßate if the Super
**dint of , Ptthlieting • had made
the necessary annum reperte: Passed.
HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES.
BILL DEFEATED.
The Sheep Brolieis' 'Association bill
Was recalled from the Senate and de
feated.
BILLS PASSED.
' The bill preventing the destruction - of
oil producing wells by water from non
producing and "unfinished wells in Ye
:tango, passed finally.
The general militia Supplemeni passed
finally, with the fine reduced to fifty
Mr. WILSON called up the bill for the
introduction of petrolia calcium gaslight
into the public' building* and grounds.
Pending consideration, the House ad
journed. - ' •
Both Souses will ,meet on Monday
evening.
NEWS BY CABLE.
Telegraph to.the plttsburgh 0 uette.)
SPAIN.
blAratti, March:l9.—The troubles id
.Axtdaluala continue. At Jerez de la
Prontera the opposition to military con
scription termhatted in-s•ilattle between
the insurgents and troops.; The engage
ment was short but very fierce. The in
,surgents were defeated and routed; six
hundred of them were lAken prisoners.
hi - Sian:ton at the head' of the Carnets,
bad appeared at Patents, in the moult-
Aetna -near Almeric. The troops have
<been'diepatched to that neighborhood.
JAPAN
• Yosonkat Februaty 13; via LONDOI4
, March 19.—The foreign ministers have
~,,,annonneed the termination_of thelti •
war is ,Tallati;and , withlitaLthettlgtig
or of nentralitz,:,, '
,
=Ea
ALEXANDRYA, March 19.—The waters
of-. the Mediteranean have been sudcbax=
fully admitted into Bitter Lake, through
the Suez Oanal.
AUSTRIA.
V,IENNA, March 19.—A Royal decree
is just published. establishing .trial by
jury, for offenses against the Press law.
MARINE NEIN S
'QuErartrrowsr, Mardi 'l9.—The steam-
ship City of Antwerpt from Liverpool
idirch 17th, for New Xork, put into this'
port to-day with keen:lain shaft broken.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL..
Lorrnorf,. March :11-Evoting-Con•
sole for morifity,ll3pl4for account 93,;;
s : 2o's quiet and steady at 84. Stocks nn
01M:fired; Erlir Ki I ll inois, 973 i. Tallow
.-495. Sperin it £lOO. Sugar 395. 6d.
: Linseed ,011 £3O. Calcutta Linseed 595.
6d. Spirits Turpentine 325. Refined Pe
' 'froltun - 113:134 4 /d. . ' -
"Aavniriltr, March 19.:-LPetioleum dull
- 5414®55f.
ORT,Match.49.Bonds dull at
PARIS, March Rentes
'HAVRE, March 19.-Cetton market fiat;
afloat 143 f.; on spot, 142 f.
LrrafteooL, March /9.-Zcotton quiet
and steady; Uplands, 125.; Orleans, 12fAs.;
10,000 bales; 'week ending Thurs
day, 54,000 bales; for export, 4,000 bales;
- speculation, 5,000 bides; stock, 254 ; 000; of
which 105,000 bales Is Americ an. OaU
fornia while.Wheat..9a.A.o; red western,
Bs. Bd. Flour, 235. Corn, 305. for old, and
295. for new: Oats, as. 4d. , Barley, ss.
Peas, 41s. Pork, 1002. Boef; 90s. Lard,
. 70. Cheese, Ms.. :Bacon, 625. 6d. Tur
pentine, 31s. 6d. Spirits Petroleum,
' ?Md.; refined, ls. 8 1 4 d. Tallow,4ss. 9d.
Linseed Oil, 32e. Goods at Minchester
ilniet tut firm. -
-Georgia leghlature—Final Adjourn
ment.
111 1 .1 ; 34egnI T P a h , 71 th atI l h lt 471 1 3 1 Zh " l e lO te of
the Legislature adjourned ante die last
night.
• - On - yesterday: a motion was made ID-
Alie' Senate, authorizing the Sheriff of
; pany coum,to ..c4ll, on the
,Government
'for Uni States troops to assist him
Arlistiever be deemed it necessary ` . ' Mr.
Illingerford, a Republican, thought the
"Midi:Mott unnecessary and moved to,lay ,
it on the tttble. The nntidn was sus- -
tatted. r • • _
a 92 I "t o 40 1 t 4 .—esider.kthe
• ie ihnetit elf , the XVth Amend
( j . zZieigliinday,.the _resolution was sus
=alas iameridment put on its
lima passage and defeated by the fbllow
ing vote: RePithlicans 'voting for., ita
* 40 0912 eight; Democrats voting for its
ado p t iore , tivbarepublibinefoting against
its adoption_ L eleven; Democrats voting
•':' ,3 thiteigitaattid4 'aline; Republicans
nt, eight.
a. Zßotbalotuata pip l ood34 o immoral appro=
.priation which . was signed by thb
- 01)YelIKIX, The Housevejected• thel3eti
ate ludo to ptuehpse the Kimball
" ( Vera atithit r ror
•
,litlloAfflt Champion..
