The New York Herald Newspaper, February 14, 1869, Page 3

WASHINGTON Tender of Their Commissions to the Pre- sident and Vice President Elect. Speech of General Grant on Accepting. « No Cabinet Appointments to be Annouxced Until Sent to the Senate. Honesty and Economy to be the Ruling Principles. PARDON OF SANFORD CONOVER. ANDY JOHNSON’S LAST VETO. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 1869, The President Elect Receives His Commis- slon—Honesty and Economy to be the Fea- tures of the New Administration. One of the most important ceremonies that has yet eccurred in connection with the incoming adminis tration was performed to-day, when General Grant ‘was officially informed by Congress of his election as President of the United States. For the past day or two everybody has shared in the general excitement created by the discussion of and speculations upon What Grant wonld say upon this interesting occa- sion. Ib was generally supposed that he would dis- close to the favored few who might then be admitted into lus presence not only the names of the gentie- men whom he had conciuded to invite into his Cabi- net, but that he would talk freely of his plans and intentions concerning his approaching adminis- tration, Notwithstanding the universal in- terest. manifested to learn these highly im- q nt facts, however, there were but few ‘pedpie hered at army headquarters woe thé conte sTonal mmites wrrived, aieGgn it had been extensivell Published that the commit- tee werd to be Tedgived at eleven o'clock this morn- jug. About half a dozen: frequenters of army head ‘quarters, principally officers in the War Department, wud two or three newspaper correspondents, were in waiting when the committee arrived, which was thirty minutes earlier than the hour appointed. Senator Morton and Representatives Wilson, of lowa, and Pruyn, of New York, were ushered into the hall leading to the General’s office, the two former bear- ing in their hands the commissions of the President and Vice-President elect, The committee were at ouce conducted up stairs to the General’s office, Jollowed by a number of generals, the officers of Grant’s staff, and the reporters of the press— about thirty in all, The members of the com- mittee seated themselves, while the small circle of auditors ranged themselves around the room. After the lapse of about five minutes General Grant en- tered from an adjoining room, neatly attired in ‘ black frock coat, vest and pantaloons, plain shirt bosom, turned down collar, black silk necktie, highly polished boots and glossy silk hat. On this occasion the General had prevatiea upon himself to qispense with his inevitable cigar. He passed through the opening made in the circle of bystanders ‘to the chair in front of his desk, removing his hat ashe did so, He then shook hands with Senator Morton, Mr. Wilson and Mr. Pruyn. When the General had taken his stand beside his chair Senator Morton arose and satd:— GENERAL GRANT:—The joint committee appointed by the two houses of Co visit you this morn- img to notify you, officially, that you have been elected ident of the United States for the term of four years from the fourth day of March next. The great body of your countrymen hail your election with delight, and even those who did not support you at the polls entertain for you the highest confidence and respect. The friends of our country and the friends of liberty throughout ‘the worid rejoice in your elevation to the Presidency, and all beileve that you will bring to the perform- ance of your great ‘duties unalioyed patriotism, unimpeachable integrity, great powers of intellect and ali the high qualities which enabled you to achieve such distinguished success in another sphere of duty. They have full faith in your ability and virtues, and cherish the highest hopes of your Bu and that pe 3 our administration the work o1 bie inp il be completed, the wounds of civil war healed, and that our country will take a new departure ia growth, progress and prosperity. At the conclusion of Mr. Morton’s address General Grant turned the roll of paper which he held in his hands, round and round, as though endeavoring to reduce it to the smallest sized roll possible, and hesi- tated but a moment or two, when he begun his reply in a tone so low as to be inaudible to those standing at the most distant part of the room, and a general Closing in of the party occurred, each individual of which leaned eagerly forward to catch every word that fell from the lips of our future chief magistrate. Turning to Senator Morton Genera! Grant said:— In reply I will inform the committee that it will be my earnest endeavor to call around me as my as- sistants men who will carry out the principles which you say the country desires to have succeed—econ- omy, retrenchment, faithful collection of the reve- nue and payment of the public debt. If I should fat! in my first chotce of assistants I should Rot hesitate to make a second, or even a third trial, in the hope that I should at last be successful. In the matter of removals I will be governed alone by the necessities of the service. I should just as soon re- move from their positions my own appointees as I should those of my predecessor, There is one other ‘tter it may be proper to mention here, for it may that something of the kind he pane! of me, that ts, in regard to the cot tion of my Cabinet. 1 have always felt that it would be indelicate, on my t, 10 announce those whom I intended to invite to my Cabinet, or even to consult in regard to their selection until I had been officially informed of my election, but did intend to do so at this time, Now, however, after observation and reflection, I have come to the conclusion that there is not a man im the country whom I could invite to my Cabinet who would not, immediately after the announcement, be the object of all kinds of adverse criticisms, in the hope to prevent his selection and confirmation, even among my own friends and these of the party which elected me. Many would attempt to change my determination. I have, therefore, concluded not to make known, even to the genilemen themselves, the names of the Cabinet officers until I send their nominations to the Senate. If I should notify the gentiemen at all, ‘whom J may choose, in advance of their nomi tions, it would not be more than two or three Previously. When the General stated that he would as soon Temove from office those appointed by himself as he would those appointed by his predecessor, the faces of those present who were already in posses- sion of comfortable offices were interesting to behold. are i 6K St pare perp leALs depicted therein vas wre calculated to excite &¥mpatny for them NEW YORK HERALD, ‘SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1869.