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WASHINGTON A Bill Authorizing the Government to Purehase Raw Cotton Intro- duced in the Senate. (Debate on the Civil Service Bill in the House. The Telegraph and the Whiskey Ring in League. WASHINGTON, Jan, 8, 1869. Mecting of the Senate Finance Committee. ‘The Senate Finance Committee had a meeting this ‘morning and considered nominations for Collector of Customs at New Orleans, and Collector and Assessor ‘of Internal Revenue for the Second district-of Louis- ftana, without taking final action. The discussion of ‘Muancial matters occupied most of the time, but no aefinite results were reached as to what plan the ‘committee will adopt towards furnishing the Senate with a bill for the regulation of the finances. | The Virginia Reconstruction Committee, ' The committee appointed by the conference of gitizens from different parts of Virginia, which met gt Richmond on December 31, arrived here to-day. Itconsists of A.H.H. Stuart, chairman; Messrs, Yonn L. Marye, Jr., of Fredericksburg; James F, Johnson, of Bedford; W. T. Sutherlin, of Danville; NWyndham Roberts, of Washington county; W. 8. wen, of Halifax; John B. Baldwin, of Augusta; james Nelson, of Richmond, and J. F. Slaughter, of ynchburg. The object of the committee in visiting jashington is to ascertain the best terms on which Pietais can bp Teqiored to the Union. Theaction the committee will conclude nothing, as it is t6 be ited ("a convention of delegates elected py People, proposed to be held in Richmond on the ‘Joth of February. : The committee had a private meeting to-night, at which they formally organized. The proceed- hngs were confined to a general exchange of .wiews delivered in a colloquial and informal manner, ‘although the programme is considered settled. The mmmittee will remain in permanent organization, ‘keeping a quorum of their body here until something ‘as accomplished for the relief of the State. They ave pledged themselves to allow no discouraging ‘or untoward events to deter them from the earnest and persistent pursuit of the object in view. No changes will be made in the committee, a letter hav- Sng been received from Windham Robertson that, although detained, he would soon arrive here. The ‘committee will meet to-morrow at nine o’clock and remain in full session until Wednesday of next week, ‘when probably all but a quorum will go home, with ‘the understanding that some will return and relieve @hose here on duty, thus keeping*constantly in ses- Freer to take advantage of any circum- which arlge towards accomplishing the } Reconstruction of Georgia. ‘The Senate Jadiciary Committee is said to stand Shree to four in favor of reconstructing Georgia, No Meeting was held to-day, and it is believed no action will be til Wednesday fiéxt on Senator Ed- nae Oe @Murder of Government Officers by Mexicans. ‘The Treasury Department has just received the fall details of the attack on Clarksville, Texas, and the murder of Inspectors Phelps and Hammond. ‘The party which committed the crime was composed of Mexicans and negroes, and was organized in Mexico. Phelps was shot in the head and had ten stabs in other parts of his body, and Hammond's ody shows five knife wounds, any one of which ‘would have been mortal. After committing the atro- ious deeds the gang recrossed the Rio Grande into Mexico. The Secretary of the Treasury has addressed communication to the Secretary of War, calling his attention to the outrage and requesting that, as ‘Texas is still under military government, measures ‘may be taken to bring the assassins to justice and to guard against the repetition of similars acta of vio- lence. The authorities of the Treasury have ascer- tained that this crime was committed in the interest of the whiskey ring, and, moreover, that certain telegraph companies are in league with the whiskey ring. Telegrams that were sent from here to oMcers of customs and internal revenue at New Orleans were known to outside parties almost as soon as they Were put on the wires, and despatches from officers 4m New Orleans in reference to affairs in Texas were known to members of the whiskey ring here before they were received at the department. Measures ‘have been adopted by the War Department to secure the safety in future of officers of the government on daty along the Rio Grande. Expenditures of the Treasury Department. Some indignation was aroused in the Treasury Department by the speech of Mr. E. B. Washburne on economy in the administration of the government. Mr. Washburne, it seems, stated that the Treasury Department recklessly expended in the erection of government buildings $665,000 over and above the appropriation made by Congress last session, where- ‘upon he proceeded to denounce such wild extrava- ance in the strongeat terms. The Treasury authori- ies say, in reply to this, that they have not gone ‘beyond the amount appropriated; on the other hand, @smali balance remains to the credit of the appro- Priation. Work has been suspended in all cases where the appropriation is exhausted, They affirm, ‘Desides, that $300,000 of the $665,000 referred to is intended for works that have not yet been com- menced, and, therefore, cannot be expended, the ‘appropriations being deemed too small to justify the commencement of the buildings. The Treasury ofM- cers say that their case is peculiarly hard when viewed from Mr. Washburne’s standpoint, Con- gress, they say, authorizes the erection of buildings ‘and orders estimates to be made therefor, and then ‘abuses them for demanding such large appropria- ‘tions. The Alleged Alaska Fraud. ‘The Committee on Public