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"Exempting certain citizens of Jeffer son township, Butler county, from pay ment til"bountY tax. Pretenting cattle, horses, mules, shepp,• goats and swine from running at large in - Sugar .Grove and Freehold - townships, Warreh county, and Pluni township, Ye nango county. , :Providing for for the payment of damages awarded the Armstrong Agrioulturaligo , oiety, and executors of Daniel Reynolds; deceased, George Dodd, John Gilpin and W. F. Johnston. 'Authoriting the School Board of Nine teentli.,and Twenty-first wards, Pitta bargb,to borrow money and <levy a ape.' Dial tax for building purposes. Authorizing Harmony Society to carry their oil across the Allegheny river. Preventing owners .or controllers of oil refineries from running oil, tar or other refuse matter Into Oil Creek or trib utarieti in Crawford county. r . - '4B.NX= BILLS PASSETI.' finaThe fallowing Senate bills were passed - - Beclaring.and cOnfirming the Jurisdic tion of the Common Pleas Court of But /er , county in certain cases of equity pending therein, in-which Butlunty Plaintiff and r the Northweste rn Rail road Company‘ct al, defendants. Protecting fish in the Shenango river. Incorporating the Young Men's Chris tian Association of Pittsburgh. Enabling the School Board of the Sixth ward, Allegheny city, to borrow money. - Altowing,lntereisteff - portles to' testify' in Erie county. ••• Adjourned till evening. 3 mTII O DIST - ONVltelr, UNIONTOWN. In the Senate, in,:the evening s Mr. SEA- Led u the bill autorizin - the trustees ca of the p ' 'Methodist' E p iscop al church, in Uniontown, to sell the honse of wonthin :and lot attached. Passed finally. . • ItEGISTRY lIILL . The registry bill, as ret*rted , byL the special committee on the subject, was taken np - ,tuid . eight sections passed 'HOUSE R RESENTATIVES. • .PEIVATE CALENDAR. The whole morning session was emu.- ple*lnthltirst reading of:bills on ,the privat4o;tefttdar; on whichho tinalaeikni was taken. Adjourned till afternoon. • DILLS PASSED FINALLY. In the House in the afterntion the fol. lowing , Seliata bills were passed finally: • t A.utlierizing the Wilmington and Read ing Railroad Company to raise money by mortgage to build lateral railroads of not •••• ;exceeding nine "miles. •- • Authoricaing the Tiniontbwn Gas and Water Company to transfer its franchises:- Authorizing tile Western Maryland • Railroad to construct and operate a por tiouiet egild : road 14 Pennsylvania. For grading and paving in Temperance , . vitae.- • ' Authbrizing oral testimony of the will of Thomas Calvert, late of Greene county. Extending Allegheny City paving law to Tarentum. HOUSE BILLS PASSED. t The following House bills . passed rAfinally _ • r Atithcaizing William' Dotiglass. his _ heirs and assigns, "to construct a bridge : over the Youghiogheny for the transpor * tatlon of coal and other minerals. • • For the better prosecution of disord : • erly persons in l!dilivale, had'Ofrinaby, Alleglfeny county. • Authorizing the Kittanning School • Board to-salt real estate. • •-• Exempting .rite Washington ,borough • Methodist Parsonage from taxation. Relative to appeals friim "assessments ; • on coal property.in Westnioreland. • Changing December term of Court in • Washington county. • • Extendhig to Washington cotinty the • ; provialoirs of. the of 2,808. - • For the sate of homestead lots .within Washington borough. • " • • " • z Creating a :Board of Water Commis sioneri in Pittsburgh, and providing for the management and*lntro, of the water works In said city. Authorizing the city of, Pittsburgh to lama bonds _ter retiring . ..matured and' 4 .tnaturing bonds of 'said oity, and tour chase and improve, gfou n da foca public • AtithOrizing the 'llitigais and CorinSii <of Penang° City to increase the borough tat. _ • I -A. r Extending the limits .of religion bor. •1 <lush, !laver .1. county. Beaver' Fal Inere lmilljuliadietionoe Buil/e a of , For State road in Weatn2orebuid and Allstithen, " lal gg theSnOervisiva: of Bt, ti toi nudit t westm&elaild ecintj; take East, W Indiana county', to take c thar georPonftni bridge over ths Cone ] - keep the Bases - 1 ' ii-uthorizhig •the