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fPUrLic RE~oLur1oS-No. p.

IFIFLII hE-OLCTlUN-NO. Y
y EE ~0LTTICN extending the tim- FOR thS COM
pIetOn of the first twenty miles OF the Cairo
and Fulton railroad.
RSscIr,i hy ne Sndfs and House Of R,pr-sra-
'Gt,rsy - tie is1 states n Aps irq ~ G3uJrr
1Sss s,bied That IN case the Caro- and Fulton
Railroad Company shall com plete he firs: sec
uOn of twenty miles of laid road by the twenty
tIghth day OF April eighteen hundred and sew
'Dry, and the Secretary of the Interior shall ~
satisfied OF such completion then The saId com
pany shall b. entitled TO its lands AL poets
ana 70 rhe same extent 10 would have be ~
had said twenty miles been cOmpleisi Nv tn
twenty Eighth of July. eighteen hundred and
sIx'y-nine, as provided ny law relating 20 sad
railroad company approved July t.an.y-
eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six
AppTCyed. March -, I-t;q
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FINANtIaL AND COMMERCIAL.

The pressure an the New York l-ap market
coniin ues, and rates on call rule AZ the htCb
figures yesterday quoted. 20 vii on govern :
ment bonds seven per cent. currency % ad-
dition 70 III" OF one per cent per dav, and on
railway ana miscellaneous collateral seven
per cent with a commission OF Lie 20 10 of
one per cent. per day additional CommsrstAI
paper n duil, and the best scceptauc.s N Nv.
slowly nj ten 70 twelve per cent. The govern
ment bond market Is strong and modera,.sy s.
i've and prices snow an Improvement.
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sid everything was rem -ved by which ne
might inJure himself, even ne iootins -glA-<
being taken away. But ~ must have had
olson srcrrted about hIm. or be may hsNe
slresdy swallowed 90. Patton 'oG n fSreweil
- hIs wIfe this morning. n wss q very Affect
lrg scene. He made no statemeat "a the gall
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SNOW AT THH MOUNTAINS -Ihe snow in
the Whire Mountain region Is now deeper IN an
for many wears before. We learn by u letter
from the Glen House that not only have all
their fences disappeared, but they have lost
some OF their out buildings! One may step
hotel. and some oue-sfory out.buiidings are
buried entirely. In T1ckerman's ravine the
the snow Is estimated 10 bs l,u0O feet deep, aud
some grand snow.archss ars expedred, which
land 41gns.
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TERRIBLk DIs.sr.RTxCaLuros~,,
Fire i'm q GeId Mtas-Six,y- -.e,e. II,sS

Lest
SAN fRANcIsoo. April A IRE broke OUT
his morurre in the Yellow Jacket Moe. ~
Gold Hill. Nevada. which soon Communicates
u ID. kentuck and Crown POINT Mlaes. Thus
fAr Il y m eleven hodIss have been taken from
me thafts Of the thr~e mine~. Other bod ies are
sen ai the bottom of the kentuck ssaf,, but a.
- lm Impossible 20 remove them on Account OF he
nest IL - uncertain how many persons arr
IN me mlDes. The excitement and Confuslou
IL 50 cfeat thai % ~ aot poss hie 60 cal ne roll
o. those si WORK. SIXTY men were ~ work IN
the two levels Of the Crown Potut Mine nut Al
is unknown how many escaped
The distress 10 fesrfal. The wives and chill
dreL OF The miners congreested Al ms. an
rances 70 the mines, calling for their mis- ,ur
husbsnds and fathers
Second Dispstchl
SAN FRANCISCO. Apul - n m-rhe t,St
report rom Gold Hal places the numser OF
the known dead at q. from the IRE in toe Y.l-
low jacket Mine-elght an the krata.a ant
twenty-three IN the Crown Point
The fire originated IN the k-ntnck mine. aud
10 reported 10 he now spreading towards sh..
Yellow Jacket shaft. The nremrn sucoeeded
IN getting the hose down the Yellow ia .s.t
shaft 10 the level Of the fire. Hopes are rusrr-
hined that the flames WI soon b. ~uhdue
~ NOT after sll expectations of saving NOR
hNts are ahand donTd. he mouth of the niue
VIII De closed and vsnttIAtIOn stopped. IA or
der 10 smother the fire
Toe Yellow JaCk-'. Crown Point aud Ken
tuck are unconnectsd a with Other mines uader
ground ana there ~ no probability OF the mr.
* ending heNond them Ntrrt1ta t,,ty Is.
Almost deserted. People are going - REQ ter
Hssls'Hnce AZ the scene or he disas,sr Thr
>an Francisco Stock and ENchauee Roard b a.
subscribed one thousand dolla-s aud scot the
meney hN teleeraPh 10 Cola Hul for Tue rslsst
OF famill-s suffering by ne canfagra-.on Tue
catastrophe is The mOs' terrible which hA- o..
occurred 20 mining on THIS coast. and gp.-
sympathy rs expressed tor the distressed
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tPIrrr, RKsoLrTIos-No. q.


