The New York Herald Newspaper, February 13, 1868, Page 8

HINGTON een WAS RESTORATION OF ALABAMA, gennthoe claring the State Entitled to Re- presentation in Congress. RON re Debates in Bath Houses on the Rights Qf Amerbean Citizens. —~s The Volorado APmission Bill Favorably Be- Ported in the Senate, Wasmncrow, Feb. 12, 1868, 11:80 o’Clock P. M. Yehe Restoration of Alabama. ‘The MV ilowing is avcopy ef a dill introduced m the Senate /o-day by Serpator Sherman, of Ohio, providing for the restoration yA Alabama into the Untow, It was Teferred to the Co: ¢rmittee on the Judiciary:— fiftn section of the actef ‘of the rebet Sates,” formed ment of the re! tates,” form con- stitution for ¢) jeir goverument in conformity with tl Constitution of the United States, framed by a con’ on of dolege tos elected in compliance with said and whereas ahi constitution has been ratified by majority of ghe qualified persons veting on the questi of ratificati: yp, and said constitution contains all the guarantees foquired by said act; therefore, Be it ena cted and declared by the Senate and House of Repres gniatives of the United States of America, in erro assembled, That the State of Alabama is enti- whe to ° tation if Congress, and Senators and Represe: gvatives shall be admitted therefrom on their taking t yo oath prescribed by law. The sfowing are the provisions of the fifth section ef the ect of March 2, 1867, referred to above, The bill ‘Was P smsed over the Presidents veto: — Su pron 5, That when th ead ede! Btates shall nt gover: ve formed a constitution of year previous to cept such ag may be dis- 41 Bechised for participation im the rebellion or { 'felony a common Jaw; and when such constitutions provide that the elective franchise sh yea by ail such persons as have the qualifications rein sisved for election of delegates mz aad when such tudéon 8 er y @ majori ¢ persons meo'tng en the question of atifea! ion ee are qualified as eaioctars for delegates, and when sach constitation shall Mave been submitted to Congress for examination and approval, and Congress shall have approved the same; -and Wien said State, by a vote of its Legislature elected under said constitution, shall have adopted the eamondment to the constitntion of the United States proposed by the Tbirty-ninth Congress, and known as article fourteen, and when guch article shall bavetecome a part of the constitution of who United ~ States said State, shall be declared entitled to represen- tation in Congress, and Senators and Representatives hall ko admitiod therefrom on their taking the oath prescribed by law, gud then and thereatter the preced- Ang sections inthis act shall be inoperative in said 1 ssid election, J Ow. A Bill Introduced in the Senate De- | w NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13, 1868. detention at the British office; and it ie betieved by the ‘errors of subordinates in supposing that the old rates are to be charged on printed watter to the United Siates. Who Favor the High Tax en Whiskey. ‘There are four classes of persons here who are work- ing bard to keop up the present high tax on whiskey :— Fivst—Tbe religious people, who think it immoral to make, sellor drink whiskey, aud who are anxious for the passaze of laws ag pearly probibitory as it 1s possl- ~*s te make thom, ong .. marance folks and teetotalera, who Seemnd—I00 wor ig of Whiskey stopped altogether, mapufactul Lspeisey of course, strongly oPpHHe any vetuetion of the tax. Third—The thicit distiliers, whose best interests are, subserved by baying a large corruption fund to yy, with officials, and whose stills can only b® TU, ynder the stimulus of @ high tax, FourtheA great many gfficinls anda few Congross- men, who think tb» paying attempted to collect $2 & gallon, 8 Wo"id be @ confession ot weakness and & sacrifice of dignity on she part of the government to now Teduce the tax. - Whiskey Meters. Tho Becretary of the Treasury bas constituted the Commissi¢n for the purpose of mining the different meters prosented for the uze of distilicries, which was autborized by a joint resolution of Congress suspending the Tice meter, and the members of the commission are gradually arriving in this city and bope soon to be able to commence operations, A number of meters in the han@s of their inventors are here awaiting exam- dnation. The Rumors of Gold Sales by the Treasury. Rumors have several times within the last year been m circwation to the elfect that Secretary MoCulloch had ordered the Assistant Treasurer of the United States at New York city to sell certain amounts of gold to meet the expenses of the government or to preserve an eqal- librium jn the market. These rumors generally proceed from a source sufficiently trustworthy to give them a strong semblance of truth, and they find a largo mumber of believers and sometimes have their effect upon the gold market, On Tues day leat. a report of this kind was again put forth; but it contained no more truth than its predecessors, The Secrotary of the Treasury states that the Assistant Treasurer in New York was long ago in- structed to dispose of gold whenever, in his judgment, it may be deemed necessary and judicious; put that Defore such sale ig made notice shall be given to the Secretary of the Treasury, who will, if his opinion does people of any one of the | not coincide with that of the Assistant Treasurer, forbid the sale, The Secretary never has, since the issuance of the before mentioned instructions, sent to the Aesist- order to sell gold, nor did he sena such an order on Tuesday. The Charges Against Justice Fleld. ‘Tho House Judiciary Committee will bold their next meeting on Friday and take testimony in regard to the charges against one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court. Tho Tennessee Contented Sent. ‘The Telegram