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Senate.

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Senate. 81
LAFAYETTE s. FOSTER, Norwich, Conn,
President Ottcio
JOHN w. FORNEY, of Pennsylvania, CSe'E.
Republicans lin Roman y Democrats I'm italics
The figures before each Senator's name denote tn'
year in which his term expires Inc memper
from the Southern States are not ciassineu.-
Total number of States, &c. Total number o
Senators when the Senate is full, 1S1
ALABAMA.
1871 George s. Houston,
1867 Lewis E. Parsons, -.
ARKANSAS. p. .-....
1871 f. - Baxter,
1867 William D. Snow, -.
CALIFORNIA.
1869 John Conness, Placerville.
1867 James Il. McDoagaU, San Francisco.
CONNECTICUT.
1869 James Dixon. Hartford.
1867 Lafayette s. Foster, Norwich.
~ DELAWARE.
1869 George Reade Riddle, Wilmington.
1871 Willard Salisbury, Georgetown.
FLORIDA
1869 William Marven.
1871 A. 81. Stephens, -.
1867 81. V. johnson, -.
ILLINOIS.
1871 Richard Yates, Quincy.
INDIANA.
1867 Henry s. Lane, Charlottesville.
1869 Thomas A. Hendricks, Indianapolis
IOWA.
1871 James &' " Grimes, Burlington.
KANSAS.
1867 Samuel c. Pomeroy, Atchison.
1865 james H. Lane, Lawrence.
KENTUCKY.
1867 Garret Davis, Paris.
1871 James Guthrie, Louisville.
LOUISIANA.
1871 I Randall Hunt, New Orleans
1867 Henry BOyce, Alexandria.
1869 Lot NJ. Morrill,, Augusta.
1871 William 2. Fessenden, Portland
MASSACHUSETTS.
1869 Charles Sumner Boston.
1871 Henry Wilson, Natick.
1869 ReUerdy Johnson, Baltimore.
1867 John A. j. Creswell, Elkton.
MICHIGAN.
1869 Zachariah Chandler Detroit
1871 Jocob NJ. Howard, Detroit.
1869 Alexander Ramsey, st. Paul
1871 Daniel s. Norton, Mankato.
1869 William L. Sharkey, jackson.
1871 James L. Alcorn.
1867 B. Gratz Brown, st. Louis.
1869 John B. Henderson, Louisiana.
NEVADA.
1871 James w. Nye, Virginia City.
1869 William NJ. Stewart, -.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
1867 Daniel Clark, Manchester.
1871 Aaron Ii. Cragin, Lebanon.
NEW KoRK.
1867 Ira Harris, Albany.
1869 Edwin D. Morgan, New York.
1869 William Wright, Newark.
1871 John r Stockton, Trenton.
NoRTH-CARoLINA.
1867 John Pool, Windsor.
1871 VIM. A Graham, Hillsboro'.
OHIO.
1867 John Sherman, Mansfield.
1869 Benjamin F. Wade, Jefferson.
OREGON.
1867 James W Nesnith, Salem
1871 George II. Williams.
1867 Edgar Cowan, Greensburg.
1869 Charles B. Buckdier, Bloomsburg.
RHODE ISLAND.
1869 William Sprague, Providence.
1871 Henry B. Anthony, Providence.
soUTH-CARoLINA.
1867 John L. Manning,
1871 Benjamin L. Perry, Greenville
TENNESSEE.
1869 David T. Patterson, -
1871 j. s. Fowler, -.
1861
1871
VERMONT.
1867 Luke P. Poland, St. Johnsbury
1868 George Edmonds, -.
VIRGINIA.
1867 John c. Underwood, -.
1871 Joseph Segar, -.
WEST VIRGINIA.
1869 Peter G. Van Wrinkle, Parkersburg.
1871 Waitmau T. Wiley, Morganton.
WISCONSIN.
1867 Timothy o. Howe, Green Bay.
1869 James K. Doolittle, Racine.
House OF Representatives.
SCHUYLER COLFAX, South Bend, Ind,
Speaker
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0FFfCIAI
r Avs OF THE UNITED STATES

e,zssa at the First Session Of the 7Airfy-sese'stt
fJoaorsss. ,osicA scas begun and held at the osy Of
Wnsb;notou. in the District Of Columbia, on
17,srszay, the fo'srsh day Of July, 4. d. 1861,
and ,uded ON Tuesday, .the Sirth day Of 4'Eg"st
n.
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PUBLIC ACTS.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President HANNIBAL HAM
LIN, Vice President, and President of the SEN
ate SOLOMON FooTE was elected President
of the Senate, pro teRpoTe, on the eighteenth
day of July, and continued so to act until the
close of the session. GALUsHA A: GROW,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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Delegates from the Territories.

