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f...e.,.rwremivicio.4=o-- cix,3l.
11MtRISBURG.
APetroleum and Vessausgollauks
—AOpropriation Hilts—Con
ference Commirtee-Slipoint
i
4 5 4 .ed—Escape_ of -the 'Brodhead
Murderers - from Stroudsburg
Jail.
y Telegripn tellittPUtsbarp (hinite.)
HAittdmitiiti; April 3;1869.
HOUSE.
•- • PETROLEVH AND VENANGO BANES.
MY. AMES, of Crawford, called tbe
~',:bill authorizing the Receivers of the Pe.-
giro' leum and Venango banks to ‘llft the
;Suds deposited with the Auditor Gen-
Aid for the security of noteholders, the
:Receivers having given proper security.
Zsunied finally.
Several attempts to consider bills out
• Uf order failed. •
APPROPRIATION BILL.
The - Appropriation bill came from the
Senate and Mr: STRONO•moved that the
House fion-concur in the Senate amend
; month, and appoint a conference corn
• sidttee. Agreed to, and Speaker Clarke
.rointed Memos, Wilson; Strong and
cCullough on said Committee.
• •Adjountad - till Monday afternoon.
t
• e lltkoAPS OF TIER BRODHEAD MURDERERS.
tThe Goverapr this morning telegraph
./ olto DaVis, Clerk of• the Court f -ofibiontoe_oocuaty, goyim; ,that he was
a ready to - . bine. death warrants for the
• Brodhesui murderers • and „ asking if
} there was any reason for" farther delay.
ardeierst received an ans er that taall
bdrg last nlgbr i , creating poniAclerable
•etoitement In - that vicirdty. ,Governof
Slioary, would like to offer immediately a
re and for their recapture, but ibels a
• depcacy in doing so because of the fault
foend with him formerly, in ,offering
Unauthorized by appropriations,
PPOIRTIOCNTS BY THE OVERNOR. •
'beerier(' Public—M. • Hampton Todd,
• .def• Colville and Choc' Jennings,
• • I • deiphia; and Wm. F. Robtri.Pitts
. • h,•re.appeinted. • • ;
Commissioner of Dcals-LAugustus E.
• v•hen, Charleston, S. C.
ResignWion'ticeepted--John•Croll, Jus-
Zof the Peace, borough of Kittanning,
•
strong•county. • •
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• PHRST CbNGfESS.-
V4tucurrent Resolution to Ad
journ April 10th Adopted by
Roth, Houses--Riseellaneous
Deficiency Ilill•Paised by the
Rouse.
Illy Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
WASELINGTOICT, April 3 1869.
-. SENATE.
The bill extend the time.for tba'ain-
, istruction of" a iailroncl from St: Orelk
• Lake to hayfield, on Lake Superior, was
amended and pissed -251014.
On motion of Mr. EDMUNDS, the
House resolutioa fixing,a day for the ads .
:1? Jourtintent Uongress was taken up.
1 . :1 1 The arnendaien - t
. strlking . of
. : April andsubstitnting the 15th was voted
„ • down almost nqmimonely.
?•* The question was then on the pending
•motion to strike out oth and insert 10th.
p Mr. SHERMAN said he would not
vote to li:raw-day until Congresashcruld
:at }east have diatom:or of the pending
.amendments to the tar law and Indian
r Appropriation bill.
, > Mr. THAYER again urged the neces
alqr of fixing the status df Georgia before
• adjournment.
!"‘ Mr. FESSENDEN moved to amend the
amendineut by striking out 10th - and
in
serting 13th. .I.ot—yeas23i'mays 29.
The amendment of Mx. fIAtILIN,, flir•
I , • - ing‘thii.lottias theday Tor adjournment'
was, then agreed to, and the resolution
ssamenderl adopted—yeas 35, nays 19
Mr. SPRAGUE made some remarks
reiterative of previonsiimeechels,',ln the
• -course of Which he ladd: •••*The public
may be assured try words and courage
-do'not rest on wine-or , whisky, or any
• other utimulint - i - but npon - knowledge of
thevihrinage of property and loss of vir•
tug ping areund."
„et- • Tile unfinished hualness yestenisiy,
thellowni resolution to (notect the inter
esta of the United States In the Union
-• Pad& ReffrOalg was takeii tip. • •-• .% • -
Bono phansturente were • offered and
ordered prltitea, whin, without action
-upon the resolution. the *MAO Went hi=
0 to Executive session, and after a short
I 'time inifonrms% to Monday. ; , •
/ MOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
! The resc4Ukkm zeported yesterday hy•
s Mr: Calcertiomqkunmittee on•Printing,'
rescinding orders for print e l o ni Treasury
;•
accounts and egtdance. in, j, e ',Bustood'
ImPolohallog;.tl6:Ahaska and Over: ,
* land Mail contract tam came up as the
' JIM business hi order, t tke question being on the motion to tablet e tmolution. ,
The resolution wee not tabled.
