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From the Washington Chronicle. J
The Financial Situation. i
r. We could'fill columns with - the extracts
Iftttfira from rlisatincriiisherl r.rvr n 'snnnH pti t a
calling upon Congress to take.. hold of the
financial question . at he earliest moment;:
Thowi ia ioinrTHlip MriM Amnlmfin llnitnimitir
in their sentiments.
States, they employ the!sam
.reach the same conclusions.
One of them
',. i ',-lfc -,i 4
No case of duty and policy ever was plain
er than that the Republican Congress should
promptly take hold of this question. In
Chicago, and alt thc:Nortb west, the rate ofi
interest is fifteen per cent.,'; and currency js
only plenty in thei fe,w great money centres,;
It i3 notoriously! insufficient fur the present
business of the people. What this deficien
cy will be when the South is thoroughly re
constructed and made prosperous".' and pro
ductive by a contented and improving la
boring class, and the mighty Pacific, railroad
is finished v none can tell Nothing, but! the
blindest stupidity can prevent any man from
anticipating thisitate of things.. It is uQ
necessary to undertake the speedy payment
of the national debt, which will be absorbed
by the incresed. business of the country, and
in ten years we shall hardly feel the burden.
Another gentleman, whb has occupied a
: tiirrJi $nrl?m!il nnaUihn In an niHnnirw SfnfA
says : !;
I cannot too strongly urge' some things
said in my former letter rigid economy; a
ferreting out and cutting off of .every abuse
that can be retfebodj a, simplification of ; our
whole internal revenue system, taking: off
taxes wherever it is possible ; raising daily
revenue enough to pay current expenses on
a radical basis and
the interest of the debt,
; to pay, any part ot; the
making ho attempt
principal till betti
;r days, ' when, with! our
increased wealth and population, the burden
will be lighter. " And we mst In somejway
get rid of oliuiiiro
of the debt this exemption j hurts us ama?
ingly, and cannot be remedied while the
present debt remains: unpaid.' - But we can
consolidate the. debt into long bonds, princi
pal and interest -expressly payable in coin,'
so as to remve all , question on that point,
and the lav declaring . that in the. -hands of
resident holders f hc'y should not be exempt
from equality of taxation with other personal
property.. vSiwh bonds Irredeemable for say
forty yeirs, payable in sterling . money in
Europe' at 5 per cent., could be negotiated
there, arid 6 per cent dollar bonils payable
here, negotiable here. With the proceeds
pay off; the existing debt. With such a , law
the debt would soon be all merged into the
new bonds, and thus escape all trouble on
the tax question. - Congress ought to take
ud tliese Questions I at once ; and -press them
rapidly forward. lousiness is dull,.the labor
demand declining, taxes enormous, prices of
living very high, and all mechanics, labor-
in men, and persons'of moderate . incomes
have nara worK. p uve,
These are the views of Northern statesmen.
Tiion art !n i PTftt accord with the senti-
ments oY our Southern correspondents. L The
demand for exactly' such a financial policy
has become , an acciamatunx in ;iue oouiJi
Sudgi'ng;fby,.btif- intercburle with tnembers
nf Tnncrress: we have no doubt this unrnis-;
takable public .;ppinion will be speedi iy re
i
sponded'tcr. i:
-k,. Knocking Away-Props
4See father," said a lad who: was walking
with hia father Mthev are knocking away
the props from under the bridge, what are
A . that, tor r i won t tne onage
'They are knocking them away," saidthe
lather,- niai io nmuoio r-w
1 ua frnAx niprs. .which ' are DOW
finished," y:t:rm--:)''-i
, God often takes away our earthly props
i,o l-hiWrMt moro . firthlv.i upon. Dim.
cia omofinipV takes 1 away ar' man's health,
ht mnv rest uoon him tor .his daily
bread. . Before his health. failed, though b
perhaps repeated daily -tue wpras r wy
this day Our daily bread," he looked to Ins
own industry for that which he asked of
n..A . ."That-rrnh ibeinff? taken away. he.
rests wholly upon God's bounty, v enjie
receives his bread be receives as uo;
of: God;:tui mm Mil
God takes away our friends that .we.inay
lookto him tor sympathy.; When ouraffec-
Hons were exercised UP?J"?
when we Voiced Xn Uieirbun8ympa:
thy, we did not feel the neect of divine' sym
pathy, But ; when they were taken away,
we felt our oeed o God's sympathy and sup-:
port We were brought to; realize that l.
alone could give support and from an a-ie
q uate portion for the,7 sonl.Thusr,uT
t.l K,Ua ! ro'm'rttTPYl : that WB 'i maV fCSt
firmly and whouy upon ouv
r
i.-..
i " .Tnsh nillinss.
