Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1868, Page 1

EEE pia Sr EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY- SUNDAY EXCEPTED AT THE STAR BUILDING, S. W. Corner Pa. avenue aed Lith street a NOYES, BAKER & CO. se.ttasenen The STAR is served by the carriers fy tPeit subscribers in the City and District at Tay CENTS Pex WEEK. Copies at the counter, with oF without wrappers, Two Cents each PRict ror MAILING:—Three mouths, Ome Dollar and Fifty Cents; six months, Three DoUlars, one year, Five Dollars. No papers are sent from {Be Office longer than paid for. ‘The WEEK. Y STAR—published on Friday morning—ne Bollar und a Haif © Year. ve. XXX WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, MAY 4, 1868. N&. 4,728. HOOFLAND'S GEAMAN BITTERS, AnD ROOFLAND'’S GERM. TONIC. THE GREAT REMEDIES FOR ALL DISEASES OF THE LIVER, STOMACH, OB DIGESTIVE ORGANS HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS is {the ic0e (or, - ermed: ‘Reeracts) oi sce fetta, ned suuirely free from alcoholic adamizture of eae HOOFLAND’S GERMAN TONIO combination 0 all the ingredieuta of the Bit Geanes, Sc-smahing Geet tania ad 6 on one agreeable reinedies ever offered to the public. Those free ap Srehering © Maticine’ from Alcoholic SOOFLAND’S GERMAN BITTERS. ‘Those who have no objection to the combination of the Bitters. as stated, will use HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIO. both ‘They ‘ally good, and gum tmedicinal virtsoa: the thoide betucens tie Sos being e matter of Qustivation, Flatulence, Inward Piles, Buiness ¢ Blood to the Head, Acidity & the Stomach, Nausea, Heart- burn, Diseust for Food, Pulness or Weight im the Stomach, Sowr Eructations, Sink- tins or Flutterine at the Pit @ the Stomach, Swimming of the Head, Hurried or Diticult Breathing, Fiusierine at the Heart, Choking or Suflcaiome Sensations when ima Lying Posture, Dimness of Vision, Dots or Webbs before the Sight, 4 Duil Pam im the Head, Def ciency of Perspiration, Yei- lowness of the Skin and Byes, Pain im the side, Back. Chest, Limbs, ete., Sud- dem Flushes of Heat, Burning in the Flesh, Constant Imasinines of and Great Depresstom of Spirits. ‘The sufferer from these diseases should exercise the a caution in the selection of urchasing only that which he is as- investigations and inquiries from injurious ingrediepts, and itself a reputation forthe cure of these diseases. In this connection we would submit those well- Baows remedics— HOOFLAND'’S GERMAN BITTERS, AND HOUFLAND'S GEEMAN TONIC, PREPARED BY DR. ©. M. JACKSON, PHILADELPaIA, Pa. since they were first intro ‘Twenty-two years @uced Into This country from Germany, goriug which time they have undoubtedly perfor More cures, a» benefitted suffering humanity toa Tentedies kuown to ee extent, than any other public ‘These remedies will effectually cure Liver Com it. Janndice, Dyspepst ity. Chronic Dtarri Beye, and all diseases ari Liver, Stomach, or Intestines. DEBILITY, Resulting from any Cause whatever; Prosiration o tem, induced by Severe Labor, Hard- eV aeees Martane tenr ope ‘There is no medicine extant equal to these rem edies in such cases. A tone and vigor is imparted whole system, the srpetite ee Dromptly, t 4 rtfons bose ad pjoyed, the stomac mes soul healthy being. PERSONS ADVANCED IN LIFE, feet; them, w: muse of thi ‘Will instil new life inte their veins, Qomesanrs the energy and ardor of more yout days. build up the! health and happiness to their NOTICE. the hand ith ail ite attendant 1! If ts » well established fact that fall one-half of portion of our population are seldom in be enjo} ment of good health: or. to use thelr ewn be expression, *‘never feel well.” They are this class of is the BITTERS, or the Tecommended. BIC. is especially WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN ‘Are made strong by the of either of these r. @ties. They will car 'y case of MARASMUS without fail. ‘Thousands of certificates h: fe accumulated f Sarsasharatacces Hen wea of tho yablication of they must be belie: TESTIMONIALS. HON. GEO. W. WOODWARD, Chtes Justice of the Supreme Court of Pa., writes: PHILA DELPRia, March 16, 1867. “I find ‘Hooffand’s German Bitters — aseful in discases of She digaetiv of great be: 4m cagce of debility aud Bervousaction the system. Yours, truly, = Gko Ww. WoobWAaD.” HON. JAMES THOMPSON, Judee of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Puir-avxirnia, April 28, 1886. 6 Leonsider ‘Hoofand’s German Bitters’ a'valua- med im cases of attack: Indigestion Bip t can ‘certify this from my experience of . with t. Fore. we TP ES THOMPSON.” We causes. are cin ae TY ENNARD Eighth, below Coates street. FROM REV. E_D. F. \NDALL, Assistant Eder Christian Chronicle, Phila. 