Expenditures had a ses- sion to-day, but did not examine any witnesses, Colonel Martin, who seems to have been at the bot- ‘tom of the stories about corruption in connection ‘with the Alaska purchase, has fatled thus far to answer the committee's summons to appear. Mr. Noah, correspondent of the New York Democrat, has ‘veen subpeenaed, The Moorhead Tarif Bill. The Ways and Means Committee were in session again to-day and discussed the amendments to be proposed in Committee of the Whole to Moorhead’s ‘Tarif bili, Several amendments were proposed, but pending Iheir consideration the committee ad- Journed. ‘The Busteed Investgation. The sub-committee of the judiciary examined two witnesses to-day, John A. Cuthbert and Peter Hamilton, of Mobile, Ala. Cuthbert was clerk of the court over which Busteed presided in Alabama, and his testimony related to the manner in which the records of the court were kept. The prosecution relied toa great extent upon the testimony of these two witnesses to prove the charges against Busteed, ‘but it te said they fatled to do so to-day. A few more witnesses remain to be produced for the pros- ecution, when the case for the defence will be opened. of the Eighth of January: ‘The anniversary of the battle of New Orleans is ob- served here by the display of flags from the public buildings and hotels, that ts ail. Claims for Salvage. ‘The Secretary of War transmitted to the House to- day the claim of the oMcers and crew of the United States steamer De Soto for salvage against the United States steamer Leviathan. He says tne claim was Presented to the War Department, but there was no ‘appropriation for the payment of it. The Secretary suggests that it be made a matter of inquiry as to whether the public advantage would not be pro- moted by a repeal of the statute allowing salvage to salvors of public vessels where the parties belong to the public armed service. It would seem tw be questionable justice that the United States should be callog upon to RAY for Hervices FendeErod it OWA VEE NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1869—TRIPLE SHEET. eels in distress by ite own and crews. The sub- ject was eferred to the Committee on the Judigiary. Charges Against a New York Collector. ‘The cl against Collector O'Callahan, of the Ninth distict of New York, have been received at the Interjal Revenue Department. Copies of the charges veré furnished to the Secretary of the ‘Treasury gnd to Fernando Wood, the latter having requested @ copy. ‘The International Pacific Railroad. Informaion has been received that the Texas Con- ver.tion hw passed an ordinance giving the right of way tothe International Pacific Railroad from the easter: to the western border of that State, and @ reservaton of twenty miles on each side of tie road; the ad to be completed within six years, This road tone of the connecting links of the Inter- national lint from Cairo to San Blas on the Pacific Occan, TheTexas Convention is debating the ques- tion of dividng the State. ‘The New York Naturalization Frauds. The Rosewerg fraudulent naturalization case, which has ben certified from the Circuit of New York to the Supreme Court of the United States, wili soon be argied. The select committee examining into the alleged frauds in the State of New York has already takey testimony enough to make 800 printed octavo pages) The sub-committee will visit several parts of the ate in prosecution of their inquiries. Revenue Frauds in Louisiana. Supervisor Creery, of the Louisiana district, is still in this ¢ity engaged in the investigation of frauds recenty diseovered by him in that State, He will return ing few days to New Orleans. Internal Revenue Storekeepers. Fifty interal revenue storekeepers were ap- pointed for Nev York, who are not assigned to duty, as there is as tet no demand for their services. A suMicient number has been appointed for all other sections tl fhout the country, excepting the Fourth Kent district. Many of those who have been appointe¢ are without assignment to duty. The en’s Bureau in Kentucky. Brevet er General Burbanks has been re- lieved from dniy as Assistant Commissioner of the Freedmen’s wu in the State of Kentucky, and Brevet Colonel|B. P. Runkle, major of the Forty- fifth infantry Veteran Reserves), is ordered to that duty, % Collector of Georgetown. John D. Magil, of Georgetown, who was nomi- nated yesterdaj for Customs Collector of that port, is backed by many influential parties’ and will probably be corfirmed. Hymorably Discharged. It was recenty stated that Lucius F. Rolfe had been arrested 0} the charge of presenting a fraudu- lent claim against the Treasury Department. He had a hearing t¢day before United States Commis- sioner Brown, who honorably discharged him. The Bridge Across the Connecticut River. The Senate Conmittee on Post Offices and Roads will hold anothermeeting to-morrow to hear further argument for anf against the construction of a bridge across Connecticut river, which it 1s generally believed will be reported in favor of. Penny Posiage With Grea: Britain. A cable despatvh states that the system of a penny postage ‘tween Great Britain and this country is advocated by a large number of the members of the new British Parliament; that a me- monial, signed byhundreds of the members of Par- liament, has been presented to Reverdy Johnson, re- questing him to urge the American government to adopt a system of penny postage between the United States and Great Britain; that the London Times prints the memorit! and comments favorably there. on Th timaster General Ran- dali, a4 ep Ree international post- age. In negotiating the