Any l'eleir/Yiph to the Plttlibuilb Gezette..3).a
.Lotrarrgillanie. 19.—The steamer
. „ .4__ n auli9p hia , from Bt . Louis , fur Clnoln
• a&W . rtiatirebirmel pier of the rail
. road bridge on the larboard side. By
"r• Throwing overboard a portion of the deck
,fsi.pr. Including barrels of sand and bags
'corn, • the' boat Was lightened above
hole lathe hull and kept from sink-
The damage to-the boat is slight;
- 1 uld the= .entire /twinge tO the boat and
cargo can be coyeredprith $l,OOO. The
freight thrown coei r iboard was for 010;
.elnuatt,
By Telegraph to thelntrahlrgh ctazette.l
INO3tior - AlioicS: t.
The only nomination submitted to the
Senate today. was William Richardson
as Assistant Seeretary of the Treasury.
THE COMMITTEE OF WATS AND MEANS
Called in a body to-day upon President
Grant, Secretary I3outwell and the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue. They
had a long talk with Mr. Boutwell upon
money affairs, in the course of which he
declared his determination -to sell gold
publicly, never in private. He believed
he had power to invest the surplus gold
in bonds and thought he would do so.
He info* medi the Committee that the in
come from customs was increasing. The
conversation with Gen. Grant was main
ly of a social character.
Mr. Robetts, the new Spanish Minister,
to•day presented a letter of credence to
the President and made a few remarks
expressive of•thti desire of his country
for the sympathies of the United States
with the new order of things in Spain..
He would endeavor by all the means in
his reach to maintain and strengthen the
friendly relations which always exist
ed between Spain and the United .
States. The President replied : "Mr.
Roberts, lam happy to receive you
as the Envoy Extraordinary and;
- Minister Plenipotentiary of Spain in the
United States. The recent events in
that country, to which you advert; have
excited, and will continue to maintain a
kindly interest here,, , hoping as we do
that they may ultimately lead to an in
crease in the welfare and happiness of
the people of Spain. The disposition
which you express, to exert,younielf dur
ing your mission to the end that these
familiar relations, which.;:have always
existed between the two countries, may
be strengthened, will be cordially recip
rocated by me."
NAVAL, AFFAIRS.
The Tuscarora, Commander Queen,
and Kearsarge, Commander 'Thornton,
have been ordered from the Pacific to the
North Atlantic Squadron, and will report
to Rear Admiral Hoff off Cuba. -
Dispatches from Admiral Hoff, dated
Havana, March 12th, say, that in compa
ny with the newly appointed Consul
General, Mr. Hall, he had called on the
Captain General of Cuba, and secured
the release of Mr. Triestez, an American
citizen, native of Cuba, who was a short
time since arrested on a charge of con
spiracy against the, Government. The
action of the Captain General in this case
was marked by great courtesy, he having
ordered the immediate release of the
prisoner, althougli the charges were
serious. -
„: • IMlxtuarnelLOPßigi Acisrisrs. .
The Postmaster Metrel 'lt tired
IkObrd
the Comm:salons of Special Agents of the
Department, who are not under pay and
assignment, to be revoked from, and , af
ter:the 31st of March. " The commissions
of all Special Agents,expire 31st of De
cember, and must then be renewed.
NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED.
The Senate to-day confirmed Elizabeth
Tan Lair, Postmistress at Richmond, Va.;
John Titus, United ;States Judge for Ari
zona, and Badly N. Haynes, Pension
Agent at Brooklyn; vice Porter:resigned.
The case of General Longstreet, notni•
nated as Surveyor IX the Port at 'New
Orleans, was under consideration yester
day by the Senate Committee. It is un- .
derstood that a majority of the Committee
were opposed to the confirmation, not
especially because General Longstreet
was a leading rebel during the rebellion,
but on the ground that there is an abund
ance of men'who were loyal to the gov
ernment from the breaking out of the
rebellion 'to the close, and who ought to
be provided for in preference to the class
to which General Longstreet belongs.
•The Committee, however decided to
report his name to the Senate without
recommendation, and let , that 'body
take such action as they may think pro
per.
