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TRALD, SUNDAY, MARUH 15, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET. 3 Mr. Borer—I m mosfly currency value United carried that internal revenue were sed, placing them ost leman that WASH | NGTON in American eee ‘ator | sai Te rleued patent ot “te idomanes Srthe fame footing ts fice af the customs the same efor. to int _ io THE ERIE CITADEL. a values, in a lls ‘means the government w have fired. tab that Dl should. pasa. On “my” motion Progress of the Sick Bi City>Ne , $u10ves5, 418; carried in forelgn vessels, #176,110,314 J to opecto payments and thst would involve | if waa taxen from tho Speacer’s table, 1 ex- | Mr. HOLMAN sald that he had objected fo @e wa Bab: Ag sree a fo taken up at the time, but Surrender—Anothe? ; Alleged Attempt to Defraud the Government. Bracteay acta te etary, oho, banks, 1 peck af. Bene Fa ee P ? Ee TI was enna F755 be Se seatiemen re Daniel Peer yu eee wi amendmen: Stick” to amore and reyes gentleman from Iowa, and perceived it was orfes Daniel Heclag wire tha fd toeoarclr a | gore the yo be Snow act. | 20 we acne mi ee futile. Eight millions of dollars is a héndsome sum for a Adjutant General Thomas Before | ‘s'e*7*terday anernoonat te Paymaster General's the Impeachm Manage! prevent the payment of the money. A genteel look- ent hed ing young man appeared at the office of Colonel J. B. M. Potter, paymaster, and presented pay accounts purporting to be those of Lieutenant He Still Refuses to Recognize Stanton | Cris. Twenty-arn United States infantry. On inspection of the accounts one of the duplicates represented Lieutenant Craig as in the Thirty-eighth as Secretary of War. Retr Tie ciate eet cea eee J : Q: 5 E F i E Hampshi few men to subsist upon, and none but a fool ; the ust bee gentlemen on the other side were | suppose that the little garrison thus supplied can be begin there. I stated fully that its nature and jurried and excit aes they were not as austute and | starved out without stretching the imagination be- haracter. And in my statement 2 del trans} ai to bi ily ‘and, under the mist and clonds | Youd the lifetime of the principal contestants in this nee gocia wie ee waconce. ot ae 7 “oe ~y ae wre dampening Sar ca struggle, The announcement in the HERALD yeater- from the for consideration, and was made the | nary ardor and covering them as a wel et, th es had become entrenched in Jerse; subject of action. Thus far, then, the gentleman and they, were not awake to observe any legislation which peniguat nappies pape . PRACTICR OF THE RADICALS, Mr. BoveR, (dem.) of Pa., called the attention of ined mistake use, part coun! What next?’ Unanimous consent hav- | might be going on, and which they nilght think de- | City within @ stone's throw of the ferry slip was the SERionah We SepaaND et mena at | thoae in witcha most importantmeasare Nad passed | Ing boon given for the consideration of the Dil pend: | trigtental fo some interest of which they think them- | frst intimation to the mass of the people that the the Adjutant General’s office, and offered to go and through the House on Thursday last, solely, he said, | ing its consideration thus Brough before the Hou selves the defenders, and they have sought this occa- | situation had come to a crisis. Law suits are no Ap’ rehended Political Disturb- have it corrected. One of the clerks having his sus- | because it was int: in a manner calculated to | the Chairman of the Judi mmittee asks me it sion, through the gentleman from Pennsylvania, to Soke, remarked the wiseacresiof the crowd, bat hese P Picion that all was not correct, stated that he | ‘¢celve and to lull suspicion. He pi ed to read | I will yield for the purpose of enabling him to intro- | apologize to their constituents for having to be ” © | trom the Glove the re] pening duce an amendment—not a very unusual | looki out for what might possibly come | we have the cute detectives completely outwitted, ances in Tennessee. would set tt all right in a moment if he would nection with the eaeton of an amend: toa bill, in Pl any case where a bill ts] from side of the House or from &ny | “an. ories another, “I often sald that Drew was under consideration. What is the character | direction. As I do not happen to be in that | pluck tothe backbone, and Vanderbilt has met his of the amendment? One which the gentleman say condition myself, I will occupy the attention of the | match. Take my word, my friends, Greek now meets takes away the jurisdictfon of the Supreme Court in | House no further. I have no apol to offer to Greek, and the man that now attempts to bogs in the McCardle case and in like cases; and he says they | constituents. I will go home and tell them what Wall street will find that two can play at that game.’ take @ seat. The clerk then hurried to the War Department, where he found that the claimant was an old offender whom the Prompt Action of General Grant for tho Pro- | Department had deen in search of for some time, one which amendment deprives the Supreme Court of its Jurisdiction. Mr. MaYNarp called attention to the fact that Mr. Schenck, who had taken a principal part in those proceedings, was absent, ap th ay as wir nae ene Cran 4d tab (re have bad to the aon ane to eee een AB bay ran the conversation, ae deeseminen, amt Hew : ; forgeries of the names of prominent officers in + BOYER could not help that; and he proceed rr. Boy: | not say e away the | soon as the member from lowa o mend- | Yorkers crowded around ‘Taylor’s Hotel wh it . oe with quotations from the Globe, (While he was | jurisdiction of the Supreme Court ment and T heard { distinctly read I thought! ag much interest ‘as though’ another. Chancel- tection of the State Authorities the War Department having been traced to him, ‘The | speaxihy Mr: Sehenck entered tho Naitand took his | "Mr. ScuuNcK—What then? It provided. fora contingency which ought to be | joraville, was being fought.” Couriers were. My- clerk returned and sent the accounts to the Pay- | seat.) Mr. Boyer went on to say that the object of Mr. BoysR—But that it was intended to take away | provided for—the repeal of a law which was likely to | ing between Wall street and the ‘camp’? master General, to ascertain if Lieutenant Craig | the amendment offered by the gentleman from lowa | that Jurisdiction. lead to mischief by a usurpation of jurisdiction under | every hour during the day, and the result of ba Wiison), and adopted, was to deprive the Supreme ourt of jurisdiction in the M le case. Jt was very obvious, he said, that the object of the gentleman from Towa was the repeal of the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in such cases, and it was intended doubtless to operate on the very case which now is ponding, before the Supreme Court, because it refers terms to the past as well astothefuture. The House, and particularly the minority, was disarmed by the remarks which prefaced the Introduction of the amendment. The House was told by the gentle- man from Ohio (Mr. Bonen) that there could be no possible objection to the bill, and the House was asked as a matter of courtesy to allow it to be passed at that time without an explanation; that the gentle- man from Ohio would accept as an amendment to the bill that which was not germane tot! sobiech which matter related entirely to a different thing, and which the gentleman must have known. If he had under- stood the nature of the amendment it would never have been suffered to pass without objection; if its real character had been Sxpialnes, or, if the House had not been disarmed by the remarks of the gentle- man from Ohio, that {twas a matter which reiated entirely to sree to the Supreme Court on the cases of revenuegollectors, and that it was not intended for any other purpose. ah . BLAINE, (rep.) of Me.