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Congressional.

WASHINGTON, March 25.-Senate.-The
President was asked whether he has es-
tablished new military district since Au.
gust, and under what name?
The Tax Conference Committees report
was rejected.
Mr.. Nye said it would fill the peniten,
tiaries with Government officials, and Mr..
Howe said that would be q good thing.
Mr.. NJ drill, of Maine, said he did not
believe there was an honest distiller in the
United States.
Adjourned until Monday at II o'clock.
House.-The Alabama admission bill
was resumed, and discussed at great length
A motion to table it was defeated by lO3
to 80. A motion to strike out the second
section was carried by a to 80.
Mr.. Stevens's amendment for universal
suffrage was rejected without division.
Mr.. Spalding's substitute was adopted
II to 81. 1t declares the Montgomery
Constitution to be the fundamental law.
The Provisional Government officers re-
Gently elected are to qualify and enter on
the discharge of their duties on the lst
of May. The Governor may convene the
Legislature recently elected under the
Constitution. 1t shall possess all the
powers given it by that Constitution. The
Legislature may submit the Constitution
to the qualified electors with or without
amendments. When a majority of the
electors under the act Of Congress March
%, 1867, have adopted a Constitution, and
the Legislature has ratified the fourteenth
article of the United States Constitution,
the State Constitution shall be submitted
to Congress for approval. The laws to
provide for the more efficient government
of the rebel States shall remain in force
in Alabama, except as modified by this
act, until Alabama shall be admitted to re-
r,racaptation
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Productions OF LIBERIA.-A freedman
who left Charleston, South Carolina, for
Liberia, a few months ago, writes back the
most glowing accounts of matters and
things there. Alter stating that he never
felt free until he reached that Republic,
and that he had selected his land for Guilt
walton, be adds: :. OF all The fruits found
on the land, my tongue ID unable to ex-
plain, but l will give you the names of
some: First, ield OF dirty acres Of cot
fee: second, cocoanut trees in any guam
tity third, lemons by the bushel; fourth,
the great palm tree, the most important
and precious tree in the country, from
which We get nice oil, cabbage, butter,
then the kernel, shingles, then cord and
thread, and then, best Of all, we can get
wine of it to drink. All Of these we have
on the farm. Tell my brother Washington
that this is the country to come to-"
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Mr.. SPEED AGAINST THE Radicals
Mack, OF the Cincinnati Commercial, has
unearthed q letter of Mr. Speeds, written
in 1863, in which he gave it as his opinion
as Attorney General Of the United States
that when Congress passes law deemed
unconstitutional by the President he need
not seek an adjudication at all, much less
wait for one that he must act on his prl-
vate opinion Of the unconstitutionality OF
the law that if he does not, he pro tanto
"abdicates his high Office" ETC., etc.
and, Of course, that in proportion to the
Importance vi the question and the mag
nitude Of the infringement of his authority
the duty upon him grows more binding,
and the abdication which he would COM
init by awaiting a judicial decision would
be the more culpablo and dangerous.
Mr.. Speed was Mr.. LincUln's Attorney
f,anaral
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Some days ago the secretary of the Lin
coin National Monument Association of
Springfield, H., sent circular to every
Justice of the peace in the State, appealing
for aid to raise funds for the early erection
of the proposed monument over the re-
mains of the venerated and lamented Lin
coin. The circular sent to Mr.. Justice
Springer, of Pilot Grove, Hancock county,
was returned by mail, with the following
endorsement
" To the Lincoln Monument Association:
Neutrality-suspicious. get in the notion
Of contributing anything for the support
of your project to commemorate the life
of the blacklist villain and traitor that ever
held an office of trust rendered by the
American people, you will very likely
hear from me. Yours in hope,
81. NJ. SPRINGER"
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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

General Grant Will Issue an Order
To-Day Assigning Hancock to Com.
mnnd the New Department The
PresidenL's Reply 10 the Resolution
Inquiring under what Statute he
Formed the New District.
Special telegram to the Dispatch
WAsHISGToN, March 2S.-The order as.
signing General Hancock to the command
of the Department Of the Atlantic was
prepared to-day by General Grant, and
will be promulgated on Monday next. No
special order relieving Hancock of the
command of the Fifth Military District is
to be issued, but, by reason of his assign
ment to the command of the new depart.
ment, he is relieved of his former COM
mand. Hancock's headquarters are to be
in this city.
Mr.. Johnson says this assignment of Han
cock is in pursuance ofa purpose he FORM
ed shortly after the declination of Sher-
man and Thomas, and Immediately upon
hearing of Hancock's desire to be relieved
from the command of the Fifth District.
In answer to the Edmonds resolution,
adopted in Senate to-day, inquiring if the
President has established new district,
and if so under what statute, Mr.. johnson
will reply in substance that he derives his
authority for the formation of the Depart
ment of the Atlantic from the same source
as he and his predecessors have heretofore
in the formation of military districts and
departments-viz., from the legal autho-
rity conferred upon him as commander in
chief of the army. WALLACE.
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Domestic Markets.

