The New York Herald Newspaper, July 3, 1868, Page 3

—————— WASHINGTON: Forthcoming Amnesty Procla- mation. Jeff Davis and All the Other Leaders of the Rebellion to be Included. Proposed Division of Texas Into Three Stat. Report of the Ways and Means Committee in Relation to the Taxation of United States Bonds, The Ciyil Appropriation Bill Passed in the Senate. ; WASHINGTON, July 3, 1868. General Amnesty. It is stated, on the authority of a member of Con- gress, that President Johnson has determined to issue a general amnesty proclamation on the 4th inst. Its provisions will include the pardon of Jef- ferson Davis, John C. Breckinridge, and other leaders of the rebellion, | Report and Bill to Tax the Interest on Gov- ernment Bonds. The following report and bill were reported to-day by Mr. Hooper, from the Committee of Ways and Means :— The Committee of Ways and Means, bh os Lge en louse,’ instructing unnecessary delay a bill levying a tax least one per centum on the interest of the bonds of the L aitew States, to be collected by the Secretary of the Treasury, ‘and such of his subordinates ag may be charged with the duty of paying the interest on the bonded debt of the United States, have had the same under consideration. ey pave 10 spb, the fol- lowing report and bill:—The Committee rays ahd Means are opposed to the propeattion emb! in the resolution, and report the bill only 4n obedience 4g the positive order of ie House. in the argument made in the House in favor of the resolution the English Income Tax law was referred to and quoted. There is a law corresponding to that English law on the statute books of this country im- pone atax on incomes of five per cent, while the English law ig less than three percent. Bat your committee have been unable to find in the statute books of England or any other civilized countyy a law that could be regarded in any way as a pi dent for the bill, The House has instructed the com- mitiee to report, which, if enacted, will be simply a daw providing for the payment of a rate of interest on ‘the government debt ten per cent less |than was agreed for, ten per cent Jess | than is stated in the bonds and ten per cent less = than was _ pledged tobe paid by the solemn enactment of Congress, when the money was required to carry on a war which threatenea the life of the nation. The evil, effects resulting to a nation, whether her national credit is guarded and protected or whether by legis- Jation of the character now proposed: the confidence of all other civilized nations is forfeited. may now be felt or appreciated in time of peace; but the com- mitiee desire to call attention to the consequences that would follow the passage of a bill of the char- acter now submitted, in case we should ever hereafter have occasion to use our credit for the purpase of providing means, either to sustain “ourselves at home or to defend ourselves in collision with any foreign Power. The commitiee report that, in reporting the bill, they act in obedience to the positive directions of the House, and contrary to their -own best judgment. They re- serve to themselves their rights as members of the House to oppose ih every possible way the adoption of a méasure which they regard as hostile to the pub- lic interest and injurious to the national character, @ bill to authorize an internal tax on the interest of the bonds and other securities of the United States, Be it enacted, &c,, That from and after the passage of this act, there shall be levied, collected and paid a tax of ten per centum on the amount of interest hereafter due and payable on all the bonds and other securities of the United States to secure the collec- tion of sald tax. The amount of interest hereafter paul on any bonds or ower securities of the United States, bearing interest at six per centum, shall be at the rate of only five and five-tenths per centum, and bearing interest at the rate of five per centam shall be at the rate of only four and five-tenths per centum, and if bearing interest at the rate of three per cenium shall be at the rate of only two and seven-tenths per centum per annum. No higher rate of interest than ts here prescrined shall be paid on any bond or other security of the United States now outstanding or authorized to be issued, ns of any such bonds or other security $ aud parts of laws to the contrary not- tanding. Senate Bil Regarding Efficiency and Re- trenchment in the Diplomatic Service. The bil reported to-day by Senator Patterson, of New Hampshire, from the Committee on Retrench- ment, provides for greater eMciency and retrench- ment in the diplomatic service of the United States. Its general features are as follows:— Hereafter no appropriation shallbe made for the salary of any diplomatic or consular officer, nor shall any such officer be allowed compensation from official fees, unless prior to his nomination by the President and coffirmation by the Senate he shall be found competent to perform the duties of, the office to which he may have been appointed. The President, the Secretary of State and three pinissioners, to be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, w hold their office for five Years, unless sooner removed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, are to constitute a foriegn service board of examin- ers in the qualification, periods of probation, expe- rience, &c. Examinations for appointments are iter to be made with reference to grade, rank and the necessities of the service, and not for appointments at designated places, provided vacancies in the lowest grade shall be filled by promotion rather than by new appointments, where = this can be done wit injury to tne public service. Various jes are established, name! Envoy ey ee aud min- ister plenipotentiary, $17,000; second grade, $12,000; third grade, $10,000; fourth grade, $9,000; ministers resident, $7,500; consul general and diplomatic agents, first grade, $7,000; second grade, $4,5 secretary of legation, $2,700; assistant secretary o Jegation, $1,800; consul general, first grade, $7,500; second grade, $4,000; third grade, $2,500; consul, first class, 26,000; second grade, $4,000; third grade, $3,000; fourth class, $2,500; fifth grade, $2,000; sixth grade, $1,000; vice consul, first grade, $1,800; second grade, $1,200; consular elerk, $1,000." Tt ismade the duty of Secretary of State to recommend appoint- ments in the diplomatic apd consular service when vacancies occur, and such oa shall be mace by the President, with the advice and consent senate. The appointments above the lowest to be by promotion; officers on each promo- jon and transfer are to pass a new @xamination. All fees collec: a diplomatic or consular officers are to be accounted for according to the regulations and paid into the Treasury, and all fees received at the commercial and consular agencies in excess of $1,000 im any fiscal year are to be paid over to she rovernment. It is the duty of the Foreign Service ourd ta recommend persons for appointment and report to Congress annually, and indicate what oifices May be abolished” and where new offices should be established, and such further su ons and recommendations as may conduce wo the improvement of the service and the public inte itis made the duty of the Secretary of State, on information from the Service Board, to recommend