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Vo1- XXVI.N°- 8,061.WASHINGTON.

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WASiireoTOtf, Thursday. Feb. 7,1S61.In the Senate. UhUy Mr. Tnimbull reported from

the Judiciary Committee a bill to suspend furtheToperations under] an act now in force to pay $W0each to the slaven of loyal owners enlisted in the

military »errie«. The fund oat of which this claim,amounting toan aggregate of several million«, waa

to have been paid, wan the Commutation Di aft Fund,in the bands of the Secretary of War. Mr. TmmbuU'sbill rocalla the Commissioners already appointed.Mr. Brown introduced a bill to permit direct importa¬tions into the interior without branding or ware¬

housing at the port of entry. At 1 o'clock theexecutive Judicial and legislative Appropriationbill was taken «p. and was discussed until4:40, when a reces« was taken, at theexpiration of which the same subject was continued.M«*t of the afteni«Kin session was taken up in debatelugan amendment pla« mg $50,000 at the disposal ofthe ( I the Treasury for the cmptayiucnt of»>xtra clerks. A lengthy disquisition on generalfinance« was entered into by Mr. Trumboll andothexa, but it.was remarkable only for the vehenwiicewith win« h each decried the others' knowledge offinancial subject«.The House spent all of ti»« session to-day on

tttevcus's report from the BaMBetni'tion OoMMJatee."When the matter first carne up, some 30 minuteswere consumed in a wrangle between the Itamncratiemembers and Stevens as to the time to be allowed fordebate. Yesterday tile Demócrata intended not toallow Stevens to introduce the bill, and wished to

delay it« introdw tion as long as possible. Fromlit ir actions to-day, it would seem that dm-ing lastnight they had li Id aMM on the subject, Mai hadagroed to demand at taa«t one day in which to readand ponder over the bill, and one day for debate.Finckjfoi off to-day for the Democracy, in askingthe postponement of the bill until Monday, fortlio purpose of giving the Ameritan {»copietimo to consider it. Stevens refused topostpone it, and then Le Blond and Finckappealed to his magnanimity. A good deal ofconfusion existed, and the Democrats appeared terri¬bly in earnest, and threatened to filibuster nulesstheir demand was acceded to. A consultation was

held among leading Republicans, and a compromisewas effected by an agreement to debate the bill«luring the day and night,and have ¦ vote to-morrow

mt 1 o'clock. Stevens opened the debate with a veryabort «peech, merely explaining the merits of flatbill. Ik-fore the expiration of his time, he yieldedthe floor to Mr. Brandageo of Connecticut.This gentleman's established reputation as on«

of the ablest and most eloquent men in C'oq.arreas was confirmed by a speech in favor ofthe bill of great power, feeling, and lieanty.Ita effect was magnetic. When he concluded,the leading Radical members from all partsof the House crowded about his seat, and thankedand congratulated him. Brandagee was followed byhy Le Blond, who talked strong Johusonism for near¬

ly an hour. Pike wa» next in order, and made a

abort «ihm ck in favor of the bill. Farnsworth MMaV dixl Pike, and Maia a long and able effort in supjtort.of the bill. In the course of his remarks he staled,by authority, that (tañerais Schofield, Sickles,Howard, Thomas, and other commanders in theRouth, wen-in favor of the bill, and urged it as thebeat means to govern the recently rebellious State:-.Finck and Jack Rogers occupied the floor up to thetime of the recesa. Jack got off his usual Jerseylightning speech of »10 minute«, which he originallymade four years ago, when he first entered Congrats,auii.adii« li he recites, periodically, say about a dosenlimes cadi session. The spee« h answers for any sub¬ject, no matter v>hat it may be, from Reconstructiondown to a private claim bill. The House is in sessionto-night, engaged in debate.ataaMJ Vssioh..The House was in session from

*7| until 11 o'clock. The debate og Steveiiss Re¬construction bill was the only business trans¬acted. Win n tlie session W'.an tin i<- wer«: justabout a quorum of members present. His«- w.is

the first speaker, and Ixíoie he had con¬

sumed a third of his hour not over 30 members were

présent. Bingham followed llise, ami stated that hewas intavor of the bill, but that he «lid not agree tothe theory that UM Southern States are conqueredterritory. He will offer an amendment in compliancewith his view of til** matter. Ingersoll closedthe debate with a s*iecch in favor ofthe bill. While llise was treating the Houseto a heavy speech, Wright, a Jack Rogers man

in politic>. rose and began questioning His«-.Kondall went to Wright, and whispered to bim to

keep quiet.that llise was one of their men. WrightMatetd, saying tln.f lie «lidnt «are if he was one of

their side; he was blowing. The galleries remainedwell fille<l most #»f tlw evening, notwithstanding themonotony of the proceedings.During the proceed i i igs in the House to-day, Mr.

Ashley made ft personal explanation hi regard toa

letter from a Washington correspondent of a W< st¬

ern paper, in which lie «lenn-d in the most emphatic¦tanner the charges that his impeachment resolution.was prompte«! by B< n Butler ami Thad. Biers., andwas aime«! at (¡en. (¡rant as well as the Présidant.Ktoven« commence«! an explanation, but v. ¡ia inn ?

rupw-d by tin« Desnocrata, Ha succeeded, however,In waking asimilar «Jt nial of his part in the matter.

Kingham, buiug called upon by Eldridge to .explain,refused.The Ways and Means Committee finally completed

the tax bill, and instiucted Mr. Morrill to report itlo-iuorrow. There ure but few article« in the freelist, ¡uni Uley are «»f minor importance. AnMDg tin mIs leather. All incomes befcw $1,000 am cxenipt. Allal»eve that figure are uniform, ami are fixed at five

peroont. Cigars are rated in two clasps, the lowciat |2 and the higher at $*. The committee have

adopteil such stringent legislation ¡is will, it is be¬lieved, prevent the law frora being evaded an«l fraudsl»erp*teat«d. The eommittee were compelled toaban-don the ulta, which was at lr»t agreed upon,«!' mak¬ing Luge reduetious. Tliey look to a very large fall-lug off of the receipt* during the present aad Chenext fia« al year, owing to the stagnation of business.li ia 'ettiasalad tluu. the ndactssna proposed »illna«h about twenty million ofidollara. The Cnminit-

tee will proceed at once with the Tarif! bill, and willnob! daily sessions until it is finally disposed of.íbero are large number of interests waiting to beheard, anil the committee Intend to devote an hour»r two each «lay to that puiThe Henatc Post-Office Committee to-day in-

»trutted their chairman to report the Mouse bill for

the construction of Clinton bridge a« rOM the M;»i>-

»ippi. It was strongly «ppo*e«l in the Committee b\

.artie« who hold that it will obstruct navigationInere sre a large simulier «f Ptrstmartfrf bsCotetbeCommittee waiting at tion. They will nearly all be

reported against, which ia efjuivajeat to arejcetlon.The «tat^nieiit made by a correepondeut of a New-

fork paper that the Bob-Committee on Financewould report the Looa Certificate bill today is with-»lit a shadow «ii foundation. The Committee have

puttMf.u in se««ii>n suico Momlay 1*»«L and. ot course.

Ibertr has be« n no a« 'ingit. It »ii! prob¬ably be disposed of in a few «lays.Tlie president h»s «¡tprov« d the bill punishing.

pith beawy fine and impriaoossetil 'lie buying, sell'íne.euñauglng, transferring, receiving, and dHivn.f-my false, forge«!, counterfeit, of altered public» .lities una enrrency. The printing thareoa ofany bMfctOSS orprofessional card is prohihit«-d under

gcsalty, while punishment is to l<e visited on anyavisons having in tlVir possession, without authority(raga the United fetales, aoy impriat stäupt or im-

prensión from any material to be uwd for the above-

mentioned purpose.The President bas also approved the hill providing

that thf WTOnÜ courts of the United States and the

jtulg«¦ th«nat shall have power M grant writs ofhal teas corpus in all (MM where any pMMM ma.\ Bl re¬

strained oí his or her lil>erty in violatii'ii of t lu-Consti¬tution or of any treaty of the 1,'niteil States. Thelaw is not to apply to the case of any person who isor may M MU in the custody of the military author-iti< « of the United States, «harped with any militaryoffense, or with hating aided or abetted rebellionagainst the Government of the United States prior to

the passage of this aet.(i«n. Lafayette C. Baker, formrrly Detective of the

War Department, is now in the city, and to-day testi¬fied before the Judiciary Committee, on the subject alimpeachment. It is stated on high authority that hetostified that he once had in his jKWsession a letterwritten hy Andrew Johnson, while Military Governorof Teiincsse «, addressed to Jeffcrsou Davis, offeringf<» identify himself ami Teiiimssoe. witli the South¬ern Cnnfederney on certain terms ; that licing doubt¬ful of the ftenuhie.nc.Ms «»f the siiniature to UM It tt«rhe «bowed the signature to the I'rcndent's Private

Secretary, who positively identified the hand

writing.(¡«ii. (îrant's levee last evening drew together so

large a crowd that numbers turned back on th» ir ar¬

rival at the ooUr door. Among those tims linallie to

enter was the Hon. Chas. Sumner ami other Banarrha principa] lions of the «vening were Sheri¬

dan and Ceo. I'iiiUhIv, tin1 latter being under theescort of lioltcrt C. Winthrop of Boston.Ceorge l'oabody appeared on the Been of the two

Houses t«»-«lay. acconipanied hy «as9m aktr HubertC. Winthropai.il Bishop McF.l\ MM «f Ohio, and was

warmly gre« tul hy Senators and members.Gol Waa B. Hillier is promise«! the appointment

to-morrow Mi Internal Keveline agent at New-York,in pla«»'of M« lx'an.