• The next pubic debt statement will
-show the precise condition, of the Tress,
ury books at the close of business 011,the
'3lst instant, instead of being withheld
for several •daliqi, as formerly, to await
returns ftom New York - or hgter impor 7
taut points. This is a radialtl change.
kiparetary . 11oUtwell • hi, much pleased
with the condition orthe Treasury as
Qzhibited in the mato= And revenue re
~feippttss,, whioh,•since the first of January,
,hate.been.,unnaually largej and are in
oreaidng` hieadily.. The antioute taxes,
which will soon come in, will swell the
tigures larfielV • .c
BROWER OF THE TREASEEY..
,
A number of Pennsylvania Congress.
• men called to see President Grant this"
morning shock the . 7Pglstryshie gOf
Treasury,- having hWt that it was to
be given to (blond Burnside instead of
.Ex e veri man Alliaork of their State..
'The' dint 'told 'them that Secretary
Boswell
. had , nominated, ,
end he ,would be appointed 'uniew the
Settetary should" recommend some ... •
else. He added that he had, chosen°
owif-Vabiriet;- , bat ) Intended to leavei
subordinste,sppointments to th .
held them reeponsible.
sPi t ofirtzeit additirite INRIAZTO.'" . "
Secretary COX- says the 'President bee,
fully deteripinelLop e tbe , poitay of send..
ing Quakers to deal ' "Vrithittie Indiana/.
and will soon begin appointing . prominent
members of that Soddy. as Superletendl
ants and Indian Aver%
MISSION TO RUB/OA.
Governor Curtin, it is stitte4i' SO'
cepted the Russian Mission, and is Mak
ing preparations for his journey. He
will be accompanied , by Col. A. S. Moe
Clure, of Franklin.' f•
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THE CAPITAL.
WasiiiNfrroN, P. C., March 19, 1960.
NEW SPANISH MINISTER.
TO BE•RSLEASED
The' President' has directed. Brevet
Lieutenant Colocel Pease to be relieved
from duty as Professor of Military Tac
tics at State University of Wiagongn, at
the end of the present college term.
GUARD DISCONTINITEp.
The Prescientordeged the dis
continuance of the military guard at the
White House, and hereafter the, protec
tion of the premises will be in charge bf
the doorkeeper and-4hree police officers.
'BILIt SIGNED,
The President signed the, bill, for the
further security of equal rights in the
District of Columbia.
CUSTOMS. t•
The - Chstoin receipts frOM March Bth
13th inclusive were $3,806,503.
THE CASE OF LONOSTEEET.
PUBLIC DEBT.
SECOMI EDITIOII.
VOILTJEt O•CLOCS A. M.
FORTY-FIRST CONGRSS•
[FIRST SESSION.]
,
SENATE: Debate on Tenure-of.
Office Act Continued Without
.i.
Action. '.11011814 Indian Ap.:
prOpriation Dill Considered
and Passed—AdJ °unsure' nt Un
, tit Monday.
(133 r Tplegraphto the setuelirsii 431;zette.]
_ _ ,
IffmartsoTter, starchl9,lB69.
Mr. POMEROY, from the Committee
on Public Lands, reported, with' amend,
ments, the joint resolutioms enabling sus,
teal Settlers to purchase certain Chem
kee and Osage Indian lands, and extend
ing the time to construct the St.-Croix
and Lake Superior Railroad.
Mr. CASSERLY, from the Committee
_on Public Lands, reported a bill amen
datory of the act to protect the rights'of
actual settlers on public lands, approved
July 27th, 1868. The bill provides that
Agricultural College scrip shall be re-1
ceived from actual settlete in payment
of pre-emption claims, in-the same man
ner as bounty land warrants, and all lo
cations of such scrip within thirty days
after the passage and approval of said
act, -and otherwise in conformity with
law, shall be deemed legal and vaiid.
Mr. TIPTON introduced a bill to grant
lands to aid In the construction - of a rail-.
road feom Lincoln, Nebraska, to Denver,
Colorado. Referred to Committee on
Public Lands.
Mr. RAMSEY introdticed a bill grant
4ng lands to Michigan and Minnesota to
aid in the construction of a rallroltd front
Menomee. river to St. Paul, and from
Green Bay to La Crosse. Referred to
Committee on Public Lands.
Mr.'BENTON introduced tt bill to en
courage the building of steamships in the
United States, and to provide for the
transportation of the Uniied States mad
to Europe by such vessels. Referred to
Committee on Postoffice and Post Roads.
Mr. DRAKE submitted a substitute
for the bill to reorganize -the judielat
saystem lately reported from that Com
mittee.
The Senate refased to take up the order
fixing Friday for the 'consideration of
certain Committee business. . .
The bill regulating the,rights of mar
ried women, and relative to divorces in
the District of Columbra, - paissed.
be bill to earrminto,elleet the decrees
'of the Court, rehilive
.to • British imamate
seized in the rebellion, was taken up.