• Mr. CAXE ,oes,awdined,hts, resell".
tlon se thg:tho e ndin g order shall
"PP/ i 3 -06,1 3 , ta
a WOMAN of the Treasurer of
lotion *
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the tilted tem. -
, Aftet . spage'
as dWituadon s pi, rata; .
- _ spopto. - - - -
, ~..74e-BEITISIti 6f Waissachtisetta; frtinf
1
Committee on Judiciary reported a bill
: h to allo •pw rties eluirxed !n criminal cams
in United.EltitesConrts tote witnesses at.
their own request, and not otherwise;
.
also, allowing wives, and husbands to be
„livitneitus for andwainst leach other, ex.
•
apt mrto.private conversations between
' - 1 laomeetrositeing thehlikintroduced by -
. ' Mr. Mend, Which was recommitted.
.-: The7lionse then went into Committee
• .01 the Whole; Mr. Cullom in the Chair,
i_ on tke • Miscellaneous deficiency bill.
The total sum appropriated is 1 2 , 60 . 95 4
including the following items: For
•., Treaustuy Department, salaries,inoidentd
•ezPeums, &c. 1385,000; salaries and 'ex
penses of Collectors and Assessors of In.
. i carnal Revenue, 12,000,000; Postoflie De
-4, , PFtment, temporary clerks, for the Ale
' mication of E. B. Olmstead dco t 147,500;
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Howe of Representatives, miscellaneous,
034,600; War Deparnient, for preminms
to:Architects, *6,000. The foregoing
items are the deficiencies in the pres
ent fiscal year.
The following are the deficiencies for
the next fiscal year: Treasury Depart
ment temporary clerks, $ 120,000; Office
of First Comptroller. Clerks, $45,000;
Office of First Auditor, clerks, $6,000;
Office of Second Auditor, - cierks 1,120,000:
House of Representatives, elerkiil2,664;
Territorial expenses, $8,780. i -
• Mr. DAWES, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Appropriations, exnlained the
bill and the reasons for,it, and appealed
'to the members motto load it dotvn with
amendments. •
Mr. BECK, a member of the Commit
tee on Appropriations, eiplathed the, ap
propriation of $2.000,000 for the expenses
of the Internal Revenue Department, by
stating that the Cemmittee on Appro
priations of - the.last Rouse had been led
into a mistake id reporting ;6,000,000, for
that service, when It should have re
ported x 8,000,000.
Mr. KELSEY, another member of the
Committee .on .Appropriations, also en
tered intos brief explanation Of she bill
and a vindication of the Committee of the
last How*. : • .
•
Mr. DAWES, in reply to a question
asked by Mr. Maynard, said the.system
of hydrostatic press printing, which, had
been dinged on In the Treitatiryvand
had cost the Government miltions qf dol
lars, was to be abimdoned; anti the work
was hereafter to be done on roller
presses, under the control of the Troia;
my Department, but .n ot in the treasury
building, which was to be excinilvely
devoted to Its legitimate use.
Mr. LAWRENCE called attention to
the fact that the number of , employes
authorized in the various Departments
in Washington was 1.785, whereas the ,
number actually employed was 2,780
He thought there Should be a reorgatilz.
Ing of the Treasury Department, and
the number of employes - distinctly de.'
fined.
Mr. DAWF4 explained the necessity ,
of giving the Secretary of the Treasury
discretionary power to employ tempora
ry clerks fur special duty, and on extra
occasions, as the necessity of the service .
required.
Mr. COMM'S moved to strike out the
Item of 12,000,000 for Internal Revenue
service. •He thought the clause was too
uncertain - and tooindeflnite. '
Mr. DA.WES explained that the colleca,
Lion of Internal Revenue had been found
to cost 18,000.000 a year., The firat•ap
propriation. three years ago, had been for.
110,000,000; that had left a surplus of 12,-•
000,000. The next year an appropriation
of 16,000,000 had broil made, leaving,
with the surplus, 18.000,000 available.
Last year the Committee had followed
the language of the preceding appropri
ation for 18,000,000 instead of 18,U00,000.
lE:vas. necessary, therefore,- to supply
what was simply an oversight.
The amendment offered by Mr. Coburn
was rejected.
Mal WHEELER. moved an appropria
tadasdf $37.500 'for the , vOmplettou of the
Custom House at Cgdensburg,New York.
Rejected. -
Various amendments in reference to
compensation and appointment of clerks
dm.; were offered and agreed to.
Mr. WREEL'ER . offered an amend
ment appropriating $2.10,000 for printing
the debates of Congress at the GKiveria
meat printing office. _
Mr.;' GARFIELD made_the point that
the amendment was not.in order, there
being no law for printing the debates at
the public printing office.
The Chairman - sustained tho point of
order, and the amendment was not (in
tertained.
The Committee then, at halfpaat ionic
rose and reported the bill and amend
ments to the House.
