Show by ly telegraph congressional SENATE washington 15 paddock called up the house bill to amend the act of march 13 1874 to encourage the growth of timber on western prairies passed windham called up the n house ouse bill to extend tho the timo time of pre on public lands the amendments of the ho commissioner were a agreed reed to and the bill passed washington 16 edmunds from the committee on judi judiciary cUry eury reported with amendments the senate bill to amend the second fourth and fifth sections of tho act to enforce the rights of citizens of the united states to vote in the several states of the union placed on calendar mitchell oregon called up the bill introduced by sargent yesterday to restrict immigration of chinese to the U S and also the resolution recently submitted by that senator in favor of certain modifications of the treaty with china etc he said the import anea anca of this question and the magnitude of the evil sought to be remedied had induced him to vary from his usual course of keeping silent in the senate the pacific states and territories more than any other portion of our country were the theatre in which this new evil dangerous and threatening to our moral social and intellectual station was exhibited in all its terrible aspects no more important subject to bo be presented to congress than that of chinese immigration it was one which congress could not evade or ignore the alarming influence of the mon MoD mongolian golian race to our shores today menaces the stability purity and integrity of our moral structure the question anuw was whether our civilization strong and pure as it ia Is can dan afford to stand the deadly vices which necessarily from flooding our land with these base bage and degrading pagans it was a question whether our laud lind should be overrun by pagan fagan people uneducated and guided by neither god nor conscience but given only to the gratification flea fi tion of their just the tho chinese would never become bacome attached to constitution of the U S nor to the peace and good order of our country already a tide of emigration across the pacific had commenced in china and today to day the chinese were vero coming by thousands into california oregon and washington territory they brou brought with them poverty disease crime and pestilence in its worst forms ho he read from california papers showing that 2157 chinese recently arrived at san francisco in three days and argued that they were coming to this country at the rate of a year the man who imagined that this flood would not increase in column and power mistook the signs of the times and failed to correctly trace the inevitable logic of events something must be done to restrict this immigration As a general rule the tho doctrine that a subject of any country had the right to adjure allegiance to his own ruler and acknowledge 0 e to another country was a proper one but there were exceptions to rales molea the chinese did not want to become citizens of this country the chinese were not naturalized and they did not desire to be and and therefore the doctrine of expatriation patria tion should never apply to them sargent said the people of the pacific coast did not want to have them naturalized if they should be forty or fifty nifty thousand of them would be betaken betoken taken to the polls by their masters tho the six companies owning them and the tho people of that section would woula soon have no velco in their affairs mitchell said the people of the pacific coast were discontented on account of this matter and it was the duty of tho tile government to inquire into the cause of this discontent and apply a remedy it appealed to congress to the president to the secretary of state and tho the people of the whole country to come como to the rescue and crush olit out this terrible evil sargents Sar gents bill introduced by him yesterday to restrict the I 1 tion of chinese to the U 81 8 1 was wa referred to the committee on foreign relations I 1 HOUSE 15 tho the houpou passed the bill under suspension of the rules allowing mrs fitch to receive her diamon ns free of duty washington 16 vance called up the report of the committee on printing in the matter of clapp and addressed the house bouse at considerable length declaring government printing had cost coat at least half a million yearly more than it ought to for eleven years ballou bailou made the minority report taking the ground that the government printer was an officer of or the senate and therefore not amenable to the muse house the testimony failed to show a case justifying any harsh barsh criticisms or condemnation dem nation in no instance has the treasury been defrauded of one cent nor was it pretended that the printer or any friend profited one cent illegally the witnesses were all ail 11 unfriendly and interested in getting franklin rivers restored as public printer by contract a term tern which would cost much more than the present one ballou bailou supported the minority report in a speech declaring that congress congre SS itself was at fault in making eight hours a legal days work the neat manner in which the work was performed was the best answer to the tile charge that the printer and his subordinates were incompetent in conclusion he be stated his conviction that clapp