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FIRST Enna,
cri&x.4 - Al.
HiItRISB'CrREL'
ProceedipportittfLetisiiktioe - 7 -
r • Senate Not in liession—Peti
tiOns
,rresented: 2 -11ills Intro
, ihfCo Bbd nOotted frOnm?
COniinittees : -4141Conneentent
of Newsientmr.ch,arges..
ay Telegraph to the l'lttsburitti Giiiefte;3
- HKRRIsBuRGOiIaTch 29;1869. •
SENATE'
4' The Senate meets to-morrow.
HousFZeir" REtiiiKstWATivks.
PETIIIONS ETC.
Mr. WILSON, one from Tempet:zure , -
yille against the bill enlarging tiboolXrdn_ l . - :. daries of said bo - rough; from:- Patton
tqwnship for a prohibitoryAlitior law;
froin the Pittsburgh Bar ,fora - law
ing interested parties to' , testify; three
from Allegheny for a general prohibitory
• liquor law; from Fdpiteenth ward, Pitts
burgh, for,a law allbwing special terms
I for gas in said ward; from Allegneny,
protesting against McKee's Ferry supple
:- went.
,I.IILLS INT1101)IICED
13TRANGI introduced ;a :bill 'pro.
tecting 'contingent interests; Which
authorizes the owner of contingent inte
rest lathe personal pmperty of any de
cedent tb require executers and adminis
trators tomake and exhibit in the Regis
ter% office an account cif Ernst in one year
from the time of granting • adrhinistra
ti°l:4 T . 1 1 1 8 . 34 1 1 ; 2 1 1 .Y. .
RPIS F RTS FROX bomitrrnms.
Among.the reporte,of. the Committees
was *Milt incorporating- the State Line;
Juniata and Lake Erie Bail:lay Com
pany—negatively.
Senate Insahe
CreatittAttieVeti - nisOthliie egilfrd Pe
trolia--negatively..—; 0 .01" I •
/VILLB P RESENTED.
Mr. W ILSO N introduced a bill relative
to the asiesament of damages on the
PiktsbUrgh -knd Connellavilm,Railroid;
proViding, fbl AIM ers.
I.4,,PLAYFORD, a bill .requiring the.
Monongahela Bridge Company, at -Bridge
port,to light their bridge with
1 " rtawaPAPER casnqns.
A
- -
STRONG, of. Tioga, sent to;the
• Clerk's desk . ;allsl had read, an' article' in
q. the o rkiladolphiadnQuirer criticising the
';''.'proceedittga In= the House, on Wednes.
day svenlng, in which Mr., Kase played
a part. Be callecrit slanderons.,
hood. It was scandalously p,ersonal.
Thel3Oaittieks upott the'Legislatur6'.an4
,the pootonal characters-of-its - members,
had become too frr.quen'i, and he ettarao t ,
terized•them sta made frequentlY to levy
4, black mail. This editor held a-semt
respEctable position, but his - assertions
were unsupported by facts. No dredence
could be given to such men. The
charges assumed. the -characW , of- a
sweeping attack nport the Legisk.ture.
He desired to'pat on record an absolute
denial of the facts asserted. No Repub
.., Lean had made any attack on the gentle
man frouL,Northutilberland. A news
' „ paper, before it makes so grave and scan
dalous a charge, should know
the r -foits.- Thu -w
man:-: • ~ who made,
the, :allegations • of, factiLhe. Lad' not.
.1 know. He was as guilty, of lieing as
• was a deliberate liar: A great intity rep
resentatives of just delcit:paperkas this
wanted a law to protect them, libel
suits. He gave nodes' that . *oitld in
, • trnduce a. bill providing .that . no- man .1
`should •' publish ti - "newspaper until he 1
'should have Wed a 'certificate of twelve
Tellable citizens that he is honest and of
good repnte"for,veraotty..... ...
•
,MWS.BY CABLE.
eyfielEgi l atith to the Plttenurgh Gazette.) i
GREAT BRITAIN , .
, I,9NDCcr,'March 29.-A great ,review of
irokuntaers held at Dover today.
Over 0, -. 0 - 6 liken were in ranks, and an
ininensic,multittidioitl)ctople witnessed
the spectacle. The, weather was squally;
,t
some stfOii'fell in the morning," in 'conse
,44 ccuenqe-pf. whleh she; executipn of ma
heuvers was delayed until the afternoon.
Some- avddents , happened and several
persons - were hurt;- but none seriously.
A porting of the channel fleet- was off
-thee/nitre-and went through the tnotl
menttroftllalcal xeYiew.;exoftanglng
lureSiAligthe battellesitOtiladd. - '
Ist f'
~.„ ,
.1 4 Tt4NrcE, ~ •,• - - pprivate s
:, •(-- ms s . )4 " 29:--Offibeis and privates
.."
~ on lA e:v i t - pT. - nbeancve beehtirdeked to
'-rejoin l eave
their regiments on the let of ApriL
,
„19111 , 2APECIAL A al a COMMERCIAL. .
'`..t.4s*Doir; March 29 .-To=day'4.l(oll,
day andiStock Exchange not oven.