• The BeVeil'd amendments were agreed
to; and the bill passed.
The concurrent resolution for final ad-
journment was taken from the Speaker's
table, and the Senate amendment, fixing
Saturday, the 10th bast., as the time for
adjournment, was concurred in.
Mr.GARFIELD, from Census Com
mittee, reported a bill to provide for the
taking of the ninth and subsequent
census.
Without action, the House, at five
O'clock, adjourned.
Homicide Trial-4. Weeit Spent without
-Obtaining a Jury. •
tfly Telegraph to the P!ttebhr;n Gazette.l
_
Crucsoo, April 3.—A spacial from
Carlinville, 'lllinois, says: Today is the
end of the first week of the Englemin
lynching trial, and not one juror has yet
been obtained. The regular panel of
twenty-four, one venire of eighty-six
and one of onri hundred arid ii,xcy. tales
man have been examined. Sixty-two
have formed opinions and two were per
'emptortly challenged. A - venire of six
ty-six are to-day being examined. As
there are yet one hundred and seventy
peremptory challenges to use when an
unprejudiced juror la. found, the pros
pecttan be easily seen to be a long one,
and •as the jurors cost the county an
average of about live dollars each„ the,
expense cannot be so easily estimated.
51,009,000 - Stolen In Philadelphia. -
Tim Twitenell Confession Condemned.
tßy Tele:rails to the rittsbarsh eszette:i
rumens:urine" April 4.—A tteavy
robbery was committed today at tit/
John's Safety Fund Building, oorner of
Twelfth and Chesnut streets: The watch
man btft the building at tax o'oloOk this,
morning, end - when he returned alp six
"this evening he found the Safe broken
open and its entire contents,, amounting
to $BOO,OOO or ;4000,000 in' alb. gone. Of
the tite Pertfr over $600,000 Ma in •
availablefun greenbacks,
The press thiecityoononr in oondemn
ing the so-called confession of Twitohell
as a falsehood, and it- has strengthened
greatly' the general belief in the entire
innocence of Kra. Twitchell. It is
thought now that ' there ',ls no hope of
escape for hinl. •
Capt.. Dona'dseu, ofAre
pe Great Republic,
Agalfrrsted.
TelegiaPh tgtuft,plttiberSta Ice.]
ST,Loviss April 4. 7 -Ram• Rey. (meet
the principal witnesses _against •Osptidn
Donitldson, of the steamer Great Repub.'
lie, and wuo was spirited away before
Donaldson's' trial for murderifig a negro'
boy on that steamer, was arrested in
Cincinnati on Friday last.. The Chief of
Police here was . immediately advised,
and it appears that Donaldson also oh=
tained the same inforinatkm, for he left
the city et once. The telegraph,was
brought into requisition, however.'" , The
Captain was arrested in Cincinnati to
day, and will be held until the Governor's
requisition can be forwarded.
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SECOMI EMTIOI.
voint` cpcx..ocac
nEE
Tenure-W-Ofilce Act —ltecon
v struction Business —• Addi
tional . Appointnients Shp
plementary Taz°Blll '- ~ easels
Destroged by .Rebel Cruisers—
Nomination of Longstreet
- TAM', Orders
Report of Committee on the .
Irregularity-in Printing Bev
ernment Securities. • •
00' Telegraph la the i'lltahargil Ossetic.]
WA5H140:1146141, April 3,1N9.
TELIMBE-OP-OPPIOt BILL.
The amended Tenure.bf-Office bill had
not been signed by the President up to
noon. An apprehension exists that some
Mistake has been made in the enrolling
of the bill, SR prominent members of
both Houses differ as to its construction.
If so, the bill may be, returned to Con
gress for correction.
Specials state the President has deci
ded to,sign the Tenure-of-Office bill.
RECONSTRUCITIO;ST COMMITTEE.
The Reconstruct!On Committee held a
long and interesting session this morn
ing, at which the Texas question first
came up for discussion. and Gen. Davis
made a speech in opposition to the Con
stitution proposed by the late. Conven
tion, and in favor of a division of the
State. Ex.tioV. As - J.! Haniilton was
present, and put many Interrogatories.to
the speaker, whichwlled_ fotth animated
replies. •
• -The Vir gi n ia question- was then taken
up, and a mixed commission of about
twenty. Republicans , and Conservatives
appeared. ;Two of them, McKenzie, of
Alexandria., and Gresham. of Richmond,
made earnest appeals fora bill allowing
a submission of the Constitution to avow
of tile people, on the terms agreed on at
ilin,lest session of the Senate, namely,
=,ttiloisdng the disfranchising clause to be
voted on separately.
- It Is understood the Committee will
report in favor of postponing the elec
tion in Texas, and of deferring action in
the case of Virginia until the next ses
sion.
NON.INASTIONS BY TAB PRESIDENT
The follovfing nonV.nations have been
sent In: O. M. Lot b, Consul.at Lahains;
Wm; Steadman, Consul at St. Jago de
Cuba.
