The Buffalo Express, 1871-04-19

              buffalo express vol xxvi wednesday april 19 1871 no 8566 by telegraph oaaulwm.lmrk.pavt war departaaeat wpml serrkw ualmd stalca aniit dtvlatoo uf tetftraaw awd bepuru fur urn tn-mtit of coffidmtrf metcorolocteml k«cord washnroton april 18 synopsis foe past 24 hol'ks tl baronwler roatlnaea t riw on the calubmla ; roa^u wlui araraf dear weatlier l*be baroawtar dlatnrbanca in.licau^l no monday t-trntnfu exi»tiiie t u hnt-kv mountain stattotu * lia drretoped durlnc ttw tlay and probably is n central weat ot lowa ' a northwest file prertlu in eastern wyamlag a s'.uuierl gale u reported at hi louis and a { oortbaasterft gale oa lake sapertor tbe ttmneratnr haa rtaca rapmlj on lakn erie and michigan tbe weather ba reaaalned tenalblj undimjwi wltb slight all in barometer on the uuir and atiantic coaata pbob abilities it u probable uua ute aterm will more eastward aad b aeverelr fell w-alcht and v wednesday on the lakaa aad wstliwanl to tbe qalf btatca i,loody w«atbarand«a«terir wlaoa wui probablj be cij-tri toced on urn atlantic eoaat washington the cabinet mktring washington aprii l there was a full cabinet mo in to-day ili the member being present it i prubahlt tb:«t sereral important appoiutuienu will 1 decided upon the i.ekal tksdek ql'estion the supreme court today with a full tk-ih-it beard art rumeut on the following points kirht—-is the act of congress known as the le^at tender act constitutional m to con ti,n t made before it passage sx-ond—ls it valid a applicable to trans actions since it passage lion ciarksou it jotter maintained the negative of the questions attorney gen eral akx-rimn in lieu of a brief of his own submitted one prepared bj his predceasor and then proceeded in a lummar way to reply to point potter closed the argu ment when the question wu submitted to the court revenue appointments the two ohio supervisor districts hare l">ii consolidated and placed under the charge of ira w i>wyer supervisor colonel johu 11 farniibar h:is been appointed uii«rw-ir of internal revenue vice it it cowan upj>ointed awistent sec retary of the interior atid resigned to the district of xndtaiuu general benjamin it sweet will be apikiluted supervisor of internal kevenue tor illinois it in understood hubert g corwin will be appointed supervisor in uhio wmm kei'lulican < ongkessional cuh mittee the republican coujrrefwional executive committee held a meeting this morning at the capitol senator wilson presiding a resident committee to attend to business during therecet was appointed cou*utin of the following geutleiuen senator llarlan hon jas h j'latt jr governor henry i cook frederick douglas and j ii kduiomls thk fokthcoming democratic address the democratic members of congress held another caucus to-night at which the report of the committee appointod to pre pare an address was presfiiu-d and after a full discussion adopted tlie ad*lrt*»n de termined u|>on was referred back to the committee for certain slight changes of 111 i iwwilngj 1 w tomorrow ik prt*r«entfd to the diheront demoi-mtii cms^masjasji for tht-ir kignuturcw after whit-li it uiil he given to the public the pwwwßnga of the aom were harmonious throughout fouty-skc()xi i ongrkss washington april is sknatk mr fexton bap n v obtaining urmnimous consent to inukc i ktwua ex pluitalion sent to the clerk und had read an bmuma from the new fork time charg ing him with compikity in the re|k»ruil de rectiou or treachery of wiuanu of the new york legislature mr keuton said i should not now no tice this attack did it not appear iv the pa per supposed to be in some measure an or gan of the administration it hardly seems neceeiury fur me to deny the charges or re pel insinuations of this character lut deem it lest in departing from the rule 1 had adopted for myself in such cases to say that no fur us my having any knowledge iotimation mftpmea talk or thought ia regard to the cuiirpe of mr winam previous to the announcement in the fnm of what he had done the state ment is wholly without foundation and false i have not soon mr y i i;,m for tbivi in n li pa-t nor have 1 had communication with him or others regarding him i wa lled away fruin here ou the seventh ot this