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EMIR
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HARRISBURG.
''roceediilgi Of the Legislature—
\ Private Bills Passed—Charge
Apfnst the House ,Ilesseoger
as Uinta itgO' in Com%
hooh—lnterpreter for
Pr Counts Cdukts.
• • \o the Pittsburgh Gazitte.)
1869..
• ' SENATE.
• Aa laVArt CALINDAII.
rintdied billewere called "up - and
massed finally, among them the follow
tug : • -
By Mr. KERR: Authorizing Abe Town
Cimucil of Leechburg, Armstrong coun
ty, to extend and open certinn streets to
the Kiskiminetas
k Declaring Mahoninerpek, Armstrong
* l inty, a public highway and author
,
' g a tow-path along the same.
-.Oho Authorizing the School Board of Kit
- Inning tasell real estate.
.
Incorporating the People's Savings
Bank of Lawrence county.
BY Mr: BgAILIGHT: Incorixirating the'
~ ..0 niontown and Waynesburg Railroad
t'' - 'Company'. , - -
Preventing horseq, cat and swine
, . from running A' straver town
.. ship, Westin° a coquty.
...A rwireita ' e refOrtownship andi
estmoreland.
iding. !for 'the , - -better , re_pair of
• Toads ii•trorgarli.Tettersenand Bich Kill
lownahlps, Greope county_
N Inodiporitlng . the - , - Fitaz".. orb , and
, ... :'ltchanics Mercantile' - Association of
~ wnsville. ' ' ._• , .
. ; ly Mr. ER,RETT : Relative to denim--
•-nt Ashthisotif of, Alleg iiiihYiileuiltS%
• 'oorporaiting tbaßlilisheth. TVA:Whip
~ • • :,.. ge Company.
:, , . : pealing the act incorporating the
' ''..! . '.;mgaltela and Coal Hill Turnpike
~.';.'" , g.' )au y .
' "•"' • Mr. GRAHAM: For :the" ,better
' ''''. ' 't
ifti
q..., x on of disorderly persons in
..I: , •1 trale.apid Ormsby.borouglui. " •
". '''''' !.ipealink the Scott"townsiiip read law
4;• - • :1: • ,312„,.. .7 - -
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3kAGILL DTVOIiCE CASE. '
•, • . • . .
. . •
ffill,,troni • the HonSe • 4ivorelnic,
4;..,411111att ahit Lavilla. Magill was object-
Mt.off'. •
LOWRY introduced a' bill author ,
the,Felladelphiwand Erie Railroad.
Companyf to issue 'bends, secured by
! mortgage t. to enable them to lay, a double
HOUSE QF.REPEESENTATINES
REPORT. PROM CORMIfIEE. .
j Mr. JOSEPHS, from the cOrnmittee to
investigate the charge against James
/ _McCauley. House Messenger, of having
cl a
carried to Philadelphia a bill, which .
i_ Josephs ; hid
_passed, incorporatin -
I Uitiu3d - Ffiemens InsuranceAss° ' n
..1 of Philadelphia to that city, boasting
i it should never reach the Senate for final
passage, reported against McCauley, re
• commending his dismissal.' •
' - After some discussion, on motion of
• Mr. DUNCAN, the report was referred
f ba*to'thEi Committee, with instructions
to' notify`McCauley to appear in self:de
fence.
4 . 1 . PRIVATE CALENDAR.
The private calendarof three hundred
bills occupied nearly all day.
The following Senate bills were passed
finally: . •', - s. 7 ,
Perpetuating and . enlarging the cor;pd•
rate powers of Uniontown.
Extending the limits of Butler bor
ough. -; •- . - • : .-, • - ,
For the construction ana maintenance
of foot walks in Chartiers, Scott, Union
and Robinson townships, Allegheny.
Extending Venango county road law
to Fernier., • -_ '. - -- -, .- : 4
Incorporating the People's Plank Road
Company of Allegheny.
Authorizing the school directors of the
Sixth Ward . i Allegheny city, to borrow
money.
Relating to the school district of Re
serve township, Allegheny.
Empowering Bishop Domenec, of Pitts
burgh,..toesell certain real estate in Miltt"
.fltnAoWnEtiip,allstglien3 o : . • ' .... .: .;
Incorporathirtt -
, t • to Dental Society.
Authorizing Pit : b • . •
,and Alleghe
ny Bridge Company, at i ' t, to
r "
borrow Thirty thousand, dolls
Incorporating Allegheny Con Sav
ings Bank.
Consolidating - Mount Union and Hill
dale Ceideteries,"Allegheny. . , • . -.-
Authorizing the &boot Directors of
Birmingham, Allegheny county, to bor
row money..
Authorizing the Methodist -' church,
TJniontown, to sell the parsonage.
• Incorporating the,Union Club •and Op
era IlOtthe'.l.3:mparly; Pittsbrirgli. '
1 Antkorirhiehe c.4reed %Lodge of Ma-;
sons of Pennsylvania to borrow money.
The following House bills passed'
finally:
Relieving Captain Simon P. Townsend,
late Brigade Inspector 'Of Armstrong
county.