(ii n. Fremont and Chas. G. Halpin«- ai rived in thecity to-day.The Kcpiiblicans of the District are making a

Ml y thorough and active campaign, in prepar. it ion

for the commit- municipal election in this it v ami in

Georgetown. The Cnlonil LaafM an-also holdingpublic meetings at various points in the two t ¡ties.

Tlie delegate« from frontier tribe* Of bands of In¬dians fioin Kansas, now here, have agreed withCom-missioner Bogy BpOB the DM ¡minian» s of trcatus

winch will be siginil this wc»k. These Indians agiee

to remove to what is known us Lea.se I .ami. in theIndian country, formerly occupied by the Creeks andSeminóles. The lands in Kansas belonging to them,valued at from $1 to $4 per a« re, arc to be »sold, andthe proceeds invested for their beneft.The dilfereiiees which »xisNil bl tween the Bun-au

of Indian Affairs and the (¦'< n< ral-in ( hici of theArmy relative to the appointm« nt of the militarypatt of the Commission to prweed to Omaha anti in¬

vestigate the annes and ein iiin.stames of the latemi.nie at Fort l'hil Kearney, have baal harnioni-on«iy adjusted, and (¡cn. Alfred Sidy and Col.f'aiker. the latter of Gen. Grant« staff, havebeen designated as the military oí/veis aim willbe assigned to that duty. It In believed that theresult of this mission will Im- t«t oouuteñM th« badfeeling which has shown its« If among the Indians.and avert oth«r troublée with tin- different tribeswhich are threatened.

It is believed that the Tobacconists' Conventionnow in session in tliis « ity will not be able to artoin

pli.Mi anything of immediate Item fit To the tiatlc.The Convention will probably adjnum to-nitrht. Thedt-legatee from Virgiuia are in favor of making thetax on manufactured tobacco, whether of )enf-t>teiiisor imitations, the same in all cases. The niosl im¬

portant subject under discussion is a recommenda¬tion to Congress to make the tax on tobacco pa\ ablewhen in Itond and before it passes through thebouddi warehouse. This is for tin* puntos«. ¡j- i«

statetl. of prtttectiiig legitimate (balers.

XXXIXtii C0NGKES8.Sawoxo Suaxm.¦T TCLSU&4KH TO TH1 THIH» «Ht

HKNATi; WvMIIVt.Ti.N. Feb. 7. lsT.T

noBO m hi'.vi.i iv innnaniMr. FOWLES (ivep..T«nn./ m-m to th«- ( hair to In¬

ri ail a dispatch ur.iioiutciiig Hie passage liy tlie Huiim of

i:<«prca» ntati\<m ut 'J'« mi« mu., f in« lill! for Negro §nffrag« 'a ttiat State. In Jin .« iitutg Hie (UhpaU'll, Mr.1-tiv, 1«t <->iiil it aimou/MX^l Hie greatest \¡<t«>ry mice the

Ml coin men« eil.I'l-IKlll lilli.

Mr. MOKKII.l. fjhun. Mci intio'lnc« «t a W11 te im -it

parate Um M« trii|i«iiiun Um Ugftt Company of HieJtistliet of < «ilumina.

THK SICH» MK ( ol 1. I

Mr. IIAKKIS Http., X. Vi in!:.»lu. eil a lull relativ» to

.ppeale »nil writ« of « nor to the i-upt. me t omi. w hi. h

provid* «, that in case.« «if final Juilgim nt or -I«. n o| ,m

ll'f.lioi «nirt of Hie Ililli «I Mat« n1.ii any judicial di»Met in »iii.ii, rUbeeqatmtri to Um punition of nekjudgment or deert «.. Hu regular ?< «m«>u« of Um nuil « «>urt«imll have Im« n Nu«|M-ii«le<i, oi inteinipt« «I bj Insurrection«ii rebellion, for Hie prriodtd Hv« rears, during win. h narlami » m j», hy law, be carri« il t" ti»« hupi« im- ( muí of the

l mt« <i Mat«-«, «a- that if error or appeal. It .hall i«- rm knara exclusive of the time mterveuiiig betweeutba lastregular scanlon of «ni.I inferió] court, held prioi lo the In-m ra» turn, and the tiiM r». iu thereof tiietl aftertin ii 'tal.ll«lim«]i( of Hu- lUiHiotllyHif Hie li in d HUte*«ni fli«' «june, winch wuh itientil to the Juiiiuary Coui-eiitt«'«-

fX)l VI. -I t\ I-''»«SAMr. TIU MIHI.I. (it. p. III.i. ttMJB Um Juill« ian Com

iiiittet-, reported withoutautt-jsluieiit Hie.lion««- |i|]j mapending Um operation at the act ol i *.'.<» auHi«.ri/iiig theappointaient of a OoatniMtvn to award Hie turn ooipevsatioii to lova! Olav» ownem foi uluvt» I.«Vin in tin- vol¬unteer sen Ice, .mil .ti«o«li«ciuuve tin » *iio!iii«»,niier up-poiiitetl milli i «aiil aet.

i oMonai. nM'iiHivT.Mr. THt'Mlil'I.I. al««, r. |«.rt. «I fis.ui Hie «ano < Oftwdt-

tee tin lions«' joint i.noiution to uni eui e«uruoralijmiilshment In tin lal« HebelMtatrs, with aeaendment« luakliixIt read "Tlutt it «hall I««- Hu «lut> ol the ntOcen of Um»Army and NaT) aatl of the rYeodaMV*! Batean to proliilnt and pi« Min \\hi| ping or iiiauiiingol Hu- pavaoil Ma punishment of any trim», uuwh-men sir or uffenee hy.nu pretended civil aathontjr In any stat« iatei] m riiM'iliolK until UM eivil gov«-I'lilliciit of «JH li M;;U- oil.illhave been RMtOred ¡nul reCognited >.y («ii.^imi-

Diarnicr .KwaRora' m>tn..Mr Sl'MNKK (Rep., Ita« » lunn Hie <^»Miiiit1..i on Hu

Dutrtet of ('illumina, reported a lull inayleuiaiitari to

tile act in« «ilpoiiiting i'm- New -l..i>«' iloiu>- of the ( ii; «ifWashington, ami nu the nudutenanceand supp«jiit.(u ludigtiit ni vallum lulimr < Inlilnii of Hie ]>ojIik t.

ivic<ti:¡ vi los.

Mr. liKOWN (K«p., Mu.) Introdoeed a hti 1er ena en-Kiurageuii ni of eoiiiini-uc ami interii.il trail-'. Uy :.h iiilatmg direct umportaUou, which prorldet th^t on the «li«charge of ¡my cargo al Um itirrte trf Beltlinnm. I'lni.eih Iphl.i. Ne« York, Boat., New lillian«, M. Lolll«. IleIroit, or <'hieago, when miy part of «¡ml raraa nia.v he

«tupis ii ami directed bj Invoice to «-ith« r oí thom |h Isother tiiuii Um port of arrival« II Undi beth» datyoj therevenue ofti««r« to foiwaul forthwith, undi r i« KUlation«of Um Baeretan of the Treaewry, wiUtonl eatiy. wau

heming or bonding, at the par! of arrival, all «lull ko<><í«Ut th.- ii«toin Hooae otu. en to the port of then de*tinaHun, ami that the n venue offu-t r at Hu- partatf ¿um.JthftD notify the eollectoi'of the port of «1« .-tiiiataui unittie- «oiitignee of Hie fa« U w li lilli twelve hour«, hy mailan»1 the K<mm1h «<> forvval(teil «hall hi tabject to the «ailie

li'guiutlitlis al the jmiiI of «I« -finit ion a« though it wenthe original port of arrival. Anti the Secret »rj i« aiilJior-i/.ed to make anea ngulationji ai may be neceMtwiffortbefaitliful eariyingoiit of this arti anti i! la ah» providedthat /he exis-li«eiif traii«poi iatioii from one port tu ¡tn-

other ^liall be at the expense of the onnolgnoi it was ie-

farred to the » onindttee on < onnaree.rm. swiKLMi vsn m vv i.ka.n vmas HIMtOna.

