The New York Herald Newspaper, December 14, 1866, Page 10

sent Se President, E. H. Durell, United States Judge : Passed in the Senate. Sertibtitie ct Laueen Saitows acemeete: pror i igo | format ‘ we Commention, as desired by some of the members and " : eral th ; - d IR “sy imp) ti pef the Convention. Some of the’tnembers got to. 3 4 ‘te’ a : ’ The Educati Qualification Clause ‘and olected in Judge Duroll’a, place-one of thelr ‘ a deer onnt re saise & 1: Meoll, dockalans Judge of the c 4 “ine 1 Bejected. Sup: Court of Louisiana. The number that elected rycen . neenrneneneerapnenentttnae the new Chairman were bey deerme ae four poles , ‘and they adjourned to meet on 3 3 10 yy ~ ” Passage of the ‘Deficiency ‘WMP im | 1: was a disputed question as: to whether the President Mr. Tna,, ‘explained wag be ” the louse. could call the Convention together at thas remote time. : pele power At any rate, Governor Wells issued orders for an election ‘ > ‘whe to fill vacancies in pursuance to the order of the new = President. Mr, Durant testified to seeing the. police Wasmmvagon, ‘Dec, 13, 1866. opening @ Ore while in their ordinary formation of two Finanetul M: ranks as they were coming on to the scerfé of action, From sources of information usaally well informed I Other witnesses here testified that only about one- Jearn that the ‘Treasury Departinent doos not desire to | tenth or Jess Of the people of Louisiana are true Union keep down the premium. of-gold-below forty per cent at | mon, and that while they are all in favor of nezro suf- present, As the cou¥ermiéus 6f seven three-tenth notes | frage they are divided as to the disfranchigement.of, the 4 ; ‘are neaity, inigractiale at any’ 1ess prominm, the. |-rebele,-sotne:telstug the ground that thay-could: hereon | negeistioatestsnitaven bp abe existing ; ines ~ at cae e tT owner of seven nena notes cannot convert | ciliated by giviiig, some of them suffrage. and-by even | Tedulting vestels entering or leaving any Do J shall ? y aad election. at present prices wit) ‘a, lows of over one per cent. tate to lot, duly licensed or authorized electing them to office by negro votes, and thus, reduce | jawaof such 5 Moneta wine situate upon the Nd ‘The low rates of interest on” money in London, Paris | somewhat the discordant elements of society there; '} of the same. Referred to the Committee on Com- and Frankfort and increasing supply are received | that the riot was.caused both by fears of negro suffrage} ™etee here wonky ee balances will be left on thie | and by @ spirit of opposition to the United States.) agp, Hows. (ep) of Win: ofered the foll lution, w! ae. de. ee. isl ii = 4 5 ti = it 5 if mde for employment #igre, thus giving eake to the New | govertiment; “that they glory\ "im the “part they ‘was feferred to the Printing York market. took inthe war, and now in their political The Blaine proposition to allow the States to tax the | stump speeches ‘fight their battles o'er again;’’ that the. national banks to satisfy war claims appears to receive | “Union” tickets often ran there are sham; that all the fly to ean bat little ‘avor at the hands of the majority of Congress. | Union men of Louisiana believe thelr State government ‘copies thereof be ,provided for the use of the In well informed quarters Ht is deemed 10 -beimpracti- | tobe an illegal one. It is said that the rebels generally ‘cable to spare as much aatwo millions of gold per week | seem to acquiesce in the constitution established ‘under LAND OFFICE MATS. fanment of the ‘Mr. Howe offered tho following reso'ution, which was | _ Yxas—Messrs. Anthony, voluntarily gave no sid. or for sale under the terms of Mr. Boutwell’s bill, and if | General Banks’ command, There was an ‘attempt in the | referred to the Committee on Pablic Lands:— ok Henarteks. ; Met an I aaraaply toeencants oi thr bill is passed at all the amount wilt probably be | last rebel Legisiature to recommend. a new constitution, |. * Resolved, That, ten thousand copies i. the apn amon: Nayvs—Mexsrs. Brown: ‘of the Stites, and ¢ will Reveetort Mmited to an average Of one to one and ons-quarier per | but the majority deemed it unadvieable then, the consti. | Peasy emis fate, senor! of the Commn/isicver