Show BY PACIFIC TELEGRAPH TO aue DAILY mao ved r 1 lV washington ashington in the Senate tho the annual report of tho the parent was submitted abo tho hbo number num boro bor f for patents w patents pata r issued for designs including ic issues ato 1 c caveats filed 2773 applications application ns for cyter extension ision of ga ded 58 patents a expired ZI 1010 of 6 patents am granted utti 1 0 wore were issued to C citizens i ians rem receipts apts expenditures bash on hand band including last years surplus J the bill to establish a department of ed L akop up pending amend down and ud tile the bill passed sumner from the com committee n ii atee on on foreign relations De lations reported ft a joint ic solution authorizing assistant secretary of the navy fox and offic officers erg ortho and augusta to accept presents from the emperor of rus bus sla eia an anten amendment dment exempting ing these presents from duty adopted the Xo solution lution then pas pasca cd in tho the house the senate bill to for tho the allota lat of members of tho the supreme court and for tho the appointment of a max marshal hal for the supreme coin cobit t was taken up wilton wilbon offered an amendment providing foi the appointment of a marshal forthe supreme court of the district of columbia etc all the amendments m cro are agreed to and tho the bill passed pass ed cooper from the committee on reported the bill amending tho the organic acts of lita arizona ona aind n new mexico ami F h reported bill amendatory of tho the oi act of colorado territory passed I 1 on motion of ashley of ohio senate bill to amend tho the organic acton idaho territory wits was talen taken from tho the speakers table and passed senate bill biff to ameti amend athe tho organic act of tile the territory of montana in was as also passed yew york february 28 5 do debow B editor of tho so southern elliern review died yeste yesterday ay at Elizabeth elizabethtown town N J after a brief illness ilium 1 1 i washington 1 february 28 tho the judiciary committee of the house made a L report today to day denouncing doiy polygamy am ns as contrary to the spirit of the Christ christian liln religion a relic of heathenism and barbarism subversive ilythe of the marriage le lation bhae I 1 tolerated simply legalized prostitution no greater outrage on aa of religious faith could be perpetrated than tho the people of any nation to sanction or approve by law lav a practice so deeply offensive ive alluding to the assertion of the recent memorial of th iho utah legislature that no effort had been made to enforce the anti polygamy my law tha committee say the fact is humiliating and iiii il if i itis in consequence of the h neglect fed crul cral Judges they illey ought to be removed ad but il if tho the failure arises from other calbes it is the duty of the president to sea that tho the law is I 1 executed washington 0 tolY february 28 the H house ouse this evening consented to the senates request for a committee of cof conference on the babil bankrupt nept bill A test vote to lay on the table was lost by ten i majority tk I 1 i senate amendments to iho ie bill for the organization of land districts in iii idaho montana aud and utah wale non concurred in and and a committee of conference asked senate amendments to bill for the erection of lighthouses light houses were concurred in after a lengthy debate on the compound interest hill aili during which a motion to table was mado made by lynch the senates amendments were rejected 55 to 83 the house then asked it a committee of conference senates amendment to house joint acs ics alu tiou tion for the erection of an equestrian statue of loucial scott wigs was Zon concurred carrat in washington february 28 au an official account ot of Esco bados victory over miramon have been received here it is stated that the medical and quartermaster departments have bare received iti instruct eions in relation to the coming campaign to be inaugurated against the indians irom from the department of the missouri about the of march the proper proportion of sui but geons hospital hosT ital stewards ambulances medical stores and the necessary tran transportation will vill be furnished the house after refusing by nine majority to lay the bankrupt bill on the table appoint ed a conference committee to meet the sen ate ale the 1 friends of the bill ikard t as indicating its passage through both houses albany february 28 the new york senate this evening adopted amendments to the bill for bahin calling ga 1 constitutional convention allowing citizens without withof t distinction of color to V vote ot a f lor 0 adel delegate ate and 1 excluding from botio voting deserters aric and IN those alio ie engaged enin anin in m tho the late rebellion nashville february 28 tho the Legis legislature latare have adopted 0 resolution calling on the fedrial government abr through on h general thomas for a sufficient military y force f r a e to keep peace and lestore order aud a quiet in in the state the preamble alleges that in several counties violence pi prevails pie vails dyer dver civil la liaw W and riot aud