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VOLUME LXXXIV.
SECOXII EDIIIOI.
VOTER O'CLOCH A. M.
HARRISBURG.
Proceedings Or the Legislature—
ii.egistry Passed by the
fienate4Report from the Be
trian4hinent Calennittee—A-p
-propiiiation. Rill 7 Constitu
tional Amendment Ratified
—Death Warrant Signed.
gßy Telegraph to the Pittsburgh tiazette.)
HARRISBURG, March 25,1869.'
SENATE.
- BILLS re.ssED. .
- The Registry bill was passed finally.
Mr. EIEIRIGHT called up the bill an
ihoritbfig the Trustees of the Methodist
Church at Uniontown to sell certain real
estate. Passed finally.
. REPORT ON RETRENCHMENT.
The Retrenchment Committee reported
the cost* for offices of the Senate 04,-
077.45, and House '83,705.80, being in ex
ties* of. the necessity. The , practice .of
'paying employes on warrants of proper
officers Ut.the end of the session yho
were not forthally elected, was loose, and
to be deprecated. The act of 1868 reme
died the evil, and rednced the expenses
.of the present session $67,283. Disregard
of that act should be discountenanced.
The Committee recommend three classes
of clerks, the first class to receive $1,400,
the second, $1,200, and the third $l,OOO,
'which would : reduce exrierises $20,000
annually. -The salary of members should
be permanent; with no . allowance for
•stationery or mileage, each member hav
ing railroad passes.
AP!BAPRIATIOR SILL;
The Appropriation Bill was discussed
•on its brat reading. No material amend
ments "were made.
, [ln Mr. &aright's bill, yesterday, the
amount asked for the Uniontown and
West Virginia Railroad of •Philadoiphia
Amu Erie:bonds should have read one
hundred thousand dollars instead of fifty
thousand dollars.)
HOME OF Rt.PRESENTATIVES.
BILLS INTRODUCtD.
Mr. , WILSON: A supplement for the
Pittsburgh Gas Company. permitting the
Company to supply the Fourteenth ward= '
on the terms agrejd upon by the parties.
Reducing the millage tax of Lawrence
/ 'tele as adjudged by the consolidation
commissioners.... -
, , ••Molting the sale of intoxicating
- 1. - • ntia-...T4nonjownship, Allegheny
Authorizing the American Steer &di
patty
,to borrow money.
Mr. KERR: Authorizing the people of
Bast and West Elizabeth boroughs and •
Elizabeth and_Jefferson townships, Alle
gheny county, to vote on granting
liquor licenses.
. Mr. PORTER: Incorporating the Medi
cal and Surgical Hospital at Johnstown.
Mr:ADAIRE: P.spealing the act passed
yesterday, authorizing the' Western
Maryland Railroad to operate in Penn
sylvania-.
Mr. DUNCAN: Authorizing receivers
arid 'assignees to settle doubtful or bad
debts due insolvent banks.
Authorizing the laYing of lateral pipes
connecting with main pipes on railroads
and rivers.
Mr. UUNTER: Supplement. for West
moreland Coal Company, authorizing
them to hold two thousand acres of land
in Indiana - county, and necessary real
• -estate in Philadelphia. '
ALLEORMY GALLEY RAILROAD BILL.
The bill for aid to the Allegheny Val
ley Railroad, and for the construction of
a low grade railroad through Northern
Penttsylvania, has passed both Houses
finally.
TEE riot' LbENTH EXCD3MN. T.
The Constitutional Amendment passed
finally by a_strict party voe in a full
DEATH WARRANT ISSUED
The warrant for the execution, on
Thursday, April 29th, of Lewis I:ane,
negro, convicted in Allegheny county
for murdering his strife, was issued tc-day
by the Governor.
CUBA.
Progress of the Revolution.
fßr Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Garette.l
HAVANA, March 25.- 7 A Commission
has arrived here from Trinidad and had
an interview with the Captain General.
They made complaint against Senor
'Patine, the Governor of Trinidad, to the
effect that'he was acting disloyal; that
he purposely sent troops to places where
there was no enemy, and that in their
belief he has sold himself to the.
insurgents. 'Similar accusations I ( itm
been lodged against Senor Mondaos,
error ofNilla Clara, and Col, Mendinikk
commanding the forces in the field nap
'Remedios. isicharged with open ooniplie
ttLivith the itunktgents. •
Four companies of,the 4th battalion,
ecattposed,principtilly of voluhtsers ;.„Who
w, ore.Se!** the field for : active , advice,
SI" ilentfever to thi eriemy. 7.4 , 41-
, The advance guard of Gen: 40.61* Aw.'
