The New York Herald Newspaper, March 29, 1867, Page 3

WASHINGTON Probable Adjournment of Con- gress on Saturday. MARYLAND AFFAIRS IN THE HOUSE. Debate on the Resolutions of the Radi- cal State Conventi The Nominations of Generals Slocum, Blair and McMahon Rejected by the Senate. ae. Ree ae. Wasnmetox, March 28, 1867. The Adjournment Question. ‘The debate on adjournment in both houses to-day @alminated in the appointment of a committee of con- ference, which will undoubtedly report to-morrow. An @mended version of the proposition agreed to by the Benate to-day, which is in effect to adjourn on Saturday mext to the first Wednesday in July, have the roll called em the following day, and, if Congress shall not then otherwise order, adjourn again to December next. This fesolution would doubtless have passed to-day had it not Been 80 worded as to create a suspicion that if on reas- sembling in July a majority should deem it necessary to @ontinue the session, such a result could be prevented by a little filibustering of the minority. A little trimming ‘@f the pharseology will probably make it acceptable to ‘the House and secure its passage to-morrow. Secretary Stanton, Boutwell and Impeachment Ashley ‘appeared on the floor of the Senate to-day with the view, ‘% was said, to induce members to fix an early day for ‘the re-assembling of Congress, Severalsensation storios ‘were set afloat, evidently with the intention of infiuenc- fing the decision of the Senate, and among them was one ‘that the conservative members of the Maryland Legisla- tare bad been arrested by the United States military @uthorities, but this was soon discovered to be a canard. Bills Approved by the President. ‘The President has approved the bill providing that from and after Tuesday last wrapping paper made of ‘wood, cornstalks or any other material, shall be exempt from internal tax; that every national banking asso- elation, State bank or banker or association, shall pay a tax of ten per centum on the amount of notes of any ‘town, city or municipal corporation, paid out by them after the lst day of May, 1867, to be collected in the ‘mode and manner in which the tax on the notesof State feanks 1s collected; that from and after the passage of this act ladders made wholly of wood shall be exempt from internal tax. The President has also approved the bill providing that any object of art imported by any individual er association of individuals for presentation as a gift to the United Siates government, or to any State, county ‘er municipal government, shall be admitted free of ‘The President has also approved the joint resolution ‘that all persons in the diplomatic service of the United States are prohibited from wearing any uniform or @@icial costume not previously authorized by Congress. Relief for the South. Savy Baltimore to Wilmington, N. C., the supplies furnished ‘by private contribution to the famishing poor of the Gouth, just one gentleman, Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio, en- foyed the distinction of voting against the proposition. Nem us Confirmed by the Senate. ‘The Senate, in Executive session to-day, confirmed the Storekeepers—H. C. Keene. New York ; Dominick L; jashington, D. C.; Chari t i i r i i t i ef | i i h i | f ! i i i i E Hh fer Postmaster at Brooklyn, and General Frank P. Blair es Minister to Austria, were rejected by the Senate to- day. The rejection of Slocum and McMahon was duc to ‘the opposition of Senators Morgan and Cosklinmg, who ‘wetiove in giving office to none but Simon Pure republi- eana, no matter how patriotic and fit, democrate nomi- mated The Senate also rejected the following: — cmanire Trea Lita, Macon O47, Mier Jt Teton inen'G. ‘Hersbarger,, ort Madieon, Tow’: ; John F. Johnson, Sey- ‘Missouri ; Charles H, Richmond, Third district ‘s “7. Maynard, Second district of Mich- *Colectors Custome—David R. Austin, district of eam, Oui! Boum Lankford, Eastern district of ‘Naval Civil er F. Chandler, Portamouth, Phiadeipbia, Pa, William R. ; B. D. Bennett, Secretary of NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1867.—TRIPLE SHEKT. Consuls—F. C. Ledyard, at Saltillo; Frank G. Noyes, at Panama. Surveyors of Customs—John Maguire, St. Louis, Mo. ; Charles J, Morris, Lewellensburg, Md. Pension Agents—Benjamin F. Stone, Macon City, Mo. ; John Frederick, Albany, N. Y. . al Storekeepers—Andrew J. Stimsom, Kivtery, Me, ; James D. Brady, Norfolk, Va. The Custom House, Inveatigation—Reports of the mittee Exonerating Senators Doe- Mttle and Patterson. ‘The following are the majority and minority reports of the Senate Judiciary Committee in the matter of the charges against Senators Doolittle and Patterson :— The majority report submitted by Scnator Trumbull states that the testimony transmitted was taken in the investigation of a subject wholly disconnected from the Senate or any of its members, and the allusions it con- tains to Senators are only incidental to the investigation of the main subject, are mostly heresay, and altogether of an inconclusive character so