The New York Herald Newspaper, March 16, 1871, Page 3

WASHINGTON. Ren Butler’s Ku Klux Bill Headed Off. Republicans and Democrats Combine Against the Bottled Up Hero. A Firm Manifesto from the Essex Statesman. Obstruction to the Collection of Taxes at the South. MANIFEST DESTINY OF LOWER CALIFORNIA. WasHINGTON, March 16, 1871, Buston of Repubiicans and Democrats Head Of B Butler’s Ku Klux Bill—A Committee Appeinted to Investigate South- | | ern Outrages—A Fierce Manifesto from the | Eeesex Stutesman. ‘The democrats, being aware of the fact tnat Gene- ral Butler would endeavor to report his bill—printed im the HERALD of to-day—lor the protection of life and property at the South, began early to fltbuster, with the double view of preventiug the bill from ‘being brought before the House and of secur- ing an adjournment. The yeas and nays Were called upon dilatory motions for nearly three hours without any signs of yielding upon either side, In the republican caucus last night ‘General Butler haa eighty-two republicans pledged to support nis bill. With this strength at his back, he expected finally to get the bill before the House. It appears, however, that while the democrats were Hubustering on the one nand, certain republicans, ‘Who are anxious to adjourn, were putting up a job on Butler, which turned out more disastrous for his bill than the attempts of the democrats to defeat it. Speaker Blaine, who has been all along the leader in the movement to adjourn, prepared @ resolution providing for the appointment of a se- lect committee of thirteen, whose duty it shall be, uring the recess, to inquire into the condition of | the lave insurrectiouary States and to report the re- sult tothe House at the December session. The Speaker left the chair with this resolution in his hand and went among the republicans to see how they would take to the proposition. Dawes, Garfield, Wheeler, Bingham and others, who were wearled with the filibuster. | ing tactics of the democrats, recognized | is Biaine’s resolution a plan to end the deadlock and a prospect of an early adjournment. They were anxious for both and promised to supportit. In the meantime the democrats were consulted. They Saw achance to defeat Ben Butler’s Ku Klux bill and embraced tt without hesitation. It was agreed that there should be a call of the States for bills and resolutions. Butler heard of the pro- gtamme, and knowing that the Stave of Maine would be the first called he handed his bill to Mr. Lynch, of that State, to offer Lynch did bis part of the work, but Sam Cox ob- Jected, on the ground that a bill could not be intro- aced without previous notice. The Speaker sus- tained the objection, and Butler’s bill was ruled out. ‘The Blaine resolution had been handea to Mr. Peters, of Maine, to offer. Like Lynch, he carriea ‘out his part of the programme. Butler, following the example of Sam Cox, objected to its introduc- tion witnout previous notice, but the Speaker ruled that a mere House resolution was in order under the call, and it was Promptly passed. General Butler, in view Of ali the circumstances, was of course indignant. He saw that he had been flanked by what he calls a “Parliamentary trick.” Worse than all, he saw the solid ranks of the eighty-two caucus men breaking aud at least twenty of them going over to the demo- crats. He had no chance to protest or explain. Conid he have made a speech it would provably Rave been brief and to this effect:— For ways that are dark and tricks that are vain Commend me to Blaine, Which I rine to explain, But he bad no show. Ina sort of so:to voce he said he had been sold out by a man who was not In the caucus (Peters) and accused his fellow repud- Nieans of going over to the democrats. } Justily legislative action. | | for The whole , ‘thing was over in less time than it took to call the | Toil once. On the heels of this action followed @ joint resolution to adjourn on the 20th (Monday), which was carried. Speaker announced the special committee provided for by the resolution after a motion to adjoura had een carried, thus foreclosing any possibilty of the members appointed declining. ‘o-morrow decline to serve on the committee; so ‘will Judge Kelley, Horace Maynard and others. In the meantime Butler nas issued the following manifesto:— TO THE KEPUBLICANS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESEN- TATIVES:— ell Bleed appointed against my wish pressed both puviicly and privately, by the Sp ry ag chairman Of a comuuitive to investigate the state of affairs in the South, ordered to-day by aemocratic Votes against the inost earnest protest of more than ® two-thirds majority of the repubiicans of the House, and certainly against the almost unanimous Wish of the repubiicans of the States whom it most specially concerns, my self-respect and deference to your good opinion requires me to explain to you, and tirongh you to the country, why! shall not serve on that cominittee, being convinced as I am ‘That no good, but harm only, can come of it to the Tepubiican party, First—Because the committee was forced upon the republicaus by the nearly unanimous vote of the democraiic party in the House, aided by some twenty or thirty reprviicans only, against the de- cision of a majority of that party in uw duly called caucus of the members of the House. Second— Because this committee was raised by a combination of the high tariff republicans with the democracy, the one class willing to permit the slaughter and extermination of their political fends in the South if the tari could be saved even for nine months by an early adjournment of Congress, and the democracy acting with them in pursuance of a deliberate plan, carefully concerted in my belief, to murder ) OX- come by fear, intimidation and injury the republi- can majority there at the next Presidential election, they well knowing that this cominittee can do them mo harm, and that it will furnish an excuse for the tari republican (o vote with them for un early ad- Journment without legislation to protect Union men 10 the rebel States. Third—Kecause such committee would be wholly powerless for any good purpose. Sitting In the va- cation, it can have under parliamentary law no power to compel the attendance of a single witness ‘who does not choose to come, or an answer frem one when he does come, as the only by which a witness can be brought betore @ Congressional committee and made to answer when unwilling !s, the House being in session, by its order of arrest and imprisonment for his contempt during the session only, so that any unwilling wit- mexs cannot be compelled to testify to anything, and the witnesses willingly coming before the committee to testify to anything against their Ku Kjux nelgh- bors would be killed on their way nome irom the committee room. I do not, therefore, propose to make myseif accessory before the fact to the mur- der of every faithful Union man of the souta who te state of outrage and wron, which I