Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1874-04-23

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Senatt The bill enabling Rus sian Mennonitcs to settle permanently on pub lic land! was considered, but not disposed of during the morning hour Mr. W indora nave notice that the report of the special committee on Transportation would be submitted on Friday The President's mes sage vetoing and returning the Senate Fi- nance bill was received and ordered printed. By general agreement further consideration of the bill was postponed until some day next week. Jhuuh. bill to remove the political dia- abilities of Raphael Semmes was offered but not received A bill to carry into effect the provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment, and to define the rights of citizens in foreign countries, was reportod from the Foreign Affairs committee, but ate d'scussion weut Constitutional Convention. Ai'nii. 22. The Convention received the usual deluge of temperance petitions The report of the committee on Traffic in Intoxicating Liquors waB resumed, and the entire day occupied in discussion of the license question. General debate was closed but no vote was reached testing the relative strength of the license and non-license elements. An eminently respectable citizen on Rich street found a little Sambo on his doorstep the other night, and he is wondering what name to give the child. We suggest Jetsam. It was pertinently observed by Hale of Maine yesterday, that Raphael Semmes might reasonably wait for the removal of his political disabilities until after distribution of the Alabama award. If President Grant's veto of the Currency bill is effectual in checking the inflation madness, it is not too much to say that he will have been instrumental in "saving the country" for the second time. There is scarcely a journal of acknowledged ability and intluence in the country that has not in the end placed itself squarely in opposition to all schemes for inflation, and the President's very able message will be approved by all such journals, irrespective of party. The Indianapolis Journal has an ink-lint: of a startling plot to supersede Thur- man by Pendleton in the United States Senate. The plan is to provide for the election of a new Legislature for 1875 under the new Constitution, set aside Thurman's election, and elect Pendleton in his place, provided the Democrats carry the Legislature, and a majority of them are in favor of Pendleton instead of Thurman. Our Hoosier namesake is not posted in Ohio politics, we fear. The real plan is, to make Thurman President, and end Pendleton to the Senate. After Thurman has a term or two as President, Pendleton is to succeed him, and after Pendleton gets through Uncle William Allen is to have it. Allen would succeed Thurman as President, but it is thought more decorous to interpose one term by a gentleman outside of the family. After Uncle William serves two terms as President he will go into retirement twentyfive veara, and then come to the front again as candidate for Governor of Ohio. These are the fact". New View or She Trinity. Rev. F. H. Burris, of Kansas M. E. Conference, has written a work on The Trinity (Chicago: S. C. Griggs A Co.) which has attracted much criticism and comment among theologians who have examined advance sheets. Prof, Joseph Haven, D. D., LL. D., contributes an introduction, in which he says: "It is instructive to trace the history of such a doctrine as the divinity of Christ, and his relations to the Father, and see what different forms it has assumed at different times, and how the doctrine, as now received in the Christian church, has been built up, little by little, as the result of many controversies." He then furnishes such a historic sketch. Mr. Burris does not take the present re ceived view of what are called "orthodox theologians. It cannot but interest all classes of readers to hear a summary of his general view, which Rev. Dr. Thomas says "differs from all the old views; " and the Reverend Doctor says : "In my judgment nothing has appeared on that sub ject for many years, so strong, clear and original as the present work, and so likely to change the current of thought.' ' The general view of the author is thus summed up : He believes the Bible to teach, 1. That there is but one God, the Father of all. - 2. Thai Christ is the Son of God, be gotten of the virgin by the Holy Ghost; that in this Son, thus begotten, Uod aweii the toiele Deity, and not merely the second person of the Trinity, as usually taught. 3. That the Holy Ghost, sustaining thus to Christ the relation of Father, is none other than God the Father; in other words, is the sniril of God, and no more a distinct person from Him than the spirit of a man is a.-distinct person from the man himself. 4. That the Divine Trinity are not a trinity of persons, but the three essentials of one God in Christ the Father being Deity; the Son, the human nature in which Deity becomes incarnate; the Holy Ghost, God working in us through His Son a trinity firBt coming into existence when God became incarnate in the person of Jesus. This view is more nearly that of Swed-enborg than of any other teacher, according to the historical introduction. It reconciles the mathematical, difficulties which are sometimes insisted upon as nec essary to be accepted without comprehend sion, as a trial of faith. The necessity of believing that three persons are at the same time one person, and one person is three persons not essences, or attributes, or functions, but absolutely and unquali fiedly individual persons has been a difficult thing for many who have preserved their visible connection with churches teaching the doctrine. The answer to all doubts and all incapacity of the human mind to conceive of