Yti kaii'e iransplant i Yankee succespfully
without takin cpi agood ;deal ;iofthe site
with the. roots;' ;';'T"v'; ;:v'.:, :".:.;. ... ; '
Treason: iz one of them kind oiTstams that
. wash
A ti.V.M1i man tind worship - wealth, I will
rife fcdit for ocetbing-they seldam
FOREIGN.
Cable Dispatches.) , ' f -
PtoKENCB, Nov. ' 21. Diet meets on the
5th of December: " 4 . v V 1
Ratazzi will probably be President:
General Menabrea is representedd as hav
ing issued another,- note wherein he de
nounces the French Government for having
invaded Papal territory. " j:
' England, Nov. 22. The destruction at
Tortola is no worse than on other Islands.!
Dr Livingstone . is known to . have been
safe in Mid-Africa in April. v c
London Nov. 22. The Queen iias re
fused to reprieve the condemned "Fenians.
There is : much excitement in Maneh ester.
The Military ind special police are holding
the city, barricades have been thrown up by
them in anticipation ot a riot. ' i "
Meetings f avoring a respite of the prise n-
J ers have besn held in London, Burmingham
ana Manchester. - ..
- The House of Commons have refused to
interpose on the prisoners behalf. - . L "
Paris, Nov. 22. The army bill makes the
term of service nine, years. v ; . r i
' lfte,buUionjn the Bank ot Frecc has in
creased eleven and a quarter milUoii francs.
Liverpool,- Nov. 22. Cotton sales 10,000
bales. Sales of the week 60,000 bales. 8tock
in port 438,000 .bales; of which 107,000 bales
were American. . Prices unchanged. Bread
stuffs quiet.
; . WURRICAKE IS WEST INDIES. i
The hurricane at Porto Rico was much
more destructive . than it was at first sup
posed ; fifty towns are . known, to havesuf
fered more or less, and it is feared that the
remaining sixteen, when heard from, will
only swell the list of horrors. At Rio Grande,
eleven persons were killed, forty, houses
blown down, nearly all the cattle killed and
the crops entirely ruined. 1
The Spanish war steamer Vasco Nunez de
'Balboa which was atvSt. Thomas during the
uurncaue, ana i rtunateiy escapea, inougn
uot .without suffering much damage,. arrived
here on- Wednesday tia Porto Rico, bring
ing as passengers Don Pedro Resano, who
comes commissioned by the Captain-General
of Porto Rico to represent to the authorities
here the lamentable position of affairs, and
ask pecuniary assistance from, the Cubans.
Before leaving he had visited a greater por
tion of the island, and states that there are
over 3,600 -families rendered entirely desti
tute and depending for the present on chari
ty. Over 200 persons have lost their lives.
The sugar and coffee crops are entirely de
stroyed, and not only are the sugar and cof-
tee lactones in rums, but in many cases the
machinery, steam engines, ccc., are complete
ly' lost. ' ; .
i. BT. THOMAS. I.
The loss of life was much- greater here
than was at first supposed. One thousand
is the. number now. announced, but as -763
have already been washed ashore by the
waves, my impressiou is that the total will
greatly exceed that number. It was found,
impossible to give burial to all, therefore,
mge hres have been built, and many of the
bodies are being burned to prevent putre
faction. Of the eight steamers lost, six be
longed to the Royal Mail Steamship Com
pany. The loss of the company is estimated
at $12,000,000. During the hurricane two
distinct suocks of an earthquake were felt at
St. Thomas. Some of the edifices ..show the
effects of it, ;
AH the streets are more or less 'obstructed
by thetm of the houses; trees, &cM that
were leveled to the ground by the force; of
the tornado ; not a house in - the town but
what has paid tribute to its violence : houses
that any one - would have supposed able I td
withstand any weather, were demolished' as
it they were built of cards. Pillars of solid
masonry,r 27 inched square, were prostrated
by the wind, and in some cases entire houses
were lifted from their foundations, and car
ried a considerable distance. 5 llv
v In the Cerro Frances the destruction was
terrible. The district called Guiriqui is a
mountain of ruins. . The hotels are all : destroyed,-and
the 'gas-works suffered severe
ly.' In fact, it would be an endless task to
attempt giving all the details pertaining to
the calamity. .. The markets are: almost en
tirely bare of provisions, . vegetables and4
fruits, . and prices have risen frightfully.
Thousauds wander about the streets, with
out homes, clothing or means of subsistence.
