Evening Star Newspaper, March 25, 1869, Page 1

PCBLISAED BAILT, Sunday Kacepted, » At the Mar Buliding, e € W. Corner Penasyivaria Av and th Stree. } BY TRE EVENING STAB NBWSPAPEB COMPANY, TAK w# served by the carriera w their ba the Gity &nd District at La y Pxa WEER. Uop-ee & ‘he counter. wil Casts OFFICIAL. LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, Passed at Third Session of Fortieth Congress. a [Pur.ie—No. 37) Am AcT makiug appropriations to supply de- flewnciws in Lue Appropriations for the se-viie of the govermment for the fivcat year eading Jone thirtieth, riguieen buadred ana sixty. Bine, aud for ether purposes 5 Be x enacted by the Scnae and House of Represene tabies of the United Siutes of America in Cungre st | e-sembled, That the flowing sums be they are bere by, ®ppropriated. Of aby Money in tue trensury not ocb-rwise ape Proprinied, to supply «de }ropriations for the $ rvice o: Me governm-at for the fiscal year encing June thirtietn, eigh- een Dunared aud six:y-nine For the contingen! expenses of the Treasury di the several pur ~ai gs, Indor, aud © be Treasury buildiog aad Hy ed by ne Preasury aud dollars and D only be emple Treasury building used by ‘be departm i the five other buildings | t, for bghtng, ci Sy | uperintendauce thereor, | fy-fivs buudied dollars | F: one clerk of ciass four and gue clerk of class one, one engineer m charge of hea ing ap- paratas, at @ salary of twelve Buadred qoliars & year; five firemen, at asalery of six hundred | Goliars each per year; ome machinist and gas- | fitter, at a salary of twelve Buudzed dollars | Per year; one captain of the watch, a: a salary | of fourtern bundred doilars per year: one stor-- Keeper, at a salary of one thousand doliars per | Fear; thirty watchman, (watcamen,] at a salary | Of eight Bandred and twenty dollars each p-r | year, thirty laborers. at a salary of+ix bun- | @red dollars each per year: seventy wo- | men, ascivaners, at a salary of one nundred and eighty doltars each per year: And it 1s herthy provided, TBAt no account for contingent expeuses at any of the bareass of the Treasury Department sBall berestter be allowed. except om the certificate of the general | superintendent of the Treasury buildings that they are necessary and proper, and that 1! prices paid are just said superi mats ex- ded under the head of contingent ex; for the several bureaus of the Treasury D-part- ment, which shall be iramsmitted to Congress by the Secretary of the Treasury at every yecember sessicn. And the expenditure tor urmiture and repairs for the same shill be made by the said superintendeut subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury; and it shall be the duty of said superintendent to curate account ia deta! of all | i for the purchase of furniture, | Tepairs .Rereof, as well asa full statement of the disposition of the old farni- tare, all of which sball be transmitted 10 Con- gress at every December session thereof by the retary of the Treasury : And provided further, ‘That no part of the appropriations made by this or any subsequent act tor contingent and incidental expenses shall be paid for clerk-hire, | Me=sengers, or laborers To complete the north wing of the treas: building aud approaches. 1 .ciading ali tinbi tues, one hundred aud sixty-three thousand tive Bundred and nine dollars aud twenty ceats Provided, That no extra compensation exceed- ing one-eighth of one per ceniam im any case sball hereafter be allowed to anv officer, persoa or ry | | corporation, for disbursing aay moneys ap. : propriated to the construction of apy pablic | > ding. ' For repairs and preservation of public build- | (Dgs. thirty-five thousand dollars. For Dr cesSAry expeuses Me several acts of Con, in carrying into »sathorizing | ‘F notes. four | Provided, Taat no work shall be done ia tae Eagraving and | Printing Burean for priva'e parties. For suppiyiug deficiency in the tund for the Telief of sicz and disabled seamen, filty tnoa- | sana dollars. | For amount required to supply a deficiency im the appropriation for salary, miscellaveous, | d otber expenses of the United States Patent Office fer the month[s] of Mi |» April, May and June, «biern bundrd aud sixty-aiu~, | two Bupcred thousand dollars. 4 For amount required to supply deficioney ia | he approprist on for expenses of c.urts, tive hundred thousand dollars. aed no part of this appropriation sball be paid to employ aud re. tein counsel to assi#t district attorneys For the survey of the Atlantic, Pacitic Gulf coasts, forty th-usand dollars, | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | | | To supply a deficiency in tae appropriation | fer folding documents, eighly thousand dol- lars. To supply a defici for laborers, nine thi seventy-five collars. To y the expenses of the Joint Commit. | tee on Retrenchment, four thousand duilers. | oF so much thereof as may be uececsary. P- | vided, That said sum shall be drawn from the treasury upon the order of the Secretary o/ the Senate as the same shall be required. sna any | Portion of the amount hereby appropriate that shall be allowed by said jotat committe to WitBesses attending before t'. or ployed 1p ils service, for per 3; or other necessary expenses, sud paid Secretary m pursuance of the order: of said committer, shall be accordingly aliowet by the accounting officers of the treasury. To psy balance due tor the tweaty. r cop- ies of the Congressional Globe and Appendix for each representative and delegate, aud one dred copies for house library, in the second ion of the forueth Congress, eighteen thou- sand four hundred and twenty dollars. To pay for twenty-four copies of the Con- gTessional Globe and Appendix for e-ch repre. sentative and delegate, Aad one Dundred copie for the House library, a: jes 1G OXCES session of te thousand four yin the appropriation | sand pine huadret and | bundred and fifty-two dollars, To pay for reporting and printing the debates and proceedings in the Daily Globe, two thou- sand seven bunured and thirty dollars. To pay for complete se’s of the Congressional Globe and Appendix for the new members en- Utled to receive the same urder the law ot Joy i