to the President to transfer, with the advice and consent of the Senate, any of- ficer from one post of duty to another, promotions to be governed accordingly. The President has the power to make temporary transfers of his own motion, without submitting the matter to the Senate. The bill provides what rate of pay officers thus temporarily transferred shali receive. Provision is made for the dismissal of officers who shall be found incompetent to diecharge their duties. This is to be er th done after examination by the Board. The Board has authority to callin the aid of ~ sons of learning and experience connected wil @ public service to assist in the examination of appli ta, ‘The examination isto be conducted by means of oral and written questions, and in all cases there shail be at least three examinations. The reports of the examinations are to be made in writing, and filed in the Department of State. Provision is made for determining the rank of applicants who have passed examination. After the appointments ghail have been made by the President and confirmed by the Senate, the officers shall not be suspended or removed except for malfeasance, misconduct in ‘office, neglect of duty, violation of instructions, abuse of credit in pecuniary transactions, or any other good cause. The President is required to the reasons for suspending the oMfcer, and send the same to the Senate for consideration. It 18 provided that no person shail hold any office or be employed in the diplomatic or consular service, uniess in pur- snance of the laws and regulations in accordance therewith. Whenever American schools shall be esiablished in China and Japan for the purpose of educating young men in the language, laws, literature and cut 8 ‘of Oriental nations, the President, by ‘and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may appoint graduates of such schools who have passed ‘an examination, to fill vacancies in the offices of in. terpreters of and marehais in consiiar couris 1 China, Japan and other ngn-Christian conn- crease of eighteen to twenty per cent in the aggre- NEW mark. tothe Sandwich Islands, Gol ‘Veneguela, Hayti e wich Lalani om ‘enezi and Sf Dom! ‘The ert of consular diplomatic agente pre proportioned to the a of their service, ri $6,000 to $2, The bill is accompanied an elaborate report showing the necessity and advantages of the reforms pro- posed, General Butler’s Impeachment Committee Investigation Report. General Butler has completed his report on behalf of the Impeachment managers, who have not yet read it in formal Meeting. They may do so to-mor- row; im which case it will be sent to the House with- out delay. Visit of Southerners te the Presideut. The President this morning received visits from a number of Southern delegates to the New York Con- vention. Most of them cailed simply for the purpose of paying their respects, but many of them indulged in lengthy interviews, and it is understood thatthe effect of the conversations is that the President begins to believe that if the Democratic Convention does not give him the nomination, it will at least respect his wishes in regard to the candidate. * Examination of the First Maryland Claims Commission Affairs. Colonel G. E. Scott and his clerks have been en- gaged since Saturday in examining the First Mary- land Claims Commission in the Adjutant General’s office and making duplicate lists of the names of slaves and of the names taken from various regl- ‘ments of all those who have been reported to the Second Auditor as slaves. To-day will complete this work and to-morrow the House committee—Mr. Holman acting as chairman in the absence of Mr, Lincoln—will meet and provide for the further exami- nation in the Second Auditor's office. Receipts from Customs. The receipts from cystoms at the ports below named, from June 22 to June 30, were as follows:— New York... + $2,258,000 Philadelphia. 709 Boston, to June 29. San Francisco, May 24 to June 6.. Circular from Secretary McCulloeb in Rela- tion to the Closing of the Bureaus. The following was issued by Secretary McCulloch to-day, addressed to the heads of the bureaus of the Treasury Department;— TREASURY DEPARTMENT, July 2, 1868, As is usual during the warm season, the office hours of the bureau of this department will close at three o'clock P, M. daily, henceforth until further orders. The allowafice of a recess at noon, which is ‘understood to be the practice to some extent, must be entirely digcontinued, and especial atteniion is called to the indispensable necessity of requiring a Strict and faithful observance of the regulations for- bidding abserice from the office during office hours, the reading of newspapers and other practices whereby the public bugivess is Sie and neg- H. McCULLOGH, lected. 5 Secretary of the Treasyry. Statement of the Condition of the Crops. The following is an official statement of the con- dition of the crops, obtained from the Department of Agriculture:— WHEAT.—An increase of the acreage in the wheat crop is observed, in a greater or less degree, in nearly every State. The Eastern States show no increase of fall sowing, except four per cent in Ver- mont, but the enlarged area of spring crops, which are the main rellance for ‘bread supplies, is very marked in Maine and Vermont, the former: Showing an advance of twenty-six per cent, the latter of sixteen per cent. A very slight movement in this direction is shown by New Hampshire and Massachusetts. New York indicates five per cent increase in the fall acreage, with no change in spring wheat. New Jersey shows an increase of three per cent of winter wheat. In Pennsylvania the acreage is very slightly en- larged—about_ three per cent for winter wheat. In Delaware a reduction of seven per cent appears, while an increase of nine per cent is shown in Maryland, eleven in Virginia, sev- enteen iu North Carolina and South Carolina, eleven iu Georgia, ten in Alabama, Ufty-three in Mississippi, thirty-one in Arkansas, forty in Tennessee, and thirty in West Virginia. In Texas aflecrease is shown of six per cent and in Kentucky of one per cent. Sprit wheat is not grown in the South. The increase: acreage in the West, where the great bulk of the wheat crop of the country is grown, is of peculiar Significance of the States in which winter wheat is mostly cultivated. Ohio presents an increase of five per cent of tnat variety, Indiana ten per cent and Michigan seventeen per cent. In portions of these States an unusual effort has been made to eniarge the area of spring sowing, showing, respec- tively, eleven. fourteen and six per cent increase in the States which rely mainly upon spring sown crops. [llinois mdicates an increase in that variety of twelve per cent; Wisconsin, four per cent; Minne- sota, twenty-three per cent; lowa, twelve per cent; an increase having been made also in winter wheat in the same States, with the exception of Wisconsin and Iowa, though in Minnesota the total product of fall sown wheat 18 too be Compe Soe be much affected by it. The increase of winter wheat in Ilinois ts placed atten per cent; in Missoart, fifty per cent; in Kansas twenty-tive percent. An my ye od of these averages will show a general average of about eleven per cent imerease in the fall sowing and twenty-eight per cent m the breadth of spring wheat, altogether an in- te number of