The New York Herald Newspaper, December 14, 1867, Page 8

5 "NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1867. WASHINGTON Views ot Stevens and Butler on Im- peachment and Reconstruction. The Gill Abolishing Polygamy Re- ported Favorably in the Senate. AMENOMENT OF THE BOUNTY LAW, Senatorial Debate on the Proposed Re- moval of the Tax on Cotton. Wasuinarow, Deo. 12, 1867, } 11o'Clock P.M." f Messrs. Stevens’ and Butler’s Views on Im- ‘peachwent, Reconstruction, Confiscation and Disfranchisement. {Td deputation of Loyal Leaguers, composed of mem. (ta from Virginia and North and South’Carolina, tothe number of eieven, more than one-ha'fof whom wero colored, calied on Thaddeus Stevens to-day and had a Jong conversation with him, Mr, Stevens said, in refer- ence to impeachment, that the time had gone by for its enforcement, Twelve months ago the measure should ave been put in force and the President removed, A» great mistake had been made in the whole matter, ‘owing to the genera! ignorance of the term impeaoh- ment as interpreted by American law, It meant properiy prevention of wrong doing by the removal of the cause, It was based on political grounds, not criminal, and meditated no punishment, as the Jester of the English law prescribes, The testi- wony for the greater part was wholly irrelevant, and should have been confined to proving the detriment to the country’s inierests of the Presidential policy, Uf Mr. Wilson’s arguments he entertains but a poor opinion, and considers he knows less of American than he does ef English law.’ Talking of reconstruction, he said he ‘was about to introduce a bill into Congress to provide that a majority of registered votes are not necessary to watify tbe new constitutions; to authorize a loyal pro- ‘visional government for each State, giving the Governors the appointing of officers, and also giving them power to mako requisitions for troops when needed; finally, it shall provide that the two-fifths of the colored people who bad no Congressional representation formerly shall Be eptitled to elect Congressmon at large from the dif- qpt States, His views on confiscation were rendered in ‘@logory, as if aman came in his house and stole a portion 4f his property he should fino him # the amount of what was stolen, The rebéls ojst this government a ‘Qynsiderable amount, besides stealing property not their ‘awn, and he should be satisfied to seo them obliged to ‘make due restitution. He tnquired particularly of ‘bd colored delegates the number of persons in their @espective sections who owned large estates and thelr i} material prosperity. He had no hesitation in ting that they were acting outside of the constl- tution in many respects It had become too old fashioned for the requirements of tbis progressive age; ‘and, ip fact, after the lapse of every generation the constitution should bo remodelled to keep pace ‘witb the advancement of ideas, Of Senator Wilson and others of that class he said they were a tender-hearted set of fellows, who were trying to lay up a few shekels $m Heaven, Tender-hearted was the term he.heard some people apply to them, but he would rather designate such tenderness a softening of the brain, One of the Gelegates informed him that the colored folk in the Bouth were accustomed to offer up prayers for his resto- Fation to heaith and strength; to which he replied that he placed more reliance on the efficacy of their prayers than those of a good many white people at the North. After leaving Mr, Stevens the deputation proceeded ‘by appointment to bold an internew with General _Batier, | who received them very cordially. Being eaked what class of persons he thought shonld be @ebarred the privilege of voting, the General replied, the rale should be that every man who hold a place of twust under the government and gave his assent or as- @istance to take a State out of the Union should be dis- franchised because he betrayed his trust. He did not ‘think disfranchisemont waza punishment, but rather as means of prevonting the recurrence of rebellion. He was opposed to singling out certain men for dis- franchisement because they held high rank in the rebel service, asa major or brigadier general might be less . Qajtorous in bis insticts than captain or @§ colonel. ‘There was one thing which he moticed did mot ocecur to the mind of anyone in any of their conventions down South, A provision should be made that no one belonging to the Classes disfranchised should be a member of any char- (ered corporation, and if the fact of such a person being @ member of a chartered company were made a bar to any suit brought by that company tm court, these cor- Porations would be kept In loyal hands. The influence of these corporations had not been properly estimated. If they would let him run their banks, insurance offices ‘and railroad concerns, he was indifferent as to who ruled their votes, for he would rule tho State, Those men who are not allowed the rightof voting should mot certainly have bank charters and other Privileges heaped upon them. By passing sued @ law as he suggested, the General continued, these men Would be excluded from rajlroud companies, and they {tho colored people) would be able to ride in the cars and get employ meat in a hundred positions on the rail. roads. A colored member of the deputation, named Haines, of North Carolina, complained that the Associated Preag in the South had been fora long time in the habit of misrepresenting and siandering the blacks and loyal white people, and also complained