—Was the gentleman from Pennsylvania in bis seat when the amendment was offered? Mr. BoyER—I was in my seat. Mr. BLAINE—If the anrendment was not’germane, aay i not the gentleman from Pennsylvania object Mr. Boyer—Because I did not expect from what Pang et that any amendment which would not be in order, and which would be entirely different from the spirit and meaning of the bill itself, would come from such a source as the honorable Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, who enjoys toa very high de- gree the respect of thisHouse, as well of the minority Mr. SCHENCK—Very well. The gentleman con- | it—and I was glad that the majority of the House, | General Diven casein the Supreme Court was eagerly strues it as being intended for that purpose. When | being of the same opinion, helped to carry alon: watched, so much so that swift footed messengers T heard that amendment I understood perfectly well | with an innocent dittle bill an amendment whicl with welcome news were at a premium. The im- what its result would be, and I do not know whether | was equally innocent, eo far as the government and | peachment proceedings at Washington, with which there would be any difference of opinion between the | {ts interests are concerned, and which was hurtful to | the morning papers teemed, were alinost entirely entleman and myself as to its effect, I liked | nobody except it may be rebels. eclipsed by the new phase which astruggie for power he = amendment. I believed it was @ good Mr. ALLISON, (rep.) of lowa—I desire to say a word | petween two millionaires assumed. sguise it as one I believed it was erfectly germane | in the absence of mv ROLPAEDS, the Chairman of the | they may, the directors can hardly succeed in per- to the bill; and, with due deference to | Judiciary Commiitee. If I understand correctly the | snading the public that the contest is not narrowed the opinion of the gentleman from Pennsylvania | remarks of the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. | down to this simple issue. ‘on the subject of its pertinency to the other ‘objects | Boyer), he imputes bad faith to my colleague by of- | ‘The following directors comprise the garrison in of the bill, I T can have very little r t for the | fering that amendment, Itis the first time in the | Jersey City:—John S. Eldridge, President; Daniel parliamentary knowledge of any man who will say | history of legislation that 1 have discovered that ft | Drew, Treasurer; James Fisk, Jr., Henry Thompson that an extension of a bill to other matters affecting | is bad faith simply to offer an amendment to a bill | and J. Gould. D. S. Gregory, who resides in Jersey the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States on | when that bill is presented to the House. The gen- | City, pays an occasional visit, Of these all beloi the subject of appeals, not germane to one which | tleman is compelled to admit that every | to the executive committee, except Messrs. already provides, ite very langui Fe, for | member on that side of the House was inattentive | and Gregory, and it is worthy of note that the entire and concerning such jurisdiction. Believing It to be | to the business of legislation, or else to admit that, | executive committee are a unit on the course to be germans, and it being presented and distinctly un- | knowing what that amendment was, they choose to ursued. The only absent member is Mr. Davis, who derstood, what did I say? What the gentleman | go for it. That amendment was read at the Clerk's re Albany, having been summoned thither to give would perhaps not have sald—that I was willing the Teak, and offered by my colleague. It was germane | evidence before a committee of the Legislature, and amendment should be received; but I did notattempt | to the bill before the House, and no member on the | while on such business the directors do not contem- to accept it. Ihad no power to do so. As a@media- | other side asked my colleague to explain its effects. | piate that an attempt will be made to place him tion of the bill I simply consented to refrain from | No explanation was required, and no division was | under arrest. The amount in the possession of this demanding the previous question in order to let in | asked upon the vote, and it was passed, I believe, | committee is stated by Mr. Fisk to be $8,000,000, the amendment that it might be voted on inthe | without a division. Gentlemen on the other side | which is deposited in banks in several States, The House, and I then demanded the previous question | must accept either one or the other of these posi- | pusiness office is Known as No. 3, and ts carefully on the bill and amendment. But still the gentleman | tions, and submit that they cannot in fairness charge | guarded against all intruders. During the day the says he slept on, and his friends around htm—vigi- | it to my colleague. applications for admission were 80 numerous as to test lant watchdogs on the walls of liberty, and always Mr. BovER—A few words in continuation of this | the patience of an anchorite, though on the whole the guarding the constitution—did not observe it; and | discussion, 1 am perfectly content with its results. | yisitora were treated with the utmost courtesy this, he Says, Was a trick and a fraud practised upon | There has been enough admitted by the gentleman | good humor. Finding that only a limited number, them. Now I would not make a confession of that | from Ohio entirely to satisfy me, and I trust the coun- | and those on maiters of business, would be admitted, kind if I were the gentleman; I should be afraid to be | try, that | was correct tn my narrative of the fact. I) afew of the quiduuncs represented themselves as held to accountability by my constituents, (Laughter.) | did not make any unnecessarily offensive personal | members of the press; and go numerous did these And, sir, | can hardly credit it as an excuse. When | remarks in reference to elther of the gentlemen con- | applications become, that Mr. Drew must have Iremember that the gentlemen on the other side | cerned. I am perfectly willing te let the country | {imagined that the outside world had for the time profess to be the peculiar guardians of the constitu- | characterize what has transpired, and to ap-| suspended business, and centred their interest tion; when I remember that they claim that when- | ply to it those epithets which I may deem | exclusively in his situation, Bohemians were to be ever the Supreme Court, or the courts of the United | most befitting. For myself, 1 do not bandy | found in the barroom, on the statr case, in the res- States, are alluded to in any legislation here, itis | epithets. I have not charged deliberate fraud; | taurant and on the sidewalk; in short, through what- Sharp Practice of the Radicals in the | 224 been patd for the months of January 4 and February, for which pay was claimed, House of Representatives. and it was found that fo Craig had been paid. During the absence of the clerk, how- ° ever, the claimant suspected that he was discovered, and said he would step out and return in a moment. The Democrats in the Toils He was followed and observed in trying to escape of the Jacobins. from the yard, when he was immediately arrested and confessed his crime. He stated that he was only the dupe of others, and gave valuable information, which it is expected will lead to the arrest of other parties who have been for a long time carrying on these frauds against the government. A New Bank at Chicago. The Union Stockyard Bank, of Chicago, Ml., having deposited with the United States Treasurer the re- quired security, has been authorized te do business as a national bank, making