The folloWirlittil 'Seatlitaidel fit OAS
Territories: - lof,.:Wrllkinisj--- Dakotan'
Edward L. Perkins, Newilexico; Joseph.
Scott, Wa.shingtom:W. S. Scribner, Mon
tana; Coles. Bashford, Arizona; Frank
Hall, Colorado; Edward M. Lee,Wyom
lug; S. A. Mann, Utah.
The following to be Governors of Ter
ritories: A. K. P. Safford, Arizona; Jno.
A. Campbell, Wyoming; Chas. C. Crowe,
New Mexico; Jno... Burbank, Dakota;
Alban Flanders, Washington.
The following to be Collectors of In
ternal Revenue: Robt. Williams, Third
District Ohio; Chas. M. Merrick, 'Divinity
fourth District, Pennsylvania; Thos. E.
Grissell, Fifth District, Ohio; H.
Barnes, First District, Penney/yards.
The fol:owing to be Matslaals; John
Eiyi Eastern District of Pa.: Alexander
Murdock,'Western, Pa.: Eli H. Murray,
Ky., Laban B.Litchtield,Dakota; W. H.
Moulton, Idaho; Church Howe. Wyom
ing; Jas. M. Carey, U. S. Attorney for
Wyoming; John H. Howe, Chief Justice
Supreme Court, Wyoming; John , W.
-Kingman and Wm. J. Jones Associate
latices, Wyoming; Geo. W. French,
Chief Justice, Dakota; Jefferson Bidder,
I Associate Justice, Dakota.
The following to be Post Masters: Pie
tero Canes, Upper Sandusky, O.; Erwen
Heath, Oskosia, Wis.; Geo. A. Hobbs.
Genesee, Ill.; John . M.Moore, Plymouth,
Ind.; It Julian, 'Richmond,-Ind.; Alvan
Ranney. Crawfordville, Ind.; John L.
Miller, Lafiyette, Ind.. ' A. J. Smith , St.
Louis, Mo.; Charles W. Lowell, New
Orleans, La. ,
THE SUPPLEMENTARY TAIE BILL.
In the Senate to-day, Mr. Sherman;
from the Committee on Finance, report
ed the House bill to amend the supple
mentary tax law of July 6th,with amend
ments. The sections relative to to
bacco are stricken out, and the bill other
wise materially chariged, so as to read as
follows: -
Be it enacted, tec., That an act
entitled an act imposing tax on distilled.
spirits and tobacco, and for other pur:
poses, approved July 20th, 1868,be amend
ed as follows: That section ars ht bet
amended so that in case•of a distillery,
or distilling apparatus, erected' priorito
the 20th of July, 1888, on a tract of land
held under lease; or other evidence of
title less that:Lice simple, which was not'
required by the laws of , the State to be re
corded in order to be valid at the time
of its execution, or in any case where the
title is in litigation or where the owner
is posionssedof the 'fee but encumbered
with a mortgage, executed and duly re:
corded prior to the said. 20th of July,
1888, and not due,or where the - Ali is
held by, Pine cvrerf v , ;40W/riinersetilof
unsound mind, or other person incapable
of giving consent as 'ref:laird& by laid aol.
bond may be taken alijiroylded for;
said section for a distillery erected on
lend the leapetor other - evidence of title
of w hich:was delYnnordod prior,.; to the
passage of this set:: :f • _ _
That section twentieth be so amended
that In case of-distilleries having - a-pro.
duolng eapattity °fling than urns,hdred
gallons in twenty-four ho and in
1 1 which grain orated U ertsidied .by band'
and without the - use of steam, sixty gal
lons ofmash sitr.beer
_brewed or ferment
ed from grain -Shalt represent not • less
than one bushel of grain.
That section tlft,y4Utb. be amended so
as to extend the time for WithdraWing
Mstilled spirits from bonded Warehouses
Instil Jane 80thi 1809 r but subject to an
additional tax on each , proof gallon de
posited and bonded likwarehotspati at the
'rate of one.per cent: for each month after
the 20th of April, 'lBB9, and nntitwith
drawn and any distilled spirits - remain
ing in- bonded warehouses . after-the: 80th
of. June, 1869, shall be forfeited -to the
United States, and diposed of as provid
ed in nictitation. - .
That section. fifty ninth be, amended
so that on and after - Atari 1889,
every person who rectifies, purifies
or refines ,distilled spirits or wines
by any process otherwlee than
MMWMMI!EM
fly continuous zdistillation of mash,
wort or mash through continuous
closed vessels and pipes, until the manu
facture thereof is complete, and every
wholesale and retail liquor dealer *ho
has in his possession any, still or, mash
tub, or who sh all steep any other appar
atus for the purpose 'of refining in any
manner distilled spirits, and levery per
son who, without rectifying, purifying
or refining distilled spirits, shall, by
mixing such spirits, wine or other liquor
with any materials, manufacture spuri
ous compousid liquor for sale, under the
name ot whisky,
,brandy, gin, : spirits,
cordial, or winebitters, or any other
name. sball be regarded- as a rectifyer,
and as being engaged in the business of,
rectifying. And so much of the act' of
which this is in amendment; as relates
to -compounders of liquors, and as is in
eonsistent with the provisions of the see-
Dori hereby amended, be and the same is
hereby repealed.