- centlyituffered a defeat en
' -Selsrat expsditions - from
_Mess well supplied with arms; are
-*WW I to; ..lari,ded on the .Cuban
;abdresiwihi vast end'
• joined the rebel armies.
. 441 rievv er ts Alaska.--Gold. Discovered.
Tel toes Plttabureet filizette.)
ItikrataCO; : ; Muth 25.—The
o Stephen' has arrived.
from Sias,' having Wen-released bt the
iglaborittelh. ladipagon ex.
by ase %foldouts arAhoirit at the
r Colleitor of Cus
toms, end it Is hoped that he will be
Meted from further dvty ;that dbl.
jpatiltiOtitwhoite ) 1 0 0 1 ibr oPmeta
/0311 Mse disCoieries' of gold in viscera
aye (reported on in
_land,' one
tiundmd miles fro iak Mend, lsti.
ludo 61 deg. port. longitude 160 deg.
-wawa Grgetrgion,Three several die.
*overles were mad > -.llnrt <on 'Ruyak
river and Chigmet m us, the second
about sixty miles above Sitka, and 'the
third on an island. name unknowit. Pn
account of the climate the minds- clo t .
may be worked nve months in the! year.
Pins specimens of gold dust and quartz
'and gold nuggels are exhibited here by .
Parties from the mines, who return im.
mediately upon obtaining outfits. •
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FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS•
[FIRST SESSION.)
SENATE: Currency Bill Con-f
sidered Without Action. ,
EIOIJSEF Bill Relative to
Georgia Reconstruction—The.'
Senate Amendment to the
Tenure-of-Office Bin Refer
red to Judiciary Committee.
llty Telegraph to the Pittsburg h Gazette.)
WASHINGTON, March 25, 1319.
SENATE. -
Mr. PATTERSON introduced a bill to
provide for retrenchment and efficiency
In the Diplomatic and Consudar System
of the United States. Referred to Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs.
Mr. COLE introduced a bill granting
lands to the San Diego branch of the
Southern Pacific Railroad. Referred to
Committee on Pacific Railroads.
The Senate concurred in the House
amendments to the bill to incorporate the
National Junction Railway Company.
Mr. SPRAGUE submitted a preamble
to the bill introduced by him a few days
ago to provide for loaning the public
money and for other purpoaes, and on
his motion it was ordered to be printed
with the bill, and also in separate form.
Mr. WILSON introduced a bill direct
ing the continuance of the Freedmen's
Hospitals at Richmond, 'Vicksburg and
in the District of Columbia. - Referred to
Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. PATTERSON introduced a bill to
provide for retrenchment and greater
efficiency in the diplomatic and consular
service of the United States. Referred
to the Committee on Retrenchment.
Mr. EDMUNDS moved to take up the
bill to enforce the XIV - th Constitutional
Amendment andj laws of the United
States in Georgia.
Mr. SHERMAN objected, because he
wanted the Senate to take up the bill
supplementary to an act to provide a
national currency. ---
Mr. EDMUNDS said he had moved to
take up the bill relating to Georgia, be
cause he wished the Senate to decide
definitely whether anything was to be
done at this session to settle the status of
that State. He thought Congress was
either treating Georgia very badly, by
excluding her ,from representation, or
elierwas tolerating there a revolutionary
condition of affairs, which ought tip be
brought to an end:
Mr. SUMNER thought it more import
ant that prompt action shall be taken on
the Georgia bill than on the financial bill,
because its passage was necessary for the
.preseryation of , peace in that State, and
-also ail example i o,,, mcoadruction.•
Mr. qhernian's motion'
yeas 40, nays 15. , _ •
The pending amendment was that of
fered by Mr. Wilson, authorizing an in
crease of fifty million dollars. in the is
sue of circulating notes, providing that in
making the issue preference shall be
given to banking associations in States
and sections of the country not adequate
ly supplied with bankingfacillties.
The amendment also provides that
whenever the amount of United States
notes and circulating notes of national
banks combined shall be in excess of
seven hundred millions, the Slicretary of
the Treasury May retire, d cancel
United States notes to the ount of
such excess, until the whole ount of
United States notes outstan g shall be
reduced to 11359,000.
Mr. SHERMAN explain In detail '
the provisions of the bill. a, Commit
tee on' Finance had come to L tbe %%mein
sten that no more radical iiiissure than
this could be safely proposed at this •
time.: The distribution OCcirealation
was of course very unequal; but it seem
ed to the Committee better to equalize it
gradually, than by a sudden measure of
general redistribution. A more radical
measure would necessarily, disturb the
business of the Eastern and Middle
States, but this bill would at least sup
ply the South and West, and upon re
sumption of specie payment there world
doubtless be a fair banking system es
tablished which' would prevent contro
versy about unequal distribution.
