New York Times, The (Newspaper) - February 4, 1868, New York, New York VOL phraseology with tbe view of bringing the tion to an early close NEW-YORK TUESDAY FEBRUARY 4 1868 PRICE FOUR CENTS Measures in Regard to the French Press Dreaded Terrible Suffering of Shipwrecked Sailors Tke Opening of the Japanese Ports of and Osaka FRANCE Opposition by to UIB Press BUI Monday Feb 8 Tho Journals of this city generally deplore the tono and tendency of Iho In tho Corps on the for the regulation of the preen They think that tho opposition to tho Its withdrawal by tho Government and fear that tbo final result will ba tho of whatever liberty the press of the country may atiU Monday Feb In the Contention to-day the Committee on Contingent reported that for printing to tbe of bad been presented Tbn were suspended lor of the tor expenditure reported from that Committee The Convention anticipates an adjournment tint Ait on neat Destructive Fire at Tenn Dispatch lo Times Tann Monday Feb 1 Thia city was Tinted with a destructive con- flagration lait night The block on tbe corner of Main and Oay streets was from the corner to the Franklin House on Main street and to the old Paxton property on The loss la rery heavy and tbe only as Home of Hartford 14.000 both of Hartford and Southern of Nashville 11000 AUSTRIA Appointment to the Presidency of the Upper Monday Feb 3 Prince JOSEPH baa been appointed of tho Upper House ot the and haa also been placed at tho bead of the Supreme Court of in Vienna Crime In and bing Court Under Guard of SPAIN Diameter of mt Sailors Feb 8 The Captain and two of the crow of tho Motes Waring which foundered at were rescued on the 18th nit by tho bark Gordon and brought to thin port They had been seven daja without food and to taln life were obliged to resort to the fleah of tho mate who had died of exhaustion When picked up the men were hardly able to mote or but they are now recovering GREAT BRITAIN Loss of Life and Property by Recent Uale Monday Feb 3 Tho galo which passed over England on last was very destructive to life and erty In this city and in Liverpool chimneys were blown down and houses un- roofed people wero by falling ob- lecte and seriously in in- billed outright MEMPHIS Tenn Monday Feb a A policeman wan shot in the shoulder on night while attempting to arate two men who were fighting in a on De- Sol AMIE a notorious prostitute was slabbed very severely in bagnio on street ibe samo by JOE and her re- covery la doubtful Jealousy is the supposed cause Nan shot snd killed In so alley between Commerce and Winchester streets this morning Both are freedmen and ing la known In regard to the cause Eu a shot on the corner of Cansey Ibis morning policeman wbo was attempting to arrest him for excitement waa caused In tbs Criminal Court this morning during Ibe trial of the proprietors of tbo for contempt of Court by Ibe ance of squad of soldiers Lieut the Twenty-fifth Infantry who reported to Jodge and wero by bis orders stationed about tbe Several of the attorneys protested against Ibe proceedings E left Court saying be would never practice inj It under such circumstances Tbe troops were subsequently drawn by order of Oen snd the Court ad- until to-morrow the decision will be known CONGRESS SECOND SESSION 1 Monday Feb i AUD and presented petitions of officers c r tho late army praying that they bo paid the Ine compensation due them from Hay IBM to Uie close of the war to the Committee on Military Affairs Mr presented of the Maine Legislature In regard to the taxation of tbe National Banks Referred to the Committee on Mr presented a memorial tn regard to the right ot American abroad praying the removal of ADAMS minister to England lo the Committee on Foreign Relations Mr presented tne petition of members c-f the Peace Society praying the appointment of com- missioners to go to Alaska to examine Into tbe con- dition of tie Indiana to the Committee on Indian Affairs Mr presented a memorial and resolution of tbe Legislature of Kan ma In regard to opening public formerly Indian reservations to ment to the Committee on Public Linda Mr MAian presented resolutions of tbo of Nebraska in regard to the of American cens abroad Referred to the Committee on Foreign Mr said tbe of public feeling made it advisable In his that Government should take some action on It would gain Government more la protect its abroad than to purchase earthquakes Mr presented tne petition ol army officers praying lor on Increase of pay It should corns collision with tne Democracy of the and when ibat power bad overthrown It on a hundred Senator from sin by his own amendment to reestablish that the basia of an did not change lu character and that would replace tbe power In their handa Ho feared lhat the Democratic Parry wore willing to lorm another unholy with that oligarchy but tbe country not to the overthrow of the great Interests of labor It would adhere to the of this day but that of of legal tender notes to supply the deficiency In the currency caused by the lation of legal lender and compound Interest notes Which waa referred to tbe Committee on Ways and Means By Mr to the public debt and the payment ot interest thereon Which was to Committee on Ways and Means repeal Section of tbe act of Deo concerning tbo registering and re- cording of ships and vessels Which waa referred JAPAN Opening of the Port of and Osaka LOWDON Feb 3 Dispatches from Japan via Kong have been received hire which announce that the portu of and Osaka wero at tho beginning of the year thrown open to foreigners in cordance with the convention made with of tho Foreign tbo Delegates to the Syracuse N y Monday Feb 8 The delegates to tie Syracuse Con- are L R N P HITCHCOCK and WHITE They were In- structed to vote for Grant and Fenton delegates to the Chicago Convention N T Monday Feb 3 Tbe following Republican delegates were elected to the Syracuse Convention from the First snd ond Districts of County respectively First A A Van J H ler and J J Second C Cole O T narrower and Dr Bobmson Resolutions passed In the First District In favor of for the Presidency snd Fairron for the Vice-Presidency An RECONSTRUCTION The North Carolina Convention N C Monday Feb 9 The Constitutional Convention wan engaged most ol tLe session