Itegulatklgsoedlcal practioe:in York,
Laneastikrirsie;Orawford;Adarna,Thicks,
Northampton, Lehigh and Armstrong
lMadlnilillighSay co u nty ' uq
stable law to Venango county.
. - Declaring WcedoOolf Creek, Crawford
county,a bile highway. . . •
Antho zing the Burgess and council
of Artnstrongeonnty, tayacate
a bayou or eddy and looni3ectddis
Island with the borough lior a permanent
?UN Ming tl ,a ik u gpEalley Pollps
9 0 J010nj.4 cra rd
_.• f , 1 . i!
incorpmagng the ' ' y pipe cord.
"any, Venango.
Changing; the ,plitee-f)f holdbs .eleo.
tidbit& trohcordlonrnahlit,'Butler county.
. . Preventing hunting deer with dogs in
Washington county. , .
Authorizing partial „, :
in' the Fourteenth
ylirdixt . make specialtemmfor gas with
'.the Pittsburg Gas Company. . • •-,
Authorizing -the °Cambria . Iron Coin
. party to maintain abridge - over the Con
emaugh river. 4 ,
Isegalizhig election in Cornplimter
1. • InicrnalliPt venangc county._ ~, ... . ~,
TVA CIERIiiAILLAItetTAGE.
•
AWI allowing Cierman , teac,hing In
Allegheziy, and othet conntles, when one
ISM
El
third' of ' the parents and guardians re:
quest it, was ordered on the public,calen
dar, on a pgint of order raised by. Mr.
Strang.
INTERPRETER APPOINTED.
Ernest G. Krehan was appointed to
day by the Governor as interpreter of.. the
Allegheny County Courts. - _ • ---
CHICAGO.
Serious Railroad Accident—River cu-su
alty—Wife Murderer Imprisoned for
Lite—Benzine Accident—Vire iti,Croii:
.bra Opera House—Attempt to
Murderer—Poisoning case. -
illy Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
Csicsoo, March 30.,Antither frightful
accident occared the_TOl6lo - ,:reerla
Wand Warsaw Railroad, at half-past twelve
o'clock this morning, just eastUr Eureka.
The eastern hound freight
crossing a • bridge, three lmndred ..feet
long, at or -near 'that place, waitThroVrii
from the track by a broken rail. The
engine was pitehed - Trott( thelbridite,
turning completelrofer its descent.
and alighting on its . wheels. Nine cars
were detached and•badly-damaged. The.
engineer, W. W. Morgan, of .Peoria, was
instantly killed. The firemink Corroy,
was severely injured, so.mucli that but
slight hopes are entertained of his 're'-
, covery. Morgan leaves a -wife and two
children; his wife -is at present sick.
Seventy-fivo feet'of the bridge wail torn
Away, and the whole thing, train, bridge
and road, are a fearful wreck.
On Monday liming, tt skiff containing
Fred. S. Potter and his son, a lad eleven
, years old, - and James Raymond, was cap
sized in trte Illinois river, a short dis
tance above the city. ,They held on to
the boat and were rescued at the: in.
time to save the men, but the boy was
Past recovery, more from, the effects of
the cold than by drowning:
The trial. of John R. Feller, for the
murder of his wif Y '
lowa, in 1866, was
in the District Cot
jury found the prim:
in the second degr
tenoed.toluiprisom
Mrs. John Lan:
death - at-Appleto:
while attempilde
I can of benzine.
1 About half-past
fire was discovered
Crosby's building, c ....lupied as a
eleeningroOm
.by the proprietors of the
S t. J am e t i Hotej; ; bpangiqatelii• iidPtting
Crosby'it :Opera )flOnsit. Thei, 'Alaines
"spread with &hat rapitlity,"find frartis at
one time feared that the Opera House and
ISt. James Hotel might fall victims to the
devouring flames; but by the activity of
the Fire Department finch a calamity was
arrested. The actual damage by fire
amounts to about $20,000. Tne victims
'are: Messerve tt Libby, proprietors of
the St.-James" $4,000; Spear," Brlziee4
Holbrook; carpet dealers, about $15;000;
and C. W. it E. Pardidge, sniall. Spear,
Holbrook dt Co. are insured as follows:
Fireman's. Baltimore, $.2,500 ; Wash
ington, Baltimore, r.,500; Union, Balti
more. $2,500; Home. New:York, $5,000;
Fireman's, New York, $4,500; New" Am
sterdam, New York, $2,500; Beekman,
New York, 44,500; Lamar,New York,
$2,500, and in another Batimore Com
pany, $2,500. Total, $29,000. '
A special to the Tribune, , from Morris,
Illinois, says the grand jury of Grundy
county have found a true bill of indict
ment against Abraham Hewitt for the
murder of Mrs. Hess and her child, and
re was to day arraigned., His counsel
immediately applied for a change of
venue, which was granted, and the case
sent to;Will county. On account of the
excitement-it was deemed best to remove
the prisoner at once to Jol/et.: lie Was
taken from the jail in an eenrdbus, and ,
as the officers were about. removing him
from the omnibus to the cars "An "effdrt
was made by a mob to take - bitn froth'
the officers and lynch him. The officers
and the prisoner sattorneys immediately
drew their revolvers and kept. the mob
at bay until", Hewitt Was looked'," In the
cars and the train moled off.