that the United Bates poidtors in North Carolina were concentrated by erder of General Grant in four places on the railroad lines where they were least needed for the protection of tbe colored people General Butler suggested no solution of these troubles. Colonel Moss, of Missouri, thought the best solution ‘Would be to put all the State oflices in the hands of loyal men, General Botler replied that he should itreduce such a@ dill into Congress aad. endeavor to put it through. ‘The Senate, ho said, was shghtly conservative, but ‘while it cannot be got to move forward muck it cansot De got to takes step backwards, There was a0 danger, he thought, of there being any reaction on the question Of manbood suirage, He believed there was a great Mitcouception in the Nerth aboot the numbers of the e@olored peop'a in the South, aad in place of four he was @atisflod thore were seven millions thera When the test census was taken slavery existed, and on each @iave @ tax was levied, so that it was profitable & the plavebolders to upderstate the number of their chattels, Allowing ome Voter to every seven of the colored popalatien, be caloalated from the number re- @istered that the (otal, men, women and children, must De aboot what be stated. Everything predicted of the megrose, he contended, Red been falsified by the reculta, Now they say they ave going to rise; but as they ore ; top of the heap ao occasion existe for them to rise. Before leavitig the North and South Carolina members of the deputation extended an fuvitation to the General to come and visit their conventions, after he geis Shrough with the one now in session at Richmond, whither he intends to start some day next week, f ‘TBere 1s no question that but two other men, Thaddeus ‘@evons and Bon Wado, share in ao equal measure with Butler the favor admiration of the Southers ‘Wegrom. A few vi ago, at a colored meeting in Rich- mond, Butler was declared tbe choices for President and Ben Wade for Vice The General intends , to make an extessive” tour of the Goutb, ‘and , pul down a sysiem of political wires that may discon- Seert the best laid schomes in regard to the Presidency at ‘this side of the Potomac. General Butler contemplates 2 mission im the South shat will startle a good many wmembersof. his party, He aims, in fact, at becoming ‘The leader of the entire colored race. Pree Tie National Counel! of the Union Laague Associa. tion, which was in session here for two days, adjourned last night, after pasting the following Fesolutic® :— Resolved, That the N.C. 0. L. A. le atteriy opposed to any desarture from the escred principle: of its Organization, OF from thove of the republican party, and shat we do heteby respectfully but earpestiy and urge the Nat wal & cap Convemon to place no Bap 1p uvnina GB ‘or Fresient of the Laived takes 4m 1868 who ig not in himself am irreversible guarantee that be ts a true frivod of the cause of union and Kberty, equal rights before the Jaw aud universal man- ‘hood suffrage, ‘This, of course, {8 8 blow at General Grant, who will Bot speak or convict himself to the radical party. The Union League Association ts in the Chase interest, and ite resolves will have some weight with the republieas Presideatial Convention, A Soldiers? and Sailors’ Presidential Convene tion. 4 conterenge of soldiers and sailors, representing the various States of the Union, will 0 beld at Washing- ton, D, C., om Monday, the 16:n of December, to take ‘nto consideration the propriety of calling a national Convention for the purpose of nominating candidates for President and Vice President of the Uniied States This movement originated with the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Union, of this city, who called the Pittsburg Convention in September, 1866. The defeat of thelr candidate for Sergeant-at-Arms of the United States Senate 1s atated to be one of the controlling reasons assigned for this course. If «Convention shalt be called it will nominate a ticket In the interests of Ghe soldiers and sailors of the country, General Brisbin has written to the President of the National Soldiers’ and Sallors’ Union, urging the holding of # national soldiers’ and sailors’ Convention,’ to meet some time previous to the assembilog of the National Republican Convention at Chicago, The Suspension of Secretary Stanton—The Suppressed Letter of General Baird. The papers relative to the removal of Mr, Stanton, called for by Mr, Blaine, will not be sent in betore Monday, and probably not till Wednesday next, It is currently belioved that the letter marked “private”? will be the only important feature of these documents. I understand there are other papers which will be pro- duced of s mere startling character than the private letter, To-morrow these papers will be sent to General Grant for revision and to receive such explanations as the General may deem necessary. In view of the fact that the case of Mr. Stanton will soon come up for set- tlement before the Senate, it may be interesting to know the precise character of the despatch from .General Baird to the Secretary of War previous to the New Or- leans riot, which was suppressed by Mr. Stanton, The following is a literal copy:— New Ontr: a Hon. Enwix M. Srastox, freien seg caly peice ae A-convontion has been called, with the sanction of Governor Welles, to meet here on Monday. The Lieu- tenant Governor and city authorities think it unlawful, propose to back it up by arresting the delegates, i have given no orders on the subject, but have warned the