present postal convention with Great Britain, which went into operation the Ist of January inst., the United States oMce proposed and urged a further lon of the international tetter rate of postage, but Without sticcess, the British office declining any reduction. Importait reductions of postage to Great Britain and the countries on the Continent of Europe, amounting to about one half of the rates ¢ have been made by recent postal n with those countries, and Postuiaster Genera! Randall ts ready and anxious to fartner reduee the present rates of postage to the lowest practicabie-staudard, The members of Par- Mament and the British public who favor this impor- tant postal reform should therefore memorialize their own government on the subject, as the oppost- tion of the British Post Office to a cheaper rate of postage is the only obstacle to the accomplishment of this object. Supreme Court Proceedings. The following motions were disposed of in the Su- preme Court — Nos. 329. Dai et al. vs. Hereton. No. 330. Same vs. King. No. 331. Same ve. McMahon. Motions to dismiss were argued, No. 361. Elvans vs. McClean, in error, to the Dis- _— Court of West Virginia. On motion of Edwin Stanton the writ of error was dismissed, without SS ee error, and to sue outa new No. 416. Coyle et al. vs. Allen etal. A] from Supreme Court for the District of Columbia. Docketed and dismissed, with costa. No, 15, Edmonson et ai. vs. Boundine. Motion ar- gued by Mr. homens No. 417, Steamer Union and cargo vs. United States. No, 418. Schooner John Williams and va. United States. No. 419. The schooner Theresa and cope, vs. United States. No. 420. Schooner Jane and cargo vs. United States.—Appeals from District Court for the district of Florida, docketed and dis- = om a of Mr. eer pm 0. a nDpison vs, Ping 5 8] peal from Cir- cuit Court of Louisiana, dismissed. s No. 179. Bark Grapeshot, George Law, Mpeg in part ys. Masset; motion to dismiss sgued further Sten ed to next Friday. hast va. same; argument of these causes was Som r of - tinued by John K. Porter, Beq. The argument in the case of Geo.W. White et al.— an original case in equity—has been fixed by the Supreme Court for the first day in February. This suit involves many important questions i connec- tion with the disposal of Texas bonds in that State during the rebellion. Personal. General Frank Blair arrivea here yesterday from New York, and is visiting his father-in-law, Admiral Lee. The General expects to leave here for St. Louis in the early part of next week to attend to his duties as government commissioner of the Pacific Rall- road, and his visit to the East is only for the purpose of spending the holidays with his family. Major General John A. Rawlins has returned to the city from Connecticut. The General's health seems to be rather better than it was when he went ‘away before the holidays. THE FORTIETH CONGRESS. pelea Session. SENATE. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 1860, CANADIAN RECIPROCITY TREATY, Mr. MORRILL, (rep.) of Vt, presented a joint reso- lution of the Legislature of Vermont in relation to reciprocity of trade with Canada, upon which he said he desired to make some remarks hereafter. The resolution takes the ground that the matter should be regulated by Congress instead of by treaty. RECORDER OF DERDS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. On motion of Mr. HaRway, (rep.) of lowa, the Sen- ate took up, amended and passed the dill to regu- late the appointment of a Recorder of Deeds Warden ont Jail in the District of Columbia, = DUCED. Mr. RICE, (rep.) of Ark., introduced & bill to creat & new judicial district in “4 Judiciary Committee, and ord to be printed, Mr, Px’ ON, (rep.) Of N. H. repeal the usury lawa in the |, — a leg Fa] wo yo provesatngs = Dis- of Columbia. heferred e Com: the District of Columbia, “di URAGEMENT OP ENCO! COTTON PLANTERS, reat the pia encobage cotton in the United States. Rei to it. tee on Finance and to be prin ‘The bill provides after the 1st of July next, the ry of the shall be auth: to urchase all raw cotton grown after the of tute bill, when the fame shall be delivered ony way station making direct running commun! ton with the port ‘ot New Yor, at twenty Pega etn ise tae rl ir advan ‘ot the purchase pre ng eckoing eo Pe pound nyse alt cotton used by them, and a folt report of all transactions under the foregoing pro- visions shall be laid before Congress at thg com- mencement of every regular session. . RAILROAD LANDS IN WISCONSIN. Mr. PomEnoy, (rep.) of Kansas, from the Commit- tee on Public Lands, reported back, without amend- ment, the bill granting lands to the State of Wiscon- sin to aid in the construction of the Green Bay and Lake Pepin Railway. Ten alternate sections per mile are granted on each side of the road, JURISDICTION OF THE COURT OF CLAIMS, J Mr. FowLee, (rep.) of Tenn., introduced a@ bill to amend the act of July 4, 1804, to restrict the jurisdic- tion of the Court of Claims, which was referred to the Committee on Judiciary. It provides for the ment to citizens of such States as are how en- tit led to the benefits of said act of claims for stools furnished to the engineer and ordnance departments of the army. HOME FOR SOLDIERS OF THE MEXICAN WAR, Mr. CoLe, (rep.) of Cal., presented the petition of A. M. Kenaday, agent of the Associated Veterans of the Mexican War, asking the estublishment of a branch of the Soldiers’ Home for the Pacific coast, admitting soldiers who served in Mexico on the same footing with gthose soldiers who have served continuously twenty years, Referred to the Military Committee. MILITARY ROAD IN OREGON. On