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Il | 1890
4 WAsaiY9TOH, Feb. 10.
The Reconstfuction Committee held neet
ipg ~ nsrnin& he 6rst RDpefic9 -
ene 4fo1 don4 dera1fbA was r. re1oyo M
fdisdnl llitiesbf MI. Butter, Claiming 70 be hi
Representative elect from Tennessee, ans
suAp1diqg the test peth il his CO. u ordel
that be might be admitted to . seat in thu
M. Brooks moved % Include John Youni
Brown, Of Kentucky, within the scope cf ths
resolution; not because he considered BrowF
d rebel, bot the Heass he'd Declared that b.
IsAse cid, connterance and aupp0ft 10 the re-
bellion, and was thsFefneo ineIie 10 . eat
Butler and Brown Tins being pfecluded from
the Hoass on similar arsunds,
Mr.. Brooks amendment was rejected by Z
party vote.
During the discussion it was said that Johu
| Young Brown had not asked to be- psrdoned.
/ M. Brooke replied thAt It was tsue, but the
Commiites had decided to remove disabilities
from Governor Orr, ex-Siosernof Holden, and
nine or ten others who had mot made person
al application for that purpose.
| Mr.. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, said the
Committee had acted too hastily on that sub.
! ject, and desired further time to look into it.
No additional action was taken at this meet
ing.
The bill yesterday introdncedbys Mr.. Bing-
ham for the admission Of Alabama into the
Union, was considered for short time
Mr.. Stevens said be thousht action ought
to be delayed untal Va could get al the facts.
he was rather dissatisied with il, however.
belisvinG that . general bill, applicable 70 al
the Southern States, should be passed, in
stead Of acting upon these States separately.
Stevens submitted bill for the division Of
Texas into thrse Ssstes, providisS the Con-
vention about assembling in that StAte 6x
ther, that each Of them have the sans Con-
stiintion. He thought there onght to BE- four
OF Eve StAtes carved out Of Texas territory,
but would be content With three.
Stevens will report the bill to the House, 50
it may be printed and referred back to the
committee for revision, if necessary.
Mr.. Higgins, Freedmen's Bureau officer,
appeared and nsds complaint against Gen.
Giilem in connection with q conrt-martiaI
which acquitted man named johnson for
the murder of q negro. The narrative was
listened TO atteItiveiy, bnt led TO no action of
the Committee or Subcommittee of Ways
and Means.
A committee Is in session on the details and
phrrseology Of . new tar bill which i not to
be reported for several weeks to come.
The amount of gold in the treasury to-day
is $104. 900 900, including $287 900 payable
in gold certificates the belAnce, 47b, 800, :
00O, belongs exclusively TO the United States.
Ii is estimated that the receipts Of gold
from customs from this date to Mayast, will be
S28, 600, 300, making total OF Sln3, 600, 600,
out Of which there is payable on the LIST Of
March, $1,000, 600 due on lo-4n bonds and
on the lst Of May sbout $27 ono, coo istefest
due On $40 bonds, leavinG balance or gold,
after paying all expenses, of SOS, 100000, or
$71, 600 coo after be coin certificates are de-
Quoted. These estimates are in case no sales
Of gold are made bsssesa the periods.
A delegation of Poitawatamie Indians,
from Kansas, held an Introductory interview
With the Commissioner of Indian Affairs this
r1o.nag. regarding the general business Of
Indian Agent, Mathews, of the Mountain
Grows, has reached this city from Fort Phil.
kearney. He came on the Powder River
road alone, and reports the Indians psaeeable
in that 6eo1ien.
Nosv1tks1nadisgt lie constant retsenchment
nov goisg % ID she various nuresus, the
War Department pressure for appointments
continues Is large IS ever. applications com
ing mostly from disabled soldiers or their
widows. They are met siih The response
that il is impossible To make additional sp-
pointments, and it is even contemplated, at
en early day, to make further large decrsase
of Sosce in the Dapastment
Notice has been given by the British Post
Office Department, ihAt on and after the first
Of March single rate postage for letters, be>
tween the L. S. and West Indies and Eng
land, will be 28 cts; haif-ounce, via South
ampton, 36 cts; via Marseilles prepayment il
compalsory
ciled to report The Senate bill giving pay and
bountles to sixteen regimeris Of Missouri
State Guard, cailed out during the rebt lion.
The Judiciary Committee have authorized
Mr.. Lawrence 10 repor. bill for organizing
the Law Department under control Of the
Attorney General.
Generals Grant and Howard we're on the
floor Of the House to~day.
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs
06h1 considerad the vAri0ps psoposiiions
.v3th view II haSmonixe the conflicting views
on the subject OF protecting the rights Of
American citixens abroad. They will report
IN entirely new bin. Several members of the
Committee were adverse to declaring the
right of expatriation, on the ground that ttis
Vas principle so firmly 6xed in this country
a. not TO require liz re assertion. but the ma
jcrity decided to insert in the new bill all the
decisions Of Courts everywhere, to the con-
trary notwithstanding.
The following official orderhas jus. been is-
sued.
DEPARTMENT OF SFAzx,
WASHINGTON, Feb. Is.
Il ia recommended to all citizens of the
United States, native or natnralized, who
have occasion 10 visit Great Britain or Ire>
land to procure passports from this Depart
meut. While the habeas corpus remains sus
penoe6 ID the i4ltSr country, oitiSens Of the
United States who are nnjdssly arrested are
liable to be detained, without prompt exami'