Daily Wabash Express, Volume 20, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 26 January 1871 — Page 1

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MR. JEROME C. BURNETT denies the report that he is about to engage in the newspaper business in Indianapolis.

SOME of the Kvansville police get drunk and disturb religion* meetings. Valuable "guardians of the public peace

THE Evansville Courier, with commendable enterprise, has just begun to comment on Governor BAKER S message.

THE driving of the first spike on the Mt. Vernon and Graysville Railroad wan celebrated with much eclat at Mt. Vernon on Monday.

AUOCATUS MILLER, aged about twentytwo years, while out hunting in company with two other young man, noar Tliorntown, on Tuesday,, accidcntly himself, inflicting a probably wound.

THE Rock port Democrat doe.-n't like Mr. E. S. AI.VOKU, chairman of the Democratic Stiue Central Committee. It sa\s since Mr. AI.YOKD voied for GRANT, he hasn't done anything to merit the undying gratitude of the Democracy.

JUDGING from the tone of the leaning British journals and prominent public men, the Philadelphia Inquirer concludes that we were never so near having the "Alabama" claims fairly and honorably settled as we now are. In all quarters the justice of our demands for reparation is not only freely and generously admitted, but great anxiety is expressed to have the long-pending differences settled with aa little delay as possible. How much the present threatening aspect of affairs in Europe has to do with the change of tone toward us of our British coasins, every reader will judge for himself. That England desires to avoid a rupture with the United States is natural enough, and that it will tax all her resources to the utmost to maintain her position among the leading Powers of the Old World, is certain. Therefore, justice apart, Great Britain has strong reasons for wishing to dispose of the "Alabama" claims in a manner satisfactory to this country.

BEN.

prietors of the Lafayette Daily Journal, died at his residence, in that city, after a lingering illness, on Tuesday afternoon, in his thirty-first year. The Lafayette Evening Courier says:

Associated with us in the business man ,agetnenl of txe Courier for several years, we knew him well, and can bear testimony to the great heart which marked him as one of nature's noblemen. lie was educated at Notre Dame, "-and after a brief employment in the house of Wm.

Braden at Indianapolis he formed an alliance with the Courier and remained with

TWENTIETH YEAR.

a week.

t,'r,n!iV EXPRESS.

One copy on« year.

Unitarian

LAFAYETTE is to liave Church. MRS CLEMS next trial is eel for Beb $ ruary 13ih.

THE New Albany Shakspcarian Club is no more.

OVER ninety-one thousand hogs have been slaughtered in Indianapolis ^i« season.

shot fatal

INDIANAPOLIS LETTER.

The Canal Debate in the Senate—The Terre Hante Railroad in the llouse.

SEVERAL Democratic Senators Representatives in our State Legislature Canal holders took that work subject to 'have thriftily managed to have their sons the liens upon it, and are bound to disappointed a* pages, messengers, &c. And charge them and, because, cur contract these same fellows have a great deal to with the owners bind* ua not to pay say of "nepotism in the administration." the old bonds. If we violate that part of ,„ir contract the whole of it becomes void,

THE publishers of the morning dailies,

at Indianapolis, pay a heavy price for the

ANOTHER Lafayette parson is to be persecuted with a "donation visit." We are not surprised that the pastors of the "Star City" show a strong inclination to resign, for of all contrivances to impoverish a minister and make the last drop of self-respect ooze out of him, these "donations" are Uic most successful. So few people know how to give in such cases, without making the recipient feel and look like a beggar, that the usual result, even when the contributions foot up in excess of damages, is a feeling on the part of the chief victim and hi« family that they are regarded as mendicants.

BARRON, Esq., one of the pro- portion of the State. The resolution of Mr. Martin, of Putnam, directing the Governor to bring suit to collect the dividends due,from the

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 2o.