Mr. M'MNKit Introduced the following nialntioo.Which wm agieetl to :

¡(rimhYjj, Tuât the I'ifiileiit of the United States i>« n--

qiir-t.«i to («iiuiuiiuii ¡it«- to the >inii!«, if, in hi« opinion,not liii'.iu.patinle with tin publfc mt« r» It, a 0)1} »if au)neem comepondeooe between the Departmeni ol Stateami the .Minister of tile United Matt s at hloi khuliu, in

i elation tu the reported tiansfir ol that Minister fromStn« kllllllll tO Uogllt,'».

mi nooouxo BILL.Mr ( iiAMH.Ki: -lu p., Mich i« i...it««l fron, the »oin

is tu « ou Commerce in favor oí concón in/ In the Houseamendmentt to the act emendatoij of the at to prévintsmUKgllng, A-e. The aniMnlrniiit« win- n'.i iliTtil ill, andthe hill goe« to the Pr» Hrtent.

VI latCKlATUiN UlUMr. W11.1.1 A.Ms (Kip. um .<.;,, called np the i« solution

givlug jo pt r i«ni IncrraKtd coiupcnaatiou to th«and other c1»II eliiplo.vi lof the » .ovi i innent al Washington f.n-or. i \ cal «I.«ling Jim. J, I8C7, Wbleh Wa (lillill 1 D'« ¡«Kk. vvlien Mi 1'I^IMil.S (Hen., Mc.) calledup ti.« hill makingADproprlatioiia foi the LrgUlattTe, 1 *¦

eruttve. andJudicial appropriation bill, it n»hill, making the n pillar anneal appropriation« fi

alM.ii for the J lep.u mu nts namul. It wai readia full.Mr sr.MNKlt Otep., MaMj lutcrropted the r. vting of

the bill at the paragraph providing un appropriation ofMPfloo tor the temporarr cVrki oi ti" Depart-ment, to ask if tin«« rlerks were to lie chmsiflcl hythe¦Secretary. Ha believed this officer had trolle«! Ihy political eanalderatluiu*, rather Utan hj the merita ofili'llvltluaN, m th« ¡hi mot. « of clerk* of til« depal tiMlitMr. VRhHKMiKN npUed that he tlltl not hefte*« the

N n t.try Of Hi.' 1 n'a«uiy was influuutjcd by any »uchtouMikiationi a« tuvac wtuicd by Mr. biuuutr.

Mr. SCMNER oould not agree with Mr. Fessenden sa tothe chara«'ter of tlie H<< retary of the Treasury. He reads letter giving a statement that In the apportionment ofthe Kxtra Compensation fund of the Treasury Depart¬ment Demo« rats and Johnson men isestead more thantheir fair proportion. Ha (Sumner) thought Congressought to abolish i'her the Department or the Secretary.Mr. FESHRRDEN calle«l for the name of the writer of

the letterMr. Hl'MNER did not feel authorized to give tbe name.

Mr. FE88ENDEN deprecated toe habit of reading 1stMrs.andrefnsiaf to gi\o the names of the writers. Hewould never nail so anouytnoua letter in the Senate.Mr. fil'MVKU said it was not an anonymous lett« r.

Mr, FEHLENDEN »aid if the namcor Uic writ. r w.m

not given, li us- no better thau anonymous. II« ¡utk««lMr. Stirum r if lie believed ill the Mut« incuts he heardabout the Secretary of the Treasury.Mr. SUMNKM said that he believed the Secretary to be

an intense partisan.Mr. FEfBENDER replied, «Intending the Secretary,

while expressing his disapproval of many of hi» appointmeatsMr. WILLIAMS (Rep., Oregon) said be had consulted

the Inuretory of the Treasury regarding the distributionuf erUs i ompnssatlaii. aisl the Hetntcry hud told l.mi

thal he had t*suc<l orders to distribute it strictly accord¬ing to nu rit.Mr. HOWE (Ht p., V/is.) «lid not liellcvc that the Secre¬

tary of the Treasury was corrupt, hut he beU« ved that lie

fr.ivc to Hie eoantry ¦ bad administration of the affair« ofiis department.The pi-titling amendment was discussed hy Massrs.

HENDKICKHlDcm.. Iml.),JOHNHON (Dem, Md.), andTRUMBULL (Rep.. IllMr. TRI'Mm IL spoke of the last station tit of tile

public «tent a« showing that there wereuxifQ.oo*«rfmoneylu tlie pahlic Treasury, and believed thal this was najaatto tlie people whp were paying Inter« st on the debt, and«längeren« to tin public liberties.Messrs. I h.-M MUN and HIIKKMAN (Rep., Ohio) re-

ji.ictl tti Mr Triunhiill. showing boa and whj men« v hadaccumulated in tbe Treasury; thal it was rci|i;ir«tl to

ii.(<t inaiiirmgIndebtedness, «he. Mr. Bherman asid, Isthe coarse of his,< marka.that the objection of tli.-to tífc Gold t*il 1 was Unit ii re«|Uired thSix (.) «SVB notice of his intention to sell sp<« ulatorswould take advantage of this lo put down tin ruin untilthe golii wa* sold, hikI then to put it ii|> again.Mr. IIENDRH KH spoke of the high character «>f the

Secretary of the Tuasury, and said be was entitled to theconfidence of the business mea of the < ouotry.The ipi« stn,i, was tuen taken on the amcndm« i.

printing $90,000 tor temporary clerke In the Treaanrj l)e-eartmentand authorizing the Secretary to classlft thet It rk* an arding to ibu character of their services. It wa*

adopt« iiAn auv Ddment waa adopt«'«! appropriating Iis,«Ki for

J isltort Di tin Treasury Department.io r.ss.

Tlie St hate, at *:35 p. ni, took a recess until 7 p in

vi.MNi; BRSBIOM.nu wi aonuATtoa an i

The Legislative, Kxciutivc sad JudlciHry Appitunis MU wa« ttikcn up and its rending was conti;

An amendment was adopted lo appiopruti atO^wofoifacilltstliig tcicgrai'inc commumcatiotui between Um AlUtUtlc and Pacific Statt l.The following appropriation wnsftrlrk« n out: !'.

and ot! v assist in« e In the disposai of privateland 111.iu< in California, IAn amendment was adopted striking oat the som api

Hon for extra compensation t«i utfloeta st thsmoaei stKenn st ntattves.Mi n,.ssi m»i:n ii:«]i. Me i offered an ann ndmeal for

tim appointment of so additional clerks fur tin Pensionoffice. VdoutedMr TKCMiM LLlRrp. III.) offered an amendment ap¬

propriating ti.vxia >e<ir additional for tin reporters sttli< Supreme Court, v/b< a he shall t>« oblig d to uwac two

volumes aud reports In one .ft ar It s as adopted.ali POLAND (Rep Vt » offered anamendment increns

lag the salary of the District Judges of Calif«mila to

pvloOf ; the District* oí Massai bnsrttaTNew.York, Pennsyl¬vania, Marytand and Northern Ullnol*. l«oni*lans, Oregun ami Ncvadtrto St.coo, and of all ed.cr District Judgesto fi.eno ixr atitiimi.Mr SHERMAN (Rep., Ohio) moved to in.lu.lt Uir

South, in Diet tu t of Ohio in the fiy> sa lar s >

Mr. rnl.AND hoi* «1 tins would not >><. dons If theret tsniiitndatitiii et the Committee on the Judiciary was

«mr«' rleimrted from it would lu- Iiihs.ksi1.1c to ti II whereit would ml l.\« ty H« untor would want his District ineludedMr Bherman'a asnendmsat waa disagreedteMr. Poland'i amendment «as egn t ii t..Mi POLAND offered an amendment Increaaii

Milurie* of the .Imigc« of the Cowl «»I Claim« from H."OntoS»,(K¡o. Disagreed toMr CONFESS (Rep., Cal.) offere«l an amend ment.

dir«-« Mug tin- s.. h tary of War to base the fernlenbetween the Roehy Mount,uns und rio- Bien i Nevada«ni v« veil foi a t v. loiitc t«. the Pa« lil« Agreed t<>Mi CONNE8S offered an am« uti pilatlng

%;<,*** foi tin exportéesoteulie« ti..gstatistics on the subjet t mint » anti UllUlllg. Agree«! toMr. WILLIAMS (Rep., Oregon) off« red an amendment

lag the salary of the chief .Ink of tin s.