to-day In discussion of the nance ID favor of the Wilmington Charlotte and Road providing for tbe ment of In bonds and tie canceling and destroying ol of tbe mortgage ot anthemed by the General Assembly of IBM and 1867 After lengthy consideration the ordinance passed Order from Oen Blende Relative to Newspapers ATLANTA Oa If Feb 3 Gen MEADE baa issued an order modifying Gen Form's order as All papers except inch as threaten an pointee or officer violence or future tion are to be to receive advertisements or municipal laws and ordinances Where there Is but one paper In a county it may receive sneb advertisements irrespective ot its policy All military and civil officers registrars and persons in military employ In the Third Military District are to see this order enforced Opposition to reconstruction when In a legitimate manner la not lo be considered an offence Revised Benin Carolina Convention 8 C 3 In the Constitutional Convention to-day Mr colored offered a resolution declaring to Ibe people of South Carolina and the world that the Convention baa no lands at Its disposal that no act has been passed by Congress and in tbe belief of Iho members of the Convention never win be and that the only way for the landless to ob- tain isod Is by purchase A white delegate offend a resolution that an ment of tbs of the estates of Infants and ried women in Confederate or State securities by or executors may be recovered In ful money Tbe resolution was referred A tiller followed on an ordinance in- validating tbr contacts on slave labor The lone ol I lie Convention U growing more con- The Mississippi Convention Hits Monday Feb 3 In tbe Convention to-day the Printing Com- submitted a new report of tbe compensation to be allowed lo tha official printer One reads follows For advertising and publishing tbe official proceedings in Iho State Journal barg Republican and Meridian CArmide It cents per for tho Brat insertion snd 35 cents per square lor The report was dered lobe Tbe Committee on Education submitted a report providing for the public school fund a general of education and a superintendent for each county Which was ordered to be printed A resolution was adopted requiring tbe tion lax collectors to take Convention scrip in ment for tbe special tax A resolution was offered providing thai U tbe Con- vention In session forty-five days tbe f-r turn should stop sUer that lime Pending the Convention adjourned Registration In Texas Lists Monday Feb 3 The revision of the Registration Lists of Texas ended on the ult Oca has ordered the publication of the revised lists in the county papers and In form of handbills to be ed and posted In the most conspicuous places Tbe expenses of tbo and distribution are to be paid from tbe Reconstruction fund It Is that den has been petitioned to extend the time for the revision but refused on the ground tbat the time provided bylaw bad expired and tbe will prevent fraud Arrival of tbe Steamer Wyoming at Boston Mscs Monday Feb 9 Tbo United States steamship Wyoming Commander arrived here to-day Irom Honn Eong etd the Cape of Good Hope and flt Thomas She left at tbe Cape of Good Hope Dec 17 the steamer Wamor from New-York for Shanghai of tbe Steamer at Ind Monday Feb 3 Tho Sherman from New-Orleans for Cincinnati waa destroyed by fire at Evans Ind yesterday morning She had previously discharged most of her cargo which consisted of valuable ceries No lives were lost Tbe books and money were saved The Merman vrai owned at and Insured In Cincinnati offices for The Tbe Virginia Convention Vs Monday Feb 3 In tbe Convention here to-day ol the ordinance on the Executive De- were adopted The Governor Is to serve tour years not be eligible for a succeeding term Ha be thirty years old a of tbe Doited States twenty years and a citizen of Virginia five years Tbe Georgia Convention Oa Monday a Georgia Convention to-day the Belief question wilhoat coming to a vole Mr C C RicnAansoH one of the Radical delegates ID the Georgia Convention was shot and by a Radical politician ft Ibis Arkansas Convention Monday Fab a A from Little Bock to tbo tbe mot to-day and Ml bold caucus and give Ibe m the to Savannah Military Commission SAVANNAH Os Monday Feb 3 Tbe Military Commission arrived here to-day to investigate the charges the Mayor and commenced the examination of witnesses with closed doors and cone of tbe proceedings are known out- side Extending Time for Taxes N T Monday Feb 3 The law for extending the timo for the tion of taxes was by the Governor to-day and most be complied with by renewing collectors bonds In fifteen days from thU day Mr from on Finance re- favorably on tho House in regard to the taxation of the shareholders of National Banks Mr explained thatll provided for the taxation of shares where tbe bank is located even though be- longing to non-residents Tbe blli was passed Mr BTK Introduced a to promote tne efficiency of the Indian Department Referred to tno tee on Indian Also a to Incorporate tbe Washington and Georgetown Canal and Sewerage red to tbe Committee on the of Colombia Mr introduced a to provide for tbe gradual reduction of tbe army of tbe United Slates and to discontinue unnecessary grades to tba Committee on Military Affairs Mr introduced a land and aid to a railroad from Scott lu Kansas to Santa Ft to Committee on Public Lands Mr Introduced a bJl requiring persons applying lo Congress for extension or renewal of to give public thereof Mr called up a resolution placing certain troops in Missouri on an equal footing with others as to which waa passed Mr a resolution calling for in- formation trom the Secretary of the Treasury as to the amount paH for rent of public s ores in City of New-York and also whether in bis judgment more suitable locations could not bo obtained for warehouses at a large saving of expense Adopted Mr COLE offered a resolution which was adopted calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for whether any and if any what further legislation is necessary to secure to emigrants from foreign countries a greater degree of safety comfort health protection In and better treatment generally than is secured them by the existing also In what such necessary of law bo made applicable alike to failing to steamships