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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 12, 1869

Page

2

Repeal of Civil Office Tenure Act Sparks Senate Action

In Congress this morning Mr E B Washburne moved to pass a bill repealing the civil office tenure act, stirring Radical members and signaling administration influence. The measure passed by a large majority amid debate on executive prerogative and future appointments.

House of Representatives E. B. Washburne Washburne Johnson Welker Ohio Senate Washington Market Company Congress Heaton North Carolina Court of Claims Virginia Mississippi Texas Judiciary Committee Committee On Reconstruction Corley South Carolina United States Whittemore Committee On Public Lands Pierce Ala Judiciary Sypher Ashley Nevada Minnesota Nebraska Colorado Montana Wyoming Arnell Tenn Mullins Tennessee Butler Julian Ind Judd Ill Lincoln Monument Association Springfield Lil Naval Affairs Bromwell Roots Ark Clarke Kansas Central Indiana Railroad Indian Territory Mines and Mining Chillicott Territories Banks Massachusetts Committee On Foreign Affairs Hooper Committee On Robinson New York Cuba Spain Mass Wilson Iowa Benjamin Missouri

House Debates Navy Yard funding and Wells Fargo contract vote

The House suspended rules to report the consular and diplomatic appropriation bill with changes, including omitting Valentia pay but keeping general sections. A motion to suspend rules for Wells Fargo contract debate failed 85 to 54. Lincoln University petitioned for equal political rights. Navy Yard appropriations were debated with reductions and Marine Corps provisions struck on procedural grounds. The House adjourned at 4 3 o'clock after a committee report.

Hotchkiss Humphrey Hunter Ingersoll Johnson Jones North Carolina Kentucky Judd Julian Kelley Kellogg Kerr Kitcham Knott Lash Lawrence Penn Lincoln Loughridge Mallory Marvin McCormick McCulloch Miller Munger Newcomb Niblack Nicholson Norns O'Neill Paine Peters Pettis Phelps Plants Price Prince Robertson Robinson Roots Sawyer Schofield Sitgreaves Spalding Starkweather Stevens Stewart Stone Stover Fypher Taber Thomas Tift Trimble Trowbridge Twitchell van Auken van Trump Vidal Washburne Illinois Indiana Williams Wilson Iowa Ohio Windom Minn Woodbridge Woodward Young Nays Mesers Ames Arnell Ashley Baker Beatty Benjamin Benton Boles Bramwell Buckland Churchill Delano Ela Farnsworth Ferris French Garfield Harding Higoy Jenckes Kelsey Kitchen Laflin Maynard McCarthy New York McKee Valentia Spain House Wells, Fargo & Co Lincoln University Congress Sir Boutwell Mass Judiciary Committee United States New York Navy Yard Messrs Chandler and Robinson Philadelphia Navy Yard Messrs Kelley O’neill Marine Corps Pike Maine Banks Massachusetts

Magne Budget Shows Debt Drop and 1870 Surplus

Paris January 11 The Budget of M Magne minister of finance shows the floating debt reduced by two million francs in the past year. The 1870 estimates promise a surplus of 86 000 000 francs to reduce the extraordinary budget and 42 000 000 francs to redeem rentes. Magne commends public confidence and industrial revival while thanking the Emperor for unifying Europe and restoring domestic trust.

Paris M. Magne

Eastern Question conference shows signs of settlement

London reports the first day of the Eastern question conference yielded a likely successful outcome. The Turkish representative agreed to maintain the present status through the conference end, with expectation of only one more session and avoidance of war with Greece. The Sublime Porte also congratulated Danubian Principality loyalty during the crisis.