New YORK, March -Noon.-Gold
1880. Sterling, 100 3s9lO9k. 5-20's, '62
coupons, lO95s. Virginia 6's, IS. Ten
nessee SIS, ex-coupons, 661l; new, 64H
Flour 5alOc., wheat la2c. better. Corr
dull and unchanged. Pork very firm q
s24Sl. Lard dull at l6@l624c. Cotton
active and decidedly frmer; sales 5000
bales at 2615G27c. Freights dull. Tur
pentine, 64c. Rosin Common, $3.50
SO. 80.
Evening.-Cotton active and excited a
15@1c. better sales $4,000 bales at 26L
927c., closing quiet, with no buyers ovel
26%c. Flour dull for all grades. Wheat
closed dropping. Corn dull western
mixed, S1.269Sl.2s. Pork, s25. Lard
l5A@l65ac. Turpentine, 64@65c. Gro
ceries quiet. Freights more active, and 8
shade better. Gold firm at 1897. The
Government sold half million in the
market.
BALTIMORE, March 2s.-Cotton active
and firm at 26c. Flour active with bet
ter feeling, but not quotably higher
Wheat unchanged. Corn firm; white
sl.15; yellow, sl.1S@$l.2O. Oats, S5e
Rye, $3.50. Pork quiet. Lard, TIC.
WILMINGTON, n. c., March 25.-Spirits
turpentine buoyant at 60c. Rosins ad
vanced; strained, $3.50; palo, $500
Cotton, 241ac. Tar, s2.o5.
CHARLESTON, March 25.-Cottou acliv,
and advanced lc. i; sales, 800 bales; 70.
ceipts, $50 bales exports, coastwlSe. 4ol
bales; middlings, 26@26hc.
AUGUSTA, March 2s.-Cotton frmer
sales, $50 bales; receipts, 40; middlins,
held at Csc.
SAVANNAH, March 29.-Cotton opened
firm, became excited, and closed irregu
lar sales, 1890 bales receipts, 3l3 bales
middlings, 25R@26c.
MOBILE, March 2S.-Cotton opened al
Csc. and closed hard at 251ac.; sales
$500 bales; receipts, $50.
New ORLEANS, March 2S.-Cotton ex
cited and unsettled sales, 5000 bales
receipts, 1907 bales; exports, 22S bales
middlings, 2GIac. Sugar-Prime, 1870
J53/c
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CIVIL AUTHORITY OvERsLAUGHED By
THE MILITARY.-The Bristol Neus is in
formed that during the sitting of the County
Court at Abingdon this week poor devil
by the name of Jones was arraigned for
divers "high crimes and misdemeanors,' -
and that while the cause was undergoing in
vestigation, one Major McDoodle, "the
Commander-in Chiefof the Army of South
western Virginia." came into the court
house and notified the court that if Jones
was not convicted he would arrest him and
Try him before military commission upon
the charge of stealing from negroes, for
which he had been acquitted by jury
previously. The court proceeded, giving
the fellow a fair and impartial hearing, and
finding the evidence wholly insufficient,
babe him go and sin no more, when, sure
enough, he was Immediately arrested by
order Of McDoodle and confined in jail to
await the converting of the "higher court"
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The Rev. Mr.. Tying to Appeal frcn
| the CeDaure
"CHURcH OF THE Holy TRINITY, }
NEW YORK, March ii, 1868.