says the case of Butler vs. Powell, contestants for the seat of the First Congressional dis- trict of Tennessee, was to-day completed and submitted for the action of the committee. Mr. Butler is the sit- ‘ng member. The testimony, however, elicits the fact that he was a member of the Tonneasee rebel Legisia- ture. How this will affect his chances remains to be seen. Register of the Trea: * ‘The Senate this afternoon, after discussion, confirmed the nomination of General Noab L, Jeffries, of Mary- Stato; provided, that no person excluded from the priviloge of holding office by said proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States shall be eligible * to election as a mamber of the convention to frame a ~ponstitution for any of sald rebel States, nor sball any sued person vote for members of said convention. ‘Tae Grant-Johnson Correspondence and the Reconstruction Committee. The Reconstruction Committee will hold another ameoting to-morrow and resnmo the examination con- werning the Johnson-Grant correspondence, General Grant bas not yet been eubpeenaed to appear before the vommittes, Mr. Edmunds’ Bill for Suspending the Prest. dent on the Presentation of Articles of Im- peachment. The Jadiciary Committee of the Senate have already held two meetings for the consideration of Senator Ed- ‘wunds’ Dill relating to the suspension of the President immediately on the presentation of articlos of impeach- ment A majority of the committee are decidedly opposed to the feature in Mr, Edmunds’ bill aiming at Buspending the Prendeut when a bill of impeachment % apnounced. Mr. Edmunds disclaimed in commit- toe meoting that bis bill aimed at being a portion of the land, as Register of the Treasury. Major B. B. French Appointed to a Clerkship in the Treasury Department, Major B, B. French, formerly Commissioner of Public Buildings, has been appo:nted to a fourth class clerk- ship, at a salary of $1,800, in the Treasury Department, vice Samuel McKean, the disbursing clerk of the De- partment, , > Operations of the Lighthouse Board. Tho Lighthouse Board wil! issue their list of lights on the Atlantio and Pacific coasts in: the course of a week, including from Maine to Texas on the Atlantic, and from Oregcn to California on the Pacific coast, As soon as they are issued collectors of customs and lghthouse inspectors will be supplied with copies for the benifis of mariners. The list witl embrace about three hundred and sixty lights on the Atlantic, and about twenty om the Pacific coast. Sevoral addi- tional lights have been added to the Atlantic coast since the last annual list was issued, and the Lighthouse establishment fs doing ail in its power towards re-estab- Mshing the lights which have beon destroyed. The an- nual list of lake lights bas been issued, and copies sent plan which’ bas been announced through the press for so | to the Collectors.of customs for distribution at the lake completely surrounding the Executive as to render him | Ports and tributaries, perfotly inefficacious in the government of the country and tomake Congress at opce the legislative and execu . tive power ofthe wation. Thore is little hope for Mr. Edmunds’ bill becoming law, as the committee just now Stavd four to three against its adoption, and will, to al Bppearances, remain in the same antagonistic attitude! Proposed Garrison at the ( ; i Mr. Washburne's amondment to the House Appropria- the abolition of the Capitol police and ‘the substitution in their place of soldiers from the garn- fon, gives rise to « curious speculation among the demo. crate. One of this class, who is a prominent member of the House, asserts very positively that the radicals feel @o frightened about what the President may take it in hie head to do, that to provide for emergencies they are determined to barricade the Capitol against any attempt to disperse them by armed force, and perish im their ‘Seats like Roman Senators rather than surrender. Ac- cording to this version of the radical impressions, the President is regarded as a man of desperate character, who, to accomplieh bis purposes, would resort uubositat! to any metas Bowover violent to crush his enemies and Usurp despotic power; that to mar impeachment plots, defeat aupplemental reconstruction laws, preserve thi tntegrity of the Supreme Court avd obstruct the radi. eal generally, he is prepared to order the soldi @ army to surround the Capitol, march into the) legisiative chambors, arrest Old Thad Stevens, Hon Wade and all their followers and send them, iver tagal by drum-hesd court martial, to Jericho or tho Dry Tortugas, To defeat such am unpleasant result of their patriotic deliverations the radicals propose, as the demi crats declare, to garrison the Capitol, and in Stead of the mild, end ¢lvar buttoned policemen who spend most of their time £9 social eonversaiion, seated ou camp stools, we are tb have pacing sentinels in ouartial ‘uniform armed smd Cully accoutred, Clanking sabres will ro- sound (h\ Tough the corridore, and messeges to Senators ena Rept feutatives will be conveye easy going ect of blue coated | to the chambers | of legisiat (om by spurred and booted warriors, eméiling | of gunpow nd hasty bivonacs, Jounging at eudant ab ihe door of a committee room a erin and © $0) eentinel will pace te and fro, and in- spire confdm :¢@ and security ip (be aation’s legislators, ‘The roi}-cal! oil! be made every morning ip the rotunda, eed Ge gay ratiliog of drums will, no doubt, bring a crow@ from (be remotes parte of Washington. pul up on the Capitel grounds Y commanding positions lightest symptoms je ov the Secretary of or & dozen, as the ne- exeel- War for m, deral! of consity of the case o dent quarten ¢ £01 up ocvam OnaMy in tbe House afer a fow sitorations of the ground) pias. The Capitol wil! ne doubt be a de. Lightitpl renore) fOr (he ladies when the wow vil! wecomos aw, and mil tary music (e sudsiitared for ihe hum. arom posinosegof ‘The Ad = of Colorado, The Wenste Camm'tiee on Territories 0-day made a favored! ¥ report am the Sepate bil! Jeni the State of Colorado toto the Dnion, concieding as follows :— he © been Practice of the govern: ow : Wier wichoud requiring any epeeiied amount apd ay the present population of Colorado equa! or more than many Nereto- a2 it appears that it is ehnost the opie to Le admit ander the bas expreasiy inviigd ber ‘taeome but Just a7 the the plighted faith of ihe govern. 