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in Intimi!*, reported llu* army appropri ill. It appropriates £28,4-19,91b, and :i*i** ti.■ • speeial order for Tuesday next. lL'ii'Cthcn resumed the consideration supplemen'ary privileges bill. Steph i.. doired to addles* the House, hut lereu. i* hi» time be extended to one hour, ifti r some objections being made withdrawn, he was allowed the time He then proceeded to read his lie asserted that his opposition , 1 - not from anv prejudice against o,l pi epic He believed that all men ife i equal. but he was opposed :< ! m< aiitrc, because of the want i: \ constitutional power by Con-| ■i"it. He contended that no new ecu conferred on Congress by ! tii or 15th amendment to the The proper remedy was t ' the courts, to be rendered ingress should provide, declar • act to be in violation of the citi/.cns to be null and void. He the h:P on account of inexpedi ( 1 :cd Id- belief that the colored Moi -ia did not ask or want r own churches ami schools, ; c-::c mixed schools. He spoke i quarter, having the time twice ! « oneludcd with a panegyric of n Democratic-Republican prin c declared were eternal. :vd followed with a written ; .«•!) n favor of the bill, contending that the • w as no practical freedom for the colored of the South, and there would not be -o ! ong as the matter was left to the several Mates. The Speaker laid before the House a mes '■age from the President in reference to the steamer Yirginius. which was read and re ferred to the Committee ©u Foreign Affairs. Adjourned. Washington, January0. SENATE—Buck ingham's free banking bill was taken from tlu table and referred to the Committee on Finance. Morrill, of Maine, from tho Committee on 1'inance, reported back the resolution intro duced by Sumner, instructing that committee to report a bill abolishing the office of Com missioner of Internal Revenue and provide for the collection of taxes by stamps, with the recommendation that it be indefinitely postponed. He said that when the millenium armed it might be possible to collect taxes without tux-efticcrs. To abolish the Internal Revenue Bureau would be to lose at least otic-half the taxes now collected. The priu i'.pal part of the taxes were collected upon «:>iiit> and tobacco, and it would be impossi ble to collect them w ithout officers. Stunner said here was an opportunity for p:a« tical economy, and by adopting the col lection of taxes by stamps an army of office boîtiers w ould be disposed of. l ue it solution was indefinitely postponed. N "it. from the Committee ©n Finance, re I" i ted with amendments Morton's bill author izing National banks that have decided to re luce their capital stock, to withdraw a pro u/u proportion of bonds upon the retiring of their own circulating notes, or depositing lawful money in use in proportion as pro \ ided br law. The only material amendment recommended is one providing that whenever such reduction shall be authorized under the loth section of the National currency act, any notes of such hank thereafter coming into the United States Treasury shall he can celled, together with such as shall be re deemed. which shall be the amount of reduc tion authorized. The morning hour having expired the bill to tepcal the art of March 3d, 1873. increasing salaries, was taken up. Stewart desired to further amend tho bill >o a* to compel the refunding of all hack pay iec<iv cd. Wright raised a point of order, that two ami ndimnts were already pending. He thought to cucumber it with all these amend- ments would defeat the bill, lie favored a -quart* repeal. Flanigan, of Texas, thought $7,500 none too much salary, and it ought, indeed, be £10.000. He had drawn his pay, and pulling a bundle of greenbacks from his pocket, said lie meant t<> keep it. He had tried to earn it. I i « State found no fault with him. It was ti-'t *o much a- the salary bill the people ob- ted to a> the (.'redit Mobilier bill. But he '.id n<>t think it such an odious measure. He Hit ( take* Ames was one of the best men heewr knew, and he believed it was the demagogues of tin* country who preferred ihi- itidii tmeul. ( :t ju ntci arnounccd his purpose. It was .hum the* people, whose servant he was, ■b tu n u it. and not because he believed the **ill t:» be wrong. Conkiing and Edmunds wauted the bill re lu tied outright. I'lii* Senate then went into executive scs 'i< n and soon after adjourned. Hol SE—Sypher introduced a resolution M-tting forth that there are many people in « Main localities in the South suffering from -v nr, i f food and in danger of starvation, • a imr to the failure of crops, and directing Secretary of War to iasuc army rations in Mich quantities as may lie required. Referred t<< 1 hr Committee on Education and Labor, * ith leave to report at any time. t he consideration of the suplementary civil lights hill was then resumed. Elliot's speech, which be read from the manuscript with excellent delivery and good voice, attracted the clove attention of the House and galleries, the latter containing many colored people. He referred to the sen ices of bis race on the battle fields of the > country in the late war and in the war of | 1812. and said that the negro now appealed j to t ne constitution and to the government he ' fought