Show SPECIAL TO chedes ERET NEWS da gri ZVI raph congressional SENATE washington drake called up tha tho report to amend the rules so ag as to require the consideration of indian treaties in open session kellogg introduced a bill granting the right of way and public lands to aid the construction of a railroad and telegraph from marshall texas to san ban diego california Oali fornia of the georgia bill wilsons Wil sons amendment was moved to be withdrawn but the senate the amendment which was rejected ayes 11 edmunds renewed his amendment prescribing one of two oaths to be taken by the legislature before the bill goes into effect which he advocated as the most efficient way of ridding the legislature of those who had no right to he there under the amendment nye opposed the amendment morton and trumbull who spoke in opposition to the latter earnestly advocated the admission of georgia geor ia as a means of restoring the soung south to proper commercial relations with the north an animated personal colloquy took place between trumbull and sumner the former called attention to the presence near the latter of an outsider who he said was advising and influencing his sumner said it was porter the member elect from richmond who represented the loyal men of virginia trumbull asked who made sumner an infallible judge of loyalty and then read the proceedings of a court martial which found porter guilty of using seditious language drunkenness etc he further farther commented on attack on governor walker and considerable bitterness of feeling was wag indulged in and exhibited on both sides the discussion continued until the motion to go into executive session bession was presented and soon after the senate adjourned edmunds amendment was modified BO so as to require all members of the legislature and other officers of the state of virginia before entering upon the duties of their office to take the oath prescribed in the amendment edmunds amendment wab waa then adopted to 45 wilson moved the imposing imposino 0 of f certain fundamental conditions aam liar ilar to the proposition embodied in the bill reported orte d oy by the house reconstruction construction Be 80 committee rejected 33 to 35 several other amendments imposing cond conditions i ons of admission were proposed and reject ed when the senate took a recess at the evening session a message from the house was reported being a joint resolution admitting virginia pa passed passed ased by that today to day trumbull remarked that if the senate was now full he would propose to substitute it for the bill before the senate drake drak e proposed an amend amendment melt which was discussed by himself morton cole and schurz and it was finally agreed to take the vote on the bill on monday at four adjourned several petitions were presented and referred including some for the abolition of the franking privilege drake declared himself not only in favor of abolishing the franking abut of discontinuing the immense publication of public bublic documents cole coie addressed the th Senate senate in explanation of the joint resolution previously introduced by him setting forth the seizure of barrels of distilled spirits at san Sau francisco last august instructing the commissioner miss loner ioner of internal revenue to hold said spirits subject to the determination of the courts hamlin said that thab under the law the commissioner of internal revenue had a right to determine all questions on sel sei seizures of this kind and that any party who might be dissatisfied with his decision had the right to appeal to the secretary of the treasury the discussion dicus sion slon was further farther by sherman cole and casserly without action the virginia bill was taken up the question being on edmunds amendment offeree yesterday conkling spoke against it HOUSE williams offered a resolution which was referred to the committee of the whole favoring the reduction of taxation and declaring that any annexation of foreign territory involving the payment of money or its equivalent was an assault upon the public credit marvill of maine blaine by consent intro deuced a bill prohibiting the soliciting of subscriptions for giving presents and gifts gials from officers and clerks of the government to their superiors or there thene the reception of such gifts by the latter under the penalty of summary dismissal the bill passed without division immediately after reading the journal the house resumed the consideration of the virgnia virginia bill I 1 the house today to day immediately after reading the journal resumed the consideration of the virginia bill which continued until when a vote was reached on the bill and amendments Whit temores amendment providing a penalty for taking the oath falsely was agreed to 12 1 to 71 ginghams Bing hams amendment as a substitute was then voted on amid much excitement As it was a test question between the opposite sides the vote was very close being 90 to 95 the preamble to t the substitute was then agreed to 76 to 64 and the therill bill as amended passed 14 1 to 49 the announcement was received by the galleries with applause the joint resolution that virginia is entitled to representation in congress reads as follows whereas the people of virginia have adopted a constitution republican publican Be