Said section fifty-ninth is further
atfiended, -as follows : Strike out the
fourth paragraph thereof relating to re
tail dealers, and the fifth paragraph to
and including the words "shall - be re
quired to pay the special tax of a whole
sale dealer," and insert in lien thereof,
the following: "Retail dealers in liquors
shall pay twenty-five dollars. Every
person who sells orpffers for sale foreign
or domestic distilled spirits, wine, or
malt liquors , in quantities ledthan five
gallons, at the aspic' time shall be'regard
ed as entail dealer. Wholesale dealers
shall pay one hundred dollars. Every
person who sells or offers for sale foreign
or dotnestic distilled spirits, wine, or
malt liquors, in Quantities of not less
than five gallons, at the same time, Shall
be regarded ass wholesale liquor dealer.
Dealers in liquors, WbOSO sales, includ
ing sales of other inere.hanclize, shall ex
ceed 525,000, shall pay an additional tax
at the rate of one dollar for every one
hundred dollars of sales of liquors in
excess of 125,000, and on every thousand
dollars of sales of other merchandize
shall pay at the same rate as wholesale
dealers, and such excess shall be return
ed, assessed and paid in the tramp man
ner as required of wholesale dealers. But
no distiller, or brewer, who has paid his
tax as such, and sells only distilled emir
its or malt liquors of his own production
at the place of manufacture, in the origi
nal casks, to which the two stamps are
affixed, shall be required to pay the
special tax of a wholesale dealer on au,
count of such sales."
That section sixty-ninth be amended so
auto require hereafter all special revenue
stamps for the payment of tax on tobac
co and snuff, in packages ,of one pound
or more in weight, shall be numbered in
continued series fo'r each collection dia.
tract, and shall have a blank apace for
the date and written. signature of the
Collector to whom they may be furnish
ed, who shalt date and sign the satnei
and a registery shall be kept of the
Amounts entinumbers of the stampstur._
nisbedUr Collectors; Mot the Mintifitetlf:
rer or other person authorized by'said
section to purchase stamps, shall pur
chase only of the.Collectora within their
respective districts.
That section eighty-eighth be emended
so that either the proprietor's name, or
the name of the manufaCturer shall ' be
finted on thejabel for citizens, provided
or in said aeotion.
SEC. 2d. And be it Pgrther enacted, that
section one hundred and fifty-flab of the
act to provide 'an Internal Revenue and
for other purposes, approved June 30th,
1844,-as amended by [he ninth section of
the act of July 13th, 1868, be further
amended.by adding thereto th 6 follow
ing: "And the fact that any adhesive
stamps so bought, sold, offered for sale,
used or had in possession as aforesaid,
has been washed or restored by removing
or altering, cancelling or defacing marks
thereon, shall beprima facie proof that
such stamps have been once used and re
moved, by the possessor thereof from
some vellum, parchnient, paper, instru
ment or 'writing charged with taxes im
posed by law, in violation, of the previs
ion of this section."
INCOME ItErtmws
Circular 71, issued to-day by Commis
sioner Delano, relative to, notice to parties
ties charged with failure -neglect or re
fusal to snake true returns of gains,
profits and incomes, prescrines that be
fore assessing the penalty : in person for
neglect or refusal to make ouch return,
or rendering of a fraudulent one,
the
Assistant? Assessor charged with theduty
of assessing taxes on gains, profits and
income of tbe person charged, shall cause
notice to be served on such person, fif
teen days prior to the day of bearing,
notifying him to appear and show cause
why the penalties prescribed by law
should not de assessed on him by reason
9f such neglect - or refusal. Where the
return is tq be, made by a guardian, true
tee, executor;" administiator, attorney,
agent, td • - pid•ttiar of a don-resident;
or by a person eating In any other Judi
...airy capaolty,'notice shall be served on
him instead of-his ward,. changing the
pbraseology.of the notice to , . suit the cir
cumstances of the owe.-.
ABISY Or4DEAS.
By direction of the President, para
graph, eight, of Otaietal Orders No. 18,
Match 18,1539, discoptinning the Depart
ment of. the - Cumberland, and adding
States composing It Welber Departments,
'is revoked. Special 28,,t0-day.
assigns ..the command of ! that Depart
ment llt
origadter and Brevet Maj. Gen..
P. St. George (Übe' *ben relinquished
I,torldai. Gen. Tito mots. • ,
Brevet Maj. Gen., Adam. , DadealA
, dered to report for duty tot e b President.'