to sustain, for protection against the outrageous and unjust prejudices founded on caste. Replying to the constitutional argu ments of Stephens, of Georgia, yesterday, he I contended that Congress had under the 14th j and 15th amendments to the constitution, • complete power to pass this law and to pro * te< t all citizens of the country in all their j rights. It could not be pretended that the j evils of which the colored people complain— | their exclusion lrom public places, from the sleeping car on the railroad, and from the [ right of sepulture—were the exercise of the police powers of a State. While expressing high personal regard for Stephens, he sharply reviewed that gentleman's secession course, and said that it was not from him that the American House of Representatives would j take lessons in matters touching human rights, ^ and no consideration should restrain him from saving that that gentleman now offered to the j government which he had done his utmost to , destroy, a vciy poor return for itsmagnanim itv, iu coming here and seeking to continue, ; by the assertion of a doctrine obnoxious to j the true principles of government, the burd ens of oppression which rested on those who j hail never failed to pray for the success of j government which that gentleman had sought ! to blot out from the galaxy of nations, lie wished Stephens to abjure all the false doctrines that had marred his otherwise en viable record, and lend his influence and masterly ability to complete the proud struc ture of legislation which had made the nation worthy ©f the great declaration that heralded its birth. He wuuld thus certainly redeem his reputation, and best vindicate the wisdom of the policy that had permitted him to re turn to a seat in the House. lie concluded with an eloquent peroration, which was loudly applauded on the floor and in the gal leries, and at the close of his speech received many congratulations from the members Elliot is from South Carolina, and is the dark est of any of the colored members, being nearly pure black. lie was educated in En gland. At 4 p. in. the general debate closed and Butler, ol Mass., who reported the bill, took tbe floor to close up, but yielded to Hale, of Maine, who reported the naval appropriation bill. It appropriates $10,500,850, and after some discussion it was made the special order for Thursday next. Garfield made a report on the subject of a site for an exteusion of the Boston post office, which was ordered printed. The committee recommend that unless the government can get the site for the $5,000,000 already appro priated it does not buy it at all. Adjourned. Washington Intelligence. Washington, January 1.—General. B. J. Sweet, Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue, died here this morning after an illness of nine days, of pneumonia, aged 41 years. His body is to be embalmed and will be sent West to-morrow evening. Washington, January 2. —The public debt increased $8,453,272 during December. Washington, January 3. —The Postmaster General to-day ordered postmasters to for ward all letters or packages received from a foreign country to the places of their destina tion, before permitting any interference by officers of customs. Washington, January 4. -There will doubt less be a quorum in both Houses to-morrow. The general sentiment among the members is that they should first see to what extent the appropriations can be reduced before they consider the subject of assistance to the TreS sury, either in the form of additional taxa tion or a temporary convertible loan, tho lat ter finding more favor than the former mode of relief. After the morning hour in the House the consideration of the supplementary civil rights bill will be resumed as the special order, and will he debated on Monday and Thursday until four o'clock, when a vote will be taken. Stephens, of Ga., and Lamar, of Miss., are expected to speak against the bill, which it is said by its friends, will un doubtedly pass. The Supreme Court will resume business to-morrow. There arc no new developments iu regard to the Chief Justiceship, although the pre ponderance of opinion uow is that the muni tion of Williams will be confirmed. The House Committee on Appropriations have had four meetings during recess and considered tiie Indian, army, navy, and forti fications appropriation bills. Although none ef them have yet been perfected, every item has been cut down to tbe lowest possible figure. The friends of the Castclnr government in Congress and executive circles, regard the recent events in Spain as likely to delay the promised reforms in the Antilles, and to pre- j vent such negotiations through General Cush-1 ing as would tend to the pacification of Cuba and at the same time protect American interests in Cuban waters from arrogance and outrage. Washington, January 5.