29.=IInited State 4
bonds 9731: • ' -
LivErroor., March .—Nottangdoing
In Cotton. 'Wheat 9s • for CalifOrnts
White; alcift,r e ls fOr %Tilton, , red. -„ Corn
&floc new, - -Plbitr 23s 6d for western.
Ilacon/03i0f6i"-Cittalierlatid Out. Ittign
as 8 0 for bgniluton. ,
poiklidtiv • •.—Tiiiiseed 011 29 .
posindtlor.lis, and 30 pomade of Tallotr
10t470 Bd.. l. • ;
March 29.—Petroleum 5534
)956 francs. • A-
Maroh- 23 .-7,Coton.aqtive. at
1441onies`Oti spot and - ailciat. • ,
•
. Freshet In the lindson.
:N4 llll ll lll l l asotawrittsosoinassatta r t
TonowatEroniT. , Ogorehi 20.—A. severe
rainstorm trvalled all ' along the Hud.
eon eliViOniffro4 ,Itti the rivet
Indiestaltdl the leel#lllmovle ty to.morit
row.. At 'Castellon to-night the' water
watilbUr leet higher than ordiry blab ,
t,ida.apAat-Coxsaplge the peoplkw erei.
p tftlot a freshet: The ice-tatttov
ingosatanil is:4*a between here and
Hudson. ,
, rtier order of pdd Fenovo, of NeW
YO elty;lnixe completed theakrange.
yowl.* ffor a 'fitting celebratiet of the
•Zdtlethattnlvereary of the establishment
the order on this ,cottlinent. The ad.
bedellvered at Steinway
• Hall,_ on the evening of. APril 28th. by
the Rev.'Edw,in- tl. CWIO3 P. P. G.
Spilt - it, of Buffalo, and othrs: •
•
RIVER kGRATION
Seven Steamboats Burnell at Sit. l LOttlf4
Total eall $200;000;
[Hy Telegraph to i'lttebarib Grairted
ST. Loris, March - 2 9.:-::Abottt 'eight
o'clock this evening a fire broke out on"
the steamer Ben Johnson, lying at the
foot of Washington avenue, andin,loss',
than fifteen minutes the Henry - Atkins;
Sat above, and -the Carle 'N'r:-,KOCLEte
and G. B Allen; below, were 'a Make 'tit'
flames and thEiir entire upper work - SW
Iroyed, and the Fanny Scott : and-twd
iather boats adjoining the Allen,_ were;
cat loose and floated dootAtriaine-nct
although the Kountz followed swiftly
after them, still - liurnidg yery fierealy,)
- they escaped . 'unharmed. - the' bake"
Were loading for .the triountains. ;The
-value of the steamers
cannot be given at this writing.
The Fannie Scottrefterrlibathirdovni
stream, was towedacroutheriVerbYthEr'
Jennie Lewis, where JEoth - groundedr )
While in this situation the , Aratevatc.
which had taken lire from a mass of_
burning upper works -that '
,hactlficsited
from one of the dean:milt' firlit• Mailed;
drifted against them, and all three izarikt
ed to the water's edge. As these steam.-_
era were on the other side of_ the river•
but little information in reference td
them can be obtained:. • -' • - -
The total loss oannot be , less than two,
hundred thousand'dollara. Girard/
B. Allen was valued at thirty thousand
dollars; insurance is not known, _except,
five thousand' dollars iirthe Boatman of
St. Louis. She was to start for Fort Bert-
ton on the sth proximo, and was partially
laden. The Ben Johnson was owned by
Capt. Ben*Johnson; value ' , twenty - OWe
thousand dollars; insured- , for- IweiVet
thousand dollars. The Cirrie V.
Kountz was entirely "new,' featheil here
from Pittsburg a few days ago, is owned
by Capt. W.J. Bountzond was matted
at 53u,000; insurance not known: Shh
was to have left for the mountains on
April Ist. Of the Other - binds nothing
can be ascertained to-night. Several
other steamers made narrow escapes.
Thewttarf - where these boats lay;- and
for several blocks below, wall, closely
filled with steadiers, "and if the wind
had betilx.hlgh nothing could have pre
vented the most tearful conflagration that
ever tOok'place at our levee.
CHICAGO.
Death 0f,,,,a Dahl! Pratt?lettt-Getertg
• Sheridan.
By *legraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette. 3
CHICAGO, March 29.—Hon. James H.
Woodworth, President of the Treasury
National Bank of this city, 'and one of
roar oldest and most respected citizens,
died at his tsutporaryresidencein.lllgh
hind i'inklasi eveniw. Mr. Iffoodworti
becatee .41 resident of Chicago ha 1888..
Hbfwas elected to the State Senate in
1889, and to the State-House of Repro ,
sentatives in 1842. He was Mayor of the
tidy frOm 1845 to 1850, and represented
this district in the Thirty-Fourth Con
gress. He died in his sixty-fifth year.
