Show TO THE DESERET NEWS a scott introduced a bill to amend the revenue tax law so that farmers who sell their own produce shall not be taxed the discussion was resumed upon the bill for the australian mall mail service which finally went to the committee on commerce A joint resolution authorizing the postmaster general to prescribe an earlier time for the execution of contracts by accepted bidders passed the report of the committee on indian affairs relative to the black hill indian lands was committed recommitted re the northern pacific railroad bill was discussed by casserly stewart and howard an amendment that lands not sold five years after the completion of the road be subjected to preemption pre emption at ata 0 per acre was agreed to an amendment that congress may at any time alter or amend a joint resolution was adopted A proviso was inserted that american iron and steel be exclusively used in the construction of the road the bill then passed 40 toli to 11 in executive session howard from the committee on the pacific railroads presented and asked for the printing of a voluminous report of the testimony taken by the sub com cittee relative to the transatlantic trans atlantic railroad rall Bail road company sumner from the committee on foreign relations reported adversely to the bill to pay mr mckenze mckenzie forty four thousand dollars in addition to nifty fifty thousand already paid him for defending the fenian prisoners the senate took up sum Bum ners resolution directing the president to appoint a commissioner to open negotiation for the annexation of the Winne winnipeg peg district a as a territory or state A A large number of bills were pase passed parsed including one to repeal the act of feb 1803 sumner stating that it was the last on the statute book connected with slavery prohibiting the importation por tation of or persons of color into certain states also the invalid appropriation pria tion bill appropriating some thirty a bill to prevent counterfeiting foreign trade marks protected by treaty stipulations laere were passed A number of bills were indefinitely postponed including one by sumner for the return to specie payments ts HOUSE the discussion on the louisiana case was resumed upon the resolution offered yesterday by bykerk henr herr providing fur for the ratification of the governor of lodai lodal lo dai dal ana stephenson made a speech hi h clefense defense of Si pliers claim remarking tat if the house adhered to its vote all tle tie e louisiana seats would be vacated JJ proposed that the resolution be withheld till the fact was decided theres the resolution was tabled the house resumed the consideration of the bill to revise the consulate law 1 and tj 0 amend the statute relating to to patents and copyrights amendments were adopted regulating the salaries of librarians and first assistant examiners the house then went into a committee of the naval appropriation bill which appropriates sixteen million and sixty four thousand dollars washburn of wisconsin said the position of our navy was the most humiliating the war ships of the united states being the derision of the world neither a credit to the country at home nor abroad referring to the commercial iron steamships of england he said they could sweep our little commerce from the ocean in thirty days and he thought it would atwould be well weil to consider whether the united states might not wisely devote part of the money n now ow spent for the navy in encouraging t he the bi building Alding of a class of ships that would be useful in peace and war A resolution was adopted that leave of absence hereafter granted for an indefinite period shall not extend beyond the second unless otherwise ordered by the house schenck reported back the senate amendment to the income tax bill and moved concurrence non stating however that he would not ask a committee of conference after considerable discussion the house refused to table the bill the house then refused to concur in the senate substitute leaving the senate to aska committee of conference during the discussion schenck declared that the amendment increased the amount of exemptions and said that the committee of ways and means would at some time report a general bill on that subject and the nature of the tax would be modified he did not believe the tax could be abolished without collecting other taxes more odious and vexatious the total number of persons paying income tax was of this number over paid twenty dollars or less and if the exemption reached two thousand this class would be cut off sixty nine thousand pay between a hundred and two hundred dollars while nearly paid over two hundred dollars voorhees favored the continuance of the income tax in his opinion the most impolitic thing the house could do would be to abolish it coburn judd and farnsworth farns yarns worth expressed similar views GENERAL A convention of the paper makers of the united states met yesterday to establish such a union as exists in other trades and to take steps to prevent the present overproduction over production of paper which kas has reduced the price of some grades below the cost of production at the mills represented it was resolved to issue a call for a general meeting of the trade to be held on oil the of may A correspondent