lo vessels and to emigrants from other tban European ports also whether the existing laws apply equally to steerage passengers on voyage to and from the United Staffs and If not what tional la advisable In this respect Mr Introduced a to promote tbo efficiency ol tbe Indian Department by the appointment of iwo Superintending Agents ot Indian Affairs one for tne section west and the other for the section cast of the Rocky who are to exercise super- over tbe Indian tribes inspect their tion and management and make reports thereon to tbe Secretary of tbe Interior at compensations of and respectively and traveling ex- penses They are authorised lo examine books snd papers of subordinate agents and shall be furnished escorts when necessary Referred 10 Ibo Committee on Indian Mr Introduced a for a general tlon ol Uio to discontinue certain necessary grades which was referred to the tee on Military Affairs It provides that second lieutenants shall be pointed only from the Military Academy tbat tbe grade of regimental commissary in cavalry regiments shall be abolished u vacancies occur and tbat each regiment shall bave but one veterinary The grades of regimental commissary sergeant and regimental hospital steward are also and the number of in each company of try artillery and cavalry reduced to four Bueb non- commissioned officers lo bave the privilege ot an honorable discharge If they so elect In preference to remaining In other grades Fourteen of the bands authorized by the 38 IBM are to but in this number bairn of Ibe ry not be included It is further vided tbat nothing herein contained shall be con- strued to authorise the discharge of any ed officer Mr introduced s biD requiring all persons applying to Congress for extension and renewal ol patents to give public notice thereof lor lour weeks In a newspaper of Washington and iu one published in the Slate where snch Invention or discovery is most extensively used THS Al the expiration of the hour the mentary Reconstruction waa taken up Mr FEBBI after briefly reviewing the progress of tho debate thus far said he would address himself mainly to meeting tbe charves that tbe tion policy Is without warrant In tbs though upon those wbo made it was thrown too den of proof because to-day the reconstruction are the laws of the land life In the South was secure and preserved He went on to ssy that the opposition to these measures wjs based on a denial of the national character of the ican Republic Tbe lathers ol tlie Republic had because of the Jealousy existing at the formation of the Constitution loft open this question of Jefferson in 1794 gated doctrines evidently based on the de- nial of the nationality of tbe Republic and for sixty years a contest was carried on ending In the tumult of civil war If this wmr had settled anything It had tbat the people bad determined that this ever be one nation Tne bad gone Into Uio war for the purpose of establishing that Union was not a mere congeries of sovereignties and forth DO man conld be bold enough to deny tho unity nationality of tbe Republic Tno sovereignty ma exercised primarily through suffrage and the right of suffrage In the individual was derived from bis participation in tbe sovereignty of Ibe If mat participation was lost suffrage and ail tbat flowed from it was lost It was a sovereignty ol each over all and of all over each qualified by electors In the Southern States by their own act In adopting new Constitutions abdicating Iho sovereignty which waa a part of the copartnership of tbe National That act did not affect the sovereignty ol tbe rest of the ol course retained such until U chose to share it with the former He lead from to illustrate the conditions that then caused the expression of opinion mat civil breaks all the bonds of government and leaves the to it in same predicament as Sough they were two separate nations He then Escape front Jail In Missouri ST Loois Monday Feb 3 Eighteen prisoners escaped from Jail at St Joseph Mo on by overpowering the keepers During the melee a brother ot tbe Sheriff was killed and one of the prisoners was severely wounded Appearance In Havana of HAVANA Monday Feb 3 at her appearance had an im- mense audience and was called out five limes commented upon the doctrine of a Bute a that It contained a us If true would leave no against rebellion except consideration on f vanquished The only right rebels as has been said clemency Tne be victor J justice and the By this criterion laws were found its best expression in the of Independence Ths national safety in the future de manded a homogeneous citizenship He asserted that no people had ever nude so much in educating themselves as bad the negroes since the war despite the burning of by bis Democratic friends and argued Ibat they had proved themselves fitted for enfranchisement If these things were so why conld there nol be Why did me Senator from Wisconsin endeavor to restore the oligarchy hai ated the Why did the Senator from Maryland charge that the country was m danger from tbe measures of Congress when be had voted for tbe reconstruction policy In order lo restore pesee as to bia distracted Mr said In voting then lis bad been con- mat that measure was better calculated than others likely to be introduced to aid the progress of tbe country and to Ibe and tbat would the final measure on the but ba bad always believed and so slated when no gave thu vote in not consistent with the Constitution of the United States Ho thought no Senator had a right to stand UK on his own con- of constitutional duty when such course would result In still greater Injury to tbo country He still entertained those desiring that tbe country should be to Its former healthful and peaceful condition and there nothing ho would not do now as then to about that result reunited tbat tbe Senator should there was any Inconsistency tn bis action Ibat did not change his conviction or belief he deemed tbat the country la at peace wbo bad declared that the measure for which he first voted was to bo final one had been mistaken Finding as they supposed that tho Booth would not accept It they bad considered it necessary to adopt other measures in his opinion more objectionable and U possible more absolutely In conflict with