fourth, eigbteen bandred and sixty-four. sev. B thousand iour hundred and eighteen dollars. For Congressional Globe and Appeadix, twenty pine toousund eight hundred and fore or SO Much thereof as may te plete the work wader th cope | tract expiring March fourth, etghteea hand d ang sing nie. y SENAT th ane tatiouery, five thousand For accitional messengers, three thc five Buccred dollars. For toldieg Gocuments and materia! thousand dolfzrs. For state ttiveery) amd new-<papere for sepaiors for ta third session of the fo: eth Congres pe (Dow: i dollars GUVERN MENTS IN THE TERRITORIES. bakOTa. For amount required to pay the increased *aiari-s ‘o the judges of Dakota Territory, au- vard by tbe act of March second, eighteen red and sixty-seven, two (Bor For amount required to pay Ties to the judges of the Territory of Idaho, ai thoriaed by act of March secoad, eight-en red and sixty-seven, three thousand dol- lars. For refanding to tae appropriation for the legislative expenses of Ldabo Territory ‘Re wt advanced from this fand ant not ac- counted tor by the secretary of said Territory, tharty-eight thousand dollars. BOSTANA TEERITORY. For amoupt required to pay the icreased rized bv the act of exghiees hundred aed sixty- . two thousard five hundred dollars. For smount required to pay outstanding lia- bilities ow account of fon aod mile. oai-ern eierie and contingent expenece of ths odivers, and cop assembly, twenty thousand dollars: Provided. Thot from and after the thirtieth Ju *alories of Ube judges of Utab Territory shal: ax now paid to yadges in Idaho and Mou taus Territories. WYOM(N@ TERE!ITORY. Por expenses Territory from Janeary fr-teghiere Dundred apd sixty-nine, to Jane mes foveruor, one thousand five bundred doltars. For chief justice and two associate justices, © thousand five hundred dollars eaob. irre thou-sud seven buodred and ip dol- lars ‘That the com: Officers of said Territory of Wyoming shall mot ecmmever until they bave been commissioned everetary. nine buodred dollars. For contingen: of the Territory. Sve ‘aa pane: ‘Mery 4 After the present fiscal year there sball | SpFingfi-ld, Illinois, for a court-house wd pat ter lapor in the | ene epee THE EVENING STAR. | XXXII. ob Che £o 1869 ening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 25 NE. 5,005. . DEPARTMENT UF STATE. For bisnk books, station-ry, book-cases, & Ms Of the United States, seals, presses, fags | Pesteger, and miscellan bus exp-nses of ths cousuls of the United States, ineinding loss by + xchat ge, fireen thousand dollars | YOR Tis INCDENTAL AND CONTINGENT BX- PEDSES OF THe DEPARTMENT OF STATE For stationery, farniture, fixtures, and re- Pi's, two thousand dollars. *(R TRE GENERAL PURPOSES OF THE RUILD- Ine UPIgD BY THE DLEFARIMENT oF STATE. For rent, fuel, alterations, watchmen, and laborers, twelve thousand dellars. For salary of solicvor and judge advocate of the Navy iepartment, from March fourth to Ju y first, eighteen bundred aud sixty-nine, € eo hundred and sixty-seven dollirs For the 1 m of the work on the court-house and post oifice at Wisconsin, twenty-five thonsand ction of basin and new dock York, twerty-five thousand nm of & public building at a post + and the accommodation of offic-rs of the ited States, twenty-five tho ars For constraction of appra s-rs ile adelpht dollars. For the continuation of the work on the pub- lie building at Cairo, Illinois, to be used for a post office, custom-bouse, aud United States court-room, twenty-five thousana dollars. For construction of castom-nouse at S 1, Minnesota, twenty-five thousand *olla: ‘eT construction of custom-honse at Ogdeui burgh, New York, twelve thousand five bun- drea dollars. For continuing the work on the tnarine hos. pital at Chicago, twenty-five thoasand dollars. For repairs of custom. house at San Francisco, seven thoussud five hundred dollars. PATEN¢ OFFICE BUILDING. For casual repairs of the Patent Office build- ing, five thousand dollars. PUST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. For compensation of the superintendent of foreign mails from August first, eighteen bun- dred and sixty-eight, to June thirtieth, eiguteen hundred and sixty-nine, two thousand seven hundred aud forty-seven dollars and tweaty- wight cents. For compensation to the superin- teudent of the money-order system trom July twenty-seven, eighteen bundred and sixty. eight, to June thirty, eighteen bandred and sixty-mme, four hundred and s)xty-four dol- lars and sixty-seven cents. For compensstion of chief of division of the dead-letter office froin. Aogast first, eighteen bundred and sixty-eight, to June thirtiewh, eighteen buadred and six'y- bine, two tbourand two Dundred and eighty- nine aollars and forty c Fi U ro! Ph thirty-seven tacusand five hundred , eighteen hun. dred and sixty-eight, to Jure thirtieth, eighteen ine, four thousand five ight dollars and eighty. For amount required to meet a deficiency in the revenues of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thiruet bundred and sixty-eight, seven dred and forty-one thousand four hundred and -ixty-six dollars and eig bty-five cents. For amount required to meet an anticipated deficieney in the revenues of the Post Uftice Department for the current fiscal year. three illien seven hundred and sixty-two thonsand fiv- bundred dollars. To supply deficiency in the appropriations for government building at the corner ot F and Seventeenth streets, for fuel afd compensation of tiremen, for repairs and miscellaneous items, three thowsand dollars. To supply the deficiency in the approprin. tioa tor lighting the Capitol and President's house, ard tbe puolic grounds around th-m, and sronnd the executive offices, twelve theu- sand dollars. WAR DEPARTMENT. For regular supplies of the quartermasters’ department, two million five hundred thous and dollars. For incidental expenses of the quartermas- t rs’ department, five hundred thousaad do!