Lieut. Gen. Sheridan has secured his
new headquarters in this city in the new
marble building on the nortn west corner
Of Lasalle snit Wssdiinitton, streets, just
erected by thi Mercliatiti Insuranbe
Company. The Lieut. General and stall
will occupy the entire third story, com
prising seventeen pleasant and mum°,
dions roonr., sad s e slop wil ne . taken
of the rooms about 'the 16th' orArril, at
about which time Gen. Sheridan will re
turn to this city.
NEW YORK CITY.
[By Telegraph to. the .rittabortliGiteette.-)
' NEW Yoga, Efarah29; 1869.
In the case of Fisk vs. the 11. P. R. R.,
judge Barnard to-day made an order
..va
cating that Of -Judge Rctsem.anz, transfer - -•
ring the snit to sbe U. B. COurt, Coun
sel for Flak then Moved that Thos. C.
Durant be committed to Ludlow street
jail as having been guilty of contempt in
failing to. produce. nooks as ordered by
the COI*. 'Counsel for defence made an
argument in opposition, when the Judge
stated he had potvi3r to commit Durant,
but would-defer action until to morrow.
Durant was then examined, and in ex
plaining how his efforts to obtain
the books proved futile, stated that the
directors hal beerfigivert to understanri
this snit was a "black mailing operation,"
and statements were alleged to be made
that unless they "who do‘n," they,
would:bedriven fromllA State and that
such a statement, or ..One similar :: in
its tcndercy, had even been attribtged to
Judge Bermrd..Tbe case was not conclu
ded. Argumen'n on the:tunne-suit were
made to day In the-Arial4l9 States Court,
before Judge Blida:Word. '
Gank or -ittivess kronen'Up.
(By Telegraph to the Plttatirah - Vaiette. r -
Llutsvus,E, March 2b.--Some or the
city police, assisted by two rieputy UM=:_
~ t ed States Marshals, have captured n
;most infin2ous gang of thieve at a place'
called test Island, a few tubes below
this city. The party consiSted of four,
negro nigtn and three white:women, who
;lived , together in a most de adod man
rierlaiifk subsisted by pillaging the
neighbighood. subsis ted by
theg,
t a
detd to the-ho sot of o e Mary J t
ffir a;tyhite worn no pa ly tiemol n •
ished her hcinseind beat h in a-brutai_
mannerre They stole ;Watches and.phiMs
dereti enerallyduld it's alb supposed.
hadinien ednnected with ttto foul.mur,
derof CharcoalJohnson tutor his aptly,-
witteh took pllobjast tui... , •
rs•'.
, .
.-. ....
Wantipli Conteitt—TtiestAlintr Ileum
-- .. -- JtaW ---
InfTelekvapt4o tha 1%4u/a Gazette.]
ittr:Fruo,litareh and: 2%,rPalt rs We
lon-walk to - morrow nor a eeti , I is,
They shirt from Walnut cree , ten milord
abOlre
i I,rie,_ and. walk to 1 offalo, one
hulatirea and throe mires.. time eptiof t
itiedvtka first ruin in wins purse. .
The Min contibued twan • four hours;
It has cleared off the snow, d the °attar
is almost entirely clear of i t this poin ois
i t
Navigation opens early. '
4
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Mtuntirnatlillemphls.
My Telegraph to Ma F i ttisburgo Oarette.l
Maich 20.—A brutal murder.
was (*Dawdled last night AViliercOrnet
of Third .and= Madison streets. Peter
Crowley, while going to, church with a
lady. was deliberately shot in the back
by -John Kennedy, who' iced, and • thus
far has not been arrested. Kennedy was
a rival of Crowley aiad jealousy is sup
po!ied to have been the cause.
•
PITTSBURGH,
SECOID
POUR az
FORTY-FIRST VINGRESSi
Uf s F ‘,.lA,ffe)P43
SENATE: Tenure. -0-01fice Be-
Pea/ # l. 4 — At i q e ltent—in'
sisted
Confer
ence IConsmiftee Appointed.
HOESE: - Bills -_a - I ndi Resolu
.
tions Presented and neferied
Rio al
Testi twit organizationof Jura tihl
•
LeyTeita..p. to' che:Plttaburgh eavitte4 '
WASHINGTON,, March 29, 1869.
SENATE.
The VICE PRESIDENT submitted the
joint resolutions of the Legitalatures,A
Pennsylvania and SoUth Caroline ratify
ing the Fifteenth .amendmedliththe Con
- „ . ••• •
stitntion.
Mr. SUMNER presented a petition of
the Society of Friends of Richmond, ya„;
for an appropriatien - 0f.*,000 for the
erection of au asylum for colored orphans..
Mr. HOWARD presented several joint
resolution's of the Legislature of 'Mehl
' igen asking appropriatiens for public im
eprovementsoand one culling the Uteri
' tion of `Depaitinent to ;ifti.
,
importance of having the Indians in that
State vaccinatod‘v -
Mr. WILSON, from the Committee on
Military'i Affair*, reported the joint tete
' 'Mien continuing the pay of enlisted
men at the present rate until the 30th of
June, 1870, which was passed.