motion of Mr. WiLLIAMS, (rep.) of Oregon, the Senate took up and after a*brief debate passed the bill to grant lands to aid in the construction of a military wagon road from Coos Bay to Rouseburg, Oregon. NEBRASKA LAND TITLES. On motion of Mr. THAYER, (rep.) of Neb., a bil! to confirm the title to certain lands in Nebraska, and a bill supplementary thereto, were taken up and RPLIBP OF MRS. MURPHY, OF ALABAMA. The morning hour having expired tie bill for the relief of Sue Murphy, of Decatur, Ala., again came up for consideration, Mr. HENDRICKS, (dem.) of Ind., being entitled to the floor, said that the bill seemed to him so obvi- ously just that he could not understand why the Senators opposed it. Mrs. Murphy having been al- ways a loyal citizen of the United States was clear- ly entitled to payment for her vor taken by the government for a public use; and whoever wished to have her claim rejected on the ground that if it and othegs like it were allowed their amount would greater than the people could afford to , Should be prepared to say that the bonds ‘of th ffavernment, should be repu- diated on the samé groinda. Tbe obligations to pay the bonds rested merely on a coniraet, but ‘the obligation to pay for property in such a cas® 48 this rested on higher grounds—an express constitu. tional provision, It had been objected to this claim that the property taken was in an enemy’s country. But this was not the fact. Decatur was within the lines of the United States army, and the authorit, of the ernment had been already re-establishe: there. In reply to the argument made against the bill on the wind that Mrs. Murphy, being a citi- zen and resident of Alabama, must necessarily have been a public enemy, he cited the declaration of a rominent Gigeer: (Governor Morton) in Septem- r, 1865, that the war was waged to suppress an in- surrection of individuals, not of States, and that such individuals who participated in that insurrec- tion were personally responsible, Mrs. Murphy, he said, never ceased to be a loyal citizen of the United States, and therefore could not be held in any de- gree responsible for the disloyalty of her neighbors, Mr. CONKLING, (i of N. Y., asked whether, if Mra, MGPphy’s claim rested on the cround that she ‘was a citizen of the United States, whose property. having been taken for public use, should be paid for, the fact of her loyalty increased her citizenshy or made fier claim been ied than the claim of a citi- zen who had not been loyal. Mr. HENDRICKS declined to discuss the merits of avy other claim than the one before the Senate. The fidelity of the claimant in this case to her govern- ment had never been questioned, and although, therefore, the obligation of the government to pay for her property taken for public use is apparent, yet the obligation might be questioned in the case of a person who had taken i in an insurrection. The people, although they to pay for many things that they ought never to pay for, were yet able to ba; every right and just clatm, like that of Mrs. Murphy. Mr. CONKLING said he had convinced himeelt that the bill w: ore important in its relation to the finances ‘oP the government than any other that would be likely to come up this session, and he thought if the object of the Senate were to make the war odions and dispose of its own intelligence and integrity the object coul attained by passing the bill. In. 1864, when her ity was destroyed, the claimant was a cittzen of Alabama—a portion of country which had previously been prociaimed by the President to be in a state of insurrection. ~*~ * Mr. Hows, (rep.) of Wis., remarked that what the President in his proclamation had said was not that Alabama was in insurrection, but there was an in- a Ms esa = iG i AAS a jean adge ay that a 6) ii J aah P applied to his head, Mesatomrte supposed that whieu a Stave, ora coun Teasoning he 81 ¥ try, or any entire hical thing was named, the whole of {twas famed. 3 e of It Was . Howe Asked him whether, if a newspaper eareph should state that the smallpox had out in the State of New York tt must be unc that it M thi it the whole St a not, w' diner an nba poke not out in State with mer * itr. CONKLING Su} this meant have some merit, ‘it made the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Hendricks) laugh. He repeated that the ‘lamation, with the force it by the decisions ot the Supreme Court, had the ef- enemy's territory. No vad. claim could be made » No valid claim cou enemy's te nee oe oe for property Lok gt m tory. altyor disloyalty of the claimant was terial, because the constitutional provision under hich the claim was made, recognized no euch dis- ction, Messrs. PRELINGHUYSEN, .) Of N.J., and Pat hosing (rep.) of N. H., followed in opposition to Mr. Davis, (dem.) of Ky., asked Senators Patterson. or Frelinghuysen or Conkling, to state distinctly what law they relied upon to authorize the taking of the property of Mrs. ey Mr. PATTERSON replied that it was taken, he sup- posed, under the military law, which in time of war authorizes either party to take the SSS see out the objects of the war. ir. Davis asked the same gentlemen, or either of ee ee a eorkscers answer to the question, tio eacsmeey. the cone of An- mn were the enemy’s territory, the p: \- drew Johnson, a citizen of Tennessee, or of Judge Wayne, a citizen of Georgia, situated in the District of Columbia, was liable to be seized during the war as Mrs. Murphy’s property had been seized. Mr. PATTERSON rep! that that case would be Parallel witn the case of a Mr. Graham, cited fee who had been ge it by the partment for certain sugar of his taken in and he