parties that I could not countenance or permit such action without insiructions to that effect from the Presi- dent, Pileage instract me at once by telegraph. ‘A. BAIRD, Brevet Major Memorandum on b. Orsice Usrrep States Miurary Teiecraru, Heapquartens War DEPARTMENT. The following telegram was received at 10:20 P. M., July 23, 1866, On tho 11th day of August, 1866, the President di- rected Secretary Stanton to furnish him with copies of all despatches relating to the New Orieans riot. Secre- tary Stanton, over bis officlal signatute, certified that the foregoing despatch was laid before the President be- tween August 11th and 25th, The President states that this Gespatch was not shown to him until about the 17th, 6F twenty days after its reception at the War De- partment; and Colonel Moore, his private secretary, testified vefore the Judiciary Committee that Goneral Baird's despatch was not received at the White House ‘antil after August 11, 1966. In the Executive session of the Senate to-day, the subject of the publication of s summary of the Prest- dent’s reasons for the removal of Mr. Stanton was Drought up and discussed at longth, It was generally agreed that the giving of such matter to the press, while it is under consideration by the Senate in Executive ses- sion, isa breach of good faith. 1t was not positively known to the Senate who gave it out, but, all the officers of that body disciaiming any part in the business, it was generally believed that it came from the White House. A committee was. appointed to investigate the matter and make a report to the Senate, The Case of Senator Thomas, It ig understood that the Senate Judiciary Committee has concluded its investigation into the case of Mr, Thomas, Senator elect from Maryland, and that they ‘will early next week report in his favor and recommend bts admission to the Senate, Removal of OMcchotders. ‘The official guillotine is likely to be kept at work briskly here for some time to come, The disposition now is to cut down expenses, or rather to make a show of so doing. On the Ist of January a further reduction in the clerical force will be made, The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. The Senate Finance Committee, it is said, have agreod fo report unfavorably on the nomination of Edmund Cooper a3 Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and a Rew appointment therefore will have to be made, The Indinn Peace Commission. ‘The Indian Peace Commissioners met last night, at the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and remained in session until quite late, engaged in the dis- cussion of the points to be embraced im their fortheom- ing report The Commission adjourned to moet again on the 28th inst, at the Indian Office in this city. General Sherman’s Movements. General Sherman spent somo time at General Grant's headquarters this morning, After the business of the Indian Peaco Commission bas been completed tho General will give his attention to army matters, and then return to the West. In connection with General Sherman's name, often mentioned as the prospective democratic candidate for the Presidency, an incident ts mentioned. In a coversation between e Northern man and @ distinguished Georgian, General Sherman was alladed wo as the coming man. The Georgian replied that he hoped he would mot come that way again. The Georgian doubties? had visions of Sherman's “bummers"’ during the memorable march to the sea. Muster Out of Volunteer Army Officers. Special orders No, $16, just issued by General Grant, musters out one hundred and tweaty-four officers of the Veteran Reserve corps, to take effect the 1st of January, 1868, their services being no Jonger required. Among them are Brevet Brigadier Genoral Frederick D, Sewell, Third regiment; Brevet Brigadier General B. F. Forrest, Tenth regiment; Brovot Brigedier Gonoral Martin Flood, Fifteenth regiment, and Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Moore, Sixteenth regiment In the list there aro twenty- oven captaing, five brovet leutemant colonels, twen' two majors, two brevet colonels and the others fret and second leutenants, The officers mustered out are of the First, Second, Third, Firth, Stxth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Seventeenth, Eightocnth, Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-first, Twon- ty-second and Twenty-s intb regiments. Resignation of the Commissioner of Patents, Mr. T. U. Theaker this morning tendered bis resigna- tion of the office of Commissioner of Patents, The Reconstruction of the Southern States. The (ommittes on Reconstruction will bold a meeting @t the residence of Tha@ Stevens to-morrow morning, Great schemes are on foot to consummate the admission of the Southern States for political purposes during the approsching Presidential campaign. Nominations Con@rwed by the Senate. ‘The Senate, in executive session, to-day confirmed the fellowmg nominations: oasis Fa tanta Sites eae f 0 active list; man Bavy, on the ac 3 jer oo to be captain; Lieutenan: to be oe Lieutenant joy austin <r ry Boehting, Bowen of, 1° Island; Adam Frank, of Penneyivania, and Alfred Grif. fih, of Maryia 4, to be agmatant eargeone {0 tbe navy: First Lieutenast William J. Squires, to be captain in the Marine Corpa, and Israel H. Washburne, to be first Heutenant in the Marine Corps; William J. Chandler, to be enilector of internal revenue for the Fifth district of Migeourt. Pardon of a Forger. ‘The President to-day signed © warrant of pardon for Jeape B. Floyd, of Maine, who