1 have ferived decided loge to seas > FENDALL. contain the taste, the Tonic being the mel or Mercur; eretor: ing the coutenta of their bowels, or babit of taking Pills or open’ try one boa o! ii heey fal cur rial cura Jour faith and trast in them will tablished. t, is skilfully compounded, 1s free 1 sand haa established for hronie er Nervour Disease of the Kid. x from s Disordered b Corrupt and Acrii Fotalued deposite trom the system in elx hones. nge is eradicated from i the cheeks, and the sod uervous invalid becomes @ strong and { tion on the colon apd rectum by irritati he it influencing tl mucus membrane ne ge aueee 14 pluls fof gsucral use ‘The common Cathartic Pill of time weighing heavity | {het induc Me wil teat | be given in cases BITTERS. or the TUNIO, an ciixis | Ulceration of the intestinal canal. }, restore in es of BADWAY'S PILLS are the best safegue Slee aiverders, and im all cease of or Abd malignant fevers, their Salvamic, Kalin. and soothing propertirs protect the coats of the alimen- tary passage againat the irritant and acrid humors of the fauces. fal ir shrunken forms, and give remaining years. ‘itis are of great service in de} Sieroter ss increase the sppetite and promote di id devoid of all energy, extremely nervous, and have Bo appetite ‘stem, stomach and bowels, infammation, colle, fatulence, wind, f note and of endi: ‘ermal eek net net eating et ¢ pUrgative medicine. exemplifie! in Bad re Scrid and irritating bumors. organ, “a want of the over-flow of bile and ite mixing with "the blook, ‘these pills. in doses of four to six. will quickly re: benefit the '* German Bitters, and at it my mas ‘mosi recommend them ae a valuabie tonto Blom Used “crinn fre | afering fa ey oF The Acme of Medical Science 18 ACHIFVED tX THE WONDERFUL DISCOVERY OF NEW MEDI- CINAL PRIN JIPLES IN DR. RADWAY’S PERFECT PURGATIVE PILLS. OOATED WITH SWEBT GUM. Ist bap i Daw a substitute for Calo- the Ailimentary 2d. A cadbartic thet cleanses al and its neighsoring Viscera as thoroughly Sekai Saeaes 34. Functional Harmony is secured to the se- creting vessels of all the organs and glands in the system. 4th Purification and equalization of the circula- f the bieod. tion of Sth. The properties of these Pills communicate tl @Butritiour principle to the blood and reparative eyetem. 6th. A great want is supplied in their soothing. r ni v wer in cases of jntestinal Sicoration, sain Bruptive Fevers, where's care depends upon free evacaations. aged and persons suffering from paraly- Pay ig hg epee py gto eg tures Feguiar evacuations. ith any disturbance of the se- tty organs, ox that have alticaity ie di rT ene truly excellent Pills. fects on the system, and the #: box will give you of thelr r3 will convince you that st tn th become firmly es- nes of their THE PROPERTIES OF DB. RADWAY’S PILLS. the Uirealation, Purify the Blood. They Equalize 1 Acrimonious Hamore, aud ing the retained deposi ¢ ducdenum. e'imuladi t its in the stomach into the secretory dusts of ing tt) he reas and liver. in the promotion and in- droureed the flow of bile and pancreatic fluids. PUBGATIVES of common sloes exert a ~~ secretions. Such cat re unsafe in 7 ‘drastic liquid clecharges yon in caves of inflansation. 6 The APERIENT sod mild LAXATIVE proper cases of erupt The NUTRITIOUS and TONIO ‘Their SEDATIVE properties all: zeln in the as Their OOUNTEB ae eee extends imu! ing the blood and nervous fluids im the veanel throughout the stem wi fica, “congentiony or irritation, sti congested rls. zing its circulation. The principle of Sounter Ire is generally applied to external medies. Its application. ty, in the for ed a wonderful curative principle, Pett Icirawing from the blood and fluids the AS DIAPHORETIvS on SUPORIFICS they ulate the secretions of the skin, induce exha Gas a homeeeet cane eion: THEIR DIURETIC proprieties act on the kid eye, correcting ‘tnd’ regulating a the flow of THEIR ANTI BILIOUS proprictics stimulate th \ tle. and its dischi Seeigy eeaumraacn wisheaie Sept tacks, Safrom colored in iM PERF ROT DIGESTION, cawsed vy. th INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWE! N. B.—A8K FOR BepyArs REGULATING 01 1's PILL The PRICE OF RADWAT'S PILLS ie § inte Foxes for 4200. ‘by wail to say pare? tie nited Bt: ¥ Sento ak 00187 Maiden bass, ig re et EN ont PTET SE aeee ws tee BADWAY 4 00., op colm 07 MAIDEN Lanz,y. x. had endeavored to support with the weight of the illustrious name of the Chief Justice who ROW presides Was retin; & foundation, and had them by the Su; FORTIETH CONGRESS. This Afternoon’s Proceedings. IMPEACHMENT. MANAGER BINGHAM’S ARGUMENT. as Bo na Mowpay, May 4, 1868. SENATE—The Court of Impeachment was opened with the usual formalities at noon. ‘Mr. Bingham at once gument. He confessed that with no partisan prejudices did he come to the consideration of the articles of impeachment, but as a represent- tive and in the name of the sought Senators to hear him yesterday the supremacy of the Constitution And the laws was chaliet Jion; to-day it 18 chall TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. This Afternoon’s Dispatches, FROM EUROPE TO-DAY, BY CABLE. Lonpon, May 4—Forenoo 93% for money; U.S. 5-20's, 70%; Eries, 4655; Tiiinois Central, 9x. FRaxkrort, THE EVENING STAR Washington News and Gossip. THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL. The Senate galleries were thronged to-day, 4nd the display of fashions on the ladies side Was the most brilliant of the season. There was alsoa large attendance on the floor, and Mr. Bingham’s opening bad certainly a most Attentive audience. Mr. Binghum spoke in his sual fervid style, and certainly does what gome of his predecessors have not done, keeps his hearers thoroughly awake. His @ good many telling points, but if he continues for three days, as is threatened, he will fritter away its effective- Ress much, as Mr. Evarts did by his much speakihg. The human mind ‘is not capacious enough to take in a three days’ speech. Impeachment stock fluctuates hour by hour. To-day it is shaky—why is not demonstrated. The President and his counsel are confident of Acquittal; they figure out not more, at the for conviction. every Republican may vote for conviction on some one article and yet no conviction follow. That is to say, 35 may vote tor con- viction on one article, (36 being requisite for