far as they relate to the Hop, James R. Doolittle and the Hon. David T. Patter- son, the Senators alluded to, Your committee have, resorted to the origmal sources of information subject, and have examined witnesses on oath whose position was such that they must have known of any arrangement or understandin; by which the Senators alluded to, or either them, were to be benefitted by the confirmation of Mr. Smythe as Collector of the Port of New York. or in any manner to be sharers in the general order or any other business connected with the New York Custom House, and the testimony tails to show any such understanding or interest. Hewever the names of Messrs. Doolittle and Patterson may have been used by third parties in speaking of the general order business, or whatever may have been the intentions of Mr, Smythe, the Col- lector, in regard to it, there is no evidence to show that either of those Senators er any aanction to or had apy knowledge of such use of their names or such intention, Your committee are fully satisfied, from an examination of the testimony referred to, the statements of the Senators themselves, and the additional testimony they have taken, that there is no ground for believing that either of the Senators named has acted dishonorably or corruptly in regard to any matter to which the testimony referred relates, and that there is nothing in said testi- mony affecting either of said Senators requiring further investigation, ‘They therefore ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject, Senator Conkling submitted the following as the views of the minority of the committee :— The testimony referred to the Committee on the Judi- ciary discloses repeated instances in which Mr. Smythe, the Collector of the Port of New York, declared an in- tention on his part to dispose of the general order busi- ness so as to derive large sums of money from it, and to divide this money among other persons, two of whom, as indicated by him, were the members of the Senate named in the report of a majority of the committee, or one of said members and the son of the other, These declarations seem to have been made from time to time after Mr. Smythe became Collector, apd as late as Octo- tober, 1866, They in some’ instances tmplied an arrangement with others, as well as an inten- tion on the part of Mr. Smythe himself. Mr. Smythe, in testifying before the committee, denied that such an arrangement as to a division of the money had been made with others, and stated that it was only an intention of his own. He testified that this intention was never communicated to either of the Senators relerred to, and that nothing was ever paid to either of them. The Senators themselves, in communications to the committee, also denied all privity with the inten- tion of Mr. Smythe to make them sharers in the general order business. No testimony was produced to the committee showing that there was knowledge or consent on the part of the two Senators referred to, or of either of them. Upon this state of facta the member of tho committee who submits these views thinks the Senators im question shonld be exonerated from the imputations which have been cast upon them. In conclusion, the undersigned refers to the testimony taken by the com- mittee and to the communications made to it, in the hope that the same may be printed. Condition of the Freedmen th Arkansas—Gen- eral Ord’s Report. The Commissioner of the Freedmen’s Bureau has just received the report of Major General F. 0. C. Ord, Assist- aut Commissioner of the Bureau for the State of Arkan- sas, General Ord reports that the condition of the freed- ‘men is gradually improving. Prospects of improvement, Progress and success seem each day to be growing bet- ter. The people are losing their prejudices aud are gen- erally inclined to do justice to the freedmen. He men- tions acase in which a freedman was acquitted by a civil court on the charge of knocking a white man down, because in so doing he acted only in self defence. Con- tracts are made at good rates, and the freedmen appear to understand the nature of a contract better than form- erly and are more careful in making their stipu- lations. In the Little Rock district but one case of violation of contract is reported during the month, in which # freedman was the offender. A jury of six colored men was empannelied to try the case, and the defendant was fined $10. The General states that the recent flood has been very disastrous in its effect upon the planters and freedmen, especially in the valley of Mississippi and the White, Black, Red and Washita river, The calls for assistance are more numerous than can be answered. He recommends that $100,000 be asked of Congress by the bureau to replace farm imple- ments that have been swept away. . Without them the freedmen cannot earn thelr bread. The planters are ‘Bow too poor to furnish them, and unless something of this kind is done by the government at least half of the plantations on those rivere will probably remain unculti- vated. In counties where