know to exist there, om oe #ourth—Because my service a3 chairman of the committee would furnish the best electioneering document that could be placed in the hands of the aemocracy in the coming contest; in this, that the report of the committee would be wholly nugatory, Aulugory aud useless to show the exact state of things | atthe South. Whenever and wherever the com- mittee Would go there would be sunshine and peace, and we should be compelled so to report. Where we were not aud could not banded murder,, rob- bery and arson would stulk abroad at night, to be disbanded Ly the rising sun. Besides, I have not the es doubt that while serving on your committee in the Southern States | should be treated with the Mighest anj most distinguished consideration and | ‘That would be in the farthest — ae { mally | Fespect. #, and Southern men undersiand politucs. believe thas l.can go anywhere through every por- Hon of the South alone and unattended and a gortiori, ae une head of a Congressional com- anitlee on Ausult. ‘sherefore when republicaas should claim in the canvass that Jt was necessary to maintain the republican party im power to have peace at the South and to protect our lopal friends there, they would be answered on every deynocratic hustings, “You are not to be believed wher you say that the laws can- Mot be executed at thé South and men’s lives and property are in danger yhere, when you see that Genera) Butler, the man wxio hanged one of thelr rebel brethren; the man who brought New Orleans into subjection; the man who 1s more hated and yillifled in the South than any wther, can go through VW untouched and unharmed.” Ihave no intention General Butler will | method ; veeugation, without personal harm or ; cents per half ounee for letters aud two cents for 4 The | i bot even make ® report and have it prin’ ; the } am at present ad i Y NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1871—TRIPLE SHEET. of aiding the democratic cause and breaking down | to be Appraiser of Merchandise at Chicago, I; E. the repubitean pi son any such Bonyih—Recause with these views of the efficiency and powers of the committee my serv.ces would be useless, and Iam not accustomed to undertake todo that which I feel that | have no power successfully | arty by furnishing in my own per- argument with no countervailing to accomplish, and it is a parliamentary practice which has tately been illustrated in a symal instance In the Senate, chairman of & committee should be in_ harmony with the majority who constitute it, | and there 1s no element of harmony berween me and © that democrate party, largely composed of seces- slonists, oid Whigs and Know Nothings, who are tho majority that constituted this committee. Strth—Because this committee was brought into being by a legublative trick—and not a creditaple one at that—by which the wishes of the republican ma- jority of the House have been thwarted by a repub- ican minority, by the aid of democratic votes, from which proceeding, as a republican, I desire most eifectually to divorce myseif. Seventh—Because the very resolution which authorized the committee was so framed—and in my belief purposely—in the inierests of the democratic party that such commut- tee caanot report under tne rules of the House. in the face of the democratic opposition and by their permission, in more than a year from this time, the usual power not being inserted in It to re- port at any time, and betag a spectal select commit tee it cannot, unier the rules of the House, be called to its turn until after all the standing committees have been called, which in the last House of Repre- sentatives took more than a year, So tha’, without the leave of the democrats, such committe ale dun after the end @ the next Presidential canvass. Fighth—Recause the passage of the resolution 1s a seeming disconrtesy to the other branch of the Legislature, the Senate having taken up an investi- i gation through its own committee, having pro- | d to @ very considerable extent in it and made | port in part which certainly to every republican mind shows a state of crime and horror sumMicient to The House ts mate to say to the Senate:—“You are not competent to perform the work you have undertaken. We wiil take 1t out of your nands.” I have no fear that you, my repubilcan filends, will think for 4 moment that any consideration looking to the labor and fatigue of such an undertaking in the heat of sum- mer and the height of the yellow fever season m the Southern States, or the fact that 1 should be drawn from my hoine to carry on the investigation during those months, alter jaborious and arduous service here for more than four months, would deter me If Ibelieved any good could arise to the country from the labor or the expusure. | have spent more than one summer under a Southern sky to give what aid I could in preserving the life of the country, and if any good could come of it I would be quite willing | to spend another, although when there before T was | Di master of tne rebellion within my reach and the | scarcely less deadly and venomous yellow fever. | I am compelled to take this mode to adaress youin declining to serve because the announce- ; ment of the committee was not made by the Speaker until after the vete of adjournment had been taken, and immediately thereupon his hammer fell by which he adjourned the House so asto pre- clude the possibility of resigning the place thus attempted to be forced upon me at the time. Heve I can demonstrate, even if a majority of a par- liamentary body can force @ Massachusetts man off a committee at pieasure, that it is quite another thing for the Speaker to force another on a com- mittee against his consent. T have the honor to be, very truly, your friend and servant, BENJAMIN F, BUTLER. Republican Senatorial Cau:ue—An Early Ac- jJournment Proposed. The republican Senators held another caucus meeting this afternoon, which lasted over four hours, but resulted in no decisive action on the question under consideration, namely, whether or not it is advisable to enact a bill for the suppression of Ku Klux outrages in the South, and, if so, what measures shall be adopted. Am extreme diversity of opinion was manifested, but the discussion, m which an unnsually large number of Senators took part, developed a strong probability that Majority will to-morrow decide that it is inexpedient to take any action on the subject at Present, and that tne Senate should concur in the House resolution for an adjournment next weck. Among the Senators opposed to any tegislation this session ip regard to the condition of affairs in the South are understood to be Messrs. Trumbull, Hamlin, Morrill, Buckingham, Conkling, Sawyer, Kellogg and Robertson. The caucus adjourned until ten A. M. to-morrow. Southern Opposition to the Internal Revenue Law—New Bill tor the Collection of Taxes. The Commissioner of Interna) Revenue has re- cently received @ very larze number of reports from officers