-TRIPLE ‘SHEET. 3 shall govern 29nd inletration—-nameiy, economy, retrenchment, faithful coltection of the revenue and payment of the public debt—it wili not be presumed out of place to gay J feel fuily warranted in believing that the political party with which J act will give to your policy in these regards a cordial support. ‘The addresses having been disposed of, there was arush at General Grant, followed by a shake hands ail round, and a stream of congratulations poured forth, all of which the General gravely acknow- ledge by bowing. ‘Turning to Senator Morton, General Grant then inquired, with a serious air, “Shall I give you a receipt for this ?” holding up his commission, to which the Senator as seriously been answered, “No, sir.”? The General had doubtless thoroughly schooled in the military axiom, “Re- ceive nothing without returning a receipt, and part with nothing without getting a receipt.” After a few moments spent in conversation, the committee reured and the others slowly followed their ex- ample. Credentials of the Vice President Elect. The committee, after leaving General Grant's headquarters, proceeded to the Capitol and waited upon Speaker Colfax in his reception room. They presented him with a certificate of his election as Vice President, signed by the President of the Senate, and then severally congratulated bim, to which fmendly expressions he responded as fol- lows:— GENTLEMEN—Please convey to the two Houses of Congress my acceptance of the ofice to which I nave been elected by the le ef the United States, and agsure them that I shall endeavor to prove worthy of this mark of confidence by fidelity to principle and duty. The committee then withdrew. Dinner at Speaker Colfax’s. Speaker Colfax entertained at dinner, this even- ing, General Grant and Senator Conkiing, and Rep- resentatives of Iowa, Boutwell, Dawes and Blaine. Veto by the President. ‘The President has sent the following message to the Senate:— TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES :— The bill entitied “An act transferring the duties of the Trustees of the Colored Schools of Washington and pie peelagh is herewith returned to the Senate, in which house it 01 without my Cope The accompanying paj exhibits the fact that the trary to the legisiation which the bill proposes is wishes of the colored realdents of Washington and Georgetown, and that they prefer that the schools for their children should be unaer the harey Spee of trustees selected by the Secretary of the Interior (whose term of office 1s for four years), rather than Subject to the eontrol of bodies whose tenure of office, depending merely npon political considerations, may be annual alfect by elections which take P in the two cities. The colored people of Wash- ington and Georgetown are at present not repre- sented by 4 person of thet orn eee either of the boards of fees Ot “PUvii inted by the municipal authori Of the three trilstees, poWever, who, unde: ‘act ot Julytt 4362; Som pose dof trSi£es of the school for vl red entitled wo are persons of color. The resolul lous transmiittéd herewith show that they have perform their trust in a manner entirely satisfactory to the colored people of the two cities, and no good reason is known to the Executive why the duties which now devolve upon them should be transferred as proposed in the bill. With these brief suggestions the bili is respectfully returned, and the considera- tion of Congress invited to the accompanying pre- amble and resolutions. ANDREW JOHNSON, WASHINGTON, Feb, 13, 1869. The Louisiana Contested Election Case. The majority of the Committee of Elections will report on Monday that neither of the parties con- testing the seat of the member from Louisiana are entitled to a seat in the House, because no valid election was held in Louisiana on the 3d November. ‘This is the same question Which arose on the count- ing of the electoral vote on Wednesday last, and the House will have to meet it again. The memoers constituting the majority of the committee, it is be- leved, all voted to throw out the electoral vote of Louisiana upon the same ground that they now pro- pose to throw out the contesting parties, namely, that no valid election was held in Louisiana on the 34 of November in consequence of the intimidation practised by one of the political parties. The an Mission—A Nomination Unse- licited. i The President to-day nominated Louts Dent to be Minister to Chile, in place of General Kilpatrick. Judge Dent is a resident of Washington and brother of General Granv’s wife. As he was not an appli- cant for the place he expresses much surprise at the nomination. John T. Noyle was also nominated to be Secretary of the Chilean Legation. Senator Stewart’s Naturalization Bill. The bill introduced in the Senate to-day by Mr. Stewart, declaring all white foreigners who land on these shores with the intention of taking up a per- manent residence here, entitled, without further ceremony, to all the rights and privileges of citizens of the United States, was, strange to say, just as much ridiculed by some Senators as it was earnestly approved of by others. No action was taken upon it, owing to the objection made by.Mr. Sumner against the use of the word “white,” but Dick Yates and other radical Senators expressed themselves as satisfied that just such a bill as this is needed, and are determined to lend all the force of such logic and eloquence as they command to urge its adoption in the Senate. Another Empty Chest in the Treasury. Another appropriation is exhausted, and the Trea- sury officials report eMpty coffers where the money to pay Judicial expenses is usually kept. Until Con- gress makes another appropriation the requisitions of United States Marshals for means to pay the ex- penses of courts, will have to go unanswered. The Deficiency bill, which has not yet been passed, con- tains an item of $400,000 for the payment of judicial expenses. It would seem that the Executive branch of the government is being permitted torun down at the close of the administration, and no intention is manifested to wind it up again until General Grant shall be fairly installed. . Moneys Recovered in Foreign Countries on ‘ Account of the Rebel Confederacy. The Secretary of the Treasury to-day sent to the House a reply to the resolution as to the amount of money recovered in foreign countries on account of the late Confederate States. Caleb Cushing was employed by the State Department on that business, and reports that $21,723 have been recovered. The balance remaining is $2,320, on