The New York Herald Newspaper, February 25, 1869, Page 4

WASHINGTON The Probabilities of General Grant’s Cabinet. Views of the President Elect on Reconstruction. Sheridan, Terry and Sickles to be Rein- stated in Their Southern Commands. REMOVAL OF THE*REMAINS OF WIRZ, The Copper Tariff Bill Passed Over the Veto _ in the Senate. The Postal Telegraph Bills Re- ported Back in the House. The Bill to Legalize Goll Con- tracts Passed. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 1869, Grant and His CabinctWho is to be the Lucky Pennsylvanian ?=The President Elect Besieged by Anxious and Disinterested People. The politicians here have not yet got over the ut terances of Grant yesterday at bis interview with Senator Thayer and Congressmen Dickey, Morrell and Roots. The silent President elect spoke more freely than he has heretofore, except in one instance last week, when he had a talk with a prominent re- publican of Connecticut, to whom he said just the same thing as to his intention not to appoint military or nayal officers to Cabinet posi- tons, and a ful! account of which you pub- Msbed in Monday’s issue. One effect of the half disclosure of Grant’s intentions will not in all probability be much relished by himself. It has emboidened others to go to his headquarters in the hope of getting further information. To-day he was crowded with visitors, among them a great many Senators and Representa.ives, who were eager to try their luck at unriddiing the Sphinx. Senators Edmunds, Poole, Howe, Catteil, Ferry and Howard; Senator elect Carpenter, of Wisconsin; ex-Senator Harris, of New York; Congressmen Moorhead, Mercur, Pettis, Dockery and Whittemore; General! Longstreet, Siraw Hat Cummings, Generals Harney, Towhsend and Brice, al] had interviews to-day. Mer- cur, Moorhead and Peitis went to Grant to confirm what they had heard as to Pennsy!vania’s cextainty of a representative in the Cabinet. The General received the trio with unusual cordiality, In the course of the conversation he said, in sub- stance, that he did not intend to overlook Pennsyl- vania in choosing his Cabinet officers. If the Cabinet Nominations were to be seut to th: e to-day ue had in his mind’s eye the name of the gentleman Who would be chosen from the State of Pennsylya- nia, and that name would be sent in to the Henate, For reazons already made public he declined to me tion the name, and the lucky person himself was not aware of the fact that he had been selected. He could mot say what circumstances might transpire between this and the 4th of March to render a change of his present pur- pose necessary, nor did he know whether the gen- Ueman he had selecied would accept the appomt- ment; but it was settied that Pennsylvania should be represented in his Cabinet. ‘The mysterious Penasyivanian thus to be honored remains, therefore, still unknowa; but that does now Prevent speculation, Everybody ts still guessing. “Who can it be?” say the Pennsyivanmns. “it can’t be Jones, nor Smith, nor Robinson, nor For- ney, nor Curtin, nor Cameron, nor little McPherson, ‘Then who the deuce can it be! One tinks 1% must bé Borle, a retired merchant of Philadelphia; another says 1% is ceriainly the ancient Meredith ; but = no, Meredith is too old. Another declares it’s a Smith, after all, who Ddelongs to the Loyal League of Philadelphia, and has the prefix Aubrey or Lindiey, Another is posi- tive it must be Stuart, or inney, or Ail or Grow, or Kelley, or Porter, the admiral. How can Atbe Porter, who 1s in the navy, and who i New Jersey? The auswer to this is that Port resign, and that he now las a residence in the city ,of Brotherly Love. Another says Mcviellan aas @ residence tuere too, and that he’s the nan. . Auoter Mentions Gencrat Meade, who wili convenicntiy re- sign also; while stil olher suggests smilingly that it must be ittie Cuarley O'Neil or Caleb N, And #0 the guessing gand speculation go 0} Out coming, pervaps, a bit near the real truth. There were some tings said at the mtervie terday that haye not yet ‘found their wa and are, therefore, still fresh. It appears that when Grant spoke about General Schoweld he remarked that he intended ty make that odlicer an excepuon , With- to the rest of Johnson's Cabinet, “He aman who r sald Grant, “He was appointed a3 one of us—i me&n us one of the party which elected me. our struggles with Mr. he shal! go out with the rest of Mr. Johnson's bag- gage. I wantto make # distinetion between him and the rest of President Joinaon’s Cabimet, and to do something tat will be a recognition of bis ser- vices. Therefore I intend to send nis name to the Senate as Secretary of War; but not as permanent Secretary, for | have resolved to appoint no purely Military or naval man to a Cabinet position. General Schotletd prefers not to resign dis commission, and J intend to keep him in temporarily while Lain car- rying out some fplans.? He then stated what 1 tele- graphed you yesterday about his desire that ie Sen- ate should understand thas he intended to appoms no miliary or naval officers to the Cabinet. $s been with as ip nd 1 don’t intend From the fact that ‘irant yesterday, in his conversation with Dickey, Morrelt and Roots, said, “I have aiready selected gentieman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,” the inference is drawn that the comme man isto be from Phiadelphia. If not. say the Pennsylvanians, why should he have satd frst and then check himself and say Peunsyivaniar The Pennayl- vantans believe Grant was newr letting the cat en- tirely out of the bag when he sald “Pniia.” But though they all agree about tht’ mach, it certaimy has not belped them much in guessing who the man realiy In the course of tne conversation 9; H. Roots, of Arkansas, said that as a reper of the South he only wished to remark fthat the people from his section wovld be satisfed with any man to represent sthem m the Cabinet who might be as thoroughly Posted on the wants of the South as Graut bingelf. Hie had no suggestions to make at all as to who the man showid be, relying entirely upou the judgment, Patriotivm and good intentions of General Grant. Another subject aiso came up incidentally, Some one of the génilemen present alluded to Evarts. Bald this gentieman;—“General, if you intend to re- tain Schofleld by reason of bis being a member of Johnson's Cabinet, who was eppornted as one of us, 28 you say, it would seem kely that you will not have Kvarts, Evarte was appointed for a very dit. ferent reason, mainly because of his services to Johnson.” To this skilful throst Grant oniy re mponded by a puff ot his cigar, He remained silent and atientive, and the longer the gentlemen waited for Areply te more vigorously he puffed, puted, puted. One of my informants, who Was present at the in- terview, said to me to-day, “I have seon a good deal fm the newspapers about General Grant and his eigar. Yesterday I saw them myself together. It ‘Woa ainusing to se¢ how the General did pull away whon mention was made of Fvarte’ name, Me made the amoke roll ont in volumes and curls, but said nothing. Wonderful litue man that Grant! We asked him many other questions, and the