The Sun (New York) Newspaper, April 5, 1866, Page 1

Number 10,519. The Latest News FROM WASHINGTON. CONGRESS YESTERDAY. Veto Message Up im the Senate. Great Speech of Trombull, THE DODGE-bROOKS CONTEST. Ne Vote Yet Taken. NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE: Radical Resolutions in the Senate. THE PRESIDENT CONDEMK:D. City Railroad Bills. Senator Project. THE RHODE ISLAND ELECTION. Complete Republican Success. GEN. BURNSIDE ELECTED GOVERNOR. Shocking Railroad Accident. A Train Falls Through a Bridge. Later and Interesting European News. STEPHENS IN PARIS The Austrian-Prussian Troubles. XL., a &e.. Se. Wassinoron, Apait 4. Senator Dixon has eo far recovered his health that ho expects to resume his seat in the Senate to-mor- row. The Department of State has received official in- formation from the United States consuls at Brest amd Cherbourg, under date ot March 9th, The eon- sul at Cherbourg states that from the 10th until the en! of February, there occurred 53 deaths from ebolera, making from the beginning of the epidemic up to date, 114 days, a total of 267 deathe from ehol- erain & population of 1,000. The disease seems to have disappeared, as no deaths had recently occurred, andthe Sanitary Board wee issuing clean bills of health. The consul at Brest reports that the ept- @emic has at length retired, no case of cholera hay ing eppeared since March 1st, The Minister of Com- merce at Paris bad ordered clean bills of health to be issued. It is understood that the Hon, Chauncey M. Depew hee been appointed Collector of New York. Lieut. Gen. Grant has appelnted Major George K. Loot Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, to Gill the position which was occupied by the late Col. T. 8. Bowers. The President issued orders for the pardon of ven persons yesterday. They were special cases from erveral of the Southern States, ander the thirtecnt exception. A fire this morning destroyed Mr. Charlies Hurley's beat store, Loss $25,000, It was insured for 910,000, Putnam & Malone, book dealers, lost s large portion @f their stock; fully insured, M. Marx & Co, @ealers, lose $25,000; fully insured. The Colambian Commission, established under the treaty of 1857, and renewed by the treaty of 1564, met to-day to hear discussed their most Important cases, The questions involved were those in which the commerce of New York and the world is intor- ested, Colonel Thomas Biddle, a soldier and a di- icigt, represented the other Republic, Between eat Bir Frederick ©, @ lineal descendant of, betweoa nations, out of which these eommmiss ons heve yn The enees presented were those of the atiet, represented the United States. General ar, the minister trom Columbia,an accom obert. @ accepted the postion of Srnpir in order to forwa'd the great principles of conc:itation Paname road and fie Bteamship Company, end United States Mail Sioamship Company. tn them the questions of damages, involving mil- of doliais, came up tor settlement, The free- dow of the lvthmus as a branch route, from mobs amd disturbances; freedom n passencer taxes, a kinds of taxes levied by Now Greneda, ete., Li 8. 8. Cox appeared as cownsel for the Compa- and opened the case, occupying the day bt wees the questions growing vul tne rio 856. by which the isthmus was disturbed, and all tee interests of the Kailroad and Bieamehip Compa- nies were put in peril. Mr. James M. iaie, lor New Grenada, follows Mr, Cox tomorrow, Judge Deen, of New York, on (ehali of the Unued bisies Bieam Hp Company, will reply, aud Mr, Cox will chose the discussion, ‘The damages ciaimed by Co- tambia is immense, It remains with the Minister of Gwest Britain to say whether the isthmus, guaren- ood by treaty \o be free, shal! be so Leld in the form ty which it is organized, with Great Britain as tho ampire. ‘Lhe President to-day transmitted to the House « eommunice'ion from the Secretary of the Treasury, together with a letter addressed by him to the Gov- ereor of Alabama, asking that the Biate of Alabama may be allowed to assume and pay in State bonds the @irect tax now due from that State to the United Gsates, or that delay of p:yment may be authorized until the Btate can, by the sale of its bouds or by taxetsion, make provision for the liquidation of the btedness. Ihe President concurs in the opinion the Secretary of the Treasury, that it is desirable that the state of Alabama und the other southern Btates should be allowed to assume and pay their proportion of the direct taxes now due, and therefore recommends th: necessary legisiation by Congress, The evtire sum sesessed on rex estate by act of Con- is twenty wullions, popmianon of Aisbauwe ng pearly 63.,000, CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS, Thirty-Ainth Session, SENATE, Wasurscton, Arai 4.