ohoHsh oF lhE ltDLy RIN1TY. >
"NEw YORK, March IL, 1868.
&" Blight Reu. Il. Potter,
d. d., LII. D., D. C. L., Orion
Right Rev. and Dear Sir,-I have nov
silently suffered all that the ecclesiastical
authorities Of this diocese have desired to
'nflct. Notwithstanding the allegation OF
your address, affirm, without fear of dis
prevail, that from the beginning to the end
Of my trial I have neither in my pulpit,
before the public, nor through the press,
argued, still less agitatcd, the issues in
volved. l should, however, be false to
candor and my independence as a presby-
ter and man did | not now take some
notice Of the ignominious ceremony to
which | have, in submission to your
request, been subjected, and the pro
loDged admonition and argument to which
have listened from your lips.
$50 soon as my Lenten engagements
will permit, purpose to present, both to
yourself and the public, full and frank
review of the whole proceedings, including
the language of your sentence.
"The church which you chose as the
scene, the presence of the city police, the
clergy whom you selected as witnesses,
the religious services which introduced and
completed the exercises, your positive and
rude refusal to receive the protest Of my
venerable and reverend counsel and ia
ther-all these were adapted, if not in
tended, to aggravate the attempted dis
grace. @
"That there may be no reasonable
ground for misunderstanding previously to
the preparation Of the observations to
which ] have already referred, desire
now, and in full consciousness Of the re-
sponsbilties which it may entail, solemnly
to protest against the whole course, con-
duct, and conclusion Of the ecclesiastical
trial in which have appeared as respond
ent. | hold it, as in duty Dound, to have
been equally opposed to the principles Of
the common law, the canons of the Pro-
testant Episcopal Church, and the doc
trine and discipline of Christ as this
Church hath received the same. | abso-
lutely deny its regularity and renounce its
authority. From its unjust presentment,
oppressive rulings, predetermined deci-
sion, and insinuating censure, l appeal to
the general judgment of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, 10 the impartial review
of the other Christian Churches of this
land, to the Word of the living God, and
to Jesus, the chief shepherd and bishop Of
us all. Your servant in the Church,
"STEPHEN H. TYING, JR."
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BY the Cable.

London. March 27.-In the House ot
Lords to night the que stlon of the A ahan7
claims came up, and gave rise to debate
Earl Russell reviewed the relations O?
Great Britain and the United States du.
ring the war Of the rebellion, and defended
The policy pursued by him in the case OF
the Alabama and other Confederate
cruisers. The course of Lord Stanley in
the controversy with the American Go
vernment on the Alabama claims was sus-
tanned by Lord Cairns.
Lord Westbury defined the laws of Eng
land bearing on the question at issue, and
decided the justice Of the claims urged by
Mr.. Seward.
In the House, Lord Stanley gave notice
that on Monday next he should offer a
resolution that the question of Irish Church
reforms be left to the next Parliament.
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General.

WHAT MR. STEPHENS LEARNED WHILE
NoHrH.-Mr. Stephens was profoundly
impressed with the general quietude, not
on y of Washington city, but the whole
country due north. The Radicals are Sc
rene in the conscious possession OF almost,
il not quite, absolute dominion. The De-
nocrats are passive under Affections deem
ed inevitable Tor the present, and only
hopeful of the future through the lnstru-
mentality Of a peaceful ballot in Novem-
Der. Fighting is about the last thing
thought about on either side; the one
party TRANQUILITY usurping every depart
ment of the Government, the other party
tamely submitting, and, like Mlcawber'
complacently hoping for something to turn
up. This astonishing condition of affairs
is explained BY Mr.. Stephens as pecu-
iiarity OF the Americas mind-a reverence
for actual authority, however lawless, and
a desire TO suppress it through every e2-
haustive process OF peace, and, failing IN
Ibis, submission with the best grace posi-
le.-AuquSta C0nStitutiOndlSt.
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LIFE PREsERvER.-A gentleman Of this
city has recently patented an appliance for
preserving life in water. 1t consists SIM
ply of cork jacket and loose rubber
suit, the latter being in q single piece, and
covering the entire person with the eXcep-
ton of the face and hands. The whole
weighs So pounds, and is put on in two
or three minutes. There are also IRON
soled shoes for ballast. At Battery Place
Yesterday afternoon the inventor made
practical exhibition, which, though unan-
nounced and intended to be strictly prl-
vate, attracted large crowd and excited
a good deal of interest,". After being dressed
in his suit, the inventor waded in the river
and sank at once to his armpits. Remain
ing in an erect position, he padded off
amid the plaudits of the lookers-oD. After
a while, from a tin case attached to his
waist by string, and which fioated behind
him, he removed a small roll, which he
proceeded leisurely to unfold, and which
proved to be a staff about eight feet long.
This he fastened to the can, and from its
top the breeze unfurled flag bearing the
word Eureka" He also extracted APP
pies and other provisions from the can !; ana
after refreshing himself with these, he
turned over on his back, and was borne
seward by the outgoing tide. At the enc
of forty minutes or whereabouts no worked
his way to the shore, where he was received
by the crowd and showered with compll-
mentary remarks.-Ne,o York Tribune.
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The Case of Strong. Arrested in Wash.
ingtOn as Fugitive under De-
Innud from General ScbOfj eId.