conversa- tion on the whole was very free and easy, but when, ever @ ticklish point was raised he always remained silent and puffed.” General Grant on Reconstruction. Senator Pool, as weilf%as other gentlemen who ac- companied him to army headquarters to-day dis- covered that General Grant was admirably willing to hear advice and information on every subject, but indisposed, except in one or two matters, to furnish his own views in return, On the general subject, however, of reconstruction at the South he had no hesitation in saying that in his optnion the States of North Carolina, Virginia and Alabama were the Ubree best practicaily reconstructed of the entire ten. ‘There was more observance of law and order and a better disposition existing between the black and white races and between the political parties in these States than in any other. This, he declared, he knew from extensive and reliable information, and he had no doubt whatever if political incen- diarism was put at rest the other seven States would very soon settle down toa model condition of civil order and harmony. He said it was the South, and almost the South alone, that filled his thoughts when he made use of the expression in his letter “Let us have peace.” If the disorder and agitation in that section could only be at once and forever disposed of there were no fears to be apprehended fd& the rest of the country, The South had always been a source of anxiety to the nation; but there was every prospect now that it would soon become as tranquil and prosperous as any other section of the Union. ‘When that time arrives,” exclaimed the General, “the United States will be the strongest and happiest country on the globe.” An Interesting Item from Richmond. From Richmond to-night I get following:— . Ri Feb. 24, 1909. It 1s stated here on aut! 10} that Genefal Stone- man recentiy contempluied the removal of Governor Wells, as the only duties of the executive office he performed—that of pardoning ne- Fo convicts, appointing railroad directors, c.—coula readily be done at military head- uarters. This coming to the knowledge *of e Governor his friends at once repaired to Washington and succeeded in obtaining from Gene- ral Grant an order to the effect that Wells should not be removed. But this was not all that transpired on that occasion. While a very particular friend of General Grant, now resident here, was promenading Pennsylvania avenue with bim, discussing Virginia affairs, they were met by General Terry, former com- mander of ie military district of Virginia. He was added to the party and joined in the conversation, and from what tra! d there 18 every reason to believe that General Grant will re- store all of the District Commanders who were re- move Uy Mr. Johnson, including Generals Sheri- for} and Sickles, and Terry will be replaced in Vir- ginia. ‘This news is quite unpalatable here and augurs badiy for the success of the “new movement;’’ but conting from the source it does the utmost impor- tance 1s attached to 1t. Forthcoming Caucuses of Republicans and Democrats. The caucuses of both the republican and demo- cratic representatives in Congress will be held about Tuesday next, the 2d of March. All new members of the House are expected and urged to be in Wash- ington as early as Monday, the 1st of March. Ratification of the Convention Between the United States and Mexico. OMecial publication is made to-day of the ratified convention between the United States and Mexico providing for an adjustment of the claims of citizens ofeither country against the other. The claims are to be referred to two commissioners, one of whom is to be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and the other by te resident of Mexico. They are to meet in Washington, and may choose an umpire in cases of disagreement, No claim arising out of a transaction of a date prior to February 2, 1548, shail be admissible under this conveution, ‘The National Currency Act. ‘The refusal of the House to-day to graut a Com- mittee of Conference, at the request of the Senate, on the bill supplementary to the National Currency act ig regarded as an indication that the measure will be ultimately defeated for the session, being left suspended between the two houses, This result was brought about by a conspiracy on the part of its original iriends and its enemies, both of whom, owing to the inuumerabie amendments with which it was loaded, and which were not accepiabje ether to the friends or the enemies of the National Banks, preferred to have it defeated, a0 that a more com- prehensive and @ better measure nught be iniro- duced at the weXxt session, It is understood that this will come from tie democratic side of the House, and that it wil have a strong leaning towards a free banking system. The Sorth American Missions. The Conference Committee on the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bil after repeated neet- ings have al last agreed upon a compromue on the vexed question of Butler's proposition to conselidate the Central and South American sions, Butler, who is @ member of the Conlerence Committee, * Stated that, inasmuch as reporra had been published in the papers to the effect that he had moyed this amendment to the bill for the puryose of abolishing the office now held by General Kilpatrick a3 Minister to Chile, he would insist (hai (the mission to that repuviic should remain as it now is, a fall mission. The committee agreed to com- promise to the following effect, and mstead of & Minister Resident, accredited as heretofore, a commissioner may be sent to the governments of Nonduras, San Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Mica, in Centrai America, au to the governments of Equador, Bolivia, Pere and Uruguay, in Kouth America, at a salary, not exceeding $5,000 a year each. This leaves tie mismous to Brazil, Chill, the United States of Colombia, Venezuela, the Argentine Republic and Paraguay undisturbed. 1t is believed that this report wil! be agreed to by both houses, ‘The other minor differences in the bill were satisfac. torlly arranged. The Pablic Debt. s When the next statement of the public debt is issued it is expected that a inuch more favorable account of the government finances will be ex- hibited than hae been given in tne last two or three statements, No interest on the public debt has been paid during the present month except such portion of the interest that fell due last month and was not demanded before the end of the month, At the pre- sent time the receipts from all sources amount to about $25,000,000, while the expendftures do not foot up much abore $15,000,000, From the indica. tions at present the statement for this month wilt show 2 reduction of the debt of about $10,000,000, The luternal Revenue Coumissiouership. Mn regard to the statement telegraphed hence that Grant has resolved to appoint Congresaman Delano, of Olio, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, vice Rollins, Mr. Delano states that he knows nothing nothing about it and that he has bad no commanica- tion with Grant on the subject, either verbal or written. Other pattios, however, who