saw no ferentiy; ai wi Davis Winetnor Mr "Jonnaon, because of his bed bp eutaites: to payment for property battle Mr. Davis answered that the Senator from New Hampshire, with the adroitness characteristic of the section he represented, had attempted to answer his juestion by asking another. (Laughter.) But he in- sted upon a answer. Mr. PaTrerson said he had thought the cs put by the Senator from Kentucky would sum. ciently answe by him that the District of Columbia was not and had been at any time proclaimed by the President to be enemy’s territory. Mr. Davis said that the ite of this bill had opposed it upon the ind that the law of nations, which regulates the rights and Mabilities of citizens and subjects of nations at war with each other, ap. plies to the case of the States in rebellton against the ernment of the United States; but the answer of ir. Howard abandoned that ground, because if the law of nations ae here then Mr. Johnson and Judge Wayne, citizens of an enemy's country, their pro} im the District of Columbia or else- where would be liable to confiscation. PERSONAL RELIEF BILL. Without acting on the bill the Senate took up and — a bill for the relief of R. W. Best and Samuel nillips, of North Carolina, and then, at four P. M., adjourned to Monday. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 1869, PETITIONS PRESENTED. Mr. Van Wyck, (rep.) of N. Y., presented the re- monstrance of Thomas J, Bradley, President of the New York Knife Company, and other citizens of Waldron, N. Y., against any further increase of the duty on imported steel. Mr. Keu.y, (rep.) of Pa., presented a petition and memorial of the sugar refiners of Philadelphia, ask- ing for a new classification of sugar for tariff pur- poses. ALLOWANCES TO POSTMASTERS. ‘The House proceeded, as the business of the morn- ing hour on Friday, to the call of committees for bills of a private character,jand took up the bill reported Mr. Ferry from the Post OMce Committee on the 18th of December to allow Lewis D. Smith, Postmaster at Ionia, MI credit for public m and stamps stolen possession, not ex: - ing . After considerable discussion the bill was Mr. LINCOLN, , Of N. Y., from the Post Ofice Committee, ‘4 bill to make an additional al- lowance to Edward B. Hoag on @ mail contract. Also @ bill Cat | compensation to Henry 8. Gil Postmaster at St. John’s, Mich., for mone stolen him belonging to the Post Office, P: THE BROOKLYN POST OFFICE. Mr. Barnes, gems.) of N. Y., introduced # joint tion mail addressed to shall be arded either of the three ‘OMices within its limits with. out an og the Post Omce Mr. Broox: dem.) of N Y. presented the petition . of N. Y., of the jeoding Sugar redners ia ‘New York for relief from the of West India and other re- Moller, fisvemeyer: ae others, RELIEF FROM sent, FARNEWORTE, (rep.) of Til., Reconstruction, ‘a bill cece trom Rierare ret a ee anne Of the Seprome Oourt of North AMENDMENT OF THE INTERNAL REVENUB LAW. Mr. SCHENCK, (rep.) Of Ohio, from the on Ways and Means, reported a bill amending the second section of the law of March 31, 1s6s, to ex~- erapt certain manuiactures trom internal taxes, 89 #8 to extend its provisions to manufacturers of nava! machinery for the government and remitting such taxes as had not accrued prior to the Ist of April, 1563, After a brief explanation by Mr. Schenck the bill was passed. THE NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL. On motion of Mr, WasHeUKNE, (vep.) of IL, the Naval Appropriation dill was made the special order for Monday next, Mr. Bkooxs reserved the right of making points of order on the various sections of the bill, Mr. WASMBURNE Suggesied that that right might be reserved and exercised 80 48 Co increase the public expenditure, Mr. Beooks replied that it was very easy to make #uch an insinuation, but that a member might take wp the time of the House in bellowing about economy, and thus waste forty times the amount attempted to be saved, THE HOUSE IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, The House at two o'clock went into Committee of the Whole on the stave of the Union, Mr. t{ulburd, of New York, inthe chair, on the Miitary / joel an hour and # half being allowed for ge Le, THE CIVIL SERVICE BILL. Mr. LoGAy, (rep.) of Ill., addressed the committee in opposition to Mr. Jenekes? Civil Service bill, dis- cussing the whoie matter and declaring that ne de- sired the business of this government to be dis- chargedwith the utmost intelligence, fidelity and despatch, and upon the principle of scrupuious econ- omy, and that the employés shall recetve such com- petisation a8 will make thei proof against dishon- esty. He would vote for any practicable mea- sure to bring about such a reform, but he was immovably opposed to the establish- ment of a iife tenure jin oifice—a system 80 «opposed to the genius and = spirit of our institutions and our people, and regarded with 80 much apprehension by the debaters on the con- stitution, In this connection he alluded to the de- bates upon giving a Ine tenure of office to the judges ol the Supreme Court, showing the apprenension then entertained, and that the same danger was as. much to be apprehended now as then. He held that the people are the rulers of the country, and that tueir representatives have no right to create a power that is not liable to their decision, which is tual and aramount to all other authority. He argued that he appoimtment of subordinates or the nominations for appointments are just as much the part of a duty of repiesentatives as any other resting upon them, ana tl @ share in those appointments is as much a time-honored