in the South, stating their inability to make thorough collecttons of taxes on account of the spirit of outlawry which exists outside of the large cities, and especially i the neighborhood of disul- leries, where combinations exist to prevent the government officials from collecting the taxes due H Irom their owners. Several of these letters have ; been sent to the Select Senate Committee, of which Mr. Scott ig chairman, in furtherance of the investi- gation mto. alleged Southern outrages. Owing to | the diMeultiés w! exist in the proper perform- ance of their duties “By internal revenue officers a proposition 1s made to establish a national revenue police system, which shall be brought into use the purpose of getting rid of just such difficulties in ment of the revenue laws as have been reported trom various Southern localities to the de- partment here, the law, however, to be applicable to all sections of the country. The draft of a bill has already been prepared, which, it is understood, meets with the approbation of the President, the Attorney General, Commissioner Pleasonton and several otier prominent officials, who have con- sulted upon this necessity of the service. The New Assistant Attorney General—Trouble Over Major Otto’s Successor. Walter N. Smith, of Mount Vernon, Ohio, recentiy appointed Assistant Attorney General under tne act of February 25, 1871, increasing the number of these assistants in the Department of Justice, has been for two years past Solicitor of Internal Rev- | enue, having been appointed to that position on the recommendation of Mr. Delano, who was at | that time Commissioner of Internal Revenue. It ! was expected that Mr. Smith would be appointed Assistant Secretary of the Interior, In place of Judge Otto, who has occupied the office for many years. Since the appointment of Mr. Smith to the position of Assistant Attorney General Senator Scott and others of the Pennsylvania delegation have been | urging the appointment of Major D. R. B. Nevin, a | Pennsylvanian, to the office now filled by Judge Otto, Senator Cameron, however, tt 18 stated, op- poses the appointment of Mr. Nevin, and his wishes will be regarded in the selection of Mr. Otto's suc- cessor, The successor of Mr, Smith as Solicitor ot Internal Revenue is William McMichael. Government Payments to the Pacifis Roil- rouds. The Secretary of the Treasury ts now p2ying to the | Pacific railroads one-half of the amount due for gov- ‘and outrage enough Union men of the South to over- | ernment business and will make no demand for in- terest unless required by further legislation. ‘The following correspondence has just taken place: PHILADELPHIA, March 13, 1871. In consequence of injurious misstatements that are being taade relative to the proposed action of the government concorning the Pacitic railroads I have to request that you will inform me what construc- tion the department places upon the clause in the jJate Army Appropriation bill relative to those roads, | and what action the department will take there- under, Very respectfully your obedient. servant, MAS A. SCOTT, President of the Union Pacific Railroad. Hon. GEORGE S. BOUTWELL, Secretary of the ‘Treasury. the TREASURY DEPARTM , OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, March 14, i871. Sir—In reply to your communication I have honor to say that, agreeably to the provision of the | section referred to, the Treasury Department ts pay- ing over in money tothe Pacific Railroad companiics, performing services tor the government, one-half of the compensation aliowed for such services; and there 1s = doubt that such payments will continue to be made without interruption or delay. The pro- viso to said act appears to reserve the question of the liability of the roads to reimburse the govern. ment for interest Dap by the government; but, as I vised, it 38 not the duty of the Treasury Department to raise this question in the presence of the action of Congress referred to, 1 have the honor to be, very respecttully, your obedient servant, GEORGE S. KOUTW ELL Hon. Tomas A. scorn "Presiden t not the wai js voTT, President of the Pacitic Railroad. nace The United tes Ocean Steamship Com. pany. ‘The bill introduced in the Senate by Mr. Bucking- ham provides for the mcorporation of E. G. Roberts, of New York, and others as the United States Ocean , Steamship Company, and directs the Postmaster ” General to contract with them for the transporta Uon of the mais to European ports, paying six each four ounces of printed matter, ninations Confirmed. The Senate, in executive session to-day, confirmed the following nominations:— E. Teegarden, to be Receiver of Public Money at Marysville, Cal.; Melville Cottle, to be Register of the Land Ofice at Stockton, Cal.; Parrick S. Steven, to be Collector of Customs at Miami, Onio; David W. Dunn, of Indiana, to be Consul at Prince Edward Isiand; Charles 0. Hottman, a resident of Warsaw, to be Consul at Warsaw. Poland: Charles H. Ham. | called upon the President this morning and repre- I be- | the way of the enforce- | | E. Rice, of Maine, to be Consul at Hakodadi; John | H. Mills, to We Assessor of Internal Revenue for Ne~ | Vada; James Laidley, to be Assessor of Internal Revenue for the First «istrict of California; P. C. colow, to be Collector of Internal Revenue for the ‘Third district of New Jersey. Lovtmasters—Chas. EB. Grover, Gloucester, Mas: John W. Shelley, Hornelisvilie, N. Y.; Dwight H. Bruce, Syracuse, . Meeting of the Board of India sioners. The Board of Indian Commissioners met In Wash- | ington to-day. They hada long consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and Commissioner of Indian Affairs, perfecting the arrangements for the purchase of annuity goods and for sub- — sistence for the Indians. The advertise- ments will soon be published. The goods to be furnished amount to nearly $2,000,000, The Board formally voted to accept the Tesponsibility of auditing the accounts of the above named purchase, as required by the recent act of Congress, The Secretary of the Interior laid before the Board the programme for the visiting of large sections of the Indian country, which the Bourd have under advisement. The Board will re- main iu session several days. subscriptions to the New Loan. The subscriptions to the new joan to-day reached | one million, Secretary Boutwell believes the gov- | ernment wil! be able to piace the entire two hun- dred millions of five per cents within wwentv weeks The Murderer Grady Again Repricved. Rev. B. F. Wigget, the spiritual adviser of James Grady, who is condemned to die on Friday next, Commis- sented to him that Friday being the feast of St. Patrick, and as the day was to be generally observed in the District by the Irish citizens, an execution on that day would be a blemish to the festival. The President, in deference to the wish expiained by | Father Wigget, agreed to grant Grady a second brief reprieve, but informed the clergyman that it