the than tha one lor which he bad voted but notwithstanding that if he could be morally con- Ibat If these measures were adopted tbe South would in a short time be restored to tbe condition in which It was before tbe war commenced that they would terminate what he believed to be however hon eat a persecution on the part of Congress toward tbe South he would vote for those measures now tint be could not feel that would bo Iho case Mr continued saying tbat Senator baa voted for ths original measure yielding his own tions for the sake of bia country and when nothing new had been ail tbat bad been done was merely explanatory in its Senator had arrayed himself with tlie of the system of reconstruction lie reminded Senator tbat Ibe measures lo ho bad alluded snd for which Congress snd the Republican party had been condemned were aa yet only proponed and bad not been adopted and so long as they were not adopted It waa to condemn a party or Con- gress for them Did the Senator expect tbe South to be restored in a day or a month or six months t Tbe machinery required adequate time lo bring back those States Into tbo exercise of their lull rights and tbe work bad gone on well Why then add to tne popular clamor t Waa Congress not the mouthpiece of Uie Sovereignly 1 Their would cany oat the will of tbo people if U changed Tbe Senator said Bring back Houlb He wanted to say to Maryland and Kentucky and States Como and help UK I rimy would then tha nation on a basis Tbo South waa coming back clothed in tbe garments of freedom and ships of tho North would go down there nol In tbo errand of war but of He closed bv a ot tho future when be the voice of Uio people would indeed Oe the voice of God Mr then obtained floor Hr quoted letter from the President to Oov ot tbo ol August 1805 at the tbe Convention waa called to ibat at tbat day the President and his present supporters considered wsa danger lo be against What danger waa Jtf Waa It not even at that day a tbat rebel rule waa endangered t Mr then tn arguo tbe identity of feeling and sentiment of peace nnd Secessionists He an opinion of Justice to snow thai authority the Constitution to coerce tha Stales and that both tbe Democratic Party anil Ibe of tha Booth bad denied any authority con- stantly appealed to the Constitution In opposition to all war measures He claimed that no one bad ever questioned the assertion that did exist In Ibe Southern States at tbe end ol the re- bellion and such conld ba by the people under of Congress Missouri and Nebraska ware admitted under enabling acts certain conditions and Congress bad not then usurped power nor had It In passing tbe Reconstruction acts also conditions He said tbe of Ibe oi Slaw to Uie Provisional 1864 were Justifiable If considered as advisory only but the attempt of tbo President to maintain the State Governments set op was in defiance ol law and ol the will of tbo ple Ha denied that tho President or bis supporters could truly say tha ol the country bad changed and claimed tho recent uaI tion in Ohio to the policy of the Republican Party Tbe Senator paid a to the moral sentiment and influence ol England and also to Ibe of tho Great West The Democratic Party wished 10 count tbe negro in apportioning representation but refuted to give nlm suffrage he said was to consider him a days ol ibe year but to aet him upon bis legs and make nim a man when tho came round Mr claimed tho Party and rebels opposed the ment because they wlsbed lo deny Ibe negro civil rights aud repudiate tbe National and pay tbo rebel debt and to allow leaders of me rebellion and perpetrators of to go unpunished He said the estimate of tbe number disfranchised by tae Reconstruction acts made by tbe Senator from Pennsylvania Mr was immensely exaggerated and staled tbat lie be- it no higher than 30.000 lo show the of the legislation of be read extracts liom ibe m wanon to tbe clause guaranteeing a republican lorm of Government Ho said Amendment was a part of tbe and negroes were consequently zens wbo were therefore entitled to suffrage as such and quoted again from the the ion that the of any Urge cues of citizens was contrary to a republican form of Of thai question Congress alono could judge It would be absurd to aay lhat the rule of tbe minority could be a republican form of government and If tho majority waa unfit to be intrusted with power then It was the duty ol lo so declare and co govern them by military force or otherwise He de- nied the truth ot the assertion of Mr that the Norm bad one for and another for the South and claimed the North uad done ite whole duty toward the Replying to the re- marks of Mr in regard to Congress ing committed 10 a certain policy be said Con- gress bad not thereby pledged to continue an experiment that bad once as the souri Compromise Ha asked li tbe Democratic party intended to adhere to us poncy formerly avowed admitting tha right ot secession Ac llo said Congress had discovered the State Governments which the President to perpetuate were constructed of the charred fragments of rebellion thought once to bave been consumed by tbe war llo read from the speech of Mr advising peaceful separation and the Democrats would probably this man for President wbo bad so com- expressed their views Referring 10 the plea for conciliation he said the loyal men and soldiers of the North must now be conciliated guarantees thai work will not be undone be exacted and the glorious work so well commenced be finished He also closed wiLn me pleasing anticipations of tlie time to come whereupon Mr secured too floor and on motion of Mr at i o clock the Senate adjourned to the Committee on Commerce Also to regulate the National currency Which was referred to tbe Committee on Banking ana By Mr For tbe appointment of a com- mission to ascertain the losses of tbe loyal and and other loyal persons waa retailed to the Committee on Indian Affairs By Mr In reference to Ibe pay and bounty of soldiers enlisting for a specified term of service and honorably discharged before tho lion of their term of service their discharge stating Ibat they were discharged at expiration of term of was referred to tha Com- on Military Affairs By Mr Amendatory of the Act of July 0 1866 relative to bridging the Mississippi