which there is an unpaid demand for @ thousand dollars, including in the sum which has been disbursed from this fund 150 francs deposited with a court in France in the Arman sult, according to the law which requires from aliens security for payment of costs, which sum shall remain in said court. The information called for by the reso- lution has already been furnished, the residue of money received from the sale of captured and aban- doned iands in the insurretionary districts having been covered into the Trrasury. Of this sum, the $500,000, mentioned in the previous document, on deposit with the Farmers’ loan and Trust Company, of New York, to secure the sureties on a bond re- quired to’ be given by Simeon Draper, late cotton agent at New York city. In the suits against him, $400,000 were released by discontinuance of part of the suits and covered into the Treasury in Novem. ber, 1867. The remaining $100,000 still remains on, deposit to abide the result of such remaining tg,” ——- Sanford Conover P President Johnson - eardoned. 4 a ‘Thursday issued a pardon to : ——« than commiseration. This was evidently ta Tie i santo Conover, lias Charles A. Dunham, con- matical sentence to them, and did not furnish any better clue to the policy that was to govern appoint- ments and removals than existed before. Did he Mean that men now in office need not anticipate a gencral removal, or did be mean that a terrible on- slanght was to be made upon the appointees of his predecessors’ That was a question just as far from a solution now as it was @ month ago. When he sail he had concluded to withhold the names of the gentlemen he expected to cail into his Cabinet until they were nominated to the Senate, Mr. Morton nodded bis head approvingly, several bystanders ex- changed significant glances, and reporters arrested the rapid course of their pencils as though they were not sure they had heard the cor- fect expression. The prevailing feeling por- trayed in the surrounding faces seemed to be that of disappointment. It was very clear that the work of investigation and speculation in regarl tothe future Cabinet was to be continued until the White House received its new occupants, soon as General Grant had ceased speaking, and all were convinced that he had no more to say, Mr. Pruyn stepped forward, and looking at the General with something of admiration beaming from his eyes, watd:— GENEKAL GRANT—After the allusion made by Sena tor Morgan to the sentiments of respect and conf. donee entertained tach | by those who did not @oneur in your election, after heat your state- ment of leading principles which you intend victed of perjury at the December term of the Crimt- nal Court of the District of Columbia and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment in the Albany (N. Y.) Penitentiary. The pardon states:—“It is repre- sented by Hon, A. G, Riddie, counsel for the govern- ment in the trial of John H. Surratt, and Hon, Joseph Holt, Judge Advocate General, that, without solicitation and in the interest of truth and justice, Conover gave valuable information to the government, which was used to assist the prosecution, anda that he is en tutled to the favor of the Executive on the principle that requires from the government recognition of such service,” and that he has already served two Years of his sentence. Mrs. Conover, who has been pleading for pardon for some vme, left this after. noon fer Albany, with an order on General Pills. bury, warden of Albany Penitentiary, for the release of her husband, Naval Station in the Caribbean Sea. ‘The Serana Islands, in the Caribbean Sea, valuable for the immense deposits of guano contained thereon, have been fully recognized by the United States gov- ernment as United States territory and belonging to citizens thereof. The negotiation for their purchase has now been concluded by Major Wm. W. Leland for a company with @ capital of $500,000, organized for that purpose in New York. ‘These islands, nearly on the direct route to Panama, offer a better site for &@ United States naval station than the much.talked- of St. Thomas or any of the West India islands, and can be obtained at a merely nominal price as com- pared with the price offered for the St. Thomas islands. The navies of the world can ride at anchor safely in the bay formed by these islands. Thegroup, eleven m number, inclose a bay seventeen miles from east to west and nine miles from north to south, with a depth of water of from five to fifteen fathoms, Senate Secret Session. The brief executive session on Thursday evening only confirmed the purpose to confirm nobody. One hundred and sixty nominations for various poal- Uons in the Post Office and Revenue Departments, and of promotions in the army are walting to bo acted upon, The Senate refused even to take them from the table and refer:them to the committees for consideration. Several new In- dian treaties had been received. These were referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs ana ordered printed. Some further information in regard to the matters in San Domingo was also referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The information tends to show that the United States can get posses- sion of the island without paying much money. This has been rumored for some time, and rumor thus becomes fact. Finance Measures. The Senate Committee on Finance have substan- tially completed their labors for the present ses- sion, The general measures are three:— First, the bill to forbid secret sales of gold and national securities on account of the United States. It requires that all shall be disposed of at public auction after full and reasonable advertisement of the day and place of sale, This bill they expeet to pass, Another bill forbids the loan of currency and de- posits of greenbacks or currency. This has been reported in the House and is ready to be reported in the Senate. The committee do not doubt that this bili will also be passed, and brokers thus pre- vented from locking up fifteen or twenty millions with three or four. The measure which constitutes the financial Policy is that now uuder discussion in the Senate. The debate thus far indicates wide divergence of opinion upon every section. To the tirst section legalizing gold contracts it is objected that to parties away from New York, Phila- deiphia and the great commercial centres it might bring sertous hardship. Wherever gold contracts are practicable they may now be made and are con- stantly made by importers and jobbers. The senti- ‘ment seems on the whole against this section. To the second it is objected that we do not know whether we shall have money to carry it out. -29 