right of the eons a8 any they have. Bvery administration was held responsible for the yore pursped, and had, therefore, a right to una- nimity in all of iis de) ts. He pictured the condition of the governihent at the breaking out of the rebellion, with all its smaller offices filled by secessionists of the de: dye, who communicated to the enemy all the plans of the government and successfully thwarted our movements on every hand. He then argued that tne heads of depart- ments had no time to investigate the chai of errors in subordinates and to follow out the techni- cal and siow procedure of comimismons or courts to remove unworthy incumbents, and that it is the duty of legisiators to shape laws so as to inciude the contingency of war as well as of peace. In contrast- ing this government and that of the monarchies of France, Engiand and Pri he pictured the part of an American freeman in his governmentand that of a sleek flunky who has no voice in the de- crees of the powers to be. ~The proposition of the bill Lo place at the head of this bureay the Vice Pre- siteat of the United States, making hith the supreme ruler and dictator and first judge upon the application of employés, he regarded as a means by which ;the public patronage might become subservient to one man who knows no superior, whom even the Senate could not control, and which power in unworthy hands might be wielded to the Votal destruction of the will of the people, peing the very essence of centralization of power in one nan. The whole bill he declared to be an opening wed; to an aristocracy 1 this country, which, once estat lished by law, would result in two schools in this country, one for military and the other for civil edu- cation, which schools would monopolize all avenues of approach te the government, and might, in the event of another war in this country, prove a most formidable enemy. He appealed to the friends of those who died on their country’s altar, that this great g werument might be preserved republican in form and republican m name, to see that the law should never jn adopt another code that would ape Letah tad compe hls mech aq gan r. te of R. 1.) rep! pressiug his sur , Ox! and gut of eee ‘The ke, speech had that the blil frantes ite tenure, and, therefore, manced, The i : : 2122 i H aH Fie age not ite In ae - of one at outenoa me Mr. Woopwanp, (dem.) of Pa., said he intended to seek sn early opportunity to discuss this measure, announ however, that he concurred generail; ‘| with the views expressed by Mr. Logan. He believ: the bill to be @ mischievous one and altogether uu- worthy of becoming a law. THE MILITARY ACADEMY BILL. General debate being closea, the Military Academy Appropriation bill was considered and ordered w be reported to the House. It appropriates $271,558. on committee rose and the bili Was passed by the jouse. THE AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR 1867, Mr. MILLER, (rom) of Pa., offered @ resolution in- — the public printer the cause of delay tn rnishing the agricultural report for 1867, which OF MR. BOYER, OF PENNSYLVANIA. ‘Th — at twenty minutes to four, went into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, Mr. one Of Iowa, in the chair, on the t's Message 1867, and was addressed .by Mr. Boyer in @ speech on general politics, in reply chiefly to a oak made by Mr. Blaine, of Malad before the ica party ling @ direct verdict of the juestion involved. The gentie- {iinine) had said that the elec- su le upon the reat Inan from Maine (Mr. tion of General Grant had settied the financial ques- ery, had it ever National debt tion, Setued it how? By what been made & question, whether cee eee ing * juestion atandard of American citizenship. {f that boasted standard of American ettizenship were sought tor, where was it to be found? in the jatest tlustra- tion of radical reconstruction in Virginia he found that no imbabitant of the State snould hold any State office nor sit on a jury unless be took an oath to recognize and accept the political equality of the negro. In other reconstructed States he Jound somewhat similar provisions. Was that the way in which the standara of American citizenship had been elevated by the republican party, which retained power by the votes of black barbarians and the wholesale disfranchise- ment of white conservatives? He alluded to the fact that there were representatives in the House trom Southern States in full fellowship and communion withthe radical majority from whose bodies the Union bullets had never been extracted, and who bore upon their persons the scars of wounds received in Uleir desperate endeavors to capture and destroy the Capitol, where, as loyal men, they now sit in jndg- ment. They had succeeded in capturing the Capitol, not with rebel bullets, but by the aid of radical bal- lots, ‘Their prostration of themselves before the radi- cal idol, shouting the shibboleth of a party, con- veyed to the ind no very exalted idea of the advancing standard of impartial American citizen- ship. He believed that to affirm this condition of things to have received the deliberate apices of either Genera! Grant or of the majority which etected him was a slander both, when judged by his official utterances. new President should have broken lus sphinx-like ajlence and revealed a policy of his own; then, and not till then, could it be safely asserted how much or how little iad been ac- complished by the election of General Grant. The great constitutional and national party to which he (Mr. Boyer) belonged, and which numbered a majori- ty of the white people of the entire country, would continue to move