- were For horses for cavalry and artillery, one 1} hou five hundred thousand dollars. Por transportation of officers’ bazgage. one hundred thousand dollars. For transpor'ation of the army and its sap. ples, seven mi dollars. For barracks quarters. one million @ lars For medical and hospital departmen’. fifty tuousand dollars For contingencies of the army, four hundred and sever ty-five thousand doilars For medical and hospital department, - hundred and fif.y thousand dollars. For secret service fund. one hundred th and dollars: Pyromded, That the three iv named sums ate appropriated for the purpose of enabling the Secretary of the »Treasary to srttle accounts of disbursing officers for expen- civures already made in pursuance of law, all not make any actual disbursem-nt, merely @ trauster on the books of the NAVY DEPARTMENT. To supply a deficiency for provisions fo marine corps for the fiscal year ending vetb. eighteen hundred and sixty forty-two thousand dollars. “ven he T r provisions for the marine Vyear ending Juae thirtieth, eighteen bundred and sixty-nine, fitty six thousand doilar-. MISCELLAN EVUUS. "To carry out the prow tvew of so act relating to pensions, approve t Jair seventh, eighteen hundred aud ix: jousand doitars. For collecting, preparing, and printing the Proceedings at the decoration of the soldiers raves, under resolution of June twenty-cec- ond, eighteen hundred acct sixty-eight. two thousand dollars. For supplying deficiency In compensation of ¥ gtster and receiver in the land office in B ise Cily. ldabo Territory, office rent,aud purcia-* o: furniture, six thousaud three nundred and twenty-four dollars. For necessary repairs and farniture for the office of the register of deeds of the District of Colombia, three hundred and fifty duliars For a sufficient amount to pay the reg: salary of the present minister resident ai Por- tugal, oud the exchange thereon, from the first day of July, eighteen hundred aud sixty-six, so tong as the same was withbeld from him 1 the relie’ of the two bands of Si Wahpeton Stoux Indians, on the resery a Lake Traverse and D Ws Lake, Ds ‘Territory, to be expended under the dire. ioa of the Reverend HB. Whipple in the purchase of too!s, food, seeds, cattle, agricultural imple- u eats, and other articles necess: on ‘action of houses, sixty * Provided, That the sud Whipple shall make a fall, detailed, and acca- Fa @ statement to the Commissioner of Indian ataire (who shail transmit the same to Con- of the manner in which the amount here- "© Appropriated Bas been expend a. J For compensation of H. B. Whipple for iis Service as above, fitteen hundred dollars. For this amount expended and to be expenid- ed for the relief of the Kaw Iadians in Kansas, 'y-five thousand dollars. For def aying the actual expenses incurred in negotiating the treaty made witn the Tabe- quache, Muacbe, Weeminuck’, Yam- ps, Grand River. and Uiotah vands of Ute la- dians, on the secord of March, eighteen hun- dred and sixty-eight, and in procuring the con- sent of the said Indians to the Senate amend- Rine thousand two hundred and ment «izhty-six dollars and seventy-seven cen! For sdditional u propriation requ’ to a hire dividing the Ureek itd aed oe enon of t ‘with the Creek nation o| com. clara June fourteen, eighteen hundred aot sixty-cix, and for sarveying exterior boundary of @ grant of land to the Seminole natien of Iq- dians, order the — article of te treaty hes ates petty, sixty-six, five thousand are. 7 a deficiency for the t of on Fy 108 the brancy mist at perean eT valance of freignt on the same fr: on Carson oelphia to City, thirty-one thousaad dobars. fitting up machinery .n said mint. aad cities it working order, eleven thousand or as much thereof as is necessary tor Tpore. ‘Approved, March 3, 1869. ———__-+ee-___ &7 A Count Bernard Leo Bereudes bas teen srrested m Logisville for marrying halt a éoren women end ronping of with their money. 87 The Chinese rvffians of San Francisco , which pro- sides for the families mailics of uose WDD are “crib- bed.” nese women recently ar- wa ae Chir “ane ard of po! to he called to it the ero’ cent cotestials carryiag thew of for wives. | e@ Girerd College isin a quandarv. The will EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip. practi tadattbass LisvTsyart GENeRat PSIL. SERRIDAN are Tived at Chicago yesterday. INTERNAL ReVENUE.—The receipis to-day from this source were $472,161.57. THE DETACHMENT oF BaiGHAM Younes WIVES now moving upon Washington reached Chicago yesterday. BUT ONE NOMINATION was confirmed by the Senate yesterday—that of Henry D. Moore. to be Collector of Customs at Philadelphia. Brever Bric. Gey. Evt S. PARKER, First Lieutenant 2d cavalry, bas peen ordered to res Port for duty to the Secretary ot War. The cider dates from the 4th instant SECRETARY Borie and family, accompanied by Vice Admiral Porter, lett last night for An- papolis to visitthe Naval Acadamy, and will return this evening. JUDGE OTTO, Assistant Secretary of the In- terior, who has been ill at his residence for some days past, was attending to official busi- ness to-day. A MARBLE BUST of Senator Sumner has been Presented to the Senate of Massachusetts by a number of public spirited citizens of that State, with the request that asuitable place may be Assigned to it in the State House. Onrer Excinger James W. KiNG, appointed Chief of the Bureau of Steam and Engineering of the Navy Department, has taken charge of Bis office. the Bureau having been turned over ‘o him by his predecessor. Mr. Isherwood. SExaToR PRATT, of Indiana. accompanied q delegation of citizens of that State on a visit to the President tbis morning. The interview was Of 8 private nature, and to pay their respects to the President. EEvorm THE at uNT of Congress, the Committee on Appropriations will briug a de. ficieacy bill fora small amount rendered ne- cessary On account of the failure to have in- cluded certain items in the appropriation bill of last session A DFLEGATION from Frederick county, Mi, braded by Gegerai John A. Steiner, called upon the President yesterday to use their influence to secure the retention of Col. George W. Vernon ¢s Postmaster of Frederick city, but did rot succeed in obtaining an interview. Epwarp W. Bares, for several years past one of the Realing Clerks of the House of Rep- Tesentatiye:, bas been appointed Supervisor of Interual Revenue for the District of Wiscoa- sin