Also, a joint resolution, which was
passed,..drepping from the•-rolla of the
army oftlearaabsent without leave; . ,
Mr. HOWARD, from Cemmittee•on
.Pacifie Railroad, reported. favorably„ a ,
joint As:elution granting'. the ; fight of
-way for the construction of a railroad
from a point at or near Portland. Oregon,
to the Cascade Mountains.
Mr. VICKERS reported frouithe Com
mittee-on the District of Columbia slain
to amend the usury laws thereof.
Mr. SPRAGUE moved to refer to the
Committee on Appropriations tiro 16111
nr
introduced by hi the other day to pro
vide • for loaning the public mo ney.
Agreed tb: • -
Mr. DRAKEtntradneed.a.bill hrestab
lish the office or - rSelleftor mid. 'Naval
Judge Advocate General. Referred to
41ontraittee oti..Natal Affairs.i. _ •
'.14 Mr. SAWYER introduced a bill pre
scribing tile oath-Of Offibiltkelle taken by
persenstio
t VA tal t la W
sq fife
the Fourteenth , Amentiment. Referred
to Comtnitteebn Judiciary.,
Mr. McDONALD.introttliced.ti :bill. to
confirm the charter of the New Orleans
Ship Canal'.: Company's - and granting
the right of way to said Company. Re
ferred to Committee on Commerce.
Mr. WILSON introduced a bill to re
move tne political disabilities .of Judge
Alexander Rives, of Virginia. Referred
to Committee on Political Disabilities.
At this point a message was received
from theAilowealmouneing its non-con.
curreuce in the action of the Senate on
the bill to repeal the Tenureol*flice act.
Mr. TRUMBULL moved the Senate
insist upon its amendments, And ask , a
Comtnirtee of Conference. '
Mr. GRIMES moved, that the Senate
recede.
Mr. DAWES read a constltutional ar
gument in support of, the latter motion.
At the esepiration of the morning hour
the unfinished business of Friday, being
the supplementary net,:was: postponed,'
that' the • bill to reveal' the - Tenure-of.'
Office act might be considered. •
Mr. TRUMBULL spoke at length in
favor of the motion to insist,_making a
legal argument to • sheer :that the 41aole
subject of the appointinent andlemovel
from office is by the Constitution guide_
subject' ththe oonseat' of the Senate or
regulation by law, and that the Presi
dent•would•have under, tha present bill
all the power could hav6it the Tenure
of-Office act were repealed. • The, only
effect •of the. Tennreof-Office act, as
amended, is to pot , the old pincers back
after the Aeseion is • - closed, -in case
the Senate refuse toeconfirm a moraine
tion.r, or by not refusing. to °mear
In his suspension. Without the law the
Officer must remain vacant. With the
law the old officer must go back. 'Which
IA best for the public Interests, that the
offices once filled by the concurrent Ita
lic& of the President and •Senate should,
after a failure of a whole session , to agree
on-a sacoessor, become vacant, or that'
the incumbent, when his suspension
-was affirmatively disapproved of by the
genste, should go back and. perform his
Auties ? Thrs is virtually - air that re
inainis the Tenure-of-office -- act' as
tue fided - by the FAmate. • Why should not
theitwo Houses agree on it, when practi
cally the Presisient had ,under it all the
.pciweriaever exert:fitted b y , any of his pre
decessors, and he has thorn an unques
tioned form. Nobddy can dOubt the au=
thorny of Congress by law to authorize.
the suspension of an officer , appointed'
.0 under its authority, as, the. power ,to tix
I - the duration ofthe term of office is :stab.
lisheC: Why, thenfthis disagreement bag
't t ween•ter and the; House, and Ise much
tooling ihthe country? I am persuaded ,
it arises WPM the, action of mischief
inaketseranl) 1 1, 116 '40040 .trfo
stir tip siabbassltylbS trent thU imitates
.of Congress and the Executive. It is
a mistake to suppose the
_Senate wishes
to arrogate to itself powers above the
House or. Ex - The ' c onstitution
has made its iidvinte and consent neces
sary to the appointment of officers, and
he would not so legislate as to render
that Advil:wand consent unnecessary. If.
. the two Houses will apptoabh this sub
jed :sof
tiny with and not with desire 'to get
up antagonism, there can be no dint.
oulty in coming to an agreement: Allthe
friends of the administration desire to
removelinyptejtaclesttuit,seay exist to
its faithitil and efficient conduct of Pub
lie affairs„ and_let there be no strife be
tween us, but an honest effort to up
the administration,
whichdh
iti o d v 4
5 th e
rs c
have chottenila en =:d : e s n i ft l s t ain
enforce th 6 laws and secur e
peace, prosperity and happiness to the
people.- • r • • -
Mr. MORTON - said ha Would vote 'to
recede. The Senator from Illinois had
assumed the merits of t hl bill on one
CH 30, 1889.