Those houses which escaped total destruc
tion have been thrown open by their owners
or occupants for the accommodation of the
sujlerers, and are filled to repletion, though
not one-quarter of the destitute are provid
e4 for. Every effort is being made byl the
authorities, and it is hoped that, in ; a few
days none will be without shelter." ";"
. . From the JPrets. . : .
Freedmen't Savings and, Trust Company
h The following exhibit of the results of the
Freed men's Saving and Trust Company ip
its own best commentary. The , schedule
presented shows the . deposits and drafts for
the montu or uctoDer acme enumeraieu ae
positories. The deposits or savings of the
negroes ior one monin, aunng naru times,
it will be seen, foot up to almost three hun
dred thousand dollars. Since these baks
codmenced their operations the colored peo
ple have deposited in them over '"ten and jet
halt millions of dollars, of whicli more than
half a million is yet held to their credit.---This
sworn and ofiicial statement of respon-
SlOie uiuii&iuj$-uuu:ca is auuuipiCLO reiubauuu
of the loose and general attacks of the South
ern and Democratic papers on the capacity
Of the negroes iw irceuom auu ciuzensnip :,
: v' " li ti i V : ' J'- ; - - - :Total due
iATlffusta G
Baltimore. Md., o,w w wa 00 53
BeatSorCb. C.! 32.S42 66 22,259 99 47,668 73
Charleston, S. fr, 36,912 64 32,270 10 49,570 10
mtsvUle; Aliu, 1,964 10 -772 10 2,811 76
JackVonvme,riL, 20,870 81 18,995 28 14,487 SO
iTuisville, y.f - H,40$ 43 15,940 57 59,924 00
MemphisTehn-, , 9,609 95 4,442 14 17,391 15
MobiWAla. :' 4946 70 7,753 49 29,916 27
NaVhvme; Tenn.t 12,783 95 7,654 67 , 26,661 2i
SSSSJlT W. fi.. . 7.113 36, 7.233 24 .12423 83
NewOriSws; tiuf &lt 45. 2,885 6053,609 89
Nlw TorT 4481 60 2,967 7519,036 64
Norfolk. Ta., 1133 35 16,574 17 34,894 89
RicSnd' Va.,, - 973 93 2,426 24 12,607 62
StmSS. o " I.234 17 2.205 84 : 24,660 05
vfcksbW mm 10,243 18 2,012 22 13,271 93
SotnnS'TTDC 2589 33 23,653 S3 58,464 66
WUmington, N C
mm - - a ram
65 00 164 00 2,118 13
Total,
, 207,945 12 177,763 76 534,403 86
Total deposits for tho month,;
. " drafts, -
1297,845 12
" 177,763 76
Excess of deposits over drafts, S0,18t 36
Total deposits, v
Total drafts,
' Balance due depositors,
$2,617,517 93
2,083,114 07
631,403 3
TELEGRAPHIC-
HgPORTBD FOB THB DAILY POSTr
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
GEIV. CGA1VT BEFORE
THE JUDICIARY COH-
31ITTEE.
The, Impeachment jf- the
President . . .
IMPORTAIIT FOREIQN NEV8.
The Alabama Conventioii.
SPEECH IN FAVOR OF THE III
PEACHMENT OF MINISTER
ELECTION RIOT IN SOUTH CAR0-
'Congressional J
Wasuinqton, Nov.'25. In the, Senate a petl
ion from Massachusetts was presented praying
for equal male and female suffrage In the District
of Columbia. ' ; ' : V : h , i
The use of the Senate - chamber to tev. New
man Hall was denied. : , .
The Military Committee was , ordered to en-.
quire into the expediency of reducing
the regu-
ar army.
Resolutions returning: thanks to
Sheridan,
Sickles, Pope, and Schofleld were introduced and
referred. . -,
Edward Dunbir, editor of the New York Globe,
was ordered before the bar of the Senate for con
tempt.
The Senate then adjourned. ' ; - ,
In the House a resolution was adopted, that
no commtitee shall incur any expense hereafter
without further prder of the House.
Mr. Boutwell, second member of the Judiciary
Committee, rose to report the testimony taken
by the committee on impeachment ot the Presi
dent, and the majority report, the chairman of
A 1 .iu. .TTTf. :.'.ji..'.iil.-:im.'. '
iub uyiuuiitLce, oxr. wiison, aissenung. - xne re
port was prepared by Mr. Williams, of Pennsyl
vania.
The summary of the majority report is as fol
lows : In accordance, with the testimony here
with submitted, and the view of the law herewith
presented, the committee is of opinion that An
drew Johnson, President of the United States, is
guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors, In that,
It closes ttvith the resolution, Resolved, That
Andrew Johnson be Impeached for high crimes
and misdemeanors. ; v J
The report was followed by mingled expres
sions of applause and disannrobatlon. The
Speaker in the meantior.e using his gavel.