• Brevet Mtg. Gen. Edward] Hitch TO.;
limed from duty ill the,Lieau of lON
gee% Freedmen Inn Aban doned Lands,
;s nd ofdered to hieroptient in Texas;
the Ninth cavetry,'.;.•
TRX4MCAPP44I2B:. ,
;2'eximelin large ;Lumbers, were beftwe„
tlib Reoonstruetlon Committee to•day.
,Geninil Davis atioke factor of a divis-'
lon of the littate‘bilt admitted it is impos
sible at the Present session of Congress.
opposed voting upon the new Conati
tution , Itt- July. because of •• lawlessness
and crime in-Texas, 'He denied there
being ,any diminution of crime or favor
able change in the--political-sentiment
,since. President Grant's election. ;Heap,:;
proaid,,ot, what : there wae,,in the Teem
tionititution: but, opposed, it for,: 'the
:snob:shit largenumbers,were, 4 ur
franchised.' The' Committee tint Alit
questions toGenetalDatigilM,l" • era ,
' "Butler announced the arittnent"tailhe
Texan question *es close&
,•= , • ,
A riteßNP , 'MtblteeklOic. '
• A ;Virginia' on .of • twentY-iive
won:Went oitl matt Rtehmand t *lth
Lewis 310E03 zi Alexatidrii,lit their
head; called on dent Grant this'af
tarnoon to urse an election in that State
ost.the new Oonttitution, and for State
I=
officers. The delegation. de ired the rec-'
ommendat ion of the President to -Con
gress to strike out from the C'onstitution
the test oath, the State disfreatchising and
the county election feature, which were
the only objections held against it. The
President expressed deep interest in the
restoration, of the State to the 'Union.
and intimated he would do whet homed
to consummate it.
THE TEN-H OUB LAW.
Orders were issued at the Wasslington
arsenal today, by direction of thOSecro
tary of War, giving employes the 'Marna - -
live of working ; ten hours per day, or ,
working eight. at a reduction of twenty
per cent. on .prices' now 'paid. The; em
pkyes have, In consequence of the don
ut:taro! the times, accepted the ten-hour
alternative, hut expect Congress will aeon
pass an explanatory act, to the effect that
it was not intended a reduction of boars
should be followed by a reduction of nom.
GEN. LONOSTETIET'S NOXINAMON CORM--
YIrtZED.
ThrSenate this afternoon, lir Executiva
session, resumed the comdderation of the
nomination of Gen. Longstreet, to be'
Surveyor of the Port of New Orleans.
The debate continued for more than two=
hours, during. which members kept leav
ing the chamber until there were only
two more than a quorum present, when
a vote was taken; with the result: for
confirmation 25, against it 10. There were
no other confirmations.
Mn - SIIIfC4I3TATEIItiIIVT.
The receipts of fractional currency for
the week. were, $185,5001 shipments,
1295,208; National Bank curren Issued,
1130,860; actual circulation, 12,9 1 ',811,838: ,
fractional, currency redeemed and: de=
strayed, 071,780. Custom receipts from ,
March 22d to the 31st, inclusive, 4048,-
791.
LIGIIT-77.017fig
,SECISPITABIr.
Commodore! ,Thoraton A. Jenkins,
Chief of the Rureau of Navigation for
many years, haying resigned that poisi
tion, has been ordered to report to:the
Secretary of the Treseurr ae,Seeretary
of the Light4lonse Board, In 'Ease° of
Rear Admiral lA. A. Harwood, detached.
NAVAL COURT MARTIAL.
A permaneot Court Martial will be
organized at the „Navy Department for
the trial of such cases as may be brought
before It, and the following °Ulcers will
be detailed for duty as members ',of. -it;
Rear Admiral L. M. Powell, President,
Rear Admiral Theodore Bailey, and;
Rear idiniral A. A. Harwood.
P.EPARATiON TO DE DEMANDED.
Admiral Miff has been Instructed to
demand of the Cuban authorities full
reparation, in case ne finds the capture
of the brig Mary Lowell was unwar
ranted.
BANE QF NAVY OFFICES&
The Attorney General has decided that
Congress alone can tlx the relative rank
er line and atifinfeeete In the Nagy sod
rent t o .00ntfirventioti -of %tailed:ken'
havebeen annulled.
. f SW011:1, IN. •
Hon. John Allison, new Register or
the Treasury; was sworn in to.day and
assumed the duties of ofhoe.
AUNISTER TO ENGLAND.
J. Lathrop Motlay will be nominated
Minister as to :upland.
' •
WASHINGTON, April 4, 1869.
VErarLS CAPTURED BY REBEL CRUISERS.