. •
paint;that in ctses'where the President son and Maynard. The principal points
should suspend an.ofiicer and nominate I of discusion were a provision in the
a successor, and- the - Senate should re- •',iubstitute which allows ,iedges to resign
fuse to confirm that successor, the law iutter serving a certain number of years,
would •prevent a vacancy, which would With a pension, and retaining their corn.
other was occur.orv, t tlie adjournment of missions as Judges, and the anfendnient
of the Senate, by re instating the old in i offered by Mr. Poland.
combent. But the fact was, that ;in this • Mr. KERR moved to amend the sub
respect the- law would be utterly ,stitateby making the ago for retiring
ineffestnal, , becais . se t , although it would Judges seventy-five instead of seventy
put' back the, ,
.bld, - Incumbent .Im., years. •
mediately ' upon' thEr s adjourrotient .of ' Firiallythe amendment offered by Mr.
the Senate, it .WO9lci leave. the Prod.' 'RerrWas rejected without division.
dent free towaspenft him 'igalulwithout That - offered by Mr. Poland was re
delay The Senator , frOm Illinois; had' jecte&-.40 to 72.
askedihlta/(Mr: . 24lbrton;) the; oter day - The substitute was then passed-99 to
whether belted not confidence enough in , 50—. With a few exceptions, a party vote.
Prealdent Granttiobillave,iie woubi not, The substitute provides that the Su
avail himself of thatypopiree t and the ad. preme Court shall hereafter consist of a
vacates- of•thia, 'aw l palmed. it was not Uhler Justice. and eight Associate Juts,
intended to bind a" good President, but does, any six of whom shall constitute a
to control' a bad otte.,'Zat the difficulty quorum, and in case any such Justices
was, I tirtruld Iniposalli3 legalbat merely , shall be excused and retired from active
a moral restraint; and therefore would duty,-under the provisions of the act, an
be utterly pciwirksiarto control a bad additional Associate Justice is to be ap.
President; -, Why, , ithen, ' should • • not pointed. : • .
Setters recede ?, -Why, st;tosle for-the The second section provides a Circuit
shadow, when thctatbstattee.has fled? :Judeg for each of the nine existing J
There Was =ether, g.rogild,t4- objection cal districts, to possess the same power
to the bill. Should Pftwident :grant- be andjurisidiction therein as the Justices
restrained froin ausPending.
dependcer of. the Supreme Court allotted to the
second time? time? '' Tint wohld upon edit. The Circuit Courts are, to be held
circumstances. -Iti,wilctild le mongtrous by aJtistiee otthe Supreme, Court, or
to say that whet an officer ' hid' been by the Circuit Judge, or'by the District
once'sUspended' and , z`reinstated by this Judge, each sitting alone, or by the Su.
law, he should thereafter be free to"steal preme "court` Justice and the 'Circuit
or commit. other misdemeanor -in.otliee Judge, sitting together. Such Courts
until the next. session,of. Congress, wiolk- may be held at the same time in differ
out lability to removal by the President. districts of the Fame Court.
Mr. SPRAGII '. said the. Tenure-of. The third section provides that noth-i
Office law, in six nee and shadow, was ing iti the act shall affect the pewers of
wrong and mist), ef, and should be re- the Justices of the Supreme - Court as.
pealed.' *--k Judges'of Circuit Courts, except in the,
Mr. HOWARD again declared himself appointment Of clerks of Circuit Courts,
i ta
opposed to repeal,' first,. because he be- who - shall be appointed by the Circuit
lieved it to be a salutary assertion of true Judge.
ap constitutional dot:trine on the subject of The fourth section requires the Chief
pointment to z and removal from office; Justice and Justices of the Supreme
and, second, because it had been legally Court to attend at least one term - of the
claimed by the counsel ofMr. J - ohnoon, on Circuit Court In each district of his, dr.
the impeachtriellt trial, that the President cuit during every period of twer,years.
had power under' the Constitution to The fifth section- ,prOvides- that any
make appointments and removals, not Judge'of the United 'States Vourt who is
only in the recess, but even daring the more thanaeVentY years of age, and env
session of the Senate, and If Congress - Judge wlioshallhereafterattain that age,
should now repeal ithe Tentireof.office and who shall have served at least ten
act, for violation of =which a President. Years as such Judge; may, upon hls tiling
had been put upon his trial, it would with the President a certificate of that
thereby ; give a s tacit .assent ; ;to. that doe : . fact, be excused and retired from' active
trine. ' - .• • service as such Judge; but shalt thereat'.
Mr. HOWE made a long argument in ter during the time, he shall continue to
vindication of the constitutionality and hold office be entitled to his fall salary.
wisdom - of the Temiresof•Office act, and . 4 , The - oath section provides if any Did
in favor of retaining it unmodified- uPon ted Stites Judge shall, for a year after'
•'the statute books. ~. --;- -: . •-• f-t. the p.4384E1 1 0? this act, where the Judge
Mr. POMEROY waft: willing to vote has alreadYlittairied that age, after reaoh
for a Conference Committee, In defer- ing the age of seventy, continue to hold
ence to the . wishes of a majority of his his office without thing such certificate,
political friends although he would the President shall appoint an additional
preferto see toe law repealed. -'. Judge for the same Oonrc,who shall have
Mr. WARNER said the power of the ...the same power, perform the same du-
Senate over appointments 'to and re- ties and receive the seine compensation
moval frord office was derived, not di- as the Judge then acting, and shall, in
rectly from the Constittition, but from connectiou t with or in :the. absence of
a law enacted by both - Houses, and now, his sedior associate; hold-courts prescrib
when the other. Howls desired to - recall ed by law, and shall on the death or re-,
its assent to that Jaw, -be thourlit the. tirornent of the iimilerAndgebeisattiett
lbsnaigultunidasSonatlei.thststlooleelind to• iiiidge of that-court. , • --' - -'
the repeal of the law-, . Adjourned.