suoh a contradiction is that God's reason is not as man's finite reason ; but that is very unsatisfactory to the man who believes that all reason is infallible if it is true reason, and that man's reason and God's reason are the same within the powers of man's reason. Man's reason cannot comprehend the infinite; man's reason, within the sphere of its comprehension is the same as God's reason if it errs it is not reason, but the false and counterfeit presentment of reason. Perhaps true reason is not infallible in the sense ot being at all times recognizable from the false, or being at all times able to select its premises infallibly; but in so far as it sees that three units, each of the same power with the other, cannot be one unit at the same time, of the same power with each of the three, it must be infallible; and it is impossible for any reasonable being not to believe that it is infallible, because the proposition demonstrates itself. However, it is not our province to dis cuss theology, and we offer no views on the subject. It seems a matter of strictly news character and interest, to announce new discovery, so to speak, in so im portant an article of Christian belief as the doctrine of the Trinity. Unless the dozen or more of eminent theologians who have examined this work are all mis taken in its scope, it is an entirely new lew, verv ably and logically developed. The work is commended by some of the most famous of these teachers in the United States, from Unitarian Robert Collyer to Trinitarian doctors Haven, Thomas, Swing, and others of many dif ferent sects. BY TELEGRAPH TO THE OHIO STATE JOURNAL VETO. The President Disapproves the Senate Finance Bill, And Returns it to the Senate with His Objections. A Succinct and food ual ve Argument Against Currency Inflation and in Fave' of a Resumption Pollcjr-Couraaeous and Consistent Affirmation or Sound Financial frlncl. ples-signlncaut Suggestions About Free Banning. Miss Anna E. Dickinson is shortly to go abroad, her physician having prescribed rest. Etchanae. A cranky old " bach " at the corner grocery wants to know if she can't take the " rest" with her 7 fortieth Parallel Ballroad. There will be a meeting of the Execu- tive committee of the Fortieth Parallel railroad projectors, at the Keil House to day (23d). This i a project for building a great trunk line freight railroad from the Mississippi river, near Quiney, Illinois, to the Atlantic seaboard. It is proposed to bare the road pass through Springfield, Illinois, Indianapolis, Indiana, Columbus, Ohio, and Harris- burg, Pennsylvania, the Capitals of four great States, all of which are situated on or near the fortieth parallel of latitude. We hope to be able to give the public tome further information oa the subject after this meeting. Washington, April 22. The following is the President's veto message : To the Senate of the United States : Herewith I return Senate bill No. 617, entitled an act to fix the amount of United States notes and circulation ot National banks, and for other purposes, without my approval. In doing so 1 must express my regret at not being able to give my assent to a measure which has received the sanction of a majority of legislators chosen by people to make laws for their guidance, and I have studiously sought to find sufficient arguments to justify such assent, but unsuccessfully. . Practically, it is a question whether the measure under discussion would give an additional dollar to the irredeemable paper currency of the country or not, and whether by requiring threefourths of the reserves to be retained by the banks and prohibiting interest to be received on the balance, it might not prove a contraction, but the fact cannot be concealed that theoretically the bill increases the paper circulation $100,000,000, less only the amount of reserves restrained from circulation by the provisions of the second section. The measure has been supported on the theory that it would give increased circulation. It is a fair inference, therefore, that if in practice the measure should fail to create the abundance of circulation expected of it, the friends of the measure, particularly those out of Congress, would clamor for such inflation as .. . .. . j TL. .1 would give tne expecieu reuei. 1 ne uteury in my belief is a departure from the true principles of finance, the National interest, the National obligations to creditors, Congressional promises, party pledges on the part of both political parties, and the personal views and promises made by me in every annual message sent to Congress and in each inaugural address. In my Annual Message to Congress in December,' 18(59, the following passages appear: "Among the evils growing outof the rebellion, and not yet referred to, is that of an irredeemable currency. It is an evil which I hope will receive your most earnest attention. It is a duty, and one of the highest duties of the Government, to Becure the citizen a medium of ex-nhaniHt nf fixed unvarying value. This implies a return to a specie basis, and no substitute for it can be devised. It should be commenced now. and reached at the earliest nractical moment consistent with a fair regard to the interest of the debtor class. "Immediate resumption it practicable would not be desirable. It would compel the debtor class to pay beyond their contracts the premium on gold at the date of their 'purchase, and would bring bankruptcy and ruin to thousands. Fluctuations, however, in the paper value of the measure of all values, gold, is detrimental to the interest of trade. It makes the man of business an involuntary gambler, for in all sales where future payment is to be made, both parties speculate as to what will be the value ot the currency 10 ne paid and received. I earnestly recommend to you, then, such