in form and have in all respects comforted com fored forsted to the requirements of the act of congress entitled an act authorizing the submission of the constitution ution of virginia mississippi and texas to the vote of the people and authorizing thor izing the election of state officers provided by said constitution and the members of congress approved april loth 1869 therefore be it res resolved oyed ac that the said state of virginia is is entitled to representation in the co congress 1 gress of the united states Ad adjourned adjourns journe d till monday NEW YORK II 13 I 1 the Rev revar Mr cooke whose elopement with miss johnson created such a scandal assaulted one of the editors of the world in that office this afternoon in consequence of the publication of an article in sunda sunds I 1 s paper the parson was wag arrested e said sald the girl was tit the everet house which proved ov ed to be true he has been taken em home bome e and pretends to be insane while in the handsol hands of the police last night he advanced the extraordinary theory that the press in noticing his elopement was animated solely with a desire to attack the church and religion and particularly the church of which be he was a member it was ascertained that cooke returned to the ca city yesterday from an excursion and an bent sent miss johnson to her parents he then went home brandished brandishes bran dished a pistol to and frightened his family but some friends induced him to give up the weapon before hs he did any injury he then wandered down tow n u aal ia came across a newspaper man mau with whom he proceeded at atonia on ca to tl i e friends of miss johnson and satisfied batis satis fied lied i he the young ladys friends that she hail bad returned from her forced tour as pure aa as she went away cooke published a pious appeal in the tribune this morning to the effect that the press cannot paint him blacker than he is the french red bed republicans of this city held a meeting last night to dis cuiss the murder of noire by prince bonaparte na parte therb there wae wao a large attendance and had the proceedings were very excited it was finally decided to hold a public demonstration in a few days BOSTON the strike of the telegraph operators has ended in new england A bill repealing the liquor law was tabled in the house springfield MASS wass A train on the boston and albany railroad rall Bail road ran into a train yesterday baxter hascal of middlefield Middle field was killed and samuel B alien allen of hollyoake Holl yoke was seriously injured NEW YORK 14 arrangements have been finally concluded placing the atlantic and great western railroad rall Bail road by the direction in new york pennsylvania and ohio entirely under the control of the erie company thus giving the latter an unbroken line between cincinnati cleveland and new york the erie company pays as rent thirty per cent of the gross earnings A committee from the susquehanna Busque hanna jersey city and buffalo shops waited waitea upon J gould and asked to be reinstated in the service of the company at the same time proposing an adjustment of the difficulties between the men of the jersey city shop and the company gould replied that the disaffected men had been paid off and new men engaged tiko the committee then waited on ii D rucker eucker superintendent of the line who informed them that answer was final louisville A few nights ago at lighton ala a band of masked men rode to a door and called out granville and william Pillow nephews of gen pillow and shot aud arid killed both the ruffians escaped leaving no clue washington WASHING ton TOw the che president today da nominated E Q G phyetta collector bryd ofu afu S customs at san ban francisco there seems to be a determination on the part of the ways and means committee to reduce the duties on all sugars the committee committed have agreed to change the duties on lumber from adva lorem to specific retaining substantially the present rate of duty an army bill prepared at the war enthat all regiments of cavalry artillery and infantry shall have the same number of officers the secretary of war is authorized to assemble a board of three general officers to examine fully the qualifications and general fitness cfall of all ali officers who may be e numerically in express atlon or waiting orders and to recommend for transfer and appointment ta office such a number as may be determined by the the board as the best fit aswell as well weil in view of previous etive active service as continuing willing to do duty to fill the same the report is to bj be submitted to the president who if he shall approve will make the transfers by and with the consent of the senate all officers not recommended are to be reported and are to cease to be off omm meers officers of the army gen hogans bill introduced today to day adopts the above mentioned provisions adding thau that all ail officers mustered out shall be entitled to a years pay and an allowance only as long as vacancies may occur brevet rank is abolished and officers are to be confined to their proper grades the regular pay is nixed fixed as follows general fifteen thousand a M major jor gen geu seven thousand brig gen five thousand colonel thirty nive five hundred col and majors twenty five twenty hundred not