Both ends of the Capitol are boiling briskly to-day. The Senate is debating & bill, said to have been propoeed or suggested by the Governor, providing for the payment of the old bonds of 1836, and the House is debating the resolution, of which 1 informed you the other day, directing the Governor to prosecute the claim of the School Fund to the dividend in excess of fifteen per cent, of the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad Company. There have been two bills before the Senate in regard to the old Internal Improvement bonds. The first directed the Attorney General to defend against any suit upon them—referring, of course, to Garrett's suit—and provided for satisfaction of judgment in case of decision by the Supreme Court in favor of the holders. This was debated and rejected this morning. Mr. Hughes, whose political contortion-" grow daily more amazing and unaccountable, voted or the rejection, although he has declared over and over that these bonds should be paid, and his resolution, amending Brown's, declared that "the Legislature will provide for their payment." The second bill, now under discussion, makes no provision for any suit, but enacts absolutely that the old bonds shall be paid, to the number of one hundred and ninety-one, by the Governor, Secretary, Auditor and Treasurer of S ate, provided that no more shall be given for them than the legal amount due upon them. Mr. Brown opposed this and strenuously, because, in his opinion, the

an(| tj,e owners

der

"favors" they receive from the Legisla- latter point it is enough to say that the lure, in being compelled to fill their Supreme Court of the United States has 'sheets with interminable and useless

reports of the sayings and doings of that contract against paying the unsurrendered "*%boilv, reports that nobody, except mem- bond*, unconstitutional and invalid. We, 'bers of the General Assembly, reads, and therefore, violate nothing by disregarding which they,as a general thing, only glancce it. On the first point, the liability of the at, to see if their names are mentioned holders to discharge the liens on the cawilli sufficient prominence, and to curse al, it is sufficient to Ray, first, that those reporters and editors for fancied slights liens were «ot a matter of which our or other grievances.

may claim payment un-

]ie original contract of 1836. On the

pressly declared the provision of our

creditors were bound to take notice. A citizen of the State is given, legally, by the record of a lien, notice of its existence, though he actually knows nothing of it, and he is bound by it. But our creditors were foreigners, to whom our local statutes arc not legal notice. They were not bound to know that the bonds were a lien, or what the legal effect of a lien in this State was, and are not, consequently, bound to make any provision for whaf they knew nothing about. They are held by the plain terms of their bargain, only, and by no constructions, or legal consequences of acts of which they had no legal knowledge. Second, the canal is directly subject to the lien of these bonds. It may be proceeded against at once, as Garrett is doing, without connecting-the State with the suit. Judgment Will citrrjr an attachment and sale, and, once sold, all the talk from Brown county to Botany Bay can't change the fact that we have allowed our creditors to lose the only compensation we ever made them for half their debt. The faith of the State," as well as the public works, was pledged for these old bonds, and, whatever the owners of the canal might be construed as bound to do, that "faith" is clearly violated which leaves them with nothing to show for the money they lent. Mr. Dwiggins, of Jasper, replied quite effectively to the Jackson "snorter." "Mr. Steele and Mr. Hughes both spoke on the bill, but I didn't hear them. I don't believe it will pass, though. If it does the "clouds that lower on dur house" will begin to clear up a little. I missed hearing Hughes because I was listening to the debate in the House, which inter^f'ests your readers more than any other

Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad Company to the School Fund, was the special order for this afternoon. As soon as it was called Mr. Martin offered a substitute directing the Governor, not to prosecute the company for the money,bdt to take charge of the strimow pending in the Putnam Circuit Court to obtain a forfeiture ol the Company's charter. He made

us, until in the purchase of the Journal, a brief statement ol his reasons, and a lit he embarked in business for himself. His ie desultory talk followed when the rewonderful energv and rare business capac

charged his duties to us. But we love to

lh# comalittee of five ma

itv found congenial employment in the r, complete reconstruction ef that paper, session, in regard to the claim and and he was not long in placing it on a conduct of the company, was read. It paying basis among the best newspapers

tll0wed

«££££*£. iheroad had largely esceedetl i.-,,, Courier, and we shall always remember cent, even allowiug the mortgage bonds the zeal and fidelity with which he dis-

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THE Terre Haute Express chronicles not less than fifteen per cent that large the arrest of a mild mannered Radical of amounts had been invested in the stocks that citv .-J:

On the contrary, this colored man is a held that a proper construction of the 23d Democrat, as we are informed, and his section of the charter, which proyidesJor conduct is what might be exp«cted of any

the

colored man mean enough to vote the it imperative on the State to regulate the Democratic ticket. tariffs of the road, but only authorized it to do 60 in its discretion. They admitted that the officers of theoqmp&i\y had given them every facility to investigate the matter. But little to the purpose was said until

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SNOW STORM.

de last

conclusively that the profits of

$600,000 fo be added, |o tM P®d

capital stock of over $s00,000, and

tlunk of huu as the genial sunbeam that ,, he was-never very strong, often a suf- l^ing the sum as the basis of calculation ferer, but always cheerful and with a kiud of dividends that the property of the word for every body. lie has gone hence company was now over $3,000,000, a sum which could not have been reached by