but few freedmen live much hostility agaist them by the more ignorant classes of the whites is reported. Im one or two instances attempts have been made to drive the freed- men from the county. Several planters have reported that their bands have been driven off and have asked military protection for them. In Woodruff county a band of desperadoes exists which defies the civil anthori- ties, The General regrets that his force is not large enough to punish these scoundrels, He says for fifty thousand square miles of wilderness, swamp and over- flowed country he has but ten men to a thousand square miles, and not more than one of the ten is mounted, The demand for the labor of freedmen, he says, is so great that the pay and life of a soldier offers no induce- ments to them to enlist, and the department com- mander has not succeeded in filling one of the four companies of colored cavalry, the recruiting of which was sesigned to him. Ten thousand volunteers for six months or a year discharged in the coeatry with pro- visions for their families till = crop cam be taken in, would do much to quiet the country, the General thinks. Laws without force to execute them are nothing more than aggravations to the ills that Union men there com- plain of. In the cotton districts the interest of planters to protect freedmen for their labor is at present their only safeguard, and should the floods continue #0 as to prevent planting .a crop, a terrible famine will be the result, * ‘The Minsiasippi Freedmon. ‘The report of General A. C. Gillem, Assistent Commis- sioner of the Freedmen’s Bureau for the State of Missis- mppi, for the month of February last, states that an act bas been passed by the Legislature and approved Feb- ruary 21, 1867, amending the statutes im regard to the rights of freedmen, so as to give them the same rights of acquiring, holding and disposing of rea estate with the same benefits and exceptions as are! allowed in respect to personal property, repealing re- strictions on their right to testify, and amending all laws imposing discrimmating punishments upon them, im such manner that for all offenses committed by freed- men against the criminal laws of the State they shall be tried by the same courts and by the same proceedrngs as whites, and upon conviction shall be subject to the A Z rH 5 i , by the name rand ‘wound! sa brother. “The rest ot ihe party fed.” We learn that the wounded Moody justifies im what he did. Smith made his escape. $1,995,886; Philadelphia, $216,628; Baltimore, $86,679; New Orleans, from the 11th to the 16th, $114,279. Total, $2,668,344. This shows a considerable falling off in receipts at New York and Baltimore since last report. At Philadelphia there has been over fifty thousand m- crease. National Banks—The Sales of Gold. ‘There haa been no reports as yet received at the office of the Comptroller of the Currency ss to the condition of the National Bank in Memphis, but notice has been given to the holders of the circulating notes of the bank thas such notes will be paid in lawful money of the Usised States upon presentation of the same et the Treasary of the United States. There has poen no retire- ment of the United States notes during the month of March #0 far, bUtit ts binted by some who profess te know something outside of the department that there ‘will be pomething gone in that way before the first of the coming month, and jhe sume partion intimate that the alge of gold whieh ip Dow im the Treasury will be con- tinued as usual, The officials about the Treasury Depart- ment seem determined to adhere to the policy hitherto pursued in this regard. A Conacien' 9 Taxpayer. A letter was to-day received by the Treasurer of the United States from Richd. B. Connelly, Comptroller of the City of New York, enclosing $15, forwarded to him by a party signing himself “A Taxpayer,” who states that the amount is due to the government for income tax in 1805. ‘The money has been placed in the “conscience fund.’? ‘The Indians. Special Indian Commissioner Bogy had an interesting interview with the Dakota Sioux Indians this morning, in the Council Chamber of the Indian Department, on the subject of the application of their treaty funda N. G. Taylor, the new Gommissioner of Indian Affairs, was present, but took no part in the preceedinga, Mr, Taylor will enter upon the duties of his office on Monday, FORTIETH CONGRESS. Firat Session, SENATE. Wasumotox, March 28, 1867. AFFAIRS IN MARLAND, ‘The Cua laid before the Senate the resotutions of the Republican Convention of Maryland, held yesterday, which were read, and, on motion of Mr. Jounson, re- ferred to the Judiciary Committee, THE WOOL TARIFF, Mr. CarrExt, (rep.) of N. J., called up the joint resolu- tion passed by the House yesterday to amend the Wool Tariff bill by striking the words “unmixed with silk’ from the paragraph commencing with the word ‘‘web- Dings;’? which was passed. THE TRANSPORTATION OF TROOPS TO THR PACIFIC COAST. Mr. Coxwxss, (rep.) of Cal., called up a Joint resolution relating to the transportation