Elver Which was referred lo tne Committee on Commerce By Mr For the removal of tbe National Capital to St Louis Missouri Which was referred to tbo Committee on Ways and Meant By Mr In to the claims ot colored soldiers which was referred to the Commit lee on Military Affairs By Mr Making appropriations for Im- proving the harbors In Michigan which waa referred to the Committee on Commerce Uy Mr To charges of express companion which waa referred to the Com- on Commerce Aleo in relation to Ibe taxation of United States notes national currency for State ana pal purpose which was to tbo Committee on Banking aud Currency -1 By Mr To establish a Department of Justice which was referred to tbe Committee on Re- Tbe fir the Secretary to be the bud of tbe Law for an a and an assistant for the offices ot to tbe departments and employment of special by beads of except where the whole force of the Law Department K inefficient The Solicitor of tog Court of is also placed within the department Also concerning American citizenship and the dua to American In foreign States which was referred to the Committee on Foreign fairs Tbe is Intended as a substitute for tbat now before tbo Home It declares the rights of expatriation and tlon as part ot the taw of tho United and tbe to afford snob as may be its power to all American transacting lawful business la all parts of the and M report at once to anj caae mob rights may interfered with or denied In anr for- country In order tbat the government may Inter- vene with effect It also provides tbat American may be lost In aar foreign country taking under a out Intent to return It from the of expatriate who com- mit crimes In countries wbo bare beta Abroad five rears without Annually in the United wbo enter into tin of aay belligerent contrary to the neutrality laws who return to their tive countries intent to resume domicile there wbo shall have deserted from Mrvice m the or navy in A foreign mate or who have emigrated vo avoid a ordered THE OF WAR The call of States for bills being completed iba proceeded to the next business in order to tho call of Stales for resolutions Mr of West Virginia offered a tion directing Secretary ot War to transmit ies ol all correspondence him and tbo Ex- limiting his authority as Secretary of War to and all correspondence between blm and tbo General on the subject and all correspondence that may have been furnished between ibo Pr the re- lating to the disobeying by tho General ol any orders ol the War Deportment Tbo resolution was adopted The Belgian Outward Bound Me Monday Feb S The steamship Belgian GRAHAM foi Liverpool at 3 o'clock Sunday morning Fob 3 Washington and iu u Van dis- t vcci iu L nuU in The to be Judged He said history could not an Instance of such clemency as WAS SSed to then and referred to the of other at the end of civil WITS life liberty and property had been secured to the rebels Tbe laws had bean characterized aa op- because enforced by power The could work out will in no force was but part In each Stale of the number of con- there before the they were kept there to secure the execution of the Uwa which habitually violated These Reconstruction laws bad Seen condemned as unconstitutional on toe ground they disfranchised from 60.000 to 300.000 He denied that they had disfranchised anybody Tbe uThe had shown had simply abdicated all their and Congress had enfranchised as the blacks Was there tice In that? Ho implored Senators to pay heed to tne lesson of history and see how aristocracies ed their rebellious subjects to negro en- franchisement he said when be looked man be looked upon him aa a human being clothed with all tho of snch He would not retort the charge of Republican Party waa merely trying to further party interests Tbe Senator Irom Indiana lUr bad sufficiently demonstrated Iho lacy of the establishment of the charge of negro but be quoted GOT against II also 11 bad learned nothing trom the logic of events Oov Oaa of South Carolina had Ho in Quoting from that gentleman referring to the claim that the negroes wore for suffrage it been demons rated during the debate tbat established without that suffrage he claimed that the nation was without iL The cause of war was not the blaik men wero slaves bat because that system led Inevitably to the establishment of an oligarchy capable by unity of interest of great power in the ment rhat bad controlled suffrage in ita own Interest and bad finally nearly down the Democratic Uio ot the nation Uie to eomu boro by volition object It had LML inevitable that HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Speaker proceeded as the business in order during the morning hour on Monday to lUe call of Slates for bills and joint resolutions for reference BILLS AND JOINT Under the call bills and Joint resolutions were In- read twice and referred as By Mr amend the law in relation to promotion in tho navy Which was referred to the Committee on Havn Affairs By Mr ot Ibe Legislature 01 Maine in reference National Bank stock Which was the Committee on Banking Also a In to naturalized cens which wss to the Committee on for- eign Affairs Bv Mr die enforcement of payable In coin to the on the Judiciary By Mr TAIT completion of the Improvements in Harbor W Y Wh Ich waa referred to tbo on Commerce By Mr authorize the building ofa military and postal railroad trom Washington toNeV- York Which waa to Committee on B the subject of ibe laws Which was to toe Committee on Foreign Affairs It provides that any son may become a citizen on application to any law of record In States or Territories on taking tha usual oath do of Convict labor Which was to on the District of tho of private m City was re- uy Mr of IK THE The call for resolutions bomg concluded the House proceeded to of tne resolutions heretofore offered and lying over under the rule as Tbo of Mr ul New-York ing on tbn of War lor copits of sll promulgated bv ibe several Commanders of the military districts or at Ike South Mr remarked that the resolution was moat in its terms and moved ibat ibe lution be tbe tank Mr asked for the yess and nays on tbat motion Mr said be bad no objection to the lion if tbe offensive expression wero omitted Mr admitted that Pentarchies was rattier a hard word and