Mr. MORRILL moved an amendment
to the " fourth section, providing that
when a withdrawal of circulation from
one point Is recptirad to • supply deficien
cies, at ahother, the revision be made
upon banks having a capital exceeding
one hundred thousand &Pliers. Lost.
• Mat;,3IORRILL offered another amend
ment, Ao the fourth section, providing
where a transfer of capital is demanded
requisition be made for the required
stern; lommencing pro rata with banks
ities having an amount of bank clr
- ..lt ion more than double the amount
oh was held, such cities by State
nks in 1860. Lost.
Mr. KELLOGG moved to amend Mr:
Williams' amendment by authorizing an
issue of four hundred millions instead of
three hundred and fifty millions.
Mr. MORTON asked' the Senator from
Louisiana whether the amendment con
templated the retiring of an equal
amount of greenbacks? •
Mr. KELLOGG said it did.
Mr. MORTON said that would be . a
di
rect violation of the bill recently passed
pledging the United States to' the pay
ment ofall their obligations in coin, and
so he"oould not coneerit to
The propriety of withdrawing surplus
= banking circulation from-the -Eaatern
States for the benefit the South and
West was debated at length, on- the seine
grounds as in former discussions. I
TWithintti action on the /bill, du; Senate
at 4:80 went into executive session and
soollafteradjotiped. -•`
• ;HOUSROF.REPBRApiTATIVF.B. ,
. Messrs. Jenks and Benton were an ,
nomesid, ak. additional numbers of the'
retrenchment Ooinmieteif.
Mr.:; W.11,80N, Minn., introduced *et
bill aiithori a railroad from Portland.
Oregon :‘ to ' 'th king
e - west of the.-Cascade:
Mountains. Referred toßaclhojtailroad
Committee: -" "
Mr. D,AVIES, In a persona aspirins,
tion, ,reiterated a former,declaration
concerning H. H. Reid"; 'Secretary of
New, Mexico, that ,be could have.no con
fidence in a Northern man .whe had ten
deredlda serviceblb 'the rebellion.
Mr. BOLAND reported ,a joint resdlii."
tion providing that claims for 'steam boats
or-other vessels Impressed by the United
Suiteis.in Southern States during the lei.
tie adjudicated by the Court of
Claims, provided the clairdants were'
oyal, and remained loyal, and were res.
PITTSBLTRGH,, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1869.
Meats of loyal States; and . .provided the
vessels were.in insurrecanttry districts
by proper authority. •
The joint resolution was explained and
advpcated by Mr. POLAND.
'lt gave rise to considerable diecusalon,
partleirted in V. Messrs. Washburn°,
(Wis., ` Lawrence. Finkleburry, , May
nard. oar, Hawkins, Allison, Benjamin
.11.0 d Logan. •
c 7 Mr. WASHBURNE, .of .Wisconsin,
moved to lay the joint - resolution on the
table. Negatived—yeas 81. nays 83.
It was then passed—yeas 87, nays 80.
Mr. Poland was excused from fur
ther service on the-Reconstruction Com
mittee, in order to perfect arrangements
in another Cenurilttee•
Mr. Upton weir also excused from ser
vice on the CoMinlttee on Revision of the
Laws, and was subsequently alsilmsl to
the Committee on Reoonstr,uotiOrw;
The bill -for the relief, of Samuel
Moore, of the 57th Veteran Ohio Infantry,
The SPEAKER - annotinced the Special
Committee on the ceases of the reduction
of American tonmuie as. Blessm..
kiss, Morrill, Judd, Holman, Calkins
and Wells.
Mr. LYNCH offered a resolution for a
commission to inquire whether the effi
ciency of the naval service requires the
maintenance of two navy yards at points
so near,togetherBs Kittery t Maine, and
Charlestown, Massachusetts. Referred
to Naval Committee. -
Mr. BUTLER introduced a bill to en
force the Fourteenth Amendment to the
Constitution and laws of the United
States, and to re3tore the State of Geor
gia to the republican goVertisaent elected
under its new Com:citation. Referred
to Committee on Reconstruction and or
dered printed.-
The bill recites in a preamble that the
Legislature of Georgia has refused to
purge itself of members who were dis
qualified by the, constitutional amend
ment, and has expelled legally qualified
members on the ground that they were
persona of African blood. and that
the State authorities 'are wholly, un
able or unwilling, to protect the lives,
liberty and property - of lawful and un
offending citizens, thereby proving that
the people had not complied with the
terms or aonformed to the principles on
which the restoration ;of Georgia was
provided for, and that the government
then. )1' is not in fact republican or other
wise. It. therefore, authori ze s and di
rects the Governor to summon forthwith,
by a proclamation, all pertains appearing
to have been elected to the Legislature
according to the proclamation of Major
General Meade, June 15, 1868, to meet at
Atlanta within six months eflhe passage
of the act. Such LegislatureWeattaj
authority to make such enactments .and
have such legislmive proceedings as are
authorized by. t.te laws of the United
States, and by the Constitution of Geor.