of troops by the Isthmus route to the Pacific States and Territories; which was DREDGE BOATS FOR THE MOUTH OF THR MISSISSIPPI, Mr. Morritt, (rep.) of Vt., from the Committee on A) ropriationa, reported tho House Joint resolution auth izing the Secretary of War to canse to be built and ated two dredge boats for use at the mouth of the Mis- sissippi river; which was SURVEY FOR A SHIP CANAL AROUND THR FALIS OF THE OMTO, Mr. Cuanpuer, (rep.) of Mich., irom the Committee on Commerce, reported the House joint resolution diretting asurvey for ashipcanal around the falls of the Ohio river on the Indiana side. Mr. Hows, (rep.) of Wis., moved that the resolution be jaid on the table; which was agree to. THE SALES OF LAND BY THE TAX COMMISSIONERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Mr. Freuixauvrses, (rep.) of N. J., called up a bill to confirm sales of land made by the direct tax commis- sioners in South Carolina to persons in the army, navy and, marine corps. Ir. Jounsox (dem.) of Ma., objected, but sabsequently withdrew his objection, and the bill was passed, THE WOOL TARIFF BILL DISPOSED OF, The vote passing the bill to amend the Woo! Tariff bill ‘was reconsidered for the purpose of offering an amend- men that the second section of the Wool bill sball be construed to include silk or mohair clotb, used for covering buttons, The amendment was agreed wo, and the bill was ‘THE SENATE CONTINGRAT FUND DEFICIENCY BILT. On motion of Mr, Morriit, (rep.) of Maiue, the Senate agreed to the conference committee on the Senate Contingent Fund Deficiency bill called for by the House, and Messre. Morrill of Maine, Edmunds and Buckalew were appointed said committee, THE ADJOURNMENT QUESTION. On motion of Mr. TRUMBULL, (rep.) of lll., the Senate led to the consideration of the resolution for ad- journment. The question was on agreeing to the Honse amendment that both houssapdjocta until the first Mon- day in June, and afterw: until the first Monday in Pyeng unless otherwise determined by a majority of houses, Mr. Eoxunps, (rep.) of Vt., moved as a substitute for the above that the presiding officers of the Senate and House adjoura their houses from noon to-morrow until the first Wednesday in Jul: id, unless otherwise or- dered by both houses, to wn them from one o’clock on that day until the first Monday in December, 1867. Mr Edmunds subsequently modiied his amendment to rn from Saturday next, and yy substituting the words ‘‘without ” for ‘the first Monday in Decem- ber.”” Mr, Edmunds further modified his amendment requiring the presiding officers of the Howed to call the roll on the first Wednesday in July to asceriain if a quorum be present. After debate, which was generally participated in, Mr. Drake, (rep.) of Mo., moved to postpone the resolu- tion now under discussion and take up the resolution on the subject of adjournment just sent in from the House, net for a session in June, September and Decem- The motion was disagreed to—yeas 14, nays 27, ‘The amendment of bir. Edmu: as given above, for an adjournment from Saturday next to the first Wednes- day in July, and then, unless otherwise ordered, sine die, was agreed to—yeas 26, nays 14. The propogition as amended was then passed, and it now goes to the House, bi following is the vote on Mr. Edmunds’ amend- ment :— beth, C moody 01 me Gersony'tows, Johnson, Morgan, Morei of Me. Moral of Wintie, Willey and see : ad Re ge Thayer, Wade, Wilson and Yates—l¢. MONTHLY PAYMEXT OF SALAKIAS OF CONGRESGMEN. ‘THE SURVEY OF THE OMIO FALLS. Mr. Mortox, (rep.) proved Grant mrapegrng ce hyebel bly er a sbip canal the falls of the Ohio, pending @bich motion Mr, Fr«enpen, (rep.) of Me., moved an executive session. In the course ot debate-on this motion Mr. Fessenden to. The bill for a survey for a ship canal around the falls of the Ohio, on the Indiana side, and to estimate the expense of widening and deepening the Portland Canal, was taken up, and, after discussion, was passed, BANKRUPT BILL, 7. Mr. trracos, (rep.).of R. I., called up the bill to fix the time at which the Bankrupt bill shall go into effect at the 1st of June, which had been ref to the Judi- ‘Committee, and reported adversely. fr. CORNESR TD to strike out the proviso thet “nothing in this act contained shall be construed to in- validate any lien or conveyance made in govd faith pr.or to the taking effect of this act.” EXBCUTIVE SRASION. Pending the discussion on this subject, on motion of Senate at four P, M. went into ex- : ‘Rostwson, (dem. added that he also some resolutions far Was Seocnoemicn of New Hamp- oan ine Se ape eet motion thet could ‘be made except to raise the question he ‘The Srmaxse said he would not anticipate questions of Rah ine gt a ‘eoucert in the, matter Between presiding officer and himself; bat there were 9 farrounding tbe Ke boped, and as f aot wad unider'eay Some Gee tees Ga thief that those: somtrarwaes ot would toad to Ddleedahed, bat s olution of the dim- culties, , ee ee Fg ey end Beside ere mar im Maryland. It was an which 80. free i 3 : z Sess a free