conviction;) 35 on another, embracing some @ifferent names; 25 on another, with another change of names, and so on until every Repub- lican Senator has put himself on the record as voting aye one or more of the articles. me Court thirty ye: In the case of Pendall ve. the United Svates the that it was competent for the dent to violate a law tor the purpose of obtaining & Judicial ceeision the Court deeiced that guch 4 pien had no count. - ce in the Constitution that it weuld para- lyze the Governm: nt, and give the President power to resist the legisiation of Congress athis plasure. Now was it not enough to try tothe utmost the patienor of this Senate when in the face of this decision thirty years ago, to get up here and such a plea. Again the ex-At torney Geveral (Mr. Stanbery) had endeavored Strapge claims assumed Qniting the opinion ai the present Chief Justice (Chase) on the Missiseippi case, which bad no more to do with this case than the Koran of Mahomet Speaking of such attempts as this, Daniel Web- ster had resisted them as an insult to a man’s Teaton. Mr. B.stated thot he agreed entirely with the opinion delivered by the Obief Jus- ississippi case, and qnoted from it, that it had nothing whatever to do with the principle involved in this case. Was ho excuse for the Pre-iden the mandates of the law, and none of his coun. sel have the audacity to assert thal there ¥ discretionary power in the act of March vi, }867, but claim that it is an unconstitutional law, and he had the right to violate it for the purpose of obtaining & political decision; and tuis is the very point which was set. ted by the Supreme Court thirty years Are we w mutilate jay 4—Forenoon.—U.S. 5-20's, Lrvex Poor, May 4—Forenoon.—Cotton buoy- aAntand firmer: prices unchanged; sales of 15,000 bales. Breadsinfis steady. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. {Special Dispatch to the Star.) Lexiveton, Ky., May 4.—The Democratic Convention of the Tenth Judicial District has nominated C. B. Thomas for Circuit Judge, and Lawrence Jones for Commonwealth's At- torney, both ex-Confederate officers. to support the the President argument thus far by armed r-bel- xed and threatened by ‘or .our years armed but, thanks be to God, 365, the host's of rebel- Tebellion lifted its head: on the 9th day of April, 1 lion surrendered to our victorious legions. On that day the word went out, not only to our but to the sincken nation: everywhere, that the Republic was saved, through the valor and sacrifices of its defeud- On the 14th day of April, while the rejoic- ings of the people were yet ringing in this Capitol, Abraham Lincoln fell by the hand of the assassin, and Andrew Johnson, Vice Presi- dent, took the oath to support the Constitution of the United States, and a great people bowing amid their sorrow forgot the disgraceful part Andrew Johnson had played in this tribune of the Senate, and accepted his oath as in earn- est of what he would do m the future. The people require that not only shall the Presi- dent obey the Iaws himself, but he shall make every one else do it until they are repented under the Constitution. The judgment of the people is that no man is above or beneath the the President is as much obliged to obey laws as the humblest citizen in the land. This is understood from the Atlantic to the Pa- cificshores by 31,000,000 of people, holding in their hands the greatest trust ever committed This is not ont: traditions, but it is in the written law, and was one of the causes which induced the firing of the first gun. Is it not stated im that immortal declaration that one of the duced the result was the order issued by the King to his Governors to stay the execution of laws until they received bis sanction, were the first of the immortal words by our fathers, words which, like those of Luther, Washington, the first of Americans, said that the laws were imperative, and must be binding on all until ‘hey were re- pealed or altered by the people in their The Constitution thereof shall be the supreme law of the land, snything to the contrary notwithstanding in the constitution and laws of auy State. With paralleled has the attempt been made here to defend the violation of the trus committed by an outraged and betrayed peo- ple. The gentleman who opened this case claimed that the President may judicially coa- strue the Constitution for himself, an judicially determine whether your laws passed under the Constitution. and whether shall execute them. He (Mr. B.) repeated th that it might be burned into the hearts of the The laws were only to be exe d his Highness, Andrew 1f the Presi: KORSE FAIR. Nasuvitte, Fe arc May 4.—A number of horses have #) Spring meeting of the bl tion, which will be held this week, commenc- ing on Wednesday, and continuing tour days. SOLDIERS DISFRANCHISED. [Special Dispatch to the Star.} Crxcinnatr, May 4.—The Ohio Senate has assed the bill disfranchising soldiers in the yton Asylum, by ed here to participate in the i setting aside suggested that strict party vote. Interesting News from South America. The Revolution in Venezucla—Financial Panic— President Falcon has called in the ail of the Mil- itary against Congress—Congress Protests and Adjourns—The Attack on the American schooner Hannah Grant—Commodore Boggs will demand the Constitu- 5 interpolate words im benefit of the President ? zives to Congress the sole power to And imposes upon the President the di executing them, not to execute them as it suis him, but to execute them all until they are re- pealed, altered, or reversed by the action of the ‘uprene Court acting within the limits of the Constituuen, The fact which the Senate has to consider when it comes to judgment in this case, is whether the President is above the law strue them judicially. The people will tolerate no violation of the In the first rebellion against the laws, in Pennsylvania, the President put down the Te. tance without questioning it t¢ of South Carolina cet itself up in opposi- The following interesting items of South American news are from the diary of a well- informed American residing at Lsguayra,Ven- Tue Duet THIs MoRNING.