— The House Ap propriation Committee to-day finally disposed of the army appropriation bill, and reduced tbe estimates over $4,000,000. Bishop Wilmer of Louisiana, called upon the President to-day and represented that many persons were starving in that State. The President and Biiliop Wilmer subse quently had an interview with Speaker Blaine and tbe members of the Louisiana delega tion, and the result of the conference is re ported to be that tomorrow Representative \ Syphcr will introduce a bill authorizing the 'War Department to issue rations to the suf j ferers. | According to present indications, at the , close of the debate on the civil rights bill to morrow afternoon, a motion will be made bv prominent Republicans to recommit the bill, which, if carried, may have the effect of in definitely postponing action upon the meas ure. Official advices confirm the main features of the Madrid dispatches. It appears that General Pavia is to he court-martialed for rebellion, and that his supporters have been disarmed. The President this morning sent to the Senate the nomination of Caleb Cushing as Minister to Spain, and Edward L. Raker, of Springfield, Illinois, as Consul at Buenos Ayres. Cushing is designated as from Vir ginia. Washington, January 0.—The Cabinet session to-day was attended bv all the mein j hers auid lasted about two hours, j oition of affairs in Spain was under consid oration and several dispatches from Minister Sickles to Secretary Fish were read. They contain no matters of interest not already published. The opinion in official and diplo matic circles is that the Spanish republic is practically ended. There was no reference in the Cabinet session to the nomination of Williams for the Chief Justiceship, and there is no authority for saying that the President has indicated any intention of withdrawing the nomination. The fact that the President yesterday had a confidential interview with the Senate Ju diciary Committee, gave rise to a rumor that he intended to withdraw the nomination of Williams for the Chief Justiceship. At noon to-day Williams was not informed of such a purpose, nor could a confirmation of the ru mor be then obtained at the Executive man sion. It is intimated that the subject may be a matter of Cabinet advisement. The Senate Committee on Foreign Rela- tions to-day agreed to report in favor of con- firming the nomination of Cushing as Minis- ter to Spain. -—M ---- New York New*. Nhw York, January 3. --Nathaniel French, a prominent momber of the Masonic fra ternity in Nasseau, N. II., has been missing since his arrival iu this city, nearly six months ago. After careful inquiry by his friends and the authorities, discovery was made that within twenty-four hours after French reached this city he was brutally beaten and robbed, and afterward carried to Bellevue Hospital, where he died from his injuries, and being unrecognized and un claimed was buried in the Potters' field. Wm. Ban ta was found dead and covered with blood yesterday on the stoop of War ren's Hotel, at Canal and Elizabeth streets. The bar-tender and five other persons have been arrested. The spscic shipments for the week were $001,399 in silver bars. The General Agent of the Trans-Atlantic Steamship Co. received the following dis patch from Paris : "The French Admiralty Court has pronounced judgment, declaring the manœuvres of the steamer Ville du Havre to have been blanleless, and holding the bad management of the Loch Earne as the cause of the disaster. The court eulogized Capt. Surmont. Prentice's hat factory, of Brooklyn, which closed during the panic, re-opeus Monday, giving employment to 500 persons. The Planet Mills will re-open the same day. Th e contributions for the families of late Professor Pronier, of Geneva, and Rev. A. Carraseo, of Madrid, Evangelical Alliance delegates, lost by the Ville du Havre disaster, haye reached nearly $4,000. J. W. Norton, formerly Superintendent of the Money Order Department of the Post Office, has been re-committed to await the action of the Grand Jury on a charge of embezzling moneys entrusted to him, the former iudictment having been quashed owing to vagueness. New York, January 0.—The Rev. Dr. Storrs, Buddington and Mr. Beecher have settled their difficulty growing out of the Plymouth Church proceedings, in the case of Theodore Tilton. Suit has been begun b} r capia* against Ed win Rowe A Co., to recover $200,000 in gold for alleged violation of the revenue laws. Phe con .vicelinjf of Ihe Ohio And Louisiana. Le^islainresi« Col cm nr s, <)., January 5. —The Message of Governor Noyes was presented to the Leg islature to-day. It shows a total State debt of $32,314,000, a decrease during the past year of $372,484. New Orleans, January 5.—The Legisla ture met in Mechanics Hall to-day, and the proceedings were orderly. Governor Kellogg's Message is very long. It shows a total Slate debt of $24,283,000, some of which is of doubtful legality, and is now being tested in the courts. The State has paid the iutcrest on the whole amount to date, but it can do so n o longer without maintaining a rate of tax ation which would amount to confiscation, *l he Clucf Justiceship. Chicago, Januar}" G. —The Tribune« Wash ington special says it is probable that the matter of the appointment of Chief Justice will be compromised by the substitution of the name of Caleb Cushing for that of Wil liams, and the appointment of Williams as Minister to Spun. Fare. New Orleans, January 5.