and murder go fio unpunished raleigh F february 28 introduced in the lower house today to day n resolution expressing the theli dingness of north carolinn carolina to accept in good faith alie proposed plan of congress dorthe raco estic tion of the southern states the res resolution n created much excitement animated discus sion sion ensued and it was iras finally referred to tho the committee on federal relations washington february 28 general thayer sentor senator elect from nebraska arrived tonight to night and submitted to the president a copy ot oi an act passed by the biti L legislature 1 state accepting the co conditions n ons imposed by congress will soon issue a proclaim pro proclamation clam aaion r recognizing 0 co gai z i n nebraska as a state Stat ewhen the senators Sepa t tors 0 rs and and representatives aroi from that state will wi il ISO bo admitted to congress i new nev york march 1 A tribune special says the opinion prevails that the president is holding his veto of the military mra ry government bill so that thai the democrats may the bill to death ahen the message appears Louisi anians iu in washington say that if the military go government ern ment bill becomes a inar gov wells well of that state will at once order an election for delegates to Q a convention to remodel tho constitution 1 anil have louisiana represented presented xe in congress Cong tess as soon as possible the monthly statement of the public debt will v ill probably show no diminution 6 0 january jannary daring th the a currin current nt month anth tho the interest has baa matured on three hundred millions of wen even and three tenth notes absorbing ab absorbing all profits V I 1 s X boston maich I 1 14 the equitable life and marino insurance company closed ats dlois iti consequence ne of f hs aay y y losses it joics tn s bion been 23 28 years in existence I 1 Wh Allington Match 1 houba tho the speaker announced tho the appointment point of bf a committee of conference on the bankrupt Baul ampt bill jenckes Jenc Ten kea harcq and daw I 1 san niso one on compo compound tind interest notes Ste venit ni price and i j I 1 T IT k V dy dr CABLE h j r london T february 28 closing lates of five s twenties con g sols 00 4 ii IA k frankfort february 28 1 1 Y 1 london february y 28 1 tle of the atlantic cable company I 1 afi will lold hold a mooting on oil the of march tode no what reduction to make in ia tile price of liessa messages es y U vienna F 28 the garrisons gar ri s otis aro to be withdrawn from the ports of servia london february 28 A general feeling of distrust brov prevails hiis in ill financial circles uhe the stock markot market is prostrate london march 1 the tha british north american bill was read twi coin tho the of Com commons mong artenius is verdill very ill at southampton his hia life is despaired 1 I 1 11 i a of consola Con sols mai 91 5 05 73 i I 1 venice march 1 Gari baldis son has goue gone to candia to help hell the caetans cretans Cre tans ence navigation orthe by bk virtue tue of a accent decico of the brazilian government ern ment the amazon with its two custom crib tributaries tributa utai ries the ilia To contin e and the situ sim fran I 1 cisco bus bits been opened to 6 the trade of nil ali nations the valley of the amazon is tho the lar largest watered valley on tho the globe its agrical agricultural resources are arc ns as much greater as its i area is more extensive than tho valley of the mis it ibb ippi the litter con contains taini about square miles while tile the former contains not less than square miles four of the largest larges south Ameri gah suites are arc beached leached through thi aig it its navigable wates its e extend tand into futo the andes and e wa watering petrana and somo ome of the oklies pacific states within a few days file ho felegi telegraph a C lias has announced that an as exploration I 1 of t the a mitaro mr aro Pi ebira and aca yo i rivero tu to 0 short sh cams leading heading in the andes and flowing into the pacific shows that a water communication can bo be made horn the pacific to the atlantic it has ion long been known ahat these lV western estern rivers rs ha had I 1 their bow es near tho the head waters of some of tho the chief tributaries tributa ries of the amazon the proximity of sources being not unlike t those of the columbia and nud missouri rivers but it is hardly probable that tho the amazon will be re ched any navigable waters flow flom in ing into the pacific Pac itic tho the vast chain on the ho andes is would seem to present insuperable obstacles even to ilia construction ofa canal it ia much more likely that at aft no distant flay day a railroad having baring its initial point at callaio or valparaiso will ilia alie andes as our railroad now pierces the sierras and thus open by a short loute a coin commercial merial highway from the pacific to the navigable waters of the amizon am izon it is through tho the enlightened influence of brazil headed by her progress ressho il a and m worthy empel emperor or that the barriers to the free nav gaviga 1 gation galion af tho the amazon and its