VMM. anti tlie tsorgi aiil-at Arms to ti.M.i |mci .minim.Au'in ti to.Tin lull was taken mit of Committee of the W tn

reis it. ti lo til« twnalc, Slid the Heuat« tin i, at le j. niaduno m d.

HOI si; ok KEPBB0RKTA1Tim ASSAY LKIAI.IMI M

On motif not Mr. ¡LARRON |Hep., lown| the Committ«-«' «m (finuge. Wright», arid MiInstructed to attend the annual eaaaj >i the (TottedStates Mint nexl Monday, and to sxamla« the roudlti.iiiiiiiugeiiu nt. anti « iiiu.uiv tin it of. ami t<> n pt.rl to tlieII. um what ni« ¡,-un». If mar, would tend la the un ¡it« r

i neto)' and Mu ii in \ m the »\ -.< tn .f I lilli t| Mutt .

MlutSge, Oí the luipi.A. lui i,t «.! the «oin .ii.

e .\ n\i.i st ii an ni i nu a« > nu i_Mr. STEVENS ilo p Ps from the mm .'.

1'ti prlstlona, report«d i lull apnroprlatlng sums foi «trf:-a m le» m tin expenses t¡ ta« contliigent fnudof tit«-House i i is Items. »«¦¦'«». PoldingI'm mut i.ts :.¦.'..'«. I'm: Ughta Ai »7.i>v rotal, 914,-

it w;is reed tod p i^ .1..... ::s.; s i ¦. roana

Mi DAVlHOtep.. N \i pi.«, n'ttl ««»mum ntttousof the Rea York Legislature In fav«»r of acttndiugf«ir two roam longer the sar of Oorernmen I rea

(juararitlm piirptmea at tin port of Ni i mtr..du. ed u joint n solution i,a tn.it parpo« ahh h was readti,i.. t un« s ami passed.

m. m 1'ieiiii «T It.s lil: I

Tin- lions*, then totik uji the lull reported y<»terdnyfrom tin Wi « "iistrui tmn CWllllS« to próvida for themore efficient government "f Um hssarreettoaarj statsaMr. KIM K Tu in ohini .iskul M; i.\cn» v. hat tus

Intention was te regard Mtakmg tin m!, m "¦

Mi. WtX\ BRI ile« p.. Pal) m pin .1 that M Md M4 MMto any definite conclusion on the shhjeet, except that In-«Ic-irctl to have a \« te as early .is DOatlMtMr 1 IN( K. rt fi rrnig to tin .mportnnce if t!;( U,\],

propseed that it i« jsist|»otic«i until Monday,when tin-

iii li.itt nulli go on for a day oi two, ami then let the vatetie taken.Mr. HTEVENH s^,i ihat.c«msidertng the period of the

session,'and tin dfticulti«« ol pasaing metí a ¦

through the .s. hate, win n- there was no means of mi.

¦ billing tin discussion, he should not ft c1 Justified in

postponing it at all. lie ptptfd that the iii hat«now |.rot . t <l to the end. lMVbo|'i d tin- gi irtleiiien on hi»sid« of the lions« would not Inter fi n- with the debatí on

tbe other »id« of the House.Mr. WHjaOR (H«-p.,Iowa)eoswarrel ¦ tin spteJeael

Mr. Kim k that this was a \«ry Important hill, and In-

suggcstedth.it ttdsj and U» nu:lit Hu tit Late should

j.i m 11 ii and th« voti lu taken lisuiomiw.Mr LBBLORD ila in. «'lia-) MMVhed flint the lull

Mniik down civil p'\. tilín« ni in the Southern StatesIgnored Stat« lim s, ami l.rok«- down tin Judicial hystcuitin reMi MAYNARD (Rep., Ttuni movedthat there ht a rees» fron « till ~\ this evening) tin s. «dun to is- «Lvott ti

to debate, Agn «i to. j^mv 11 nstiN w i \ii \iion. iTM

Mr. ASnLEY (Rep., Obit»), rislna to apemoni «meatum. sent t.. the ( a Hradeah and h id n ad orrespondi mfrom n <'nu innati paper profeMliut t" gi\i tin rlrenmatanoes eonnected with tin offenna "! -xir Ashley's Injust himni résolution. Tat n .nins» i aoasd ubi Ii arnnmnu ntMi WULLY saW that of all the falsehoods mainifar-

tnicil .uni sent frote this city l'\ ic< kh s» itupid nil fti

its. this »tory wasMe most silly He bad m vi^ÉJukI. npto tin linn llfoffertnjj fin i> .¦i'lufion1i^' onid^MIt u»'-

ii'iut i«:itlon with (it'll. Lutlcr^hBLlir siil^esw Norhail he kin'Wn 'what Id» \ h w> wi i^^HL |.t f.oinl'ii m r i. p.a ts II. Lad had hi- tiW^^^Hrs sincn lils firstinterview win» tin President icii^^png hlinaelfj, thiacting President, after «h. inmaasinatfOn« Mi Lincoln.Tlie conduct of the Praautent since tliat inn had onlyt niifii im ti him in his um i. ti.c s o,, n. i¡. \i.; tin Pit'si

dent ought to be impiaO«-«! foi usurnati.'ii of powers\' ii. ¡|. nuthi tin Constltotlon, lif'longcd t«Mr. RAJlFORD (Deni. i. \ raised tho point that Mr.

Ashley way-out of order, ¿,'iit tin Speaker oieiruied theJlOlllt.

Mr. ASHLEY resuming, «wüd Un Prealdent had \ lol «t« dlils official oath In failing to execute tilC law», und wa»

guilty ni treason to the nation m ijiat he bad foi med alh.nu es to n sus, item "the lost .ms« ." ami to put th«' lateio in N in power, he (Asbl«'>) Indug In possess ion of la«fniliiatii.il Whl li eaitiSft« ti lum that the IHBad< lit «as

glli)t\ <>f nth. .nts, V Illili, in tin ..lit. inr^HoS"! ,n«'

Constitution, were high rilli's and n.:-.|. iira^ajrr Ilehud said toa Hw lulu I of ( 'olign M, that illili s. ti1. |. -.lutiona to In.iiiuc into the Pit shield's conduct were offt redbefore the iiolldaya, he should be compelled to offer naehiiiis. |f. He had waited till al« w days before the holidays,when he prepsred a resolution and coftsulted with some

gentlciu'ii who thought it si,oui I .« mm,, genera! in Its. h.uai li r and shonld lud I nu. th« idjjKdcnt. F'T thntnui jiosc alum- lu had drawn the r« sWiition as o fir red.Tlie fust (tent! man t" win.m In luul read it wat MiWaahhurne of Illinois, ami no our wouhl acenst hiui of suant of friendship foi Gi n. Grant. Ile lind al-« shown ftto Mr. Stevcna and two or three other gentlemen Dar*tal lily, inithing was j, nthir from lil» thuin i'» <>r thethoughts ot those In had unsulU ii Ú an tin Idi « of slatelung ion (¡rant In the dark. It was w«jjj known tiofflcei of tin- army could be impi n lied. i.n4"tin story on thal js.int was co stupid is ie 1^ oiiiv worthyof toiitciiipt As to tbe l.iiiKini. di.>.. d to have beeninstil to hiui h>- bis tolliagiii- il.i pitalu), BO Sil

guage was ever used. He would not have item to a per-liinatloti on his own a< count, hut he lj.nl J

io tin Juili'i it nt t.f others, and he regn-tti ti havlnJps d so n n ii time as n ni, g u itat. an ut vuhh I«

li c, Its ow ILStfiil.il li li

Mi sll.\ I..V- .licp. Pa.Mfced nnaiilmon« i«fl*nl f«> Inmki a remark on tim »ubjcTt, Lut Mr. D.VWW iKep., r

Mas») objected..Mr ELDRIDOE iDem.. Ky.) asked th it Mr. ïliusbain V

be lu ard on the suhjut; hut Mr. 'Rep-, Oblo)uayci ted

nu « lUBOfs AUAiasT un v^f oröh.Mr. SCULsNCJt (Rep., Ohio), Uvm the »dot tatet» I

Im

Committee on Retrenchment, made a report on the sub¬ject referring to «har«.-« ajralnst Mr. van Dyes, As¬sistant Treasurer of New-York, as to the sale of gold,declaring that there wa* no foundation whatever for tiwistatement*, allegations or charges implied hy the Houseresolution of January 16. The report and testimony wereordered to he printed.

