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CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.
w ASuINGTON. d

w ASHlNGTON, JANUARY ~.
The Vice President announced the
return from the House Of the income
tax repeal bill, with the suggestion on
the part Of the House that, under Sec. I,
Art. | of the Constitution, the House
had the sole power TO originate such
measures. ....- t.,f.. F..
. Mr.. Scott moved to non-concur in the
reasons assigned 10y the House for the
return Of the bill, and asked for a COM
mittee Of conference on the difference
of opinion.
Alter debate the subject was disposed
of by the adoption of Mr. SCOTS mo-
ton, in the form Of a resolution, as fol-
lows.
Resolsed, That the income tax repeal
bill be returned to the House Of Repre-
sentatives, and that the Senate ask a
conference on the question.
Messrs. Scott, .Gonkling and Casserly
were appointed as the committee OF
conference on the part of the Senate.
Mr.. Pomeroy submitted and had read
a resolution commenting the suffering
poor of France to the American people
as follows
Be ii resolved, That in obedience to
Christian charity which seeketh good
to all nations and ministers to all
human distress, and while gratefully
remembering the practical sympathy OF
the Frenchmen to the United States in
the dav of our early weakness, we
heartily commend the suffering poor Of
France TO the American people, and
recommend that the generous sympathy
Of organized charity be speedily in
augurated to their relief.
The resolution went over till the next
morning hour, .....--
The House bill suspending the pro-
ceedings in reference to Mr.. Charpen-
ming was received and referred to COM
mittee on Postoffice. -,. ~. ~
Mr.. Trumbull characterized the claim
as the boldest imposition ever practiced
on the Government.
Mr.. Buckingham introduced bill to
establish an ocean mail steamship Ser,
vice between the United States and
foreign countries. Referred.
AT two O'Clock the Senate proceeded
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A SCARF, WITH A DIAMOND AND
"A Opal Pin attached. A suitable reward
will be given TO the finder IL left at this
office .... dec6
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TEIEeRAPHIC SUMMARY.

Gold closed in New York, yesterday,
at lll@llla. Ei,itIt5
The.loss by the destruction by fire OF
Schalk's brewery, in Newark, y. j.,
will reach $4,000. So .sl %.
4 fire at gainesville, Ohio, yesterday
morning destroyed property to the value
Of twelve To- fifteen thousand dollars; !;
partially Insured:
G. w. MoIer, a wealthy and re-
spectacle citizen of Jersy City Heights,
has mysteriously disappeared. 1t is
feared he has been robbed and muir
dered
Commodore Selime Woodworth, U.
:. A., second son Of the author Of the
.'Old Oaken Bucket" died in San Fran
cisco Monday night, OF typhoid fever,
aged tifty-fve, leaving widow and five
children.
Rev. Woodlln, a colored Methodist
minister OF Trenton, opened the pro-
ceedings of the New jersey Senate yes
lerday morning with prayer A bill
was introduced in the House to make
free all the public schools.
Hitherto the japanese government
prohibited the raising Of swine as I'M
pure, but has recently decided thati il
advisable to encourage the production
o. pork as an article OF food, and re-
moved the prohibition and sent agent 5
to California by the last steamer 10
purchase stock on Government account.
The President of the Anthracite
Iolrd of Trade has published call to
coal operators of the Schuylkill region
to meet in Philadelphia on Thursday
next. all operators, whether connected
with local coal trade or not, are earnest
ly invited to be present as measures OF
the greatest importance 10 the general
trade will come before the meeting.
The workmen employed by the Erie
railway company in Jersey City are
clamorous in their denunciations OF
their employers. who they allege have
no: paid them a cent since last Novem-
her. The consequent privations entailed
on some, and serious inconvenience on
all, have made the unfortunate men
desperate, and strike is threatened un-
less the wages alleged rosbe dne are
promptly paid
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MILWAUKEE,.
Great Fire at kenOsha--A Woman
and Four Children burned 60
Death. .''t.'.