mounted eighteen hundred first lieutenant mounted and second mounted fifteen hud hundred dred not mounted fourteen hundred chaplain twelve hundred the pay of an aide de camp to a major gen two hundred to a brig gen a hundred and fifty and to an acting commissary a hundred per annum in addition to the regular pay the schedule is to be in full of commutation and all owannes ow ances the post master general today to day sent a communication to the house in reply to a resolution en enclosing closing a letter from senator ramsay bambay jn in which the latter bays says he spent in gold in necessary expenses during his stay of several months in paris including payments for ocean telegraph messages ete etc he is sure his bis expenses were in excess of this amount his clerk received a thousand in gold and another an other person a hundred and fifty for interpreting transactions during the postal negotiations the post pos master general says he has no express authority to appoint special agents except his general authority to superintend euper intend the welfare of the department this however has always been onside considered red as necessary and incidental to the office of post master general the supervising inspectors of the steamboat districts of the united states have convened in this city alfred guthre guthrie of chicago is president special commissioner wells has prepared an answer to the charge that he entirely misrepresented the wool clip of the united states for 68 he shows that his statements were copied from the bulletin of the woollen manufacturers association A convention of the postmasters of the principal cities has resolved to submit to ghe the the postmaster general during the coming week their views upon the feasibility of f the reduction of postage news upon newspapers shapers and matter mailed by publishers the law provides that the same be prepaid by weight in bulk at the office where mailed the publishers being allowed to transmit special copies of enclosed posters prospectuses prospect uses and supplements ST louis the kansas senate yesterday ratified the amendment washington general orders from headquarters announce that the following regiments will interchange posts during next spring and summer infantry with the rth infantry esth cavalry with the ard 3rd the details and manner of transfer are to be placed in the hands of general sheridan commanding the military division divisio nj of missouri and gen thomas commanding the military division of the pacific the committee of ways and means today to day refused by a vote of 2 to 6 to make bituminous coal free and re ejected motion for fifty cents per ton duty also one for a dollar by a tie vote it therefore remains unchanged eian SAN FRANCISCO IG 16 the society of the california pioneers have decided to erect a building suitable for the purposes of the society they have petitioned the legislature to grant them the uee nee of the square previously occupied by the mechanics institution pavilion the total rain fall of the present season is eight inches and 41 44 hundredths hundred the being about the average of preceding years the heads of the principal chinese companies have decided to make another effort to suppress the importation of chinese women A large number of chinese prostitutes were arrested last night at their instance the matter mattei will come before the courts tomorrow to morrows morrow and in the meantime the prisoners ard are confined in jail the chinese quarter of the town of san jose was burned yesterday a thousand o mongolians mongo mongol lians lans were rendered houseless trains on the california pacific railroad passe passed dover over the thy new railroad bridge across the sacramento river at sacra mento yesterday A sharp shock of earthquake was felti at san bernardino on the dinst NEW yore YORK the case of roeena florence persus versus gen butler for the thel recovery of gen twiggs sword camel came up before the superior court today to day the new york gold brokers have haven compromised the suit brought by the government against them for taxes levied on sales of gold and thedis the district attorney has been boen empowered tol to settle them and other similar cases oakley late cashier of the merchants exchange bank charged with embezzlement from 1 the bank has disappeared rev bev H cooke has not been seen sin ce yesterday morning his family hav i teen been removed from the parsonage 0 CHICAGO 14 late advices advises from fort garry report a serious state of affairs the french under are master oil of the situation and have seized the hudson bay companas Comp anys safe with two hundred and nifty fifty pounds of golato pay the troops father thi bault bauit and col des 1 commissioners of the canadian 1 ia government are on the way to open nei I 1 with I 1 it is rumored that the sioux indians are coming to dakota and minnesota the people are much alarmed and fear i another indian war biell has under arms the hudson bay officials are apathetic A special bays says that governor durkee of utah died yesterday of pneumonia i both br luches branches of the minn minnesota es t aie ale legis lature have ratified the A amendment m en CHICAGO the storm last night prevented the rec ree reception eption of most of the pro 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