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WASHINGTON Reinterment of the Body of Mrs. Surratt. Petitions for the Removal of John Wilkes Booth’s Body. The Pardon of Dr. Mudd in the Hands of the President. ‘Writs of Habeas Corpus for the Re- lease of Arnold and Spangler Ap- plied for in the Supremie Court. An All Night Session of the Senate. Passage of the Constitutional Amendment. ‘The Air-Line Railroad and the Internal kevenue Bills Under Discussion in the House. WasHINGTON, Feb. 9, 1869. Saffrage Amendment in the. Senate—An All Night Session. ‘The Senate was tremendously exercised over the constitutional amendment, guaranteeing suffrage to the nigger in the North, when it actually sat for six- teen hours and a half last evening, beginning at seven o’clock and terminating at half-past eleven this forenoon. The democrats cannot be accused of producing this state of affairs, so foreign to the habits of the upper house. True, they had a good deal to Say on the proposition of making suffrage univer- sal, but they had completely exhausted themselves by midnight, and if it had not been for the troubled consciences of a good many of the republican Sena- tors a vote might have been recorded in the papers of to-day. But somehow the idea seemed to have taken possession of every republican mind that this was the final occasion, the last chance for the nigger and the declaration of indepen- ence; consequently every true republican Senator desired to put himself upon the record and give ‘the ‘world his sentiments in regard to equal rights and everlasting freedom. Garrett Davis threatened, in the early part of yesterday, to keep the Senate in session from seven o'clock in the evening until cock crow next morning. He started out bravely enough for this purpose, but the copious drinks of water he took from time to time appeared to have cooled down the spirit of his devermination, and before ten o'clock he collapsed altogether, but flickered again for a while in the morning. Throughout the even- ing the galleries were well filled. When the House adjourned, at half-past nine o'clock, the audience there transférred itself to the Senate until mid- might, listened on patiently. to the Senatorial twaddie, which always appeared to be about to end, but ever and anon burst out with renewed and increasing velie- mence. Over a quorum was present up to eleven, ‘but after that hour a thinning out took place, many Senators retiring to enjoy a cigar, while others went to enjoy other more stimulating luxuries. Through- out the small hours of the morning the debate pre- werved its even, uniform dulness, the republicans. having the whole field to themselves and talking over every subject under heaven. One Senator, in the pientitude of his remarks, detailed, about the break of dawn to.an audience of two Senators and one drowsy messenger, a full account of his career asa local politician im the Far West. In the cloak rooms and around the sides‘of the Senate Chamber @ good many members laid them- selves down to rest for bmef intervals during the morning, but none appeared to be quite 80 fast asleep as not to be ready to respond witi ‘alacrity to the sound of the President's gavel. Ben ‘Wade looked as fresh to-day at noon as if he had re- tired to rest at his usual hour. ‘Well, Mr. Wade, how did you get along last night *” inquired one of the numerons crowd of curiosity seekers that strag- gled into the Senate this morning, when the entire floor was littered over with fragments of bills, reporis and newspapers. “Oh, very quiet,”’ replied Mr. Wade. “You see all our fellows kept very sober, and there ‘Was nothing like the old fun we used to have in the Senate when an all night session took place. If they hadn’t been so sober they might have talked less, and we could have hada vote early this morning. ‘When I was mixed up in these debates I always got crosa and went around among our own fellows and gdt them to shut up and say nothing, and let the other fellows, the democrats, do the talking.” So it appears the radicals themselves are to blame for this terrible inroad on the regular habits of the Senate ‘which occurred last evening. ‘The debate continued on the constitutional amend- ment until a quarter to six this evening. From a litue after twelve until considerably after three John Chinaman was the bright particular star of discussion. All the radical Sen- ators, not even excepting Summer, stulified themselves on this phase of the question, “Let us have universal suffrage without distinction of race or color” has béen their cry ali along, but when all at once the Chinaman looks up they discover a shade of color and a peculiarity of race they had hitherto entirely overlooked. However, the amendment to the constitution was finally passed in shape well enough to cover all the races of men that may make this continent their abiding place. Homes for the Negro. Among the memorials presented in the House to- day was one by Mr. Phelps, of Maryland, asking that @ portion of the public domain be appropriated to the exclusive use of the African race in America. ‘The petition is numerously signed by citizens of Ma- ryland and Virginia. No suggestion is made as to ‘what part of the public domain should be assigned for this purpose, On inquiring of some of the Ma- ryland members it was ascertained that the negroes are not wanted in that State, and it is presumed that the Virginians are of the same opinion. The Frauds in the Navy Department. The House Naval Committee is still considering the alleged corruptions in the Engineer Department of the navy. It is understood that the committee will sustain the report of the sub-committee