was convicted im May, 1868, of forgery, and sentenced to two years’ tmprison- for exercising Executive clemency ‘a tm the certificate of « physician that Fioyd \e now on the verge of insanity, and that longer confimement would result ip his death. Relief of Vessels in Distress on the Const. Orders have been issued by tho Secretary of the ‘Treasury, addressed to the commanding officers of ail United revenue vesrels stationed between East- port, Me. and the capes of Virginia, requiring them to go into wioter cruising along that portion of the Atian- tie coast. This service, Which is ordered every yoar at Vhie sepson, is for the purpose of enabling the revenue ‘vessels to afford whatever assistance is necessary in all cases of diatrens to vessela bowsd to ports in the United States approaching thocoast. Im order to afford this Assistands the revenue e@fficers Gre Instructed to carry provisions, fuel and water in #068 quantities as can be conveniently stored, They are alte instructed white eruit.ng to epenk all vessels approaching the const which whey may 8 With, and aford to thore requiring aid orreief auch aeeietance as may be adapted-to ineir condition ath! neceesities, Tue expiration of Will be on tha Jet of April ext. The underwr! the opportunity to place clothing and supplies on board, which will be disposed of ip accardauce with (heir Our Mercantile Marise, ‘The Director of tho Bureau of Statistics reports that a complete fist of the merchant vessels of the United States has been prepared under his supervision, and fs stow in presz. Each versel is mumbereé in writhmotical success! and her rig, mame, tonnage, horse power, if mers, add bome port shown, The Director also reports that the msnc- facturing returns are being rapidly recelved and com- Piled. Several thousand manofacturers bave been heard from, The returns thus far exhibit great dif. ferences from the figures in the census of 1800. Increase of Do ic Export. ‘Tho Director of the Bureau of Statistias geports thas the domestic exporta of the United States for the quar- tor closed October 2, were, in value, over $90,000,000, while for the corresponding period im 1866 they were $75,000,000-—an increase over tho same period of last year of $12,000,000, Abolition of Army Brevete, Ilearp upon good authority that the mention some days since that the Senate Military Committee will intro duce a bill to abolish all brevets conferred during the war is likely to be cartied into existence, The abuse of the conferring of brevets by a promiscuous promotion of this eharacter of those who spent their time in clerical duty tu the Departments is given as the cause, Navai Orders. Assistant Paymaster John McMahon {s detached from the Saco and ordered to settle his accounts, Acting Ag+ sistant Surgeon FE, A, Dulin has resigned, Assistant Paynaaster J. Q Barton and Acting Assistant Surgeon J, W. Bennett orderod to the Saco, Tuteresting Treasury Circula’ The Secretary of the Treasury has addrossed a ¢ircular to collectors of customs on tho Northern, Nortbeasern and Northwestern frontires as follows :— It being represented to the Department that a difer- ence in practice exists at some of the frontier ports bor- dering on Canada in relation to the assessment and col- lection of, or exemption from, duty on the importation of cattle and other live animals from Canada, which bad previously been exported from the United States there- to for the purpose of grazing or fattening, with the in- tion of returning the same to the United the fohewiog inatructions are hereby issued on th ject and will be carefully carried out by col! Such cattle or other animals, on being brought back to the United States, can only be admitted to free of duty when they returned im the same condition as when exported, a1 in the proofs of domestic origin, of exportation from of the United States, and the other proofs jul for the free entry pled mel or aigd < roger igin ant Productior ul oducer © the collector at the sa of inpettok thes Collector of Customs, therefore, on the exportation of cattle or other animals, should take and file among the records ef the Custom House a careful description of the same, so that they can be readily identified in case of their being returned to the United States. When it is found, on the importa- tion of such cattle, that their condition is changed b; fastening or other causes, duty will be assessed amd coi- lected thereon in the manner prescribed for origina! im- portations, ’ THE FORTIETH CONGRESS. SENATE. Warnmerox, D.C, Deo, 13, 1867. MEMORIALS AND PETITIONS, ‘The Cruur laid before the Senste a memoria! from the Society of Friends in relation to Indian affairs, which was referred to the Committeo on Indian Affairs, Mr, Wisow, (rep.) of Mass, presented a memorial from John Warren, an American citizen, now in a British prison, setting forth that ho was held for trial for offences committed in the city of New York; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, Also a petition in regard to the cotton tax, and another from colored soldiers, relative to bountios, which were re- ferred. Several petitions in regard to impartial suffrage wero presented by Messrs, Trumbull, Sumner, Pomeroy and Drake, and referred to the Committee.on the Judiciary. Mr. Yarus, (rep.) of IL, prosenied petitions in regard to a modification of tho revenue laws and against « reduction of the revenue, which were referred to the Committee on Finance. bn reported favorably by Mr, AsTuony, (rep.) of A bil fave by_Mr. Antuony, (rep.) ol RL, from