The New York Herald Newspaper, June 11, 1868, Page 3

WASHINGTO IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. Passage tn the Senate of the Bill Admitting North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Louis.aua. Progress of the Tax Bill in the ‘ ~——— A Wow Tarif Bill Reported by the Ways and Means Committee. Visit of the Chinese Embassy to Mount Vernon. WASHINGTON, June 10, 1868. Vidit’ ef the Chinese Embassy to | Mount i Vernen. At three -o’clock to-day the Chinese Embassy em- Darked’ on board the government revenue cutter Northerner for Mount Vernon, the home of Washing- ton, The party comprised in addition to the Embassy Mr, McCulloch, Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Chil- ton, of the State Department, and a half a dozen members of the press, besides Mrs, Burlingame, Mrs. MoCulloch and Mrs. Chilton and daughter. ‘he trip down ‘was exceedingly picasant, a stiff breeze blowing up the river and enabling our Chinese visitors to dispense with their fans and cool themselves by natural in place of artificial means. Mr. Fung de- Ughited the newspaper men with items about the | Chinese modes of drinking and eating, and one of ‘the ministers, Chih Tajen, by his liberal distribution of celestial snuff, made himself immensely popular ‘an web sneezed at innumerable times. Forts Wash- ington and Whipple fired a salute as the steamer passed. At four o'clock the steamer arrived im sight of the landing point at Mount Vernon. Owng to the draught of the steamer it was found neceasary to anchor about three-quarters of a maile from the shore. The small boats of the vessel ‘Were at once lowered, and Minister Burlingame, Secretary McCulloch, Mrs. Burlingame, Mrs. McCul- och and daughter, Sun Tajen, Chih Tajen and sev- era} others entered the first boat and ‘set out for the shore, They were followed by the second boat, which carried the remainder of the Embassy and visitors. Upon landing the party at once. moved up the path leading to the vault in whicn rest the remains of Wash- Angton. Upon reaching this point the party tarried some time. Sun Tajen and Chih Tajen scemed to be very much impressed with the solemnity of the stencs and associations of the place. For some mo- mehte they lingered before the sepulchre of the im- mortal father of this great nation in a sort of reverie. After the eilence which attended the arrival at the tomb, anumbér of questions were asked by several members of the Embassy in relation to the career of ‘Washington. From the vault the party moved up to the mansion. Here the two potential and Celestial philosophers of the Embassy were more interested thap ever, Before en! they moved around the building with a kind of mechanical motion seeming tobe struck with its simplicity. The home of Wash- ington, whose name to them was familiar in their own country, it was expected, no doubt would bear some resemblance to the im- mense’ and magnificént proportions of the temple to Confucius; but here the father of this great nation, after having by the instrumentality of thé sword overcome the power of England and re- signed his authority after the war over to the source from whence it came, and subsequently being called to fill the first executive office of the nation to which he gave birth, and then retiring to the peaceful shades of Mount Vernon were Jessons of philosophy -which Sun Tajen and Chih Tajen contemplated with unfeigned in- terest. after a minute external investigation of the building the Embassy examined the simplicity of the interior. The death chamber in which the spirit of the jUustrious Washington left its earthly abode for tit eternal existence of the human soul struck them with a reverence which was evident in their actions. The room, with its low ceiling and general rude appearance, was strikingly impfessive. Sun Tajen especially alluded to this fact as so in contrast with the architecture of the present day. Having fvisited different rooma of interest in the mansion and commented upon a number of relics still left as souvenirs of the pres- ence of Washington, the party visited the garden. ‘The shrubbery in full bloom and the box trees bear- ing the marks of antiquity were fit illustrations of the past and the present. After passing two hours im thus visiting the points of interest on the grounds the Embassy returned to the wharf, where they again took the captain’s gigs and returned to the steamer. The return trip’ to Washington was especially gay and festive. The Chinese were delighted beyond expression; the acenery had captivated the senti- mental minds of the Embassy, and the delightful ‘views around Mount Vernon made a marked impres- sion on the Oriental fancy. Captain McGowan had ‘very thoughtfully provided a dinner on board, into ‘which both Chinese and Americans laid very vigor- ous siege, and when the champagne presented Itself even the grave Secretary of the Treasury and the etill graver Sun Tajen of the fowery empire became as lively as those bibulous Aldermen of the New York Corporation on the occasion of & successful election. Coming up the river Forts Whipple and Washington again fred salntes, and ewhile nearly everybody was engaged masticating lobster salad and chicken wings the steamer sent from its aft and forward guns several shrapnel hota, which piunged through the water and made quite a noise in the placid stream of the Potomuc. Besides Captain McGowan, who was very cordial and ‘attentive during the trip, Lieutenants Ohase, Rogers and Travers, United States Navy, gave their pest efforts to make the trip an complete a success as possible. After re- turning to Washington and rearranging their toilet the Embassy paid a visit to the Prussian Minister and met a number of the distinguished people of Washington. Viet of General Hancock Embassy. Major General Hancock and staif called on the Embassy at their headquarters this forenoon. The army officers were attired in uniform and their in- terview with the Ambassadors was one of consider- able interest. The Now York Pom Ofive. ‘The House, Postal Committee met to-duy and agreed upon the following commission to superin- tend the erection of the new Post OMice building in New York:—Charles A. Dana, Jackson Schultz, W. F. Dodge, John T. Hoffman, John Sturgis, James Kelly and Charles H. Rogers. The bill authorigng the construction of the new edifice will be reported to the House to-day. It provides that the cost 1 not to exceed $3,500,000, Kiforta Towards Having the Obstractions at Hell Gate Removed, Messrs. E. M. Barnum and J. R. Taylor, Secretary and Treasurer of the Kast River Improvement Asso- ciation of New York city, are ere, aiding in the effort to secure an appropriation for removing the obstructions at Hell Gate entrance to New York harbor. The association has addressed & coramuni- cation to each member of Congress urging favorable action on the matter, and has presented a petition te the Chinese from the citizens of the United States pray- ing for the same object, it is understood that the Honse Committee on Commerce will call up the River and Harbor bill, reporied by Mr. Bhiot onthe part of the majority, at the earliest oppor- tunity, which Dill coutains @ clause appropriating for the. before mentioned improvement the sam of $900,000, Mr. Wasnburne's minority bin, which ma- terially reduces the appropriation» of the bil re- NEW YORK aa ported by the majority, leaves this appropriation to clear away the Hell @ate obetractione