The Sun (New York) Newspaper, March 27, 1866, Page 1

TA ——... ‘Number 10.511. The Latest News ! By Telegraph to the XN. ¥. Sun, | | | _—— --6___ UR WASHINGTON ISPATCHS THE DACOTAH INDIANS THEY ARE STARVING. | Smuggling | | on the Coast. IMPORTANT SEIZURES. The European Cattle Plague. Highly Interesting Statistics. CONGRESS YESTERDAY, SENATOR STOCKION’S : | The Matter Reopened, THE NEW POSTAL BILL. Its Passage by the Honse, THE BROGKS-DODGE CONTEST, Report Against Br. Brooks, City and Miscellaneous News, National Labor Convention Called. THE COURT HOUSE INVESTISATION. &e.. X& Cree &e. Waruinatos, Mareh 0% 1 There was @ large crowd in the venate enlierics to-day. in antcipation of @ Presiden ia! veo of the Civil! Richte bill: bust there was a dieappoinimenr Is may le communicated to-morrow, or perhaps not anit! Weinenay, The Cotamirtioner of Custome her received intel. Teence of two iv portant seizur fog the Unie! Sraiee reveuue into the country carscer free of duty. One verse losde! with rum, moi . &c, from the We Indios, was reize! at Newbern, N. ©, a few dive @nce, Another veses’, with ite crrgo of liquore, worth from alex tocigh: thousand dollara, wes se rel Pecently at Provideuce, R. 1. The roods had beon landed and secre lin adarn, The smuse wor errestod " The Supreme Court of the 'nitod States hes @eciced the Macsechusetts liquor esses. The Court bo'de that Heenres granted by the Untied S+ wade: the luternal evenue Laws; for the wholesae | enle of Mquors held by @ ciizen of Massachaseits, > not provecs him in the sale, or ker ping tor sale, of Naqcore within sald Sta’e, in view of the prohibitory leweof the State of Marsachusatte. The Supreme Court affirms the dec'#ion of the Court below The Lo_n Bill wae received by the Renate to-1a4 | from the Liouse and referred to the Commitiee on Finance There is apparently a slight improvement in Sena tor Foote's con tition aince the morning, though bis ease is rtill considere! very critical Representative Conkling will to-mortow§ repor | from the Reconstruct.on Committee the evidence of General lao cad ot.ere, | ' | } f vesse @ vio'nt by fuurgline An otheial p.celamation has been made of the rns fication of the Treaty betweeu the Uni ed seaes @ni the chiefs and head nen of the Minnecousan Band of Dakota or Siour Indians, Those Indi. os bind themselves to discontinue ter the furore « @ttacks Upon the p re tribes uniess fis saree to withd estab sty of the other The benu Gales d th be OF ProL ' jed by from she rout @eaiter to ished or he he Balley, Dacotah Teriliory, and forwarded by Aalore General Pcp, that a «reat sum! ariiving at ihe above wamed forts, almost dali,, from the country above, ina starving and cestitute condition, Thev bad aetually leon forced by th exztiem, v of their Lunser toeat thei: poales, en dogs including their offa), Reports ico con Many wore aceon thi wey bib @ew hare ue shew cor . i consiaera i thie, th Unive Ga are. topes toem o) JAN annusiiy io ten year bh artices as the Sici@bury oF the Taverior may dueei, | e The Commissioner of Inuiean Affaire hae been j informed by letters written from Forte Raadal! and | | j or of Iniians ere dition, Seme thre bh ed loge wt bore fully, whee the con ms: ig off unable to render them any serisia.ce, owing to a abort fupniy ot rations. (Gieneral pully says, it law for Indiawe io suffer, in orcer that they vinced of (heli own utter helness: eas | | | ' iheee be conu- and iniuce ther to loor up to Government as their ouly aid eas Protect.on The Criminal Court to-day commonced the trial! ef General Lataye'we C. Baker on tne clarge of robbery, pre erred by Mre. Lucy Cobb, well kuown @e a pardon breker, The specific charre made by Mrs. Cobb is that General Baker, wh.lo she was under constraint from him, robbed her of ¢ re which she bad received {rom a Oo procuiing him @ Paruon foi the cocused, It wii te JON With bois case, that he, ta daouary tried and couvicies pinens, we 6 rene a of her flee tinps harg: of face imprisonment of Joeeph RK. ¢ ercuted muried (0 the indietmeat, pieadi eouvie This pot argue !, aud the Judge sald he would give bis decwiou to-morrow, A communication to the speaker of the House from the Comn toner of Agriculture, covers an of- Gcial etawanent relative to the catile plazue, receiv @d throuch the Siste Vepartiment fiom the Consuls at Hamburg, Liverpool, and pheMield, Consul An- dersou writes f.om Haw Durg of his refusal to cera to invoices of bices, the :efueal of custo how of all ¢ 1.08, tanaw ¢ bones of crite ile belies de tiem ehould be exe 1 gong our sea event he tutioduction of the diss ae ture tro the woluma ) Columiesogere a. eeabriel hisory