Show SPECIAL TO tue THE DESE DESERET RENEWS N E WS SENATE sumner III in rising to a personal explanation confirmed the denial of prim in the spanish cortes on saturday of the truth of the report published in a new york paper that prim made a proposition to sumner for the sale or cession of cuba to the united states sumner introduced a bill to strengthen the legal reserves of the national banks and provide for the resumption of specie payments it reg requires ires every national bank to reinforce its legal reserve by the substitution of coin at the rate of one per cent per month upon the whole amount outstanding the circulation of such substitution to continue until the whole amount of the legal reserves shall become coin the second section directs the secretary upon the passage of the act to give public notices of the intention of government to resume payment in specie upon all its 10 liabilities not later than january next the secretary is also required to retain in the treasury the coin received from the customs and other sources in excess of the requirements of the public debt and to purchase such further supply of coin as may be necessary in the execution of this act under an act authorizing the purchase of coin and for other purposes approved march 1862 1861 the lin bin bill repeals repeals all acts making anything but coin legal tender for debts public or private and suspends the further printing of ofu afu U S notes and fractional currency it provides also for the redemption and cancellation of mutilated fractional currency referred to the committee on finance and ordered to be printed morton offered a resolution requesting the naval committee to report joint resolutions expressing the deep borrow sorrow of the nation for the loss of the officers and men of the war ship oneida and their admiration of their gallant conduct and abhorrence at abc the inhuman ia human and brutal conduct of the commander of the bombay the resolution on the suggestion of conkling was laid over with I 1 a view of securing further information A bill to incorporate the national bolivian navigation company passed A resolution was wag adopted calling on the secretary of war for a full fall report of the recent bombardment of indian villages A resolution for the appointment of a joint special committee on indian affairs was confide cons Wred red and laid over the senate committee on foreign affairs today to day decided to report against the ratification of the san domingo treaty the vote was 2 for and 5 against c the house resolution giving years ayears salary as justice of the supreme court to mrs stanton passed abbott introduced a bui bul providing for the distribution of arms to ibe the southern states in the same manner a if the act of 1868 had bad not been modified referred to the committee on military the vice president presented a memorial from the society of friends a L ing foran appropriation to aid in oie uie civil iza t lonte if the indians in the north super n cy of nebraska referred ferreii re sherman frow from the finance commit committee tc reported back various propositions iu in regard to an increase of the currency referred to the committee and tabled wilson introduced a bill to enable the secretary of war to revise the general regulations for the government of the army ribe bice offered a resolution directing the judiciary committee to report whether the effect of the lath amendment upon the indians was not such as to make them citizens and to annul the treaties between the united states and them it was objected to as being premature no official notice of the ratification of the amendment having been given the resolution went over the georgia bill caine came up stewart and edmunds addressed the senate upon the state of affairs in georgia drake offered an amendment directing the president to furnish troops upon the representation sen tation of the governor or the legislature of any of the thia southern states to repress disorders in any portion of such states the troops to subsist on the country and to levy contributions on the inhabitants for the expense the senate went into executive ses sio nand adjourned bouse HOUSE A large number of bills were introduced and referred among them was a bill for bringing brin wing aing home homo tiie the remains of general As asboth both late minister to the argentine argentina republic one by johnson granting lands ac to the sacramento draina drainage e irrigation and navigation company one providing a territorial government for the district of columbia one to abolish female clerkships clerk ships in government departments A number of unimportant resolutions were offered and adopted hoyt offered a resolution declaring the present system of taxation ebor ehor exorbitant bitant and needlessly burden ered he said that in reforming the existing tariff laws legislation should be based on three principles first that no duty should be imposed on any article above the lowest rate which will yield the largest amount of revenue second that the tho maximum revenue duty should be imposed on luxuries third that duty should be so imposed as to operate e as equally as possible blu biu throughout the union discriminating neither for nor against any class or section holman to test the sense of the house housa moved to