gla. .The members of the Legislature
are to take the test oath, except those
whose political disabilities have been re
moved by_the act of Congress. The at-
Vddjiitea mtpdisintiof-tbsAfrician.metn
' bets is anuniiedand declared void. ' The
President of the United States is required
to staticm in the state of Georgia ; a suffi
cient armed foree to carry into execution
the act, andlts officers are required to
render'aid add assistance in the admin
istration of the Government, on demand
of the Governor.
'Thee House then took up the bill to
provide for the organization of a Provis
ional Government, which was under dis•
mission yesteroay, and was addressed
by Mr. WOOD in opposition to the,bill.
The bill was then laid aside and the
House proceeded to busineAs on the
Speaker's table, the ilrst mater being
the Senate amendment to Rouse' bill
repealing the Tenure of•Ofnce Act.
Mr. BUTLER moved to refer the bin
and amendments to the Judiciary Com
mittee and desired to stive some reasons
therefor.
Mr.'FARNSWORTH desired to enter
a motion to concur in the Senate amend
meats. -
Mr. MSGRAM had risen for the same
purpose. '
W. BUTLER declined to yield for that
purpose, but 31eided to Mr. LOGAN,
who moved to amend the bill by a pro
visq that all civil officers,
except Juoges
of the United States Courts, filled by ap
pointment of the President of the United
States, by and with the advice'and con
sent of the Senate, before the 4th of
March, 1869, shall become vacant, on the
30th of June,lB69. He said he had
always thougt: the House was en
titled to have opinions of its own.
He knee , there had baen a good deal of
work done here this morning by certain
gentlemen to have the Sehate amend
ments concurred in,by insinuating it was
agreeable to the President. If members
had no minds of their own, if they were
to be used as pack threads, it was time
to atop legislation. lie insisted the Secr
ets) amendments made 'the bill worse
than in its original shape. He declared
this was a struggle for power between
the Executive and Senate. That was
all there was of it. The bill had been
originally passed for a special purpose,
andiaow the Senate wad determined to
hold, the power in its hands. Ditkany
body believe the Senate was giving up
on this amendment one iota of its power?
Fort4his own part, he was not to be
swerved from his duty by the insinna- '
Hon ,that- somebody consented to the
amenainent. He appealed to the friends
of the President to stand by , the bill re
sealing the law, or to adopt his amend
ment:
Mr. WASEIBURNE, of Wisconsin, pp.'
posed the Senate amendment. He hoped
the House would not concur in it, wotfict
not referit, and would insist on the nn
oonditional repeal of the law. That ,law
was passed tbr a particular purpoae, and
to check the usurpations ofJa wicked •
Chiefklaglatrcue. 'tiled answered the
purposes of Ito ' enactment, and shcinld.
t pase away with the cause that brought
Into being. The, President was • .re
aponsiblit tlvs ezeitition' of
the laws,
u nd there • never . had been
a' time ' when there was_rbe.
same necessity tbr the President to titre.
ample- power 10-remore dishonest and
. .hlooklPhlezlrMletf l l4 - Jt had been said
the President: was satisfied with the'
&nude ;.-amendment.:-:Wilms he (Hr.
Washburne) knew nothing about thati
did'not Wier, it. •/f the President was
satistied;• ; te was not - the ,man be had
taken-him for: But they were, not legis
lating for General Grant. They were
legislating for the 'country, .which was
nearly unanimous on the subject. ' He
licitletthti Haute would insist on uncen
ilitional reptial. The president might be
satisfied -with:-the amendment, but/ be
-was not eatikfied with it. He believed he
represented; all his constituents 'in Adel
mending the repel.
Mr. FARNSWORTH argued ;in favor
cf concurring in the Senate aniendment, •
which he etplaloed.
Mr.. BUTLER, of Mass., declared that
the Senate amendment was a new Ten
ure.of-Offlce bill,"niore wrong in princi
ple, more fatal in action, and more
destructive of the privileges of the Rouse
and of the people, and was conferring
more poweron the Senate that the pree
eut law. It fetters the Executive more.
If he (Mr. Butler) were to vote for
either, tie , would.vote for the one now on
the statute bOok, in preference to this.
The Senate, was an Irresponsible body,
and an Irresponsible body was ever dan
gerous. ;
• Mr. POLAND Inquired how the gen
tleman Item Massachusetts notified the
passage Of •the Tenure-of-Office bill orig
inally? -
Mr. BUTLER replied he had occasion
to go into enehti justification. (Laugh
tin. on. the Democratic side.)