anu EOuT shhuEe" nuEnou ~
Death. .'t.-.
MILwAuEEE, January 3l.-A fire at
ucconomonp this morning burned the
p.etotfce and contents, and Lee Il Wal
-"n' dry goods store. Loss not stated.
A fire broke out in the Holiday
lIouse, Kenosha, Wisconsin, this morn
iug about five o'clock, and spread with
great rapiditv The guests of the
mouse were reused as rapidly as posi-
.le TO visit all the rooms was i'm.
possible. Mrs. j. B. Morrill, and four
children occupied front room on the
second floor, and perished before assist
ance could reach them. Osmond Cap
ron and 5. Fulter were rescued after
being so badly burned their recovery is
very doubtful. II. r. Chase was badly
injured by jumping from the third story
window. Several others of the guests
received slight wounds and burns. The
charred remains of Mrs. Merrill and
her four children We're taken from the
ruins this afternoon. The cook of the
hotel, named Edward Waller is missing,
and il is feared he has been burned to
death. The origin Of the fire is nm
knpvn
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COLUMBUS, d.
Proceedings OF the Legislature

Proceedings OF the Legislature.
CobuBUs, January 3l.-In the Sen
ate the bill to abolish the office Of Rail
road Commissioners was. indefinitely
postponed. In the House a bill was in
troduced TO regulate the rates OF fare on
sleeping cars; also, bill providing
that the sentence Of death shall not be
executed until one year after SEN
tence; also, a bill TO abolish
the Office Of inspector Of gas
metres. Considerable discussion
occurred on the bill to authorize the
Board Of Equalization to reduce the
total valuation Of real estate in Ohio by
the sum Of 500, 100000 The Gov
ernor has Iordsred an election tostake
place on The 10th OF February to fill
the vacaacyscaased by the death of
Colonel oung. .sag".'a ia. ....' ...
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NEW YORK.
4 Ri. Lawsuit About n Smal
NnafRr

y ivy hsd"~"lt ENDo" '"'s
Matter.
New YORK, January 3i.-The kerri-
gan contempt case of Hoboken came
MP in the Hudson county On. j. Court
Yesterday. Peter Kerrigan sues Recorder
Pope, OF IIoboken, for $4,000 damages
for false Imprisonment two years ago.
Kerrigan was arrsigned before the
Recorder for neglecting to clean the
snow from off his sidewalk, for which
lie was fined. This incensed kerrigan,
and he insultel the Recorder, who com
mitted him to the county jail for con-
tempt of court. The case was sub
sequenty argued before the Court of
Errors and Appeals of Trenton, when
il was decided that Recorder Pope had
Exceeded his authority. Kerrigan after
wards commenced proceedings against
Mr.. Pope, laying his damages at
$4,000 tor false Imprisonment. The
ease attracts much attention.
Four Persons Sufocated by Gas.
New YORK, January 3l.-A large
and excited crowd has been collected
throughout the day near building 1897
rkird avenue, in which four persons
were suffocated by the escape of gas,
and this afternoon the Coroner held an
inquest on the bodies. The jury re-
turned verdict that death was caused
10y asphysia from exhalation Of gas, and
they censured Chas. Walker, owner of
the building, for not seeing that the
caps were put on the gas pipe IN the
room Of the deceased persons.
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FLORENCE, January 3l.-Debate in
Parliament on Papal guarantees has
closed. Explanation was made by the
Government that the responsibilities it
proposed to assume toward the Pope
~ere virtually the same as those adopted
by the advice Of Cavour with relation
to the liberties Of the Church, and that
the practical effect Of this policy would
be to exempt the Pope from subjection
to any temporal authority. ..r
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with the unfinished business, being the
Georgia Senatorial election:
MI. Stewart continued his argument
against the admission Of Hill and 10
show the legality of the election OF
Farrow and Whitley. ....
After considerable debate, without
disposing Of the subject. the senate
went into executive session and soon
after adjourned.
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SAMPLE BUREAU,

SAHl LIZ nS"IhSs
and will, upon application, promptly setd by
mail full lines OF Samples OF the Newest aHd
most Fashionable Goods, Of FRENCH,
ENGLISH and DOMESTIC MASUFhC-
TURE, guaranteeing at all times 10 veil os
Iotc, II not at less prices, than at any house In
the country.
Buying our goods from the largest and
most celebrated manufacturers In the diner-
enf parts Of Europe, and importing the
same by Steamers direct TO Baltimore, our
stock 4 at all times promptly supplied with
the novelties OF the London and Paris
markets.
AS we buy and sell only for odah, and make
no bad deb1s we are able and willing TO sell
our goods al FROM Ten TO FIYTEEs PER
CENT. LESS PRoFIT than II wegave credit.
In scnding yor samples sDecyy the Kind Of
goods d<siTed. We keep the best grafies OF
every class OF goods, from the Lowest to the
most costly.
order. u1aocompnted by the casa ma Be
sent c. u. ID.
PR0MPT-PAYING wHOLEsALE BUY.
ERS are invited TO inspect the Stock In our
JObbing and Package Department Address
HAMILTON CASTOR q SONS,
lg7, l99, 51l and 2B West Baltimore 81
nov2I-d&w Baltimore, mu.
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Rejoicing Over the Surrender Of
Paris.