the Committee on Printing, to print three thousand copies of the Paymaster General's report (a substitute for s former bill), was passed. ‘THR TWIN RELIC OF BARBARISM. ‘Mr. Cracw, (rep.) of N. H., from she Committee on ‘Terri without amen Tegulate the selection of grand and petit jurors of the Territory of Utah, and for other purposes, recommend- ing its passage, It provides that the militia of the Ter- ritory shall be organized and disciplined in such manner and at such times asthe Governor shall direct. Tho twelfth seotion provides that marriages in the Territories may be solemnized only by justices of the Supreme Court or by justices of the duly el and qualified in their proper towi ps or precincts, or by any priest or mi: yr of the Gospel regularly ordained and settled or established in said Territory, between ie competent to enter into the ma: contract, ygamy is expressly forbidden, and marriages within the degrees of consanguinity, within which are ibited to residents of the Territory, be incestuous and void; and such parties who imtermarry with each other, or who shall commit adultery or fornication with each other, 11 be punished by Imprisonment at bard labor in tbe Penitentiary for not more than fifteen years por less than six months. Persons who shall ‘willingly aid and assist in or be present at the ceremony or ri of Mormonism as such, kaown as sealing, or spiritual marriage, with intent to countenance, encour. 9 and give effect to the same, shall be deemed guilty of a crimé, and on conviction thereof before a court of competent jansdiction shall be punished as above, and the person or persona celebrating or solemniziag euch rite, or performing sach rite, or performing such cere- mony, snail be ished as last aforesaid, and by a fine of at least $1,000 each and imprisonment at hard labor inthe Ponitentiary for at least two years. It shall not be Jawtul for the Mormon Chercb, or its officers or members assuch to grant divorces or solemnize mar- riages, There are r provisions on this and other sunjects, SPECTR PAYMENTS, ‘The memorial from the New York Chamber of Com- Merce on the subject of je payments was ordered to be printed, on movon ur, Axtuosy, Chairman of the Committee on Printing, who stated that its impor. tance justified that course, He aiso presented a resola- tion favorably reported by that commitiee, which was adopted, to print additional copies of the report of the Comptroller of the Currency, A ralaon sented BE Ret wp) of Kane jution waa o1 7 rep. to establish # post road from Laram| a to Gal- veston, Texas, which was referred to the (ommiitee on Post Roads and Post Offices, THE GENERAL COURT MARTIAL AT WEST rorvT, = @ Mr, —— Coe < +f ero Ui games woe upon the Secretary of War for copies © proceedings: of ine General Court Martial at West Point. At the suggestion of Mr. Wilson it was laid over, THR COTTON TAX, Mr, (rep.) of Ohio, called up the bill exempt- ing cotton-growing after 1867 from taxes, He ssid the negossity of tho bill was apparent: people of the South demred toknow, before maki for next year's cfop, whether the tax would be repenied, as otherwise It would be scarcely woreh thelr while to lant, The matter ought to be decided before the hol} ie for that reason. jr. Monnitt, (rep.) of Me., thought had better bave the whole subject of taxes before Senate a Tt wi jsestion whether should not also be relieved from would le! ym tax. —_ thought the tax shoald ‘orthern men could not rem To relieve this year's crop, however, would not beneiit the jucer, as the left his bands; if i, did he would BOUNTY QURSTION, ‘Mr. Wrsow calied up the House bill to regulate Dountics, He stated the object of a proposed amend- ment to be to secure to the families of deceased soldiers the bounties to which they are entitied, Im answer to ® question from Mr. Morrill, he etaced that he did not know how much money it would take oat of the T: sury, It simply gave to their families the bounties which soldiers would have received bad they lived, After some Verbal amendments the bill was passed, THR MOL:DAY RECERS, th Mr, Doourrne, is,, moved to take up the Joint resolution to Friday, tho 20th inst., for the perpen. Daving @ reconsideraiion of the vote by job whi ¢ Senate refused to concur, He said the Senate could Se @ shorter adjournment. The mowuon a8 he Me. RICKS, (dem.) of Ind, favored an adjourn. Mr. Morrow, (rep.) of Ind., opposed it, saying there ‘i ‘work ‘betore thems vo justify an adjourn+ ment of sixteen days. Epxcnos, rep.) of Vt, bo) the former vote aula be sihered to ngs ‘Mr. Garuse, (rop,) of Towa, said it was gratifying to gee these manifestations of economy and patriotiem that eld Senators like Limseif hac heard on the part of ew Senators annually for years and bad indulged fw themeclves at fret, (Laugbter.) The tegisiation they bad participated in, such ns neotrality in the matter of Abyssinia, resolutions of censure on the Mi &e., was dou! very important, but jt would do them no barm to consult constituents at the end of Decem- “lin Eoucyys said if the Senator from lowa (Mr, Grimes) desired to go bome to goraio himeelf there that Senator was at the of which Mr. journmeot for at least (eo days, no olyect « by remaiving hore, as there was asualiy mothing done, and MORTON, SueRMaN Messrs, Davia, (dom) of Ky., ark: ard Bownnr eondnued the debate. Mz, Sheriuay r¢ it. Fesamypay mi afterwards withdrew it ee eee ‘Mr, Furuwonorsey, (rep.) of N. J., said he would oppose the amendment as Well as the resolution, as 1 rani eas aes two Fridays, Saturdays