| Show by telegraph teleo Telea raph rab ran irarra ten cen tei TET lin LIN congressional tyl tel trl ls SENATE after fra pra frayer prayer yerby by q Y joseph 0 groo of Illi illinois nois atod d the reading ng of the journal of deboth De cOth th the chair laid before the enato enate a communication crom from the secretary of war wan transmitting the rep rop the chiet chief of 0 engineers in regard tp the ilip aua ava amounts appropriated fon for Improvement iba tha went ment of the mouth of the mississippi river fort jackion mud nud and aud ford fort at philip ordered printed and tolie to lie lle on the table tabie and 4 also 1 go a communication from the ben bee rota jyo f war renewing men emendation mend atlon dation that the military reser yat TAt tationa tous IOUS at camp crittenden and camp grant A T be transferred deg dej department rement for dia dosal ander the p public tib 1 lo 10 land jand laws I 1 ordered printed panted and to lie on tha tho the tabie table g presented a petition of citizens of new now york city asking the passage of an amend meat to hotbo tho the constitution of the U S prohibiting the appropriation of money for any ny i religious sect referred to the J judiciary ciary clary committee la leu the senate sargent of cala presented the copy of a memorial from various officers and seam beam seamen beamen enof of american ships shins which were aa destroyed by the shenandoah stating that they hey bey have been absent from co country autry and asking that time for idling such claims before the alabama court be extended referred to the judiciary committee Mi mitchell kebell heli bell of oregon presented a memorial from the portland ore goni Board of Tra Trade defoi defor fut fur fot an appropriation tor for the construction of a canal deanal around the cascades of columbia river referred to the committee on commerce sargent introduced h a bill to grant the bight of way for railroad purposes through the U S arsenal grounds at ati benicia Be nicia nicla cala referred to the tue commIt committee teo on military affairs Morril lyof vt introduced a bill to further provide for the rodema redemption of U S legal tender notes in accordance with existing laws ordered printed and to ile lie on the table morrill said he introduced it on llla big own responsibility he presumed jio no senator here desired to repeal the act of last session to provide for specie resumption his purpose in introducing this bill was was waa to make the execution of that law he gave that he would ask mk to submit remarks explanatory of the bill after arter the expiration of the mornin morning hour houe tomorrow to morrow the chair laid before the sen senate ate a communication from the secre tary of war stating that since the close of the me last session of congress Con gress gregs the preparation of the official records of the rebellion both union and confederate arate had rapidly progressed and showing the amount expended on the work the balance on hand etc referred to the committee on appropriations after the expiration of the morn ing hour the chair laid before the senate the state rights resolutions submitted by senator morton morton said baid etwas it was the desire of 11 his Is colleague I 1 mcdonald to submit a substitute and as that gentleman was not present and several senators desired to discuss the resolutions he asked that they bo be laid over and it was so ordered the chair then laid before wore the senate the unfinished business being the resolution of morton to au authorize the appointment of a committee to investigate the circumstances cum stances attending the recent election in mississippi and at the request of morton the resolution was laid over till monday bionday next HOUSE the house assembled reassembled re today to day there were but few members absent the oath of office was administered to BI RI Ridd leof tenn elected to fill the term of fite fit deceased A large number of executive communications accumulated during recess were and referred the speaker then called ori the committees for fur reports bubno committee ewas was rea ready dy on motion of morrison the house went into a committee of the whole on the state of the union Wh feeler in the eha cha chaurand chair irand aud and the tho usual resolutions distributing the presidents message to the appropriate committees were offered 4 by morrison and adopted I 1 the committee arose arld and report i ed the resolutions to the house when kasson hasson called attention to the fact that among the subjects refe referred ired to the committee on ways and means were mose chose of thore there tho redemption demp tion of U S notes P the partial repeal of the legal t ender tender act and the gradual redemption ef of legal tender notes kasson suggested that as these thase subjects were specially within the jurisdiction of the committee on oil bank banking inic and currency the reference of them to the committee on 54 ways ard means would be apt to cause a clashing between the tho two committees the subject was further discussed by townsend of pa cox and wood burchard bofill of ili lii kelley of pa and garfield the point of discussion being that legislation reders refers ring to legal tenders belonged to the committee on ways and means inea luea i ns while that on national bank notes