JOINT kR-OLgT TIOs an Iegari - he - I'll -
tIOn OF postal conventions made with Orei n
countries.
Re rssa'rSd ~ ~ NSBg'S IsfiipISs f RSgTsStn-
of t. faJ'sc stats tulsTi,I a. Jon ms
CsSsHatisd- Tnar tts ~ ,rrtaTy OF STATE ~
thOTlZsd and directed 10 cause the several
postal cen yentI1nS made with foreign conn
ms. under the PROVISIONS OF tne act OF March
thrd, eighteen hundred and fifty-one. or which
may hereafter br made, TO be published in the
sane manner ard upon the same terms
prescribed fOr The punliCa o. the trraIIes and
Jaws OF ths JuIted States.
ApprONrd, March ]. l~f9.
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States; but Congress reserves the right 70 with
draw the assent hereby given In case the free
navigation of said rlvsr shall at any time be
substantially and materially oostructed by any
bridge 20 be erected under the authority OF this
resolution, or 10 direc, the necessary modifica-
tlOus and alterations of said bridge.
Approved, March 3, 1869.
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1T SEEMS to he thought to-day that Congress
will hurry through action on the matter sug
eestsd in the Presidents message in season
carry out the purpose 70 adjourn on Saturday
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"The RsvoloutOn strongly ad v coates he
retention OF their maiden names by married
wCm.r, arguing that there IS no more reason
for a NIfe's taking her hushan nd's NAM 'nnp
tor IL taking her name whsr. then. shali we
call the first boy Will his name b. ArIsiar.
ohus SnoOks. after the father, or AriStarc rch ne
Dobhs. after the moth. i, or Aris'archus Doobs.
Snooks. IL is all m uddle.
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o1lt is now the fashion in Paris cemeteries
their tom bstones.
ga negro man named iHunuicut shot ana
kill d apolher named Jones, ia Craw,ori
county, Ga, fvcently, the Macon papers SAY,
because the latter neglected the former. in :
functions to attend church more reg gulariy.
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rPrRIrc ErsoLrrros-No.f1

JOINT REsoLUTIOS gra lting tse consent OF
Congress provided Tor section ten of the
act Incorporating the Northern Pacific Rail
road Company, approved July second
eighteen hundred and sixty-four
r., q. r-sofreS D. f;s Sna.s and Iigss> of R,pre-
SShfdtr,S # The Tat >tF'sS of frisricI N 1nn-
cTSss GSser.dIsd. That the c1ns-ut of the Congress
OF the United States x hereby gwen 20 the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company to issue
It's bonds, and 10 secnTe he same by mOrtgt t-e
upon its railroad and It's telegraph line for The
purpose OF raising fuTds with which 10 con-
struct said railroad and telegraph line b-twear
Lake superior and Puget sOun1. and also npon
its branch TO point a. OF near POrtIant. ore :
gOn, and The term Puget sound a. u-td here
and n the act inc operating said company. ~
hereby Construed 10 mean all the waters CON
D-ct-d with the straits OF Juan d. Eaca within
th- trrrl-ery 90 .he I nitsd Statr>
Approved, Vi arch !. iSig
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PROMOTION AND REMOVAL. X. Garriso
has been promoted from second to a third
class olerkshrp in the First Comptroller's of
fee, vice Brooke Mackall, removed.
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THE RHODE ISLAND ELECr,o>