untouched. ‘The President and Mr. Greesbeck. ‘The statement ie made to-day, and it has been traced to nnusually good authority, that the Presi- dent wrote @ letter afew days since to Mr. W. 8. Groesbeck, of Ohio, tendering to bim the office of Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Groesbeck, it is further said now, has the affair under consideration, and a reply is expected from him in a day or two. Custom House Officials to Receive Their Salaries, ‘The salaries of the Custom House officials threugh- out the country, which have been withneld for the last two months, are now about to be paid. The money for that purpose was sent by mail from the | ‘Treasury Department to-day. New York will re- ceive of this sum upwards of $300,000. These sala- ries were left unpaid owing to the delay of Congress | in passing the Deficiency bill, which contained the \ necessary appropriation. The Tax Bill Before the Ways und Means Commiitee, The Ways and Means Committee had a protracted session to-day on the subject of postponing the Tax bill, Each member of the committee expressed his | views fully on the prospect of getting the bill through at the present session, and on the importance of acting onitatonce. The entire committee, demoerata as well as republicans, are unanimous against any postponement, and agreed to report ali attempts at de- lay or postponement to the House. ‘The chairman of the committee expressed the belief that the majority of the House will'sustain the committee, and that the bill will be put through in its present shape, The re- sponsibility for the success or failure of the bill will thus be thrown upon the Senate. Many members are opposed to taking action until another seasion, for the reason that it will keep them here during warm weather. It is thought, however, that the House und Senate will be compelled to act in order to relieve itself from the responsibility of defeating @ measure which is conceded to be of the utmost im- portance to public interests. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue and the Tax Bill. Few or no decisions have been made by the Com- missioner of Internal Revenue affecting the business for the past several weeks, nor is it likely that any will be made on matters of importance until some definite disposition 1s made concerning the tax bill now before Congress. Commissioner Rollins is frequently in consultation With the Ways and Means Committee in reference to the different provisions of the Tax bill. A New Tariff Bill to be Reported. ‘The Ways and Means Committee have authorized J, K. Moorhead to report the new Tariff bill pre- pared bfthe sub-committee, of which he was chair- man. It is with the understanding, however, that the measure is not to be pressed upon the House, at least until after the Tax bill is out of the way. Mr. Randall Before the Impeachment Com- mittee. Butler's committee had Postmaster General Ran- dali before it this morning. Wooley has not yet been sent for and the indications are that he may not be examined to-day. Butler is disposed to let Wooley stay in the bastile a little longer. Action of the Senate Appropriation Committee. ‘The Senate Appropriation Committee has author- ized its ‘chairman to report the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill with some amend- ments. The Senate committee has restored the Salaries for clerks struck out by the House, and has increased the appropriation altogether about half a million of dollars over the amount agreed upon by the House. 4 e The conservative members of the two Boards of the Washington Cily Conncil met in joint session this evening, and were encouraged in their proceed- ings by the appearance of the republican Alderman of the First ward, who claimed that she Board of which he was @® member was properly organized, therefore he took his seat among the con- servatives, The committee heretofore appointed re- ported that they were still unable to obtain the republican Register in order to count them, so as to determine who is elected Mayor. Under these cir- cumstances they offered a resolution, which was adopted, that the joint meeting adjourn until to- morrow afternoon for the purpose of electing a Mayor ad interim. A resolution was adopted inviting the republican members to attend on the occasion. A Georgian National Bank Surrenders Its Privileges. The Chattahoochie National Bank of Colutobus, Ga., has voluntarily sarrendered its privileges a8 @ depository of pnblic Moneys, and has with- drawn from the Treasury Department its securities for deposits. Leave of Absence for General Rousseau. ‘The Secretary of Wat has granted permission to Major General L. H. Rousseau to delay reporting for duty for six weeks. General Rousseau is still in this city. Resolution of the House Inquiring for the Profits of National Banks. A resolution recently adopted by the House of Re- presentatives directing the Comptroller of the Cur- rency to furnish to the House a statement of the amount of dividends declared by the national bank- ing associations since the organization under the National Banking act, the amount credited to the real estate account distinct from the capital expended therefor, the amount credited to the surplus ac- count, the amonnt of their undivided profits and all losses, each respectively, per annum. In order to give this information Mr. Hubbard has addressed a cirenlar to the national banks, requesting them to return at their earliest convenience the desired data, in accordance with the terms of the resolution. A blank form accompanies each circular, Secretary Schofield Clearing Up Accamulated ’ Business, Secretary Schofield is busily engaged in clearing up the accumulated business of the War Depart- ment, which from the recent complication in that office and from other causes has been awaiting ofi- cial action for some time. Arrival of General Mende. Major General Meade arrived here to-day on busi- ness with General Grant concerning the affairs of his Military distri Funern! of Commander Aulick. ‘The funeral of Commander Richmond Aulick, who died in this city on the sth inst., took place this after- noon and was largely attended. A full battalion of marines, with the Marine Band, were in attendance as the funeral escort, Commander Aulick has been on duty for a long time past in the Bureau of Ord- nance of the Navy Department, and was well known and widely esteemed here for his excellent attributes asan accomplished and courteous gentieman and naval officer. Naval Bulletin. Surgeon J. J. Abernethy has been detached from the Naval Hospital at Pensacola and placed on wait- ing orders, and Acting Passed A it Surgeon N. L. Campbell has been ordered to tnat station. Act- ing E Leakin Barnes and Acting Third Assist- ant Engineers Edwin Collins, J. Vinall and A. J. mn have been mut out of service. Actin, Ensign A. P. Bastford and Acting Third Assistan | ns a J. Hobbs have been honorabiy THE FORTIETH CONGRESS. SENATE. WASHINGTON, June 10, ta68, 3 THR INDIANS. The Caarn laid, before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of the Interior inclosing the opinion of General Sherman, a8 one of the indian Commissioners, that immediate action should ve taken tn the matter @f the Sioux and Nevada Indjaus. Referred to the Comtmittee on Indian Affairs, TIONS. , Mr. VONKLING, (rep.) of N. Y., presented a petition of numerous merchants of the city of New York calling attention to the objection against