Supervisons of Cook ntyDonegial townshiptyyVestmoreland Four Mi le to levy Litt-for ebridge over reek. tWg the' "lititiatit Railroad' • Company.frontlfollidttisburg -down the • Brown Branch. our Posting the Pick:sway' Valley 9 Chester county. RN% qing the School Directors .of Meadvill , to publish immediately tile re ceipts and expenditures., Authorizing the Sehool Dtrectors cf O'Hara istrict, Twelfth ward, Pitts burgh, t borrow money and purchase real est* for enlarging scheol building. Ropeall g the act connecting Warren county I with. the Fifth Normal School Dititrict. Incorporating the Allegheny _City Turnera',Association. Incorporating the Allegheny County Monumental Association. Relative to sale of liquors inTarentum. Prohibiting sale oflutoxiMing liquors to students of Northwestern Normal School; Edinboro. alttending the' Lycoming county law, prohtbiting other than regularly li censed druggists from vending and prac ticing medicine, to Mercer, Lawrence and Armstrong. ' Prohibiting liensing. of llgrd tables, bowling and ten- c pin alleys bi at _Edinboro, Erie county. _ Pobiting licenses to sell spirituous, vinous,malt or brewed' liquors in _Con neautville or Spring boroughs, Crawford county. Exempting mortgages from taxation in Armstrong county. Incorporating , the Somerset' and Gar rett - Railroad Conipany. ,- ' ' Transferring a portion of the Steuben ville turnpike to Temperanceville. Authorizing-the Catawissa Railroad to construct branches. _ BILLS DEFEATED. The bill for grading and paving in Sharpsburg Wal3 defbated, on motion' f Mr. MORGA.N. _ The bill extending' the vehiele license law of Pittsburgh . to, Sharpsburg was voted dowti,..on.tnotionof Mr. MORGAN.. EAST END OAS COMPA.IIY. The iil incorporating the East End Gas Company orPittsburgh, was opposed by Mr. HUNTER, of Westmoreland, and supported by Mr. WILSON, of Alle gheny. The bill has passed finally through both. Houaes, slightly amended in the Houie. • *Adjourned till evening. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. In the evening the Constitutional Amendment was discussed, pending which the House adjourned. The vote on second reading will be had to-morrow night, and the final vote Thursday night at 10 o'clock. • ' CONTESTED ELECTION CASE. The Joint CoMmittee on the contested election of ThaYer, Republican, against Greenbank, sitting District Judge •of Philadelphia, was decided this afternoon in favor of Thayer, giving him over sev- enteen hundred majority. There will he two reports to•inorrow. The minority claim two hundrechfor Greenhank. The majority throws odt all the districts in which disturbances and fraud prevailed. NEW YORE CITY; By Telegraph to the Plttabur g h Gazette.l Nsvv Yong, March 23, 18/39. At 'a meeting of the members or tho Produce Exchange, resolutions pre sented by Robest Getty, Jesse Hoyt, Carlos Cobb, David ftawes, and others, were nr.animously adopted,rrecomineicol ing the Legislatute - to reform the man agement of canals, and proposing an amendment to the Constitution giving power to the Legislature to borrow, on pledge of canal revenues, such, sums as are necessary to improve the canals to the maximum capacity of transportafkm, 1 in order to reduce thecost of transporta tion and prevent the diversion of their trade;. and also that, the Legislature ,aU thwize the appAntruent of a board of ti'o engineeza to examine the condition of the canals for transportation, and re port to :the next :Legislature the niCst feasible plan for their linprovement; and inviting all Boards of. Trade In the State to cooperate in the general movement to accomplish these objects. Jr the case of Fisk vs. the Union Pa °Hits Railroad, a motion was made by the defense for the dismissal of the cause. Judgeltarruud refused to entertain the motion and -after some sparring the hear ing was adjourned toSattirday. The Supreme Court rendered a deci sion in favor of the defendants in the case'of Vanbtiren•and others, who stied the Manufacturers' National Bank to re cover the value of ;thec.stoltin $OO,OOO- cl certificates, the property of plain - , which had been received and cash e 2,y, the bank. Charles Best, posfoffice clerk at Hud son, was committedfortrial