Dr. Searintut, who& has
_been held a
prisoner for some time, charged with
poisoning Jacob Becker In his barber
shop, In this city, has been discharged.
District:" Attorney: Reed failing to find
any evidence which would convict the
prisoner.
The Freshet lu New York—Dangers of
an Extraordlary Flood.
By Telegraph to the Plttaborath GaretteA
SCHENECTADY, N. Y., - March 30.—The
Mohawk is clear from Scoharie creek
east to about two miles west of here.
Above the creek the ice is still in the_
river. Two nailea f west of here the ice
has formed -a (lath, and the water:
as high as was ever known. It is over
flowing the flats on the south side and
seversl farm houses: are: under water.
`Four miles west of ,here the water is six
feet deep in the road,' rendering it ut
terly impassible.
Itoonislaa, Maictr'-30.-:-There - Is con
siderable excitement In this city and
along the Genesee Valley above in con
sequence of the rise of the river. Thw
ordinary high water mark has ,bean
reached and the river is still rising.)
Telegrams from above today say there
is danger of an extraordinary flood.
Arafaicy ' Maiah 30.—Thelriver in front
of the - City is comparatively' clear of ice,
but above and below the city the ice is
firmly lodged.- It • has Laccumulated
largely just above the railroad bridge.:
AR yet, very little damagr been done
..
hete ,tind -the wateis ttreaarkably'
;
Accident en Central PakWe lailrotel.,l
CDY Teolrmo to the ritomer aszeße.) ~..,
SAN - : FRANCISCO, t i rgre4 30.+. 4 h.
EgIPACTIVEILVOIIII a es two engines 'ili
the Central P - o Hailraisfi ran-off tbit
t
traeklieyend o.Wourteen airs were
siiiasb i ed, a; o ductor, two engineers,
two &mai an the brt ei pemewkillad.
The Oleos!' trbildings of e smile cop+
Pliny* Truchas were d floyet-by *a
yesterday. Loss, V! tho sand dollars:
BAIT-FRANCISCO,rchPIottr dO ll
and nominal at 11,60@(ito
5, . Wheat;
sales7.:ipeod shipping alobiside ship lal
111,60; 1 ari!etAttlet at 11,4(01,0. ~..1
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Horrible Affair—A illusbOid Chops Hip
Wife and Cbildren to Plebes and Vies
Drowns Himself. '
•
Ear return!) t‘tbe Pittsburgh Gazette.) i. , ..:
PHILADELPHIA, March 80.—Mr. Black r
stone, of the 'firm of •Prinaten-dt BLOk
stone; Vietam-frame , ,datdmis, TeillekdAlt
morning chopped his •Wifo and two
dren to• pieces with An az anti then
drowned blowslf in the Delaware river.
'On
..w his body a paper stating , bat he
t
had been robb d and was a ruined man,
and giving tht as a reason for his mur
derous sots. e was probably insane.
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SECOID
- 04 - Yure
FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
[EARS IIg'SSION.I
SENATE: Supplementary Cur
rencyßilk•4l3lllldisCA.PprOpri-
ation Bill. HOUSE: Confer
ence Committee on Tenure
of-0111ce Bill Agreed to—Bill
Amendatory of
,Whisky and
Tobacco Tax 'Ma* Passed-
ReaulutioiX to. Adjeurn- April
Bth Adopted. • ' • •
LBy Telegraih to the Pittsburgh tiasette.l •
WASHINGTON, March 30, 1869..
SENATE.
Mr. WILSON reported a joint resolu
tion for the ppyment of pensions in ,per
son and not through attorneys, or, claim
agents. LaidVirer. over..: • ' -
The bill continuing the Freedmen's
hospitals at Richmond, Vicksburg and in
the District of Columbia was passed.
Mr. WLLLEY introduced a Joint reso
lution exempting West Virginia from
the act restricting the jurisdiction of the
• - ,
Court of Claims.
Mr. ANTHONY_ Introduced a bill
!authorizing
,contract certain
parties . to_. tra - ft European mails.
Referred to Posto •a go Committee.
Mr. R.ELLINAIif .Ifrodueed a bill grant
land for a — ralfroad and telegraph
' Centistl PaciflejsfltOad to Col
n.; also, a, joint f_esoluWn dig
;he rank sall nuM ber of Gov-
Imployes -lithong the several
Tertitoriee. Referred to Re
=Committee.. -
)RTOI 4 I moved to take up the
11 to grant the right of way to
)kis, El Paso and Pacific ,R 3117
.B.BOTT thought the bill ought to
to the Committee on Pilethe
Mr. CON - KLING objected to the con
sideration of tho bill at this time, first,
because he had bEgm Informed that there
were objections to it which would be
best examined by I:Committee; and sec
ond, because it was not one of the meas
ures which the .majority of they Senate
bad agreed should be considered at this
session - • .. •
Mr. HOWARD urged a reference of
the tO ,„t he committee on...R4aLlie.
