Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1870, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. | PUBLISHED DAILY, Sunday excepted, | At The Star Building, SW. Corner Pennsvivania Av. and lth St, EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANY > ‘THE STAR fe served by carriers to thetr sub- ‘District at Tax Cuts Pak Seat or Fouty yoru Cunts PR MONTH. Copies spnice ron Mattino z-Three Monthe, One Dollar Martino — joni D ant Bitty Cente: Six Monthe, Three Dollars, Ope Hear, Five Dellars.. Ne papers are sent from te ice lo . Che heresupeeeiteeeeee V2, 85-—-N2. 5,301. _EVENING STAR, _ Washington News and Gossip. INTERNAL RETENUR—The receipts teday from this source were $335.46B.18. Preorotep—Charles D. Welch, Wa. Guil- ford, and David Johnson Bave been promoted pe st to second class clerskhips im the Reg- aster Tur Sevare Cc mvitTee on Arrrorata- ‘Tions believing that the amount allewed by the House for coliceting the internal retenne is too large will report in favor of cutting down that appropriation over a million of dotiars. N. MANUEL DE QUESADA and Col. Adolph Varona, commander and surgeon-in-ehief, re- ely, of the insurgent forces in Cuba, ac- panied by Senor Ruiz, of the New York Janta, ealied on the President to-day, at noon, to pay their respects, and were very cor- dially recerved; after which they went to the State Department to call on Secretary Fish. Tar Gronaia Birt ty THE SENATE—Mr. ‘Trumbull, from the Judiciary Committee, this mornin, ted back to the Senate the Geor- gia Dill as it passed the House complete, with a statement that with the exception of the first con- dition, the provisions were similar to the Miss- issippi and Virginia bills already acted on by Senate. He subsequently endeavored to have the bill considered. during the morning hour, but Mr. Stewart said that a minority of the committee dissented trom the majority report and desired to state their objections at the proper time, «d the bill thereupon went over and was placed on the calender. Tue Oxerpa DisasteR.—A letter from Lieut. Commander Horace E. Mullan, of the Idaho, dated Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 3ist, and re- ceived at the Navy Department this morning, gives a list of the saved and lost on the United States steamer Oneida, sunk by colliding with the Bombay in Yokohama Bay on the night of the 6th ult., confirming the sad news heretofore reported of the loss of Lieut. Commander W. F. Stewart, Ensign Charles A. Copp, Paymas- ter Thomas L. Tullock, Jr., and First Assistant Engineer N. B. Littig, of this city, and Second Assistant Engineer Fornance, whose relatives live in Alexandria. Elsewhere we publish some sad details of the disaster, contained in a letter from Surgeou Suddards to his father in Phila- delphia. TEXAS AND THE AMENDMENTS.—Secretary Belknap has received a dispatch from Texas stating the ratitication by the Legislature of that State of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fif- teenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United Stat mdi that Senator elect Hamilton Was the bearer to Washington of the official no- tification thereof to the Government. W. E. Hardy to be Assessor of Internal Reve- Bue for th ad District of oy ar Pe mmons to be U.S. Attorney for n District of Florida. J. Waters to be Chief Justice of the me Court for Idaho Territory. nry M. Martin to be Assistant Surgeon in Master Francis Sheppard to be Lieutenant en the ketired list. Fi gy BE: Ea] Bx 2 Bo *¢ Hi By Es Bf £ nF Phe er ES SE SD il tl le RMN STE SIN Sat I bad Tue Cexsrs.— Wasimetox, D. C., Mar Editor of Evening Star: Will ye > ovtige @ few readers of your paper by sttling a dispute in answering the following questions: Ist. Has the Senate taken final action on the census bill, and is it now a law ? 2d. When does it go into operation ? Yours, Scsscerzer, Seventh Ward. Answer—The House census bill was squelched im the Senate, and the understanding now is, we Deheve, that the census will be taken under the old law. Sth, 1870. NOMINATIONS AND CoNPIRMATIONS.—The President yesterday nomingted Passed Assist. ant Surgeon G. H. Cooke to be Surgeon in the Nav James B. Cooper, of Louisiana, to be Pension Agent at New Orleans; Edward Blood. geod, to be Captain of Infantry. In executive session yesterday, the Senate confirmed Jokn M. Sullivan as Colleetor of In- ternal Revenue for the 2d district of Pennsyl- yania, and Richard H. Whit ‘as Assessor of Internal Revenue for the 5th of Minors. ‘The o.nination of Enos Hopkins, to be Post- rejected. master at Nashville, Tenn., was ———__~ee--- Fire. Telegraphed Exclusively; to The Evening Star. OTISVILLE. N. ¥ , March 9.—James Taylor's two factories and dwelling house in this town, ship, three miles distant from the Otisville rail- road station, were burned last night. The fac- tories were employed in the manufacture of kuit jackets, shirts. drawers, and horse blankets. Loss from $3,000 to $40,000. There was but a small amount of insurance on the property. ‘The disaster deprives sume 40 operatives of em- ployment. Gen. Breckenridge Denounces the Ku-Klux. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Lovrsvitte, Ky., March 9.—Gen. Breecken- ridge. in a criminal argument at Lexington, de- nounced the men who belonged to the Ku-Klux as either idiots or villains, and asserted that he Was free from any fear of them, and would Feadily respond to a summons from the 4&5 one of posse to bring these men to justice. eran Fapal Infailibility_The German and Austrian Bishops Oppose the Prop- onition. ‘Telegraphed Exclusively to the Evening Star. Loxpox, March 9.—The German and Austrian Bishops at the Ecumenical Couneil have agreed 10 oppose the proposition of iufallibility as’ well d as all other dogmas. It is generally that the Pope will not precipitate « col with rowers. ie Voted for a Free Bridge. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. WALPOLE, N-H., March 9th--Weatpoie voted almost unanimously in favor of uniting with Westminster in establishing a tree bridge over the Connecticut river. a Mr. Burlingame’s Successor. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. PEreRseRs, March %&—J. MeLeary Brown has been appointed provisionally Chief of the Chinese Embassy, vice Burlingame, de- ceased. — John Bright Getting Bette: Telegraphed Exchusively to The Evening Star. Loxpox, March 9.