, Mr. STEWART in a speech declared
I
' himself opposed to the bill, and opposed
to compensating British subjects, under
any circumstances, f,r ships seized by
our Government dtiring the la'e war, un
til Great Britain should eettle our claims
against her. i
Mr. FESSENDEN was astonished at
the avowal from the Senator from Neva
da, and thought the policy which that
Senator advocated inconsistent with the
law of national honor. The pending bill
was intended to carry out decrees of oar
Courts. •'• .
Mr. STEWART did not hold himself
tinder any obligation to carry into effect
-the decrees of any court to pay British
claims until our claims.tagainst Great
Britain should he in a failway of Fettle
merit. * The decrees were no doubt
legally correct, but were based on legis
lation long anterior to the war and had
reference to the conduct of Great Britain
during. the war. It would have been
perfectly proper during the war for the
United States to retaliate on Great Be:-
tale. by destroying her commerce. It
Might not have been wise, for it would
olcouree,lead to °pi" war. Even as itwas
• avivierter, there had been war between
the countries, but it had all been on one
side. =Mike till went over at the expira
tion of the morning hour.
The Tenure-of-Office act came up as
unfinished' business. '
:Mr. SCOTT resumed his argument to
show that the power of removal from
office is within the ;jurisdiction of Con
gress and may be regulated by legisla
tion. The Republican party was com
mitted to that view of the Tenure-of:
Office act by the vote on impeathment,
and by. its party platform. He hoped,
therefore, that the Senate would stand
upon principle and refuse to repeal the
law; but he would vote for its suspension
with proper qUalffications and safeguards
Mr. SCHURZ thought that a man
might declare himself in favor of repeal '
or against it, without being open on the
one hand to the wit hout
of o bsequiousness,
or on, the other under a charge of die
ebarteey to the President. Had theques
tion been presented to him sifriply upon
its merits, he might have voted for re
peal. Be believed the law to be strictly
constitutional, . but the constitutional
view` was hot Always the only one, nor
sometimes even the most important view
of a qdestion, and in this case there were
'certain great practical questions to' be
taken into' consideration. One of the
greatest problems presented to the
statesmen, of the day was, how to reform
the public service and root out the de.
grading and disgraceful corruption and
'lnefficiency now existing there. The
main source Of corruption was to be
Sound in ;the exorcise of the arbitrary
power OU-removal by, the:Executive,
in thesystem of the appointment of pub
lici9ffitiaea at random . from_ personal or
political favoritlina t - de Upon the prinot
pl. -' that to the ' ' victor L belongs
the spoils. Whilst t hat: system ,should
be - continued, -it would be i question
whether ;11 law like tha„Tenure-of,oilice
act would not do more harm by . *event-.
'rug Salutaryremovaremovals by a • . .. ' Pied
dentiittian it Wouldtio 'good .y Itrecent ,
lug Improp er removals bye' bad frost ;
'dMi"t. -- ` lirtifebhdylaitici Wail Atha.
'. itrainiflottakieditilii; h.*** well 10 have
ut band:ready - 40, pet ' prcomptly,apower.;
Agit, etnetl - like ` o', ableltitu power of;'
46 ft 014 ' 4 ' he
,00t. be *11 .10.14
.10.14 *obi '
.;',T6pitid,.ott believed
6N ther l4 4
Inc tda)biltYir the lerfite Was in favor
'of keeplOg the law :,on the, statute book
in its present form. It seethed, however,
to tie generally understood that if it was
not repealed v it would.. have to be ' modi:.
lied st.the the; session:, For this reason,
paradoxieal as it might -seem, he would
now "vote.:egainst repeal, because he
hoped that when the subject should come
up again, Congress having , Already at
tempted reform.id - the wrong direction
and failed, would go to the root of the
,
•
'7 11 7,V:V .
Xi*
•
,
"41,-;v0..rt,t,11.„,
evil, and at least attempt a true! reform,
by establishing a system of examination
of appointments for merit and removals
for cause, thus giving respectability and
permanency to the public service. He did
not expect to bring about the millenium
by an act of Congress, but he did. hope
at the next session one step would be
taken In the right direction. With this
hope he would vote to suspend the law, in
prder to facilitate, the action of President
Grant in removing unworthy publicolii
cers. He had 'heard, with regret, ru
mors that the President felt Sensitive on
the subject, and would' not sehd any
nominations to the Senate until the Ten
ure-of-Office act should be repealed.