of th ne 4 dats € | | which te official lsred to le denticai wita | rip: erpest oF tal Lurcpe, aoa with thes Miuitian of 1745, » » ravaged Muglaud ior 4 | yoare, sud du tne inet yeas ceenored tulity thous 1 | eattic in aeu lecouniry, |. w shown thay 62 ds Ge sroyed iiitec.. (hourand ot two | mivctr-eix thourrnd atria ked in t | winious, In i805 it eve, UG Hongary and rc Austrian Gependencies, Kiusuk Louw 8X yeti to mivet) eleht per ceut, of Uioee altawed 4 the | pevetal piovinces, “le Comuiesone.e deport the Frau @ by pie p> action, ex pried (he disease | ‘fase GULUIND Wika Wed uriy reo ete | Moe, Bud Bierwarcewheo in roduces jute tue Parle | Hiaidia L'Acclimation it Was cea @xlertiibased with the 85 eaimaly amoug which were | a repted as constenuty aC. 16. ut id Ch8C8 LU NUVeLIL Or 1,000 ¢ ai bow + Car'é& 12u.0u tLe les ol Vad, 1D be. Ou bne gad talio ‘ In Rarlena wy ees. | then 1659 the first of March, at which time the number whieh died was 114217, killed 2.958 recovered 2476), and ansecouted for 16,765. Of the herde etpoed the pamer a ked *t fitet 44 per cet it it Dae reached 54 percent; of thone attacked om erat acked wesin No her 45 per cent., 8 the end of January 60 per eer t the number led, which wie 86 per cent. in November, was but 18 percent, In January, and im November 5 per cent, retove ei, in January The Enclish estile se found jess tance to the dirse> then the Du ifie or mode of treatment be rep A copy of the new Catile law of Enciand is communicated, and Con- is appealed for a law under which vicorous nerves could be applied im case of it iutroduction inv this couutry, CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS, Thirty-\inth Seasion. RENATE. Washington, March 26...Mr. Sumner rose toe question of privilege, He moved to amend the journal by striking out the vote of Mr. Stockton, in the question of hie seat in the Senate, Mr. Sinisbury 1 rien to @ poinsof order. The tournel @correct, It etates that Mr. Stockton did vote. snd po one denies that to Le correct, therefore, to unde stake to correct it now, would be to make it pepe k falsely My point of order is that the resolu. Hon canao! be eitertained, Tre chair decided that the reso'ntion was in order, Mr. Sumner the: took the floor {a advocacy of his Proposition. He seid there wero crriain'y two ways of jee lag the question presented to the Renate, by the sore of Mr. Rioekton, One was by @ motion to Hentiow the vote; the other, euch a motion as hed just beco made to amend the journal. But hebind te th of these ways arose asimople qu stion. Hat Mr. S.cekton a right to vote? To that, eaid Mr, Rumaer, Lun‘er-tand iy te replied, that hie name was borne vu (be voli of the Senate, alld a cordindly wae called St the vieek by our Secretary. To that, [ reply, the cllof the Senate ie to be construed always in eabor: dination to ihe principle of natural law, and parlia- etary iIanw. there ore, you are brought again to the question wiihwhich TI began, iad Mr, Btock’en 6 hiebt to vote; firet, according to the princip es of ue law, or in other words according to the prin- #0! universal law? Mr. sumner then procesded wa from ancient and modern authorities to Sustain his poeltion that Mr. Stockton could not act a# judge aud party in h.s own cape. Keverdy Jonneom, of con ended that In the voue cast by Mr, stock! lat be ive of Ne the rep esea &revourogetiton? bie has voted ine mihat ha been be.ore thie body, 1 t brew :eco:ded ; end when hee be o ubervitheabody? Never, Aad ben ie (here to prevent h jon affecting as he ‘ renee otale ae much as any g which bas beeup cseated bevore during vhe 5 that be hae bonured use hy hie presence Mr ton ensid he would not repeat ihe causes (uat lec Mr, Stoekion's votiog on Friday, lber were ex- ine shat tome, and he thought they more than jusi.fed bis vote. es iru bua—tinece T have been a member of th» body fOr (he iast eleven years, there have beeu a vumber of cout eted cases, but it isthe first time that ane person whose richt to & sess has been quest oved has ever voted aince | have been a mew fer, ana | coptese | wae vory much surprised when he te ustor fom New Jersey cast bis vote, Wrheo e dicocted his pame to be caded, some gentleman eituime near me, L believe the pevalor trom Nevada. asked me privately if he bad aright to vore in his woeee, Leaidto lim. certainly not Tf believe Leased the question of the p esiding officer of the euate who ewply © pled (het bie name wae on the hes. No tuer® Wee said, No c@esion Was made, it tk the senate by surpiise, L chink, No tan can proverly be @ judge in hieowocwe. Thisise rt al que*uon, It 18 pot whoher the Seave of Ney Jereey ie