—Jobn Bright is rusti- cating inthe mountains of Wales. His health i+ much improved. ees. ‘Tue PRoresxD ReLiGiovs ARTICLE IN THE Constitevion.—The Pittsburg Convention in favor of Inserting « religious article in the con- stitmtion elected Mr. Justice Str of the United States Supreme Court, P national association for the object, lowing among other Vice-presiden 0.0. Howard, Gov. Lawrence, of Bost Huntington, of N of Philadelphia; ex-Gov. Pollock, ¢: vania; Dr. Mellvaine, of Princetor; Staddard, Felix E. Brunot, Allegheny, P > Randail. New York; Hon. Joseph Alliso: Philadelph.a; Treasurer, Samuel Agnew, Ph: adelphia, Corresponding Secretary, Rev. T. P. ¢ :—General McClurg, of Missouri; Amos Bishop Simpson, bi York; George I Stanc?, Stevenson, Philadelphia. 2.¢—With Winn’ the far West, Nova Scotia reaty to fight it far East, and the Fenians striking an atti- le on the southern border, with a di ated ment, and a failing revenue, the Canadians a not to be envied—and, considering the whe situation, no one need wonder that pruden: Fog\ish statesmen are anxious to see the New Dominion set up for itself. 87 Pere Hyacinthe is growing his whiskers, S7 Cuba's popalation numbers 2,900,900. &7 Cider brandy is yielding to liquor made jersey. trem sweet potatoes in New Ji g B ae RS b = 5 This Afternoon’s Dispatches. ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS, THE GOLD EXCITEMENT. Flactaations To-day. Wall Street Wild. Eaclusively to The Evening Star. New Yorx, March 9.—Gold opened at 10%, with a frantic rush to sell, and went to 10, thenee to 11. The Ezpress says: “At this Stock Exchange suddenly bid order to make the very much below the Secretary total amount of at Wijxall. At 1245 p. m., it was an- nounced “that “the et : bids for $1,000,000 bids the market. 1d up to 11 TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. juncture the bull cliques on the at the Treasury appear , and to prevent from selling any gold. The gold bid for was $3,200.00. at Secretary had -accept 110 60-100 a 111 10-100. ted ‘This threw the gold room into convulsions, and down went the price to 1104. But suddenly the market turned on the upward tack, and the Price was jumped up to 111. Great excitement attended these frequent fluctuations, and the ¥ ———_e— THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION. Republican Majority over all, about —_* ‘Hepablizan Legisiatare Coxcorp, N. H., March 9.—Returns from 202 towns give Stearns 32,987; Bedell, 2,286; Flint, 6,898; and Barrows, 1,179. The remaining towns ill give about 5,000 votes—leaving Governor Stearns’ majority at about 1,200. The Republi- majority in the House. The yote for Senators elects six Republicans, four Democrats, and one Labor Reformer, and one eee cs THE LOSS OF THE ONEIDA. Letter from Surgeon Suddards. Thrilling Account of the Disaster. How the Survivers Escaped. A Terrible Scene. Exclusively to The Evening Star. PHILADEDPHIA, March 9.—The following are interesting extracts of a private letter from Sur- geon James Suddards, of the Oneida, to his father, the Rev. William Sudards, D. D., of this city, dated Yokohama, January 3ist: “We left Yokohama at5 p. m.on the 2ith. At 6:45 we were run into by the Bombay on the starboard quarter, the whole of wiich wa- curried away. She struck us full, with her sharp tron, and cut everything as with’ a chisel. Th: cans will have vacancy. wheel, steering gear, an poop cabin were fifteen minutes she sank in fo water, a ppt pen cers and fifty-four men are le ‘The ward room dinner was just finished at the moment of the collision. if the whole side of the shi bodily in on the dinner table. gold room was the scene of enormous ope- ‘ations.”” and gait away, and in yurteen fathoms ot out of a personnel of twenty-five officers and one hundred and fifty men, nine o' to tell the tale. It seemed to me as ve was coming all rushed on deck immediately and everything was in the greatest confusion. As I stepped over the hatch combing I saw a large steamer just clearing us. She was hailed by our executive officer Tequested to stay b; Jw go. I waiked aft on the and us, but as far as I could ¢ they steamed away as fast as they could juarter deck and saw that everything was smashed to pieces. I then looked over the quarter and saw the extent of the dama; would go cluded that eve: As I realized the hat I believed then that the ship wn in two minutes, and rapidly con- one must look out for himself. ition I noticed ti wardroom boat, which hung at the part quarter, was manned by twelve or fourteen men. [ Jumped on the rail and was in and the boat. teeing who I was they sai asked if an officer The men no, “jump in dector, and seizing hold of me, two or three of them me into the boat. I at once took charge, ordering a man at each fall to lower when ordered. fastenings with knives, down. Di this time whole number seventeen. ing at the davits when the ship began to roll iar way which that ving first cut all the we staid thus until with- in three or four minutes of the ship's uring the boatswain an: or three men got into the boat, making a We were still tf precedes foundering, and the boat was dashed against the side of the ship, threatening to dash her in pieces. I looked on deck, and the Idaho she nearly sank alo. it wot may men. brought up to the ngside, and on exam- and saw noone abaft the mainmast, we orders to lower away and hang Is. Afterwards her fal and had to be cut with a knife. three minutes longer have been too late, as she went down like a shot after starting, and'the suction would have car ‘down with the wreck. I tion here that when she was by t jammed, iad we been at the davits, ald ination it was found that seven pieces were broken on the starboard side, and one of the planks was knocked an inch out of place. This done by the side of the ship, that we could not have saved any more in our boat, as she would have filled and gone duwn witha heavier load. As the cox- swain cut the fall, a junk was seen close by, un- started for her, intending to bring must have been and convinces me dersail We her along side, it under that she had disay we thought she ha about &:: house, for Ye distant. We crossed possible, |. however, and going Jett