Railroad. It lovolved, apd,inany
ireportarteigtiestloilit, ofte iiirtheltibeing
the question whether there really Is a
Memphis mid - Hi-Paso Rtdlroadiii3Oliat!,
The discussion continued until the eit- -
ptration of the morning licity, whieti
brought up, as - unfinished business, thy:.
Supplementary Currency bill a L
Mr. HARLAN Moved to p'pone this
and all prior orders, and proceed to the
consideration of thi Indian appropria,
tion bill. Lost--yeas - 23, nays HO:: -
The pending amendment to the sup
plementary currency bill was that offered
by Mr. POOLE, wizen the bill was last
up, but at the request of Mr. SEI 4 13. MAN
he withdrew it.
Mr. SHERMAN thenoifered au mend
mint to - the fourth section, viding
that on the redistributionotban ng cir
culation the iequisltion shall commence
with banks having an excess of circula
tion
- exceeding one million dollars in
States having ' an excess of circulation,
and.having withdrawn one-third.of the
excess above -a million, shall
. proc43ed
pro rata with , banks !having a circitla-
Mon exceeding, one hundred thousand
doliars.. Ile said; ho'hal _eonsultell the
Secretary of the Treasury and 'Comp
troller of the Currency,who favored the
course provided for in the amendment,
which was designed.,to relieve smaller.
batiks in States from which circtilation
was to be drawn.
Mr. VESSEntEN sold he. did toot like
the amendment as well as the original
bill.
The amendment was agreed to. -
'Mr. 'POOL then Offered an amend Mont
to the amendruent l offered, some days
since by*Mr: Wilson, 'providing that itt
the consideration of banking privileges
granted bye-the National' currency act
the United States bonds..which. shall
hereafter be deposited in the Treasury as ' I
pledge under the provisions of this law,
shall,- daring the'tme they remain there
in, bear interest at the rate of. only three
per cent., ,and: that" the bends already so
deposited as a. pledge . shall, after, the Ist
of January, ,187 Q, bear interest only at
thereto. of-three per-" Cent. during the.,
time they remain therein.
In support. of this Amendment Mr.
POOL addressed the Senate at length.
ja the coursttof tds:releV l (6 be spoke,
the national currency act as an unjust
law, and commenting,upen , the remarks
of Mr. Fessenden in the last debate on
the pending bill; said they ledloatedtua-!,
friendliness to Southern States.
Mr. FESSENDEN denied;that_ he en
tertained any such feeling: The record
would show that throughout, the. whole
peried 4 orrecoristrubdon had'Voted
every measure calculated to put the pco
plaofthe South la ea favorable a position
as that Whieh-tley tootnspled W6ra - 2.the
war; but, the retßeseutatlyes, of. those
States adglit'io remedtbWthitiewas the
action of their States that brought about
t he_c, l
ortiottof ut qf wp. t rata
this eqbilitt% oft.. ref
which beyqteuritti.. . n. p.,;„.4;
Mr. •COLE declare. himself in favor of
reducing the interest on bonds de sited
in the Treasury as security for National
Banks. r It Ings:pitiaci4bettthe,4claim of
bondhOlders for speciM priVilegesron the
ground that they lent the Goferument
money in its need, should'cease. They
bad undoubtedly lent the money to' the
Cipqer,nment,,,tmt they had been careful
td reeetbe atutorelecueltirialidd4bat#X6,
'for usurious interest. • •
After further disouision, and the adop-,
Lion and rejection of several attend
manta, the bill passed -insthe folloWing
form: it f. A at
The first section 'mottles that'every
National, Banking Association selected
as a depository of public, Monies Shall
derma; Vidted Statea .boadtk,iiith,ehe
' Treittlarer ofthe Usite4E Stettin akttfeCit
rity for such deposltscand whetteverthe
public monies deptisited:Ltt alit* Aesoole
tion shell exceed idnetrPer.:centum of
the pat' value of bonds sq held by the
Treasurer as security, it 'shall be the
duty of the Treasurer forthwith,lor dfaft
or otherwise, M.. reduce the amount of
such deposits to 'a sum not exceeding
ninety per ;e'en - tam of the bonds depos
ited; penalties are provided for bribery,
Section twin provides that liquidating
banks Shall fin - up their bonus within
ninety :days, id-default; of which they
shall ne,attid at public auction in the city
of New York.