of ‘he Gene oath Pecan of oomenden et rf ithfaily sapport {ue United Buates week. The bill wil! net be reported, probably, before | tution of 1864 disfranchising nobody but the blacks, ~ THE CONSIITUNIONAL AMEN DM nT n, Nera, Norton, Poland, eee” 5 . allowed to ait or act ax adelegate ‘in sald Convent o¢ bol the close of next week, and then in. a modified form. Govervor Wells, sometimes now. appoints Union men, Hl fh pa Na jae eo ess bul Van Winkla; Wade, Wiles and Winona” | #2Y. ets tasfounder, ui be shal The Bank bill reported to the House yesterday by Mr. | butno Union man can be elected in the State. The | ment. It provides Fey official pote of the sons of ts, Rk DAT par oak ge Fowler, Guthrie, spore: provided. eigpode: 8 saad i1_be gent to the Secre. My npg 4 had Mooper, chuirman of the Committee on Ranking and | opinion was expressed in evidence by one Louisiana man | {be amendment’ by the States shall be tent to the Becro-,| “"s6° Sore anid ho had paired with Mr.’ Johnson, He | ‘District Reaehee ages Uelter aut aren Gurrency, to amend ap act to provide x national currency, | that the people would now seize the first opportunity for Tesentatives, instead of to the secretary of State, as here- bape have voted in the negative and Mr. Jounson in tobe si t {t is about to be wecured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to pro- | successful rebellion, through a foreign war or any | tofore ited; and that upon receipt by those two offi. | the affirmative. . wed hat , Biythe,, ‘ide for the circulation and redemption thereof, 1s, in all | other ineans, All the witmosses agree to the | Cero! official notice from three-fourths of the States | Mr. Wricos, oftsred, ou etuenamnent tw ec otecs | tend to sataty le Propriety of administering it | Hinnaut, on, Boggs, Teague, its main features, similar to the dill reported last yoar, | necessity of Congress establishing a territorial govern- | the ey and the Speaker of the louse of Representa: | tion, the second punishing those who: it, For } the oath. he ‘The Senate rejected ’s amendment by vote of an an amendment to the act of 1804, and for which this | ment in Louisiana. It was stated that in the event of | tives shall forthwith cause publication t ‘became lode ba zon bees we Dg vg me 1s Aten a od oo =e ‘Led anid prose. car Jens.» —Harris (of Rutherford) fa-' rT 7 ot inthe news rs authorizes y law to promul- 1 3 accept " e Je a substitute, Firaty it mits the ctrewlation of any | megro suffrage being established the negroes would vote Pong the laws, wits tele Joint certificate that such | Punishment is one year's imprisonment and disfran- | {stot in Be, 3% renee oes te 4 andiwent, one bank’ to $1,000,000; second, redemption 1n New | more independently and intelligently than now is gener- | Smendment or amendments aré valid to all intents and ehiounent saree see ee onan pene | ge. | Da sentencnd toand Teceive acich punisbenent ae bow attaches VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE. ; f existi m1 and that th a 5 titution of the Uni question was then upon adop' to the orime iury. And fu t 3 indict. York; third, reduction of the circulation of existing | ally supposed, ey would not vote asa class; vty Ad a Uaid Phys et = Uni =~ ‘4 ‘by tho committee as substitute for the Dill e Per; ts Ee Se Fe — Sheet rhs! 3a aH Danks $31,000,000 by sealing down the circulation of | that upon the question of treoson and slavery they would se nt Dimitar valenbens ome ail banks whose capital exceeds $300,000; fourth, | unanimously vote one way, but upon other subjects they..| gap sate oF #AND ISLINDS TO AN’ ALABAMA RAILROAD | Ments-were then offered and adopted, after which the distributing $30,000,000 of this circulation . equally | would select their parties and favorites, like other voters; COMPANY, bill was passed by yeas 82, nays 13, as follows:— : ‘ Mr..Srrador, (rep.) of R. I, introduced a bill to au- | Yeas—M. nthony, Brown, Cattell, Chandler, Com- among Sate banks 0 Oe eee a | wanes euerey SUN et eee eee {orize the wala Ot cortain sand ielends tb the-mibive'p sie: Grecawalt, deems, Fovsahdety To Trelinghay: ‘ken said outh, and the court may require any The pm ding the time fixed i etay law No swear