RECONBTRCCTIOM DEBATE.Mr BTEVENH, resuming the floor on the bill to provide

for tlie insurrectionary States, prefaced his remarks bystating that the reference made to him In the correspond¬en« Just read was wholly false. He went on to say that,wb ty be was willing to allow all proper latitude of de-h.nve. any considerable dtluy atthl« period of the sessionwould be fatal to the hill. He would, therefore, ask the

House to se.eoad the previous question at 1 o'clock toniorrow. This was a bill, he said, for the purpose of giv¬ing «¡oveniiueiits to thc.Htates that were now withoutGovernments. Congress was now almost unanimously ofthe opinion that there wire no (,'ovcrnruents in the

States, known to the C»in«tltutlon and laws of the UnitedStates. For two years they had been in a disorganizedstate: two years ago Hie armies of a Government callingitself the Confederate Btatee of America, were nan»

»incred, and that Govi minent dispersed, and by the law

of iiAtiuns the con«|ui nu had a right to say what kind of

Government should be administered there. The reason

why no «Jovernincnt had laen established there before,wa-, that then lind hean div latona In the councils of the

na'loli. that the K\«< utivc hail a««.lined to h<- a new «¡ov-

erunient, to enact new laws, and to establish new regúla¬la ns of authority lu tin- cituqucrcd f« rrittiry. The *ov-

( IgQ power Ol the nation repudiated, and had entirelypuili.it««! on all occasions, the authority which had tims

httMnptei to i'«tabli-h (luvi rnments w'.thln the Congrei-i/ial provnu es. It has wait« «1 patient ly ,hc t honglit, in I be

li/Oc that stmie way might lie found f«i c«tul;l!sli harmonylu the nun nils of the I nil« «1 Mate«, and that the necessaryGovernment for those Btatee might I«- agreed u]k>i> wltli-ewt colusión. That hope had filled, and the longer Con-

...iit«d, th» mon pertinaclou« seemed to be the de-leiLiiii ition of the I'.\« eu'iv<. to maintain his usurpation.It had now become fix duty of Congre«* to a«-. I1 ii«

m.: to do it* duty by establishing houii- kinds ofgov rnment in those prorlncee, whleh for two years hailbeen lu a stat«- of anuri hv, for twtt yi-ars the loyal noattMthere had mini i ii all the honors nt the worst anarch)Kill. -, per*et attona, at «I niunh-rs had Is en the order of

theday. Thi beat men of thoa» »Utn wen driven fromtheil bornes, and « «impelled to live on the cold charity ofthe m!.I North, where they were to be «ten living about,everywh»we wandering about, haggard, ami miserable.The ghosts of the unburled dead wandering on the «hi«' of

tlinstyx He was for making one other et fort to pro! ti t

ij al in. ii from iii« .It i. s. |,. im attona, and v« n-

to which they wen- suhj«-ete«l. If Congre*« fail««!to Interfere effectually, it would he responsible to theemitted world for the groe«eel neglect of duty that anygil-,it niiti.'ii might Ix guilty of before hiiuiauitv. lu eon-rrosioe be proiioaed that, tpeecbea should be limittd toX i.oi ntei.

Mi ELDRIDGE (Dem., Wift) and KANDAM. d'« in..

Pi mi objtv I« d.Mi BRAND M.F.K (Hep..Conn ) nddn seed the Rouse in

«iimsiit Oi the bill, (if ali the proposition* that hail Ui'lisuIiiDitti.il fiou» the Joint < oiniiiitt« i oo Reconstruction,tilla bill f «Hied at OftM the t,lcar»;st, th»; plain« -t. tin.

meM appropriate, the freest from roustituiiouel objetf-thais, and Hie plan the best calculate«) to accomplish thet'vo great roaster anns of Reconstruction. Th» one, thegamfahlng np of tin fruit« of victory, and the ether, thei«it>.! at Ion ol p. o on the out) iu«i* on which peace andunion auld be restored, to wrfc Prot» ellon to all libertyto all and right« to all. Thin proposition oliiluiiii <d ntthe right end and employed the right tool for ita accom-lilishiiieut. It . mimi, lu« d at the point Whan Hen. Grftfttlift off the «mk .«I AppOmattOX two ye'ils ago. It hadone purpose, to hold the revolted coinuun.ltie« lu theBTft*|i of wai until Hu spirit of rebellion shuni«! be laiddown, a« it* arm« had been laid «lown two years ago. Hesaw in the bill s promise that the sword of the Republic«hull In- unsheathed again; shall be plan «I in the hand ofthe geratest Captain of the Age, and should b<- held bybim, wisjitudid once mort over the head« of Rebels withthe awful memory of the revcrberetion of the cannonwliit-h o|h.|ii«I Kichm« ml to the Federal Arms.Mr I.K lil^iNI) i|)< m, Ohio), in rising to oppose the

bul. »nid that * »ït w; «not t.. have a State Conventionan wednesday n< vt, end then fore he would not indulgein high -aoundlng <!«¦« tarnation (referring1 t<> Mr Branda-k> . i «]*isiii, cat would present Ida new» in brief form.Th« adoption of the law, he «aid, would he Hie death'

oft ivll liberty on this continent, und would bt the-um nt ol military d- >|«'ti«ui over the country.

Nn'lung but Hu -Mi.lv ami of the Ami niau peoplew « iii. «| «m the bloodj berth field w.uiiii reetace (wartyto iln people. We w.i. drifting to w.«¡, ami ntuetbaveltnuless th» people t.ok the matter in hand and

the downward tendency ol things, and reetoredti.« tiovetnmeut on th» basis «m which .t was placed bjHu Kath« i» of til« » m rtitution.Mr. FIN* K iii« m . talo) followeil <m Hie same side, anti

11.. tal lolls,ln|«|iutoi|s s« In mc lo«ivcl-

Huow Hie « io\ rriiincMt.Mi PIKE (Rep., M» . addrvsse«! the lliuiw in «upiMirt

of th« lull 11 did not Men ta Mai tant the «hang«' om¬it mpl i!nl bj .t Iii Hu In.»liar«'in« Ul of I hi South«Til Stat«M

trery violent as the gentlemen nu the other side»i|i|....<i si.H .iii ¦appraatioa of the Rebrllion. lanrirn-ut of iii«.««- Mai.» had been In fin handaofthe

t of tlie United atalas Whenever the Presidentchose to mt«...1.i. lu hail done s.i, wlirni \.r he was

dissatisfied with dei tams or legislative trttoo lhere, behad dlsr» ranted th» ra Ai-ting iu> Commanderm < iilef ofnu- Array, and exercising within himself the powan ofii* Government,hi bad lntrrvemd and controlled thoseiCates; and th» propaeitaoa «»f thi« lull wn« «imply toregulate that Intercourse between the Government andtin i« opie of Hm«« Muli ¦-. und to «|* Ify winn, whm',how. and uiidei what circumatancee that power of ¿he(oin tai Goverumeul should be exercised, To «how the

the pam ige of tin* bin, Mr PikeHu hlMory of the murder of three United Itatei

n.liI.. « in Si.nth < anilina, of Hu «iiiv tion and sentencei.fii.. :i murderers, tin .«m.mutation of th«- death lentarut! to imprisonment for life, their transfer from Fortli. lo n« lo Foi t Delaware, and th. lr subeeuu» nt di«« bargaii "in custody mid. i a hal« a* coi pu- Issu» .1 i.\ Judge HallMr I tRNHWORTII (Ren., lil.; followed on the same

sub L.lirrlligtowhat Mi Le HI. in! had «aid at'.nitthis bid being tin d.ath knell of civil liberty, he «aid thalif rivll III" tv le« ant Hie righi t.. ilaugbt» and tray anddentro] at pleasure, than he unsted thal this was itsm .ita knell Tin biil wa« fiaiueil for tu« purpose of prolilting ail the people la th.- in-uri.. t|i.i,.ny Mat«*, ., i.< i

the necessity for if was found In the fad thal Hun- v«a«

at preaeut no protrctioa la those rthnwaaiilii ii Htatea afforded bj thi Courts and civil tribunals I he panol ofthe Courts and ol roch governments sa they had let anthen was in the hands of disloyal and unrepentant Reh

| els who still held the name views, the sam« hatred ofkryal Men ando! th. Institutions of tin Government a.«

Ihei bad during the war. 'Hu- bill nae ni accordancewith the v a ..f in ¦!«.! ii* of tin- ainiv who had cxi«len. <. In tin Houth- siohofiel'l. riiomas, Raird. Woott and

-»I. k1--* anil In i» li. red that It was In accordance withn«i vi. w» of tin .!-.! bed Commander of the amy.

lu reply t«. Mi .-Hl.IJ.AUAH«.i:it (Hep., (thim. who«sid that it wns ven important that the Man uient «boult!go 1« fore th« p. op». Mi Farnsworth reprit« «1 itMi I. h M.'iNIi (fiern .Ohio). a*k<«Ui,m «lu th.r lunn

dcrstoad him a« saying that vicujUraat sppi-ovcdthism» saure t

Mr. FARNSWORTH haul no1 «aid so. but had . \ pressedIn- ixllef that it wa* in accordance with Gen. (¿runt'sfew*Mi. LI* lU.ON'f» «aid that he enppnscd the gentleman

did not I..hu that lie had unv p«i -«mai know li dgc .u/ tin-Mil.]", t.