SAN FRANcIsco, January 30.-Tbe
Germans are celebrating the fall Of
Paris Between four and FIVE thousand
arein procession, houses are illuminated,
and the entire city appears to have ia
ken part IN the rejoicing.
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IN BBLS. PURE BUCKWHEAT FLOUR,
lv Just received and for sale by = :
jnnaC s OGLEBAY, son & co.
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Denver, CAL, January 30.-The
Germans are jjubilant over the European
news. A salute of one hundred guns
was fired this afternoon, and torch
light processi0H and bonfires tonight.
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New Orleans MOlasses.


~ BARRELS PRIME NEW CROP. lust
received and for sale by
janIs HENRY K. LIST 4 co.
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DIVIDEND.

VlHE NATIONAL BANK OF WEST
Virginia has declared a Dividend of
Five per cent, payable on demand.
JOHN WAGNER, Cashier.
Wheeling January j. ISL jan5
New-York tribune., 1871-12-16
THE COTTOMBONDHOLDERs.

The claims Of the British holders of Con-
federate Cotton Bonds, about which we have
heard so Much from Gen. Butler and others,
have been set ut rest by the action of the
Joint Commissioners at Washington, appointed
under the XlIth Article of the Treaty. The
test case wns the claim Of q British subject
named Edward Albert Barrett, who held q
bond of the par value Of s2OO, and urged that
the United States, having seized the cotton
hypothecated by the Confcderacy to secure the
payment Of; the loan. had become responsible
for the amount Of the bonds and accrued inter-
est, The answer of the United States, through
their counsel, M. Robert 8. Hale. deals with
the general principle Of liability for the debts
Of the Confederacy, and does not enter upon
the many technical and other considerations
upon which claims of this nature might have
been exSlnded.. ia Aff. ffale showed that the
Treaty limits the claims sl Unstable by this Com
mition to these ~" arisins> cat Of aets com
"Yttcd against the petscns. or property of
citifehs' Of sdi1ccts of tho ono country by the
&pteEpmmapnt .4f the tagF,~ fpa' aygpsd ffsou
dAe! lanGsssst RG Article ..Xlts~ ssIxsllnS tba
accompanying protocols, that tho asts in Ques-
New-York tribune., 1871-12-16
CUB1.

While the authorities at Havana are asking
| rs to believe that three thousand of the most
influential insurgents have united in humble
protcstation of sOrrOw for their rebellion, graft
rudo for the restoration OF Spanish rule, and
admiration of tho soldierly virtues of Valma-
seda, we have terrible description of what
the Spanish rulO really is, from the pen OF a
lady who passed two years within the insur-
gent lines. Mrs. Lnaces tells the awful story
with an earnest simplicity more impressive
than passionate denunciation. Accustomed as
wo ere to narratives of barbarity in Cuba, this
picture Of the massacre of women, chill
dren, and helpless invalds is enough
to make us stand aghast Savages never
showed more barbarity than the Vol
unteers Of tho unfortunate island. The
pioneers of the Indian wilderness never
suffered worse tortrres than the wretched nom
cOmbatants whom Spanish soldiers found
within the insurgent lines. Men were bay
onetcd and hacked to death under tho eyes of
their wives and children. Prisoners were
butchcrcd to save the trouble of transporta-
ton. In one place seven women and five
children were dccapitated In another o wO-
man was chopped to pieces with her new w-bOrn
child. Four men who had taken no part in
the insurrectiOn were crucificd, wearing crowns
of thorns. A young man dying of cOnsump-
ton was carried out of tho house in chair
and shot through the head. the bullet entering
the body of his mother. lie was tho last OF
6vo brothers. all massacrcd by the Volunteers.
Two ladies', with four children, wcro cut to
pieces and a fifth child. two years of age,
was thrown alive into their burning house.
A young lady, suspected of carrying letters to
the insurgents, was first searched and then
ordered to pass in review before tho Governor
of Puerto Principe and number Of his Off
GERS, with nothing on rer person but a single
undergarment.
For Outragcs such as thcsc-and they arc
only specimens of long series-thero is no
forgiveness. The Volunteers may crush out
the insurrcction; but it will only be by making
the insurgent district desert, and putting tho
whole patriot population to the sword. If
peace ever should be built upon the founda-
ton of these villainies, 1t would be shame
and q misfortune to the civilized world. HUI
manity bushes that such deeds should be done
under the flag of power which calls itself
one Of the family Of nations; and the question
day after day recurs, whether It may not be
the duty of Christendom to interfere and stop
butchery which is not war but murder. We
cannot stand idly by while fair island is
Overrun by barbarian. There is point at
which It may be our moral obligation to stay
the murderers' hand. Has not the time al.
most GOMEZ
New-York tribune., 1871-12-16