must be the last, as he would not, under any cir- cumstances, again reprieve Grady, execution has not been determined, but will be fixed to-morrow, when the reprive is sent to the warden of the District Jail. ontinurnce of Mail Service in Kentucky. The Postmaster General to-day addressed a letter te the House of Representatives, through the Speaker, stating, as the reason for having discon tinued the mat. service between Louisville and Lex” ington, the imminent peril in which the life of an Agent employed by the department to accompany | the distribution of the mails has been placed by { riotous demonstrations along the route, Personal. Collector Casey of the port of New Orleans, | brother-in-law of the President, is on a visit to | | Washington, and is the guest at the Executive Man- sion. FORTY-SECOND CONG iESS. First Session. SENATE. WAsmINGTON, March 15, 1871. BILLS PASSED. Mr. O8GORN, (rep.) of Fia., from the Committee on Naval | | Affairs, reported a bill for the restoration of Commander | George A. Stevens, of the Umited States Navy, to the active | Mat, Passed. | | Mr. Wrso, (rep.) of Mass., introduced a bill to carry | | Into effect the decision of the Supreme Court relating to | hounties of soldiers enlisted between May 3 and July 22, | -AgEL. Passed. The bill gives $100 bounty to honorably dis- charged soldicra enlisted between the dates named, BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED. By Mr. BUCKINGHAM, (rep.) of Conn.—To establish ocean steamship lines for the transportation of inaila between the United Stutes and foreign countries, Referred to the Com- | milan on COMME or Ky. Fo: y Mr. STEVENSON, (dem.) of Ky.— fo remove the disabill- tien of certain Kentuckians. | ef ; iy Mr. Wrst, (rep.) of La.—Directing the Secretary of War to detail an ‘ollesr of enginearn to makes sere iene system of levees in Louisiana, Referred to the Committee on Levees. By Ht Conwnrn, rep.) of Oregon Granting land for a railroad and telegraph Hne from the Columbia river to Great Balt Lake, ‘Referred to the Conmittee on Pubtie Lands By Mr, HAMLIN, rep.) of Me.--To provide for the comple. tion of the tympanum of the south wing of the Capital building; directing the Secretary of the Interior to contract for the execution of Milla’ croup of statuary commemorative of the late epoch in American history and adapt the same to | the tympanum of the southeast portico of the Capitol, and | | Appropriating 10,000 for that pur | ‘by Mr. CHANDLER, (rep.) of Mic ‘To define a gross of matches and for other purposes, ing that a gross of | matches shall contain 14,400 matches, put up in packages of | 100 or some multiple thereof. By Mr, WILSON—In relation to additional bounties. Pro- viding that the widows, children, or futher and mother of | any soldier who enlisted for a less period than one year, and | who was killed or died in th ice, shall_be eniitied | to receive the same bounties as have been provided by law | | when the soldier enifsted tor two years. DUTIES ON BALT AND OAL. | On motion of Mr. TROMHULT., (rep.) of Ill, the House bills repealing the duties on aslt nid cs! were read e second | ime. } } THE SOLDIERS’ POUNTY HILL. | Mr. Mornrt, (rep.) of Vt, movel a reconsideration of the vote upon the passage of the #100 bounty bill, He sald he had been informed that the bili would involve the cover ment in the expenditure of 8,000,000, He then offered a | resolution calling upon the Secretury of the Treasury for in- forsnation as to the actual amount of the expense. | _ Mr. WILSON sald he would not object tothe reconsidera- | tion. His information was that the number of soldiers enu- , tled to bounty would be between four and five thousand, and | the aggregate of expense woald be ure of Congress to.carry into eff preme Court occasioned aint, and, whether the gs rae should be pa 1. Morrill’s resolu out $410,000, The fail- | t the decision of the Su- eral disappointment and com- gate Was larger or smaller, this prevailed withont objection. REVISION OF THE STATUTE, Mr. CONKLING, (rep.) of N. Y., called up the bill to allow the commissioners to revise the statutes to print their reports, Passed, ‘At one o'clock Mr. ANTHONY'S resolution to limit busi- neas to legislation upon the South came came up, but was | informally Inid aside, and the appropriation bill for supply- | Ing deficlences was made the tirst business in order. At a quarter past one o'clock the Senate went into execu- | tive session, and soon after adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wasntxaron, March 16, 1871. ACQUISITION OF LOWER CALIFORNIA. On motion of Mr. Woon, (dem.) of it was resolved, That the Committee on Foreign Affairs, when appointed, be requested to examine into and report at the next session of Congress whether the territory of Lower California would be a desirable acquisition to the United States, and if so, with such recommendations looking to that object as may seem to that committee just and expedient with reference thereto. CORRECTING AN ERROR IN AN APPROPRIATION ILL. Mr. DAwEs introduced a bill to correct an error in the en- rolment of the Naval Appropriation bill by inserting a clause appropriating $5,000 for the plans of a floating dock— having during the hurry towards the last session been omit. tea by some teinporary clerk. » dem.) of Wis., gave notice of his inten- & bill for the suppression of the Ku Klux in The SPEASER said that the introduction of such a bill j wauld be Jn order only when the gentleman's State’ was | called. ‘Mr. Cox, (dem.) of N. ¥., subsequendy inquired New Hampanize was in the bil eee Mr. DAWES replied that New York, as much as Ni suire, wae interested in this DI.” cea ‘The bill to correct an ercor in the Naval Appropriation bill | was passed. ‘THE MORSE MONUMENT. p.) of Ohio, Introduced a bill granting per- } mission to the ati Monument Association to erect a monu- ment to Professor Samuel F. B. Morse at the intersection of Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh street, provided it involve no expense to the government. Passed. PROTEOTION OF Mr, BUTLER, (rep.) of Mi to introduce a bill to protect Mr, BEATTY, ( | = 5 ¢' Fa 2 2 (3 5 & ES 3 Fy 3 s H roperty, it be printed for the information of the Hous inere were objections on the democratic ride of the ‘ouse. REGULAR TRANGACTION OF BUSINESS. Mr. BECK, (dem.) of Ky., objected to any business until the regular committees were appointed. Mr. Brooxs, (dem.) of N. Y., said we are not ina condi- tion to do bu safely or properly without the appoint- ment of committe | The SPEAKER—In my judgment we ought forthwith to ap- | voint the committees, to whom important matters can be re- | ferred, or we ought forthwith to adjourn wine die. jut, PETERS, (rep.) of Me., desired to Introduce a reso. jution. Mr. BUTLER, of Mass. objected, He would consent to no other busimess than that he was instructed to bring before the House, ‘The SPEAKER said, in reply to Messrs. Beck and Brooks, | that it did not follow ‘that business could not be transacted | because the standing committees were not appointed. The | Speaker is the servant of the House, and if general legisla- tion is to be entered upon_he will appoint the committees. Mr. BROK said:—I fear the Speaker ,misapprebeuds my statement. I do not desire to urge or require bim to appoint the committees of the House now. I prefer that h have till December todo so, and I have therefore steadily voted to adjourn. But what T shail 4n | proceed to business, {t must be through the recular comm | teem, before whom ail billx proposed ean be considered, and by which they will be brought regularly before the House for fts deliberation and consideration. I consider the rule under which we are now compolied to do bi gerous but exceedingly improper legislation. every member—tirst from Maine and then trom the other New England States—to originate, lay before the House and call the previous question on any bili he may see fit. It gives these men absolute control of the business ef the House, 1 | j i i Will never consent. So that {t we must go on and cannot ad- Journ, then I will oppose ail business until tt comes, after dine consideration, trom a committe of the House regularly appoint Pir. BCOFIRLD, (rop.) of Pa., asked the House to act upon a Senate bill just received. Mr. BUTIRE sald he would object to everything, Mr. ScorTELD—Do you object to the Senate bill? Mr. Buri 0. The SPEAKER said the regular order was the cail of the ‘ THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION. Mr. RANDALL, (dem.) of Pa. asked whether it would be in order to have a despatch Cries—What is it? Mr. KELLEY, (rep.) of Pa., said to the friends around him it was about the New Hamanire electiv Mr. BUTLER--I'll consent to the reading of that ff you will Jet_me read another. Mr. Big@s, (dem.) of Del., asked to have a despatch re- ceived by him read about the New Hampsbire clection. Uvjections were made. Mr. Cox. said it waa customary to read telegraphic despatches during the war. T. MORGAN usked whether it would be in order to read a , despateb i that the democrats of New Hatopahire have elected their candidate for Govervor, three members of \Lerese'and's mesority of Yosb beauches of the Legisiature. ‘the day of the | P! ; tenant Charles F. | mernime Gale in Memphis—Great The SPRAKER replied that {t could be done only by general consent. ‘Objections were made on the republican side. Mr. BUTLER, of Mass., inquired whether it would be in order to have read a telegrapite deapateh showing that the Ku Klux in ‘sippl iast night murdered men. Mr. GARFIELD, (rep.) of Ohio—And thas is another demo- cratic victor Mr. ELDRIDGE, (dem,) of Wia,—There were killed more than that nu in New Hampshire yesterdat Mr, BUTLE of Mas peopie of the U ir, COX raised the point of order that a day’ not been given of the introduction of the bill. ‘The SPRAKER snatained the point, Vs sent up his bill to protect the loyal ‘nitea States in their lives and property. 's notice had THE DISORDERS LN THE BOUTHRRN STATES. Mr, Perens offored the following re ni Resolved, That a relect committe: be appointed by the Speaker, whose duty it shall to inquire into the condition of the late Insurrectionary States, so far as regards the execution of the laws and the ty if the lives and pro- pri, of eltizens of the United States, and report the result of heir investigation to the House in December next, with auch recommendations as they may decm expedient; and that sald Commitee be authorized-t0 employ a cleré and a steno- grapher, to sit during the recess, tu send for papers, to take testimony, and to visit at thelr through a sub-committee, any portion of the Southern States during the recess, and that the expenses of the sald commit tee be pala from the contingent fund of the House. Mr. BUTLER, of Mass., Talsed the no previous notice had béen given of the intention to intro duce the resolution. ‘The SPRAKER explained that the resolution could be intro- auced at this time, but in the case of a bill or joint resol tion, which required the #iznature of the President, one day notice had to be given, Mr. BUTLER, of Mat ohjected to the resolution, and hoped that every man who atiended the caucus would vote againat it. The resolution, was, under the operation of the previous question, passed by the foliowing vote :— Yeas—126. Acker, Garfield, McHenry, Sherwood, Adam}, Garrett, MeJunkin, — Sehuinaker, Ambier, Getz, McKinney, — Slater, Archer, Golloday, —_MeNeeley,- Stephenson, B Griflith, Merric Speer, P Bia Hale, Meyers, B. F. Speer, ¢ Blah Huiney, Mitchell, Sprague, Bi Hambleton, Moore, Stevens, Bright, Harmer, Morga: Storm, | Brooks, N. ¥.,larper, Morphis, Stoughton, Buflinton, | “Harris,’ Miss., Niblack, Sutherland, Burchard, Harris, Va., | Packard, ‘Swann, Caldwe! Hay, Bypher, Hazleton, Wis. ‘Terry, Hazleton, N. J.Per Townsend, Pa, , ‘Tothill, Holtman, Upson, Vaughan, Voorhees, Waddell, Roberts, W. R. Robinson, nsworta, Wheeler, Farwell, fanson, otield, Whitthorne, Finkelnburg, Maynard, ssions, Willard," Forker, McClelland, Sheidon, Williams, N.Y. Foster, MeCrary, Bhollabarger, Wood. Frye, Meurew, inys—64. Averill, Dubore, Moray, iarber, Durmell, Moyers, La, Beaty, Eldridge, Negley, Bigby, Bingham, ‘ard, ird, Havens, Parker, Brooks, Mass.,Hawiey, Peek, Buekley, Hereford, Pere, Burdets Hoar, Platt, Butler, Mass., Hooper, Port", Butler, Tenn., Lew!s, Rainey, Coburn, Lowe, Rice, Ky, Creely, McCormick, Rush, Whiteley, Cronlana, —-MeIntyre, ’ Sawyer, Williame, Ind. Davis, Merriam, —_Seeley. Wilson, Obio, Dorman, ‘Monroe, Shanks, Young. Mr. PRTRRS moved to reconaider the vote and lay that mo- tion on the table, pending which Mr. Maynard moved that the House adjourn. ‘This question was decided in the n ive—yeas 71, nays ‘Mr. Perens’ motion was then agreed to. Mr. PETERS, inasmuch as he offered the resolution, said that ‘under no’ circumstances did he desire to be placed upon the committee. Mr. BUTLER, of Mass,,also said that under no circumstances would he be placed on the committee, ADJOURNMENT RESOLUTION, Mr. WuERLER, (rep.) of N. ¥., offer a resolution that, the Senate concurring. the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House close the present seasion of Congress on the 20th of March inst., at twelve o'clock noon, The reso- lution was agreed to by yeus 117, nays 76, Mr. Woop moved that when the House adjourn to-day it be to Friday next, which motion was dec-ded in the nega- tive. ‘The SPEAKER announced the following committee under Mr, Peters’ resolution : Messrs, Butler, of Masanchussetts; Shellabarger, of Ohio; Kelley, of Pennsylvania; Maynard, of Tennessee ; Coburn, o! Tndiana; Buckley, of Alabama; Bievenson, f Ohio; Bur- ty of Miswourt Cox, of New York Beck, of Kentucky 5 Archer, of Maryland;’ Waddell, of North 'Carolina, an Robinson, of Hitnois, ‘The House, at four o'clock P. M., adjourned. THE HIGH COMMISSION. Novelty of the Work Wearing Of—How the English Commissioners Apply Themselvos to