School Fund dividends, did not Sake

CIKCIKKATI, Jan. 25.—A heavy snow .. .. storm since nine o'clock, wind north-east ^r* Speaker Mack, of your citv, left the by east. chair and took the floor. .As he has a

fine presence and considerable fluency he makes a good impression, but his speech, though presenting several good points, was incoherently constructed tagging unrelated topics together, skipping abruptly from one division to another, and occasionally tumbling down an anti-cli-max, when he had worked up a strong sentence too far to make it stronger in conclusion, and lapsed into the feeble rhetoric of generalities, like the orator who rose to the "glories of Miltiades, the proud pre-eminence of Alexander, the heroism of Hannibal, and—and—and the unquestionable merits of all them fellows." He said the Putnam county suit was brought by the Prosecuting Attorney, the officer designed by law to do it, and it wa% no more, an affiur of the Governor's than any other suit. The Attorney was assisted by Mr. Clay pool and Mr. W. R. Harrison, both able lawyers, and they needed neither help nor supervision. He hid no objection to. a suit which should settle finally and forever the qnestion as to the liability of-the company, bnt iie was sick of its recurrence session after session. He then passed to the validity of the State's claim and argued it-ft

"The 23d section of the charter provides "that when the aggregate amount of the dividends declared shall amount to the full sum of the capital invested, with ten per cent, per annum therein, the Legislature may so regulate the tolls and freights that not more than fifteen per cent, shall be divided upon the capital employed, and the surplus profits, if any after paying the expenses and receiving each proportion as may be necessary for future contingencies, shall be paid to ihe School Fund but the corporation shall not be compelled by law to reduce the tolls and freights so that a dividend of fifteen per cent, cannot be declared." This is substantially, and almost totally, the provision out of which the claim grows. Mr. Mack contended forcibly and plausibly, that there was no duty created by it on the part of the company to pay the excess of dividends to the School Fund until the Legislature assumed the power to "so regulate the tolls and freights that the company should not get more than fifteen per cent." The language permitted this interposition? but did not make it imperative but until exercised there can be no claim to the profits arising from "so regulating tolls, &c." The Legislature "may" do "so," and if it does the School Fund shall have a contingent benefit from "so" doing. But can the Fund claim that benefit if the Legislature does not do that thing, from which it is stipulated the benefit shall come? This is not precisely Mr. Mack's argument, but it is substantially. He then read the opinion of Attorney General Williamson, that the State had no claim'against the company until the acquisition of the "full sum invested, with ten per cent, per annum." had beerr ascertained, and the Legislature had "regulated tolls and freights." He spoke in t^e highest terms of the social standing and character of the men who compose the company, nearly all of whom were his constituents, and though he believed none of them gave him their votes or influence in the election, he aimed to do them full justice. He admitted that the company had made great profits, but in* sists that the Legislature had never taken the steps to entitle the School Fund to any part of them.

Mr. Stevenson, of Hamilton, replied to Mr. Mack, urging that the Governor was the right man to look after this case, and prevent one of those compromises by the prosecutor, which are seen in our Courts every day. Mr. Browning,of Brown,offered an amendment to Mr. Martin's substitute, requiring the Attorney General to ascertain the amount due to the School Fund, and report it with his opinion as to the legislation necessary to enable the State to recover it. After a further debate by Mr. Browning and Mr. Ballanger, of Wayne, and others, the amendment to the substitute was laid on the Stable, the substitute itself was passed. This differs from the Senate resolution, of which I spoke the other day, in hat it orders the prosecution of the 1'titnam suit to forfeit the charter, whiie fhe other orders the Attorney General, with the Governor's advice, to collect the claims by other suits. Theic is an evident feeling in the Legislature that the Company had availed itself of a "dodge" to evade what was fully understood to be a bargain to give the School Fund all over fiftfen per cent., after the capital and ten per cent, had been made out of the profits and it looks as I said the other day, as if the "dodge" had been adroitly devised to enable the Company to escape the lair consequences of the promise it seemed to make. T: T.

HAVANA.

II TERRE-HAUTE, INDIANA, THURSDAY MORNING.