6004 by the admivsion of the fon, which your committes usta 4 a pro at Colora Wo th mont sttould be \ Siete ingo the L wouely ppoormmene The coqumittos SPOWAN Improved condition of the Terriory, \nclading @B Increase of population since a formor vudheras vetoed OY the President, Postal Dificulties. Rince the adaption of the prosent Postel Convention with Great writen 0. sare the Telegram, complal have been made New York and Phin t0\pola go very irregulariy, Mr. leonard Myers, mow, °r of the House of Reprosenta- lives, has boen Av ostis* this matter to find out wher the fault lies, ond hay received (yom the Postmas- tor Coneral a statemorns that Aho trovblg m oaugeg by a tho Engines journals and magazines for | In place of the | Muntelpal Affaire at Washington. ‘The Telegram says that ata mecting of the Board of Common Council of this city last night a series of reso- lations denouncing tne radical scheme to govern Wash- ington by a Board of Commissioners, tpstead of extend. jug the old charter, were passed and ordered to be seat to both houses of Congress, The people here regard the whele scheme as anti-ropublican and designed to take from them all voic ision In the United States Supreme Court. The Supreme Court of the United States recently announced an opinion in a will case, where the suit was ori ‘Ny brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Marylaod. The. decree of the latter court was reversed and the case was remanded, With directions to enter a decree dismissing the bill of complaint for want of jurisdiction, without prejudice to the plaintiff to bring any suite #he may be advised in the proper court. The pent for this deck sion is, that a citizen of this District, or the citizen of a Territory, does not come under that clause of the constitution relative to the powers of the judiciary, which includes casor between Citizens of different States, while neveral of the defend- Ants concerned fu the will are residents of the District of Columbia, Associate Justices Clifford and Field and of the court, in the paper read by the first ag taken that the motion made to dismiss should be denied, for the reason that, rding to the constitution and taw of February, 1839, a suit could be brought in equity, as at commap law, and that from this citizons of the Waited States could be deburred. The Additional Bounty—Circalnr from Gen- a Brice. General Brice to-day taaued she following important cirowlar in reference to Information regarding the adui- tional army bounty :— It long since became wholly impracticabl whom in- pected, Recently ch lettera bave been daily received through members, which, to th endeavored avewer, Thi , to proportions so form! ereasingNendency, a4 to rend plication of udispeasabie th: e rule to all casos, THE FORTIETH CONGRESS. “evond Sesion.” SENATE. Wasmveroy, fea. TUR MAYY tance. from the Commitee on @ & report on the resolution in regard ds, passed in December tast. Ordered to Hee, to navy be printed. AAPTORATION OF ALABAMA, Pp.) of Obie, miredueed a bill to de. clare the Btate of Alabama enti ted to be restored to the right Of representation in Coagress. Referred to Com. mitiee 0a Judiciary. (“oe Wecvinaton despatches.) Haw YORE HARBOR, Mr. Moncam, (rep.) of N.¥., introduced @ bill to establish an exterior line in Now York harbor on boil fides of Hudeou river, weterre: Judictary, , Referred to Committes oo RATLROAD CAND ORANT MILty Mr. Conwmea, (rep.) of Cel., introduced « bill aid in the construction of a railroad from Vi omboidt Bay, In the State of Cailforaia, 0 Committee om Public Lands SORIGDICTION OF GOTERNWENT acconNTING OEricens, Mr. Wituams, (rep.) of Oregon, from the Committee o8 Yinance, reported # joint resolution declaring the moawing of the law reiaiive to the gottlement of ac. counts and dofain he jeriediction of accounting of- jcors, aud ropurt Tecummeuded the passage sulvable bill, ra Tee COLORADO, Mr, Yorn, (rep jo f1., from the Committee on Torri- to grant allajo to Referred to tories, reperted a bul to admit the State of Colorado into the Uniowt, the tNird seetion of whicd declares th thie act shall effet with the fundamental and per. petual condi that W)ibia 1® Stele ef Golorade the Chief Justice dissented from the opieion of the | there shall be no al gemine ae denial of the exercise of the elective franc 6 Huck equality of rights now in f cl now in force in the Territory of Colorado, shai be or wet aside, anything in the constitution or laws of said State to the contrary potwithstandiog; the right te require and enforce a compliance with and obedience to the same be and hereby 1s expressly reserved tothe enor of the United Sates of America; the time for holding the elect. for mewbers of the and for State om to bé not later than sirly, das from, the | passage of thts bill, and the time for meeti! ; Legislature not more than thisty days afiher r NOB aguime or Tun HEIe® ~~ Moshi Wk _~ ue GENERAL RICHARDSON. ba vt Mr, Howz, (rep.) of Wis., the Senate <v® wp the Dill mn yesterday for the relief of the irs of Major General J, B, yo, appropriatiog 100 on account of horses stolen from him by the indians in 1852, Alter discussion by Messrs. Howe, Hartan, Fessenden and others as to the t Involv