legislation as will increase a gradual return to specie payments and put an immediate, stop to fluctuations in the value of the currency." I Btill adhere to the views then expressed.As early as December 4, 1805, the House of Representatives passed a resolution by a vote of 144 yeas to six nays concurring in the views of the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the necessity of a contraction of the currency with a view to as early a resumption of specie payments as the business interests of the country will permit, and pledging co operative action to this end as speedily as possible. ' The first act nassed by the Fortyfirst Congress, ou the 18th day of March, 1869, was as follows : "An Act to strengthen the public credit of tho United btates. "Be, it enacted, etc., That in order to remove any doubt as to the purpose of the J . . t -II!. LI! Government to aiscnarge an m uunga-tions to the public creditors, and to Bettle conflicting questions and interpretations of the law by virtue of which such obligation! have been contracted, it is here- ? ... .1, J .L-a J1-!. I. - t by provided ana aeciarea mai me mini ui the United States is solemnly pledged to the payment in coin or its equivalent of all the obligations of the United States, and of all the interest bearing obligations except in cases where the law authorizing the issue oi any sucn ouugsuun. m r- pressly provided that the same may he paid in lawful money, or in other currency than gold and silver, but none of said interest liearine obligations not already due shall be redeemed or paid before maturity, unless at such times as the uniteu states shall be convertible into coin at the ontion of the holder, or unleBS at such then be safe to inaugurate a system of free banking with such provisions as to make compulsory redemption of circulating notes of the banks in coin Or United States notes, themselves redeemable and made equivalent to coin. As a measure preparatory to free banking or for placing the Government in a condition to redeem its notes in coin at the earliest practicable moment, the revenues of the country should be increased so as to pay the current expenses and provide for the sinking fund required by law, and also a surplus to be retained in the Treasury in gold. 1 am not a believer in any artificial method of making paper money equal to coin, when coin is not owned or held ready to redeem the promises to pay. raper money is nothing more than promises to pay, and is valuable exactly In proportion to the amount of coin that it can be converted into. While coin is not used, and the circulating medium or the currency of the country is not convertible into it at par, it becomes an article of com merce as much as any other product, and the surplus will seek a foreign market as well as any other surplus. The balance of trade has nothing to do with the question. The duties on imports being re quired in coin, create a limited demand for gold, and about enough to satisfy that demand remains in the country. To increase this supply, I see no way open but by the Government hoarding, through the means above given, and possibly by re quiring the National banks to aid. It is claimed by the advocates oi me measure herewith returned that there is an unequal distribution of the banking capital of the country. I was disposed to give great weight to this view of the ques tion at hrst, but on reflection it win ne remembered that there still remains $4,- OOO.OOOt.pf ' authorized bank n ote circula tion assigned to States having less man their quota not yet taken. In addition to this the. States having less than their quota of bank circulation have the option of $25,000,000 more to lie taken from those States having more than their proportion. When this is all taken up, or when specie payments are fully restored or are in rapid process of restoration, will be the time to consider the question oi more currency. ii.a. urant. Executive Mansion, April 22, 1874. MT. VERNON. the Cru-by the More Observations About undo Novel Legislation Cliy Council. Special to Die Ohio Btnto Journal. Mt. Vernon, O., April 22. Several of the more prominent of the crusaders have gone elsewhere to labor in the missionary field. Mrs. Robert Thompson has been sent for to visit Danville, Ohio, where she is to hold a temperance meeting and deliver an address. Mrs. Thompson is a very good speaker and is free from that fanaticism which characterizes the foremost of the crusade. The City Council, under the leadership of that most distinguished barrister Solicitor McClelland, has distinguished itself in the way of additional legislation. This time it is an ordinance divine the Mayor extended criminal jurisdiction, and providing his Honor with a jury of totre -men to sit and try all cases of a criminal nature that may be brought before them, it gives the powers of Courts of Common Pleas to the Mayor ' and authorizes nun to proceed to final judgment and sentence. It is a brilliant Sieci- men of the wisdom of our learned city fathers. That provision of the Constitution which provides that a bill of indictment shall first be presented by a grand jury, etc., is entirely disregarded, and right here a stumbling diock may oe set up in the way of His Honor's extended authority. The spies are out spying to-day, and yet the "liquid fire" will keep in pint bottles in the great coat-pockets of such ns choose to buy. CINCINNATI. ARKANSAS WAR. Impartial Account of Tuesday's Melee. The Legislature to Arbitrate Between the Belligerents. Am Extra Session for thia Purpose Invoked by Baxter The President Advise Peaceable Adjustment and Mutual Itlsariuaineul The ructions Quiet, but their HostilityIntensifying, twentv-oounder sieee piece left there dur ing the war. Colonel Rose, with his handful of soldiers, is master