the act pre. th tasue of executions net Collectors of agai J id pray the repeal of that and all similar acta, tered to the Judiciary Committee. Mr. HOMNED, (reps) of Mass., presented a petition of the jurors of the Circuit Court of the United States for the First Circuit and District Court of Massa- chusetts, Lap hy for an increase of fees above the present rate of $2 day and five cents « mile, sup- ported by the names of the members of the Mansa- chosetts judiciary. Mr. CONKLING called attention to the fact that their fees are alread; than in many other Staten, £54 thet the thors of jaries in that they rescive par? HERALD, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1968—TRIPLE, . tal compensation in the service they render to the | tion, there ie no violation of the act in admitting Cy and in weir ed to their | Alabama. Buerte eet Aineer some further disc Mr. Trombull’s a oy Hetening to the lnweer p Conk, motion was rejected by the Ing vote :— Shot fs 'e atnoralis y YEas— ; Bayard, Buckalew, Conkling, Davis, Ed: Senator's that want of remuneration for law- lowe, Met: i. yers is one of his few foibles, Moret of Vt, rdon of eae: Shulsbury, rumba, Viekers and Yates -16, ‘The petition was referred th the Committee on the pe oMAY# sMensra. Catueron ne Judiciary. THE FOREIGN MAIL SHRVICE. Mr. Raasey, (rep.) of Minu., called up the bill to | sam of No H. i the United Staten and foreign porter sit reccinds the | *eWueem” - i a yao Mr. SHERMAN, “a! iter P , (rep,) of Ohio, opposed the amend- pechion somairene. paeuny seen ‘6: ti fe O8 | ment as unnecessary, ‘and a heated aiscussion ene news| ra between the States and the Territories 7 ° west of kansas, except when sent irom the oiice of | Sued between Mesars, Conkling, Williams, Morton Connesa, Corbett, Drake, Ferry, Harlan, Me., Morton, Patter- Ramsey, Ross, Sherman, Stewart, van Winkle, Wade, Witley, Williams Chandler, ‘Morrill of TH On the subject of the constitutionality of Pieeceiandeien tee point whether consider. | '8 provision, wh nthe amendment was. rejected by able additional compensation will not be demanded | te following vot by contractors because of the probable increase of Yras—Megere. Anthony, Buckalew, Conkling, Corbett, mail matter. ‘The prevailing opinion seemed to be | Edmunda, Fre ty Hendricks, Howe, McCreery, Mor hn quoi Of Vie Rye, Patterson of Kei thatthe rapidly inereasing: facilities of transporta- gi Me ot tosh and Vickers tion, including the Pacific Railroad, will justify the | "Wri" Meat, Chandler, Cole, Conness, Cragin, Drake, ohange. Ferry, Harlan, Howas ee one ipomebor meee, Sante: Mr, MoRRiti, (rep.) of Vt., moved to amend by | bury, Sheree, Stewait, Sumner, Thayer, Tipton, Van providing that that portion of the act shail cease | Winkle, Wade, Willey, Williams, Wilson and Yates, 23. and <ietermive on the 39th of September, 1869, on Mr. WILLIANS hieved to add at the end of his the ground that the Pacific Rafiroad will then be nearly cdmplete, and on that date the yearly contract for carrying the matis will expire. ‘The amendment was rejected by a vote of 17 to 0, ‘The debate was continued, Messrs, Sherman and Morrill, of Me., insisting that the stage coach trans- rtation will be overburdened and the expense immensely increased, and Messra, Conness and Kamsey urging the unjust discrimination against California and the far West in the greatly advanced cost of newspapers. ‘The biil was passed by a vote of 26 to 12, ORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY. Mr. Wirson, (rep.) of Mass., introduced a bill for the organization, government and payment of the army, Which was referred to the Committee on Mili- tary Affairs, . rf . THE NAVY APPROPRIATION BILL. ., from the committee on amendment in regard to the inauguration of omeers the words “unless retieved from disability by said amendment.” Ayreed to, Mr. SUMNER observed that he and Mr. Yates and several other Senators had desired ‘to speak on the subject, and Moved to adjourn. Negatived—19 to 21. The question was on the passage of the Dill, Mr. YarEs, (rep.) of Ull., declined to speak to- night in the face of a desire for an Immediate vote, An endeavor was made to come to an agreement to take & vote io-morvow, but the majority refused, Mr. SUMNER took the floer shortly before nine o’clock, reading from manuscript, very: few of the Senators, iu the meantime, remaining in their seats, Mr. Sumner said:—What' I have to say will be con- fined to @ single topic; | shall speak of the validity and . necessity of fundamental conditions on the admission of States into the body of the Mr. MORRILL, (rep.) of Me. nation, . pang in review objections founded conference on the Navy Ap} reeriagion biti, made @}on the asserted equality of States, and report recommending that houses concur in # | also founded ou a misinterpretation of the power to provision ‘that the civil engineers and storekeepers | determine the qualifications of electors and that of the several navy yards be appointed by the Presl- | other power to make regulations for the election of dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Sen- | certain oMicers. Here I shall encounter the familiar ate, dud that master mechanics, &., be appointed | pretensions of another time, no longer pul forth by by the heads from elvil life, and not from the navy. | deflant slave masters, but retafied by couscientions ‘The committee recommend other unimportant | Senators, who think they are supporting the con- amendments... The report was. concurred: in. stitution when they are only echoing the voice of RESTORATION OF SOUTHERN STATES. slavery. Fundamental conditions on the admission ie ae Loe? sect mip “A fone tenn a nceee Gace: of States are older than our constitution, for they er— ‘0- | appear in the ordinance fi lina, Georgia, Louisiana and Alabama to a represen- \rtrdleg ya yap acta (AG TA tation in Congress—was taken up, The question ‘was on the amendment of Mr. Sherman, to strike ou! the additional fundamental condition imposed ov | Georgia of striki from her eonstitution the proyi- sions prevenane a) enforcement of eontracts made prior to June, 1! Mr. WILLIAMS, (rep.) of Oregon, spoke in favor of the amendment. He pointed out t_a Bankrupt Jaw has been in 0) ion in this country for more ee a ane = ef = ie pd 3 Ao jasare ae ing debta, and he argued thence ‘ongress oug! not to be too eager to condemn the pleat Georgia as repudiators. He claimed that judicial decisions in doubt whether such a law ts unconstitu- tional, and that therefore it ts proper to let the people of Georgia decide the question for themseives, Mr. Howarp, (rep.) of Mich., replied; stated his belief that the most important. phase in civfi Northwest, adopted anterior to the constitution It- self. In that ordinance there are various conditions of perpetual obligations as articles of compact, Among these the famous prohibition of slavery. In the early days of our nation no- hody thought of questioning the validity of these couditions. Scattered efforts were made to carry slavery into some portions of this region, and, ul- questtonably, there were spasmodic cases, in Mussachusetts itself, but the ordinance stood firm and unimpeached. An assurance of its authority Will be found in the historic fact that in 1820, on the adnussion of Missouri as @ State of the Union, there was a further provision that in all territory of the United States north of thrity-six d and ony minutes north latitude slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, wherewith parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and hereby 1s forever pro- vernment is that which regulates the udmin- | hibited. ‘This was’ the fi Misgouri com- tration of justice between man and man, | promise. Missouri wan admitted “nas. State particularly in the enforcement of their con- | without any restriction of slavery, and all the ham eo ned = Gipeen on mus outlying territory, east and north, was subjected to not arrived. He reminded them that the fourteenth | Cuvgitiua nou forever. It will be observed that the amendment of the constitution will soon be adopted, when the objectionable claims that lead to the inser- tion of this pores. will be illegal and void, and that the ional Bankrupt law can be availed of in Ripe as well as in er States; and he showed that there is a clause in the Georgia constitution re- and providing for the contingency of a change in its provisions by Congress, which, he claimed, was probably i in view of the doubt- ful character of the provision now under discussion. Mr. CONKLING denouneed the provision as clearly unconstitutic and as invading public honor and ublic morals, claiming that the additional condition imposed upon Georgia by the bill ts in._precise analogy with that imposed upon Missouri. He cited several judicial opinions on the peint, He called attention to aprovision in the Alabama constitution forbid- ding any toll or tax onany wharf or erection over or on the shore of aid stream, or con) occupation, except by rimission of the General As- sembly, which, he was similar to the provision under discussion, He then made an explanati condition wasin no respect temporary, but that it was forever, thus outlasting any teratorial govern- ment and coustituting a fundamental law irrepeal- able through ail time. Surely this condition, per- [pen in form, would not have been introduced it been supposed to be inoperative—had It been re- garded asa sham and not a reality. This statute, therefore, testifies to the judgment of Congress at that time. It was only at a later day and at the de id of slavery that the validity of the great ordinance of freedom was called in ques- tion. Mr. Sumner then quoted from a speech of Mr. Webster delived during the memorable debate be- tween Webster and Hayne in 1830 in eee of his argument. Mr. Sumner continued:-—Mr. Chase, in his admirable argument before the Sipreme Court of the United States in the Van Zandt case is hardly behind Mr. Webster in homage to this ordinance, or in @ sense of its binding character. In his opinion it is a compact of perpetual obligation:— I know not that history records a sublimer act, the United ‘American Btates having just brought their: periious struggle lon in | for freedom and idence toa siccenat regard to the difference of opinion between Mr, Wil- | to declare ip orem’. conchiens on ‘wuien sabe eoeant son and himself in reference to the former on the | territory might be se!lied and organized into States ; and these rovision recently repealed, requiring a majority of | terms were not subordination of uny kind, but the al the registered votes Wor the ranheation Of a constitu. | Fainenance of the genuine principe of tion. He sald Mr. Wilson’s statement was substan- | Log nat these ©” prinetplg aaa ee tiara tally correct, and that the misunderstanding arose | tmaintained they were nade the articles of @ solemn covenant : from an error in the Globe. between the al Btates, then the proprietors of the terri- mr. Hows, (rep.) of Wis., held that as the main | tory and responsible for its future Iny, and the people object of the provision under discussion was to re- | and the States who were to pocupy it. Every settler im the Ueve the people from debts contracted in ald of the | {<ritory, by the very act of settlement, became @ party to rebellion and as these debts were maainly contracted to | ff,combact, bound by tte perpetnal obligations “and entitled be payable in Confederate money, it seems proper to | posterity. No subsequent act of the origininal States could Telleve the people from them, if possible, rine Pro- | atfect it without his consent; no act of hfs nor of the people vision was unconstitutional it would be null uud | ofthe territory, nor of the States, established within it, could affect it without the consent of the original States, void, and would be so pronounced by the judicial According to these words, which I am sure would instead of tne lative authority, After further discussion, without eliciting anythinz a new, @ vote on the amendment was urged. Mr. BAYARD, (dem.) of Del., said he would not vote either for or against it, believing the reconstruction laws subversive of the constitution or of all sem- blance of government and tending either to despotism oranarchy. He relied upon the practical wisdom of the American people to condem them and deny the omnipotence of Congress. Mr. JOHNSON, (dem.) of Md., while opposed to the fundamental conditions, was satisfied that this was not @ necessary one, aud would vote against the amendment. Mr. Davis, (dem.) of Ky., made some remarks on the general subject of reconstruction, in the course of which he said that Con, had no more jurisdic- tion over the subject of reconstruction than any State, and declared he was aguinst any proposition, even for modification. consent of the ty, supported by ing ciarncter of the Northwest territory. Nobody presumed to call challenge to everything that was settied for freedom. The great rinse, its prohibition of slavery, jed. All this makes a strange the was begin when its represen iz to be felt against slavery, turned madly round to con- by degress, point by point; it made itself manifest At four o'clock Mr. HENDRICKS, (dem.) of Ind., | in Congress. ‘The slave masters forgot morals, his- moved to go into executive session, but Mr. TRum- | tory and the constitution. ‘Their manifold pre- BULL, (rep.) Of IIL, and others urged continuing in | tensions (resolved themselves into three, in session untit the bill should be passed, and the | which the others were absorbed—first, that motion was rejected. The amendment was then rejected, by the follow- u vot lesars, Cameron, Ferry, Howe, Ramsey, Sherman, » Williams and Wilton fe? “ i Nard Messrs. Anthony, Buckalew, Sanit, Cote, Conk. ing, Connesa, Corbett, avi ral munis, Fes- seuden, Frelinghuysen, Harlan, Hewdrickn, Howard, John. son, MeCreery, Morgan, Morrill of Me., Morrill of Vt., Morton, Nye, Patterson of N. H., Patterson of Tenn., Ross, Saulabury, Sumner, Tipton, Trumbull, Van Winkie, Vickers, Willey and Mr. WILLIAMS moved to strike out the provision ; just under debate and insert the words, ‘That 40 much of the seventeenth section of the fifth article of the constitution of beeen as suspends the col- lections of debts contracted before June 1, 1865, shall be void as against all persons who were loyal during the late rebellion, and who during that time sup- Ported the Union.” tories, or anywhere else, even the national jurisdic- Mr. HENDRICKS raised the point of order that tt | tion. | These three pretensions all had a common was the pag ate vr just voted down. origin, and one was as offensive and unreason- The CuatRr decided it in order, as being a motion to | able as the other. The prales of slavery and strike out and insert. the repudiation of the right of petition by the After opposition by Messrs. Morton and Conkling | enraged slave sellers