on a charge of embezzling letters. Intelligence has been received from Europe of the death of the eminent French cbiripc*ir, Hector Berloise, in his , sixty-siitii year. ' • The trial of Morton and Thompson, the supposed robbers of the Merchants Union Express Company,"has been post poned till Alay,_by the. West _Chest°, Court Ot i Quarfar-BessiOn*. - Rumor says the Company have recovered the stolen 0,300, except what was paid to the de tectives. The report that W.M. M. Tweed, Jr., had been appointelf" Receiver t'oP . the Union Pacific Railroad Company is erro neous, and probably sprung from his temporary appointment as Receiver of the Ccedit.Mobitier. The worititumomen of ihis city in favor of the eight hour law held a mass meeting this evening In and arotuultthe Cooper Institute. There was , an Immense attendance. Resolutions pledging support to printers on a sank°_ and asserting the rights, of workmen - 1 *ere adopted. The speakink wits tibia-, sively conlined to workingmen. Much enthusiasm prevailed, • The rekort started pyan evening paper that thelfsitd newspaper has been sold'to Seymour, Church and Cassidy is un derstood Wise without foundation.in fact. Arrest of Virginia Melds. ißr TeiegratiCts.thelutinur[io °signs.] Rionmonn, March 23.—Last night about tea 0'01°4,, the, police arrested " • Got!: Walla,. H. 0. Bond, Register of Bankruptey, li nclii, E. Dudley t . See e. tart' of tbes'Repnbliniti Central Cotrintit-t tee, on a charge .of purloining . ' from the' pastoilice a" letter 'written' by -W. R. Samuel, Ex-Secretary of the Republican , State Central Committee; toEdgar'Allen, Ex-member of the State Constitutional Convention. The parties Were before- U toolaynited States Commissioner ' ' Cahoon; .his, and were bailed until to-morrow,- ch3i the case was:continued. a the same charge that was pub lished stele time of the Petersburg Con 'Outten,. SECOIII VOl7ll o•CLaCaV A. W. FOIITY-FIRST CONGIIESS. [FIRST SESSION.] SENATE: Tenure- of-011ice pealing Bill Recommitted Bill to Re-organize Judiciary Passed—Also the Bill Author , iziug the - Pre-payment of 'ln terest -on the Public 4:alt., HOUSE. Revision and Con solidation of Sti4utei--atir . lingiton and Missouri River iiTanch of the Pacific Bail . road—Political Disabilities. t By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gasette.j WASHINGTOIi t March 23, 1869. SENATE. ' M.-. ANTHONY was chosen President pro tem., in the absence of Mr. Colfax. • Mr. MORRILL, from the Finance Conimittee, reported the bill passed at the last session -amending the national currency act; also, an act extending penalties punishing accessories. A bill authorizing the pre -payment of Interest on - the,public debt was passed. The Tenure .of-Office repealing, act was recommitted to the Judiciary Commit. tee. The joint resolution to continue the pay of enlisted soldiers at sixteen dol lars per month; till the first of July, 1871, was referred to the Military Committee. The bill reorganizing the Judiciary system was taken up.• Mr. DRAKE resumed his argument In favor of his amendment, offered yester day. TRUMBULL defended the bill, which had already passed both Houses, and failed to become a law because not signed by the President.. Mr. WILLIAMS favored postponement till next session, and made. that motion. Mr. SAWYER opposed,postponement, urging that in :his section immediate re lief was necessary, as the Courts were completely overburdened. • • Mr. STEW ART supported the bill. Mr. THURMAN thought Mr. Drake's amendment would, if adopted, produce an insurrection of the bar. Mr. Williams' motion wrs rejeeted-11 • against 44. Mr. Drake's amendment was also re jected, as was another, he subsequently offered, providing that no judgment of affirmance shall be made in any case in 'the U. S. Supreme Court when the Jud ges fire„„spally ,divided—the . latter by a, vote of lel° 291 - • Mr. SUMNER offered a new section, providing for the retention of *Judges over seventy years of age, with coutinu since offisalary. Mr. TRUMBULL, while he had no ob. jection to the provision, opposed it on the ground that. it would defeat the hill in the House. - The amendment was rejected, and the bill Gien passed. • Mr. SPRAGUE