on, never despairing of tlie repub- lic, faithful to its great mission and strong in its abiding convictions of right. It would never cease its efforts until, with or without the aid of General Grant, it should behold the civil law supreme throughout the land and the nation again united as one people, with equality, dignity and rights of the several States established and secured. ADJOURNMENT. ‘The committee rose and the House, at quarter-past four, adjourned till Monday next. CUBA. The Funcral of Cepeda—Indications of Popu- lar Feciing—Sympathy Between Whites and Blacks. Havana, Dec. 31, 1868, Don Camilo Cepeda, of Sancti Spiritu, breathed his Jast yesterday morning within the gloomy walls of Tacon prison, a victim to Spanish tyranny. In the prime of life, full of hopes for the success of the sacred cause he had espoused, he has fallen. Cepeda was taken prisoner a few weeks since on the field of battle and brought to this city, with six others, and separately thrown into a damp, filthy cell of the city prison, there to await their fate. Notwithstand- ing his strong and vigorous constitution, the brutal and inhuman treatment to which he, as well as his comrades, were subjected, was too much for en- durance. An attack of pneumonia, brought on by a slight cold, which under ordinary care would have soon Passed off, brought him to an untimely end, thus adding his name to the illustrious roll of Cuban mar- tyrs whose lives have been sacrificed in the attempt to gain their country’s independence. On being brought before the military tribunal for examina- tion, three days after his arrival here, his haughty spirit could not endure in silence the insulting and cowardly manner used by the Judge Advocate, Seflor Marzo, towards him, and, owing to the defiant re- Monstrances of Cepeda, the Judge ordered him back to his cell for eleven days mo! which proved to be the coldest experienced for the last ten years. From thence he went forth to go before a higher tribunal, where all must appear and from whence there is no appeal. Tyrants, tremble ! Permission was given to his friends to remove his body for decent burial, Application was made to thy spray of El Monserrate to deposit the body in the church previous to the funeral the next day. The request was refused by the curate, Sefior Lavandera, as “he wished no rebel dead in his church;” so the corpse, in a decent followed by sixty or seventy friends, was to the church La Salua, where the body was Ss for the night, Few e simple were made by Tad nad like SPEE oH Beck Ht 3 gi fay i wi to Spanish rule. It may well be said ‘‘that he who dies tor his A CURIOUS DIVORCE CASE IN ST. LOUS., Singular Monomania in a Married Man. (From the St. Louis ublican, Jan. 6. A curious case came to esterday. It is a case in which Elizabeth Bra) izzie Andrea, a nice, well eaucated Franco-Am can young lady, with eighteen and a half summers smiling on her placid brow, sues for a nullity of the marriage Vows pronounced between her and Henry Eraet & handsome ee ee ce . were sparking bout two years an matter to @ nucleus after a year’s en- fithe church of st Michael, at the hunds of Fatnet priest. As his marriage dre’ @ Catholic to be of a nervous inst him. He acted most rf talking fluently, fippantiy and foolishly; at other times he was suilen and melancholy. ordeal of the custo! Dp jon i 4 to confession betore marriage in Catholic Charch was too much pd gh fs, weseeene aoe could bear, and, as tnege, signed his death warrant.” His ride from church, he is to have sald, was to be his “ast carri " He was afraid everybody going Fy lar) him. Savory dishes served up by bis aManced he deemed to be poisonous; but like a herot im running the venture and wedding his «i mode of was frightened at sure he was clothes to assassinate him. handed to him should be first to assure him there was no poteon in 1 of the pilis the doctor bed for hi had to take two before he would u dose, He became so furious that he had to be under arrest. From this he was taken to the of his father-in-law and tended i Adie H ; oe ila : i : BALLS LAST NIHT. Ball of Columbian Ledge, No. 454, F. and A. M. ‘There was a werry little party of iadies and gen- Uemen assembled within the walls of Apollo Hall last evening, tue occasion being the fifth annual bail of Columbian Lodge, No. 484, F. and A. M. This lodge numbers among its members some of our most popular and imfuential Jewish citizens, and bas long been famous forthe recherche and enjoyable character of its balls and receptions. he bail given jastevening under its auspices Was in every way well calculated to sustain the well known reputation of the lodge, and will compare favorably with any similar festivity etd this season for selectness and enjoyability. Although the large dancing floor was not crowded to excess, it was nevertheless suffi- clently filled for comfort, and what was lacking in numbers was macle up in sociability and true enjoy- ment. This could hardly have been otherwise where all were regarded as brothers, and where all present exerted themselves to ‘make each other happy. ‘The ball opened about a quarter to ten, and was continued without the sligntest in- terruption occurring to mar its harmony until daylight this morning. Mr. Morris Welnocr anes floor manager, and was ably assisted in his duties by Mr. J. A. Levy and the gentlemen of the floor committee, The terpsichorean programme con- tained no less than twenty-four dances of various kinds, which were indulged in with a zest and spirit that did credit to the votaries of the nimble-footed goddess. The fair daughters of Israel were len- dent in their beauty and jewels, and