—Mr, Wilson introduced « feint resolution directing the Becretary of Wer to take steps for presorving the ereves of Union soldiers from desecration, which was passed. Mr, Clark, trom the Judiciary Committee, report- of beck, with certain amendments, the House bill (wm relation to the Habeas Corpus. Mr, Stewart moved that the Special Committee of Sifteen be discharged from the further considera- tion of the pian of reconstruction recently submitted fy talus, and thet Lis seeylusious be Marve Law opeuial oleae bok raat tow, . " Mr. Browart epoke of the tmpationce of the conntry for vome definite plan of reconstruction at the hands of Congress, Mr. Chandler, fram the Committee on Commerce, Feported, without amendment, the Hons bill to facilitate postal and military communiéaiion anong the several States, TUR VrT) wRAeAcr, Pending the consice a ior of Mr. Stewart's motion, the morniug hour expired, and Mr, Trumbuli eeid ts was understood that the Senate should p:oceed to-day to the consideration of the President's veto mensage. The veto message wat then taken up. Mr. Trombull eald—Mr_ President: T frilly share With the President of the United @ieies in the regret expressed, that he is unable to ign the bill te proect &!l persons ta the United states in their civil right And to tarnish the means of their vindication. 7 regret iton my own account, becanee of the dieap Pointment—.tecause the Jurt expectations ralsed when this bill wae Pregenten to ihe President hefore its introduction into the Henete, have been disap pointed, I regretit.on the P esideut's accounts, he. cause it te calculated to aliena'e thors who elevated him to power, and who gladiy have railied around his eciministration to sustain him in the privcipies apou r which he was elecied, bus above aii, sir, 1 regres or liberty’s aake, to secure which to ourselves aud our posterity this government was founded, But. if the vii te usconetitutional end anus: to tle whol “thet piel would not have had the President aivu it te provisions a Beither anjust to the wt any the peopio, wor uncomstitui portien o! onl | shal! endeavor to show hy @ candid, aad dispassionate acview and examination of the Provideus's various objections, Me beg.us these of ections «lib she very firet limes of the bill, whieh Gecia:e that ail persons born im the United States, aud nor sulyect to any for eign power, except Indians pot tured, ere deciaced citizens ot the Usited Staes, The vil as originally jntoduced, did nO: conta.n this p.evision, Li was believed by myeel’ end many that Ay native born person, fines iuen of slavery, were o. zeus of the United ptaes, thie «se the oficial Opinion ot Mr. Ba'es, the “Attor- bey Genera: of Mr, Limcoiu's somuusstration, sme opinion »uopted by bie adiwinis ratios riuce by efi (be depa:tueu'sol the Frecu iy Went, inciud ug (he Hee. etary Of Btoce, © pasepor #10 persons of Co.0F, recog Bizing them aac) bi- cous, It wae the opinion expressed Ly Mr. Maicy when Secretary of Stave, that al persons born in ihe United states were citizens of the (nied States, not relerting of Cousse to BinVer Bt tbat (wo existing in the country. ibe Presideut does vot object to this deciaratioag Im she bill, @ Uvoomstiiuousl, He does, however, oa, that st oes not purport to declue Of conieT ny Other Fight ol ciUzenship whan federal citizenship, It coes not purport these c.aeses of persons any ete Htaea, except that which Ue B86 CILIZebs OF adds, to eouler th: just ae excluavely with the se power to decias@ the right of rv with Congress, Now, #i.co We aii Know thats the authority to mw citizen of the Hietee—the ¢ the Lotted 5 « with Congress (he soe power of naturaiizacic it may meke 6 citiven of e« toieiguer— bus po State can make @ citizou oF the United states, of a toreigner, Lut, is it true, sir, that when #} son Lecomeos a citivea of the Lulied Stales, thatle ia uot eiso @ ci, zen of the Bise where he may beresidiug? On this point, i whi reter jo a decision pronounced by the Supreme Coary of the Luited Btsiee, delivered by Cuiet Justice Marshall, ;he moss eralneut jurist who eve the American bench, Io the case of G Baliow, reported in Une sive volume of ports, the wb ef Jusuee in delivering the « the Court, seye ; “The deteadant in error, Zen of the aueved Luieea and residing thee ‘Thies is equivaleut to ap averment that he is @ cits von of thar State, A citizen of the United staws resiuging ip apy State of the Luien, is « citizen of that stew.” Lh wasthe ouly point in the case, ‘This te the opinioa of the highest tribune: im the coustry, prougunced 4 the most eminent man who over eat upon the benchin America, Mr, Jobneon—Wil he Senator cive mo the peee f Mr. Jrumbull—Yege 70). But. sir, uniess chile autuority isto be disregarded. the Presicent of the Lnited Etates is mistaken in bis law, It is uot true thet whem 4 man is wade a citizen of the Unied Staies he is Lot Jiieen