and Mondays to Bad ANTaONT Opposed the amendment gor the same reaso Mr. Draxe, (rep.) of Mo., eaid in view of the legisla- tion of your Vag Ba by old ones, he thought the old couplet that he would recite, lest he should be blamed (or names ou the floor, might soon be (Laughter,) In order that the Sena- rom lowe (Mr. Grimes) should bo en- to £, home te invigorate himself, the Senator Pennsylvania (Mr. Cameron) to visit hie doubtless numerous grandchildren, though he (Mr. Drake) had epposed the resolution, he would now vote for the longest adjournment. Laughter.) The amendment was lost, and the resolution was adopted by a vate of 24 to 19, .TH® FINANCIAL QUESTIONS, On motion of Mr, Coxserr, (rep. of Oregon, the Senate again took up the pending bill introduced by Mr. Edmunds to raise the value of legal tender notes to par, Mr, Corbett read a lengthy speech in oppasition to the bill, and closed by moving to refer it to the Com- mittee on Finance, together with the bill heretofore in- troduced by him to provide for the issue of notes to take the Ce agent jegal r, Nag yma the rerempuen specie paymen! e jon was ag! to and RXECUTIVE SESSION, The Senate then went into executive session, and s00n afterwards adjourned till Monday. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ‘Wassinaton, Dec, 13, 1867, THE QUAMERS AND THE INDIANS, Mr. Exior, (rop,) of Mass., presented the memorial of the representatives of the yearly meoting of tne reli- gious Society of Friends representing the interest that the Friends have always felt in the welfare of the In- dians, and praying that the love of peace may prevail, and that just lawa.may be passed for their protection, ‘The memorial was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, THB REWARD FOR THE CAPTURE OP JEFF DAVIS, On motion of Mr. Dricos, (rep.) of Mich., the select committee on distributing rewards to the captors of — Davis was directed to report as soon aa pos- ‘TRE SHAKERS AND THE INCOME TAX, Mr. Exprivar, (dem,) of Wis., offered a resolution directing the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to re- td what arrangement ts carried out in collecting the Income tax from the Shakers at New Lebanon; whether each male member of the community is allowed the exemption of one thousand dollars, or whether that ex- emption applies only to the community as a whole, The resolution was adopted, ‘JUDICIAL DISTRICTS IN TEXAS, Mr. Lawegsce, (rep.) of Ohio, introduced a bill to in- creage the number of judicial districts in Texas, which was referved to the Committee on Indian Affaira, AMENDMENT OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE LAW. ‘Mr. Kznrr, (dem.) of Ind., offered a resolution instruct- ing the Committee on Ways and — to inquire into ‘the expediency of amending the internal revenue law 80 as to exempt payment of the stamp duty al! official bonds executed to or for the use of religious, charitable = benevolent religious societies. resolution was jopted, PRESENTATION OF COMMUNICATIONS. The Srxaxur presented communications from the Secretary of the Interior, Attorney General and Con- greasional printer, with statements of the amount of the twenty per cent allowance made last year to their respective employés. Referred to the Committee on a. Also a letter from she clerk of the ge, stating that he had red and deposited in the House library a digested ieaex of the reports of the House committees from 3939 to the close of the last Congress, corresponding with @ similar index from the foundation of the government till 1859, for which n0 appropriation was required. GENERAL DEBATE, On motion of Mr. Faassworth the House went into Committee of the Whote on the state of the Union. Mr. Farnsworth in the chair, for genera: debate, Mr. Van Tromp, (dem.) of Ohio, spoke in condemna- tion of the late impeachment project, and was followed by Mr. Lawrencn, of Ohio, who defended it Mr. Law- rence yielded to many a that his speech was made up of questions and responses between bim- self and Messrs, Eldridge, Wilson (of Iowa), Boyer, Getz and others, Mr, Woopwanp, —_ of Pa, made a brief argument on the law of impeachment, arguing that the word * misdemeanors," as used the constitution, means neta violation of law, but misconduct in office, know- ly done to the prejudice of the public or of indi- Mr. Ganrigtn, (rep.) of Ohio, inquired whether, if the President were not defended by some law defining what constituted a misdemeanor, he was not at the mercy of two-thirds of the Senate. who might declare him gullty of a misdemeanor in office, without regard either to common law or to common sense f Mr. Woopwaap sald that every officer of the govern- ment held his office subject to the impeaching power, and remarked that there was much more danger of cor- rupt officials remaining unimpeached theo there was of men who had been faithful in office being impeached. The Committee was further add: ad'ty Me bpp ee A the ethene eee oe . ivocacy of an extension judiciary system ited States, rendered necessary by recent de- the growth of admiralty cases, and par- Of the establishment of another term eo ited States Court at New Albany, Ind., for which be had already introduced 2 bill that has bees referced to the Judiciary Committee. The House then, at balf-past tiv lock, adjourned. UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. Legal and Conventional Interest—Th = 4ract te Pay Interest as Between Citizens of Different States, John L, Croom, Plaintiff in Error, vs, Henry Shelden.