Mr. Wilson, chairman of the committee, for
himself and Mr. Woodbridge, presented a report
which concludes thus :
We therefore declare that the case before us,
presented by the testimony, and measured by the
law, does not disclose such high .crimes and mis
demeanors within the meaning of the Constitu
tion as required the constitutional interposition
of the power of the House, and recommend the
adoption of the following : - ' '-
Resolved, That .the Judicisry Committee be
discharged from the further consideration of the
proposed impeachment of the President of the
United State, and that the subject be laid on the
table. " -.y:' ' - iv
Marshall, on Jjehalf of himself and Eidridge,
stated that they fully concurred in the resolution
offered by the Chairman, also cpncurreu enxireiy
with his argument regarding the law of the case,
and the application of the evidence thereto, but
there were differences on some points, which in
duced him and Mr. Eidridge to submit a third
report. ... - "vv- V "
The reports were all laid on the table, ordered
to be printed, and made the special order for
Wednesday of next week.
Bill to suspend civil officers daring impeach
ment was referred to the Judiciary Committee.
A motion was subsequently made by Mr. Blaine,
ur; nA ninn M r the vote of reference and
to table the vote to reconsider, which fastens the
bill in the Judiciary Committee and removes it
from the arbitrary control of the Ucuse, was re-
carded as a sort of test on toii question. . , air.
Blaines motion prevailed with but little opposi
tion indicating the weakness of the -scheme to
suspend before conviction.
The Rales were suspended and a resolution
adopted declaring that in the judgment1 of the
House it is unnecessary to proceed at present
with hnildino- and eauipping war ship3
The Rules were suspended and a resolution
adopted declarinsr that in the present conomou
of the finances the fuHher purchase; oi territory
is inexpedient and the. House : holds itself under
no obligation to vote money for such purchases.
m jn.i..:n.sf Tenia's, tjort of entry was re-
ferred to the Committee on Commercel
The House then adjourned, f
Election Riot in Sonth Carolina. ;;!
CharLestoit. Nov. 25. It is reported that
Oil tIV www
9-Jlrrtllo rtn Wnfimalaw Island, and a num
n Alonfinn nnf . tnniT IllUUB , lash UlMUh . A
n4 wTiUm nml hlacks are" said . to have
v?n ' - k n anthintie information -has
UCCU BLlltCU.' ' A1W UMV-- -
been received, but a detachment of troop
From Washington.:
WAsniNGTOK:NovI24.TheTmnparh
f - ' 7 1 V"K
committee continued in session tn & latphnni
last night and meet again to-morrow morn
ing and : make their reDor t d u ri n t.h rUv
There will be three, reportsvery volumin
ous. . Heavy transactions have been made in
gold, which these reoorts are exDectpH 'tn in
fluence, and Ja most teyerish anxiety exists.
Rumors are abundant J but ' the I committee
eem to have headed oft the news hunters.
Among other wild statements it; is said the
Bulls of New York have raised and invested
one hundred and I fifty thousand dollars in i
securing one vote'an;the; committee for im-
peaenmen The propaonuies are that there
nave Deen no recent changes,; and that4he
committee stands four for impeachment,' three
for a vote of censure ahd two- for duashing
the matter. " 1 - - -."..-: v
-" I -"-! "LATER.' J i i ?
The impression : that the i committee will
stand five for impeachment-gainst groundi l
wbwu uiat uigii uuiuiai, circles uave,inu
mations to this effect, . - - -
Qjej. Grant before the Judiciary - Com-
. ;. r- . - mutee. -r r - - -WASBiaraTox,
Jfov. 25.HGen. Grant's evidenca
covers three columns, but the following tells, his
story:; : " .-"''i
Uy Mr. Woodbrldlje; qqestlbn Ii ! understand
your position to be this, that you did not assume
o originate or inaugurate any policy but that
when any question j came u a : an d ' y our o pinio n
was asked as to whakthe President was going to
do or had done you gave an opinion ?
Answer. That is it exactly i and I presume the
whole Committee so understood me. I have al
ways been attentive to my owa duties and'tried
not to interfere with otner peoples. I was al
ways ready to originati matters pertaining to the
army, butlneverwas willing to originate mat-
ters pertaining to the
civil
government of tha
United States, when I
was asked i my opinion
about what had been done I was willing to give
It -1 Originated no ; plan and suggested no plan
for civil government, I only gave my views on
measures after Hhey had been originated, I
simply expressed an anxiety that something
should be done to give some sort ot control down
there. There were no governments there when
the war was over and I wanted to see some gov
ernment established and wanted to j6ee it done
quietly. I did not pretend to say how it shtmld
be done or in what form.