- Fashionable cir. cles have been excited to-day over the rumors that two gentlemen, circulating in upper-ten- dom, had had a hostile meeting this morning near Bladensburg. to settle a diffiemlty accord- ing to the code of honor. All kinds of reports bave been afioat in regard to the matter and it took place at an early hour, and in the presence of only those inter- ested, who refuse to give tion, the affair is still a good deal mystificd. It appears, however, that one of the princi- pals is a well-known attache of a leading foreign legation in this city, American gentleman, who has served his coun- try valiantly and lost an arm therein. The preliminaries baving been arranged, the par- ties met near Bladensburg this morning, when the seconds endeavored to affect a recon- without success, belligerents srranged themselves for the fire. The word was given avd shots exchang-d, ‘when the seconds again sought to reconcile the two, and this time were successfal. culty was adjusted, and the parties shock hands and left the ground without any spillirg It is dented positively ‘hat there was “a lady in the case,” as reported. The difficulty seems to haye originated irom what one of the parties concetyed to be a per- sonal affront. MancH 15.—The rebellion, altaough in ap- pearance quite still, continues in different parts of the country, and where one party is put down, another appears after it When shall this dreadful state of things we are suffering ass away! Venezuela will be thrown back Teasons which m- fuse thereof; but of the United States, although he believed the Jaw unconstitutional, swore by the eternal the Union must be preserved, and executed the law. But there was an instance in our times which attended the reference which both ralers and people paid to law. law, whieh was MaxcH 19—No sales, no maiey in cirenia- tion, families, establishments, are suffering. ‘The first houses here have the! empty; and by this true statement the situation of the minor firms may be guessed eral commercial crash is feard here i months following May, when ail the crop peared. Maxcu 25.—Commodore Cas, C. Boggs Tived here in the United States tteamer De Soto from Curacao on the ith instant; went to Ua- Tacas on the next toMowing day; iad an inter- view with Vice President (il; returned to his ship on the 20th; pronouxced himself excellently treated by Minister Stilwell and and left port to-da: 1, to return again, for a settlement of the aff: whaling schooner Hannah Grant, whose cr>w were attacked and detained near Coro on Feb- ir chests entirely | Qore half battles, The Fugitive Slave the result of that 01 crimes, which made merchandise of immor- ity, which made a chattel of man: a bill at which even God stood silent; a bill which for- bids us te give sbelter to the houseless; a bili which Daniel Webster said he believed was Without the pale of the Constitution; a bill which the people obeyed when Anthony Bu walked in chains under the shadow of Buw Hill; a bill which the rej ind the other an representative an audacity un, Consul Loehir; t 11a. m. for St. Cruz, W. s he asserted, in a fortnizht. iof the American presentatives of the in Baltimore, passed resolutions that no discussion should be tolerated on; a bill which he (Mr. B.) had never supported: a bill which w: American name; a bill which a Py t ed by the votes of all the States of the promised to obey while it was a law; and talk to him tbat it is the practice of the Gow ment for a President to interp @ blot upoa the ofeach other's blood. Bolivar arrived here thi with President Falcon on beard. Falcon went to Caracas, and the Bolivar re- turned to Po Cabello. Makcn 30.—If we are to believe the news in t fight is going on, or is about to take place between Boregnal’s army and the factions around Valencia. It was said to-day that Boregual had an interview at the LaGerna of Valencia) with the chief opthe factions morning at 6 o'clock, dent can do this, as insisted upo cates, he (Mr. B.) insisted that the Cons! tution which we bad been taught to re- vere as the bulwarks of our liberties is a of anarchy, ¢ Chief Justice's) beantitul city, Marg: pursued by a band of flesh hunte: t, forgot the ma- oul of her infant circulation, a gr CaLironsia DELEGaTEs.