ADVICES FROM SOUTH AMERICA. HAVANA, Jan. 24.—Advices to the 14th just received from Lima, Peru. The Arequipa Railroad was .inaugurated on the 1st by President Balta, with great eclat, and is now working. New railroad lines are being projected and contracted for. Large quantities of wheat are being shipped to Europe. Small-pox at Valparaiso disappearing. j,

DELAY OF THE MAILS

The merchants of this city complain of the great delay of the mails from Southern cities in the United States since they have been sent hy the Cedar Keys route. Letters from Charleston via that route take fourteen to twenty cays to reach here, while letters via New Orleans take only five to ten days.

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HOME.

PCBSONAL.

ROME, Jan. 24.—Prince and Princeax Piedmont left Florence yesterday A. X., and arrived at Rome at 4 o'clock p.

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BY* TELEGRAPH.

Prussians Falling Back From Dijon toMessigny.'

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Conflagration, at Longny. ,•

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PRUSSIANS EVACUATE ALENCON. at**

Bombardment at Longny Continues Without Relaxation.

ENGLAND.

LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION. LONBON, Jan. 24, 3 30 P. x.—Lord Penzance in his capacity of head of the Probate Court of England, has granted to Madame Lynch, letters of administration upon the will of ex-President Lopex of Paraguay. The execution of the original by Lopez was proved by the affidavit of General McMahon.

PRUSSIAN CAVALRY.

*S dispatch from HavrV 8ays"tBe Prnssian cavahry has advanced to Bazagonie Favorits, in the north.

FRENCH MOVEMENT.

XOKDON, ^JAn."S24.—A|

FRENCH PRISONERS.

A dispatch from Brussels 24th says, the French prisoners held at Liege have made another attempt to escape from captivity, but a timely .discovery of the plot by Belgians prevented a successful issue.

SEIZURE OF ASMS.

The Belgian authorities have effected an important seizure of arms at Ypres. 3 CONFLAGRATION AT LONGNY.

LONDON, Jan. 24.—There was an extensive conflagration at Longny yesterday. The flames were visible all night, and to-day the fire is still burning. In the meanwhile bombardnvnt goes on without relaxation,

FRANCE.

PRUSSIANS FALLING BACK.8 BORDEAUX, Jan. 24—After the battle at Dijon the Prussians retreated towards Messigny and Savigny Le Sur. In the west, also, the Prussians appear to be falling back.

EVACUATION.'*

Alencon has been evaluated by the enemy. They cut the railway between Lyons and Besancon at Byons.

TRUSSIANS DEFEATED. ft

DIJON, Jan. 2*.—The defeat of the Prussians on Sunday was complete. Hie troops under Riccicitti Garibaldi destroyed the 61st. Prussian regiment. The French behaved heroically.

NEW YORK.

.{*** fv?» MY F, A DENIAL. 1 NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—Secretary Boutwell denies there is any truth whatever in the statement in a paper here that the Secretary of the Treasury has written to Collector Murphy informing him that his, resignation will be accepted, r.

A 8HOOTINQ AFFRAY.

James Haggerty, a notorious character, was shot at ah early hour this morning by Wm. Varley, better known as "Reddy, the blacksmith," on the corner of Broadway and Houston streets. The men had a quarrel ever (tome trouble growing out of a previous encounter at Florence's saloon. Haggerty, it is said, fired three shots at Ready without effect,\when the latter returned the lire. Haggerty was mortally wounded and is now dying.

Yarley gave himself up and is now held in custody at police headquarters. SPECIE SHIPMENTS-

JAMAICA STEAMER.

By a cable message received in this city yesterday from Kingston, Jamaica, Sir John Peter Grant, Governor of the Island, has concluded aa arrangement with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, for one of their steamers to call at Kington Once a month. The steamer to make Kingston the first port from New York, then Aspinwall. Leaving Aspin* wall for New York, she will again stop at Kingston for through passengers ana cargo. By this arrangement a subsidy of $25,000 in gold per annum is to be pud the Company. S~m8ERIOU8 COLLISION.

As County Auditor Watson was driving down Harlem Lane last evening with a friend in his sleigh, he was run into by another driven by an intoxicated man. Watson's horse valued at $10,000 was killed. Watson's skull was fractured. He was taken to the Club House where he now lies in a precarious condition.