and Dichigan, vice J.C. Burroughs, resigned. GovERNOR HriLock, of Massachusetts, has tendered the position of Associate Justice of that State, made vacant by the resignation ot Judge Hoar to accept the Attorney General. ship, to Hon. Henry L. Dawes, now a rep Sentative in Qongress from the lth Disirict, Ur To } P.M. the tenure-of-office bill. passed by the Senate yesterday, had not been con- sidered in the House. It is believed it will Pass that body, but not withont opposition. P.S —The Senate bill modify: the Tenure- of-Office act was taken up iu the House about 3.15 and General Logan is making a speech against it. SECRETARY BOKIg bss addressed a letter to the Honse Committee on Naval Affairs recom. mending the eale of all Government vessel- not in actual nse, the proceeds thereof to con- stitute a naval fand to be applied to repairs of vessels, navy yards, Ac. The Naval Commit- tee having adjourned for this session, how-ver no action will be taken on the cominumication. THE ACCErTANCE of the resignations of the following named midshipmen of the Naya! Academy are revoked, and they are restored on probation: Midshipmen David Whipple, 7 T. Bavcock, Francis Winsiow, and E. A. San- derson. The resignations of Horace W. Mann, KR. M. Shaffuer, and Engene C. Tillman, a: the Naval Academy. have been accepted. MR. Nv¥B® introduced in the Senate th. morp- ang, Tesclution iwstructng the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds to mquire into be expediency of removing the old carrier qubes over the Senate chamber and replacing rhem with new pipes with electric gas burners, lava Ups, to be lighted by electricity trom the battery used for lighting the Kotunda, the expense thereof not to exccrd #4, 30H), OcBaN MAIL STRAMSEIVS —The Senate C-mmittee on Post Offices and Post Roads baye substantially agreed to report a bill giv- ing inland and sea postages to three different lines of maul steamships between this country and foreign porta, two of which lines are owned im New York and one in Boston. This is looked upon as a sort of compromise between the va- rious rival lines which have been fighting in the lobby during the past winter. Hoy. E. B, WASanvene, Minister to France, left here last night for bis home in Galena, [11 for the purpose of settling up his private affairs Preparatory to leaving for Frauce. He will return to New York in about three weeks, and sail from tbat city for Havre in company with his Assistent Secretary, Frank Moore, im the steamer Ville de Paris, on the Ist of Miy next Mr. Washburne’s family wi:l remain in Galeua during this summer, and sail for France next fall. Me. WALSoN introduced in the Senate this morning & bill authorizing the Commis-ioner of the Freedmen’s Bureau to continue the freedmen’s hospitals at Richmond, Va.; Vicks- burg, Miss.,and the District of Colambta, in- eluding the asylum for aged and infirm freed- men and for orphan children, provided that the expeuse thereof shall be paid by the Com- missioner out of moneys heretofore appropri- ated for the use of the Burean, said hospitals to be discontinued as soon as may be practicable in the discretion of the President of the United ‘States. PassaGB OF THE JUmcrion Rattway Bite, The Senate this morning concurred in the amendments adopted by the House yesterday to me bill iccorporating the National Junction Railway Company. and the bill now goes to the President for bis signature. The bill, it will be remembered, names as corporators James A. Magruder, John L. Kidwell, Oharles H. Cragip, Jenn W. Thompson, Hallet Kil- beure, A. R. Shepherd and Wm. H. Tenney ard ewpowers them to constract and maintai, a ra:lroad from the northern terminus of the squeduct bridge, in Georgetown, across Rock creek and slong S,T or U street in this city, and around the city toa point mear the Nayy Yard bridge. ‘THE Commissionzn oF TUS GemzRat Lann OF¥IcB is in receipt of samples of interesting and rich silver ores from Ubemical i principal some metallic siivet.small quantities of lead, trace of in. ‘The metal alver oda ore, 2.83 per cent.; silver in t tained im the chloride, 34.67 cent. Total, 37.50 percent, Tile aeatie a), ounces per to of 2,000 pounds, of $14,875 in coin. RECEIPTS oF CUSTOMS at the Treasury Department, for the week ending March THE REPORTED DFATH OF EX-PRts- IDENT JoHNSUN. Ex-Prreipent Jonwson is said to have had Aserion® attack of paralysis at his home in Gr enville, Tennessee, and to have ‘elegraps- ed for Surgeon Norris. U. 8. A., who bas here- tofore attended him. He 1 rep rted to be very 1, and a rumor of bis dewth reached here this Afternoon, but was not credited. Tus Preerpest’s Views on Tas Misers- sirPr Reoonstavction Bite. — Yesterday &@ ternoon delegation of Mississippians bad an ‘pierview with President Grant. The mem- bers cf the delegation present were Qolonel L. W. Pierce, Hov. A’ Mygett, General B. B. Egeleston, Hon. Wm. H. Gibbs, Major E. J. Castello, Hon. Alderson, Dr. © A. Foster, Major J. G. J. . Rev. Dr. T. W. Stinger, C bnel O. P. E. Johnson, Colovel J. K. W. s+r, Hon. J AJ miron, and General H W. B try. Colonel Piere+ aadressed the President br efly, saying they had called upon him to con- | T.tuiate Bim opon Bis election and to ask his &sistnes in passing the Mississippi bill Dow b-fore Cougre-s. Tne President remarked that he bad seen the bill reported, bat he did not know fm what shape it’ would pass Congress. He had conversed with at least thre of the onstruction Committee Upon the subject, and be did not think hikely tbat the bill woald be passed in a form to bring peace to Mississippi. To bim the most feasible, the least expen: Aud the quickest way ‘o restore the Si seemed to be to give the Governor of the State, who is also the military commander, time to app int all the officers under the recent law of Congress, then re-submit the constitution to tle yote of the propl», allowing all to vote who are qualitied ungrr the recons'raction acts, and no other, Congress selecting such articles as they deem necessary to ne voted om separate! without allowmg them to affect the constita ton asa whole. There were, be said, portions of the constitution tha’ might be rejected, and