Delegates from the Territories.
New MEx1Co.-J Francisco Chaves, Santa Fe.
UTAH.-W William H. Hooper, Salt Lake City.
WAsH1NGToN-ArthurA a. Denny, Seattle.
NEBRAsKA-Phineas w. Hitchcock, Omaha.
CoLoRADo.-Allen A. Bradford Denver.
bal1oH.C1ohn DakorA-1 ohm n = Goodwin, Prescott.
IDAHo.-E. D. Holbrook. Idaho City.
MoNTANA-Samuel Mclean, Bannock City.
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CHAP. v.

tHAP. v.
an ACT making an Appropriation for Gunboats
an the Western Rivers.
@ DC ~ enacted by the Senate and House of Re-
P@fesentatives @ Of the United States of America in
S;o,, f Sss S1 assembled, That the sum of one mil
priased out OF any money in the Treasyyr1p pp.o not
9Inetw.se eIet app appropriated, for gunboafs on the
"a Approved, December s4-1se1
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xxx Congress.

FIRST REGULAR SESSION, CONVENED MONDAY
DEcEMBER 4TH, 1865.
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February "a, 1866.
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HelmboId,s Fluid Extract Buchu.

In affections peculiar to FEMALES is une-
qualed by any other preparation, as in Chlorosis
or Retention, Painfulness Suppression OF
Customary Excavations. liberated or Schirrus
state of the Uterus; and all complaints incident
to the sex, whether arising from habits of dissi-
patton, imprudence in, or the decline or change
in life.
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An Attempted Outrage and Successful
Murder by United States Soldiers
The Latter Captured by The Citizens.
By telegraph 10 the Tribune

LEAvESwoRTH, Kansas, December a.
a sergeant and five soldiers Of company
d, Seventh cavalry, from Fort Riley, wen,
to Ogden city in search Of deserters. The
sergeant stationed guard around q
house with orders to let no one in. He
then attempted to outrage the woman Of
the house, who was alone. The cries of hei
children aroused her husband and brother
at work in field near by, and they came
to her assistance. The sergeant foiled, or,
dered the husband shot, and the order was
carried out by one Of the guard, who killed
the, husband. The citizens armed and
fought the soldiers, wounding two and cap
turing the squad. They are now in the
hands of the civil authorities.
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Special Dispatch TO the World.
Terrible ConfiagratiOn I'm yicksburg-
One Hundred Houses Laid i'm Ashes
Two Millions of Dollars the Loss,