of every State. The President next alleges that the righs of Federal cut- izenahip thus t be couferred op the several oxcep ed races Leforementioned, is wow for the fret time pio- posed te be given by law. Now, air, this is a missake, not of the jaw, but a mileapprebeus.on of fact. and is will appear by reieresees whicu Ieshall eal the attension vi bho Senate lp & Moment, thas the I’reai- ceut's facw ere as bad os Lisiaw, Li the Senator trom Maryland (Mr, J/chusen, wishes w take @ uote of the authority be will Gud is in Lawrence's W hea. on International Lew, @ud Varicus Suseuces of the | mited siates on this subject, | reac fom page S¥7. idhere have Veen in the United Slays several cases of collective naturalization by the anpexasion of territories, Bytho $d Article of the First Ueuvention of April Suth, J>W, with France, in the cessou of jsuisiana, ¢ js provided that tho inhatitauts of the ceded Territorms to be smoorporated into toe United states should be itted as s00n a8 pose. bie, accor: to the prine of the Federal Cou- tien, to enjoyment o. the rights privileges peyton on of the citlzeus of the Rapted Slates, A provision to the effect isto be ip the rtiele of whe ety with Spala for the par aap at Fwrida, aud by wae bighth Articie ot the ‘Treaty of 1643 with Mexico; alse by the aupexation of Texas, under @ reeoution of Congress ui Marck, 1345, ua ite admission into the Union on an equal fwoulng with the other Btales. Collective paturali- ration, eave the anthority irom which 1 quot, may niso take place of # Class of porspps, Lalive of the couatry or otherwise who, “ithout apy act ou the part of the individuals, may be made citizous, In the United States it is incorrect wo su, that aliens, as supposed citize As ey iu plies oy were, sted she country, jeans are ¢ the Cuited States; Dut they are net, t gens, vor can they become ciuzens unue: the jog naturelzepiou laws, but they may be made ci zens by some Cumpetent act of the General (roy, uneut—by treaty or gnerwine, by th po anh’, Co: * it will ed pat French + pani Mexicans and Indians have all been wued cisizens of the Uunied Htates—some of the very clas of persons Py of im tile bill, and yet the sreedent t this righ, of federal citizenal pas if pes ste cash a thing as federa ciiizensh!p, A cov tre-dietingy. from State cit: zenship—be telis us that it is pow jor the first tne propoed wo be given by ia, “i,” anys (oe Presisent, “99 le clusan- ed by man, porn? ail who are native born arg at. Peary by vitles the Consiitution citizens o, .he United States, the passage of ge pending bil caa- not Le necessary to muke thei wou,” ll, now, that is hese, air; bub is the f'.es.ucuttolearo now jor the fires wme that princy.e ww be found in the very Lome-books of the law, bias au act decigripg whataiaw is, is one of the mu.t @OINMOL ache prssed by iegismiive Louies? Wieo \he.w 4 Du Queen even as to what the law is,for their greater cer iauaty itis Ube most common thing iO the woe w pad statute ceciaring ite olject. ady opinlow is, suca w the opium of (he Attorney Geueia!, abu oi Me present secrosmy of bine; such was Lhe opinion o| ‘Mr, Lancous’s acmiuistretion 1p all ite departinents, and such 1 beiieve to be the preveilioy opinion in we Unised pistes, that sii nayve beru pore ns, aot sub jecs to foreign powers, aig by ¥iitow oO. buele birth cituzens of the Lniwd ptuis Nut sono cis pute tuls, hence for greater certainty jt tsp oposed w 5 this aw, it is BOW made ap vojeciwD to the passage of this iaw, and @ reason given vu, the President why he ¢api.08 app. ove i, Locansy it ing cCeciamawry act, bus li suck ie aor bhe ia, save the Presidents grave question preacn.eiteeit : Whetuer, when eeven of the thirly-wix Mievee are Uniepie sented in Congress, al tie Preseut ime it is sound poilcy to wake our entire colored population, gus all wner excepted populaon, ani mi other ercepied clacses, citizens of the United tater? Tule is standing objection, pot urged, it « genet al bills, for the Presiaemt télis us iu tu eage thar he hus signed some jorty bills thay ’ nted two him, Why is it made au ¢ Put ‘Lhe Presiden’ shates Lo ciyec bie © (his particular bill, a «on that he Uiskes appi cable wo ali bills, wut it tuere is enytuign ip it, uo bid cau pass We Congress oi the United States until thos Staces are fepreseuted, W ei, 644) © hose tault is ik the @leves pace aie repseveured? Whose feuls is bt that tweniy-ti loyai o.aiee, whieh nave siood by the Union aud we Constitution, are to be deprived of (heir rig! } to \og- isiet@? Su, it de DOs the taait of the 25 loyal Stalos, andif the reason urged Ly the President is @ good one Bow, 16 bas L@@B & goou one for au time, Li tue fact of s0INd tales having rebe.ied aguinat the Gov erpwebs 660 take irom (ue Goverument the rel to legisiate, why, Bir, them the crimiual is w take advautege