PRoNInEsCK. Apnl ~--COmplete rciurI
yesterdays election gives Pandelford. Rep
hCaD, for Governor, 7,4si. Pierce. Dem D.
@-'t. The Senate has twenty Repubit-t
and seven Democrats. The House has siN
Re R'publicans and twelve Democrats.
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lPUBLIC REsoLurIoy-No. III
A REsILUTICN more efficiently 10 protect the
a a m Alaska

fur o. al IN Alaska.
ResoIrsd by the Send.e and Hcuss Of Reprssenfd-
tirsS of The United States II America in Congress
as, ALI,d, That the islands Of SAINT Paul and
Saint q, orge IN Alaska be, and they are here
by, declared a special reservation for govern
yIdeo by law, IL shall be unla q ful for any per-
son 10 land OF remain on either OF said ISLANDS,
except by he au hority of the Secretary of the
Treasury; and any person found on either of
saId islands. contrary TO the provisions of this
rssOlu IoD, shall be summarIly removed; and
u shall be the dsty of the Secretary OF War to
carry this resolution Immediately into effect.
Approved, March 5. .iS69
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RRv DR SrARKsY, who has accepted tn
call of the Epiphany Church in Us city, is a
Willard's
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TUHLIc Resolution NJ. u

JOINT kg-OLJTIOS m relation TO the Inastla q
OF the House oi Representatives at The n-st
session OF the forty first Congress.
Re a. 50" e. tg tsy Ss5,Gf. ant fE.ay> ~ IL pre-
sertdtr.s # n. IGifsf >tGfss Gf 4nlsricI "a fa7-
qress u,bl.d hat The time for thu frs regular
meeting OF ibs House Of RspTeSPntauyRs OF ne
fCrtN - COI cTe>s ne. and her bv, pos
pousd from -W-lvs O'Clock meridian. on tn.-
fvUrrn cav cf NIrrch, eighteen hundred aT d
>f&fv-UIIe. 70 the hour OF three o'clock n the
ar. .rn0on Of 'ha said day.
AIIVONrd. M1rgh I. Isl
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TPuBLIc REsoLUUIoN-No. ISL

JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Union
Pacific Railway COMPANY, Eastern Dvisi n,
10 change its name TO the kansas Pacific
Railway Company"
BE TesO'rcd By the SeHdte and House Of Repre-
seHtGtireS of ae ERd,d States Of AmericG ia Goa
Gress assembled, That the Union Pacific Raul
way Company, Eastern Division, is hereby au-
thoriZed by resolution of its board OF directors.
which shall be filed in he Office OF the S.cre.
tary ef the Interior, 10 change Its name to the
"kansas Pacific Railway Company"
Approx ed, Marcn 3, 1-69.
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fPrELIc Resolution No. D

REs"LUTIoN rrappoirung LOUIS AsSSsiI a
regent Ofthe SmUhsonisn INSTITUTION
R"SDtr'd bg Is N'H9ts dnd ifD5t7s Of Re yrs.sH
tires 81 ~ iHt.i S'0f.S f I rc1 a.. COn7rs
assembled. That Louis AgassIZ of Cambridge,
Mas achusettS, b., and hr \ hereby, reappoinf-
I'd a regent OF the Smith oman Institution 70
I'LL the vacancy occasIoLed by the expiration
OF bis present term.
Approved, March ;, 1883
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TPurLrC REsoLurroS-So. .lr