The motion to recede was then lost by
the following vote:.
Yeas—Messrs. Bayard; Casserly, Cole,
Davis, Fessenden, Fenton, Fowler,
Grimes, McCreery, McDonald, Morton,
Pool, Robinson. Ross, Sprague, Stockton,
Thayer, Tuurnian, Vickers and NVaruer
Nays—Xessre. Abbott, Antbony, Bore
, .
man, kirownlow, Buckingham, Cameron,
Carpenter, CatteLl, Conkling, Cragin,
Drake, Edmunds, Perry, Gilbert,
Hamlin, Harlan, Harris, Howard, liowe,
Kellogg, Morrell, Nye, Patterson, Potn
eroy, Pratt, Ramsey, Rice, Sawyer,
Schurz, Scott, Spencer, Sumner, Tipton,
Trumbull, Nlllev Williams and Wil
e:on-37:
= The motion to insist - ,and ask a Com
mittee of Confegence wait then agreed to.,
At 4.30 the Senate went into Executive
session and soon after adjourned,
.E!OVSE
Under the call of States bills and joint
resolutions were introduced• and referred
.
as follows:
By Mr. BUTLER, of Massachusetts:
Authorizing the Secretary of the Treas
ury to collect the Internal Revenue now
due and uncollected by reason of false
..and fraudulent returns; also, to incorpo
rate a national land company for provid
ing lands for Immigrants and freedmen
in the late slave-holding States.
- By Mr. JENCIIESLTo repeal certain
provisions in the Appropriation bill rela
tive to the:Patent Mice.
By Mr. DOCKERY:. - .To pay loyal,
citizens in ,States lately in rebellion for
services in takiug - the•United States cen
sus hi 1880, ' •
.
By
-Mr COBS: For the sale of Govern
ment property at PlYniouth, N. C.; also,
for the removal of Obstructions from the
Roanoke river; N. C. -
By Mr. WHITTEMORE: To authorie
the.settlement of certain accounts; also,
to enable the Secretary of the Treasury
to contract with Fisk da Mills fora group
of statuary for the south wing of the
OapitoL' •
By, Mr. lANY,RENCE: To. punisli the
crftne'ef balding office in violation'of the
„constitution; algo,:-hi relatici.e to trust
fonds;„ also,, to preserve the putty of
elections in territories:
The House, , on motion of Mr. RlNG
HAMindopted' a resolution instructing
3110 VAMillit t ee 9 n.P. 440 ALAitilt:Oaii.lcen r
quire into the circumstances 'attending
the late issue of izenids' tot tlig' Central
Pacific Railroad. ,
The House laid on 'the abfe, by it vote
of 104 to 40, a resolution offered by Mr.
MORGAN to, exempt „aalt, tea, coffee,
sugar, inatobbstand tobiebo from all fed
eral taxation, and, to tax bondstwo and
a halr perircenti,' _ 9
• Mr. SCHENCK moved to suspend .
the
)Piallt bilbfer n, nonburiant
resolution for a Joint Committee on Ora
nance. Rulesittot quapended.
The Hohao t hen preice&fed td - the busi
ness on the ,§pealtar's table and disposed
of it islbilowiti
Senate?. noncurrent resolution for
a joint committee. consbting,or B ei
ate Committee on Omitiligehi Rspins
and House Committee on Accounts, -
define the tillPibe,Al4l2tita ardcornmp a .
tion ofithia enPloyftbfbbtli-,hoilsewiras
a s eed "
e smell th e udiolary
Systenibf thO'l7 itbdttatefi.
Mr. Bll479El4s‘,frm,the.Cmmittee
On tliAjudiciarvi -reporiat a stiiietithte
for this bill, atidßieleii,tip? sOvocafed
POLAND otferpst-pr Opendment,
prohibiting the Judges participatinfirlu
trials-below: -0- •
,The substitute and ametidnieut
were by Messrs. Eillighem, Po=
hand;„ lawrancik Jenakes,
Benton, Reno :Butler, (Mass.,) Steven
New Orleans Matters—important Court
'1 Decisions,
[By Telegraph to time Pittsburgh. Gasette.l.
NEW 0ft1;13.A.148, March 29.—The Elrst
United States Infantry left today on the
steamer, Robert E. LAO, for Detroit, hav
ing 'been stationed' here for five years.
The Press all eXpress regrets at their de
parture, an 4 good. wishes for their future.
General Buchanan will not-.-relinquish
command for a few days. •
Several important decisions were ren
dered, by Judge Dnrtdl in the United.