was not worse than the pre- the amendment was rejected without a division, tence of State rights ss the power of the nation Mr. TRUMBULL offered some verbal amendiuents, } to prohibit alavery in the national jurisdiction or 10 which were agreed to, affix righteous conditions upon new States. The slavery, instead of an evil to be removed was a bless- ing to be rved; secondly, that the right of peti- tion could not be exercised against slavery; thirdly, that in all that concerns slavery, State rights were everything, while national ‘nts were nothing. ‘These three pretensions ente! into Congress like so many devils and sed it. The firat broke forth in eulogies of slavery and even in biandish- ments for the slave trade; the second broke forth in the “Atherton ” under which the honest, earnest petitions m the national heart against slavery even In the District of Columbia were tabled without reference and the great right of petition romised by the constitution became a dead letter, e third, beginning with the denial of the power of the nation to afix upon new States the perpetual condition of human rights, broke forth in the denial of the power of the nation over slavery in the Terri- Mr. WILLIAMS moved to amend the third section | first two preteusions have disappeared, These two by inserting the fellowing:— devils have been cast out. ‘Nowody dares to praise And thereupon the officers of each state duly elected aud | slavery; nobody dares to deny the right of petition. breed Jong ae constitution Sear aan be nanegseenes ‘The third pretension Le di only 80 far as ; but, no person i nin holding ogice t ‘over slav under the United States or under any state by section thied fecrtreriae ra wee ‘are stil gl fe Qf the proposed atnendment to the constitution of the United | in the fame of State rights, the States known. as article fourteen, shail be deemed eligivie | hear, nit ‘State: to any office in either of said States. old ‘cry ust conditions m new 4. This, devil is not yet entirely cast out. Mr. EDMUNDS, (rep.) of Vt., and others opposed the latter clause of the amendment on the ground that it forestalis the fourteenth amendment of the constitu- tion, and that when the State is restored to repre- sentation Congress cannot dictate who shall be its officers. After considerable debate Mr. EDWUNDS asked for The Missouri act takes up the rule asserted in the ordinance and deciares that in sertain Territories slavery shall be hibited forever, A territorial existence terminating in a State government is a short lived government. Only by rec izing the power of the nation over the States formed out of v1 1 r it have a meaning adivision of the question on the amendment, and | [be Territory can ins governmeti the question was taken on the. iirst part, which’ was | above the prattle of chil oe or the ca of Bom- agreed to, as foliows:— haates, The whole pretension against the pi oaed a condition is in the name of State rights: but it can- YEAR —Mexare, in, Drake, Rdrous mMervn, Chandler, C y - cl cf itowaen worth im not be doubted that it may be traced directly to jortony P on oF slavery. Shall the pretension be allowed to prevail Stewart, & thors Tipe on, Wad now that slavery has di peared? The pelncipal and Yates—2: . ¥ hus fallen; why preserve the incident? Tne wrong Nays—Mosers. Bay Buckalew, Cole, Coukling, Davis, | guarded by thia pretension has yleided; why should fowter 8) McCrory. Morgan. Paterson of | not the pretensions yield alsoy Asserting, as | now Way Koss, Saulebury, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Vickers and | qo, the validity and necessity of the proposed condi. cj tion, 1 would not seem indifferent to the rights of the The second clause was agreed to by nearly the samme vote--26 to 15, Mr. DRAK®, (rep.) of Mu., moved to amend by striking out the. provision ‘foriidding any future abridgment of the elective franchise and inserting the corresponding provision of wie Arkansas bill. He explained that a conference committee having already settled upon the latter it was desirable that all the constitutions shail be the same. ‘The amendment was agreed to without @ division. ‘The substitute of the Judiciary Committe was then adopted as amended, and the question being on the bill as amended Mr. Trowpuny moved to strike out the word “Alabama.” Mr. EDMUNDS supported the motion at length, de- fending hing pone ‘of the Judiciary boos eee and ment, it w ie hazard to the biil of coupling Alabama witht. He coincided with the onjection made by | May deny Mr. Conkling to the constitution during the bs ged tn oa cause for refoats “a . Mr. CON’ Cal, made a few remarks rH me se " a rd if. HKNDRICKS calicd attention to the disregat by Cor of theit own jaw, saying (hat tor that States in those proper spheres inted for them. Unquestionably States have rights under the consti- tution which we are bound to respect—nay, ¢, which are source of strength and ad- ntage, it is through the States that the people everywhere govern themselves and our nation is saved from a central domination. Here is the appotated function of the States. They supply the machinery of local self-government for the con- venience of Ife, while they Ward off the attempts of an absorbing imperialism. But there can be no State rights against human rights; because a State constitating part of @ national orgunization dedi- cated to human rights may govern itself and supply the machi of local self govern- eat does t follow that a ‘ not uch & State cause they had impeached the Pres! 8 Mr. CRAGIN, (tep.) of N. H., reminded the Senator | Senate.” But thils very, text tains what that Congress has often enabling acta for Ter- | lawyers at ° ante nt, ritorles, whictl having fated to coupily with those ne ve ol right ; acts, Congross Yet had admitted item as States: He Wale rele; Boy fg fs that it nay clarined that fhe pee Of Alahans hare complied | De —. ay” its 4 with the spuit of the law. may be rived & m suffrage in the Mr, Buck «try repited, lolding thu! {le right was Senate; and this is whole ‘Of the con- not in Congress to waive, bat inthe people of Ala. | stitution to that eqdality of States which ix now as. vama, in whose behalf Con, sould NOt waive it, | gerted im a ton of all compacts or conditions, And the State of Alnbaina shai! he entitled and admitted to | Cinetttution, quoting. from. the ‘denates in the representation only upon this further jundamentsl condi ton: That section twenty-six of the fret arti of the Mitution of said State, except so much thereof as maker navigable waters x pubilc Way, shall be null and wold, fand that the General Assembly of fai Stale, bY solemn not, are National Convention, aud continued:—Next after the ual suffrage in the Senate stands this provision, with ite taliemanic fied" “equal footing.’’ New States are to be admitted on an equal footing with shal! dec onaent of the Stato to the foregoing funda’ | the original States in all whatever, Mesial condinies This tkgunes is strong, bat nobody can He that without this clause riparian | qoubt that it must be read in the rH owners In Alabama may be deprived of their right# | of the ordinance where {t appeats, Read in this to the rents, issues and its of their lands. light its meaning cannot be questioned. By the or- Mr, MORRILL argued that, as the act required | qinance there ‘no lesa than aix different articles that Congress Id. be satiafied that @ ma& | of co: forever u! unless by common iy of the people were in favor of the conatitu- ‘copatituting eo MADy erte— not be disowned by the present Chief Justice of the United States, the ordinance 1s a subitme act, having for ita object nothing less than the perpetual main- tenance of the genuine principle of American liberty. In form itis a compact unalterable, except by the Jes, and therefore forever. If any- thing in our history was settled by origina! authori- tradition and time, it was the bind- the ordinance for the government it In question, antil at last slavery fung down its ot left was Di passage oe history. The enlightened civilization of front the angel of light. The madness showed itself * SHEET. 3 Ritaaemae® eh 2h Maren the frst religious isberty; the second Bo Ooms NePoas eee habeas corpus and judi- muranding princtp! cannot be de- lal according to the course of common | nied with ity. They will be found in the De- Jaw; the third Schools aud the means | Claration of Independence expressed so clearly that of education; fourth perpetuating the | allean read them. Though few, they are mighty. title of the United States in the soil, with- | There is no humility in bending to their behests, ya out taxation of the freedom of the rivers | man rises in the scale of being, while walking in obe- as highwaya, and the liability of the people for | dience vo the Divine Will. 80 is a Sta: levated @ just roportion of the national debt; the iith per- | by obedience to these everiasting truths, How can tuating the right of States to be admitied into the | We look for harmony in our couutry ‘anti these Pion ‘on an equal tharing with the other States, and } Principles bear unquestioned away ‘without any then, next In order, the sixth, perpetuating freetiom, | ¢b from the States? ‘That wnity for which the being that immortal bough of this mighty oak, that there shall be ne slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said T tory. "Now, it is clear to subjection that the fual conditions were not considered in any res; Piconsteteat with that equal footing which was stipulated. ‘Therefore, even assuming that the States when admitted shail be on an equal footing with others, there ean be no hindrance to any conditions by Congress kindred to those which were the glory of the ordinance. To all who, borrowing @ catch- word from slavery, assert the eqality of States 1 op- pose the plain text of the constitution, which con- tains no such rule except in a single instanc and there the equality may be waived; and I oppose also. the ordinance of 1787, which, while requiring that new States shall be admitted on an equal fooung with other States, teaches by ifs own great example that this requiremeat is not inconsistent with the conditions of all kinds and espectally in favor of humam rights, From this review it is easy to see that we approach the pi question with- out any impediment or constraint in the constitution. Not a provision, not 4 clause, nota sentence, not a phrase in the constitution can be made an apology even for the present ojcc- tion—absolutely “nothing—and I liere challenge reply, Without any support in ihe constitution its partisans borrow one of the worst pre- tensions of slavery, and utter ft now as it was uttered by slave masters. Once. more we Near the voice of slavery cryimg out in familiar tones that conditions cannot impored on new States; also that siavery, whieh we thought had been slain, is not entirely dead. Again it stalks into this chamber like the majesty of buried Denmark, in the same figure like the king that’s dead; and then, like this same host, iteries out “Swear !” and then again “Swear |" tha Senators pledged to freedom take up the old pre- tension and swear it anew, Yor myself! insist not only that slavery shall be buried out of sight, but that all its wretched pretensions hostile to human rights: shall be buried with it. The conditions upon new Slates are of two classes:—First, those that may be required; second, those that must be required. The first comprises those conditions which the nation mnmay consider it advisable to require before admitting a new member into the partnership of the government, The constitution, in positive words, leaves to the nation a discretion with regard to the admission of new States. ‘he words are “new Btates may be admitted into the Union,” thus plainly recognizing a latitude under which any conditions not inconsistent with the constitu- tion may be required, as by a firm, on the admission ofa new partner. All this is entirely reasonable; but I do not stop to dwell on it, for the condition which I have at heart does not come under this head; it is a fundamental condition in favor of human rights, and is of that essential character that.it must be required, Not to requite it is to abandon a plain duty—so it scems to me. I speak with all deference to others, but I cannot see it other- wise. The constitution declares that the United States shafl guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of — government, ‘These are grand words, perhaps the grandest in the constitution, hardly exeepting the preamble, which 1g 80 full of majestic meaning and such @ fountain of national life. Kindred to the pre ble is this su- preme obligation imposed on the United States to Fre @ republican government. There it is. ‘ou cannot avoid this duty called to its perform- ance. You must supply a practical definition of a republican government. This, again, you cannot v aveid by your oaths, by all the responsi- bilities of your position, You must say what in your judgment is « republican government. You must so decide as not to discredit our fathers and not to give an unworthy example to mankind. Happily the dednition is already on record in our own history. Our fathers gaye it to us amid the thunders of Sinai, when they put forth their Declaration of Independence, There it stands in the very front of our great charter, embodied in “two simple, self-evident traths—first, that all men are equal in rights, and sec- ond, that all just government is founded only on the consent of the governed, the two to- gether making an axiomatic truth as plain as the sun, Blind is he who cannot see it. And this is the grand principle jueathed as a freehold by oar fathers. Though often assailed even by Senators here, it is, nevertheless, true.’ It has been attacked; #0 have savages shot their arrows at the sun. Clear- ly, then, this is a republican government, where all have equal right to participate in the gov- ernment, J know not if added, 1[ am sure that nothing can subtracted. The constitution itself sets the example of imposing Conditions upon the States. Positively, it Bays, No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance or confederation; no State shall grant letters of marque or reprisal; uo State siall coin money; no Btate shall grant bills of credit. Again it says no ‘State shall, without the consent of Congress, iay any duty of tonnage or keep troops or ships of war in time of peace. All these are conditions in the text of the constitution so plain and intelligible as to re- quire no further elucidation. To repeat th on the admission of a State would be si fluous. It is different, however. with their highest condition of all, that the State shail be repub- lean, This requires repetition and elucidation, 80 ag to remove all doubt of its application, and to vitalize it by declaring what it meant by a repubil- can government, Here I might close