telegraphs that the statement that the british government had applied for permission to send troops through our territory to the red river elver country is simply a canard no application of the kind has been made nor would it be granted on any conditions by the administration as there is not a single member of the cabinet who favors such a thing and the british government is well aware of the fact it is stated on unquestionable authority that thornton thorn ton has not made a protest against the darien canal treaty and it la is not at all probable that any protest will be made y V about one thousand migrants emigrants landed yesterday at castle garden almost entirely germans ALBANY accounts from different parts of this county state that several bridges houses barns and grist and saw mills were swept away by the flood yesterday a number of persons narrowly escaped but no lives were lost the bill repealing the registry law ex exception except in n new york City has passed the se senate also a bill removing disabilities from colored voters the new york arcade railroad bill has passed the legislature A petition has been signed by the female teachers of the public schools and presented to the board of education asking the restoration of corporeal punishment ish ment as the women declare that experience has taught them that the rod alone is of any effect to keep an unruly class of boys in subjection the telegraph continues to report extraordinary high water throughout the region over w nich the recent storm passed it is still nalto ilg in maine and new hampshire tho tha th merrimac is within a few f the hight bight it reached in the grea 0 october tober freshet the villages siai and towns in the valley are inundated and the whole valley is full fall of water much damage and joss are apprehended from the breaking of the lumber booms the damage to the railroads by the rise of the chemung is in a fair way to be repaired 11 NEW YORK 21 the mcfarland trial has been adjourned until monday in n consequence q af the illness of the recorder CHICAGO at jacksonville illinois capt ed mcconnell son of general murray mcconnell who was murdered in hla hia office in that city over a pear ago rose in the night while laboring under delirium induced by excessive drinking and cut and slashed himself in the head face and throat in a shocking manner with a penknife he then went to the kitchen and took a sad iron and pounded bounded his hia face and head almost to a jelly e ay he was found in his room in the in morning orning unconscious through loss of b blood lood his family had been apprehensive of something of the kind and one of his brothers had drawn the charges from a revolver which was found with all the caps exploded showing that he first tried to shoot himself I 1 three negroes sat on a jury ia in the justices court in this city yesterday being the first instance of the kind in the history of the state washington specials say there is a prospect of lively times in the house when the georgia bill comes up for action when butler first asked its re ferenee reference to the reconstruction committee bingham objected but afterwards it was so referred berred the bullock lobby is doing doin doln all it can to defeat the house avre agreement ement with the senate sen ate and bullock himself is very busy in the house the Tribune tribunes 8 new york special says that fears are entertained tonight to night that judge hackett Hacket fc will not recover from the illness which caused the adjournment of the court today to day his health has been poor poon a long time he Is bufie suffering ring from 9 eart heart disease and t here there is little probability that be he will be able to hold court tomorrow to morrow general oneil in his farewell fare well weil address to the fenian congress yesterday recommended an immediate movement on canada the naval authorities are about to send to the fishing banks the steamer frolic to look after our fishing interests this la Is owing to the recen of the canadian parliament which has proposed to enforce the claim that american fis fishermen hermea have no right to fish within three miles of the coast without colonial licences licenses licen ces TOLEDO A locomotive exploded here today to day killing billing the fireman and fatally injuring the engineer BOSTON the remains of burlingame are deposited in farwell hall the public will be admitted tomorrow to morrow maiava mrs lydia danville of greenfield was found yesterday locked in a room at her residence sus BUS bended by a rope A divorce suit was pending between her and her husband the latt latter iatter wab was s arrested to await awalt developments op ments TWO hundred barrels of oil in the refinery of P W ger were burned tonight to night the building was partly destroyed loss wheeling the large market house was wag burned this morning also the station house burning to a crisp a man confined therein advises advices from rio blo janeiro to the uit confirm the capture and killing of lopez great rejoicing took place at rio janeiro buenos ayres and other places on the close of the war wm win chambers was acquitted of the killing of D 8 voorhees in brooklyn today to day on the ground of insanity an and sent to the lunatic asylum jamestown commodore cushing gushing attempted to horsewhip the