VICKSRURG, Mss, December PA ter
rible cOnfagration broke out in Morris 5
block, corner Clay and Front Levee, at s
=. NJ, last night, and destroyed the entire
block of thirty houses. ltextcndcd thence
10 the block bounded by Levee, Clay, Null
berry, and Crawford streets, and consumed
the entire block of thirty-three houses
thence east of Mulberry, between Craw-
ford aud Clay to Washington street, de-
stroying thirteen houses; thence to tte
corner of Washington and Crawford, con
tanning four three-story brick stores; spread
TO the corner of Mulberry and Crawford
TO some tenemept-houses, besides shanties,
&c., in all about one hundred buildings, of
which thirty-eight were large brick stores.
Two white children and four negroes per-
ished in the flames. Six negroes were
killed by an accident, and one hundred
families are left houselCSs. The fire was
the result of ,carleSSneSs in MeyerS's bar
room building. The streets are crowded
with goods and~lebris. The greatest credit
is due Generals Wood and Dudley and
their soldiers for supcrhuman efforts 10
subdue the flames and prevent pillage.
Five or six buildings were blown up TO ar
rest the progress of the flames. The thea
ire buildings, cathedral, city bank, and
telegraph Office escaped. The former was
badly damaged. The flames illuminated the
country for miles. The total loss, roughly
estimated, two millions about one-fourth
iusured.
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A FUNNY TRAGEDY.-An interesting
dramatic event will take place In Ne"
York at the close Of the present week
Mr.. Dawson, the renowned German TRACE
dian, appears on Saturday night at the
Winter Garden in conjunction with Mr.
Booth. The play is Othello, Mr.. Dawson
sustaining the role Of the Moor and Mr.
Booth that of Iago-the former in German
the latter and the rest Of the company II
English. There are many precedents foi
this kind of international combination
The occasion will bring out the friends Of
both parties, and, apart from its SINGULAR
ty, will undoubtedly afford the community
q rare dramatic treat
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A TERRIBLE Gas EXPLoSIoN.-We learn
that q great revolution is about to take
place in the method of supplying gas in
all the cities in the Union. Under the
new plan it is contemplated to manutac-
ture gas on a large scale, with immense
works. in the immediate neighborhood OF
the coal mines, where coal can DC pur-
chased for fifty cents per ton, and TO con-
ycv il through mains 10 the several cities,
where il can be consumed at one-quarter
it's present cost. The Atlantic cities and
interior cities of the northern States will
be supplied from the coal mines of Penn
sylvania direct by one company. Another
will manufacture at the coal mines OF Nlr.
GINA or North Carolina, and supply the
southern cities and towns. The West viii
get their gas from the Missouri mines; and
so en- throughout the Union. These scve.
raj projects will be conducted as national
affairs, under the authority Of Congress
The immense advantages Of such system
are at once apparent. They reach not
only to the great reduction in price, but tc
the Improvement in the quality of the gas
and the Punishment of gas manufacturing
nuisances from the cities. Preparations
are already in forward condition for the
contamination Of this desirable reform
and it will be an established fact in less
than three years from the present time
Nel0 York Herald.
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WHAT RADICAL CoNGREssMEN SAID Al
NAsHvILLE.-The reception at Nashville
was nothing less than an ovation. A dinner
was given in the evening that called to-
gethcr in the large dining-room Of the ho'
tel the representative men Of the city and
many of the ladies. The large dining hall
of the hotel was crowded to its utmost,
and in response to toast given by Colonel
Hirkman, of this city, hoping for a restora-
ton of the old Union and its glories, Vice
President Foster said that if the reception
Of this evening were an assurance OF what
they should get elsewhere, the best ex-
pectations of their hosts would be realized
Senator Wade, when called to his feet
stated that it was his intention at the com.
mencement not to make a speech, and
though he felt complimented by the recep'
ton, and should adhere TO the resolution
he must confess TO a most agreeable sur.
prise at the cordially of the reception.
Senator Ramsay, on being called for, ex.
pressed his qualification at the unexpected
kindness received at the hands OF the clti.
zens of Nashville, and hoped for speedy
settlement of all difficulties. His remarks
were warmly received.
ESSudtol LehSs III iSp4y W NA> ~NN-'
him, stated that civil wac had passed, and
passed forever. The people of the North
aud South should unite, as did their Sires,
whose resources were from the same ever
springing fountain. His recollection Of this
reception should always haunt the greenest
spot of memory's waste.
Ex-Governor Brown, OF Tennessee, in
reply, stated that he heartily shared the
sentiments expressed, and did not desire
to discuss the ethics Of the recent contro-
versy decided by arms; but he thanked
God for peace. He rejoiced TO see the re-
representatives. of the National Legislature.
The same banner now tloated over our
heads. Whatever our differences, the feel
ing most predominant among southern peo-
pie was to have the Union restored. His
speech was all through enthusiastically APP
plauded.
General Howard and Representatives
Lain, Thomas, and Kerr made speeches OF
q similar character, and were most happy
in their efforts, and greeted with great APP
plauSe.
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The French Emperor and MIR. Seward.

New YORK, December % The Times " ASH
ington correspondent says that on the 1th IN
slant the following, in substance, was received
from Napoleon in reply 10 Stewards dispatch
10 Bigelow OF November 22d Napoleon speci-
fed the time when the French troops would
be removed from Mexico. He expressed his
satisfaction with the sherman Campbell mis-
sion, and proposed cooperating in establish
ing Republican government, but thinks IL
will devolve upon the United States TO main
tain the government thus created. The En-
peror also suggests that an election in Mexico
be brought about by dnt Of the influence OF
the United States and French governments.
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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
From wa,hinst on-Dipiomatie.