people. The question now was, what were they to do? They were powerless unless Cougress inverfered. He believed Congress had power to do so. It was clothed woth the power of preset rxtss to each State a repub: Tican form of government, and if it had poner to guar, antee it must have power to create, How way Cou to exercise that power? By an enabling dct, if the State would not give the people of Maryland an equal law, they appealed to Congress to give them such a law, ir, Ewwkipas, (dem) of Wis., characterized Mr. Thomas’ claim of power for Congress a3 @ most mon- strous claim. Was Congress armed with original power to reform the constitutions of 31 that existed when the federal government was adopted? Mr, Thomas stated that at that time the constitution of Maryland was republican in form—so thoroughly re- blicen that it came up to the republicaniam of this . Tt gas ry free black man the right to vote. Broows, (dem.) of N. Y., remarked that if he had not long since adopted the Horatian maxim of nil admi- vari he would have been astonished at the extraordinary presentation of artisan memorial in this House, and at the still more extraordinary speech of the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Thomas) agaiust his own State con- stitution, Mr. Brooke proceeded to show that the same r. jomas jut; that by Process in Pennsylvania and other States was cheated of its representation, and that real repul government existed in no State, As to Tennessee and Missouri there was no more republi- caniam there than there existed under the Pacha of Egy pt or the Sultan of Turkey. There was no republicanism represented even in the senate of the United States. It wasa existing in utter defiance of all republican form of government, and he ex; \d the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Thomas), when he had sueceeded in reforming the affairs of his own State, to introduce a reso- Yution to abolish the United States Senate, The State of Nebras! with a population not one-fifth of the number that are found e day under ground in the First ward of the city ‘ork ing to their daily busi- ness, had an he representation in the Senate with Tinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. Tho pro- position of the gentleman from Maryland would amount to an overthrow and subversion of the whole structure of the government—a consolidation of despotism of the worst kind, utteriy repugnant to the whole idea of the founders of the republic. in the course of the delivery of Mr. Brooks’ remarks he yielded to interruptions from Messrs: Blaine, Bald- win, Stevens, Covode, Kelley, Donnelly, Paine and An- derson correcting statements in reference to their re- ‘spective States, Mr. Roatyson inquired of Mr. Thomas where he found authority for his statement that Congress was ired to Dy mln republican governments to the State: ir. THOMAS stated that he found it in the con: Mr. Rosrxson denied that the constitution gave at such power to Congress. The phrase was that the Unit States shall guarantee republican forms of government, ‘but Congress was not the United States, Mr. Gaavrenn, (rep.) of Ohio, inquired what it was? Mr. Rovixsoy replied that General Grant, Admiral Far- racut, the President of the United States, the Supreme Court, and the army and navy, were part of the United Mr. Tomas referred Mr, Robinson to the cecision of ‘the Supreme Court in the Rhode Isiand case in proof of his (Mr. Thomas’) position, Finally the resolutions were referred to the Judiciary Committee, ‘THE ADJOURNMENT. Mr. Parvs, (rep.) of Wis., offered a resolution that the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House be authorized to close the present seasion by adjournment to-morrow, at twelve o'clock. Mr. ALLIsox, (rep.) of Iowa, offered as a substitute a resolution that to-morrow, at three o'clock P. M., the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House shall adjourn their respective houses until Wednesday, the 5th of June, when. unless there be a quorum of each house present, those officers shall further adjourn their respective houses until Wednesday, the let of tem ber next, when, unless there be a quorum of each house present, they shall further adjourn thoir respective houses till the first Monday of December. Mr. DonNELLY, (rep.) of Minn., moved to amend Mr. Tesolution by adding the words “until the first We ay in Joly next, and, unless otherwise ordered, the President of the Senate and Speaker of the Hous? eball on said day adjourn their respective houses until the first Monday in ymber.’” Mr. Farxewort, @ep.) of Iil., moved to lay the reso- tution and amendments on the table, ‘This was disagreed to by yeas 54, nays 63. The question was then taken, first on Mr. Donnelly’s amendment to the original resolution, and it was agreed to without a division, The question was then taken on Mr. Allison’s resola- téon as a substitute for Mr. Paine’s, and it was agreed to by yeas 63, nays 55. ‘So ibe House resolved to im at three o’clock to- morrew unti) the 5th of June next. ‘THE SUFFRAGE