perbaps ought to be. Cot Pierce suggested that the president of the con vention, who is author- ized by the bill under consideration to app int the State officers, being better acquainted with the people and their wants, would be better able to make judicious apporntments than th~ Wary governor. The President without making any definite reply. arose. and the dele- gation retired. SECRETARY Bortsg bas addressed a letter to the Honse Committee on Naval Affiirs, stating that with the appropriations for naval pur- Pores it is impossible to get the necessary work dove on account of the provisions of the eight hour Jaw. He therefore recommends the re. peal of that law so far as it concerns naval af. fire, ond states that be can bave a greater amount of work done if at liberty to employ men under the old sys'em, as he can procure pieuty of abie mechanics who will work ten of twelve bours per day. Mr. Scofield, chatr- man of the committee, ho wever, is ene of the strongest triends of the eigat hour cause, and a majority of the members of the committee are also warm friends of the eight hour bill. No Action will therefore be taken upon the mat- ter, the committee already having agreed not to meet again this session unless rendered necessary by urgent business. Faavps Uron Tas GovenNMeNT.—Mr. Ed- munde precented in the Senate, this morning, a communication from Hon. E. B. French, Sec- ond Auditor, and endorsed by Hon. ©. ©. Cox, Commissioner of Pensions, enclosing a report of Mr. H. C. Harmon,aclerk in the Second Auditor's office, who was detailed to in- vestigate the fraudulent practices of claim agents ip the collection of claims for pay and bounty in cases of colored troops. He say there are many wrongs aud frauds practiced upon the colored people and the Government, thongh he ins done ail in bis power to check them, but. owing to thy want of authority to organize any detective system, bad not suc- ceeded to any great extent. So many franda- Jent claims bad lately been filed that ac ion had been suspended upon a large number, and Treasury certificates, amounting to over $150,- THE Unite States Scrrene Court yes- terday tock up the case of Francs P Blair, Jr., plaintift in error, against Jobs S, Thomp- son, et al. and Warren Woodson. pirintiff im efror, against the State o: Missouri, ex rr? Hon. Montgomery Rinir made the opening ar- gumwent. Senator Drake replied. He said the pi rshows that be was in every partioniar quulified voter, aud that exception sled to qualify himself to vote under the Constitution of Missouri The Constirn- Non required as a preliminary to votiug, to ‘ake the oxth of loyalty, aud also declared that an: pereon declining or refusing (o take the oat shall not vote, but the plaintiff demands a right to vote on the ground that he had taken a dit- ferent oath which b chosen to constract for himeelf, and pow sues the Judges for refu- sing to receive his vote. The question is whether the plamutf was legally eatitied to yore when, by bis own showing, he refased to take the oath required of every voter as a con— dition precedent, und whether the people of Mi+sour: had the right to declare ia it Con- stitution who are and who are not entitled to vote. The counse! of the plaintiff seeded on the assumption that the judiciary held in its hands the lberties of the people, a proposition which be (Mr. Drake) repudiated. Itisin no sense trne. Any wherein this Union the people alone are the custodians and preservers of their Isberties. Mr. Drake then maintained the p si- Ist. That the people of Missouri are the ite; 2d. That they became a ent: 3d. The: passage of the bill recently introduced by Sen- ator Wilson, to protect the Government ix there matters. Commissioner Cox, in his en- dersement, says, unless something be done at once to correct the growing evil, the Govern. ment will be the sufferer. The report of Mr Harmon covers about twenty pages, and cites numerous cases of fraud and extortion prac. ticed by agents at Memphis, Tenn., together with their mode of carrying out such frauds The papers were referred to the Committee on Pensions. Tue Socrery oF pS AND OUR LN otAN AFFAIRS. Yesterday a delegation composed of George H. Stuart, William Welsh, Judge Strong. Eli K. Price, Samuei Shepley and John and independen Hiiles, ot Philadelphia, and Edward S. Tony : vagy micag > govern themselves as they ordain of Boston, calied upon the President. Taey | establign their Constitution. Mir. Drake Proposed that he should select a commis five or seven gentlemen who should giv Services gratuitausly to the Governma: act with the Secretary of the faterior it management of Indian affairs and superintand the disbursement of the money appropr from time to time by Congress for the Ind By this means it was thought much, if not all of the dishcmesty and corruption known *) x. ist im connection with the management of Iu- 4 an alfairs would beabolished. The President replied that the views expressed by the deleza- tion met bis approbation, and it was bis desire to make a radical change in the Indian policy of the Government. The Secretary of the In- terior, who was present, also expressed him- seiffavorably. After the interview with the President, the delrga ion proceeded to the C ip i'l, Where they bad a conference with Gen Ba'ler and Speaker Blaine on the same subject, They detailed the result of the interview with the President and the Secretary of the Interior and Geo. Butler expressed himself favoranle to the proposition. nof | sumed iis argument to-day. Faraups on C. Friend, of Etna, Maine, accased of p ing end presert.ng to the Pensim (fice sice papers in support of cletms for pension, been arrested and held to bail for appes at the April tarm of tne United States © Conrt at Vor!iend, Maine. Hanpab (€ Gtaban bas been arrested and be ld to bail for appezrauce at the ensuing term of the United States Disirict Courtat Boston. Mas- sacburet's, for talse swearing in sapport of a claim for a pension. Margaret Davis bas been arrested and in- dicted in the United S:ates Court at Boston, for false swearing in connecton with her own claim for a pension Louisa C. Walton bas been srrested and held to bail for appearance at the ensuing t-rm of the United States District Court at Philadel. phia, Pennsylvania, for false swearing in con- nection wi'h her own claim for a pension. —_~<re-__ FINANCIAL AND UOMMERCIAL There isa sharp demand for money in New York, incident to the increased volume of busi- ess at the Stock Exchange, and the rate on the best selected collateral is uniformly seven per cent. There are indications that the combira- tion controlliug the stock market contemplite making money stungent. Commercial paper is dull and rates are as last quoted. Government bonds are steady on small transictions al- though prices have yielded somewhat. ——_+—_—_. {By Bankers’ and Brokers’ Telegrapr.