A short tine ago the House of Repre
sentatives called upon the President, if
not incompatible with public interests, to
furnish a list of the vessels captured or
destioyed during the late war by rebel
cruisers. This information was laid be
fore the House yesterday. , Tue list is
made up from documents filed by those
whose property has been destroyed, in
support of their claims for indemnity._
Where the records of the department are
incomplete, reference has beon made to
at other inofficial records and mate.
rials as were deemed reliable and trust
worthy in order to .render the statement
as complete its possible, and to exhibit,
as far as within the power of the depart
ment, In connected tabular form the
amount and ;character , of the injury in
flicted and the variety and extent of these
interests. The number of vessels given,
with their names and value, is nearly
three hundred, and the aggregate value
more than thirteen , million•dollars.
PRINTING INVESTIGATION—GOVERNMENT
SECURITIES-
The Joint Congressional Committee on
Retrenchment and Reform, in observ
ance of the concurrent resolution of Con
gress, passed' in March. 1867, for an in
vestigation of the mode of printing bonds
and other securities of the Government
in the Treasury Department, and alleged
irregularities and frauds, has reported,
,through Senator Edmunds, that a sub
committee, composed of himsolf, , Messrs. -
Buckalew and Howie*, devoted all, the
time possible to the extenstve, compli
cated and important inquiries in
volved in the investigation. 'Un
der the circumstances, they say,
existing at t - the. commencement of
business, it was to be expected that more
or less irregularity,'and even "frand and
peculation, *mud exist. This possibility
and.probability of error, loss and want of
regularity, was realized; but it is be;•
Raved that no very`extensiveerosttes halm
occurred in 'consequenge, , and, It is pos.-
Bible, ending some cases. probable, that,
many of the 'discrepanisies ieported ere
entirely innocentones, arising from irre
gulority in method rather than from any
rsitive fraud. The aggregate of ail
brovernuientil securities . created since ,
1880 to thOlldate,..ef the :Passage of
the resolution amoimted to over eighteen
and a' quarter - billions" of dollars. The -
Committee 102 into , Ilt , ;detailed - Mate.
meat of the different , issues ,of
loans, and And some.satall discrepancies,
between the number of bonus printed
and issued. or were• issued,‘ but not uf
any ;treat amount,:and most of Ahem are,
satteritinorlly 'accounted for. • Nineteen
bondii of the .Oregon War loan amounting
to 117_4450, supposed to have: been lost in
the tiollienClate, weft duplicated under
an ant' of "Congrera; but 'since a part of
the oouptiniVot the' original 'bonds have
beed
,preeented and redeemed, which
shows either that the coupons were
detached before the bonds were shipped,
Or that the bonds wore :not sent by the
steamer,, ea—claimed, and apparently
proved: , Qt the • issue or , bond&
- Udell Mel act , of 10431,1 , caDed- second
sedans...lV lifts , . dollar:. notes, there is a.
,difference of two, hundred and eighty:
three bete% and' f one • hundred tlonsr
;antes a diet irence Of seventy three; ftnd
a difference of dfty,of one thousawi
and deli roirpd and the number accounted
dui
tar notes, between, the,
for. Of the five thousand there are Rev!
enty-nine similarlyy unaccounted for. It
is thought byßdr. Shannon, who receivell
.number printed
NUMBER 83„
' these notes, aiiti.wits examined as a wit
ness, that they were destroyed in
the course • of 'busineas,' and' She
specifics Certificates' , of ' -their destruc
tion which should, in , the - usual course
of business hive been ' forthcoming. has
been lost. The • redemption of these
notes;to Marchi - 1869, hadnot reached the
whole number appearing by the books toy_ . 1.
have been issued. ' This fact supports, In -
some degree, the Probability tailiedtpon , •
the testimony that' no "rends, hid' bang .
committed on the Ckrvernmentin respect- '• '•
to them. /bit want of-anylicieumentaty -- •
'or other speeilla: proof, Afccarding: for : , ;:,
these notes, Is; considering viliat ought to
be the widest , :ersucla operitionsj- quite -° --_
unsatisfactory,. in ~.regard: t o Towle-, .
tered and coupon bonds, known ete
five-twenties of '6% flfat series, various •
diserepanciesare mounted for. , Ofthe_ i
third series of
.capon bonds of the sam e
issue, one one hundred dollar bond, '•
and one hundred and three of 'the five '-, i•
hundred dollar bonds are •notaionttted
for. The Consmittee say: Of U large •
amount of these bonds delivered to the '-:
Register or the Treasury by
by
Printing 1 . .11
Bureau, and claimed. by those offt- .,
cers to have ' - been - handed to '• s
Committee for destruction, or to have- -• • (
destroyed, the "Director ~.• is / •, - JoiNal - •
potent to show, their . deitruction. • '
But ID the case of this seriesi;klie itideinp- - -
tion of coupons comes so near:. - to .the
whole issue appearing on the register's
books that the duplication'" cannot be • '
fully enplaned by tlhe same number& • ''
The result is that of these bonds which
went into the register's office there are
not satisfactorily accounted for; of the•
tiltiee, twenty-six bonds; or the huh
dreds, 7;072; of the five hundred,
1036; of one tSousand, 363. Those •
which went direct to the Treasur- .- •'2
er'h office were not perfect. but • no deco-
mentary proof of the- fact is to be found,
'reither than that the destruction- was di-
rested; and the Coming in of sundry dupli6
eate coupons of, this series. produces in :
the, min& of the Committee some solici
tude mettle:whole subject of this'series,' I
althouglvthe, whole redemption of the - r• ,
coupons does not exceed the amount ',-
sued, marked' statietical, for clesixtettote:
Of these theni-ls/no probed destrualeiti' /
of one bond of . onetlitturand,• and one • . ;
hundred and three bonds oftive hundred
dollars. In relatien to these bonds; from '''-'
the evidence adduced, , the Committee
come to the conclusion there must be an
r;
i i
error in the account, pi an"erroneous •
Printing- .
