Show a air alf t f jve isfan isaal to che cne deseret if fv f fa v ria dia riu SENATE pomeroy offered a resolution requesting the president to open negotiations with great britain to ascertain whether a union can be effected of the british north american provinces with the ta tabled and ordered printed pomeroy presented a memorial from the naturalized citizens of rhode island who said baid that they are denied the use of the ballot he gave notice of a bill on the subject bherman Sherin ain fin from the finance committee co mit reported an amendment to the bill reducing taxation the amendment author authorizes izes the president in his discretion to discontinue or consolidate the internal revenue districts bamsey ramsey from the post office commit tee leei reported a bill regulating the rates of postage with foreign countries with which international postal regulations are not established by treaty sargent introduced a bill to regulate the transmission of asiatic australian us rn and european merchandise across the he territory of the united states proposing custom house facilities senator benator trumbull today to day reported the evidence taken in the investigation of the alleged bribery of senators to vote against the bingham amendment to the georgia bill it seems that money was offered though not personally for the votes of carpenter and tipton but it does not appear that it was with the knowledge of the governor or his friends I 1 the postal committee are expected to report in favor of granting a subsidy to the mall mail line to the coast of south Am america eilea the foreign committee discussed the china cable bill without any action the railroad committee have decided not to bring up the northern pacific railroad bill for a few days the georgia bribery report submitted to the senate yesterday evening cannot fail fall to exert a great influence in determining ter mining the georgia question when it comes up for final settlement voluminous testimony shows beyond all cavil that bullock and his friends have been plentifully supplied with money and railroad bonds all the winter and were not at all scrupulous in the manner of using the funds if votes could be obtained against the bingham amendment the committee found that wholly unsuccessful attempts were made to buy senators tipton and carpenter the reports of outrages in georgia were furnished to order and paid for by bullock and his party and that the influence of the Chronic chronicle lowas was purchased in a roundabout manner that persons were hired to write letters for the purpose of influencing the judgment of senators the committee are unanimous in all these conclusions and strongly censures the chronicle for taking money and being very easy on bullock the fifteenth amendment bill was discussed in the tho senate Ca cassery Casser asery isery jy made along speech against it he referred to the general acquiescence of the democratic mo cratic party and of the operation of the amendment and its cordial recognizance of the rights of colored men to vote he quoted from the washington chronicle which be he thought would betaken betoken aa as good authority to the effect that in the overwhelming democratic states of maryland kentucky new jersey and elsewhere the colored raan man had voted without the the slightest lightest hindrance now ahen when there avah was no cloud upon the political horizon why did the weather wise prophets bring in their tremendous apparatus of pairis pains and penalties special officers and sub aub leers officers off omm to braided be aided by the military and naval powers of the government instead of being placed in the constitutional hands bands the eltra eitra extraordinary ordinary power of the bill was to to be vested in the commissioners ners who 1 in n many cases would be a nest of idlers ers and the whole measure was wag a mere manifestation fe of the insolence of power and nothing like it had ever before been introduced into a civilized body instead of enforcing the lath amendment it would provo provoke kei kel irritation against it its defects had been acknowledged by republican senators particularly by williams not only was it incapable of being understood by any one outside the judiciary committee but it did not appear to be understood by the committee themselves stewart Bt ewart in reply to show the necessity of the bill quoted from an official declaration of the democratic gover nor non 11 0 0 rl and n d attorney general of bf dall dali california foin forn ia agai agal against riat the validity of the irh 1514 amend amenda ment and advising we the rejection of colored voters at registration and at the polls he said eald the democratic party of the country did not intend that the election next fall should be fairly conducted and referred to the democratic exclusion of colored voters at the election of officers in louisiana georgia mississippi and tennessee as evidence of that intention the object of the party was to have the present session expire without legislation on the question the evening session continued athe atho debate on the bill to enforce the amendment until after midnight sherman moved an amendment providing for a safeguard safe guard at election elections sand and severely punishing fraudulent voting casserly thought this was an attempt to