New-York tribune., 1869-01-21


ter. Three Ohio regiments, two from Kentucky, and
from Minnesota and two batteries of troops en-
gagged were represented. -~.-~~-
Gen. Grant and wife, and Gen. Dentlwiu leave here
tomorrow morning for Baltimore, where the Gene
raj will attend the annual meeting of the Trustees Of
the Peabody Educational Fund he being a member
Of the Board. He will return on Saturday. ~
special dispatch to The Erening Post says: "Gen.
Harney arrived here last evening from the Indian
country and says it is impossible to preserve peace IN
Cheyenne Territory where the Sioux Indians are
settled SO long as United States troops are quartered
there" A
The report of the American Colonization Society
now in session here shows balance in the treasury
JAM l. 1868 of S. 45 The receipts for the past twelve
months were as follows: From donations $20,dU9;
from legacies $l6,794; other sources; So;ooi' Inc
portation of emigrants, their support on the
VOYAGE and for the first six months after
landing in sSTs snS Sss s iSE fePah fe other pure
poses During the last three years the treasury mas
been enriched with about $4,000 from the estate OF
Eben Fairchild, esq, of Bridgeport, Conn. and
within the last few weeks $4,000 have been received
from the estate Of the Hon Edward Coles sosoi OF
for which this Society was founded, and which
they promise to fulfill, Robert Arlington, esq,
contribution Of S5Go6 to be used in sending per
sons to Liberia. During the last three years the
Societys outlay have exceeded the receipts by
$4,000 The excess in the Treasury is thereby
almost exhausted and if its income be not speedily
and largely augmented the work must be consldera-
bly, reduced. The several trips OF the ship Golconda
are noticed at length in the report The total emil
grafton during the year was 49, or lsO less tan IN
1867; and the total emigration under the auspices OF
the Colonization Society and at its expense is 1884
persons. Reference is made to the large num-
ber of applications being received from
colored people anxious, to emigrate to Liberia
tinues TO be scene OF much animation the Dlack
and white delegates both taking part in the PROCEED
lngs-the women speaking more than the men. Inc
hall is crowded with spectators Among the business
the following; On the reading of the resolution
touching the question Of educational suffrage, spr
tied discussion took place. Mrs Stanton opposed
to giving the right of suffrage to all classes of gno
rant persons and could never consent TO place out
side barbarians from Africa and China the Indians,
&c, over the women OF the land. Miss Anthony was
enpbaticaly in favor of educational qualification,
and thought the man woman of this enlightened
day, when free schools were so general, who could
not read write was either fool or an idiot The
question was further discussed. when an amend
ment, offered by George 5. Downing-that 1t would
be an assumption of power for any class to declare
what could be the base of intelGgence-was adopted.
When the next resolution was read which sets forth
that one of the objects of the Woman's Rights move
ment Is to throw additional safeguards around the
marriage and family relations, Mrs DIR. Walker ad
dressed the Convention ~ favor OF It's passage Ihe
resolution passed. The following resolution was
also discussed:
Resored That as the Democratic cry of white mans
created the antagonsm between the irish
aud the negro culmnatlng In those fearful July
OF the Republican or MANHOOD suffrage
same anagonism between the negro ana the
woman, and must result especially In the southern
States where violence the law OF e In greater nJus
tice aud oppression toward the woman.
The Senate in Executive Session to-day, confirmed
the appointment of Robert Flint, Commissioner on
the Indiana War Claims, and debated without COM
ing to q conclusion MIR. Smyths nomination as
Minister to Russia. ~
There are conflicting about the acquisition
of Cuba by tho United States Some Of the reports
| have 1t that Mr.. Seward has proposed TO buy the
island and the other that Mr. Hale, Minister at
Madrid has been approached by the Spanish author
tiles in relation 10 its transfer to the United States
The United States Supreme Court was occupied to-
Railroad Company, appellants, agt. Asalel Emlgh:
This case involves the question Of the liability Of all
| the railroad companies 10 Francis Stevens for the
use of his patent car-brakes. Judges Curtis and
Cochran appeared counsel for the railroad com
| panies and George Harding for the patentee When
the Court adjourns tomorrow, 1t Will be until Mon
The Department of State to-day received a tele-
gram from the United States Minister at London an
9onncinq the revocation Of the order prohibiting the
importation of hay from this country to Great
Britain. -,
been extended until March, The report that he has
been drawing pay from the Government while alb
sent from his post is without foundation
The substitution of United States bonds bearing
currency interest issued 10 the Pacific Railroad Com
pany for United States bonds bearing gold interest
s seenrity for the circulation Of national banks has
been suspended by the Controller of the Currency
until the pleasure OF Congress shall be known on the
subject. . -. A.,
IL
friends of negro suffrage and woman suffrage and do
preeated the opposition of woman to the former. lie
claimed that negro surage IA the sonerh n @ St1les b
black at the South was slaughtered and cheated
every day.
The Secretary Of the Treasury sent cOmmunica-
ton to the House. to-day recommending the passage
of the bill repeating the SXty-t Article of War,
which provides that officers having breyets may take
place in cOurtnartial or detachments when composed
of different corps according TO the rank given TO
them in their brevets. The Secretary says this re-
commendation is concurred In by Gen. Grant.
The Secretary of the Treasury has communicated
to the House, with his approval the bill proposed by
the Director of the Mint convert the Branch Mint
at Denver into Assay Office, and the bill to estab
lish an Assay Office at Helena, Montana The Secre
tary says the total amount OF bullion deposited at
the Branch Mint at Donver, during 1866 was $lG09S2
in 1867 slS559 in 1904 1857 1886 and the largest
deposited was $54l $40 in 1884 No coinage has ever
been executed at Denver, and appropriation made
TO procure presses and machinery for that purpose
The bill proposed will reduce the force one-half and
the expenses in the same proportion, and give all the
facilities the people OF Colorado require. The SeIe-
tary also ncloSes bill relative to refining gold and
silver bullion at the United States Mint
The Supreme Court Of the District Of Columbia
to-day, through Chief Justice Cartier declined to
accede to the request of Joseph Ii. Bradley, made
several days ago. that the order for his disbarment
be considered simply suspension of his practice
before that Court The Snpreme Court Of the United
States having ordered a peremptory mandamus 10
the judges OF the District Court TO restore Bradley
to its bar it is supposed the next step will be the
serving of that process or before Monday next.
The Court said that when carefully read it will be
seen that this paper OF Mr. Bradley contains regrets
enough Its fault is that they not regrets for his
own conduct but regrets for the action OF the Court
He retracts nothing that he has said and makes apo
OQy for nothing that bo has done He regrets only |
that any word oraction of his should have been in
terpreted by the Court as indignity. He stands
by his language uttered TO Justice Fisher in Court
and by his challenge to him aftcrwoId but lanents
that the weakness Of the Court shOnld have found
anything to blame in these most inoensiye acts on
his part