us,and in about twoor three min! it up; and turning to go bac! way, and had the most fa you can im: . We arrived al mn imagine. o'clock on the the news and sent down assistan come to-morrow. Minister, is condneting behalf. You will Pacific Ilanded on cap, and I have cers eatil free, uein, of the 25th,when I spr Mr. know happened to their own vessels. Of PI save life. Being she rapidly utes we gave ‘k to the ship found —- We pulled to where been; but seeing or heari finally headed for the shore, and land I at once went up to a Japancse three guides, and started off » twenty-five or thirty miles five mountains on the tramp fe, at four ead ce to the wreek. ‘The vessel was found yesterday, but no bodies as yet. The English consular court es the matter. All the officers of the Bom- ¥ have been om examination. Our tarn will ings Do Long, the American the Result Francisco ‘on our the next mail, due in San itl shore in u uniform, without a only saved my watch by having it on. been the fortane had twelve ofii- at the time of the collision, I FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. This Afternoon’s Proceedings. SENATE.—The Vice President submitted resolutions of the Texas Legistatur > asking Con- gress to provide for a government postal tcle- graph. Keferred to Mr. Ferry presented memorial of Mr. Hatch, of Connecticut, stating that his father, David ki ad by th dana the ban week 3d, the bill reported from the Committee of One Hate! is now ‘confined as a prisoner bt Siete’ contnca toe ins bee eaten : re Dominican government, and asking the tater- | "fir Kerr tied) naked lene boners iat tiv Hundred tocorganize a new goverumont for she vention of the United States to secure tis | pil be comet nee Bice ame that the Tig rict of Columbia, being before the esting, release. Mr. F. gave an explanation of the cir- | morning hour; but Mr. Ingersoll objected. Mr. Riddle said, insubstance:— cumstances, ting that Mr. Hatch was im- Mr. Gartield, (Ohio.) m Committee on Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen prisoned in’ utter defiance of law. that the Committee on Foreign Relations giv: their immediate attention to t Mr. Su actical suggestion to make. ~~ Ferry would eng | in aresolution request- t ing ti mallita the rel was not cemplied with to enforce it. Mr. Sumner asked if it would not be better to communicate with the Dominican Bureau of Justice so Hate! Mr. Cole thorght the method suggested by Mr. Fei that Mr. olutions in San Domingo. Mr. Ferry read frou dispatches, &c., on the subject, and said Mr. Hatch had been excul- led from the charge made commanders in that vicinity to deman:l to remit ing ficlds of labor—ne matter what party takes care of Them. a et cng Soe eee penn deaeend which, if pradence, wisdom, and energy atten: our action, the desiintes of the District will be placed in our hands. It, however, we shal! show that we are Incap2 lic of appreciating our nity, and are uneqnal to the occasion, it to be withheld from us. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1870. Foening Star. eome extent, fellow-citizens, the bill is in- to you. You can materially amist in its trusted passage by earnestly and heartily urging xt. It may be retarded somewhat by combined and _ TWO CENTS. leave internal imyrovements with the States, and it was never contemplated that Congres: should grant charters and franchise for railroad: through the States. That was a mutter enti for State autherity. The system had worked admirably in the past, and he therefore siw n. necessity for a ch: He detailed at len <t!, the advantages that had resulted from leaving this matter the States, and referred to th. Baltimore and Obio, Pennsylvania Central New York and Erie, and the roads that lia? always been successful under private and Stat enterprise and without the aid of Congress. Betore Mr. Swann had concluded the morn SELF-GOVERNMENT FOR THE DISTRICT. Citizens Mass Meeting. Wepnespay, February 9. ment. mmittee on Post Oiiices. He asked | Rules, reported a rule that hereafter. after th morning hour of the third Friday of each month, the remainder of the day shall be devo’ reports from the Committee on the Distric Columbia, and that call of that committe hereatter omitted from the regular cull of com. mitt. remark upon the purpose a je case. mmner asked if the Senator had any cy. In approaching the su two r three prelimi nary Oleervations. The op- tucm necessary. The people can never bavc President to instruct our naval and Mr. Niblack (Ind.) hoped the latter clanse o1 the rule would be omitted, as otherwise h feared District of Columbia business would not have as much time as it has now. The rule was adopted as reported by the com- mittee. The Honse then resumed the consideration o¢ the resolntion reported yesterday from the Com mittee on Printing in relation to the printing ot the Patent Office reports. Mr. Jenckes (R. 1.) addressed the House in favor of the resolution, with an amendment ¢. be prepared by himself, to make the report: easier of access to the people. of Mr. Hatch, and if the demand rales th Will help us to determine wheter deal fairly and faithfully A proposed measure that will necessarily take trom the people existing rights, and. depr them of present franchise, would not be urged open them, except by enemies, however dis used. SYA measure that would directly enlarge th rights, powers and privileges, would be w only by their friends, however denounced; whoever would persuade the people that such » with them. as to know the charges against Mr. was too summary. He understood latch had been mixed up with the rey- against him, and measure was not for their interests, would de ad been p: ta and yet he was detained in Paiste es es 8 ceive, them. A measnre in opposition to the Prison. He (Mr. F.) thought our Governmen ean <TOXICATION.—A Father | Principles and policy of a politival parte, wit Would do much better by protecting the riguts | (AAP ftusuim op Int 1S is Onn Bone ie, | be opposed by Rat conte We of American citizens than be treating for the cession of San Domingo. liceman Jordan and Fooks, of the Eastern Dis- in strict accord with the principtes and profes. 