Show to the daae deseret ret ref evenin evening g mci nur mcl aa sy 7 washington 16 in the house a large number ol 01 of bills bills and resolutions were introduced several of af which contain various financial propositions looking to the resumption of specie payment A A resolution was offered reciting the presidents recommendation to repeal the reconstruction laws and declaring thab that Congress will never consent to take a retrograde step nor deviate from its fixed purpose of protecting all ali oilmen men equal before the law and stating that there is no reason to doubt the restoration of the reli rell rebellious ellious states being successfully cess fully accomplished nor any good reason to repeal the reconstruction laws the resolution passed by a strict party vote yeas nays 32 the house then went into committee of tho the whole to consider the deficiency in the appropriation bill the house soon after adjourned senate after the tho introduction of a number of bills and resolutions the house bill repealing the tax tas on cotton was considered several beveral amendments were elo eio of offered flared and a long discussion ensued T lV washington ashington 16 the tho presidents communication giving his reasons for the suspension of stanton 7 is published it says antons St condemnation of the tenure of office bill DIU in the cabinet meeting was the most elaborate and emphatic of all the embers members ni it says after the death of president pres ident lincoln a scheme of recon st ruction was adopted which stanton had himself prepared for the lincoln proclamation reclamation rocla rocia mation matlon organizing a government f in in north carolina which was issued in pursuance of this scheme with the ap of every member of the cabinet the tho present difference of opinion with stanton blanton began with the acts relating to suffrage in the district of columbia and the reconstruction bills of march 66 it affirms that stanton blanton withheld the dispatch atch stating the probability of a riot an fn in tew tow new orleans until after the riot had occurred and refused to send instructions to prevent the disturbance tho the president then attempts to prove the illegality of the emonts to check the responsibility of the he president by depriving him of the right to elect his agents I 1 the tho president ident has haa nominated nominate dW W H 11 gibbs gibbe governor of idaho alexander K lowry register of the dand daud land laud office and jas P F swain postmaster at benicia havana 16 10 tho murder of general montez is con arme d I 1 the populace are kne are very fumul tons c 7 bt st domingo 16 war has haa been declared by bt st domingo o 0 I 1 ag against hayti on account of the government government lending aid to the partisan forces already marching to hayti paris 16 baron M gunch prussian minister to mexico has arrived i copenhagen 16 negotiations with prussia with to schleswig Sch leswig have been resumed important important notes are exchanged ed but the result is unknown T london 16 10 last night an apparently organized attempt to fire several warehouses in the city was wag unsuccessful it la Is gener nily aily supposed to be the work of Fen hen ians lans the events cause alarm throughout the metropolis and hundreds of special policemen are being sworn in A man is arrested on suspicion of having engineered the Cler kenwell explosion he assaid ie said sald to be the person who lit the fuse now york 16 10 the english papers contain dispatches from lord stanley in reference to the alabama claims which say england cannot consent to refer to foreign powers t 4 to determine the question whet ghether vh ether hier fier ll 11 her hen c r policy in recognizing as belligerent the confederates was suitable to the circumstances at the time when the negotiations were wore made regarding the fo vo called alabama clause the tho only point which the english government would consent to refer to the decision of an arbiter was the question of the moral ie r e of of england on the assumption whether an actual state of war existed between the united states and the confederate states on which assumption it would be for the arbiter to determine whether there had been such failures on the part of the british government as a neutral legally or morally in the observance of or any duties or relations towards the united states as would woold be deemed to involve moral re spon on the martof part of tho the british government to make good the losses caused by the alabama or other yes tes seis sels stanley proposes a limited refer olce elce to arbitration with regard to the so ab called alabama claims and aud an dl cation catlon by means ora ors of a mixed commis glon ilon of general claims chicago 17 the times special says the tho president is about to send to congress an au extraordinary message specially commending the course of gen hancock in new now or leans and w will 11 ask congress for some recognition of one who the president says earnestly has inaugurated the reign of civil law given tie the tle citizens the privilege of habeas corpus the possession ion lon of the courts and the freedom of the press this document will be soon presented and will probably create a sensation being heing regarded as the commencement ot of a it new policy which will probably be followed by bj the removal of pope and anby canby 41 dublin 16 legal proceedings on the charge of seditious conduct have been commenced against martin president of the irish national league sullivan editor of the dublin lVa iva nation tion teon and others for taking part in the tho fenian funeral obsequies of the esth florence 16 10 the liberal members of parliament have made a violent attack on the government ern ment minister Men abrea replies tomorrow to morrow new york 16 the susquehanna has lost three of her crew by yellow fever admiral palmer died at st thomas on the ath the tribune editorially editor lally says negotiations ne otia otla for the fusion of the tho fenian or are likely to be successful inder under the presidency of john mitchell new york 17 the rho heralds havana special as has news from demartra De marara which state that a terrific fire occurred there the rep report of the terrific fire on tho the island aland of guadaloupe is confirmed violent shocks of an earthquake were experienced at st kiefo nov and the sea rising several feet on each occasion an earthquake visited antigua on the ath causing great loss of life and property reports from st thomas aro are more cheerful attempts to raise the sunken wrecks by a now york submarine company are meeting with great success the commercial feeling at havana is very insecure and some failures are expected montgomery 17 the advertiser contains the particulars of the arrest of the tha negro george shorter the leader of tho the insurrectionary movement in bullock county shorter pretends to hayo havo been sent by the northern radicals to organize a government for the blacks at a sheriffs sale today to day railroad stock sold at remarkably low figures and land sold from five cents to twenty cents per acre the heralds special I 1 says severa several I 1 democratic mem members steela ers from the west who havo have heretofore favored pendleton have declared in favor of hancock the movement in this direction acquires strength daily the world haa baa a marked editorial upon the ability of hancock setting betting his hib judgment above that of general grant