These rumors, though doubtless without
foundation,'had a tendency to make
trouble between the Legislative and
Executive branches of. the Gov
ernment, . and were, therefore, to be
deprecated, because although the strug
gle of Congress with Mr. Johnkon had
shown that a President, even with the
tallest official power and patroziage,"was
in the end powerless against the, will of
the people and their Representistivea, yet
sohas shown he could imperil, and to
me extent neutralize the effect- of
legislation. He (Mr. Schurz) could
not himself believe any of these
stories. He was not one of those
who, availed themselves Of every
oppertunity to fly into a I parox
ysm of adulation of President Grant,
but he had too favorable an opinion of
his character and judgment to believe
that he would not avail hithself with
avidity of every aid to what the country
expected him to do, whether that aid
came in the shape of suspension or re
peal of the Tenure-of-Oflice law.
Mr. SPRAGCE followed * with an argu
.t.
ment for repeal
Mr. CORBETT made an argument for
repeati . ,
Mr. 'BAYARD also spoke in favor of
repeal, because he believed- it unconsti
tutional.
At 4:40 the Senate went into executive
session and soon after adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTAtiIVES.
Mr. PAINE listrodnoed a resolution to
refund 115000 advance money to Mil
waukee for improving its harbor. Re
ferred to the Committee on Commerce.
Mr. JULIAN introduced a bill that
agricultural lands sold for nou;payment
of •taxes in late rebel States, be sold in
sub-divlsions not exceeding forty acres
each, arid so much only sold as will dia.
charge the legal obligation. Referred to'
Comniitteo on Public Lands. I
Mr. DOCKERY introduced a bill tore
fund to distillers of brandy frompeaches,
apples or. grapes the special tax'. exacted
under section tifty-nine, act of July 20tb,
'INS. Referred to Committee on Ways
end Means. *
Mr. JOHNSON offered a subslitutel'or
the Alaska fur protection bill. Referred
to the Committee on Commerce.,
Mr. WILSON offered a bill granting
laird" to' Mb:mem:de . Whitmore Ithe fixer
at St. Anthony's Falls. Refereed tothe
Public Land Committee.
The House then went into Committee
of the Whole on the Indian-appropria
tion bill, Mr. Judd in the Chait.
Mr. DAWES explained the bill, which
was simply the House bill of last session,
without the Senate amendivents.
- The whole question,of the Indian poli
cy of the Governuient was opened np by
an amendment offered by Mr. WOOD, to
add an appropriation to Arickars, Gros
ventres and Mandans, and the discussion
was participated in by Messni. Wood,
Beck, Axtell, Dawes, Lawrence, May
pard, Julian, Blanjamin and others:
Mr. WOOD denounced the system of
making treaties with Indians as a sys
tem of fraud on the•Treasary and an in
jury to. the Indians, and declared that
apprppriations had been made for Indian
tribes, which had no existence.
Mr.' LAWRENCE, a member of the
Committee on Appropriations, charao
terized the whole Indian Bureau as en
tirely rotten and a den of thieves. The
only question for the House was, wheth
er it would root out that den of thieves
and save the people from the plunder
and robbery that was going on under
cover of the treaty making power, or ,
whether it would surrender the legisla
tive power to the treaty making power:.
He denied that there was any such thing
as an Indian treaty. Mere contracts
were made, `but treaties were conven
tions between sovereign nations, and it
was a farce to apply such a term to tribes
of wandering savages.
Mr. JULIAN remarked that General
Grant had intimated his intention of
placing the Indians under the Control of
the sect of Quakers, and had told him
(Mr. Julian) expressly that he was op
posed to every form of taking:the lands
of the United States and giving them to
corporations either through Indian trea
ties or any other way.
Mr. LAWRENCE—Thank i God for
General Grant and his policy. i Treaties
have been put through the Senate when
there were not six Senators! present.
Every man who participated in a fraud
of that sort is unfit to occupy a seat in
any deliberative body. I wish I, to God I
could reach the Senate, and the ears of
every man in the country, until the Sen
ate' should be compelled to pay. some
heed to the voice of the people, and.have
some respect for the Interests of the peo
ple, Instead of squandering their money.
Mr. NEGLEY inquired of the Chair
whether It was parliamentary to apply
such language to the Senate?
The CHAIRMAN—As .the Chair under
stoodit was rather broad. and the
'Chair suggested 'to the gentleman • from
Ohio (Mr- Litvrence) that in referring
to a co•ordlnate branch of the Legislature
he should be a little more -careful and
choice trislanguage.