FROM THE PULPIT TO THE TRITOUC"" The Presbytery of Brooklyn have granted the request of Rev. Dr. Spear to be relieved from the pastorate 'Of the South Presbyterian Church, that he may assume the editorial chair of the Independent. .. 14 i•?•»T

greases..

disp«tDI iroi

v^ a French detschmec

Berlin 24th says^ a French detachment was 'marching on AbbevlUiers. The force was well supplied with artillery.

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m-M WAVAL. -1

The United States frigate California, twenty-three guns, has been taken to the Navy Yard for repairs. The Navy Department has ordered the gunboat Shawmut, five guns, to be made ready for sea by February 5, when her officers and men will be assigned. She is said to be fitting out ior the West Indies, to look after affaira«t£a» Domingo. &SSCEBFEST.

Aricola Paur, musical director of the Liederkranz Society, has been appointed chief of the Bundes Dirigent for the 12th General Scngerfest to be given is this city next summer. 8CBH.U8 ABM3.

It is stated upon apparently good authority that the President on Monday ordered immediate discontinuance of sales of surplus arms and munitions of every kind.

C0ffeBE8SI05AL.

HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.

Mr. Brooks, of New York, presented a petition of Frank Leslie for equalization of duties upon sized and unsized paper, in lieu of a discrimination of 20 and 35 percent.

Mr. Niblack reported a fortification bill, which was made special order for next Tuesday. The bill appropriates $1,627,000.........

Mr. Hooper, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported back the Sen ate amendment to the House bill declaratory of the meaning of the act of July 14th, 1870, to reduce internal taxation. The amendment was concurred in, and the bill now goes to the President for approval.

Mr. Conger introduced a bill making appropriations for continuing work on the 8ault Ste Marie referred.

Mr. Negjey, from the Committee on Military affairs, reported a bill extending the benefits of the act establishing an asylnm for disabled volunteer soldiers and sailors to the to'diers of the war of 1812 and the Mexican war passed.

Mr. Negley also reported a bill to repeal the proviso of the sixth section of the act of July 27, 1868, relating to pensions, the proviso being a limitation of five years for applications for. premiums after the right thereto accrued.

Mr. Benjamin, Chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions, objected to the reporting of such bill from the Comtee on Military Affaire, as a subject that belongs to and was under consideration by the Pension Committee. The objection was overruled and the bill passed.

Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported back the Sen ate bill to turn over to the Secretary of the Interior for disposal by sale af.er appraisement of United States military reservations at Forts Lane and Walla Walla, Oregon Fort Zarah, Kanjas Camp McGarry, Nevada Forts in New Mexico Forts Jespnp and Sabine, La. Fort Wayne, Ark. Fort Collins, Col. Fort Dakota, in Dakota, and such portion of Fort Bridger, Wyoming, as is no longer required for military purposes.

Mr. Garfield moved to amend by adding Fort Smith, Arkansa agreed to and the bill then passed.

Tli' ouse then took up the bill report. 4 .esterdavby Mr. Stonghton,-from the Committee on Military Affairs, to enable honorably discharged soldiera and sailors, and their widows and orphans to acquire homesteads on the public lands.

Mr. Holman moved to substitute lor soldiers and aailors of the late war and their widows and orphans, the bounty land law of the 28th of September 1870.

Mr. Julian moved a substitute relieving soldiers and sailors who make homestead entries, from legal requirement of five years occupation, but letting the time served in the army count as part of the time of occupation.

The morning hour expired and the bill went over till to-morrow. Mr. Brooks of New York, made inquiry of Mr. Dawes in regard to the meeting of the next Congress on the 4th of March. He wanted information on the subject in order to guide him in the introduction of bills and action on bills besides he and other members were deeply interested in the matter of tariff reform, and if the session were to close on the 4th of March, he proposed to ask action of the House as soon as the rules would permit him, for reformation of the tariff. It was for that purpose and for information for the country that he desired an answer to his question from the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. Dawes said in reply that he could only gite a private opinion on the subject. As the law now stood it was obvious there must be a session on the 4th of March. He saw no indication that that law would be repealed, much to his own personal regret, and if Congress assembled on the 4th of March he had no reasonable expectation that it would adjourn before the middle of April or the first of May. He should himself do all he could to have the session close in a single day, or in a single week, but in the light of experience he would hazard the prophecy that if Congress met on the 4th of March next, it would not adjourn before the middle of April or the first of May.

Specie shipments to-day for Enrope amount to about $63,520 in silver bar*. BONDS.

