Year: 1871

The Presidential Picnic.
WASHINGTON. April 1.-THE Presi-
dent has not abandoned his contempla-
ted trip with his family to the Pacific
coast, and has made his arrangements
to be absent six weeks. The date OF
his departure is yet uncertain, owing to
doubts as to the result OF the session of
the Joint High Commission and the
necessity Of calling an extra session of
the Senate.


The Deficiency Bill In the Senate


New YORK, April IA Washington
correspondent telegraphs: The most
decisive business transacted by the
House yesterday was concurring in
the Senate amendments to the deficiency
appropriation bill, which repeals the
law providing for the organization Of
Congress on the 4th Of March. There
was a long debate over it, and when the
vote was taken it was so close that one
would have changed it either way. An
effort was made by Ben Butler and
others to have it reconsidered, but they
failed. An attempt will be made to-
day to non-concur in this amendment,
and many members assert that if this
tails the bill will be laid on the table
There is very strong feeling in favor Of
retaining the present law.


Brigham Young Wants to Run His


own Machine.


WASHINGTON, April IA. - Judge
Strickland, from Utah, is here for the
purpose Of obtaining from Congress an
appropriation to pay the expenses of
District Courts in Utvh for the trial OF
criminal cases. The recent decisions of
federal courts in Utah have transferred
the duties heretofore performed by the
territorial District Attorney and the
territorial Marshal to the District At
torney and Marshalappointed by United
States authority. These decisions were
based upon the legal definition of the
organic act and previous decisions Of
the Supreme Court of the United
States. Brigam Young, finding the oc.
cupation of his District Attorney and
his Marshal gone, refuses to pay the
expenses of the courts for the transac-
cion Of the territorial business The
effect Of this refusal is to stop the course
Of justice Indictments have been
found against many persons, some Of
them Mormons, for criminal offenses,
and the parties can't be prosecuted be-
cause there are no funds to pay the
necessary expenses. 1t is feared that if
the courts continue TO be prevented
from considering criminal cases, sum-
mary vengeance against murderers and
other criminal by action Of vigilance
committee will be the consequence. 1t
is to prevent the re-enactment OF such
illegal .sanguinary scenes as those
which have been witnessed in other ter
rtories that an appropriation Of $4,000,
to be added to the deficiency bill, is now
asked from Congress. 1t is suggested
that if necessary they could subsequent
ly REIN burse the treasury by levying
tax upon the territory.


A Petition for Female Suffrage.


This afternoon a number Of ladies
appeared at the City Hall and handed
to one of the registers of election the
following petition:


The undersigned citizens OF Wash
ington, believing it to be our solemn
duty, and part Of the allegiance we
owe to our Maker, to our country and
our homes, to exercise the right of
elective franchise, hereby earnestly Pc
ttion that our names be registered as
qualified voters in our several districts.


The petition was signed by sixty-four
women. The applicants were informed
that the Board OF Registrars were unaui-
nous of the opinion that under the law
none but males have the right. They
then made application at'the register
ing places in their respective districts,
but were again informed that they
could not be registered. Their names,
however, were taken and kept for re-
cord. One of the registers said that
if women felt themselves sggrieved they
must appeal to the courts for their
remedy. They thereupon withdrew,
expressing themselves with much earn
estness on being deprived Of their votes.


Presidential Pardons.


The House of Representatives has
adopted an amendment to the deficiency
appropriation bill repeating that por-
ton of the proviso of the legislative
appropriation bill which deprived hold
ers of Presidential pardons Of all stand
ing in Courts. The action now taken
by the House, without a single objec-
ton, provides for fulfilling tine promise
of the amnesty proclamation of 'Decem-
Der, 1868, and applies only to pardons
granted under said proclamation OF
President Lincoln, with a view to in
duce persons to abandon the rebellion,
and where they did actually abandon
and thereafter kept their obligations in
good faith