whittle whittie down the democratic vote frauds were declared to have been committed in the late election in new york and it was declared that if the last presidential election had depended on that state we would have had bad a war in existence before this at three am the senate was still in session the minority talking to prevent a 4 vote and the majority declaring that it was determined to sit it out even until morning fenton presented several petitions petit ions ione relative to communication between the atlantic and pacific via augua and for the recognition of the cubans A long debate ensued on a call for the business in order the resolution looking to a final adjournment was taken up several amendments as to time were offered and aud voted down the house bill compensating I 1 the officers and crew of the gear sage fage for destroying the alabama was passed assed the money to be paid out of the japanese japanese indemnity fund to compensate the officers and crew of the wyoming wyom nor from the same fund for their action off the coast of japan in 1863 was tabled HOUSE Amend amendments to the naval bill were offered by sargent inc ine increasing increasing reasin the appropriation for powder and abor labor in navy yards were rejected and the bill passed connor offered a resolution that the foreign committee report what action is necessary to compel mexico to fulfill fulfil her treaty stipulations relative to outlaws and hostile indians referred A bill for the sale of buildings and grounds at certain unused arsenals east and south was passed slocum asked consent to report a bill to remove the brooklyn navy yard objections were made the judiciary committee informally looked into the papers asking for the impeachment of justice field of the supreme bench and judge Hoff manof the U S circuit court of california these charges are very voluminous and are of corruption and injustice to litigation some californian californians say asay they alethe outgrowth out growth of a personal quarrel but haskings avows that he is ready and able to prove them the committee does not yet indicate what it will d do join in the matter I 1 the bill amending the homestead laws in the interest of soldiers which passed the house today to day provides that every private soldier and officer who has served in the army every seaman marine officer or other person who has served in the navy or r marine corps or revenue marine durt during dg the rebellion for ninety days or remained loyal loya to the government shall without the payment of any fee or commission t to registers or receivers of the land office be entitled to enter a quarter section of land not mineral or alternate reserved of public lands along the lines of all railroads or other public works in the united states wherever public lands have been or may be granted by acts heta of congress and to receive the patents under the provisions of the homestead act on the terms and conditions therein prescribed and all provisions of said eaid acts as here herein liL ill modified shall extend and be applied to entries under this act the bill has not yet been acted on in the senate the examination in the Pre Fre edmans bureau investigation was substantially closed today to day the main point was in regard to authority for transfer of the howard university and similar property to trustees gen howard claiming claim ing that he had authority from the late secretary rawlins the discussion in the house on lyncha lynchs bill to revive american commerce seems to indicate the adoption of propositions for the modification of the revenue laws so as to admit foreign built V vessels to ale arp american amerlean artean registry free of butyl if 4 4 the proposition to grant subsidy to steamship lines does not appear to meet general favora favor though it is possible pos poa sible risible that ocean postage may be given gefen the committee on manufactures condemn the last report of the special com missioner miBs miss ioner loner of revenue as detrimental to the interests of the country washington WASU INGTON it is again said that a democratic daily paper is to be started here soon with a capital of to take the place of the national the ibe conservative paper publish edin this city john morrissey ex may or berritt and and other prominent local democrats are said to be among the stockholders the managing editor is not yet known the reduction of taxation under the bill reported by sherman is the president has peremptorily ordered the military commanders to prevent the militia and volunteer organizations hunting indians captain wm hall formerly of the steamer pennsylvania was arrested yesterday ye on a charge of haling having smuggled smuggled young ladies bridal ou outfits fits into this port he was held in 1000 bail by commissioner osborne about 1500 hundred bundred American amerlean officers and noncommissioned noncommissioned officers and privates who gerein were in our late volun armies have enrolled themselves in the movement association brooks in reply to a charge that a minister had not been sent to rome home because it was the papal see said that he ho had no desire to persecute rome borne but denounced the syllabus of the pope as an attempt to fetter fetten freedom of conscience and speech and strike down the rising antagonism against