editor of the journal but the employed emp loyes of the office prevented him washington gen butler of the reconstruction committee goes to massachusetts tomorrow to morrow he proposes that the amendment to the georgia georgin bill shall lieo ileo lie lle over oven verten ten days governors austin of minnesota and fairchild of wisconsin have had a hearing before the committees on commerce of the house and senate on behalf of the improvement of the wisconsin and fox fos rivers governor harvey who made an argument for the bame same was unexpectedly called away governor morrill of iowa lowa will be here today for the same purpose favorable action by congress is anticipated the president has nominated adam badeau consul general in london and edward phelps marshal of arizona an important and significant meeting mainly of republican journalists and other influential leaders of the party not members of congress from all sections of the country but mainly from the west have been in session here for the last two days the meeting is entirely private but it is understood that it has been determined to calla calia cail call a mass convention of all the friends of revenue Bevenue reform to be held at an early day in some western city the number and character of the gentlemen attending the meeting rendered it one of unusual unusual importance import anee the report of off omm meers officers of the grand river biver agency dakota for march states that when they arrived at the agency a thousand and twenty seven indians were in a starving condition having had to kill and eat their horses the agent furnished them provisions and clochin clothing I 1 at the request of butler the reconstruction st committee has bag agreed not to act on the georgia bill till his bis return from massachusetts in may kellog has been added to the committee on an claims of the banate senate confirmed judge fisher US IT ca district attorney for the district of columbia chas white secretary to the president to sign land warrants jose joseph h hobson collector of revenue in tte the third district of iowa BALTIMORE BALTi more MOKE mrs catherine marsh proceeded to school and called out her son james aged 8 years and cut his head nearly off she then rushed for another boy who escaped she then returned home seized her son willie Wil wll lle ile aged 7 and cut his throat she cut the head of her daughter mary jane sane aged 4 years completely off thelmur the murderess next seized her son george two years ol 01 old oid nearly his head bead from his body she then cut the throat of her own mother who is wounded eo so badly that she will die mrs marsh was arrested and lodged in the station house she bhe has heretofore borne an excellent reputation and was no doubt insane tonight to night she seems to be conscience of the horrid deeds she has committed her husband has been absent eighteen months seeking employment and it is believed he is working as a barber in new york SAN sax FRANCISCO 22 21 southern arizona advices advises to april 10 say the indians are ravaging the country beyond the limits of the military forces one person Is known to have been murdered and four others are reported within a week the famous silver mines claimed to be the richest in the world are ascertained to be in arizona instead of new mexico miners are arriving from all directions the schooner Cham champion plon has been wrecked in shoal water in the bay of oregon the captain and two sailors were drowned legal tenders 89 the merchants exchange bank has been incorporated with a capital of a million nirh power to increase to five million the incorporators are leading citizens the operation is wholly cor COB fined to the commercial business late arizona advices advises say the smail pox has subsided at tucson and v vicinity the native population suffered most the indians are more quiet and confine their operations to cattle steal ing in VIENNA A new ministry has been formed by count Ra tocks it is regarded as transitory merely he states that its mission is to adjust the application of the constitution to the several members of the empire NEW YORK before the baptist educational convention adjourned last evening the delegates recommended that the common schools be maintained and the bible be retained therein they also recommended that greater care be exercised at the admission of candidates to the ministry and that the title of DD 31 be withdrawn from the colleges in g general beneral and conferred only by the theological the olo cical seminary the committee ed bythe by the new york fenian congress to confer with a committee from the chicago congress yesterday refused to accept the propositions for union offered by the latter committee it is probable that their action will be sustained by the new york congress the committee stood six in favor of adopting the basis and twelve against it an animated debate ensued over the proposition from the chicago delegation and during the discus discussion elop major fitzpatrick belligerently declared that the proper way to deal with the chicago delegation would be to sling them out of the window major lindsay announced that one oue irishman could whip a hundred canadians and alid that the feniane were going to do ic the debate developed a strong feeling for an immediate raid into canada |