Mr, I tRNKWORTIl -aid lie «lid n«,t.Mi. R» »i,ii:.- (iiem . N.Jx followed in an hour's »paech

at.ni.-I lb» bill, ile decían «I that ratlni than ««c a millter) government establlslied la this country he, for one,v.niil.l use the power which the Almighty had given himIn resisting th» Invasion ofbl* liherties if thi« thing wa*

continued If would bring ona«war thal wqiUdrot-i the| land like an earthquake, If Conkross thus undertook to

Hil« «iv« the Hiipreine » «nirt ami over th» Constitution,tim, unless thi peoplehad become slaves and were unfittu i»! oine freemen, tit« y « «ml.I no1 submit without reaiat-al!. .', even though It cost thi'ir IiIimiiI.

If the |N'opli of the .South were not nlreiuly so

oppressed and hrokeq downthat they hail not the al.llitylu «lefeiitt llii-m-i he«, and if tiley liad tin blood of Wa liitigton. J« 'ffui-sini. Mu.llsoii. and tile sag.- nul heroes ofth« rcvoluttutL tiny wuuhl protest a* their fatbar* hadprotested, brflieir blood, against the dcS|H>ttsm Of King

"George. If. hoped Hist the President of the I uitedRfnfes wollfil reslsl He !io|M'.| that, lu fon- he submitted.he would use all the military power which the Conttitiititm hail given him, in tump« l traitorsand dUtminulsts toobey the rw. If Amlrev. Johnson would snbmll to leetin country dVstroyi-d, !,, name would go down to posti'tity us h líMng llitel, uaowat'tl .and a I raitor.Ml BWGHAM (Rep., ohiol.-i.-mg a few moment« be

fore iliejionr for receas, delan .I that he was not goingto Hi« proposition of Mr Hfsvena that one ro«Ml of th«territory within the Inns of 10 Staten wa« conquered terItory. [Voice from the I», innerntic»Mont'That 'slight VjA goveintueut ilui uni conquer territoryThat owed' it al-legtance.

ihc-si'KAkl.i: intimated that if Mr. bingham desiredto go nu now the nour for receas might, by unanimousconsent, lie deferredMr HIVillAM said that he only wanted to offer uu

am» u«1 m« nt, and he asked the < Icik to nail it.ihc amendment li to strikeout the pt« amble, and in¬

sert In lien of It the following:Wkereu», It !- necessary that peace und good order

shall be enforced ni Hu- several -tal« s lately In n l«fflloii,and until «aid States respectively «hall De full> restoredto their i'onsUtiitioiial relations to the Government of theUnited Stale«. Uni' for, ." etc.Also, to *ti ike out the words " so called" before Stat« s.

. in M.I'indlttb the vote the hmn of n arrive»), and Hu

Si i.AKl.K d. lal ed a retas« until 71 p^nKVKhTNO MOBiOir

The House re* uro ed ii* session at TJ p. m., therelt-lng a laiK< attendance, both of inemb« laaaui ««* . iators. 4m

VI ll'iKMV I t.AIU«.~

linn of Mr BIDWELL íRep.Cal J.the Committee ¿

mi ApniiiprlatJoii« wa* lusti'in lefl U>lni|ulre Into Hu pro Iprinty of reporting an apprétiriathin for the payment of.Cen«n» Marshai» for taking tlic,eiglith Cyu«u* m cullfor-inia. rettie, sud for H.« p »yitfcnt of oui tainlnig < aufmmoWur Rond», 110,1(1». Hr.fliurrMV. -s-CHOFIRI.DlRep^r.i.) pgasaUte.) the lesoliitlnn«

"I the r>nn»i vaina Í4-gj«i.»tiu«! nfr.-lai um to the r»\I'etrojeum. It OS* r» niTcdi to the Comuiittpe on Wajsam] Means.

Till, ki « nXSTRC« rio» in inn

ThaJIon-i thoa ri sumed the debate on the bill t«. provale for the mer« < tin « nt government of the insiirnc

tlooary UtâTeV Mi WH.sON (lum., Iowa) lu the chair as

*mafcf r pro {am.Mr RI5QHA.M (Rep.j idiWn addrrs*ed the House. Ile

did not UatUeve tftat, n. respect te a bill of the Impartanceof this, cither as a meM»>eV.of the House or a member ofthe Committee reporting It, wa« compelled to take « ajn.

I

without a why or -wherefore. This bill was the exerciseof the highest possible power ef legislation which, underthe Constitution of '.he l'nít« d Htales, could be cxerriwdby the representatives of the people. He helleved the

House should make haste slowly. He thought, nt all«wents, it should allow amendments to be offered and totie respectfully eoaatdored. He should consider himselffalse to the continuous record of the great hodv of free¬men represented OB this floor, who, under Ood, had en¬

acted the laws through which and by wbieb the nationhad been saved. If he did not strive to have this billamended. He challenged any statute to b« polnred out,from the owning of the revolt to this hour, winch, byluipi!, atlou or otherwise, by direction or Indirection, in¬timated the dogma of the Chairman of the Ira-construc¬tion Committee on the part of the House, that those ton

insurrectionary Htates were foreign conquere«! territory.Every statnte passed for the last six years asserted the

very contrary, and ex« lud« d buch a conclusion.Mr. ELDRIDGE a*ked Mr Mingham t«» «tate by what

authority he would, while prQclalmiiiK that the late In¬surrectionary Htates were bluies lu the Union, establishmilitary government over them to !»<. mlministered there.Tlie unlimited and muir fined will of the con«|uerer or civillaws to Is- administered I y mllltarv authority.Mr. BINGHAM said he would answer the question be¬

fore he sat down.Mr BOITWF.LL (Rep ,Mafls.)a*ked Mr Bingham how he

could reconcile the dociaratlon In lus preamble, that tlmseinsurrectionary Htale« w< re Htates in the Union, with hisoath to support the Constitution, if be did not gm- tlniutheir rights as states and 0 tirons, the same as he wouldretiñiré for his own people and his own HtutelMr. BINGHAM would on his part inquire of Mr. Bortt-

wi li, how he reconciled it with nía oath that he voted forthe rreedmea'a Bureau bill mi the wd of July last, whi. hsubjected «very one of tlnjm* Htates to Its provisions, untiltiny should !*. restored to their constitutional relation«.Mr. BOl'TWKLLsaid there was no distinct «leclaration

in the Krcedinen's Bureau hill that they w«-re Htates.Mr BINGHAM asserted that there was such a distinct

declaration.Mr. I'.OL'TWKLL Mggeatad that that hill recognised

iiit an States and districts its subject l<» ita provisions.Mr LAWRENCE (Kep., Ohio) remarked that Uley were

mere geographical Htates.Mr. BINGHAM added-" Yes, and political Htates.'

and quoted the nth aeettsa of the Hrcedmcir* Hiin-aubill to near out his views.Mr HI8E (Dem., Ky I protested against the hill as one

finding no shade of warrant or authority in the Const it uMon, ami he intimât« «1 his willingness to yield the flisirthis evening if he should have au hour allowed bim to-mor¬row.Mr. ELDRIDGE again begee«! to remind Mr. Bingham

that his question remained unanswered.Mr. BINGHAM asid that the amount of it was this:

That tims« States having « tit. red Into the Rebellion andbroken off their t oustitiuimiul relations v. Ith the GeneralGovernment, the unlimited power for the eommOB <!..iriisi throughout the Insurgent Htates was exereUable bytin. Congress of the United Htates, by the very t«rms andinteiidiiu nt of the Constituí ion, and that power continuedin the Congress.Mr. MAYNAKD inquired of Mr. Bingham what effect

the lull would have on the existing Mans oiganliuitlous ofthe SoUth.Mi BINGHAM replied that the Htate Governments

would exi reise their functions undi r this nlll by the suf(araace of the nation, and only t«> the extent that thosecommanding offleen might permit H< did not supposethat it waa Intended to ussy oj Una bill te those organ-i/i'd gow rniiiciits til«- right to goon and enforce simplecontráete betwwn man and man. He did not supposeth.tltwas Intended te enforce contrasta ortticlaw of

hiairiages and itlVOTOM through courts-martial or milltan . omnibUIôns!Hv HAWAII* IRC?-. Tcnn.) Inquired farther whether

thi passage «If this bill by Congress wmiT«T «omÛiUliÇoCar to the reeognuMou of those "Stale organisations as to«'iiibarass it hereafter if it thought pr»i»er to set themaside.Mr. BINGHAM did not suppose if would. U'i-niise Con¬

gress might n nuire those Htates to g<» still further,Mi INMI'KSOl I. iLi p 111.) look tin floor to discuss

the bill. Tin if wire two sorts of t-fafes-ge »graphicalStates and polltl al States. The lale insurrettiouaryStates were geographical Mates, bat were not ululer theCoi,»Mtiitioii political Statea in the f mon. Tlure was no