4 o rdav . | sons of a party will be sustained by that party. ‘The memorial, with the papers ageompanying esate tenn aCe a ns Ree party endeavor- it, was then referred to the Committee on For | Beard! th Copan street mori of Canton ave: | ing to array the macs aguint a mieasnre that jations. e et ‘cords wit! im] sustain @ princip! of ‘Te Hamlin presented a memorial of 2,000 | BUC, 0n entering which they discevered lying on hand si ins the principles citizens of the District of Columbi against the pass: of intoxicating liquors in the District of Columbia. referred to the District Committee, and said he should at any and all times vote for the bill to suppress the traffic in intoxicating liquors. . Will made an adverse report on the House bill to e: tend the time for the withdrawal of spirits from the floor a man named Azril Lewis, in an intox- icated state. On raising him the officers found in_his hand a horse-pistol. They conducted him to the police station and immediately re turned to their beats. On nearing the house o! Lewis the officers heard cries of distress pro- ceeding therefrom, and learned, on inquiry o{ the inmates, that Lewis had shot one of hi children, a Tad of four years, while sleeping in bed—the contents of the ‘pistol, coi ing varty, their wisdom or honesty may be sus without injustice. So, too, a measure poses to substitute anew government for en old one would necessarily be opposed by the holders of office under the old. Apply these rules to the condition of things before us. The people of this District are ex- clusively under the government of mon for- eigners to them, not chosen by them, and who are in no way responsible to them, and that Protesting of the bill to suppress the H. asked that the memorial be jliame, from the Committee on Finan of ‘small shot, entering the abdomen. on | government has proved on seventy’ years” ex. bonded warehouses. | f the minority o | the. lett side’ ‘causing the {ntestines “cy | pericnce tobe wholly bade We propose to take ae Bayard, on Paglia e pg el rotrude, and producing instant deat!:. | this government from these parties and place it mmittee, expressed : from the above iy ts and his hope that when the bill came w cw is was not conse ous of having committed the dreadful deed until bronght out from the directly in the hands of the people themselves, for consideration the Senate and it is opposed! Tiron m, about 5% o'clock, $ e Itis & measure that does not abrogate the would Teverse the action of the majority of the hompeon, who Tiforshed ae pear ei Tights of B pad people nor pepe re thee bare mmittee. His 5 . | chises, and yet men oppose it an are that it gait, Prambull, from the Commuttos on tho | & ered: cathy Deets eeiaealedan nts: | Sool at pcan cae: Tights, powers and Sictary Committee were opposed ta i ci vom: were op} any require- ments, but inthe face of two decisions of the Senate they would make no counter report. Sr finn the House bill for the ad- recor} gia. He stated that the Ju. | me time, and her grief at the dvath of her son Was uncontrollable. Lewis was formerly em- Ployed at the Abbott Iron Works, but quit work on the occcason of the strike of’ the workmen. franchises of the people, and completely their destinies in their ‘own control, and still men op] it! Can these men mean to deal fairly with the peop laces r DE Cart. Conomee. or T understand chat the association of working- Fpl, NL Hnnered the wae colon athe | Beit ane a afey Matted and held ar | ,,tundertand dat the arociation of works Virginia and Mississippi bill, tual, | & ¥erdict that the deceased came to hisdeath by | imposed ‘upon—adopted a resolution inst eve, being the first condition, (Mr. am’samend- | 9 shot from a pistol fred by the tenaeane a, | nine, SPposing this measure, upon the sole ren) te asked the present consideration of | f.ther, Asriel Lewis, who was committed by the | round that it takes fromthe people their the pil, but Mr. Boreman objected, and it | Gonvmerts seen oe grand jury. | Tights! How can they have been so mistaken? ‘Mr. Pomeroy offered a alleged atrocitieson Cuban prisoners by Spanish officials, and censuring the same as iniuman and disgraceful to a civilized Mr. Sumner asked what were the tacts. Mr. Pomeroy said he had the facts in his pos- session. Mr. Sumner must object to the present con- sideration 700 Spanish prisoners had been butchered by the Cubans; believed that General responsible for this statement. At any rate all the facts should be inquired into. ‘The resolution then went over. ‘Mr. Morrill (Me.) called up H ply detici contingent expenses of the House of Represen- tatives, which was passed. The accused is about twenty-seven years old, and has only one other child, five months old — Baltimore American, Sth. oe LATURE.—In the Mary- leave was grant] to in ree a bill to repeal the act by which the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company is authorized to construct a line from the Main Stem to Washington through Frederick and Montgomery counties. ‘The discussion on the tons at issue between the State and the t more and Ohio Railroad was continued by Messrs. Henry and Grove. On motion of Mr. Clarke, the Comptroller was requested to. st: how and to what extent the School fund of th State will be efleeted by the refusal of the rail- road company to pay the amount due to th Who has ro deluded these men? Limptore them to get copies of this bill, and read and under- stand it for themselves, and they will see the gross mistake they have made. There is a party dominant by 5,000 majority, in this city, calling itself Republican. It pro! fesses—or did til now—to labor exclusively for an extension and enlargement of the Fights, privileges, and franchises of the people. This measure, as we have seen, extends att enlarges the rights and privileges of the people—is in every feature and provision, Republican; and yet men who claim to be leaders of that party. oppose it, as destructive of the rights of the people, and seck to array thy masses of the party against it on that ground. What must we think of the candor of these men? It is these same men who holding offices unde: ot resolution reciting the age and country. ofthe resolution. He had heard that Quesada was bill to sup- lencies in the appropriations for the v . Ae ication from Attorney | the present Corpora » Oppose ‘The Funding bill was tien takon up, and tho | Gonerationes