SectiOn three, provides or salaries for
receiverki'ef National Banking Associa
tions, to be paid from the assets of the
banks. • -
Sectien fourth is as follows: That to
secure a better 'distribution of national
' banking - currency, there may be
issued circulating notes to Rank
ing Associations organized in the
States and • territories having a
less banking circulation than,their
pro rata, as herein set forth; their ircti
iation herein authorized- shall within
one year, g required, be withdrawn,. as
herein proVided,, from banks organized
in the Statiehartng a circulation exceed-,
ing that' provided for by the aot entitled
"an act to amend an. act, entitled an act,
to provide for a national currency se
cured by, a Pledge of United States bonds
and to provide for the circulation and re-,
deniption thereof," approved *arch 3d,'
1885, but the amount to be so withdrawn
shall not exceed thirty millions of dol
lars, and the rate of distribution for
one hundred and fifty millions of their
circulation authorized by law shall be
according to the population, and the
remaining one hundred and fifty mil
lions shall by according to the value of
all property, real and personal, within
such States , and territories, the Same
to be ascertained by the Secretary of the
Treasury; the Comptroller of the Cur
rency :mall, under the direction of the
Secretary of the. Treasury, make a state
ment showing the amount of circulation
in each State and the amount to be re
tired by each bank in accordance
with this section, and shall, when
circulation is required, make a requi
sition for such amount upon, such
banks, commencing with banks having
a circulation exceeding one hundred
thousand dollars, in States having an ex ,
N i ta of circulation, and withdrawing
o °third of their circulation'in excess of
one million of dollars, and then proceed
ing pro rata with banksi having circnia
tion exceeding one hundred thousand
dollars in States having the largest ex
cess of circulation, and reducing the cir
culation of banks in Stites having a
smaller proportion, until those in greater
excess have been reduced to the same
grade. and continuing thus to make the
reduction provided for, by this act until
the full tunountof .thirty millions herein
provided shall be withdrawn and shall
he distributed among the States and
territories, having less than their pro-.
portion ' so as to equalizetthe distribution
of such circulation among such States
and Territories upon the basis provided.
"by this act, and upon failure,.nf,sucb,
tO• returut,ltto .amount .50,..,te
.quired Thin • ninety- days alter :
quisition, it shall be the Auty of the
Voinptroll r *Ili: - Ctirrencyt to 8.44 at
public atieb, littiing_ given twenty
days' notice in 'A c itaivrtaper printed In
WashingWelty and Sear York city, an
amount of bonds depo s ited by said bank
as security. for 1401.er - dation equal to the
circulatiori to ,be withdrawn front such
bank, and wlth the Pr9,4eeds to redeem
3 manyof the' notes of such bank's they
come in the Treasury4s will eanal the
amount requiretiltom it; and shall pay
the balance to 'snob ,banks;.' provided,
that the circulation herein authorized
shall be issued only as circulation is
withdrawn, so that the aggregate of, cir
culation, shall not at any time exceed
three hundred naillions.bt dollars,
Section five prbvides that any bank
ing association, located in any State hav
ing more thareits proportion of cirearia
tion may be remove" to any State having
less than its propb lon of circulation,
under such rules an regulations as the
Comptroller of the- urrency. with the
approval of,the S of the -Treasu
ry, may,require.
Oa motion of Iidi.,IIARLAN, the% Sen
ate took up the Indian Appropriation
bill, and then, at - 8:11;#‘ went into exeott
"ye session and Bonn After adlottrned:
.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
. . .. Confer e nce ,. .
The aPpointmentof a Com
mittee on the Tenure:of-Odle° bill
. by :the'
Sentitti'was announeed.- ' ' -
Mr. BUTLER asked'unanimous con
sent to it, batbir. BROOKRobjected.
The bill .renewing_ Miller's patent ini•
provement for-surraw -condensers for
steam fingines.7.Pasieidialser.tbe bill /or
the reissue iif`Atlein ti ;self raker tiatent;
also, for Clark/to -lista/Ain:oi 1 fbr hay. and
manure• patents;-. . , . '
The bill .roviving Hoe's Improiement
in printing press forlieran-Yeatu and.cer
tahi restriction MIL 4PPRott9d by Mr.
Jet: pokes, . r and at the . ,expitation crfthe •
morning hour wetifilvii*luitkllo-moixow.
The House then ptocaieded to , business
on the Speaker's table,'And took up" the'
Senate message asking's' t3otninittee' of
Conferenee'on the .Texiure.of-Offiee'bilL'
-Mr. BUTLER, . or , Mess:;'. moved-.. to..
agree;to the.request:lbs'a'Committee - af
Con.ferenice.. , . a v, - .;,.% t %.:, f,,,i1- -
Mr. 'SCHENCK moved the lioneeis.‘
cede from the dissgmment r to the SeU- '
Sen
ate > amendment, , w„Mtk,motion, - he re
insiliid, bad '.prcieufence over ,ev,erY,"
othei 'notion. '' ~,,,_ , . '•
Hone?
M. ' IVOODWAIiIif ,', otiell'ilie
Wild' on itti disagil* ciri. ,g:
The "vote I was -Itliatliititketi'.' on'- Mr. ,
Siohenek's I Motion, 'br '
t‘recede,... • and -re-.
stilted: 'yeas 80, nay101;10.; - :, 1V...! • ' .
