| Show to ww car aph 0 1 1 I 1 r y SENATE at one the georgia bill was taken up apy the galleries were thronged thron ged in antici anticipation atlon of a speech by revels morta dortoh who was entitled to the floo floor r yielded in favor of revels who proceeded to address the senate senam and was liste lied to throughout through but with the closest attention his opening remarks wp we p as follows I 1 mr president I 1 rise at this parti parties partied cu lar lay juncture in the discussion odthe of the georgia bill with feelings which perhaps never neven before entered into theeb th j per peri perl lence ence of any member of this body I 1 nise rise too with misgivings as to the propriety of lifting my yolee at this thia early period after my adrAis admission sion bion in the senate perhaps it were wiser for me seeing that I 1 am inexperienced in ai the details of benit senit senatorial orial duty to remain a sive alve passive listener in the progress of the debate but when I 1 remember that my term is short and that the issues with which this bill is fraught are momentous in their present and future influence upon the well being of my race I 1 would seem indifferent to the import the hour and recreant to the high trust reposed in me if I 1 neglected to lend my voice in behalf of jhb th e loyal people ot of the south proceeding he referred to the idea widely disseminating that antagonism existed in the south gouth between the white whites whitesand whiteland sand blacks As the representative of the latter he denied the charge referred to and pointed to the conduct of the slaves during the war which they well understood der stood was for their freedom when left alone with their wives and children while their masters were fighting to perpetuate their slavery they worked for and protected them waltin waiting walting 9 patiently the result of the contest and forthe for nor the freedom for which they longed he maintained that the past put record of his race was an index of their feelings today to day that they bear towards their former masters no revengeful feelings no hatred atred aiming not to elevate them selves by sacrificing a single interest of their white fellow citizens and asking only the rights which naturally and legally belong to td them he also expressed his confidence in the integrity of the purpose of congress and vind abre thre the republican party in the reconstruction measures declaring his belief that they wire were influenced solely by a patriotic desire desio to serve the whole country he eulogized the conduct of the negro sol solo diers and then reviewed the ilu lih history atory of affairs in georgia he argued against ginghams BIng bams hams amendment and in favor of the bill as it originally came from the reconstruction committee upon the conclusion of his re maka maks revels bevels rec nee received elved the oi of many republican senators and otner then the immense audience in lanies laries in which were included lauy colored persons parsons slowly did dis dispersed persed morton congratulated revels and expressed e ap assed his that in the exchange C of revels mor for jerf jeff davi davia ahe he senate had lost iio lio nothing lhing in intelligent e while it had gained much in and loyalty he opposed Bing likins amendment aa as a violat violation ibn of justice und of human rights howard took the floor but yielded on motion to go into executive session which was agreed to and the tho denato soon after adjourned sumner introduced an amendment to his bill for the resumption of specie payments providing for tor the gradual substitution of coin for fractional currency rency reney beginning july fourth next senter introduced a joint resolution providing with the assent of the mexican government foit foi fos the survey of the isthmus of tehuantepec with reference to a ship canal offered ed as an amen amendment dment ament a proposition which he intends to offer as an amendment to the georgia G billbe claring daring that in consequence of the illegal dis dib organizing and und revolutionary proceedings in the georgia legislature that its term of service shall date from i the of january 70 and continue until its successors successor is elected the senate resumed the consideration of the georgia bill pomeroy argued that all the governments of georgia have thus far been provisional and that there was nothing to show when governor bullocks term ei expires pines pires because there was nothing to abow eh ow when it began Willi williams arns protested against an any e construction 0 n st that the legislature of ag yg georgia e 0 r could perle perie perpetuate tute itself ii self seif 1 stewart sewart schurz and others continued aed the debate until adjournment AV I 1 14 yB argent sargent from t the e mining committee reported a bill to amend tho the a act of july 66 granting the right of way to ditch and canal owners over the public lands by adding several new sections and and allowing placer claims to be entered and patented at the rate per acre provided that no placer claim shall exceed acres after hours of discussion the bill passed ferris from the mining committee made an adverse report on the bill relative to the sutro butro tunnel sargent made a minority report in favor of the measure ai aa fife referred to the committee the morning