the fourteenth national bank established in that city, Death of an Indian Agent. John W. Wells, Indian agent for Montana, who had made preparations for returning to the Territory with goods for distribution, died to-day from the effects of a wound in the head inflicted by himself yesterday with a pistol. ss WASHINGTON, March 14, 1868, Adjutant General Thomas Before the Ime Peachment Managers. * ‘The immortal Adjutant General of the War Depart- ment, General Lorenzo Thomas, the great antagonist of the redoubtable Stanton, made his appear- ance before the Board of Managers of Impeach- ment on the part of the House of Representa- tives yesterday and testified that at the President’s reception on Monday evening last he was ap- proached by a gentleman from Newcastle, DeL—an old acquaintance—who spoke of the present political troubles, and advised Gencral Thomas to stand firm. The General replied, ‘Am I not standing firm?” “Yes,” was the answer; “but you must kick that fellow out—Stanton.” “We will do that,” the General replied. The latter also TIETH RESS. stated to his Delaware friend that he eee — i recognized Mr, Stanton only as a private citizen, and ‘Would obey no orders emanating from him ; that he (the General) was the Secretary of War, and none Secend Session. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. jority. thelr business to take care that nothing is done which | 1 have but stated the facts; and I ask that the coun- | ever crowd one attempted to elbow a passage, he ther, General Thomas, it is reported, repeated the app eee ier Xppreciate the gentlethan’s position. | shall In any way curtail or offet the power of these | try may pass upon them, iit takes sumcient interest | Cg chs sure ‘to eerie ‘one of thase tbl gat last before the committee, and told them that such ASHINGTON, March 14, 1868. | 144g simply that the side of the House of which he is | courts, I must not conclude that the gentlemen, or | inthe subject matter of this discussion to think about | fous. and tndefatiguble penny-aliners. Unless ‘was his intention; that he would obey no orders of | "The proceedings to-day ‘were confind to general aprominent member did not comprehend, did not Mr. Stanton nor recognize him save as a private | “debate as if in Committee of the Whole on the some of them at least, were listening to that | ii ata! itis conceded that the bill which was intro- | the executive committee be possessed of the understand, and was not wide enough awake to see amendment; for they were all eee: ad and did | duced by the gentleman from Ohio was altogether | hardy nerve of the Nemean lion {t 1s quite probable not see in it what. the gentleman thinks | different in provisions from the amendment they wit succumb, and that before many days, under a s bearing of the amendment, + oltizen. are ie ane ip HOvER— hin glad that the geuticman hassaia | he mow discovers. It so, and ir ‘they regard {tand | which was afterwards appended to it The bill | such a pressure ot curious speculators, more than Apprehended Trouble in Tennessee. THE TREATY MAKING POWER. what he did. I had said that the minority was dis- | construe it differently now, it is not for me to ralse | itself provides for the extension of the appellate | one half of whom so there out of prying curlosity. any question either about their obtuseness now or | jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. The amendment | The most considerable element among the visitors about their late waking up to a discovery which they rovided for its restriction is another matter. The | are the Wall street speculators, who are never missed, were then not capable ofmaking. But, sir, I do not bin itself related to oficers of the internal revenue; | not even during meai hours, mean to screen myself behind any pretence on my | the amendment related to the writ of habeas corpus On a visit to the encampment last evening the part that I did not comprehend the moment it was | issued and brought before the United States Circuit | committee were found, not at No. 3, but in a special read the effect of the amendment, and I admitted it | Court to determine whether a citizen was unlaw- | dining room, where ten gentlemen were seated at begause I was glad that an amendment of that Kind | fully held in custody. It is admitted that | dinner. Every one appeared in good humor, and each Map ottered, and I hoped would become a law. the gentleman from Ohio obtained a footing | seemed to relish a good joke which hed just been . BOYER—I desire to ask the gentleman whether, | in the House for his bill by prefacing {ts Introduction | told about Mr. Fisk, who was represented in one when be heard the amendment read from the Clerk's | with the remark that there could be no possible ob- | of the papers as armed to the teeth, and desk, it was the first time that he had heard it read, | jection to it, and by explaining that it only related | during the small hours was sinking Into repose when or whether he had read it himself before, or knew | to collectors of internal revenue. It is admitted by | he was struck with a vision of the beslegers storming before it was read that it was about to be offered + the gentleman from Ohio that after having thus, | the garrison, and rushing to the door cried out to Mr. ScHENCK—Well, sir, disclaiming any admis- | by the courtesy of the House, obtained unani- | Mr. Gould with all the vehemence and passion of sion on my part that I am bound to be chatechised | mous consent for the introduction of the bill and | Ludgar in the “Slave Queen,” “To arms, to arms, my by the gentleman—for I do not recognize his right to | for action at that time, he allowed an amendment to | friends, and save your King,” a summons by no cross question me—I will be frank on my own ac- | be offered which he knew would, tf understood by | means consoling to the King Drew, who was snatch- count, and not because 1 recognize any such | the House, prevent the bill being acted upon by | ing an uneasy, restiews slumber in a corner of the right. 1 never had heard the amendment read, I | unanimous consent. It is said that the amendment | room. “A good burlesque, on soul; very good, never had seen it; but I did hear a mo- | was germanc to the bill. Suppose it was. Then 80 | indeed, ha, ha,” observed a gentieman with luxurt- ment before that a good thing to accomplish @ | much the worse; for immediately after its reading | ant tufts of hair and Dundreary mustache who sat aye object—just such as was accomplished—might | the previous question was called, without any op. | at a corner of the table draining a glass, the contents obtained by putting an amendment on the bill; and | portunity for examination or investigation. It | of which evidently prepared hin to be more demon- I was glad to have an opportunity of hearingsuch an | was still more serious when we consider | strative than his neighbors over the next ee amendment read; and I was not so stupid but that I | it in the light of an advantage taken under the cir- | — «And did tt really happen ¥” innocently inquired a could sce, 48 Soon as it was read, what {ts object was, | cumstances which, whether intended or not, were | proker who sat opposite the gentleman at whoee ex- and could give it, as I did, my hearty concurrence. certainly calculated to deceive. Whether such decep- pense the table rang with laughter. Mr. BoYER—I thank the gentleman, and I think | tion, if it existed, is warranted by sny code of mor- “Why not all, my friend,” replied Fisk, with a the country wal) thank him for that confession. als, or whether it is allowable in legislative murategy, good-humored glance at three or four of the com- Mr. SCHENCK—I.am not afraid of the country not | it is not for me to pronounce Judgment, but