There were twelve proposal* for bonds to-day amounting to $2,197,500 to 10,765. Awards will soon be one million, from 10,733 to 10,755.

FIRE. t'ti/I iiyiJI

Fire last night on the second floor of 86 and 88, Worth street, occupied br Forstman & Co., importers of woolens, Ac. The fire took place in the rear, of the store, and ran up the staircase to the third floor. Forstman & Co's loss will amount to $25,000. The first floor and basement were occupied by Banedahl & Coliven," whose goods were damaged by water and smoke about $10,000. The building was also owned by them and damaged $5,000. All said to be insured.

Mr. Scofield offered a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for a tabular statement showing the pay and allowances of the different grades of army officers, under the act of the 15th of July. 1870, as compared with their pay and allowances before the passage of the act adopted.

The House then at 2 o'clock went into Committee of the Whole, Mr. Wheeler in the chair, on the Indian ApDropriation bill, which appropriates $4,359,409.

The usual discussion about the opposing policies of feeding and fighting Indians, was carried cn for a considerable time.

Mr. Garfield gave as his opinion that as the ballot had been the means of saving and elevating the African race, so it would also be found the best means of saving and civilizing the Indian race. He looked forward to the organization of the Territory or a State government as the turning point in their destiny.

After disposing of thirty-four pages of the bill, jnat one-half, the Committee rose and the House at 4:15 adjourned, -v 5

SENATE.

Senator elect F. P. Blair, of Missouri, whose presence was announced by his colleague, Mr. Schurz, appeared and took the oath of office. He was then appointed to fill vacancies in the Committees on the Pacific Railroad and Education and Labor. \s

Mr. Chandler introduced a bill to enable the Jackson, Lansing and Saganew Railroad to change the northern terminus of their road, from Traverse Bay to the Straits of Mackinaw referred. Also a bill making temporary appropriation for the prosecutien of the Work of improving the Ste Maries canal ajd Ste Marie* river referred.

Mr. Trumbull, from the Judiciary committee,reported back adversely the bill lately introduced by himself in reference to insurance companies.

Mr. Williams' resolution for a special Senate Committee on telegraph legislation was taken up as business of the morning hour. Objection was made because of the supposed effect of the resolution compelling recommittal of bills already matured by standing committees, and now pending on the calendar.

The morning hour having expired the resolution went over without action. At one o'clock Mr. Schurs was awarded the floor upon Mr. Trumbull's pending civil service reform bill, but gave way temporarily to Mr. Howell, on whose motion the House bill granting pensions to soldiers and sailors and widows of detied soldiera of the war of 1812, was taken up and read.

Mr. Schurs thought it evident that the bill wonld lend to extended' debate, and resumed the floor.

Mr. 8cott appealed to Mr. Schurs to allow the regular order of business to be passed over informally, subject to the call

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of any ceed with IM^or, in order to proMr. Scott therf^^tax repeal bill, inquisitorial, unconstiWd. to show the unnecessary character of thi-.unjust and (he question of expense he said t^ Upon, missioner of Internal Revenue had occasionally represented as saying that the income tax cost more to collect than it realized, while his actual 'Statement was that the cost of collecting the tax ex ceeded that of any other revenue tax. The accuracy of the statement was fully attested. The Commissioner had recently informed him (Mr. Scott) that by its repeal 500 assistant assessors could be dis posed of, with at once an estimated dimin otion in expense of $7,500 per day. '.The The irregularity of the tax, was shown in the fact that of the voters of the 'iountry not more than one in sixty-five paid this tax, while in twenty-three Congressional districts in the Ufaited States, nearly one-tenth of the whole number, the.whole amount realized from it was not $1,000,

Mr. Sherman, upon the impossibility of dispensing with the revenue derived from the tax, without materially affecting the estimated current expenses, read from tabular statements the receipts and expenditures of the government. The present yield of the tax was about 13 million dollars, or one twenty-sixth of the aggregate revenue, amounting to .$23,00tf Unlike other taxes .it was short lived, being limited to two yew?. E«?ry Argument for its repeal applied with requal force to the reduction of duties, on sugar, tea, coffee and other necessaries pf .life, while the latter were articles of general consumption among the poor. TLe ill policy of repealing all the tax. prior to a general revision of the tax at the. next session, as unwarranted by our revenue and expenses and injuriously affecting the funding of the public debt and spi^ie re sumption, was referred to, and also the fallacy of the government that repeal would lessen the number of revenue officers.