lay it on the tableland tab leand called the yeas and nays announcing that he would vote against his own motion the resolution was waa not tabled yeas 38 nays marshall moved the previous question which the tho house refused to second and the resolution en on motion of sch Bc schenck henek enck was referred to the committee on ways and means without a division dawes under a suspension of the rulea rules introduced a joint resolution directing the payment to the widow of E hi bl 51 stanton a sum equal to one years salary as associate justice of the supreme court of the united states the tho resolution passed yeas nays 32 butler from massachusetts introduced a joint resolution allowing owners of homesteads to deduct the interest paid on mortgages thereon from their income returns passed the house went into a committee of the whole on the deficiency bill political speeches were delivered by niblack gurfield schenck Bc henck voorhees and others and the committee proceeded to consider the bill by clauses the committee rose and the house after an ineffectual effort from dawes to toha havo have vean an evening session adjourned benjamin addressed the housdon house rouse on the subject of various bills proposing a change in the pre present seit method of paying pay ing pensions arguing against their payment by postmasters and internal revenue collectors the subject was then ou on motion of dawes postponed for two weeks yeas 73 nays 62 butler of massachusetts from the reconstruction committee reported a bill to admit texas he said it was identical with the tho virginia and the mississippi bills with the exception of one clause that its it hassage passage would not ann annl ec tie the conditions upon which the au S ata nta was originally admitted uon an ihunt by wood that texas be admitted wry wiy wivi all the right rights of other states and sub isu kituto by reck imply simply admitting it to bu representation it was rejected the tho house theu then w we e it into a eon con colre cittee of the whole ou the deficiency bill several slight amendments were adopted the committee without action took a till evening GS renal BOSTON T last liast evening there was a fire at 41 and 43 pearl street which destroyed the entire stock of weld bryant co dealers in and manufacturers manufacture e rs of shoes and the goods of howe willey de dealers degiers tiers in marocco mp rocco J wentworth c carpet apet slipper manufacturer and bad badly maged damaged damaged ta the stock of W aj J wallace wholesale boot and shoe manufacturers aers the amount of loss has not been bee ascertained the funeral of the late mayor leftwich yesterday was we most imposing one ever witnessed here his remains were followed to the cemetery by all the city officials and a largo concourse of citizens CHICAGO 1 14 republicans the wash ington special asserts on what it says is unquestionable authority that governor banter senter has prepared a draft of a paper r which is probably on its way to bauh W washington ington and now awaiting the president calling for united states troops to aid in the tho suppression nion slon of the ku kukles klux iu in tennessee it says bays the matter has been a profound secret as senter benter fears assassination if the fact becomes known previous to the arrival of troops the tribunes dispatch says that general butler has about finished a bill regulating aff affairs airs in tennessee the bill only interferes by declaring that senter was waa frau dently elected the re construction acts having been bein viola vlola violated violated ted and that the election was consequently nulland null nuli and void vold while a majority of the tenn Tennessee delegation favor such a selection the feeling among hmong members of both both houses appears to be decidedly against the measure governor holden of north carolina has made a formal application to the president for troops to aid in quelling disturbances and for an allowance to the county which has been declared by the governor in a state of insurrection the president and secretary of war after a consultation have ordered four companies of troops to tennessee to aid the revenue and other united states officers in enforcing the laws the determination of prosser of tennessee to appoint a negro to west point has bas been followed by an unno announcement no that mccormick McCorm ick lck of arizona will recommend an indian cadet and the delegate from wyoming declares he will appoint a woman the tribunes new york special bays pays that a movement has been commenced to raise a fund for the families of the officers and men of the oneida one subscription list will be circulated at the navy yard another among the leading mercha merchants ants several english residents have offered to contribute and say the conduct of captain eyre was inhuman and unworthy a british sailor washington WASHING ton TOx the military committee have had an informal consultation over the house army bill and have invited the secretary of war to meet with them to con eon consider sider certain sections members of the committee report that there is a strong pressure from all the military circles against the measure but the chances are good that the general reduction provided for in the bill as it now stands will be adhered to on the opening of the supreme court