have talked with Grant assert that be las mulicated Delauo as dhe man best adapted for the place. Mr. Delano ix mot a member of the Forty-firs: Congress, and wit, therefore, be In the Held for an appointinent, Removal of Poticical Disabilities. ‘The Senate Judiciary Committee to-day adopted a Fesolution to take no further agtion tls session on applications for the removal of poittical disabtlives, ‘The Suspeusion of the Fourth National Bank of Philadelphia, Two agents on behalf of the Fourth National Bank Of Philadetphia Waited upon the Comptroller of the Ourrency yesterday and acquainted him with the cirommstances connected with the suspension of that bank, To-day Comptroller Huriburd sent an examiner to Philadelphia to look into the affairs of the bank, as they state that they expect to be apie to resume busivess again, but claim that if even they are compelled to wind up théir afuirs they wil be able to ineet all their liabilities, There ix no danger of the government losing anything in this case, as the suspended bank ceased to be a designated de- pository several weeks ago. Senator, Pratt. The newly elected Senator from Indiana, Hon. Daniel ). Pratt, has appeared on the floor, He tsa gant, Morten, a large man, comes just to his whouidey, He has a fill face, clear skin and high forohead, indicating health, temperance and menial rtrength, Senators, however, seemed shy of wim, Those who shook hands with bim,s:emed to feel Amal, and the rast did not like to compare thera velvem We trast that be will excel some Senatow im ability and im character as much ashe does in ‘The Remains of Wirz Delivered Up to His Friends. ~ The President to-day gave an order to Lewis Schade for the remaine of Henry Wirz, who was executed in the old Capitol Prison in November, 1865, having been convicted by a military commis- sion of conspiracy @nd murder while in command of the rebel prison at Andersonville, and buried in the arsenal grounds, and this afternoon the body wus removed by an undertaker. Indictments for Mega! Registration. The Grand Jury of the District of Columbia have found trne bills against seventeen persons for iMegally registering their names at the late murici- pal election, Internal Revenue Decisions. It is not believed at the Ofice of Internal Revenue that the intention of Congress was to prohibit the sale by retail of snuff from bladders or jars stamped according to law. The office will oppose no objec- tion to dealers retailing snuff from such stamped packages. Coal tar and coke are regarded as manu- factures, the sales of whieb are taxabie under section four of the act of March 31, 1568, The Supreme Court. 4n the Supreme Court of the United States the fol- lowing cases were considered to-day, to wit:— No. 198—The United Sti Ben; an ilgtion. Appeal foi the Bbar of Salas 3 mn of the Ajssistafit Attorney General, Mr. Tighe ordered by the court that tis appeal be dis- misse No, 406—The United States, Appellants, ve, Samuel P. Brady.—Appeal from the Goutt 0 of Claims. On tion of Mr. Dickey, Assistant Atompey General, lered by the court that tie de of the satd urt of Claims in this cause be reversed and the cause remanded to the Court of Claims, with direc- tions to enter judgment for stipulation of counsel, yor, Planlig in Beror, vor dg Cultea SCM ex Pele ‘ork, in Error, vs. The 1 Stat sy Robert Murray.—This caiisé” Was argucd by Mr. Amase 2. Song Og for the p! in error, and submitted o1 ‘u jument b. Attorney General Evarts error. No. 94—Jas. R. Boyd et al., Appellants, vs. Oliver Moses 0 al.—This cause was argued by Mr. Bene- dicT, of counsel for the appellant, and by Mr. Owen for the appellees. No, 96—Samuel Blagge, Plaintiff in Error, ve. The Stace of North Carolina; and No. 97—Josiah L. Bell, Plaintif in Error, vs. Same, in Error, to the Supreme Court of the State of North Carolina.—Ordered by the court that these writs of error ‘be dismissed, with costs, pursuant lo the eighteenth rule. No. 89—Wm, N. Whitely et al, Appellant, vs. Wm. A. Kerley et ‘he argument of this cause was commenced by Mr. 8. S. Fisher, of counsel for the appellants. POSTAL TELEGRAPH. Adverse Report of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads—None of the Plans Proposed Considered Advisable or Practica- ble—Argument of the Committee Against the System. od WASHINGTON, Feb, 24, 1869, The House Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads have rendered an adverse report on the seve- ral schemes of Mr. H. B. Washburne, Mr. G. G. Hub- | bard and Mr. J. F. Hall, for the establishment of some postal telegraphs. . The committee began their report by a careful an- alysis of each of the three bilis under discussion, and followed it up by the general considerations ap- plicable to the whole subject aud the special objec- tions to which each of the proposed measures are open. Mr. Washburne'’s scheme is to establish a four wire experimental tine from Washington to New York, to be operated in connection with the Post OMce Department by persons whoily in the govern- mentemploy. The bill fixes a uniform tariff of one cent a word, exclusive of date, address or signa- ture, with five cents additional for postage and de- livery. It appropriates for the construction of the line $75,000, which In an fagiebeiyeceebet paper Mr, Washburne thinks ample to construct the line and to sastain it until it becomes: pelt supbdrdhg. Ir scovasfal and remunerative to the governinent, the lines to be gradually extended into all parts of the country. Mr. Hubbard asks for the pi re of alaw which by one act of legislation should create a new branch of pubi¢ Service, the postal telegraph sysiem, and also grant a charter to hit. seit and his associates, as the United States Rotel Yelegraph Conmany, authorizing them toerect and mainwain lines of telegraph all over the States and ‘Territories, with the right to enter upon aud occupy post roads and rontes, across the public domain, navigable rivers, &c. The bill fixes the tariff of Inessages at a maximum of twenty cents for twenty words, including date, address and signature, for each distance of 500 mules or fractional part thereot, five cents to ded for postage and area: Tne Par CaN partment is, however, to do everyihiug but supply the wireg and other.telegraph’ machinery, which are to be supplied and operated ' by privaté partes under contract with the dopart- meat, at rates not exceeding those specified. The receipt and delivery of messages, office room, fuel, lights, blanks, stationery, bookkeeping, the superm- tendence of the jines, are alljto be at the expense of the government, The contractors are to be required only to establish lines and do business at owns Nhav- ing # population of 5,000 or over, tough the Post- master General may open offices at any raliway stations and ai smailer intermediate places. the corporation to be created under wie act and any ting company may bid for the contract, aad in better offer is received the United states y is reqnired to accept » contract at the rates ed, 1f the same 13 tendered by the Vostuias- eral within six mon on penalty of for r. Hall's bill, introduced by Horn, of York, is for the construction