tt ts for | pany, to whom the story seemed original. ‘But, thanking me. The gentleman has alluded to the | this House and for the country. With them I leave it, | gentlemen,” continued he, ‘to speak serioualy and Supreme Court and its jurisdiction, which he thinks | Let it stand upon the facts as they have been admit- | come to business"—and with this he drew himself it was the intention by this amendment, to affect in | ted in the course of this discussion. If the gentleman | up into a dignified attitude, and risen Vd was reference to the McCardle case, He thinks it was a | from Ohio.is content, 1 am also. ar to treat us to some lofty declamation—“it conspiracy te undermine and destroy that court. | Mr. ScHENCK—The gentleman from Pennsylvania | matters come to that pass I will not shrink’’—an ex- Str, | have lost confidence in the majority of the | wishes to clear himself, as it would seem by his last | pression which met with great favor from the com- Supreme Court of the United States, Is not that | remarks, from a disposition to “bandy epithets.” | pany. Thomas Moore, in one of his favorite melo- plain enough? TI believe that they usurp power , sir, What called forth any remark from me? | dies, acquaints us with the power of brimming when they dare to undertake to settle ques- Charges that @ fraud had been practised. | glasses in stimulating wit, but although the glasses tions purely political in reference to the status of | Wi joes the ‘gentleman call it now in Jast | on this occasion were not Shprimming, and many States and the manner in which those States are to | remarks? A deception; and he leaves the cow to | of the feasting party contin selves to What is be held subject to the lawmaking power of the land; | judge of the name that should be given to fraud and | known in tronomy as the “solids,” a and if Tiind them abusing that power by attempting | Heesption. ‘That: Is, he first. passes judgment, and | vein’ of cloquence "was perceptible in the out. to arrogate to themselves jurisdiction under any | pronounces that there has been fraud and deception, | pourings of the principal speakers, not devold statute which happens to be on the statute book and | and then he leaves it to the country to give {ta | of wit and humor either, Muore's illusion to the from which they claim to derive that Jurisdiction, and | name. Sir, it was because the gentleman, | pottie notwithstanding. ‘The last observation, by if Lean take that power away from them by the re- | instead of apologizing to his constituents and | the way, pleased the old chancellor himself, who was peal of the statute, I will doit. Is there any indis- | to the country for being, as he confesses, | go reticent as to suxvest mental depression under Unctness {n.that ? asleep at his post, undertook to shift the | his tribulations. Whatever pleased the old veterans Mr, Boyer—That is a very manly and courageons | responsibility upon others who were wider awake pleased all, and @ repetition of the foregoing all fels declaration. than he, and to hurl epithets at them, that I asked | would have a salutary effect on the nervous sys. Mr. ScHENCK—Now, sir, I hold that the Supreme | the attention of the House, and without that Ishould | tem of oid Dan. Some one, taking up the cue and Court of the United States, arrogating to itself a pre- | not have done it. The gentleman says the previous auticipating his fellows, tncontinently broke ont tension to settle not merely judicial, but political | question was put upon the bill without an opporiu- | “yes, gentlemen, our declaration should be non pees and trampling on the principles of the | nity for examination or discussion, Did ie ask for ossumnus; and for myself I will say that, although lecision made in the case of the Dorr rebellion, and | examination or discussion? Did anybody ask for it’ | 1 ain not prepared to ‘give my kingdom for a horse; every other decision of that kind, 1s, a majority of | as my practice in this House been, in bills managed | still, if auy one should be so faint-hearted as to cry by Information has been received by General Grant | _ Mr. Hiasy, (rep.) of Cal., addressed the House on from General George H. Thomas that a strong organi- | the question whether Congress is bound to make ap- zation ts being effected on the part of the enemies of | Propriations for the carrying out of treaty ‘stipula- the present state of things in Tennessee looking te | tions, expressing his opinion in support of the an attempt to assume control of the govern | 2fllrmative of that question, because of the dificul- ment. The tenor of General Thomas’ de. | ties in which the country might be placed by spatch was of go positive a character that | the adoption of the opposite view. He held that the treaty making power was lodged ex- General Grant immodiateiy authorized him to | clusively in the President and penser that ‘use all the force at his command if necessary, | their ferry —_ eaualie A oon that — when once to protect the laws and the authorities in the execu- | treaty is made the forelgn Power with which it is made becomes a party to the question which is no ‘tion thereof, and if necessary more troops would ve | jonger simply a question bemmeee the House of Rep- ‘forwarded to sustain him in the prosecution of this a and the nay q ir. MAYNARD, (rep.) of Tenn., suggested that the Gusy, aa in the eee nig ete comer re Powers with which the treaties are made are bound ‘dellious proceedings anticipated. to know the American constitution, and to be aware Additional reports reached Washington to-night pe oe errs the Leb or and nennee had no from Tennessee expressing apprehensions of politi. | Tight to pledge the payment of a sum of money. ir. HigBy reminded the gentleman from Tennes- eal disturbance in that State. The instructions | gee that it was a mooted question even In this ‘coun: given by General Grant to Major General Thomas | try, — that bboy etn and a whole ee of distin- ‘will, it guished men held to the contrary opinion. , it is thought among military men, prevent such | Si Sr.yvaup admitted that the remedy did not occurrences. lie against the Power with which the treaty was ‘The Alaska Treaty. made in refusing to make the appropriation, but lay The consummation of the Alaska treaty, either nr ee President and the te for making an favorably or otherwise, is gradually approaching. It | WW: cetyl t t 46 understood that the House Committee on ‘Foreign | srom*Tennessce had nit the queation exnetiee ee Affairs will, at its meeting on Tuesday next, Mr. Woop, (dem.) of N. Y., asked Mr. Higby whether take up the subject for final action. The he denied the abstract ri of the House of Repre- sentatives to judge of the policy of making appro- delay thus far has been occasioned by the determin- | priations of the public mapey ine any. olreumne ation of the committee to consider the case. th Pangem wlanewees OR Es, oughly by obtaining all the information to We Nad” Pree ene rig er oa Fone an ie had said in the outset of his ‘axks that if this were the subject before coming to any conclusion. It 1s | question to be settled -betwaen the President and the now said, taking everything into cunsideration, that nate on the one side and the House of Representa- tives on the other he would go.as far.as any member there 1s a disposition on the part of the committee | in 'that line of argument. He did not doubt at all the to report against the appropriation. ‘right of the House of Representatives, but was only The Case of Lawyer Bradley in the Supreme | 84ying why the right should not be.exercised. Court Mr. lhony—t certainly admit the rights but 1 2 r. HigBY—I certainly admit the right; but I sa: The Judges of the Supreme Court of the United | it is directing all