JOINT REsoLUTION donating condemned can
non and muskets for the Mcpherson monu-
Beht.
B' a. r.So'-si by he3S>Hd'e 1Ri TE,tiss Of l9prs-
SsbsGti..s gf ls inited States of 4HerIcd IN |0.-
qr.sS ass. BatI.d. That the Secretary of War be-
aud he Is hereby, authorized TO furnish 10 the
Mcpherson Monument Association. OF CIyd-
Ohio. four pieces Of condemned IRON cannon,
fCur pieces of condemned brass cannon, TWEEN
ty-five cannon balls. and one Thousand con-
denied muskets, with bayones. 70 be placed
about the mon umenr.
Approved, March ?, i~6H.
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JRFF DAvIs-The New Orleans Crescent
of March :. says n at pri ivate letter received
in that city from Mr.. James Frederick Patti.
SOD, in Er gland. mentions incidentally tha.
the writer mad a visit on he 4th of March fr nm
Mr.. Davis, who expresses his inten lion 10 re-
turn econ to the L ntted States.
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rPrRIIC RKsoLuTIoN-No. 10

KEsOIUTIOS gIyIng the assent OF the Unitsd
states 70 the construction OF the Newport and
Cincinnati bridge.
a,.oIr,d bu the Senate ard H0.Ase 81 R,prs Sen-
tGftrsS of ike I.,teI states Ahtet ts COIgres g
ass. a.Jt-d. I hat the consent OF Congress be- asd
the SAME II hereby, gwen 10 The ert clon OF q
bridge over the Ono rIyrr from tn- city oi " n
etnua.i ONO. 70 the city of Newport, Ken
tn, Ky, by the Newport and Cincinnati BTdge
Company, u corporation chaTter-i AMI orgso I.
I<rd under the laws Of each CT iae States Oh
h.nteCsy sud ONO trO AZ. a. That eaid brioEe
= b. iiI win m urbruksu or couJin uou> sUin
of lot les that foIT naDdred feet IN ihe cIear'
from pier 10 pier, over the u AN channel OF the
nN.T, and Is built IN all 9th respects N ac-
soroaBCs with tne conditions and Iimitations
OF an act ~ titled "A act TO establish certain
post roads approved J ally fourteenth, rish-
teen hundred al d sixty.two. That SAID bridge,
vhen completed in he manner specified &c
tbIS rPsclu-iOD, shall BE- ceemSd and taken 10 be
legal struct are, ana shall b. q DOS: road for
he uansnissIon of tne mails Cf the United
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THE SECRETARY OF WAR has granted per
mission TO Brevet Major General p5er
Anderson, Brigadier General United State
Army, to visit Europe.
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Approved, March }, 1-6p.
fPrEIIc REsnrrrtoy-No oa

fPCBLIC REsULCTIoN-NO. 20
A REsoLUTIoN requiring the Commissioner of
the General Land Office to transfer certain
money.
y, IL resolced BY the Senate and House Of Repre-
seatdttres II the Enited Stats of America an ToH-
0rsys assembled. That the Commissioner of the
Ger eral Land Ofiice be, and il here by, author.
IZed 10 transfer TO the Treasury Department the
twenty-fiv hundred dollars appropriated .'tor
CoIls citing STATISTICS of minss aud mining" nv
act of Congress approved July twenty. Eighteen
hundred and sixty EIGHT and that the Secretary
of the Treasury be required TO disbur>e tn.
same PROVIDED for IN said act.
Approved, March , 1869.
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&Within twelve days four mem bers OF the
family OF David W hery, Of Sch1ylkill county,
Pa, have died OF rposted fever
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EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

INTERNAL RBvENUR.-The receipts TODAY
rom this source were si5539l.li.
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tPUrLIC RXsOLU TIoN-No- Is
a kEsoLUTIoN for pruning tee Medical and
SurgIcal HistOry of The REBELLION.