Mr. LAWRENCE—Yes; I Shall be more
careful. I could. go a good deal farther
than that,' and say things a good deal
worse, and yet keep within the bounds of
truth: , (Litmghter.) '
Mr. DAMPUziasaid he wotd3l :have-felt
surprised at, the remarks of ids colleague
"on the Committee, (Mi. Lawrence,) only
for the fact that that gentleman had not
finindlit consistent with his other. public
dittleglo attend the meeting of the Copt-
mattes at which the : quesdonaluigl i been
fully considered.. If iwi:tad done so he
probably ,w.tinld not have, s hot - off'in a
40wdrolt his, own, but ;would have,
'stood 07 his associates In their , effort to.
insane the. Treasury. ifiza* , founda-t
don storieiff this bill was tb' NO: a stop:
to Ihiiiiilurtil:lreatieti and refuse to go
farther thin fnlitllliast thit stipulation of
Arcades that have the sanction 'of all
branches of the , UOveinment.• , There was
not'an Rem in the hilt that **tine 'under
any of these new:treaties which had pro--
DerlY called dawn - the' ahatheinas of-This
colleague,;; Mr. ILawrence. If his 'col
league bad kflown What was in the bill,
theifotupe would have been saved his
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remarks until the amendments of the
Senate should COMQ in, when such re
marks would be in order. If .the Honse
were to resist those amendments at all,
it would have to do so by standing by the
bill as reported from the Committee on
appropriations. If the members were to
depart from it, or undertake either to
introduce amendments .or to abandon
the lawof the land, they would be all at
After further discussion, Mr. Wood's
amendments were rejected,and the. Clerk
proceeded with the . reading of the bill,
which was, occasionally interrupted by
the: offering of amendments, which
brought up the same general question for
discussion.
At a quarter past four, the Committee
rose and reported the bill to the House,
and it was passed.
Mr. JUDD, from the Committee en
Foreign Affairs, reported a resolution in
structing that Committee to inquire into
all the circumstances relating to the al
leged imprisonment of Bliss and Master
man in Paraguay, and into the conduct
of the late Ainerican Minister to Para
guay and of the officers commanding the
South Atlantic squadron, with power to
send for persona and papers, and report
at any time. .
The SPEA.KER, presented a communi
cation from the Governor of Massachu
setts, with the action of the Massachu
setts legislature ratifying the fifteenth
amendment to the Constitution.
Adjourned until Monday. , •
The Insurrection in Cuba.
I By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette. 2
HAVANA, March 19.—The insurgents
have burnt live of the largest plantations
in the jurisdiction of Sagas La China,
one near Cienfuegos and another near
Managua. It is ppsitively asserted that
the insurgent Generals are carrying gut
their declared plan of burning every
where. A detachment of insurgents had
left, all well mounted, to burn plan
tations in the vicinity of Jabacoca. The"
planters are terrified. Authentic infor
mation from the insurgents admit many
plantations have been Burned within a
week.
Another steamer has arrived from Spain
with troops. General Bnceta and aloe
lento were passengers. The troops have
gone td Nenvitas.
An , engagement took place between.
the troops , and the insurgents yesterday
-near Alvarez. The insurgents were
routed and divided ; one force fled to
wards Macagua and the other towards
Jacury Grande. • .
An engagement has, taken place at
Guracabulla. The_ official account re.
ports one hundred and thirty-six insur
gents killed, and only one Spanish sol
dier wounded.
The Infmrgente are active near Bolon
donon. Troops from Matanzas have gone
there.
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When The bittle of Sierra Cubita was
fought; Quesada was sick with the small
pOs,,and Jartsga comnanded.
Thuapairgsntel are! off ''the
slaves froniltie‘platitationa and making
them soldiers. The number of insur
gents in Sagua and Remedios districts
is estimated at from seven to nine thou
sand. The F-sqnera plantations, near
Trinidad, have been burned. The five
places btirtaKi in the Sagas district •pro
duced nine thousand hogsheads of sugar
annually.
Tile insurgents have destroyed the
railroad and telegraph between Alvarez
and Macagua.
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
—The five convicts who escaped from
Sing Sing. on Thursday; were recaptured.
—Col. Chandler is announced as Chief
Quartermaster of the Fifth Military Dis
trict, and will relieve Col. Moore. -
=The Hon. J. C. Penniston, - member of
the House of Retireseriatives of Ohio,
from Pike county, died yesterday at
Waverly. -
—Postniaster Morton, of Gallipolis, and
his two brothers, charged with taking
money from letters, were bound over to
the United States Court. . .
—The Senate amendments t 3 the Stick
ney Railroad blli were agreed to in the
Ohio House of Representatives yester
day, and-it is now a law. .
—On -Thursday, in Cincinnati, two
workmen, named M'Casken and Beenne,
fell three stories from a scaffold and
were hurt seriously, perhaps fatally.