QUESTION. Mr. Incersott, (rop.) of Iil., introduced a joint resolu- aon pt Ing an amendment to the constitution of the United providing that all male citizens of the ‘United States over twenty-one years of age, having the qualifications for electors of the most numerous branch of the State Legislature in their several States, shall be entitled to vote at all elections, without disqualification ou account of race or color or previous condition of ser- vitude, Referred to the Judiciary Committee. QOUTHERN RELIKP—THE TRANSPORTATION OF PROVISIONS. Mr, Bixomas, (rep ) of Ohio, introduced a joint resolu- tiom authorizing Secretary necessary, to tm the army or navy, He succeeded im baving the amendment adopted and the resolution was agreed to. mront Mr, Broomat, (rep.) of Pa., introduced a joint resolu- pom trang med juties on Referred to the ‘Committee on Ways and RELIEF OF THE CONTRACTORS Mr. Loca, (rep.) of Ill, asked leave to introduce a Joint resolution directing the retarn to hae orgy onsen Donaho, on Mr. "x of Ohio, objected; but on motion 3 int jution be amended'by providing that the contractors fe Leas argued in support of bis amen dient ir. Loan amen: Mr. Wann, (rop) of KW, appealed to the House to cercise y, and ex proper econemy, that the matter be referred to the Commitee on a ae B. — Logan, borne India: , Mr. Heeeni ytananemeh wamcapeed te bp.an v0 ai, aak the ae Hath iy Fall i gé g i al H | ] at | Fey Ht i | t edltniyeiie iH i | hill e UE pttetaty dp aE pitts et GL TL gl! i F ; I f i : i iz i Ht i 5 i ii Bi i § | | i | curin the Senate amendment by a vote of 36 to 70, . 3 asked for, whereupon nate amendments bo (U a authonaivg the Secretary of War to build dredge boats for use at fhe mouth of the Mississippi river were taken from the =peaker’s table and concurred in. iB WOPk FAUEY, The Senate amendment to the House joint resolution to provide increased revenue from wool was (ken from the Speaker's table and concurred in. It puts lasting mobair cloth, &c., on the free list, COMPENSATION ASD MILLAGH OF MEMBERS, The Senate emendmént in reference to compensation and mileage of members of Concress was taken from the ‘Speaker's tabie and concurred in, PRIVATE CLAIM, The Senate joint resolution to provide for payment of acclaim ot Richard Chenery was taken from the Speak- @r’s table and referred & tho Commitice of the Whole. PENSION TO CAPTAIN RICHARD BUSTEED, JR, The Senate bill fora pension to Captain Richard Bus- teed, Jr., of the Chicago light artillery, was taken from the Speaker's table and passed, RELIEF OF RRAR ADMIRAL PAULDING. Tho Senate bill suppiemontary (o au act for the relief of Rear Admiral Paulding was taken from the Speaker's table and passed, PURCHASE OF. THM WALLABOUT LANDA, The Senate joiat lution for the purchase of lands adjoining tbe Broo! Yard was taken from the Speaker's table and CLAIMS GP INDIANA AND Om10, The Senate bill to reimburse the States of Indiana and Ohio for moneys ied for the United states in enrolling, equipping provisioning militia forces to aid in suppressing Tebellion was taken from the Speaker's table, and, after discossion by Mosers Schenck, Holman, Allison, Ward and others, the House, Without disposing of if, adjourned, at @ quarter before five.o’clock, until to- Ww CITY INTELLIGENCE. Tux Weatner.—It will neither rain nor snow for the ensuing twenty-four hours. Mxmorasis Asniyersapy.--Yesterday was the anni- versary of the memorable council of war held at Gen- eral Grant's headquarters on March 28, 1866, at which President Lincoln presided, and which reaulted in the last grand movement upon Richmond and the final collapse of the rebellion. . Tammany Harr.—This celebrated building, in which the sachoms of the “‘unterrified” democracy bave #0 frequently held their powwows, of a more or less stormy character, ts rapidly changing !ts ancient aspect. ‘The guests of the hofel have departed, nover to return; the rooms are being speedily denuded of their furniture, ‘and the proprietor of the bar is making preparations to Sanppor, Basel ae, his Prcioes and ae eae property to anotl less enial scene for the exercise of his vocation. - he Lecrore BY PRorasson ADLER.—Last evening a lec- ture was delivered in the small chapel of the University, Wasbington square, by Professor Adler, on the “Polite Literature of the Mosiems of Spain.” The Moslems of the East, he stated, were from the earliest times remark- able for their love of poetry, which ultimately became so . element er in their government that the umablest individual sould by prowess in the art achieve the highest honors, ' While in the East the Moslem poets confined themselves principally to songs of war, the perils of the desert or the picturing of a storm, those of the West breathed of voluptuousness and romance. He alluded to the ous poem recorded in letters of gold, to the-power ‘of the Koran, to the seven great poets whose verses were sung by itinerants eco yog ey er of memory ring on the fabulous, and to the four hundred th id volumes of the first Caliph of the West. In the ninth century all made verses. Sev- enty libraries were open to the public in Andalusia and twenty-seven schovjs for the poor. Uston Leaves Cive.