the third section, white Apacer Be new ten-Ony ave Ser Oots aona ad foi fatidin# green- backs, it is objected that we do not want the greenback funded, and that it would produce violent contractions, It is objected further that to make greenbacks convertible with bonds 1s to make the government a borrower of all the greenbacks the people have to lend on call at a rate of five per cent in gold, while the government cannot use them. To the fourth section, authorizing coin notes by the Treasury and existing banks, it is urged that it would either have no effect at all, or have an effect to cheapen gold, and so send out of the country a portion of our gold. The fifth section, permitting new banking institu- tions to issue gold notes to sixty-five per cent of the amount of new gold-bearing bonds which they pur- chase and deposit with the Treasurer, is less criti- cised. It is simply said that it will not amount to much. Morrill, on the other hand, claims that it will do great things. * ‘Thus every section 1s criticised, and to each there 1s filed from one to six amendments. The chances of passage are few. In the first place there is not time. The debate will be continued throagh Saturday, but not completed. On Monday comes appropriation bills again, and the Finance bill is not likely again to be touched next week. If not, it can- not well be put through the House, certainly not during this session. Then, were there time, it is doubtful if anything more than the second and the fifth sections would pass the Senate. As for the large tax bill, Schenck proposes to push 1t through the House; but no one supposes that it will be touched at all by the Senate during the present session. The Public Domain. Commissioner Wilson, of the General Land Office, has just received returns showing a disposal of 40,961 acres of the public domam during the past month at the following local ofMices:—St. Peter, Minn., 16,031 acres; Winnebago City, Minn., 2,350 acres; La Crosse, Wis., 3,493 acres; Ironton, Mo., 7,198 acres; Lincoln, Neb., 11,879 acres, The greater portion of the land was taken for actual residence and cultivation under the Homestead law. Fractional Currency Statement. The receipts of fractional currency for the week ending to-day amount to $906,000, SHIPMENTS. To national banks. wesagesces en The Treasurer holds in trust for National * Lage He moe for circulation. ‘or public deposits. . National bank curren: . 240 + 312,530,726 + 11,799,042 988,907 Actual circulation at this date. + 299,742,777 Fractional currency redeemed. . 412,600 Blackmailing in the New York Custom House. A report was filed to-day with the Secretary of the Treasury, disclosing a system of blackmailing practised in the Custom House affairs of New York city, by one of that class of officials who has charge of the matter of making seizures of illicit im- portations. An investigation will be instituted and the full facts in the case elicited. New Treaties with Civilized Indians. The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs bad a meeting to-day and arranged for adoption by the Senate several new treaties with the civilized Creek and Cherokee Indians, which embrace various pro- visions for the regulation of Indian proceedings, the promotion of education and the relief of desti- tution. Arbitration Between Enropean Powers. The President of the United States has accepted the ofMice of arbitrator upon a boundary question which has arisen between Great Britain and Portu- gal on the coast of Africa. Mediation Between Pera and Spain. Late advices from Peru show that the republics of the Pacific coast have accepted the mediation of the United States in their war with Spain, and a con- gress of plenipotentiaries from the belligerents is expected to meet in Washington during the spring. Success of Caleb Cushing’s Mission, The newspaper report of Caleb Cushing's snccess- ful mission to Bogota in relation to an Isthmus canal is confirmed by the following telegram :— New York, Feb. 13, 1869, To Hon. Wintiam H. Sewarp:— . Please expect me with the treaty to-morrow morn- tig. ¢. CUSHING. pared to furnish stamped paper wral rs for one ounce packages of chéwing tobacco? ppers for four ounce and two ounce packages of smokifig to- bacce, and wrappers for half ounce packages for chewing tobacco will shortly be furnished. Appll- cation for these wrappers should be made to the collectors of internal revenue under the same regu- lations as are now required for the printing and de- livering of the foil wrappers. e Resignations in the Navy. Passed Assistant Surgeon H. M. Rundiett and Midshipman H, L. Gosling, of the Naval Academy, SENATE. Wasntnaton, Feb, 13, 1869, OREDENTIALS PRESENTED. _ ‘IN€ PRESIDENT presented the credentials of Reuben ts. renton, Senator elect from New York. Mr. FRELINGHUYARN, (rep.) of N. J., presented the credentials of his successor, John P. 8 tockton, Sena- tor elect from New Jersey. ADDITIONAL RULE. Mr. POMEROY, (rep.) of Kansas, offered the follow- ing as an additional ruie:— While the motion of t aball tertained in the Seven s tet ig firths of their n thail close upon any pendlog proposition, me aba “wen the male question shall be taken by manner provided for un Laid on the table. ONS. id. PRTITI Mr, VickEns, (dem.) of Md., presented a petition of the citizens of Maryland for an amendment to the constitution go as to more directly recognize Al- “icc ir, POMEROY presented a memorial of the Colored Orphan Asylum of the District of Columbia for aid. Referred to the Committee on the District of Co- Jumpia. * UNIFORM RULE OF NATURALIZATION. Mr. Srew ant, (rep.) of Nevada, introduced a bill to establish a uniform rate of naturalization, in the following words:— Be it be. persons of foreign birth, aot convicted of ering and who have not participated init. Sor eee Soran eather eee ence esas sie declared aatardiiind ettatoe nat canted taal tse ni Fights and privileges of wihcr citizen of the Unitod States. Mr, SUMNER, (rep.) of Mass,—I wish to to the Senator rom’ Nevada tar I onject to the word “white” in that bill. (Laughter.) CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Mr. RozErrson, (rep.) of 8. 