} Lewis Johnson & Uo. quotestocks and bo...s NoMINATIONS —The President this afternoon sent to the Senate the following nominations - Rea’er W. Clarke, to be Third Auditor of the Treasury. Edward L. Plumb, to be Gonsul General of the United States at Havana, Alonzo P. Cornell, to be Surveyor of Customs for the port of New York. E. A. Merritt, to be Naval Officer for the district of New York. E. A. Paltrey, to be Collector of Customs tor Salem avd Beverly, Massachusetts. J. A. Wilson, to be Collector of Castoms at Pugets Sound, Washington Territory. 10.40’, coupon: 4 + Onse F. J. Bavson, to be Celiector of Customs at Mise Gorniosien, 32%. Marinora nose Acne (iloucester, Massachusetis. ti Maul, none; Canton, 55%; Oumberiand, none: Assessors of Internal Kevenue—Joshua | (poet's Union Telegrapa, 374: (aicksttvor. Thorne. for the 15th district of Missouri; D. | Qepiral, 1024; Hudson, 1X; Heading, 0: , H. Stanton, for the Ith district of New York; Uentral, 117%; Alichigan Son .- D. N.C. Thomas, tor the 2d district of Inat- | ¢Fm, 96%; Llimois Oentrai, 137; Cleveland and Pittsburg, £7; Northwest, 8; do. preferr d $2; Cleveland and Toledo, iv: Rock Isin: 4 i31%; Fert Wayne, 1224; Alton & Terra Ha: %; Toledo & Wabash. 66; Adams bx 59; Wells, Fargo & Co. Express, none; Uni'a States Express, 57; Americen Express, 1: Merchants’ Union, 16: Ubicago & Alton, !1 do. vreferred, 151. Market strong. Gold, 1.1- Aus: Julis Ememoser, tor the 34 district ot Louisiaua: W. S. Stockley. for the 2d district of Pennsylvania; Joseph T. Valentine for the sth cistrict of Pennsylvania. Collectors of Internal Revenue.—L- N. Coy, for the Ist district ot Arkansas; Jos. A. Cooper, for the 2d district of Tennessee: John McHirg, al31%. for the 2d districtof New Yerk; Samuel J [By Cable.i Royer, for the 17th districtof Penn: Lonpom, March +5, 1:20 p. m.—Oonsols, tor Joseph T. Smith, for the 2d district of Missi rye Ce aA arora 3%; [inois, 91; Erie, } ¢ e 24; Bor ; sippi; R. M. Smith, for the 3d district of Mary- | “*Sigyxvomt, 12h p. m.—Honds, 47,1. land: Thos. E. McCracker, for the 6th district ot Iowa; Isaac J. Young, for the 4th district of North Carolina Receivers of Public Moneys—Granville M Ballard, at Indianapolis, Ind; J. H. Wrizut, at Carson City, Nevada; Edward Vollner, at Belmont, Nevada. Registers of Land Office—H. F. Ric, at Car- som Oity, Nevada; Samuel Tallman, at Be- mount, Nevada; Abner Tibbetts, at St, Peter, Minn. Charles Lafollet to be Indian Agent at Grand Ronde Agency, Oregon. Deputy Postmastesr—Samuel L. Day,Paxton, IN ; Christiaa Bidaman, Canton, Il.; Thomas B. Kelly, Duquyin, Ill; George W. Mills, Pe- tersburg, Lil; Jehn Cree, Georgetown, Colo. rade; H. P. Bennett, Denver, Colorado; Wm. T.Ward, Susanville, Cal.; H. L. Street, Sonora, Cal.; D. F. Brantlinger, Louisiana Mo.; Miss Marion Champlin, Waterloo, lowa; J. D. Burkholder, Fort Dodge, lowa; Mrs. Julia P. Woulfolk, Jackson, Tenn.; B. H. Crapster, Shelbyville, Ky.; John M. Stockton, Maysville. Ky.; Joseph B. Brown, Tarrytown, N. Y.;Wm. W. Perkins, Baldwinsville, N. ¥.; B. F. Heg- ler, Attica, Ind; L. R. Johnson, Uambridge City, Indiana; William A. Hoorajl, Washing. top, Indiana; George W. Demaree, Franklin, Ind.; Albert CU. Houghton, Wellington, Unio; ‘Thomas W. Collier, Coshocton, Ohio; N. R. Smith, Canton, Mids; Cartis J.Gale, Corunna, Mich ; E. W. Merrill, at Muskegan, Mich. Henry D. Ladduth, at Darlington, Wis. + Tex Cansvs oF 1570.—The bill introduced in the House by Mr. Garfleld yesterday, which come r action on Tuesday next. Totabiianes < .vus Bares im the f ent of the Interior, the bead of which is to be appointed by the it. An assistant super. ‘ntendent is to be a uted by the Secretary of the Interior for Con, district und Territory. These district superintendents ar: to employ aji the subordinates they need for Livee Poot, 1:20 p. m.—Cotton. market active. To-day’s sales will reach 15.00) bales, Mid- ding Uplands. 124; Middling Orleans, 12 Steck afloat comsigned Rere. 411.10) Dales. of which 116.00 are from the United Stues. Bai BALTIMogE, March firm at 28 to2 at previous quotations, firmer, white 50 to &i; yelloz. flamer 651072. Rye sendy, Pork quiet at $32.50 to $18. sides 17, clear do. 18, shoulders 15, hams 2ito 21. Lard quiet at 20, Whiskey quiet and ‘firm at 94. —Uotton quiet aod 4. Flour active and mach firm-* Wheat firmer. © +4 to 55. iu ALTIMORE, March old, bg et 49% aske'; do. 1-65, 8, bid; 53 asked. jorth Carolinas old, 6)),, do, new 574. —o—_ New York Grain Market To-day. sw Yorm, March 25.—Flour 5 to 10c. better on low grades, Wheat quiet, without decided change. Cora without material change. Latzr.—Money active at 7 per camt. cur- Tency to7 per cett. gold. Gold Bonds dull. Stocks firm. Oentral active. iBeelta- Reous list firm. Express stocks dail and Reglecte —__-«-e-—___ Taz Inisu Cuunce BILL Im THE Enctisa AMBBT— Vi for the Liberals.