oO: bie crime, and the inuneut aie bo be ynubea tor she guilty, jtulp @ lew daye the President lies isaicu & 0 0B, BOL OL peace, ae the easter irom Nevaas PlOwarl) ome Lo up. Sissi DG. | sab ap Cos rt yry Lf Wise wa valh wb gaan oe ol ahs NEW YORK, | | paems te judiieted upon the ble ported ous ty Lhe Wau.tes lor (he same Ollome, Thig section proposed to punuwh the community or WH pubwy tho peson who uncer color | oi such custom commits the offonsa, Why, air, THURSDAY, Bie tes that were in rebellion, isin a condition te be sented Leie, Adi, we had ‘o wit tor the oy ret we not wat tor Tex The @ *uld Us to walt fo ; and she red her 8 te Govern. nent, And these Bta'es whov hove reorenuined have not yet bees recognized as having a repuli can form of coverfin’1$ (nding them to rey esente- tion, The iepresen atives they have choseu trom mort } bave wnadertaken ‘ fresh irom the Nebel Congress , ; men whe could not be admitred here, cout not requisite oath toentitie them to the se reww dabetain from all legis peneruicharacter? Are the loyal people of this ouatiy to be compelled to wait ior necessary lemiala- ton an‘! these Sates shall le acmitiel to repre sentation hers, when they refuse t a¢d men hers except those wheee hands are di tp } ofleyalmen? Are the View President of Contederacy and his colicague—one of tho se in the Rebel Cony resa—to come bere and icgisiate 10! the loy.l poopie of thie country? Are the men ‘ same pr the § verutpe@at tat carried on a four ae the result of which tis mation has lad than tour thousand miiloas of dollars, sequence of which more \han a quarter of a million of men, patriotic heroes, have laid down their lives upon the battle-field and in the hoe ae te these men to come here to lexis ae tof the loyal peope of this country} Bir, these Btates crn only be repravented thicugh Steie ocpapization, Ali membere ot thie Loly can ouly b ected by Riate Legisiatores. embers of the other licuse can only be elected 14 pursuance of Siete laws, Lience, prellinusary to any representa tion in either Jiguee of Cougress, i: ust be cote wined whether she's ie a State iovernincat, «ether there ina Stato Legu lature having authority to 6. ect membere and havicg authority te provide laws w det which Representatives may he elecied, There was « time ces ialiniy ‘on there were vo such leule Intuier in any of ‘be ewven States, There wae e time whea the only kind of goverument in any ot them was hostile to the United States, when every member in it had abjured his allegiance to the Uult ¢u States aud sworn allegiance to @ government hus tile to thie, Will anrbede pretend thet while @ tale government was in thelr hands it wasen itied to represeniation imelther ssouse of Cougress? not, eball bot inquire whether it bas f° out. o those hat inco tLe hands of level men? Sir, thie Pigposition thas oo billie o be paged bec 0 certain Biatca sre Ga epreceniod when it is tucirowa faut that they are voreprerenied, would be utterly des tructive of the Government, hag af objection (0 Waking citizens Of Chimes audgrypees, [am toli that but iew Chinese are born ti thre count'y, aad where ihe gypeics are born lesmnot ted, Mut Mr. resident, porlaps the beat surwecto (ble oo. jection, thattie bill proposes to wake Citizens of Chinere aud ¢. pales, aud thie reer ebee LO LOTeIE DO. 5, 18 LO be foOunG ie 4 eperch Gel ver But the Preedenut also eo his bouy by « Seantor cecupying, | toink, the geal bow CCCUpIed Bo.o8s ke camaiber by my triend from Uregou (Mr, W illiens.) lese than efx | cars ego, in reply toa vewo mestere en’ to thie lody by wr, Huchanag, the woen acentof the | nited Bates, rovurned with hie cbjecuo +, what wae Buown asthe Hiomeriend Kill, Ou thas vecemon the seustor to whouw Lf alade, sald: Mr. Sumper—What Senator wee it? [(Laughter,) Mr, Lrumoull--He sald this inea about poor for elguems, somehow or oiler, appears to haunt the imagnation of @ great tuwny, 4 ain comstralued te aay # the Benwor alluded (o) tat t look upou th.@ Olyeotion to the bill as were qu @ ou Khe | of the Prevident, and as being harc excuse tor wituhomiwg bie epprovul of the measure, bie Silusiede to the lore quere 19 toi Conurction looks to me wore Like au eu; candum of (he mete poll ticiao oF demasogue, (han a «rave aud sound reson to be offeied by the lresicest of the United sta.es in & Veto Inessarge Upon #. important « weasare as tue Homestesa 01 Mr, Suuoer— Wo was the Senator? Mr, trumbull—That wae tie inuguage of Senator Anvrew Joboron, (.aughier.) it 1¢ perhaps the best anewer, though | should uardly bave veutured ub oareh aueuag. in retereuce to whe deutot the United Sistes, as to secuse him of pling aud d@magvcuing aud playing tue mere pouelan, tur essare to the Cougiess of the ta, President aso makes ly ot the same charac. 