0., introduced B jemi ee Proposing the following constitu! ARTICLE 17, The Congress shall power to establish = tribunal for the of ~ my “determt Maleg al questions which may arise as to the validity of the vote of any State for President and Vice of the United States, which said tribunal shall exercise its juriadic- tion under such regulations as Congress shall make. UNIFORM SYSTEM OF NATURALIZATION, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, (rep.) of N. J.. from the Com- mittee on the Judiciary, reported a substitute for the bill to the proceedings for the naturaliza- tion of aliens, introduced by himself December 7. The substitute provides that the declaration of intention to beeome a citizen, the renunctation of constitution and all other proceedligs: necessary to stitution other 8 enable a pip to become: @ pees of the Unhed States sI made, tak an before judges of the United Sta Gireat and District courts, the courts of the Territorial district of the United States, the higher court of the District of Columbia pee common law jurisdiction, or before the registers in iptcy now or hereafter to be appointed, who shall be ex-oficio commissioners of natul and not before any other court or 3. the declaration of intention and be mad before — th @ vote of the Senate and in the the existing rules, intend to as oh th ie Peace with a ly, Wht great minuteness hie pat Wthelt rections: name, mn, national: age, lity, personal appearance, ke, With a description of the court or com- missioner whom their respective deciarations were filed. commissioner or clerk of the court shall note such notice the date of its receptl and shall the same on file, subject to pul [- spection, shall give copies thereof whenever re- quired. dmission to citizenship every pilen shall e oath and furnish one witness the fact of a residence of four years and Six months in the United States and one year D the State Territory where Such application is made next Flor thereto. Any person may tle with thé Sonine Baas ce clerk a amidavit . Se be. Veg that such intended application 1s fraudulent aha hath teas to contest the same; and pa contested cases shall be heard in open court and de- within cided separately. Thé substitute also provides that the declaration of intention may be filed one oe ing and six months instead of two years before m: Spplication to be ee eet a thé Adjudication adinitiing any alién to the rights of citizenship shall be made and entered on record, and the certificate of naturalization founded thereon be issued six months before such adjudication or certificate shall be effective. It is made the duty of tue Secretar of State to furnish to the courts blank certi- ficates of naturalization in conformity to the foregoing provisions, printed on paper 80 manufactured and stamped as to guard against frauds, and certificates and accounts of the number so furnished aud received shall be kept by the de- partment; and the judge’s and commissioner's cer- Uticates of naturalization issued within one year prior to the passage of this bill must be endorsed and approved by the courts and commissioners now authorized to issue naturaiization papers, or they shall have no validity; and this approval shall be given only on evidence that such certificates were not obtained by fraud. Certificates issued more than @ year prior to the enactment of this bill also be presented for endorsement and approval the same manner; otherwise the question of their valid- ity may be raised when they are presented for use. Judges and inspectors of election, are required to stamp and endorse the word "‘used” with date, when @ certificate is presented and used; the word “rejected” if it be not received; and | bene is made for annulling such rejected certificates by a proper court of the same district upon evidence of ‘aud. Other sections authorize and regulate the proceedings for annulling fraudulent certificates which may be required to be produced on suspicion, and prescribe punishments of fine and imprison- ment for issuing and receiving fraudulent or forged certificates, from six months to three years, and not exceeding five thousand dollars, BILLS INTRODUCED. toting rtgi iad sotavanronts comp Menthe 0. cel grant im Minnesota to connect their lines with the North- ern lc Railroad, and receive similar grants of land for the extensions. Referred to the Committee on Pubitc Lands. Mr. TIPTON, (rep.) of Neb., introduced a bill grant- pen e rid vt ag p= Boe gy nd Goorgesown ‘ompany. to nin Bou (rep OF Cal Introduced a bill granti re rep. Jal, 8 bill granting lands to uid Mn the construction of a railroad from Stockton, Cal., to a point in connection with the Southern ic Railroad. Referred to the Commit- tee on Railroads of California. Mr. SPENCEK, (rep.) of Ala., introduced a bill xi the status of certain soldiers enlisted in the Unit States Army from Alabama. Referred to the Com- mittee on Military Affairs. Also a bill to provide for the improvement of the river, bay, and harbor of Mobile. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. BRADY'S PICTURES OF THE WAR, Mr. WI1soN, (rep.) of Mass., offered a resolution instructing the Library Committee to inquire into the expediency of securing for the government the col- lection of Brady’s war eit or views now in his possession in Washington. Adopted. PRAUDS AGAINST THE INTERNAL REVENUE. Mr. CRAGIN, (rep.) Of N. H., offered a resolution airecting the ‘attorney General whether he had directed the sion or discon- tunuance of the proceedings Inst parties prose- cuted in New York city for frauds upon the tnternal revenue, and if so, in what cases and for what rea- sons, if compatible to communicate to the Senate his correspondence on the subject with the United States District Attorney at New York. Adopted, NEW YORK AND BREMEN MAILS, Mr. Moran, (rep.)of N. Y., offered a resolution directing the Postmaster General to communi- cate to the Senate all corresponden tween his department and the Commercial Naviga- tion Company of New York, and between the Post- master General and the Attorney General relating to a contract with that company for the conveyance of the United States mails between New York and Bremen. Adopted. On motion of Mr. Ramsky Thursday evening next was set apart for a session for the consideration of matters reported from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. PENSION FOR MRS. LINCOLN. Mr. tna to eS reeadie cee the considera- tion of the joint resolution gran & pension to Mrs. Lincoin, but Mr. McCreery objected. THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. Mr. CORBETT, (rep.) of Oregon, offered a resolution, which was adopted, directing the Committee on Agriculture to inquire into the expediency of allow- ing each State in the Union to be represented by at least one person in the Agricultural Department, such person to be chosen by the States respectively at their eae WetGee 6 ow 2-0 5 MEDTC RY OF THE REBELLION. Mr. ANTHONY, (rep.) of R. 1, irom the Committee on Printing, reported the joint resolution directing the printing, at the public prin oilice, of 600 0} wl of the medical and surgical hisvory of the rebellion. Mr. Ferry, (rep.) of Conn., read a