, 1866-12-15
4btro9o Gribu1,e.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER Is, 1868.
TIE UHwA.

THE NEWa.
EuFopean adrices BY steamship Cubs xt,t,
'ae ftnaAn Stephens has srrised in p4eia
. ue eunooat With surrst on board il or.
Pe7ed TO arz1vn in about four weeka.
It is expected that the Pr Ideut MI, vain
@oe oasts16 Of ColcmhIa Suffrage btl vhJth
'cseRed IT. enal ptssaEe In the Senate yes,e,dav.
4f. 'nuan's bill, providing Proyfs.oa ii
tosenaaents for the States lately in .rbrfj!or +.
giEe1 among our Washington news.
thfcd States dre-twcuties were onotaa
n London last evening 1t TN, and IN Fraots,,t
''A ~as given ~ the quotation tot bond. of 1ssi
ranor is prevalent In Washington That
Ha'a 1asues Chase will accept the Presidency Of
ncnt Of Genera DIX II M,nist- r to Fam,
from the large majority Of Senators yotInr
N nsos o! calling MP the hl1l tos the Admission a.
Neofaeka Jcactday, It Ia evident that &hs. rn-,..
Congresa fVsN 1e177 -
4 cable deapatch statcs that there L. at
T1eecnt larger A'nonnt Of buIllon In the Bank O;
ou Naults tnan there has heen 2t Auy time
uuoR tne l&st eight yeafs.... The atandfuc army
OF Ffance now annbers one mill on, TWO huuurnd
Auu nV fhontand men....Tht BRUSH Govern
1eHt - now eatsttd that the civil 1ptbor1tics 10
-4e'3oa Will be able to qnelf Any disturbance that
may Af1sc through Fcnlan irstruua entzl,&y
adS CO Aem the 1sland Of SARDINIA gre accounts
OF 'eFoA among the starving Inhabitants of th.t
1~od LIT Is staied tha temporal po~eg of the
rope IL guaranteed by Napoleon xnu Victor
knanrel, and that, consequently, HIS Holiness
FILL remain In RoRs. The Japanese dsil VA, Il
ended, and pence "ow relgns throughout tic
1alknd.
In the SENATE. 14th, Asaend.n report.
ed back the Deficiency DnLS bakiug zppropris-
lions to supply detc1enc for The decal year end.
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agreed 10, and the h1l passed. Nr. Poaaeroy 1e-
ported hsosablJ On the bill to print rhe r.port Of
The Commtsat ner Of the General Land o1acs In
1he German. French and .diah languages,
Tor dtsnlbutt an It tho Paris Exposition
MIR. Wilson uttoduced bill to aa-
t1ortzc the Secr-tAIy Of tte Interior 10 1ease
sui,al,s buildings in toe city Of Washington for /
the Government library. The bill xaa rad
twice and tahled. Ms. RamEey tntr ductd 4 bill
II remedy the act IN te11tioa Agricultural 1nd
Mechanical College, Bcatps, to make tuen locatabc
pon The presumption OF settlement according to
legal Subdivisions. Mt. Polmd offered rcto1u
tom to Fay The widows Of senators Foot aud
No!lames. Of Vermont The enms due the deceased
at the Inns Of their deaih, for compensation ao-
cozdiaG to the act Of list teaslon, increasing the
pay OF Numbers ot Congress. R + ued. Nj. |
SpEaGuc p1reented joint resolution auihorldnZ
7he scc1ctazy Of the Navy 10 detail un officer to
proceed to fanaruz, 70 AssfSt patty making |
OF constructing ship cahal Across lhe Isthmu..
Agreed to. Mr. Wsd= moved To take up the bill /
for the admission Of Neh.asks, under 4 suspeu. |
zion Of lbe rules. Af.et ! spicy teoats between
Aeesrs. Sumner, Wade End o;hers, the Senate
adjourned. III the Ho; Sc, Nj. kasson Introduced
bill IN relation to i military and postal line
telegraph, under the di5ectioo Of the Post Ol1ce
Department. The object Of the bill il 10 essab- |
lish a line Of telegraph hetwcen Washington and |
Bo.ton, ri1 Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York.
&C. Nj. shc1labarger presented 4 uemo iai
fron Louisiana, signed By Governor Wels.
George Wilkins Kendall. and others, praying
thAt the present Stats Government Of th It Bute
might he superseded, and \ Reoubt-
can form Of government established.
Nf. julian introduced a bill TO provide
civil Governments for Tho States lately ia rebel
lion. and for the restoration of their forgeit.h
E4ch4. Ar. Taylor introduced resolution to In
qutre into the expedsency OF Hxtas the time nI
paying pensions TO the widows and orphan chill
dten OF pcrEons In the military or naval service
reported missing In act,on, aad not subsequently
accounted for. Reports upon several private I
bills were madc and adopted. The House
agreed to The amendment Of the }1int resolution
o-ered by Ar. Stevens, providing tia, twenty per
cent od tofoTs7 tnx On cigars shall only b levied
on The cxcete Of value nboye Twelve dollars per |
thousand. The Senate bill es.ab,lahins |
universal suffrage III the District o, |
Colombia was taken from the Speakers |
table, AID passed under the previous question by
q vo.r II lis to 45. The House Then went into |
Committee Of the Whole an the P:esIdsut'a meg
sacc. Mr. Wentworth spoke at length, and wa. |
followed ty Nj. Hse Of Kentucay, xhen The Com |
mittec ROSE Ms. Prime tntroduc d bill 10 Place
Nil officers Of the army on the same roofing Is to
allowance, &c Nj. lawrence introduced reso-
1ut&ou, which WIZ agreed to, 'hat all soldiers who
died In rebel pEt4ons may be rrrandcd ~ haylas
died Of disease contracted IN the service OF The
United states In the llnr Of duly. House then |
adjourned.