entitled to @ tepresentacive; bur weber 6 persong WL0 cla He (0 Lave br eu 6.66 edo tha boty, uae Loom elected of pol; and, 1p my judg. ment the seus a bom New J@iecy hed uo right fo ‘ i beicve the Seuswr thou New Jereey wo titled to bis e@at; Lut l co DOL be leve he is emt ei to hod bie eeat by his own voe. Lhe vote wes @ tie withous the Seaater from New Jer- “ Inat vo.e vould bave Jef, him in bis seat. sou Mr. Trumbull ead that the prope: ive at he jeeult anued at by Mr. Suwnue ye Rio Hed rBLon Of Le Vole oO rte jie would ag ee to make that Wouon il M whe bad voted wile the maoriy aud cou , WOUG Withulaw lis NOhoR unuer eebd it Mr, ‘Jiuublall would move a would with. raw bis wotion ead the Wueeuou WAe Gur of parlia- Lpuoub ediy if a vote ie given by o os tou wat ueut pereul, wera © right of Le senave ot thee the right vl ice pe.eon & py wes uo doubt that ti ‘ ceed i, ag be wae @i0 Used bY par iawmenar, vw. Ae to tue Quest when we © AGO, 1 Was P miu & it coulu the Vou. 1¢ must the * ewes tecoraed, oar, Bue faviod t r, pumner ee tt ies 60 1G ike be QueeOn bei0.e the e Tr, He said iuat at Ug BU) buug On Chis femal Be hea been uae iu the » Gb ob LaCR tous the & iret be bed uo lmteauos cf 6, eutject to-day, couste Oo] tiie te whica Made it necessary he wim lo say POlLO.g Oo Lie own belaif, rire, be would oo Whether he wes outitied tou voile. ‘Dhe thise e@cuuu of the Constitution esye (hus thie Seome@eo) the United Siates euai Le Cou posed of tWo Dea.tore from @ach Sate, chosen by the Laer sleture toereol, 10f ex )@ai8; and eas Deus oo ud UBve Ou vo @ He Cat, Stockton) was biece by Vicwue Of hie C.ccenitals, Geatlemen enid De. oe wee ® Jae BL Orbe, BUG that be (mtuckiog) Voted Iu Lipowo case, Was that wuch pone een ay Bbeo. bbolr sepreecotauve ch Lab beds PO BODE FOLBLOlelLon, dhe Dover did Hie oeves skew UP tuleas lis care, It wag hua the Cure Of the peastostiom New When oue cebstur Lom New Josey, b . Whe prevent hom teucerivg bis vole. he vat but bo be witihed from motives or Our weouuveractius that artitice, Vhis socetesiy lor ji. W make B reve- ‘ab “ae extremely disagieeable to lie yesterday receiven se trom vt gis. Wiidhly Gis codeague, It was eon Of af. Wright WhO served in gue of t calupeigus @e @ Major of the army, My, tes trom Major Wright's leer it ex- owen ae tne course ol Mr, Morrill, and M.. no ali of breaking bie pedre w his t aseecie thas at. Morcil bad not written 7) Mr. Stockwu r irom Mi, Morrill to Iie teach Weaneda, evening, giving him that be (Mori) would feel constrained to vole ob the Quesion, tte aso rem @ dispaich sent by Gam (olan, bo Bia. Waleht, that penator Mor. Pol waehO@G Hak Ove set) bO KuOW thas ater allowing Lah @ roseuuaue Line geb to Wasuingwu ou ibureday, be Udy . woula consider bLimeelf as hociiy Ww vote on bie (owekton's) case ou friday morning, Lie (svockton, received a repiy to bis dis- pacch, Mr. Wright ebaied that he was still confined 10 Loe t Olb ALG COG Bot be ln Washington beiore toe uy cdle Of ale Present Week, and could pot there fore cousent the Withdrawal of the agreemeut. Th cowe.usion, Mr, Siockiou said be haa a uad ek. repad ihe penetor trom Maine [Mi alu), He de a Ww sey now thas wuile he cuatecverized the ace 0 which he had just referred i Lhe #tsvugees Westie that part @utary leusuage woud pesta.k Mis lO Ube, de w opvinced thas Mr Moir: Mesut Ww do nBOWIng Cost was Los right end bounebe, lie would LOotce, however, thas the pewspeper# Peputes that the Bevsior trou Massa- chustse (Mir. putner), who had taken upon himeeit tbe, Umueuelsp OF lu@ Loner of the peuae, bad Buviecu abr, Most tO Vole Ou bhab occasion, il DUwues wh MEViOOd bam bo vole; eortamly | did mr, Peesenden tose to explain the circumetances won ou ubJles Wine ule coheague (abi, Morrii) vo.ea on Pisuty. Pik of e@¥ou Weeks bad e@lapeed since ne pattea wih ale, Weigut, ate, Aeorrili uv even Mr Wiigh. notice of hie tutention to vove, Bud he bad piv bis tewonab 6 tine to get here to vote, iite CONee Ue COuMULLO thi 6 10 What be anouid doand Biv the ee e lula, Me told ti 6 Oi that 4 Ue seyused oF LM, Wee that be sould give the seou.t.e M0LiCe Of Mis Gesite bo teruatual wueeiveti, Li Unere Wee any impulanuu on sve GOU4UCe bUOFe Was tLe esiue on his (ies 44@ Culsinered + Momus We acing pelectiy iu the rag ht, Mr, 5 ockiun—1 rise to withdraw my vote, dicusiva da) bee @xhibied to mw Th the inct th 4 thee cae du them Of the Bbiert lawyers in t Beas eve coulis ae bo the Coustibubouality of the voice. | Bot PLOpOHe b OCCUP) Tuy sear in bt s bouy by) an Uncoustitubonel Voe—en ilegai vo. J desire buet queso to be examines carefully, [ bool ke (he Juscimiy Commuistow to examine