Chairman of Committees oh Elections, Dawes ;
Ways and Means, Schonck ; Appropropriatfons,
Stevens; Banking and Currency, Pomeroy Pa
cific Railroad, JPr ice : Claims, Bingham : - Com
merce, Washburne Public Lands, Julian ; Post
Office, Farnsworth ; Judiciary, Wilson ; Old
Committee continued throughout; Indian Af
fairs, Windom ; Military affairs, Garfield ; Naval
Affairs, Pike; Foreign: affairs, Banks ; Territo
ries, Ashley of Ohio; Roads and Canals, Cook;
Freedmen's affairs, Eiiott ; Education and Labor,
Baker ; Patents, Jncks ; Printing;: Laflin ; Re
trenchment, Van Wyck. j
The majority of the impeachment committee
in their report recommending impeachment lay
great stress upon alleged i usurpation by the
President of the pardoning and veto powers,-also
the authority to mike removals and appoint
ments and particularly refer i to what is termed
flagrant violation ojr the constitutional powers of
the executive by organing Governments in the
Southern States at the end of the war without
asking advice of Congress, as they assert for per
sonal purpose: I i h
: They refer to the pardoning of a hundred and
ninety-three persons in West "Virginia, deserters
from the army during the war, which they state
was in behalf of private and interested parties
and in order they may vote in accordance with
the Presidents opinions and - their restoration
causing great depletion of treasy. ! v
The tenor of the executive offences throughout
the entire report consists in alleged usurpations
of the powers ; above mentioned. - The majority
assert also that by various ofiicial and other pub
lic declarations Uhe .President has sought la ob
struct laws of Congress for 'pacification ot the
States with partlcularjeference to the Constitu
tional amendments approved, by Congress, this
report is very lengthy and signed by . Boutwell,
Williams, Churbhill, Thomas and Lawrence. r
A report was! alsb submitted by Wilson and
Woodbridtre .. dissentin? from the views of ma-
jority and asserting that there was no evidence
presented whlbh demanded impeachment, but
they condemned hid political views and were wil
ling to censurei ' j"---r.$j;4'Ll"-'i'';--4;;"'--
The minority! report, by Messrs Marshall and
Eidridge Strongly defends J the , President Jrom
abuse by his politi cal i enemies and asserts that
his only' faults com.ists in not holding to politi
cal views of the party which elected him in sub
jugating the people of the South. The report is
extremely caustic ahd abuses harshly some of
the witnesses who testified before the Commit
tee. Baker is accused of perjury and they con
elude with the President that he will be held In
respect by his countrymen, when jiis caljaoilna
to'rs are pillored in undying scorn! and indigna
tion of American people. : -.
The points made in the summing up of the
majority report against the President are not
borne out by the testimony. - First, as to the
President having usurped the powers of Con
gress in organizing; Governments in the South
ern States, it .will be iound in Gen. Grant's testi
mony, that the programme, which; was followed
out by Mr. Johnson, had been laid down liy Mr.
Lindoliu It also appears, in Gen. .Grant's testi
mony, that he was; present,by invitation; at the
Cabinet councils, In which the reoiganization of
the Southern - States wis considered, and that
while he assented tb the plan', followed by thfi
Administration, he did not offer any suggestions
of his own, but was a silent listener i The, only
active part he, took, was in restraining the. Presi
dent's order, to have prominet rebels like , Lee
brought to condign punishment. f v ; r ;.,
As to the pardon' I prominent ! rebels, It Ap
pears that many of the most prominent of them
were pardoned on the recommendation of Grant,
Speed, Stanton, &cV As to the pardoning sf some
hundred deserters from a: Western i Virginia regi
ment, which the report alleges was done In order
that they might vote for a democratic member of
Congress, it appears from the evidence, that they
were only technically deserters ; that 'they were
not pardoned until some weeks; after the election,"
and that the President merely endorsed the ap
plication, in the usual form, referring it to. the
Secretary of; War, who himself granted, it. The
committee inquired Into the possession by the
President of certain Tennissee bonds, on the sup
position that his possession of them, might have
some connection with his release of the property
of southern railroad'conipanies, but it Appeared
that Mr. Johnson had"been the possessor of these
bonds for the. last twelve years, ; la reference to
the - trial of Jefferson Davis. Attornev General
Speed and the counsel for the Government shoul
der all the responsibility of not trying him. The
avowed cause . bein t- that. rhUf
would not preside, and that Attornev General
Speed would not consent, under any- circumstan
ecs; to have the' trial conducted before" .Tndirft
underwood. -There was an attempt, on the part
of Lafayette C. Baker, to eret
imaginary letter from Mr. Johnson, as MlUtary
Governor of Tenn. to Jefferson Davis, offering to
turn .over the IState to him; but the committee
couhj have had no trouble in deciding what degree
of credit was to be given1 to it. The tale fell
still-born. ' There is no allegation' atnt. iw
Presedent of his having personallv clven srrounds
of offence. .Mr. Ashley, of Ohio who presented
the articles of impeachments acknowledges that
he has produced to the committee all the valid
evidence In his possession! ' ' C 1' 1
AsmsQTON, Nov 25, 12 o'clock. The galle
ries are; crowded. ' . " --." i
. The Impeachment Committee is still in session
Electiou of Gollodav.tfrom Kentucky, who was
elected to succeed Hlse, was referred to the Com
mittee on Elections. Pending-' their"' report, he
waexcludedby-105to-SS; ' " '
Tho Commlttee.entered .the House at half-past
twelve. .. , , .