introduced a bill to provide for the loaning of the public money and for other purpestifs. Referred to Committee' on Finance. Mr. WILSON, from the Military Com mittee, reported a bill to abolish theoince of Chief-of Staff to the General of the Army, and a bill in relation to retired' officers, with amendment. Mr. SHERMAN, from the Committee on Finance, reported adversely the bill to allow Deputy Collectors and Assessors of Internal Revenne;actlng as Collectors and Assessors, the pay of Collectors and AsSessors. _ Mr. POMEROY, 'from the CoMmittee' on Public Lands, reported, with amend- - ment, a joint resolution giving construc tion to the acts of Congress grsinting lends to , the State of Wisconsin to aid in building railroads.? Adjourned. 11 . USE OF REPRESENTA.TII7IIS. , . Mr. 'POLAND - introduced a bill Pro. viding that ttle Judges of the Supreme Court shall not sit in the hearing of ap- . peals and writs of error from their de cisions as Circuit -Judges. Referred to Committee on Revision of Laws. Mr. JULIAN asked leave to offer a resolution instructing the Committeeon Reconstructipn to inquire into the expe diency of retiving and enforcing the collection of tax in the States late lyin rebellion.- Mr. BROOKS objected, unless the res olution was referred to the Judiciary Colomittee or the Committee on Ways and Means. Mr. JULIAN declined to have it 'so re ferred and withdrew the resolution. Mr. BINGHAM reported a bill pro viding for the publication of opinions of the Attorney General. Referred to, Jtt diciary Committee. , Mr. POLAND repoded a bill extend ing the time for revising and consoli dating the statutes for three years. Mr. 15u,T1,ER criticised unfavorably . the manner in which the work was done saying each Commissioner was_ paid ' 85,004.1 per 'annum.. Mr. POLAND said Caleb Citahing, three years .agoiTpromised, if he was appointed, he would wake it his busi nese, and yet he undenttootl that gentle man hid not put 'frets to caper on the re visions. • BUTLER ; said Mr. CalblnLearly sad; it was a futile attempt, and had ceased work and ceased taking pay. Mr. , BENJAMIN' . moved . -an anion& meat.. that the Cornmistdoners should give their whole.time to the work, W hich was agreed to, and the bill passed. A letter , from the, Secretary of the Treasury, suggesting that he be author. ized - to anticipate the payment of interest on the pubilc,..debt for a„,period not-are ceeding sixmonths, op a rebate of-,inter 'est at B t o6 N l 7.:Oent:, was referred to tile Committee of Ways and Means.. .• • • The Benet() amendments to Joint Apo lutierf bupplyirig °Missions in enrollment' of certain bills were concurred in. Several Benate resolutions were ipp ; ro• priately referred. That relative to Con sular fees was pulsed, was , also the one relative -to light, bowies on the coaat of Oregon. ' • • • • • The Senate jointresolntiotrili relation iltlidhlitOti Mitaiaiirt River Railroad branch- lit the Union Pattiflo r Railroad was the next hotness in order.: Mr. AwasoN moved to have the bill put on its passage. Re explained it , WE ESDAY, 111 Reif 9 4 18 briefly, and stated that• the subte c t had been considered by the Coniiiii:tee on Public Lands, and he understood the Committee was unanimous in favor of it. Mr. JUL IAN / corroberated that state ment. Mr. LOGAN protested againi-t one Committee censidering the business that properly belonged to another Commit tee. There were.two Committees, each of which had more jurisdiction than the Committee on Public Lands had. Those were the Committee on Pacific Railroad and on Railroads• and Canals. If the Chairman of Pacific •Railroad Committed were to allow such business to be taken jurisdiction of by other -Cormnittees, he (Mr. Logan) wanted to know it, for he would decline serving on such Qon:itriit tee any further. • Mr. WHEELER, Chairman of the Pa cific Railroad Comnlittee, said he had been absent on account of illness, and did not know tinything of the subject before the House. The gentleman" from Illinois would find him as zealous for the rights of the Pacific Railroad Committee as be was himself. Mr. LOGAN said he made no imputa tion on the gentleman. Mr. ALLON this class of bills had usually