\ ..nt,
States Court thie morning. Three i ore of
the wine cases were decided in fa or of
the government. The decision is believed
to cover all the pointa that can be raised.
In the case of Dr. J. T. Tucker, agent of
the Illinois Central Railroad, petitloninir
to have the New Orleans and Opelousas
Railroad declared bankrupt, the
Judge in an elaborate decision held
that Railroad- bond coupcius were
not commercial paper within the
meaning of the bankrupt - law, and
that under ' the State laws and act
of incorporation a remedy was pro- .
Tided to which the creditors might re
sort; that in paying coupons after suit
was brought on the same was not pre
retiring one ;creditor over another, and
therefore not an not of bankruptcy; and
that the company was not insolvent, in
asmuch as ;the assets by-appraisement
exceeded the liabilities due or to-become
due by more than half a million. dollars.
The Coutt. expressed some doubt as to
whether railroad companies come under
the provisions of the bankrupt law.
Sealed proposals were today opened
by the State Treasury for 590,000 levee
eight per cent, bonds, pledged to banks
of this .city; as collateral for loans for
levee purposes. The highest- bith was
that of P. J. Kennedy, the great levee
contractor, at 80340, which was accepted.
The Cuban Insurrection.
(By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh euette.i
HAVANA, March 29.—1 n the outskirts
of Cardenas last Saturday night a patrol
was fired upon. 'The fire was returned
:and two 'Cubans killed and one taken
prisoner severely wounded.
President Baez, of St. Domingo, has
refused to allow the organizatibn of ex
peditions in'aid oUthe Cuba rebels.
The Diario publishes the following
news from the interlope
' In the Cienfuegos district the govern
foe troo have copletely surrounded
the rebel forces und Gen. Ballornat La
Vallidore. Gen. Dicta, with three then
sand -regulars, left Cienfuegos yesterday,
to attack the Insurgents in the; moun
tains, near Signet's,. He expects to ef
fect a Junction- near there' ' , with the
column advanchig from Trinidad, tinder
Gen. Dominate. n • •
A. large • party of insurgenta Tel
feated on Saturday nea rr. Nrinidad: .
egraphip• communisation' with -,Cienfqe
gos was restored m A. detachment' of
twelve h Roared troolla arrived , Santa
Cruz thagOth imp froth Puerto
offie t o TstiPPH 4 F‘ They 1° ' return
Advice% from to thel2d are re.;
calved. Spanish-man-of-war had cap.
turedthe British ship Jeff•Davia, which
watreturillugArlth a cargo of sponges.
and bad also. boarded and Searched the
schooner 'Brittann. The Pernviaaanonl-
remained at - Ragged. 'Leland,
iraltlng'appnyea of coal 'from, phig/31111.,
iitiering Bendel.
`rele,ccriAlt tq`tme Pittsbarkb Quette.l •
DETUOrr, 1 1 firchi9.--Among the bonds
stolen from ?dr:Wilkins, on Friday, were
six Port Burwell;Canada, Harbor bonds
of four hundred dollars_each, payable at
the ' Bank of British North America,
London. These are the only Port Bur
well Harbor bonds afloat,
TILE CAPITAL
(By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.l
WASHINGTON, March 29, 1869.
• 'NAVY DIFFICULTY IN CHINA.
Rear Admiral Rowan, comManding
the Asiatic squadron, writes from Hong
Hong, under -date of January 26th, giv- •
ingatiaceount of the difficillty" between,
thsC British naval authorities and the
The 7 iikd •
Chinese near'Snritow. The cout er
of an English gunboat took' his boats .
some six or eight miles from the anchor- •
age to exercise theillif and in passing the
village of Puling the villagers • cetna;?..
nienced pelting them With stones. Lieut.
Kerr then landed and reinenstrated; - my& --'
finding the elders of the village diaclile4-4'
to take the head men of the partYkt Ofiek4r--
of the boats, to Swatoyr.: The villegere
resisted and fired on the. Lieutenant, •
who returned the fire and soon dispersed
them. The I.lentenant re-ernbarkedt
and when a short way on his return was •
intercepted by the villagers, who'had cut
across the country,and who fired on the
boats, wounding eleven men two se-ei„..
riously. The fire was returned and elev
en of the villagers were reported killed
and thirty wounded. When the news
reached Hong Kong Vice Admiral Kennel
despatched two corvettes and two gun- '-
boats, with four hundred seamen fnIM2.
the flagship Rodney, to Swatow, tore
dress the Unprovoked 'outrage' on the
English flag.-
essirrest. PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Within an hour after the passage b
the House of the resolution directin the y
Committee on Pacific Railroad to
the
.
tigate certain matters affec.ing the Pa-
Mlle Railroad Company the following.
•
letter was placed in, aka hands of the
Chairman of that Committee:
Wathington, MOM 28.—Iron. Win. A.