our force and.our strength where it States to-day had under consideration the petition of | is “ ‘po _ pred —— ery re Cy pee 7 and Senate have done 0 ere is a Power Joseph H. Bradley, Sr., for a writ of mandamus to | outside of the government, that can demand the ful- compel the District Supreme Court to reinstate him. | filment of the treaty. ‘The Russian government pre- It will be remembered that he was dismembered from | sumed, and had a right to presume, that in the treaty for the cession of Alaska it was dealing with treaty The bar of the Supreme Court of the District of | maxing power of this nation, Mr. Higby went on to Columbia several months ago for alleged contempt of | argue that the treaty having been exchanged court at the conclusion of the Surratt trial. and ratified, and the Territory delivered over to the armed by the manner in which the subject was intro- duced, I admit that, occupied by other matgers and trusting to the gentleman who introduced this bill to the House, the minority never suspected that in that way the majority would attempt to effect their escape from what they must believe to be a pending Jud, nt of condemnation against them at the hands of the highest judicial tribunal of the land. It must be because they fear that their acts are unconstitu- tional—it must be because they are afraid to submit them to the test of inquiry—that in that covert way, by disguises not easily seen through at the time, @ measure was introduced which, if it produces the effect for which it is intended, will prevent the constitutionality of the Reconstruction act perhaps from being tested in the manner which they are now being tested in the McCardle case before the Supreme Court. It must proceed, therefore, from @ consciousness on the part of the majority that those:acts are illegal and outside of the constitution that they resort to the passage of this measure. But if 4 were about to pass such an act as that they should have passed it openly. It should have been introduced in sucha way that it might have been met, objected to and fairly discussed; and then, if my veer ening numbers oa heed enabled - that way pass an act for the purpose obstructing the course of justice, it could not be avoided. But what I especially complain of is the manner in which it was done, by disarming the sus- Tninortiyy: whe was Ho t, Leoufese=u osing the Y min which was not, I cot ¢ lan gui rt the tleman from Matne—wide enough awake to anticipate that anything should come from such a course and in such a manner #0 entirely dif- ferent from what it had been led to expect, by the nature of the introduction of the bill and the remarks by which it was accompaniod. Mr. BiLarne—Another question :—The gentleman characterizes this as an Illegal proceeding. The gen- tleman, who is a good lawyer, will allow me, who am not a lawyer at all, to ask him 4@ question. The Supreme Court obtained jurisdiction by an act of Congress about a year ago. Was that illegal? Mr. Boyer—The gentleman entirely misunder- stands and interprets me when he says that I said it was an illegal transaction. I admit that whatever fraud there be in the case, it is not punishable atlaw. I admit that the act, although passed es it has been, cannot be therefore vitiated as an act of legislation. But what I condemn is the mode and manner in which it was foisted upon us, and in which it was therefore allowed to become a iaw without debate; and I said that it {1s not characteristic of the usual courage displayed by the gentleman from Maine and the members from Iowa and Ohio, What is done in the House should be done courageotsly, overnment of the United States, the juris- | openly and with fair notice. Your numbers are | It, step by step proceeding in usurpation of jurisdic. yself, to cut off altogether an opportunity either | out surrender, I answer— ‘The Weekly Treasury Statement. fiction of Russia ‘having been withdrawn and | overwhelming enough. Can you not rely on tkein, | tion which does not belong tolt; and {hold it tobenot | for question, discussion: Inguiry oF examination? cn thchi whats hr man ha ‘The fractional currency issued from the Printing | that of the United States substituted for it, | and not resort to devices of tliis description? only my right, but my duty, as a representative of the | ‘The gentieman knows {t snot so. But when nobody ‘And { will stand the hazard of the die.” Bureau of the Treasury Department during the week | the nation was bound in good faith to a carry out the stipulations of the treaty, and to ending to-day amounted to $482,600. The following | Over’ to the Russian government ihe sum Bon Mr. Maynarp—The gentleman uses the word fraud. Will he please explain wherein he imagines there has been any fraud? people, to clip the wings of that court whenever I | asks to be permitted to examine a m can in its attempts to take such fights, nobody proposes to discuss it, am I to Mr. HoLMAN, (dem.) of Ind.—The bill came before | round to ‘alte Ure, Whe | Loud applause followed this spirited outburst, and the House und say “Now, iecinen. ag | the old ian’s equanimity was fully restored, when a statements were made during the same period:— upon for the transfer. He declared his bellel that | Mr. BoYER—I have no further explanation to ofter | the House by 'unantinous consent, and, as I think, | not some of you want to examine ‘this thing und | Knock was heard at the door, followed by a deo mn . . " “ * 5 oe 4 ~ ence within. A card was handed tn, and Mr. Fis! reasurer at New Or- d policy and statesmanship dictated the carrying | on that point than what I have already said. the amendment .was germane to it. Of course thé | try to understand {t before you vote? Do not | Silence w . and pat ere peceeinscsconeatie se * Gut of the treaty with Kussla,-ond that no aiticulty Mr. WILLiaMs, (rep.) of Pa.—I Understand my | point of order could not be made; but I submit to some of you want to discuss this matier before | #Hounced a genticman from one of the New York 8. ‘To the Assistant Treasurer at Phili colleague to say, in reference to the Chairman of the national banks and others...... the gentleman from Onto whether it 'was exactly fair | jt is passed upon?’ So much with reference | PACTS: | Mr. Drew shrugged his shoulders and Judiciary Committee, who was not, however, actin; for lim, having obtained the unanimous consent for | to any imputation of fraud on my part. As to the seemed ng eee but comfortable for afew moments, $200,000 00,000 } should be made with that government, which has al- 33,964 | Ways been most friendly to the government and peo- Md o 3 2 e % v1 iden is the transition frequently from mirth to the Assistant Treasurer le of the United States, in that capacity on the presentation of the amend- | the bill, to allow an amendment to be oifered to it | gentleman from lowa (Mr. Wilson), If he was here he | 89 Sut wt Bo ME NW Yorke eesee pbians Pir. WASHBURN, (rep.,) of Wis., replied briefly to | ment, that te acted in pad faith, and that he intro- | Which may have been germane, but which could not vould, I know wa, tuke care of himself if he felt | $l00m. He evidently labored under the weight of ‘To the Assistant Treasurer at Charleston. portions of Mr. Higby’s argument, particularly as to ‘To national banks and others. pm climate be topography of Alas! "1 — 7 to the storms prevailing on that coast, and re: rom re- The United States Treasury holds in trust for the | \ ors to show the bad character ‘of the land and sea, mational banks at this date the following amounts:— Mr. BROMWELL, (rep.), of IL, denied that the Ae security for circulation.. - $341,637,400 | treaty-making power any right to annex new have come before the House by unanimous consent? Mr. ScukycK—When a billis brought before the House on a statement of its contents—if that state- ment be true—as itis not intended to deny in this there is nothing like fraud or trick in bringing but when it is before the House every member . 