the worlds special says the committee on ways aud and nd means find that the government ought to receive for the whisky tax whereas the actual receipts are only estimating ti the product from the capacity of the stills government ought to receive chicago 17 tho the vests special says the senate fi fl nance committee has reported the house antl anti contraction bill bul senator sherman saying it had received tho the unanimous approbation of the committee on finance the committee agreed upon a bill for funding the national debt waichau which au es the issue of six per percent cent bonds the proceeds of which are to be used for redeeming existing securities these bonds are exempt from taxation the bill creates a sinking fund for the reduction of the public debt and provides provid 0 for fon o r the redemption of the nive five tw twenty e n tras b bonds ads in currency it authorizes the secretary of the treasury to redeem the bonds held abroad by the issue of bonds bearing bourand four and a half per cent interest payable in forty years london 17 the times devotes a leading article to american finances and thinks mc Cul lochs policy is simply to substitute new evils avils for old ones washington 1 17 arouse rouse stevens asked unanimous ous oui consent co meent to introduce a bill from frow the reconstruction construct ion iou committee the bill provides that majority of the votes cast may affirm a constitution in any of the southern states it apportions the representatives to congress from the excluded states and provision is made for the election of a specified number of ol members from each state on a general ticket the remainder to be elected from districts the bill was objected to and was not received the military committee reported a bill for bidding officers cashiered cashi ered and dismissed by sentence of court martial being restored to the military service except by appointment reappointment re and being confirmed by tho the senate the bill passed the house passed the senate benato joint resolution changing the time cline of holding annual elections for the directors of the B R the resolution provides that the terms odthe of the tho present directors shall cease next march the house went into a committee of the whole on a general debate on the presidents message in the senate sherman reported abill a bill funding the national debt the provisions of which have been grevl bously telegraphed london 17 the authorities having received information that a quantity of nitro alyc byc erine irine had been secreted in newcastle on tyne supposed by the Fen lans ians sent the sherl sheriff fl and a posse of police to remove it while moving it the substance exploded with a tremendous detonation and several of the police were lust instantly antly killed the men nea hea nearest rest the ge package being blown to atoms the Sherif sherlf badly hurt the inquest on the bodies of the persons killed in the cier Cler kenwell explosion failed to elicit anything satisfactory is 1 rumors have reached here that a change in the austrian ministry is impending count it Is said will form the new cabinet chicago 18 the following Is a synopsis of the bill prepared ed by the senate finance committee for funding the national debt the bill authorises authorizes autho rises the secretary of the treasury to issue registered coupon bonds as he shall prescribe payable both principal and interest in coin bearing interest at six per cent to be payable in forty years from date or redeemable aee dee mable mabie in coin at pleasure by the government aft erten erlen years Theres theros hallbe hali ball be issued an amount sufficient to cover all the outstanding existing obligations of the united states and they thoy are to bo be disposed of on such terms and not less leas thau than par as the secretary of the treasury may deem best the said sald bonds to be exclusively used in taking up the existing securities of the united states section two provides for the entire exemption of those bonds which are to be known as the consolidated debt of the tho united states from all taxation whether state municipal or any other authority the interest thereon and the income thereupon shall be exempt i from the payment of all excess of duties to the united states but bilt in consideration of buch such exemption tho the treasurer trea surer shall reserve one sixth of the interest accruing which sum in money shall form a special fund one one halfon which la is to be distributed among the several states in proportion to to the population ula tion the remaining half is is to apply the payment of the nat national io nal nai debts in a manner to be afterward provided section third substitutes for the sinking fund as provided by the laws now in force a plan for appropriating yearly froin from the moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated a sum which includes bludes the amount necessary for the payment of the interest and maturing maturing the debt andone undone and one ono half of the reserved reserve tax as aforesaid which sum daring eack each each fiscal year after the current fiscal year shall be applied to reduce the public debt in such a manner as may be determined ter mined by the secretary of the tre treasury or as congress shall shail hereafter direel direct the bill further provides that the five twenty bonds shall at the elpi ration rallon of five years yeara from date at the theopi theop vp i tion of the holders thereof bo be changed for the bonds authorized by this act such as are now redeemable shall be presented for exchange on or before thel first of november next and not thereafter the residue to be presented on or before the expiration of nive five years from frond their date section five provides that i the holders of any lawful money of the united states which amount to one ono hundred dollars may convert the same rame into bonds for an equal amount the notes so received shall be held in the treasury as a apart part of the reserve al already ready provided for and the holder of any 5 20 bonds bonda or bonds contemplated by this act may demand their redemption in lawful money dmd and the treasury shall redeem the same in lawful money un less the amount attio of united states stales notes nota then outstanding shall equal four hundred millions but such bond shall not noi be redeemable after the redemption of specie payment the secretary tary of tho the treasury in order to carry out tout the foregoing provision is requested to maintain in the treasury a reserve of not less than fifty nifty million of lawful money similar in ail respects to the united states notes authorized by law provid ed the same shall not at any lime ilme time ex aeed four hundred million to enable the secretary to redeem the of the united states held abroad he hell halg Is further authorized to issue bonds pas pay able principal and interest in coin coln la frankfort or london bearing interest e aper 4 1 per cent payable semiannually semi annually at a rate of exchange equivalent to five nite francs per dollar such bonds shall be payable in 40 years or shall be redeem able after 20 years from date at the pleasure of the united states in coin at a like rate of exchange and to be issued uee to an amount not to exceed five hundred thousand to be exchanged for an equal amount in 52 5 2 00 bonds or to be disposed of at such terms not less than par barbi ia lawful money as the secretary vmay may deem best |