said he would strike u out Mr wanted to know bow tto word waa ani worse tuan Uio fact Mr withdrew his motion and tbe tion ot Mr being modified in Ibo in- U was adopted THE OT TUB TREASURY By Mr resolution offered Dec G ing Uie Secretary ol tho Treasury lu report whether since July last any national banks have changed their securities held In tho Treasury u secure tne circulation of deposits and requiring him to make no changes m the by or otherwise except of interest until lurtner legislation or order of Congress Mr spoke in support and explanation of the resolution the Secretary of the ury with Increasing the ol tbe Government by permitting ibe of Seven-thirties currency interest into six per cent gola interest bonds Mr BLAME remarked Iho seven-thirty notes bore on the tnat they were ex- changeable for and said thai the tlemen Irom and Massachusetts PILE and were now proposing by a of the House to put through under tbe of the previous question in two and a auve lu ine contract That was the of the resolutions Mr declared that it was not 10 proposed Then Mr BLAIH do not press tho tion Wo propone continued Mr DUTLER that it not be gaggi d through on us wo are en- to afford a remedy tor this burden of tion We tbat tho Secretary ot tbe ury sball not in the interests ot tuo bondholders of tho Jens and of tbe sharper be changing the nuJ securities of the United mates Mr buihE declared ibat tbo of tbe was only executing tbo bw In the Interval ot common Mr moved to refer the resolution lo the on Banking and Currency The morning hour expiring tbe resolution went over TDK KENTUCKY CABE The House then resumed tbe consideration of UIB Kentucky election case Mr KEBB in behall of tbo minority report of the i committee replied to the arguments against Mr and contended lhat be waa entitled 10 take nis seat Mr KEBB In defending Mr from any criminality in connection with tne letter by him lo the Louisville Courier which Is tbe basic ol the report against him said however and unadvised thai letter was it had nbt been followed by any act of criminality He bad beard many equally foolish statements made even by members ot House some of them so tar as to de- clare lhat if the President of the United Slates did not do certain things he would find bis Alter Mr had closed his remarks Mr him whether be bad made thai statement in reference to JOHNSON finding his Mr stated that ho had Mr declared that the thing was entirely new to blm a part and of Iho he to correct statement and to deny thai any member on bla side of tha House at least had ever given utterance to snch a sentiment and if Be visa mistaken he asked tbe gentleman from Indiana to give names Mr KEBB said tbat tbe gentleman knew very well that it was impossible to carry in one's memory all names and speeches He bad made tbe assertion from memory and he would not reassert It withstanding the Mr memory was Inconsistent with his own bo did not undertake to give tbe precise woros but simply to give the Idea Mr had declared as emphatically and as aa be could express himself that no man on his side of the House had during this or any other session of Congress In the House or out ol tbe House made USD of any snch expressions and he wished It to go to the country that the Republican party In the United States did not think enough of JOHNSON or so little of to descend to a point when under any circumstances il would lurnlan him wiln a Brute Mr KEBB remarked disclaiming any personal lusion that it had bean of the House by very distinguished member of the House That the time might come when the President would find himself alter the convening of Congress suspended between Heaven and earth Mr Wama Inquired Mr Kama referred to a statement published aa having been made by the Mr KEBB he did not Mr so be begged leave to Mr interrupting said be bad answered Iba question Mr desired in Justice to the gentleman who had the honor ot presiding ever the House to correct a statement which had seen frequently published throughout the try in to speech mado by the Speaker of thin House in bis Mr town ot Woomer Ohio tbe Speaker WAD represented as having used words In reference to lar to those by the gentleman from Indians Mr ERBB Ho Mr was present on thai and beard the It contained no such The Speaker had been alluding tu tbu prevalent newspaper bat thu Idem oJ tbo Butes would Fortieth Congress from assembling In ance of Its adjournment and be remarked In tbat connection that while he did not himself be- lieve any such report If tbo President or any other official person did overthrow nd depose tbe power of the nation by force by pre- venting the representatives of froni sembling to discharge their duties he would find the condition after being tried and of treason against Government of being ant pended as a punishment for so wicked a crime No remark lhat be Into a threat against tha President was made by the that occasion Ths version of the speech mat was published In the newspapers was not a correct sion Mr Esau remarked lhat It was not necessary for him to repeat his disclaimer On motion of Mr the further oration ot the Kentucky caae was until Tuesday the of February In order that Mr wbo was now at hone might have an op- of addressing PRESENTED The Speaker communications as From tbe Secretary of State urging tbe of further appropriations toward defraying of copying clerks to enable the ment to answer certain calls for Information From tbe same with a statement of tha ments from the contingent fund From the the Treasury relative to special agents and detectives employed la the ury Department since June 1 From the same relative lo tha discontinuance ol tho panne hulls in New-York From Ibo ol the Navy with as to tbe steamship They were all appropriately referred tOAN TO Mr of Pennsylvania presented tions to tbe City of Wilmington loan to tree Amen to Committee on IMPRISONED FENIANS Mr asked leave to offer a resolution reciting at considerable length acts and In the cases of J Jonf W J and other American arrested and imprisoned In Ireland and requesting tho President ol tho United States to Institute Im- mediate examination into the facts recited in the pre- amble and if found true to demand the Immediate release of such American citizens aa have been