belonged to the committee on banking and currency finally resolutions were adopted giving the committee on banking and currency control of tho subject of banks banksy banking and currency and the resumption ef of specie r rayment payment by n national at tonal banks T the he speaker called attention to the fact that hewitt of the cum cittee on aublib public buil bull buildings dingi and grounds desired to be bellev relieved ed from that committee because his bubi tusi ness might often arise between his duty and his interest the relief desired was wag granted i and hewitt was placed on oli chec the ommittee committee on foreign relations ely exchanging morrison said it was almost im possible in distributing the th ePresi pim dents message to se separate garate the su subjects beets jh eo so that there should be no clas cias clashing Ing between the pom committees m ittzes but the committee of ways and means means in preparing pre paying these resola tiong tlona had followed precedents and tried to keep the several committees within the line of their respective dutler duties mitchell introduced a bill extending the time for the completion of the oregon central railroad and telegraph line from portland to t astoria aud and M mcminnville McMinn vilIe ville oregon referred to the commit committee teg teb on railroads also a bill for the tile further improvement of tilo the willamette river intha state of oregon referred to the committee on commerce commeree also a bill to provide for foz fo the con a military telegraph line from fort canby and cape Disappoint disappointment menti washington territory via ft steven stevens ana nna astoria to portland oregon referred to the committee on military affairs also a bill providing for the tho removal of the walla walla cayu caiyu sees and Um attilla tribes and bands of f indians on to a permanent reservation oa tion to open to settlement the Um attilla reservation in oregon referred to the committee on in dlan dian affairs affair ls s booth of california introduced a bill in relation to td fruit brandy and to punish frauds frauda regarding the same referred to tho the committee on finance boutwell gaye gave notice that on thursday next week he would submit to the senate resolutions relating to the services and public character of the lato vice president wilson sherman bherman submitted a resolution that the commissioners of the edmans Fre savings and trust co of the district of columbia are hereby directed to communicate to the senate a detailed statement of tho the assets of said company ro re undistributed and all the assets collected or charged in any way since the date of their report transmitted to the house of representatives presenta tives on the of dec 1874 agreed tp to AMERICAN DEN DENVER vEiR col 3 the legislature met mot here today to day the house elected selected alfred butters speaker the council will perfect its organization I 1 tomorrow to morrow tho the session will probably be short and devoid of more than local interest as the constitutional convention is preparing a state constitution lena LExa ton Tox ky kly S an explosion took place this am anif at hammons hammers steam mills eighteen miles from the village of leesburg beesburg by which andrew and charles hammon and a mah maa named driscoll Dris coil coll were killed hilled hammons Ham mons mens father had lia his leg broken the mill is said sald to bo totally destroyed 3 the boiler of the ashland woollen mills at steuben ville 0 exploded with terrible force forca about 4 pm instantly killing wm sutherland engineer and damaging the bul bui building id lug ing to the tho extent of washington D C 3 in the case me of H W R crouch an agricultural claimant against sundry mineral claimants involving the title to twenty aeres acres of laud land near grass va valley vailey cala caia the comm commissioner IS of the Gene ralLand office today to day rendered a decision of general interest to mine owners ownen and to agrical agriculturists jurists in n mining regions he holds that the jand land in question must be excluded from g preemption entry because although it is not mineral jand land it is of little if any value for agricultural agricultural purposes and is essential for the proper working of th the deep gravel mines in that vicinity i the following is li tho the debt statement lawful lawgil money bloney debt matured debt 22 I al 71 2540 legal tenders certificates ot 01 deposit fractional currency coin certificates total without interest total debt total interest I 1 cash in the treasury coin casl cash in jn the treasury currency total in the treasury increase of the debt far december decrease of the debt debb since june soth 1875 ar though our rovern govern government nent conceals at present from our citizens I 1 it comm communicates uni cates eates to the european governments in regard to cuba it can be stated staled that the american circular does not prop propose prope e as a solution of the cuban question accord according Dg to the london correspondence of the manchester guardian that cuba and porto rico bico be formed into a federation with a gover nor general appointed by spain NEW ORLEANS I 1 3 thu tha legislature met today to day everything passed off quietly the house after receiving the governor governors rn message Ss ae