of the situation, but affairs are daily growing uglier. The Mississippi Central railroad is again broken north of Canton by overflow. The Memphis and Little Rock railroad is six inches above water as yet, but there is little Jiope of it escaping from the flood. ,The river rose two inches. Weather warm and rainy. XLIII CongressFirst Session. Washington, April 22. SENATE. The Senate resumed consideration of the bill to enable Mennonites from Rus-ria to effect a permanent settlement on public lands of the United States. Mr. Ramsey submitted an amendment providing that the aggregate lands held under declaratory statements shall not at any one time exceed three hundred thousand acres, instead of five hundred thousand, as reported by the committee, nor shall any one filing embrace more than fifty thousand acres, instead of one hundred thousand. Agreed to. The same gentleman submitted an amendment providing that location might also be made upon certain Indian lands in Minnesota held in trust by the Government, not exceeding 1C0 teres for each member of the society. Agreed to. ' Mr. Pratt urged the passage of the bill, and spoke of the Mennonites as being an industrious class. Mr. Carpenter said, in his opinion, this bill was bad in principle, and certainly not in accord with our policy in settling this country. It would bear no fruit but evil. The morning hour having expired the Chair announced that the Senate would resume consideration of the bill upon which Mr. Stockton was entitled to the floor. Mr. Windnm appealed to Mr. Stockton to allow the Mennonite bill to be disposed of. ;l Mr. stocRton said it llie request was a reasonable one he would yield, but he did not think the bill could be passed immediately, as he intended to speak against it himself. . Mr. Windom gave notice that on Friday next he would present the report bf the committee on Transportation and would at that time ask the indulgence of the Senate to make some remarks explanatory thereof. Mr. Buckingham introduced a bill to enable Indians to become citizens of the United States. Referred. The Senate then resumed consideration of the Louisiana bill, and Mr. Stockton yfelded to Mr. Sanlsbury. At twenty minutes past two o'clock General Babcock, Private Secretary of the President, appeared at the bar of the Senate and announced a message from the President vetoing the Financial bill. At the request of Mr. Conkling, Mr. Sauls-bury yielded the floor, so that the message might be read, and after the Clerk had finished reading it the Chair announced that the bill was now before the Senate, and the question was, shall it pass notwithstanding the objections of thePresident. Mr. Conkling read from the rules of the Senate as to the aotion upon reception of the message from the President withhold ing his signature to the bill, and Baid it might be supposed that under the rule the bill should be considered immediately. Such had not been the custom, and as Senators desired, no doubt, to see the message in print he thought it best to have it printed and laid over for consideration at an early day. It could not probably be disposed of this week, and as Monday had already been set aside for eulogies on the late Senator from Massachusetts, he moved the message be print ed, and that it lay on the table with the billuntil someday next week. Agreed to. Mr. Saulsbury then concluded his ar gument on the Louisiana bill, alter winch the bill was laid aside informally, with NO. 96. LADIES and GENTLEMEN WE arc Sale AkcuIhIii this City for the sale of Hurt's tine Shoes fr Ladies.. Also, Burt and Mcara's goods for Uents' near. These goods have the reputation or being the best and 11 ..cut made goods in America. A full assortment, nil widths ai d the 1 itest styles Just received. We are Headquarters for Hue goods of all first-class makers. K. KHTHEIX A CO., ' " Opera House Shoe Store, 167 South High SI. Little Rock, April 22. Colonel Rose, commandant of United States forces, says he had no arms last evening when he rode up to the head of Colonel King White's column, and consequently did not attempt to fire a (hot at Colonel Whitp. Matter! are very quiet this morning. Another truce of twentyfour hours has been agreed upon. A company of regulars arrived this morning from St. Louis, to assist Colonel Rose in preserving the peace. Two companies of Baxter men arrived also. The troops on both sides are very orderly to day. Several arrests have been made by both parties. Several prominent citizens are endeavoring to effect a coinproniisrbetween the parties by getting them to agree to a call of the Legislature to settle the existing difficulty. , Second Dispatch. Little Rock, April 22. About five o'clock this evening, an accidental shot was fired in some of the buildings opposite Baxter's headquarters. Instantly his men rushed out of the building and on to the pavement with their guns, thinking it a renewal of the attack of last evening. The Federal forces were brought out in line in front of the City Hall, behind their barricades, and for a time an outbreak seemed imminent. A little precaution saved further trouble, and the troops went back to their quarters. ; At the time the truce was agreed upon, at 12 o'clock to-day, one hundred armed Baxter men were on board a boat ready to start down the river to intercept the ferrv boat at Pine Bluff, which was said to be coming up with a company of Brooks men. The truce being agreed u pon before they left, they did not go. This evening Baxter sent about two hundred of his colored troops back home to Pine Bluff, having no arms for them and having enough with arms to answer his purpose. But few arrests were made on either side this evening. Col. Pomeroy, one of Governor Baxter's Aids who was captured on Tuesday, was released late last evening. The