this argu- ment; but there are two hostile pretensions which might be exposed—the first founded on a false inter- pretation of “qualification,” being nothing jess than the impossible assumption that because the State May determine the qualification, therefore they can make Color a criticism of the electoral iranchise; and the second founded on a false inte tation of the asserted power of the States “to regulate suffrage,” being nothing else than the im ‘ible assumption that under the power to jate suffrage the rights of a whole race may be annihilated. These two pretensions are, of course, derived from slavery, They are hatched from the eggs that the cuckoo bird has left behind; nm. od that Senators will hatch them. By the con- stitution it is provided that ‘the electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the inost numerous branch of the State Legislature.” On this clause Senators build the impossible pretension that a State cannot be inter- rupted in its disfranchisement ot a race. argument, because aState may determine the quali- fications of electors, therefore it may deprive a whole race of equal rights and of —— ion in the govemmment. An insurmountable condition is not a qualification, but a disfranchisement. Admit at a State may determiue the qualification of electors; it cannot under this authority arbitrarily exclude a whole race. Try this question ‘ampies, Suppose South Carolina, where the blacks are numerous should undertake to exciude the whites from the poils on account of color, would you Resiie to arrest this injustice? You would in- bist that sach @ goverm t, sanctioning such & denial of rights, under whatever pretext, could not be republican, apne another State should ely deciare at =all with — black , eyes another should grandly declare that all with black hair sould be excluded from the polls. 1 am sure you wowd find it dificult to restrain the mingled destsion and indignation which such a pre- tension must excite; but this fable pictures con- duct, All this is now gravely done by Senators gravely insist that such exciusion is proj in determining “the qualifications” tors. Like unto the pretensions on « misinterpresation of qualification is founded on a misinterpretation of the of a State to make regulations. Listen to this pre- tension, assuming that @ State may the elections without the intervention of Congress, it is insisted that it may disfranchise arace. Because a State may regulate the elective franchise, there- fore it may destroy it. Surely it is one thing to regulate and quite another thing to destroy. The power to regulate cannot involve any such conclu- n of tyranny to any wretched result howso- ever urged. re is One suflicient repiy—non sequi- tur, According to the constitution the times, places aod manner of holding elections shali be prescribed in each State by the Legisiature thereof, but the Con- gress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except a8 to te places of choosing Senators.” Here is the text of this pretentious power to blast a race. In these simple words no such power can be found unless the seeker makes the con- stitution a reflexion of himeelf, The times, places and manner of holding elections are referred to the States, nothing more, and even these may be altered by Congress, being matters of form and con- venience only, in the nature of policy. justly included under the head of Von, like the word and uniform army. Do we not familiarly speak of lation ‘sash? Who nation, and | insist that it is our especial duty in every poasible wen by omnnet and by to agaure among t tions the equal righta all and the agen! ye of every citizen in the government over him, without which on tH if to the gustion “i eat I io mysel tone on the ission Oo! - consider e obligation make equal rights co-extenaive with aoe our institutions thus to harmonize other queetion Tere. to st while it the which a to and to determine qualifical can unrepublican prerogative, st _aguinsé that pretension which would make the associated equality of States the cove deniaj of the oe. of man, The Ones on ariticial rale, re- ndition which is the golden | nation longa, With pes train, ean be of all, pre @ and reconstry sured ouly through the eqt aimed by te nation everyw iD its within its limits and maintained by the national arm. wilkthe constiaiion be filled and inspired yr Dec! be ¢ ration of Indepen e-with a common vinmon glory. BUCKALEW, (dem.) of Pa., rol to reply shortly 80 that the two shalt fe, & common authority and @ ten o'clock, and made a half hour's speech, denouncing this bul as an attempt to continne the domin of Congress, and to continue Its politica! by the vicious organizations which it hae erected in the South, z Mr. Morxitt, of Vt, said that Mr. Summer's de- niulof the necessary equality of the States in the Senate was no new doctrine, but was originated by Vallandigham in the Louse of Representatives. Morti!l pronounced such equality the great M safety of the govern At half-past ce vote on the pas vesult;— Yeas--Messrs, Anthony, Cameron, Ch: ling, Conness, Cragin, Drake, Ferry, Fre! ny Harlan, Howard, Howe, Morgan, Morrill of Vi, Morr! of Me. Nye, Patterson of N. Ho, Pomeroy, Ramey, Kons, Sh q Stewart, Sumner; Thayer, Tipton, Trumbull, Wade, Wittame, Wilson and Yates—31, g ‘Bayard, Buckalew, McCre s Senate proceeded to pot the bill, With the following YRAs- Mow Teun, and Vic So the bill was passed. The following Senators were. red off: — Messrs. Santsbury with Willey, Davis with Morton and Hen- (irieks wlar-Van Winkle, “It was stated (uit Mr. Mot. ‘won was absent from illness, At about. a quarter before eleven. o'clock the Seu- ate adjourned. 'y, Patterson of Ay Tpre | clapboards, Here is the | maoufactured, on cotton webbings, taper, galioons, bindings ould be excluded from the \polis, and ran rate a lime, firewood, ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON, June 10, 1888, TARIFF BILL. Mr. Moornean, (rep.) of Pa., reported, by authority of the Commit on Ways and Means, a bill ¢pre- pared by asub-committee thereof) to increase the revenue from dutics on imports and tend to equalize exports and imports, which was ordered to be rinted and referred to the Committee on Ways and jeans, The following is the bill, whicl bas not yet been considered hy the committe SKOTION 1. Re it enacted, &e,, That from a: vansage of this act, In lien of the duties beret yy law on the articles hereinafter mentionad, there shal levied, collected and paid on the articles herein enumerate: and provided for, imported from foreign countries, the fol- THE after the lowing xpeet! ies, that 18 0 say:—On all copper imports in the form of ore,’ Scents oneach pound of fine copper conta mall reguius of copper and all black oF course ‘on each potind of tine copper cen- tained ail old copver, tit only for re- manufacture, ents per pound; on all copper in plat ingots, pigs, or in other forms not manufactured or herein enumerated, 5 cents per pound: cents ‘on nickel, nickel oxide and alloy of nickel in copper, d; on nicke! matter or apelss, J ntum advalorem ; on lorem ; on albata o1 n zinc or spelter, on zine in sheets, 34 ecnta per poun rates now charged and collected on all descriptions and qualities of ateel there shall be charged col: Tected I's cent per pound, and on steel scraps 1 cent pound; on’ fron or steel wire r rope made of wire over muraber 16 wire gauze in size, 6 conte per pound; made of wire tess in