- During the morning hour, a half dozen bills
were reported and referred, for. the repeal of cot
ton and oiher taxes. . . ''"" v v'
A bill was introducedrsgardiug the "navigation
of rivers flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.
The Chair announced the Committee, and" at
half past one reported that the Committee on Im peachment
had been delayed. There seems to be
no doubt that Churchill has joined the ."Impeach-
ere, giving them five votes, and a majority.
: The Impeachers expect to make their strong
points against the President, from circumstances
connected with the transfer of Rolling Stock to.
the Southern Railroads. . -. .
' Baron Von Haven, Belgion Secretary of Lega.
tion, was recently married to a protestant lady,
by dispensation from Arch Bishop Spalding. The
ceremony was periormed in the afternoon, under
protestant form. . .
By order of the. Arch Bishop,' regret was pub
liciy expressed, lest it should : pass into a prece
dent, and the announcement that, according to
Church laws, any of the faithful who, In the fu
ture, presume to get married out of the Church,
by the very act, incur ex communication. ' '
Washington, Nov. 25. Even. Robinson is
making a fifty minutes speech on the impeach
ment of Minister Adams. - , . . ...
The Judiciary report will be too late for the
evening papers. " - "" . . ' ;
Alabama Reconstruction Convention.
Montgomehy, Ala., Nov. 25. In the re
construction convention a, memorial was of 4
fered to Congress of the United States pray
ing that the present reconstruction law.be so
altered or alnended as to require only a ma
jority of the voters voting on the question
to determine for or against the, adoption of
the hew constitution, f Several members sta
ted thatfcthey desired the law amended .so
that the opposition could not defeat the con
stitution by staying, a way from the liolls, but
opposed the immediate adoption of the me
morial. It was debated and finally tabled
and ordered to be printed.
; Ordinances were introduced and referred,
to establish a board of immigration for the
State, and to provide for a bureau of indus
trial statistics..
The radical majority decided not to press
the adoption of the amendment requiring
common carriers to-make no. distinction, on
account of color, between, persons travelling
in this Sate, and refused to bring up the
question this morning; Their action was in
duced by tear of endangering the adoption
of other measures, and because the object in
view had already been obtained, in part, at
least, by the adoption of section one. of the
bill of rights which declares that all persons
possess equal civil and political rights and
public privileges. - .
- An article. was reported by the Committee
on Education, ; providing for the establish
ment, throughout the State, in each to wnship
or" school district, one or more schoo's, at
which all the children of the Siate, between
the ages of eight and: twenty years, may at-H
tend iree or cnarge., . motion to amena oy
providing sepsrote schools for white and col
ored children-was tabled yeas 58, nays 27,
On the; first vote the section was adopted
yeas 51, nays, 35. , ... - f
The real cause why the- radical .majority
did not press the amendment requiring com-,
mon carriers to make no distinction between
travellers, on account of co?or, was that there
was danger of breaking up the cnvention.
several members'threotening to withdraw if
it was adopted. - : ;- 5K -t A
It is highly probable that the proposition
to organize a Provisional Civil State Govern
ment, in place of the present State Govern
ment, will be qnashed in committee. '
From Richmond Trial of Davis.
- Richmond, Va., Nov. 24. As Judge Chase
wiM nt arrive until to-morrow afternoon, the
Davis trial will not commence .until two
o'clock in the day. ? ; Judge ; Chasei will de
liver the charge to the Grand Jury. It ' is
not known whether he will remain during
all the' trial.", Davis counsel say they are en
tirely ready, to go on, and" the Governmeut
officers give no intimation of any postpone
ment on their part. '; , ' r .: ; : v
- ' A letter .wa3 received today from General
Robert E. Lee, who has been summoned as a
witness, by the Government, saying that' he
will be in" Richmond to-morrow. Messrs.1;
O'Conner and Shea, for the defence, arrived
to-day, and Messrs. Brady, ofNew York; And
Reid, of Philadelphia", wilF come when the
trial has commenced.' Messrs. - Evarts and
Dana, for the Go vernmeni, also arrived to
day. V ,.
i Mr. Davis attended St. Paul's Church this
morning.