lS been referered to the Commit tee on Public Lands. Mr. JULIAN said the Codunittee had not assumed any jurisdiction. It had merely considered the bill informally to' accommodate the gentleman from lowa. Mr. WINANS, another member of. the Committee on Public Lands, said the bill. had been.informally considered and op posed by the members of that Committee. Mr. LOGAN inqulrui by what right that Committee had considered a subject not referred to it? Mr. WINANS replied the members of the Committee had considered it by vir tue of the , right which God and their constituents had given them. Mr.LOGAN—A Godviven right:that is a new feature In legislation. (Laughter) Mr. WINANS moved an anieridment, providing that the company shall have no more or greater proportion of land or other aid than it would have been enti tled to if the act had not been passed. The question was further discussed by Metiers Ward, Clarke, Paine and Tale, when Mr. "ALLISON moved the previous question on the passage of the The previous question was not second ed and then, on motion of Mr. WARD, the bill was . referred to the Committee on Pacific Railroad. ',) The Senate resolution rescinding- the concurrent resolution of last session for the creation of a Comtnittee on the Re- Organization or the Civil Service was non.coneurred in • and a Committee of Conference asked. • The Senate bill to remove the chre of desertion from certain soldiers of a th g e Second North Carolina Mounted Infant ry was passed. Mr. HILL introduced a joint resolu tion extending the provisions of the act establishing a line of Anise lean steam 'hips between NOW York and Europe. Rcferred_to Postodice CoMmittee. • Mr. BUTLER, of Miassachtnietts, from the Committee on ReeonStruotton, re ported back the Senate concurrent./reso lution fora joint Special Com tuitte on ;he removals of disabilities, and moved neat concurren, on the ground that the Senate had :dime thou appointed a Special Committee of Rs own. • Mr. BROOKS said he trusted the ru mor that the Reconstruction Committee would soon report a general bill, for amnesty would pruve true—amnesty not' for one party alone, but far men of both parties, v:ithont preference or distinction. Sir.*BUTLER. said he thought and hoped the Reconstruction Committee would come to the ante conclusionthat there should be some means by which men could bare their political disabill ties 'removed without having to come to Congress, and getting It throughornnibus bills. He hoped within 'a day or two to present to the Howie for reference to that Committee some,such proposition. The resolution was, non -concurred in. Various other bills on. the Speaker's table were referred and the House ad journed. Railroad Accident In Illinois—List ()Iliac Injured Passengers. LEyTeleerehh to the Pittsburgh Gazettp..] CnlcAelo, March 23.—This morning, about, nine o'clock, two coaches and a sleeping car were thrown from the track on the Toledo, Peoria It Warsaw Rail road, two miles west of Washington, 111. There were a large number ofnasen gers, including Governor Seymour, of New York, thirty -Eve or forty of whom were more or less injured, though but few severely. Wm. bcott, of Peoria, had . a bad injury in the back; Wm. Guthrie, of Columbus, Onto, slight injuries in the bead, hips and back; Janie. Wooley, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, cut in the temple; Edward Kelly, of Lawrence, right arm broken and hip hurt; S. S. Featholf, of Washington, Tazewell county, 111., slight hurt on the arm; James Coppts3k, Darks county, Ohio, serionsly hurt in the head and side; his wife was hurt in the head; the wife of Samuel Taylor, of Ohio. had her shoul-_.' der broken; Margaret Lee, slight hurt in tho head; Mary Sehuebley, W4xidbury, Pa. slight hurt on the knee; D. C. Cop plait, bey, bead' cut; Emanuel Taylor, H Oh u i r o st , s of v r W el e y s tfcieultd , i n N Ja cut d in Mthr e head and badly braised; L. . H. Moyer, Chicago, cut in the head; caters slightly Injured. Goverdor Seymour was in the sleepitig car and received only a few scratches._ • - 2 " The, Park Qu estion . In Chicago . LB, Telegraph to the-Tittshargh aerate.) • Chricauo, March 23.