appointed to investigate the purchase of tools and machinery for the Philadelphia Navy Yard. From an official statement laid before the committee tt appears that since the organization of the Engineer Bureau in 1866, under Chief Engineer Isherwood, purchases of tools have been made to the extent of $1,563,982, Of this amount $932,162 worth were purchased of Jonn Roach & Son, of New York, and the remainder from Other tool manufacturera throughout the country. A Hard Blow at Railroad Monopolies. ‘The Batiroad bill between Washington and New ‘York came very near passing the House to-day. A motion to lay it on the table showed a vote of sitty against and ninety-three for it. On account of the bill not being engrossed, a single objection, coming from Mr. Eldridge, of Wisconsin, sent it to the Speak- er’s table just as it was about to be put upon its passage. Its friends proposed to take it up again at the earliest time possible by a tion to proceed to business on the Speaker's table, which 1s'privileged and can be offered at any time. The opposition to the measure came chiefly from Pennsylvania, Mary- Jand and New Jersey. ‘The Diplomatic Approprintion Bill. Among the Senate amendments to the Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation billin which the House refused to concur to-day was the one striking out But- Jer’s proposition to consolidate the Central and South Atnctican missions. ‘The House divided apon it, and ‘as the Senate amendment only received twenty votes it would seem as if General Kilpatrick, with all his ‘eworte, has made lees headway among the mombers be ‘ NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. than he did among the Senators. Should the Senate imsist upon its amendment, as Kilpatrick’s friends say tt will, the bill will go to a committee of confer- \ ence, Butler being a member of the House Commit- tee on Appropriations, as well as the author of the clause in dispute, the Speaker will of course put him upon the conference commitvee. He 1s so largeiy sustained by the House that he will not yield except he should be out voted in committee, which is not likely, It is probable, however, that two or three conference committees will have to be appointed be- fore the matter is settled. Reburial of the Remains of Mrs. Surratt. To-day the remains of Mra, Surratt were buried the third and, it is to be hoped, the last time. Yes- terday afternoon, as stated, her body was taken up from the grave in the storeroom of one of the arsenal builaings, which also contains the remains of Payne, Atzerodt, Harold, Wirz and Booth, The body was disinterred in accordance with a pérmit granted by the President to Father Walter, pastor of St, Patrick's Catholic church, giving the relatives of Mrs. Surratt the privilege of removing her remains from the Arsenal building to a cemetery. The remains were taken to Mount Olivet Cemetery, about two miles northeast of Washington, and placed in @ vault. At half-past one o’clock this afternoon Miss Annie Surratt, Miss Honora Fitzpatrick and a few of the relatives and friends of the deceased, about twenty m number, assembled at the resi- dence of Father Walter, where they took car- riages and proceeded to Mount Olivet Ceme- tery. ‘The remains had been transferred from the rough pine box in which they were deposited by government authorities, and placed in @ walnut coffin which was enclosed in a pine box. ‘The remains were in a rather good state of preserva- tion, the dress, gaiters and other articles of ap- parel being entirely whole. The workmen lifted the body from the box on three spades and laid it in the coffin entire, with the exception of the head, which had become disconnected from the body. When removed to the butiding, beneath" the body was found @ common bottle containing a piece of parchment on which was written, ‘Mra. M. E. Sur- ratt.” This had been enclosed with the body by the military authorities, in order that the remains might be identified after the lapse of years, in case the grave should not be opened before time-had mouldered its contents into dust. When the carriages had arrived the small circle of friends repaired to the little chapel m the cemetery where stood the coffin. Rev. Father Walter, assisted by Father Kane, performed the funeral service of the Catholic Church, after which half a dozen of the workmen employed at the Cemetery acted as pall bearers and carried the coffin to the extreme northeast corner of the grounds, where the grave had already been pre- pared, The mourners followed, some riding and some walking. The Cemeterial Board had presented to Miss Annie Surratt an entire lot, No. $1, section F, bordering on Olivet and St. Dominick avenues. ‘The lot is near to and can be plainly seen from the pu6lic road, and is in the vicinity of the grave of the late Colonel J. P. Garasche. When the mourners were assembled around the grave Fathers Walter and Kane read the burial service, and the remains were lowered into the grave. The sad party remained until the earth had been banked up over the grave, after which a bouquet of lasting flowers, made in the form of a cross, was laid upon the mound. Miss Surratt was deeply affected trough all the ceremonies attending the reburial, but her grief was greatiy mitigated by the knowledge that the remains of her loved mother were at last redeemed from their hitherto igno- minious surroundings and deposited in their last abode with the rites of Qhristian burial. ‘The Remains of the Assassin Booth. It is stated that John P. Ford and C. B. Bishop, in behalf a number of actors, have made application tothe President for permission to exhume the re- mains of John Wilkes Booth for the