The Committee then detaik a num,- •
ber of issues accounted for, with the ex-
cePtion ' ifit four one thousand dollar '
bonds. ••Large dusirepancies exist in the t
Issue of two year eve per cent.:treasary
Motes, tinder the act of March, 1863, but
considering tim filet that this issue has
been long over due, the probability la . .
very strong that no ,fraud has been per
petrated on the Government. Criticism
- may bajUtitly bestowed trociiiratehifiare-
less:teottlitgeeitig.. Of the gold . eartifi-.
, natter issued ,unaer the act of March
; 3d 1868, all' are tiecoudtied forax--
(apt $2,3001800. : :They could not-
r' be used - without • bein g - filled up and
a gii ed-by the AisistantTreasurer at New
York. As they - have never since ap- •
peered, and from the other evidence pre- •
sented, the Committee conclude .that F_
they they were destroyed, but criticize severe-
ly, the looseness of - the procedure by .
which such an amount of securities could
disappear unaccounted tor and without ,
any certain method of fixing the della- '
quency upon any ore person.
. Various other differences and discre- -- •
'Fancies are noticed, but not of large
amount. - '
NEW YORK CITY.
(Br Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
NEW Yonk, April 1869,
One of the Croton Water Mains in .
Lexington avenue, between Fifty-eighth :
and Fifty-ninth streets, burst yesterday
morning with a report like a cannon. A.
large opening was made in the street.
throngh which a volume of water about
a foot in diameter was forced. The
streets were soon flooded and cellars and
sub-cellars tilled to the depth of eight
feet. The flow lasted for two hours and
occasioned heavy•damages to the founda-
of. new houses and furniture in
those occupied. • ,
In the Supreme Court, 'before Judge •
Barnard, to-day, the report of Win. M. • -
Tweed,, Receiver, was read, stating he
had opened the safe of the Union. "Nellie
Railroad Company and found the books
of the Company and some of the books of
the Credit Mobilier, and that it 'Was
Stated to him by some of the Company's'
officers that it contained'._ bonds •
and couponti and other property ' •
to the• ' •value ' of hundreds
thOusands of dollars, of, which he
was now making an inventory. He
suggested that the. case adjourned
over till Monday, when o• er matters • z
would come up. Mr. connael
for the Company, said the' r : ..rt, waS 6s-
sentially false. Ther bonds - mentioned •''
were in a great part cancelled:bonds and 1
coupons. The rest.were bonds unissued r .
, and - valueless. The books, or course,
had no pecuniary" value. The inner safe
contained ; some deposits belonging
the Directors individually, as , did the
contents of the box found there.'The ' •
only matter of value found maw a loose ~,"1‘
40 , F, He ;proposed. to put „in au afildavit, ,
`in contradiction of the ReciiiViit'e repOrt.:
Judge Barnard said knpw of no such
prObeedinge in the District., the de-
tendants - wore injured by any act. of the
Receiver'l,le supposed their remedy
was by attlon against him or his Official •
bond. After discussion, the matter was. ,
adjourned.to Monday. ~ • ,
Arrived; steamship poloradofromLlv-.. . •
erpool.vitt Queenstown.', -
Emma C. De Villeaurdes, et,t,
Casanova,, living in this city, tgt. • .
edio Washington Yesterday, statilbv
her father, who:wits rocootlY s'
by the Spaniards and taken llo 6/ 01 1116,
s
is an American citizen,nd ttskinethat
measures be taken tb save his life._ The ,
President i edia
immediately telegraphed- to . , ,
Admiral Hoff, enjoining on him to 800
that all American citizensare protected.
J a s. Fipk, , Jr., publishes , a card today -••
in reply to a circular of , a committee or,
holders of preferred Erie stock in this.' •
ally. •lie denies that 'the present Mans
gen
of •the Company are thetinthors
asir greivances and.: losses, .und ea
lisrts that it 'was by ' thtit adviceof e •
cottneel now, employed them,:: and
formerly the .counseiof the
that the loans Of Which - they.cioinplidn,
and through' which the , greit" loss him , "
been caused to thecompan_y. were made.
and that to him their difilailtiea arts • "
mainly attributable. • -
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