Conness offered an amendment doeclari that the bill sball not be construed as a precedent in future claims of the same nature, on which considerable discussion ensued, uatil the morning hour expired, when, on motion of Mr, Conness, the special order was post- poned for ten minutes, and the amendment was voted down and the bit! passed 31 to 14, ‘THE CASE OF SENATOR THOMAS, OF MARYLAND. By permission of Mr, Davis, who had the floor on the Supplementary bill, Mr. Jonxson, (dem.) of Md., moved to take up the case of ir. Thomas, of Maryland. Mr. SoMNER, (rep.) of Mass,, opposed the motion, say- ing he had intended 1o address the Senate on the sub- Ject, and had not expected the resolution would be called Up during the debate on reconstruction. Mr Suzrmaw suggested that the resolution be disposed and that then the Senate go Inio Executive session. =% motion of Mr. Johnson was ado; ‘THR BIBCTMENT OF 4 COLORED LADY FROM THE CARS, By cousent of Mr. Jonnson Mr. Mornin, rep.) of ‘Me., called up the resolution calling foran inquiry into the forcibie ejectment of an employs of the Senate from the cars of the Alexandria and Georgetown Rail- ‘Mr. Sumver read a statement from a Washington newspaper in regard to the occurret ‘and said he had seen the surgeon who attended the person, who described the condition of the female attendant of the ladies’ gallery as very serious. He agreéd with the newspaper am characterizing the outs ‘a6 dastardly, and said the question was whether it sboula be allowed to without some endeavor to reach the offender, which was the railroad company, unless the act of its agent bee Suareed e ne ir. MoRRILL—And proper reparation made. roveeded to aay tha 19 courts were too slow for justice in such a case, He also called attention 10 an occurrence on the railroad from Washingtou to Baltimore, where ap employé ot the other House (Mr. Downing, the restaurant keoper,) with bis family been maltreated in defiance of the principies underlying the Civil Rights bil He trusted that the Cominittee on the District of Columbia would provide a remedy for this state of things. ‘Mr. Conness sympathized with the statement made by the Senator, and was ready to go as far ashe or any other Senator ipecnes ‘end to this system of cow- ardly treatment of unoffending persons in public con- Veyances, Bui I would remind the Senator that this is not the only class of outrages that deserve immediate attention at our hands and at the hands of the bonorabie Senator. it is pow nearly four weeks since the outra- geous arrests of citizens of the United States for words spoken and acts dove in the United States has taken ~~ im the serritory of Great Britain, Those citizens ve been incarcerated in dungeons, they have been tried and convicted, in many instances, I have no doubt, by juries selected for their conviction, and they havo been sent to the hulke, Mr. Davis, (dem.) of Ky., inquired whether the out- Tages were against blacks or whites, (Laughter.) Mr. Cones said he was not faformed, but whether black or white it was an outrage agalust ‘the American mame and nation. M proceeded, saying thet if the chivalrous Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Davis) ‘and those who acted with him politically would join them Opon the general proposition of freedom and pro- tection to all, discord Would cease in this nation to-day. He (Mr. GConness) was in earnest upon this subject. When it was before the Senate on a previous oocasion the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs bad spoken as an American Senator should speak; but that ator was then remindea that it was not well that there shouid be any deiay in the expression of the opin- jon that should go out {rom an American Senate when citizens were doprived of thew liberty aud outraged for tpelexoreen of their convictions im favor of human ty. Mr, Suuxnn—Is the Senator aware of any delay? hr. Connnss said he waa aware of one month’s delay, during which no word had been uttered by this Senate or its legitimate mouthpiece, the chairman of the Com- nuttce on Foreign Affairs, on this question, They had been told that the Executive and Stato Departments wore considering this case, How? By sending to England and Irelaud for copics of indictment, But when arrests, not of British subjects, bat arrests offen- sive to Great Britain, were made, did she send back to ask the reasons of those arrests or give us an opporta nity to state the case? No, But the demand for the release of the prisoners was simultancous with the transportation of @ few contemptible British regiments, British power significantly reaching across: the Atlantic and demanding with Vbreats thor immediate release.‘ True, this unmitigated insolence towards the nation was at a time when, perhaps, discretion was the better part of valor, But that exigency no longer remained, and it should bo regarded as tho crime of crimes agaiust this nation to puta forcible hand upon an American citizen unless he were engaged in stirring up sedition or committing other offences against the local laws of the nation in which he pened tobe, Ho was glad that Senator and others had rushed forward to defend an un) ed female against this i ous Outrage; but han band with thie should go an yoy of opinion tha. Woult make the Prem! of Great Britain understand that there was a power here that would be exercised in defence of ational rights and national pride. silence at times becomes men, and in- dicates strength snd power, but only when they are getting ready for # struggle, He was glad to see that the representative of that goverument had arrived ere, and he trusted that every means would be adopted at once by both the Executive and Logislative Depart. meats to put an end to these offences. He was for eqnai provection to all, and he was glad that