purpose of re- imterring them in some private burial ground. If the application has been received by the President it still remains in bis possession, as the paper has not been referred to any particular department, Commission of the President Elect. The following is a copy of the commission as President whieh will be given to General Grant after the counting of the electoral vote:— Be it known #oat the Senate and Honse of Represen- tatives of i Gat ‘States of 3 ‘as sembled at the {tol in the city of Washington, on the second Wednesday, being the loth day of Feb- or Re} rononeativen Oj count all the votes of Vice President, by which it eppeors that Ulysses S. Grant was duly elected, agreeably to the constitu- tion, President of the United States for four years, commen: on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred sixty-nine, In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Senate, this tenth day of February, ere hundred and sixty-nine. B. F. WADE, President of the Senate. A similar commission will be given to Mr. Colfax as Vice President. The commissions have been pre- pared by C. 0, Sympson, of the Secretary’s office of the Senate, and are handsomely written on parch- ment, The Troubles in the Philadelphia Custom House. The Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with &@ resolution heretofore adopted, transmitted to the House to-day @ letter, with enclosures, with refer- ence to the removals in. the Philadelphia Custom House, from which it appears that the Secretary in- structed Edward Hartley, special agent, to inquire and report what reductions could be made in the force, wi h a view to economy. In accordance with his recommendations the Surveyor of the Port was requested by the Secretary to send to him the names of such inspectors as could be dispensed with. The Surveyor did so. The Secretary made a like re- quest of the Collector, who, mstead of reporting to him the names of such persons as should be dis- missed, informed the Secretary he had discontinued twelve inspectors. The Secretary, in September last, wrote the Collector a letter disapproving of his ac- tion, and directed him to restore them to duty, reserving for future consideration the subject of reduction, The Surveyor was instructed to retain on duty the inspectors who had been discontinued by the Collector, and the Col- lector was then directed to discontinue the ser- vices of twelve inspectors, to be named by the Sur- veyor and Special Agent Hartley as the most in- efficient, On the 20th of November the Collector reported he had dismissed twelve inspectors, but instead of dismissing the twelve named by the Sur- veyor he had substituted the names of tweive others, in violation of instructions of the Department. Upon the reception of the Collector's letter, stating the action he had taken, a letter was sent to the Surveyor to discontinue the tweive inspectors named in the Department letter to the Collector and retain all others until the Department approved of the re- moval. The Collector was again informed that his action was disapproved by the Secretary. In December the Surveyor reported that the collector refused to pay the inspectors whose dismissal the Department had disapproved, and on the 11th of De- cember @ letter was written to the Collector by the Secretary directing him to pay those officers on pro- per certificates of the inspectors. The Collector re. fused to comply with the order oft he Department. ‘The Surveyor forwarded the accounts, which were paid by the Department, for December. Those for January were suspended in conformity with the resolution of Congress. Internal Revenue Collector Suspended, Supervisor Creecy has suspenaed W. H. H. Mullen, Vacting Collector of the Third district of Louisiana, on the charge of malfeasance in office. Removal of Political Disabilities, ‘The bill reported by Mr. Paine, of Wisconsin, from the Reconstruction Committee, for the removal of political disabilities from certain parties embraces the names of 236 persons, including nineteen from Alabama, twelve from Arkansas, seveh from Georgia, seventy from Virginia; five from Tennessee, five from South Carolina, one from Lousiana, one from North Carolina, three from Texas, 107 from Missis- sippl, one from the District of Columbia and five from Kentucky. The last are D. Howard Smith, of Franklin county; Phillip Lee, of Jefferson county; David 0. Harris, of Woodford county, and James W. Schooting, of Marion county, The name included from Louisiana is that of Michael Hahn, of New Orleans. The list includes the names of no persons who were notortously prominent in the rebellion. Redistribution of National Bank Currency. ‘The Committee on Banking and Currency propose to submit an amendment to the Senate bill for a re- | we ng " distribution of the national bank currency, providing that $14,000,000 shall go to the Southern States, $¢,000,000 to the Western States ana theremainder tothe Eastern and Middle States; the redistribution to be conducted under the supervision of the secre- tary of the Treasury and the Comptroller of the Cur- rency. _ Exehange of Government Bonds. To remove an erroneous tmpression which is sald to prevail with some parties in Wall street in regard to the bill of the Ways and Means Committee re- ported by Mr. Hooper on Saturday last, it 1s proper tosay that the bill was correctly reported by tele- graph on Sunday morning. The bill does not autho- rize the exchange of registered bonds for coupon bonds, though coupons may be turned into regis- tered bonds. Protection of the Alaska Fur Interests. Im order to prevent in Alaska the killing of fur seals, which are specially protected by