Mr. Sherman claimed that not the slightest diminution would occur, as the revenue from whisky and tobacco- and sales of stamps ib each district, would still remain to be collected.

The subject was then informally laid aside, and the remainder of the.session was taken up by a per.-.onal debate- between Senators Fenton and Conklingin regard to matters connected with the New York Custom House and Collector Murphy's administration.

At 4:30 the Senate adjourned. 1

WASHINGTON. IM

SUFFERING AMONG INDIANS.

Reports from the Indian country north of the Pacific railroad indicate, much suffering among the Indians. Atilituy officers at Forts Laramie and Fetterinan re port destitute Indians daily arriving, and the Indian Bureau being wholly without funds wherewith to purchase-supplies to feed them, it has been determined that supplies should be furnished from the Commisariat of the Army, until other arrangements can be made. An order to this effect has accoidingly been made.

WEST POINT COMMITTEE.

The Sub-Committee of the Military Committee to visit West Point is composed of Gen. Cobb, of Wisconsin, Gen. Asper, of Missouri, and GeD.'Slocum, of New York. They expect to leave on Thursday of this week, and to be occupied two or three days in examining witnesses relative to the breach of discipline by the first class in the expulsion of three fourth class cadets.

THE TEST OATH I

The Reconstruction Committee met yesterday and instructed the chairman to have the Senate bill to abolish the test oath taken from the Speakers table and referred to the Committee for immediate action. A large majority of the Committee are understood to be in favor of- the bill, which, if it becomes a law, will remove all disabilities except those imposed by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. Porter's sub-Committee, who have in charge the two subjects-of providing more ample protection to loyal people in the South, and relieving persons appointed to office who cannot take the iron clad oath, made no report, and .were given extension until next Tuesday. Porter is preparing a careful report on the former subject. If the full committee agree to the entire repeal of the teat oath, there will be no occasion for action by the subCommittee on the second-subject referred to them.

TRANSPORTATION OF PUBEIC MONET. Deputations of Treasury clerks have just returned from Santa Fe, having superintended the transportation thither of half a million dollars on public account. It was enclosed in four light iron safe*, and conveyed from the terminus of railway communication in wagons, under a military escort, occupying two weeks.

HEALTHY SEAMEN.

Official dispatches from the Asiatic and West India Squadrons represent the health of United States officers and seamen good.

SOUTHERN HEADQTJABTKM.' By direction of the President the headquarters of (he Department of the South is transferred from Atlanta, Ga., to Louisville, the latter being the headquarters ot Gen Halleck.

TROOPS FOB ALABAMA.

The commanding officer at Newport Barracks, Ky ., has beetf ordered to forward a detachment of one hundred recruits from his department to Huntsville, Alabama, assignment to Second Infantry.

INCOME TAX.

Secretary Boutwell was before the Committee of Ways and Means of the House, this morning, resisting the abolition of the income tax. He represented that the probable revenue from that source would be between thirteen and fourteen millions, while tlie additional cost of collee tion would not be half a million^ *-rrt

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APPORTIONMENT ACT.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—It having been conjectured that if an apportionment act is not passed in time to apply to the 43d Congress, no Presidential election in 1872 will be determined by the present basis of organization. It is proposed to say that if a President will be elected at fhe same time as the 43d Congress, both Will be chosen on a new basis. This is in accordance with the precedents of 1832 and 1852. The only event in which a failure, to make a new law apply to. the 43d Congress can possibly affect the Presidential election, would be the failure to elect by the people, in which .case a choice would be made by the House of the 42d Congress and 011 the present basis.

OFFICIAL CRITICISM. r-

Collector Murphy's action on receiving released Fenians with a government vessel, and apparently in the name of the government, is a subject of official criticism here, but it is not likely that: any action will be taken unless there^ould be a call upon thia government for explanation, Which has not vet been mads...

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ARRESTED.

MEMPHIS, Jan. 25.—James Schooles, proprietor of the Variety theatre, and J. Bays, a negro minstrel employed there, ftfr^irrested last evening, on charge of t&blishfitoom'g Opera House, a rival esGrand Jur^«nme weeks since. The the former in $&>d 'them and bonded Hays in default was ]atter $5,000.,

HEBREW OEPHAN it.

The following trustees of the I Orphan Asylum at Cleveland were ei*~ ed by the Grand Lodm Benai Berith: A. Aub, Cincinnati Wm. Kriegshabe, Louisville S. L. Gatzert, Chicago.