6 Of (he impropriesy of Yor piarriages nd blacks; Le then gous op Ww say fon't say that thie bul repeals Stace jaws on WhO suljcct Of mmr ring Wei. theu, tor what purpose iL sotioduce Om thie bid Not, i, OF MO the mk uieu The Presideus sui th “it US granted that Coogiess ean repeat al Stace le criuminating between whites aad biacks, oa al by thie bid, wiy, it Gay be asked, may @i State laws on the subjects i ¢ if Congiees can upciaie by law whe suall trovo ands, who shat teatity, who shal in @ Btate, then by law who, wituvut regard hal, have the rigs to sit as @ Juror or as a judge, nuld any office, and finally to vote, iu every State ana Territory of the United States,” Mr, Trumbull went on to stat at rights belong naturally to all persons, and then continaed : Ly the law of nations an alien who goes to reside in @ foreign country, is entibied, go long os he conducts himeeit decently, (0 continue to reside there under the public projection. J@ the same opiaicn, the learned Chancelor savel this is the public law of Furope; is is internauonal law, aud auy person re- iding ‘a the Unlied States is entitled to the pro- joo of that lew by the Federai Government, be- cause the federal government has jurisdicuon of such questions. And, sir, if it were not 0, Amorican citizenship would be worth nothing, What ie tt worth, if it does not protect the citizen lu some rights? How jw it, eit, thas rm ip these United States owes allegien jovern- ent of the United Biates? Everything that he ap-—his property, his lite, may be taken by the Gov- ernmen, of tho United tater, in ite defence, or to maintain the honor of the Naiion, And can it be, ir. that our aucestors struggled through & long war G seb up this Gove mment, and that the people of our dey Have strugeled through another war to tumintain ity that after al) tho sacrifice we have Made we have bol & givernes which fe atl weriul to command obedience of the citizen, but as po p : to atiord him protection, Je that ail that this boseled American citizenetip amounts to? Go tell ., ein, (othe tarher whose e00 was s.arved to ath as Andersonville; to the widow whose Lusband as slain at diieecn Kidge, or vo the ittie boy who Joads his blind athe: -Lrouga the. at.eeteof your tity, who loss bis ev ou the Gulf Comat, Go veil tuesn that tf. Goyecamont, 1p defence of which tue gon and i.e and ful eu We farher lost his eyes, ing Governwent witch haaanght to call bhoae persous to ite desence, but lise bo pus OF bo protect ite iriengs fu any ceht whatever, pir, It cénuot be. Such le not lv meaniog of our cusicudon. mneb is not the meaniu sot Ame icaneitizensbip, This tovern- mnt Which wouls go 0 War to protect ite meanoss chin or iwhalltent in suy Jorelgm laud whoe Tigule were unn encioacihed upor, bas certainly eune power to pv'ect iteown citivous in their own counuy, {pas sol ue Cobmuerauon of this first seotion of the bab 4 the s¢.ond, wick is objected to by the resident a9 affording discriminating protect.on to thé colored persons, Bir, that ceci.on eaye that no person shall eu vo 6 different puntebment tha celween tue tw colored perv ioitictd on white wrson for the game ol ce, Dves that discrimine @ ia hisfsvor?) = Wauy, dir, the very object o: (he secton is lo prevent disciimina- 1 oo. The fleet of igieto prevent it, ae well ae its olject and itdoes ee im to me, vould nog inove plain press tiat effect. There are, how. ever, olber and serious one Nie to this sec. Lt to oars th and im » conflicting laws, construction of the jee bOb Buy pe-wun who, under colo. of auy la Hil ou ujJOct, OF CaUBY WO bO subject ed, any inhebsieutof guy Dia e or vermtory, to the depr.vation of aay right recured of prowweied, shail be puaished, ete, Now, = 016 0 be punishes Ja the law \o bejumicued/s Are (be Meu Who make the law tobe punuhea? Nor { apy pesron, under cotgr of “ny ubject @ person, Cie Le 6 Ww bp yunisy W nop Why the pertou who Under coor oO: law commits the oi fence, Rot the meu who ake tie law, “I! auy per. gon under color of any jaw, statute, ordiua lation orc poulne torn," ln some stom prevails by w MMUAlwes Of tur different pun, h- An thas which is very won ter the organisation of this Govern: FOL )@ur ol ité existence, as long aa I700, the Congreve of the United states moot in the iov aed jus puaisbing ea who Under color of Btate foe vwlated the lawe Trumbul, af 4 United biates. Mr, 6 Preadent'’s objections to the secon | section, reviewed other purtious of the veto message, In proot that couticwig legisiation existed aod that danger » as w be spprehew ed irom eontiicting legisiation wot yet eflected, Mr, ‘Yi umbull gited tue pote y tewuros ira connected wien the ia " we recently of military o' oe 4 ue negra APRIL to leaee or own ‘and and other tights Incurred to thesiin the bil ie aiso referred to the military tion by the I'resident showing the same moug them ubose of teneral Bickies at Mtiowug the