size thau nim’ er 16'and uot less than number 25, 7 cents per pound ; made of wire leas hte nize than 25 wire gahge, 8 cents per pound; provided that fron wire rope galvanized shall pay 4¢ of 1 pet cent per pound in addition to the foregoing rates; and provided, that all frow wire covered with silk, cotton, or other material sball pay & centa per pound’ in addition to the rates of duty herein imposed on fron wire not cover. ed, On all descriptions of iron, , rolled hammered or made into shapes, whether in forms of T, L and H, and Kuown as angle iron, or barrel or baling boopy, partially or manufactured, or any forms or shapes ‘of iron not led for in the présent tariff, excepting round, square aud Jat iron, and all deacriptions of plate, sheet, polished and gal vanized'iron, a specilie duty of §%¢ cents per pound in ew of the duties now imposed, and on all descriptions of iron thinner than number wire gauge, and in all rounds aud aquares lean 11.16 of an inch, round or square, and on all deseriptions of sheet’ or plate iron thinner’ than numberr 10, wire jauge, %~ of a cent per pound, in addition te prevent dutios. On grivanized sind pollebed fron of all descriptions 334 cenin per pound In Mow of the duties now impoxed. On wrought {ron In nuts, bolta or rivets, other than acrew boits, not exceeding four inches in length, wholly or partially finished, of all descriptions, 3 cents per pound. On wal soda, ehrywtaly and all crude carbonates of wi roy anything can be | soda, tcent per pound. On ginas ware, plain, mould and be | pressed, not eu nt enqraved or painted, 60 per centum ad valorem. On all unpolished, cylinder, crown aud common window glass, not exceeding ten by fifteen inches aquare, 2\4 conte per pound; above that “and not exceeding sizteen by twenty-four’ inches square, cents per pound; above that and not excecdiig twenty-four by thirty Incher square, 4 \ cents pound: ‘al! above that 4)6 cents per pound ; on salt, in bt and on all york salt and mineral salt, $4 cents per 100 pounds! on salt, in bags and sacks, 30 centh per 100 pounds; but no return of duties aball be mace on account of dam: to sacks contain- er not otherwise herein provided for, ‘cent per euble foot on sawed er lumber of spriice, hemlock, white wood and base 1d, $1 per 1,600 feet, board m@asum; on all other varieties of sawed Umber, $10 per 1,000 feet, board measure; provided that when lumber of any is ned or finish fn addition to the rates herein provided, there sh: be levied and aid = for each side planed or Gniebed, #1 per 1,000 feet; and if planed on one side tongued and grooved, #2 per 1,000 feet; and af planed on two sides and tongued and grooved, #2 50 per 1,000 feet; on hubs for wheels, posta, Inst. blocks, waxon blocks, oar blocks, gun blocks, heading blocks and lke blocks or st! rough hewn or awe, only yn cork wood, 1) pec centum ad v: $1.50 per feet, board tn ath per Led feeb, supertclal aan i ie count stolen, ta cen ber 10; on wprace shinies rer jaf, pine, clapboarde, $2 0 per 10d; dn spruce $150 per I, ;on wines of all Kinds, excepting champagne or sparkling wives, imported In carke or bottles containing not more than 20 per cent of alcohol, 50 cents per gallon; on champagne or sparkling wines, imported in eases ‘of not less than one dozen bottles, each bottle containing not more than one quart and more than ono pint, ®6 per dogen bottles, or #8 per two dozen bottles containing not more tl one pint each; on brandies ported in cases of not less than one dozen taining not more than one quart each per dozen bottles, #10; on all botties & rate duty of 3 cents each shall ba serra wheler containing wines, brandies or other spiritnous Ityuors; brandies may be imported in casks of any capaciy containing not less im V6 gallons. On all brown or bleached linens, linen yard goods Jute yard goods of every description and by whatever we desigpate: centum ad valorem; on cotton un paling inch in width, gitnps, trimmings and braids, not excedt Sent per yard; x 1g 1 inch im width, 34 cent per yal on felt droxgets, felt carpets and carpeting, printed, colored or otherwise, 26 cents per square yard, and {a addition thereto oh centum ad valorem, ec, 2 Be it enacted, &c., That the provisions of rection two of the joint resolution, approved March 24, 1567, respect- ing the importation of agri fcultural machinery free of duty, be and he same is bereby extended, and hall continue in force and effect for the further period of ons year from the 30th day of June, 1568. eo. 2. And de it further enacted, That from oJ the wage of this act the importation of the articles !ervinatter mentioned and embraced in this section npt from duty, that is to say—Berrles and nute in dyeing or com- poring dyes, not otherwise berein provided for, but no such “articles shall be classed as auch that ‘have un- dergone any | manulactures; bark. Peruvian acnaa, Callsaya and all Cinchona barks, bleaching powders or chlo- sigs ts erus cuttings, strips, tails an arti- cles aked, as glue, stock India rubber, crude India rubber, milk of ik tac, lope ‘and unmanutactured Timber, manu ty uildresaed, nitrate of sods or cuble nitre, alm ol waste or waste my ‘of any Ki ‘only for the manufacture uf by mu of eleo | iyo of wood aah REMOVAL OF POLITICAL DISABILITIES, Mr. Pate, (rep.) of Wis., from the Committee on Reconstruction, reported a bill to relieve from politi- cal disabilities William M. Harrison and James R. Berry, of Arkansas. The former is the Justice eieet of the Supreme Court, and the latter is Auditor elect of the State. Various questions were put to Mr. Paine by Messrs. Miller, Mullins, Maynard and other members as tc the past political tion, though they us of these men. Mr. PAtNe replied gener that the men in ques- been implicated in the rebel- lion, were now true and loyal men, and were 80 en- dorsed by the delegation to Cor tions to the bil that when the impossible to from Arkansas. Feply to the C- quoted General Scott's prediction Was once over it would be almost strain the fury of the non-combat- Mr. GARFIKLD, (rep.) of Ohio, ants. the bill created uny ernment? anything that could pi coumertial some Be ey contained tnt ments, “Gre moved to am After a pretty lively discussion the bill was passed by a two-thirds vote, PARTITION OF TEXAS. Mr. SoKss, (rep.) of Tenn., asked leave to intro- duce a bill to form three additional States ont of the State of Texas, Mr. Baooxs, (dem.) of N. ¥., objected. PRIVATE BSLIBP BILL. . Mr. Cons, (rep.) of Wis., from the conference com mittee on the bill for the relief of Joho M. Palmer, Made a report, which was agreed to, FOWRIGN MAIL SERVICE. ‘The (House resumed gs the business of the mornu- ing hour the consid ion of the biil reported yes- terday by Mr. Hill, (rep.) of N. J., from the Office Committee, auth: the Postmaster Gen- eral to contract with the mercial Navigation Company of the State of New York for the tran _ tation of the mails and emigrants between New Fork and Bremen. The first section requires the steam- ships to be constructed in the ited States, to be 4 ed Mr. Hii whether Mr. MILLEN, (rep) apie onthe. pact of the gov= Mr. Hit replied that it did not. The government ‘was simply to contract to send the mails by this line, jon. ) of Ill, remarked that some lowed. He was in favor of rly be done to retrieve the e country; but there were va) his Dall, and time red to discuss it offer amen: mor \d the first section by pro- CONTINUED ON TENTH PAGR interests of t