that be canage wuthtalls | gay ecreatian gf Gohia so Vitginisy which: was. devoates Ht g) the duty ot Ihe Toamaent eh Oo yester was reconsidered to-day, and ordered te be ‘direct o1 States Mar. ms : district of ‘North Caroli ine ‘to, appoint foreach 8 eI Hi national banka, and to mew banks in States | woll educated and had beon large property holders for bor and Railroad Company, which requires theCom- | #en, Grimes, Harris, Howe, Kirkwood, | county in said distr! RO] duput sgacehel,. nee the deputy GEORGIA TURE. that have horetofore received the leastratable proportion | many years. Strong impulations against the efficiency } missioner of the Gencralg.and Ofloe to cause 20 be sur. Baie, Moret Ma irart Stunner, Trumbul, Wade, Wi: | polos peat see iepmecany a pee 1s, eee se : ‘veyed so much of the lands called Pe Islan : ¥ . Ist i. 1867, o Miutavaryni, Do°. st ctroulation; fifth, fuller and more compicte returns to | of the Freedmen's Bureau Agents wore made, as to thelr | veyed so mucl of the sal iclands coed Pelican, Island | jey,'Wiltiam aud Wile ia, Mai! eaait ‘pen polls in feels respecte couaties | Both fouses pasted the stay Inw over the Governor'e ‘the Comptrolier of the Currency; sixth, more power to | falling to carry out the spirit of the Bureau, the State of Alabama, as may be needed by the caid ratl- | Foster, Heudricks, Nesmith, Norton, Patterson, Riddle, | for the election tes to said convention at on re. veto. The Senate tabled by a very heavy vole memo~ the Comptroller to close un defaulting banks; seventh, | Formey Recommends Thad St for United | road company to construct 2 harbor and railway from | Saulsbury avd Van Winkle~I3. ‘ nessa nr bagperbd meates ar.0 com rials and resolutions introduced to apport commission, ere puntehailills nteifelting.” From the States Seuntor from Pe: Ivania. the same to the city of Mobile; and upon the return of | | Messrs. Yates and Jobson, the former being absent, | unde aoe Dearsibed fobtheaieodbe nF ay erato vieit Washington and see on what terms Congres selena Seay pues , Colonel J. W. Forney has written a letter to Mr, | id survey to-cause a patent to issu for such land so | PASO a Nor voriwas ‘essrs, Cragin, Fowler, Guth:re, Commons by the la Carolina | Would allow a complete restoration of the south. ‘West votes recently taken ‘in the House the friends of the > We, RORNOY ritten a. letter + | needed to the said company, they paying for the same gokaenne Mevowell, Nyoand Yassete . ‘Tbe School law has passed both houses. In the Senate and any national banks are in gdecided majority. It is believed | Wilmer Worthington, of Pennsylvania, in which he asks | at the rate of $1 25 per acre; provided that the land so . y mare in ¢ fa bill has passed taxing foreign corporations doi ‘this bill cannot pass in.its present shape, both on account | 4 withdrawal of his name, should it be presented in the | to be ee atin i ine ee AA Pah genitaninp eeayei ype cy yoy Rapdtoante tities traanet of tm antcer tae ao, atiabeierineomesseh crantomat taGhaiponout plein ‘ candi 5 wi 6 United States for light houses or o , , du “ of an infringement of vested rights and other harsh and.| Union caacus, as a candidate for United States Senator. | Dini padones and the sald company ie authorised to | 9 @2™ That from Cafe enn Oy ee shall be guilty, of @ misdemeanor, and upon. conviction | Om sheir incomes. The Bakrapt bill has betn fost illiberal provisions, among which is that compound in- | With no disposition to underrate others, he is free to joe Renda of tbe welath, ce the Gult a08 TA + dianship, C4 ‘the aa ot bwonty. OHO yeurs 5 oo istrict of North Uaroliua, i be jined auch sama oF = . ks ni Ot been con) of any infamous ot sere notes sal not bescouated a the tga seers, | mabe lak Se lice ofthe Hon, aban Senses | Mewar Ae Pe ae te ooPyen saan the | Brocco hu eeaeaas potest vce tac | aes frome ine so econ Tew aren ves Fao Temesste nd that each bank out of the State of New York has to.| the successor of Mr. Cowan would promote lasting | navication betworn the Bay of Mobile aud tho Paacas siren aid und comfors tp thecebelain the luve rebellion. and | Sinc@.