month to my homo where i was de tained lor a few ihiyh and on uiv way back topped a day in y\v york city and di-l not go from hero larrt friday as reported i have kuown winans for several years not an ait intimate friend but as a"person of mr handing in society and politics and for whom i entertained a fair degree of regard llu was nominated and elected for the office he holds fir*t while i waa iv europe one year ago last summer and fall his course during the iii-t it-sioii was regarded a honorable there was no division in the party as i am aware of in reference to hi return last fall ilia betrayal of the confidence and trust reposed in him is not less startling to myself und the country than it must be to the patriotic and intelligent constituency who commu-itoned him to a neat in the legisla ture i deeply deplore the act a ido all acta and conduct which bring disgrace to meu and an injury to the good cause i pro foundly sorrow over this act a calr>ulat<>d in some degree as weius to l>e intended by the use that is mat it of it in coupling my name with it to disturb and divide itepuli licun friends in new york i r-ondemn very earnestly the conduct or cour>e of action whether at albany or here which does not tend to strengthen our cause the senate then took up mr lllair'h reso lution lor information as to auy stipulations or agreement between the attorney gen eral and the counncl in reference to tbe cape of verger before the supreme court by which a bearing of that case was postponed i'cniliuj i*»-«s"ion on the resolution mr fmmunds submitted the report from the conference committee on the ku klux bill mr edmunds proceeded to explain tbe terms of the report mr thurman dem 0.1 moved to print and postpone till to-morrow mr tkcmbcll kep 111 favored a recommittal of the bill to the imferenee committee so that it might be amended to ob into various defects to which he called attention in tbe modification of the amend ment levying damages upon property in a vicinity where political outran nre com mitted however it bad been in otber coun tries no such principle had ever been laid down in the i'nited states he knew of no authority in congress to go into a country or town to levy taxed for such purpose mr edmunds'kep.,vu remarked that the political stomach of his friend trumbull had become very sensitive of late the debate upon the conference rrport was continued mainly an to mr sherman's amendments which had item inserted when the bill waa previously before the senate without discuwion mr sherman rep 0.1 after r u oting several english precedent for bin resolu tion proceeded to reply to the objections 01 mr trumbull messrs stevenson and camerly mated their reasons for their dissent from the re port mr cole ttep cal obtaining unani mous leave submitted a report from tbe conference committee on the deficiency ap propriation bill mr tkl'mbcllfbep 111.1 objected to that provision of tbe report authorizing tbe southern claim commimion to employ at torney to defend tbe united btatea in claims before that body after some diwuiwion mr edward called for tbe regular order of i>u-im --. win n dr — cuision of tbe conference report on the ku klux bill waa returned mr thukmax i>em o argued kgainet the test oath cruise and held that the amendment of mr sherman waa neither justified by tbe law ot england nor ameri can precedents from both of which he quo ted in support of his argument at 40 the senate took a reeeas till im xv eni.ng szmiox at the evening anwion debate on tbe cm ferenee report upon the ku klox bill was resumed tbe report of tbe conference comoriute raeoßseads in ragrnrd to the jamf teat mtk provistaat tbe repeal of that part of tbe preseat law wfticb make tbe glriasjof asv cooia«eamßa«ratdto ibe rbewsa either directly or imlir«uy a grosred of eballen or dukjuallficmtioß of a juror leaving it di cretiotiart with the dmrlet attorney to more and with tbe court to impose the oath tbe nupeuion of the writ of habeo car pus is cooiiourd until the end of the next regular session of congress as fixed by the senate the provision anewing damages upon lo calities where outrage are committed v amended among other paiticuun to nqmrc a niit to be brought an)act imlitklual bmw