con- tor words or or done In the Uni- ted States to demand an immediate new trial or liberty lor any American citizen denied bis challenge lo the array of the Jury on ibu ground of perpetual allegiance to demand Iba Immediate release of W J and If the demands are not compiled with to order tbo arrest and detention In custody of aay subjects of Great Britain wbo may be found within tbe Jurisdiction of the Untied Staves and to draw all intercourse of tho United States with Groat Britain Tbe Speaker naked whether there was any objection to tbe resolution being offered T Mr said tie should object unless the from York the language of Ibe resolution In some respects In the first place Ibo resolution authorized the detention of snv British a direct violation of the law of nations Tbo gentleman know that tho persons of dors were by tbe universal Judgment of mankind under tho protection ol the law and tbat no national exigency would Justify the the protection of their persons Tbo Speaker be understood tbat as an tion to the resolution although It was at tome length Mr said be would object unless the was Mr professed himself ready to modify U In any way to ault tho sentiment of the House which be knew lo bo sound He was not particular about tho language Ho waa willing to exclude fcc He subsequently permitted Mr to modify It bj sinking out ibo clause authoriiine reprises and for U a direction to the President to report the tacts to Congress without deity Mr BANKS remarked tbat there was no official Information on which tbo resolution coma be predicated or Justified Ho waa informed by the State Department that the papers lu these cases were voluminous and tbat they would bo prepared lor tue use ol tbo House with Uie utmost expedition Ho thought it best for all interes ed that no action should bo taken till the papera were received Mr that tbe reason be asked lor this action was tbat something should bo doun for those woo without any crime wero lingering and rolling in Ho usvo tbe British Lion taught tbat tho time WAS passed H hen it could American citizens He wanted to bavo tbo Secretary ol buto and people roused Irom lethargy on subject members ol would be un- worthy of being American citizens if while flag was belug and while tlie bird which should soar waa In gutter beneath tno Ignoble foot that trampled on I After further objection being m do lo tho offering ot Ibo resolution Mr SON to suspend the rules to allow blm to offer it Tho rules were suspended Yeas 90 niya 30 and ibe resolution was introduced Mr UAH said tbat this was a question which touched the peace of nations and that It should bo to ibo Committee on For- vign Affairs with leave to report at auy lime It struck blm that tbe resolution on Its face put the Issues of peace aud war in the hands of Ibe President Tbo House of Representative could nol transfer that power to any 0119 it was written iu Iho resolution lhat tbo President should demand un- conditionally immediate release of certain sons Now evert ono knows that it was the rigut of every sovereignty to hold every man of whatever nation or allegiance lo answer before its tribunals ol lar the violation of I is own laws i Is own Ho was willing to vindicate the of the American people but be was not ing mat the be invested with ibat general power of demanding thd Immediate and un- conditional release ol American charged witn crime There waa no member not even me ber who Introduced the resolution who could say on bia oath as a representative of Uie people lhat the persons named In tho were not beld 10 answer lor crimes committed within the tion of England It they wero su held must continue to LC so held Ho tho would see the referring ibo to the Committee on Foreign Affairs a matter which touched the peace the Re- public and which was moro important the of tbe commonwealth Were taey going to set up a precedent lhat a 01 1 England or of France or of any Power conld commit crime with impunity within The Jurisdiction of tbe United 8 tales r For be tbat whoever any quarter 01 tho world violated an American law Us jurisdiction be held to lor it before American tribunals of and what be claimed lur tbo United States he conceded to all Hudson Railroad Company for the to him and at data It torn to nn I ihm aUi In to a of said la tme at the practicable period Tahiti Mr moved to recommit Mil i n an appropriation tor Uie extension of tlie Cantl Tue then THE STATE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION ALBANT H- Y 3 Tho sections were adopted in Con- vention as part ot UIA on State There be a Board of Managers of in con- sist of five lobe appointed bv lir and with the advice and consent of tha bold office for ten except lirn shall In inch uthe Leji mar bs so terra of person so appointed shall expire at the end ot each tno daring the first ten vein ind of office ba filled in like Hach Board shall hare the charge ami of ton Utate ana pool in turn and perform such duties tn tu ty jalla the local or district and within the tf the may by law noon from time to Ume elect A snail be at wbo ehill duties or fiord majr The members of the sball no tion other than reasonable traveling and other f- while In tho of official and the at Its first Adopt ion this Constitution aball Halt tbe amount ol such which limit shall not hanged at of five Tsars NEC 1 Hucn Hoard shall appoint tha WArden or tbe clert and of carh Pnion and shall nAva poirer to remove either uf suiU for alUir opportunity to be in bis own defence noon charres All of each nhall bv ibe warden or chief officer thereof snd shall be at bii SESSION The Convention in a Committee of the Whole n the consideration of the article on adopting the SEC 3 The Governor may remove either of thf agers of prisons for malfeasance or misdemeanor m having him with A cop of tba and giving him an ot being beard in nls defence In the Convention Mr cave of motion to reconsider tho by which Uie article was adopted Tbe Convention The members refraining were bv a Com- missioner ol the Beneca Indians their being made citizens of tbe Mr an Indian In behall of Iho Progressive Indians of tbe to In be rights of The Fatal Fluid near Norwich From OK 1 An explosion of burning fluid at tin bouse ol C N CHATHAM in rah miles from ibo city