The Portland daily press., 1869-03-01
WASHINGTON.
CUSTOMS RECEIPTS.

WASHINGTON, Feb. N.-The revenue receipts
to-day were $603 1926 IL, and for the month end
ing this date $40 ZIG 828.31; the aggregate for
the fiscal year to date is $91 1856 058.1S.
ARRIVAL OF THE MEMBERS OF GEN, GRANTS
FAMILY
Jesse Grant, father Of Gen. Grant, and Miss
Jennie Grant, sister of the Generals, arrived
in Washington by the noon train from Gov
ington, Ky.
CoLORED MAN IN THE HOUSE OF REPREsEN-
TATIvEs.
There was quite sensation in the House to-
day over the spectacle of colured man max
ing speech from his seat. j. Willis Menard,
the colored claimant for seat from Louisiana,
addressed the House in compact, telling lit
tie speech in behalf of his claim. His white
opponent, Mr.. Hunt, declined to avail himself
of the opportunity to reply. This is the first
time colored man ever addressed the House
while in session.
THE NEW TEXAS CONSTITUTION.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29-Maj. Gen. Candy,
commanding the 9th military district, has ad-
dressed letter to the Secretary of War, dat
ed Austin, Texas, Feb. 4, in which he says the
convention has completed the work of forming
Constitution for Texas, and he understands
the time fixed for submitting it to the people
to be sometime in July next The suggestion
for postponing the submission to that time hav-
ing originated with him, he detailed at length
his reasons therefor, among which, the fact
that in many counties there is no civil organi-
zation; in Ober county officers have refused to
recognize or report to the Secretary of State;
the difficulty of communicating with some of
the more distant counties; there are no regis
try lists on file, but measures have been taken
to collect the original lists and reorganize reg
istration. He reports that the condition of the
| State has materially improved since the No
vember election, but there are still some dis
| tricts in which the authority of the United
States and of the State are openly defed:-
Gen. Candy appends letter addressed to him
by the President of the Constitutional Con-
vention, in which letter he says the convention
has passed resolution for the division of the
State, which is only question of time. The
opposition comes from interested persons at
Austin and the late rebel newspapers. The
| division of the State, however, is supported
| by nine-tenths of the loyal people.
lie concludes as follows: We earnestly be-
lieve that this measure will finally disperse
| and demoralize the disloyal element and give
| us separation of the State which will bring
us thr rest, peace and prosperity which we
have for so many years been striving to secure.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT RATIFIED By THE
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Saturday afternoon, at o'clock, Representa-
tive Clarke, of Kansas, telegraphed to the pre-
siding officers of the two branches of the Leg
islature of that State that the Constitutional
amendment had passed Congress. At o'clock
| in the evening of the same day he received the
| following dispatch:
Topeka, FEB. 27,-Hon. s. G. Clarke, M. G.
| The Constitutional amendment was ratified
by the Legislature to-day. The vote in the
| Senate was unanimous; in the House the vote
stood GA to z.
(Signed) M. s. ADAMS,
Speaker of House of Representatives.
@. V. AKRIDGE, President of the Senate.