the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Davis) had expressed the samo opinion. If that Senator did bis character the justice to which it was really entitled he would ba on ir side, real mens | for all, he would not follow the Senator in to this debate, which was simply ab inquiry into an outrage within sight of this Capitol, in which feliow citizens and immediate neigh- bora were in question Ho understand the sena- tor to object to that inquiry. Mr, Corwems—Not at all. Mr. Sumner—‘‘Not at ail,” he gays, T am glad of it. We want his-assistance to crash oat this outrage, Mr. Coxxras—You have always bad it, Mr. Suwvgr— fhe Sehator says we hav Very well. We always want it; but no comes forward to erraign the committee with which I am associated for a case of supposed indifierenee or in- attention towards @ matter now ponding. the Senator kuow of any tuatiention on the part of that committee? He says the committee has not reported, Very well; the subject, he kaows, is very important, many sided, requiring Fesearch wud investigation—I borrow the word from the Senator. He says ‘Let those cases ba investigated.’’ Very woll, sir, that is the very (hing that is being done, without ove day's delay, After the resolution passed the Seuate I put myself in communication with the Mate Department in order to begia that very investieation, More than that, I also addressed the Secretary with * rogurd to it, and bis report on this subject is at this moment preparing. It will bo found to be | very voluminous, and it will show constant | activity om the part of thie government on the | subject of the rights of the citizens of this government, Whether naturalized or native bora. I believe that the Senator from California, naless I ain misig formed, will De satisfied with the conduct of our goveroment in re- | gard to these cases; bot (he report has not yet beon re- | coived. Dir, Sumner weug on tw say that the Secret | of State bad informed him tast Saturday that the cor- entailed on the department on this subject " atensiv@, he had not clerical force enough \o copy Live papers for ihe use of Cougress tn order 40 | furnial the report with nce, He re- toa was proceeding so far as Seuator that it would be car- did not know that that Senator ities im regard to the rights of d oF ative bora, sayivg that other Senators uta of Amert. matter would be fully con- joubtiess it would be by of State, lt was too important a question, however, to upon witheus consideration, They could not precipitate a report, mot a whit; they must wait tho result of tho very Investiga- Seuator from California had spoken of, been wrougod abroad, he con across land and water jot fall to reach down to can and towiy that are at our feet and lift thom q . Mr, Davis, after some remarks about the capacity of | tbe negro tor civiligatipa and citisenship, Cully 00 red im the remarks of the Seuntor from Califorala ‘The government of the Usited States faliest right of expatriation Coxsass gait that Great Britain should be made le tbat the American government was not merely on the subject, She leorstand that if sho did not make proper reparation American flag, w' the Cross was engaged in trampiin t Conners). ou the Crescent, wou! pry mine Lo + ad 0 al Scotia, cou je thet the era we live in. pegs: Mr. ¥, the Senator from Kentucky and hit ven appreciate the reminded. then that ia th citizons—-Engiish, Trish, Spaniards groes—-by the Deciaration of America Inde- peo: Upon that doctrine the rapublicaa party ad the sooner learned it the better, from cis \tmo, by Congressional t black, wou! corded by his vote at the polls as a free imenion a zon. He referred to the Kozsta cave as instance whore the oame of ao American citiz ad been a talisman to protect every adopted citizen, Were hi M@uber of the Committee on the District of Cali be "would indict as @ duisance at Ubrough the District uniees it ha free country we are ali citizens, rights and the same protectio if, DRAKR, (tep.) of Mo., stop to these outrages at once, No one could be quaimted with the victim-of this outrage wi impressed with ber superior character the appearapoe of a negro than many wi beat Lp y 4 fo Washington. He narrated stances of the occurronce up to the time wi assailed with the intimation that they Good wipgers to ride iw (heve ear’, aayhow. in favor of I beari | CMNER Froduced a communication from the sec. road company stating that ite Le Tooelver, to whom the rece _ aw, A savowed apy respon- iuat receiver was appointed by Judge The, rebel, of Alexandria, Va. The letter reiter’1q the cir: cumstances attending the outrage, 204 414 that but for the facts stated the stockbolders “ould eject the rebel scoundrels from their places, Mr. Draxe suppe-ca the woman could not get damages from any one bus the receiver. ‘Mr. Suan sald he would hold every one connected Tesponsibie, : )of N. H., said the receiver was no rebel scoundrel, aloyal man and a friend of his (Mr, Cragin), aud he had asked for an investigation, e acts Were done out of his jurisdiction—in Alexan- dria. Mr, Fowzen, (rep.) Tenn., thought the Committee on tee Raita of Cat would do full justice to the quest; Mr. Jonxsoy hoped the facts were not true, If they were there should be some remedy peeriaes. if any Such caso as the Senator from Massachusetts bad alluded to bad occurred on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail- road he had not beard of it, and he had no objection to 4 a Pg ane hay Marjan of the resolution jn regard to Mr. Thomas, o! Mr. Hantax, (rep.) of Iowa, moved te amend the resolution by refarring the matter to the Committee on the Judiciary instead of the Commitiee on the Dis- trict of Columbia, After further discussion between Mi Hendricks and Cameron as to the roferoi lution, the amendment to refer it tothe Judiciary Com- mittoe was