Show to tue the deseret amr emr dui o b c 0 ct n E s s i gri A L sp SENATE 14 A T ru Il munds reported abill for repealing the tenure of office illee act ackwith with an amend ment leaving the cabinet memi members bers subject to removal at the will of the president during a recess of the senate and authorizing him to suspend all other civil officers during buch such recess without any specific efm eil evidence to justify suspension the following petition was presented today to day to the senate iv ritten written on note paper with a heavy mourning border to the vice president of the united states sir bir I 1 herewith most respectfully present plesent the honorable senate of the united states an application for a pension I 1 am the widow of a president of the united states whose life was sacrificed in his count rys service that sad calamity has greatly impaired my health and by the advice ad vlee vice of my ray physicians 1 have come over to germany to try the mineral waters and during the winter to go to italy but hut my finane financial lal lai means do not permit me to take advantage of the urgent advice given me nor can I 1 live in a style becoming the widow of the be chief magistrate of a geat great geal nation although I 1 live as economically as 1 can in consideration of the great services my deeply lamented husband rendered the united states and of the fearful loss I 1 have sustained by his untimely death and martyrdom I 1 may say I 1 respectfully submit to your honorable ora le body this thia petition hoping that a yearly pension may be granted me so that I 1 may have less pecuniary careb caree I 1 remain most res respectfully mrs A LINCOLN frankfort germany kellogg introduced a bill to aid ald in the construction of a pacific transit railway and telegraph from new orleans orleana to soine some bome point on the rio eio grande in the direction of san bias on the pacific referred to the committee on the pacific railroad it proposes to guarantee the payment of the interest of the bonds of bf the company to the amount of twenty thousand per mile and also allows branch lines to connect with the gulf of mexico and grants eight sections of the public lands per mile HOUSE several bills were introduced including the railroad grant bills robinson offered a resolution declaring that the american people do not approve of the ratification of the alabama treaty nor of any other treaty with i E england n and while american citizens are he held heid lg d in prison in great britain for acts done under the american flag the speaker presented a petition from mrs abraham lincoln for a pension referred to the committee on pensions perham from the committee on pensions reported a bill relating to the operations erat ions of the pension law which provides that no pension shall shail be paid to a widow who is not a resident odthe of the united states when she had lived separate and apart from her husband for the five years immediately prece proceeding eding his death without receiving any support the remaining sections relate to the details of the mode of application proofs ac the bill went over paine desired to efrer offer a resolution directing the committee on reconstruction to enquire whether further action ought conre to be taken by the fortieth conre coure ress respecting the representation of georgia borgia ross boss objected paine moved to suspend the sales salis but after some discussion he withdrew the motion the morning hour having expired the next business was the consideration of the suffrage amendment and bill boutwell said that some of the gentle men who desir desired ed to discuss the subject were not prepared today to day so the consideration was vas postponed to wednesday s day the house resumed the considers con consideration sidera I 1 on of the bill granting the right of way to the denver pacific railroad GENE GENERAL nim boston the extensive pork packing and lard establishment of Boyn boynton ton toh swallow co ca at brighton was destroyed troy ed by fire last night loss part partially ial lal ly insured new york the sailors of every nation nationality allty have struck for 30 per month they marched in procession to franklins square where speeches were made and it was resolved that no sailor should leave the port under less pay than 30 80 and promising rough treatment to those who did so the auction sale on the opening night of booths theatre indicates that the total receil receipts it ta wili wilt amount to the rh e was lively one box being sold for 10 another for the tho orchestra eilt clit chairs tirs ranged from eighteen to twenty five live john whalen and his wife went to bed drunk last night leaving the can dle die burning uben etl the bed caught fire and both wele were fearfully burned alvah Blais bials blaisdill dite dile was yesterday sen fenced to three years yeara imprisonment for defrauding the revenue he will tomorrow be brought up in the tho united states circuit court again for trial on a c harge charge of subornation nation and perjury ju washing N yv ashington ton the war department has received dispatches from general sheridan detailing his recent operations eions again t the ILd ilo ir lans laus also a letter from general hazen declaring that black kettle hettle s band were on a warlike expedition when attacked by general custar I 1 the mary mar land delegation called in a body this afternoon on the president to add their voices to the petition for the pardon of dr mudd the president gave them encouragement that mudd and other political prisoners would be pardoned before the ath of march general hancock was before the military committee of the house and questioned concerning the new nevy army bill new york thomas mcg mcgibbons ibbons an escaped convict suspected of complicity in the rogers murder was arrested in patterson new jersey today to day wash washington g ton th the e report of the majority of the judiciary committee in the case of senator hill of georgia bases his bis exclusion on the fact that he received the votes of a number of members of the legislature who were disqualified quail fled under the fourteenth amendment an additional fact against his bis admission was the expulsion of the colored members the committee also state I 1 as another reason that georgia is ina in a c condition ondi tion of anarchy ke 36 4 murders having been committed in me state last year to nov trumbulls Trum bulls minority report concludes that congress having declared georgia entitled to admission it was not competent for either house to refuse admission to her regularly accredited representatives newyork the 2 tribunes wash washington ington dispatch has the following follow fog log Gen oen Grant orazi t Is strongly opposed to the pending alabama claims treaty the following is his position and nearly in his own words the treaty is unjust gunj to the united states because it lt assumes that a measure of injury was inflicted upon this country b by the money value of ships actually destroyed es troyed whereas the chief damage to our commerce was in our ships being driven from the seas by anglo rebel pirates in addition to this sympathy was extended by the english government to the south which prolonged the war a year and for all the lives lost and the money expended for this time england is directly r responsible i e ansi the treaty proposes to settie settle all these things by the payment of the paltry value ofa of a few ships now york the lawrence mass american of the instant referring to the controversy about general banks having been ordered to supersede gen grant says we happen personally to know that the official autographic orders are now in the hands bands of general grant during saturday night between two and three thousand dollars dollar 8 worth of silks aliks were stolen by burglars from a store on chatham street the thieves escaped with their plunder chicago the journals Journal Jour naPs 18 washington special says a caucus of the republican senators this morning decided to confirm no more appointments this season season except in cases where a vacancy actually exists FOREIGN ron fon EIGN london reverdy johnson has 8 accepted C an invitation to dine with the corporate authorities of manchester in february havana havalla Ha vaila vatia st thomas advice advices sto to the state that president baez had bid sold eold alta velo yelo to a french company agnor ignoring 9 the previous sale the american consul on sul sui at san domingo protested against the transfer and had sent bent for a war vessel baez has invited president cabral and followers to return home and they will do eo so if baez will abdicate and they will hold a new election for president paris 25 it is rumored that the citi cid zens sens of seville and cadiz have proclaimed in favor of the duke dulke de Mont montpensier for or king of spain |