law-iasking authoritics ninatine Aealnay any clans of the popu: tat all lawaahbould expressly secure, in «ll respec a equal jus ice to freeimen ae to all other pepo, Hi-or erof M rh ti, acclared the opeere juriadetion tn ali cases affectin freedmeu of the By t Pr ovost Couria, O her oblection the Dill he showed to be taken verbally from jormier laws, Aeainet which no objections had been made, In conclusion, Mr. Trnmbull ead: Mr. it, Lheve now gone through (hie velo mereace byaig wih w potence | couid command to ite various object lo: Oo the bill, iadly would I re. apoaking of the epir.t of thie message; of doctrines is promulgates; of the in- i Aontratictions of {ts author ; ot his yen the Conatitutonal rahte of powers, eneroachments Congress; of bis aseun pion of unwatranute which, if persevered in ana not checked by the peo- ple, must eventually lead to &@ subve.sion of the (rov- ernment and the destructin of Liberty, C ngiess, in the presage of the bill under coneideration, fought no couttoverty with the l’res.dent, so tar from it, the bill was pronosed with @ view (o carry OO WDAL men supposed to be the views of the Presi- deat, aad wes subroitied to him before Ila Lutrounc- tion iyto the Renate. Lt is right, therefore, that the American peupie should know that the coutroversy winch oxiais Loiween nity aud Congress ia reler- @uce to this measure If of bis own aceking Peeling the importance of harmonoups action be- twocn the diffevent cepartmen soi Lue goverumen and a anx.cus desire to ata o the Prosdent, | hy frequent materviews with Lim darune the early part Of Lhe Sea dou, and a yer the bill wow Uuder Conaides- sien wus iniroduced, a copy was furnished him and & Lop” expressed that i he had any objections v0 auy of ve provivious he would make shou kuowa to ie frience that they mi, bt, if possible, be remedied, He hever indica.ed ty 16, aor, eo fares | kuow,.to auy ot ite iriende the least objection to any of the pro- visions of the bili will etter {te passage licw cowid heft Lhe bill wether conlers wor abridgos the rights of any one, but amply declarce that ociviiright there shall bean equality among ali ciacees of citizens, and that all alike shall be sul Jee: to .Le same feniesieent in each Bt this DILL vow returne! with the Py tions deuch ebjections! whatmo wey? Thatin @lour ur sii our experience as a people, liv under Fed ral and State taws, no sach system as tl contemplated by the deals of tie bul, nas ever propored or lave 1 >? shown, o the mre, iroug Kies’ de Ciaing (Uae ell te ike to ell inoelitants, a Song ress, recedent for every provieiom of thie bil, Who inset a breaking down the bairieis of the Beates aud ww ng strides towards centralization la db Ge by the paseiug Of thie Dil, or the Lie out \aw, le arrogating nim eu tar han any conterred by this bul, Let © eaid UhAt the lresideot exercises (ieee vast ere by virtue of the war power. He tolt us in ennual message that th over, and WhebLOr Over OF BOs, Do ine ace vesied by tho Coustitation \n the P eras Pre. sidentor Con Thas justiument @ necessary and proper # vested by Wee Cotetsaton on t ry) oO} the Lnised Btates,orin any de officer thereot, The President ts required ie Out bin poweis, tO act im Obedieuce ww law, the very thing wheb hoe @/aae io do. He eays the tena acy of this bill must t the spirit of the rebeijon, W in one who deules th violate Unived State, awa ander cot thority, a doctrine from wiiet th and in entire harmouy with the Buchsaan (oat (here Was Lo power Wy cowrce a State, ut, oir, trom out of the mous of Benaver Andrew Jdolnson | will prove that President Ancrew Johnson has violated the spirit of the Consuinuon, it nos the jotier, iu veloimg Uhis DIL, Li will be remembered that the bil: passed both Houses of Congress by more than atwothiras wajordy, tue vote 1 the Benate bein, —ayee Jd, to Maye 12; tn the Louse, ayes Lil, neve 88, Lwill read from tue remarks of & sor Andrew Jobusoa on the veto of tho Momesterd bili by Mr. Buchanan: "The Vresiceut of the Vaulted Dialee presumes--yes, Bir, L say, presumes—o dic- fate lo the Atericam peuple aud to the tro Livuses of Congress, in Violation os be spirit Li Lob the leer, of the Constitution, that this measure sha. not Le- come siaw, Why dudeay this? 1 aak, le tuere suy ditference in (he epirit of the Constitution, whether & ioneure is sanctioued by & two-thirds vote Leiore ite passage vcalierward. Lhe two diguees bave oad thas this measuleée is constituuonal and right, Lo the other House, retiecting the seutiment of the pation, he Vow waelly w ol--ten more than the two-thirds insjority, whieh the Constitution re quires, Aud wheu thee is & two-thirds vote for a measur, L omy i ke mpedues he epliit ui (ue Conssicu on jor the Executive W say, No; you shail aot bave (his measuco—l will tame all the chances af veusorrig it.” Appy ie