The Case of Strong. Arrested in Wash.
inatOn as Il Fugitive under a De.
mnnd from General ScbofieId.
Special telegram to the Dispatch
WASHINGTON, March 2S.-Mr. Samuel
Strong, for whom warrant was issued
Thursday by Chief Justice Cartier, under a
requisition from General Schofeld, COM
handing First Military District, arrived
this morning from Albany. He immedi-
ately surrendered himself to the Marshal.
1t will be recollected that Mr.. Strong was
arrested on the 9th instant on O warrant
issued under a requisition of Governor
Peirpoint, and coming before Judge Fisher
on writ of habeaS corpus, after argument,
was discharged, on the ground that Vir-
ginia was not State in the Union, and
that the requisition was defective because
it was not supported by an affidavit that
he was fugitive from justice.
The requisition of General Schofeld is
based, like the former, on an indictment
found by the Hastings Court of Richmond,
charging Strong with having obtained sig
natures to bond and note by false repre-
sensations, and, in addition, is accom-
panied BY the affidavit of Governor Peir-
point that he is a fugitive from justice.
The case is set for hearing next Monday,
when the counsel, Messrs. NJ. J. Satfold
and j. J. Johnson for Mr.. Strong, and
General Darlington for the authorities of
Virginia, will discuss the questions in
volved, Of which the following are said to
be the principal ones:
1st. Whether the act of Congress re0rgan-
izing courts and establishing the Su-
preme Court Of the District Of Columbia
confers upon justices of said court the
same powers in relation to acquisitions
with which judges Of the old courts were
clothed
I'd. Whether General Schofeld has
power under the reconstruction acts to issue
acquisitions for an alleged fugitive from
justice.
Sd. Whether Mr.. Strong is in fact fu-
gitive from justice from the State of Vir-
GINA.
Mr.. Strong states that if the case is not
settled here, he will 60 to Richmond and
meet the issue direct. WALLACE.
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>nrc,ol dispatch 10 the Baltimore "azet'e
,r,c Refusal Of the Sen"t" Z" ALLOW
rhine TO the Presidents Council
Views of 80 Conservative senator
St,x.,us and Schcrck.

Str~cus and SChcrcK.
WASHINGTON. March 27-Il:30 p. M
q.hr action OF The Senate in refusing coun.
81 time TO prepare for the defence of the
President is regarded as not ouly unfair
=, ,hc President, hut positively insulting
- ;hc distinguished gentlemen who had
S.atcd upon their professional reputation
that The time asked for was actually ne.
ce$saTy.
The result has been that Mr.. Evarts was
,orced 10 seek his own library in New
York, and will not return until Monday
morning. while the rest of the counsel are
Iahoring here on the different points in,
5olvcd in the case. Thus they are to be
forccd to trial on Monday. without concert
OF action or opportunity for consultation
The discussion in the House on the Su.
prcmc Court bill, vetoed by the President
vas restricted to one hour, and that hour
Mr.. Wilson parcelled out to suit himself,
Then the bin was passed over the veto by
the same vote by which it was originally
sncaked through that body.
Thus legislation progresses here-each
act of Congress being worse, if possible,
than the ono which preceded it. The
cravest legislation is attended with mock
ing iecrs Of Radicals over helpless
minority.
4 Conservative senator, noted for his
caution as well as his great ability, declared
tonight that there was no escape OF the
country from It's present political bondage,
excepting in revolution, which he regards
as near at hand. Thad. Stevens and
Schcnck had lively spat to-day, which
varied the mOnotony OF congressional pro-
cccdingS.
Stevens still clings to the idea Of confis-
cation. and he asked the chairman II the
WAYS and Means Committee had made
any provision for tightening the burthens
Of taxation at the North by providing for
4 general confscation at the South
Schenck tartly replied: "My commit
tee has charge of taxation; conllscatlon we
leave 10 the Committee on Reconstruc-
ton"
stevens: az asked the gentleman
Question. and he answers with sncer."
Schencx again replied, in boisterous
tone, recalling TO the minoS Vi lnanS 'n'
fable OF the dead lion. .,
II is understood that Stevens Will bring
in another scheme for general conhscation
before the session closes, should death not
arrest him before he completes ms plans.
One by one the swift witnesses OF Mr..
Bingham and Judge Holt on the conSpi-
racv trial fall into the clutches OF the law.
Conover, Ashley's friend, is in the peni-
Tertiary. Cleaver is awaiting new trial,
having been once convicted of an lnfa-
nous crime. Baker is fugitive from
Justice, and today warrant was issued
for Richard Montgomery, charged with
ambpx2lcment. These are the parties
upon whose testimony Mrs. Surratt and
Others were convicted and executed.
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AFFAIRS OF FREEDMEN IN VIRGINIA.
During the month Of February l2,377
freedmen received aid in Virginia, 1917 OF
whom were in hospital.
There are now in operation 191 day and
81 night schools, with an average attend
ance of 1O,SO9 out Of 1880 pupils on
register. These schools are taught by 293
teachers-l90 white and 103 colored.
One thousand three hundred and eleven
dollars and nineteen cents YES contributed
by the freedmen toward the support OF the
schools. In the State there are G3 colored
persons insane, and 10l orphans cared
for. WaShMgtOn Chronicle.
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The UNION PACIFIC RAILRoAD.-Neu
York, March 27.-The Union Pacific Rail
road Company, at a meeting of directors,
yesterday, decided to locate and construct
a railroad bridge across the Missouri river
opposite the present terminus Of their road
at Omaha. The bridge is to be sufficiently
high to permit the passage Of boats. 1t
will be constructed Immediately. Omaha,
March 27.-The Union Pacific railroad is
completed to point twenty seven miles
west of Cheyenne, and within four miles
of the highest summit on the entire route.
The number of men now engaged On that
section is 1000,
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The WISE SHOOTING CAsE.-The case OF
John S. Wise and Captain George Douglas
Wise, the former son of Governor Henry
A. Wise, Of Virginia, charged with shoot
ing f. A. Pollard in this city on the l4tb
of November last, is again set for trial on
Monday next in the criminal court. Hon.
Rcverdy Johnson and j., A. l.. Mcclure
have been retained as their counsel, and
George II. Murphy, Esq, has been secured
by MIR. Knott, States Attorney, to assist
in the Baltimore Sun.
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Foreign Markets.