today to day judge strong presented a commission from the associate justice which he read the oath of office was administered by the clerk when he took his seat on the bench the court decided that president Lincol ns provisional courts in louisiana and elsewhere were legal tribunals the house committee on mines mine sand and mining today to day decided to report that portion of the sutro butro tunnel act which gives the company a royalty of two dollars per ton on all ores extracted from the comstock Cum stock lode only one member of the company favoring the proposed repeal UTICA N Y the old northern hotel corner of john and union ats was destroyed by fire on saturday night the loss will not exceed it was only partially insured the building was erected in 1795 by moses baggs aaron burr bed red jacket and many historical personages have been guests in the hotel and the first theatrical performance west of albany was give guve given I 1 in in the building SAN 14 rudolphe rudol phe t the he billiard champion of america offers to play three games with roberts sen ex champion of england for the championship of the world and ten thousand dollars the games to be english one thousand points french five hundred and american fifteen hundred to be played at paris or to toss whether london or new york be selected the rush to the san diego gold fields is iiii unabated abated the stages are daily crowded A steamer yesterday carried about gold seekers beeke rs another steamer leaves tomorrow to morrow for the same destination it is reported that have been driven away from the mines and that several of them have beehn killed san diego and other places in the southern portion of the state are being rapidly de populated brow TEXAS A night fight thas hab has taken place between general bugue dugue les leg and governor bandana Can dana commanding the revolutionists near correnia Cor renta hill bandana was defeated with w ith great loss took a thousand troops prisoner among them were many officers at last accounts cordova was hemmed in and would have to defeat or lose his own army pittsburg PiTTS bura BURo mrs margaret tobin has been shot through the heart by a man who was boarding with her she was punishing one of her children when tto tte man remonstrated drew a pistol and shot her RICHMOND va the legislature today to day passed a bill prescribing that for one year after its ras Vas passage sage all persons appointed to office by eleCt election ion iOD shall take the fourteenth amendment oath I 1 NEW yoke yore three millions of dollars in silver are expected fram canada this week which will be consigned to new york banks captain Peabody of the ship Wept nept neptune une has been discharged from custody commissioner shields holding that the complaints by the crew of inhuman treatment were unsupported garrett smith has contributed another 1000 to the cuban charitable aid sd society clety ex united states 31 arshal marshal isaiah lyders has kas been discharged from his position as deputy marshal the large organ used at the boston Coll has been sold lo 10 the central presbyterian church brooklyn Pro oklyn washington WASHING ton TOx the secretary of the treasury asks congress for dollars for a marine hospital fund colonel bakers report of his expedition against the piegan indians was sent to the house today to day information official and unofficial shows that secretary fishs fichs proposition foran for an international conference for the regulation of ocean telegraphs has been assented to by sweden norway denmark austria north germany turkey and greece the other governments have not yet responded E J solomon of 0 illinois has haa been confirmed by the senate as governor of washington territory and geo oulton as collector Collect oi ot internal revenue for the district of OI L columbia during the temporary absence of superintendent janney from the northern his district is left in charge of his daughter and v report has been received at the indian department from that lady stating that indian matters are quiet in tendency the supreme court decided today to day that the clause in the act of 1863 which provides for the removal of causes after judgment from state to federal courts is unconstitutional and void BOSTON walter brown telegraphed to hammill Hamm iII on saturday offering to row gitil him for two thousand in july or the day after his race with coulter at poughkeepsie CHICAGO 15 the severest snow storm of the season has prevailed here for the past twelve hours trains on the roads leading north and west have been delayed in some cases stopped entirely reports from the northwest show that the storm has been general the snow Is three feet on the level SAN FRANCISCO the celebration of st patricks day promises to be the grandest of the kind ever witnessed in this city NEW YORK 5 gener general james watson webb writes to the tribune a long letter from havana dated the ath dinst favoring the accordance of belligerent rights to the cubans saying that if the president and secretary fish ish had been permitted to know the whole truth they would have llave conceded the right six months ago he says the cubans have fifteen or twenty thousand well armed troops and as many more carrying pikes sey scythes thes ac and says that if a hundred aundre thousand arms could be |