Their Deliberations—Dinner Given by Earl de Grey to American Friends. WASHINGTON, March 15, 1871, The pleasant weather thus far this week has favored the deliberations of the Joint High Com- mission, To-day they remained at the State De- partment until after four o'clock. The novelty of their meeting has in a measure worn away upon better acquaintance, and the members of the Com- Tuission on both sides appear to apply themselves to the real merits of the subject under considera- ton. The English Commissioners devote several hours ever morning tothe consideration of the subject matter of that day’s deliberation, ana are all early risers, This evening Earl De Grey gave a dinner at the residence of the English Commissioners, which was attended by Sir Stafford Northcote, Professor Montague Bernard, Lord Tenterden, Viscount jodericn, H. S. Northcote, D. Cremer, Secre- tary Boutwell, Attorney Gencral Akerman, Judge Field, of the United States Supreme Court; Senators Trumbull, Thurman and Cole; Generals Horace Porter and Frederick T. Dent in uniform, Commodore Alden, Governor Henry D. Cooke, of the District of Columbia; Hamilton Fish, Jr., and Earl | The | De Grey, who occupied the head of the table, entertainment was highly enjoyed by the guests, and after dinner they remained to smoke and chat with her Britannic Majesty’s Commissioners. To-morrow evening the sritish Commissioners | will give another dinner to a number of their friends, ARMY INTELLIGENCE. Artillery School at Fortress Monroe. ForTRESS Monkvg, March 16, 1871. The following order, relieving the first lieutenants | on duty at the Artillery School, and assigning others to their places, has Just been received here:— Owing to the fact that a number of transfers from artillery to infantry of the grade of second heuten- | ant is contemplated by the Department, the order | relieving and assigning the second lieutenants of the Artillery Scheol has been postponed for a time. ‘The transfers from the artillery to the infantry arm of the service will probably be made in a week or ten days, when the order Jor the second lieutehauts will be issued, The following United States artillery—Lieutenant Jonn C. and Lieutenant James M. Ingalls, vice Lieutenant |. W. McMurray, to be reiieved. Second United States artiliery—Lieutenants Thomas D. Maurice and Eli L. Huggins, vice Lieutenant William Stanton, to be relieved. Third United States artillery—Lieuten- ant James Chester, vice Lieutenant J. R. Kelly and Lieutenant Frank W. Hess, vice Lieutenant G. F, Barstow, to be relieved. Fourth United States artillery— Lieutenant Edward P. Newkirk, vice Lieutenaut Robert Craig, and Lieutenant Richard P, Strong, vice Licutenant M. C. Grier, to be relieved, Fifth United States artillery—Lieutenant Charles C. McConnell, vice Lieutenant G. V. Wier, and Lieu- tenant George W. Crabb, vice Lieutenant Wiluam 4. Van Reed, to be relieved. ‘the following officers, temporarily attached to the school, will also be relieved and have been ordered to report to the following battalions:—First Lieu- Humphrey, Fourth artillery, to Company G; First Lieutenant William F. Stewart, Fourth artillery, to Company VD; and Second Lieu- ae . Taylor, Fourth artillery, to Com- pany C. The class of 1871 will be graduated on the lst of May and will then serve for the respective com- panies to which they have been assigned. The new class which has been ordered here will arrive about the Ist of May. and the class of 1872 will then be formed. ~~ WAVAL. INTELLIGENCE. Commodore E. G, Parrot 1s ordered to the com- mand of the Mare Island Navy Yard on the 16th proximo, relieving Commodore Goldsborough, who 1s placed on waiting orders, HURRICANE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. Damage Along the Kiver. MEMPHIS, March 15, 1871. About noon to-day a terrific gale came up from the southwest and struck the northern portion of the city, unroefing a number of houses and doing con- siderable damage. Among the houses unroofed are the Stanton biock, on Madison street, the Bradley Dick on Battune street, and Gray,tMcClellan & Uo.’s buliding, iu Front street. A piece of timber from a lumber yard struck a man named Stevens, i, tor of @ lumber boat lying at the foot of Poplar street, injuring him fatally. It is feared that un- mense damage has been done above here. CRIME IN IOWA, Murder, Arson and Suicide. CHIcaGo, March 15, 1871, At St. Carroll, Iowa, this morning, B. B. Terry, a lumber merchant, shot and killed his wife, set fire to his house and then shot himself dead. He mar- ried bis wife in the East only last October. He was much given to drink, point of order that | is a list of the transfers:—First | [NEW HAMPSHIRE, | DirorTan LATEST RETURNS OF THE ELECTION. Possibility That Ther No Choice for Governor. Has Been | | The Ex.tire Congressional Dele- gation Democratic. Rejoicings of the Unwashed in Concord. ConcorD, March 15, 1871. day may turn out not to have been so much ot a revolution after all, The additional returns which | have come in to-day and this evening show an un- | expected number of scattering votes for the labor reform and temperance candidates, and if the fif- teen or sixteen more towns to be heard from show Similar results the election of Mr. Weston, the The political revolution 11 New Hampshire yester- | 3 T FROM SPAIN. Proposed Sale of Cuba and Porto Riev to the United States. One Hundred Millions for Both Isiands. An Effective Method of Ending the Cuban Rebellion. Wasuinaton, March 15, 1871. There is a rumor to-night, which creates considerable stir in administration and diplo- matic circles, that Minister Sickles has for- warded to our government by cable a proposi- | tion from the Spanish government to sell the | islands of Cuba and Porto Rico to the United | States, democratic Gubernatorial candidate by the people is, to say the least, among the improbabilities. A POSSIBLE PROSPECT. A majority over all 1s necessary to elect, and In the | anto the Legislature. If matters come to such a crisis as this a republican Governor will be the con- sequence; for the republicans will have a consid- erable majority inthe House, and the Senate is likely to be nearly, if not quite, evenly divided, The towns to be heard from, if they go about as they did last year, will cause Weston to lose his election by between 100 and 200 votes. It is possible, however, that the democratic con- versions in the unheard from localities will be sufll- cient to still hold good the cheerful reports of a democratic victory promulgated last night, Neither Mr. Fogg, of the Mont/or, nor the editor of the States- man, is confident that the first reports will war- Tant contradictions as yet, but they, as well as all other republicans, are exceedingly anxious and hopeful that the handful of returns yet to come tn will vouchsafe them a republican Governor, THE CONGRESSMEN. The election of democrats in ali three of the Con- gressional districts 1s still claimed by the party and admitted by the