acres in wheat. The reports of the condition for June are generally very favorabie. A promise of the best crop ever Known is held out by lvcal correspondents in many places, particularly, west of the Mississippi. Winter grain on new jan is looking very weil; but there 18 a large proportion of wheat sown on old, wornout land, poorly man- aged, and a very light crop will e the re sult, Many washing rains have occurred, and some complaint of fatiowness is made. The extent of this damage, which has been very severe during the jatter part of the month, is not generally determined. Many of the most serious complaints of winter killing in Kentucky anJj Tennessee have been dey 4 moditied by the subsequent growth and yielding from roots presumed to be dead, Our Kentucky correspondent says ‘I din compelled now to say that I never in all my life saw a greater outcome in wheat,” and this remark is applied to all the counties west of the Ten- nessee river. Datnage from rust has been severe tn the Abbeville district, South Carolina, and in Barton county, Georgia. The joss from this cause wili make the crop lighter than for several years. and more%r leas lg aint is made throughout Virginia and Maryland of the appearance of rust upon the biades, which has affected the stalk but slightly in most cases and done little damage to the crops. Similar reports have come from parts of Ohio and Kentucky. The Weather, which has been #o wet during the fod of Ube | has generally been quite bropit jous as the period for ripening ap- proached. R Mai bout theeusual average of rye is reported. he oniy Eastern State that fatis to come fully up to the average; the Middle States have scarcely the usual breadth, and in the West Oo, Idnois, lowa and Kansas are slighty defictent—Iv failing short sx per cent. The other Westerr States area little in excess. The South shows about an average breadth in this crop. BakLry.—Kentucky, Missouri and Minnesota have given increased attention to barley; but most of the other States are either siightiy below the average or barely up to it The fak Lay ng J was det- cient in most of the Western States, but the defl- ciency Was generally made up by extra exertions in preparing for a spring crop. ‘OaTs.-cAn increased aren, tn oate, averaging seven per cent for the entire country, is reported. CLOVER.—It is worthy of note that every State in the Union reports an increased attention to the cio- ver crop, with the single reduction of two per cent in New Ham ire, Gnd the prospect for s good crop is almost universal, Kentucky only being marked a trifie below the average. PastvRes.—Delaware and Wisconsin are the only States failing to give increased averages. FxRciTs.—The appearance of apple blossoms wae un- usually late en the Atiantic , opening very fully at last. They were injured in many places by storms and anpropitious weather. In the cent of the West the bioom of the orchard was not generally abundant. It was smail on the Atlantic coast be- tween New York and cone with the single excep- tion of apples. West of ¢ issisaippl it was jarge and in some localities excessive. MAPrLé SUGAR.—The States giving increased atten- tion to this production are, ively, Messachu- setts, eighty Recent increase; Vermont, sixty; New Hampshire, ieconsin, Maine, New York, Minne- sota, lowa and Penney wania. Army Orders, ‘The following court martial has been appotited to meet at West Point on the 6th inst., or as soon there- after as practicable, for the trial of enlisted men:— Brevet Major General A. 8. Webb, Lieutenant Colonel Forty-fourth infantry; Brevet Lieutenant Colonel J. Ss. Poland, Captain nd infantry; Brevet Lieuten- ant Colonel J. L. Kent, Captain Third infantry; Bre- vet Lieutenant Coloael A. Mordecai, Captain in the Ordnance Department; Brevet Lieutenant Colonel P. 8. Micbie, eee in the corps of engineers; Brevet Major Wm. Stnciair, Captain Third artillery; Brevet Major A. K. Arnold, Captain Fifth cavalry. Second Lieutenant F. Soule, Jt, Ordnance Department, Judge Advocate of the court. No other officers than those named can be assembled without manifest in- jury to the service, Naval Orders, Rear Admiral Thomas Turner bas been ordered to YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JULY 4%, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET. the command of the South Pacific squadron. Naval Constructor Thomas Davidson, Jr’, has been ordered to duty in the Bureau of Construction and Repair. Captain C. H. B. Caldwell has been detaehed from the command of the Naval Rendezvous at Boston and Placed on orders, "Surgeon John & Kitehen and Pirst Serena Raver ous at Boston and ordered t0 the re- ine sloreship ParveYor: ete ‘Acting Master Wim. Budd 19 detached from the disc! l. commana et Se Demene e aet - harged. ation hemetonk ta John D. Smith ts de- tached from the Naval vous at Boston and Placed on waiting orders. THE FORTIETH CONGRESS. ane Second Session. SENATE. WASHINGTON, July 2, 1863, JAPANESE CADETS IN THE NAVAL ACADEMY. Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, (rep.) of N. J., reported from the Committee on Naval Affairs a joint resolution to admit certain persons to the Naval Academy. It authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to receive for instruction at the Naval Academy at Annapolis not exceeding six persons, to be designated by the gov- ernment of the empire of Japan, provided no ex- pense to the United States is involved. Mr. Freling- huysen said the committee had heartily approved the project, as doubtless the nation would, the youths contemplated to be admitted having already a tolerable English education, and he thought it in perfect‘accordance with the policy and duty of the government. Mr. EDMUNDS, (rep.) of Vt., introduced a bill to fix the time for the next meeting of Congress, fixing the third Monday of November next. t Placed on the caiendar. DIPLOMATIC SERVICE BILL. Mr. PatrERson, (rep.) of N. H., from the Commit- tee on Foreign Affairs, reported a bill to promote the iow | of the diplomatic and consular service of the United States. FLORIDA SENATORIAL DELEGATION COMPLETE. Mr, Howarp, rep) of Mich., presented the cre- dentials of A. S. Welsh, recently elected Senator from Florida, who then ‘came forward and was sworn in, and took his seat at the extreme left, be- side Senator McDonald, of Arkansas. MEMORIAL FROM W. CORNBLL JEWETT. Mr. TRUMBULL, (rep.) of Ill, presented the me- morial of W. Cornell Jewett, praying Congress to complete the Alaska purchase as a national measure to testify the people's fer iyieebnn of the life-long ublic services of Hon. William H. Seward and his (01 ht in acquit a@ territory oe the American ions in the Pacific, ined to sur- Wa and New World in civilization, com- merce and cities. Mr. Hows, (rep.) of Wis., called up the bill to ex- for the completion of the West Wiscon- oad, which was passed, THE WESTERN PA(iFIC AaILROAD. Mr. Se called up the bill re- lati to the Western n Pacific Railroad. The bill = the use of much of the isiand of Yerba SEE ey pa qu for mi a ir. Conness withdrew Nis objection to en amendment offered on a former occasion by Mr. Morrill, of Maine, to strike out the words “and the United States shall pay to the said company, their successors or assigns, such sum a8 may be reasonably due for such use and occupation thereof,” referring to the