H.soJr,f ~ the Seqafe ca3 H.ass Of R.pr-s>a-
t0hr,s of ,hs JHiied Mates II 4m.ricG C"agr IS
ass Eats,d, That there b. printed al the Govern
mem Printing Ofhc- five Thousand copies of
the ms part OF The Medical and Surgical His
tory of ih~ Rebellion. compiled by the Surgeon
G. neral under the direction of the SECRETARY Of
Wsr, and rye thousand copies of the Medical
compiled and 10 BE- completed oy Surgeon J. III.
Baxter, as authorized D. an act OF Congress,
approved July twrnty-eight, eighteen hun
Gred and Sixty-six. Vi hIcn Also provides that
the eCItIOrs Of bOih publication thus ordered
shall be disposed OF is Congress may hereafter
direct.
Approved. March 3, i-6".
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lPuBL4C RRsoL oLurIoN-No I9l
JOINT RESOLUTION relative TO certain pur-
Chases bv the Interior Department

Chases by the Interior DePar rtment.
BE HTesOlred by the Senate aud House of Repre-
sentatireS Of the United States Of america ia Con-
9reSs assembled, That the Secretary Of the lu-
terlCr is hereby directed not to receive or make
payment for three hundred thousand sheets of
bond paper claimed - have been ordered of the
stationery contractor TOR the Interior D-part-
ment at cost of twenty -four thousand dol
Iafsi ana also tnat ne witnnold paym-nt on
any bills claimed 10 be due TO said contractors
the sum Of two thousand three hundred ant
eighty dollars charged and received for PRINT
ing seventeen thousand patent heads, which
work was not performed by them; ami also the
value of forty thousand sheets of bond paper
at eight cents per sheet, now IN the custody OF
said contractors, unless the same is returned:
and that he also deduci from their unpaid bills
the amount charged for goods in such unpaid
bills mot included IN their contract) above the
prices al which like goods are sold in open
market
Approved, March }, l-6p
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VICE PRESIDENT CoLFAx stated to the Senate
this morning that he would retire from the
chair this evening and requested that a Presi.
dent pro tenn. be elected TO preside until the
first Monday of December next.
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TIE RHODE ISLAND ELKCTION.-The ripc-
a in Rhode leland yesterday for State Of
s4<ers nd members OF the Legislature passed
on Vsry quietly. A very light vote was cast
c~pt Block Island give Pandit ford, Repuoii.
can, 7,I6.. and Pierce. Democraf, $50 woes
The total vote is about halt th't of last fail.
The S<na'e VIII probably comprise twenty.
seven Republicans ard six Democrats. The
Honss SIXTY -one Republicans and eleven Dem
ocrais. Provisence gave / 6a3 Republican and
SO Democratic votes. Newport iU1 Repubi.
can and lt3 In mocIaiic votes.
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CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL COMPANY -
We learn, >ays the Cumberland Tim-s, from
President Spates's annual report that the Ches-
apeake and Ohio Canal Company gathered Il
revenue OF SISj,n}i 81 during the year 1867. rx-
ceedIng that of the preceding year by eis,Is7
%. The total expenses Were S246,6'io 80, show
ing an excees Of receipts OF Si3S. s.3 81. The
important statement lie also made that tue float
ting debt Of the company may now BIZ regarded
as extineushed. andth from this time all the
profits or surplus revenue may be applied 70
the yment OF The interest on the bonds of he
company issued by authority Of the Legisla.
ture, accor ding 10 priority.
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HOEE'N MALT EXTRACT

is a he ersge particularly adapted g. persous q
v "ak and uebIlItsted constitution. aud all those
VI re sG eaiiig from ISspeEsia loss oi apee:tss.
ecroin'a, chiorosls, et general deltity and DE-
IsnG"n, nf Il the who'll System IL tskes th-
plat Oi sBd l. superior 10 ale porter aud sp,ritr
Gus - nor. - a remedial aceu'. AMI IN ar cas--
Were slightly stimulstive beverage aud ,Oufc
cd =.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
@T9 Trade f., Marx TT - i
s,.-I,,o Sux. Electro -opHAA kTc 49,,
ei'He c'f' PLATE w GO
srERLING sILvER wARE