—That the sald deputy marshals, aoorrene Nasavnix, Doo. 18, 1866, provide three different places for redemption—First, at | harmony in thelr political household, and would unques- | goula Sound shall not be thereby obstructed, but shall | Zihoehall Natt Pere, DATS OF tei a iwtrde psoas 2 tin per a, Teh ae et may be | The deutitation at Chattanooga is.¢0 wiviespread chat (8 its own counter; second, atthe bank of redemption of | tionably secare to the United States and thé nation a pod ig’ a tow ed coe ber ais od Ne Boel pea ‘ fhe Pd if 8 year, und in th ward or dletriet i nich | engaged inthe fens een eatee ar vols tet, fo Ay +48 proposed to A ooup iggy at babe 5) voce the . . ei a 1 paseage oF shall 0 10 vo! ree mont ng any elec: | asreriained United States Marshals o! obtaim ‘the local association, and again in New York city. peg eg an great principles of matchless experi- | Channels, when Tequired, at all tinea, Reforted wo the tion therein. shall be ented to the elective fra iso and district under a, rie ta the district dnd. And the b Bes seine wall * Blockade Running-Claims of the United | °2°e, Jotegrity and courage, Committee on Military Affairs, flo tn. said diets ‘account . mee ~- “ States Against Frazier, Treuholm & Co. Henvy Robbery on the Washington Train | T arrorxmest or bo ap REGISTER OF WiLis iw | Woo in poop ee Mivwk mpcaghe aha - of | fen. shall as (ear, nd | ing committees a reciibas tase cco ‘Tne settlement made by Consul Moree at Landon with erens Sew, Manes Mr. Wane, (rep,) of Ohio, introduced # bill praviding | yaces’ ai any section within tbe Disttcl of Cateimla, whe Maoh tes ones ‘schoo! Frazier, Tronholm & Co,, the disavowal of which by | This moraing Caleb Lyon, of Lyonsdale, formerly | «that hereafter the appointment of Marsbai in the Dis: | Shall wlltully refuse to receive, or who él fully re. e ‘The of the Tennessee Schgo! for the Bileg the United Sta'es was mentioned in recent despatches | Governor of Idaho, reported’ to the Police Head- | trict of Columbia, and also the Sppomtanent on — nwt vd eee ee cone Sete teed on eae wanes = ‘ye fe bay ed Legielatare for an pbyropeteen from this city, purported to be asettiement of all claims | quarters that be was robbed of $47,000 of the train | of Wills for the county of Washington, in said District, | Sid. th be liable, om indictiment nid GoM ‘act recnucd ; rope | $5,900, stating that the number of persons seeking the - ‘i be and the eame are hereby exclusively vested in the 4 gator that firm, involving mauy | Which arrived from New York about half-past five | Buprome Court of the Disiiet of Columiie” Referred | Wai, cone, HOwNiBlY. to a ine not exceeding five dhousand cher. ‘tion: asm: : a ing. Ii appears that proceedings | °’slock this morning. He stated that he had his money | to the Committee on the District of Columbia, your in the jail of said district, or to both, ald of the United Sta: 7. That the present martial { benefit of said>tastructions 1 more erent me officers: . ization set np under 1 term pot exceeding ope ue power ‘ota President, and all thousand pounds THE ADMISSION OF NERRASKA AND COLORADO, ‘Tliat if any person or persona shpll wilfully inter. i ‘te cag J BS gucci ot Sister, 4m Chancery were being vigorously prosecuted by our | 1m bis belt around bis waist, but that {t becoming uncom- | 4, Tir Aumssod om nie ‘apart to-morrow for the con- | rupt or. disinrb much leptor. in the exercise of such | shall cease to be such, ei ibees Tanclinns and powers ceait Consul at Liverpool, Mr. Dadiey, who had succeeded in | fortable, he took it otf and laid it under his head, after | sideration of the bilis to admit Nebraska and Colorado. Franchise, he or they shall be deemed cuiley of miede- | termitinte at euch ime aa may be provided 27 the, sald one forcing Frazier, Trenholm & Co. into a position | Which he fellasleep. The bolt was found this morning | Mr. Howarp, (rep.) of Mich. there was a veto | Sim not tw exered one thousand dollars, or be! isoned pone ade em gem SE gd , Gaicico, Déo. 13, 1808. where they were compelled to make « full | Sy the loser, empty and near his seat in tho car, toll J Colorado bill now pending in the Sonate.” He} the jail in sxld district for a period sot Yo exceed thinny days, to be nnder tis uct, which was attended by delegates