clap p was an honest upright faithful public servant singleton supported the majority maj erity report in a speech which caused an angry scene between himself and garfield the house proceeded to vote on the resolutions ie reported ported the first vote was on the resolution direct directing the speaker to certify to the proper authorities of the district of columbia the testimony taken relating to the conduct of A M clapp aa as congressional printer to the end that he may be indicted and prosecuted the resolution was adopted yeas nays 74 a party vote the next vote was on the resolution instructing judiciary the committee to inquire whether the congressional is an officer who maybe may be impeached adopted without division the third resolution instructing the committee on appropriations to embody in the sundry civil appropriation p pria tion atlon bill III the sections changing the present resent system of government printing was vas 9 re committed to the co committee it e on motion ot of holman the first resolution was modified to 60 aa as to refer the testimony to the au authorities thorl of the district of columbia for proper action piper introduced a bill to restrict the immigration of chinese referred the house then went into committe on the post office appropriation bill on motion of holman tho the compensation to railroads for fur carrying mails was fixed at five miles per linear foot when run at u a speed of not exceeding twenty nive five miles per hour and six miles milers when running at a rate of speed exceeding twenty five miles milea per hour washington 17 wood from the committee on ways and means reported a bill abolishing the tax on receipts to savings banks passed On motion of dunnell the house concurred in the senate amendments to the bill to extend the time to pre on public lands the house then went into committee of the whole springer in the chair on the post office appropriation pria tion bill the sum to be paid to any railroad for transportation was limited to per mile per annum an additional resolution was adopted requiring third class matter to be sent in pae pac package kager kagen not exceeding four pounds in weight and making the postage one cent per every two ounces the appropriation forlet for fon letter carriers was increased from 1 sl I to SIS and the post master general was directed to reduce if possible the number of carriers and number of dally daily deliveries in various cl cities ties an appropriation to meet the deficiencies in the postoffice post office department was increased from to the committee then rose and reported the bill to the house the amendments were agreed to and tho the bill passed the tho house adjourned jour ned AMERICAN I 1 WAS washington D C ag acin loin in the senate bonate enate onate secret session today to day edmunds argued in favor of jurisdiction the cabinet session to dby day was of nearly three hours duration and aud it is understood that the louisiana difficulties were the chief topic of attention all the members were present A telegram from acting governor kelloggs Kellog gw ho Is now here was received by the president the purport was that serious disorders bad had broken out in rast bast Fell feli Pe clana ciana and other points and reciting his difficulty in securing military authority to prevent bloodshed as well as his apprehension that further disorders were probable the acting governor has baa been tele telegraphed ranh raph that the united states a authorities are not inclined to act unless for actual violation ef of united states laws the result of the con sidera tion tion of the matter in tb the e cabinet was the sending of a telegram to general augur in louisiana instructing intruding that officer on the requisition of the governor and it appearing that the local un authorities thorit les ties were not able to preserve order to give such auch aid as iu in his discretion may be neb necessary essary to prevent bloodshed and violence the committee on naval expenditures is ready to report among other abuses sworn to is that during congressional elections men rree arie employed at mare blare island navy yard and discharged after attar the eleo efee having been employed three d days ayI se seelye yei sei continued his hla testimony 0 ily lly before the louisiana committee commit tee tte this p in As deputy marshal of louisiana be arrested democrats on warrants who were guilty of no crime he came to N Y with documents to expose morey but morey promised cd him igo cash and agave gave khim ave notes of to give up the papers this he did but retained copies and as morey had not paid him be he felt at liberty to expose him witness said morey wrote him to eo go to commissioner caseyy casey in new york and try to borrow gunj uni he be would probably get and he be was also to ask for the promised tap lap appointment witness did so aad and received both 50 and the appointment in the new york custom house on the second of this month 1 I am still employed there witness continued unless I 1 have been dismissed since I 1 came here cabey casey was about the appointment of this committee and the testimony I 1 might give I 1 was told while in new now york by mr bon son or member of the louisiana legislature that at arms arma was waa in town and stud I 1 had better go to canada filnor showed me a dispatch from morey to casey asking caney casey ca ey to go to the custom house and get me leave of absence chey did so but mr sharp would not continue witnesses pay but would reinstate him on his return witness would have rone pone for soo SOO but was only of offered flared Cly clymera mers committee 0 day resumed inquiry into the kentucky central railroad claim general dunn judge advocate general of the tue army testified chatin the fall of 1870 this claim was referred to him by the secretary of war in the ordinary course of business it received a very careful and thorough examination was reported as just and it was paid no effort was ever made to influence hiljus his hig justice nobody ever suggested to him to hurry burry the examination as pendleton wished to go to europe the Secie tary of war has haa trang traus transmitted to the houpe house his report of reductions from the estimates for the year baked baad upon suggestions of armr army officers of in the thy quartermasters quartermaster s department and that of ordnance the deductions ionn ions are large and in the engineers department consi considerate consider dembe abe there in 14 a reduction of a million for clothing and a mil lion for the entire reduction is louisville ky 16 don pedro passed through this city this evening oven ng en toute route to the mammoth cave and will return and attend the races tomorrow to morrow charleston S C 16 the chamber of commerce today to te today day a a strong resolution opposing the passage of the bill to carry into efrece effect the hawaiian treaty on the ground that the thy removal of the luty duty on rice will seriously injure the rice planters and throw out of 4 employment bul Bui thousands of colored laborers A delegation dule gation gatlon was appointed to proceed to washington and lay the facts before the senate cle CLEVELAND veland 0 16 everything Is quiet in the fhe mining regious regions of tuscarawas Tusca valley an and d the an indications dien dlen tit ins are that the strikes are ab about out ended NEWYORK NEW YORK 17 Thomas thomasa A scott writes to the rimes times today to day as follows 1 I see fee in your report from washington as published in your paper the following quotation scott might give further very interesting evidence concerning arthe the lions by which the pennsylvania road loaned the union pacific road its credit for ten million dollars une one of the conditions was it is understood der stood I 1 that scott should be made pre president s ide n t of the uni union on pacific to protect the interest of the c campany m 3 in reply thereto I 1 beg to state that the pennsylvania road never loaned its credit cri crt dil dit or anything eite ele to the U P road nor had an negotiations with it nor bad interest of any nature my connection with it as president was entire entirely I 1 y outride ide of the pennsylvania B R B R co 1 the times timea new orleans special dispatch dim din patch from froin east feliciana and Wilkin Bon courtlen count leta len mississippi estimates that about sixteen colored men have been killed there during i be the past three days of trouble also one white man was killed at the beginning of the affair aaronson a white man had accused a colloq colored man ef of stealing and whipped him aaronson was subsequently killed kifle and dispatches quite a trust trustworthy worth as any pay ray he wai killed by white regulators of mississippi being in bad odor and charged with buying stolen cotton at his store A large number of regul tors rallied at the proclamation of the sheriff of wil liabson county and invaded east Fell feil feliciana clana ciana stampeding colored men shooting some taking prisoners and hanging banging others the excitement is great and conflicting brigand and perhaps exaggerated reports come in yesterday about tive hundred armed white men were rr ported reported in the vicinity ef of woodville and skirmishing hal bat continued resulting in the reign of terror A company of U 8 troops at bayou bara sara under command of capt bas Ras bascomb barcomb comb thirteenth infantry remained inactive he today haa baa been ordered to compel peace and investigate and anil report the causes and results of the riotous proceedings near his bis station and to move if necessary this affair cannot be directly called a political war of races but successful white line part of mississippi appears to have invaded louisiana all too willingly and a repetition of the same thing may be expected whenever excuse refugees have fled to other parishes for safety fears are entertained that senator weber will be killed the beholds bet tie tolda rolda brownsville Browns ville dispatch bays saya escobeda was within sixty miles of Mata matamoras moms oras oraa with ith troops 2500 strong he has been supplied with munitions from the ibe american bide ode all abie able bodied men have been conscripted for the defence defene e of niata Blata matamoras moras non combatants on this side great excitement exists the black flag flap was raised at lando by the federal commander the revolutionists re isaf threaten to burn matamoras if they cannot defend it the government troops are well disciplined and la in good condition gonzalez revolutionary commander at matamoras will wil I 1 flab fight t to the bitter end the |