KicmtoND, ov. ao.-
-Noon.7-There is a large
crowd awaiting admittance to-the United : State's
Court , A company of Cavalry Is on the spot;'- -. ,
' Among the witnesss summoai are Generals
Magruder," Mahone and Wickham, of .Virginia
and Gardner, of Georgia.; ' ; y :,f ;
'Richmond, Nov. 25. Evea. Chase .has not
arrived, and Court adjourned till 11 to-morrow.1
He will certainly be here to morrow. ' ; ;
Among the witnesses arrived are Generals "R.
E. Lee, Costis Lee, Fitzhugh Lee, and Porter, of
Grant's staff. .Letcher and Francis EL Smith are
also here, - , - . ... , - - . ; '. " ,
Judge Underwood to-day granted, upon the
prayer of J. B. Imbodea, a mandamus to compel
Gen. Schofleld,to permit him to vote. - It Is , re
turnable on the 5th of December. ; ( i - -rr
The venire out of which Mr. Davis Jury are to
to he selected is one-third colored men. ,
Foreign News.- , -
London, Nov. 25. It is thouarht that Keiiv
was taken from . the steamer City of Paris, at
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- There is much excitement about the Fenians.
at Manchester, -Birmingham and Dublin. There
have been no open riots. '?-..
The Belfast bread riots have been suppressed.
- - New .York. Market. : ;
i New York, Nov.- v 25.rrNoon;-Go vern
ment stock steady. '62 Coupons 8. : Cotton
declined i'tii c. ' Sales eighteen hundred
bales jat 17c. - Flour and wheat dull. Mixed
Corn $1 36.: .i Provisions dulU Naval Stores
firm. Freights firm. Cotton, steam I to f..
-I NkwiiYobk, Nov. i25.-Eve. Stock dull,
and steady. Money active at 7. . Gold $1
40 to $1 40, Exchange 9f for long; 0
for short. ; Five twenties, 8 for Old ; 7 for
new. -Flour 10 a 20c. lower. VVheat d till
and nominally lower. Corn steady. Rye
quiet. Oats firmer. Pork dull. Mess $20
70. Lard quiet. Whiskey nominal. Cot
ton dull at I7i a 17f for middling uplands.
Freights quiet. Turpehiine quiet at 54 a
55. rKosin dull at $3 for Common i , :
Mission Work. .fO
"The Rev. Newman Hallv D D., of London,
delivered his' highly , interesting lecture on
Mission.Work before a crowdtd audience at
Musical Fund Hall, on Saturdayfcvening.
George H. Stuart, Esq., introduced Dr. Hall,'
who was received with enthusiastic applause.
He, said that'he had seen nothing that de
lighted him so much since he came to' this
country, as the efforts which "were made in
behalf of the people. ' He must 'admit that y
in the matter of education, American was far'
ahiead ofEhgland. ; The misfortune of the
city .missions in England, he said, is that the '
men- engaged in the: work are, in too many
cases, incapable of performing the important
duties devolving upon them.. , To make
make up for this, however, the agency of the
agency of the Bible women had been iijau
gurated, and these women went from house
toj house-in the day - time,' Cimversing; with
thieir mothers and sisters in families relative
to.tbeir domestic duties, and -impressing' up- '
on them precious religious truths. In his
church- there was. an organized Zsystem of
visitation to the common- lodging houses,
where are found cadgers, match-sellers, and
all sorts ot peripatetic i merchants. These '
poor people would not be reached but for
thjese visitors,1 who address words of comfort,
and distribute tracts and. books L which are
jead gladly.. There was a large class of ar
tizans who were alienated, from the Church; ;
To 'meet this diflSctilty'a conference was held
between the clergy and the working-classes, '
and they were asked why they remained away
from the places of jworship. A reason for the
carelesncss of the workingmen on the subject
ot-reiigionwas'the tyranny which they prac
tised over each other; - The grand difficulty -inthe
way of the working classes being
reached lay in the ; want of sympathy with
them on the part ot the rich. The poor were
invited to come up to the higher standards
without being furnished with the means of
rising. The recent custom of preachihg the
gospel in the theatres had been successful, '
uuu luia uiuuc ui mecLiu lueui uau-way, in
secular places . for religious purposes, he
th'ought it could 3d6 no harm. Open air
preaching was a capital mode of teaching
ministers to preach as. well as of preaching
to the people. If there was more of it there
would be better preaching as a general thing.