lost, and the resolution was adopted, PROMULGATION OF THE Laws. On motion of Mr. Axrsonr, ( of R, L, the bill to id the United iP. passed, with an amendment by the Commiftee on Printing, ex empting from postage letters and documents sent to and from the Congressional priater on public business. THE CASE OF SENATOR THOMAS FOSTFONED CNTIL TO- A ue (Mr, Thomas) was made the special order for the mora- ing hour to-morrow, INTGRNAL REVENUE COLLECTORS AND ASSESSORS, Mr. Parrenson, (rep.) of N. H., offered a resolution calling upom the Secretary of the Treasury for copies of all comsounications to bim from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue iu re tothe removal or appoint ment of assessors or collectors since Juue, 1867, with the action, if any, taken thereon. Adopted, EXECUTIVE SESSION, ‘The Senate then went into executive session at three o’clock, and soon after, on motion of Mr. Sherman, ad- journed, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wasmincton, Feb. 12, 1868. THR INCOME Tax. Mr, Stewanr, (dom.) of N. Y., introduced the petition of Augustus Schell and other citizens of New York for the repeal of the tax on incomes. Referred to the Commit- tee on Ways and Means, PREVENTION OF “FORKIGN CONVICTS BEING SENT TO HR bos UNITED STATES, ‘Mr. Wusow, (rep.) of Iowa, presented a vill for the surrender of persons convicted of certain crimes, Re- ferred to the Judiciary Commitiee, The bil! enacts that no person who may have been duly convicted and ad- judged guilty of murder, piracy, assassination, arson, robbery or forgery, and where conviction bas pot been reversed, shail be allowed to enter or remain in the United ptates; and it authorizes the President, upon the production of satisfactory proof &@ person #0 Con- victed of either of such crimes has red or is about to enter the United States, to cause him to be sent back to the country from whence he cane or in which he may have been 30 convicted. The bill has beem drafted by the tary of State, THR PRNSION BUREAU. Mr. Vaw ArRwaM, (rep.) of N. Ys, offered a resolution instructing the Commlitee om Invalid Pensions to in- quire whether the Pension Bureau cannot be reorganized a0 as to promote the efficicucy amd economy of its ad- ministration, Adopted, EXFENBION OF THK JURISDICTION OF THR DISTRICT COURT. Mr, Humpurgy, (dem.) of N, Y., introduced a bill to amond the act of February 26, 1845, extending the juris- diction of the United States District Courts to certain cages on the Lakes, Referred to the Judiciary Com- mitiee, : BUFFALO HARBOR, Mr. Homrurer presented resolutions of the Buffalo Common Council askwwg appropriations sufficient to complete the harbor improvements there on the plau recommended by the United States Engineer Depart- ment, Referred to the Committee on Commerce, ~ RIGHTS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS ABROAD, ‘The bill reported from the Commitee on Foreiga Affaim concerning the rights of American citizens in foreign States came up as the business of the morning hour, and a desultory discussion arose as to the question of closing the debaie and of disposing of the various amendments that bave been already su; Mr. Banas, (rep.) of Mass., declared bimeelf unaltera- bly opposed’ to incorporating im the Statutes of the United. States the ollensive English principle that the Legulature can con(er or withhold the power of oxpatri- ation, That was the doctrine of Lord Palmerston’s de- spatch to Mr. Bancrots in 1849 or fu 1950. At length, Mr. Bangs, having allowed the amendments of Messrs, Buller, Spalding and Boyer to be offered, moved the previous question, the eflect of which would be to cat off all further amendments, The House by a decid vious questi» his amendment, by bod rights of expatriation aud of naturalization are de- clare: the United States, and directing the Exeoutive to insist on tho recognition of sach rights by the goveroments of Mr. Jupp, (top.) of Tii., offered his amendment as in- dicated at the close of his speech last Weduesday, Mr. BuTLER, (rep.) of Mass., offered an amondment as a substitute for Mr. Jenckes’ amendment, It was ordered to be printed, but was not read. Mr, Pavrs, (dem.) of N. Y., offered an amendment to Mr, Jeackes’ amendment in the way of an additional proviso, Mr, Woopnnrnas, ( ) of Vt, closed up the morning hour by a apecch ‘im favor of the principles of the bill, ‘The morning hour having expired the bill went over till to-morrow in the morning hour, and al! the amend- ments were ordered to be printed, Mr. Hatser presented the resolutions of the Friendly Sons of Ireland, of Jersey City and New York¢ in refer- ‘ence to the protection of adopted citizeua. Referred to the Committee on Fore Allaire, THR EXBCUTIVS, LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL APPROPRIATION BId., The House then, at a quarter-past ono o'clock, went into Committee of Whole on the of the Union, Mr. Wilson, of lowa, ja the chair, and resumed the consideration of the Legisiative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill, Mr. Donxe (rep.) of Min,, moved to amend the Dill by Inserting items for the Department of Edueation to the amount of $11,500, Ho made an argument in support of thé amendment showing the importance of the department, end that if no appropriations were made for the purpose it would work 8 repeal of the act constituting it, He nndorstood that the reason for omit- ting appropriations for it was that there was some dis- ‘action with the gentleman who had been appointed Commissioner. Mr. Prevx supported the amendment and spoke in high terms of Mr, Banvard, the Commissioner. Air, Wasaurane, (rep.) of Iil,, admitted that the object of the Committee on Appropriations im omitting items for the Departmout of Education was that it might work a repeal of the act constituting it, The