letter from the Assistant Surgeon General setting forth that the manuscript and illustrations of the firse volume were ready and could be printed—5,000 copies, at a cost of about $20,000; that two more volumes would com- plete the work; the whole to cost about $100,000, and the copies printed at the government printing ofice to be disposed of under the direciion of Con- Om nso had a similar letter read by the Secre- watTi. CONKLING, (reR,) Of N. Y., objected to ihe Teso- itnna inceharge of the work eed for. bare wake pauilive toss Guay wane -B.. ‘@ positive gain, and expenditures for the advancement of scien were ter omy for. which the aj iy as was To ae ee cee ing, @ ion valuable med and surgical knowledge, were bound to be the almoners of it for the benefit of mankind, and in such @ case the expense in money was comparatively of little tm mee. He had been informed that, although the materials for the pro} work were vase, all that was essential could be comprised in three yolumes. Mr. HENDRICKS, (dem.) of Ind., did not think it wise for the government vit esa re) Of Mich., hoped the Senate ir. ry " id stand business of a ¥ 4 ihe iver and’ Harvor buh ‘wail sh be dis: Mr. SHERMAN said that his understanding was that and Harbor bill was is te qucsdered st the evening sessions, en oa said the renete ess 20—and the Senate resumed the consideration of the River and Harbor bill. The amendment was to strike out the pri eS yee | 000 towards com- the riiand canai on the yn thac Kentucky shall cede her right to said Canal to the United States, Messrs. WILLEY, MORTON and SHERMAN Opposed the motion, ins! that the appropriation was inpgeires req by the interesis of commerce, and would ooly pee the general government in the same relation to the commerce of the Ohio that it al occupied to the commerce of the Mississipp! and other rivers, 1 Messrs. FRELINGHUYSEN, FESSENDEN, and MORBILL, Seale cane b on f to 2 ‘hs ly rejected by @ vote of 22 yeas to 32 nays. The last amendment by the committee, to strike out the section authorizing the Secretary of of War to make surveys at points in various parts of the country with a to recommending such im- Srovemants a the interest of navigation required, was rej and the section d by a vote of it m motion i MORRILL, the bill, with amend- mi of Mr. ments, was recommitted for further consideration by the Committee on BILLS AVDERSELY. Mr, DooLirt.E, (sem) 08 Wie fom the Sommlne authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to cause PRESIDENT. During the discussion of the River and Harbor bill a message was received from the President, re- turning with his objections the bill transferring the oe Ol trustees of the colored schoois of Wi je wat owenty ve minutes to f clock the Senate *- fi ve 0’ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI7ES. WasuIncron, Feb. 13, 1869, ILLEGAL TAXES ON COMMERCE. Mr. Moore, (rep.) of N. J., presented a petition of the owners and masters of vessels of the city of New York, praying the intervention of Congress to pro- tect all engaged tn navigation from illegal exactions by the State and municipal corporations. PRIVATE RELIRF BILLS- Mr. Pane moved to dispense with the morning hour, so as to take up the Political Disabilities bill. After some discussion as to the effect of the motion it was rejected. The House then proceeded to the business of the morning hour—the call of committees for reports of @ private nature—and took up the bill reported yes- terday from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for the'relief of Knott & Co., American merchants, doing business in C! by Mr. Bi ¢ Mich. e . BLAIR, ») of Mic! Dil copa ee eo sala al i ae me ah pen a cea 180 a y mar fe late United States Consul ry Matamoros, Mexico, $1,843 in gold, expenditures mate by him from the. 12th of March, 1862, to the 30th of November, 1864, in aiding Union soldiers and refugees fleeing from Te tite considerable discussion by Messrs. Blatr, Banks, Butler (of inept and Pile, in explanation and advocacy of the bill, and by Messrs, Spalding, Chanier and Lawrence (of Ohio) in criticism of it, the bill wi waters ts te LAND MATL CONTRACT. The morning hour having expired, Mr. BROOMALL, rep.) of Pa., from the Committee on Public Expenditures, made a report in the case of Wells, Fargo & Co.’s contract for carrying the mails between the termtnit of the Pacific Railroads. The committee exempts the Post Oftice Department from all blame, and reports that the difficulty origi- nated in an act of Congrets which threw about 400 per cent more mail matter on the route in question than the bids had been made for; that the Postmaster Generai did the best he could under the circum- stances; that the matver arose out of the attack of a newspaper omg Pape (W. L. Smith), who, when brougat before the committee, first said that he knew a@ great many persons who could prove the facts, but who, when again brought before the com- mittee, confessed that he knew nothing about the matter himself, and did not know auybody who did, and that the committee there dropped that part of the investigation, having traced the charge to its source. As to the second branch—the manner in which the contract is carried out—the com- mittee reports that many and serious complaints ex- isted up to the commencement of the (ges year, when they seemed to have ceased; that the Post Office Department had withheld $47,000 to answer the delinquencies; that it had full power to adjust them by imposing fines and assessments, and that the committee sees no reason to fear that it will not do so in equity and justice both to the government and to the contractors. The report was recommilted and ordered to be printed. INDIAN TRUST LANDS. M. CLARK, (rep.) of Kan., offered a resolution call- ing ‘on: the Secretary of the Interior for immediate formation why certain trust lands of the Sacs and Fox Indians have not been offered a her og a by the treaty of the 14th of October, REPORTS OF NATIONAL BANKS. 