the law of July 27, 1868, the Secretary of the Treasury, to whom the matter is entrusted, has issued recent stringent orders, for the execution of which a revenue.ofticer sustained by @ military force is vo be stationed on each of the islands of St, Paul and St. George, in Behring’s sea, and @ steamer will crulse m their neighborhood. The seals frequent in numbers only these island, and their nabits and timidity are such as to make necessary the utmost caution in dealing with them, or they would be speedily driven from the territory. During the seal season guns are not to be fired, mor dogs permitted on the islands, nor any proceedings that expe- rience has shown apt to disturb the geal rookeries or frighten and drive the animals away. No person not @ native of the islands will be permitted to land and remain there unless under authority from the Trea- sury Department, and no stores destined to be used fm ald of seal hunting can be landed. Spirituous liquors and firearms not belonging to the military are absolutely prohivited, and any found on the island will be seized. Persons killing seals will be arrested and sent to California, Oregon or Washing- ton Territory for trial. No land claims on the island, unless prior to the treaty of cession, will be recog- nized; natives to be treated with the greatest kind- ness and consideration, and in case the stoppage of seal hunting is likely to create want among them food is to be furnished them by the government. These regulations are to be enforced until Congress shall make provision by law permitting the animals to be killed. Grant and Holt. 7 As the 4th of March approaches the question of who shall compose Grant’s Cabinet is again being agitated by the leading politicians of the republican party. Within the last week at least half a dozen well known Senators have called upon Grant for the purpose of pumping him on the subject of the Cabi- net. There isan undisguised feeling of uneasiness among the chief radicals lest Grant should call around him a@ conservative Cabinet, <A delegation of infuentiai men catled/upon him some time ago and urged the appointment to a Cabinet position of a well known politician., After listening to what they had to say he replied in sub- stance that he looked upon tie reiations between the President and his Cabinet much the same as those which should exist between a general and lus statf ofiicers. As he would not ike to have any person or persons select his staff officers for hin, so he hoped his friends would not be offended if he declined their recommendations for Cabinet officers. He proposed to select his own Cabinet, as he would be responsible to the people for the conduct of the administration. He did not wish to put lim- self in the position in which Mr. Lincoln often found humseli, with only one vote m the Cabinet council for the administration, and that one his own. The result of this Interview, which has begn quietly circiiaéd among the leading politicians, has greatly med. and even emoralized fie Fadichi Cupulet takers. In con- nection with this subject of the Cabinet it is related that during the impeachment trial, when it was thought that old Ben Wade would go into the White House, General Grant sent a person to Wade to say that, in his judgment, the best person to place at the head of the Treasury Department under him was Judge Holt, of Kentucky. The reasons he assigned were that Holt was not committed to eit¥er side on the great issues then, as now, being agitated in con- nection. with the national finances; that Holt was a man of large experience and of good judgment and had the great qualification of honesty. Some of the politicians surmise that probably Graut will take to himseif, now that he is President, the advice which he tendered to Wade. Decisions by the Secretary of the Treasury. The Secretary of the Treasury has recently made the following decisions:— Cod liver oil, if Mit for use for medicinal purposes, is dutlabie at forty per cent. Manufacturers of wool ‘Waste must be classified a8 manufacturers of wool. Under the act of March, 1867, goods styled “carpet yarns," composed of wool waste, cow hair, &c., are dutiable as woollen yarns at thirty cents per pound and thirty-five ro cent ad valorem wh valued at bal enters por betore the tonnage tax is due, bucre: enters port before tonnage tax is due, but ro mains ‘auth it becomes due, it is the duty of the col- lector to colject it before her cicarance. The regu- lations of the Departiment do not contemplate the entry of goods by any person who holds a bill of lading, not evilience of ownership in him, and when the biil of lading is unaccom| by a bond the entry must in ail cases be made by the owner or co! or their duly constituted agent or attorney. If a collector leaves the question of ownership independent and permits entry to be e 81 of a bond given to produce evidence of own at a future period, he does so without Co ey ed his own responsibility and at nis own risk. er sheet iron (80 cailed), re- warned as steel in sheets,1s dutlable at the rate of two and a quarter cents per pound. Bottled ale or porter is charged with a duty of thirty-five cents per gallon, without separate duty on the bottles. Hotties containing brandies or other spirituous liquors, the thirty-five cents per gallon obviously in- cludes a duty on the bottles, as porter or ale not bottied 's but twenty cents per galiou. If foreign salt is without the limits ot the United States for curing fish of American catch the fish are not thereby rendered dutiabie, nor is the salt so used lable to duty. If salt purchased abroad for the is not consumed in the curing, but is it into an American port, the sait would then be liable to duty; but the iish of American catch cured with such foreign salt before uaportation are free of duty, UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. Habeas Corpus for the Kelief of the Assnssi- nation Conspirators—Their Discharge Claim- ed Under the Proclamation of Pardon and Amnesty=Petitions for Habeas Corpus in the Cases of Spangler and Arnold. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 1860, Mr. P. Phillips, of Washington, to-day presented the petitions of the above-named prisoners for,ha- beas corpus. A petition had been prepared in the case of Dr, Mudd, but was not presented, as he ia about to be liberated by the exercise of Executive clemency, on the application of nearly all Maryland, most of the District and a large representation of Congress. The petitions are substantially the same, except in the names and minor circumstances. The following ts that in Arnold’s case:— To. THe HONORABLE THE JUDG@RS OF THR SUPREME jOURT oF vas UsirED of C, Maloney, Jr, at and ish law, Of Monroe county, Pia, and seorsay for Samuel Arnold, le that the said Samuel Arnold is @ citizen and a resident of the Btate of Mi and that on the 17th day of April, A, D. 1836, he was ft Old Point Comfort, in the State of Virginlay by certain per- sone to acl ander military authority of United States. and carried to the city of Washington, in the District of aghey- there by Tolary of Wary dated the, Mh ‘day of May, A.D. ith of ‘ar, of y ¥ and | desi al Order No, Mi; that, not withatand! jen to the jurisdiction of the wibunal, deny! ite aul ity to try him, the said Samuel Arnold, on the eet forth in the said plea, which said state. ment ‘itioner now avers true—to wit, that the muel Arnold was not then and never had been in any cont tar, service of the hereof, when called into Arnold) was om t im : ! fit / f the of ‘oommiaat praye’for ‘such biber and further” relief as tho. said Krncid may be entitled to. this petition is attached the affidavit of Moloney, forth that he applied to Genera: Hil), in Jan- uary, for permission to see his cent and to confer him as to his application to this court for re- and the appiit 2 Was and has been con- usly refi to the present time, and that he has therefore been unable to get the affidavit or the af ni of Arnoid, and therefore makes this Sppll- in his behalf. ‘tT! also sets forth a e unication from General Hill acknowl rd elpt of certain letters of Moloney reques! ion to see and confer with Mudd, Spangler Arnold, and stating that they bave been for- led to the War Department for mstructions on the subject, as stated in the petition, A copy of the charges and specifications against all the parties con- in the trial, resulting in the conviction of the ed for the information ‘of the The pre of the act of 1863, referred to petition, were that all persons within the loyal where the action of the courts was nh who should be arrested by the military for ri against the United States, should be turned over to the civil courts for trial, and, in the event of noconviction, should be discharged from 3 The point made that the prisoner is entitled to his ai under the lent’s proclamation of par- don and amnesty is that, having been convi of participation in the assassination of President Lin- ual. of Vemabaliion ans ins the pubense Gear moi the interests of the.rebel leracy, the P is entitled to be discharged, for the procia- includes all such persons. A conviction the charges and specifications appended to thepetition by a military commission, it is contended, cemnot but result in placing the prisoners now con- fined at the Dry Tortugas within the terms of the PI ination. Itis not known when the court will take action on the petitions submitted, Causes Argued. In the Supreme Court to-day the following causes were argued:— No, 6 (originally)—The State of Texas vs. White po ng al.—The argument of this cause was con- cluded, No, 883—Seymour et al vs. Pyecor, Administrator.— Controversy concerning certain lands in Ulinois, Cause in argument. PLANS FOR PLUNDERING THE NATIONAL TREASURY. The Treasury Ring=Railroad Bond Endorse ment Ring—Indian Traders’ Ring—Internal Revenue Ring—The Whiskey Ring and Mis- cellaneous Plunder Rings. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 1869, ‘The schemes of plunder which have been maturing here during the past four years, and which will, if possible, be forced through Congress during the next three weeks, are absolutely frightful when viewed from a taxpayer's standpoint. Such a mass of corrupt jobs were never before seen or heard of. ‘The Treasury ring, under pretence of reducing the interest on our national debt, want to continue their corrupt practices of the last four years on a larger scale, They want authority given the ring brokers to purchase on goverment account the $2, 100,000,000 national bonds now outstanding, and at the same time sei] a like amount of a new issne. The details of this plan are. interesting. The Secretary of the Treasury is to make asecret bargain with one or two ring brokers to purchase agiven amount of the old bonds—say $20,600,000, Thus will of course in- fate the money market that much. The ring brokers, having exclusive Knowledge of the extent of inf tion, when it is to commence and wien end, can take their measures accordingly, while tue business community at large must stumble On in ignorafice, Aiter the market lias been properly inflased, and Just before money ts needed to move the crops in from the West, the Secretary of the Treasury makes an- other secret bargain with iis favorite broker to sell say 236,000,000 of the new bonds, The ring, heving exclusive Knowledge