—The Booth: and WeelPdivisions of the - city, with the ad.; joining' 'towns , of Hyde . 'Park, • Lake Cicero and Jefferson, voted today on'the Park question and , all of , them,. five in number, with .i connecting boulevards; have been carri ed, two in Alto Beath di vision by ,tro - 'thousand majority, and three in the West' division ;by five hun dredinaloritY. This result adds about two thousand acres to the Park grounds of the City. :Although 'Emelt Interest has been Manifested in the' question fcruyer two Weeks, yet' he v ote is quite light. ' • ; Erie Railroad Affairs': Telesrach,to the Pittsburgh Gasette.l . -Azufircr, March 28.—1 n the Assembly today the report of JaytGiould, President or the: Erie Railroad, as to the capital stock of .the road on the .10th of , March', xras - preaentedThe common ; 'took mos $7 ,0 q 0 1 000 ;, pre . ferred, 68,000,01)0: funded debt.' ig8,000,000. The report says the floating debt is too - fluctuating to be stated aouurately. • ' „ Frfmr2 TILE iC.A.PITAL. Noma"! ation i s by the . Pyesiden Niical A l cademy Appoint lnents—ltremorial from the Cherokee Indians—Hill An therizing -the Pre.payment of the Pub -- i lic Debt Interest •Absconding United States Mar of the Banking Committee to Secretary Dont well. ZBy IgiOgraph to the Pittsburgh (.matte, 1 WASHIBTiTOI+I, March 23, 1869. APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRES/BENT. The President to-day nominated to the Senate J. C. Bancroft Nixie, as Assis tant Secretary of. State; Lewellyn Pow ers, Collector of Customs at A rostook, Maine; Johu D. Hop.tins, Assistant As sessor of Internal Revenue for the Fifth Missouri District; Chas. R. Barrett, As sistant Assessor for the Fourth Pennsyl vania District. - The following appointments of mid shipmen at the Naval Academy have been made by the President: John Mar shall Robliftion ' son of. Brevet Major General J. C. Robinson; J. Kendall Dex ter, of Philadelphia; Edmuhd B. Under wood, of = New York; Frederick Van Vile , ' son of Brigadier General Stewart Van Vliet, of Illinois; Thomas Benton Howard, of Illinois; Jas. Duane, son of Brigadier General Duane; Frank J. Jenk ins, son of Conlmander Thornton. A. Jenkins; J. Stodkwell Jewett, son df Commander 3. E. Jewett; Charles J. Rodger, , son of Commodore Rodger; Au gustus L Case, Sr., son .of Commodore A. L. Case. THE CHEROKEES. . • Lewis 'Dowing, Principal chief of the Cherokee nation, I in a memorial to Con gress, calleattention to the fact that since 1866 treaties have been made with vari ous tribeslof Indiaiis, with a view of set tling them on the Cherokee domain. They were made in plain violation of the Cherokee treaty ,cif 1866, in this: The Cherokees, so far frottllnivingeontrateted With the said Indien'triblis-tri the sale of these lands, were ?:tot even consuted as to the price at which the United l States has undertaken t 4 dispose of them. He begs leave to express the earnest desire of the Cherokees to carry out the provis ions of the treaties with the utmost good faith, and that he, as their chief, will spare no pains and loose no occasion to preserve and strengthon the happy rela tions now existing between the Chero kees and the United States Government. But be deems it his duty to state, most re spectfully, that het-foars it will be beyond his power to restrain the Cherokees from resisting all encroachments from other Ladians. , OFFICIAL VISIZ. The Committee on Banking' and Cur rency, with .11r. Garfield.' Chairman, at their head, paid an official visit this morning to the Secretary of the Treas ury. The currency was the topic of , con versation.. The Committee informed the Secretary an efliirt would be made to pass the bill for a redistribution of the nation al banking currency before the close. of the session.. Mr. Boutwell said if that was done, he did not know of any further legislation necessary at this time under that head. PREPAYMENT OF INTEREST. The following is the bill Introduced in the Senate to author;z3 the prepayment or interest on the public debt : Be it enacted, &c,,. That the. Secretary of the TreaSurf is lidreby authorized, whenever he deems it for the public in terest, to prepay'the interest of the pub lic debt for, a period not exceeding