contingency of the United States resuming the oeoupation of the property. The amendment was agreed Mr. COLE, (rep.) of Cal., ae and Mr. Conness accepted an amendment striking out the words ‘‘as not being required for military purposes in time of peace’’ from the provision that the Secretary of War and General of t .e Army shall designate the portion tobe taken. Agreed to. Mr. COLE offered a further amendment to ada to those officers the Chief of the Board of Engineers. Mr. CoNNESS approved the amendment. Considerable discussion followed on points hereto- fore argued. Mr. Cole’s amendment was rejected. Mr, FESSENDEN, (rep.) of Me., offered an amend- ment making the occupancy terminabie at the plea: ure of Congress. Agreed to. . A'so the following proviso:—"Provided that no work shall be constructed by the said company be- tween the mainland and said island which will, in the judgment of the War Department, injuriousiy affect navigation in the harbor ol San Francisco,’* which was . Also an amendment construing the bill as not an thorizing or. granting any subsidy of bonds to any road built under this act. which was agreed to. Mr. COLE offered a further proviso, that this act shall not poe the rights or claims of persons ousted from the island we military force, but that such rights or claims shall be ascertained and adju- dicated by tue courts of California; which was re- jected after further discussion by a vote of 11 to 25, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, after ape king of its neces- sity, offered the following provix And provided further, teat on the determination or suspen- sion of the priviiege hereby granted, and on the United states taking possession of that part of the island to which anch “privilege applies, the nited States shall hot be required to make compeusation for any structures or erections remaining thereon, or for the use ur occupation of said island or structures. Which wae agreed to. Mr. CoLe modified his amendment as follows, and it waa ed to:—‘‘And provided further that this act should not impair the rigits or claims of persons in possession of the island of Yerba Buena ut the ume of the late military occupation there." The question being on the passage of the bill, Mr. Hen- dricks opposed it, as in effect granting toa rich company a part of one of the most valuable isiands belonging to the United States government, and one certified by the War Department to be necessary to the defence of the harbor of San Francisco. Mr. HOWARD denied that any grant was given, bey pointing out the importance to the commerce of that region to the proposed privilege. The bill was then passed—2s to &, as follows:— YrAs—Messrs. Chandler, Conkling, Conness, Corbett, Davis, Drake, Harlan, Howatd, Howe, Johneon, McCreery, McDonald, Morgan, Morrill of Me., Nye, Osborne, Patterson of N. Hay of Tenn., Ramsey, Ross, Stewart, Sum- her, Thayer, Tipton, Wade, Walsh, Witiame and Yates’-28 Nays—Mesars, Anthony, Edmunds, Hendricks, Morrili of Vt, Morton, Prambull, Vickers and Willey_-® An evening session at half-past seven was provided for, on motion of Mr. Conness, for the consideration of private bills. : THE CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL. The Civil Appropriation bill was taken up. The question was on the amendment of Mr. Patter- son, of N. H., to direct the Secretary of the Treasury, for the purpose of executing the treaty of ie ton of August 2, 1842, to pay the State of Maine $1 2 T acre for 91,122 acres of land, and Massachusetts is 25 per acre for 26,150 acres, provided they quiet the claims of settlers by a release of their titles. Mr. BucKALEW, (dem.) of Pa., offered a further proviso, that the appropriation siall be held to con- clude and extinguish ail asserted ciaims of said States of Maine and Massachusetts, and of all set- tlers, owners and claimants against the United States under the fourth article of said treaty of Washington, or in relation to depredations upon the lands or territory mentioned in said article, or to tn- terest upon expenditures by the State of Maine in defending the same prior to the negotiation of said treaty. [He explained that the depredations in ques- tion ‘were committed between 1ss2 and 1839 by British subjects on the disputed territory in cutting timber and that the claim was based on the assertion that the default of the State of Maine in. not protect- ing its citizens was in consequence of the request of the United States. Another claim was for interest on expense incurred by these States in defending the territory, Three handred thousand dojlars had been paid to those States by the United States in consid. eration of their assent to the line established by the treaty. Mr. FESSENDEN reminded the Senate that these depredations did not arise under this bein tut be- cause the State of Maine had raised a military force for the protection of its property from these ‘depre- dations, The other claim arosy under articie five of the treaty, which provided that’ Maine be reimbursed for its expenses in defending the territory; that re- imbursement having been mace, but an error having been made in calculating the interest, Mr. Feasenden asked what sort of legisiation it would be to say to @ State that because one valid claim had been paid two others should not be paid’ He moved to amend the amendment by striking from it all after the word “Washington.” Mr. BUCKALEW Made some further femarks, say- ing the interest had been paid to Maine; but her complaint was that she had not been allowed in- terest upon interest. He thought Maine ought to be satistied with the sum proposed. Mr. FeSsENDEN refused to make any compromise, and his motion to strike out was agreed to. ‘The question recurring on the amendment of Mr. rrp as amended, it was rejected by a vote of 3 to The eae of Mr. Patterson, of N. H., was ir. YATES, (rep) of ill, from the Committee on Expenditure DY the Secretary of the. latency or the expen of Interior e appropriation heretofore made for the erection of a penitentiary in the Territory of Colorado. Agreed to. Mr. HARLAN, (rep.) of lowa, offered an amendment providing that the Assistant Secretary of the Inte- rior have an addition to his salary equa! to the differ- ence between it and that of the Bee of tl Interior, during the period he has acted in the al sence of the latter on account of hia illness and absence from the seat of government. Mr. SHERMAN, (rep.) of Ohio, su cation, confining the time for which the salary should be paid to the period during which iperior had acted, or may act, as Attorney General. Mr. HARLAN indicated his willingness to ac the modification, but, after some seion, with- drew the amendment. Mr. Parrerson, (dem.) of Tenn., offered an amend- mes erent $25,000 to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to enlarge the lote tn the city of iashville, Tennessee, for the erection of a Court jonse. Agreed to. Mr. CAMERON, (rep.) of Pa, moved to amend by Ppp ropeiasny $55,000 for @ Post Office in Harrisburg, ‘@., on condition that the people, if it cost more than that sum, will furnish the balance, Mr. Morniit, (rep.) of Me., objected, and it was declared out of order. The bill having passed throngh the Committee of the Whole, Mr. Howr called for the yeas and nays on the ted a modifi- ee iets bf $20,008 one ame. sie. Nines SuRrORe in of $25,000 for cy in the fund for the relief of sick and cues pee which had been rejected in Com- emacs some additional remarks in opposition the oupropriation was retained by @ vote of 11 LADIES’ MOUNT VERNON ASSOCIATION. Mr. JONSON, (dem.) of Md., introduced @ bill granting $7,000 to the Ladies’ Mount Vernon Asso- eiatian, which was referred to the Committee on m8. Adjovrned, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wasuineron, July 2, 1868. THB COLLECTION OP TEN PER CENT ON GOVERN- MENT BONDS, Mr. HooPER, (rep.) of Mass., from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported a bill to collect ten per cent on United States bonds by making the six per cent i@terest five and four-tenths per cent, tht five per cent four and five-tenths and the three per cent two and seven-tenths. The bill and report were read, the re] declaring that the Committee on Ways and Means does not ove the bill, and only re- po in obedience to: order of the House. The il and report were ordered to be printed and re- ferred to the Committee of the Whole. CHANGE OF PHRABEOLOGY IN THE WHISKEY SECTION OF THE TAX BILL, Mr. HOOPER from the same committeg, re- ported back the joint resolution introduced a few days since by Mr. Butler, of Mass., substituting the word “or” for the word ‘‘and’’ in the bill in rela- tion to exporters of rum, so that the language will be intended for export or actually contracted for, which was passed. EQUALIZED TAXATION AND THE REDUCTION OF THE PUBLIC DBBT. Mr. BUTLER, (rep.) Of Mass., asked leave to intro- duce a bill to equalize taxation and to reduce the public debt, proposing a funding system of perpetual four per cent annuities, payable in gold, and untax- able. He ake) that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Mr. KANDALL, (dem:) of Pa., asked to have the bill read. Mr. Onra, (rep.) of Ind,, insisted on the regular order of business. Mr. RANDALL then objected to the introduction of Mr. Butler's bill. ‘WO MORE STATES TO BE FORMED OUT OF TEXAS. STEVENS, (rep.) of Pa., from the Reconstruc- tion Committee, reported a bill to provide for the erection of not more than two additional States out of the territory of the State of Texas. Mr. BoUTWELL, (rep.) of Mass., asked whether oe Stevens proposed to ask action on the bill to- ar. STEVENS replied that that was hts purpose. Mr. BOUTWELL hoped:it would not be pene ite ee to-day. He said he did not assent to the re- pol ~ Mir. yen day would suit the gentleman wetter & Mr Bovrwett—I think the dill ought to be ‘ted. Be Mr. STEVENS—It has been printed once, but if the tleman will 1x @ day J will withdraw the bill tit hen. Mr. BovTweELt—Let it be printed and recommitted. Mr. STEVENS—Very well. 1 received last night two very urgent telegrams from the race tee gayine they were anxious that we should act 8 Matter, go that they act, Mr. Breck, (dem.) of Ky., suggested that Mr. Stevens should OX next Wednesday for action on the bill, Ae Vhat Messrs. Bingham and Brooks, members of the Reconstruction Committee, who were absent, Would then be present. Mr. STEVENS sat@he would not fx any time now, because it might Bot suit his friends as well. He would let the'matter stand. The bill was to be printed and recom- mitted. : PRIVATE CLAIMS, The House then#esumed the basiness of the morn- ing hour—the Bulpeported yesterday from the Com- mittee on Private Tand Claims, to restore to certain parties their rightsander the jaws and treaties of the United States, Mr. Stone, (déqif.) of Md., who had charge of the bill, accey the amendment su; ted yesterday by Mr. Johnson saving the rights of settlers under the Preemption or Homestead laws. After considerabie discussion the bill was passed. Mr. BLaIg, (rep.) of Mich., asked leave to report from the Commit on Foreign Affairs @ bill for the. relief of Knott & Co., being a claim against the Chi- nese government, Mr. STEVENS, of Pa., objected. Mr. OxtH, from the Committee on Land Claims, reported a bill confirming the title of E. R, Clark an Samuel W. Clark to a tract of and five miles square, south of St. Mary's river, Florida, under a grant by the Spanish government to Join Underwood, and on which Underwood erected a sawmill in 1805, The bill contains a proviso that it is not to prejudice any claim to the lands by John Underwood, Mr. WaSHBUKNE, (rep.) of IIL, asked for the read- ing of the report. The SPEAKER inquired of Mr. Ooth whether he Sieided for that purpose. Mr. ORTH dectiued doing so for want of time, but su led that the gentieman from Ilinois might read it for himself. Mr. WASHBURNE remarked that if the gerttieman from Indiana (Mr, Orth) had had a 1uch expertence in reference to these land claims as he (Mr. Wash- burne) had, such as the Henmas grant and the Slideil and Benjamin grant, he would not think of pressing them through without discussion. Mr. ORTH admitted that he had nothad as much experience as the gentleman from lilinois, but claimed that he knew what he was reporting as well as that genfleman did. Mr. PULAND, (fep.) of Vt., remarked that as @ mem- ber of the Committee on Private Land Ciaims in the Senate he had some years since considered this mat- ter very carefully, and that @ bill similar to that before the House had been unanimously reported by the committee and unanimously passed in the Senate. Opposition to the bill was made by Messrs. Wash- burne, of Il).; Butler, of Mass., and Stevens, of Pa.; * and the bill was further advocated and explained by Messrs. Orth and Poland. Finally the previous question was seconded, and under its operation the bill was passed—T5 to 29, CALL FOR A REPORT ON IRON CL: The morning hour expired, and Mr. Pt Mo., offered a resolution calling on the the Navy for a copy of the report of Captain Eads on the iron clads in Europe and this country, which was adopted. PENSION BILLS. On motion of Mr. PERHAM, (rep.) of Me.,the Senate amendments to four pension bills on the @peaker's table were concurred fh, and the Senate amendments to lay a large number of other pension bills on the table were non-concarred in, and referred to a com- mittee of conference. E ALASKA BILL. of Muss., gave notice that on Th Mr. BANKS, (rep.) Tuesday next he would move to go into Commutiee of the Whole on the Alaska bill. The Sreaken remarked that he would regard that notice a8 a postponement of the Alaska bill till that time. LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL APPROPRIA- TION BILL. The House then, at half into Committee of the WI one o’elock, went e on the state of the Vnion, Mr. Wilson, of fowa, in the chair, and took up the Senate amendments to the Legislative, Exe- cutive and Judicial Appropriation bill, Mr. SPALD: irep.) of Ohio, moved to lay aside that bill and to take up the two Appropriation bills for benevolent purposes in the distriet of Columbia. Rejected. Mr. BLAINE, (rep.) Of Me, addressed the com- mittee on the financtal con:lition of the government. Mr. SPALDING itterrapted Mr. Blaine and made the point of order that he was not speaking to any amendment in the bill, but was making a political Snare overruled the point of order, and Mr. Blaine proceeded with bis remarks, He compared the government @xpenditures of the present day with those of the democratic reyinne tintmediatel: receding the war, demonstrating, as he contended, Rat the appropriations of to-day were far more eco- nomical