it he CouitastieO OF #ieU the delaguiehed Senator Hoi disG0.0 ie Chetan, IT thereioie . ques sume geo leman io offer o 1e«.ution Ihab the Judicury Cou duiilee Le Pequested to Chauiue Caruluily,belore A ALU Agus Co lOu UrOU \@ Vo.e Ar. & wepeudeu cain Ar, piwokten ceald eat wiih. __NEW Yo RK, TUFSDAY, MARCIT sown judgment was that the best mat'er be « reconsideration, id said he voted iu favor of Mr, na him entitied to hieseat lie did mot thin wever,thathe hed « right to vote ia bis own cose, He woved to reconsider the vote of Friday last Mr. Jounson moved to tiom af the subject unti Mr. Wright anc ere to Ket here to yore Mr. lane, of Kanes, hoped Mr. Stwekton would @ave to withdraw his vote Mr. Convess favored « correstion of the record by excluding the vote of Mr. Stockton Mr. Suniner offered @ resolution in lien of the pend- ing motion declaring that the vote of Mr. Stockton be pot receives in determining the question of his sent in the Senate, Mr. Clark did not think tt was necessary to adopt such @ resolution, aa Mr. Stockton had expressed ro« eret for bis vote already, and would mot wove again until bis case was decites, Mr, Stockton conied that he had expressed « doubt as to hie right to vote, Mr. Blerman believed it best to refer the resolu tion of Mr. Sumner to the Judiciary Committee, with instructions to report on Thursday morning The motion te refe: the resolution of Mr. Sumoer wardelated by several Senators, atter which it wae disagreed to 13 to 32. The question then recurred on postponing farther couriderstion of we subject uutil Tineday o Rit g the decisiva of this motion the Seuate ad« journed. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The business in order being the call of States for Tesolutions, the resolutions of Mr Rogers, of New Jersey, came up as the peuding question [be resoe lations are as follows: Resolved, That the Federal Government has no Constituiional right assume or pey the debtot the eo-called Confederate Goverument of the imeurcent States, or the rebel debt of suy of seid States. and by it would be an outrage even Ww attempt to 0 oo, Resolved, That the honor of the Federal Gover ment, aud every principle of justice, demand that ui Federal debt should be vaid to the utmost farthto, that repadiation be diseountenanced, and sbe plight- ed faith of the country sacredly preserved. Keaolved, ‘Ibet equel taxation is just, and that eve.y person in th should x bie eyaal share of the Feder to taxes, and that there should be no privileged class, Mr. Dawes, of Massachusetts, suggested as an amendment the appeudiug of the “len Commanud- ments.” Mr. Rogers (hen addressed the House in support of bis resoiutions, consuming the whol Mr. liale, of New York, askod w portot tho third reso. ution was Ww have Federal securities taxed wo, whesher thatshood nut trone farther considera- Thuretay next, w enable aay ng these bonds by the vede- she priate Governinente question, had said @ good deal being bela by arietoc be (ihayer) had iu family @ person ordinarily cealed a “ehamberuald who had averted her little savings in United States securities, Now he wanted to ku hether she was included im the desigaation of “arlaouate I ‘Laughie) Mr. Roxers—Noalr--that “Indy” fe not included ‘Loud iauehter My resolutions are simeu at con- Uractors anid oueTs who hare grown rich on whe biood aud eutferiags of the people, The morning bour baving expired the resolutions retained open tor debate aati! the House dispused of them. Mr. Bintne called attention to the fnet that the eeutieman from New i with ell bis biatwus Qrfuments about the taal as sireid to trust bie iesolulions LO & Vole, wuse wembers on hie ece had too much ser ol hover to susiein hin iio Chogere) bad abuse ot outraged the patience of the tuuse duriug tue whole woruing hour, and it we COs able bo ¢Uard Ggaiusl & iuiliar OUlrage DEEL Monuder, Mi, Roge:eea.d thatth: geawe trom deine (Blaine) did him grees injustice, Meme might vo.6 O48 Uie (Oso ulions a8 buey pieased Lue Spessercxviaued bow the co-oluvons hap jeued wy come up ior aebae to-day, Lt was becuuss sue tiornlag bow had ex) .