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE.

The Avalanche's special says the Mississippi Legislature reassembled yesterday. Bills were introduced repealing the usury laws, and directing the Judiciary committee to report in favor of abolishing the.board of school visitors.

ARKANSAS ITEMS if

Judge Noah D. English, a prominent lawyer and Mason, died at Little Rock, Saturday, of a .congestive chill.

W. B. Groves, a citizen of Clark county, was found frozen to death last week. JohnBarr, a stranger, died in the Ark* adelphia jail last-week, from a complication ot diseases, he having sought shelter there.

A German named H. Geretenberg was found dead on Thursday at Fort Smith.

CONNECTICUT,,.2^

REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION. NEW HAVEN, Jan. 25.—The Republi can State Convention met in Music Hall this morning. David Gallup was chosen temporary Chairman. Gen. Hawley was elected President. Gen. Hawley addressed the Convention, reviewing the ilatform of the Democratic party at some ength. and arguing to reiute the charges made by Democrats against the Administration. The whole ticket was renominated by acclamation- Hon'.'"!!. B. Harrison then addressed the Convention, reviewing the record of the Republican party. The Convention adjourned at one o'clock pj m.

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Br Telegraph'I ^^OIWCISKITI, Jan, .25, COTTON—Steadyrwith moderate demand. FLOUR—Market bmoyant, but unsettled. Family 6 40A6 50.

WHEAT—None in the market, therefore no auotations. CORN—Demand fair and market firm, o2,

UIE—Scarc# and firm, and higher, 1 (X). OATS—Steady, with moderate demand, 42a 43.

BARLEY—Steady, with moderate demand, 100. UROCJSHIES—Unchanged,

EGGS—Steady, with moderate de nian8 213. BUTTER—Demand fair and market firm. CIIEESE—Demand good at full prices. SE KDS—Unchansrod PROVISIONS—Dull, no demand worthy of note,

PORK—Dull and prices have declined* Sales at 21 00a21 50, best offer at the olose. LARD—Doll, but holders not willing to make concessions, asking 12at2$.

BULK MEATS—Dull, Hsking 8K. 10}£all. BACON—Only a limited jobbing demand. Small sales at 9)4,112£all%.

HOGS—Dull and prices declined: 7 00a7 75. the latter for those averaging 450 poundt gloss. Sales 2,650, average 7 25. Receipts

'WHISKY—Demand faijr. and market firm, 8 8 ifl ul Itu

GOLD-lOJi.'-EXCHANGE—1-2 premium-

NEW YORK MARKET

By Telegraph.] N«w YORK. Jan. 25. COTTON—Market fluiet, prices unchanged. Mlddtinc 15%.

EIIODA-Demand fair, priee* advanced. Superfine Western State* 6 lOaC 35 common good extra, 6 75a6 85 good choice 6 90*7 30 White Western extra 7 30a7 75: extra Ohio 6 90a7 60 St, Louis, 6 90a8 75. Receipts 7.000.

RYE FLO^R—Firmeri 4 25&5 85 CORN MEAIr-Qoiet. Demand5fair* and market Irm, lteeeipts 21,000 bushel* new spring 1MK* 1 56 red amber 1 56al 58 White Michigan 1 65al 70.

RYE—Quiet, CORN—Dewand fair, market firm. No. 1, mixed J3Ha86. Reeelpta 14,000. 0AT6—Demand good at full prices. Receipts 5.000 bushels. Western Ohio62a75.

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BEEF—Steady. Mess 10 OOalo 00 extra 15 00al7 50 prime mess 26 00a28 00. HOGS—Dull.

CUT MEATS-Firm. LARD—Dull, Prime stoam ll?sal3 kettle

GUTTER—12a22

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We have a complete line of theso Colabrat«d Pure Mohairs. Harper's Baaaar has announced them, editorially, as the best and most beautiful black good* imported for tno season.

We fee] warranted in giving them our hifh est recommendation, to the public, and in vite inspection.

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CHEESE—Heavy, 12al®$.

SEW YORK MONEY MARKET. By Telegraph.] Nrw Yotr. Jan. 25. GOLD—Dull, all bnsiness at 10%..

LOANS—From 4 to 6 per cent, .•« CLEARANCES—814.000.000. GOVERNMENTS—Closed firm and active at ar. advance from Vt to

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