republicans. DEMOCRATIC REJOICINGS. Notwithstanding the exceedingly uncertain con- dition of affairs the democrats are still conddent and jubilant. This evening they hela a large and spirited meeting of rejoicing in Phenix Hall and eaused the town to echo with guns of victory and blaze with fires of joy. The meeting in Phenix Hall was addressed by J. Ware Butterfeld, John W. Barney, Ell. Hibbard, General M. T. Donohue, Samuel B. Page, Jonn H. George and A. S. Marshall, all of Concord, and Harry Bingham, of Littleton, were unanimous in the belief that this is but the first of a series of democratic triumphs which will sweep the whole length and breadth of the country. ‘THE Rooster diiows. Alive rooster was one of the comical features on the platform, and just as the president of the meeting commenced his address the huge bird ad- vanced to the front, flapped bis wings and gave a crow which echoed again and again through the hall. The incident had the effect to produce round after round of applause, and the speakers all took occasion to allude to it as a favorable omen for the cause of democracy, Democratic Jollification in Portsmouth—No Election for Sennator—The Congressional Contest. PortsmouTH, March 15. 1871. The democrats in this city had a grand jollifica- tion this evening by a torchlight procession, great bonfires on the market square, flreworks, illumina- tions, kc. The statement that Marcy 1s elected Senator in this aistrict 1s Incorrect. There is no choice. Neitner is it altogether certain that Small is de- the city. and his defeat was reckoned from tiie Gov- eruor’s vote, Opintons of the New Hampshire Press. A HIT AT GRANT, “ The Concord Monttor of this*morning, the organ of Mr. Fogg, thus alludes to the unexpected result of the election:— All in all, and all around, {ts a pretty sweeping defeat, for which neither the victors nor the vanquished were pr j Of the cause of this disaster we shail take occasion to speak hereafter, and we shall speak plainly. Meanwhile, we mend a caretul study of the returns to President Grant his Senatorial headsmen, who #o recently assumed the ro'e of executioners towards whoever dared ‘nd express an opinion not in unison with the views and wishes of the pre- sent iederal administration. REVIEW OF THE CAUSES OF DEFEAT. The Concord Statesman, the oldest republican paper in the State, alludes to the defeat as fol- lows: Republican ascendency in New Hampshire, acquired in | 856, is lost In I871. The vote of yesterday, according to the footings of the last returns, elects the democratic candidates | for Governor and Raliroad C loner, sends one or | more democratic representativ Congress, and gives us | but a small majority in the Le To many, even in our own State, look upon New Hampshire as an stron accustomed to. impregnable republ old, this resuit will be a complete surprise; by those who have studied the elements out of which comes political success or failure, it has been feared, if not antict- vated, PASome of the causes of this disaster date ba perhaps years, while others have sprung {nto oxistence | within few days. Some of them have weakened not only us but our political associates allover the country; others have arisen within our own borders, Had Charien | Sumner not been forced from his place as chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, the republican vote of vesterday would have been larger: had the St. Do- mingo acheme been left to the operation of natural causes, 1 instead of pushed with unreasonable persistence, it would have been larger; had Congress succeeded tn restoring our | commerce to the extent and importance it had before the beilion, it would have been larger; had some of the grant bills, however wise and just in themselves, been creetly deferred until the publi¢ understanding had grow to them, it would have been larger; and had all these causes Of embarrassment been withheld, we mizht have carried the | State by nearly the usual majority, in spite of the demoral- | ization produced in the party by the forcing upon it of un- popular nominaftons made im packed caucuses. ‘Thousanda of republicans, whose party fealty was un- shaken by these things, were blind to the increased necessity for work, supposed, of course, the ticket would be carried by abont the usual figures; and so where disatfection did not enter apathy reigned, and our vigilant toes have at last reaped ong narvest from their many years of faithful sowing, | ‘The campaign of 1871 in Tont, foolishly ‘and irretrievably. | lost. But there {s no reason to’ despair of the next, which | will open the great Presidential canvass. [he republican | party, if it profits by this severe lesson, can make dem victories in New Hampshire like the celebrated jocu return but once in seventeen years, ELECTIONS IN NEW JERSEY. months, | ni Jin- D The charter election in Orange passed off quietly and resulted in a complete victory for the demo- cratic champions In the Second and Third wards, while the First ward was carried by the re- publicans, Mr, Edward Austen was of course | returned as Mayor, the republicans having Placed im nomination no opposition candidate, The new Common Council will stand five demo- crats to four republicans, as follows:—Reilly, Kent, Eagan, Spottiswoode and Jackson, democrats; Pierson, Smith, xopes and Egner, republicans, In East Orange Amzi Dodd and Caleb G. Harrison were elected Town Committeemen. The balance of the successful ticket is as follows:—Judge of Elec- tion, Allred F. Munn; Town Clerk, Adolphus Vv. Young; Assessor, James E. Reynolds; Collector of Arrears, Moses H. Williams; Austen M. Knight, George D. Woodruff, George Booth, Committeemen; Freeholders, James Peck and E. 0. Doremus; Surveyors of the Highway, Asa B. Munn, Jotham H. Condit; Commissioners of Ap- peal, Benjamin F, Cairns, John G. Trusdell, Joseph Booth; Overseer of the Poor, Jesse W. Johnson. The usual appropriations were made:—For roads, $15,000; poor, $1,600: incidentals, $1,500; schools, $4 tor each chlid between five and eighteen years of 2. ay the city election in Millville, Cumberland county, on Tuesday, the republicans made a clean sweep, electing their Mayor by 204 majority—one of the completest victories ever acuievéd there, Jn Bordentown the democrats elected their ticket as usual, Burlington county elects a majority of re- publican freehoiders. { \in Vamden the republicans elect their Mayor and | @ majority of the Counci!, but lose the Receiver of Taras ne “cheap ferry” question entered into the 01 The election of Bumtiton township, which adjonis Trenton, was held on Tuesday, when the Wace democratic ticket was carried, with the exception of eee eae — kt Ric oe men, The demo- crats ip are jubilant and rejoice with those of New Hampshire. H say | absence of such @ majority the election 18 thrown | ‘They all took a cheerful view of the situation, and | feated for Congress, as he runs far ahead of Pike in | | ing Company has saved that road, t | with | getting some bol It seems that the new government of Spain | under King Amadeus has come to the conelu- sion that the Spanish possessions in North America are rather a source of weakness to | | the government and that the best | plan is to get rid of them on good terms. The price for the isl- | ands is supposed to be one hundred millions, | which Spain formerly asked for Cuba alone and which was refused by the United States. | Porto Rico thrown in, it is supposed, will make the offer more tempting to our govern- ment, As the cable despatch from Minister Sickles) was only received this afternoon there has been no time to consider it. It will probably be brought before the Cabinet meeting on Fri- day by Secretary Fish. The Spanish claims are to enter into tha payment, which is another inducement for our government to accept the offer. The acceptance of the proposition made by Sickles, at the instance of the Spanish government, is regarded here as a speedy way to settle the difficulties in Cuba and give the United States possession of valuable territory | in the West Indies. THE COAL MINERS’ STRIKE. The Strike Extending to the Bit Region—Bringing 2 Railroad te Terms—Operators Outwitted—Hazleton Mines in Operation. MAHANOY CiTy, Pa., Maren 15, 1871. Itis rumored that the miners of the bituminous region, out of sympathy for the anthracite miners, have resolved to suspend work ina few days. The bituminous coal fields extend from Pittsburg west, through the Chenango Valley, and employ 20,000 | miners, The State Council of the Miners’ Union will meet | delegates from the bituminous region on Friday next at Johnstown, when the question will be de- finttely seitled. " | The Lehign Valley and other rallroads are now | using bituminous coal. Should these miners suspend. | the ratiroads would be deprived of their supply, and to save chemseives would be forced to com- promise and lower their tolls, so that operators wno desire might again resume work on the old basis. Leading operators—arrish & Co., of Wilkes- barre—who proposed to commence operatious to- | morrow, thinking thelr charter with the raliroads | would require these roads to carry coal at the oid rates, have been forced to succumb, It seems the railroads had the best of them in the charter. Taggart & Butler, of Hazelton, have been at work for 4 week past. They pay their miners the basis of 1869—five dollars, and $2 60 extra, making the | Tate $7 50, The Legislative Investigation of the Charges Preferred Against the Railroad Companies— Overcharges Proved—A Whitewashing Re- port Expected. HARRISBURG, Pa., March 15, 1871, The second session of the investigation by the Judiciary Committee of the charges preferred against railroads and carrying companies be, gan here to-day. Asa Packer, Franklin B, Gowans, A. R. Storrs, Samuel Sloane, Thomas Dickson, John Brisbin and other leading railioad kings and iron manufacturers appeared to defend their interests, while James Kealy, President of the Workingmen’s Benevolent Association; John Siney, Wilham Watters and other prominent leaders of the Workingmen’s Benevolent Association were present to substantiate their charges. None but ope- rators and railroug men have been examined thus far. Robert Lamberton, of this city, represents the carrying compantes, and Lewis Hall conducts the proceedings for the miners. Hali has given up the idea of forcing the companies to lower their rates of tell. Gowans' ably conducted defence of the Read- t Hall expects to break the charter of the Lehigh Valley and Lacka- wanna and Bloomsburg railroads. He claims that he has positive evidence taat they bave violatea their charters if this a8 well a8 in former instances. ‘the evidence to-night showed that, with the ex- ception of the Delaware Hudson Canat Co: pany, all the great ci companies had ti creased their tolls to an enormous and unprece- dented rat The Delaware and Hudson Company have received no offers from outside parties, and, the exception of an occasioual invoice of coal for the Erie Railway, they have carried no coal except for _tnemselves, The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Rallroad Company had charged outsiders on but two hundred tons per week, at a rate of four cents per mile per ton, All the rest of the business, mvolv- ing from 150,000 to 200,000 tons per month, bein from their own collieries, paid tor a month in ae vance. ‘The Lackawanna and Bloomsburg had raised their rates since the lust strike to two dollars and seven- ty-five cents per ton from ail collieries to Northum- berland, two dollars and fifty cents to Danville and two dollars to other States. The toll sheets of all the companies were shown in evidence, Furnace men and iron manufacturers added their tesuumony against the railroads, and showed what sums they had lost by being forced to suspend operations from lack of coal. The investigation 1s at best a whitewashing affair, and {rom present indications can but result in the defeat of the miners. The miners are bi to understand that instead of the Legislature control- | ratlroads the railroads -ontrol the Lemslature. ‘he investigstion promises to continae for an in- definite period. The session will be continued .to- morrow. AXOIHER STUPID DRUG CLERK. A Man and Hie Wife Poisoned by am Ignu- rant Drog Clerk. One day last week a French woman was nearly fatally poisoned through the stupidity of a drug clerk 1n Fourth street, who gave her a dose of oxalic acid instead of aseidlitz powder. The clerk and his employer were arrested by Captain Hedden and detective Reilly, of the Fifteenth precinct, and held to answer before the Grand Jury, at an ex: Ly held by Justice Vox, at Jefferaon Market, yesterday afternoon, rene fete last heap emre of bees oe Fee which came near depriving two persons lives, Jean Pauze, residing at No, 421 West ere third street, while cn lis way up town from W: Ington Market, feeling unwell from the effects of a cold, called into the drug store of Riedercr & Schep- pera, at No, 131 West Broadway, for the parpose of rago. The clerk in the store, Instead of giving Mr. Pauze what he called for, gave him a package ‘of belladonna. He took the drug home and In-tructed nis wife to make ao tea out of which she did, and teeling unwell hersell took @ dose of tt with her husband, they SUICIDE OF A CRIMINAL, POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., March 15, 1871. James Bloomer, a notorious desperado of Ulster county, stole a horse and wagon yesterday and was rested. Soon after he took a heavy draught of um and died im ive minnteg, drinking several cups full between them. In a short time after taking the poison they were taken very sick aud sent for Dr. Merrialle, who discovered they nad been poisoned and were in @ very dangerous condition. Police Surgeon Pooler was sent for, and with much difficuity succeeded in saving the hves of his patients, who were in an unconscious condi- tion at the time he visited them, No arresia have becn mais