@d inet onlay whiie ble Liouse was Young On the “previous question,” which i bad setused to second, Mr. Bteveus, of l’a, introduced @ bill to authorize the building of a military aod postal railroad, frou Cumberland, on the Kiver lotomas, lu the State of Maryland, w the City of Pittsburg, in the State of Pennsylvania, Which was read twice and referred to sho special Committee on Military and Postal Raiiroada, On motion of Mr. Stevens, two members were divected w be adueu to the Speelal Commitee, M apiained object of the motions, g whet withough the spoaker bad supposed, Beiecty tnistoe, that be had ap y of woumles tiauly w the propo- lw New York, it bad turned ou otuerw ise, on euber of that Comuitice bavia allowed Lis Views to be changed by the arguments made in behalf of the Waitumore and Ohio R, it. Co. It was tnereiore lie duty to ase the House to retun stiuct the Gor bee according bo paiimimentary law, that the iv.eBdeo! (Le weseu.e might fe iu o majority d that was the ground ob whieh be mude his mouon, Mr, Francie Thomas, of Maryland, admitted thet the weicer of he Committee sluced wo by My puveus (atr. Urancaset) bad Lees pisced upou it under toe suppoeltiva sual he wasty vorabie, uot w tue bill.or @ tesdioud betw ron Waehiug.on aud New York, but to the geveral ovjoct since the termination ot the war. tiowever, the uecessity fur euch a new sOnd had ceased, ana Mr, irandages's views hac, thesetore, chan,ed, se had searhes ivom the Presi dent Of tue ihai nore sod Unio Kaurond thaw duriag tho wel, the Colipauy bad ures @ thuusend care, with the nece@eary m0.lve power, While Low it only weed buiety care, Mr. pievede atated that the member of the Com- mittee reiered Lo wae Ho; tu faves OF tue propusttiva natal. but ebeviutely relused to re pores bi to tue House. os». James, of Massachusoite, called attention to the fact that the io miler. elerred to Was Ho: present, It there wae euy siguiicaion bu (he 1Omatas or th gontienen trom Pouueyivauis, i wae a icici on the tusegrity of (.t ewer, aud At shou not ue made in Dis abeonce Mr. Francis Lhowas represented the great incon Veunseuce and tieuvie of Lav.ug wo recousiceration of whole subject, which would follow fivm the in- ee Of Lhe culnta)\.ee, r, Conkiing bopeu tuat the action of the House this mormiog Would Bot be unuone, bub thas the mau 0m Penney iVaula (Mr. Slovenes) would t, and that tue liours woulu susten om in persisting in it. ‘lhe whole country uetanded the coms rucsios of an air live (oad Lebween Waeshiugton ano New York, #0 aste t ve the puole fiom the soconvenlan the imp eitiow. aud the monstrous monopoly te which at bad veen so jong sub) cted, After some further discussion the vole was taken by tellers, oud the biouse reiuse! by & volo of 45 yeas to b4 bays, to euepend ihe rules so as Ww allow the motion to recousider to be wade The Speaker announced the appoin'ment of Messrs, Washburn, of Lilinow, aod W.e0n, of lowa, as ino edditiousl members of ihe Seivet Couwrmsttee ou Military aud Postal Railroad trom Waeelingtun to New York. ‘The next buriness in erder was the motion to re consider the vote by which the bil mend the pos. tal laws was ou the 16ih of February recomuitted to the Post Office Committee, ‘Ihe vote was recon- sidered and the bil! came before the House for con. sideration, Mr. Alloy having charge of the bill, ae Chairman of the Post Ufiice Cowmitiees, moved to etrike ou, the tiet eeCiiwo, suthoriziug the deatmedier Gener. al to sell stamped Guveiopes at tle Yauo of the #taim pe, ine amendment was agreed to ani the section was struck out Mr, Aluey also moved to strfke out the fourth sec- thon, autho iziug sue Posi seser evers! to cause the male to Le Giansporteu by sallu’ Verses between any porto! the Unite Brates and euy foreimn ports, The motion was egreed to, aud tue jour'h rection was struck out, The fitth section, which preposed to repeal the law in reterence t the publication of lista of undelivered letters, and to leave che matter to the discretion of the Vostinester General, was atruck out ‘The eleventh secon, authurizing the transfer of appropriations from oue brauci of expenditure w abothur, was etruce out, The tweillth section fixing the r of postage ou he wspapes, ciicul papules delxritod tos local delivery, wee struck out io oan ehastam® camnaa.ioan she mrasems tam ahich Or ovata 27, 1866. authorizes postmasters to contract with publishers of ew spapere, periodic ale an! cirealare for delivery, by bars fy was Hrach wat, ae & motion of M. Grinnell the 8th section wes fnverted ag an additional section, The bill wasthen passed. It provides as follows, the section been nnmbered anew: Section 1 -Fneets that from and after the first day of April, 1564, prepaid letters shall be forwarded, at the request of the Tty addvessed, from one post- office to another without additional postage charve, and resarned dead letters sliall be restored w the section of the net an- tied Au act to am*nd the laws relating to the Post Office Department, approved March %d, [553,"' as re- quires postage to be charged at the repaid rats to be colleeted on the return delivery of letters endors- ed with a request for their return to the