—A meeting of this club was held last night at theis house in Union square. The Joint Committee, of whi¢h Mr. Alexander T. Stewart is chair- man, submitted @ report recommending that a subscrip- tion be opened for s loan of $500,000, (which amount of real estate the club is authorized to hold by the amended charter), to purchase or lease corer to erect a house for the Unton League Ciub, the bonds to be each for $1,000, payable fifteen years after date, and bearing seven per cent mierest, payable semi-annually. No sub- scription Is to be binding until $300,000 ig subscribed and subscribers to the amount of $200,000 shall certify that the entire $300,000 has become binding. Of the {000 required about $100,000 were subscribed last night. At ‘the close of the special business of the meeting Rev. momen ‘Conway, the enaplain of the f Seventh regiment (Corpe Present lags e iment to the club, and im doing'so said the colors poh their hands to bo preserved and handed down to posterity as & token of the loyalty of the black man of the South, and of bis bravery in battle, as well as of the devotion of the good and trae men of New York, who gave them, in token of their sympaty ‘with the enfranchised bond- men, whose services they were not slow to recognize. ‘The flags were received by Mr. Charies P. Kirkland on behalf of the club, and on whose motion a vote of thanks was tendered to Rov. Mr. Conway. Poryrecric BRANcR oF THR AMERICAN INsrITUTS.— ‘This association held its weekly meeting last evening, ‘the President in the chair, It was very fully attended and of great interest, Dr. Feuchtwanger opened by Giving & graphie account of a late visit to Natrola, Pa, and the manufacture of chemicals at that point, Ho demonstrated great wealth of the region in mineral productions, especially dwelt upon the value of jinum, A new bronze was exhibited as made melting one copper and adding nine aluminum. The result is@ most beautiful metal, times heavier than water, barder than Tesembling it that it can scarcely be that motal. It is already i coed to the fabrication of watch cases. Mr. Bishop exhibited ul of fer erp ee eet oe which the gute ‘Was as perfect as it was fifteen The deduction was tbat ult water does not ‘affect that substance, Its adaptability to ferm matrices for electro- typing was also demoustraied. It is as ductile as wax and perfectly reliable when pre; Dr. Rowell jave @ now theory of the formation of icebergs and the hets in the open polar sea. He thinks the are ail formed on land, and when of the bulk of a cul mile they drop off, and five hundred at once droppin, into the sea raise its waters and make a freshet. Vanderweyde exhibited the new thermo-electric pile of Seebeck, by whic the electric current is induoed from @ jet of gas mstead of acids. The apparatus developed a remarkable quantity, but deficient in intensity. The north pole was by its use@hown to be electric, rather than magnetic, a8 was formerly supposed. Our Famity Soctante.—This ball came off last even- ing with considerable ¢éclal at Jones’ Arsembly Rooms, and was a most delightful and pleasant affair. About forty couples were upon the dancing floor, and enjoyed the ecstacy of the dizzy waltz, the whirling galop and the intricate mazes of the quadrille. The aasocii composed principally of yonng men delonging to thie city, and is one of the most popular organizations of the kind hereabout, and their reanions are always looked forward to with the most pleasurable antici their fair friends, who grace thom in all the glones of silk, satin, tolle, tarletan and waterfalls, The toilets last evening were of the jatest mode, and danomg was jan up until Lowy dayhgbt, when all hied them home pleased with the evening’s enjoyment. A Forrown ror Twexty Doviars.—A few days since ‘Mayor Hoffman received a letter from Indiana enclosing a copy of an advertisement of a firm styling themeeives Milnor & Co., No. 210 Broadway, New York city, in which they promise that all persons who will engage in their enterprive can realize a fortune immediately or in time to visit the Paris Ex; , by investi the ISS oo he ads premises mentioned in the advertisement, when the mame of the firm was found on the door, but none of the roprosentatives of Milnor & Co. were at and the room was apparently used as a hospital for some ancient and rickety articles of furniture. The Mayor directed his clerk to advise his Indiana correspondent not to en- See eens Peete ieee Oe core, of Milnor Apprtios to Tre Rocus’s Gattary.—John Howard and George Hayes, who were arrested on the charge of p= Dg Tuesday last, had their likenesses taken Tur Feuate Bown Rosner. —One of the members of the ia ite j al si aT : tf t 5 i ; 5 : kid Ps i He te are i r 2 Coroner's oMice yesterday aft » that a man stxty-ete years of age, name! Michael Gunther, had died in Belle vue Hospital from te ¢ tajeries gebeieat te being run over by one of the Houston street line of stages. Am inquest Wil! be held ow the body by Coroner Schirmer, CurLp Foon Is A SINK. —Co « Wildey was pester hold an inquest over the remame of « ch were found in {pre 206 Third sireeh ae w be © who threw the body in the Founp Daownep.