wAsHrsaTox, December 25.-The Marquis
Montholon, the retiring French Minister,
and NJ. Berthony, the newly accredited
Minister, were presented to the Presi.
dent to-day by Mr.. Seward The farewell OF
the retiring Minister and the remarks OF the
President, were OF the kindest character. M.
Berihony made the following speech TO the
President:
Mr.. President II have the honor 10 place =
your hands the letters which accredt me In
the quality of Envoy Extraordinary and Min
ister PIenipotentiary of his Majesty, the En-
pPror of the French. In confidng TO me the
mission to represent him near you, my sove.
reign has specially charged me TO make known
to you the value he attaches to the relations OF
friendship which exist between France and
the United States OF America, 10 maintain
these relations and 70 draw them more close,
If possible, in view of the development Of the
interests common to the two countries. Such
will be the constant aim OF my efforts, and
have firm hope to attain IL, If, as am in ad-
vance assured, the Government and people OF
the United States share those sentiments of
which, bring to this place sincere express
sion.
The President replied as follows :.
Sir,-Grateful affection towards the French
nation is among the earliest, most profound
and most enduring sentiments of the people
and Government Of the United States. We
constantly try to believe that no interests OF
either country can ever require alienation or
autagonism between them, while internal
commercial interests tend to bind them to-
gether. AS you have justly observed, they have
at the same time common aim in the advance
ment of civilization and humanity throughout
the world. In expressing these feelings am
only repeating what has been uniformly said
| by the United States since they became sove-
| reign. We have had much reason TO be pleased
V lie conduct of your predecessor, the
NJ % de Montholon. Be assured, M. Ber-
! tho, that no consideration or courtesy will
| be p.iihheld which shall tend 10 make the per-
! Torrance of your duties agreeable and plea
! SAINT.
| The retiring French Minister and his sue.
cessor dined with Secretary Seward this eve
| ming.
II is ascertained at the State Department
that Minister Campbell has been directed 10
remain at New Orleans TO await developments
| in Mexican affairs.
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Tue SUFFERERS AT THE DRY ToRTUGAs
TO HAVE CIVIL TRIAL.-The Washington
Republican of Monday morning says:
We learn that Judge Wayne, of the Su.
preme Court of the United States, will
under the recent decision of that tribunal
against the right of military or naval com
missions to try citizens not in the military
or naval service, issue a writ by which Dr.
Mudd, one of the assassin consprators,
will be removed from confinement at the
Dry Tortugas and brought before q civil
tribunal for trial. Similar writs may issue
in the cases of Spangler, Arnold, and
Laughlan, the other conspirators confined
there
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1--WE BARRELS MARSHALL'S
II SUPERIOR sH0ULOERS-to arrive;
de A. Y. STOKES i co.
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Az IScESDIARY AT LARGE.--Judge Old.
ham, Of Texas, who was suspected Of com
plicity in the plot 10 burn the northern
cities during the war, and who certainly
recommended the chemist who proposed 10
manufacture the inhammable compound 70
be used in that diabolical operation 10 the
rebel government, passed through TINS city
incOg. some two weeks since, put was
obliged 10 make himself known TO some OF
his old friends to obtain means to reach his
home In Texas. Since the close ofthe war
he has been 10 Msxiso.-R sdieai' psYr.
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From the Far West.

SAY FRAxcIsco, December 2j.-The Liberia
troops were 10 leave Mazatlan on the Eth De-
cember in pursuit of the French San Biaze
was held by the Imperialists.
The quartz mill at Frogtown, Nevada, one
of the finest in the State, was burnt on the 22d
December.
The damage to the Central Pacific railroad
by the late storm was not so serious as expect
ed, and trains will commence running in ter
DAYS. There had been snow six feet deep a
Cisco its present terminus.
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DOR RENT.-The subscribers, in
l. tending, as soon as II shall have been II
completed, TO move to their new store, In f..:H
Lancastsr's block, Ca Pearl street between ~
Main and Cary, offer for rent the large a. com
modious WAREHOUSE now occupied by them. on
Fourteenth street near the Exchange Hotel The
house IL In the centre OF the city, and Is
adapted TO a heavy grocery or commission busi.
ness. Possession will be given about the 18th Of
de Is GORDON & CRrNaAN.
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Congressional CommittccS--Suits Re.
fOrc tho Supreme Court Involving
the status OF the Cnrepresentesl
states-Thc Test.Oash Cases--Juage.
Acknowledgement Holt on the su.
premc C0urf