—At Cincinnati, Friday morning, a
negro thief. named John Moss, being de
tected in stealing, and pursued by the
police, ran L c! the river, jumped Wand
was drowned. . • •
-Henry _Prenze, a ,Gernian peddler,
was robbed and nearly killed at! Wee
kawkeu, New York. on Thursday, by a
til
desperado na t lliam Aikens, who
made his esca . .
—alouring F 334,473 boxes :of
cheWing tobacco were shipped _ in,-bond
from Richmond, Va. The tax was pre
paid on all suioking tobaceo shipped, ex
cept 4,801 pounds.
On. August 4th an exposition of the
Northwestern woolen mgnufacturers and
wool growers products will be held in
Cincinnati. , It will last four days. Ef
forts • are being. made to embrace the
cotton and flax interests.
. —A small boat, containing twelve boxes
of nitro glycerine, was discovered at the
foot pf Whitehall street, New York, on
Thursday, enough, is is , said, to blow the
lower ..rtion of the city and Brooklyn
to ato = The stuff was taken beyond
the pity hmits by' the harbor police.
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—Rev. J. H, Spingenberg, of Reading,
Ohio, sued Rev__ W. • in the
Common• Pleas 'Court of - Cincinnati for
slander, In' chitrltin* violation 9f the
Seventh Cotnmandment. A:verdict was
.rendered yesterday for the plaintiff for
$lOO. Both.. are Evangelical Presby .
leriart Mildaterstutd rivals for the , same
charge. ,
—By theaxplosion of a still in Alex.
Scofield 4: conman T's Refinery, at
Oleaveland, 0hi0,., on Friday morning.
ATtdthew WiltiOn, 9f that firm, was; ; In killed, : and JohnCowan,- a' •gas
fitter, probably mortally wounded. They
hadnenteraj the still; which was erapy,,
for tlioPurpoTte of making repairs, when
Cowan struck a match to see his = work,
- Which 'caused the
—Aresolutionoo was adopted In the New
York Assembly yesterday, directing the
President and Treasurer of the Brie
Minted. to : - ,report within ten days in
writing, under oath, to -the Speaker of
;the House, the exact amount of stock of
said Company now outstanding: also the
amount in detail of the funded and float
ing debt of said Company up to and in
eluding the date or the passage of this_
- this resolution. -
NUMBER 70
FINANCE•AND TRADE.
Cl 3 r Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette. 7 I
NEW Yowl, March 19, lin.
. The Money market was stringent up to
two o'clock and 7 per cent. gold interest .
freely paid by brokers, but subsequently
the demand abated somewhat and loans
were made at 7 per cent: currency.
The large amount of bonds in the hands
of foreign bankers which have to be
carried, pending the sale of the exchange
against thetii; increases the demand for
money and adds , to the monetary dia
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tress. These bankers, who are generally
lenders are nuw horroweni. There is no
currency coming this :way and country
bank balances arevery light, and in
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the event of any extended accommoda
tions being required by country banks; to
bridge over settlitig day, ;Wall. :street
would hats to pass throngb a severe or
deal, though stringency might not be so
severe as last March-and April. There
are no positive 'indications of a lock-up,
but should a resort be had to such a mea
sure it would greatly aggravate matters.
Discounts dull. Sterling exchange •
-market demoralized, and there is great
hesitancy pending the action of the Bank
of England. The Directors are about
raising the rate of interest. The recent
large purchases 'of bonds by foreign
bankers have added heavily- to the vol
ume of exchange on the market, or to
come on the market, and, the market is
dull and heavy at 8%,@8% for .60 days,
and 8%,68% for sight bills. The market
is not in a condition to take all the ex
change made by these _purchasers of
bonds, and the bankers have to a great
extent withdrawn from the field. Bond
bills offered at 79;©8 without leading to
much business, and cable transfers were
madest 8%.
Gold unsettled; opened at 131%, fell to
130%, advanced to 1313;, and closed at
131. The transactions were heavy, and
there has been considerable excitement.
Clearances at Gold Exchange Bank, 1121,-
000,000; rates paid for carrying 1% to 7
per ceht., and for borroiving 3 per cent.
to fiat. These figures indicate a large
short interest and are somewhat remark
able in Aew of stringency, in money.
Governments are irregular, unsettled
sod generally lower, the market/closing
steady. , Coupons of 1881, 116%@110';‘;
do. '62, 119%©119%; do. '64, 114%®115;
do. '65, 117%®117%; new do., 113%@
1133;; do. 'B7, 113%©1139; do. '6B, 113%
0113%; 10;40s, 105%®105%; Paci fi c Rail
road 6s, 102%@102%.
State bonds are 'dull. Missouris, 58%;
old Tenuessees, 65%; new Tennessee's.
65©65%; North Carolinas, 58©5835.