7) the annoyances to which he had been subjected by that nd needed Itt do not wake to MES wanes a! visitors during the past two days, and he was set- the country and to the duties of his position, when | “ing down into that mood which not ouly resists but he saw an opening to propose an amendment which | Tesents all intrusion, “Why, sir,” said Mr. Fisk, << soothingly, “we must never complain of the publica- ee Pal ce san pueden, and a right thing | ton of ouF public acts through the press; you know ae a amendment in a manner to deceive the louse Mr. Borer—What I have said I have said; and in the manner in which I have said it I am willing to let itremain. The matter in which we were misled I have already explained, and it is not necessary for ; 7 r d p ; “ ~ the press is the great lever of public opinion, and For de its of public moneys: .e. 88,177,950 | territory to the United SI or to introduce another | me to go over the ground again. ws it is subject to amendment. Now I] his amendment was germane, asked permission RH A Nattonal bank Motes issued during the ‘ people into the class of Am citizens, Nopower | Mr. Wruusasts— e gentleman states that he was | have as many shortcomings, probably, a8 / to offer his amendment and have tt voted Hoae Fo tae tea womieueen ne ehain the OOK. os ceccecccerscecessccecsevseccees 131,390 bur Congress could do that. misled by the way in which the amendment was in- | Jegisiator as an, other individual in this | upon; and it would better become those gentlemen + tad @ had just entered sramesennehets THE NATIONAL FINANCES. sees + +2$306,730, 721 Mr. BroMwe.t, abandoning the subject of the treaty making power, proceeded to discuss the ques- tion of the national finances, a in favor of an expansion of the currency. He laid it down as an ‘burned axiom in ge Mier arge 4 hosp? ie prcpoction uf 4 aay ‘ Wages are high, and as @ man, by the labor of his Zeaving in actual circulation at this hands, is able to acquire the largest amount of cireu- The amount of fractional currency redeemed and | jating medium, just in that proportion he enjoys the House in not watching carefully the business that is being transacted; but i never heard it pretended that because & man approved of a bill brought before the . . »y | and taken hig seat bowed in ‘recognition on the other site 0 ied Lt.J pears, wey | of the compliment, and the demeanor of the old man burably to promise their constituents that they will | Was such that we could not help regarding an he was to curl himseif up from that point in | in the future keep wide awake; and when those | Ble Le adentes tee caneival vie an Suc! his chair and go to sleep, not regarding that the | naughty republicans have what they conceive good | & heservarion adopted in a convivial cradle never be- character of the bill might by amendment be in any | measures to offer they will be more ready to object and oe aan wat ee uanduen at a led:at times degree altered. ‘These gentiemen complain not of | to take care that the democratic party shall safer | Merwin’, Anil in comsoenition of tne trials and the bill, but of the amendment which was made to | no detriment than to be abusing the gentleman | troll which have chequered & lite like his every- it; but the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Hol- | fram Jowa for having shown on his part @ readiness y Will Contone 6 trashory peeviennees. troduced. My recollection is that there was nothin, said on its introduction by the gentleman who o fered it, and that all that Was sald was said by the gentleman from Ohio in reference to the bill as it came from the Speaker's table without the amend- ment. Mr. Borer—Exactly; but I ask the gentleman whether, if he had prefaced it with the remark made by the gentlemen from Ohio, and had afterwards ‘Total amount to date..... From this is to be deducted the following: Mutilated bills returned..... aeeccesseeees ‘Notes of insolvent banks redeemed and k > The committee were earnest and determined in destroyed during the week was $392,200. larger share of the value of the community; and that | knowingly accepted an amendment which was | man) says that I allowed the amendment to | to be at his post, and for belng Wide awake and uot | every genge of the Word. Mr. Eldridge observ ~ <4 4 made to the EL y " |. . El ge observed with Statistics of Commerce and Population. was the end and object of the distribution of wealth: | not germane to the bill and which was of a pt ot the seca, Tenia that cee inte tae sleeping when on that post some warmth:—"Vauderbiit has been endeavoring Not that a man should have too much money, but The monthly report of the Director of the Bureau | that he should have as much as is of use to hiak for of Statistics for the month of February last has just = body Copied i pe yg much - joney Was nee: > he would answer, been issued. The following are the aggregate state- Sue as fiuch as would Keep'every tan in that ments of the tables included in the report:— country at work.’ That system which put better The total of foreign commodities imported into | coats on men’s backs, better boots on their feet, bet- the United States during the months of Septem- | ter horses {nm their stables, better houses on their ber, October, November and December, 1867, are | farms and better furniture in their houses was the 109,185,866, Of this amount the total payin, system which worked for the good of the ople; nties Was $99,906,254, and the total free of | and that system depended on a suficiency of cinou- duty was $9,270,612. ‘The amount entered for | lating medium as against a contraction of it. consumption was $60,413,716, and the amount en- Mr. Dawes, (rep.) of Mass., remarked that he saw tered for warehouse was’ $43,772,150. The total of | by one of the Cincinnati papers, that it. was proposed commodities which were the growth, prodace and | to isste $2,500,000,000 ee and divide it up manufacture of the United States, exported during | among all the people of the country, figuring out the months of September, October, November and | that that would give t every man, woman and child her, 1467, corrected to February 6, 1868, in | in the country $400 each. He suggested whether the declared quantities and values, $153,500,600. The nileman from Iiinois would not go that bid better Yalue for foreign commodities re-experted from the | by fifty dollars, as it would be necessary to go above Upited States during the before named months, | that bid or lose the popular majority ? corrected to February 6, 1868, was $6,857, Mr. WASHBURN, (rep.) of Wis., quoted “Wilkins character which he knew to be most obnoxious to the minority of the House, he would have allowed is remarks to stand-as introduced to the bill and the amendment? Recollect, I do not charge the gentleman from Ohio with knowingly admitting an amendment of that character to be offered—that Is, with knowing its character—but I do say that it weuld be .contrary to all experience we have ever had of that gentie- man’s astuteness and of his business character to suppose that he would allow an important amend- ment to be offered to an important bill which he had in charge of which he knew nothing beforehand. Mr. WitntaMs—Then, if I understand the gentie- man, he shifte the chat from the shoulders of the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Wilson), who is not here, to the shoulders of the gentieman from Ohio (Mr. Schenck), who ts here, and can take care of himeeif. Mr. Borer—The gentleman cannot put words in my mouth. What | have said I