tributaries tributa ries to tho the extent mentioned have bun been broken down tile the great southern tributaries tributa ries were closed by the narrow and despotic policy of lopez the dictator of paraguay notwithstanding his rather father had previously by ti caties tiu aties stipulated that the navigation oath f th se tributaries tributa ries should be fice for all nations it was the non fulfill ment of these treaties which caused brazil to declare war mar against pal Pai paraguay aguay and not for the purpose of territorial rial il aggrandizement as I 1 lias la s been so often absei ted brazil in this affo cabit t is entitled ta the sympathy of tho the enlightened world nor will mill she bo be likely to give up the struggle until the last barrier to commercial progress has been bi down in tho the valley of the amazon san francisco BaU etia 17 S spiritualism Sri RITUALISM ia 11 PATENT yr erncr A CUI curious application 1 lor a patent has been made by n i new yorker for a process to determine the falsity or truth of spiritualism it consists of a room closed perfectly per factlY so that all aarand air and light is excluded except air for breathing which is admitted from a stop cock opened from time to time ii light b is only T 1 y IT beu t ail q g passed ahr 0 01 a 11 dark blue violet or black liquid so th that in tho room Is i perfectly darl dark to tile the unaccustomed eye b ut becomes slightly illuminated m nhen hen remaining iong in it tho the inventor asserting tho the particles of common liht light are much too heavy and solid compared kith with the much finer constituents of the bodies of spirits common light pu passes ses through them and ad is not reflected reflect ec I 1 from their surface to see spirits at all tho the light must be first filtered the room is to with spirits of bf turpentine or any other spirits spirit 4 mixed with mith substances akin to cairon the inventor asserts that with these precautions it may become possible for the inmates of the room to see 1 its forms or gh ghosts osti he claims tho the us use of ill f filtered 1 light in a closed room forthe for tho purposes of divination the patent was refused on tho the ground that when a company of persons were for some time in s such a room without sufficient aarto air to bi breathe bie athe they will not only see ghosts but also give up their own philadelphia ledger H an dol Generi il sheridan a fow few doas ago bent to miss rebecca wright f winchester hester va au aa bleg int a ld id watch an exquisitely wion wrought glit chain a brooch and charms chann the brooch is of gold beau beautifully tidally wi ought into a gauntlet an and d set with pearls oneff tho the charms ws as a correspondent in forms us is ia a sword set with mith very costly diamonds accompanying this magnificent gift was an autograph letter from general sheridan acknowledging mis wrights services aich 1 led to the h generals 1 at winchester in the battle of the nineteenth of september 1861 miss wright was wag a young Q u nell ell known forberT for her faith aith in ill tile the united nationality and understood to be willing to aid the causo cause a at t any sacrifice fiEd when general Sli Shei eilda idin was in in great doubt how to net act he sent a scout to the lady who writing upon n slip of paper which she in ill ft a tinfoil atoil ti directed it to be ba placed in the mouth that it might escape tho the enemas search and thus furnished famished the information that enabled the general to achieve his victory TO ta THE or OF As the bill to regulate the busin business of assaying within the V a state of navaja a ala hns bas become a law it that P shall make out and fue file with th the county bleik at the end of each month a statement subscribed and sworn to setting forth the name naino and place of residence of every person who within such month deposited bullion or amalgam for retorting melting i refining or assaying together with the da date to fifthe the amount then deported and tho nama name of tho the mino mine mill blanket sluice or other source aiom which tile the sume same wits was obtained A fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more thin five thousand dollars may bo be imposed upon those who refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of the law loss op LIFE the washington chronicle of february Febi uary oth has tho the ful following loing saturday evening last about ton tau k tho 0 foot brid bridge at black elver iver new york broke roe down J with ath si ii persons on it two of whom drowned viz miss mis jane Jalle poor daughter of aaron poor Es esq rr and mrs aaron jr aa daughter 11 of JB 13 P r smith esq of that ara place tacy were all precipe preci pi bated into tho the river river but four of them mr dud and mrs goo gillespie mr aaron poor jr ari I 1 and warren lester got ashore thieo of them m an t knowli through ali alie e rapids about ono one hundred i rods P na am crawled alea out on tile tho ico ice on still water water mr lestar caught hold of the broken wire wire and held by it and was ras swung aron around id bytho force of the tao water to the shore rhora |