geutie- man at the head of it had aot spent two montha out of twelve in the city of Washington, and thou bad kept his office over @ restaurant, Mr Sratorc, (rep,) of Ohio, exprecsod bis regrot that the acting chairman of the Committee on Appropriations had feit called upow to reticcs on the character of the com minsioner, Nr. Wasnnunsw disclaimed doing so. Mr. Sratvine referred to the remark about his doing Dasiuess over # restaurant, Mr, Wasauvase did not know that that was any great objection, for the House of Representatives did business over a restaurant. (Langhtor.) Mr, Woon, (dem.) of N. ¥, said be would very eheor- fully vote against the amendment if the effect of omt- ng the appropriation would be to abolish the Dopart- mont of Education, He bad nothing to say against the ho filed the office of commitsioner; but he the consiiiution for the es- ment, and he feared that m4 eopartmont iteeif would fall into ioproper bands ‘ani be used for improper Rarpeces. Mr. Ganriatn (rep.) of Onto, deciiaing to go into the question of (he constitutionality of the law to organize the Department of Education, said that that law had the Heuse by am almost party vote, eve be tutional gentioman Itke the gentleman from New York (Mr, Wood) voting against it, and tho mi ity party in House voting almost unanimously for it, while in i tho Sonate it had passed withor yong and Rays, Mr, Wasaavann argued ested amendm: said that if the Departinent of wore it would require appropriations for the beth ag to the amount of $30, and it would soon grow to $100,000, Mr, Ganviatv, who was the author of the bill creatia the Department of Edacation, ald that no single act ‘ot the last Congress bad been more favorably commented upon by the civilized world than that act. One of the leading members of the House of Lords had moved last December that» Department of Kducation be created in Groat Britain, and bad made @ mort elaborate and a Speech on the subject, and that bill wae now pending bearing. Without diapo: of the amendmost the committee Mt balf-past four o'clock rose and the House adjoerned, tabiishmont of any such de PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. List of Americans registerod in Parts for the week Jannary 30, 1863:—From New York—Mr. W. B. nd lady, Mr. and Mra. D. G, Ray. Newark—Mr, E, W. McClave, Mr, M. J, MoCiave, Buffalo ‘iiiams, Boston—Mr. J. F. Kansas—Mr. \ ©, Burchard, J. W. Crame, Mr, be and to have been part of the puviic law of” UROPE. Prussian Fortifications On and ear the Rhine. RUSSIAN ADVOCACY The Freno>, Transatiantio Mail Steamship Company's Steamship Saint Laurent, Captain Bocande, which left Brest om Saturday, the let of February, at three o'clock im the afternoon, arrived at this port at an early hour yeateriay afternoon, with one hundred and forty-seven Passengers and a valuable cargo, The Saint Laureat experienced very stormy westerly gales during the entire passage, By the Saint Lauront we have a mail report in detai) of our cable despatches as tate as the newspaper advices on board the Cunard steamship Palmyra, due here from Queenstown, Captain Bocandie having attended to the immediate delivery of our files, ‘Tho Roven (France) jouraals ate filled with praises of the manner in which Mile, Adelitia Patt! played ‘‘Lucia’’ im the theatre of that town, January 28, Nothing, they declare, could be finer than her performance, both for acting and singing. M. Auber attained his eighty-seventh year January 20. General Mellinet, to do honor to the cemposer, brought the band of the National Guard of Paris to give bim ap aubade, and the veteran musician came down end warmly thanked the General, The pieces played were the overture of ‘La Muette”’ and a march composed by M. Auber when only fourteen years of aga, During the legislative debate on the French Army bill, Vico Admiral Count Bouet-Villaumes said:2-The sword will always be the ultima ratio of nations as well as kings, so long a8 the partizans of peace cannot rob man of bis passions and of his desire to deprive others of their possessions. The bill before us is the sword of France, and it is fully equal to the necessities of the time, The former legislation has given us armies inade- quate to fight on two frontiers at the same time; but the new Jaw will not only lewgtben the sword of France; it ‘will strengthen ber trident, which was necessary.’’ RUSSIA. SPECIAL MAIL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. ‘The Great Railread Loan—Naturalization in 81. Pererssono, Jan. 28, 1968. It ia oMelally announced that the general bond of the issue of the remaining £2,500,000 of the Orel Vitebsk Railway Loan of £4,500,000 has been signed by the company and the imporial government and transmitted to Movers. Thomson, Bonar & Co,, in‘London. A decree published to-day orders that the naturaliza- tion laws hitherto valid in Poland, shall be superseded by the Russian laws on the subject. Tho Governor of Poland has arrived here. OF PEACE. The Public Voice for Pence. Sr. Persrssuna, Jan. 25, 1868. All to-day's papors contain articles extremoly favor- able tothe maintemance of peace. The Borsen Zeitung appeals to the Russian government as a strong military Power to take the initiative of a general disarmament, AUSTRIA. SPECIAL MAIL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. Military Reform—Royal Compliment to Italy. Vienna, Jan. 23—Evening. A special commission will meet noxt week under the presidency of the Minister of War to discuss reforms of the military organization. The members of the com- mission are Lieutenant Field Marshals Ramming, Har- burg, Saint Quentin, Gablenz, Philippovich, Marotrich and Moring. The Italian General Mezyocapo has received the Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold. i HUNGARY. SPECIAL MAIL TELEGRAM TO THE WERALO, Cenelilintory