Friday evening about Tho family was away from home boy about 16 years old and a uirl about 11 years old in ot tbe bouse There ro also present at tha Iho accident Pr girl named Mini nv about Ibe same ago ol Sir and young man who resides in tbe children to fill a fluid lamp while It was but Dr strating It out and lit another aud then to fill it from a can ol nuo ol tbe many fluids Ibat are labelled aud sold ai Altar tho lamp Ibe boy the can down on tho and tbo wbo beld tbu lighted lamp during ibo operation set It down tbe ot the can A terrible explosion unsaid and tho fluid in all directions Dr describes 11 ss having tbe appearance oC balls ot tire flew to mcry parl of Ho lo tbo but so great waa tbe of the limited gates hat be wax unable If open it Ho then sprang through Ibe window taking Ibo sasb with ulin In Ills md Mr went out after him A man who waa Ibo at said nero J by a niira ot which out ul tUo window Tbo then bv with tbe flames blazing up KIT over Mid nil ou lir Dr seized tbe aud ml Lrr 111 tbt miow to put out tn Hie Ibe ran until Kba ft II pursuit by Dr n extinguishing her d while the AIAN girl did a service tor htr r wl clothing was woolen and uid uot burn to quickly ol tho girls wig all J The girl had the upper part hir burut so lhat abo died were all burnt lo a map Ilia t Kir uUo very dangerously burnt and mmvr LIT injuries Tho boy although not mum bunic i delirious aud it Is feared bi n c M ind la severely injured in In reply lo one remarks some 01 tbo referred 10 were beld lor spoken and United Stales snd referred to tba statement by Baron on tbe trial ot Ibat nan so and tbat ibere were Triumph to Ireland and Back In s wo From rte Journal of At an Lour this morning the of tho Western Union Cisco to r Cove Capo broton and the cif tlie and London from Covo lo contint we re connected snd a brisk conversation nl between these two then passed San ind when Ilia that a message was Just then ren d firm London direct This salii st 7.20 A 11 time Feb 1 At A U time London vow from trr Ban Francisco passed New-York at 2 36 A M New-York time was receded In at I SI San Francisco time Jan 31 anU wan once whole two minutes actual time and tno distance miles I Immediately alter Ibo transmission of ihc referred lo the operator at San to content IE minutes tno operator al M- back tn two minutes aud B tance about miles J mai enough men there to delay rung ibe vindication of the of Mr that copy ot the record the could nol know what ibe oh that trial Mr beld Ibat ibo statement having m luu aud never having been contradicted waa to bo taken as true and be asked bow long were American over a dred In number and equal in intelligence Ibe men surrounding him to bo kept within the grasp of tho British lion After an animated discussion In Ibe same strain by Messrs and the Utter the ground thai tbe passage of Ibo resolution would be tne evasion by the lionse ol Its own duties and shilling Uio on the President Mr the previous question The House refused to second previous tion and on motion of Mr BAKU tho resolution waa referred to tbe Committee on Foreign Affaire by a vote of BO nays 97 and then at 6 tbe House sojourned NEW-YORK STATE LEGISLATURE SENATE Monday Feb 3 Tbo Bonnie mot at 7 o'clock wero presented against the repeal of the Metropolitan Excise law and a petition of T for to run cars certain streets and avenues in The annual report of the Trustees of ths Aslor Library was presented and a motion to print five hundred copies for the Trustees was referred Ttr Hr Fixing the salary of tha County Clerk ot County at la lien of lees jfr certain notaries m one county and having a permanent of business In another county to perform no- taries sets any county where they bave a place of Several local bills wen considered In Committee of tbe Whole and the Benale adjourned fly air For the belter security of lire and ou railroads By Mr To provide for tbo return of flairs lo Hiate and county By Ur U TJ amend LUn Law of New-York Uy Mi To official ADil Bv Mr l A Party of Cosmopolitans in A ot Boa ton in a letter dated Dec 3 gives tbo or us made an ic Bay six miles west ol hero Wo cu e bum or trap rock Irom iLe M Of ftah was tbo ot our I Our parly was decidedly IP u wbo had traversed to tho endt ot the Wt had a pleasant ibat on tbo incidents ol sea lite Mj radc on tho right build U LA BOUSE the iou ol a born In rained In llo U 1A ot age all tbe rope ban New Boulb rica China Japan ana for tbe lam nas been Russian Company lu IBM began tbe of tending a telegraphic lino from San Francisco miles to Stralla down tne to Amour SU After expending over the Company has abandoned the The of the Cable in tbc of tlie project unnecessary While its Hue across Alaska LA was of prut In interpreting the Jungle of the native Op- blm Is a ol 31 vibo la oj with the milling Australia aa tho earner of tbe Journal Is with streets of Uis last feat was an overland uip from York across to tbm coast Noit to blm Is ISAAC THOMPSON a boi at 18 then a rough young hunter Iu a graduate of the war and for alter a pioneer guide for making the by way of Ho U employ on tne Pacific coast and proposes to bis fourteenth overland trip by Bant m early Spring On my is ILC veteran ol our native of lie in and pinned out a grain of gold or bet u a day amoe landing Few however have hewn or morticed more braces llo is 63 bw a st Lewiston Me who completes bis iu March next and ho expects to lo l An Negro Woman On Jan the eions were selling some and prr papers called skyrockets An old dant attracted by the one It was an ornament foi bead Applying it to this use ahe has persistently worn it amid bar sable kinks u an attache to waterfall never suspecting Its dangerous tendency to explosion Last night being a solemn occasion m the old woman's life the anniversary oi her she dressed herself with exceeding ears and her neighbors In to in tha celebration Prominent among the tresses of her was the skyrocket Boms urchin saw and divined its explosive tendencies When the old man's attention was deeply he applied match to It The effect was The rocket went off and tha old woman fell screaming to tin floor kicked and jelled lustily She tbu of judgment had Idea of fiery pmU fastened on her mind Terror darkeys gave war before Ibe and the air was vocal