Secretary of State, J. M. Johnson, who has been absent from the Capitnl, about one month, returned this evening and at once took sides with Governor Baxter. Governor Baxter to-night issued a proclamation convening an extraordinary session of the Legislature' to be held, commencing May 11. Washinotos, April 22. The following telegraphic correspondence took place to-day : Little Rock, Ark., April 22. To the President of the United States, Wnsli-Irigton:As I cannot move with my troops to assert ray claims to the office of Governor without collision with United States troops, which I will not do under any circumstances, I propose to call the Legislature together at an early day and have them settle the question, as they alone have power, but to this end members of the Legislature must have assurance of protection from you, and a guarantee that they may meet in safety. This will be a peaceable solution of the difficulty, and I will readily abide by the decision of the Legislature. Elisha Baxter, Governor of Arkansas. Executive Mansion, Washington, April 22. j cta 17i;-t.n n.fl.. T.iHla Pn.lr. 4 rlrnnHfiR- I heartily approve of any adjustment ' "'"T' Tr? : . "" :eably of the pending difficulties in u" .r"" r " ADIES SECOND OPENING O I millinery and Fancy Goods! SOUDER & BRIG HT'S, No. 51 South High Street. Bayard Taylor is writing Egyptian letters to The Tribune, after an absence of twentytwo years from those parts. . ' The FoliT Leaialalurr.. Thin tnnchinff niece of obituary litera ture we clip from the editorial columns nf the Knnuirer: 7 1 ...... . "The State Senate, last nigni, ainea me redisricting scheme and placed it beyond the hnn ot resurrection. A niung nnsie to the unprofitable session of a Legislature whose chronicle may oe Douna ana ism upon the shelf of Time under the appro priate title oi roiiy., Wk learn that a concerted movement is nn foot amone the workingmen'a organ izations in all part ol the country in re-nr.1 in the eieht-bour law. the currency uuestion and other matters. A aeries of ' , .. I I I X. - public meeting ht ucw .iiigcu .v in all the leading cities, to be held about the middle of next' month. The movement is understood to be chiefly political in ntiraom. and some of its projectors ex pect It (O Oe SO loroiluauiG m tu vresiv nsrtr in other words, they have sim ply gotten it up for the advancement of their own seinsn aima snu yuiycm. a m workingmtn of the country will do wtll to refute to permit themselves to be used a cat' paws by these ambitious demagogues, in any manner whatsoever. ISlt. Com. , Liberal contribution for relief of suffering by the Mississippi flood arc being received and d iatributed. Helen! of the Judicial Article-State Convention or Temperance Women.Cincinnati, April 22. The Judicial Article to-day came up in the Constitutional Convention for third reading, and was defeated by a vote of 31 for to 42 against. It lacked two of a constitutional majority. The State Convention of Women's Temperance Leagues met to-day, five hundred delegates present, representing 125 towns and cities. Mrs. Manly, of Akron, was chosen President. Seventy Vice Presidents were appointed from as many counties. A memorial to the Constitutional Convention was adopted, asking that the new constifution forbid license, require Legislature to enact laws for compensation lor injuries resulting from the sale of intoxicating liquors, and giving municipal officers special legisla tive powers against tue iiquur iluiu Alter the close of the afternoon session five hundred women marched in procession to the esplanade and sang and prayed there. A band of music played all the while in a saloon opposite where they were praying. ST. LOUIS. time bonds of the United States bearing a lnwerrateof interest than the bonds to be redeemed can be sold at par in coin: and the United States also solemnly pledges its faith to make provision at tne earnest practical period for the redemption of United States notes in coin. This act still remains as a continuing pledge of fsith of the United States to make provision at the earliest practicable . - .. i .: f .u ThI- moment tor tne reaempuuu ui v mim Kt.te. notes in coin. A declaration contained in the act oi June 20, 1864, created an obligation that the total amount of United State notes issued, or to be issued, should never exceed $400,000,000. The amount in actual circulation was actually reduced to $356,000,000, at which point Congress passed the act or rebruary 4 1RHK Minuendinir me lurinrr raim- tion of the currency. The $44,000,000 have ever been regarded as a reserve to K. tia nnlv in case of an emergency, such as has occurred on several occasions and must occur, when from any cause revenues suddenly fall below expenditures, and such a reserve is necessary because the fractional currency, amounting to $50,000,000, is redeemable in legal tender on call. It may be ssid that such a return of fractional currency for redemption is impossible, but let steps betaken r... velum to a specie basis, and it will be found that silver will take the place of fractional currency a rapidly a it can be aimnlied- WU the uremium on cold reaches a sufficiently low point, with the amount of United States notes to be issued permanently within proper limit and the TiMnn an strenathened a to be able to redeem tbrm in coin oa demand, it will Lower SUsslmipnl Flood Relief for tne ssneren. St. Loitis. April 15. At a meeting of merchants on 'Change to-day to consider what shall be done to relieve tne sunerers by the overflow of the Lower Mississippi river, dispatches from Mayor Wiltzof New Orleans, were read, stating that twelve parishes north of Red river, containing 2,000,000 acres, nearly oncfourth nf which was cultivated in cotton and corn, are inundated, and that south of . . . . f . that river there