petrators of the outran iad wtartak mentmnaiih mmmtsß ig tstiis tor haw or damage nay a aate^atupoq eountt or parish afti-r di»ctis6ion mr thuntutn'i awotion to postpone and print was twted dowa by a party vote then after aprecwea aca£nkt codcurrinf in the rrport by meean bay ari and i>avis . ky . the conference re port wm adopted by aye tt to nays lft the bepublicana voting in the negative were meaara bcburx and spragim mr trumbulu in the negative was paired oil with rioe in faror of the report tbe consideration of the conference report on the denciency appropriation bill wu then contuiihhl mr morrill rep.,vt a member or the conference committee urged tb im portance of maintaining the provision for a new park mea«ea conkling and carpenter objected to a provision for the assignment of an at torney on the part of the forernmeot before tbe southern claims comauasiea during a further discussion mr howe op posed the report and mr edmumtlt called attention to the evil of loading 4ownde ncienry billa with lrn-h-tint nillii and ne cewity ol apply a speedy remedy the conference report was then rejected by a tie tote ayes 3ff n 35—and anew confcrem-e on the bill was ordered mr conkuxu ftap n t introduced a concurrent resolution for an adjournment to-morrow wednesday which was laid over at 11:30 the senate went into executive session and soou after adjourned house on conclusion of the readiog of the jour nal mr butler of ma&aachusetl arose and asked leave to make a personal explanation it was understood to be in reference to sen ator davin of kentucky mr beck—l object and will object an long as an indictment against my state stanc's the resolution offered by mr bell of new iljiinpi-hm on tbe tenth tnst which was up yesterday on tbe sabject of the reduction of taxation came up for dihcus&ion the question was dieruased until the ex piration of the morning nour when the resolution went over the speaker announced the appoint ment of committees ao follows op joint aclect committee on outrages in in southern states—mes'rs poland may nard st-hotield conk cobarn sterenmih burkley lansing cox beck voorheon \ an trump wa4de kobinxon on select committee on the mirinisaippi jerees—metwrs morey ketchum mckee ietz duke the hotue then went to businea on speaker's table and passed the following senate bills to authorize the payment of the duplirate check of ili-burslng oftioerk to enable the atlantic an pacific ttail roait company to mort^a^e ita road kor tbe relief of auna m howard amending the act of the 14th of july ist't to reduce internal taxes in reference to the transportation of t>onded goods by railroad having concluded the tui-im-«s on tbe speaker's üble the house at four o'clock took a recess for twenty minutes after re cess neither of the conference reports being ready the house adjourned till 10:36 o'clock to-morrow morning a democratic crui-us beinjr announced for tins eveninir •♦■• new york arkivai of rkanc tireuk lit yoitk april i a detachment o kranc-lireurw landed at < astle iardenyea tcrdiiy they pm»eute*l an exi-etxlinglyfor loru ajipilirani-e df.ceaski arrliihnm wamtsu wmi . ihii hi itij in the alzty-fifth year of lii af uv wm tbe banat of the five i'oiuls mission uud president ot the historii-al sot-it-ty kkcuvekv vf stolen hosiki w l whitrmore a bankt-r in pine street who some time ago was robbed of 3u,000 in government bonds and necurities to-day received tbt entire amouut through the jiu-!,,iiirr the thief even taking tbe precau tion to prepay postage none of the bond were negotiable ka ai the tnited states steamer tennewpc wu put out of oimniwon i.h.uy at noon wiiarve3 bc«neu the albany and truy gteamers wharf neveral ranal boat and a urge amount of merchandize thereon wan destroyed by fire this evening loss 10,000 foreign in am around j'aki i'ahis april ih fl«—rai cluseret re ,'■■;■'- that tin , i uigbl m boett couipara livfiy juiet doinlirowaki is steadily and purely ad vancing considerable many brenclie*i have bortt made in the walls of kort valerien thu situation is everywhere satin factory several of tbe t nemv > batteries have b«en ili<imountrvl and allthcir attacka have been n'pulited with hiuall im to the defenders tbe moral of the men 1 excellent the mot