of a line between ington and Boston, under the direction of the Mice Department, the Ime to be built by Mr. 1 his associates over and upon any tine or of Wavei by posi office road, or otherwise by rairoad, and the bridges of all kinds over streams and rivers used, or that inay be used, a8 maii routes of the United States; and that said party or pares shall be protected in the construction, erection, pre- ation and use thereof apon the lines or routes above designated, said lime or lines to be built of metatiic poles aud air cabies. The tariff between any Gwo poinia on the line to be one cent a word, counting daie, address and ature. The owners of the line are to have the right to import any ma- verials suitable for the constraccion and working of it, incinding poles, wires, mstruments, &c., free of duty. After three years’ successful operation of the line, the government is required to buy it at its cost and seveu per cent interest. With regard to the general subject of assuming con- trol of the talageapn, the committee advert to the fact that in the infancy of the laveution Professor Morse offered tt to the government, and an expertinental line Was established between Baltimore and Washington, operated by the Post Office Departinent; that upon the working of this !iue and the propriety of essum- ing the business, the Postinaster General, ihe re- quest of Congress, made an adverse report, and the business was thereupon remiited to the hands of the people and the legislation of the State: lapse of more than twenty years, when the sys had grown to vast. dimensions under the authority and protection of State laws and by force of private energy and capital, the subject was, tn 1866, agaim brought ‘before Congress by ah applicauon for a private act to incorporate a@ telegraph company, and also by the introduction of @ bil to create a postal telegraph . ‘These propositions ived the fullest attention and eli- cited much debate, espectatiy in the Senate. The opinion of Postmaster General Dennison was again mvoked, as in 1845, and he reported against the 10- auguration of the proposed system of telegraphs, as part of the postal aystem, not only becaure of ite doudtiul financial success, but also ts questionable feasibility anager our political . The resuit was a denial of legislation of a private or i! characier, and the passage of a general law extend- {ng to all telegraph companies then existing, or be in future created by State — laws, rights of way over the pubic domain our post roads antl routes and across navizabie rivers, apon condition that they should grant the privilege of use of the line to the government onicers on public busiuess, at rates to betixed by the Postmaster General; and als@ agree to sell their entire ines and property to the government, at an appraisal at any time alter five years, Ali the lead- ing companies accepted this act, and are now sub- ject to its obligations; and in two years from Jniy, 1869, the government will have the right to take the ines mgt ate a i or all of them at au ap- praisal Ofe their fa value at the time of the ap- praise. The purpose of this act was obviously to Set at rest the contreverted question of the telegraph control management. By 1b, Oongress retused to interfere with the logis lative control of the business heretotore exercised uniformly by the States for the reason that if both Congress and the State iegisinted about it there would be an unavoidable conflict of jurisdiction. On the other hand they extended .to corporations created by the States certain valuable privileges on condition that the government might at a future time, if 1b de- sired to assume the business, obtain ion of the property by paying @ fair price for it. The act, when accepted, created a compact between the governmeut and the corporations, and the reason able construction of that compact is that dnring the cl le Value Of the property over whieh it held the stupendedt ight of purchase. Such & compact as this, if between private parties, would e enforced in its spirit and in its letter by the sourts, and Congres’ wil! not deal jesy justly with otivens than the lat ires them to deal with each other. This mode of acquirimg the telegraphic rope! nd business t# precisely that pursued by elginm and Engiaid, which red it by negotia- Yon and purchase of private companies. rics Mr. Washburno’s plan 18 not calculated to sud ceed for several we ® The appropriation for it is oT peed he Bankers and Brokers? line is ® substantly built four wire line between Washington wand New York, and tuerefore oxwty Corres) od Lo the propxded ex perimental line of Mr. Weelburme. The cay / atOck of that Company is WO haw been wal in by ity 000,000, af Which Py A mraweDlaligy aud Ww stockholders. The President of the company. in a ada} i ingeatro of oe anon som ant ‘the line ist rates, be made to HH tween Washington and New York at the expe! of higher rates everywhere else, Short experiment lines competing with sections only & of great and ramified private systems cannot be otherwise than fai Two systems, one public aud the other Both Mr. Hubbard and Mr. Washburne rely on the examples of Belgium and Switzerland, but there is no similarity betweeu the condition of those countries: and that of the United States, Belgium bas the densest population of Europe, nearly tour hundred to the square mile, while the United States has but ten ww the square mile, Belgium is less than @ quarter pari as large a8 New York, and yet its I= lation is double that of Ohio, It hes midway tween England, France and Ger , holding the closest relations with each. its is largely inanufacturing, 1% owns and operates the alway, gether at pailway stations, lt lishea @ very low tariff for such usiness, such a3 requires no extraordinary of ateh—ViZ. > Lage iranc Srenns saprsnae cent currency. T fre, however, as {ow rates in’ che failed States, pu te taxi between Washington and Baltimore for a con- siderabic time vecn only ten cents, and the distance ig tully equal to the average of Heigian di ‘This is not supposed to be a remunerative rate, nor is the inland tarif of Belgium thus iar remunerative. in 1866 and 1567 the Belgian telegraphic service showed a loss of three hundred and nine thousand francs, and this would have been much greater a ae ney not been He the Many uy international a rang agnor... Basin 38 having a 4 both” of its termini out of the country, which yielded a revenue of 1,147,000 francs agalust 890,000 francs from domestic mes- sages. There are only 374 offices in Beigium, and if all the Gomeatic Messages sent in 1867 were divided between them it would give only six messages to each for each day in the year, and at half 4 franc these would give @ gross revenue of eighty-four cenis in our currency, or less than the wages of the lowest class of American operators. Switzerland is smaler, both in ocoupied territory and in population than Belgium, but it is annually Invader anarmy of pleasure secking travellers who we the telegraph for their various wants as it is used nowhere else in the world, The government controis the expresses as well as the telegraph, and with