Trish House of Commons Messrs Lowe Childers Bright Gladstone Henry Berkeley Metropolitan District Railway Moorgate Street Westminster Bridge Farringdon Street King Cross Paddington Bayswater Kensington Brompton Sloan Square Victoria Thames Embankment Blackfriars Tower Hill Southeastern Southwestern Waterloo Charing Cross Kingston Ludgate Hill Richmond London Great Western North Western Great Northern Thames Midland Turkey Greece Constantinople Sublime Porte

Ice breaks river flood endangering Pier and Quay streets

Flooding rises along the river above AtBANY New York as ice jams threaten piers and a coal barge and canal boat drift away. Several pier buildings including Nos. 77 79 are badly damaged and many grain and flour stores face loss valued in the hundreds of thousands amid a strong current.

Atbany N. Y Columbus Street Columbia Street Hudson River A. van Sanford Schuyler Vasburg Briggs Waterman & Buell S. F. Washburn West Troy Trowbridge & Crombie E. Gay & Co Paden Patten

Financial and Commercial Weathered in Major Markets

London stock quotes show U S 5-20s at 753, Erie at 26, Illinois Central around 96. Paris text notes quiet Bourse with 70 francs 27 centimes rente. Liverpool reports firmer cotton 15,000 bales, lard and bacon firmer, turpentine and linseed up. Evening remarks list tallow at 46s 3d and another cotton close at 130 francs in Havre.

Financial and Commercial London U.S Erie Ilinois Central Artersooy Jay Evexine American Securities U. S Illinois Central Paris Bourste Liverpool Jax Orleans Havre France

Police Justice Opponents Plot to Oust Policing Officials

A secret group calling itself P. J. R circulated a confidential circular warning members against leaks to the press. Meetings were held at the Fifth Avenue Hotel and a Broadway hotel with lawyers consulted on amending the State Constitution to rotate police justices out of office.

League Fifth Avenue Broadway New York

Burglars Strike Washington Mail Service

Washington January 11. The city suffers a surge of burglaries with a wagon theft of wooden boxes mailed to Baltimore and Philadelphia and a mail bag taken from the Post Office mailing room. The bag and empty boxes were dumped in an alley. most letters were removed but a few money orders and drafts were left unpresented amid the loot. Lynch law.

Washington Richmond Baltimore Philadelphia City Post Office

Fires Destroy Stores and Records Across North America

A series of fires reported January May in Phelps New York Louisville Kentucky and Aylmer Canada caused total or near total losses. In Phelps the Gibson block burned leaving one store, with dry goods and clothing shops lost and about 50000 in damage. In Louisville Fourman Harris Nakin Co wholesale clothing suffered about 20000 in insured goods. In Aylmer Ottawa Canada the courthouse burned but all papers were saved and the jail roof fire was extinguished with minor damage.

Boston Andrew Johnson The United States B. P. Shiliazes Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church Harris James Chapman Tremont Church Hare Judge Reynolds New York National Bricklayer’s Union Odd Fellows’ Hall Bum Fers Beeck Han Eco Busines City of New York Henry Bowers Cil Bent L. Bercokman John Henry Bradford Henry Beeckman Graham Ecplw Eitalhe Ion B. BD. Sweet Benjamin Lb. Sweet James F. Edmand Newton Benjamin FP. Hands Cambridge Hestonig A. D Tereminate D. D Benjamin D.inzer James FP. Edmands Benjamin F. Sands Puetts Ontario County N. Y Gibson Louisville Fourman, Harris, Nakin & Co Main Street Aylmer Canada Ottawa Ottawa Cents Court House

Howe to Portland for talks on Privy Council post

Hawifax January 11. Mr Howe departs for Portland to meet Mr Rose on his route to England. Rumor says if talks with the British and Dominican Houses of Commons go well, Mr Howe may become President of the Privy Council. Mr McClellan accompanies Mr Howe.

Mr Howe Portland Mr Rose England Houses of Commons Howe Privy Council Mr McClellan

First quarterly report of Canadian licensed insurers issued

The Ottawa tax report notes 35 insurance companies licensed in Canada with total deposits of 33,682,400 dollars. December bank returns show assets at 6,141,285 dollars. Four Nova Scotia banks and three New Brunswick banks filed no returns.

OtTawa Canada Nova Scotia New Brunswick

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