Plate o
CORHAN NNIANUFACTURING COMPANY
PEoAEDENCE " \.
SrERIlNI sILtER WARE
NICKEL silver PLATED WARE
order Received from the trade only. tut the. :.
goods may b. obtained from responsible a aier.
ever, pherr
aps ISL >. y May 6, n. IS, 20 2s. % Jun,
;, 5, l.. u. 20 g lst
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8svernneut seesritses.

WAsHTrsrou, April :, tsS9.-Jay Cooke A.
Co. furnish the following auotatisns OF 9os-
eminent sacu ritiea.
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SENATOR GRIMES and family left the city
this noon for Philadelphia They sail on Wed
nesGay next from New York for Liverpool
intending to spend SIX or eight months in
Europe.
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The SENATE TERRITORIAL COMMITTEES has
decided, it is said, to recommend that the ex-
Rebel Col. &. g. Grow. of Alabama, nominated
to be Governor OF New Mexico, be REJECTED on
the grounds Of his service ia the rebellion
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TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR
This Afternoons Dispatches.
THE PHILADELPHIA MURDER.
OF TWITCHELL.
HE TAXES POISON LAST NIGHT,

Is FOUND DEAD THIS MORNING
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"NAN' writes 10 the Springfi Id R>pulIi IN
The Cuban revolutionists are here in gIea,
force, and are neglecting no means to coax
Congress INTO a recognition of CGban inde
pendence. They Aave got hold of certain
newspapers and Congressmen, and are very
hopeful. Genl Banks is quite intimate with
hem, and many cautious people think a
chairman of the House Committee on Foreign
Relations, he should act with m ore pruuen c..
but he was long ago al avowed sympaIhIzer
with IA. cuban revolutionists."
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MR.. MORTON introduced in the Sena.e this
mornirga Joirt resolution providing that be.
fore the States Of Virginia, MississIppi, Tx ~
and Georgia shall be admitted 10 representa-
ton in Congress their several Legislatures.
which may be hereafter organized, shall ratify
The fifteenth article which has been proposed
by Congress 10 The several State As an amend
ment TO the Constitution of the United States
Objection being mare by Mr.. Davis the reso
ton " ent over until 70. morrow
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tho gorcrnment, valued at about s2o,Voo,
which cotton have been captured by the Unlteo
States troops as the property OF the importing
and Exporting Company OF Georgia, %ncn
company, IL was alleged, was organized 70 run
the blockade. Lamar claimed that the pro,
perty belonged to him, that it vas not reDel
property, and appealed to the Secretary OF the
Treasury Tor restoration OF the cotton, Du1 was
refused.
It is alleged that afterwards Lamar made an
attempt, with partial success, to appropriate
the property to himself. BE cntered suit to
recover the Same, &c. The military commits
zion found him guilty and sentenced him ~ 10
five years imprisonment and fue OF s25, ,OOo;
Lamar entered plea to the Jurisdiction, and
claims that he committed no offence punish
able by martial law, and that he seized the
property mnocently.
Tie President has oil the papers filed In the
Executive Mansion prop;rly endorsed, anu
ready to be transmitted to the departments to
which they belong, end he is now prepared 10
yacate the White House on the 81 OF March
and leave it in possession Of the officers OF the
metropolitan police, to be occupied by General
Grant If be should choose to do so on the 4tn
OF March.
An extra session of the Cabinet was called
this AFTERNOON at three o'clock. Within lew
minutes of that hour all tho members OF the
Cabinet had ass cmbled. he object OF tne
meeting, it is said, was to dispose OF CERTAIN
important matters which could not wait until
tie regular Cabinet meeting on Iuesday next.