despotism but the day Is not far distant when the very throne of his power will turn to dust and ashes before the condemnation of enlightened public opinion of the civilized world whim declares for free government free churches free schools free bibles and free men dawes in his censure to brooks said he dawes never belonged to the Know nothing organization corbett said when he was taking lessons in the gentleman from new york was waa its great head centre voorhees reiterated upon dadea dawes in a reply to his charge against brooks saying he presumed the gentleman brought here the reflected glare of bf convents burned in massachusetts by know nothings and said it was the same spirit which would also have burned catholics at the stake as it did the witches of new england if it dared brooks denied that he ever was a member of the know nothing party hoar said no human being was ever burned atthe at the stake in the commonwealth of massachusetts chu it was true that years ago the courts of massachusetts sentenced and executed some twenty persons but it was also true that the people of massachusetts were the first who saw tha tho wickedness of their proceedings and repented of it as to the burbag buelk ng of a convent vont vent the criminals weye tried and punished it did not become the friends of a man who burned alive our soldiers at fort pillow or of those men who burned orphan asylums in new york and hung negroes on lamp posts to talk of cruelties cruel ties in past ages voorhees declared that every word hoar said was false the excitement now became intense at stephens request voorhees words were taken down retract to them and the speaker declared them out of order at the demand mand of cx cdx the chair ruled the language rather pungent but not impaglia the ruling restored good feeling when the house adjourned the house appropriation committee have ct the army bill it is 19 considerably reduced from tha the estimates I 1 I 1 the pacific railroad committee had another session today to day on the transatlantic ati autio antio railroad fremont an and do others theris are fighting the senate bill both houses bf congress agree to adjourn lon ion on july 15 th f BUFFALO A aa contract has been awarded for the construction of the buffalo Railway 1 bridge over the niagara river to be completed in 1871 NEW hugo keres heres mill 1 at green was burned tonight to night loss 27 00 the department of state is informed of the release of the sisters cudlipp and mrs ma pratt by the cuban government arguments were heard today toddy to day by bi the secretary of the interior relative to the rights of railroad companies in indian territories TerrU oriee ta MEMPHIS EM pris bris ia inthe lle lie Sou southern bouthern thein mesho dist convention a message wase wabe from the protestant methodist conference now in session at baltimore which proposed consolidation A committee of five was appointed to answer CLEVE CLEVELAND LAND nand ill lil information formation has been received of the discovery of the principal leak through which the american news association have secured the there re ports of the western and new york f associated press and steps will beun bean be speedily taken to stop the leak uni unless ss this is rendered unnecessary by the conditions of the pacific and atlantic Atlant lQ telegraph company which may render the continuance of the american association impracticable and which is foreshadowed shadowed fore by a preamble and resolution adopted by the directors of the pacific and atlantic company at a recent meeting in pittsburg setting forth that owing omidi to various causes the lines of the company have not earned enough the past six months to justify a dividend and resolving that no dividend be declared at present ST louis louls the missouri state editorial association held their annual meeting at kansas city yesterday the attendance was very large members of all parties in the state were present together with a number of kansas editors the association go on an excursion today to day to fort scott on the missouri river and galveston railroad rall Bail road Ke indicted for connection with the late defalcations in the city treasury has been released on bail ball philadelphia A im imbia PiA pla the general assembly of the united presbyterian churches is in session rev bev dr di jacobs presiding trenton eldores elmores El mores shoe manufactory at north payne pay ne has been burned loss insured dete DETROIT the post fost bays says that ohi on saturday or monday last the british minister at washington in the name of the british government made a formal application to the government of the united states through secretary fish for permission to pass transports engaged in the service of the red bed river biver expedition through the st maries marles canal minister thornton gave his official assurance to secretary fish that the troubles in the red bed river biver country had been peacefully and entirely settled by an agreement between her maj bestys government in the dominion and delegates representing the entire population of the red bed river biver country and that the purpose of the present expedition tion was purely a peaceful one thereupon secretary fish telegraphed bo to governor baldwin the dispatch 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