Mr. POLAND—But the g,entleinan's
political associates have Abundant reason
to go into their
Mr. BUTL ER—There were many
things we had' to do to saye the life of
the country in the war, for which Justifi
cation cannot be found in the _Constitu
tion. There were many things we had
to do under Andrew Johnson which had
better never be done again, and better
be got rid of as soon as possible. Mr.
Butler wenton to characterize the Sen-
ate amendment as a declaration of want
of confidence in the President. What
good had the law ever done? Had - it
curbed a bad President? Ruthlessly,
and i defiance of it, Andrew Johnson ,
had turned Edwin AL Stanton out of
office and when the House impeached
therefor,hini the Senate held him ac
quitted and free. -.
Mr. FARNSWORTH suggested the
Senators who bad voted to _convict him
had voted for this amendment. ,
Mr. BUTLER did not know who was
in favor of the amendment. It had been
passed in secret caucus. But he knew
tiae vote on the repeal of the law did not
bear out the gentleman's statement.
Mr. FARNSWORTH-The vote on the
Senate amendment does bear me out.
Mr. BUTLER—Oh I Bahl Fiddle
sticks! (Laughter.) -It;-was made a
matter of caucus dictation. It was agreed
to as a compromise, and all oomprotnises
in legislation are vicious. 1 have been
told the President is satisfied with the
law. I dor pot pretend to hive the
knowledge about teat which others claim
but I have no doubt if the President
said anything about it, it was under the
circumstances of tne Senate Committee
going to him and raying, "•Sir, you are
our President; we are in trouble in the
Senate; if you do not agree to this we
snail have difficulty among ourselves."
And the President may have said,
agree to that, or anything else, rather
than you should have trouble; I do not
mean to put myself in your way; I do
nbt mean to raise any difficulty
in your party." But if he said so,
A was nec,ause he relied on the
sentiment of the country; be relied
on the House of liepresentutives; he re
-*id on our sense of our own dignity, on
our_sense of Our rights, on- our -sense of
our own consistency,•to save him from
the diegraceful law by which his haud.s
are to be tied. ..
Mr. DAVIS moved to amend the mo
tion to refer - by adding instructions to
the Committee to report the provisions
under which the: consiltutionality. of the,
Tenure.of-Office law could be determined
by the Supreme Court.
Mr. BUTLER moved the previous
question.
Mr. BINGHAM anpoaled to the House
not to , second tho previous question.
The House, however, did second it--
90 to 59 4 •
Mr. BINOHAM called for the yeas and
nays on ordering the main question, but
the House refused to order them.
Seyeral other dilatory motions, inclu
ding a motion to adjourn, were voted
down, and then the main question was
ordered. •
Mr. Davis' amendment was rejected.
The Senate amendment was then re.
ferred, including Mr. Logan's amend
ment, to the Judiciary Comusittee—yeas
95; nays 79. Only ten Democrats voted
in the negative.
At half past four the House adjourned.
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.:
—Ex-President Johnson lies danger
ously ill at Greenville, Tennessee.
-The General Assembly of South Car-.
olina, after fodr months session, ad
journed sine die On Wednesday.
An unsuccessful attempt to rob the
county treasury was made at Liberty,
Indiana, at two o'clock Thursday morn
.
—A young man named • Minshell has
absconded from Xenia. 111.. with three
thousand dollarS belonging to ,a recently
married wife.
—Bushell & Scharzliti, private bank
ers, of Buffalo, have failed. - Liabilities,
f 40,000; lissets,•s4,ooo. L. C. Dutnple
man is assignee. •
—Adolphe Phillips, a young German,
has heen'arrested for stealing rare books
from the Mercantile Library Association
of New :York City.
—SantuelAKeller, constable of Ander
son township, IL;milton county, Ohio,
Thursday morning received a shot which
will probably prove,fatah The criminal
he,arrested ran and escaped.
—A manna med Evans cut ,the throat
of James okox, at Centre Hill, Con
necticut, on onday morning. The mur
derer was arrested, and says he killed
Hickok for criminal intimacy with his
wife. ' - '
=Mayor Popping, of Carondelet, Mo.,
Is'oharged with inWappropriitting 115,000
of the city's money, and there irktnuch
exeltement - there in Consequence. ;An
investibting Committee is loosing into
'the . matter: Ai ,
=-Etl3ostditi Ott - Wednesday might, a
Young 'WM named Pine shot- a Miss
Howard. and then shot himself, dead.