LONDON. March 28-Noon.-America1
securities frmer and fraction higher.
Evening.-United States bonds quiet q
721s.
LIVERPOOL, March 2S-Noon.-Cottor
buoyant and excited, with sharp upward
turn in prices and brisk speculative de.
mand estimated sales, 10000 bales. Up.
lands: On the spot, 10 sd; adoat 1890
l0Ad.; Orleans, l07sd. BreadStufts quiet
Provisions dull.
Euening.-Cotton closed active and ex-
cited at further advance sales, 1000
bales, closing at: Uplands, lO24d.; Orleans,
lid. Bacon, As. Naval stores dull.
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7,,salr0a,ce COa,,p0,aSes.


MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COM.
lM PANY OF NEW YORK-ANNUAL
INCOME, 1000 oOo-CASH ASSETS YEAH
ENDING FEBRUARY l., 1853, OVEE
42s, oO0, 900 -NUMBER OF POLICIES ~
SUED DURING THE YEAR, ls.s4o-NUM.
Der OF POLICIES IN FORCE FEBRu.
AIRY l, 1858, 81, 3s4.-The MUTUAL LIFE y
Is now by far tho weslthiest company In the
world 1t Is conducted on the only principle
which time and experience has proved TO be
ultimately safe and Trustworthy. Its assets
are not invested In fancy stocks or personal
securities, but In bonds and mortgages on real
estate, being first lien on same, and thus
placed beyond the reach OF any Contingency.
The company, being purely mutual, divides
its whole profits annually among the assured.
and this dividend can be used in payment Of
premiums or to purchase additional insurance.
at the option OF the policy holder
d. n. WALKER CO., Agents,
1914 Main street
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A QUEER Law SUIT.-The Dansyille IN.
" Express is responsible for the follow
ing: "One day last week law suit took
place before Justice Mccartney, the case
in point being Charles Ackly against
Michael O'Heara. The action was brought
for use of room, lights, fuel, meals, &C.,
while defendant was 'sparkiDg' his Luz
cinda at plaintiffs house. The prosecu-
ton showed that defendant was at bis
house from three to five nights in q week,
and usually stayed until o'clock in the
morning, and sometimes till after break
fast; that he burned his lights and wood,
and used his room; and naturally con-
Guided, we take it, that as he had all the
fun to be derived from sparkling at such
late hours, he ought to pay for the priv
lege. The case was exceedingly amusing,
and of course attracted large crowd of
the 'sparking' fraternity, who were in
terested pecuniarily in the result Of the
action brought, as it might set precedent
whereby they might be called upon to
fork over liberal allowance for lights
and fuel, if for nothing else; and they felt
materially relieved, no doubt, when the
Justice rendered his verdict of no cause
for action"