and guarded than were those of the Bu- chanan administration at the outset. He called at- tention to the importance of distinguishing between those expenditures which were discretionary and under the control of Congress and those which were the inevitable and unavoidable consequence of the war. In the jatter Claas he included the interest on the war debts, the pensions and the bounties to sol- diers, The fnterest amounts to $129,000,000, the rng ir reese nese Sn trary making in the ,t two-thirds of the entire ex; jitures, ese eX- Fo pele cannot be unless we repudiate it obligations [0 Our public creditors and turn our back on the brave men risked their lives that the republic might survive, The ordinary e: fury the be ag on which we just entéred, he id Pyle be as fol- Vv lows:—Executive, re judicial, embracing all salaries aud ex) $17,480,000; for the army, West Point 33,081,013; for the navy, $17,600,000; ilitary Academy, $820,000; for Saiee ment, $2,600,000: consular und a 1,204,404; for Indian Bureau, treaties, &c., $2,500,000; the rivers and 700,000; for collecting the revenue, 000; for civil expenses of the various department 000; if all ki Inelud! the cost closing up the Freedmen’s eee I 000,000; de- ficiencies in appropriations, | $2,460,000. Total, 108,818,447. same class of ©: io juchanau’s time amounted to over $70,000,000 per annum, in gold coim. At that time the entire popu- lation of the country was less than 30,000,000, While to-day it is well nigh 40,000,000, Pry haa, d cent premium on gold bring the expendi ures: two eras to the same@ standard, and it is found that one rear of Buchanan's expenditures would Cer to 94,000,000 in the cursency of to-day, and if we add one-third for the increase of population and conse- nent legitimate increase of expenditure we find peniture would be $159.00, 000, wile we apend ieee penditure wo 008, while we 9 than $10,000,000, ye economy of to-day was even more apparent wher-the detail of the expenses of the army was examined. Por instance, Buchanan's fon the army cost £87,000,000— nearly $22,080,000 in coin eagh year—and that, ‘90, for an ary of only nineteen regtnrents, or at rate of more than @ miliion @ year in gold for _~ each ent. To-day, with an afiny of sixty regi- ments, Genera) Grant asks for only $55,000,000, or a litde more than half a million a ed for each regi- 3 papers in the city of Washington because they are Ropeblicen, papers. ries of “Question.’? ment, Under the democratic ime it Cost early The question was taken and the amendment was twice ag much in gold for each regiment as it costs | concurred in. 2 poe ral Grants adm ion of The next amendment that gave*rise to debate was iy affairs, The ity in paval aaprnenges that which applied to the publication of the debates is equally 4 year we w spend a | of Congress in the Congressional Globe, and re- little over $17,000,000, while under Buchanan | quired the Joint Committee on Printing to invite the average expense was over $13,000,000 roposals for the publication of the actual proceed- a eat in gold. the ce and debates. The Committee on Appropria- in size of the navy at bl i veg tons made no recommendation on this amendment, the Buchanan scale of expenditure w: to-day Mr. SPALDING Moved that the amendment be non- make an outlay of well $40,000,000 for the navai | concurred in. service, In the Post O1 Ss perernioe seems Mr. BLAINE said that he was authorize by the Was equally striking. years f apainray Proprietors of the @lobe to stafe that so far as the: 1861 the Treasury was called upon for average were concerned they would like to have the amend- age. ae nen iar ne has be aver- aged more rr with @ vastly exten de mote Seated and, Territories, Fol! this exposition Mr. Blaine dwelt at some | on the ‘reduction effected in the public ‘ince the close of the war, amounting to between $200,000,000 and 300,000,000; and the continuous i Seoreaee cr laxeden amounting to 9 reduction ent year. Mr. Blaine closed with an allusion to the mo- mentous of the re ith a net eulogy of General achievements, and wit ont ihe lusion of Mr. BI ys remarks M conclusion laine ir. SPALDING said, satirically, “1 ‘propose Oh RAND: 1 sald he desired to rd in Tr, ALL e 8a wo reply tr; the emery wags ¥ "si ¢ CHAIRMAN that, by order of the House, all general debate was closed. " Mr. RANDALL—I only want to say that there is no truth in the gentleman's statement that the repubii- | moreover, that if cap yao put down the rebellion. The democrats pars he Ma their muskets and put it down. (Calis of * Order. ment Mr. GaRrizLp moved to amend the amendment by that hereafter no publication of the de- of Congreas shall be made at the expense of the Treasury of the United States. Mr. WASHBURN, (rep.) of Ill, inquired whether be C pane from Ohio wished to keep the people Oranee a Ginette said he did not oifer the amendment on account of any fect! as to the refusal of the House to appropriate $20,000 for educational pur- poses. The people. would iearn far less from the @lobe than from what might be published by the De- ite ent of Education. It was not from any feel- of that kind that he made the motion; heers MMe "desk for” Scat a crue three cl esk for mont ast a pro ion on which he desired the m of the House touching this subject. He believed that the br enter- prise of the country would give just as a report of what was said in the House and Senate as the people of the country would care to read, and the; would do that at their own cost. He believ the Congressional Globe were utterly abolished the debates of Congress would be far more valuable than they now are. There would be less talk for the sake of making essays and scat- Mr. WASHRURNE, of IIL, stated that the Senate | tering them abroad, and in that way an immense had made two hundred and twenty-seven amend- ments to the bill The commit the remainder, The Committee of the Whole proceeded to vote on the amendments one by one. of any importance was that to strike out of the item | ceedin, of Claims, with | In En; fe of Jud, ita of the Court ne Re a Sno. jedgments @ the prov! hat xceeding $5,000 shouid be paid. Tne Committee on Appropriations = an Were just as good rey recommended concurrence with the Senate. Mr. WASHBBURNB, Of IL, opposed tion, and Mr. BUTLER, of Mase., advocated it. tyee recommended | debate would then be concurrence tn fifty of them and non-concurrence in | bate. overnment. The legitimate, regular de- ‘The present system of deliberation had come down to essay writing and essay reading, or rather essay writing and essay printing. He trusted that hereafter there would be no publication of the pro- 4 pipers atthe boy of jhe sorerpmens. not for the publication o! the debates in Parliament, aa had pa done 80, rts made in the in the Congres- Mr. STEVENS, of Pa., rose to inquire whether the expense would be saved to the n Times as were now made the recommenda- | sional Globe. Mr. SPALDING remarked that an limiting of the | latter part of the gentleman’s (Mr, Garfleid’s) speech paying of judgments would be in fact a limitation of the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims to $5,000, and novody pro} lat. Mr. WASHBURNE, Of IIl., justified the proviso on the round that the apprépriation for the payment of ty ments should not manr Mr. INGERSOLL, (rep.) of Ill, characterized the roviso