Ganmaneatem from -Attornes | the prescr thie ground that the new goverment motion of Mr. Davis torecommit, was not agreed tat = Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company | may Ngee res that Cosmenation, ant naa it ot x misapplie ressurces in its payment t) | course, al Places of pleasure Protit, it eo Mr. Scott spoke in a, el the ogg oma Virginia of the interest on the new bonds, thai | kindly’ provides. This opposition has at Teas! Bat te nee ee eee joan | Payment amounting to $58,000. the merit of being intelligible, and « : — Fae aothatiee he ee eit and | In the House the bill to authorize the city of | Wille st yonitee er those ‘who ‘make it, wher open tor the inspection of the public. HOUSE. Teport from ‘the Committee on Appropriations @ joint resolution to pay to the widow of the late Edwin M. Stanton one year’s pay of an As- sociate Justice of the Supreme Court. Mr. Wood (N. Y.) asked if there was any pre- cedent for this action. Mr. Dawes said there was no exact precedent, but the balance of salaries had often been paid. Mr. Van Trump (Ohio) objected to the recep- tion of the resolution. Mr. Woodward (Pa.) presented a memorial of 14135 citizens of Pennsylvania against any change in reduction to Commi On motion of Mr. Shanks, (Ind.,) the Secre- tary of the Interior was directed to furnish the Hodse with certain information in relation to Atlantic and Pacitic Railroad Company. Baltimere to provide for the improvement of ee falls within the city was unanimous! passed, 2s was also the Snthagei the ‘city of Baltimore to issue bonds to the ‘smaoant of ‘$2,500,000 for the improvement of said falls. The Dill relating to the publication of lega: notices in one paper in Baltimore city, was t. Jeeted in the House by a vote of 43 to 15. remeanbered, renders it harmless. The ground seems to be, not that the measure is bad for the ple, but muy become Lad for the offic. fers. And when they denounce meas un bican for supporting this most Republica ore, I can endure it with equanimity, and with good temper. -et me test the candor of those who oppos this measure on the ground that it places the corporation of Washington at the mercy of th: Propesed government. In the first place, the corporation of W: m cannot be extin- guished without the consent of the corporators themselves. In the second, the people of Wash- ington will be a large majority under the new overnment, and cau control it for all purposes. hey can thus do what they will with the co} poration. If they want it they will keep ft. It they don’t, who skal! say that they may not do what they will with their own? Once and again, I say that the people can have no interest in be. ing deceived about this measure. It is so plain that all men can understand it; and it will be brought so distinctly to their notice that all men .—Mr. Dawes (Mass.) asked leave to ————-+ee+ Dirr:T of MEXICAN INSURGENTS.—Esco- beco has defeated the San Luis insurgents, an: the city was occupied by Gov. Escandnonon the 19th ultimo, Escobedo and other ienerals, pur- suing the insurgents on the Guadalajura road. came up near Kocha on the 2ist, with the in surgent General Garcia de oe defeate, him after an engagement of four hours. Manr rebel officers and ‘a thousand men were taken b shet pat Their becher gS was captured. Col. ioelindo has defeated the pronouncers in the northern part of the Sierra Puebla, and the Government troops have occupicd important towns in Zacatecas. The rebels in other quarters are surrendering, and those at Coatepec have the tariff on certain articles, asking a on tea, coffee, sugar, &c. ‘Referred ittee on Ways and Means. Mr. Mungen (Ohio) ottered a resolution call- | been defeated. Gen. Comacho tured will; and if any men or set of men propose to ing upon the Commissioner of Internal Kevo- | town of Jalapa after a sharp ight. “Tne bandcr | place themseles were ee a ron to nue tor information in relation to the late selz- | insurgents who held the town were commanded | Fights, they may beware of the consequences. ures in New York by Collector Bailey. Objecteu | by a son of ‘Santa Anna,’ He was finally seized THE NECESSITY FOR A CHANGE own isans an ver Jomacho. ands. The: is Mr. Schofield (Pa.) introduced a resolution for | It was the general impressionthet thereon, ie baste the ai ment of Naval officers for distin- | was ended for the present, but the situation was | bill propose as the remedy an — guished s Services. Referred to the Committee still critical. Corameree and indus ere every the powers of the shbeftncreean! ome ee on irs. where prostrated, and famine was imminent and Georgetown, Court. may 2 Toetck (Als) offered a resstution directing | many parts of the country. iepose of this here. ‘This ples asiy provohes the Committee of Ways and Means to inquire SS Sena derision. Look atit! The District ot cles into a aap nape 5 o storing (perm agnor edna sens * Ss ji semrapiage is sted wt 2 | bia has been hopelessly stalled and embeded. of mn mills free of duty; which | condit'oa of chronic ferment over the trouble. 4 was adopeed. is Some vacancy at the Escurial. Some new sou- | Past the power of being moved by these agen On motion of Mr. Welker, (Ohio,) the Secre- tary of the Howse a detailed statement of the Vga gh on account of the public debt from 1789 to 1836. On motion cies, for two or three generations. Three mus- erable Corkeys so hitched to it that each pulls against both of the others; while each is teebler than the other two together, and their drivers sation succeeds another daily, and popniar ex- was dire citement is kept at fever heat. Th sation cted to furnish the e latest _xen- is the return of Montpensier to the capital, and his quiet resumption of his rights - ; ew propose to add to their resisting force, by a ois PTUs er aera ere ary of | asa Spanish citizen. General Prim has en- | POW POI ease of provender! It might be abet the Treasury was requested to inform the House | deavored to allay the agitation b making the shy-ace aeeve aw What public buildings for which estimateshave | public statement in the Cortes thal he ironman Reet oa ore? but what of the donkeys, If there was any partletiar crigener of ts was al icular exigency of ser~ vice which demanded their ‘The regular order of business when the House resumed consideration of the bill heretofore reported from the Committee on first commenced, and Montpensier for King, and that all the min’ try, with the exception of Admiral Topete, are of lis turn of mind. ‘This haaruftied the disns- ty of the Admiral. He has tendred his resiz- uation, and his partisans are furious against the Spanish Premier. Hence “another ministerial cr oa Look at the District! Seventy years the capital! and what can it show? Where is its half million of prosperous and hay It is the political metropolis ot poblie, the’ home of its Govern: it, the sojourn- ing place of all the great profound and bril- Speedy construc- was demanded, f ae 2 liant men who Lave shaped its destinies, in- ran air-line railro: +00 — ___ from Washing ton = York. : = Tae New Hamrswine ‘itectioy.