quite as much propriety. Both ip Switaerland and Beigium labor 18 cheaper than anywhere else in Europe and does not average half the price of the United States. Labor constitutes sixty per cent of the cost of operating American lines. A far juster comparison would be with the whole of Burope. Distances are shorter than in this country, and although the lines traverse the territory of many nations there are no national boundaries on the tele- graph map. The whole nomber of messages seut in Hurope in 1866 was 18,683,000, and the sum received $10,322,000 in Americdn old, or $14,461,000 in cur- rency a0 140, This makes. the average cost of these messages at seventy-seven and one-elghth cents, The Western Union Com » Which doe’ about nine-tenths of the American business and, which, aione furnished statistics to the committee, for! the year ending June 30, 1867, transmitted 10,068,000 messages and received for the same $5,739,000, equal tO fifty-seven cents & message, and in that number is not enchided the vasi amount of railway business nor the regular despacches to the press, in which the nutber of Words delivered were 230,000,000, equai to 14,725,000 messages of twenty words each. In Bu- rope the press despatches are not a tenth part of those of this country, The aumber of offices to Bop. pen 8 uy renter bere than in Gp n TUSSIA there Is ah Site o every 93,000 pool vy France one to 52,000, in Great Britala ne 4,( ia Belgium one to 12,000, in Switzerland ong to 10,000, and in the United States one to every 7,500; in the Pacific States, one to every 2,590. So in the use made of the telegraph America stands pre-eminent, In France the number of messages sent 1s 1 to every 42 persons; in Prussia, | to every 9; in Great Britain, 1 bo every 5; in Belgium and Switzerland, 1 to every 4, and in the Uniied States, 1 to every 23c. Mr. Hubbard’s scheme 18 nog for tiie eStablishment ofa Post overnmental Jine. He asks for a char- ter to'e2vie"him and his associates to incorporate ad Ly ean a’branch of the public ice wiuch 18 to be Create by te sung. statute. He proposes to do mé Work of séhdihg messages by con- tract, Mkéning if to the carrying of the mails, He avows that he expects to make a profit- able business of itand hopes the | gpteyitns tl make something also, What right or propriety is there in granting lim acharter? Congress decided against all such ae 1866, and there is no new element In ae jon Which would justify te feversal of that ision, ‘There are no petitions from the people, no legislative resolutions, and the voice of the press is bot pronounced in favor of such scheme. A part of the press is diss with the existing arrangements ior the collection apd transinission of bews; but it Is not claimed that the prices charged by the telegraph companies ‘are unreasonabie, On the other hand many of the most influential journals are openly opposed to any med- dling with the telegraph by the government. The Nauional Board of ‘Trace convened at Omemnati i the autumn voted against the postal telegraph scheme, The constitutional right of Congress to grant a charter to a private company to build tele- graph lines within the States without their consent Is Very questionable. Except banks, as a part of the public i system, tf has chartered no private cor- to vet In Lie Siates. Congress is asked in to conier on Mr. Hubbard aud his assoctates right ol eminent domain—a rignt which the fedevai government never exercises, if it possesses it, even when it desires to acquire land in the States for purely public purposes. If it wants tand for @ fort, &@ Davy yard, a lighthonse or a post office it applies to the State’ for to purchase and for a transter ef the jurisdic- Ii the State consents it passes an act which 28 the jurisdichon but also provides for tion Of the land under its right of emi- L Jn case the owner wil not consent to sell, Congress is not likely, in behalf or for the pro#it of privaie parties, to exercise powers which are now exercised ior Une most necessary peo. purposes, ‘though {1 inay be clatmed that the United States Postal Telegraph Company is to be virtually a pubiic corporation because i is pe to aud in ine per- jormance of —— service, it really has no tithe to be so calied, as the business 1s essentially a pri- vate one, not hitherto ddié by thd government, and to be sill shared by private compapies. An ex- tromely objectionabie feature of the proposed postal elegraph system is the right to secure a priority in the transmission of me: es by paying an extra price for it, The rule of American lines ts, first cone first served. Any other rule would destroy the usefulness of the service and transform it into a ernicious insti it of specujation. Mr. Hub- ard’s scheme violates a radical principle in respect to government work. Whatever ser- vice falls within the proper functions of the government should be performed dy it immediately, and not through the intervention of private parties reaping an interinediate profit. It is a proper sub- Jeet of taxation, and the whole revenue which it Yields belongs to the treasury. No company looking Tor ven per cent dividends can be allowed to tuter- vene. e contract system for carrying the mails does not violate this principle, The postal service does not consist only or ctuchy im carrying locked mail bags; that is transportation merely and an en- tirely mechanical and subordinate part of the sys- tem. The government hus no occasion to bud rail- roads for the transportation of ite inaila, because they already exist for the much more un- portant business of carrying fremit aud pas sengers. But the transmission of a telegram over the wires is the essential element of that ser- vice, to which ail the skill and all the responsibility attaches, and it cannot be done successiuily except under an immediate respoomibility to the party sending. 8 Tesponsibinty the servants of a cou- trw would never fear, Mr. Hubbard's scheme mixes the ice and the servants of the contrac- tors and of the government in such a manner that ure public will fall beeween two stools, How is this sysiem (o be made profitable to the contractors? It can only be by putting nearly ali the cost upon the government. ‘The cost and ma'nteuance of lines and the wages of operators are ail (hat (ali on the contractor; all the rest must be borne by the government. When it ts considered that in the large etttes the telegraph occupies much more space Man the post office, that in New York alone there are pearly a hundred oMces, i wilt be seen that the renis of ofices alone Will be no tring matter. How these numerous offices are to be ran by cuiployés of the post offices is not readily seen. i wey are to be closed the public will ser onsiy suifer. The scheme of Mr. Hubbard offers a very partial and imperfect —snb- stitute for the great network ot telegraph lines now in operation, He is to be required to only to towns of 6,000 inhabitants ‘and ever, and is to be allowed five years todo it in. In 1860 there were only 313 towns With that population, How are the resi of the 4,000 telegraph offices to be served? Are they to be abandoned or left to the forbearance of wate