Be epted.love is supposed to be the cause
Both were aged about_ twenty, and wpre
"
respectably connected., , ,
—The Government of -PrAnce -Edwards
Island has been notified- by
thorlty, that is not competent ;for , saau
island to enter into negotiations=Witt(The
United States with a view tev'reellireidt7•
wittiont the coloperatiori :of Abe other
British provinces. s
—There are forty-three wiles of street
railroad'in tilt;:touis,' fifteen parks /tow.'
- tinning four hundre d and twelve acres
'of land, nearly • ten miles of Maoism)
pavement, one htindred and thirty,milas
of modadoOlisted' streets, - and over one
hundred intim of sewers. The Area of
the city is nearly fifteen and a lusgsquare
miles.- • ,
TIE CAPITAL.
CBY Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette,l
ASHINGTON, March 23, 1889.
REBEL BARBARITIES
Admiral Hoff enclosed a memoranda
of the military exec - ations by the rebel
authorities at.Aux' Cayes, Hayti. They
exhibit liarbarities and cruelties difficult
to paralel. 1
GONE TO ANNAPOLIS.
,Seerotary,Borie lute gone to .Annapolls,
accompanied , by Admiral Porter, to in
spect affairs at the Naval Academy.
.COLORED MEN EN TELEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS.
In the 17oltarian Conference, in ses
session, a resolution was accepted recog
nizing with pleasure that a' colored man
has enteind the class of the Meadville
Theological School, and trusting other
denomination schools will be provided
with colored students.
ARMY RETRENCEMEXT.
The Military Committee are maturing
a bill looking towards further re
trenchment in expenses in the War De
partment, and will report it to the House
for action at as early a day as possible.
`They are . of the opinion that in the
Quartermaster's Department alone three
or four millions _can be saved 'annually
findOper management. The Committee
that that Department is paying an
nually for rent of buildings alone, in va- •
nous parts of the dountry, sums of money
which would in fou r years time pay (or the
buildings so occppled. In fact an inves
tigation 'shows that money 'has been
us:Ai ista very, extravagant manner, and
the Committee have determined to cat
down the expenses of this branch of the
War. Department. It is probable they
,tail hat the sop me time, re pirt a bill cutting
down the number of officers in the Quar
termaster's:Department, and provide for
mastering lOW of service those whose
services are not actually needed.'
The same Committee have also under
consideration the question of mustering
out a large number of officers now on
the retired list. There are upward% of
sever4f,luindred such officers, and the
opinion Is entertained. that the Gov
eminent should reduce this list to a large
extent.
NOMINATIONS Sr THE PRESIDENT.
[By Telegraph to the Plttsbura Gazette.,
The following nominations were sent SPAIN.
to the Senate: Edward B. Plumb, Con-
THE NEW CONSTITUTION.
eul General at Havana; R. W. Clarke, _
Third Auditor of the Treasury ; Alonzo MADRID, March 24.—The draft of the
B. Cornell, Surveyor of Customs for the new Constitution." was laid before the
Port of New York; E. A. Merritt, nmil Constituent Cortes to-day. Its leading
Officer for District of New York; F. A.
Wilsche ,Collector of Customs at Puget folio The Government
features are as we:
Sound; F. J. Batson, Collector of Cus. is to be monarchial in form, with a Sen
toms at t Gloticester ' Mass.; E. A. Dol- ate and Congress. The Senatorial term
frey, Collector. of Customs at Salem, is limited to thirteen years. Senators
Massuiffiusetts. are to be elected by Provisional Conn-
The followiug to be Collectors of.lnter. cils, lour for each province. Deputies to
nat Revenue : Lucien N. Coy, First Dis- the Congress are to be elected every
trict, Arkansas; James A. cooper, Sec- l three years by universal suffrage.' The
and District,. •Tennessee; Jos. L. Smith, reign of the King is limited to a term of
Second District, Mississippi; John Me- eighteen years. _
Hall , Fifth District, Now York:i Johnl- . The minority of tbe committee which
Roger, Seventeenth District, l'ennsylva- reported the Constitution are favorable to
Lila.ltbb6lll%-tteeith, TAW District, - the eepemtion of Church and State. The
Maiyiand; ideCraeh;tfifixtEnlifffini- til;rt propose that the Roman Cant.
ISARO J. Young, Fourth District, lie:-i*tretatned as the - the".
North Carolina. State: with-' toleration for other 'creeds.
The following to be , Assessors of In- Liberty of the presS and the right of pub
ternal Revenue: Joseph T. Valentine, lie meeting are fully guaranteed by the
Eighth District, Pennsylvania; D. N. C. new Constitution.
Thonfas Second District, Indiana; Julius The Cortes has passed the conscription
Ennesnoser, Sbc'ond District. Louisiana; law.