writers, he and (he sane are hereby repeaed, and all letters bearing such endorsement shall hereafter be retarn- churns the writers thereof without additonal postage , Bee 4S. That the third section of the act entitled Au to establish a postal money order system, avprovel May 17¢h, 1564, be, and the same is hereby Smended so as to authorize the issuing of money orders for any euin mot to exceed fitty dollars, and Shas the charge er fee for am order uot exceeding twenty dollars, shal be ten cents, and for an order exoceding twenty dollars, twenty-five cents, Seo. 4, That @ money jor shail be valid snd parable when presented to the Deputy Postmaster om whon & ie drewa within one year after ite dete, but for uo longer period ; andin case of the loss ef a money orders duplicate thereof ahali be issued without Ke on the application of the remister or payee, who 1 make the required proofs, and postinasters at all money order offices are hereby authorized and re- quired to adinioister jo the applicant or applicants in boat cases the required oath or eMfirmation free of Bev. o. That all raftroad companies, carrying the mabe of the United States, ahall convey without extra charge, by any train whigh they may run over their roads, al euch printed matter ae the Postmaster General aball, from time to time, direct to be trans- ported thereon, with the persons in charge of the walls, iu charge, designated by the Post Uftice De- partment for that purpose. deo. 6. That if any persons shall wilfully and masiciously injure, deface or destroy any maliable matter deposited tu any letser box. piiar box of other receiving bores, eatabiished by authority of the Post master Geveral of the I nited States, for the sale deposit of matior for the maile or for delivery, or shall wilfully aid or assist in injuring euch mailabie matter so deposited as aforesaid, either by pouring jute such bo: oil, water of other fluids, or by any ry such offender bevug thereof wil for every such offence be tined more than one thou- ed not loss than ove year Bor Moré than three, at the discretion of the Court, Seo. 7, That whenover is shall become expedient im tae opinion of the Postmastor General to substi: tute a differ kind of postage stampe from those bow in use, | ve, and is hereby author modify the existing contract for the mauulectu * stalups, eo a4 to allow to the contractors aseam tw cover the increased expenses, if any, of acburiug the stamps eo substituted, 5. Phat section second of chapter 187 of the act approved Juiy let, 1564, be amenaed by adding the jwilewing: Provided that the quarterly returne of any postmaster of the third, fourth or fith clase sbows that the salary allowed ia en per cent, loss than it would be on the basis of Comission isd4, fixing compensation, then everal shall review aud readjust Mr. Dawes, from the Committee on Flections, re- ported the testimony in the election case of Dodge ageinet Brooke. The report ending with the foliow. ing resolution ; That the Hon, Jamos Brooks fs not entitied toa seatin this House as @ hepresentative in the thirty pinth Congress fom tue highth Diewictof New York Kesolved, That Willlam F. Dodge fe entitled #8 sas in tho jlouse es @ Representative in the toad, -uloth Cougress trom the Eighth District of ew York Mr. Dewos gave motice that he would call up the report for action a early probably as Thursday nert ’ Mr. Marshall presented the views of the minority of the Comruttee on the same subject, ‘The House at 4-40 P.M. aujourned, Dael at Lexington. Leaimngton, Ky. March %.-—A duel took place at day light thie morning, near Lexington, Ky, betweea Joseph Deshe and Alexander Kimbrough. At the second fire Kimbrough was shot through both hips, FROM Tuk RIO GRANDE. Battles In Northera Mexie—Rebbery at Irazos, Matamoras, March 19, via. New Orleans March 26.—Two engagements bave taken place at Paras, Northern Mexico, The Libersis, under Marengo, were defeated by (jem. Donay, The Liberals, rein- forced by Gien, \Treveano, afterwards attacked the French under Baron Dubriar, who was killed with 100 men, except four who were captured, Gen. Donay was afterwards besieged in Paras charch, with 60 men, bus held out until reinforced. Baron Dulbiriar and his company were recently stationed at Matamoras, and there is great mourning among the French in the city at his loes, ‘The Southern Lapress at Brazos has been robbed of $76,000, The steamer Crescent was searched at Galveston, bat nothing was found, The robbers are at large. wee NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE Senate. Albany, March 26.