companies, Whose most profitable territory has ‘been invaded by the government? The con. mitsee see no such miadle ground be- systems as Mr. Hub’ Proposes, if such @ contract system were desirabie it 1s not necessary tw charter a new com to render the service. Old © les can do it, or new com; can be organ tn the States and brou within the rivileges and obligations of the jaw of baa new Inventions are desirable, private capital wil moaoh more readily embark in them now than when Professor Moree offered his discovery to an in- credulous public. Mr. Hall's bill has for its object the introduction Hes and alr cables—the former now in use a nN counties Which have @ lack of wood, the latter af present an unttied experiment anywhere. He asks that these ana ail ofher materials necesaary 1 Abs et free ofdnty, mn abu el establiahed as that of the Pg 2} inti ction of improved ma- chinery may safely be left to the stimatus of compe- sitton Fock ing to aval) Itself of the latest and best in- henever wom pene ond aif , THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. cables commend to the J ent of the ey American will pro- be fe to make them. The obligation SENATE. WASHINGTON, Feb, 24, 1869, REPORTS FROM THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. Mr. TRUMBULL, (rep.) Of Il, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported, and the committee was discharged from the further consideration of. the petition, &c., asking legisiation to meet the existing state of affairs in Georgia, and the bill supplemen- tary to an act toabolish the system of peonage in New Mexico and other parts of the United States, and a memorial against a change of the Banking laws. . PHOVISLONAL GOVERNMENT POR MISSISSIPPI. Mr. TRUMBULL, from the Judiciary Committee, re- pores, without amendment; the bill introduced last july, providing for a more efficient Vvisional government for Mississip| under the present government, and. provides that the persons who received a majority of the votes cast at the election for a ratification of the constitu- tion &c., shall enter upon their respective off pro- vided they can take the oath of July 2, 1862; other- wise the duties of the offices for ‘which they were elected shall devolve upon the persons receiving the next highest number of votes who can take said oath. The second section makes it the,duty of the Au commander of the district to see thatthe foregol provisions are immediately carried into ADVERSE REPORTS. It vacates offices 3 svpropciasion tot tae nace. . seareaOae es Heli Gate. Referred to the Committee Com merce, THE MONTANA Se ay Coppin Mr. POLAND, (rep.) of Vt, , from on the iovaan a Laws, reported a bill establish- ing the term of office for the House of Representa- tives and for the bieunial sessions of the Legisiature of the Territory of Montana, WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK POSTAL TELEGRAPH. Mr, FARNSWORTH, (rep.) of Hl,, from the Commit- tee on Post Offices and Post Roads, reported back the several bills referred to that committee reiative to & posta! telegraph between Wasuington, New York and Boston. ‘They were ordered to be printed and laid on the table. cal MILITARY LANDS OPENED TO PREEMPTION. Mr. JULIAN, (rep.) Of ind., trom the Comuntiten on Public Lands, reported a vill declaring ft! is consisting of we Fort Collins Military reservation, loraco ‘Territory, shall be sabject to the preemp- en and homestead laws. Passed. . oS MR, SCHENCK’S BILL TO STRENGTHEN THE PUBLIC CREDIT—LPGALIZATION OF GOLD CONTRACTS. ‘The House then resumed the consideration of the untnished busmess of yesterday, it being the bill to —— public ‘credit and to legalize goid contracts, After a debate, participated tn Messrs, Pruyn and Coburn in opposition to the ana by Messrs. Logan, Delano, Hrooks and Judd tn its favor, Mr, SUNENCK, ) of Ohio, Moved the previous quesiion on the {tisha amendments. ‘Mr. SHANKS, pep) of Ind., moved that the bill be laid upon the tab! Not agreed to—yeas 55, nays 152, Mr. Nrpiack, (dem.)of moved to strike out She Ange spctdony at She Wl, Not agreed to—yeas 54, 8 129, wife yote was then taken on the motion of Mr, Allison to strike out the second section of the bill, and ll was defeated—yeas 73, nays 90, ‘The question was thea taken ou the passage of the bill, the vote resulting—yeas 119, nays St; so the bul passed. The following 1s the vote in detatl:— Mr. TRUMBULL, from the same commiltee, re- YEAS—M All Am JM. Ashe ported adversely’ to the bill to define felonies ‘and Jey, ba Be Agni, Autelt Buin Mou ai ean misdemeanours, and to regulate peremptory | Benjamin, Benton, Blackburn, Bining, Bials, Borden, sorers challenges in| Unit oS cases’ On the | Brooks, Broomall, Buckley, Calis, Chanler, 8. W. Clarke, ground that the ‘Sslects Of the bill are -a}- | Sliney Clarke, Curl, Corley, Comell, Colom, Dewer Teady provided for the statutes, Aiso ad- ap inet’ Kerrier Ferme Fields’ Gets, Gloss versely to the bill to preserve the purity of Gove, Griswo! aisey, Harding, Heaton, iu the Territortes, on the ground that there . Huoper, Hot 3. Be Hulbar’, R. D. Hub eg jons Ei suMicient time at this session to enteriain such a - c BILL TO FURTHER THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. ‘Mr. TRUMBULL, from the Commuttee on the Judi- clary, reporied, with amendments, Mr. Coie’s bill to further the administration of justice. It pro- vides that no judgmet or decree of a Circuit’ or District Court shail be reviewed by the United States Supreme Court on writ of error or appeal wiless the writ be sued out, or the appeal taken within three years after the entry of such decree; aud a iimitation of one year is in the same manner prescribed for appeals from @istrict courts; but exceptions are made in favor of infants, persons non compos mentis, &c. Other sections provide for the ameadment of various iech- nical defects in Wi eiror, did deciare what shail tun 32, thentication of a EM! of excptons, iar de that defendants may be found guilty of offences, the commission of which is necessuri \- cluded in those charges in that ludictment. THE POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATION BILL. Mr. MORRILL, (rep.) of -, Teported without amendment the Postal Service Appropriation bill. THE M’GARRAHAN CLAIM. Mr. WITL1AMs, (rep.) of Oregon, frém the Commit- tee on Private Land Claims, made an adverse report, ned by himself and Mr. Ferry, on the claim of William McGarraban. He said that the ir from Louisiana (Mr. Kellogg), and che Senator from South Carolina Sawyer) would make a favor- able report upon claim, and that as the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Bayard) declined to have any- thing to do with the matter, the cominittee were un- able to arrive at any decision, and must, therefore, leave the matter wholly to the action of Senate. DUTIES ON SCHOOLBOOKS AND APPARATUS. Mr. SHERMAN, (rep.) of Ohio, called up the bill re- ported yesterday to admit, free of duty, philosopm- cal apparatus, books and charis imported m good laith for the use of educational institutions. Mr. CoNKLING, (rep.) of N. Y., moved to add, “and chimes or nells of kinds not made in this country.’” Mr. Grimes, (rep.) of Lowa, opposed the amend- Ment and bill; and, after a brief discussion, the bill was laid over. TERRITORIAL PRISON IN IDAHO. On motion of Mr. Nyg, (rep.) of Nevada, the bill to authorize the selection @ site for a Territoriai prison in Idaho was taken up and passed. BILL. PASSED OVER THE PRESIDENIS VETO, A message from the President of the United States was recelved and read vetoing the Copper Tana The bill was then passed by the following vote:— YRAs.