— ‘Writ of error to the Circuit Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Texas, The action ts on two notes of Oroom made in May, 1856, and payable on the lst of January of the following year. Judgment below was for the plaintiff there, the defendant in error, and appeal was taken to this court on the question of interest, The statate under which the contract in the notes was made provides that the distinction between legal and conven- tional interegy shall be known and recognized; that on all written contracts ascertaining the eum due, when no specific premiam or rate of interest le expressed, in- terest shall be recorded and allowed at the rate of eight percent from and after the sum is due and payebles that the parties to any written py my may agree to fm ge for any premium or of interest not ex twelve per cent, and it eball be allowed in actions Drought to recover on such contracts. The notes in this case vided for the ‘ment of ten lated from their date to the time of tral, two years and more after they became due. The defendant excepted te the charge, and on such exception the cause now comes hi ‘the plaintiff in error recovery ere, insisting should have been for eight per cent only after the notes became due, The judge erred in instructing Lapa were to calculate interest for 0 day wey the plaintiff to of trial, Toe defendants in error contend that of Texas permits contract for any interest # Pere ffactlisds z " & i : be e oysters may indu’ iy ie (he luxury antil the fiver closes, The vo raon fearing latter event, are now bending every nerve to make jaule, Some of our readers doubtless remember these people fold oysters at five conte per and were to Gispose of them even at that figure, Thet era, bew- ever, has gone by.— Philadelphia North American, Tue Ovsren Trap or Bairmons —The export oyster trade of this city i# one of its largest industrial Interests, and by it the ¢ity 19 benefited to « degree that is ander stood by but few. The business of canning Cresnpeese Bay oysters and sending them to all parte of the Weat was inaugurated about ten years sinco, and ened for the four years it has re- N roone she sxhini 8 average o brouges to this market, Of number 2,895,000 bushels are taken in Maryland and 965,000 bushels ia Virginia waters, Next to - eos te argon, Daraber of oysters vo are . oad ‘ork, city receiving an annual 050, dushola Fair Hay 000; Phile- ‘$ 000,000 and NEWSPAPER CURRENCY. A large Mormon schoo! has been opened at Salt Lake, J. Joseph Sabrepf is on trial in Portage City, Wis, for the morder of bis father, Mra. Thornton ts ex; to revive the brilliant days $i lets Manes to Gasingion, and beaux and belles are 1, V, Bogy, #2-fudian Commissioner, ts to succeed D. 4 taiony i the eduicral Tmaaagement of the St, Louis Brigham Young has advised the bishopa and Mormon people to lay up at least from two to seven years’ sup- Piles of wheat and flour, as he expects a great famine A Obicago editor heads » leading editorial ‘Ten Hells." It probably requires about that number ip that locality to supply the demand for accommodations, Brigadier Goneral Reynolds, commanding at Austin, Texas, has issued an address preparatory to turning civilian prisoners Over to the State courts for trial, The Kochester Union, December 7, has an alarming story about rotten mutton in that region which is to be slaughtered for the New York market on a grand scale, Iti stated that the Mackay gun with a charge of twelve pounds has sent @ seventy-two pound bolt over 000 yards, 4 lump of pure gold about the sizo of a pea was re- capil taken from she crop of a chickep im Yates City, :Unols, Young Men’s Christian Association of Chicago have been sued for having built four inches of their magnificent building on the ground of an adjacent owner, ‘There are over seven hundred dwellings vacant and to let in Chicago, Moat of these are new, built for sale during the past season, but left over, and now held for rent instead, ‘The body of Fred. Wagner, of St. Clair county, Ill. missing since November 15, was found in an old weil near his house a few ago. His wife, who has ab- sconded, ta suspected of murdering bim. Mra, Storch, the mother of @ child recently killed at Indianapolis ® locomotive belonging to the Terre Haute ros convey has instituted suit against the company, claiming $7,000 damages, Acolored boy from Altona, Jil, was found dead in the outekirte of Springfield, 1U., on the 5th inst, witha bullet in bis brain, He had bad a considerable sum of money, and was robbed as well as murdered, Tho Charleston Me Congratulates the United States Senate upon their ‘improved con ce and dis- cretion’? by striking tho preax ‘Honorabie” from the Bamo of each Senator. In view of the prospective grain and pork trade the Galena Gazet’e predicts that the business of that place for December aud January will be larger than that of the corresponding months for the last ten years, A correspondent of « Savannah paper says that many of the “old famalies of Beaufort, 8. C., have returned to that town, and are in a destitute and starving condition, Governor Haight, of California, thinks that within the mem of those now living that State will have twenty million inbabitants, aud San Francisco one-tenth that number, Itis the fashion at weddings in Nevada that al! the gentiemen present kiss the bride, and all the ladies kiss the bridegroom, after which all the ladies and gentle- men kiss each other. The robbers of the Merchants’ Union Express, at Gallatin, Mo., have been caug' + Seymour, Ind Warriner, the dishonest messenger at Indtanapolis, bas pleaded guilty and bas five years in the State prison, ‘Train, inhis Music Hall speech, thanked God for the election of Dr, Shurtleff, and anon declared ‘Beacon street the nell of this country.” As Dr. 8. resides on that stroet it is fair to presume that Train regards bim as the ——!