—Kitis Exrorren,—Relattve to the Jowa tiospital of New York...,.... Te enable the ‘Urusteer of the Meemou's Fund and Retreat wo borrow mone Amending the charter ofthe New York Juveniio Asrluin; wasordered w a third readivg Amending thacbarterof the Socloty for (be care ot destitute Roman Catholic children Buffe'o; ordered to a third reading. i Aseomuent bil was considered at length, Progress wee reportod, Adjourned, Acn-ibly. Albany, Mirch 6 Litvejohm introduced a resolution calling ou the Caval board for informa tlom as to whetherthe construction of the Niegara ship canal would notchetpen transportation through his Biate to the City olf New York, by eausing come on with other ival routestorthe trade of the Vestern States. The reeolution was adopted Bite Panseo-— lo ipeorporae the Workiugmen's Co perative Society of New York,.......T0 incors porat the Peop *roxtnoe Bupply Compapr........ #imtive tO taxes, AseOsinenis Bod water mtes...... ‘bo amend the act for the benefit of married womea by alowiuy them to Insure the lives of their hus. bands For the reiier of Feamen's Fund and Rewent ot Sew York........ 0 cuange the name of the Geiman Lutheran Churches, New York, KirorTs—lo incorporate the Exceisior Hotel Company... -Kelauve to parsemger trains oo Kallroade Hic Lyreooverp,—To incorporate the New York Joint swee Conipany For the appointment of a Deputy Acsietaut Couuty Clerk of New York...... Te incocpornte woe New York Mercantile Library Asrociation lo tacilitate the sequisition of lands iu Ureome and othe: streetain New York tore pubic imarket Kostive w jue landionds and tenants in New York, Morons any Masocutions,To make the Under- ounu Kelroad Ul toe epeciai order tor Wedues- y no wuich wae iried -- {Ratracting epresentatives aad Bet re iu Congress to modify the oncom? lax Ou Civars; which wae referred.,., +» Ceiling upon the Buperinieudent of the lusur- ance i -ttagut Lo Tepors the co arscter and amount Of ives .Qc@ived Dy Gina; ib wae gabled r, Lowis wove to order ® bul ior the Broadway ete 4 Kaurowd to be printed forthwith and pisced on the Mi. Jitte the it uoding thattthe House should be ask a jo pub se private bill as suis abea lof importan! pulue bile (bet were walling as the primtes Mucion was ives 6 to TO, Os Thursday #fternoon, Jss, Burk and wife, and Johu oy, wife end dauguter, ail reqideuss of angswon Cointy, Li. Wolo attempting 6 cross the Beunvamou Kiver, about twelve miles from cpriughed, Lil., with ® #ps0 Os borses wud wagon, were ad drowned. Lhe driver of the team aude woune lady euaceseded in wetting te the share ca/cie a ‘ La ob Thirty-Third Year: General Intelligence. (By Mati te the New York Bun) Cortom setrures have been stopped by military orders on the Red River, Towns are 60 vessels detained in harbor at Fort ress Monroe, by adverse winds Covtrmeep reports are received of damage tothe leveos by high floods from the Upper Miasiaatnn! Geert B. H. Germson, the celebrated raider, has beon appointed to « full Major-General. ship. Prmta®, Terman end Carme are tn had pene. 6 a@iviog billiard exhibitions, to the admiration of a!) lovers of the game. Aauvenn mow storm ewept over Lontevitle, Ky. on Tuesdey, anroofing buildings end doing considerable damage. Tue ctty government of New Orleans ts ett!) disorganized, The Governor refuses to recognize the elected recorders, Amon@ the noveltios tn laties* fashions are Tittle belle to be used upon the wrists of while! kid gloves, and even upon she edge of the Pamete bounets, Fon Italians have been arrested at Loul: K+., having in their possrasion fourteen thousen: dollars in counterfelt bills of different denomina- fiona Tan Hartford (Ct.) Fenians held one of the lerg- est meetings ever aesembled in that city, at Allyn Hall, last evening, Upwards of $1,600 were raised for the cause, Gan. G. W. Surrn, formerly Street Commissioner of New York, and during the rebellion a Major General in the rebel ariny, has been aproinved Superintendent of the Chatianoogs Rolling Mill. Tus Toledo Ruane says that the ice in the lower end of Lake Erie is ae firm ae at any time dunng| the winter. From Baffslo to @ potnt some above Eria, theice ise solid mass from shore to abore, Hon, Cava Jomnson, formerly member of Con- gress for severe! terns from Trnnesser, Post- master General under President Polk, ts « candi. date for the Btate Senate from the Clarksville) District, Tus Catholic clergy of Boston have given Bishop W iliama, the recently consecrated Bishop of thas diocese, $8,000, to provide his episcopal outfit, and ean eddress pledging t him their oo-opers- tion, Me. Hawiit, of Pittsburgh, Pa, and Mr. Kelly, of England, have each deported $1,250 im gol, ae ® prelim!nary to the