—The following are the delegates to the Chicago Convention from California: Gen. P. E. Conner, Col. Coey, Maj. Jas. H. Green, W. E: Lovett, W. H. Sears, ©. B. Higby, T. M. Dayes, Thos. They are instructed to yote for U. S. Grant for President; at hberty om the question of Vice President. into the presence of its Mak: should go back to the hell of then the name of our martyred President bas been brought forward h acts of Andrew Johnson. Could Jeft our murdered President alone. they want to blac! virtues, and dim b: obedience to it,and he insisted further tbat 11 Senators, by their judgement, should counte- narce this plea, they would be the architec: their country’s ruin, They would give over this land to endless wars and anarchy. No matter what demagogues may say about it out of this chamber, the issue is anarchy in this world, and the recording angel of history That is all of it; it is the head son’s offending, tuat Jack Stratm: es a defense for the latter, and they breakiasted together. Boregnal asked him to lay aside his arms and return to allegiance to the Government; he would be well received, with all his peopl They say he (Arana) showed Boregnal 500 men, well armed and equi} and told him he wou! Spence, 8. J. s not the man who had said of this very fugitive slave law, that while it was on the si books it must be observed as other laws. Teaay to trace it. and front of Andrew Jobu he has assumed to himself the prerogative ot interpreting the Constitution and deciding apc the laws for himself, In spite of all the la in spite of all the With all respect to Senat after the weeks A LETTEE received im this city from Mrs. McDougall, wife of the late Senator McDon- gall, states that the remains of ber husband, (who was buried at Albany, New York,) were Sent to California by the steamer Rising Star. on its Inst trip from New York. id consent to lay down his arms if he (Boregnal) should be elected first vice president,) or take possession piesidency, and obtain from Gen. Falcon a complete resignation of his title of President of Vencguela. and his entire retire- mentirom power. Is this true or not I can- not vouch for, although it was given to m by a respectable merchant much business with Valencia. That? taking daily a more serious form is and frequent encounters take place near and far. One thousand troops are marching now from Barcelona up to Cxracas. President Fal- ‘a. Colina, with 1,500 men, to to resist the action of Congress against him. @ongress protested aud adjourned. But they say he sus- 'd the habeas corpus. Well, does not every the midst ef war the laws not know that rebellion forced this upon the Pre t; the nation was at stake, and th must be preserved. Well, they sa: passed indemnity laws. up the indemnity law, man know that technicalicies, to the able counsel, weeks of discussion on ae Constitution Tue New York Son thinks it quite in keeping with the declaration of Een Wade, that if even called upon te ma ments under this Government, he would look for honest men, and not politicians, that he should select Horace Greeley as Secretary of of the city doing T not _underst vic then God, in hi- bas denied him rea on Senators capnot divide the fearful responsibil- ity which rests upon them with any one mn they are answerable to God, their own con- crenes, and the people for their acts, stitution says the Senate of the United tes shall have the sole power to try all ar- jes of impeachment; and yet, in the face o1 all this, hours bad been spent here in an at- tempt to convince the Senate that this power is divided. The learned Attorney General und his associates have argued at length on this Point, and had witnessed the opening argument of his colleague (Mr. Butler) that the Senate Was not sitting a8 a court. His colleague had lain language of the Constitu- r. B.) did not propose to waste his own strength or try the patience of the further arguing ef this point. He Would not follow the learned and accom- plished counsel for the accused, he would hot be a snapper up of unconsidered tri- fles, but would confine himself to the dis- cussion of great principles. He cared not how much the learned counsel called this a court, the Constitution called it the Senate. He would not follow the learned gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Groesbeck) in his rhetorical flights. or the gentleman trom New York (Mr. Evarts), who hed to hold his own sides ai he would not attempt to follow the nic evolutions of the gentleman, his his roman candles (laughter). All of thi¢ could hot deter him from the plain issue, the usur- pations of Andrew Johnson. It had been said that the way to make one’s speech immortal was to make it eternal [la tleman may have had thi Senate is wested with the sole power to try this case, and the Supreme Court has no mere to do with it, before or after the the Court of 1. Petersburg, a of the United States will hold, Yet, it been held here that the Supreme Court bas agai He hag himself drawn and it Was for the pur- of legubzing the acts which were neces- sary to suppress the rebellion. new thing in our histot bien passed before, and he did no* care to argue It had become universally the public safety was the | this simple proposition, infinite wisdom, e any appoint. This wae no Indemnity scts bad on bes called G upon this point, acknowledged that JUDGE ApvocaTr.