of the extent of the depletio: long before it takes place, can fix things to suit themselves, and, when tight times come, can realize one-half per cent per day interest on Whatever they tay have to lend, either their own or government money, This pleasant ‘operation of “balling” and “hearing the market, with a capital $2, 100,000,009, 18 to be repeated at the pleasure of the ‘Treas ring managers. These favored brokera, under the McCulloch arrangement, manage to have @ few million doliars of government money con- stantly on deposit without interest, and afew iil- lions on hand of unadjusted balances, s0 they will be well prepared for the tight times they can bring about whenever they please. This is a {air description the Treasury ring. ons di o it five or aix yi tis willbe able to x during the next. Unless the or Judd’s bill passes Mr. McCalloch will leave a legacy with his successor that will give General Grant’s administration trouble. So much for the Treasury ring. If its re can have their own way tiey will realize 000,000 during the next four years and injure the business interests of the le by sudden fluctuations of values bey ed “9 if Gene rang ud make either Mr, A. T. ‘Stewart or John Agr Secretary of the Treasury, there would not be the least danger of the abuse of power that has disgraced, utterly disgraced, Secre- tary MeCulioch’s administration of affairs, Still the ple want assurance that the Secretary of the wary shall not have power to inflate or depress the market secreily. No honest Secretary wants it, and any one about whom there is the least doubt, or a thoroughly corrupt one like Mr. McCuiioch, should never bave it. ‘THE BOND ENDORSEMENT RING. Since the independent press oi the country has routed the railroad suvsidy jobbers, horse, foot and dragoons, they have dated their forces and cl base. They now ask Congress to guaran- tee the interest on $126,000,000 bonds for forty years, and take a first mortgage on tie roads for security; ha a preseaent already established by which bby an amendment substituting So these combined rings are virtually asking Congress tor what will be in the end, if they get it, a free gilt of Bonds Forty years, interest. Land, estimated value. Total 000 In $600,000,000 would cover’ the modest demand of the vond endorsement q think they won’t get a cent, though their ‘attorneys” swarm the lobby miglit and day. THE WHISKEY RING. iain ce teeastne ene crue are botii one same. Through the Lindosss Messrs. Andrew Johnson, «Hugh McCulloch and E. A. Rollins, the affairs of ring have been conducted in a manner most satisfactory to They have plundered the government fall $100,000,000 per year for a ‘time past; but the of the ring are con- stantly increasing; $125,000,000 is the lowest amount now required the tion, The to support organiza’ people have stood the burden for four years, and it 1 believed that they will bear an additional load of $25,000,000 and not feel it, THE MISCBLLANROUR PLUNDER RINGS. ‘This organization have tn charge our old friend of 1820—a real forty-eigat year job—known as the net Choctaw ciaim. It only requires $1,832,500. ent lobby jobbers who have it in charge would not ‘ake $1,882,661. That wouid be one doilar more than thetr due, and they are exact to a cent. Most wonderful are the ways of lobby jobbers, The indian treaty, by whict: the le are ph Ce eS ic! comes under the head of Jobs, aa do others almost too numerous to mention. If one-twentieth part of the schemes of plunder now before Congress manage to get through the re- pudiation of our national debt is a Axed fact. THE FORTIETH CONGRESS. Third Scesion. SENATE. Wasuincfon, Feb. 9, 1869. The following is the continuation of the Senate re- port of last night: Mr. DOOLITTLE, (rep.) of Wis., replied to Mr. How- ard and spoke In defence of State righta, Mr. MorTON, (rep.) of Ind., said he did not deny the existence of State rights, but only of State sov- ereigaty. Messrs. HENDRICKS, FERRY and WELOH also dis cussed the history, character and capacity for im- provement of the negro race and the propriety of ad- Mr. DRAKE doni constitutional fun, vse elren’ 1s unconstitutional. Plat. WAvTR (dom) Of May naked hitn. whet the 8 decide the Legal Tender ct to be, unconstitutional, the decision ought to ve itr DARE repiied—Not at all, He would be found standing 10 his posigion, and both bouses of Con- the Supreme Court had a any matances, to ¥i 3 took the floor to address the but yielded at the request a ae sumner a, Sena, (errno! which was lost—Yeas 12, nays 25. Sumner’ speed wn tasde a fow “Gaye 960 s a few Mr. sameers sed Sat slay caste to ‘what he called federallam ‘under’ the “alias buman ts, * ‘one six o'clock Mr, ie arguments of the friends of tlanity and civilization on the one hand and those of the advocates of reti and barbarism on the other; but the party of progress had received the blessing of God and so Grant had been cheated out of New Y New Jersey and Oregon and bullied and isiana; yet the party would meat he preferred that offered b; days since. . me RAKE Offered an amendment‘in the following No citizens of the United States shall, on account of color or previous conditi servi vnited = ‘or any Stata daniod to Fight to vote, ‘or hold flee: . EDMUNDs, (rep.) of Vt., was unable to ee any difference between this and port Ea ere meneee . DRAKE att mn to the different ment of the words, which, he thought, avoided implication contained in the mt reported from the committee that the right to vote or hold oftice existed indepeniens of any constitutional legal grant of such te. ir. HOWARD, (rep.) of Mich., made the same ob- Jectionsto the amendment of the Senator from Mis- souri