hour expired and the latter latten went over to tuesday day GENERAL L LOUISIANA A fire yesterday at led aed sedalia aifala albala la destroyed the court howse and seven stores loss loas partially art lally insured 1 i NEW ORLEANS afire k fire yesterday in villere marlas marias and frame streets des troyed about thirty small houses 10 loss 2 a the pacific railway cecur securities aties are higher the U P first mortgage bonds are 85 to 85 g 1 the bonds 85 to 85 the pacific 94 to 9 at a banquet given by mr jay in vienna baron beust said that while he perfectly understand the difficulties in the way of austrian progress i 1 I trust in the mot motto toof of the gre great at republic across the ocean unity and freedom the first as the the only element to strengthen ahe the he last as the great principle of progress it is noteworthy that at the banquet the em bas adors of all the chief powers of ot europe united in compliments to america CHICAGO the tribunes new yolk york voik special says in reference to wilkes affray that the whipping aping was done with a cane and that thab wilkes was not seriously hurt A duel is talked of by the friends of both botha parties artles arties BOSTON there was a severe eit easterly stelly gale gaie and snow enow storm yesterday yeste Teste iday drifts elahi eighteen aeri feet deep are reported linberk berkshire county CHICAGO I 1 in tho the board of supervisors yesterday cha charges ages were preferred against supervisor gerber gerberi for raising a fund for forthe the purpose of te curing securing votes in the board for the location of a normal school at englewood and that kearney Pre president aldei nt of th the board had received several hundred dollars of iti it the matter was vas re referred ferrod to a special specia committee committe and in the meanwhile kearney of the request of the board to resign the Z washington special says that the president went to the capitol today to day with generals babcock Babcoc fc and aud d porter and sent nt for sixteen sena tors tora in succession to jo confer with him iu in hia his own room the object being to explain his upon theban domingo treaty and to a rge I 1 ratification the N Y dispatch says that four vessels els we t ashore at long branch yesterday and ana i ree on long island the crews of ir two iwo n ere re all lost and three of adother the loan foi fo ribe tue the mexican overland railroad will be put on the market soon goo 11 it is based gin fin an large grants of and jand by the tho mexican government both oa on the line of theroa the road dana daud dand and in the northern part of the republic gen rosecrans is interested in the enterprise and proposes to establish an american amerlean colony on the land granted to the road NEW boric YORK 18 wm M evarts has haa been retained by English the stockholders who complain of the erie protection league as the leading counsel in their suit against fisk and gould t RICHMOND F fon for or some time there has teen leen been a rumor that tha present authorities in office by military appointments intended to resist any movement to dispossess them until their successors are ire elected by the tho people they holdin holding 9 that the enabling act declaring their offices vacant is tiu ilu unconstitutional constitutional last night tle tie the tho city council counell appointed by Goyer governor nor Walk valk talker valker under runder this act elected a new mayor and chose a new chief and captain of police today to day when the mayor and the new chief of police applied for the possession of their respective spec tive onni ofil ces ees they were refused the ex Mayor has sworn ina lna in a large number of special police and the new mayor holds the city hall and all till the other public buildings except the station bouse house which is in possession odthe of the old mayor who ha supplied through his counsel ex governor wise to governor walker for assistance to maintain his authority NEW YORK yore A nitroglycerine nitro glycerine factory ne near ar hackenback hackensack Hacken sack N Y was demolished moishe polished moli shed d bogn by an explosion today to day four mend men and one boy were killed 4 mrs mary foster poster of newark who w was m as one of the youn young garla 1 Who carrIZ in ith the procession proe proc easlon the basket 1 leaves e aves at the funeral of washington died yesterday in her year r ROCHESTER storm continues the snow is wet and packs heavily trains due yesterday morning arrived this evening the pass pase passengers engers are almost famished the roof of a carpenter shop today to day was crushed in by the weight of snow one ono of the walls fell on an adjoining dwelling demolishing and bury burying ingin in its ruins an old lady whose injuries urles are supposed to be fatal several barisand barn barns and sand other buildings were crushed binghampton BING HAMPTON N Y the oste oate mingo mills owned by boone myer were burned iest last night loss to late arizona advisees advices say that the indians in the vicinity of prescott were committing open hostilities they had bad murdered jacob smith near williamson valley march let and were running off cattle eattle from the ran ranches cies cles the government force was inadequate to protect the settlers richmond th the condition of affairs here is little changed