Wheeler, Chairman House Committee
on Pacific Rallroads- T SIr: I respectfally
request that it nteethigof your (lommitteo
be called at the' - earnest 'possible' mo
ment, not later thin ten o'clock to-mor-
~•••?,t
row, to.disaharge duties imposed upon it
by the resOlutlen of the House, thU day - y
passed, referring to the issue of bonds to
, t r .
the Centril Pacific Railroad Qimpany of
of further request the author,
that resolution, and all - other , 7•-
,
persons willing to -asinine the -reSpon
sibility of the charges insinnatedlth the -
preamble thereto,may be required trt;ist •
present at such meeting. At present
cannot with propriety do more than de-
nounce every statement erein ffcting
the Central P.acide Comthpany a
as e ' 'infa
mously false, and demand that the au-
thors thereof shall be promptly required
to make good their statements orconfeas
their falsity. •
Yours very respectfully,-
C. a. HRMLLNGTON,
V. P. C.:P. R. R. C,o.
'• The Senate Comniittne on the Pacifict 't--
litallsoad, at Melt aultatia tagtittyiitaidad't
the CentraLdtrition Pacific, companies
should unite their roads 'at Ogden; it.
being the opinion.of• the Committee this
arrangement will satisfy and materially :
benefit both companies. '
NOM/ NATIONS BY TXIE,PREnDENT.
The President this afternoon sent the -
following nominations to the Senate:
George Earle, First Assistant Postinas
ter General, in place of General Skinner.
Also, the following to be Postmasters:
E. W. Keyes, Madison, Wisconsin; Wm.
C. Cowley, Manchester, Iowa; George M.
Yard, Oakland, Cala.. Samuel Fisher,
Fernandi,Fla.; L. B. Cockean, Carthage,
Ills.; Huh Wagelin, Belleville, Ills.;
John L. Campbell, Olney,James
C. Cunningham, Centralia, Ills.; Wm. z.
Manchester, Hillsboro, Ills.
Also, Benjamin H. Campbell, Marshal
of the Northern District of Illinois;
Alfred B. Meacham, Superintendent of
Indian Affairs, for -Oregon; Wells S.
Jones, Assessor of Internal Revenue,
Twelfth District, Ohio; H. ,E. Meedlen
burg. Collector of Internal Revenue,
Ninth District, Pennsylvania; Wm. R.
Centlan, Collector of Internal Revenue,
Second District, South Carolina; P. 'Reid,
Assesaor of Internal. Reyenue, Second_
District, Alabama; Francis Wedmer, Col
lector of Internal Revenue, Second Dis
trict, Alabama.
NOMINATIONS. CONFIRAIED.
The Senate this afternoon cclnfamed
the foliciv• - ing nominations: H. E. Muhl;,
exiburg, Collector of Internal Revenue
of the ninth Pennsylvania district; •E.
M.. Hays, Postmaster at Madison. Wie
consin;r Allred: B. Meichatn, Superin-%
tendant of Indian Affairs for , .Oregon,
vice J.. W. Huntington removed; Cap
tains Thos. H. Steveni,'rhos.
Patterson. and Edward T. Nicnola
take their former positions on the navy
register, and Capt. Jos. F. Armstrong,
now on the retired list, to be Captain in, •
the navy on the active list, to take rank' , •
neat to Capt..S. Stanley. ".
• . „
- NATIONAL BANK REPORTS.
The Comptroller of Currency has had
nationalbank
reports tinder the law, but the demand
for said - reports has not yet been made,
land there have been no intimations as to'
what, precise time the statements Will be •
called for, or as to Whether banks willbtf
required to report - at some day in the
future, dating from the call Made by the '
Comptroller, or fronisometimepreviefts
to that date. • ' 4
• T En t ßE•ol%OilleE CONFERENCE.'"
Senators Trumbull, Edtrainds and
Grimes compose' the Senate Committee''' •
'of Conference upon:: the disagreeing
vote`of the two Houses upon• the Tenure- T
,of-Office Apt. Thejfoutie had not; up to,
•:
adjournment, been Informed of. the ao
tion of the Senate..
,AM3ISTA.P/T.. ' POSTMASTER GENERAL.
George. Earle who was nominated by.:
'the President tia.clay . to be First Assistant
'Postmaster. General, was formerly Clark.
'of the Maryland' Court of. Appeals and
- late law
11 partrier'of Postmaster Gene
--' • • •
"fIIE PitIiSIDENT ,trA. • '
The Pratt . dentis unwell . ivain • • tokiii.ts
and reeelving no visitors. 'Holies in ')
office only &short time this inornink. •
?ibgarol Rlier to :be= Tumieled ,r
(By Teleiitraph to the Pittetnizet ealette:.)
OTTAWA, Canada,'Mareh 29.—The
and' Niagara Extension Railroad Con:I.: ,
pauy and the Erie and Nlagara.Rallroad,',
company nave givennopee that they will
make application to 'the Dominion Per-.
'lament for powers ituthorizing .lxitb or
either of these %imputes . to' oonatruot a I
bridge ovenor 'a, tunnel under the Nia- -
gam river, at or near Fort Erie, to ook '
operate with any similar powers exintinte •
within the State of New :York, or (mattock;
by the Congress of theCnited States. • '
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