—Return: | *Pired its ae fashioned its pee Mr. I who had charge of the bill, was | from 147 towna in New Hi er two- pnb mn ek a ustrates — _- ay ppealed to to allow several ainendments tobe | dhirds of the Stat ive itearns, Rep., 25,551; } its history. Bow atips ae of @ mighty nation oftered, atter which— : Pode. Dem. 17,491; Flint Labor iteform, 4,77, | Teceives and gives audience to the embassadors Mr. Kerr (Ind.) moved that the farther con- | Borrows, Temperance, 81. Stearns’ majority | of 2 the ba ot , too, is sideration of the ‘Dill be postponed until Thurs- et ee ge 3 patearns is aggre lected ho coment ; — orth tion rage — day, the 31st day of March, after the morning | by trom 1, ¥ ~ The ila | who produce the broene of net Amer a in rejected. ture is Republican. The jlicaus will have | i¢#ns achieve in art and science rature, ore AE lpr ped mae offered, not of | about ‘itty majority in the Tagine, insuring | 8nd here mix — Harp ol Ee Sees satcncoiane acharacter to materially change the bill, but to | the election ofa United States Senator. Flint, | the most bn re ees an eit tn = perfect it by adding names of incorpotators, | the Labor Reform candidate, will have about | the best prod maces merican civilizat >a; and designating time of election of seven thousand votes, while Barrows, the Tem- | S#ve the national editices compromised by their Loughridge an amendment reserving to Congress the right mean surroundi: , ec. (Iowa) asked leave to offer does not provoke perance candidate, will have about 1,000 votes. a aes s, What mecis the eye that lerision and scorn? , alter or change the bill at an; . CLainvoyanrs 1x TROUBLE—A mother aad | | There is uere no rudiment of commerce, not be arr cherry teria lego aia Om ap tae Milne, the clairvoyants who We: Etucb of mana facturing scarcely & skhiled Mr. Logee Gh seen why the objection was | tended to designate the pe where the Wy- | nat a. i ages ead in te made. Bills of this kind generally had @ pro- | nockie children could be found, were yesterday | 2°! slp renga ge in, the occapted "lr. Ingersoll said becanse there wero too | Hecht mom thee eotegy coe aT OF One | a cae oak Bs Rear wp ts fide save by re CAUSE re were oO whom a on 10 e many Inthe bill, and the company | Lad consulted them’ as the man who had stole | @ lonely fishing or a melanchol would not accept y oyster the franchise if the bill was scow. A single railroad connects it with the a missing set of furs. Roebr not only denied the North, and a single track on a rotten, tottering liable to change by Congress. The next Con- | char; , but calied upon the heel paid bridge tails often to it the Bouth gress inimical to this bill and th dolla an answer to a question, and the - m to connect it with the such touetucwnate te the way as to ‘make the processed to bring the whole matter ‘before the | Whilea stagnant, unused Teceptacle of sewage, charter worthless. ec called a canal, spews disease miasma and ee EO eeemne were ele in Swe Gall | Shean ihe saciker the city. Where shoald fio seats of learning to answer.—N. ¥. Post, Sith. inverts here should be ional ICB MERCHANT in Greenwich, Conn., who ututions ; wl a nationa had been watching his pond all winter with al- | academy of’ art, fearce a studio can be secu. most prayerful in of a freeze, | The le are characterless, subsisting preca- visited. it recently after a sharp, cold night, | tiously upon the disbursements for the private stepped on the ice, and finding that it would | €xpensesof the national officials and visitors to bear him, exclaimed, ‘Thank God!” Goi the capital. still further on the pond, he exclaimed more WHAT 18 THE SECRET? fervently, “ Thank God!” But on venturing a | The people have a fall measure of j trifle further, i going through up to his neck, | gence, are as free from the vices as the poy he Sg ~~ beartion tion of any American city, and have al! th: a AcTarss tN Frames.—During the fire a in “Lest at Sea,” at the rms and elements of enterprise and espabiti- ies for all the achievements of their country- House at | men. The District has been under the exclus Springtield, Mass.,on Monday night, Mrs. Sed- | Sorernment of the Congress of the’ United ese have been fatally Berned but Tor the promp | Sie et of Test teen, SEO ay wi te ness of Shewell and Maeder, ‘of the | this ts the aeee own “exclusive” way, it is about time that its real value as & governing Power was estimated. did not know, but he was as. it is a fundamental condition upon which f the District become sured that were men of capital and energy, urned. Mrs. Brown was SpA alone the governors 0 can about the face and shoulders, and will not be ested with the that shonkd not and would put both together to build the weed pen plod ore By th Frated vs of was aS ne k. derstand how the gen- = eee have an opportay uire that informa- Pio kh Kom knoe mould build the road ithe did THERE was 8 result from the recent very well | tion, nor time to dischar, duty toward it. ‘not know that they had consented to have their | conducted Woman. Convention held in Yeannot be tesidents of it, and are com names in the bill. Ver ‘small found in tears and |. pe!) d to devote their entire time te other grave trouble in Main street of the where the | duties. With the highest je intelligence, ter 2” seked a T- | they eon al only misgovern a . eves with fists. | thcy have not governed us at all, end we have aher the masner of he blubbered | ied 0 Loverneaent save that which chance aud out :—“ My ene to woman’s town nt h: g, and didn’t leave me out to vided. Little dal Pia Hittle OF enastic acts, dropped at random on the raw body poistic, SF The trustees of Oberlin College hav. wpacjusted to any conpecting with woth- - Temedyit and often worse con- ed a colored graduate to the Tathomstieal bode Be ‘man. Seal 3 jerome at New bite ‘itn oe te tine of the Stuarts: ant ot Bonazarte has arrived Siena er tee “a i York trom the cid colonial days of Maryland, that Leave The Speeeh of Hon. A. @. Riddle at the A Powerfal and Cenclusive Argu- At the mass meeting at Lincoln Hall, March Tam asked to nature of this Mc asure, a8 Well aS its necessity and expedien- sect, I wish to offer porition that this measu-e encounters make~ any object in being deceived, although other~ may have in deceiving them, andthere are some there is an attempt to impose upon them, or te and 80 have escaped the have overtaken thet fifty or an hundred years Where is the trict? e feated; that its own vigor will carsy it throagh. . | but that ft may be sure, I hope that it may code, or the statutes for the Dis- | thoreughly canvassed, understood perfectly. | passed. —+200e- - FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The gold excitement in New York yesterday was without parallel since September. As the anxiety to sell assumed the shape of a manta, and its equal has never been before witnessed. The could be into existence—what commercial en what railroad orprise—what educational movement—what grants for schools has Cent cress ever made, created or called into existence ations were us- here? ually trequent and nearly a handred changes When we reflect fora moment, how could it | Were noted during the Everywhere in be otherwise? Each Kepresentative in Con- ircles the gold qaes- fion was the great topic of the conversation, aid downward course of the vret en ee was feit throughou deatons ot astmonn The excitement in Koom was tutensi- fied by many telegrams from this city, one to the effect that ator Williams had introdaced a resolution to receive part of the customs in greenbacks; another that Senator Fowler wan | ted to sell ail the surplus gold in the Treasury These telegrams started the frantic erowd to selling, and the price immediately fell to 110%, At this Juncture a telegram was received that the Howse Committec on Banking and Curren gress has a district of his own to care tor. Its people vote for him—thev are his supporters, Ttivals and enemies. We them for his attention. us—what can hesknow 0: torus? The little District of compete azainst the whole United States any wonder that she cannot be cared for ? have to compete with What does he care for ‘hat can he do umbia has to Is it mmittees rs on the District, who are thus sasan additional burthen, impossible it is for them, with the most ffort, to get attention to us for the | had agreed to report a bill in favor of $59,000,000 most pressing measures! We want as mach | more ubacks, the price went up to legislation ax do many of the States, and we | 111%; then the report wa: denied. and the pries have never had a we ring Any One session, | fell to 111. At this point a sonort was rece! and oftert not a whole Congressional day! The | that the chances tor the Funding bill in clamoring demands of a continent overwhelm | Senate were less favorable, and back went Congress, and we must be neglected. Yet, no American community ever did or ever flourish under the government of stra They wither and perish under it. Our fi rebeled against it. 1 may remark that it ts hardly kind of our ¢r- clusive governors to reproach us with our coud tion, as if it were onr fault. They have deni us the means of thrift and enterprise, andr proach us that we do not have cleaner and bo ter paved streets, and better built and furnished houses, and that we cannot board and lodge honorable gentlemen better, and a good deal price to 1114 +, The market Closed unsettled {it watts. In mercantile circles the dec! _ has tendency to unsettle the bustin. and weaken the prices of merchandise. May business houses in New York, have resum. paymenfs. The it fer for sale a million of ¢ —$ ee t Securities. Goveramen: cheaper. ‘They keep our feet in the stocks aul | | Wasurnatox, March’ ,1570.—JayCooke & Co. Une Us wil ing outrun by our neighbors, | ¢urnish the following quocatiour who do not enjoy their ezclusiee legislation. — ‘ane <f Government And some of them even threaten to gather up | Securities: ite Stage properties,” and go away; disgusted, | vy. gy, rast > iuatwe are much what they have compelled as | 0; 8. ¥ 12st... mois If it pleases honorable gentlemen to be | Five-twenties, 1508 [ =. tne eal ep aeaortanes common to us with | Pive-twenties, 2068, ~e—n? the capital, and disgraceful to the country, we A edie San. ena dat ee ood must submit. Yeton the whole, we cannot help | Five-twenties, Jan. 7. Se | a fhinking of some things, and regard this as. un- | Five-twenties, Jan. and July, "68..108" tow kind—considering. ‘Ten-forties ad THE PLAN PROPOSED. 108 The proposed plan of government need not be dos y discussed here in detail. It is before you, and 105 4, subject to criticism and amendment. It’ pro- sae) poses to substitute for a government by Co! gress @ government by the peopie, elected by ‘them, and responsible to them alone. It pro- poses to put the whole District, including the two Corporations, under the control of the peo- ple, who alone know what they want. The surdity of creating a new government, and kk ing the Corporations of Washington and George- town in full blast, and not under its control ‘the world, the tiesh, and the devil in open war— ‘would be one of those monstrosities beyond the will of Congress to create. It will be observed that the District will be authoritat represented in Congress by a delegate. y opposes this. In more close- ly scrutinizing the proposed organic act, it will be seen that while it contemplates the creation of a police court, it leaves the general subject of r 2%; and Hudon, the Jadiciary—the courts, in the hands of Con- $446 Ele, 24%; Erie proterred, ——: Harlem gress, giving to the District legislatare, power | 143,’Harlem pref'd, 144; Reading, jy: Mich” to confer sock dditional juriadicnes pind am be Central, 119; Lake Shore Sa fichigan needed. It