am responsible for. 1 Have said It without any personal malice towards any one—certainly without any feeling towards the [aap mo from Ohio (Mr. Schenck), for whom [ 1 Mr. Nisiack, (dem.) of Ind., said that he happened to be one who was not caught nappiig on his side of the House, but that he thought uudue importance ‘Was atiached to the matter, dnasmuch as nothing that the minority could have done would lave pre- vented the adoption of the amendment or passage of the bill. He had made the remark to some person sitting near him, “We are caught handsomely in this thing, and it is no use making a fuss now.” Mr. ALLISON took the floor to move an adjournu- ment. Mr. Woop dsked permission to say a few words, but Mr. ALLISON suggested that the ight be said some other time, and insisted on his motion to ad- Journ. The motion was agreed to and the House at ive o'clock adjourned, w get control of the Erie Railroad since October, 1868. He lias now our stock bought up to the extent of $20,000,000, and if he should succeed in carrying out the design attributed to him by a gentieman at the other end of the table he would be in the position of Samson with.the Philistines.’ The design alluded to was to “tap” the line beyond New Jet at is, hold possession of as much of it as runs through New York and appoint his own agents there, disregarding the office in Jersey City. Mr. Fisk added that in consequence of the agreement which Vanderbilt forced on the Erte and Pennsylva- nia Central Railroads, in asstinilating rates of freight, 1,000,000 barrels of flour and 3,000,000 bushels of wheat have been kept out of New York market. ‘The result is clearly a burden on the podr, who have to pay an exorbitant price for their barrel of four, which is sold out West for about haif the price charged in New York. This struggle, then, le claimed, wos in the interest of the amendment should be offered and voted upon by the House, and I made the necessary motion to bring the House to a vote upon tt, and, unless I am responsibie as the guardian of the gentieman from Indiana and the gentleman from Pennsylvania and others, i do net sce but that my responsibility ends there. Let them go to their constituents and apol — eae not demand explanations of me. if an amendment germane to the bill, as the gentiernan from Indiana admits, was offered, which was to effect some tmportant interest, and i the gentlemen on the other aide slept on thelr posts and did not observe What was going on, it begins ant ends bere, and there is no mare of it. If the gentie- man will dare to say, a8 | know he will not, that I brought the bil. before the House by a statement of it which does not correspond with th 18, then he Baan of would make a very different case; but that he does FIRE IN WILLIAMSBUAG. rER and HOLMAN addressed the Chair. SW saked the gentleman from Ohio to | Three Firemen Injured by the Fall of a Wali- poorer classes especially. Vanderbilt opposes s 4 ? , vie! 7 % the laying of the broad gauge track on the of this the amount dutiable w: 4, beh, Micawber” in his memorandum cancelling his debt ave always entertained a very hig rd, and cer- | Which one of the gentlemen he would yield. Useless Condition of the Apparatus of the rota fe aah - =o and the amouns free of duty was, $2208 ¢7e to Mr. Thomas Toodies, by giving him ane 4-6. C.” | vainly without any ilvellng towat gentleman | Mr. SCHENCK suld that he would yield to both in| jyoyartmente aetec oF apuelicam Ee ae lee cece te amount from warehouse was $3,920,011; tle value of | for the amount as the original authority for the | from Towa (Mr. Wilsdn), for whom I have also al | turn, OF to both at once if they pieased. (Laughter.) host midnight on Feidy 0 fire Was dlecovadea in | ine Weel ab to, eonsutenebey nes the. OMETORS commodities remaining in warehouse, Rov financial proposition to which the gentleman from | ways entertained a very high respect. But what J Mr. Boyer obtained the floor and asked Mr. About midnight o1 iy on overed in teem | But aneduerte 1 P “ey ireigns, be 1867, Was $29,104,541, Reported since’ pu! Massachusetts had referred. have said I consider due to the minority in this uck whether he had not appealed to the | the sash and biind factory of Cullen & Co., Broad- cee, eduction in the fare of freight on the Erfe Kallroad would compel a similar reduction on the lines controlled by Vanderbilt. Hence the pres- sent troubles, It is resvived to remove the office from the hotel to the Erie Railway ier at the Long Dock depot at Jersey City, where, after a few days, all business will be transacted, For the present Mr. Drew will follow the example of Stanton in the War Ofice and “stick” to the bitter end, unl per: chance, Superintendent Kennedy may di ver some ‘nitro-glycerine plot to blow out the entire directory. Apropos of nitro-glycerine, among the ramors afloat yesterday waa one that unerneatd the box containing the valuable deposits, inciud'ng bonds, was placed a pan of ake ed In order that if the brave directory should be stormed tn the upper room of a Jersey hotel, and should there dnd the last entrenchment of liberty, they should emulate the Spartan heroes at Thermopyle, and on the last survivor would devoive the fearful alternative of cou- signing his body and the treasures to a common per- dition, Another rumor was to the effect that Gover. nor Ward had been applied to for a requisition to de- liver up Mr. Drew, our this is without foundation, and even If such a demand were made the Governor could not comply in such a cas¢. courtesy of the minority, or to the cour tesy of the whole House, to allow the bill to be takep up and passed at that time, last report, $82,154. Warehoused during December, Mr. Dawes thought it very likely that the discovery 1867, of direct importation, $5,186,005; transferred | did date back so far; but Cincinnati was applyin| from other districts, $1,175,009. Total, $40,122,07@, | for a reissue of the patent, and he had only Wanted Of this there was withdrawn for consumption, | to know whetbver the seotensn from Illinois wanted $8,285,124; withdrawn for transportation, $041,202; | to go in for an extension of it. (Laugliter.) withdrawn for exportation, $930,614, Reinaining in Mr. Bromwecw could not understand what all that warehouse December 81, $98,916,049, had to do with the question of plentifulnes or ecarce- ‘The Direetor gives the following preliminary state- | ness of currency which he had been discussing. The ments of the census of the United States in 1866, as | other matter referred to the question whethor the returned to the Bureau of Statistics:—Six New Eng- | country was going to pay its debt in good faith, or Jand States, 3,440,881, a gain of 205,598 on the census | not, ° . of 1860; in five Middle States, 9,221,225, a gain of Mr. Dawes suggested that the’ question waa whe- 963,055; thirteen Southern States, 9,568,709, a loss of | ther the debt should be paid th good faith or in pro- 690,308; thirteen Western and Paciflc States, | mises to pay. (Laughter) 11,980,440, @ gain of 2,336, nine Territories, Mr, BRoMWELL declared that he had never advo 627, a'gain of 146,050. ' The total population of the | cated the idea of paying the debt in irredeemable United States, 34,505,852, showing an aggregategain girrency. He had said nothing about paying any- ever the census of 18 , addressed the House on House, who suffered this measure to pass without exeeption, and due to the country, in order that it may be known by what means the majority of this Houge think it necessary to sustain themselves in thetr unconstitutional acts of usurpation. Mr. SCHENCK, (rep.) of Ohio, then rose and said—I was called from the committee room, where I was enga on public business a few moments, and found