Internations! Boulling| Match which is soon take place between these champions. A sovore who was discharged three months ra ory received @900 for bounty and back pey, has epent a!! his money for rum, and is now in the workhouse et Portemouth, N. H., working out @ fine for getting drunk, Im the Philadelphia Supreme Court, yesterds: Judge Woodward delivered the demston tn case of Malby oa. the teading & Columbia Rall, road Co., that railroad bonds by non-resi- dents are liable to Biate taxation Mrs. Koowns, wife of Bander living peer Leniwar, Graut County, Wis, on Tuesday | first poisoned her two boys, aged five and years, and then poisoned her All three ar dead, Domestic troubles were tue inapiring can of the aad deed, Tas brothers Hudgins, aald to have beens of \loodthiraty guerilias,were captured « few day since in East Tennessee, and brought into the tow of Kingston and lodged im jail, They ware cap tured by about half « dozen loyal citizeus, who for some time hed been on their track, Tro “Eight Hours’ bill passed the Obio Ben: on the ry with trifling amendments, If ‘heed are concurred in by the House, the bill be} comes @ lawon the IstofJuly, The bill wakes eight hours, instead of ten, « legal day's work, Tue New Albany (Iod.) Commauotan remarks that houses are so scarce and renie eo high in thas city, thet several men are building fat-boas intending to anchor them out in frews of the at and move their families into them. Several these marine dwellings are now in course of struction at the city shipyard. Tus North Caroline papers are full of statemen: ing to show thet plantations in that section si foine rapidly bought up by Northerners. A Jor seyman recently urchased twelve hundred sur in’ Wadesboro’, N. C, at wll perecre, A Ne York company are on the int of taklog ten thous; and ecres in the same Biate, on which they wi! settle Eoglish emigrants, By the burning of the steamer ‘Gen. Hooker," off Sullivans Tslend, Charlemon, B.C. harbor, o' the Zietinst., three white and five colored person’ were drowned, The entire number of passenge: on board could not be readily aecerteined as a! the ships books were destroyed, Tbe steamer w owned in Eavs Byaton, Avoor sixteen hundred divorces bave been ‘lo creed in Massachusetts 19 ox years, of which 584 wore for desertion, 658 for criminality, 182 tor cruelty, and 42 from otber causes. It is kuow that 1,816 were decreed in the five years that end ed May 1, 1965-—and at the seme rate during th last eleven months it may be essumed thes wh grand total is not far from 1,600, Tua Prescott, C. W., Mussmnoxn reports that on| ft. Patrick's eve, @ litte after ele ven o' lock, one of the scouts near the Windmill, custiactly saw end counted tive well-filled large boats approe:h., ing, and firing bis guo see signal, he was quickly anawered by a gun from Fort Welliugtou, veiling the volunteers together. In » very short time a members of the different companies were read to fall in, when they were marched towards tb Windmill, The men in the boats funding them selves observed, changed their cours eud re, turned to Ogdensburg. LOCAL NEWS. NEW YORK AND THS VICINITY. Tue Wearnen.—For ten years or more || has not been eo cold tm this vieinity at this season © the yea: as it has been for the last forty-eight hours On Monday morning all the small ponds about thy city were covered with a coat of ice about twe inches thick, of which crowds of young folks availed them selves, for & short time only, as the sun rpeedily made it dangerous where there was any dep.b of waior. At 1 o'clock this (Tuesday) morning the thermometer stood foar degreos above freening out, side the Bun office, The wind was sharp, and musy have been severe along the coast. It was very rough yesterday on the rivers and bay. Vhe Jorsey City) ferryboat “New York." ladeo with passengers, many of them ladies, became dissbled in the river, and was swept down stream by the wind oni thd coming tn collision with pier No. I, but furiunatel without doing much damage, There was some skating on the Jersey Fiaue early yesterday moro, ing, but when the sun rose it was shandoned, Ar Turia OLD Tricks.—A recent transac, tion at the Custom House, which bas created a ares deal of excitement in mercantile cireles, is likely open the eyes of imporlore wo proceedings which a: resorted to by Custom House officials and others \ levy contributions trom those whe de business with Uncle Ham's revouue collectors, 1s appears that t! senior member of the firm of Strasburgher & Sena was sccosted 1m the street, about ten days dace, v, an ex-Custorm House officer, now dolag Dusivess as broker, who informed Mr, Surasbargber thats a