asa sort of a law or 8 confession that ‘he government was not able to pay its debts. Mr. STEVENS, of Pa., advocated striking out the bg He asked what would be the use of the ‘ourt of‘Claims or of the provision of the law that its findings shall be conclusive if the appropriation for the ent was to be frittered away ‘all gobbled up by one | or Latin. (Laugh! was not the latter end cut off his speech on the Bu- rean of Education. and whether he did not intend to add to his amendment a proposition that no child should read a newspaper or that no debate in Con- gress should eve! iy ublished unless it was in Greek rT.) Mr. GARFIELD intimated that he did not sce the brilliancy of that remark. Mr. BLAINE spoke against the amendment. He said that the gentleman from Ohio had referred to the English precedent; but if they wanted to bring about the same principle here, in which a few gentle- men occupy front seats while Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones would never be noticed at all, there would be in $5,000 | found only @ small minority in favor of it. There for one Judgment and $6,000 for another. He could | Was no representative assembly in the world that not see any sense in thet twopenny system, which | began to compare, for the value and reminded him of the man pote - he owed a ocuseey a > ite hangin Ro yk apie dollar, would only pay it in instalments of ten cents. ts % sat peepee Mr. KELSEY, (rep.) of N. Y., advocated the pro- viso, remar! that it was very proper to piace a fund at the small judgments, but that Congress had never fa- vored giving the court an unlimited control of funds w onal of the court for payment of | @ man said and every motion he comnected with whic! stamped responsibility so much as having everything made given on the permanent records of the official Globe. If that were abandoned one of the strongest links in the chain of judgments unt Congress had reviewed | responsibility between the representative and his 4 ete brok that that was to pay lange and pi pop He thought thé tne course to pursue. * Fa et Mr. Ross, (dem.) of I; complimented the Senate for sho ing a Sense in striking out the pro- viso. He thought there was propriety in leaving the matter with the court. He could understand why the amendment of the Senate would not suit his colleague from the Galena district (Mr. Washburne), whe wanted to convert all the mon the people by taxation into gold forthe purpose of paying the bondholders. All honest claims uniformly received the eet of his colleague; but if there was anything for the bondtolders or bankers or that tended to withdraw the ple’s money from circu- lation and impair their ability to pay their taxes his colleague was for it. He was sorry that his or was running his Presidential candidate in that groove; but he somes that after the Fourth of July the pene would have a candidate to whom they couid look in their gai 8 Mr. STEVENS, of Pa.—Chase will not agree to that. (Laugnter.) Mr. WASHBURNE, of Ill, sald he did not propose in ‘acting on this bill toenter into the discussion which his colleague (Mr, Koss) invited. His own ition had been sustained by his constituents, and faa thrown him (Mr. Ross) overboard. api eal The amendment of the Senate was concurred in and the proviso was stricken out. ‘The various amendments for the increase of clerks in the various departments were non-concurred in, The amendment abolishing the office of Director of the Bureau of Statistics was concurred in, with an amendment making it take effect irom the ist of July, 1869. the amendment Sppropriases, $35,000 for the Solicitor and Naval Judge Advocate General was, after Cogs by Mr. Washburne, of Ul, and ad- vocacy by Mr. Butler, of Mass., and Mr. Twitchell, non-concurred in, The Committee on Appropriations recommended non-coneurrence in the Senate amendment appro- priating $20,000 for the Department of Education. Mr. SPALDING moved to concur, and Mr. GARFIELD, (rep.) of Ohto, spoke in support of the motion, and had read a letter from John Bright, member of the British Parliament, in favor of the proj tablisu a Department of Education tn this country. Mr. RANDALL opposed the amendment, and de- clared that, in his opinion, there never had been a good reason for the establishment of the Depart- ment of Education. There was no analogy between the case of England and that of the United States in regard to education. In England there was a cen- tralized form of government, but here education was safe in the hands of the people of the several es, States. Mr. DONNELLY, rer) of Minn., su} amendment, and attributed the re majority of thirty thousand in the State of Mississippi to the want of education on the part of the colored people. He spoke of the small amount of the appropriation in comparison with appropriations for other pur- poses. Mr. was no more Education in &@ Departnent of Religion or a Department of Music. The sooner that Con, withdrew itseif from at- tending to matters that did not concern it and vane attention to things that did the better it would be for the people. Mr. PHELPs, (dem.) of Ind., was unable to see any- ‘thing in the law o1 ing the ent of Edu- cation inconsistent either with constitution of the United States or with the general policy of the government. Mr. SPALDING supported the amendment and said it was not a new matter for Congress to interfere to promote education. The States bad all had the ad- vantage of the bounty of Congress in that respect. He spoke of the present Commissioner of Education as a person pecaliarly qualified and ed for the po- sition. He deprecated the policy that wouid strike down the appropriation as he deprecated the policy of withholding aid from the charities of the District of Columbia. Mr. STeveNs, of Pa., opposed the amendment. Who ever thought, he asked, of edu: the peopie at the top rung? Who ever thought of educating the | hegroes to vote by teaching them Greek and Latin? His friends were preparing them for freemen by giv- ing them not a common school education, but by | le genre the high sdientific polish of gentlemen. | hat was the Department of kducatton for? Por | picking up scientific seraps by a worn ovt man and publishing them? | Mr. MAYNARD, (rep.) of Tenn., spoke in advocacy of the amendment. Mr. PAKNSWORTH, (rep.) of LiL, opposea it and | wanted to know what it was proposed to uccomplish: by the Department of Elucation. He didn't see how | @ Commissioner of Education, having, an office over # Washington restaurant, could teach the negroes tn South Carolina and Mississippi how to | vote. Education was to be put , pT 8 and distributed ali over (he country, as. were put up | in the agricultural department. The government might as well have a departineut of reiigion, or a de- partment of st Mr. GARFIELD suggested that the gentleman's (Mr. Farusworth’s) = in reference to a depart. ment of shoemal fed the were, in having a —to attend wo the soles Which we tread upon—showed that a department of tion was not entirely unnecessary. (Laughter.) Mr. FARNSWORTA retorted by saying he did not make speeches tor the purpose of ions of John Bi upon them and of spreading opinions in columns of the Glove. ( nuchter Bh AIX remarked that Congress had no de- rtment of grammar. ar Ganrretp continued his remarfs in advocacy of the amendment. Mr. WBLKER, (rep.) of