Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-02-26

Oh Aiaoama, Pettis, OF Pennsylvania.
Whittmorc, Of South Carolina, and Syber
Of Louisiana. The Senste, TO-DAY. con-
firmed the nomination Of Stroig As Assn.
.ciate Justice of the Supreme Court.
The Mississippi bill was then taken u,
and after discussion by Fowler, S.yay.
Drake, Sumner, Warner, Cameron anJ
Trnmbull, the Senate proceeded to vote
Nileys amendment TO repeal the couJ;.
tions of the Virginia bill was defeated. u
to- IS. 4 vote was then taken on Tho
amendment by the Senate Committee. IN
strike out nll conditions, and simply d..
clare the State entitled to admission. Re-.
jcctcd. y to32. Cole, Casserly, Stcwart
and Williams voted aye, Nye, no. The bill
was then passed by party vote-ayes -,
noes II; and the Senate adjourned.
There will be a meeting Of Republicar
Senators and Representatives on MONDAY
night, ut the residence Of Senator Pomerov..
for the purpose of considering the political
condition ofthe colored people at the South.
The trustees Of the Peabody educational
fund met to-day and appropriated about
$4,000 for educational purposes at tho
South but no localities were nailed.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1S.-Thcre was meet.
ing Of colored citizens last night, to ar.
range for suitable celebration Of the rati.
fication ofthe Fifteenth Amendment.
Returns to the Department Of Agricul.
ture during January, indicate decrease
in the average Of wheat in Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, New York, New England, and
the cotton belt area. In California there.
is nearly the saWe as last year. Kansas.
and Arkansas, and West Virginia have in
creased; other States slow little difference.
ERIE. Pa, Feb. 1S-A malignant form
of typhus fever, called cerebro spinal me-
ninyitis, has broken out ut the Albion. ia
this city. Five deaths have occurred 10
three days. Deaths occur in from twelve
to seventy hours from the time Of attack.
l.: =. Senators from Georgia.
ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. l5-Thc Legisla.
turc to-day elected Maj. Whitley, now
Solicitor General of the Inferior Court, L.
:. Senator for the term ending 1871, and
II. II. Marrow, now Attorney General, for
the term ending 1878; Foster Blodget for
til, term commencing 1871. The Demo>
ocrats generally abstaincd from voting,
prclcrrng to rely on the admission Of Hill
and Miller.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-Thc members
elect to Congress from Mississippi, with
the addition Of Senator elect, Reves, made
another visit to the Executive Mansion,
for Inc purpose Of requesting the I'resi-
dent to delay signing the bill for the at.
mission Of Mississippi until after the bill
removing political disabilities, which con-
talns the names of certain members Of tho
delegation shall have passed Congress.
The reason for shis request was the fact
that by admission of the State before 70.
nioval Of disabilities, a portion Of the dele
CATION would be deprived Of their seats,
which was stated to the President, who,
in response expressed his willingness to
conform to the wishes Of the delegation.
Consequently the Mississippi bill is not
yet signed.
AT the request Of Sumner, Williams
called up the bill granting land to aid in
the construction OF a railroad and telegraph
from Portland to Astoria and Meanwhile,
Oregon. The bill passed.
Steamboat Barncd.
MEMPHIS, Feb. o2.-Thc steamer En-.
mo, on Friday night, struck a snag, and
the boat carccncd aud upset a stove in the
ladies cabin. This set the boat on fire,
and she was totally destroyed. Ten or
twelve lives are reported lost. 4 terrible
gale was prevailing at the time and it was
intensely cold. No further particulars are
received.
The Frcshct in Maine.
SKowHEGAN, Feb. 2U.--Thc Kennebc,
is at an extraordinary height: The ice
frcshct is without parallel in this section.
Many bridges above arc washed away.
The kenncbcc & Portland Railroad is
washed out in one place for distance Of
fifty feet to the depth of thirty feet.
AUGUSTA, Feb 2l.-Thc freshct, to.
day, was the most destructive ever known
in tho kenncbcc river. Twenty-Five feet
abcv. low-watcr mark. Immense damage
has been done all along the river.
HALLowELL, Feb. 21.-The whole bus.
mess portion of Water street is overAowed,
and some stores have six feet Of water on
the first floor. From 100 to 200 houses
Aoated from their foundations, and are
overturned. Many families are rendered
homeless.
The Fifteenth Amendment.
CHICAGO, Feb. 2l.-Thc 18th Amend
mcnt will probably be officially proulul-
gated by the middle Of the week. There
will also be resolution offered in Con-
gress declaring the amendment ratified,
and bills will be proposed to enforce its
provisions. at
A Great Freshet In New Hampshire.
BosroN, Feb. ia dispatch from
Concord, N. H., reports great freshstin
the upper Connecticut valley, and immense
damage, bridges and barns having boon
CARVED away. The people arc alarmed
aud many families are leaving their houses
for safety.
CINcINNArI, Feb. 19-The members
oc tLo Koct,oLv I o.,;o1,tvro oprivnd here