',The Ranee .then 40taikto bisist on dia..
agrleMpial 4 1 24 tcli %IMO z a Votrginilte*?:
of wointiltiee. ,' ..., . i. , ( , r ,
u,baglogntly ~ the „HPEAXER, ap-."
pp ' *IA 5_llA Conutalee Messrs. But
19 "4 9894 Tt4ll.lll9`i'Wilui and pit*
-' I I I II I L ibUdirifir , i.i 'tile. Note j on ' M r ..
iitblie lei ,iniitton. ~, , :i:—• ~.. „ • , ._, ;.;.; s ,
(?)Yeint.4--Measre.:lll4aiiasi; 'lleatty,alenl•
ton; i Bingluite, ~ Boles, ', ,Burdett i ' Hattori
roineateet) , Cestuat4 :- ,b tuldon, , Cobb,
,NprtkCarplina,)' Magic% Dixon, Doak
fferi C arolina ,)
Duval; ,4,ta i , ParrtwArtili
Iraqis; inoiclaine bilri;olB4 , Ha''
tat, Ball; . 1 1„obitot, . 9 ig 1 9.94:1 9 1-0 8 2
Krill_ / 2:001'Pl..!: • t.. .. 41 7 0 40, 0 1
l oi
T: e1f . ,',X1 12 $ 1 41 , 1,
_,*- are dicer;
obte;to s ir oonisliehttgastreeilly
'Morrill; PelkhVbeilnilia =Eater;
r e teigi d,t,PorMloyi piSitr)
gent•tilawietSobeAck , *ogifdda Indlra
ititrditt-Perlaortlf),. eratittiog
o vi t
Nem% .: Ptokerki‘ tilt P.. ,' o . ,q , 2 , .
tgreg :-.lTormoki'!".. '.!,/ ', • , ,',.".. 04 1
Ylelieeler, WHOA a ~, l " ~ e ;.1 --- P
— ,M1Y 82 7 411 . 11 1 04 2_"4 .' •r' ~ ! : 1 4 1 , 0 c liiit
tAinistronV ftep7" • • ! ,‘, : .:, • low
Bennet+, '' Bigt% ' s lake,: 'Nab + , ,118 65 4 10
Brooke, - Dualtilrldni' 44 'Hurr,- - Eager,
( Maas.,) Catkins, - Clarke. COolni, Conger,
Cobb Cullom, Davis, - s Davies, ' Deweee,
Dickinson, Dyer, Eldridge, Perry, Fox,
ME
_
Get; Galladay, Griswold,
Haight. Elaldean, Hale, Hambleton,
(Md.,) 13awkins, Hay, Heaton,
Hoge, Hoar, Holman, HOpkins, Johnson,
Jones, (N,_, C.;) Jones, 'lKy.,) Judd,
Julian Kerr. Lash, Logan, Lougbridge,
Marshall, Mayhan, M'Carthy;, M'Cor
mick, M ' Neely, MorAtzt, MooreOnd.,) ,
Morgan, Morrill, (Me.,) ?dungen, Nib.
lack, - O'Neil, 1 Orth, Pachaid, layne,
Palmer, PhelpS, Porter, Randall, Read
ing, Reevee, Rice, Rogers, Rots, Shu
meeker. SheldOn, Slocum. Smithi,(o..)
Smith, (Tenn..) Stevens, Swann,
Sweeney, Tanner, Trimble, Tindel,vCfp
son, Van Auken, Voones, Washburne,
WWfs.;) "Washbuine, , (IVlass.,) Welker,,
ells, Whittemore, ' Wilkinson, Wil
liams, Wilcher,Wood and Wood- .
ward-106.
The Senate bill, In 'addition to the act
of JOly 27,1868, removing political dies
bliities. was passed.
Mr. DAWES offered a concurrent res
olution for the final adjournment of this
session on April 6th; at•,l2 o'olock, and
said there could be no question of the
readiness of both Houses to adjourn at
that time and to haVe finished all neces
sary business. .
The resolution was Y.
adopted, without
division. , '
Mr. PAINE, I from the Committee: on
Elections, reported that Jacob Pr Reed,
claiming a seat from the Third Congres
sional District ,of South Car,ollrut, is ix
corapeteutto take the oath.
Mr. RANDALL, from the minority of
the Committee; assented - lo the report
and produced! a bilf - to remove Mr-.
Reed's disability. Referred to the Com
mittee on Reconstruction.
Mr. INGERSOLL, from the Commit
mittee oa Roads and Canals, reported a
bill authorizing- tho building of a rail-
rpad.bridue over the Ohio river at Padu
cah, Ry., by the Paducah and Gulf Rail
road Companyovith a span of not less
than four hundred feet in the clear over
the main channel, and to be a legal
structure and postroad.
Atter some discussion the bill passed.
On motionef Mr. BUTLER, Massachu
setts. the Coastitution passed for the
State of Texas was ordered to be printed.
' Mr.. HOOPER called up the motion to
reconsider the vote by which, on the 18th
inst., the, bill to amend the act of July
20th 1868, to impose taxes on distilled
spirits and tobacco, was referred to Com
mittee on Ways and Means.
The Vote was redonsidered and the bill
came before the House for action.
It amends secUon Sijiht in reference to
the ownership of ritaH, eitatesof such dis
tilleries, by allowing in certain cases a
bond to be: taken.,. It amends section
twenty hy,providing that in distilleries
of it prodticing capacity 01 less than one
hundred gallons in twenty-four , hours,
and in which grain or meal is mashed
'by hand, or without the use of
steam, sixty gallons of mash or .