— The glass warehouse of E. J. Hart & Co. was burned to-day. Loss, $20,000. of of on ing out not The Hankrupt Law. Washington, January 5. —The substitute for the House hill repealing the bankruptcy act reported by the Senate Judiciary Com mittee, provides for a number of amendments to the present law, the most important of which are the following: That it shall re quire the action of one-fourth <>n au insolvent creditor, or one-third of the amount of the debts, to force him into bankruptcy, instead of a single creditor, or debts to the amount of $250, as now; that protested may run sixty days instead of thirty days, as now; that whenever a majority of the creditors agree to take the case out of bankruptcy, they may do so; that the courts are empowered to permit any number of creditors to make a composi tion of their claims in cases of involuntary bankruptcy; that the term "four months" mentioned in section 33 in the old law shall be changed to two months, and the period of six months therein named shall be changed to three months. The first of these provis j oils not to take effect until two months, and the second not until three months after the adoption of this act. The act provides for reduction for composition charges and all al lawanccs, excepting actual and necessary dis bursements of and to be made by officers, agents, marshals, messengers, assignees, and registers, of one-half; provided, Unit this section shail be and remain in force until the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States shall make and promulgate new rules in respect to these matters. An Infernal JVIachinc. Chicago, January 5. —A Tribune New York special says: An attempt was made on New Year's day to kill Judge S. D. Mor ris, formerly District Attorney of Brooklyn, with an infernal machine. As the Judge was absent at the time, the box was laid aside until his return yesterday, when Morris opened it in his bed-room, surrounded by his family. On lifting the lid the snap of a spring was heard, and all at once it was seen that the box was an infernal machine. It is a miracle that it did not explode. Only too great precaution of the mnker prevented an explosion, tbe matches which were to ignite the powder having caught against the edge of the sand paper, across which the spring was intended to hare drawn them. The box contained a torpedo and enough loose pow der and gun cotton to have shettered the house to pieces. Judge Morris carefully lifted the box and placed it in a bath tub, where it was saturated with water and then taken to pieces. It is in the hands of the police. As Judge Morris jh the prosecutor of the ballot-box stuffers of Brooklyn, this design is attributed to them. ——-- —<4 »* 4 ^^— - Tli© VfcNsage of Governor Dix. Albany, January 0. —Governor Dix's mes sage was presented to the Legislature to-day. lie says the condition of the State generally is gratifying ; the debt small ; educational institutions generally well managed, and the lnw3 enforced with renewed vigor and great criminals brought to speedy and exemplar}" punishment. He gives a history of the rob bery of the Treasurer's office, and exculpates every one from guilty intent except Phelps, but says there is no doubt the defalcation would have been prevented had the Treasurer been at bis post and given his attention to his duties. He thinks there has been grave abuses in tbe management of the railroads of the State, and that the improvements now being made on the Erie Canal will greatly add to its capacity. He discusses the panic and salary question, and expresses himself em phatically against any further expansion or inflation of currency, and favors a resump tion of specie payment at the earliest possible moment. Tbimcncc Labor Reformers. Nasiivili.e, Town , January 3.—The Ex ecutive Committee of the Labor Reform party of Tennessee adopted a preamble anc resolutions setting forth the tyranny exer cised by Eastern capitalists and monopolies oyer the producing and laboring classes of the South, and a tyranny which they declare worse in its effects upon the country than African slavery was, and which they assert has produced tiie present causeless financial crisis. They declare further that it is evident that these capitalists don't intend to permit any remedy offered for these evils, and they therefore call upon all laborers and producers of the West and South to unite in calling a convention in St. Louis on the 22d of Feb ruary to interchange opinions as tothebest mode of accomplishing this much needed cud and to do such other acts as they may deem policy, ar.d necessary for their future protection and security in the premises. important Decision. Boston, January 3.— The Supreme Court of the United States has given a decision in favor of Geo. O. Narcy, of Boston, con- firming the validity of the $40,000 worth of Illinois registered town bonds, issued in aid of the Illinois Grand Trunk Railroad. The town tried to avoid paying the interest on the bonds, alleging that they were illegally issued. The basis of the court's decision was that no irregularity precedent to the issue, not even fraud on the part of the agents of the town, can vitiate bonds in the hands of an innocent holder. ---— «4 Narrow Eacape. Detroit, January G.—The two men who went adrift on a block of ice in Saginaw Bay on December 31st to-day succeeded in reach- ing shore, but in a nearly exhausted condi- tion, haying been without food, and nearly perished with cold. The six men who started out in a boat on Sunday to find them have not been heard from. Southern anil Northern l*nciflr Kail« road Affairs Chicago, January 2.- V Washington special says: Col. Thomas A. Scott was addressed recently oil the subject of affairs of the Texas Railroad by citizens of San Diego, through their agents in this city. The people of San Diego were alarmed lest an extension of time should be asked for the completion of the i " or ^ now in pi ogress at the Pacitu tei minus, 1 They " ere ak-o anxious to learn the prospect for legislation by Congress in the interest of lie company. Colonel 8eott authorized the sending in his mime yesterday the fallowing dispatch : "The prospects for legislation arc* good. No extension of time w ill he asked tor." It is understood that no definite form of action has yet been agreed upon, hut a num ber of bills are in course of preparation which are to he submitted to him for approval. The main object in the East is to provide means to obtain government aid in disposing of the railroad bonds, and to secure the government for all disbursements. It is authoritative]} stated that the Northern Pacific has agreed to leave tlie* field to the Southern Pacific, or lease for the present season. A Li*l of lint it*. Louisville, January 2.—This evening Thomas Cook, a young man. fatally stabbed his wife, stabbed and killed his mother-in law, who sought to protec t her daughter, and then cut his own throat. He and his wife % arc still alive, but fast sinking. Philadelphia, January 3. Anthony Evans, lately employed iu the police and fire-alarm telegraph office of this city, to-night on the street met his wife, from whom he had been separated, and after a few words stabbed her in the side, inflicting a fatal wound. He then slightly stabbed himself. Buffalo, January 4.—Anthony Oswald and John Peters, two teamsters, quarreled last night about a girl. Peters struck Oswald over the head with a chair, causing almost instant death. motion Declined. Boston, January Ü. —Judge Lowell to-day, in the U. S. District Court, declined to grant the motion made yesterday that the books bearing upon the specifications against Jor- dan, Marsh & Co. should be separated from other books in tbe possession of the officials, and that this separation should be made by the Marshal without the aid of the custom officers. - ----- — Resumed Biivliien. Memphis, January 3. —The First National Bank, which suspended during the early days of the panic, has resumed business. ^spainT Madrid, January 3.—In the Gortes to-day tbe Deputies ou two votes gave a majority of twenty against President Castelar. As soon as the result was announced, General Pavia sent an order to the Chamber with a letter demanding the dissolution of the Cortes. Sal merou and others urged that Castelar be con tinued in power, but their prayer was re fused, whereupon a company of the munici pal guard entered the palace of the Cortes and expelled the Deputies. General Pavia with his staff held a positiou outside with cannon pointed at the building. Madrid, January 4. —A new Ministry has been formed, as follows: President, Ser rano; Minister Foreign Affairs, Sagosta; War, Sa vola; Justice, Figuerola; Agricul ture, Becerra; Finance, Rehegarray; Inter ior, Garcia Ruez ; Marine, Topete. All strategetic points to the city were oc cupied by the militia last night. Tho chief civil and military authorities of nearly all the provinces in communication with Madrid have telegraphed to General Pavia their ap proval of his conduct. No disturbance is re ported iu any quarter. The transmission of private telegrams has been temporarily sus pended. General Pavia summoned the most eminent of all parties, including the members of the present government, only excepting Carlists and the Intransigents, to form a government. This General Pavia declared was the only way for the salvation of the country. He refused personally to become a member of tbe government. Madrid, January 1.—On Tuesday night a shell from the beseiging batteries at Cartagena set fire to the insurgent iron clad Tettuan, iu the harbor of Cartagena. After burning for three hours the fire reached the magazine, which exploded with tremendous force, dam aging the vessel seriously. Madrid,' January 5.—A decree was pro mulgated to day suspending the constitutional guarantees and putting in force throughout Spain the law of 1870, for the maintenance of public order. Decrees are also published appointiug Marios Minister of Justice, Mos quera, Minister of Public Works, and Scnor Alderina, civil Governor of Madrid. The new Minister of the Interior, Garcia Iiinz, has ordered the publication of all Carlist and Intransigent newspapers to be stopped. An army rising of the volunteers of liberty took place in Saragossa on Sunday. It was incited by the municipality. After eight hours fighting the troops took 200 insurgents prisoners and captured six cannon and a large quantity of rifles and ammunition. The municipality has dissolved. Madrid, January 5.— Castelar, in a letter addressed to his co intry, soys he must pro test with ill energy against the recent brutal coup d'etat. He concludes : " My conscience will not permit me to associate with dema gogues, and conscience and honor rafuae to accept the situation created by bayonets.''