Advances from Creatin. ‘Anam, Jan. 28—Evening. ‘The Croatian Diet bas docided upon sending « deputa- tion to Peath for the purpose of coming to an agreement with Hungary. TURKEY. SPECIAL MAIL TELEGRAMS TO THE HERALO. War Venssols for Crete—A Samiote Deputation. ConsTantinoria, Jan. 28, 1668, Last week two Turkish frigates left for Crete with fresh troops and stores, Om board one of tho frigates was an aide-de-camp of the Sulla, the bearer of the firman granting the recent concessions. ‘The Prince of Samos has arrived here with some Sanatote deputies on business of the principality. A Russo-German Envoy Expected—Religious Fenet—Roports from Crete. Constaytinorix, Jan. 27, 1468. General Ignatieff, the Russian Minister, is positively ‘expected back in four weeks’ time, pazsing probably through Berlin, The Grand Vizier is still expected from Crete soon. ‘The feast of the Bairam commenced yesterday with the usual solemni' ‘The Levant Herald publishes nows from Crete of the 14th inst., reporting some trifling skirmishes without important results, THE BOWERY ROBBERY. Wondertal Machi ‘ en. Yesterday afternoon, at the trial meeting of the Police Board—Mr. Acton in the excoriator’s chair—Mr. Pos- ner, whose place w: and $2,500 in money a few nights ago, was examined aa to what he knew about the aduir, His statement will be found of excoeding interest, showing that like those of a gentleman with a very horny head, the circumvon- tions of the thieving fraternity are not to be despised, He said :— On the ning of the robbery { lett the store about half-past nine o'clock and returned about hall-past eleven o'clock. Mr, Acton—Where did you go? Tell the whole story. Iwont next door, to theGotham, You know after business hours I generally go in there to have a little recreation, Along time ago a man was introduced to me asa Mr, Martin, a profossor of music, from Canada, The geutieman who introdacea me to him was at the ui siranger acd was know! afterwards by the name of Mr, ¥pence, tor aad Martin was oa friend of his, 4 that he himself was 8 commissioner to the Paris Exposition and also superintegdent of §, uewly laveated battory at Newark. [t took Mr. ce two or three months to get acquainted. with . Sometimes he would sit at my tabie, at my restaurant, and talk about the Paris Ls ition; he was a good talker me WJ fo wel \t it a lady present, & diamond ol voter “What about a ich good company | in tho resiaurant on Now Year’ be thers but Mr. To th Which ensued between sot of corals. We wont thon over to the tore, aad I banded him &@ set, telling him §8 was the price for them and He took out of hie pocket & sort of railroad coupon for something like $150, |. Now, hore, I don't want you to trast me; | the chenge jut me just mOW, 80 keep that as rity Wil 1 gee vou again,” Atold him security wos robbed of $8,000 worth of jewetry | as I did'nt care who I trusted $9, After fear's | mse him about ten days. One after- noon, Sameer, Mr. Martia—and he was sont 3 know, gentiomaniy, you io. Tid him “Wat has beroine of our fread spence?” ! he owes vou $9, I beliove,”” he ropli “Oh, makes no Trepliod, ‘He's over seeing ot Newark,” said Martia. I said “AN reght.”” bad drivks, Tne following week Would be avound the neat rte (rt had several yeu get aon bs he, “Won't they don’t me HE t to him, “Let’s go inte the drink.” Isat down, and we cards; be Jost, but v grinks, you Know, | Wednesday mat Ou ‘and bat down in the porto ee ei be’ & game o ry 4 minute, He returned in = g 4 = “88 yas e my piace before he wanted me to “3 it ad noticed after cod ano in rward, he could, by looking in the look! T lost two or three times, and 80 did eleven I went out, aod on the lock would not work. I tried to I then went to the safe | Sergi Hin 3 tt sit t i i it & Hi 5 f et been hendod, Tbis y apprehended, by those who Leow of what they as one of the *‘neatest” on record, ALLEGED HOMICIDE IN BROOKLYN, t ( Inquest Before Coroner Smith and a Jury. An inquest was commenced yesterday afternoon, be- fore Coroner Smith, of Brooklyn, and a jury, touching the circumstances attending tbe injuries which resulted io the death of the late Henry Conklin. The facts, ax far as can be ascertainod, indicated that the deceased, who was acarpenter by ogupation, respectably com- nected and about seventy years of age, was pursuing. bis trade at work in a new building on Warren street, near Ne ‘and on the 7th of 8e ber last, while ve . subseq lying very low, the deceased sent for the Coroner and made an ante-mortem statement, in which be oy one Peter Conners (a person whom he asserted he bad never seen before) with having committed the assault in question, On these representations Conners was ar- rested and held in custody {or soveral weeks, when the {injured man apppared to rally from the se of the Diow and he was released from confinement. But though the ol rallied at intervals and recovered from his wnted stupor, little hopes were enteriained of his re- covery, and last week he sunk gradually, breathing his last on Sunday evening, The accused wan again taken into cemony to avide by the result of the "e jt mortem examination of the body made by Dr. Shepard showed that there was a deep seated abscess in the brajn,gand that the skull was badly fractured aw with a stroke from some heavy weight. Indeed, the surgeons agree that the deceased exhibited a most won- dertul degree of vitality, as he bad lingered for five months under such a severe fracture as the general char- acter of the wound displayed. Soveral witnesses were examined yesterday, when the case was adjourned antil Tuesday next. US. (PHS EVENING TELEGRAM HAS THE LARGEST clroulation of apy afternoon paper tn the city. It la, therefore, the most desirable medium for advertisers, A BRUTE WIL! 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