Ohio, referred, as an exam- & of the inefficiency of the Department of Ednca- iseahsttnce ‘was aaopted by the House. ant ucational was gent to that department » year ago, and that no repy had yet been received. Ir. PIKR, (rep.) of Me., naly the ‘was taken and the amend- in, silow government advertieg- mente to be bilshed Tn at ty in of the mittee ou ‘Wash: n came bw and 8 recom! & concurrence. ir, FARNSWORTH eX; his astouishment that sats apne ncaa, pa a was in three im the city of Wi } es of two r. SPatorvo—Because they are republican by this amend- it advertisements to the Star. Sho ropa —— PA ata cv eon ae a bp Hated sp Washington. DO not ask too much Mr. Panes wontn—The ba oy cuts off at the Sige saa lets rup at the bunghole. ir. Will not the gentleman con- starvation of republicans ti; ne wt PARNaworTH—I do not propose to starve any Mr. STEVENS do. Mr. Finsewonve--bes 1 do not propose to pension | wrung from | ment and it was the POMEROY, (rep.) of N. Y., argued that there | Mulbery street, a potato dealt Department of | men named Michael O'Brien with aw vashington than there was in having | tatoes to Rahwa! made » few remarks |, constituents woukd be en. a Se snpene Sam thd not have the same re- rting that we now have Por Braise No, sir. If you abolish the Oongres- stonal Glode you will get no more from the Asso- ciated Press thar you now You will get pre- cisely what z uu now get nota cle more. The question wi ere. on Mr. Carfleld’s amend- Mr, DONNELLY moved to amend the Senate amend- ment by adding the following:. And from and after the 4th of March, 1869, unless it be pre- viously otherwise ordered by Congress, the proceedings and debates of the two Houses of be published daily at the Congressional printing office, the reports therefor furnished by the reporters provi ach House for itself, io such manner and under such ns as it may prescribe, Mr. WASHBURN, of Ill., made a point of order on the amendment, which was overruled. NO SESSION ON THE FOURTH. The committee then rose in order to close debate on the section, and without again going into com- mittee the House af five o’clock journed, with the understanding that it would meet at eleven o'clock to-morrow morning, and that there would be no ses- sion on Saturday. NEW JERSEY. Newark. SERIOUSLY INJURRBD.—Oscar Cramer, a young mar residing in Myrtle avenue, was seriously if not fatally injured through having been kicked by @ vicious horse op Wednesday afternoon. It seems he was busily examining the hind legs of the animal, and barely touched it. when he was knocked senseless by a powerful blow from the horse's hoof. He still continues ina critical condi- tion. A THOROUGH SPIRITUALIgy.—Yesterday forenoon, before Justice Stap#, in the Police Court, Jane Jack- tion to es- | son, a Githy clad female of wornout appearance, ap- peared and made application for relief under the following circumstances :—According to her state- ‘Mntirely dead for three hous ‘age. Her army was * ire! fol bandaged up, and indeed "the jood oozed from whet sppenced.so he s severe wou being ap- parent she was sti under the ‘infuence,’’ she was handed over to the care of Colonel Johnson, of the Essex county jatl, for protection. " ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT AND FsROCIOUS As- SAULT.—The usually quiet neighborhood of Chestnut street, near the New Jersey Railroad depot, was thrown into @ stateof much excitement last even- ing under the follow! Sete cee or about. istof June Mr. ‘alters, of No. 836 yr jer, despatched one of his load of po- , with instructions dispose of them in detail. Subsequently he sent on forty bar- rels more, making an ite value of about $200. After waiting a reasonable time Mr. Walters, on finding that his man had not returned nor sent an; word, went on to Rahway and found his horse wagon, but no man or potatoes. He returned to Newark and made a complaint before Justice Mills, who issued @ warrant on the of em- bezziement. About half-past seven o'clock Jast evening Walters was discussing the matter with O’Brien’s boarding house Keeper, a man named Mar- tin Conway, of No. 100 nor who also complained of having lost a watch and $20 by the same source, While thus engaged the object of their talk came along, und after a short parley set upon Conway and fastened lis fangs first on his head and then on one of his thumbs, taking away a piece of flesh with each bite. He then tried to escape, but was captured and brought to the station house, where he is now held on an additional charge of atrocious assault. Trenton, Usirep Staves Disterer Cocrt.—In this court yesterduy the District Attorney, Mr. Keasiey, moved for the trial of John Hemmis and Phillp Hessamer, both of New York, indicted for {nfrattion of the inter- nal revenne laws by distilling spirits llicitly at Gutten- burg, Hadson county, last December. On motion of | Mr. Northrop, of New York, counsel for Hessamer, a separate trial Waa granted, From the testimony ad- au it appears that Hermits was a distiller on For- ty: enth street, New York, whose establishment Was seized by the New York authorities. Tue defend- ant, however, managed to secrete one of the stills, which he moved to Guttenburg, where he conducted the procesa of flégal distill with * 48 4 workman. After @ protrac trial the jury convicted Hemuis, but the court re- served sentence til] next Tuesday. Philip Hessa- mer pleaded not gniity to the indictment, but as he was simply @ workinan of Hemmis’ the court con- al tan extenuation of his case, and as he has been In prison since February last decreed him to be imprisoned tn the Newark jail for thirty ha The remainder of the prisoners convicted were then con- ducted from the county jail to be sentenced i the court. John Stucker, James E: Lawrence, William Pitepatrick and Patrick Costigan were tenced to five years’ incarcerat the State Prison for passing counterfet notes pur- orting % have been by a national nk, Willlam G. Becker and Wi Moore, convicted of mee counterfeit rency, were sentenced to two years at hard labor in the State The served in pronouncing sentence on the latter that the Gages of ment was en within the of court, which was not case as afer, Cries, discharged till Tuesday next and the court adjourned, Wi! the prtsoners being to the their escort per- ited tna AT, nee ina jictory smile in a sa- to ives from ‘oer man: acies and into the street. An exciting pur- suit followed, after @ most jase, it vigorous ch: which a large crowd icipated, the would-be Pay were recaptut and once more restored into custody of their guardians. ° Newton. OBITUARY.—The death of Judge John Townsend, formerly of the Sussex county Court of Common Pleas, occurred, after a protracted iliness, at his fesidence bere, on Wednesday was about fifty-five years of age throughout democratic circies in this State. Mrs. Victor, convicted in Cleveland of murdering her brother, has not yet Leen sentenced, Since the ury rendered theif verdict on Tnescay afternoon she continued muttering about her innocence and the false testimony against her, as she did inthe court room, in the jaii she has packed up the few things she has there, and saye ste is for the- Jury to bring tn the verdict, then she will home. This ia the sum of her tatk from morning toy She wil! pet be sentenced until her condition, whe sane or bot ty definitely asvertaineds ‘ a |