one year, upon a rebate of interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum. • • pl24.S' SURE SURSIDINO. There was an evident . diminution of the throngs ,ofoiliCe seekers, both at the departments and the capitol to-day. _Sec retary Boutwell has appointed William B. F. Prescott, of Concord, iipecial agent of the Treasury Department,' place of aarvy Bingham. Mr. Prescott" will be assigned to duty in New Eng land. oosElro OHIO. Vice President Colfax, with wife and sister, left this nioraing for Andover, Ohio, ' his wife's former home. He will return to this city in a few days to pre side in' the Senate till the end of the ses sion. , He •is not going to New Orleans, as incorrectly reported. NOMINATION CONFIRMED.-. The Senate in Eiecutive session to-day confirmed only one nomination, that of Chas. .B. Barrett, Assessor of Internal Revenne for the Fourth District of Penn sylvania, in, place of Fongeray, commis sion expired. MARSHAL AMSCONDED. The Treasury Department is in receipt of information that the United States Marshal for Georgia has absconded with one hundred thousand dollars of public money. CABINET MEETING. The Cabinet meeting to-day, st.which all members were present, continued over two hours:, South American News. By Telegraph to the &Intl:nage Uazette.l • Naw 'YORK. March 23.—The 'Brazilian Times of February 23d, Tier steamship Merrimack, mentions the arrival of soy eral Generals from the seat ofwar, af 'Meted with disease dI wounds. An ,ex.: pedition into the country from /*mis sion had 'returned with one 'thousand starving Paraguayans. Lopez was 'still in the 'mountains. Minister McMahon was still with hitn.- The Parstrttayana who remained when the army left were massacred by scouting parties of Lcipes'a army. Cholera prevailed :throuthout the countrE t and quarantine was estah. Batted at enteviden ' The iron clads had been rdered, bsicle - up the river.' Several' bridge's and tentaiderable other property aroundl_Pernambuco had been swept away by a sudden rise 'of the river. There was a severe drought in the interior and the: inhabitants were fleeing to the sea coast for fetal and wa. ter. Large numbers °frank, were thing: Freights to United States have advanced. f!4 . nott , Storm 1M "NO*, 11,atopshire. 039.Telegatiph tc• pe ritisb,urgh qinette.3 , .CoNCIMID, $,; March 23. 7 .-A •heavy snow storm his prevailed all day. Bad?. 'Mid trains are all delayed and, the 140n,7 tteal road is quite obstructed. ,; M 7311 NEWS BY CABLE. By Telegtaph to the 11EL:botch Gazette.] GREAT. BRITAIN, Lmcnos, March 23.—The strike of cot ton operatives, which commenced at Preston, is spreading to othev parts of the country. In Glasgow it has become' general, and mills have partially sus pended operations for want of hands. In the House of Commons this evening .y. the Committee on .Mail Service to the United States submitted a report refus ing to ,sanction contracts made by tho government with the Cunard and In man steamship lines for carrying mails on the present terms. SVAIN MAnnin, March 23.—1 n the cartes proposition, made by` Senor Arne; to disqualify persons holding office in the service of the State from sitting as Rep resentatives in the Assembly, was adopt ed, though strongly opposed by the Gov. ern ment. • A proJession of two hundred women. Marched through the •• streets yesterday to thil hall of the Cortes and:presented a, petition against military conscription. FRANCE. • PAurs, March the Corps Legis lath( yesterday the• army contingent of ' one hundred thousand then, required by the government, was voted. The ses sion was then adjourned to the 31st inst. Madame La Marquise De La Valletta, wife of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, is dead. The Frenchtand Belgian iournalii pub lish the preliminaries of the proposed. Conference between France and Bel- glum to harmonize their mutual com mercial interests. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL: Lornaorr, March . sole, 93y.; Five-Twenties, my,. Stocks steady; Erie, 24; Illinois. 97. Sperm. Oil, £lO4. Calcutta Linseed, 595. Tallow, 465. Sugar, 395. 9d. on spot; 295. 6d. afloat. Refined' PetrOleum, is. . Turpentine, 31s. 6d. Linseed Oil, £29108. ANTWERP, March 23.