adjourned out of respect to the memory of lr aj H southard and E L pierson deceased members governor kellog gs message was exceedingly elaborate he ile congratulates the people on the hopeful prospects of the state which lie he ascribes mainly to the fact that they are now on the threshold of the full fall fruition of those financial reforms urged by him which by the last election by the unquestioned vote of the majority of the people were en on grafted on the constitution of the state BOSTON 3 the jury on ol 01 the body of mr kemp killed by the south boston gas explosion explosions rendered a verdict this afternoon in effect that the explosion which caused his death was from the ignition of gas in A confined space under the sidewalk that the leakage of gas was due to gross carelessness on tho the part of those who had charge of the drip cocks that the laying of the gas pipe in the dianner manner mannen in which it was laid was culpably de and dangerous that we th e pipes on the boston isido iside of the bridge being laid in the same manner the city authorities should cause them to be gelald in such a manner as to avoid the recurrence of accident BOSTON 3 the evening journal states that the rev bev robert laird collyer has haa accepted the call of the second church in this city and will leave england edgland on janjy JanyS th entering on his duties here within a few weeks BROOKLYN 3 the drw prosecution of loader and price for perjury in connection with the tilton beecher casenas case cas ewas was discontinued today tomay to day on the application of the district attorney for a nolle before judge more in the court of sessions the ground of the motion being that the affidavits of these persons were not made to be used in court but simply to affect public opinion cincinnati 3 the tiie large barn of the north family of Eili shakers akers at Leba lebanon 0 was burned on saturday t night together with thirty seven head of fine imported cattle and a full fall winter cupply of grain andray and hay loss heavy springfield mass blass 3 the operatives p era tives at the blackington woolen mills on account of ten ton pr per cent reduction redaction hare have burned the barn of the mill manager and threatened his hig life NEW nev YORK 4 benedict bros the jewelers robbed a few nights ago have made an assignment it is said that the benedicts have been hardly pressed by their creditors since the publication of the robbery but S N benedict says they have more chaa enough to pay in full in n 1870 the firm failed and paid about thirty cents on the dollar the boating association of the american colleges began lar session today to day the colleges represented were Cr cernell nell neli princeton columbia union hamilton harvard dartmouth Bow bowdoin doln doin amherst williams trinity and brown saratoga was selected M as the place for holding folding the centen i ten tea lai ial U lal contest by a vote of 9 toai to 4 ST sit the tho charley ross boss sensation is still the absorbing topic and bets of five hundred to fifty are offered ered ened that the boy is ja the real charley ross boss s the authorities are claimed to hold the boy until his real identification is established and have offered to pay mr ross boss expenses to come anu and and see him A philadelphia gentleman saw the boy today to day and avowed that he was sure it was charley ross boss CHICAGO 4 the tribunes washington special jeays it is believed that soon af aft erthe ertho re assem bling of df congress a resolution will be passed calling fon foe information on the cuban question and that copies of the nece rece recent ant int correspondence co will then be sent to congress it will then probably be peen that the danger of war with spain if any has ever existed has haa passed and that secretary fish has as on former occasions shown his hig ability to deal with t the ho most delicate diplomatic question iu in a manner that will meet the approval of all fair minded persons one pf cipf the moat most reassuring signs is the fact that the president continues to be guided by the advice of the secretary of state and there is almost universal con eon conn ti dence in washington that the latter lattey will not while ho he remain in office allow this government to unnecessarily assume an attitude that will make war necessary or probable the times washington special says it Is announced that general grant and secretary bristow have been summoned to testify in the case of babcock Babcoc kat at st louis this was so unexpected and indicates so unmistakably the extent to which the whiskey prosecutions haye have gone beyond the tho expectation ot of those who originally began them that the parti partisans of the president are thoroughly alarmed d and are striving to throw legal impediments iu in the way so soon as the rumor reached the street that the president would be summoned with secretary bristow brislow it was met by a counter report that the law did not permit perm it the president to appear nor authorize a court to summon him as a nyi witness diligent scrutiny of the authorities however reveals the fact that aily auy official of the Govern government men may be summoned to testify in the government itself is concerned babcocki Bab cocks docks counsel have halve summoned the president to testify in his |