are twelve or nueen cre vasses through which the water bat sub merged or very seriously damaged lour-teen narishes. which raise thirty thousand horsheads of suear. The number of per sona already partially or totally inun dated is Zo.WU, ana continued nign water wilt increase the number to 50,000. Seven prominent merchants were appointed, the city divided into districts, and sub-committees for each appointed to solicit subscriptions of money and dona-tinna of aunnlies of all kinds. These committees will go to work immediately and energetically. tnlahtsor Pjrthla Parade at PUIS' hurts. PrrrsnuRO, April 22. The demonstration of the Knights of Pythias this afternoon was very imposing, and attracted l.nm crowds to witness the procession. Some three thousand five hundred mem bers of the Order were in line, all uni formed, which gave them a verv attractive appearance. . A irana oau was Riven niajnic Hall to-night in honor of the visiting delegates. The Hew naMachasotta Senator. Boston. Anril 22. Governor Wash burn does not wish to leave for Washing ton until the first of May, but has written Senator Boutwell that it any measure should com up in the Senate requiring hi presence and vote, he will start at once for the Capital. The Lima praying bands continue tbeir visit to such saloons a refuse to comply with the prohibitory ordinance. neaceablv of the pending Arkansas y means oi tne legislative Assembly, the courts or otherwise. I will give all assistance and protection I can under the Constitution and laws of the United States to such modes of adjustment. I hope that the military on both sides will be disbanded. U. S. Grant. Memphis, April 22. Lieutenant Cush-man, 16th Infantry, stationed at Little Rock, arrived here this afternoon to communicate with the President concerning the firing on Colonel Rose last night, which he states he could not do there in consequence of violent partisan feeling in the telegraph office. According to his statement, Colonel Rose had secured an armistice between the rival factious, which was to continue until nine o'clock this morning, but that last night Colonel King White, with a regiment oi armea negroes, marched down to the Anthony House, where he made a violent and inflammatory speech to them, calling on Baxter to allow him to go alieau ana clean out Krnnka. the Federal or any other damned troops. Col. Rose hearing the disturbance mounted a spirited horse and rode dawn to inform W hite that he was not complying with the terms of the truce in march-ine his men to that point. Col. Rose was unarmed except with a sword, and was accompanied by an orderly armed with two holster pistols, un reacning i iiur, vyot. Rnan asked him what he meant by break ing the truce, and ordered him to disperse his mob. White maae some repiy not heard, fired his pistol at Rose and shouted to his men to tire, wnicn iney did, generally in the air, but several persons were wounoea as already reported. Col. Rope's orderly tried tn draw a pistol, but his horse be came unmanageable and ran with him be fore he could draw it from, the noisier. As soon as the firing commenced Lolonel Rose rode back to theengine house, where Company C, Sixteenth infantry, was sta tioned, ordered tne men to run cut tne hook and ladder truck, and form a barri cade, which was speedily done, snd the I 3 L.L!J !. r : . L men piacea oeninti it. vurmg ma excitement a private accidentally fired his gun, and the cry was raised, "The regulars are going to snoot, anu in ices inau n minute it was deserted. . Lieutenant Cushman state positively, that with the exception above stated, not a single shot was fired by United States troops or by the liroofcs garrison in tne barricades. He says many ludicrous scene occurred during the melee. Among others a Methodist preacher was standing in front of the Anthony Mouse wnen me firing began, and jumping through a show window cut his head, and bellowed "I'm shot. I'm shot." and it was with difficulty he was convinced such was not the case. Lieutenant Cushman says Baxter has near three thousand men under arms, oi whom some eight or nine hundred are from Pone. Johnson and Saline counties, serv ed either in the Confederate or Federal armies during the late war, are armed with superior weapons and could be reli ed on in a fizht. and that the feeling to ward the Brooks faction among this clsm is very bitter and daily growing worse. As a general thing Baiter's force are noorly officered. On" the other ide, Brooks has some 600 men behind a barricade at the State House, of whom twothirds are negroes. They are wejl commanded, and have two ancieot six-pounder in position. Bax ter force are engaged in resurrecting a out of the jurisdiction of the United States and within the jurisdiction of some other power continuously for two yean, shall be held as domiciled in a foreign country. The fifth section recognizes lawful marriages of American citizens abroad. Mr. Cox opposed the bill. He areued against its police regulations and read articles from leading German papers, especially the Staats Zeitung newspapers of New lork and Chicago, as expressing his views. At the close ot the morning hour the bill went over. till to-morrow. Mr. Randall presented a petition of working men of the District of Columbia, for the payment of their wages remaining unpaid. Kelerred to the investigating committee. The House went into committee of the Whole, Mr. Woodford in the chair, on the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill. The item of $200,000 for the purchase of official postage stamps for the Treasury Department was reduced to $50,000, on motion of Mr. Donnell, the idea being to let a small sum go to pay the cost of furnishing stamps, without re gard to their face value, and so not charge the Treasury Department with payment