both mayors have had an interview with gen canby Cah cahoots Ga boons party with the exception exception of three or four who were starve starved out still occupy the station house they have been without food since wednesday A negro was shot and killed this morning while resisting restating the police when clearing the streets bt st louis louls secretary Seere tary fish in reply to an ah inquiry of tho the superintendent of re registration t ion lon here says that the th ratification astr il n of t the he fifteenth amendment will be proclaimed as soon as congress admits georgia tind and texas washington 17 secretary boutwell today to day was before the committee of ways and beani means Wre ini iri reference ference tb to the funding bill the committee reports that one bill will be reported back some time next week with several beveral import anti antl amendments but the order of business is such that it cannot be acted on for a long iong tima timet without a suspension of the rules the obtaining of which is doubtful ful fui as it takes a two thirds vote washington IS conkling from the committee on whom was referred the credentials of general ames reported the aarne pame back with a resolution that that gentleman was not eligible to a seat in the senate of the united states from mississippi the senate pacific railroad committee has agreed to report a bill authorizing the extension of the kansas pacific railroad from a point not farther east than ellsworth via the arkansas and rio blo grande rivers to the mexican boundary the bill subjects the entire line to the preferred use of the government men t the same as the TI P B R B R the land grant grant graut is twenty miles each side of the r road aa in alternate sections the president has signed a joint resolution giving the widow and children of stanton a years salary of ai an associate justice of the supreme court BALT BALTIMORE imore inoRE the franklin bank has formally resumed specie po payments senator conkling in his report anthe credentials of gen ames calls attention to the constitutional requirements that a person to be eligible as a senator of the united states must be an in of the state for which he is chosen and an inhabitant when elected the election in this instance occurred on the of january 1870 at which time gen ames was a mili tory officer stationed in mississippi by order of the supreme military authority and was acting as provisional governor by appointment from gen mcdowell in the opinion of the judiciary committee his bis presence in these two characters did not constitute the requisite degl are silence his declaration notwithstanding ing lug that when consenting to become a candi eandi candidate date dato fa for the senate he intend intended ed to leave leate the army and to reside 1 in mississippi and notwithstanding his subsequent resignation from the army which was accepted by the president before signing the bill to admit the state NASHVILLE IS 18 A number of ex edeual sold soldiers lers lere residing here have united in telegraphing to representative live hawkins at washington in contradiction tra diction of the statement in a letter recently read in the house of representatives ta tives that all the union soldiers in davidson had been ordered to leave and one hanged nothing odthe of the sort has been heard of here RICHMOND rich BiCH MoND this afternoon general canby interfered in the municipal troubles by sending a guard of soldiers and raising the at the lower Station House giving free flie egress and ingress to all he says this action haa baa no reference to the question of the mayoralty but is taken as a mere precaution 11 galust 1 acts of disorder anh and vi violence olen oien na ba h boons friends applaud th the e movement ellison protests against it A silan filan unwarrantable interference with the civil law of the state A colli slon alon occurred between a crowd of negroes and police resulting in the wounding of several of the former both mayors will have a police force en on the street to tomorrow morrow and will hold independent courts trouble is apprehended the city is quiet tonight to night the casualties thus far are one man killed and three wounded galin C verplanck the well known author politician and philanthropist die dic died d today to day aged eighty four years four men were badly injured one fatally by the explosion of a blast at englewood new jersey JeTsey today to day captain Captai ii of the schooner ga saladin ladin from jackrel Jack sack mel reports that on the dinst while in latitude thirty six ax longitude seventy five he saw a chilous creature sixty feet long by twenty four broad across the back resembling sem bling the so called bea sea serpent the commercial advertiser has a statement that collector of internal Ee revenue venue bailey has suddenly disappeared it is reported that a solicitor from the treasury depan Depar department kment is overhauling 1 his accounts 1 1 kit burns bums toay today day resumed his old occupation cu of keeping a rat pit the extensive freight depot of shenew jersey central rall Eail railroad road was burned tonight to night with its contents including twelve loaded freight cars and six horses mitchell quirk a watchman was burned to death i in the endeavor to 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