1341 er hte-wOLL pr....ferraoed, Anal
,liball reptesetit ntinees tEan One netts
of grain. It amends tiebtlon fifty-sixth by
extending the time for withdrawing dis
tilled Spirits frnm bonded warehouses un
til the 20th April, 1870, subject to an addi
tional tax.of one per cent. proof gallon per
month. It amends section fifty-ninth,
designating who shall be regarded as
recuiiers. It 'amends section fifty-sev
onth by requiring all revenue taxes for
packages of tobacco and snuff to, be
numbered in ,continued series for each
collection district. The second section
requires statements of the stock of to
bacco. snuff lor cigars manufactured
prior to the ' 23d of November, 1868, on
which the tax' has been paid, but not
stamped, to be made within sixty days.
The third-section requires the Commis
sioner of InteinaL Revenue to have suit
able special stamps prepared. The
fourth section prohibits the withdrawal
from bonded warehouses of tobacco,
snuff or cigars, unless put up in packa
ges and stamped. '
Mr. HOOPER explained the provisions
of the hill.
A discussion took place in reference to
the provisions concerning cigars, partici
, patfid in by; Messrs. liooper,
Baler, Mass., Stevens and Judd. '
Mr.' AI.LNON moved to strike out the
paragraphini reference to the withdraw
al- of distilled spirits from bonded ware
houses, and 'argued in advocacy of his
motion.
The'discussion on that subject was par
ticlpated', in by , Messrs. Kelly, Butler,
Logan, partield and others. -
Mr. LOGAN declared that the proposi
tion extending the time for withdrawing
whisky from' bonded - warehouses was in
the interest of the whisky ring, and rbb-
Wig the government of millions of dol
tariff.- that the -attorney of the ring in
Washington, a man named Boyd, was
furnished with plenty of money. , . •
Mr. KELLEY favored the proposition,
and gave the reason why it should , be
adopted. •
_Mr.:BUTLER desired the House to be
very careful; how it *vied the bill, hpr . -
cause, in relation to r stamps, forged:
stamps could now b b procured in ,Newf
Yoik at two dollars the thouSand,oost:o. ,
ing only a little More when filled pp. and;
which :were very difficult- to _detect, -.HO •
distributed .1101ne. EtWiMelgtatig forged;
stamps among • "'
Mr. SCHENCK, opposed this Prtitibbir •
tion,and expretuaid ,himself t, ,faWhir-Of
requiring the withdrant Orthe,viifitht,
so ,thst,those hOnded'iterehionsehir
be Mese& up. Thb tobacco SWAPO:fed ,
been -printed , in a caked' , wivo.#liidkai;
coarse paper, :ao =not logely count ?
felted they might eately;be.::,MeNdleitrod;
the gOvernnient was losing revenualargo u
ly on that-, account . by, tobacco !tamps" '
being almost. worthless. „This, bilkbolf7- I
tained•axenpody'ler. that; and therefor e
he was anxious for Its `lassitge.,,
Mr.' ARCHER argued In - favor' of rei'
Mining the;olitnita In referehne'.to*lxinded ,
warehouttee' ap e d deolered. that if,' there.
were tittAiwie on the one side 'of: fife
question, tbernvvere also attorneys
othor, representing' ,:the • rich " , ,illerSo
wh6 Wanted tatnioreirinickgmek.oxdo
Mr. Mlgslintical." ATlViteo.l4 -111yor of.
retains erovaipp •
LISON
fevor,o Striking oht,' the roybdon_and
sAkkesteillba statapi'pron Owed' email
terfelt by Mr.'Brititliet, were-net , mintibit=
felt-itstnni, - stamps That hint Nei
fotMerlyiulted and were-now superseded.
Wench itrattdcwore! oonimitted., he ; be.
lievtd theywould soon be remedied,llol,
ihcitlbagehticinwhad; lane rokuinoo
ItLeseto , or, tie TreMurF,lNlPAirtMqns
aft9, - 9fgan Internai I.evenutti`;tureau.
: 1 40,41UtOton was Alien, taken; .011,Mr.-
. Allison'a nletlon' to strike out the, pro:
vision extending the time for withdraw
ing, the whiskey from' bonded ware
libtases, find the'provision was struck
Otit•---yeas Bqq, nay s. •- • •
The bill then passed. without division.
and the House, at half 7 past four o'cloOk.
-adjourned.
NUMBER 79
TIM CAPITAL.
(By Telezraph to the entsbupth tiszetfea
WASHINGTON,•3IIITCh 30, 1860.
SMOGS COMMISSION.
By direction of the Secrqtary of War a
commission will assemble , in New York
on the 31st inst., - to examine and report
upon the subject of a bridge across Eatlt
river. Generals Wright , and Newton.
and Maj. King compose the domnitasion.
' MILITARY CHANGES.
Brevet Colonel Schofield, Major of fho•
Forty-firat Infantry, has. been relieved,
`from duty in the depkrtment of Missotirit
Brevet Brigadier General , R. C. Brum
hasbeen ordered to report for ,duty to
General Meade. at headquarters in thY
.Militaiy Division of the Atlantic.
ONLT ONE NOMINATION.
•
The President today seut.-only oneP
nomination to the Senate, namely, Chas.