Uiltldle ground possible. They were either Htate« for allpurposes, or they were set Htates for any purpow wbat-«.ver. He h« Id that finis«'stat« s having gone into rebellionli ni di-».troved all Mu it ivil go\ernrnetits under the Constitution. and thal when the National arms prevailed theybeeame territory of the United atete* The rtcognitiohof tin Stuith« ni Confeti« nicy na a de facto Governmenthad beau complete both at home .uni ehrend« and hechallenged ¡«Dy one to show sash a asstastesl parallel,when a Rebel |Kiwcr waa rcoogniwd by the «>I<1 <<ovei n

ment and by nil Other Nations as a d<- facto (.overnmeiitIle «Ircw rroin tins tin Inference that the terntory coveredby the Beba Uion became conquered territory,Mr. RANDALL (Dem., l'a), referiing to a remark of

Mr. IngersoU ai.out greonhacha, ashed him whether he

regarded the law declaring theai a l«gal leader an exer-r the war ¡Miw«'r.

Mr. INGERSOLL admitted that if suth a thing hadbeen attempted when there wat« no war or other greatNational exigency, It would base men un< oiistltiitioii.ilile tU-.itiatctl the position of Mu Southern Mat«'* by thatof .Mt xieo after tile t'liittsl Htate» troops |had OSSV«puerai that country lu war. Ita territory wa» heldbv the I tilted Htates until there waa a treaty of peace.i li«-re had tx-en no treaty of js-ace and an declaration «»fesses with tbe«VojCedrrate Mate*. The (inveiumcut hadnot given up th« milltaiy possession of those Htates, audwould not until futr guarantees wen- glv« ii for to« protec¬tion of the eiwi ."«'! pollticul lifc-hUof all the people lutheir territory.Mr. INlil.l.HOLL held, m v« rthilcss. that when

a Stat«' had gone to norh and destroyedits constitutions! organisation, it ceasedto exist as a state. Wherever the is-ople of the Hoiitliwere lecoiisimeted te h.)..lty the states would n-con

struct tbemaelvea Tin President's plan ..ric. ..instructionbad proved a failure, aad as for this lull, m» one mightbealtatc to vote for It lest li might inala matters wormIn the Booth, for things then were sa bad u* bed could!.. in.; should therefore try Mu bill. He had n«> Matot misting the |siwi r In this mu to «jen, Grant Ha wns

confident th.it they would !>«¦ . \« r« :s««i ni nlj. w 1st ly and|iulii i.ii-l«. .is in }ia«i alum s exercised hht powers, itmight be" said that the President, as Command« r inChief, tuigbI rescind any order that Gen. Graut might

lb admitted that the Cn-nient might du so. buthe would ii" so mi lu- nil u responsibility.Mr. RANDAIX (Usai., l'a») ashed why it waa that the

Presiden i s ant hont \. .> hieb hail boen lu this mu origin-alh had Is i ii st I iii k out of It.Mr. (NGEKSOLL It waa because the paopla,aa well

as Congi« s clare not i turf Im with su« h powers.Mi. RANDALL remarked that the Constitution trusted

sin h powers te tin Presidí nt.Mr. IN«.1.1.>«)!.!. went mi to say thal if tin Seh rtloti of

general oflncls to oliiliiaiul ill-tints Win- left lethelr.-:.|i ut, he would u.d select such m« n as t. n«iit or

Sherman, or Hberldaa, ia Uelntsetuien, or Howard, orThom is; but would wie« t Miom- win» would yield willsiibserv lent v t«> li tin

Mi HUEssgedwhether, if tlie Prenhtont eeeni aetaside any orders kasued by «¡. n. tirant, lhere whs any use

in passing tins lull.Mr. INGERSOLL replied thst he did not think the

Pi, aides! would bat > tin pim u to do it, and if be refusedtoexerut« th« laws of emigres* It would u s good groundof Inipeui liment.Ml STROUSh' I», tn I a i I'he only ground you will

ti n hal <.

Mr. INGERSOLL did no1 know that, hut he did believethai < 'ongresa might as well -top the ronald« ratten of Mun nest uni of tin reconstruction of th« Southern Htates andof the Southern people ami tarn their attention to thereconstruction of the President. He thought It neceasary fur Congress to eonaldei whether II would mntinmthis .ffort fin two years longer with that paramount oh»triiefloii in Mu wayo! 11. luislructioie lit« li.sideiili.iithe Unit« ti Mates.Mr. TRIMBLE (Dem., Kj I Inquired whether the exer-

ci.c bj tin Preaid« nt ot in-1 mist it ut minti power to revoiethe order of s subordinate ofltea eouhlbi regardsdasagood (.minni of luipcachln« lit.

j Mr. INi.l.ltsdLL answered that the ('resident mighthave th« Constitutional power to rewind Hie orders ofGea. «¡rant, bur Cragreas would have the light to Impitrefor what purpose he «lid so.

Mr. TRIMBLE Inquired further, whcihi r fungus* hadthepowei to jtass a inn over-riding the lonstitutiuuairights of the PivaM« nt IMr. INGESK«ILL declined teodmll thal the lull «lid so.

It left the President'« (tower winn tee Constitution leftit, m itht r diminishing nor augmenting it. it simply as-

signed to fhe eoiiiiminding General of the army tu dis¬charge certain ilnii. s h, went us t.. .lis. s« the generalbearing ol tia bill, until his boarexpiredMi -li \nki.in (Dem K> obtained the floor.Mr. TRIMBLE gave nott«* of nu mm -mimen! which he

proposed to offer: that no person should be Boulters(uuj|eLui otht'i'wisi- infamous « rim«, «xcept hy tin-presi'lMlNM ot a «..rand July, At. J he House at le| o'« le. k

ii ul!ki\t.Mh:.\ n COjfl y..\ MON,

A ItKPOUl IN lAVldl «IK mik lui I IM« »I: | 1'I.UHdiMAlan Ml».

¦ T TSI.ISSASS TO TI« 1KIHI > »

Ai.Iia.nv. Iel». '..-The Wiukingm« tis ( tun« ntioiito day initie a report ill tax or ol adopting tile plat-lorniofthe Haitianas j.aixn Oaareatann, It wa*

adaptad ajutÉtasoaadji aad als«» ¦ raaalnliMi depr««a-ting the employ incut i»!' i hlldicii ol' extreme youth in

the Colmes factories, am! urging the passage of a lawby the Legislature abolishing the praotiea, and tomike io honra a legal day's work for fat tory opera-ti\es and car «liners. J he time lui hoiiling ali an¬nual incetiiiu was changed to the fourth Inende« m.laniiarv. mnl it waa resolved that hereafter the< oiniiiiiii ot \\.i\saiiil Mcaiissliall consist ol unenieinln frein .n li oiinty represented.

-/;/: n i;iumiut:s.

MONTANA.lit« ii DIM «'Vi nu | m. mi \ n.

St TILEUStSH TH Til« TS'SISK.

>l. l.tdl.s, lill. i. Thr DnntHinfs St. Jos« jillMariai aauaeuauhMM aajni "Lata advioat PraMMon tana mention the «lis. «>\< i\ ot aUret kadee, which\ iel«! Mom f l,ii(» ii. fid «in |nt tun.''

M HIJASKA,ST VeUMBSrS TO TH« THISI HU.

Sr. Loi i-, Pea. 1, i>» tanali itajMMaM s,i\s iIihi" ('apt. Hatcli hatl l»e«ii anthon/« «1 it» taiso a ngi-iii« ni of Pawnee Indians f«ir service on the Plaina,and that be lils commenced the wink with line pros-|s'i || o I sin Mm

"

COLOKAIX).¦> isLitisirs to T»« vaimaml»KN\ri<, Fob. 7.-Tlie treasure shipnienta to-day j

aie |'it,OOU. The u. ,;ihvr ia waru ami Surijig Mfcj| ]

THE SOUTHERN STATES.MBOMNUE.

SENATOR PATTERSON.THK NKORO «IKEKAGK BILLPA88ED THE SENATE.

ST TSIBflaiPB TO TBK TBIltrs*.