—General Hancock, Com- mander of the Military Division of the Atlantic, has issued an order announcing Captain Rob- ert Chandler, 13th infantry, as acting Judge Advocate at the Headquariers of the Di The M. E. General Cenierence. This Conference again assembled in Chicago morning, Bishop Sampson in the sked the reconsidera- tion of the vote of Friday by which the coloni- zation cause was referred to the Freedmen, and the appointment of a special committee. The motion elicited considerable discussion, in which Drs. Wise, Hunter, Crane, #nd others participated, and which developed decided opposition to colonization societies, The motion was tabled. Kev. Dr. Reddy moved that the secretary be ordered to insert the Washington and Delaware Conferences on the iist of Conferences. as these two Conferences are con ored ministers and peo, duced some At this point, ( 55 p. m..) on motion of Sen- ator Sherman, the nate took a recess. Hovse or REPREsentarives,—The House was called to order at 12 o’elock After prayer by the Chaplain, Mr. Windom, (Minn. jrosé in his place and said he desired to offer 95 a question of privilege, the resolution y himself ou Saturday. T suggested that in order to avoid delaying the Senate. the resolution be witheld unul the return of the members from the Sen- ste chamber. Mr. Washburpe tion he desired to offer. The Speaker said as busi transacted this siternoon, he would request gentlemen to witbold their resolutions. The Honse then resolved iiself into commit- tee of the Whole and proceeded to the bar of the Committee on Tue Wuite Hovse—Mr. Stanbery visited the Executive Mansion this morning, and had n interview with the President. Visitors called during the day, many of whom Were admitted to see the President. Gungnat GRant returned to the city this morning from his recent visit to Philadelphia, nd was at his office to-day. followed the tion, and he ( A number of Objects, and methods Ill.) said he had a resolu- ess Was to be ved wholly of col- ‘The motion pro- sensation. ‘The secretary ex- Isined the omission, stating that these two mferences were considered mission Confer- ences, and #s such were not entitled to repre- sentation by delegates in this. D., of Troy, N. Y., suggested that the two con- on the roll without determin- ing their status for the present. Dr. W. H. Ferris, ot New York, moved the reference of Reddy to the Commit. PoLiTicaL.—The official returns of the Lonisiana elections are not yet published. The New Orleans Republican gives returns from all ‘iving 17,83 majority for the ‘also claim twenty-two to fourteen Senators, and sixty to fourteen mem- Warmouth was slightly The Republican J. D. Porter, D, A Horrinre Arrat that a most horrible affair trancpy Island in the early part of this m pears, So iar as we can learn, that a young ne- gro soldier gained access to the sleeping apart. ment of Geveral Mower’s daughter, @ beautiful &nd accomplished girl about sixteen years of What was accomplished we know not, m only surmise from the su’ It appears that a younger chtld called her father, and he and the officer of the day, Upon arriving et the spot, found the negro in possession of the guard, which was stationed in the vicinity of the General’s§ quarters, It appears that & court martial was ai once or- ganized, and the negro soldier sentenced to be executed by barging. But the General inter. fered and the sentence was suspended, but it is currently reported that the negro was killed meide the fort, put into a sack and throw? into the gulf—Handaboro’ ( pc ee tena VENTILATION.—A Boston architect writes to the Transcript and repudiates the idea that the led breath fells to the floor. ited and rises, —We are informed the parishes, Ted un Ship Constitution. fevencesbe entered bers of the How ahead of the Constitution. Convention Saturday completed the nomina- tion for the Presidential election. Chicago delegates are colored. —— Al @ meeting of the Mississippi State Executive Committee, held in Vicksburg fast Monday evening, the following delegates to the Chicago Convention were elected for the A. C. Fisk, James Jefferson L. Wofford, Thomas L. White. —— The Springfield Republican alleges that “both ex-Governer Curtin of Pennsylvania, and Governor Fenton of New York, are wil- ling to sell out their chances at Chicago for seats in the Cabinet, and their «mer. of busi- are at Washington irying to negotiate that delicate exchange.” —The Lewiston Falls Journal, the most influential paper in Maine, the motion of Dr. ter], and the gen- in his mind. The Reddy resisted motion in an earnest speech, claiming that the general conference was fully campetent to ad- ferences to all the privi- leges of the Church, and to do this at once. Rev. Dr, Pershing, of Pittsburg. thought it im- Possible legally to’ admit these bodies at pres- ent, though he favored them coming in as soon as it could be done in accordance with the dis- cipline. Rev. Dr. Foster rose to a point of or- int to be that on his mo- tion, the whole subject of the relation of the Mission conference was referred to a special committee, and that this whole discussion was T, The point was overruled by the Rev. Dr. Durbin moved that the whole laid on the table until the Bishops make their report as to what they have done in organizing these conferences. “The motion of Dr. Durbin prevailed, and the Bishops were — to make their report as early as pos- Rey. Dr. Webster, of Pittsburg, offered a res- olution in favor of the better organization ef with a view to more regu- Reterred to a special com- rary, of St. Louis, offered a resolution instructing the Committee on Epis-— conacy to consider and rming the Ej mit the mission con: judgment, than State at large: causes arising out of this case. He ( did not think he had st ated the proposition too breadly, for, although he had taken no notes of arguments of the counsel, be did not think his memory had failed him. Accord- ing to this logic the Supreme Court wonid come at last to decide upon the qualifications Congress. Under it the right Illinois (Mr. Trumbull) to juired into by the Su- ige of that Court who He stated his of the members af of his friend from bis seat hire might preme Court, but the Ju should attempt to exercise any such ignominiously ex He held the Su greatest respect, and would infringe on none ef its prerogatives, but