—Th Gcbatc on tne bill Tor the’ dieesiaolchmont of the Irish Church was resumed in the British of Uommons night. cheers, vided on the motion that the bill be read a sec- *. The 8 18 to be taken as orth ‘st of April, 1870. ‘Tbe whole work ts to | ond time with the following result: be done 1m two months, and the trotion, 368; agsinst the motion, 250. tion made, and tbe bareau clos-d by the ist of | for ihe Government, 118. The announcement May, 872. The Secretary of the Laterior, Attor- | of the result was ly cheered in the House. ney i, and Census are to ‘were taken up by the ‘people in the prepare and les to lay | lobbies, and the news was thus conveyed to am fore Congress on the first Monday of - | iemence crowd owtsias the house, joined in« rer WI the conaes ie taken, the popa- | ihe oes, with Be Widest enthusiasm. lation of each State is to be di: by ‘The st3 1m the mornmag ad- the quotient will give the and jourped over the holidays, to the lst ot April. Tesenta:i nah Gieniamine dee ives to which the State is Sa Bleck velvet skull-caps arethe fashion Be ee for bald heads im Beecher's church. yk pe 17a000 of nA Ne Ein on pc and Masse. FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS, This Afterneon's Proceedi ee ee ings. TRURSDAY, March 25, SENATE. — Mr. Vickers rose aud said that the Hon. W.T. Hamilton, Senator etect trom Mary- land, Was present 4) d ready to be sworn in The Chair requesied the Senator elect tocome forward, when Re Wis - worn ip. Mr. Kice introcu: ed @ Bill to enforce the 1h amendment im the State of Grorgis. aud to Testore to nt a provisional form of goverument. Lalo on the table and ordered to be Priated Mr. Sumner presented memorial Cliea Barton, setting forth that the Ireedmen of + Iustrict of Colambia were 1 op, and Asking that the ref War Department im this © her in (rust for their benefit. Commitee on Milivary Af sire Mr. Morril, from Committee on Pab! Buildings and Grounds, repotred resolat Teiative to change of line of 15th tween Pennsy!vania ayenue and N avenue, and change of grade of Peu| Passed . Ptterson introdaced a bill to pro: greater + ficiency and economy in the matic and consular system of the Uni States. Referred to Committee on Retrenc ment. On motion of Mr. Patterson, the Senate con- curred im the amendments of the House t th« bill to incorporate the National Janction Rail- way Company, and it now cores to the Presi dei Mr. Edmunds asked to take wp his bill rela. tive to Georgia, as either we are doing Georgia ra injustice by denying her representation Af she 18 entitled to it, oF else we are shamefully tolerating @ state of revolution and anarchy down there. Mr. Sherman insisted upon taking ap the supplementary currency bill, as it was im- portant that it should be acted upon at once Mr. Sumner regarded it as very essential th the Georgin matier should be tikea ap imm: Ciately, as there was nothing before the Se of so much urgency. The Fill supplementary to the national 1 Tency act was, after some tarther discussio taken op, sad Mr. Sherman again mad Pisvaton Ol the yarious provisions. H+ depre- ented at present amy increase in the yolume of the currercy, and thought that the redistriba- tion should be made as gradual as possible. The Chair stated the question to be on the amendment of Mr. Wilson, to increase the banking capital by $50,140,000, aod that when the umount of United States and National Bank notes in circulation shall exceed seven hun- dred millions dollars the S-cretary of the Treasury sball be required to retire and cancel United States notes until the whole amount outstanding shall be reduced to $350,000, | TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. Mr. Wilson and other- addressed the Senate upon the bill, but no points were brougut o that have not been covered in the former di cu-sions on the subject. At 1:50 p. m., Col. Porter appeared with sun- messages from the President. | draft proposes that the faim dr; i Mr. Morriit offered an amendment to the éth | sec ion of tue bill. that when circulation us re- quired the Secretary of the Treasury sali Make requisition upon banks having a capital exceeding $1t0.000: which was rejected. Hover.—Mr. Banke, (Mass.) from the Com- mittee on | creign Affairs, reported a joint reso- Jution expressing sympathy with the people of Cubs, on their efforts to establish a tree une ever it sbull Tinted ) fn'roduerd 1 bill amendatory borize the ystabii- hmeut Ss between New ¥ and one or more pore. Referred te the Commitier on Post OMflves aud Po-t Roads. Mr. Wilson (bio) offered a resoxation to print 1-0.000 copies of the Agricultural Report for 1865 for the use of the members of the House and 25,0 tor ibe use of the Department of Agricul- ture. Refetred co the Committee on Priuting. Mr. Dawes, (Mas8.,) rising to a personal ex- Plauation, said that the Secretary of the Ter: i- tory ot New Mexico complamed that tie (Lnewes) had dove bim 4 yreat injustice m the matter of the contested election case of Chaves versus Cleaver. If any euch imjastice bad been done, Mr. Dawes said this was the place te make reparation. For the benefit of th. Secretary he sent to the clerk’s desk, aud n: read, a letter addressed by this Secretary to parties in the Southern Confederacy, express ing foll Sympathy with their cause. “This tet. ter be (Dawes) had obtained from the War Department, naving been captured among the rebel arcl When he discovered the ext«t ence of t ter, be bad eaid that he had confidence in the man, and this was the co pisint made against bim. He left it to the House to judge whether @ man living in a Northern State, who tendered his services to the rebellion, in the letter just read, was wor- ty of the confidence of any loyal m: ir. Butler (Mass.) endeavored to introduce & Dill to provide for the enforcement of the Lirh amendment to the Constitution, and to secure a —_— form of government tor Georgia, it Mr. Woodward (Pa ) objected. Mr. Poland (Vt.), from the Committee on the Revision of the Laws, reported the joint reso- lotion relattye to steambvats and other vessels owned in the loyal States. After debate— Mr. Wasbbara ( Wis.) moved to lay the bill on the tavle. Not agreed to—yeas Si, nays 45. The joint resolution then possed—yeas ~>, pays 90. of the net to hve of American Mr. Poland (Vt) was excused from service on the Reconstruction Committee. Mr. Upson (Ohio) was excused from service on the Commttee on the Revision of the Law: Dry Goods. Very little activity bas been noticed in the demand for unbleacBed shirtings and sheetings during toe past week, and prices remain with- out change. The demand from the Soath for the beavy grades of sheeting have been fully supplied. while that trom the North west ba= not yet commenced. The fine grades of browa goods