isclosure on oath of @ll the dealings of that blockade Release of Paymaster Paulding. jr wy ‘ ‘aswee onthe very mrag eee is a ay I'he te duty of the several coubte tind.” Pgitho eed und it his duty a ig dupoce and eunioy ranning firm with the Confederate government, Lieutenant Colonel Edwin B. Paulding, the paymaster Mr. Wane subsequently withdrew his motion, and ga ing crimival jurisdic ion in said distriet to give this actin ‘mi ‘aud naval forces of the United from t ’ %g | notice that he would call up the hill to-morrow. special charge to the Grand Jury atthe commencementof | totme and in such ‘ae ‘the prompt and ¢1 Ancluding all the transactions of the rebel Secretary | WHO it willbe remembered, was sentenced to one year's end semen ath inary Morus of Whe, court nest preceding the holding of 8 J cient exccution of the provisions of this uct; and to preserve of the Treasury, Mr. G6rge"A. Treuholm, together with | ‘mprisonment at Fort McHenzy, Baltimore, ast summer | y4r, simmax, (rep.) of OhJn, ‘ntroduerd @ resointion | “kuch, That. the Meyore-ana: Aldermen “of the ettfés “ot? [ence ANA Onder 8 ray -compeqetug the State or full exhibition of all their books and papers, To avoid | PY @ court martial om the charge of disobedienee of | calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish d Washington and Georgetown respectively, on or before the | Northi€arolina. i . - . me orders in depositing public funds ip Ins possession in the | names of such national banks ab had not complied wi Ist-day of Mareh in each year. shal! we # list of the per- TRE HOLIDAY RECESS, . this disagreeable and fatal disclosure, Frazier, Trenholm the conditions of the law requiring them to keep a re- ij bo qualified to vote in tne several wards Mr, Wasuvane, (rep.) of IL, offered the following | yenuon ‘morning adopted resolntions®: & Co. sought and effected the settlement which hag | Merchants’ National Bank of this city, whjch aftorwards | serve fund on hand, Adopted. re cloction, and said Maporsend Alderaeaal tie iay General Cram, approvin, or the bal passed Been clandestinely made, through Consul Morse and | *iled, has been released from ‘confinement by order of ‘THE DISTRICT YRANCHTSE RYLL. perso the Tight to vote tn anyrelecnion | Resolved, the Senate soncrring, That, the Hose salou Bloage last eenston, and how pending, in tho Senate, ene Montgomery Gibbs, reputed agent of tho Treasury | the Socretary of War, in acoordance with the directions | | The Sura bill for the District of Columbia was taken | therein, und for corrorsng nai let on two dayan each yeary | om thursday the Ml tt, to) 4 Fecommonding its early passage, The Codvention ed= Department, which agreement. provides for: dismiscing | Of th Prosident. Colone! Pailding arrived here this | "Ane" sonding question was upon Me, Dixon's amend~ | choice of euy oflcery plving previous nodes of tie Wmeand |). He promised ikby saving, if a rodéss wns te be taken, | Journed Riad | Geis oot ints Se all the legal proccdings in England and the United | °vening. ment to insert as a qualification that n0 oue who bas not | fig’? Of e4°b session Ih some newspaper printed {a said Dis | tho time should be dxed ak once, so shat members might PROTECTIVE MEASURES IN MISSOURI. Bites, ee ap all-cliims.of the United 8 ayn Repert en the Fisheries. heretofore voted shall be allowed to vote unless he can | "Sy. Toat on or before the lat day of March the Mayors ag hoped wh repoation would cami es = ‘y Derby, Boston, w! it and write his name, 4 Alder if said citi Ah u fv . Lous, 1806, and merely requires that Frazier, Trenholm & Co. shall iat ho was commissioned by the | Tet Cowan, (rep) of Pa, opposed this as an unwise | ike hore notaeet, tints Stall Dost THs let of voters. | not pass. Thin was a short session, aera Laren Se Ee a 7 Secretary of State Special jissioner ary Siesta sx tans yop Sy | Smut tne tere commie tenanie | gaan’ (ite omc ea team smelara, | bones the re ony ey Tp ‘have bad in their possession; that they shall dispose of lations betweenith's countryjand the Canadian provinces, . and rey ‘That would fit rye Dot pgp i ~ ek list Syed tthe pols tr ‘The vote was taken and resulted a3 Fete to, . us@refused to lay the resol on abe