—The body of an unknowe mae war found yesterday afternoon at pier No. 24 North river snpposed to have been in the water some Considerable time, being y much @ nved; beight fve text about thirty-six years of age, dark brown mustache aud goatee; bad on a dark sack 4, dark pants and a pair Of very much ; 1s wow lying at the Morgae, foot of Twenty sixth street, for identification. Car Accipent.—August Lewis Recker, residing at No. 123 Norfolk street, while getting off car No, 100 0f the Third avenue line yesterday afiernocon, slipped, aod failing, broke his arm. He was immediately conveyed to Bellevue Hospital. Accipext on THe Erm Raituoan,—Edward Browe, ® laborer, while at work at Hohocus, N. Y., on the Erie Railroad, yesterday afternoon, in removing some stom uniortunately got crushed beneath a large piece of which he was in the act of removing, am d such severe interual inj urh as fyund necemary to have him seat to the New York Hospital. Saitor Ixsvrwp.—James Saunsic, a seaman attached to the steamship Erie, while on Ler passage to this port, was so prostrated by being knocked down on deck ing the severe gale on the 18th of this month that it was yesterday, on examination, found expediens to have him gent to the New York Hospital. Ixsuxep py 4 Fatt.—Andreas Hansen, & seaman, while at work yesterday afternoon, fell into the hold @ the ship Eolas, now lying at pier No. 5 East river, re ceiving severe bodily injuries. He was taken by Cap tain Kundson to the New York Hospital for surgical aid Fike iy Cunusnie Srackt.—About one o'clock yesterday afternoon a fire broke out on the second floor of No. 186 Christie street, in apartments occupied by Thomas M Carter, supposed to have been set on fire by two children who were at play in the room at the time, The damage to the furniture will be about $500, insured for $600 In the Stuyvesant Insurance Company. The building is owned by the Lombard estate. It is damaged about $300 and is insured. Fire on Surpoarp.—Between three and four o'clock yesterday morning a fire was discovered on board the iron steamship Ceres, lying at the foot of Delancey street, East river, The smoke was first seen issuing from the engine room, where the fire is supposed to bave com- menced, The firemen were quickly at work, but before the flames were subdued the vessel was damaged to the extent of $15,000 or $20,000. Shots owned by Wood- ruff & Beach, of Hartford. Insurance not known. ‘The engineer, Meyers, and four hands slept on board the vessel, Fire rx Broap Srreet.—The alarm of fire about six o'clock Jast evening originated from the second floor of No. 76 Broad street, occupied for offices by produce brokers, The first floor is occupted by White & Doug- lass, produce dealers. Their stock is damaged to the extent of about $3,000; insured. The offices are occu- ged by C, Kent & Co,, A. H. Solomon & Co., and Logan Preston; damage about $500, The third floor Is oc- cupied by W. T. fin for storage of beans and hops; the fourth by W. Weltington & Co., dealers in whiskey, and the fifth floor by W. Rykewan, for ange chandise, The building is owned by T. B. It w damaged about $1,000; fully insured. Lecture by Rev. F. A Douglass, in Brooklyn. A lecture was delivered last evening at the Nassau street Baptist church, Brooklyn, by Rev. F. A. Douglass, & missionary resident of Hindostan for eleven years, who had selected for his subject} “The language, charac- ter and customs of the Hindoos.”” Thére was s smal) ‘but appreciative audience of ladies and gentlemen pres- ent, who listeded to the discourse with epparent interest. Shortly after eight o’clock the locturer was introduced, but his pale and careworn face betrayed the indisposition which subsequently compelled him to withdraw be- fore finishing his lectdre, After # fow prefatory dington. stood as a nat! ‘The lecturer then proceeded to Hindoatan, by the aid of a small map, point- ing out a nS ferme J ite Een) riv- mount C, su ure of e country, he'conuinued, waa” the ‘ens in which the sol! was irrigated, many artificial !: canals dug ee that there might be abundance of water in Hindoo gos learning the Heb language, and bow the was Eastern mind swayed the Western mind—when he saw prestige and were gone; and all these circum: stances, gl as they were, cheered every man who looked that country from a Christian standpoint, ~ —— ben oo Beep yn a ree, and whatever disappointment which might have arisen in ‘WESTCHESTER INTELLIGENCE. Re Axoraun Szriovs Accipmn® ox THe Hasizu Rarnosp— A Max Atmosr Insramriy Entap.—Sbortly before seven o'clock on Wednesday evening, whilea German named ‘Martin Bolts, about twenty-two years of age, was walk- ing along the Harlem Railroad, on the up track, a short distance above the depot at Fordham, he was struck by the locomotive of the New Haven express, due in New York