will also be Observed, that it is not thern, 86% ; Illinois Contral, 13% 4; Cleveland Proposed to invest the governor with the veto | and Pittsburg, 974; Northwest, 73g; Northweet atte ror, ALY Power to interfere with the duties | preferred, &&; Cleveland, Columbus and Cin- of the representatives of the people. cinnati, ——; Ne ey 30a; The bil proposes a legislative assembly of | Rock Island, ne ; thirteen councillors and twenty-six representa- | do. ‘d, 3 do-do- tiv to be elected by the le it a ate districts, to be fairly lala et, BEQRIS. every part of the District may have a full voice in all de- liberations. Among the limitations are those upon the taxing power. A blank for the rate per cent. for any one year is left to be tilled by Congress in its wisdom. The power to borrow money or contract a public debt was, and is, one of grea’ difficulty and deNeacy. Many desired complete prohibition of the power, and many no limita tionof it. The result was a compromise. It was thought best on the whole to allow the power, and that by requiring a vote of two-thirds of i, nessee 6's, old, 58; do. n: @s, old, 75%; North Carol souri By. Gold, 10% steady. es sencteey The Markets To-Day. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Battimone, March 9.—Virginia sixes, old, 5< bid, 59 asked; do. 1866, 65 bid. each honse to pass a bill, euthorizing a loan, or | , BALTIMORE, March 9.—Cotton dull and droop- the creation of adebt, wouldsecure.a pradent |g, and prices are nominally at 204. Flour exercise of the power quiet and prices are unchanged. Howard strect, A further limitation upon the taxing power | *¥Ppertine, $4.75a85; ae FO requires that all purely local objects shall be | an aebeae Gee nile, $1aGh35; Westone sustained by local taxation, so that each of the | 40-extra, $5 ge gene Le a present Corporations and the outside sections,or Proposed townshiys must bear their own bur- dens, It will be seen that the legislature may create sich ministerial officers, recorders, og: isters, treasurers, auditors, &c:, as may be deemed proper, and provide for their election or appointment, while the police judge, justices, and notaries should be appointed. I'say frankly supertine, S4.75a85;, do. extra, a5; do. fatally, S6-12,a8655. Wheat”-Marvland red, $1.35a81.45; Pennsylvania do., $1.26a81.28. Corn —white KaM%e.; yellow, Se. Oats, Bic. Rye isyetgs oer aoe as caoulors, t2y8 yaldy; » 6K AIGK; 2a 125; hams, 1%20c. Lard weak at I5\altc. Wiiisky firm; sales at $1.01 that I am in favor of electing them all, but the Kew Yorx, March 9.—Stocks firm. Money committee thought all officers of a judicial char- | easy at Sa6 per cent. Exchange. long, 8i¢; suort, Scar should be appointed; while the so-called | ®\. Gold, 11%. Bonds, 9. V sixes, ex ministerial might be left 'in the hands of coupon, 755; new, 72. North Carolina's, vld, ture. Of course, which ever mode Ha; new, 5 opts, whether for their election or appoint- | New York, March 9.—FYour dull and 5 cents ment, can be changed at pleasure. lower. Wheat dull and nominally lower. Corn mayne abe important powers of the legisla- | quiet and unchanged. ture ist hat Seccoate corporations, as weil as to nee control the two city corporations already re- c. B.Gongh deules rey ferred to. We would gladiy have exteudad this Ry amit oy —ae ee ywer over companies within our “4 limits but as they were private corporations, we | ,,©9_Cotton factories are going up in all parts of the South. S7'Stealing tin ware in Providence is called “irregularity in a tin store.” #7 McKean Buchanan administered a scath- ing rebuke to dience im Owensboro, Ky., for being so few S7-An exchange says that there was nothing improper. in the Prince of Wales's letters ts jordaunt except the grammar. S7-In its comments on the Battle of the Blondes, the Cincinnatti Gazette speaks of the “chasuty of criticism.” &7-At Bath, Me.,a boy was bitten by a rat, and it is supposed he will die of the poison com- Tnunicated. doubted whether could or would at- tempt to confer that power. The bill provides for official oaths for all otfi- cers, and for Ty bonds for all who disburse money. It will be seen that to provide a system of tree schools is enjoined as a solemn duty upon the new government, the advantages of which shall be extended to every child alike. balan rye — bateedmer or —— to put the machinery of the plan inmotion so that au election could be holden, a sort of provisional governor and sec: are devised, to be appointed by the President, whose datics and offices will terminate with the election of their successors. With the exceptions thus re- ferred to, the bill provides for the election of all officers. It will be seen that all the officers &7-Dr. Dio Lewis says that if poople will eat contemplated by this bill must be residents of | late suppers (and they will), they better this District, with the qualitication of voters. | take beef, bread and a glass of water. The bill recognizes the supervisory Power of Cor over the of the ject legislature. Congress could not abdicate It if it weald. ek AMUSEMENTS. under this bill the acts of our legislature ‘will be laws, until annulled by Congress. wets OPERA HOUSE. THE POWEK OF CONGRESS, FUN! MUsic:: FUN!!! I believe that to be ample to pass this or any Engagement of the CHAPMAN SISTERS ana similar bill. Congress shall have power “To . B. Bisho. THE ANS, and A QUIET N4T0NaL THEATRE. w Es . Marca Sra. ii ees po NDEROW EVEN inc in the fiona play of LADE S UDLEY 5 SBC: by 3-0. McCOLLOM it Stock Company, g 4 5 A i i d F F Hl 4 ei i it f | F downer BI geace. 2. refined y Gitex away BACH EY " 5) salen vy HITERURST GALLERY. f gf stret! i Ef? it yy E i 3F only ‘Were anti-Rept * ‘of the District of Colum bene trulied your attention tthe, Gane toe cur proposod remedy: "We tavite saena Uiticinan ‘and ‘honest efeti to imaprene Senne 0 this Spirit we say, erfect—help us to enemies, to be 4 and . nt, a be such represes head re ~nare for unknowing. “Te mo who do tise that ery to alaran the timid and weak, we ‘iefy them tu show that the measure is eerepab- 1 ican, er that a man it from motives. For ir, 1 denounee b a8 I quarre! choose to cof that man mai ae ice pena ‘im of ma and’my motives they hall hove the benetit of the logis of the , they choose to occupy; and the people '