the status Of the Inrepresente<l
states-Thc Test.Oash Cases--Judge.
Acknowledgement Holt on the Su.
premc Court.
special correspondence OF the Baltimore Gazette
"AsniNGToN, December 24, ls66.-A few
Gays ago the House Of Representatives
adopted resolution authorizing commit
Tee Win rowing commission to inouirs
whether any pa6sc officer had committed
crimes or misdemeanors for which i'm.
peachment would be the proper remedy.
As threats and hints of such proceeding
against the President had preceded this ac.
ton, IL was at once concluded that the re.
solution was levelled at him. / now learn,
however, that the blow is aimed at another
aud very different high officer connected
with the civil administration, but am not
81 liberty asyet to go into particulars.
cfoh inquiry, | am informed that scve-
raj suits are now before the Supreme Court,
which will incidentally involve the status
OF the unrepresented States. This great
question will probably be settled, there
fore, al least in time 10 prevent the practi-.
cal application of the extreme doctrine OF
the Radicals TO the southern States. No
doubt many Of the extremists desire TO
push revolutionary measures at oHCc-to
anticipate the action of the court-and to
seize upon the governments of those States,
but besides the judicial obstacle which
they must finally encounter, sundry other
barriers stand in the way, not the least of
which, perhaps, is the Federal army.
The Radical organ continued its assault
upon the judges of the Supreme Court
this morning. This would seem to initiate
against my statement in Yesterdays letter,
but it does not. 1t will be observed that
the article upon this subject is decidedly
more able, ifnot more malignant, than those
= emanating from the editor, who is not now
nere. The truth is that it was inserted
upon the responsibility of Judge Holt.
have reliable authority for stating that it
was written by that gentleman.
1t is assumed in some quarters to give
the precise points that will he decided by
the Supreme Court in what is called "the
test-oath cases." / have good reason to
believe that Judgment win be pro-
nounced shortly, but nothing positively is
known as 10 the extent 10 which il will 60.
The indications undoubtedly are that the
law will be pronounced void in toto, as it is
known that Congress would long since have
repealed its provisions respecting attorneys
If il had not been thought that the court
intended TO limit its decision to them.
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what West virEinia says % 10 oar
SeAfe neht

From the Wheeling Inieliigencer.
We submit for the consideration OF oui
Richmond friends a single and simple pro.
position. Ii the present government o.
Virginia Is a government In TACT ana Jaw
and has any right or authority as such y
treat concerning an adjustment OF the
debt Of Virginia, Il ia by virtue oil the re-
organization made by the Convention O
the people of Virginia which sat in this
CITY in June and August, 1861. IL then
follows that all the acts oil that CohVen'
/ ton are binding upon the present govern
ment and people OF Virginia. IL THESE
gentlemen deny the validity OF that re-
organization, they affirm their own iliegiti.
macy and consequent ineapacity TO make
any settlement. II they affirm its validity
they admit the obligation omakc this set
/ tIemeut on the basis which We claim. And
! If Mr.. Auditor Taylor can show that on
that basis West Virginia must assume one.
third of the debt of Virginia, we shall b.
glad to see the figures.
The Convention OF June, 1861, which re.
organized the government of Virginia, in
the ordinance providing for the formation
of West Virginia, thus laid down the basis
OF adjustment with the old State:
"The new State shall take upon itself
a just proportion of the public debt OF the
Commonwealth of Virginia prior to the
lst of January, 1861, to be ascertained by
charging to it all State expenditures with
in the limits thereof, and just proportion
of the ordinary expenses Of the State gov
eminent, since any part OF said debt was
contracted, and deducting the moneys paid
into the treasury Of the Commonwealth
from the counties included within the said
new State during the same period"
There can be no denial that this propo.
sition is rigidly equitable. The people o.
Western Virginia always complained-and
justly-that nearly all the expenditures o.
the State revenue for public works were
made in East Virginia. In addition to this
almost everything for which the debt wa:
contracted went TO the same section
Western Virginia never got back as muct
as the money paid by her over and above
her fair share Of the necessary expenses o
government, while this enormous deb
was piled up for the sole advantage OF the
East.
We take the report of Auditor Bennett
and find the taxes assessed in 1860 witblr
the counties now composing Virgins
amounted to SO ,692, 6l3.0l; while the take
assessed within the counties now composing
West Virginia amounted to 27,50S.95
West Virginia's assessment was therefore
little under nineteen per cent, or les
than one-tifth Of the whole. Divided il
this proportion, her share Of the deb
would be not far from $4,000, 0OO-tht
annual interest of which would about equa
the whole revenue Of the State now col
| lected each year.
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General Grant COHntermands his
Recent Orders.

JEFFERSON CITY, December 23.-Gene-
raj Grant telegraphed to-day to Governor
Fletcher, at Washington, that he counter
maDded the order sending two companies
OF United States troops to Lexington.
This settles the question of supremacy of
authority in the preservation of the peace.
The loyal men here are jubiIant over Gen
eral Grants retreat from his untenable
position.
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DOR RENT, a good STABLE with
Il TWO stalls, and carriage house, loft, &c, -
attached Water on the premises. 10 IL well "a
suited for person having a hack to hire. IGl1-
Apply At No. 2 fifth street, between Main and
Cary streets Terms will be moderate.
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