1 Banking at rene - ported on regulating on an re} a the re re of the uations ban associations. The following are its provisions:— That every national bank association shall make to the Comptroller of the mney, on the fi Monday of every mouth, a report, exhibiting in de- tail and under appropriate heads,jthe resources and abilities of the association before the ment of business on the morning of the day afore- said, and shall transmit the same to the Comptroller of the Currency within five days tne and such reportshall be in the manner and form prescribed b; the Comptroller of the Currency, verified by the or affirmation of the president and cashier of such association, or by either one of them, and two of the directors, and shall be in lieu of the quarterty re- rts ant ced statements required by the tnirty- fourth section of the National Currency act, approved June 3, 1864. The return of each association on the affirmation of the president or cashier, and Damned by the Ste ae 5 least three . the directors, certifying that they have examined the resources and liabilities of tos oom asso- ciation, as set forth in said an and have found such reports for January and July shall contain a statement of gross earn! and profits of the previous six months, and shall published in a newspaper where such association is established at the expense of the association making the same, and if there be no newspaper published at such place, nm in some newspaper to be designated by the Comptroller of Currency within the county or State where such association is located; and every banking association shall make and trans. mit to the Comptroller of the Currency a port, as aforesaid, of its condition on any day fied, whenever required by the Comptrolier of the Currency. Any association failing to make and transmit such monthly or other re) shall be sub- ject to a penalty of $100 for each after five days ‘that such bank shall delay to make and bring oe | report as id, and in case any association delay or refuse to the penalty herein im; 5 when the same shall assessed by the Comptroller of the Currency, the amount of such penalty may be retained by the Treasurer of tne United States, upon the order of the Comptroller of the Currency, out of the interest as it may become due to the association from bonds ted with him to secure circulation, and all sums of money collected for penalties under this ae be paid into the asury of the United Stat REGULATION OF NATIONAL BANKS. Mr. Hoorer, from the same committee, reported a bili Nocenag 3 national banks from certifying checks where they have not deposits of the parties conveying the amount certified as assessed. Mr. BARNES (dem.) Of N. Y., from the same com- mittee, reported a bill to prevent national banks from loaning money on United States notes or na- tional bank notes a8 collateral security. Mr. Barnes explained the Me poo of the bill, which is to prevent the locking up of mey and thus “maing a corner’ tn the thofiéy rl After some discussion and alteration of the verbi- age the bill was passed. CONVERTING GOLD INTO CURRENCY. @Mr. Jepd, (rep.) of Li., from the same committee, Teported a bill to regulate the method of converting gold into currency. He sald that a bill had been re- ported last Saturday from the Committee of Ways and Means, containing two of the sections of his bill and two additional provisions, and he was will- ing to have that bill called up instead of bis own. FURTHER INCREASE OF THE PUBLIC DEBT. That being agreed to, Mr. Hoorer called up the following bill, reported by him from the Commit on Ways and Means, to prohibit the further in aeienn . . eu! ., Thatso much of any existing law aa uthorizes the fesue of bonds by the Secretary of the Trea- sury, except for the subsidies to the various railroad com- panies now authorized by law, be and the same are bere Paneaterls provided ihat Wis act sball not effect any authority for the transfer of bonds or for the exchange of mutilated oF defaced bonds; and that the Secretary of the Troasury may issue, npon auch terms and under such regulations as he may from time to time prescribe, registered bonds in ex for feueae tee onde to be simtar fo, all respects Vo the Souda such bonds to be similar in a! fated’ nner the acts autuorizing the ieeue of the bunds offered for exchange. SRC. 2, And be it further enacted, that the of the shalt publish monthiy & statement of the public debt us it existed at the close o ‘month, in arta icaiement the Unived. States bonds shall WO ciassed an the funded debt, the United States notes and fractional notes issued for circulation as money shall be classed as the currency debt, the three per cent cert ‘hall be classed as the temporary joan and all debt that is past di that wll become due within the, Bacal year, stating the ah aor gerins é 7: E : Fy to rej such bids should he dee Forte public ierest vo 80.” On motion of Mr. Juppthe following section was added to the bill:— 5.—And be it further enacted, That from and after the ‘of this act all salen of old on account of the Unites shall be made at public auction, by « ‘officer of aie of the time and face Sac cape stall made, by ofp the ade for at least three days. Mr. Jubb stated that he found, from the be ot the Secretary of the Treasury, that $263,031 had been paid b the government a8 commissions on the sale of gold and silver since it first commenced to ‘The bill, a8 amended, was passed. AMENDMENT TO THE NATIONAL BANKING LAW. Mr. PoMEROy, (rep) of N. Y., from the same com- Pee per ast Seaale Dll, enpplemente: Haeipna emenarornia. hp ane “i Ir. GRISWOLD, (rep.) of N. Y,, the amendments having been read, submitted that, ‘as they were im- without seeing them 1n print. - POMEROY said that he would submit proposition, but would first state the objects of amendment. He went on to state that the first sec- tion of the Senate bill was confined almost entirely to visions of section eer ave of the present banking act, relating to deposit of public money. It le it @ penal offence for any oMicers of a bank to offer a consideration for procuring deposits oi public money, and for any public officer to com The of tl such col second section Senate bill was an amendment to section Sees of the present act rela! to the Lala of bank- associat The fourth section provides for i ons. sealing the existing banking associations in order to bar twenty-five millions of currency to be ais- one-half among the Southern States and the other half among the Western States and Terri- now, when it was not printed, and suggested that a should be recom- » W character trom NA netics San NS. a — peak. avoiding respons! wi was under the National Banking act. ir. PRUYN, (dem.) of N. Y., said the law au- thorized that to be done. Mr. Price, (rep.) of Iowa, said that was a reason why the law should be changed. He proposed that the banks should be compelled to get out of the national banking system by the same door at which they entered. . PRUYN wanted to know what difference it Made to the government. Mr. Price said that the di ice was that the government lost the tax on deposits. Mr. INGFRSOLL, (rep.) of Ill, CLs the second section, which requires the bonds of banks in liqui- dation to be sold and ote substituted for them by showing that that would place it in the power of the national banks to contract the circula- tion of currency to the extent of $300,000,000, ahd thus force the resamption of specie payments, which would be a deplorable result. Mr. Pomeroy applied himself to the discussion ot the fotirth section, which proposes a scaling and re- distribution of currency among the national banks. ‘The scaling proposed by the Committee on Banking and Currency was as follows:—Banks with not over $200,000 capital to be entitled to eighty per cent cir- culation, a reduction of $4,000,000. with a capital of from $200,000 to $500,000 are to have sevehty per cent circulation,a reduction of $7,000,000. Banks with @ capital of from $500,009 to $1,000, are to have sixty per cent circulation, a reduction of $4,000,000. Banks with a capital of from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 are to have fifty per cent circulation, an apparent increase of $3,000,000, and banks with a capital of over $2,000,000 are to have their circulation cut down trom $19,000,000 to $9,000,000, No banks are to have more than $1,000 000 in circulation. Mr. Couors, (rep.) of Ind., moved an amendment providing for the issue to banks in States and Terri- tories which have less than their proportion of cir- culation circulating notes to bring them up to their due proportion, those notes to be withdrawn within three years if necessary, pro rata, from banks organ- ized in states that have more than their due propor- tion of currency; one hundred and fifty millions of the currency to be issued on the basis of representa- tion in Congress, and one hundred and fifty millions on the Ugene of oa appraised value of all property, real and personal. Mr. BUCKLAND, (rep.) of Ohio, addressed the House on the subject of the inequality of the dis- tribution of the currency. He argued against the amendment pro} by the committee, as to keep up the disproportion between the East the West. Without Gisposing of the bill, which was ordered to he printed, the House, at half-past four o’clock, took a recess until half-past seven o’clock, the even- ing session to be for general debate, Evening Session. The House met at half-past seven o’clock in Committee of the Whole, Mr. CuLLom in the chair, for general discussion. COUNTING THE ELECTORAL VOTES. Mr. BouTWELL, (rep.) of Mass., discussed the ques- tion of the counting of the electoral votes, claiming thas the two houses assembled in joint convention had the a) to explore the whole question of the the certificates. The President of the Senate had no power to institute the necessary in- juiries as to whether everything was fair and proper mi the beginning to the end of the transacuon. If that power were not inthe President of the Sen- ate, where, by the necessities of the was it? It must be in the two houses. They had a and no other department of the government it. The President was not clothed with it; the Supreme Court was not clothed with it. There was no gov- ernment instrumentality which could be named that the power unless it was the Senate and the — of He poorer ge ehh ae two houses might _ insti an inquiry every Bro- ceeding that had taken place from the de- it of the ballots by the people . through the opening of the cates by the President of the Senate in presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, for the purpose of ascertaming whether the poner had been right, or whether they had been vitiated by error or frand. His opin- ion was that the question should be, not whether the vote of Georgia should be countea, but whether the vote of Georgia should be rejected. That made all the difference between peace, harmony and quiet on one side, and disorder, anarchy and revolution on the other; because, if in time of greet Political ex- citement the vote of @ State should be rejected by the one house, the other not concurring in its opin- ion, nobody could foretell the result which would follow such a proceeding. He claimed that the two houses had power under the constitution to institute a scrutiny to know whether the wiil of the people,: as exercised at the ballot box, had been henestiy exercised. The reason why the question should be put in the negative, instead of that if the ‘two houses i pr voted that the vote of the State ob- jected to should not de rejected, then it would have Ig counted. There was no safety in any other rule, Mr. SHELLABARGER, (rep.) of Ohio, remarked that that would resuit in this, that raga it might be absolutely Known that the vote of a state was fraudulent, still it could not be rejected if either the House or Senate refused so to decide it. Mr. BOUTWELL replied that there was no to ascertain whether a vote was fraudulent, except by the decision of those who were to judge. Mr. GOLLADAaY, (dem.) of Ky., addressed the com- mittee on general politics. Other speeches were made, and the House ad- journed, MUSICAL REVIEW. Louis Dachaner & Oo. publish one of Claribel's songs called “The Rose of trin.” Its merits as a simple, touching ballad may be guessed from the fact that itis sung in Paris by Adelina Patti with great success. A charming likeness of the diva is on the title page. A French and Italian translation of the ballad is also given. SaHe House Publishes a standard edition of the most celebrated studied And exercises of Bertini, Czerny, Duvernoy, Schmitt and Kénler. William A. Pond & Co.'s publications are:— “Third Tarentella.” Sydney Smith. It would be diMcult to match this composer in the tarentella tine, and this is the best we have seen of his works. From first to last there Is a dashing, varied style about this tarentella which is trresistibie. “T Waited for the Lord,” transcription of the well known duet.from Mendelssohn's ‘* Hymn of Praise.” R. Bonner. It is @ dangerous thing to meddle with oratorio selections for the purpose of transcribing -_ . Mr. Lge has succeeded in making @ very clumsy affair of the duet. be Te Carilion,” morceau imitatir. Jules Egghard. A Very beautiful and characteristic work by this fa- vorite and im! composer. ‘Truth to Tell?’ song. the ciarbel. This lady's songs have become Words in England.” There is « simplicity and about some of them which make them popular, Tews resent amar ts put H ite Word,” a w. sd ‘horn. One of Mise Antonia Henne’s men co : pretty and effective. The “Tarentella.” W. V. A major, is much broken, and th ES MaIor on tne Seon ‘and finale are also ex- ceedingly tive. “ia hole lp ‘and oooh an Secu ished cl lendes ot to write a galop like jan as Mr. thi out of the stereotyped line, It 1s an excellent the ballroom. ‘Maver at Sea," morceau de saton. J. De Jasi- “Malden’s Prayer” kind of pieces whieh Talsees grow crazy over. ft is harmless, however, ot " A Ditson bo Ae re? *eipal ferns om the bouge is one of the bert from the “1 ‘and ¢