—Boston Traveller. George Gordon, convicted of the murder of Owen Thompson, at West Albany, and sentenced to Clinton prison tor aterm of sar, has been appointed opera- tor on a new telegraph liae, sixteen miles long, con- necting Clinton prison with Plattsburg, N. ¥. A Nevada sheriff, the other day, serving the bill of complaint of a husband, in a divorce case for adultery, bit upon the wrong woman and proceeded to read. The lady stood amazed till ho got to the charge of adultery, when she fired a frying pan loaded with hot fat and doughnuts at bim, and the shoriff quit tte premises, in Jeremiah Kitchen, owner of a mill at Bowl- ing Green, Ohio, Wood county, was, on the Sth, out to pieces by a circular saw and, says a Western paper, ‘“nstantly killed.” That is a queer fact for a man after he has been cut to pieces. At the breaking out of the war General He was the captain of a company in Oregon; Colonel McFeely was the first lieutenaat, and General Phil Sheridan the wecond, All three of them met on Thursday at the Tre. mont House, Chicago, for the first time since they parted company to Oregon, It ig stated in some of the papers that burglars are travell in the guise of pediars, offering for sale a paste for burnishing silver, They produce she paste and offer to polish silver ware for nothing, by which means they are enabled to know what silver is in the place they visit and where it is kept. adil old darky (n Montgomery, while watch- ing the monkeys in a in that city on Friday, thusly: ‘Dem got too much — Pe} to Hancock. The SpringGel States that spies have been sent to find out whether Genera! Grant is sible for or Bporores General Hancock's acts, but they learned nothing. It may interest lovers of oysters to know that the oyater is very tenacious of life, and is said to keep up its organization in the human stomach for a long time, An oyster's heart, it is said, beats ag en if an hour after it is swallowed, all of which it is very pieas- ant to know, - The widow of « former member of Congress, residing 1m Hallowell, Me. married her hoster, He treated her cruelly, and sbe applied fora divorce, whereupon ee Se ee jestitu Ten million dollare worth, of property including fou million bushels of grain, is ice bound on the Erie canal, and much of it perishab! ae of applica and 1 bushels potatoes are at persons. ty th ‘rankfort, frozen, and one hundred thousand busbels more are west of Utica, William Dunlop, one of the oldest and most oted citizens of Iilinois, died st Jacksonville on 80th ultimo, He bad attained the age of seventy-two. He resided in Morgan county thirty-six ye contribu. ted to the growth of the city and county very possi- ble manner. There ie s convict in the Philadelphia jail who bas deen under sentence of death sixteen years, and bas each successive year. There are se een confined for nearly or quite t whom any Governor may bang “at The Buffalo doubts tne sorrectness of thi 6 statement ines aey wi be signed this week merg- ing the Adams, Merchants’ Union, American and United ‘States Companies into @ corporation tal ere 000 008, of which ihe Adams will frothy the n10n $5,000,000 in Merchaate’ U1 Dr, Og'ivie, the author of the “Imperial ‘and other educational works of merit, has recently died fm Aberdeen, Scotland. For the past eight years he bas about fifty-five years of age and a bachelor. was & most gentleman, of polished mi ‘pers and great and varied scholarship, and universally esteemed throughout the State, where be loft many SHIPPING NEWS. PORT OF NEW YORK, DECEMBER 13, 1867. Arrivals, REPORTED BY THR AERALD STRAM YACHTS. gupuee ur, Ath eben bod pesenawe & Bere lavas von 46 1 wn u feartulty big! = ha ec "s af 0 9 crroug RW gale lasting about bul detained 34 hours dense suow storm and thick f ship passed a new topmast an Geek beams with pinnae st Steamabip Fulton, Townsend, Marre Nov 2. aod Pal. mouth 28t passengers. to the New Yo 6 experienced beary gules of ot a sehr, and with mdse and and Havre si@awship Co. Dee Rogers, iden one Davia, Providence, jhefld, Btonington. ‘Stevens, Stonington, Chase, N F Geotge Dawaing Peck, Norwaike Je Genera! Warrea, Sirah Amelia, Cooma ford, I Northport y, Johnson, Sobr Maria, Smith, Northport, i=} 5 3 Notice to Mariners. Oficial information has been recety exhibited from s lighthouse recently "arasted on the ileot - on of off the entrance of Viberg Bay, Ti ian fixed white ligt, clewated Hig eat aborb the loved sia de seen from & of the ses, and in clear weaier shoul tances of 16 mil ‘Also that fixed white lights are exhibited in Boko Ledakar end Femero, on the east coast of Sweden, “| Americas Ports. NGBARLESTON, “Deo 13—arrived, steamer Charl J Bailed—Stea Me 3 rr eS eae ea Th his Mannan, Bates Por other Shipping News see Seventh Page, MISCELLANEOU: THE FENIAN MARTYRS. ster? & 5 In the fourth number of KELLEY'S WEEKLY, ready and for sale by all newsdealors, will be found the only ful) ‘and correct account of the ARREST | | AN. S TRIAL FENIAN PRISON A report of the great dem which prominent men * OF au were engaged, and at which JOHN MITCHEL. : HON, JOHN RS ns \N MANCHESTER; ton at Cooper Institute, tm 3 | | c P. > RTIBS cK RA! & ON, EB GREELEY, GEN. 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