suitable for bleaching are held less firmly than the Leavy weighis. Blesched shirting- and sheetings are in moderate demand a changed prices, though (be lighter grades micht be purchased ata larger discount to the trade than bas heretofore been allowed. Bat no nal prices are witbout any quotable altera- tion Py nts have been in rather better demand, but the improvement has not been so marked asto have any inflvence upon prices. The ue « standard styles are selling more freely, but in some of the less popular styles there bas been a dechine of halt a cent a yard. is a tat business doing t ams uf the better styles, ng! and prices remain stead: uesare pot se firmly heid. P: dl percales are in good demand, though the late. ness of the season operates agains: the market In all other descripti fabrics there is a tair demand, changes bave occurred which require fended notice. welin de laines of medium and dark col- | to be trienial, and universal suffrage to be | ARXAPOLI, Korie’s family ali, arrive ber: ©'clock this morning With the correspos ten of the Washington Coronicle aod Star. The: Were received im carringes by Admirai Porter. ‘S0d Criven to the Naval Academy grounds. The Decreary was received ANOTHER HvRRIBLE MURDER tN PRILAVELP: —— Ma: his Dead o be was am unmarried mi bnilding. Hs wate It as impose: of murder o the Bands ught to te pistol found Leside Dim with one barrel Hie bad @ scart tied around tix bt, to contrib on boxes were tonud b>: hopes, fragments of shir’ sleeve, with wristband and sleeve du'- . found pear the bedy having been appar- ently torn of im a straggle. Smith nad fee vy dresses, which be hired on to afternoon. ef! the Dall to get a five.doller nee hanged. Mben be card he had hired a couple of dtwsse The pi-'ol tound discharged did not belong to Smith, bis own pistol, loaded, being sa the same reom. The deceased was sub} > thin, but none bad receatly occurred. Coronet and detect: * are investinting the mystery arca.) [SBcoxD pis: Pritavetruta, Marea tion of the Smith ucts —A card f department. This gentir tel ef poltce stated be epgaged 2 costa trom Sm veoster morning, paid bim for it, aud was to. ail ac last evening. He te Germantown at f o'clock, and reached the hall about fiveo"cl» He rang the bell but got no response He th tried the door and found it untastened. oe & tered, and found the bed-room im disorder. A tin box, mentioned before. was lying on th floor. He then looked around the larg» room, but saw nobedy. He observed tts bundiehang- ing upon the wall; be took it and lett, The body was lying insuch a position and so covered that it would scarcely be seen by any Person who glanced hastily around the root the twilight. The theory of the officials Smith was toully merdered by parties sent him down to Woll's store to get change & five-dollar note. It « supposed that taey seized Dim us be was eutering the door of the Ante-room, #track bim with a club, which ren- dered bim insensible, then tied to keep bim from interfering with them while they searched for moury When examming tix clothes tbe pistol was probably found. aod was used to kill him when it was discovered that be bad not really died from previous blow: The more the mvestigation i= pursued, how. ever, the deeper the mystery becomes. PROPOSED NEW « SPAIN. Mapeip, March 2.—The new constitution Was reported to the Cortes yesterday. The form of govern- Ment of Spain shall be monarchial, and ebail consist Of @ Senate and Congress. term shall be thirteen years, and shall be ted by provisional councils, composed of four tor each province. Sessions ot Congress Tule in regard to young. Reign of tae King shall be limited to eighteen years. The majority of the commiitee reported in favor of the sepa- ration of the church from the State, whale the minority report advocated the Koman Oatho- lic as the Sate Oreed with toleration towards all otber religious professions. Laverty of the press and right of public meetings will be cusrapierd. [SBOOND DISPATCH. Mavmrp, Murch 15 —By the draft of Constitution, paesepted to the Coustitacat ©. we yesterday, Senators are to be eircted for twelve years, and not for thirteen years as before stated MURDER AND SUICIDE. Rejected Love the Cause. Boerox, Narch 25.—Last night s young mau named Pine shot Miss Howard, imflcung a Wound which, it is teared, will prove fatai, and then “bot bim-elf dead. Rejected love is Supposed to bave been the cause of this terrible act. Bott were about twenty years of age and Tespectably connected. FATAL RAILRVAD ACCIDEN WoncesTer, Mass, March 25.—Mrs. Cotfes dd twodaughters, of Stil River, Mass., were Tum over by the cars near Groton Junction, this morning, while crossing the Fitchburg Railroad in asieieh. The two daughters, be- tween 20 and u3 of age. were killed: the mother very severely injured. authority. Jand to enter into nego @procity treaty without the co-operation of the Athen Britsh North Amerian Provinces. MURDER CAS! PHILAPBLrata, March 25.—io Court to-day, the case of Wa B Cbarles Orme, Who were cous icied a! burg of the murder of Theoaore Brodhead, the sentence of the court was affirmed and’ the record remitted to the Governor tor further Proceedings under the laws. THE OCEA Lonpon, March 25.—The steamship at ompa- resent have the contract for between Grevt Briccia and the United States, have declined to modify tie terms of thetr late contract as suggested by the Post Office Department. FAILURE IN BUFFALO. Brrrato, N. Y., March 25.—Porshall & Schanziin, private bankers and brokers, failed lastevening. Liabilities are for S400. A L. C. Duempleman war, thie Morhing, Made assignee of the concera. DECLINES THE APPOINTMENT. March 25.—H. L. Dawes bas de- clined the appointment of J t preme Cort of Massachasetis. tendered bim b Gov. Clafin. Evoreyest of a Woire Grew ann ©ov- ongy M&#&\.—The Easton (Ma) Sear of Taes- day eays chat Mr. Alexand-r Carson, a respec - table farmer living in Talbot coun: Hillsborough, came to Exston on Friday night lest im search of bis dacghter: who bad mys- teriously disappeared from ber father's on Thursday night. The lowing tacts in connection th the matter —A mulatto named Jobo Hall, some time ago, was