Mr.. VIM. M. Tweed VA yesterday ar
rested, on an indictment Of felony, found BY
tho Grand Jury, and will to-day be brought
before Recorder Haokett, for bail or commit
ment. The action thus briefly announced may
be accepted as ono Of the most important
stems vet taken to hasten tho downfall Of the
Ring, and as presagns even more startling
Developments with other arrests to Gomez,
than any that have yet marked the briihnnt
campaign against tho thieves that have
ruled and robbed us. A bill has
likewise been found against Controller
Connolly, for misdemeanor in Office, and the
warrant for arrest in this is issued, to pro-
vide against any possibility Of his release on
hail from his present confinement. And even
with this the Grand Jury has not finished its
refreshing work.
New-York tribune., 1871-12-16

ton were thus confined TO the class Of wronQ
technically known - "tortss This would nut
include claims nfos damages on bteacA o.
contract against tho United States, maSa ~
O. contract entered into BY an insarrecticnafy
organization In violation Of the laws OF The
United States. The claimants theory that tho
cOhfsOabcd cotton. having been hypothecateA
10 secure tho loan. belonged not to the Con-
fedcracy but to the foreign bondholdcrs. and
that It's seizure was therefore one Of tho
elects of her Britannia Majesty" to which
Article XII. Of tho Treaty refers, was shown
to be q Misrepresentation, and the claim was
exposed in its true character as an allegation
that the United States in succeeding to tho
assets of tho defunct CQnfederacy had also
succeeded to it's liabilities and become respon-
sible for It's debts. ..,.
Mr. Hale did not find it necessary to inquire
how far a government should be held answer
able for the obligations contracted by an in
surrectionary organization within Its territory,
because 1t was apparent that the framer OF
the Treaty had no intention OF submitting tins
point to arbitration. The Constitution OF the
United States expressly prohibits the payment
Of tho Confederate debt; and it was incon-
eeivable that the negoiat0rs on our side
should have authorized board of international
commissioners to nulify, If they sow fit, the
fundamental law of the land, which every
United States officer is bound by his oath OF
Office to obey as paramount to any treaty on
statute whatever. Moreover, there was abund.
ant reason to believe that. the language OF TIE
Treaty was chosen expressly to exclude tins
class Of claims, and was so undcrstO cd by both
parties.
The Mixed Commission has accepted this
view of thcScaso fully, and holds, as it ap-
pears from tho tclegrsphic synopsis OF the
opinion, /. That the United States B nos
liable for the Confederate debts; 2. Tbas
creditors Of the Rebel Government voluntarily
assumed tho risk Of failure; 3. That the by
pothecated cotton at tho time Of its seizure
was not the property of the bondlioldcrs; and'
4. That the right Of the United States to
seize the property Of tho dcfunct COnfederacy
is paramount to any claim of the creditors to
be reimbursed out Of the assets. A decision
to this effect was generally expected in this
country, and anticipated TO some extent in
England also; but tho announcement Will be
received with great interest, not merely for
tho purport of tho judgment, but for the
grounds upon which it is based. A very e1-
tcnsiyo class of British claims, which some OF
our professional alarmists have long regarded
with sinking hearts, may now be considered
disposed OF forever
New-York tribune., 1871-12-16

The obstructive policy of the pro-AdmiIis-
tration Senators was again excmplifed ycstcr-
day by the tardy passage in caucus of the res
OlutiOn for an Investigation Committee. This
Committee is to be one of those which is de-
signed to keep the word of promise to the ear
and break it to the hope. 1t has no special
powers to make it useful, were its members
inclined to he useful in their sphere; and, lest
there might be some fractions Senator who
would insist On satisfying the country that the
Administration is not lodging investigation,
not man Except Democratic BayarO who
voted for the Trumbull resolution is put
on the Committee. This is examination with
the examiners and the power of examining
alike carefully eliminated beforehand. But
nobody will be deceived by such child's play
as this, and we warn the weak gentlemen
who put forward this pitiful piece of business
that they have, within five days, done more
to bring the Administration into disrcpute
with the country than can be redeemed by q
whole year of conscientious and honest dealing
with public questions. Men will ask, "What
are they concealing'' We do not believe
there is anything that can be concealed, but
the people will think that this obstinate
resistance to free inquiry Is inspired by cow
ardice. We again beseech the President to
clear his skirts of it.
New-York tribune., 1871-12-16