that he had made to the report of the com- mittee, namely, that it left it possible for a ee ee ine e the ete rete mae office n other grout race, color or pre- vious condition of servitude; for instance, for re- ligioas belief. j , Mr. EpMUNDs said he was one of those who be- lieved that the fourteenth amendment, properly understood, ab conferred the right to vote and all other rights and privileges of citizenship, and he deprecated the attempt of the republican party to ae haere yey amendment, because it woul construed ag a legislative acknow! it that the constitution, even with the Tourloentn amendment, did not conter those rights and privi- leges. Incidentally he remarked that in case the right of sutfrage was given to women his oar. fear was that the bad women would all vote, while the good women would stay at home. Mr. WARNER, (rep.) of Ala., asked the Senator from Vermont how soon, in his judgment, it would be before, without the proposed amendment, the colored population would be allowed to exercise the rights which he thought were conferred by the four- teenth amendment. Mr. EDMUNDs replied that that depended upon the vigor with which Congress would assert those rights for them. It required intervenuon, not outside of the jaws but with the law as the weapon of inter- vention. Mr. DRAke thought Mr. E¢munds’ view of the ef- fect of the tourteemth constitutiona! amendment a incorrect and mischievous one, and made an argument to show that it was 80, Mr. SUMNER, (rep.) of Mass., was understood to take the same view as Mr. Edmunds of tie scope of the fourteenth amendment. . HOWARD remarked that he had been a mem- of the joint committee which had reported that amendment and this was the first time he lad ever heard the claim made thai it was desigued to conser or that it did confer the right to vote. Mr. CRAGLS, (rep.) of N. H., was surprised at the position taken by the Senators from Massachusetts and Vermont (Measrs. Sumner and Edwands) in re- gard to the design and effect of the fourteenth amendment to the constitution, because he remem- bered at the time that amendment was passed it was distinctly stated by more than one Senator, and Was contradicted by none, that it did not confer the right to vote on any one, and he protested against the introduction of this new view at this time, be- cause he believed the debate would be continued on this ground for the purpose of defeating the pending amendment. Mr. Yares, (rep.) of Il. explained his position upon the suffrage question, contrasted it with the democratic party, much to the disadvantage of tne latter. Mr. Morea! .) of Vt., urged the friends of the mmcnriiness Caccoue to @ voie without fur- the reminder of the Senator on to tell at lengtl bis reasons why. qu ‘was then sang 08 ‘the aufendment of Mr. gM phe] «ate Mr. HOWARD Otfe! ain Nis substitute for the report of the committee, in these words:— Citizens of the United States of African descent shal! have ‘ame right to vote) and hold olice as other of the most numerous branch of the Legislat: Mr. DOOLITTLE made an it to show the mental! and physica) infertority of the negro, and the ; Mconsistency of the repul in seeking to give him the ballot while denying it to the China- nan. Re a a ad was then rejected—yeas 16, nays question was then on the amendment of Mr. Warner, which was pending, when the Senate, at pe 3g eleven o'clock, adjourned tli twelve o'clock. ‘The Senate reassembled at tweive o'clock. BRIDGES OVER THE OUIO RIVER. Mr. Morton introduced # joint resolution to vent the building of any bridge across the Ohio river with a central span of less than four hundred feet. Referred to the Committee on Post Orfices and Post Roads. BILLS REVORTED BY THE MILITARY COMMITTEE. omni bi lerne (rep.) of Oregon, from Lng nye | Dommittee, rey |, with anjamendment, the Jor relief of certain drafted men; also @ joint resolu- tion directing the of War to take posses- sion of the Ceres a Antietam Nati ceme- teries; also a resolution di the Committee on Military Attatrs to inqatre into tne arta Doo of the | Bureau from May, 1865, to December, THE PACIFIC RAILROAD BILL. Mr. WILson, from the Committee on the Pacific Railroads, made & minority report on the O mulbus Railroad bill. CINCINNATI AND NEWPORT BRIDGE. Mr. SHERMAN, rep.) of Ohio, introduced a joint resolution giving the assent of the United States vernment to the construction of the and Newport bridge, cn condition it have a span of 400 otherwise bulit in feet over the main channel, and be accordance wich the existing laws. U3 Mr. WiLsox, from the Cog! jittee, re- with amend the it resolution re- vee bounties of colored who tel TUR SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT, ‘The Senate then resumed the consideration of the poo ge tion proposing a constitutional amend- n men Mr. Vickers, (dem.) of Maryland, moved an amend- ment providing that no one should be disfranctised rh. ae ion in the late rebellion. Mr. Bayarp, ) of Del., moved an amendment confining the application of the provision dis isement to voters for United States offi. pana am ae President and Lege “et a Mr. Dixon, (dem.) of Conn., renewed hia motion to amend by out ‘tures and inserting in- stead the word “convent ‘80 a8 to require rati- fication of the pending amendment by conventions. The discussion of policy the general question of the and propriety of the Froposed amendment PRomfie“Oonmess, ‘Fessenden, Hendricks, Norton and Si HB jumner, Mr. Morton Mr. Williams u1 the Lent cons ot poeta: | Raye | — — wer count ving these, come over in such’ numbers as sesame Ah Sah, ae ise, tn the ofice Sate een, oi. ep hl oe ay ate Mr. TRUMBULL, (rep.) of Ill, called to fact