the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Boyer) commenting on legislation which took place a few days ago in this House, His commentary on that subject, seems to assume two aapects. It divides itself into two positions. In one of them he under- takes, directly or by implication, to impute fraud to members of this House on the majority, but more particularly, perhaps, to the gentleman from lowa (Mr. Wilson), the chairman of the Judiciary Commit- tee, who offered an amendment to a bill which was then pending and which passed the House, and to myself, who imtroduced the bill to which that amendment was offered, to the manner in which that legisiation was carried through. I do not intend to anewer any charge of fraud made by the gentleman or any one else. I should be far gone indeed when I found it necessary to go over there to learn lessons of propriety and fairness, and of manii- nesa and of hopor in legisiation. The other branch of the pro on, a8 submitted by the gentleman from Pennsylvania, seems to be in the nature of an apol for himeelf and those who conatitute the minority of this House to thelr constituents for not having been awake and watching and observ: ng the course of legislation, so that something which they disapprove has passed, anc, so far as the action of this House je concerned, has become law. way, Williamsburg, and within two hours of ite dis- covery property to the amount of nearly $10,000 was Log! Leet the Yq oy hee to | destroyed, owing to the defective apparatus of the the Dill, he did not pass it by virtue of that courtesy | gre department. The factory and contents were he knew was pasture W : derstood ? edn hor rede sheng die wholly consumed, involving @ loss of over $2,000; Mr. SCHENCK sald in roply—I did not pass the bill | partially insured. Two buildings adjoining were atall; the House passed it. (Laughter.) it was not | also damaged considerably, One, a frame dwelling, passed by any courtesy of mine, but by the votes of | occupied by Rovert Cullen and owned by 5 the majority ofthe House. No complaint is made or | R. reed, was damaged to the extent of $1,500, the family barely escaping with their cap be made of the bill, or anything relating to it, up tothe point where this amendment was | lives. Adjoining the above was the feed store of offered; but then the amendment did not get before | J. A. Lanby, which was damaged to the extent of the liouse by my courtesy, except in yielding to hear { $3,000; insured for $2,000. When the above fire was it offered, and then approving of it, and be- | nearly subdued the charred wall of the sash and ing whee, and desirous for the House to | blind factory suddenly fell and burted three mem- adopt it. The gentlemen on the other side | bers of Hose Company No. 2in the ruins, but they seem to suppose that having applied to the | were rescued before sustaining fatal injuries. Their House t allow this bill to pass, the moment | names are Christopher Young, James Carr and John Conrad. va were promptly conveyed to their re- I discovered and understood that another good a was offered to it which I might have guessed would | spective nces and received proper attention. The officers of the Eastern ct Fire Depart- ing. In regard to the cot crop, the report gives the Mr. SELyYE, (rep.) of N. number of States growing cotton as thirteen and one | the subject of currency and in advocacy of a bill in- Territory. The number of internal revenue divisions | troduced by him iast week to amend the currency reported, 526; number of acres sown in cotton, | act. The steady and rapid circulation of money in- 6,489,525; estimated yield in bales of 400 pounds each, | dicated, he said, the activity of industry, while the 1,917,385 pounds, intermittent and sluggish circulation of ‘money indi- The following is a statement of the foreign trade of | cated the torpidity of industry and the tendency of the United States in 1867: umber of American ves- | the community towards poverty. He argued that sels entered, 8,808; ee new measurement, | in the nature of thin ie United States regained 3,455,062, Number cleared, 8,401; tonnage, 9,419,602. | 9 larger amount of currency, in proportion Number of foreign vessels entered, 17,410; tonnage, | to population, than more thickly settled countries old) measurement, 4,318,673. Number cleared, } did. He favored the removal of the present restric- 17,502; tonnage, 4,465,490, Total number’ of veaseis | tions on banking and currency, and that the people entered, 26,218; tonnage, mixed measurement, | sould be allowed to supply themselves with banks 4,713,725. Total number cleared, 25,993; old tonnage, | atl currency as they want them and where they Me ‘them, did not think there should be any partfcular haste in paying off the national debt, be- not be agreeable to the gentlemen who do not want the insurrectionary States to be held under law—was | ment complain that the apparatus allowed them ts it my duty to run over to the other side of the House, | toa t extent useless. They need new hose, new shake up ‘nilemen, and say, “Wake up, Boyer! | cat &c., but in consequence of the limitation wake Uj he jolinan!”’ (Laughter.) “The country is in expenses of the two departments of the city danger! This incendiary Towa has toa very Inno- they were unable to obtain their just share of cent bill offered an aes youarenotonthe | the appropriation, the Western District Department watch, the country is likely to be destroyed, and the pat J the lion’s share by reason of its greater po- Supreme Court, and the constitution, and ali, will go | litical influence. to ruin together! 1 of you to rouseup and get iid extent A fire occurred yesterday on Milton avenue, tn THe ReceNT Fixe IN PRORIA, ILLINOIS,—The fol- fowtng is alist of insurance in Eastern companies on the Metropolitan Hotel, recently destroyed oy fire in Peoria, Jil:—On building, fo North Amer Hartford, $2,500; Corn Ex North American, Philade! Connecticut, $3200) Home, nix, New Yor! Vote b ion to the of your faculties |" (Ladghter.) That is about m inwhich the | Baliston. N.Y, Four stores and a dwelling house gentlemen Pry themselves. [ must say that I do | were burned, owned by T. L. Gleason, Ii. L. West, hot underst A. P. Humphil and J. B "A table Ia also given which shows the value of the ree comme! D tates in the rtions | cause overy dollar taken irom the people in tax It ia not for me to interfere between them and their nd that! am responsible for that. If Peckham, aud occupied by | hattan, New York, A carried by foreign and wamerioan vesseld trom 80 Pay p atx ‘por cent debt was diverted’ from tte my C} col nts. Now, what are the facts on which the | #im to be responsible for the ignorance of that gentie- | a oat gers, West's jewelry store, Heth hijl*e | $2,500; Lorillard, Coy In to 1867;—Total imports in gold values at forei profitable employment toa profitable one. fe gentleman proceeds to mnt these views? There | man (Mr. Boyer) or his associates, on questions of the , 8. H. & H, Luther's liquor store, Peckiam’s | nam, New York, $2,500. On lace of exportation, carried in American vessels, | argued that when, as his provides, the ‘was a bill which came from the Senate relating to | constitution or law, God help me from the weight of | harness shop and Young Men's Chistian association | ford, oR Merehants’, of Hartford, 011, 782, 2067) carried — in forstes Feasels, | tender aotes be reduced to one hundi appenle on writs to be taken to the A a ity which must be thrown upon my shoul- | rooms. The loss is not ascertained ‘Very uttle in- , of New York, $2,800: Peoria 1,102,317. Total esports of domegtic produce, § million dollars they should be payable in gold rt of the Unit 10 cases where of surance, The aause is at present unknown. 2,000.