The return Of Gen. Sickles, in which i'm
aginative reporters have found evidence Of
impending war with Spain, is known to have
less threatening although belligcrent purpose.
Gen. Sickles has been retained by o
new combination Of the English stock
holders of Erie, acting in conjunc.
ton with the McHenry party Of the
Atlantic and Great Western, for tho purpose
OF prosecuting their claims against the Erie
Directory. Meantime the lines contract closer
and closer from all directions about this
doomed stronghold OF robbery. Yesterday the
conspirators were obliged to give up, '47,202
out OF the coOOo English shares
which they substantially cOnfscateil, and
it will not be long till the rest are forthconn-
ing. From the day Tamn,any fcl it was
known to those WHO best understood the &c,
crets of Erie's strength that it also was
doomed. Even they, however. scarcely real-
sized how intimate was the. connection which
the autograph letters Of the discarded Fisk to
the fair Mansfield disclose ~ The. doughty
Colonel will have oecasion to CRY out
against the pleasant vices which are now
made instruments TO soourgc him withal, .The
y"ar now closing has been ,fntommoiEiyy Gdis.
New-York tribune., 1871-12-16

Poor DR.. Holmes doubtless meant no harm in those
lines which he wrote for the children Of Boston to
sing to Duke Alexis:
"Throbbing and warm are the hearts that remember
Who was our friend when the world was our fo'."
Nevertheless, somebody Indignantly writes (appa.
rently under tho influence of lager to newspaper
to inquire il Germany dld Mt help uss-did mt lend
us money! Certainly; but how can you expect so-
soluto historical accuracy in q lyrical pocr' Ihe
Doctor put his statement broadly, after tho nianncr
of poets in order to render the compliment ncat1
and more complete. II he had written. who WIS
our friend when with the exception Of the Germans
the world was our foc." tho line would bavo been 90
elongated. fractured and generally bodeviiod ~
the boys and girls would have found II impossolo 70
sine t. In poetical statement the exceptions arc 70
be Understood. It is accepted fact that all the
wordn does not mean all the world, by any means-
New-York tribune., 1871-12-16

The speech OF the newly-appointed Attorney
General, the Hon. George II. Williams, not
only gratifed bis fellow citizens of the Pacific
States who congratulated him, but it will satisfy
every patriotic man who reads it. Tie policy
of the new chief Of the Department Of
Justice, as indicated in his remarks, will be
statcsmanlille and dignifcd We are glad to
learn that be has 10 partisan ideas respecting
the prosecution and exposure Of corrupt men
in office, ut oil hazards. How Conkling e. Co.
must regret that they were betrayed into con-
firminc him
New-York tribune., 1871-12-16

South Carolina has reached the legitimate
result of an extravagant and dishonest admin
is,rAtion-rcpudiation. IL is now considered q
ccrcgonc conclusion that the interest on the
State bonds falling due on January /, 1872,
will he suspended. For the sake Of South
Carolina credit, we hope that this repudiation
will be only temporary, and that all obhga-
tions will be cared for honestly and honor
ably. tn. the statement that tlcro has been
aa ovrr-issue Of two million bonds which
confirms t.lat previously made in TnE TRlD-
UNE, is not a geod indication of financial
health
New-York tribune., 1871-12-16

Two disputants from opposite points Of view
discuss the Mormon difficulty in THE TRIBUNE
this morning. We allow considerable latitude
to both writer's, and invite the attention of
fair-mindcd men to the controversy rs here
with handled. 1t is noticeable, however, that
the defender of tho faith as delivered to the
Latter Day Saints admits that polygamy is
doomed, while the assailant Of the Mormon
system much more positively asserts that all
good Mormons must believe that this particu-
lar article of their creed is bound to universal
acceptance. In this last argument there is
much force; if the Mormons ere sincere in
their faith, why should they not believe that
it will ultimately become that Of tL1 whole
vOr1d7