S. Hamilton to be Marshal for the -Die
trict of Wisconsin. General,-Hamilton
was a clasa-mate of President Grant at
West Point, and served duriag the War
Principally in the Southwest as• Major
General.
PLACED ON FILE.
The entire mass of applications frnpo
stidons under the government, ministers,. -
consuls,Scc., have been dwell:Jet:
"and
arrangd at the State Department s and
placed in regular order according, to the
weight of recommendations appended to.
each. The appointments will be made
from them so as to give the several States
their due proportion of them. All due
- • -
regard is- being paid to in strength
the Department in all cases.
VARIOUS- 'MATTERS.
The President received several visitors
this morning, among them Senators Tip
ton, Corbett and Robertson..
At the Cabinet meeting to-day all the
members were present.
Mr. Halsey has decided to - weep; the
office of Register of the Treasury. • •
The President sent to the Senate to-
day, in compliance with a resointittnithe
letter of Secretary Cass giving his tea. r
sons for resigning as a member of Presl 7. - •
dent Boolianan's Cabinet, and alki
13uchanan's reply.
CENTRAL PACIFIC BAILIVILD:BONDS,.. --
The testimony before the Senate Com.
puttee goes to show that there has been._
no over issue of government bond's to the
Pacific Central Railroad. The boil& were.
issued in accordance with law and , the
facts, and after the opinion of. Attorney ,
General Everts had been given to 'the'
effect
effect that the Secretartf of the Treastiry
could no longer .withhold tktem, under
section eight of act of 1864, author
izing the issue of two.thirds the
amount of the bonds on corispletion •
'
'lt taint.lt is also shownlhat the Union _
Pacific road is far from being completed: -
to Ogden, as alleged. In the Echo and
Weber canons of the Waste& Morin
,tains, thirty miles east of Ogden, there •
are several miles of temporary track,- ,
with grades exceeding two huudred feet
to the mile in use, • upon which. the
Union Pacific Railroad CoMpany have
received their full quota of bonds, al
though the road is not built upon the_
approved line of survey, and two
tunnbls are still unfinished, one of whioh
will not be completed until the 30th or
April, by which time the Central Pacitic
Railroad will have reached Ogden City. '-
THE CASE OF TEXAS.
About fifty Texas gentlemen appeared
before the Reconstruction Committee
this morning,. Gov. Hamilton stated the
case for the party, which asks to vote
upon the new Constitution; and discuss
ed the equal rights and suffrage clauses.
Some conversation arose between them
and the speaker as•to the true meshing
of the disfranchisement section, which
is copied from the new Constitution- of
South Carolina. ' Gov." HaMilton eOll
- that those only can vote who can
hold office under the Eburtaenth amend-
ment. That interpretation being ques
tioned, and the member . from South
Carolina, having remarked that no one is..
,
nowa disqualified . yoter Snuth.. Caro
lina, Goy: HamiltOn said "if tE i etlie - the
interpretation, -so muc h the • better.'
General Butler said 'that is explidit
enough." Gov. Hamilton then' spoke.
against - all diSqnalitication* as a perma-L
nanny. The further hearing was adiotisn
ed until Thursday.- • .
FUNDAITIRPRLILTED;
, The General , Committee, who had.
charge of the ititnignration* ball held a
meeting last evening and resolved to de
vote the surplusltrnd4o.; the rairehaste of
Clark Isll,llB' st,tne ofyresident
GEi3ROIA CASE. ,
The. General Committee On Iteocin
,
afriletidil' by a stria' party vote decided
tarepor; Mr...Butleea•Georgla
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new. Spanis6:lobnetithiion the' reign 'or
the icinKhr:opt,lhniced,L4Feightcteo§Tol,
sere rted j n the Ozirrary;,the. pee
ediethiuof ieuiiihh - *iti ma
ikinglorGlifeltsubideioeudit , :ha his MIN
the Perteil,g,FAeee MIN O F4S:A# ll f li t,
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terday. The . ip City ofpaltimore;.
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F'ilii ' 14614 . "Nik - sOMMEtartX:
4n 1k;14644ii; 1011 ti.-may{ng- ,, coneotti.
93%®93g: Five•Twenties,B3%; Eriti,S4rif;
B.Unolei ILI; .PetrolemmOrra..at ) ls: - . IE M
tnFalined:l sLornmon Rosin, de...gd,rl/R:
pen b ; ills. 9d : "Ttalottr,l7 B . Slff."Sr A m u
011,"1,0 5 1g:' . What's oll,".•B7lrJZCalcsittet ifri.
seed oil, 59e. Sugar quiet at 89a. 94L, , i
49.$17,WEArk , March, , 81 7 Petr)Ojeuni,
easier at 64340 05 :11. 1 r "
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and hi her, sales of middlirtg 'upland*
at 12s a. ; ;Drieautk.12V1.1:,Viltaatmlasdes
1 Pr e a 2 •o lo ,P2l , 9 llll9 ft 17 1 % , AO. 9 4., likt .
r w i t u f,_ 9s. 0 . 'Fl.our,
oOrrif 908 1 8dit- , Oata, 3rii'td. ll ßaraly;' , s4, •
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