same, and after paying themselves £160,000, which, in reply to a call of Congress on the Prosident on these on Pas pe depy fod ‘person, the i : seem to know c \e ‘without any statomentof amwesount, tis agreed upon 48 | sunjects, arrived here this evening. Mr. Derby bas visi- ification to apply it would be ‘his hame on the iat and turk and | The port of the vil sutbority give the samo loza! protectio? the indebtedness of the Confederate government to them, "104 Canada, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and admitted to this new pri 7 ingle. | :, 2 yes -the troops will be wits gud that thoy shall pay the remaining balance to the f ght and nine were those added, on motion 4 die. the Kastern States in the course of bis inquiries, and ors posroee, Tie aymbathiend | of Sr. Wnsox, to prevent aud punish bribery at elections, ‘proviows question | drawn.” Waited States. This settiomont was made by Consul will submite to the Secretary of the Treasury to- ‘The bill now goes to the House for the action of that COPPERHEAD NCERN Morse, under color of general authority from the Treas- peas . Foren, (rep) of Cont, itered very much trom | boty. % ‘a nN pe crendt prn n pets al hall ~ a s gahibg cs sapee ‘ary Department, to seoure Confederate property io Eng- Arreat of Smugglers in Maine. pow te Sle saree cc coe Vale of “eading S801. On msolicdl OF ME Pusmenren. sfen) of 6, the Oe : ’ apes, Dee fand, but bas been promptly rejected by the United | Intelligence has been received at the Treasury Depart- 1 “Mach Ado About Nothing,” er ee ee Se was taken ‘the Brotes government, on the gronnd that tt ts relinquish- | ment of tho errest by United States customs officers with ae Tustice Dogberry, that tobe a | t be printed and oar Eg gg Comin! Clinton m th ks fing everything to Frazier, Trenholm & Co., and was, in | stationed at Houlton, Mé., of two notorious smugglers, eo tne, bor sa tend, On motion of Mr. Wane, the Sonate “et: five P. M. the som why such ad- in defiance of law, have for several years been on- wih ge ard gee hone 9 Hint }, * | Press is thas no such Gre occurred. im succossfully prosecuting this contraband traffic, 5 bere aern | notwithstanding every effort has been made for their ee chee HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. fect, utterly without authority on the part Of the Consul et London, whose instpactions did not apply to these Breceedings, which were Under the sole management of tbe Consul at Liverpool, and that Mr, Morse made the } detection and capture. The smugglers were arrested 865, Ne ay qualification ‘Wasurxaron, Dec, 13, 1866. pretended seitioment bebind the back of Consu! Dudley, | while making one of their periodical trips across the fy oh Sa) LIGHTROUSE IN MENDOTA HARHOR, MICHIGAN. and without the knowledge of United States Minister | line between Maine and New Brunswick, their plunder orany section of thelaws, This 1° ar, pars, (rep.) of Wit, introduced a bill toerect = Adams, without whose sanction no sotion of Consul ‘Morse was to ve valid. Thedisavowal of the agresmnent Aaving gone forward to England by telegraph, due legal Proceedings will be r@hewed and pressed with vigor ‘antil every dollar of Confederate property in the bands Bide chee finenoia) agents of the rebellion shall be se- Appointinents Seat te the Senate—Correction, The Prevident has sent 40 the Seuste for oon Bemsation @large number of appoiatments made by Bim dusting the late rec-vs Tt includes the appointment of General ‘Dix an Minister to France, “As the Senate has not up to Jey bat an esmontive seariom since ite am the Mouuay of December, the report thet the appointment uf (nai gentlemen has deem contrmed ie consisting of a large express wagon heavily loaded with ye Aare Ber ee poke: Nighthouse at the entrance of Mendota herbor, Michigan, er re The smugglers are in custedy condition of the exer- | Referred to the Committee on Commerer, awaiting : NEW YORK CUSTOM BOUSR FRAUDS. Delinquent Seutherm Pest Offices te be Die- ‘On motion of Mr. Hexrern, (rep.) of N. ¥., a delega- continued. tion of three from the Committee on Public Expendl- hx ee Byes ape p= 5A tures was authorized to proceed te New York to Suish offices tu cases where ne meyenss con