Joseph S. Thorne, Sixth 'District, Mis- MAnßrn, March 25.—The Conscription
souri; Daniel H. Stanton, Seventeenth act, whieti was passed yesterday by the
District ' 'New Yerk; Wm. S. Stockley, Cortes, prescribes that no more men shall-
Second District, Pennsylvania. be raised by means of conscription than
The following to be Receivers of Pub- are actually required by the Government
lie Moneys: G. L. Ballard, Indianapo. to fill up the ranks of the army to the
lis; S. H. Wright, Carson City, Nevada; standaid strength. The Minister of War
Edward , Volmer, Belmont, Nevada. 1 bad preVioustyt demanded authority to
The following to be Registers :EL J. raise twenty-live thousand troops for this.
Rice, Carson city, Nevada; Samuel Tal- I purpose.
linen; Belmont, Nevada; Oliver gibbitls,
St. Peter, Minnesota; Indian Agent,
Choi. La Jellot i Grand Ronde, taregon.
The ;following to 'be Postmasters: S.
L. Day; 'Paxton, Illinois. C-Redinan,
Canton,i Illinois; Thos. B. Vesely, 'Du
quesne,' Illinois; General W. Mills, Pe
tersburg, Illinois; Jno. C. Cole, George
town, Colorado. H. P. Bennett, Denver,
Colorado; W. T. Ward, - .Dunsonville,
California; H. L. Street, Sonora, Califor
nia; D. W. Broptinger, Louisiade, Ma-,
south Mrs. Mena Champlin, Waterloo,
Iowa; J. K. POrkhold6i, Fort Dodge,
Iowa; .Miss Julia P. Worfolk, Jackson,
Tennessee; B. H. Cropster, Shelby
ville, Kentucky; John M. Stockton,
Marysville, Kentucky; .Tpsepti B.
Brown, Tarrytown, N. Y.; WM. H. Per
kins, Baldwinsville. N. Y.; Benjamin F.
neuter', Attica, Ind.; L. R. Johnson,'
Cambridge City, Inffi; Wm. A. Hovall,
Washington, Ind.; J. W. .Devore, Frank
lin, Ind.; Wert C. tHoughton, Welling
ton, Ohio; 'J. W. Collyer, Cosbocton,
Ohio; A. R. Smith, Centre, Wis.; C. a.
Gale, •Ccirunna, Mich.; E. W. Merrill.
Muskegan, Mich.;. H. H. Lnddish,
Darlington, Wis. '
By direction ofthe •President, Brigadier
General& 0; •Wood; retired; has been
assigned to dutfas a member of 'the Re
tiring Board; at-New York.. • -
Edward-W. Barber haatbeenianpointed
Supervisor of Internal Revenue for the
Territorial.. District of Michigan and
Wisconsin, in place of ,J. C. Borroughs,
declined.
• DISHONEST 'CLAIN AGENTS .
The Second Auditor of the Treasury
to-day sent the Chairman of the Senate
Committee on .Pensions a report of one.
of the formerNierho, detailed by him to
investigate the fraudulent practices of
clalm'agente in: the collection of claims
for the ;payMetit‘tir bounty in the cases
of - colored troops, The Auditor says
he has used all the meaty!' in his power
to check' 'these frauds, but owing
to thif'• want ,of authority .to organ
ize any, detective :system he,ihas not
,succeeded to 'the, extent he otherwise
might. !SO many trandulentblahns hav
ing been litely filed; he .his suspended' ,
action OpOti a large number of them,and
Withheld Trealtury, certificates amount
ing t& over one - hti u dred and fifty
thousitnd' - 'delliet, in - anticipation of
further lettialatiort• by Cbngress afford-
lug greater protection to the Government.
The Commissioner .of Pensions concurs.
etttire)y tu.the views ~expressed by the
Amditor.tilletutys the report shows the
moat .41yetetast o and startling , frauds
upon thiGovernment, and untesssome- ,
thing be done at once to correct the grow
lug evili - ths Government must be the
sufferer Llkd the Auditor, he regards
the blllintroduced . by Senator Wilson as
of vital impottance, and hopes sincerely
It will Meet the appioral of Congress..
It
It appeara from the report and or
dance that a.complete system of' s pe•
fraudlng and cheating the colored
ants prevails in and around
Tennessee, and that the oyster!!! or Pre',
NUMBER 75.
paring and. prosecuting , elainis by the
claim agents is one of utter recklessness
and fraud. The author of the report
carried with him over one hundred,
claims for bounty in behalf of . widows
as a test, and from investigation be found
nearly every claim to be fraudulent. In
twenty claims, where 'the names' of the
same witnesses appeared in every case,
as having seen all of the twenty claim
ants married, he found that these wit nesi
es did not know of any widows, never saw
any of 'them married, and were never at
some of the places where* the marriages
were a'leged -to have occurred. It ap
pears that neither the claim agent, nor
officer before whom' the claims are exe
cuted, read. and carefully explained
to the ' witnesses the - papers they
were requested .to sign, and from
ilbe.fact tharthese agents have used the
"runners" as witnesseir tb several hun
dred marriages, at plaeea widely apart, in
the same year, and sometimes in the
1 same Month, he concludes the agent' is
the party to the frauds, and the *frau
ners" generally but dupes and tools.