of postage. There was no serious conflict In regard to any other item in the bill until the paragraph making appropriations for the Assay office at New York was resched. Mr. Poland moved an amendment to increase the salaries of officials over those reported in the bill, and making them the same as they are at present. After a long discussion, Mr. Poland's amendments were rejected, and the items for the Assay office stand in the bill as reported. The committee rose after disDosinir of fourteen pages of the bill, and the House adjourned. .FOREIGN. Senate proceeded to consideration of bills nn the calendar. Mr. Morton said the Senator from New York (Conkling), upon whose motion the Finance bill and message were laid on me table, had stated that it was proper to have an early consideration of the bill next week, and as the Senator did not name any day for that purpose, he (Mor-tou) would suggest Tuesday next after expiration of the morning hour. Mr. Conkling said it might be inconvenient to many Senators to proceed with the bill at that time. Several Senators would be compelled to be absent, and he furposely abstained from naming a day. t was possible he would not be able to be here himself that day. Mr. Morton said of course if it did not suit the convenience of the Senate the bill would not be taken up. Mr. Conkling said he would move to take up the bill at what he considered the proper time. The chairman of the Finance committee, he understood, would be absent. He (Conkling) supposed that the Senator from Indiana (Morton) intended to sustain the message, as he moved to take it up, but it would be as well to await the return of the chairman and Senators. Mr. Morton could then aid him laughter without fixing any time. The matter was dropped, and the Senate then resumed consideration of bills on the calendar, and the bill amendatory of the act making appropriations for cur rent and contingent expenses ot the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the year endingjune au, law, was recommitted to the committee on Indian Affairs after some discussion. The following bills were then passed : House bill for the relief of settlers on the Cherokee strip in Kansas; Senate bill for benefit of the Kentucky Agricultural and Mechanical Association. The Senate then went into Executive session and soon after adjourned. hoi;se. Mr. Bromberg asked leave to have pass ed a bill to relieve from political disabili ties Raphael Semmes, ot Alabama, and sent to the Clerk's desk and had read a petition of Semmes for relief, dated Janu ary 3U, 18Z. Messrs. Merriam and Athers objected. Mr. Bromberg wished to' make an ap peal to the House, but Mr. Hale of Maine thought the matter might at least wait till after distribution at the Geneva re ward. The bill was not received. Mr. E. R. Hoar, from the committee on Foreign Affairs, reported a bill to car ry into execution provisions or me fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution concerning citusnship, and to dehne cer u in riehtaol citizensol tne united Mates in foreign countries, and certain duties nf diplomatic ana consular omcers. tie nmceeded to exnlsin and advocate it, The first section provides that the words "domicile and reside" are to be construed as implying a fixed residence at a particular place, with direct or presumptive proof of an intent to remain indefinitely. The second section defines the classes of persons who are to be regarded as entitled to privileges and immunities of citixens of the United States. The third section makes provision for registry at American Legations or Consulates of American citizen residing abroad, and provide that cititen who do not comply with that requirement, and who remain THE DOMINION. REBEL RIOT AT FORT GARRY. Toronto, April 22. A dispatch from Fort Garry, dated yesterday, says : Last evening two French half-breeds went to the house of ex-President Bruce, armed with guns, and demanded that Bruce cease writing letters on the rebellion to the newspapers or they would shoot him. They maltreated him fearfully, broke the windows oi his house and committed other outrages to the serious alarm of the family. The ruffians uttered all man ner of threats against Bruce to deter him from making further exposures. One of the assailants was arrested. Great excite ment prevailed in consequence of the outrage. Bruce has moved into town, fear- ine further persecution. I he Metis newspaper insists upon the re-election ot Kiel tor the province. cunA. AN INSURGENT TOWN SACKED. Hay anna, April 22. The official jour nals say the Cuban General Maximo Gomez attacked San Miguel de Nuevitas on the 12th inst.,and succeeded in entering the town and sacked two stores, but was driven out, leaving ten of his men dead in the streets. The Spaniards lost four killed and nine wounded. WASHINGTON. THE DISTRICT OVERHAULING. Washington, April 22. Starkweather, of Connecticut, appeared voluntarily before the District Investigating commit tee to-day and stated that belore the present investigation commenced, certain insinuations had been made in disparage ment of him. If one word of testimony had been offered by anybody which affected him either as a member of Congress or as chairman of the committee which previously inauired into District affairs, lie wanted to be sent for at once and cross examined in relation thereto. Mr. Allison stated that the testimony thus far taken made no allusion to him. Msgmder, Treasurer of the Board of Public Works, was recalled and questioned as to check for $269 included in judicial expenses. He made no definite reply, wheu Uovernor Shepherd said it was incurred in the effort to bring Dana tc Washington. Harrington, counsel for the District, further explained by stating that it was to pay witnesses convened by the District Government