— Messrs. Abbott, Anthony, Cameron, Cattell, Chand- ler, Cole, fonkling, Corbett, Drake, Frelinguluyaen, lat foward, How 0 ‘Donald, sorgary, Mor” Hil of Vt glortady Dyer Osborne, Fi of Tenn. Pome- ‘ool,’ Ramm: t ete Rice, wyer, Sherman, Spencer, ‘Tipton, Wade, Warner, Welch, Wikey and Di: Ferry, F Ms rubuis Van Winkie, Vickers PRINTING CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS. The Senate then to consider the joint resolutions reported by the joint Commitiee on Printing, to provide for reporting and printmg the debates of the t nex Men pom * Mr. ANTHONY, rep.) of R. I, sald that the com- mittee had not in able conclusion on the subject, aud had, therelore, de- cided to report two resolutions, leaving Congress to choose between concluding a new contract with the jowest bidder, Mr. Crowell, and having the work done at the government printing office. The com- mittee could not, with any confidence, recommend either plan, and in deciding to make any change it should he remembered that tie present publishers of the Glove had doue their work very Well and satis- factorily. Mr. Wyre, dem.) of Md., satd that as 2 member of the Commitiee on Printing ne had mvestigated the subject, aud was satisiied the best course Con- fress could take would be to divect the Jott Com mittee on Printing to make & new contract with Rives & Bailey, the present pubiisiiers of the Globe, and he offered an amendment direcung the commit. tee to make a contract with Rives & Balley at the Tate nained in their bid. Mr. Whyte’s amendment was moditied so as to authorize the Jout Committee on Printuug to inake satisfactory contract with Rives & Bailey, the present publishers of the Gio%e, for reporting and printing tuo debates and proceedings of Congress for two year's froin the 4th of March next; and in that fornr ‘the bill was passed by a vote of 24 yeas to 11 nays, Mr. Moxens., (rep.) of Me., then called up ‘THE ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL. The ameudinents reported by tue Committee on Appropriations were agreed to. ir. WILBON, (rep./ of Mass., then offered an amendimeat reducing the number of infurtry regi ments to turty-five, the number of brigadier-gene- rals to eight, fixing the term of culistinent at itve ears, musteriug out of the service about fourteen iry regiments, and providing that the President shall cynsolidate the regiments as rapidly as the re- uiremegts of the public service will peruiit, we My. GRIMES offered an amendment, willeh was ed to, striking out the provision aguinet waking new appotatinents in the Orduance, bngineer aud Medical departments, Mr. SUtN&s, (rep.) of Mass., moved to add an ad. ditional section authorizing the Secretary of the ‘Treasury to audit and pay (he interest account of Maine and Massachusetts for advances mace by Massachusetts, then including Maine, for the United States duriag the war of 1812-15, ‘Mr. GRiMRs raise the point of order that this was substantially a private claim, being for the benefit of a railway company, and that therefore tt could not, under the rules, be tacked on to the pending ap- propriation bill. Mr. Scuxer maintained that this, being the claim of a State, was not a private, but a public cinin. Mr. SHY RMAN thought the amendment to the pend- ing bi!) offered by the Senator from Massuchusetts (Mr. Sumner) was uot in order, Mr. FOSSENDEN took (he opposite view, and the question of order was discussed unUl tour o'clock, when the Senate took @ recess till seven P.M. Evening Session. HILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS PASSED. Mr. WILSON, a8 chairman of the Cormmitiee on Military Affairs, cated ap the following bills and resolutions, W! were passe :— ‘The House bill providing that brevet comnilssions shall be sued onty tn time of war. ‘The resolution author! the Secretary of War to take ession of the national cemeteries ab Antietam and Gettysburg. ‘The joutt resolution dropping from the arnay roll certain oificers absent turee montis or longer with- out leave. ‘The bill continuing the freedmen’s hospitals at Richmond nd other points in the South until the ¥0th of June next and loager if necessary. The bill dectaring and fing the salaries of the of Indge Advocates, e bit repealing the law requiring the General of the Army to reste always in Washington, anc te- qniring that all orders to the army shall go to the army through him. Mm WILSON cailed up the Houge joint resolution Authorizing the payment of $1,000 to Walter D. Plowden, a colored scout and spy, for services during the war. Mr DAVIS, (dem.) of Ky., wished to know what GNaYsMearra. Buckalew, rimea, MLC: Mer, aud Whyte—ia 4 to come to auy definite ‘Hurbutd, Jenekes, A. H. Jones, Jadd, Juian, Kello Kelsey, Ketchum, Kitehts, Koontz, Lattin, Lasby GV, Law: rence, ‘Lynch, Marvin, Maynara, Mekes, “Mercur, ‘Miller, Moorhead, Morrell, Mullins, 4 Neweumbs Norris, ‘Ot seill, Paine, Merha: Pholps, + Fomeroy, Price, Ranta wyci, Heaties, Seuield,, Shoiladarg her, Mewnrt, Stover, Taver, “4 smith, AW ‘aylory Twitcbeli, | pson, Van Aernamy B: . Tt. Van Horn, Ward, C. ©. Waahontn, We ie dumm, Weiker, Whittemore, Thomas Williams, J. 8. and Windoi 119. 5 Baker, Beut! orn, Ww: Wiis sera. Archer, ys Book, Bowan, Buckivad, Burt, B. #. futler, i. R, Butler, Cake, Cobb, Cot urn, Guok, Covoue, Deweese, Donnelly, Eggleston, ta, "ict ,’ Fox, French, Golladay, Goss, lo: ver i Hi Hum bi * Hngertll,, Joktsa (aad Joues, Ci ‘ungen, "Niblagk, “Mus brey,” Hunter, eliey, Kerr, ridge, ' Marsbull, Orth, Peilis, Pi ke ‘Steve ‘Patle, Thomas, Tift, Sto) D. Washbura, Wm. Mains, J.T. Wilson, Wood and Young—61, ‘The bili passed in the same 8} ported trom the Committee of Ways and Means, At the suggestion of Mr. SCHENCK, by unanimous onsent it was ea that after to-morrow the House would meet at cleven o'clock A. M. instead of at twelve. B THE INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL. Mr. BUTLER (rep.) of Mass, trom tie Committee on Appropriations, reported the Senate amendments to the Indian Appropriation bill, They were to the Committee of the Whole aud made the special order after to-morrow. THE LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION BILL. On motion of Mr. BUTLER, of Mass., the House then went into Committee of the Whole on the Legislative Appropriation bill, Mr. Schenck in the chair. ir, ALLISON, (rep.) of lowa, moved to amend the proviso adonted last evening relative to sti ous the appropriation for the salary of the Special missioner of the Revenue, by inserting the wi “atver June 30, 1870." After debate by Messrs. Allison, Kelley, Pike and Moorehead, the amendment was adopt Mr. Srover, (rep.) oF Mo., moved to reduce the YAU Ssee