the toilets were extremely magnificent. White aud the diferent shades of red were the prevailing colors, aud it was remarkable fact that scarcely any of th ladies were overburdened with trimming: the intermission allowed for supper retiring Wor- shipful Master William Henry Smith was presented by Worshipful Master George R. Walker, on behalf of the members of the lodge, with a beautiful gold watch and chain, valued at $350. A/ter some neat little speech-making the sport was resuined, and the dawn was already gilding the spires and houseto; as many a fair head was laid upon the pillow dream of the past night's fesuvities and to anticl- pate in blissful visions the next reunion of the Columbian Lodge. Ball of the W. H. Mansfield Association. The annual ball of the Wm. H. Mansfeld Associa- tion, which was held last evening at Irving Hall, was a complete success in every particular. The attend- ance was large and orilliant, the music excellent, and the admirable arrangements of the respective committees leit nothing to be desired. The propor- tion of dancing men was unusually good, and the ladies being 1n strong majority (as they vlways are at terpsichorean encertainments) the beaux enjoyed acharming variety of partners. Justice Mansfield opened the bal! in person, whirling the graceful form of his fair partner through the giddy mazes of the dance a ee skill and agility. The order of dat was inged in the most approved style, and the manner in which the members of O'Brien's band acquitted themselves elicited warm expressions of approbation from all present. The members of the reception committee and the gentle- men who had charge of the floor rivalled each other in their attentions to the guests, and rendered invalua- ble aid to the worthy host and his staff of personal friends in keeping the ball rolling. Their exertions were so far rewarded that Mauager Freligh, who Was among the distinguished quests, pronounced the entertainment ‘an immense success.” Among the ladies who were specially noticed for their personal attractions and elegant toilets were Mrs. Mansfield, who wore a handsol black velvet dress, trimmed with costly whi lace; Mrs. Geo. McCloud. green moire antique, with black lace; Mrs. Charjes B. Ferrin, rich black satin dress and elegant lace shawl; Miss Bentley, purple silk dress; Mrs. 8. T. Webster, delicate 2 silk; Mrs. Charles Burke, elegant brown dress, trimmed with flowers; Mrs. Ed. Murphy, black vel- vet dress, with white lace shawl; airs. A. went, green moire antique, richly trimmed with poin Jace; Mrs. Hunt, black silk with white lace; Miss Lizzie Campbell, white satin, and Mrs. Bell, who wore a black corded silk. The display of jewelry was exceedingly rich. The costumes of the gentie- men were aii more or less faultless. Dancing was prolonged until ite hour, and on separating the guests one and all heartily endorsed Mr. Freligh’s decision, and well they might. The Spiritualists’ Seiree—Dancing Media—The Persons Who Were Seen and Some Who Were Not Seen—Splritualistic Terpsiches ism. it evening the Everett Rooms, on Broadway, near Thirty-fourth street, were wel! filled by a throng passed away,fout also while indulging in enjoyments which are essentially mundane. The gathering &@ motley one; some of those present were bI with long and dishevelled locks, the peculiar charac- teristic of thet believers fin Spiritualism; thin faces and hig cheek bones could be seen in some but many and the majority of those ent were ladies gallant and ‘only. believed : room aé weil ‘would not statement. as it may well be of Fiore 9 depen who sould not by eyes of the unbelieving. The media who were present seemed to be wrapped in ation on something which was invisible and the faithful saw many worthies. It is very Jackson ‘was upon thé floor, the costume which characterized his day, and dlundering the mind's eye is rather a allowed to run rampant it sorts of fancies and figures. bad all whose motions were as wierd as was her appear- amused herself at one sort Of big in one comer of the fon, end ca inquiry a grey-caires inan us on ul that she was acquainted many thought taat her eek werp Keeping tune wih those of "Franti, cullar gpiritalistic affinity. The numper of ‘Saslas coca enna but the number of eee exalted grandm: and departed great grandmothers Bo doubt the scene mu- the present wicked age. ‘The was at any resen fe Soka era meena ee we a be seen the trippt ber of well eg et me wenty dances, wore ent into with great zest and — Sat wat nk ap val was rept uj dances in this fashionable ‘not stand more than five hours’ man betngs, and as they up their deceased friends whenever can get into trance there in longer tn a public hall. Mozal of the whole adair was that after all Ualists can be a9 worldly as people of this world. RUMORED FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE ERIE RAILROAD. It was rumored in the city last night that a colli- sion took place on the Erie Railroad near Saftern yesterday, in which a fireman and engineer were Killed, but dilligent inquiry at alate hour failed in pavtaing pester # the accident. It is supposed pews v ey Weat Coe ag Sy A that East at or throug! isarrangemen of a switch, and that the disaster resulted from cause. The facts could not be obtained, however, at the late hour when the rumor of the U reached this office, and It is impossible to state with any degree of certainty how the accident was occa- A WILL OF MUNIFICENT CHARITIES. The late Deacon L Washburn’s will, flied in Wor- cester, Masa..on the 7th eoanaian several Munificent bequests. It 50, Washburn & Moen Wire We to endow a memorial z SFR # i att