language bo (he iicts conueet ed wim thie lil), amd then say who Las violated the spiritof tue Coustitusion ? ‘ibis bi 10 ae manner taterfores with the muni¢ipal regulations of eny Siace which protected ait auk¢ in tugir Lights of per- eon and property, 1t is mantles, thal, unicas this vill ean be passed, nothing cay be done to piaiect the freedmen im their Liberty and their rights, Lt the bil which goge me further than to secure civii rights to tho frecdmen, cannot be passeu then the Constitutiousl Amenumeut deciariug freedom to all inbabitauis of the and is @cLeas auuadeiusion, | cannot bewer conclude what i usve to say than in the language of Mr, JoLnson on the of the velo of ihe Lolustead bill, when aller stamng the fact that the President was tocon t aud had changed his opiion with reierence oe great mes. me end & grees priucipic, le uo reason way a Bene wr or Representative who hed acted uaderstauding- iy should change Lis opinion, Lesad: “1 nope the preseutatives who Lave penate aud house of sanctioned this bul by More than atwo-tnirds ma- jority will, scouring to the Coustit exerciee thelr pravuege aud power, aud ley yhe bili a law o} \he iand, seovurding fo the high Lehest af the American people,” Further comsderation of the subject was postponed till tomorrow, on motion of Mr, Johnsen, who desir. od to address the Senate on it, On motion of Mr, Harris the Benate took up the Dill to re-organize the Judiciary of the United States, After discussion, the bill was placed upon ite third reading and passed, Yeas 23; nays 6, Adjourned, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Mr. Griswold, from the Committee on Naval Af- faire, reported back the Senate bill releasing J. RB. Rittenhouse, fleet paymaster of the Pacific squadron, from liability for $13,600 of the public money, stolen from him in Panama, in October, 1964. After con- siderable debate tho bill was passed by « vote of— yous 68; nays 40. ‘tbe morning hour having expired, the House re- enmod consideration of the contested election case of Dodge ageinst Brooks trom the Eighth Congres sional District of New York, Mr, Marshall, of D/linols, resamed and completed hie argument in support of Mr. Drooks' right to the seat, At the conclusion of Mr, Marshall's remarks, no otler memler seeking the floor, the Speaker an- nounced thas the question was on the reswiution offered by the minority Of the Comuaitces declaring Mr, Dodge vot entitied toa rest in ihe tioase. My, Garfie d moved to amend the subsistute offered by the minority by luserting in liu of is thatthe testimony taken &s to Mr, Brooks be recommitted wo the Cominiivee on El-ctions, with inetructions io re rte pecially the jects as to the cussiou under the awe ol New York of appointing inepectors of .he re* cistry of electors, not irom persons residing in the elnotion diatriet; aleo the fe. .s respecting the verfi- cation by Mr, Brooks of the vo.es given lor bim in the loth district of the Isih Ward, with power to eoud [or peevus aud papers, &e Mr. Spalding gave notice tuat be would offerasa substitute for the 1:eso.utlons reported by the Com. mittee, @ reeoiution that neither the #itting wember ortho coaute-tant were duly elec'e!, end that she seat fur the uh District of New York is vacant, M . Perosworih epoke lu sapposs of dir, Brooks’ right to bis seat, Mr. Bholiabarger obtatned{the floor,and the Brooks case went over till to-morrow, On motion of Mr, Trowbridge, leave was given to 60 ou Commerce, the ‘104 Dietriet of Port Haron, O§ Michigan, and to ex- ‘s Sound, Certain amend- eod to and the bili Bineed The ive as amended reade 4a ect to establish the collection district of ot Huron, the collection district of Mich- ° uae Cal Pea St nae report back from the Cormils bill urty-Third Year. —= Tl RHODE IaLAND ELECTION. General “uccess of the Republicans. Proviprnog, RK. 1, Apart. ¢, The State election to-day paneod off very quietly and (len. Burnside wee eleetedGovernor with eo litule opposition that ‘he vote wae very Hight. The Jormat hee returns from aff the towns im the State except thres, showing for Burnside (National Un‘on) 7,749; for Lyman Ploree (Democrat) 9,456; and scaiterirg 142. The remain« ing towne will not materially change the tive fesult, Wilifam Green ls electod Lieutenant (over- nor. John R. Bartlett is re-elected Secretary of Stete. Horatio Rogers, Jr., is re-olected Attorney General and Col, George W. Tow, General Treasurer, The Benate stands 26 Uniou to 6 Democrats, the Houss 65 Union to T Democrats. The Union Assem- bly ticket, In this eity, was elected by about 600 ma~ ority over the Democrats, the eight hour mea and dolting Republicans, LOCAL ELECTIONS, New Yerk. Irmaca, Avnrt 4.