Nashville, Feb. 7.-The HaMM to-day concurredin the Senate resolntion, requesting Senator Patter¬son to resign, and adopted a resolution to adjournstn« die to the 4th of March. .John K. Kitiay waaelect.-«1 by fin- Législature State Treasurer. Tlie Sen-ate passed the Colored Suffrage bill ou the first read-iug.

KENTUCKY.BY Til TOBAMI TO TBS TB1BITSB.

Frankfort, Ky., F»-b. 7..Tlie Senate has pasaed nbill legalizing tbo acte of James S. Lithgow ne Mayorof Louisville. J

EOCRTH DISTRICT OOTOUfMMHtsX NOMINATION..Lebanon, Feb. 7..The Dennx-ratio *'«invention

have'nominated J. Pint-tor Ku.it«- of Washington,County, to represent the IVth Dtetrfc t in Congress.

'A CASE OK «OITHKKN JISTTCK.

Louisville, Feb. 7..Belle Hoover, a "likely»colored (tiri, was poisoned this uiuniiiig hv a whilemau who bad Ik.-cii keepiughcr for a nut-tree«. Tboman was arrested, and gave bis reasftn that he waaafluid the mil would tell his wife that sin- was withliild bv him. He was tried this »vening before

(Squire Kennedy, and on making the above eiplana-tion, wio» released. Truly, the negro has no lightsthat white men are lmun.l to rea* an

DKLAWAKK.THE AMENDMENT RKJKCTKD IN THE IH.CKR.

HT TBI.KIIMlPn TO TBS TBIBC.ir.

Dover, Feb. 7..The House yesterday morning re¬

jet« d tlie Constitutional Aiuemlmeiit by a strictparty vote.15 to 6. The bill allowing negroes to

testify and making their punishment for »time the»anus as whites, v\as,»lef»at<-»l by a party vote

LOl'ISIANA.t-l TUT BOKtril TO TH« TSIHIIB.

New Ori.eans. leb. 7..The ease of the Rta!« efLouisiana against the Louisiana State Hank, com*

im-iiceil to-«lay. The suit is for the lccovery of nearlyii.OOO.tXX) claimed as remaining to the cr. «lit. of theState on Imnd. The bank which was the fiscal agentof the State «li,ring the Coufed» racy allégée that, bypermission of Gens. Hutler and Shipley. 11,<*»> balea»if cotton were purchas«! and brought to the city andsold for the benefit ol the bauk aud State.

SOUTH CAROLINA.REITEN OF GOV. ORR.

ST TBIBttBASn TO TBS TSISrSB.

Charleston, S. C Feb. 7,-Oov, Orr hag jostarrived here fiom Washington. He eipreasee bim«self hopeful of speedy restoration, »m the basis of im¬

partial suffrage. It is nn»ler<*to«Ml that he will defer

anarnailH the legislature of South Carolina untilthe North Carolina legislature takes action on th*now propositions.

TEXAS.BT TSIBtlBlfB T0 rn> TBIBBSB.

(¡H.VE.STON, Feh, 7..Gen. tiri, fin ha« gone stillluther than bia late order. The Hurcan ie virtuallywithdrawn from all control over freedmen's inter-».«ts. and »inly retains au advisory and reputing powerw Ita the superv isnm of sclnssils. Of courue ita abdi¬cated powers may be resumed nt pbywuro.

VIRGINIA.ST TSLFMHiPB TO Till TRIBC.1B.

Ki» iiMovD. Feb. 7.-A lull tecali ¦ State Conren-

t.ont« kiiicikI the Constitution was introduced in

the Snate to-day. and after au exciting debate wau

i« i.ii»«l to the < oininittee.

MLSSOCKI.AIXEfiED AinUlfl TO DKI'RKCIAlE TDK STATE RAIL-

ROAD BOM'S.BT TKlRiiKAI-H TO TH« lKlbl MIL

St. I/Otis, Feb. 7..A special dispatch to Tit Imm¬oral from Jefferson City «a\s a matter of great inter-

MM to Mi.vttuni bondholder« has just come te light. Itisa scheme for ilepressing the value of tlie railroadbonds of the state MMverted bj a powirful ringin the internet »>f the old State J«»nlr, or

lather of the purchaser« ««f the Stat« storkin that bank. The purchaser» of that«ttiek to iiieet anymanta, for it burrawan1 «>f «»therbanks and of ¡nan bínala I large portion of the lamdaiiseíl in the pureba*». for n rtirh they wntn <«» mahnretara in kimi oi in monej .u tins market value. Th«ImuuIs ware then worth froai 16 t«» II cents, butan- now front 90 t<> SO ih i «eut higher, nukinga tliff.niice of about Cll»,»W0 te the purchasers, li Mtherefore the object oi this King, either te aei-ure altthe advantage« of the legislation for the Unefit oJ>i !i«Mate's cr« tilt, and olitiiii pownff te control .*>..«'nuirkef for these lioniN. «ii defeat legislation oo be¬half of the state's relit altogether. The latterthey attempt h> insisting ti|nui obxoxionsj feature«and impossible conditions i«i the bill now before th©Aaeeaas) for the restoration of the States credit' In«»a.««- they tail in the fust and ¦ttCcetd in the lattergama, the cry of repudiation will be raised and ber-ahbil all o\ «r the counti v. and all the machinery of.the trade employed t»» depreciate the bonds,

COtoan ORPHANS INDENTrrTED.St. LOVia, F«'). 7..In the Probate Court to-day,

nmler tin- prot Uinns of the Emancipation ordinance,:*»« <>1«>!« d orphans, formerly slav«»«, were indenturedlo the Cotorra Orphan Home, where Uley will leamti ade«.

itwaLrouti

PENNSYLVANIA.THE constitttional AMENDMENT.

BT Tllltfkim TO TH» TBISIMI.

IlARRisBtiiG, Feb. 7.-Tho législature having gd«joiirnetl lie fore the joint resolutions ratifying tboConstitutional Amendment were sent to the Gor-eranr, they < annot Ixe signed until that body meetaagain, which will be next weak. The CommisMoneraof the Dauphin County Soldiers' Monument Aseot.ia-tmu have littered a premium of $10») for a design ofthe monument to la- erected in Hurrisburg, the coatof winch is not to exceed fiô.ooo.

NL\A1)A.BT TBlBHBAfS TO TUR TRIBl'SB.

San Fkamimo, Feb. 7..The N«-\a<la Lrgislntnrn.' ewfeiday DaaMjd th«' joint memorial asking Congrrasto grant the State jin ¡wild ion ov«<r 1'tah Territory,A. Ona] wat ordered to la- telegraph«-»! to C«m green.Thi (iiucitiui has sign» »I the Half Million Boiul bill.

ITAH.sr tcuanurg to i«« retaranliK.wm. I'd.. 7.- William lleGrortj has la «o nom¬

inal«-«! for Congress by the Gentiles of Utah»

MASSACHISKTTS.HIE ( »IV.MI11 lUl.NAl. AMLNDMKNT.

SI TBI R..H4I-H T«. TH« 1KIBBMR.

I!« - ion, Feb. 7.The Constitutional Amendmentwill b<> reported upon unfavorably hy the Committeeof the Leci«lalure in who.se hands it is, a niajoiily ofthe Committee being knosvn to be «tppom'.d !«. its rati-1 nat mil.

K.ANSAS.I'lilK'KI DIN«,S IX lill. I.M.ISI AIIRK.

Tiiri.kA. Feb. 7 The House of Kepivsen (at i ve« to¬day apjMiinte»! a «ouiiiiitt«-«' to act with the SenateCommittee in investigating the charges of bnbery ini he t«.-cut Senatorial election, lu the S»nale to-daythe Committee on Military Affairs ¡««ported that theState Als.mil was unlit to receive the State anna anilthat tilt State anus Wore unfit (bl use, and llntl th« vIle changed foi Uoremment anns «ufficHMt tercielegiluents of State Militia.

HIE WESTERN EITEEAB> Til,*«« TO TUB TKIBISR

Caiimi, Feb. 7.The river has risen two foel. 'Uterawau «onie ne lu both rhers this morning, bul none lins

aftnrnaan. The weather is « ¡ear und delightful. Mer-ni) o;8r. I^>i is. Fen. T. -The river !i fill! of running Ice frota

hank to bank, ami using slowly It is now M feet 6 in« lu««ii... j.. Weither clear; mercurVr; i»ar«iui«'ter n-.u. Th«river is falling The weather u very «arm, aud the leain tin- »pi«'i Mississippi, Missouri, and Illinois Hivers iamelting rapidly.N ksiivii.LK. Feb. 7.-The river Is falling; It . sow »»

feet on the shoals. Wenther ple.i«ant.MsMi'ins, Keti. t rtie weather is fine as«' tnatafse

(air. Th«; ri\ cr rose two feet to dar