its powers were limited, and beyond them it must not venture. Mr. B. Tead from the Constitution the pon the Supreme Court. achment was not He cays it is and then he comes to the port of his letter, and says:—“A room can never be Properiy ventilated from the base. There must y of fresh air equal to the It is of no use toopen an responding inlet. Con- Toom up to the si—In view of the nomination of Mr. Col- President, there is already some calculation as to the succession to the ¢@rsbip of the House. An Eastern man will undoubtedly be chosen, and rumor assigns to very fair chance tor well known that Mr. pported by many of the ok f the House trom always be a si amount consum outlet without a co: r. Blaine, of Maine, struct the flue tight from the roof and there give it vent. No one would for was perforated with holes ai must be tight throughont its course to draw well, and so must a ventilating duct. It should be smooth inside. It should be ampie, and the outlet and inlet so arranged as notto create a the local ministry, laine will be su) lar employment. and ablest members id Middle States. Mr. B., who was Speaker ot the Maine House for two years, ex- hibited most admirable qualifications as a pre- siding officer, being thoroughly posted in par- and prompt and accurate in robably no ruember for the Speaker- Honse than he. Maine 3 proud of her able and influential Represerta- to “draw” that ve the inlet; it wers conferred respect within 0 one would be ere in the pres- Teport on the expedi- op 1 districts, and also offered a resolution m favor of the organization of district conferences. ferred to Committee on Itineracy. iold enough to stand uj ence of the Senate of and claim that the Supreme Court bad the right to try cases of impeachment, yet the meaning of What had been advanced ‘here tion which bad been assumed by the accused meant that and nothing else, or else it was like the tale of am idiot, full of sound ——— THE Disastrous FiRBIN VeRMonr.—Our telegraphic columns on Saturday brief account of the burning of the vill ot East Berkshire, Vermont, on the night of the {th ult. Later dispatches say: It is the most destructive fire ever known in a vill of Congress better ship of the Nation: THE CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. The Califorma Democratic State Convention revious to its adjournment nominated Presi- and James A. Johnson for e third district. As ——Mr. J. M. Botts has written a letter to Mr. Wm. Andrews, of Winchester, im which he declines being a candidate for Governor, but adds:—“There is another situation, howe ver, in which I have been encouraged to believe I might make myself useful to the State. particular friends long ‘among themselves that I could render more service in the Senate of the United States thau elsewhere; and in tbe whole service, I know ot no position me more acceptable or desirable. INTERNAL REVESUB.—The receipts¢rom this source to-day were #1.645, 182.30. signify: Senators listen ed a i yper! 81 now in quotr State bees words of John in announcing that the Senate ‘The original jurisdiction of the Supreme Uouri nited States,can neither be restricted or iTged by any act of Congress, and the gentle- of this, must know Pp ‘ures of Congress; declaring tmpeachment io be ‘violence, calculated to make ridiculous inthe eyes endorsing Haight as one of the great the nation; that they will never be goy- : ig eight hours asa @ey’s work on all public works, and condemn. ing the failure to e Alaska. Nothing was said debt or adjus was large ‘1, stores, offices, resi ‘ureh. were that would be to the appellate jurisdiction Within power of Congress. original Court is expressly tution, and the jurisdiction is provided for d equity, render neither § does the accused come, ———<$—— eee &7” Oberlin College bas 600 students, S27 A machine for stoning cherries has been a7” The the Irish Church or Disraeli shall be lished. z 87 The Port Tobacco Times Rages ices Charles coun Md. to be of Western Kew York. farm contains about 270 Doyle of Providence, R. I, has teity, for visiting appropriation ying ting taxation. and enthusiastic, a.4 exeited much e g THE TRIAL ov Juvvenson Davis.—Thebii bond of Mr. Davis wus renewed in Rictmond Seturday, the accused to appear on such rm 2s the court may fix. dge sid Chiet Justice Chase told him he i nY Gey. ScHoriecp.—Gen. several municipal A onenn Saturday, cergeant-aL-arms of rou 4] EP EES ATPorntuENTs Schofield made William R. Tall, se cael TO} See eee epee Ly wear, a mamed John Oliver, messenger —————_—_—______ Canada is to have a volunteer 00 Spec coeh tie Domine 00,00 g § i the recent prise Tecen! tor, to the neglect p Beosecor ‘The new bond given has eley, Cornelius V: ith on it, for twent, remaining | 4 sé Ltt) iif : OFFician. DEratumevr ov State, May }, 1608, Dee Washinen Jaformation bas bew partment from Mr. Jt Of the U nated Slates the death, by drowning, ~1 of January, 18s. at sea, 0f William Bolkias, alias Hnco Wolt, a sexnan, belonging to Vie American barquy “Penguin.” 280+ FANANCIAL 2NY COMMERCIAL, The statement of the astociated Banks of | New York for the week ending Saterday is | BReapectedly favorable, and calculated to ais ved at’ thas Stabet, the Qonsni wa, Japan, of extent of $3,996.42, and the specie also in- created $1.7%,326, while the deposits swelled to the extent of S1\575,646, and the loans thow an angmentauon of $9,314,050. —— ae Gevermment Securities. WASEINOTON, May 4, 1568. —Jay Cooke & Co. Turnisb tbe tollowing quotations of Gov. eTRMER( secu Ntes : + ses, Boy ew, 106 p B.N"m Inby coy thiras Wrage Pacite Mat, has Cerincaea, Hudson, 132; S#\; Michigan Gentral, 116 4; Michigan Sout Pe times Central, 145; Cleveland and i274; do. prefid, 9; Adams Ex., 61; Fargo & Co. Express, 25; American 4, United States Express. 