—At the town election, to-dayq the entire Democratic thoket was elected, by 16 mw jority. ELEOTIONS ON LONG ISLAND, At Iluntingtoo, Martin Willetsa, Republican Union, is elected by 65 majority. This te the firat Unioa vietory in that town. At Islip, Gillett, Republica Union, has over 100 majority. This ie en increase over last year, At Brookhaven, 1,269 votes were polled, and the Demooratic majority is reduced to #4 over 100 less than last year. The folloxtug ticket (Johnson Democrats) wee elected im tho townof New Utrecht, Kings Co, au Tueaday: Superviser, Wm. J, Cropecy ; Town Clerk, Jere- miab Van Brunt meeesor, G06. 8, Gelaton » Colec: d Commbasioner of ames Halipeany rmard McCo:mlek, 47. Lovia, Arent. ‘The Conservative majority on the general ticket, yesterday, wae 3.000 ‘The City Counet! stands: 28 Couservatives to T Radicals Virginia. Ricumonp, Va., Arai. &—Jeseph Mayo was elec: ted Mayor two-day without opposition. The electivu of Councilmen and Aldermen passed off quivily. Theie was no political teat. New Jersey, The Legisintive Deadlock. Trewton, Arnis 4.—A vote, togo inte Joint Bar dion, for the election of U. 8. Keantor, wee again taken in the Fonate this morn'ng, with the usual result: For, 10; against, 11, teovel voting wi b the Democracy. BHOCKING RATLROAD ACCIDENT A Train Breaks Through a ridge. Purapecemia, Avart 4.—Ibie morning, as tho 1 20 o’ciook through train for Washington was pace ing along the Pennsylvania railroad track, on ite west side of the Hebuylkill, » email iron briigu, which eroases the road near the wire bridge, broke down. precipitating the engine aud ten ‘er inte thy road below. Fortunately the train was woving slow ly at the time, or several cars would have shared « similar fate, The engineer of the train, whose name ia Fennimore, and « fireman, whores name ie uu known, wontdown with the engine, and were im stantly killed, Their bodies were buried benenth the ruins, so mach eo that it bed been found luwpos possible up to « late hour to extricate them. From Europe. One Day Later News. Porriamp, Arai 4.—Steamehip Damascus, from Londonderry 234 ult., bas arrived, ‘The laisn Trees learns from e reliable authority thas the escape of Btepbens is ne longer ® matter of doubt, es be arrived safe in Paris on Suaduy morning, the 18th, when he immediately seut a telegram to his wife, who was staying at Cork, expecting every day Instructions to emberk for America, She and her sister forthwith set out for England, en reute to Paris to join ber husband The ex-rebei cruiser Shenandoah, offered at auc~ tlom at Liverpool on the 22d, by erder ef the United Btates Consul, wae knocked down tor £16,100 sterling. AUOTETA AND PRUBEIA. Statements in regard to Austria and Prussis are conflicting. German firme in London have uai- formly ridiculed the idea of hostilities, aud the latest telegrams are of « reassuring character, buy still the German press continues to deal in warlike rumors. Lompon, March 23,—Alarming war ramors contio , ued to prevail at Vienna, but the news is conflictin, The recruiting of Austrian veluuteers fur Mexicu was about (o commence, . Commercial, ovaoLs closed at 86%q . Bull bly ot Kogland be K £125, 00, are tied rates U8, Five- Twenties Tle te liligais Coutral BR. LL. T0)gad), kre Ky ob Mexioo. Reports via Washingten. Wasnimorom, Avert 4.—Mr, Romero haa received official news from Fl Pasoupto the 9th of March, from which ft appéers that on the 4th the Ferragas Brigade had left there for the City of Chibuabua, which it was expected would be reoccupied about the 2th ult, President Joaves intended to establish hie government there at once, It ia aleo stated that offi- cial news had been received at Kl Paso of several important successes obtained by the national troops io Tamaulipas, Coahoila, New Leon, Bonora and Simoloa, Gen, Martinez routed the Freach at Als- mos and eaptured the piace, He afterwards effected a jauction with Gen, Morsies, NEW. YORK STATE LEGISLATURE, Senate. LAW 4.—B: Apwascgep TO 4 THiRe Baar Ae von tp rows Savings Bank bill, -seeee Authoring tho Buporvieerp of AssewOEDIB.».... pT eS ery Bs ccscirs mhorizing the City of Brookiyn to iasue bovde for curtain - Piyeseelalative 19 Bateary ane Obild's Hospital, New York. ft assup.—To facilitate the construction ihe tattas ‘eu! Oll Creek Cross Cut Rallroads....... lncorpora: the Ladies’ Christian Unien........ Incorporating the Miremen's Widows’ aod Orpbans® Fund of Jamalea........ Ineorporating the Newva Fomaie Beminary Compaay, Mr. Low ealiedap hie resolution expressing disape poimtment and regret at the veto by President Joba, sou of the Civil Rights bill. a wed to amend b; resol: Re ery bhyeerceg yyy tT Tata on the ground! Mr. Andrews opposed the motion, that is was rio the President to but eae, section of a Dill conta:samg many, and him tu ublic exccration for ve it. If the mn ip te be pasped he (Audrews,w move to insert the " . hole evnsldncw it say aulatasy “the Preddanh (Luntaned am the Last rage y