The Hallway market during the fore
noon was strong and active. with priagi-'
pal business in Northwestern, Pitts
burgh, Reading and Michigan Southern,
Toledo, Pacific Mail and Northwestern
::improved to 85 for common and 92% for
preferre t d. The market continued strong
throughout the afternoon, with North
western as the feature. •
PireNiktreY Prices:--Uumberland, 36(6
89; Wells Express, 309{@31y,; Ameri
can,4l@4l%; Adams, 58%@59; Mer
chats, 614g,61%; United States, 54%7
55; Quicksilver, 41),%®21 ; Canton, 59;
Pacific Mail, 91% Western Union
Telegraph, .38©38,,, ; Mariposa, 15%0
15%;,;d0. pref., 34,4g343.;; New York Cen
tral, 1593;©159%; Erie, 33%; Hudson,
13915140; Harlem 35037; Reading, 92%,.'
6892 1 7 1 2 ; ;?2-nee, 35®38, , Wabasb,
71%; St. Paul, 69%®09, t 1; prigt,layi®79lA ;
Ft. Wayne, 120!4®120%; Ohio and hauls.
sippi, 32%®3213,1; Michigan. Central, 117;
Michigan Southern, 9t1%@983;; Illinois
Central, 138@)140; Pittsburgh. 88®88%;
Toledo, 10635 ©106%; Rock Island, 128%®
12894; Northwestern, 85%®85%; prefd.,
9234(§92;g• St. Joseph preferred, 1143';
C. C & I CI 43; C. C. C. & 1., 63; Lake
Shore, 1069'. -
Mining-.shares dull: 'Gress
70: Eldorado, 41; Smith &Parmelee, 165;
Montana, 37.
Copper Stocks at Boston—Copper Falls,
14; Franklin, 19'; Hancocs, 5; Minne
sota, 2%;,Qpincy, 29g. ' •
The. receipts at the Sub-Treasury to
day were 81,740,645; PaYikiinter ? ,6 67.50l-
Balance, 593.481,65). • - • -
Bynum), March 19.—Flour quiet:
Minnesota bakers $7,25. Wheat inactive;
fair white. Canada offered at
,51,50. Corn
quiet; a few car loads of new sold at 80®
81c ontrack. Oats dull; sales or one car
load of western at 95e in:. store. Rye
nominal. Barley- dull; s'ides of .1,000
bush Canada at 52,05, bagged; choice
held at 52;10 in the elevator. ',Seeds in
fair demand: sales of s,ooo_bush clover
at about 59, and 400 bags timothy at 53,40,
@3,50. ' Pork- firmer, at 532 for' heavy.
Lard and Highwines and:inged.
NEW oItLEAICS, March 19.--Cotton; re
ceipts to-day, 1,855 bales; for the - meek,
12,164; exports to-day, 6,676; for the week
—to Liverpool. 3,127; to Continent, 4;165;
coastwise, 4,731; stock on hand, 14,415;
sales to-day, 2,400; for the week, 18,300;
prices easier, with middlings at 27%c.
Sugar firmer; common 12% ®12%%
prime 1434 c. Molasses firmer, with
prime at 70@75e. Whisky; western rec
tified 92%097%c. Coffee dull,lwith fair
at 10(340.0, and prime 17®17,0. .
CHICAGO March 19.—1 n-the afternoon
wheat was in fair demand at ;1,09X for
Ile. 2 spring; 'closing at 51,09%i - other
grades quiet, nominal and unchanged in
the evening. Wheat sold to a limited
extent at 1,09 y, and' more could have..
been had at thatfigure. Provisions quiet
but held firmly, an odd lot of dry'fauted
shoulders sold at 12,34, cash; but sound
lots could be bought behriv 12%.
Sharpsburg.
MEssus Enrreus: As the winter has
been, unusually Mild, our citizens have
Impioved the time, by erecting a number
ot new buildings. Mr. Jacob Mel has
_erected on Mein street a fine three story
bilck building; the lower part is for
stores, and the second and third stories
are for public halls. The contract f or
erecting our new Bank Builaln4Chas been
'awarded to 'Esquire Merton, who will
commence the work4•lts wan as the
weather will permit. The building is to
be a fine structure, and will,.no doubt be
an ornament to our town, Our rolling
and planing mills have been in hall bloat,
all winter, affording rom an ..
emfr
went to their numerous hands.. ur
Borough Fathers have;made application
to* the Legislature for authority to 'lev.v a
tax, to the amount of pcsooo for the
purpose of grading and . improving' our
streets. The next application to the
Legislature will be, perher.ps,. far author
ity to make a Public Park. So Pittsburgh
will have to look to her laurels,' or elab
she: will fell behind. More anon.
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