be sbiained rea ade dw . . tive to the peconiary Of We holder of the umtep DrereIct corre PRENOVLY 4RLA—RAE, ofice at the beginning of the war to the general govern- “a PAY OF saat edema ment. Ine great number of instancer, where commu- Mv. Scorn, (rep.) of Pa, introduced a bill to extend nications of this chagacter have been addressed by the the jnriediction of the United hemtig) weno hag hb J dopartment to the fermer incumbents of post offices tm Western District of Pennsylvania, wwrer: the South, and evem to premunent resident citizens, sg ay eltin” taaieel hab oad ok Pelative to the statds of the office, no reply bas been ataire. ‘wade, and for (Bis reason it hes been determined to dis- casvunmiass continue euch offices until some defiuite evidence of the necessity of their existence is produced. & & i i HH l aE fi F4 : wie ‘The joint resolution Introduced im the House to day ‘ ‘By Mr. Wasbburne, of Iilinois, providing that when Con- Contemplated green adjourns on Thursday, December 20, it adjourn to ad = 9 Rese so P.wiere moct again on Thursday, January 3, 1967, was sturdily ‘The expected wholesale decapttation of feminine heads contested by all the ovations known to the rules of | in the Treasury Department produces an unusual flutter Negislation, but was finally adopted. It is heheved, how- among the lady clerke, many of whom wore ine lachry- aver, that the Senate will Rot concur in this resolution, : ‘the prevailing improssiog being that the holiday receas ‘of Congress ehould be ap short ax pow!bie—not longer ban a week at the farthest, ‘The € matcron ot ae on Internal Revenue Fra’ New York. ‘Mr. Darling's special for the investigation ‘of tho frauds on tho intermal revenue leave here to-wor- fow morning for New Work. Their researches will be condacted there until Monday text, Whea they will re earn to this city. . ‘The Now Orleans Riet—Testimeny Befere the Congressional Comaiittec. ‘The Clork of tne House to-day delivered to the Presi- out the resolution of that body calling for all informea- ‘Won in bis possession relative to the New Orieans riot. 4 will be remembered that several months ago all the papers in the Lande of the Executive wore given to the press, and itis pot believed that much, i any, addi tonal mati*y remaios unpublished. 5: 4 s : tan i i te Morning in the Criminal Court of this District, before Judge Fisher. District attorney D. ©, Carrington will Tepty to the argument on the demurrer, whereupon Tudgo Fisher will decvie as to whethor the case shall be ‘Thomes J. Dorant, the jiesiont Talon candidate for | Pesceeted wiih fn the Criminal Court oF be tarsed over Governer of Louisiana, who tt now in Washington, and ~~ g: UU teal ot New Orleans for thirty sree THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS, + hone 6 of the inw and in high officin! po: — . years in the prac Bitlons, and who hus been giving testimony before the Mevond Nessjon. Congressional ( omm|\ttee, “Leetided that the entire coo- ——-~ trol of New Urieags daring the July not, os well as now, SENATE. has boon in the hands of ibe rebele; that the indie pensable qualification of holding office there is not only YROWEANKD PAT OF ARMY OFvinEne, former treason, but the ful! term of service fm the tebel Mr. Wusom, (rep.) of Mane, presented three petitions army during the war, dist the existence of the tilitery 1 from army officers for incrokee Of pay. foree of the United is etlil indiepemeable there to Referred to the Military Commuttes, the safety of the Ui ‘five. The investigations ot the aarert Ov Par RNdEhe, committes are not juctet rolely with reference 10 Mr, Quwpanen, of Mich., ‘Feported from the the nots, an ia free nature of the questions » Cp) " propounded, but toe @More the ninth section of die wet atraction of the Stain of Latin it commition. To « qidilind pat to \sir ene of the commitie he gaid’ that fm Bree wonid establivh & Siena, supported by in litery forge, wad thee NV abeuld be Ineeed opon antvaran! sutrage; tbat trediate, ould be hos beid wotil it became caine wean that the people mere ft 10 exensiat federal power ana Wai. eno, «Mr. Darant's life wae marked during the oly Fi Oe hg pacman, wen asis Ob eaed Dal Wastixcrox, Dec. 10, 1808, i #f : wr.