Open air preaching was carried on in Lon
don six months in the year, and was attend
ed with grand, results. He 1 concluded by
urging upon the audience the cultivation of
the spirit of self-sacrifice the .practice of
doing good to others of working eflective-
ly so as-to be successful. - ; ' . ...
Curiosities of Congress.
A friend of ours, who is partial to histori- !
cal statistics, has been collating-from the
last edition-, of : Lanman's Dictionary of
Congress," the following particulars :
The total number of Representatives, 8ena-;
V -fors and Delegates, who have served in
r- Congress, and of whom brief biographies
are given, ia.i 'i. . .'. ....... 4,274
Members of the Continental Congress... . .. 404
Number of Smiths .. .. ; . . . ; ... .. .. '. . .
Num ber of Bro wns ... i ,
Number of Jones... .... .. ........ ...
Number f Speakers 6f the House of Repre-
eiita'tlves.v':i iitill, .V . ii i ... 'i
Number f Presidents of the Senator.;.
Presidents of the Senate pro tern . . . ... . . .-..4,
Clerks of the House.... :
Secretaries of the Senate .. ,V. . . '
: ' TOT AJ4 .NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF OO.VOBSS
55
26
25
30
16
44
18
5
Aiahamayi.. i .
52
Missouri.,..
Nevada............. uY
Its
California....";.,
..... 24
New Hampshire.... 119
Connecticut ; ':".". t36f Ne w Jersey . ... ; . ..151
IJeU ware... v. ....... .5
T)1ji near p. . -17 1 i' R'ii Vwr. Vrrlf . ?
New,lTork.w..f.;..743
Florida... '7.X:il.lVi
North Carolina . . .... 1 63
Ohio k :.. '1240
Oregon . . ,v ; ....... If
Pennsylvania. .... ...485
Khode Islanl . . . 73 '
Georgia .:. . . . ; .135
Illiuois..;.......... 73
Indiana ;;.:...V. ..101
Iora. .. . . ... .... .... 20
Kansas 9
South Carolina. 141:
Tennesse .. ... . Ul
Texas . 1 , . . . .Jf .... 17
Kentucky . . . . . . ; .7. 17y
Louisiana ...........108
Maine..;............ 58
Maryland ............ IK)
Vermont ............ 79
Virjdni4..i.. ..2m
West Virginia 8
Wisconsin. ...... . .. 27
Present Territories.; 30
Massachusetts ... .-. . . ..240
Michigan .tr. . .-. . ... 44
Minnesota. ... . ....... 10
Mississippi. ..; ....... 5
v.V
The appendix to Lanman's valuable book
of reference contains information enough, to
make a separate volume by itself, and from
that , portion the following statistics : have
been compiled 'i-p--. ' .- ; j .
Total number of persons who have repre- j
tented the United States in foreign coun-' -ir,
"tries, exclodinsc consuls, Is.i...;.'. '473
Presidential Electors.. . ; . . . . . 1.4,333
Chief J ustices Supreme Court, i . : . . . J . '. '8
Justices Supreme Court ;..".. ;i;i.. . ...k 37
The humber of men who have served as
Governors of, States is as follows : :.- '
Maine.... ....24!N. Hampshire31
Present Ter.33
Vermont 30
Connecticut.. 25
Massach'ts . ..28
Rhode Island29
New York.;. .21
Delaware..,. 0
N. Carolina. .31
New Jersey .23 '
Pennsylvania. 15
Maryland.... 23
yirginia;.;i;.si
a CaroUna..41
Georgia.. i.;.29
Mississippi .'. , .29
Arkansas....; 12
Florida. ..... 11
Alabama.... 17
Texas-; 9
Kentucky... 23
Indiana 13
Louisiana... ..20
Tennessee ;.;19
Ohio...... .'.429
Michigan. ;..;. 201
Illinois..... ..13
Missouri.,... .17
Iowa.......'. 6
Minnesota... 7
W. Virginia. 1
Wisconsin.,. 12
California.... 9
Kansas,.... ,10
Oregon. . .'. ... .. b
Nevada ....... 2
: Gek. Drx. Report says ' that Gen. Dix,
American Minister to France; his proposed
to Napoleon UL that the United States shall
participate in the Conference of European
powers for the settlement of the Papal question.-
':
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.The lessees of the' Alexandria canal pro
pose laying off a township opposite George -town,
D. C, have purchased for this purpose
a tract of land for f 17.000. . ., t ;
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was sent 10 me wiauu .u
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mistake it for brains; : '