The ixdorad men, known as "runners,"
or claim Minters, &rehired by the agents,
paying them from one to three dollars for
claimants, father or Mother, but four
dollars for widows. This premium is
Mitred on,widows'. claims because the
pension is involved in all such cases, and
doubtless from the fact that the agent se
cures not only a large fee but a continn-
Oita one so long as the pension is granted..
Two of the principal agents at Memphis
had each, for a time, their own clerks ap
p,ointed .deputy county ,Clerks, for no
other purpose ttian to adffilitister oaths
in their claims. These deputies did not
have access to the seal of the court., but
would simply administer the oath, then
send the papers to the principal clerk for
him to sign and affix his seal. Even
after the, authority to these depu
ties was revoked, and the , witnesses
sent to the county clerk to be qualified,
he would ask if the papers had been
read to them as the agents,' and If they
said yes, he would administer s; idgm,adad
affix his seal. ,„ -- :
The author of -the reportldisilfila at
length the means by which agent!! °On
duct their business. , • . •:c : f ',I
NEWS. BY CAItLE.i.'
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GREAT BRITAIN:
LONDON, March 25:--Sir Stafford North
cbte has advised the Hudson Bay Co. to
.
accept the proposition of F.arl Pranville.
the, Colonial Secretary, and, cede their
territorial rights in Brltisff North Amer
ica for 300,000 pounds, sterling, consider
ing it the best offer they cau obtain.
• MARINE NEW S.
LIVERPOOL, March• 25.—The steamship
Prussian, !rem Portland, has arrived.
liostiorr, March 25.—The steamship
compa,nies.decline modifying, the terms
of the contracts 'for postal service be
tireSn the United States and England. •
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Lli'Ertl'OOL, March 26.-Cotton is firm
and unchanged; Middling Uplands, 12%
©l2/; Orleans,.• 12,4Q146 ; sales of
15,000 bale*, To-morrow being Good
Friday, the, Cotton and other markets
will remain closed. The total stock of
Cotton is 258,000 bales,• of which 116,000
bales are American.. The Manchester
market is firmer *and prices are rather -
better. Wheat market is active, and
California white wheat is quoted at -
Os .9d., red western Bs. .11d. Western
Flour 235. Corn 30s. for old, Vs. 6d. for
new. Oats 3s. 4d. ' Barley 58. Peas 41s.
Pork 1e09.^ Beef 90s. Lard 75a. Cheese
765. Bacon 62si - 641. Common Rodin 58.,
6d.; fine 158. Spirits Petroleum 9(4)10d.;
Relined .16,40. Tallow 459. 6d. Tur- -
pentine 30s.- 6d. Linseed 011.£32. • •
It4NPQN;liarch 25. ;. -Evenirig-COnsols
for money at 93%, ibr.ticoonot fft Five-
Twenties quiet and steady at-83%. Stocks. •
quiet; Erie, 24,,t( 4 ; Illinois, 14. - Tallow 475.
6d. Calcutta. Linaeed -at 59.: Linseed
Cakes .£lO, 10s. Sugar is active at 395. 9d.
Itetined Petroleum, Is. 9)id: Spirit&
; Turpentine, 316.4141. . , - t
The Bullion in' the 'Bank of England
hari decreased'£B4,ooo. -
• EfAvt.n, 'March 2.5.-.Eventn9.--Cotton
closed firmer at'444Mf. for trey onclinafre
-on 804 •145f/for low middlings -afloat.
;FittaIIEFORT, March 25 Bonds firm at ;
rAnrs,erarch - 4a.-Bourse Watt; Rentes
70f. 30c.: Specie 'in the Blink of France
hall Increased 20,000,0001. during the past
week. .
.lievnniXeroh 25.-Cotton on thespot,
;closed at.14.5f.,f0r tree ordlnaire.
NEW YORk VITT.
'renames to the Pittsburgh gazette]
NEW Yons, March 8,12
ron Sohlozer, Minister from the
N o G erman Union to the United
eta here by the Westphalia
yesterday. t
A ,Washington special to the Creamer
do/ gives a rumor of the de h of Ez
_President Johnson at Ile, Tenn..
..which in supposed to arise front the fact
that he is seriously 111.
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