fd for the miscellaneous ttems of ‘freasury Bureau from $20,000 to $5,000. Adopted. Mr. SCOFIELD, (rep.) of Pa., irom the Committee on Appropriations, moved to insert the fotlo' — For the Commissioner of Education, $3,000; for tw clerks of class one, $2,400: lor contingent expenses, $600; in all, $6,000, Adopted. Mr. Prick. (rep.) of Lowa, moved to strike out the appropriation for the Surveyor Genera! of Utak ‘Territory. Adopted. Mr. KELSEY, (rep.) of N. Y., moved to, insert under the head of appropriations for the Patent Om for one superintendent of drawings ‘for the ann’ Feport, $2,000. Adopted. r. MYERS, (rep.) of Pa., moved to increase the salaries of the irst, assistant exataluers in the Patent Office to $2,000 euch Der annum, which was rejecteA. On motion of Mr. BUTLER, of Mass, the commitice arose, when DISCHARGE OF RECUSANT WITNESSES, Mr. Biare, (rep.) of Mich., offered two resoiutions, discharging Mr. D. W. Bee pen, 2 rereten wit the Kew ¥ election frauds, the custody of the Bergeant-at-Arms of House; and the ottier ‘uscharging J. 2. Bell, arresied for @ similar cause trom the custody of the pergeant@t-Arms, on the paynrent of the costs of his arrest. Both resoiu- tions Were adopted. The House then when ito Committee of the Whole on the Legislative Appropriation bili, Peu the consideration of the bill the House took a ree 1 Nalf-past seven o’ciuck this evening, Evening Session. The Honse resumed iis session at hNalf-past seven o'clock in Coramitice of the Whole, Mr. WILson, of im the chair, and resumed (he considera one the lowa, tuon of GISLATIVE APPROPRIATION BILE SBY moved to imerease the ninaber of second class clerks im the Patewt Ofice from thirty. two to thirty-five, which wus adopted Le crease the Humber of first class cierk {fom twentye ta forty. AX? Hit, (dem) of Cal,, moved toamend by ine serting the words “emale clerks.” He argued that Women should be apvointed to the departments and hey oiten were to the extreme lost fo not driven as seek employmen Mr. & Rr, of Muss.—-Don’t you tuink the women are wanied more in iuaho ant Montana to raise Children than here? (Laughter.) Mr. Oxtel wae rejected and that SEY, the following aménd. ppropriation for temporary ctorks in @, and providing for thir teen copyists of drawings at $1,000 cach, and fifteea: COpyists at $700, + Mr HOWBRIDGE, (Tep.) of Micit., moved to amend, ring an appropriation of $15,000 to je the nisaiuner OL Agrteuiture fo prosecate his in tion of the cattie disease, which Was re- yeetou. “ Mr- Portas inoved to increase the salaries of the jue ges of tue Supreme Court of the United States ag the Chief Justice, $10,500 per Aseneigte Justice Co $10,000 per folhows: The an mi; thay of e mo whet 7 (rej N. Y., moved to increasa District jadges for ne HURCHIED Mr. the salaries of Oni kaetern district of the State of New York to $6,000 per annum, which was re'ect fered the foliowing:— And be i further connted, ‘What dhe clerks, mersonge Mr, POLAND 6 rm hes persons, male aid vemaley Row employe! a: Wasniogiob, D. fat a salary fied by wt OF by ecwallore of a departinent 10 the State, Frensiry, Wad, Nave, Intcoor, ‘Agreaivaral ani, Poet Onde Depart: a the Altarney Generai's Ofce mee! Watebuien and laborers or) o! ‘Breuts, vex Utfice and the bareads y or of the sev 8 ents herein uarwed, wo are & Face nor exceed $2.0) per ananm +Bail, be, allowed aa Additioua! conpensas tion of centon the Arodaut of salary Or pay Rees received hy fhem respectteriy cuviog the preseut discal Year, aud that the Decexaary amount t6 px same oe avd i hereby en of any money or the the Treasury not otherwise apprepeiat 4 The committce proceeden to divide on the quea tion, but belore the result Was ascertained the teliers 4 the Chau dectted the amend left their piace: ment lost, ‘The conmmittee rose, NICKEL COINAGE. Mr. KeLy, (rep.) of Pa, from tre Committee Coinage, Weiants and re @ bit the nage, of nickel Copper, of five ceats and under. Mr. BUTLER, (rep.) Of Mass,, from the Conferetre Committee on the Piplomtatic Appropriation bil, matic & report, and the House then, at 11:20 o’¢iock, adjourned. Groner Corton Fxcrontes.—in and within two mites of Colnmpus there are thes cotton muniiatto- res that run t4,000 cottun and Woollea spindies, anid consume daily, on an average, ten bales of cotton anu several thontand pounds of wool, Wittun the radius of twenty-five fuftes are six luctortes, running 20,000 spimties and consuming Gitcen wales Of cotton per day. A fourth fictory is fo be tn operehon ty Dext fall, By that time Columbus sloge will ntve tour miits of & total capacity of 10,090 sprmuies and average daily constmption of thirty bates of cotton, and in this Gamedtate neighboricodt manntictoriea in the tota! 36,000 smiles, end working ap rennin, dany it tmiatny chousant least thirty-eight bales of cottor, besitos the spy's services were ? As of woot, No piace can claum r. Wilson had read the report of the Committee | superior or equi water power wii? Col sue. ONG on Claims reciting the services and sufferings of the factory ouly ts run by steam. By next winter the claimant, showing tnat he had served as a scout and | manciacturies of Columbus: and vicinity will be Latina peta! of which tine he Was IN PION | eHaried to consume soine 1,000 oF 060 Hales OF pe eee dd Menara. Pomeroy, Wil. | COWON Per your ot 30U Working Hass —Coiminus discussion son fan Davis the resolution was passed. ‘The following bills frown the Commitiee on Milftary A fairs were also passed: The ‘Howse bill 18 relation to additional bounties, ‘The bill to remove the ch of desertion from in soldiers of the North lina mounted tie ‘The House bill to define the. of officers of the army detailed to act as military instructor’ tm col- leges and universitics Was taken up, discussed for some time, and then laid on the tabie, Several private bills were considered and passed, ‘The Senate at half-past ten o'clock adjourned, pamarninee HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wasnineron, Fev, 24, 1900, REMOVAL. OF OBSTROCTIONS IN NEW YORK HARBOR. Mr. Woop, (em.) of N. Y., presented the petinion Of oyyz9ne Of New York pnd Brooklyn w favor of an Mr. interest the is, Col hen the ices, pro-! ai esare. Bi Delano, Di FA i Hi bard, Ly M Di > ¥s, @ ity In- | wih ce Senator r ‘Harlan, : r aS (Ga.) Sun, Bed. 20. SINGULAR WOUNDING AND SUICIDE: =A. singlae, tragedy occurvedtast evening in the Tint disiiet, Wiel, though t€ Was enacted it periiays less tan ten minutes, resniied in a stleiie and dangerous wongtiing, “Avout five o’elock ing the evernng am ine sane colored man nawed Witt Baron, twenty. one; yer age, Walle standiug near te corner of. Port ancl V treets, became snudenly fhurion Jerking out a knife he New at 2 coloced bog, bwely: ‘ung $ alge ar oe on his ests) 4 at the. si of Wloud he com. ynenced teariog off tes clotking and tinaiy ruthed down tue street towards the levee, sergeint New- ton, who happened to be near, followers but fying moan gaged (he water's edge, and. Wu unged in. He aank at aiee, ane, Me i the strennons exerdlous cof the sergeant, years of age, in Mi asaiowned. The body has nol beca revoveret— New Orvenns Pines, FeO. 1