-Petroleum,s4o 54 30- FRANKFORT, March '23.-11. S. Bonds, 87%@87 • PARIS March 23.-Bourse firm at 70f. 450. LIVERPOOL, Narch 23.-Cotton firmer, but not higher; Middling 'Uplands, 12d.; Orleans, 12y,d.; sales, 12,000 Dales. Cali forniawhite Wheat, 9s. 3d t ; red Western, Bs. 9f1485. 10d. Western 'Flour, 235. Corn; 30s. for old, and as. 3d. for new. Oats, 3s. 4d. Barley. ss. Peas, 418. Pork, 100 s. Beef, 90s. Lard, 755. Cheese. 765. Bacon, 625. 6d.• Common Rosin, 511. - 60.; line do., 15s. Tallow, 445. 3d. Re fined Petroleum, is. fiXd. Turpentine, 30s. HAVRE, March 23.--Eveninq.-Cottert • closed firmer, butenot - highef. The lusurreEiliiiili-titte. :By Telegraph to the Pltebargh barettgl "4 . HAVANA, March 23.-Ad vices AMU Santiago de Cuba to the 13th represent. . the insurgents, massing their forces of the south side Of the Island. The inhab itantirin that section demand more troops : for their protection. The Havana journalls are all silent in regard to the movements of government. troops and insurgent forces. Nothing has been made known for some days of the operations of Count Valma.seda and Colonel Lono. or of the rebel Generals Queseda and .Marnial. The Diario, in a. leading - article, praises the Jesuits, and. deeply regiets the society was not estab lished in ,the Island twenty. , years ago. -, All the journals,,except the Voz, are rot- icent, as• usual, Concerning the life ex 7 citing occurrences '• LI • . The Captain-General, ,to.day, held a grand review of all regutar and Vol unteer fOrces in Havana: - Ckileral Duke'- was enthusiastically cheered by the vol unteers as he passed along ,the Bees. Troops continue to leave on"raili.oao for the interior. • c ea •-• The Nassau Herald reports the capture, ; of the American brig. Mary Lowell, at ' Ragged Island, by the Snanish man-cif war Andalusia. The brig at the time of capture was in possession of the British Custom House officers, on a charge that she • was carrying arms and- supplies to the insurgents. in Cuba. ,The Brltisk war steamer cherub has sailed' from, Nassau for Ragged Island, to investigat e theaffair. , The :Havana government fa fully advised of the conduct of the cora manlier of the ' , • The Peruvian monitors remain -at Ragged Island. During their voyage • one of , the rains broke loose, and .ran into • , the steamer Havana and sunk her. Several of the crew of the 'Havana were - drowned. Sugar naimportant ao count ofthe holidays. , • Ceutral Pacific Railroad. My Telegraph to the Yttteborgh eazette.3 S.S.N FBA :wino, March 2L--41.nother section of twenty miles of - the Central Pacific Railroad wail completed yester day, making live hundred and ninety miles of track east of Sacrarnento. ' W sit of Error Refused. z tßy Telegripa to the Pittsburgh Gazette.) PHILADELPHIA, March 23.—Tlus• Su preme Court of this city: today refused the applicatioh 'for *Tit Of'eiror. In the case of Twitchell, thus finally dlipoithw of the case.. • Markets by ,Telegraph. .Cittomfo, Marclf23.—At the open board in - the afternoon agood demand existed for No: 2 spring Wheat, and the market was active andifirmer, opening at ;1,1034, - advanaing,to 31,py,. and closing at 111,11 I L IIM—an advance of I@li.jo; and eingA L 'Change large) rottion sales were made, seller April • at ,12,. and seller bitty at., 11,18. Corn quiet: but held firmer; Oa was bid for new in store. Oita, BV__s - arei Barley -inactive. In the e'venthg was quiet and_ xtomitudli .nbChanited ab.; 111,11®1,11±.4". Other grains Provisions quiet but with a mora settletl feelmg; among the sales were - 5 00:6bbi - Mass Pork, seller. April, at ir,30,50, lbs of dry alt abouldexe, seller iiti a t,.7.7 at 11;gc; the same lot was 14mo - id; tin =t, April, at 12;(c% . . ozwErAss, March 23----Cotton izatiti higher; middlings 220; receipts, .X 512 bales; exports 622 balm' filetracAnth common 10 30, i;rime 14;1%,•; bio - lassee scarce; prime 76®78e. depressed; western rectified 8.5®90c...C0 fee lower; fair 14x€1115344`and.' prime 16X ®l7Ne. • , • ..xpogvirza, March 28. Cotton Myst; • and Priceehigher; sales of low inlddlinz, - at 2cc, and'good ordinary at 24 - o.' •
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