that this tision in the constitution meng that the governors of those States shail be native born. Mr. Howann thought it Tevolutionary, . PATTRRSON, ) of N. H., it, because it forbade the J 0, bb Ty it revolutionary proposition, ud’ ported ‘owt many citizens, ure, 7 wars in which he thought 1ts operations would be inconvenient or highly Mr. SHERMAN was in favor reaping 9) all the oid State qui ive of the age. ‘The question was on Mr. Wilson's amendment, which was j—yeas 31, nays 27. Mr. BockALEW, (dem.) of Pa., renewed the amend- ment offered by ‘ie aeverel days since, viz., 00 add the following:— That the foregoing amend: be submitted for rati- * fication to the Legislatures of the several States, the most numerous branches of which aball have been chosen after the passage of this resolution, It was rejected by a vote of yeas 17, nays 43. The amendment of Mr. Dixon to require the ratttl- by the State was then voted down, ir. Morton then offered the following as an adai- tional section:— Each State shall vy a vote of the ualified to vote for, Hepreseitatives if donated,» pumber ual to the whole number of Mr. he a ee L, moved to ‘recommit 4 ‘HONY, (re} the constitutional i with its amendments, to the Judiciary ittee. Mr, Srewant, (rep.) of Nev.—If that is done it ends rae bill. Let us see the result. (Laughter.) to recommit was then Jost by a vote of yeas 17 to nays 38. . WILSON moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was ordered to be read a third time, which was carried. Mr. WILSON moved to reconsider the vote by which the amendment (Mr. Morton’s) had been adopted, ba op agen fr nig nd rn se fey ewes The Jone ution (constitutional amendment) hav! mn ordered to be read @/third time was then by the following vote:— cXRAt—Mesara. Abbott, Chandler, Cattell Seman Sete flow, kelogg eDonad, targa, Morel of Vee Morrell c Me., Morton, ‘Kye, Osborn, Patterson, of 'N. H., Pool, Ram- sey, Rice, Robertson, Ross, Sawyer, Sherman, Spencer, Stew- art, Thayer, Van Winkle, Wade, ‘Warner, Weich, Willey, Wil- iMate Messrs: Asthoay, Beyard, Corbett, Davis, Dt rr , Bay ixon, inde, Fowler, Grimes, Hendricks, Mecreery, Doolittle, Edm 6, Hendricks, Patterson, of Teun., Saulsbury, Sprague, Vickers and Whyte id, of enn., ury, Sp! ickers. ‘The following ts the amendment as passed:— A joint resolation proposing amendments to the constitu- tion of the United Bites: . Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, de, two-thirds of both Houses concurring, that ihe following the several Staten, States, elther of witica, when ratiied by three-fourths of said Legislatures, shall be held as a part of safd constitution, namely :— AnvicLF 15. No discrimination shall be made in the United States among the cilizeos of the United States in the exercise of the elective franchise, or in the right to bold office in any , color, nativity, property, education State on account of or creed. Art. 16, The second clause of the first section of the second article of the constitution of the United States shall be amended to read as fo:lows:— Each State shall appoint, ra vote of the people thereof qualified to vot: for Repres@htatives in Congress, a number Of electors equal to the whole number of Senators and sentatives to which the State shall be entitled in Congress; but no Senator or Kepresentative, or person holding am ofllee of trast or pro’t under the United States, shall be ap an elector; and Congress shall hi ver to prescribe the manner in which such electors s! agen by the people. The joint resolution now goes to the House for concurrence. At halt-past five o’clock the Senate adjourned. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 1969. CORRECTION OF THE JOURNAL. Mr. Brooks, (dem.) of N. Y., rising to a correction of the journal, referred to the fact that evening ses- sions had been agreed upon by unanimous consent with the understanding that they should be exciu- sively for the consideration of the Tariff bill, and that yesterday also, by unanimous consent, the con- sideration of the Army Appropriation bill should be the exclusive business of last evening; and that of the steamer Atlantic, of the concurrent resolu- tion in reference to the electoral vote of Georgia, &c. He moved titat these latter proceedings be ex- punged from the journal of the House. ‘The SPEARKE stated that if the facts stated by the atleman from Ree ele: Sore Come rene oe they were), tae point would ‘one; but the arrangement as to the business of the evening seasions on both oc- casions had not been made by unanimous consent, but under a suspension pt wpe rules. Mgt pe PE allowing 6 mation to the to a on ss E gs if ; i i 8 i Z 4 g sig 4 : § Fy é = 3 3 3 : g i 3; E 5 8 i a i = Hi g 5 1 ty i ; i i iF i , F agreed to. ‘The amendment extending the schedule time from six to seven hours was agreed to—yeas 104, ‘The bill was then ordered to be: an a third time, Not being engrossed the bill went to the Speaker's table. COUNTING THE RLECTORAL VOTE. ‘The SPEAKRR stated that after conference with the tellers appointed to count the electoral vote to-mor- row, he had directed the doorkeeper to reserve Diplomatic Gallery exclusively for the members of the diplomatic and their fam and southwest gallery. to the for the ladies of the families of Senators and Repre- sentatives, in each case until haif- twelve o'clock, at bin a the reservation should coase. 2 THR DIPLOMATIC APPROPRIATION BILL, The Senate amendments to the Consular and atic Appropriation bill were next ; ch House oo — who rom the Committee on Appropriations. were nonncarred ine Dt be- BANKING AND CURRENCY, unanimous consent, t In reference to the business, phe hee CONTINUED ON TENTH PAGE