, 1870-12-21

o1sc1Asch Ine 1Aance ot the afternoon RreAtty n
tic dtseou nture Of tno tr1end1 Of the uessu,e.
In spite Of al tdosts to the cout1s1y, 4 mptsoa to
ad)oufn vas carried, aud the yoss on the refo;-
en-e Q. ue 1esolanona to the Committee On For
ci1n AnAl9 *ha Postponed Until tomorrow. II
IS me Intention Of The ftieuds Of Mortonh resolu
uon. to~motfo", to defeLd the proposition u 1rfer
~ Aae committee and foEce 1t to vote aud to &C.
eo"Plsa tnfs they assett that thor Will no. allow
IN adjournment TIL q vote IL taken Sumner vii
spear II length on the subject, and Conkltag viii
feply ohto-. AZ leRtalat.nn IN the oupe preytous
toHeefe, cicees At p n. tomorrow, the uatser
c4ncot be disposed Of before the holiday adjourn.
fntnt.
SENATOR SUMNER AND 1nE rRIs1DHSr.
TIC bitterness manifested toward Sen1tor Sum-
ner ty the principal leaders IN the annex sston
movement ts attracting great deal OF attention
"1tnin tnc last ten dAJa- An earnest attempt Wa
made ~ the friends Of the President aud OF Nj.
Summer 70 bring about better understanding,
ana alter consultation the President wAs ap-
preached upon the subject. lie manifested much
feeling, and replied that Bit. Sumner hnd attacked
him In executive session in the Senate, and hid
spoken bitterly Of him IN the stfeet ca1a
On sone Of these occasions Sumner
had attributed dishonest motives to
him, md, II he were not President, he should
hold HI. Sumner personally responsible and de-
nand eA'tafecton Of him. This somewhat star.
ting talk put the peace-mhtera to sudden fiVat.
IL has aleo come out that 01cerB about the PEen-
dent shate bis feelings In this matter, and one Of
them to reported to aave gone 10 far n to declare
that It he were not af1c1aily connected with the
Executive, he would subIect MI. Samncr to per-
sonAi violence This whole matter is creaucc a
great deal OF talk among those who have been
aware OF lis extent and nature- The connection
OF Colonel Forne9 With this difference between
the administration and Mt. Sumner has been this:
he WIS given to understand by one Of the Pfest-
dents sttd of1ceH that be would be expected In
his paper 10 attack MF, Sumner for hla course on
the San Domingo question, and his altitude to-
ward the pfesldent This Mr.. Foruey positively
declined to Dr., On the ground that nj. Sumner
had long becn+ and still conr1ued, one Of his
~srm personal friends. The deetuon closed the
White House agalnst F05nty.
OCEAN TKLEGRAFH BILL
/ The Home Committee On Foreign AfYatra ves.
terday completed their Ocean Telegraph bilt, and
authorized hit. Wood to report It. The bill Ia
efherRl In it1 terns, aud authorizes the laying OF
1Ahlca from any part Of tho wctlu to rne Uni;ed
state1- BY any patses, under certain restrictions
Mehsa Of States In the premises, a. to shore ends
of Cables are left IN abe5ancc. II Interftres with
noood9a right, and puts all cables On the saue
te1ms to aro!d monopoly There ase penalties for
interfering with cabes and restrictions for proper
and legitimate telegsAphinx. This bI1 will avoid
action by Congress on simple applications, az
telegraph parties under the general pror1slon can
aeyerat1y ne their applications With the Depart
nent OF State, and On complying with the re-
qulremeDts commence husineM
Ito the Associated Pre4..1
TEE TEHuAErHPkc RAILWAY kxFkpIT1oS.
~, W4sHlSoToN. DEG 70 colouelJ. J. Williams,
Eany, with his corps OF engineers. went on board
me SspstC az Sorfolk. yesterday. anc sAttd this
,,on o .or a Mtc9 70 eomnence tae constsac-
1a1nmug, January I, 1871. Tue officers and men
Of the fipsc, al well ~ those OF The Kansas aud
| MaJnoEer. Captain snufeEds, OF The ship canai
VT! be present Under orters from The
| SsFJ Daparsuent on the occasion Of breathing
way destined - be ol vast importance to Tue com
/ mesce Of the United States. The United States
| Sorku1 At Ntol'it1an nss been instructed by the
| State Department to Be present on the occasion.
and report the proceedings to that department.
| GEM oESEaaL ~ sca1Scks g! kox1sA71oN.
| III Ihe n9mtnat,on of General sshenck to be M!n-
row, and will he unanimously confirmed. a. 1t IL
| agreed 20 reference to = committee viii be de-
| mancea. General scheuek will sail for Europe
THE 1scoxx TA1
The Ways and Means Committee, on the ques-
ton Of the repeal Of the income tax stand ore to
four, the majority belug a9aipst It.
| KICKED OCT OF TGK ARNv+
| Thefc VIII be about $50 snpeInumerAry ol1icets
/ -
iIeI'cnantA Each viii RECEIVE yeai's a1irAnce
ray In cash amounting to fran 81, 800 to +, ,sno.
with which to begin cs1t life. General uanc0ck's
Hoard. orpan.xed for the purpose. is Hee,llng out
the d!ss0!ate and Incompetent oftlt has n-
coIEpElshel little. 1t became eglit nj, some weeks
tincc, that the 1st o: SauuBry would come before
! the hoard con1d make much progress in its ID
bots, snh the cf1cers ordered before it have been
put On The suPeInnmerA7 list, and Will ueces-
| aattT 70 Git at that Tine. II mas been c0nsid tr-
ed Necessary 10 report In many casts The
careful action OF Secretary Bck1ap Id making
transfers between the nct!vc and supernume:ary
lia,a will however, eecure the retention OF the best
at11ceKa. and thosc will, with a few exceptions.
he Officers who can be disposed Of Without detri.
| Ment to lhe service.
| MISSOURI SENATORIAL CONTEST.
i NEW ioRK. Dec 21-1he Jfioua<'s Washington
! Epec!a1 t8yB:
- TIE Missouri politicians here arc greatly In
| te1c61ed In the Senatorial cnntcst now In pro.
! RrGHs tn tho State tor a successor to Drake. The
| triumph Of the Democrats and the election ot
Francis D!air, Jr., Is tegar'lcai aB certain hJ
Drake, Who received news thts morning coudrm'
ing him Ia his opinion lie Rsys Blair can nov
! count Wlthio two ct the number Of votes neces
ta1J to elect him. II Republican Is electc, it ii
toncedcu that Representative Benjamin will bt
i the man,