in New York to sustain the prosecution against Charles A. Dana for libel against the executive officer of the Board of Public Works. The memorialist announced their case closed, whereupon the Court decided to hold a private session to-morrow, un Friday and Saturday they announced they would inspect the public improvements and provide their own transportation, and requested the District Government and memorialists to furnish their conveyances at their own expense. The testimony of the District Government will be taken, commencing next Monday. Whisky Triumph In the Peons j! vanln l.ea;lalatnre. Habrisbcro, April 22. The House of Representatives passed first reading of the Brewers' and Distillers' bill to-day, after an all day's fight. Fifty temperance women from Pittsburg, and a large number from this city were present to hear the debate. The comer-stone of the new custom house at Chicago will be laid June 24, with great ostentation. The President and Cabinet, Supreme Court Judges, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, Admiral of the Navy, General of the Army, and various 8tate officials will be invited to be present. General Sheridan it expected to act as Grand Marshal, BY MAIL AND TELEGRAPH. The Boston Louisiana relief r.nmmiltee has been increased to 100 and subscrip- 10ns nave eacned wuu. , The eighth annual convention of the National Board of Fire Underwriters he. gan its sessions at New York yesterday. ' The California State' Convention of Grangers was in session at San Francisco yesterday. The proceedings were secret. St. John's Guild. New York, has voted almost unanimously to sustain their master, Rev. Alvah Wiswall, who has been ' deprived of office by the vestry of Trinity parisu. In the case of Dr. Paul Kchnenne til Chicago yesterday, the court, refused to discharge the prisoner on writ of habeas corpus, and remanded him to jail for sentence. ... , .. . J. 8. Hunicher. eeneral accountant of the Erie railway, states in a letter to President Watson that he is convinced of the correctness of Dunan's statement as to the' condition of accounts of the company and tendering Iiib resignation, which was promptly accepted. Temperance Brevities. A praying band has taken the field si Waverly.-,:. 7 , .. Large mass temperance nieetinm are. still being held at lrunton. A county alliance is beimrnri-anized hr the temperance women of Madison county. ' An energetic effort to enforce the anti- whisky laws is being made at Perrysbnrg.' lhe Dayton league is now sendinr ont, small bands to disseminate temperance neuuuieni. in some instances thev hold worship. A large German mass temperance meet-' ng was held in Cincinnati Tuesday even-ng, and was addressed by Dr. Nat. Dr. Liebhart and others. On the 26th of January there with fourteen saloons and one brewery in Mor row. How the brewery has closed and but one saloon remains open. A large temperance meetine was held in the Church of the Pilgrims, Brocklyn, nnaer tne auspices ot the Women's Temperance League. Addresses were made by Drs. R. S. Storrs, John Hall and T.L. Cuyler. , v . Mrs. Hivling, who was thrown from the sidewalk into the gutter by a Xenia saloon keeper, is in a precarious condition, resulting from her injuries. The ruffian who committed the outrage has been bound over to court. . Women crusaders from Pittshurir at tended the Pennsylvania House of Representatives yesterday during discussion of tne out ueciarmg tne true meaning and intent of laws relating to granting licenses. A motion to postpone the bill was defeated by a decided vote. At Danville, Ills., yesterday, the license party elected the Mavor by a small ma jority, and the anti-license party six out oi ten A mermen. There will consequently be no license. The vote was large and the contest exciting. The wo-, men held an all-day prayer meeting in one of the churches. The praying women have wisely post poned their assault upon the saloons, in defiance of the Mayor's order, until the Convention shall have been held. There is also such difference of npinion among the leaders touching the expedience of the more aggressive movement, that it will probably fall short of i's intended effect. So bold an enterpeise needs to be backed up by unanimous zeal, if it is to accomplish anything. Yetterday't Cincinnati Vommertiat. Foreign. . ' ' Eighty two cities of Germany now boast Cremation Societies. A Spanish Republican army, 5000 strong, is marching to the relief "of Val-maseda.Christian, first mate of the French steamship L'Amerique, has committed suicide. Baron Gustavede Rothschild, Austrian Consul General at Paris, is reported dangerously ill. London journals deprecate inflation of United States currency, but think it would be followed by a flow of bullion to this country. Later advices from Acheen say the Dutch troops attacked an Acheenese in-trenchment near Kraton, but were repulsed, losing eight killed and sixty wounded. . It was reported Wednesday at Paris that the Franco-American Ipostal treaty had been ratified by the French Government, but the report was premature. Negotiations are, however, progressing favorably. Advices from Mexico state that the pearl fisheries of the Gulf of California have been divided into four sections, to be worked succeeding years. A law for preservation of oysters in the gulf has been passed. Advices from Venezuela to the 17th insl., say Peelgar, Governor of Maracai-bo, had fled from the province, the people having revolted against his despotic rule. He went to the island of OruLa, thence to Kingston. It ia reported Uj?t President Blanes has offered him a mission to France to keep him ont of the country. Washing-tan Koto. The President vetoed the Finance bill yesterday. The financial question and the Arkansas trouble were again considered in Cabinet meeting yesterday.