604; s Union, 31; Gold, 19944. Market dull, pumvbntte Wiad ay Well Street To-day. New York, May 4.—Stocks dull. Money six to sever per cent. Exchange 10\. Gold ay. Governments quiet. ee Teo-da: New York Markets. By ¥ New Yor«, wag 4.—Cotton quiet aud steady, at 24 adc. for Uplands. Turpentine drooping at 70 cents. iu unchanged at $1.35a83.40. Freights dull. Flour Sai0c. lower. Wheat ie. lower. Corn xalc. lower. Pork quiet; new mers, $20.3780.50. Lard quiet. ———__-e- Retigtous. LUTHERAN SrNop.—The Lutheran General Synod of the United States will meetin the Fourth street Lutheran church of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday next, May 6h. This assembly meets only every two years, And it isexpected there will be from two to three hundred persons from all parts of the country, about ope hundred and @fty of whom are delegates, Sovraxggs Bartist Coxvention.—The Southern Baptist Convention, composed of delegates from churches and missionary asso- ciations in all the Maryland and Thursd ary body. and is exp in vd to bea large gath The Rev. Dr. Mell, of Georgia, ts presi- The convention serm: will be preacbed v. Dr. Curry, of Alabama, formerly a r of the United States House of Repre- tatives. Camp M¥etrNe.—The Quarterly Conferenfa of the Metbodi«t Protestant Church, Kent cir- cuit, bas decided to bold a — mevting the | coming summer on the ground eccapiod by them Inet year, in Mrs. Baker's woods, an Kent count y, Md., o commence on Friday, August ith. | Novet Exrepigs7 or Hous Tareves,—One of the most barbarous aud shocking exbihi- tions of human depravity, that we have for a jong time been called on te chronicle, occurred in this township on Wednesday night of this week, On that might some person or stole from Uae premises of Mr. Ellis, in the town ot Winnebago, aspan of horses. Lt appears that the thieves procorded with the stolen | property to the old “Wing Hill” district, where they proceeded to put into execution A plan | which they bad comcoct~d fur batliag the pure suit which would naturally be instituted when the loss of the team should become known, as it must in the morning. In pursuance of this pith, they entered the stable ot Mr, H. 1. John= and after taking therefrom atram of work— | ing horses, fastened the horses they stole from Mr. Ellis in their places, and detuberately fired. the building, hop! ng by this means to throw their pursuers off the track. They undonvt- vdly supposed that Mr. Ellis would track hu horses to the place, and finding his barn | Ashes, would conclude that his horses bad per= ished in the flames, and that Mr. Jehnsou would entertain the same belief with regard to his property. It happened, however, that the stolen animals were not so compleiely con- sumed but that their identification was pos- sible, both from the color of the portion of their bodies which was spared by the flames, and the peculiarity of their shoeing. Mr. Jobuson Was aroused by the light of the burning stable | at about two o'clock, at which tame the fire had ade such progress that be found it impossible to save any of its contents. The man who sto pan ot borses from H. L. Johnson, of this town, Inst Thursday morning, and fired Mr. Johnson's barn, destyoying a large namber of horses and cattle, has been captured at Janesville, Wis.— Rockford (1il.) Register, Aprit Russia axp PoLaxnD.—A correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette writes trom Peters burg be Jong struggie between the iiberal and national parties has now ended in he complete triumph of the latter, and the first {ruits of their victory have been the aboli- tion of the Jew remaining vestiges of the auton- omy of the Kingdom of Poland, and the with- drawal of M. Valnjeff trom the home aepari- ment. M. Vatnjeff, who has been Home Mia- ister since 1861, has taken a prominent part in all the liberal measures of the present reign, and isa devoted adherent of the Grand Duke Constantine, His partiality for the German element in Ruesia,andhis attempts to intro- duce the culture of Western Europe among the Russian people, brought on him the devermined hostility of tbe socalled na- tional party, which, though it has not hitherto been strong enough to deprive him of office, has opposed him with such energy for the last few years that many measures were adopied even in his own department which were en- Urely irreconcilable with his principles, Thos the steps taken for the Russification of the Ealtic provinces, and the eradication of the Polish element in Lithuania, were not only or- dered without bis consent, but in spite of bi Temonstramers. The national 7, beim Row master of thesituation, will probably next turn its attention to the chief object of its aspi- ratrons—the spread of Soacereee As it also represents the war party at ‘ussian Uourt, its present peredhenst ae 4 im the Gor regarded as portending fresh. the East.” CuvRcn Caorrs Is ComMOTiO? eborrs im Roc! growing" out of bi Simgers—one church ing Over Another. is that one cbareh offerer. a lady who sings in an Episcopal choir the sum of eight hundred per an. to change ber ition. In ‘another “Episcopal Charch the is being reconstructed on a basis of expending some twelve hundred per year for music. In other churches there is uneasiness: