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SENATE
WAsHISorob Feb

WAsHlSoros, Feo. S.
Mr.. Wilson presented proposal OF
Gen. Sheridan and other officers for an
increase of pay.
The committee on commerce reported
the House bill to prevent the issue o.
American registers to vessels who pro-
cured foreign registers during the war,
and asked to have itimmedia tely passed.
MIR. Sherman asked that the bill should
lie over until to morrow and 1t was Sc
ordered.
MIR. Foot offered a resolution, which
was ADOPTED, c Hing on tho Secretary
OF War for report o, Gen Roberts. set
5ug forth his views as to the best mode
of reclaiming the z~amn lands ia The
Mssissinni basin
Mr. Pr-sqndeD Ca,'r5 81, the House
i,nt rae,I,,t,or fr,c, ,nc rnn.,ittee on
MISUNDERSTANDING, ,,r~,,ogf,,., ..n srsord
,n0.,f tnthe CanstIfn[inn nasing yanra-
$780,, 10, ,,,,l,, r,o,,,I,tjor snd avrcIrd
80 go, t,i.,,, ali ,lr,,,,,., ,,ko
us ,i+It r. ~toLt -.r,ls-.C- 49,, 49,
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WAsHIsaros, Fen, 3.
SENATE.
Senate not ia session.
WAsHrsoros, Feb, 5.

The Senate bill charging the powers
of the treedmen's bureau was consider
I'd. Mr.. Marshall of Illinois made q
speech, arguing that there was no pow
er In the constitution to establish it,
MIR. Hubbard of Connecticut and VI.
moulton Of IliuOis, supported tie bill,
MIR. Kellogg of peuusy isauta said
Den. Spencer of Aiab@ma had shown
him a paper, (thc Tuscaloosa Obeerver,)
coutaniug proceedings of court SEN
fencing blaoi, men aud women to death
or iEiprsoumeRt uiuely-u,uv years for
larceny.
Messrs. Ritter ana Rousseau ul Ken
lucky opposed it. The latter thought
it WAS disgracc 1t would produce
conflicts between the whites and blacks.
There was q treedmeu's bureau In Ala
oama, hut ii could not prevent the
hanging which the gentoms.n from
Penusy ivanta referred to-
| After further remarks tho HOUSE TOOK
a recess till ? o'clock.
EvRs1Nd.-Mr. Shaukltn opposed the
bill in lengthy speech as did Mr.
Phelps after which the HOHsc ad
journed-
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recommending the trial OF Jefferson
Davis and Clement O. Clay by military
commission for the completely in the
assassination OF President Lincoln, and
for the violation of the rules and ussges
of war,
Mr. Howard offered an amendment to
include othera acting In cencer5 with
Clay and Davis, aud spoke at ltpgth IN
favor of his proposition
The expiration of the morning hour
prevented action ny calling up tire bill
for the projection of ali persons In their
civil rights,
The peudtuE Question was that of Mi.
Trumhulj, declaring ali persons in the
United States not subject to any foreign
mower ctuZene Q. VI. uniEeed States
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for school purposes, aud is himself teach
ing one of the colored schools that he
has organized. Such Instances arc not
uncommon la the South.
Even the delay In admitting Southern
representatives to seats In Congress Is
fsvorsbly received 10 some quarters.
Mr.. v. @, Berriuger of North Carolina,
and once actively engaged In the rebel
lion, writes to Judge Kelley a member
of Congress from Pennsylvania, that the
South has not yet come up to what
might be reasonably expected la the way
az naturalization. He does not feel
rrieved stthe delay in admitting South
eTu members, and no thus Phtloso-
phires:
"Extremes should be avojdcd-the ex-
xeme, on the one hand, of admitting US
too soon, lest all the lessons of the past
he lost on US and the extreme, on the
other, OF too long delay, lest We fall
into a calling aud sullen despair, The
fault thus far has been rather with our
leading men than with our people.
They wait to be sharply rebuked into
measures which are so essentially i'm
portsnt to national harmony, that one
wonders how they should hesitate mo-
ment about them. SO the president had
to serve us about the state war debt and
the constitutional amendment. And
now we stand higgling about the terms
which should prevail between the races
here, as il we could ever be at harmony
either with the nation or with the black
race without the concession to the freed.
men. at least in a limited fogmr both OF
the right of testimony and the right OF
suffrage. Do not force upon Us univer-
sal negro suffrage at once. 1t will be
sufficient If we give, as l hope we soon
will give an earnest that the millions OF
freedmen among us are not to he held in
perpetual political bondage, If we en-.
ter on the right way by Conceding sui.
frsge In some just, qualified form, let il
he pledge that we will keep that way
to the end
There is practical common sense In
the above, and coming as it does from d
Southern man Of influence. IL should
have weight,
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hOBbbs
WAsHIEaroE, Jan. Il.
Adjourned

The House passed a bill that the pro
duCe of the forests OF Maine on the ST.
John River and its tributaries, owned
by Americans, ana sawed or hewed IN
New Brunswick by American citizens,
the same being manufactured in whole
or in part. which Is now admitted into
United States ports free of duty, shall
continue to be admitted,
Mr.. Washburue, OF the committee on
commerce, reported bill repeating all
fishing bouuties No action.
Mr.. Elliott reported a bill further TO
amend the registering OF vessels, IN Ell
feet that vessels sailing under foreign
license during the rebellion shall not be
again entitled to the privileges OF Amer
lean vessels except uuder the provisions
of al act Of Congress authorizing such
register. Debate without action.
Mr.. Stevens, from the committee on
reconstruction, reported back the con-
stitutional amendment, with g modldca-
ton striking out the words "dtrect tax
es and combining the apportionment to
the representatives. The resolution
with this exception is precisely as orlgl-
nally reported.
During the speech of Mr.. Stevens of
Pennsylvania in support of resolution,
he took occasion to speak of President
johnson as having but recently put
forth proclamation or command at the
very time that Congress was leglslatlng
on the constitutional amendment. This,
MIR. Stevens said, was In direct violation
of the privilege of this body, and II 1t
had been made several centuries ago by
q British King to Parliament, it would
have cost him his head but in this day
we are tolerant of usurpatiOn and abuse
Of power.
MIR. Smith of Kentucky called for the
reading Of the paper TO which MIR. Ste
vens referred.
The paper was then read, being a re-
ported conversation between the Presi-
dent and a distinguished Senator on the
subject of the amendment of the cOnsti-
tuition, &c.
Mr.. Stevens, In conclusion, said that
If three-fourths vote Of each House Of
Congress be given for the pending
amendment, 1t would be law, irrespect-
i've of the signature of the President, to
whom 1t had not TO be presented for ap"
prevail.
The House rejected Mr.. Schenck's
amendment providing that the appor-
tionment shall be made according TO the
number Of male citizens over 81 years
of age.
The House then voted on the resolution
reported from the reconstruction COM
mitGee, with the following result: yeas
100, nays 46.
The speaker, two thirds having voted,
therefore declared the resolution passed.
The noase resumed the consideration
OF the bill enlarging the powers Of the
freedmeE's bureau.
4 bill was passed authorizing the sale
of revenue cutters and saCh marine hos
pitfalls as may be deemed useless.
MIR. Dawson addressed the House and
opposed the enlargiug OF the powers Of
the freedmen's bureau. At the close 0i
his remarks the House took rpce>s.
At the evening session MIR. DennisOu
opposed the ameuding Of the oonstitu
| ton.
! Mr.. Kelly favored protection TO Amer
lean industry.
Adjourned.
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FoaRRAL or DR. Eorr The funeral
solemuities Incident to the death Of
The Rev. DR.. Mott were performed at
Schenectady on Friday morning, q dis
course being preached by the Rev, Dr..
Baochus OF that place. There was 8
very great eoncourse Of povsnTg N at
tendance, among them roe, >inent
men. The remajns were inta@. - Yale
Cemetery.
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districts, esoA containing one or mote
states not to exceed twelve In number
He said this amendment limited the IN
risdictiou of the bureau and confined II
to states where the writ Is now sus,
pended
Adjourned,
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wAsursaros, Jan. 81.

sssArh' -,
hr. Lane OF lno'ana Isporteu ohl
to extend the benefits OF the pension Ia"
TO srtifcers OF the army
Mt Grimes, from Tue naVa' oou'u't w
reported resolutions OF THANKS 70 Ao'ni'
raj tsrrssut. Passed, ...u.,..,. a.,
Mr.. Anthony, rom the cons"l.seo ou
printing, reported III laVot ~ p''uV'"s
oeoo copies Oh 'hT 'sp"t' 70 '"' ~ >'' w
commits 'ooeFs. t"efeu -,.,,st5,~s,ior
Mt sPtaSue n'NI" ''C sI't t',,'a,,sd
oil the vote ny "h'CN ."v o ,'i ~ ~ 800
the time l"t 1"e "''Ag ,.,',, va a.. rrs1s
from inc t'"N'9 "'o''' "'' "' '.''-.--
was p4ss1'' ..,...t,.. .tn. .L,,a
Ftu"tHe GoN''a''aI'"" VI ~, yV 800
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SENATE.
WAsHv~

NJ. eu,,.,a,. 4ro,- ACTON, Feb. 6,
foreign relstl"Ls, reported a bill 10 a vo
thorpe thSs appointment of a diplomat.
representative to the republic of Dcc,
intca
Mi Wiley offered resolution which
was adopted, instructiug the conf os
judiciary to report bill for the NAV
ment Of loyal citizens Of the lately =.
beluOus states for quarternsst erS,
stores taken from them tor ,ssa Sse ~
the U. S. Armies ' -
The li%Ei,nt resolution TO amend the cor.
s".,utiou was taken up
Mir DooHttIC presented as substitute
for the proposition before the Senate A
joint resolution TO amend the coustitu.
tion by bsslng the representation upoe
the number of voters ia each State
Mr.. Sumner resumed the floor in cor.
tinuation Of his speech.
After Mr. Summers speech, the Senate
went into executive session and aCteh
wards adjourned.
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HocsE.
WAsHrEoroN Feb. &

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.
The committee on banking, Of TIE
House, has decided against allowing any
more state banks TO come under the "a,
tiousl banking law. They are opposed
to the further increase of the currency
by additional national banks.
The House military committee to-day
voted to report the bill creating the
grade OF General in the Army Of the
United States. The pay is increased
over that of Lieutenant General $3.50 per
month. There is no increase in allow,
XnCe or Communication of any kind
The Speaker submitted the report o,
Sir. Hays, one Of the treasury Commis
sionersr on the subject OF taxation 10
the general sinking fond. Referred to
the ways and means committee.
The House considered the lre2dmen's
bureau bill. Mr.. Stevens offered sub
sutute, retaining nearly all the proyis
ions Of the original bill but providing
for homestead rights to occupants OF
land who settled under Gen. Sherman's
order.
The Hoose passed She bill as amended
combining it's operations to those states
10 which the privilege OF the writ Of hs-
beas corpus was suspended on the LIST OF
February instant, bya vote of 1870 70 80.
Previous thereto, Mr. Smiths amend.
| ment that none of the provisions Of the
| act shall apply to Kentucky, was reject
| ed-84 against 1871,
MIR Stevens substitute was also reject
| od-37 against 1873.
Mr.. Stevens from the committee on
appropriations reported the f0rfihca0on
appropriation bill, Referred TO com
| mtttee OF the whole on the state on The
| Union.
MIR. Bosseau rising to privileged
| question, alluded to remark oil MT
Grinnell of Iowa, that he (Rosseau) de-
| graded his state, aad uttered q sentiment
| unworthy of an American officer, when
| he said If he were arrested on complaint
Of negro, and brought before one Of
the agents Of the bureau, when he be-
| came free no would shoot him. Mr.
Rosseau pronounced the assertion that
he degraded himself false, foul slsnder
hr. Gnnnell said he had no desire to
| do Injustice. He criticised the gentle,
mans language, and stood by that crItt'
cism If he did not correctly represent
what Mr.. Rosseau said he begged psf'
| don.
After further remarks from both gen.
! tlemen, the House considered and passed
the bill giving the assent Of Congress to
the transfer of the counties of BerkleY
and Jefferson, from Virginia to West
| Virginia.
bill was introduced providing fof
publishing notices Of mail lettings. Re
| ferred
Mr. Rice, from the naval committee
reported the Senate resolution Of thanks
to Admiral Fsrrsgut and his officers and
men for the victory In Mobile Bay.
| The naval committee were INSTRUCTED
TO inquire az 10 the pmpriety Of admit
ttHg cadets TO the naval academy to the
| age ct q.
The House took 8 recess Nll evening.
| for apeeches
EvsNtAG SesGox. Mr.. Scho6e&d
! naue short apeech.
No Que else desiring 70 do the ZANE,
| the House adjourned.
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IsHmAEL DAy.-Thc case OF Tshmael
Day OF Maryland, who shot a man for
trying to haul down the United States
flag, was the only one among 40 decided
upon fsvorably by the House Committee
on Claims last week, in d meeting at
which demands for private losses sus-
tanned by loyal citizens during the war
were submitted.
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lB- The American Telegraph Compa-
ny sent on Saturday message from
the cashier of the First National Bank
at Washington D. g. to Salt Lake City
at 1880 A. NJ. and he received an an
swer at 8 P. M.
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" Periey telegraphs to the Boston
Journal on Sunday last as follows:
cit is understood that yesterday Quar-
termaster General Meigs paid Madame
Bertinatti, the wife of the Italian Min
lister, fifty odd thousand dollars for
lorses sustained by her before her recent
marriage, on her estate near Vicksburg,
Mississippi. She was then Mrs, Bass,
equally famed for wealth and beauty"
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-10-11
WHOLE NO. 1912.
From the Sunday School Times.
Conversations.

Navigation has become much more
accurate science since the invention of
The chronometer In the days of the
''cross staff" the "sea-ring." and the
'marinersb bow" vessels not unfreduent-
ly made the port Of New York when
they designed to land at Boston with
their foreign cargoes, and thought the
Gland fall' nothing surprising. The
chronometer was for time an expert
ment. When the nicely constructed
mechanism was all completed, and put
together, an unforeseen difficulty pre-
sented itself When cold storm came
on there would be contraction among
the springs and wheels, and when ex.
posed to heat an expansion, which in
creased or retarded the rate of motion.
To correct this regulator was contri-
we'd, which should counterbalance all
these irregularities, giving an almost
perfect accuracy TO the movements Of
the machine. This counterpoise is call
ed compensation" 1t is not only in
astronomical instruments that this
compensation" may be found, but in
all the material universe Do we not
also find it in Gods moral world? Our
hearts are like this sea clock. A little
sunshine Of prosperity beaming down
upon US, and oil. what headlong
course we run away from God and our
appointed work. Then, in kindness,
God sends compensation in the shape
of reverses, Or sad Affections, to bring
us back to the right path again.
When the chilling storms of life beat
upon us, how would our spirits droop
and die within us but for the blessed
compensation Christ affords What
ever he takes away from his people, he
will never take himself. His radiant
smile beams brightest in the darkness.
lie can give US the oil of joy for mourn
ing, and songs in the night of afiiction.
However sad our lot may be, let us look
about us for the compensation God has
provided, and we shall not fail to find
1t. J. L. L.
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A Child Lett to Himself.

A child left to himself grows up a
mere animal, and becomes unsocial, I'M
moral, irreligious. He is led into fierce
and successful temptation, and becomes
himself tempter; he is active in evil
doing, is a loss, and yet an injury to So
ciety; and where he might be trained
Alright, he brands with shame those who
have neglected to bring him up in "the
way in which he should 60" Christian
men, so far as you can help it, let no
child in Great Britain be cleft to HIM
self" What if God were to leave youl
He might say: "Conscience, cease to
whisper and to warn, leave that man
alone" He might say to memory,
"Fail him, as respects all good things
leave him alone" He might say to re-
ligious knowledge, "Depart from him;
leave him alone Providence, be dumb
to him; leave him alone. My creation,
suggest nothing to him that is religious
divinei leave him alone. Holy Scrip
ture, be seaeld to him; leave him alone.
Minister Of Christ, cease to pray for him,
and to speak to him; leave him alone.
Religious ordinances, be no more at
tractive; leave him alone. Cody men
and women, withdraw from him ;-leave
him alone. My Spirit, depart from
him; leave him alone. My Spirit, de-
part from him, l have darkened my
countenance with respect to him; leave
him alone" God might do this; what
if he were to do it? what if he were to
take his Holy Spirit from us, and to
leave us to our own selves, as perhaps
we have left neglected children to them
selves? What would become of us?
Brethren, by the kindness you show
to suffering irrational animals, by the
sympathies of our common human ma
ture, by your own obligations to good
father and a good mother, or by the
void which orphanage or parental neg
lect still leaves aching within you; by
what. Christian schools have done for
you; by the guilt and iniquity into
which neglected children fall, and the
awful dangers to which they are ex-
posed; by the possibility of arresting
mischief long since caused; by the sue
cess which everywhere grows out OF
honest efforts in training the young; by
the certain sympathy Of him who said,
"Suffar the little children to come unto
me, and forbid them not;" by the prom
ise of an Almighty and All-merclful
Father let us provoke each other to con-
tinue in the good work-steadfast and
unmovable-of providing means of edu-
cation for all the children of our native
nd.-FrOma a Sermon by Rec. Samuel
Martia, EHgbmd
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Mental Activity.

If the water runneth, it holdeth clear,
sweet, and fresh; but stagnation turn
eth it into a noisome puddle. If the
air be famed by winds it is pure and
wholesome; but, from being shut up, it
groweth thick and putrid. Ifmetals be
employed, they abide smooth and splen-
did; but lay them up, and they soon
contract rust. If the earth be belabored
with culture, ityieldeth corn; but, lying
neglected, it will be overgrown with
bushes and thistles, and the better its
soil is, the ranker weeds it will produce.
All nature is upheld in its being, order,
and shape, by constant agitation; every
creature is necessarily employed in ac-
ton contormable to its designed end and
use. In like manner the preservation
and improvement of our faculties de-
pend on their constant exercise,-to it
God hath annexed the best and most
desirable rewards-success to our un-
dertakings, wealth, honor, wisdom,
virtue, salvation; all which, as they flow
from Gods bounty, and depend on his
blessing, so from him they are usually
conveyed to us through our industry, as
the ordinary channel and instrument Of
attaining them.-Bur0c.
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Support for "My Policy" "

An Alabama editor, believing that the
Mayor Monroe party can dispose of the
Unionists South in a manner satisfacto-
ry to the President, thus directs atten-
ton to the victorious patriots Of the
Union:
"Gen. Phil. Sheridan grew, during
the War, to be quite notorious His
blood is Irish, and being an Irishman,
he was full of fight. He commanded
lrlshmen. They would fight. Hence,
in an army of Yankee blue-bellies, who
were most splendidly drilled in retro
grade tactics, and against man whose
taste for peach-brandy was stronger
than his sense of duty, this little FIVE
feet-eight of resolute Finneganism made
some reputation. We rather liked the
little fellow, on account of his pluck,
and were glad to see him promoted,
even in an army of cravens and thieves.
He studied hard at West Point He
behaved well in Washington Territory,
and it pleased US to see him escape the
paternal pick and shovel, which had con-
tributed largely to the internal improve
ments of Ohio.
"Why, then, has he spoiled all by his
foolish show of authority? Why has
he proved to the world that he is only a
vulgar ditcher at heart after all, and that
his high rank is not the reward of merit,
but the mere result of fortuitous cir
cumstances? This is really too bad.
We have henceforth to acknowledge
these Yankee hybrids as countrymen,
and it would be gratifying to Southern
gentlemen to know that some of them
had just claims to decency and respect.
But one by one, the leaders of the
Northern army show themselves to be
only blackguards and braggarts.
"Butler turned thief at the start; Tur-
chin was a natural born imp of perdl-
ton; Thomas has displayed remarka-
BILE aptitude for giving white peoples
churches to his black betters; Sherman
found the torch a more congenial weap-
on to his unknightly nature than the
sword; Grant tried to be politician,
and failed as signally as Vhea lie attempted
to dcfeat Lee fairly; and now one of the
small fry, shOrt-tailed Sl'ny tad-pole Of
tile latter 4a,ca, the Jtathcrmg d$g'ace Of
a" honest .tather, an everLaStng libel upon his
Irish blood, the Sco1W Of b,avc men and tie
synonym Of mtismy, Major Gen. Phil H.
Sheridan, has added his name to this
list of outrages upon humanity by the
issue Of General Order No. IA, Military
Division of the Gulf"
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Luck and Labor.

Luck is ever waiting for something to
turn up.
Labor, with keen eyes and strong will,
will turn something up.
Luck lies in bed and wishes the post
master to bring him news of a legacy.
Labor turns out at six o'clock, and
with busy pen or ringing hammer, lays
the foundation of competence.
Luck wlRnes.
Labor whistles.
Luck relies on chance.
Labor, on character.
Luck slips downward to indigence:
Labor strides upward and to inde-,
pendence.